<VV> The Great Western Fan belt toss, Conclusion

Fri Nov 7 13:51:07 EST 2008

 Not the weekend we'll be there.

If you miss it, come back two weeks later it'll be there for ya if you're so inclined.

The Toss was moved from the Gay Pride weekend several years ago because it
had evolved into a huge event and our attendees were having to park too far away
for comfort.

I believe we hosted it the last time the two events coincided. That was 7 years ago.

You have good long term memory but short term, the past six years, seems to be
AWOL.

Tim Abney
IECC

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron <ronh at owt.com>
To: rt66vairs at aol.com
Sent: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:30 am
Subject: Re: <VV> The Great Western Fan belt toss, Conclusion

Will the other end of Sunrise Park be a big Gay convention again????

RonH?
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:10 PM?

Subject: Re: <VV> The Great Western Fan belt toss, Conclusion?
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> Dave,?

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> Since it was your first fan belt toss you don't really have any experience 
> to reference?

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> from.?

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> I wasn't there because of work issues but have heard from some folks that 
> it was nothing?

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> like what we enjoy at the Toss in Palm Springs.?

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> I understand the reason for the move was to get more into the public eye 
> but I also understand?

> the primary purpose is to put on an event for Corvair enthusiasts.?

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> IECC is the host chapter next year and plans are in place for the GWFBT&SM 
> to return to?

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> Palm Springs for 2009. The dates will be Oct. 23-25 and the place will be 
> back in Sunrise?

> Park... Where it did NOT rain this this past weekend.?

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> Tim Abney?

> IECC?

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> From: Dave Thompson <dave.thompson at verizon.net>?

> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org?

> Cc: Adam Larson <larsonx at roadrunner.com>; 
> martha.wightman at globalknowledge.com; James Krisch 
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> Subject: <VV> The Great Western Fan belt toss, Conclusion?

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> I returned to the fairgrounds to relieve the security and take on the 
> night?

> watch.?

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> The security guy was glad to see me and was gone before I was able to 
> unload?

> my midnight snacks. I wandered over to the awning where my chairs were and?

> changed the radio to my favorite station. The night was dark due to the?

> overcast and the temperature was brisk sweatshirt weather with a whisper 
> of?

> wind. I sat back and enjoyed the radio as they played the end of side two 
> of?

> Pink floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"; a classic favorite of mine. After a?

> while, I got bored so I went over to the boxes from the "giveaway table". 
> I?

> rummaged through and found some back issues of the Corsa Communique 
> monthly?

> magazine. I spent a couple of hours reading under one of the only lights?

> that were still on. Every once in a while, the animals in the farm barn 
> made?

> some noise and the donkey brayed. I thought" I'll bet that ass will keep 
> me?

> awake all night".  The wind picked up for a while and all of a sudden 
> there?

> was a great CRASH and WOOSH from under the California Corvairs awning. I?

> rushed over to find that a box of miniature die-cast model cars had 
> slipped?

> off another stack of boxes and spilled out over the ground. As I put the?

> cars back into the box, I came upon a model that I had been admiring on?

> eBay. I tucked it into my pocket thinking"I'll pay Jeff for it tomorrow". 
> It?

> was after 2:00 am by then and I thought I'd try to get some sleep. I?

> returned the magazines to their box, went to my car, curled up in the back?

> seat, got comfortable and quickly fell asleep.?

>?

>?

>?

> I woke to Chris Pincek, our club president knocking on the window. It was?

> about 6:00am. I got out of the back seat, stretched and wiped the sleep 
> out?

> of my eyes. There was a group of people re-setting up the "headquarters". 
> I?

> helped where I could and then walked over to get a cup of coffee and a?

> donut. By 7:00am it started to drizzle. A few Corvairs showed up and we?

> arranged them in a somewhat circle. There were no more than a dozen. It?

> continued to rain harder and harder. We all huddled under the awnings and?

> talked about a variety of things. When Jeff showed up I told him about the?

> box falling and paid him for the car I pocketed. I loaned my 10'X10' 
> easy-up?

> awning to Larry of LS Corvair Parts to help protect his stock.  Eventually?

> he decided to pack up. My wife, Apryl and our best friend Martha showed up?

> and I sent them off to the swap meet with some money. It was decided to 
> take?

> Larry's lead and pack up the headquarters. By 10:00 or 11:00 the rain had?

> subsided and the breeze pushed the clouds inland. Things dried up and it?

> turned out to be a beautiful day. Apryl and Martha showed up just as we 
> were?

> finished packing. Martha left and Apryl and I covered what was left of the?

> swap meet. When we returned, there was only my Spyder and one other 
> Corvair?

> at each end of the lot. We found a few "hangers-on" at the cantina and?

> joined them for a drink. When I returned to my Spyder I saw that the guys?

> had wiped her down for me. Even with her so-so pain job, she looked?

> beautiful all alone in the middle of the lot. We left and were home by 
> 4:00.?

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> Even though there were some things that tried to spoil the weekend, I?

> ignored them and had the time of my life. I got to see some great examples?

> of our favorite cars and trucks and met some great people. This was my 
> first?

> 'Toss and it will be in my memories for the rest of my life.?

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> My Vairy best to you all,?

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> Dave Thompson?

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> Westminster, CA?

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