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Ron (and the rest of you), You have just over a year to plan your trip! We know exactly where Carl and his car will be the weekend of March 13-15, 2009! I can "gayrontee" other Z nutZ will be there too-here is your opportunity to drop down to the South for a spell, visit some Z friends, see some great carZ, and if you're brave enough, sample a plate full of grits! Will

Some guys just don't get enough chances to prove Darwin right, they have to make a few Darwinian encounters of their own... Will

Kats, I always heard this comment on the 924/917, until this thread I never heard it used to talk about a Z. Will

Inside the hotel, the Autograph Nazzis were out in force, doing all in their power to limit the single item to be autographed to only the $20 wanker generic poster that the hotel was selling. Me being me, and not simply rolling over and taking things that are "dictated" to me, I stood in line-did not buy the afore mentioned poster, and asked both Peter Brock and John Morton to sign my ZCCA commerative poster-which they graciously did-Mr. Morton actually knew a good bit about the poster, and its origins-absolutely a Z fan. Both were happy to sign near Mr. Ks autograph! I had hoped to get several other things that I had ordered from BRE2 and from Trackside Photo signed, but chose neither to press my luck with the patrolling Nazzis, nor to press into the few quiet moments these two gentlemen had later over the busy and imposing weekend. My best friend-not a car guy by any stretch of the imagination-had actually taken the initiative to be first in line to buy a poster, and to have it signed for me-I got the best signatures of the day on it-I had my ZCCA poster signed after around 35 people. I was very fortunate to get to spent some time with Mr. and Mrs Brock, and they are wonderful down to earth people. I had been impressed at the personal notes Mrs. Brock put on the receipts from my BRE2 purchase and correspondence, and now I know it was absolutely genuine-What terrific people! Those of you who missed the show have the opportunity to plan now for next year. With the formal invitation for Carls' car to participate in next years Concours, I believe his will be the first 240Z to be included in this level of show-I have been to eight of the thirteen shows, and there was not a Z in the bunch! We should make a consorted effort to back support his efforts by getting a big old bunch of Zs parked in a row on the Amelia Island Parkway as it leads to the entrance to the Ritz Carleton. It is a huge deal to have a Z included in the show. Maybe we could make the show the culmination of a Z get together for that weekend. I took almost 700 photographs, around 500 of the other cars and around 200 of the 510 and Carls car. I also shot almost 90 minutes of video of the photo shoot. As per the request of Mr. Brock, and Carl Beck, the images will be withheld until after the magazine comes out-but they will be worth the wait! Don't let Carl's "old age" talk fool you, he can shout "Factory" with the best of them(ask Carl Jr.), and though I won't give away any other details of the shoot, I have video of the new age dancing he was doing around his car! I am in my 40s, and I didn't trailer a car in heavy storms from Clearwater to down on the Hugeunot beach, detail it in a 40mph sand blaster, and then pack it up and head home-Hell I was tired just watching him-but he was sure beaming through all of the exhaustion! Congratulations Carl! Will

I would suggest Ztherapy.com. They know Z carbs! Will