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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Events => Topic started by: mmizesko on September 14, 2015, 10:57:31
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Folks,
What a fabulous weekend. Family, one and all. What a great opportunity to learn and laugh. I hope everyone had as good a time as I had.
Now it's time to share all of those great pictures everyone took. Put our group names under personal pics if you can. It will let our members who couldn't make it feel a little more connected.
Please post under this thread, and maybe you'll get a new ScreenSaver out of it.
Regards,
Mike Mizesko
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MASSIVE thanks to Joe & his family for hosting this unparalleled event! The Pagoda talents gathered at Blacklick from around the globe is beyond impressive. Much appreciation to all the experts for sharing their expertise and "tuning" many cars.
(BTW, I'm still here at Blacklick --- can't get enough)
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Mike, great shot!
Peter
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Thank you Joe for being such a great host and the Pagoda Group members who put together this wonderful weekend PUB 2015 at Blacklick! The technical seminars were very interesting and the hands on experience invaluable. Started new friendships and learned a ton about our cars! As someone said yesterday, it's more about the people that about the cars.
All the best,
Gerardo
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A few photos to share:
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And a few more...
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Alfred's car in Joe's shop. When I arrived early Friday morning Joe completed setting the valves I was just in time to watch this. Naturally along with doing this he got ready for his PUB Guests. Joe was always on the move thruout the event, what a great host he was. Thank you Joe.
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Cars and deep discussions by likeminded people everywhere you look at Joe's property.
Thank you Joe for opening your home for us it was a super and memorable event!
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Joe's garage shows the love and time he has devoted in the past 35 so years on cars like ours and similar Benz cars. His plans are to add a second bay sometime in the future that will give him more room.
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Licence plates from cars of the past everywhere, Joe pointed out .... "There is my very first one from my 190SL" .... I never ever saw so many tool boxes in one place I think I counted 22, then I may have missed some :)
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Then there were old parts for us to play with and examine in detail like the cut away oil filter showing the locations of all O-Rings and seals that are not always in place and allow oil to by-pass the filter element. Or this gas tank showing the flow pattern of gas and the "Flower Pot" Joe came by and head up a large glass jaw filled 1/4 with rust dust and said "this is what we found inside the tank, the car was still running"
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Then there was "Gemudlichkeit at the Golf Depot Dinner" we're new friendships were made and old ones renewed ...
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With everyone sitting down for there dinner I shot this with my iPhon before the sun disapeard behind the Columbus horizon. I apologize for the poor quality of my photos, a photographer I am not ;(
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Thank you Joe for being such a great host and the Pagoda Group members who put together this wonderful weekend PUB 2015 at Blacklick! The technical seminars were very interesting and the hands on experience invaluable. Started new friendships and learned a ton about our cars! As someone said yesterday, it's more about the people that about the cars.
All the best,
Gerardo
That could have been me who said that, but then I say that at every meeting I've ever been to; because it's true. :)
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I don't have any pictures but I sure had a good time. The drive home was great - considerably better than the drive down. Nice to put faces to names and meet many of you. It was my pleasure to help out who ever I could and I hope everyone went away with something useful.
On a different note; a few people had a chance to drive the Red Rocket. Alex, Joe and a couple others. To me at least, there's nothing better than letting someone dive my car so they can have fun in it too - I think the Rocket lived up to it's name. Next time I'm taking Joe's grandson for a drive - what a fine young man he is.
Oh, one more thing. I believe I tickled Alex's funny bone about the ultimate looser story. I don't believe I've seen anyone laugh that hard whenever I've told it, and in his own words, '' the best laugh I've had in over a year.''
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As President, I had so many people come up to me to say thanks for a great event. I was quick to point out that I didn't do it, the members did. The people who came were all great human beings. The organizing committee of ZENngine Master, Joe Alexander, 4-time committee person Alfred Esser, your Treasurer Mike Mizesko, and local coordinator, Alex Djuric, deserve most of the organizing credit. But, anyone who was asked to do anything immediately jumped in and over delivered. Great thanks are due for all of our sponsors, and presenters. And the real success was that everyone in attendance, even new owners, had some knowledge or experience to share that will help someone in the future.
I had the opportunity to speak to Gernold Nissius and Brad Peterson at the same time about an issue with my car. Where else in the world can you have that experience? At one point, we had Joe, Gernold, Brad, Dan Caron, Chuck Taylor and Mike Eegan sitting side by side for a technical Q&A. Are you kidding me?! Talk about a brain trust!
I encourage each of you around the world to consider the elements that made this great and seek to do a similar, if smaller event in your region. You don't have to do everything yourself. As we have seen over and over, Pagoda owners are hungry for knowledge and generous in their sharing. If you want advice on how to do it, those of us with PUB experience are ready and willing.
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I too want to thank Joe for yet another great PUB and for allowing the mob that we are to descend upon his place yet again. Also thanks to Alfred (I'll bring some Riesling next time), Mike and Alex (love the colour combination) for all the hard work in putting this event together. It was a fantastic weekend and I have so much new info in my head right now I don't know what to work on first.
My wife has all the pictures so I will post once I get them off her Ipad.
