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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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    Post by virtual Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:13 am

    Bad Girls is a fun run that I had heard much about but I had never been to. It was a pleasant surprise to see 3 early Dodges there (including a Fargo). Dave owner of Lil Scout was there too, but he drove his late model Dodge. I missed taking a picture of one of them. Great to see Leadfoot again, he deserves some kind of award for driving the chop over 15,000 miles this summer going to van runs and other non van exclusive events spreading the word on vanning !
    My pics are here: http://showtrux.com/events/2008flamingofest/index.htm

    We also had an incredible act of kindness there. Hippyluke a vanner from Massachusetts (thanks Leadfoot) had some engine problems with his late Chevy and had to be towed into the grounds. The damage was too much to repair at the run and he needed to get the van back home. There was a 50/50 draw that Bert (owner of the orange A100) collected the money for, an incredible $1000 among the 80 vans in attendance. The winner was Nate the Skate. He donated his entire winnings ($500) to Hippyluke to help get him back home. To my knowledge these two vanners had never met in person before.


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    Post by Guest Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:46 am

    yup awesome weekend, another 600+ miles on my van
    Luke is from mass , Nate and he had never met before
    unfortunately Lukes van blew a rod and had to be towed from an hr away from the show and took a uhaul trailer ride home
    amazing act of vannerizm by Nate, and Luke seems to not get down about the breakdown even for a minute.. even when we loaded the van on the trailer and a tire on the trailer blew out just sitting there !
    AND when uhaul sent a "repair guy" with a BALD tire for it!
    he made it home without further issues thankfully and is shopping around for a replacement 6.7 diesel motor
    great to see you and the many other vanners this weekend Doug
    thanks for sharing the pics
    Van oN !
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    Post by itruns Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:10 pm

    Way to pay it forward Nate. That's probably something few other individuals would have the heart to do.
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    Post by G-Man Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:38 pm

    I second that !!! A act like that says alot about character.
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    Post by Guest Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:00 am

    Thanks for the kind words guys.

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