#20326, "A time when you were all excited about things..."
Anyone else remember "The good old days," when you were really excited about getting the 2GNTs together and showing them off or going to the races? A newbie on az2gnt posted today asking if we ever got together and went to the drags at Firebird International. The answer is yes. There was one time when every member of az2gnt showed up to a meet and we all went down to the races.
circa June 19th, 2003.
In some ways, this picture kinda depresses me, since one of those cars is dead, and two others are long gone. Flashbacks to happy times. Post up your oldest pics from a meet, fellas. Let's see who has the oldest.
(And no, Kulaga's "Legal to fuck" speech does not count.)
#20336, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 1
Not too old, but from my first DSM meet I attended.
May 2006, Houston, TX
Mike D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally posted by DR1665 You're welcome to all the beer you can drink, but you have to go get it yourself. Don't get pissy when we point to the fridge and tell you to get it yourself.
#20338, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 2 Jan-25-07 03:37 PM by shazow1969
Originally posted by totaleclipse_05 Not too old, but from my first DSM meet I attended. May 2006, Houston, TX
I know the owner of that dark 1st gen in front. He used to be in the Army. I put his front suspension back together because he busted himself up trying to get it back together in the dark. I found out later that the car got totalled out from some ass hat hitting him in the rear quarter. Notice the flat black painted GT mustang wheels.
-Kevin
________________________________________ 95 Eclipse RS - Rolled 96 Eclipse GS - Traded 95 Eclipse GSX- Sold 01 Blazer LS 4.3/5spd dropped and clean DD 88 Camaro RS 361 CID with a 6spd and a bar 10 second street car on motor.
#20348, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 3
Originally posted by shazow1969
Originally posted by totaleclipse_05 Not too old, but from my first DSM meet I attended. May 2006, Houston, TX
I know the owner of that dark 1st gen in front. He used to be in the Army. I put his front suspension back together because he busted himself up trying to get it back together in the dark. I found out later that the car got totalled out from some ass hat hitting him in the rear quarter. Notice the flat black painted GT mustang wheels. -Kevin
Those arent mustang GT wheels Kevin, those are FD wheels. Look closer.
#20341, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 6 Jan-25-07 05:17 PM by injendsm
The first ever FLDSM meet, sometime in '03 I believe. It was at a Checkers in Tampa.
The second one, this time at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
The last one, also at BMP; I sold my 2GNT a few months afterward.
I think FLDSM meets pretty much stopped once I left the community; it was a bitch to set them up though. What's funny is the red GSX beside me in that pic is completely different now: FP Green, bigger FMIC, 2GB conversion, Rota's, and a trap speed in the 1/4 that would've netted him mid 11's had he not bogged the launch.
Seeing these old pics of my car really makes me miss her. Granted, she was nowhere near as powerful as the GTP is, but she handled like a dream, never gave me a problem outside of regular maintenance, and got great gas mileage. Every now and then I'm tempted to sell the GTP and pick up a used 99 GS.
#20343, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 8
KC Meet
Ohh how I sometimes miss this car...
Jason '11 Ford Mustang GT/CS '11 Ford Mustang V6 6-Speed (SOLD) '04 Nissan 350z Touring (SOLD) '95 Turbo Eclipse GS (SOLD and will be missed) '90 Talon TSi AWD (SOLD)
#20345, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 7 Jan-26-07 12:48 AM by shazow1969
Injen dood your old eclipse is still alive and kicking. The nose hasn't gotten any better but the new owner has plans to get her looking respectable. I had to put a clutch in it for him last month. Oh yeah and front brakes at the same time. All and all not a bad running car.
-Kevin
________________________________________ 95 Eclipse RS - Rolled 96 Eclipse GS - Traded 95 Eclipse GSX- Sold 01 Blazer LS 4.3/5spd dropped and clean DD 88 Camaro RS 361 CID with a 6spd and a bar 10 second street car on motor.
#20351, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 15
Monroe,Louisiana DSM Meet January 2007 I ride alone I ride alone
I ride alone I ride a... My shadow's the only one that rides beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me 'Til then I ride alone
#20356, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 16
Originally posted by Project Eklipze Monroe,Louisiana DSM Meet January 2007 I ride alone I ride alone I ride alone I ride a... My shadow's the only one that rides beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me 'Til then I ride alone
LOL! hahahaha best meet evahr!
anywho, better hide your car...before DR1665 pulls out the purifying wrench on you
Originally posted by turbo8u his girl kept looking out and down my car like uh ok we're in this 100 whatever thousand dollar car and that little whatever it is just raped us.... turbo screamed past the window like a vortex of ownage :-P robbing his engine of all the air around, and thats how i like it
Originally posted by ez I came across a huge sack of walnuts in my grandmas garage - I better make use of them.
#20352, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 15
Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon This is depressing. Makes you think of all the members who have left and disappeared as well.
Yep. That's what I was thinking too. Bittersweet. I still remember how excited I was and how important going to that Sonic felt that night. John (run4cvr) beat a MkIV Supra that night. Sure it was a NT, automatic driven by a chick, but he still beat a Supra. Uber's first ever run in the Skittle beat Paul (taloniized) by something like two tenths, and I still had to sit it out due to a blown head gasket and cracked windshield.
That was the original az2gnt. run4cvr, DR1665, taloniized, and uberingram. We've got 70 members, now, but things just aren't the same.
#20357, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 18 Jan-26-07 07:44 AM by slowmitsu
the Skittle beat Paul (taloniized) by something like two tenths
That was a helluva run. Not bad for a 2.6 60' I wish I would have run the RS-T that night considering the eventual fate of the car but I was so afraid of it blowing up.
#20383, "RE: A time when you were all excited about things..." In response to Reply # 14
Originally posted by shazow1969 Injen dood your old eclipse is still alive and kicking. The nose hasn't gotten any better but the new owner has plans to get her looking respectable. I had to put a clutch in it for him last month. Oh yeah and front brakes at the same time. All and all not a bad running car. -Kevin
Awesome, any chance you could get some recent pics? I'd love to see her. I was wondering the other day how she was doing.
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