Wagonfest wrap up 2012

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all those who attended Wagonfest 2012. I'd like to thank all those people behind the scenes who sent PM's with thoughts and ideas that helped or directed the planning of the event. You made the task worthwhile.

Many attendees drove a long way just to spend some time with old friends, and to make new ones, centering on the cars we love.

A total of 24 vehicles showed up, ranging from Connecticut to Michigan. There is already a thread for Pics, so I won't create a second one here. A special note that Tim Swink swept the fields, picking up trphies for Best mechanical mods, best interior mods, best exterior mods, and Peoples Choice. Yup, all four trophies.

Congratulations on a well desired win, win, win win.


Dave

Had a great time glad to meet you guys finally looking forward.to next year

Thanks to Dave for putting it together, we had a great time.

It was good to see all my old friends and meet a few new ones, I hope you all get home safely.

See you next year,
Mike

Looks and Sounds like you guys had a great time - Sorry we missed it.

Dave I did see something for you while we where on our day trip here in the carolinas though

Thanks Dave for all the hard work. Had a great time. I think the rig was in on the trophies. Jason and Chris were WAY to happy when they started announcing them.

Thanks all, you got me!

Next year I gonna have a category for "Most freaking fans on a car not from Pennsylvania!"

It was a great time as always! Thanks to Dave and everyone else that helped with the event. See you all next year!

got home at 4:10 hit no traffic going home. had a great time was great seeing everyone. thanks to Dave for stepping up and hosting it. Although, he did have everyone's hopes up at the end, when we thought his car broke so we would have a project. Dave, sorry about your scoop

Thanks, I'm glad you had the chance to come join us.

Don't feel bad about the scoop, $9.00 bucks on Ebay I'll just use this one a s a pattern.

Got home about 6:30 tonight, stopped by the actual Glen at Walkins Glen and went for a 3 mile hike.

Thanks to Dave and everyone else who made this happen. Had a great time as always and am looking forward to next year.

Had and awesome time. Thanks again Dave and anyone else who helped put it all together.

Mr.Buick aka Cory, Roadmastercouple aka Mike it was great to meet you guy's.

Mtrhead79; Val said did you atleast stop once for the kids to go to the bathroom? LOL! Jen told Val about how you are about driving and stopping.

1993 Roady-man wrote:

Had and awesome time. Thanks again Dave and anyone else who helped put it all together.

Mr.Buick aka Cory, Roadmastercouple aka Mike it was great to meet you guy's.

Mtrhead79; Val said did you atleast stop once for the kids to go to the bathroom? LOL! Jen told Val about how you are about driving and stopping.

He has a coffee can in the car. I think it is powder coated!!!! Imagine that!!

1 stop for pee break no gas for the wagon and go go go

Was good to meet everyone. My two boys had a great time and thought all the wagons were neat. Of course they enjoyed the lake and the spray park / playground even more. Thank you all for your patience and graciousness with them.

Dave, thanks for all the work that you did. Well planned and very successful. I feel good about 24 cars showing. That is a good number, especially with the economy and gas prices.

There was a good mix of old and new. Made my reservations at Microtel on the way out. See you next year

Tom & Diane Cummings

So Tim where is Mrs Swink letting you place your trophies?

In the garage.....

Tim's the boss of HIS garage!

I have to say it was a great time at WagonFest. I had a chance to meet some great new people. The Micro hotel parties were great! Thanks go to all the people that made it happen. I did loose a little rubber at Watkins Glen. I will be there next year rain or shine.

Thanks
Randy

Glad you enjoyed it. It's cool to see new members at WF events.

buickestate wrote:

So Tim where is Mrs Swink letting you place your trophies?

He built a shelf in the house just for them...in the dog house that is!!!! Congrats Tim! Sorry I missed you guys this year, the new car took all the funds for awhile.

I had a few people mentioned they liked the tent this year better than the pavilion in the past as it was closer to the cars, and closer to a clean bathroom. People weren't so spread out.


Any other feed back in that regard?

Or on other topics related to how to make things better?

Thanks to those who participated in the beer swap. I'm enjoying them nightly

Dave,

It was done very well. If we can get rid of the pace truck at Watkins, that is my suggestion. LOL.

I might suggest lunch in Watkins and a walk through the Gorge would be a nice thing for the families on Friday. I enjoyed the cars in the show in Geneva but not the crowds.

Overall a great success.

Thanks again!!

Tim

A gorge walk would indeed be nice.

We passed a gazillion wineries with tours on the way there and back as well


Lets' see.. wine BEFORE the race track or AFTER?

if Sue had her wish we would have stopped at each and every one of them on the way there and the way back!

sorry I missed the car show in Geneva, but I needed to go find a dark room for a while. Migraines ain't fun

I liked the tent as well and the bathrooms were rigth there much easier to get to and less of a crowd. Keep it the same for next year, SIMPLE!

