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Chaparral 'Party on the Patio' - Jun 4, Midland, TX

Started by Tex , May 12 2016 10:01 AM

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#1 Tex

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Posted 12 May 2016 - 10:01 AM

June 4 in Midland, Texas! I'm going (went last year also).

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Posted 12 May 2016 - 09:36 PM

You lucky dog!!! Be sure to post some photos!

I am not a doctor, but I played one as a child with the girl next door.

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Posted 12 May 2016 - 10:46 PM

Dood! I never got around to posting the pics from last year! LOL...

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Posted 13 May 2016 - 07:36 AM

Yes, and it was another blot on your copybook, Tex...

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Posted 13 May 2016 - 11:16 AM

I never got around to posting the pics from last year!

Post them this year, no one here will ever know. :laugh2:

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Posted 13 May 2016 - 09:43 PM

Does "Live Drive" mean attendees will be allowed to drive it?

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 03:37 PM

Does "Live Drive" mean attendees will be allowed to drive it?

Nice thought, but... no.

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 08:11 PM

Here's a link to Facebook photo album of my visit to the Chaparral "Party on the Patio" 2016! I'll post more pics later.

https://www.facebook...81970921&type=3

And here's link to some FB videos of my visit... 3 videos so far... a couple more to come:

https://www.facebook...81970921&type=2

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Posted 08 June 2016 - 08:59 AM

Unbelievable, the sucker car for sure. Never saw it run before.

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Posted 08 June 2016 - 10:06 AM

It was pointed out to me that not everyone is on Facebook(duh!... lol). So, here's a couple of pics. One is of the road that goes to Rattlesnake Raceway... looks like it hasn't been used in quite a while. The other is a "selfie"(no cellphone... used my Canon Sureshot) of me standing out front of Chaparral Cars, Midland Texas.

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Posted 08 June 2016 - 09:59 PM

That little building is it?!?!? Or is there more that is not in the picture?

Thank you for posting these photos, Richard. I appreciate it.

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Posted 08 June 2016 - 11:26 PM

Hey, I had to keep you wantin' more..... that blue building is the office building.... behind it are the shop buildings.

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Posted 08 June 2016 - 11:28 PM

And a guy drove up in this thing, to see the Chaparral 2J; he called it his "therapy car".

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 04:58 PM

In the late 60's I worked at Tom Edwards Chevrolet. The owner, Jimmy Long, had a saying.

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 09:29 PM

And a guy drove up in this thing, to see the Chaparral 2J; he called it his "therapy car".

Did you notice if that was paint, or a wrap? Either way, I could use some of that therapy myself!

And thanks for the photo showing the fab shop out back.

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 10:07 PM

No, I didn't check to see if it was paint or a wrap.

Here's some pics of the prep taking place before the drive.

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Posted 09 June 2016 - 10:09 PM

By the way, that red Corvette you can see in the last pic was the car driven by a couple of guys from .... from?..... one of the big car mags, doing a photo shoot.

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 09:37 PM

Oh, yeah! Thanks, Tex, great shots. And check out the offset on those rear wheels!

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