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I have already volunteered to step up & help do whatever it takes to keep the Canby event going, maybe even improving. As for the TITLE of President, or whatever.... if you all nominate me, go to the meeting & vote me in, I will take whatever place, or title that means,& do the best I can possibly do at it. I'm not the type to campaign, & I don't care about titles. I DO see a job (many jobs, actually) that needs to be done, & I care plenty enough about keeping Canby going, to step up, volunteer,& give it my best efforts.

I think you already saw my facebook post about how impressed I was with this Goon all weekend at Canby, & that was BEFORE I had seen the engine! WOW, that sure looks good in there! I have always thought it took a lot of surgery on the chassis to do this kind of swap, but after seeing this, you have me thinking about it again. such a Beautiful car, Congratulations!

pick a part as a vender ! nice Z Chopper ! actually though, I could see inviting them to have a booth in the swap meet area. Maybe I will do that if I'm asked to take a board position with Datsuns NW.

The impression I got was that they sold auto products, not food. Either way, it wasn't Al or I's place to invite businesses to come sell Thier products at the show, because it was not a Datslocos event. The business cards would have been better given to a board member of Datsuns NW, since it's Thier event. It would be kind of similar to me inviting the Kirby vacuum sales team over to your house, & obligating you to buy one of Thier vacuums

After reading through the comments here about the discussion between Al & Starr ,also because the May Datslocos meet/fun run was my meet, my responsibility, and because I am friends with both of them, I would like to offer a few thoughts, then I will do as Al asked ,& let the subject drop. If everyone can try to remember that it is very easy to get all fired up about things that we feel are important,& that when we're all fired up we sometimes say or do things in a manner that isn't the most appropriate way, it may help here. I have said or done things while all fired up that later I wished I had done more politely. I'm sure we all have. had Starr given me the vendors business cards, I can't say that I would have called them either, especially if I had as much on my plate as Al had at that point. I feel that it is Datsuns nw choice which vendors to invite. Neither Al, nor myself [as the person responsible for the event that Starr gave us the business cards at. ] were in an appropriate position to be inviting vendors to someone else's event. As far as I know, there has not been anybody elected to take Dave Bothwell, Julie, or any other Datsuns NW board members position yet. it's anybody's ball game at this point. while we may not agree with the way things were said, at the very least we have to give Starr some credit for trying to pick up the ball,& keep the game [ the Canby show] going. it sounds like Al handled things the same way I would have, & just let her say her piece, even though the time/place/ & way it was said was not the most appropriate. In committees there is a system of rules known as "Robert's Rules of Order" used specifically to avoid these kinds of conflicts. I have served as an officer on several committees for large events, that the members felt as strongly about as we all do about this Datsun community of ours. I can tell you from 30+ years of experience that this kind of thing happens from time to time, with a little patience & trying to see things from the other persons perspective we can all still work together towards a common goal,

I LOVE the fact that Rick won the truck!! I would have loved it if Al had won it too ! hell ,if any of the guys that put so much time, effort, & money for parts into the build had won I would be happy! when we're ready to look for people to help with their Datsun projects, let me throw my name in the hat. I have hoped my 521 would be at Canby 2 years in a row now, but s#@% happens ,& it's not ready yet. hopefully it will be ready to take to Blue Lake. If not, maybe I will some help. I would love to have my 610 wagon at Canby next year too . I am definitely in for the idea of work parties/ Bbq's too, any excuse to get together with a bunch of fellow Datsun people sounds great to me!

Congratulations on your best of show, & 1st place wagon awards! I have been following your build thread for years, so I have seen the amount of work you have poured into this car to make it so beautiful!

I had a great time at the show this year! I was so busy walking around talking to fellow Datsun people & trying to meet as many Ratsun people as I could, that I didn't take very many pictures. I am very proud to have been part of the truck build project, even if I only got to put in one day,& a couple donations. I'm looking forward to next year, & will do everything I can to help make sure this great event keeps going!

Sad! I remember when that was Dave Bothwell's wagon. He had it when I was swapping in the L20b into my car at his house. That red "catsup" wagon used to be nice & shiney!

HOLY CRAP! That's garnish is the holy grail of goon parts! I have been trying to buy one for years!

where did you get that car top tent? I want one !

just a heads up, they had the " pavement profiler" out again last night. One side of 99e on the end of town nearest to Aurora is all torn up,& under construction, I don't know why they always do this the same time as the Canby show, maybe they think, " Hey, there's going to be something like 100- 200 lowered Datsuns coming into town, lets welcome them by tearing up the main road through town!"

If you decide you want to go with the lowering blocks after all, I have a set of 2" lowering blocks I would be willing to donate to this truck.

you should see my exhaust. It reminds me of 2 straws shoved into a popped Jiffy Pop popcorn tin.

Did a little work to get my Goon presentable for Canby next weekend. I'm not done yet by a long shot. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to mask & paint the "Iron Cross" center area on my wheels. I also need to clean up the inside of the car. It gets messy in there because I drive it every day.

I grew up in Oregon City/Beavercreek. I lived in Oregon City until about 11 years ago, been in Canby ever since.

I have stayed at the hotel in Canby, the beds are only slightly softer than the ground. Hell, I LIVE here in Canby,& I'm seriously considering camping out with everyone else at the fairgrounds!

what the hell is "hood surfing"?

there are 2 Mexican grocery stores here in Canby, 1 is near the Kiwanis thrift store, the other is near Rite aid. I think you can also get whatever you need at Thriftway, or Ebner's meat market.

Anyone going to be passing through Salem area around 6ish Friday night? I'm off work at 5 pm from Wilsonville Nissan. I would like to join the caravan, if there will be one at that time. otherwise, I will see you in Canby, since I live there.

I'm guessing you mean 11 - 11:30 am. I will be working until 5pm on Friday, but I could meet up with people heading down I -5 sometime after that.