We are confirmed for July 22nd at Kent, WA-Charger Meet

[triple_green]

We got the date and facility approved today everyting is a go! July 22nd at Kent Covenant Church....


If you have any questions email me: mtdouglass@att.net

3X

[SeattleCharger]

  Alright, thank you. 

[472 R/T SE]

Mark, you the man.  THANK YOU for doing this for US again. 

Is there anything going on Sunday?  If so, I'll make a Friday night Seattle weekend out of it.  Wooo-hooooo.




You know, the former site administrator used to show up alot, except last year.  Maybe Troy would be willing to fly out here and show us how the right coast does it, should we get a plane ticket pot goin'?  You can stay at our place Troy, I promise NOT to put you to work, 

[triple_green]

I'd contribtribute to that. How much would it take?

3X

[Silver R/T]

Looking forward to it

[bull]

Thanks Mark, good work. How about it Troy? What do you say?

[Troy]

I'd love to go! I wanted to sneak out there last year for a surprise visit but I couldn't get the time off work so soon after Carlisle and the site was still new. I'm not really on the right coast and I don't know what I'm doing so I probably can't show you guys much. I can bring a camera though to help document the festivities.

Troy

[89MOPAR]

 Can't make it.  Just reserved / paid for  a camping spot at Portland Int'l Raceway for the Amercian LeMans Series that weekend.  3 days of racing- camping, etc.

Bummer, as i made most of the other Charger meets before. 

Enjoy !!

89MOPAR.

[almerkel]

Good to see that this will happen again.  Unfortunately I will be returning to Afghanistan on the 15th of July.  I knowthat you will have a great show.  Maybe next year.

[RECHRGD]

I'll do my best to make it this year.  I'll probably trailer the Charger over to the kid's place on Whidbey Island and drive it down to the meet from there like I did a couple of years ago.

Al, I thought this was going to be your last Afganistan vacation.  So your only going to be back in town from May to July?  That sucks!  Let your kid pay for his own college education.   Bob

[rare69]

alright i will be there, car or no car.will be a great month,i will be in forks,WA on my birthday for some drag racing July 15-16,if anybody wants to run your car and have a good time come on out. should be fun,not alot of rules and regulations just good old drag racing on a old air strip,should be alot of cars.and already talked it over with the wife and i am finally going to make it to a charger meet in Kent.

[squeakfinder]

Hmmm...

A hop skip an a jump from Hood River......

[rare69]

just a little update on the forks drags. the west end car club has set dates for car show and drag race for may 20 and June 10 one day only shows.plenty of motels and camping. so bring some mopars over and show these Chevy and ford boys how its done, we need more mopar brothers out here.

[472 R/T SE]

I have some credit at the dealership for some raffle prizes. 

T-shirts? 
I heard a few sarcastic remarks about winning a can of paint one year.  Jesse split everything up that I gave him, so everyone won something,  .  I'm ordering engine paint again regardless.

Any other ideas? 

[triple_green]

Mike,

That would be great. I have a few prizes, but was not planning on making sure there was one for everyone.

Whatever we have, we will definately give away though.

Mark

[SeattleCharger]

       hmmm. . .   a '69 R/T SE Hemi sounds like a nice raffle prize to give away.   

[triple_green]

It is now a 69 R/T SE NOM 440 magnum.

The hemi is in teardown mode

[4cruzin]

Wish it was closer . . .     

[bull]

Patience young Jedi.

[5.9_Liter_Grand_Cherokee]

will you let a Jeep into this shindig? 

Mark, is that your 68 Charger I keep passing on 256th ST at about 5:45pm?

[triple_green]

5.9,

Undoubtedly. I have been using it for my daily driver for the last two week as the Toyota is down.

I live off of 137th and 266th

Mark
253-630-2004

[472 R/T SE]

Are you gonna let him keep passing you Mark?  Get on that thing, show him who is BOSS. 

[triple_green]

There are 2 or 3 Vipers and new Vettes that I see on 256th. I find it amuzing that they seem afraid of 3X. Given that she is a bone stock 383 with a 490 CFM 4-barrell and no sure-grip.....Just cuz your rich doesn't make you smart.

3X

[70charginglizard]

Just cuz your rich doesn't make you smart.

Boy you can say that again....lol

[5.9_Liter_Grand_Cherokee]

Are you gonna let him keep passing you Mark?  Get on that thing, show him who is BOSS. 

In Mark's defence, he keeps passing me too.  I'm going the other way.  But a couple of the local brats in their 5.0 Rustangs and z28s have learned what that little 5.9 on the side of the jeep means.  There is more to life than mileage.

[myrtle]

Anyone going tot he mopar car sow in Bellevue this weekend?

[Silver R/T]

Im going probably

[SeattleCharger]

Yup.   Hope we have some half way decent weather, but I'm going rain or shine.   

