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Old 09-26-2017, 11:46 AM
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with attendance last year of 300 Corvettes... the 2017 edition of this event should be great !

Jeff Bernhardt does an excellent job on this event; well organized and a lot of fun.

Oct. 15
Drivers meeting 1pm
Scenic drive starts 2pm

Best to arrive IMO no later than noon. Like previous years, there will be onsite food vending available up until the caravan leaves on the tour. Also, there is a Subway within walking distance.

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250 Hiawatha Trail
Springboro, OH 45066

Don't have time to drive the entire tour route? No problem; break-off whenever you need to.

If you do drive the complete route, there will be snacks waiting for us back at Jeffs shop.

Yvonne and I will be there, I finally finished the seat conversion (from Standard to Competition) in my 2015, stop by and take a look !

Tim

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Old 09-27-2017, 03:06 PM
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Can't make it this time. Would be great to get out in the vette after my surgery.
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I'll be there!
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I am planing on attending this year.
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We will be there....
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I will be there as well
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Old 10-04-2017, 07:28 PM
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Always a great time here!
Old 10-05-2017, 02:17 PM
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Just found out the food vending this year will be 4 food trucks.

I wonder if one of them sells ice cream ?
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I will bring boxes of free DVDS's. These DVD's are copies of the premium versions of the years past videos that are on Youtube.

I always made some DVD's for Jeff to give away locally; and now you can watch these versions as well. There's three different ones; take all 3 if you wish.
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My wife and I will be there in our Nassau Blue FRC. I haven’t made it to any of the monthly luncheons, so if you see us please say hi! Fingers crossed the rain holds off!
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Originally Posted by 79animal
My wife and I will be there in our Nassau Blue FRC. I haven't made it to any of the monthly luncheons, so if you see us please say hi! Fingers crossed the rain holds off!
Hope to finally meet you.

The cars that drive the entire route and end up back at Jeffs shop usually get there 4:30'ish...

The rain chance is anybodies guess.

Tim

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Is it a GO, rain or Shine ?? Or is there a rain date ?
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Originally Posted by Daypoblue
Is it a GO, rain or Shine ?? Or is there a rain date ?
No rain date.
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Hey Tim, how many years has Jeff been doing this now? Isn't this like the 17th or 18th year? I can't remember.
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Originally Posted by Z28ImpalaSS
Hey Tim, how many years has Jeff been doing this now? Isn't this like the 17th or 18th year? I can't remember.
the first Road Tour was in 1997; 35 cars attending then.
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at the moment, forecast saying chance of rain starts at 4pm. Let's hope so.
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Originally Posted by Mike Mercury
at the moment, forecast saying chance of rain starts at 4pm. Let's hope so.
It looks like the rain is starting right when the tour starts.....We won't be attending and it would have been nice to have a "Rain Date".......

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Old 10-15-2017, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by HMannini
It looks like the rain is starting right when the tour starts.....
I'm seeing that. We will be there, but may leave after the drivers meeting (1pm); probably make it home before rain starts.
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AMAZING !!!! (and lucky)
"a hundred or more" Corvettes made it. We left home around 10:45 and didn't hit any rain. Approaching Springboro, the skies looked better. Once there, we actually had bouts of sunshine.

But there was no escaping eventual rain. Drops started to fall at 2pm. Then at the halfway point of the
road tour, it picked up a bit.

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Good times, hung in til the rain at the halfway point the. Headed for the house!


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