[W126 Coupe] April Coupefest details

[Satish Tummala]

I would cross in Windsor.  From the tunnel to the shop is about 20 minutes.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Markus Meyer" <mfmeyer at iwon.com>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] April Coupefest details


>
> Gary,
>
> I'll let someone more local answer the question about where to cross into 
> Michigan as I'm not sure.
>
> Spouses are always welcome of course!  Just keep in mind we are doing tech 
> sessions all day Saturday so unless your wife likes that kind of 
> stuff...the women can always get together and do other stuff that day too.
>
> See you there!
> Markus
>
>
>
>
> --- On Sat 03/05, gary peck < gary.peck at sympatico.ca > wrote:
> From: gary peck [mailto: gary.peck at sympatico.ca]
> To: mfmeyer at iwon.com, mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:57:22 -0500
> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] April Coupefest details
>
> Markus<br><br>I have set aside April 16 & 17 to attend. I live in London 
> On. about 2 - 2<br>1/2 Hour drive. Would crossing at Detroit be shorter 
> than Sarnia?<br>Photos of my White SEC Euro can be seen on the MBNZ.org 
> W126 Forum near the<br>bottom of photos page 1, has the Euro blue velour 
> interior. and only 64,000<br>KLMs. also pictured is my 560SEL Euro that 
> I'm offering for sale this<br>summer.<br>PS: New listing for a 87 Red SEC 
> Toronto 
> On.<br>http://www.trader.ca/SendToFriend/Results.asp?id=1468789&adid=4228142<br><br>MBGary 
> gary.peck at sympatico.ca Please keep me posted of events and 
> get<br>to-gethers. Question: I assume spouses are invited 
> also.<br><br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Markus Meyer" 
> <mfmeyer at iwon.com><br>To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com><br>Sent: Saturday, March 
> 05, 2005 7:42 AM<br>Subject: [W126 Coupe] April Coupefest 
> details<br><br><br>><br>> Hi gang,<br>><br>> Well, our get-together is 
> only 6 weeks away now, so lets see some<br>excitement and hear from
>  you all!  This is the list I had previously:<br>><br>> James Edwards<br>> 
> Greg Mailloux<br>> Richard Giampietro (maybe)<br>> Ken Mauldin 
> (maybe)<br>> Jonathan Hodgman (maybe)<br>> Brent von Behrens<br>> Chet 
> Hwilka<br>> yours truly<br>><br>> I know there a bunch of "locals" so I 
> don't need to tally them for hotel<br>rooms and such, but still, come on 
> folks, is this it?!!!<br>><br>> I talked to Satish last night and here is 
> the thought on the sequence of<br>events for the weekend of April 
> 15-17th:<br>><br>> Friday April 15th - come to town and meet for dinner 
> somewhere.  Satish<br>suggested maybe hotels in the Birmingham area as one 
> could walk places<br>instead of having to drink/drive.  Townshend Hotel 
> was one name mentioned.<br>><br>> Saturday April 16th - morning spent 
> doing tech sessions at Motorwerks<br>(Satish's shop).  The local MB 
> chapter will be running the tech session.<br>Hunter Engineering will also 
> be there to demonstrate their alignment and<br>tire balancing eq
> uipment, paintless dent removel guys will be there,<br>detailing guys will 
> be there, alloy wheel repair guys will be there, and so<br>forth.  That 
> should take us through early afternoon.  A brunch will be<br>served. 
> After that, Satish has graciously offered his shop up to those of<br>us 
> who want to do some work on our own cars - YES - he will allow us to 
> work<br>in his shop with his tools on our own cars!!!  How often do you 
> get that<br>chance?  Then later that night we'll meet again for 
> dinner/drinks/fun and<br>that should wrap up the day.<br>><br>> Sunday 
> April 17th - Greg Mailloux who is local to the area offered to<br>arrange 
> a tour of the Detroit Public Library to see the National 
> Automotive<br>History display.  Both Greg and Satish told me it has one of 
> the largest<br>collections of car related (not just MB) memorabilia, 
> photos and<br>publications.  But we need to know who wants to do this so 
> he can arrange it<br>with the curator.  After that we could all split up 
> and
>  go our separate<br>ways.<br>><br>> So....lets hear back folks, so we can 
> finalize the hotel room situation.<br>We haven't done that yet since we 
> don't have definite counts and don't seem<br>to have that many right now 
> commiting from out of town.<br>><br>> So send in your replies and think 
> spring!<br>><br>> YEAH!<br>><br>> Markus (can you tell I'm 
> excited!!!)<br>><br>> p.s. on yes, and to entice you further, there will 
> be a special "event"<br>occuring on Saturday as well that I can't give too 
> many more details about<br>at this time.  Okay, so I'm giving you a 
> teaser.  But I don't think it 
> will<br>disappoint..!<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> 
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