ibkevin

Maybe the Builtmore doesn't have broadband

G Man

I'm sure they will be up soon. Today is the drive around the lake and BBQ at Tim and Cheryl's house. Unfortunantly I didn't get to attend today. There was a pretty good turn out when I was there Friday night.

gersar928

Kevin,

You missed a great event. Weather, sights and fellowship was awesome!!! Jorg took plenty of pictures and said it would take him a couple of days before he could post...maybe others could post what they have.

Thank you Tim and Cheryl ...again another great event. Hosts with the mostest.

We have relinquished our tiltle of: 2005 Sharks at Tahoe "Flat Tire Car" : mmm I wonder who has it for this year?

Sara and Gerry

ibkevin

Thanks Gerry!

Speaking for Dad and myself, we missed a great opportunity on soo many fronts that its tough to describe.

I look forward to seeing everyones great pics, it's a little bit of a homecoming for me.

StevenB

Here's one I took at Virginia City. More to come tomorrow.

Nicole

No Internet connection at the Biltmore. But Tim and Cheryl kept us busy enough that we did not miss it anyway...

What a great event this was again!!! Thank you soooooo much to Tim and Cheryl to put this together for us. As last year, this was an event with class - professionally put together, relaxed, social, with lots of wonderful people!!!

Amy and I are not in Elko, Utah, after experiencing some trouble with the car: My baby developed a strong vibration from the rear at speeds above 90mph, getting worse over 100, and becoming unbearable at about 145. We felt like the back end was hopping in the air and had to slow down.

So we stopped for gas in Lovelock - as far as I know that's the last town before Wedlock...

Otherwise its been a great and troublefree trip.

IcemanG17

Thanks to Tim & Cheryl for another great event!!!!!!!! It was good to see some old friends again & meet Stan with his very nice "elephantbone pearlglanz" car.....I have never seen any car that color before....I like it....it would be neat to see it side be side with Chucks friends 95 GTS in the pearl white!

The fun drive was fun...Tims new "Beast" (you have to get that custom plate) is exactly that.....it literally shakes the earth around it (AT IDLE).....on the fun drive he was about 4 cars in front of me & I heard him downshift for some BWAAAHHHH action!! Incredible....but 515rwhp will do that!! My new wheels & tires (especially tires) made huge difference in the my cars handling...much easier to keep up with the "fast" group in the corners than it was last year! Of course I am convinced that Sharkskins 78 must have a supercharger under the hood!! :>)

Heres a bunch of pics....One last photo in honor of Ron H......it seems you infected me with jails!! I guess a CA cop doesn't carry much weight in NV?

G Man

Brian. You look right at home in that last pic! Wish I could have made it for the drives.

Richard S

Well, SATL was an awesome success! Tim and Cheryl really know how to put on an enjoyable weekend. They deserve more credit than we can possibly convey here

"Little Brother" had a slight heating problem, I think it was related to the radiator flaps so I pulled the fuse, and everything seemed fine after that. And technically, I did not have a flat tire on the car. In fact, it held pressure just fine while on the car, thank you Gerry. It was only after pulling the tire off the car, and yanking out the screw that the tire went flat. Stan had a tire plug kit with him, and with Paul's help we patched it up. But for the fun drives I borrowed Tim's extra set of rear wheels/tires.

It's getting late, so I'll post a few pics before heading to bed.

Sharks parked at Emerald Bay.


More sharks at Emerald Bay


No sharks in this pic, but here is our view of Emerald Bay


Ann, Nicole, and Amy at Emerald Bay. (That's Stan reaching for Bill's nuts on the left )


On the way up to Virginia City, with Reno in the background.


Tim and Cheryl, thanks for all your hard work in making this such a wonderful weekend!

Rich

Bill Ball

Nicole:

You might have lost a wheel weight. You should be able to get the rear wheels balanced just about anywhere in a half hour or so.

You might want to check those rear axle bolts again too!

Darien

No "S" models?? I should've went

Great pic's

chaadster

Ooh...is that MrMerlin's one-of-a-kind pearl yellow car? Gorgeous!

jorj7

Great meeting you all. It was another spectacular event. Thanks Tim and Cheryl.

I'm just starting to look through the photos. Here's one from today:

Ron_H

Ha! Ha! Ha! What a crack up. Glad I didn't make it there and the cops went after Brian instead. But what about my trip this coming week through Nevada?
I'll just mention Brian's name and say he is standing in for me and to charge him instead. And I'll save the bail money for Denver.

Nicole, if it vibrates at 100, wouldn't it be likely to be magnified at 145 ? Just don't let them use any duct tape on the weights if Bill is correct.

I won't tell anyone what time and day I am leaving. Maybe the cops will keep Brian in jail long enough for me to make it into Utah.

Sounds like everyone had a grand time. I have to slave away here working to afford the Denver trip. Maybe another time for me at Lake Tahoe. Parade is in August also. Too many trips this year. I have to keep Uncle George fed or I'll end up like Brian.

Nicole

Hi Bill:

Thanks for pointing out the possibility of the axle shaft bolts - I should have thought about this, too!.

Yes, it seems those weights don't stick very well on the newly powdercoated rims. We called Dave at Motorsport and will stop there on our way through SLC - they can check both the balance and the axle shafts, and maybe round-up the locals for a dinner.

I wanted to break my record of 143, but it wasn't much fun with this vibration. It really felt like over 140 the car started "hopping", so I stepped off at 147. Gosh, I had hoped to experience a bit more of the 928s potential...

Obviously, after a while we got a bit bored driving through the desert...

Tahoe Shark

Hey Randy,

Can you please pin the post for a week or so, so folks can post their pic's etc.


Thanks to everyone who attended this year, we certainly appreciate your support. We had 35 rowdys at the banquet Saturday night including some new comers. The weather order I put in came through perfectly and more that one sunburn was reported. Only minor issues came up with the cars like some hot running cars over the passes and one "more or less flat tire". Sorry Rich but you own the title for this year, right Gerry? If you put the Tahoe spares on you get the title!!

The welcome party lasted until around 10pm or so on Friday with owners popping in and out between gambling and dinner reservations. Saturday dawned with mostly bright eyes and minor headaches. After a Biltmore provided breakfast we headed out on our drive. Our first stop was on Mt Rose overlooking the entire lake. Up Mt Rose and down the backside into Reno, then up the Gieger grade to our second stop overlooking Reno. You can really rip on this road and our faithrull event photographer, George was on had to capture all of the action. Then it was on into Virginia City where Brian was thrown in Jail and people could have lunch, stroll around, watch the gunfight, or just take in the sights.

After lunch we motored through Virginia City and went down the "Virginia City hill climb road" into Carson City. Lots of people had fun on this grade because it is 5 miles of constant turns going steeply downhill. After some minor seperation of the cars because of stop lights we grouped up and headed down Jacks Valley Rd to Kingsbury Grade. Jacks Valley Rd is right up against the Sierras and runs about 15 miles south and gave us a little oppurtunity to pass a couple of sightseeing motorists. Once on Kingsbury grade 3 of us managed to get by the traffic and take off around the famous 280 degree turn. I was in the lead with Joe in second and Stan in third. I kept accellerating around the turn and looked in the mirror and all I could see in Joe's GTS was white teeth . His grin was blinding. Took a glance at Stan and he looked like a Crest toothpase commercial. It was fun !! This grade climbs from 5,000 feet to over 9,000 ft in less then 10 miles . This is where we had some heating issues and a couple of cars stopped to let there cars cool before returning to the hotel.

The rest of us came down the grade and turned back onto hwy 50 back toward Carson City. We slowed down and let the group catch us and started our cruise back to our home base. Fortunately the highway construction cooperated and our wait at Sand Harbor was only about 2 minutes.

Everyone headed back up to the balcony for some well deserved refreshments and stories. The group broke up about 5:45 and we got ready for the banquet.

I'm going to stop for now but I'll chime in a little later with a recap of Saturday night and Sunday.

Rufus Sanders

Wow. Lots and lots of beautiful sharks AND Lake Tahoe. What else could ya want? - Ruf

pmotts

Stan,

fbarnhill

Wow,

Three hot ladies and beautifull sharks too I have west coast envy

Bill Ball

Nicole:

You aren't going to like this, but the finish should be ground off for the weights to stick. At least have it roughed up.

AO

Sound like everyone had a great time. More pics please!

Stan... wash that hand. You don't know where those nuts have been.

Bill Ball

928ntslow

Congrats you guys...looks like another great time. Sorry we couldn't make it...gonna be a while until we see another 928 event.

I am sure Tim and Cheryl once again created a class event. The display of hardware is nothing short of spectacular!

However, I think Jorj finally outdid himself with this picture...it is TRULY a picture postcard and should be the poster for next years event. Joe, Brian and who ever owns that silver GTS ...your cars look FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!


JORJ...if you don't mind, I would like to use this photo as the front page of the SOCAL board. Thank you!

Tahoe Shark

More pic's will be coming. George told me he took over 3,000 and has to cull out about 1000 before he gives me the disks. He will post some of the best later.

A lot of folks are driving back today so I sure by the end of the day we will get more.

Later

jorj7

Keith,

Thanks for the compliment. Yes it'll be ok to use the photo,
just keep my copyright on the photo. By the way, here are a
couple more.

The Mooradian's


And the Beast

AO

Awesome pics George! Keep 'em coming.

jorj7

Thanks Andrew,

And since you asked, here are a couple more:





And thanks to Steve, Stan, and Bill for driving me around. Hope you all enjoyed
being the rabbit....

jorj7

Oh, and since I included Steve's and Stan's cars in the shots above, here
is one with Bill's car:

IcemanG17

George
Awesome as usual......I can't wait to see the website!!

tv

I have to agree, that pic is fantastic, color, scene and all that but it captured the lowness and width of the 928 perfectly.

StevenB

I want to echo everyone elses sentiments about the excellent event that Tim and Cheryl put on this past weekend. For me the hospitality was beyond measure. I was made to feel welcome even though I had never met most of the attendees before. This is again another in the continous examples of how great a community we have going.

Thanks again to Tim and Cheryl.

And here are some of my picts:

This is probably a rare photo as George is usually "out of the picture"


Some other shots from the drive on Saturday:

Mrmerlin

Hey what a great time , if anyone has any doubts about showing up next year, dont let this experience slip away,..... and yes it is a great time to bring your SO.
Tim and Cheryl are the best,party/event organizers and give from their hearts.
All of the people that were there had a time to relax and enjoy the atmosphere and the awesome drives and hospitality, Thanks, to all that helped make this a great weekend event, and dont forget the awesome cars that brought us all together..... Peace. Out. Stan

PS just for the record I was not reaching for Bills nutz, .S

AO

I was going to say something else, but decided to zip it!

Nicole

Well, Dave took the wheels off and sent them to a shop that has this super fancy Hunter balancer that simulates road force. Turns out that my two right rims are bent. Ugh.

So they balanced them as good as they could, and the car is riding much smoother now...

We had the privilege of meeting bigs over dinner, and today we are going to dinner with a larger group of locals...

zoltan944

I had the pleasure on being on hold waiting for Dave and hear Nicole explain what happened on her wheels. Im sorry to hear about your bent wheels Nicole esp after you just got em powdercoated! Im sure the dinner and weekend will cheer you up tho!

Bill Ball

Nicole:

I assume you did nothing to bend the rims since they were powdercoated. If the rims were bent, ANY shop should have noticed that. Who did the mounting and balancing after the rims were coated?

These are cast rims, right? So, they can be straightened...but then I think they will need re-refinishing.

I know the common computerized balancers no longer spin the tires at high speed, whereas I would expect the Hunter road force does. So, it may be easier for the Hunter guys to see the bent condition, but that is no excuse for it not being noticed earlier before you spent money on refinishing. Checking runout is so easy to do it should be routine before refinishing a wheel or when balancing new tires.

ULpilot

George- those pictures are really amazing. 928s on the move is where the real beauty is.
Btw... I love that '0' mph turn warning :P

928ntslow

I think it should be mentioned that Porsche had a color called "TAHOE BLUE". Let there be NO question as to why they used it and called it that color!!! Simply beautiful!

Richard S

Ok, just for Gerry, I updated my sig.

Rich

jpriv928

Here is a collection of my pics from the weekend (I don't have the pics from Debra's camera yet). I'm working on the movie and will post it when I get a chance:

http://web.mac.com/jpriv/iWeb/Cars/S...%206-2006.html

It can't be said enough - Big Thank You to Tim and Cheryl for hosting such a great event. I hope they will do it again next year and that more people have the opportunity to experience this gathering!

I guess some highlights for me were keeping up with Tim's Beast on the Kingsbury Grade and the late night poker huddle in Ron and Debbie's room!

Joe Privitelli
1993 GTS Auto
Slate Grey Metallic
http://homepage.mac.com/jpriv/

Still deciding on driving to Denver for the OCIC.

BTW - what is it about Emerald Bay that brings out the euphemistic hand gestures in people?!?!?