Thanks for the input, Jarrod

.. or should I say JORGE CLOONEY!

lakeffect wrote:

Thanks for the input, Jarrod

.. or should I say JORGE CLOONEY!

George
Jorge
Jarrod
Jerrod
Jerrold
Horhey
Horney
J-Rod

which ever AKA you go by,
it was fun the boys and I enjoyed the weekend and we diffidently need a longer walk (oceans 11)

Thanks to everyone for making it a pleasant and rememberable event for my Boys and I .

The Boys also enjoyed the Four wagon Caravan going home.Thanks Chris,Jason and Tim from Ma.

Gonzo it was 5 for a bit. That was cool

Actually that was Jason from MA, Chris from Connecticut and Doug from NH.

And we cannot forget catching up to Jarrod for a while.

That was a great trip home.

I agree that the tent worked out very well. The proximity to the restroom was also nice.

Thanks again Dave! I am looking forward to next year.

Douglas.

YachtDriver wrote:

Actually that was Jason from MA, Chris from Connecticut and Doug from NH.

And we cannot forget catching up to Jarrod for a while.

That was a great trip home.

I agree that the tent worked out very well. The proximity to the restroom was also nice.

Thanks again Dave! I am looking forward to next year.

Douglas.

Sorry Doug from NH

No sweat.

It was a good time.

Yeah, the tent worked out great.

The track does catering also, not cheap, but good food.

Getting rid of the pace truck is possible, but the entrance fee goes to the $20,000 range, and still no passing.

Geneva car show was not quite family friendly, but some of the cars were nice.

Friday night meal, Uncle Joe's.

Mike

200OZ wrote:

Friday night meal, Uncle Joe's.

Nice find Mike, we had a great time!!

Anybody try the shrimp? Joel?

I believe Chris braved the shrimp at Mac's this year. Looked a little pale in the pictures.

No shrimp, no Mac's for me this year. Frankly, the last time I got that sick, it took TWO days before symptoms showed up, so who even knows if it was Mac's or not. The food certainly tasted fine.

I agree - the tent location was actually very nice, and super convenient being closer to the bathrooms. If it's the same cost as the pavillion, then I'd prefer the tent.

The tent proved to be a bargain relative to the pavilion.

Pavilion $175.00
Tent $100.00
It was one of the reasons I was able to keep costs down.

I based expenses on a breakeven point of 25 cars. We had 24 show up.
So we were fine.

Dave

May I ask a dumb newbie question?
Is Wagonfest ONLY for post 1990 GM cars?
'Cause I know that GM has been making wagons since the 1930s, and so have Ford and Chrysler. And AMC, Studebaker, etc.
I looked at almost all the pictures, (some VERY FINE cars there, guys!) but all I saw were whales.

AlmostaBuick wrote:

May I ask a dumb newbie question?
Is Wagonfest ONLY for post 1990 GM cars?
'Cause I know that GM has been making wagons since the 1930s, and so have Ford and Chrysler. And AMC, Studebaker, etc.
I looked at almost all the pictures, (some VERY FINE cars there, guys!) but all I saw were whales.

All wagons are welcome, the majority of us own 90's cars.

This forum is mostly whales, so the people that show up are whale owners.

ALL wagons are welcome, from what I understand.

I know for a fact that other wagons have shown up and were welcomed with open arms and a barrage of questions...

We also invited all B-body cars as well. And back when I first came to WF I brought a B-body sedan. Next year I plan on bringing a B-body sedan again along with the wagon.

Anyone is welcome to bring any car to WagonFest. We are car guys and we enjoy all/most cars. But the focus of this forum and WagonFest (New York anyway) is 91-96 full size wagons.

There is a National Station Wagon Club that has an annual get together. They are more inclusive and have invited our group to their national outing. I am sure they are a great bunch of guys/girls as well, but I have no experience with them.

Hope this helps.

I'll answer that no, it is not limited to post 90's vehicles. It just seems they are the most prevailing among our membership. Until until a few weeks ago, we had sections for other years includoing Tri-fives etc, but they went unused, and un-posted, so they got the axe when we were resetting the forum topics.

I would anticipate those owners and groups of vehicles already had other forums of direct interest, and did not frequent ours. There are many here who own pre-91's which share the same chassis. generally they get referred to (lovingly) as 'Boxies"

Stick with us, as we'd enjoy your company and add you to our boxy fleet. The more, the merrier. Maybe the boxy owners should have a section devoted to their specific needs as well.

Come on Boxy owners SPEAK UP!

Dave