I've been out of pocket this past week but I want to throw my CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! to Moe and Josh for their awards and to Kyle and Betty for their award. We had a pretty good crowd to attend, also and I thank those of you who were able to make it down.

I've got a few pictures of the "goings on" Saturday but, regretfully, I wasn't there on Sunday for the awards.

This is turning into another great Southern show and I personally want to encourage everyone who can to attend next year. The facilities are wonderful.

Thank you Herb. We appreciate it very much. I agree this location is great. Beats setting up on ASPHALT to EXPOSE your car!!!

Well, Lauren, at least I came up and introduced
 myself lol...I agree that the number of vendors could
 have been greater; some of that (but not all) comes back
 to Expo having their show the same weekend. I can't blame
 a vendor who picks the venue he/she thinks will produce
 the most sales; that's what vendors are there for in the first
 place. It may also be that the early rain Saturday scared
 some of them off; whatever the cause, I'll be sure to bring
 this up tonight, at our meeting.
                As to the size of the show, again, we hadn't planned
 for another show to be that weekend; in fact, we considered
 dates from April to October in order to avoid conflict. With
 any luck, we will plan for another weekend in 2007 (say, the
 14th; the big show that weekend is usually Waterfest). On
 top of that, we had a small water-cooled turnout; last year,
 H2O Tuning came out with around a dozen cars, but chose
 not to do so this year (I don't think they went to Expo, so
 perhaps they just didn't want to show).
                 In any event, your gripes are welcome, as that
 is how things get fixed; known problems are addressed in
 club meetings after every show, and we'll do the same with
 this one. Hope to see again next year; sorry your buddy
 beat you out for longest distance!
                                                           Dolphe

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am i not getting congratulated cause i am only an "honorary member"? that's surely a way to get me to join... :?

 :lol:  Don't push it or I'll take away your "honorary" status!  :lol:  Just join and get it over with!   :wink:

i'll only join if i can keep my honorary status and it can say so under my screen name

I posted this on the NAVWC Yahoo group site, which they were kind enough to let me join in on last month. The title to the post over there is "Coincidence or Fate???

  Remember my story of how I had a blow out on the trailer coming home from the show? I got off  at exit 225 if I remember correctly, the Hartselle exit and went into town to seek help. Young man (Josh) at O'reilys parts store gave me some numbers  and got the flat fixed. Well since that date I have been shopping around for a new trailer(I am keeping this one because my wife told me I was). Went down to Grantville, Ga today and got a good, no a great deal I feel on a new trailer, solid metal floor, brakes, new tires ( I MADE SURE OF THAT), recessed tie downs, and so on. A real car hauler not utility trailer like I had before. Now here is where the title for this story comes from. I'm sitting here at work at 4:30 am reading over all the documents  and getting things in order to go get the tag Monday. I read down on the Manufacturers Statement of Origin and see that it was built by NORTH ALABAMA TRAILERS, LLC.    :shock:  Wait it gets better!! They are in HARTSELLE, ALABAMA     :lol:      I damn near fainted!!!  I find it interesting I am coming home from the show put on by NORTH ALABAMA VOLKSWAGEN CLUB and have some problems on the way home from the show and wind up in HARTSELLE looking for help. Anyone else see a word pattern here?? LOL Any way, just had to share this little story with you good folks. Again thanks for a great show and your hospitality......

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Beats setting up on ASPHALT to EXPOSE your car!!!

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I see you figured it out!!

Holy Cow OS, You mean Ala. has pavement ? I have found out that Tn. has places with pavement here and there also. Dang !! There goes the Old South. How in the heck are the "Big Hair coupe chixs" with their '78 "one eyed Firebirds with rear tires a yard wide going to cope with the thought of not being able to sling red clay and rocks when they leave the local Watering Hole. It just wouldn't be same. :lol:  :lol:

CONCRETE under a pavillion...      

The Melt down is like that...wish they were all like this... Hint Hint Zen... :wink:  :wink: