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zrwhat · 04-29-2013

Ron K,

Charlie lives just north of me in Ellicott City, if you can drop off the crank at my other place in Alexandria, I can relay it to Charlie on the way back to Columbia and save you both a trip.
LMK,

Jeff

rkreigh · 04-29-2013

sure,

I was there Sat morning and they had a poster out and handout flyers

Sat, May 4th, 8:30-9:30 Dave Mclellan Corvette Chief Engineer 75-92

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.

come on out.

rkreigh · 04-30-2013

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Originally Posted by zrwhat

Ron K,

Charlie lives just north of me in Ellicott City, if you can drop off the crank at my other place in Alexandria, I can relay it to Charlie on the way back to Columbia and save you both a trip.
LMK,

Jeff

thanks Jeff. I'll take you up on that.

we'll hook up this weekend and I'll get Charlie's address.

thanks so much for helping me out.

hope to see you at Katie's this weekend. you will really dig it and it will be fun to see dave.

there's a guy with a Hemi Superbee that comes out pretty often as well as a Hemi Roadrunner.

zrwhat · 04-30-2013

Will do Ron...

Had the Hemi RR out this past weekend and went to the Marley Station cruise in Glen Burnie, was jam packed with a little bit of everything, guy parked next to me had a 67 Vette Coupe with a LS-9 in it along with the late model suspension, that thing was neat as hell.., He brought a gun to a stick fight!

You need to bring the Firechicken up there sometime.

Gibby

rkreigh · 04-30-2013

that would be fun stuff! Charlie is going out to cars and coffee on Sat so I'll bring the crank. if for any reason he can't make it I'll hook up with you sometime this weekend.

thanks Gibby, really enjoyed the ride in the Hemi, I need to get a ride in the Jeal! we need to get that bad boy to the track someday soon.

I have a set of hoosiers I need to "use up" if you need to borrow them.

weather should be good very soon. sorry I couldn't make the Mason Dixon digs, sounds like that was a great day.

Phil turned a 12.08 which is very impressive for his 95 which is pretty close to stock I believe.

04-29-2013	#11
zrwhat Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 119	Re: Need a favor - tote a crank to Gathering Ron K, Charlie lives just north of me in Ellicott City, if you can drop off the crank at my other place in Alexandria, I can relay it to Charlie on the way back to Columbia and save you both a trip. LMK, Jeff

04-29-2013	#12
rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,080	Re: Need a favor - tote a crank to Gathering sure, I was there Sat morning and they had a poster out and handout flyers Sat, May 4th, 8:30-9:30 Dave Mclellan Corvette Chief Engineer 75-92 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. come on out.

04-30-2013	#14
zrwhat Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 119	Re: Need a favor - tote a crank to Gathering Will do Ron... Had the Hemi RR out this past weekend and went to the Marley Station cruise in Glen Burnie, was jam packed with a little bit of everything, guy parked next to me had a 67 Vette Coupe with a LS-9 in it along with the late model suspension, that thing was neat as hell.., He brought a gun to a stick fight! You need to bring the Firechicken up there sometime. Gibby

04-30-2013	#15
rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,080	Re: Need a favor - tote a crank to Gathering that would be fun stuff! Charlie is going out to cars and coffee on Sat so I'll bring the crank. if for any reason he can't make it I'll hook up with you sometime this weekend. thanks Gibby, really enjoyed the ride in the Hemi, I need to get a ride in the Jeal! we need to get that bad boy to the track someday soon. I have a set of hoosiers I need to "use up" if you need to borrow them. weather should be good very soon. sorry I couldn't make the Mason Dixon digs, sounds like that was a great day. Phil turned a 12.08 which is very impressive for his 95 which is pretty close to stock I believe.