Dave McLellan at Katies Great Falls

[rkreigh]

was a great turnout indeed. beautiful day, dave was really impressed with this event and it was great to see him

thanks everyone for coming out, hope you all had a great time.

[dredgeguy]

A great day for Wazoo, we had a blast. Dave was very gracious with his time and Chris did an outstanding job with the arrangements. I have attached some of the photos for your viewing pleasure.
Dave signed Yun and my car, a few books for Phil and a banner for Dave. We had a group Wazoo photo at the event and then drove in a convoy with Dave leading the way in Chris's Z to the River Bend Country Club and took a few more.

[dredgeguy]

More photos

[ZZZZZR1]

Charlie

Great pictures!!! Thanks for posting!



David

[secondchance]

Charlie,

Thank you for taking shots while Dave was signing. I was caught off guard and was simply happy that Dave was signing my car. What a surprise to find out you were documenting the moment!

Thank you!!!

[dredgeguy]

My pleasure, somebody has to record history..........our cars just went up in value!

[Jagdpanzer]

Came across this cool photo of that day over on Bob Collum's web site Great Falls Auto Registry
Ron, your Z looks mighty fine with those wheels. Are you sure you still want to sell them?

[RedSled]

That was a cool day indeed. Today at Katie's C1-C7s all in attendance despite very cold temps. Fun to see them all.

- Keith

[rkreigh]

Originally Posted by Jagdpanzer

Came across this cool photo of that day over on Bob Collum's web site Great Falls Auto Registry
Ron, your Z looks mighty fine with those wheels. Are you sure you still want to sell them?

the 505s definitely look good, only reason I would sell is to get another set in the 18" size doesn't look like I have any takers, so I'll pony up for a new set of tires. the EMTs are spent (thank god!!) first time I've ever "hurried up" wearing out tires. we saw the first "emergence of the cords" checking out the play in the rear end up at Wazoo.

[nelson007]

Hello Rich,
Do you mean May 3?
The 4 th is Sunday?
I will try to be there.
Nelson 007

Originally Posted by rkreigh

Sat, May 4th, 8:30-9:30 Dave Mclellan Corvette Chief Engineer 75-92 at Katie's "Cars and Coffee"

lots of the Wazoo gang hang out there and this is a great opportunity for the NOVA locals to meet and greet Dave. do a google search on Cars and Coffee Great Falls and you'll see what this event is all about.

lots of vettes, exotics, muscle cars, electrics, more variety than I would ever imagine, it's a free car show every weekend and a really nice bunch of serious car guys to hand out with.

for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of meeting Dave he's one of the nicest and most "approachable" Corvette engineer and a key factor in getting the ZR-1 through the bean counters.

His unwavering commitment to excellence, made the ZR-1 a "no compromise" vehicle that performed with the worlds finest at the time regardless of price and put the corvette on the map as more than competitive with any of the exotics costing many times the price

in many ways, his efforts "raised the bar" for all corvette's that followed and truly began the widespread quality control, CNC machining, and use of advanced aluminum engines with super tight tolerances and durability testing

I'm very glad to say Dave is my friend and I really look forward to seeing him

He's attended a very high percentage of the gatherings and continues to work on some very advanced engineering projects today being involved with Mosler and other advanced efforts.

if you haven't read his book, I highly recommend you pick up a copy for him to autograph, my bet is that he'll have a stash of them there at a discounted price

Dave is the proud "father of the ZR-1" and has some really great stories to tell both in his book and in person.