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I am back in LA now but like Ray, I want to thank Joe for again allowing us to use all his facilities and to the organising committee of Alfred, Alex and Michael together with Joe and his helpers. a thanks for the enormous effort that I know these things take to ut together. To the Guru's provided freely of their time and expertise thanks, to everyone, it was great meeting up with old friends and new ones and I look foreard to the Next event maybe next year in Europe but in the US (PUB Pagoda University Bi-annial) where ever it may be iin 2017.
I had a fantastic time.
Garry
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First of all I want to thank everyone that had a part in putting this years PUB together, especially Joe who had many long hours in getting ready. I'm sure he is relaxing now or is Alfred still there getting some work done on his red SL?
It was great meeting all of the people that I talked to and those who knew of Anthracite, thanks for your kind remarks, they were appreciated !
For all of you that need to substaniant your allaby for the weekend just look through the pictures that have been posted in this thread and look for yourself as proof that you were really at PUB !
Regards,
280SE Guy
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Leaving PUB with Gernold going to my place in Duluth MN. I had a lot of fun (see picture)
Thank you Joe and all others for this special event, outstanding!
Urban
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Still looking for the picture of Jacob and Joe to post, but here are a few. Thanks to everyone for making my quick trip memorable.
James
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And a couple more..
James
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Here are a few pictures.
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And here are some more.
The first one is fabulous and taken by Ron.K.
Thank you all so much for a fantastic PUB.
Thanks to all who contributed their efforts. It was a huge success.
Special thanks to Joe A !!
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I would like to congratulate Joe, Alfred, AlexD and everyone who contributed their efforts in making PUB2015 memorable for me and everyone.
The friendship extended to me was give freely and I felt part of a large family.
There were so many discussions with new friends from all around the globe.
It was great to meet Garry from Oz again.
I absorbed as much knowledge as was available like a new sponge.
Hopefully I will make it to the next Tech session in the USA wherever it is held.
ATM I am in NYC for a few more days.
When I return to OZ I will organize my pics and add a couple to this post.
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Hi Mike,
Is there a way to get a full res file copy of the sunset shot?
Kind regards,
Roland
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Thanks for the accolades - which really should all go to Joe - and I am glad that everybody had a good time.
I was too busy to take many photos but here are two.
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Roland,
It was emailsed to me, but Ron.k took the brilliant picture and deserves the credit. He is on this site, so drop him an email or pm and hopefully, he'll share.
Mike
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Has the picture of everyone with their cars gotten posted yet? My dad and I would both like to have that one, always cool to put a screen name to a face.
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Roland,
It was emailed to me, but Ron K. took the brilliant picture and deserves the credit. He is on this site, so drop him an email or pm and hopefully, he'll share.
Mike
Ron drove all the way from Winnipeg Manitoba and back again with his car on a trailer just to be at PUB. At the very least, he deserves the '' greatest effort to get there '' award with a very close second going to our friends from down under. While Ron and I were test driving his car on Sunday, he told it was his birthday that day. :) :) :) :)
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Has the picture of everyone with their cars gotten posted yet? My dad and I would both like to have that one, always cool to put a screen name to a face.
Not jet as far as I know. I think it may only appear in the next Pagoda World issue along with the story about this years PUP event.
Cheers,
Dieter
PS. I stand corrected if this is not so.
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Another pic, different interesting lighting..................
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More to come...
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...and more...
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...and more!
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Sunset...
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...another trailer queen!
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And here are some from the Swede...
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And a few more...
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Oh, some machines as well...
And as you can see, despite what was under the hood, everyone was welcome :)
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The sunset panorama shot is excellent! Kudos.
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Here is a nice one that Ray H. Our President posted on Facebook .... One for the garage wall :)
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Oh, some machines as well...
And as you can see, despite what was under the hood, everyone was welcome :)
Johan,
Beautiful photos... The engine bay of that blue car in your second photo is nice. Whose car was that? Do you (or anyone else) know it's color code?
Thanks for sharing your photos!
-waqas
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I believe the blue car is one of Gernold's creations. Hard to tell without seeing the interior.
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Whose car was that?
The car in the middle with Virginia plate on this photo. Anyone hands up?
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I could be mistaken but I think that car is owned by Stephen Brooks.
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Tom you are correct, it is the car from Stephan B. my car is next to his and has the same colour code as mine. We talked about our cars as being twins :) I only wish my engine bay was as clean as his. Stephan had his engine bay detailed at Bud's he and I talked about this.
Waqas
The engine bay in the second photo that Johan posted is from Stephan B. Car, his car has the same color code as mine it is 903 H (his and my car were parked side by side near the tent on Saturday).
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Are there any details on the white 'V8' engined car?
naj
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Naj,
The white, V8 car is a project effort by Phil Morgan in Maine. It is from a 560 SEC (i think it was the coupe). A very nicely done swap. I spoke with Phil and his son Keith during the event, and asked about the handling and power, and they both reported it was quite nice to drive.
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Thanks, J B.
Looks like a very well sorted job.
A future Pagoda World article perhaps?
Naj
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Hmmmmmmmmm..........!