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[BenningJ]

Had a great time today guys. Thanks again Todd for your hospitality.

[DJH]

Thanks Todd for the hospitality yesterday. It was great to see and talk to everyone. Food was good too.

[4th Gen Camaro Addict]

Yesterday (August 24th) we attended Mid-West Camaro-Fest in Kansas City. They had their biggest show ever…………….174 Camaros. If you missed this show, you missed a fantastic show and a good time. It was a terrific car show and we had a very good time UNTIL we got just north of the rest area north of Kansas City on I-35 when we blew our driver's side rear tandem trailer tire on our car trailer. Could have been worse. Did some minor damage to my trailer. Will have to do some hammering and straightening as well as some buffing on my fender to try to get the scratches out of my chrome fender and have a rear clearance light to replace after I straighten out that area of the trailer where the tire coming apart punched it out.

Could have been much worse though. I had a terrific pit crew. Charlie (Hot Rod 1974) and his brother Ron (RPM) hiked back up the interstate and directed traffic over into the passing lane and watched out for us as Bill (OVERPAR73), my wife and I jacked up the trailer and threw one of my spare trailer tires on (yes.......this has happened to us before so we carry plenty of tools and two mounted spare tires plus an additional unmounted trailer tire). We came off like a well oiled machine. I don't think we were on the shoulder for more than 10 minutes at the most. Many thanks to Bill who pitched in and wasn't afraid of getting dirty to help me yank the old tire/wheel combination off and put the spare wheel/tire combination on.

Now..................will have to get a new trailer tire............a new clearance light and do some buffing and straightening.

Like I said..................could have been a lot worse.

Anyway………………here are some pictures. Both Bill (OVERPAR73) and I won CLASS CHAMPION…………………..Bill in 2010 and up Modified with his 2013 Crystal Red Tint Coat ZL-1 convertible and me in the Supercar class with my Bright Rally Red 2002 Tom Henry Racing Camaro SS.

BELOW - My THR Camaro with my wife busy detailing it (she really deserved this award............not me. These cars are HER babies and she makes sure that they are ready for the judges. This car scored 99 out of 100 points. The judges told me..........."we SIMPLY HAD to find something wrong" so they deducted a half point for a little spot on my headliner and a half point for a little paint flaw on the underneath side of my hood.:



Me receiving my award:




My award:




Bill (OVERPAR73) receiving his award:

[BenningJ]

Sounds like our group is having some issues with trailer tires lately. Haha. Good runs Tim. Congrats on the awards from the show guys!

[OVERPAR73]

Had a great time yesterday in KC with everyone and got some really good ideas for more future mods. All of us came home with an award! Didn't know I was going to become a part of a pit crew to change out a tire in under ten minutes. I'm glad I only had a couple black marks under my front splitter when I was behind JD when his tire blew and rubber went everywhere! Definitely will be going back down to the show next year.

[midwest mcnasty]

Hey Guys my name is Scottie Im with CCKC I talked with a few of you on Saturday at the show and just wanted to say one more time how much we appreciate all of coming down for the show. Sorry to hear of some tire trouble on the trailer, but glad you all made it home. Hope to see you all next year.

[roadrage41]

Smart Toyota in davenport has one of the Indy 500? Convertibles on their lot. It's white with a blue 500 on the door... Thought I saw one of you already owns one.

[BenningJ]

Yeah, Indy500SS has one here in Waterloo.

[OVERPAR73]

I just dropped my car off at Karl's Performance to have the headers installed and swap out a couple pulleys. I also decided to have a cam installed since they will have most of the front end tore apart. I will be on vacation for a couple weeks so they will keep it there until I get back. Ryan is going to send me the video of the tune and I will post it after I get it if he doesn't do it before me. I can hardly wait to hear this beast after all the performance upgrades!

[rberns]

What cam package are getting.

[NitroBeagle]

You are going to love that cam sound !
Whenever I take mine out,always getting compliments on how good it sounds !

[BenningJ]

Originally Posted by OVERPAR73

I just dropped my car off at Karl's Performance to have the headers installed and swap out a couple pulleys. I also decided to have a cam installed since they will have most of the front end tore apart. I will be on vacation for a couple weeks so they will keep it there until I get back. Ryan is going to send me the video of the tune and I will post it after I get it if he doesn't do it before me. I can hardly wait to hear this beast after all the performance upgrades!

If you don't mind please PM me with Cam Package and overall price for headers and cam installed and tuned. Thanks.

[rberns]

This thursday the car cruise in is at Palo. I think I will make it out to this as my final car show of the year.

[Obsessive Camaro Disorder]

Originally Posted by rberns

This thursday the car cruise in is at Palo. I think I will make it out to this as my final car show of the year.

You should try Cruise to the woods. That's my end of the year event. Then its baths, fuel stabilizer, oil changes, and under the car covers til spring.

Ugh, can you believe this is a relevant topic already?