This was the "final" version ( )

WOW that version looks good too, Mike.
I am printing some of those off too!
I am planning on asking the A12 owners to leave them on their dashboards, right next to the VIN if possible. Alot of people usually look there.
Dave

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Undoubtedly, the Mopar Nationals. 2005 will be the 25th anniversary of the Mopar Nationals and the Road Runner will be the featured car. There are also some very special events in the planning stages that will make next year's Nats the wildest Moparty ever. Carlisle is neat and all but if this is your one and only chance, you'll remember your weekend at the Nats forever.

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I just pulled this quote off the General board, posted by ONEBADSUPERBIRD. Carlisle is still the place for '05, but knowing that the Roadrunner is going to be the featured car at the Nats would have made the Nats a good choice.

Been doing the Nats since '94. "05 will be my first year at Carlisle. I'm planning on attending Carlisle, Nats, and MMW next year. Probably with the '71 at the Nats, and MMW. It should be back together by then

Aren't the '68 Hemi Darts & Barracudas also "lift-off hood" cars, too?

Seems to me calling 'em what they are, 1969 440 Six BBL Road Runners & 440 Six Pack Super Bees, would have been more correct (although far more verbose!).

I need Carlisle info, as I'm a newbie to Carlisle. I went to the www.carlisleevents.com page. Went to see what's up with the Mopar event July 8-10, 05. It said the site is closed to online registration. Is it normal to register at the gate on Friday? Or should I pre-register by mail with the downloadable registration form? If I register at the gate, will I be able to park where I want?(with all the A12 boys, of course!) Or will I be relegated to the netherlands of obscurity, never to be seen or heard from again?

Gary,

I think that needs to be determined. When I went to the 6pack reunion in '92. I paid a special price becuase I was not being judged and they had a specail place for us to park together.

In the initial discussions it sounded like we may be able to get a place all our own.

Anybody hear anymore from Carlisle productions??

It would be nice to get this nailed down so we can all start registering.

Here is one....

And another....

Thanks for the scans, Nekid!!

I talked to Lisa at Carlisle just a few minutes ago and have some info for y'all.


1) REGISTRATION will be open in January, probably around the 4th or so. $35 for pre-registration includes one car and 2 adults for all three days. Late registration, less than 20 days before the show will be socked for $45.

REGISTER EARLY!!


2) ONLINE REGISTRATION will be available, with a selction to register with the A12 REUNION GROUP. When they set up the site for pre-registering, we ALL need to register as part of the A12 group so that the Carlisle people know how many of us to expect.


3) Lisa would like to have a Significant Guest, an engineer or product development team member or someone closely connected with the car's promotion/marketing be a guest. She know Ronnie Sox and the guys at MCG and will talk to them(MCG) for ideas.

Who would you guys want to see?

Also, she asked if there were a 'test' or 'development' prototype car that has significance in the history of the model.

Who's got the Cecil County car?

She would also like a clean, clear photo of a car and a short paragraph on the developmental and racing history of the car.


4) There is a number to call for help in finding a room. 877-727-8573

The same people can get us a block of rooms if anyone is interested in hanging out after hours at the same hotel/motel and promises to play nice.


5) If your car is staying on the patrolled show grounds overnight, get walk-in passes when you register so that you don't pay spectator admission at the gate every morning.

The only other group, so far, that is being featured is the T/A and AAR guys.


What am I forgetting?


Frank

I'll be displaying this...

Frank, I spoke with Tom Hoover and he would be very interested in attending the A12 re-union.

I also spoke with John Wehrly's son Linc and he's affraid that after John's retirement this December from Mopar racing that he will get very bored, so I told Linc that we would have something for John to do July 2005 . I'll give him a call and see if he's available too.

Mike

Thanks to Dave and Frank we are on top of this endeavor. Here's what's going on to date:

Ted Struse, owner of 'Project Six Pack' is interested in possibly bringing his car to the Re-Union from Colorado. Frank, who is also trailering his car to the Re-Union, is seeing if there's a viable way to tow both without incurring too much added expense. Anyone who thinks they can assist Frank in anyway possible, whether it's in the actual work involved with the trip, or monetarily to offset expenses, please contact Frank (dstryr) to compare ideas. If no one surfaces, we as a 'club' should examine methods to funnel raised funds (from our members or sponsors) into Frank's trailering efforts.

Along with 'Project Six Pack' Mike (A12) has had conversations with Tom Hoover who has expresseed interest in attending. We are also going to contact Ronnie Sox who normally attends York US 30 Re-Union this weekend which is but a scant 40 miles away. We're hoping he can commute from York to Carlisle and spend afew hours with us. Of course his health is a major concern in all of this. Other attractions include John Wehrly who Mike is also tracking down.

Lon (PLATINUM6BBL) has approached the folks from MCG as well as I believe Mopar Muscle (? sorry Lon I can't recall who else you've been in contact with). Anyway, that is another area of intererst we need to exploit to our advantage. Getting a committment from a specific magazine to act as our 'sponsor'...or from a few to increase coverage is key to making this be the best that it can be. We should consider taking ads out in some 'old school' magazines like Hemmings etc to reach as many owners as posible. We forget that we are really just a fraction of the A12 world.

We should also have some fellas working on T shirts, hats and other keepsake items for those who attend. Miles (Real6BBL) has expressed interest in working on creative ideas for these items. I'd like to help him with this also (one idea is attached which includes a possible T shirt). We'd appreciate all your ideas and clever sayings to consider in our efforts. Also we we're thinking of hats (bee and runner specific), T shirts, cling signs -which are non sticky- for all true A12 windshilds (the size of bumper stickers), and/or anything else which you guys think might be cool.

We also should consider having a video made to record the Re-Union and interview both our guest arttractions and some owners. We don't yet have anyone interested in seeing how to best pull this off. It'd be nice if someone here has some video background or a connection to a pro who could pull it off cheap. If not we'll probably have to do it ourselves and hope for the best. If this is what happens there are professional editors in almost any phone book which we could take the raw tape to for completion.

We also need, or might benefit from someone assisting Frank in his dealings with Carlisle. He has done a great job working this along with Lisa Leatherly to date, but might appreciate sharing the burden with one or two of us.

So, here's where we are....

We are looking to assemble 'teams' of guys to help with the above areas of need. If there are any other topics of need which you guys want to organize for the Re-Union, table them now. Volunteers are needed to make this as good as it can be. At the same time, we don't want to overburden any one individual, or team, with too much work-- so the more volunteers the better.

Those of you who are planning to attend please consider what you might like to help with. Those who are not able to attend, perhaps you'd like to help in one of the teams efforts anyway.

Money will be an issue in this. It takes money to tow cars (Project Six Pack), print shirts, hats, banners etc. Once teams are formed they should estimate their budget (if any) and pursue funding through sponsor(s) or individuals. It might be wise to form a team specifically for raising money. Not that we need large amounts to make this all work, but we will need some to make it as good as it can be.

This can be a really good memory for all A12 owners. Imagine a video of 40-50 A12s, with members faces and cars, Sox talking about the June 69 Super Stock magazine run (Cecil County), Hoover talking about the design and build history-- both of them signing cars (!), Project Six Pack owner Struse talking about his 6 pack efforts on the track, and all the other Re-Union moments captured in a professionally done video. Those who can't make it might appreciate this video more than those who can.

Now's the time to get involved. We need everyone to make this as good as it can be. Pick a team to join and help!

Regards,
Coop