NE Group GTG Saturday June 14

[Mystic ZR-1]

Late spring Northeast Group GTG on June 14th will include an insider's
tour of the Callaway facility in Old Lyme CT! Thanks Big John!
Stay tuned for details.

[t5irocz]

I'm in! Keep me posted on the details! I just put the CR1 on the road, i'll try to bring it down.

[Mystic ZR-1]

OK guys Mountain Run 2 and Bowling Green are history!
Great memories many of us will never forget are filed away
for future reminiscing. If ya didn't make it this year, you owe it
to yourself to make it next year!

Now it's time for the next ZR-1 North East Group (BONE) GTG!!!

Saturday June 14, tour of the Callaway facility in Old Lyme CT and
of course lunch at a nearby eatery/pub. The tour is at 10am sharp
with a short ride and lunch to follow. The tour will also be attended by
Big John's and my local club "For Corvettes Only" (the fine folks that
bring you "Vettes in the Village" in Mystic CT, October 5th this year, be there...).
A firm RSVP to me is required by June 7th (so Callaway will know how many
to expect and maybe how many C7 Callaways to prepare for goody bag give aways:dancing)
OK to bring a friend, rain or shine

Meet at Old Lyme CT, Rt95 exit 71 commuter parking lot at 0930 sharp!
It's a short ride to Callaway's

[BigJohn]

where???

[t5irocz]

I'm in! I have the CR1 on the road, I still need to road test it more before driving it that far but I'm hoping to have it down there. If not, we'll take my Dad's C7.

[Pete90970]

Count me in. Will have a friend (previous ZR-1 owner, now in a ZO-6) from Virginia (Colonial Corvette Club - Williamsburg) with me.

Pete

[EVILTWINS]

I'm in. Will bring my brother Tom

[Mystic ZR-1]

Reminder!!!
Please don't forget to RSVP by 7 June :cheers:
Post tour lunch at Main Street Grille, Niantic CT
(nice deck overlooking LI sound)
Good food and drink at reasonable $

Now it's time for the next ZR-1 North East Group (BONE) GTG!!!

Saturday June 14, tour of the Callaway facility in Old Lyme CT and
of course lunch at a nearby eatery/pub. The tour is at 10am sharp
with a short ride and lunch to follow. The tour will also be attended by
Big John's and my local club "For Corvettes Only" (the fine folks that
bring you "Vettes in the Village" in Mystic CT, October 5th this year, be there...).
A firm RSVP to me is required by June 7th (so Callaway will know how many
to expect and maybe how many C7 Callaways to prepare for goody bag give aways:dancing)
OK to bring a friend, rain or shine

Meet at Old Lyme CT, Rt95 exit 71 commuter parking lot at 0930 sharp!
It's a short ride to Callaway's[/QUOTE]

[efnfast]

Doug, me and my brother. Thanks for taking the lead on this.

[EVILTWINS]

My brother just realized he has a conflict so it will just be me

[Mystic ZR-1]

Reminder!!!
Please don't forget to RSVP by 7 June :cheers:
Post tour lunch at Main Street Grille, Niantic CT
(nice deck overlooking LI sound)
Good food and drink at reasonable $

Now it's time for the next ZR-1 North East Group (BONE) GTG!!!

Saturday June 14, tour of the Callaway facility in Old Lyme CT and
of course lunch at a nearby eatery/pub. The tour is at 10am sharp
with a short ride and lunch to follow. The tour will also be attended by
Big John's and my local club "For Corvettes Only" (the fine folks that
bring you "Vettes in the Village" in Mystic CT, October 5th this year, be there...).
A firm RSVP to me is required by June 7th (so Callaway will know how many
to expect and maybe how many C7 Callaways to prepare for goody bag give aways:dancing)
OK to bring a friend, rain or shine

Meet at Old Lyme CT, Rt95 exit 71 commuter parking lot at 0930 sharp!
It's a short ride to Callaway's[/QUOTE]

[ZRapid-1]

Count me in. I'll be there with a guest. Sounds like a good time.

[Mystic ZR-1]

Reminder!!!
Please don't forget to RSVP by 7 June :cheers:
Post tour lunch at Main Street Grille, Niantic CT
(nice deck overlooking LI sound)
Good food and drink at reasonable $

Now it's time for the next ZR-1 North East Group (BONE) GTG!!!

Saturday June 14, tour of the Callaway facility in Old Lyme CT and
of course lunch at a nearby eatery/pub. The tour is at 10am sharp
with a short ride and lunch to follow. The tour will also be attended by
Big John's and my local club "For Corvettes Only" (the fine folks that
bring you "Vettes in the Village" in Mystic CT, October 5th this year, be there...).
A firm RSVP to me is required by June 7th (so Callaway will know how many
to expect and maybe how many C7 Callaways to prepare for goody bag give aways:dancing)
OK to bring a friend, rain or shine

Meet at Old Lyme CT, Rt95 exit 71 commuter parking lot at 0930 sharp!
It's a short ride to Callaway's[/QUOTE]

[Mystic ZR-1]

Reminder: meet at Rt 95 exit 71 commuter parking lot @ 0930, tour at 10

Looks like we'll have almost 30 people attending. With over half (including guests)
being from the ZR-1 camp, the remainder will be
from the our local club "For Corvettes Only".
Lunch to follow tour at Sunset Ribs on the deck overlooking
Long Island Sound (of course Long Island Sound is nice, but there's no "sound" like
the wail of an LT5 att full song!!!)

