whew!

 

New starter.
Oil & filter, grease.
Now the cleaning begins!

 

How did the clean go texascat?

BTW, we will be meeting up at the dennys off of 45 N & woodridge @ around 9-915a

Can you make it?

 

hope all went well today for the last things getting done to your cars. mine did. got the tent top, chairs, and a tool kit i put together just incase. cant wait till tomorrow. did i say i couldnt wait till tomorrow.


on another note i know it is going to be early. but there will be a few of us meeting up at the denny's at 45s and woodridge at around 9.00am. i think we will be pulling out at 9.30am if you want to meet up.

every one take your time, take it easy, think slow and make it to the meet.

 

Still have the windows in the AM. I'm hoping to leave here before 9, don't think I can get to 45 N by 9.

 

Yea my dizzy was loose and my timing was jumping around for the longest and have a vaccumm leak but ran out of time so i didnt bring it but i am at lake conroe right now!

update: car is fixed. too bad i couldnt bring it

 

man today was fun wish some more cars showed up but hey this Texas heat can be brutal, so that figures. i just want to say to thanks for all of those who made this event happen. big congrats

 

up until the end, I actually thought the weather was better than in any other year. I really helped being over grass instead of concrete. Sure could have used a few more clouds though (like the forecast said there would be)

It was a great day, thank to everybody that came out, congrats to the winners of the raffle prizes, and I'll post more later, including pics. I just got home and I'm TIRED

 

it was a good meet. wish we had more cars.

on another note we also need to thank MANCHA87 AND LM91RS of thirdgen nation who were there beside me making things happen as well.

 

Sorry I was late, but glad I made it. Was great to meet some faces from this board that I have only conversed with through text. Hope to see you guys and glad next time!

 

We had fun as well, met some very nice & very knowledgeable people today! If any of you are ever out near Brenham, give me a shout!

Tommy J.

 

haha seeing all i could think of was serious face. wish i could have met you but i had to go shortly after everything was said and done

 

Here's a couple I took with my phone.

 

Good pics Mike!

 

Well, there will be a next time i hope, and maybe the other TA will have a hood, he didnt put the pins in thursday night after we primered it, so not i have to fix a few dents and put a windshield in it.

 

It was a great meet. I liked being on the grass lot, and there was a ton more shade. People had two different places to choose from to eat, an all the extra raffle prizes made for fun for everyone.

We also had a "top 5" car show with judging done by all registered participants. All in all, I would say our quantity was down but our quality went way up. Houston really supported this outing, and I'm sure the next time we are there the numbers will be even higher.

One thing I did miss from austin was the awesome photoshoot we had last year, but others than that I would say that this year was our beat roundup for several reasons.

Here's some pics (just a few, LOL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wow mark these pictures look great.

 

thanks man. I borrowed a really nice camera, but I didn't know the battery life in it stank. It gave out about 1/3rd of the way through the photoshoot, so I had to continue with my point and shoot. I feel terrible, but hopefully we'll still get some great shots from the shoot

I'll be working on those this week, and mailing them out to everyone

 

just realized I posted the same batch twice... fixed

 

great looking pics - sorry i couldn't make it, getting ready for the power tour. been working on my buick to get it ready all weekend.

 

Are the rev videos posted anywhere?

 

Not yet. Hopefully tomorrow

 

Nice pics, makes me even more aggravated I was late, plenty more member I could have met.

 

Wow! Great pictures! Heck of a job Mark!
Thanks for all you did to make this a fun meet.

 

short video I shot. we had a revving exhibition... maybe someday we'll turn it into a contest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIOcY...ature=youtu.be

 

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Well Hello Everyone,
I am sorry if i didn't make it by to talk to some of you, It was a busy day!
That being said, I had a lot of fun!
I want to personally Thank:
Mark aka 58mark, for all he does to make this event happen!
Everyone you guys at TGN, You guys pulled it off & had a great number of cars from your area!!
Kevin from Metal Tags, for the top 5 plaques & stickers, & BRINGING OUT HIS CAR FOR US ALL TO SEE!
The NTTGA-DFW guys that were able to make the trip!
The 1-2 guys from Austin-San Antonio area!
And all the Houston F-Body Guys........


So who is ready to do this all again next year?

 

One car from Houston-F-Body!
Thanks to you too Robbie for all you did and for bringing your Camaro, great engine by the way!

 

We missed alot of great cars from HFB, maybe next time more of them can make it.

 

sorry i missed you HFB guys.........
I added the FBA to my thank you list



And THANK YOU to those that voted for my car to be a part of the top 5 Group of cars!

There is so much more i want to do to my car!!!!!

 

We can only hope!

 

Thanks for the kind words Robbie. This event happened thanks to your enthusiasm. Already thinking ahead to next year, and will looking into new venues.

 

it would be great to find at least three venues that are close to the cities that bring the most. conroe was a good one here. we need to find one near dallas and then one ( if not the old ) near austin, san antonio.

 

I would have no hesitation in going back to houston, but I think in fairness to the dfw people I need to explore something on the southern side of dfw. That way it's a fairly short drive for the other cities as well.

I think we had 18 from the houston area, which is good for the first year there. It's by far the most we've ever had from a host city. I'm sure the next time Houston hosts those numbers will be even higher, considering third gen nation is still a relatively new group/forum.


I totally understand that not everybody is going to make every roundup. Weather, gas prices, and the reliability of the cars is something that each person has to decide for themselves. I'll admit to being nervous about making the trip myself if for no reason I dont know how old my fuel pump is.

Robbie and I have a place we are excited to check out soon, if that doesn't pan out, we will discuss a plan b, including other cities.

The problem with a lot of in between places like Fairfield and centerville is there's just not anywhere that i've found that would make a good host. Let me know if i'm wrong

 

I've been at 4 outings this month with HFB guys, the roundup weekend was time for non car related stuff for a lot of us. This was the first roundup I've missed, probably go next year. I like the out of town ones more, the longgg early morning cruise out is the best part IMO. pluss some highway roll-ons


the canyon lake area is nice and a good split between san antonio and austin

so what was teh total car count? (broken down into total at once and total over the course of the whole show would be cool to know too, but I know thats hard to keep track of). Is there a pic that actually fits all of the cars?

 

Total count was 28, but the last 3 rolled up late after a couple had already left, so we didn't get a picture with everybody

 

Yep! More of this!

 

I agree with the canyon Lake idea! I've been there it's beautiful. Great roads for cruisin' and scenery for pics.

And I thought I might add i'm glad you chose such a close place to me this year. About two miles from my house my car seemed to fall apart. overheating, transmission not shifting, power steering started whining, engine knocking. :O

 

I can safely say we aren't going back to the austin area until we have at least one in DFW.

 

Oh man! I hope it's nothing major.

 

Damn, all you need is a dead dog and a cheatin old lady and you got yourself a sad country song.

 

LMFAO! lets hope the best for the man

 

This was the longest trip I've ever made in my Firebird. I'm definitely looking forward to more. I aint skeered, that's why there's road-side service.

 

I would love to hear more details of what went down. There are a few of us that really wanted to go, but were unable to.

So who won the plaques?
What were the prizes and who got them?