[472 R/T SE]

Dallas Speed Shop has stepped up to the plate again this year and will be supplying the raffle goodeees.   The past few years DD has been supplying the stuff for free. 

Jerry J. @ Dallas Dodge always steps up to the plate, THANKS Jerry!

Give the guys a call at the Dallas Speed Shop and tell them the dude in the wheelchair from Wa. sent you.   

http://www.mydodgeparts.com/

[triple_green]

Hi Mike,

That stuff is fantastic!! Who do we thank?

3X

[Corellian Corvette]

I would love to attend - i'm patiently waiting for my '68 to arrive!

Do I need to sign-up anywhere or can I just come?

[8WHEELER]

Come one come all, it is totally informal, come and have a great time, if it works out you might follow me there.
It can be hard to find the first time, maybe we can hook up?

Dan

[TK73]

Anybody going from the North end I could catch a ride with??  Charger has "issues", gotta find a good therapist...

[rare69]

looks like I'm gonna miss another charger meet, my wife had bought tickets for the northwest nationals in Seattle. and it just happens to be Friday,Saturday and sunday. and i can only go on Saturday. maybe the first time i get to meet all of you i will actually be driving my car. will one of you please post pics of the meet.thanks!

[triple_green]

We are less than 3 miles from the NW Nationals at Pacific Raceways. Stop on by.

3X

[SeattleCharger]

Wow, I just heard it is supposed to be ninety degrees this weekend.   And it gets hot up on the Kent hilltop there.     See you guys there. 


                                                                                                                                                                                                                

[SeattleCharger]

What are the approximate hours of the meet?   Thanks. Nate   

[triple_green]

10-2: cruise 2-3

[bull]

How do you get from the church to Layson's? I'd like to grab a locking gas cap while I'm up there.

[Corellian Corvette]

address??

[bull]

I figured it out. Layson's recently moved and Mapquest wanted nothing to do with the information I gave it. I finally eliminated the business name and it worked. From Portland it comes quite a ways before Kent so I'll probably stop there first. I'll bring a locking gas cap to the show in lieu of a complete '68 Charger.

Layson's Restorations
3107 106th St. South
Lakewood, WA 98499

[Corellian Corvette]

Just wanted to say THANKS for putting this together! Even though I was only there for a short time it was great to see all the cars and really nice to meet some new folks. Hopefully next time I can actually bring my Charger instead of having to park the Buick off in the corner

Thanks again!

[RECHRGD]

Wish I could have made it this year.  Just couldn't work out the time.  Anybody got some pictures??

[squeakfinder]

Yeah pictures would be nice. I would have like to have gone to it. Hopefully next year it'll work out for more of us.

[slamooo]

Mark Thanks for setting this up it was great!!!
Mike thanks for getting the raffle prizes.
It was nice to meet Troy and put a face with the site.
Bull, tell your wife thanks for watching my kids some times while they played with yours. Hope to see you all next year.

Carl

[bull]

Mark Thanks for setting this up it was great!!!
Mike thanks for getting the raffle prizes.
It was nice to meet Troy and put a face with the site.
Bull, tell your wife thanks for watching my kids some times while they played with yours. Hope to see you all next year.

Carl

No problem. Other than it being hotter than #@*&% I had a great time. Cool meeting/seeing all you guys, even our fearless leader Troy. Anyone get any pictures of the Troy sighting?

[SeattleCharger]

This car was cool, huh. 

[RECHRGD]

So RallyMike must have showed up.

[squeakfinder]

   Thanks for sharing the image.

[SeattleCharger]

So RallyMike must have showed up.

Yup, we got to meet him.   Thanks for reminding me to say who's car that is, forgot to give credit, you should have heard his car start up and peel around the parking lot when he drove out of there,  sounded awesome.

[SeattleCharger]

Some more.    Can you name who's car is who's?    The purple one is Mike's, his name was PlumCrazy. 

[SeattleCharger]

Some more, the host, Mark had two cars there.    In the fourth pic you can see Troy. 

[SeattleCharger]

  I want to say thanks to Mark for setting up this whole thing, and he brought A LOT of food and drinks for everyone, and wouldn't accept any money from anyone, and thanks to AllBlue, ex PlumCrazy,   Mike, who brought a lot of cool raffle prizes, so many, that I believe everyone there at the end for the raffle got a prize, I got a cool NASCAR racing Dodge t shirt.     And Troy was there from Cincinatti, nice guy, we are all lucky to have him run this site for us all. 