[EVILTWINS]

I spoke to Dave Johnson the other day and I think he is coming up for the Callaway tour en route to Boston

For those of you who haven't met Dave - real nice guy

[EVILTWINS]

Steve which way are u guys coming down?? maybe we can hook up and caravan down together?? Pete

[efnfast]

I'm going to pick my brother up in Salem NH, into Worcester, and down 395.

[EVILTWINS]

looks like you would take 93 to 495 to 290....

I could meet you at the intersection of 495 and rt 117 in Bolton MA and jump back on 495 and continue on to 290. Old Lyme is about 1 1/2 hours from Bolton

Bolton MA rt 117 exit is about 40 min from Salem

Your call if u want to caravan. figure I'd have to meet u at Bolton about 7AM to make the 930 connection on rt 95 exit 71

[efnfast]

Pete, I'll be on 93 at exit 3 in Salem about 7:15. If you're coming down 93.

[EVILTWINS]

Steve
Living in the south western part over by Keene I would normally have gone down 202 to 140S to rt 2 to 140S to 190 to 290 to 395 to 95

I looked for a close place we could hook up if I went the route above. FROM 190 I was going to detour to 117 over to 495 (about 20 min detour) . Figuring that was the route u would take to Old Lyme. Going to Salem from Dublin adds another 1+ hours to my trip. I'm guessing taking my original route I would have to leave the house at 645 to make the 930 hook up. Going to Salem would mean leaving much earlier. If you still want to try and hook up at the 495/117 exit let me know else I'll meet u down there - are u driving your ZR-1?? Thinking of Just taking my VW Diesel 52mpg

[wprice]

Guys,

I am also going,I live in Worcester, let me know if you will caravan down.. I will hookup with you along the way. I will be in my ZR-1

Wayne

[EVILTWINS]

Wayne

Is there a good location where we could hook up on 295 or 395 in the Worcester area

Been out of the state a number of years

[wprice]

The Auburn Mall is just off 290 and right before 395. We could meet in the Sears parking lot near the automotive center.

Wayne

[EVILTWINS]

ok I'll meet you there at 0730 should give us enough time to get to Old Lyme Exit on 95 by 0930

I looked it up Exit 9 off 290

[EVILTWINS]

NOT going down rt 93 too far East for me

We can hook up with Wayne at the Auburn MAll (Worcester) Exit 9 off 290 at the Sears Automotive Parking area. I'm shooting ot be there (Auburn Mall) by 0730

My cell is 619 259 8134

[efnfast]

Pete, that seems awful early. It's only 2 hours from Salem to exit 71.

[BigJohn]

Drive anything you want.
Doug suggested I drive my TORO!

[efnfast]

Bring the Toro and get it Callawayed!!!!

[efnfast]

Sorry Pete, I misread your thread. I thought you said you were coming down 93. I will be coming down 93, you are correct.

I will be in the 'vette. You can't show up in a VW.

[EVILTWINS]

ok

NO VW :)

[efnfast]

Don't tell the Callaway guys the 09 is going to Lingenfelter.

[Mystic ZR-1]

ok

NO VW :)

Weather looks OK... but if its raining (or snowing, after all, this is
New England) you might see my VW

[efnfast]

I just talked to Pete, and he agreed not to bring the VW, you better not either.

[EVILTWINS]

I guess your right

I also guess driving one (Lingenfelter) down wouldn't go over either :)

[Mystic ZR-1]

I just talked to Pete, and he agreed not to bring the VW, you better not either.

How about my bride's Bimmer?

[efnfast]

How about my bride's Bimmer?

No, and my brother is riding shotgun with me 'cause I wouldn't let him bring his MMMMMustang. And he didn't ask the girlfriend for the C7.

[BigJohn]

Don't tell the Callaway guys the 09 is going to Lingenfelter.

Funny!!!

They don't have a problem with Lingenfelter; we all miss John and Ken has a good Callaway Collection.

:cheers:

[Mystic ZR-1]

Great turnout!
28 people showed up for the tour
with over half ZR-1 folks and friends! The remainder
was from from our local club "For Corvettes Only".
There's some overlap there, 3 FCO members are
ZR-1 owners and part of the "Brotherhood"! Others from New York, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland and Massachusetts also attended!
Thanks to Mike Vendetto of Callaway for the great tour
and to Big John for setting it up!
They've got some pretty impressive stuff to show off there
and some neat stuff just laying around. We had to keep a watchful
eye on DJ (who made the trip up from Maryland!), some of the stuff
might have fit under his t-shirt... :dancing (perhaps that LT5 that's
been on the storage shelf for years?)
There also was a couple new Z28s there waiting for the
treatment too... talk about making a neat ride even better!
Callaway has some big plans for the C7 too!

[ZZZZZR1]

Great day with Z brothers from the Northeast!!!

The callaway tour was impressive... Nice old school
cars there and new C7's as well!

Special thanks to Big John and Doug for putting this together!

Look forward to a BBQ / Special event next year!!

:cheers:

David