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Blacklick Tech Session Update
« on: July 29, 2005, 21:04:59 »
Big turn-out Blacklick tech session Friday.

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Dave Pease was the first Pagoda to arrive after a flawless 2500 mile journey from California.


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Joe Alexander
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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2005, 21:18:49 »
WOW !!!!!

 ..and good weather , besides..

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2005, 21:39:55 »
Hello All,

Saturday's line-up of 23 Pagodas!



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Joe Alexander
Blacklick, Ohio
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Joe Alexander
Blacklick, Ohio
1969 Dark Olive 280SL
2002 ML55 AMG (tow vehicle)
2002 SLK32 AMG (350 hp)
1982 300TD Wagon turbo 4spd.
1963 404 Mercedes Unimog (Swedish Army)
1989 flu419 Mercedes Unimog (US Army)
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1974 450SLC Rally
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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2005, 21:48:51 »
Quoting our good friend Richard Madison ..."if you build it... they will come."

Joe, if this event keeps growing each year you may have to get a bigger bakyard. :D

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2005, 06:03:26 »
quote:
Originally posted by ja17

Hello All,

Saturday's line-up of 23 Pagodas!



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Joe Alexander
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Joe,
Thanks for including the rest of us in the 'club event'

What a great turn out of beautiful cars.

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best of the best

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2005, 10:27:51 »
What beautiful photos! I think it's just fantastic that so many of these beautiful cars are brought together by the members of this forum.  I am definitely coming next year. Could just kick myself for not being able to this year!

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2005, 12:25:09 »
Joe & group:
Sorry I could not attend. I hope the care care products I send will help some people clean up their cars after this trip. I hope some ghood subjects will be discussed on the discussiion board when people get back.
Have Fun
Bob Geco

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2005, 12:38:24 »
question to all:
How many attended Joe & mary's event with the hard top? How many with out the hardtop fixed?
any California specials attend?

Happy Motoring
Bob Geco
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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2005, 17:01:35 »
Bob, there were only a few cars with the hardtop, and there were no California coupes.

Let me send my thanks to you for sending the raffle prizes!



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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2005, 17:04:41 »
This was an absolutely fabulous event!!!

Many thanks to Joe and Mary, Rodd and Kim, and Cees, and all the rest for making this a superlative weekend! The weather in Ohio more than cooperated, and a great time was had by all.

I made the drive back to the Cleveland area with no problem. The car is sounding a bit loud, and I had it on the lift when I got home, fortunately, I could see no cracks in the manifold, but the bolts holding the pipe to the manifold are loose. That is a task for later this week. The traffic was not bad, and it was an easy drive.

Hope the rest of the sessions in the late afternoon went well.

Again, many thanks to Joe, Mary, Rodd, Kim, Cees, Jim V, Pete L, and on and on...

I can hardly wait to see the video that Dick M will have!!

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2005, 17:24:00 »

 
quote:
Hello All,

Saturday's line-up of 23 Pagodas!



Hmmm
Tree shade mechs indeed.

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2005, 18:06:17 »
Sorry I had to cancel due to business...ironically, I was just 80 miles away!!!

I'll be there next year!
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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2005, 18:16:11 »
Well, I guess I can't use the "its 2400" miles away excuse anymore... Thanks a lot, David  ;)



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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2005, 21:32:23 »
To Pagoda owners eveywhere, if you were not in Blacklick Ohio this weekend, how incredibly sad it was for you!

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2005, 05:50:50 »
Hello All,

What a tremendous weekend for all of us.  "Mille Grazie" to Mary and Joe for hosting, to Rodd & Kim for a great party, and to all who drove from near and far.  It's astounding that a piece of mechanical "art" last made over 30 years ago in a little town in Germany has fostered such camaradarie so that we meet, in of all places, the hamlet of Blacklick Ohio!

It was a pleasure to see all of you; reconnect with old friends and meet new ones.

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2005, 08:12:22 »
Thanks for the great time.
Joe and Mary A. are indeed very gracious host's I will hang the 107 race artwork that I won in Marys raffle on the wall of fame next to other good friends that race various motor sports.