[RECHRGD]

The heat must have kept some people away.  It doesn't look like too many cars were there.  If the wheels were different on the sunfire yellow '68, I'd think I was there.  Looks like Triple Green, Plumcrazy & 8Wheeler made it though.  Bob

[Silver R/T]

post more shots

[bull]

Yes, big thanks to Mark and Mike for all they did. Dallas Speed Shop provided Mike with many prizes and Mark paid for all the food and drinks and refused to take any donations. I stopped by Layson's to purchase one of those new repop locking gas caps and asked the owner if he would contribute some toys for the raffle but he wasn't interested. The heat might have been part of the problem for the low turnout, that and gas prices. But most likely the fact that there was a lot of other stuff going on that weekend probably kept the attendance down. I was hoping to see all the NW Washington guys anyway. Hey, if I can drive from Portland for 3 1/2 hrs. in the sweltering heat you guys can surely handle the 20-30 minutes. Even Mike and Troy braved the heat in Mike's non-A/C '70 from Portland. Mike's a trooper. Another problem for there being so few cars was guys like me showing up with no Charger while Mark the Charger hoarder brought two. My contribution to the show can be seen in the top left-hand corner of this picture. How sad.

[8WHEELER]

First, thanks for everything Mark, for setting it up, and I had a hamberger it was great 
And Miracle Mike for my T-Shirts, thanks for bringing them.

Since I got home so late Friday night after 1am, after driving 8hrs.  I almost
did not go to the Charger meet Saturday, I got in bed at 4am, got up at 8am
and told my wife I wanted to go, even with the heat in the 90's, and about 3hrs
of sleep, I will get all the sleep I need when I am dead............... HA HA
So we got ready and took off, there was about 12 Chargers there, the
lowest turnout yet, it had to be the heat, and the fact you could hear our
big NHRA cars easy from that parking lot, its not to far away. I love going to
the races, but I did not have time to go to it, plus I wanted to go to the
Charger show, the car numbers were way down over the last 4yrs its been about
25 cars, much better turnout.

Troy flew in, Mike told me Troy is here, I said what Troy, then he told me, I could
not believe it. Great to meet you Troy, thanks for making the trip hell of a great
supprise, sorry you had to ride with Mike 

It was to damn hot for me, I stayed in the shade 90 persent of the time.
And I never got the camera out of the trunk, so I don't have one
picture. I thought I would feel better on the way home on the freeway
and all of the air blowing in the car at 70mph. Well I was wrong, I felt
like hell, it was Way Way to hot for me to be staying at an asphalt
parking lot all day. So, sorry I did not take any picture yesterday, I
hope one of the other guys post pictures of all the cars that made it.

After we got home we were in 101 degree heat. In Washington the
best temp is low 80's or high 70's that makes me happy   

Dan

[bull]

Yea, it was way too hot and it's been too hot for a week. It was 104 here again today. At the shop we went outside with the temp gun and measured the concrete at 146 degrees. Don't walk on that with bare feet.

[RallyeMike]

I finally did NOT have a conflict with the date !!!
Thanks Mark for all the work you and family did setting this up.
Thanks Mike for the great give-away swag.
Pleasure meeting the landlord Troy and talking about common, interesting, non-mopar work stuff.
Slamoo: Sweet 73, and give'em hell at the next demo race  !
...and hopefully see the rest of you next year.

[SeattleCharger]

A couple more pictures.   

[triple_green]

I had a great time with you guys!  Got sunburned though...guess I should have been more careful.

It was great to meet Troy!!

Mike thanks for bringing all the prizes, I like my new "HEMI" hat.

3X

[RTPTRON]

Thanks Mark and Mike for all the good food and prizes.

Mark, please thank Roy for all his hard work grilling over a very hot grill.  In fact I am not sure that the grill was necessary with temps pushing 100.

Next time buy just enough food for 10 to 15 people and we will have 40 plus cars!!!  I know you spent a lot of time organizing this event for so few to show up.  I hope you will keep doing this every year anyway.

Next time please let the people that want to help with the expenses do so.  This event was for all of the people that came out.  With you doing most, if not all, of the work involved you should expect the rest of us to handle the finances, right? RIGHT.

[Silver R/T]

Anyone knows guys that bought Jesse's blue 68 R/T clone? He lives around Seattle area

[472 R/T SE]

Here's the thread.

It was great getting to meet everyone that I never would have gotten to meet had it been bigger IMO.   It was a great time.

It was also awesome getting to spend time with our leader.  I was even mild mannered with my driving, don't think I scared Troy.  We never even turned on my thumpin' stereo cause we were talking most of the time.    Great guy!!!!

Give Jerry Jackson a call at Dallas Dodge next time anyone tempts to buy from Mopar Performance.  Their prices aren't out of line.


I really liked this car





This car ruled too.  Original paint IIRC.

[almerkel]

  I really missed not being there.  Maybe next ear. 

[pdcharger]

Man I wish it were local so I could go

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[SeattleCharger]

Man, I love my dodge nascar t shirt I won in the raffle.  thanks mike and mark.