June Snake 'n' Bake Report

[excelguru]

Photos courtesy of Clyde Hill (chill)

Some of the Atlanta-area DSCC members gathered on June 8th to eat BBQ and talk cars. For the first time in quite a while, the weather actually participated for the gathering. (What a shocker.)

Jerry Witt (SPF), Alvin Reid (E-M), Jim Kiple (SPF), Chip Bearing(Unique), and I (Honda Accord, small block, no stripes) met at a Quick Trip station in Kennesaw around 11:00. From there, we traveled north to Ellijay (easily a 1-hour trip). On our way, Toy Collector (SPF) called me to see where we were. As it turned out, he was just a few hundred yards ahead of us. He slowed and we eventually overtook him. So we headed north with no less than 5 magnificent Cobras shining in the full sun. The other motorists gawked shamelessly and I had quite a sight in my rear-view mirror!

Charlie Wilcher (E-M) and Clyde Hill (enthusiast with a Harley) just missed our caravan on the interstate and arrived slightly later at Colonel Poole's Barbecue in Ellijay.



Eric Ondras (Unique) had planned to meet us at Colonels Poole's from the beginning, so he arrived soon after in his red Unique (with a hard-top, I might add).


L-R: Charlie Wilcher's E-M, Eric Ondras' Unique, Clyde Hill's Harley, Jerry Witt's SPF, Toy Collector's SPF, Jim Kiple's SPF.
Not shown: Alvin Reid's E-M, Chip Bering's Unique, and of course my Honda.

If you're keeping count, that's seven Cobras and two enthusiasts (me and chill). This drew quite a bit of attention from some Harley riders in the area as well as many of the BBQ patrons.


Jerry Witt shows off his engine.


My cousin Adam admires Jim Kiple's SPF. Now, if I could just get him this interested in his school grades...


As you can see, the weather was perfect!


Here's the beautiful Harley that chill drove to the luncheon.

The BBQ was fantastic and I believe everyone had some fun. After lunch, many of the guys had to leave and a few of us elected to drive over to Eric's to see his "little car collection". That's an entire story unto itself. Suffice it to say that Eric's CC handle should be MR. Toy Collector (that was Toy Collector's suggestion, not mine).

I hope everyone had as much fun as I did and arrived home safely. I'm planning to skip July and August because of the heat (unless some of you are interested in meeting at night for dinner somewhere).

If all goes as planned, I can attend the September gathering in my very own Cobra!

Keith

[ToyCollector]

Excellent reporting as usual. A fun time was had by all. I called Eric and gave him the name of detailer on his answering machine. I am sure he'd entertain fleet detailing discounts

Sincerely,

Just "Toy Collector"

[GB]

Toy Collector,
If you have a good reference for a detailer I would appreciate the recommendation. Myself and a few guys from work are interested in having some detail work done. Uncle Sam has been keeping us pretty busy lately and we have a few cars to take care of.

Thanks for any help

Greg Buck (GB)

[chill]

Nice job Keith, I hope you still use the forum as an outlet for your creative juices AFTER you get your Cobra!!!

p.s. Thanks for the plug for the Harley...may need to be gernerating some interest in it to generate some cash for the Cobra project!! Let me know if you want to visit Unique to check on your car in July, I'd like to tag along.

[excelguru]

Originally posted by chill
Let me know if you want to visit Unique to check on your car in July, I'd like to tag along.

Heeeeeyyyyy... now that sounds like a nice break from saturating my brain with theoretical P&L statements! It's possible that I could visit later this month instead of July. Would that work for you? Gimme a call anytime and we can schedule a time to "go out and play" (assuming our wives let us ). I need to call Alan sometime today, anyway.

Mike - Regarding the detailer... you have mail.