Rodd and Kim thanks for a great patio party. And Kim I will not forget to send you a list of nice Italian restaurants for when you are at Baxter Mcgaw Park Illinois.
Case I enjoyed our talks you are a true asset to the Pagoda culture. Please dont forget to mark my dues are up to date. Thanks.

Great presentation Jim V. and Pete L.

Bruce Peterson Scott Skiterow and I did a 80 Mph sprint (average)home to Chicago made it in record time considering the construction traffic appx 6 hours and very few minutes.

Here is a cool picture of JOHIO 22 or so Pagodas taken from my junky not so cool camera hope this works.
And notice tire burnout patch on blacktop... I wonder who is missing some tire rubber?

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2005, 11:41:13 »
Big thanks to every body that helped put on the Tech Session this year, Joe,Mary,Rodd,Kim,Jim,Pete,Cees, and anybody I forgot.  And I really what to thank Joe, The huge amont of manual labor, and prep that went on each day before most of us showed up, I don't know how you do it Joe. Thanks for everything.
PS. It was kinda fun seeing VP's of major companys, draging old cars out of the weeds.
 And Ernie It's 5 oclock somewhere buddy.

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2005, 12:02:51 »
quote:
Originally posted by dwilli3038

To Pagoda owners eveywhere, if you were not in Blacklick Ohio this weekend, how incredibly sad it was for you!

Daryl
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Serial # 508




Ahhh, but many of us were there...in spirit! Thanks to all for keeping us up to date. (Now could ya quit rubbing it in  :twisted: )

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2005, 15:27:29 »
Hey everyone, made it back fine, got in 6:00 AM this morning and, after a cat nap, went off to work. Spent the evening at the garage, reset the ignition, did some other stuff and went for a nice long drive; too much inspiration not to. I had a very, very, very nice time, learned more about our cars, enjoyed the driving and especially enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Oh, and thanks to Don, Michael, Tom and Aashish for letting me drive their cars.

Ernie, Bruce & Ron: I just updated your membership records. Ron now holds the record and is a full member paid up through October 2007 (he paid 3 years in advance; we will follow up on creating that possibility for others too, that way we don't all have to think about renewing so often and it helps cash flow for the Group of course).

Jim, Mark and Larry: your posters will be in the mail end of this week. Thanks for the interest (we ended up selling more than the 10 or so posters that we had on hand at the event)!

Can't want to see the video footage Dick! Perhaps Peter van Es can host that again on his own website: http://bali.esweb.nl/index.php

Everyone else who took photos, please post them (I forgot to bring my camera :-()

Oh and Mike, I really enjoyed directing the old Gravely to cut the grass all around once again. And since none of us got any snakebites dragging old cars around, I suppose that part of the experience went off fine as well  :)

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2005, 15:33:55 »
Thanks to Joe & Mary and Rodd & Kim....

Great time, wonderful cars and fantastic people...


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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2005, 22:47:59 »
Hello,

Thanks everyone, the people made it great! I believe we ended up with about 27 or 28 Pagodas in all. Some left Saturday and others arrived Sunday only.

Our visitors from the Dominican Republic and a few others stayed until 10:30 pm Sunday Night. David Pease, the first Pagoda to drive in last Saturday, left my shop at 10:30 Monday morning for his return trip to California. We did an inspection and oil service before the trip back.

We were very busy for over two days and did not get to all of the subjects. I will do the wheel bearing change job and the alternator tear down on this site with pictures so we can all follow the procedures.
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Thanks again!


Joe Alexander
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Joe Alexander
Blacklick, Ohio
1969 Dark Olive 280SL
2002 ML55 AMG (tow vehicle)
2002 SLK32 AMG (350 hp)
1982 300TD Wagon turbo 4spd.
1963 404 Mercedes Unimog (Swedish Army)
1989 flu419 Mercedes Unimog (US Army)
1998 E430
1974 450SLC Rally
1965 220SE Finback

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Re: Blacklick Tech Session Update
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2005, 09:04:32 »
Many thanks to Joe & Mary, Rodd & Kim, Jim & Peter for their warm hospitality and generous sharing of their knowledge. It was special for me to be in the company of owners who gave freely their experiences and knowledge of these beautiful and complex automobiles.

How about that fuel injector demo Joe put on outside? It dosn't get any better than that. I came away a somewhat overwelmed, but a little less clueless.