so a SoCal, AZ and NM J-body meet was brought up in the South Mountain forum. A couple of us AZ people said we'd be cool for a couple hour drive for a big southwest meet somewhere.
I started a thread to see who would be up for it, and possible meeting locations.
Discuss.
Desert Tuners
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Texas too!
damn, can't edit the title.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
I'm interested. let me get the so cal j's together.
try to get the Tucson guys together here too. we just need ideas for a location that's acceptible for everyone. the Texas guys are going to have the longest drive, so I imagine Tucson might be the best idea so far.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
not too sure on a good location for down here in tucson. depending on the dates and location, i might be down for this.
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That would be so cool to have a regional meet! I'd be down for it. I don't have any ideas as for a meet location...
guess it depends on how far the Texas and SoCal guys want to go. I'm thinking Tucson, or somewhere in west N.M.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
need some opinions....
do we want to keep this strictly J-bodies right now?
my personal opinion is that if we do start increasing the numbers, we're going to have to find a venue and pay for it. I'm trying to keep this as free as possible, so people have more money to put in their gas tanks.
Desert Tuners
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Don't mess with Texass.
I'm down, but i put a 5 hour drive cap on how far I'm willing to go.
a majoriy of the texas j bodies are in central texas. dfw, san ant., houston, & austin areas. so look at distance from there vs the tip or western side of texas. in dfw area we have about 15-20 j's and the san anton/austin/houston area have around that many all together maybe more.
with that being said it looks like the area along I-25 in new mexico is about even between the central tx area and the s cal area(LA,san berno. area)us 2 being the futherest out would have about the same drive
maybe something like the el paso or albuquerque or las cruces area???
maybe if we had it in the albuquerque area some of the utah/colorado j's might come too??
that's what I was looking at today. I was thinking Las Cruces or Gallup I think it is, up around I-40.
Desert Tuners
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Lets get this thing up and going im up for it just have to know when, where, dates, and what time we have to leave LOL.
Are there any drag ways near there so on so forth
gotta figure out a location first. then we'll go from there. someone close will have to go check it out for a place where we can park all these cars, and then call the place of business to see if it's okay to use their parking lot.
Desert Tuners
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The Las Cruces would be a good area. From the S Cal area' it's about an 11.5 hour drive. I know the travel time since I take vacations in the LA area. That time frame should be good for the Texas folks also. I'm thinking that Las Cruces is about the mid way point. I believe that the 11.5 to 12 hours is about right for the CO people also.
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RIP Specks
Jarett, I don't know , but if you want Bravo Chevrolet is here in Las Cruces. They might be able to do something for the meet. Just a thought.
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RIP Specks
Nice!!! I might be down for it
we need to get more people reading the post.
So far, we're looking at Las Cruces as the meeting spot.
any objections so far?
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
I'm down as long as its a Friday or Saturday.. I just need 2 weeks notice so I can take a vacation day for Sunday if its Saturday.
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This would probably be useful here too:
Quote:
Here are some quick times of travel that i came up with. if i'm wrong please fix it ( i got them off mapquest)
Centennial Co to Tucson = 13hr
Centennial Co to Phoenix =12hr
Centennial Co to El Paso = 9hr
Centennial Co to Albequrque= 6 hr
Centennial Co to Las Cruces = 9hr
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San Diego Ca to Tucson = 6 hrs
San Diego Ca to Phoenix =5 hrs
San Diego Ca to El Paso = 10 hrs
San Diego Ca to Albequrque = 11hrs
San Diego Ca to Las Cruces = 9 hrs
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Phoenix AZ to Tucson = 2 hrs
Phoenix AZ to El Paso= 6 hrs
Phoenix AZ to Las Cruces = 5 hrs
Phoenix AZ to Albequrque = 6.5 hr
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Didnt get a chance to do the texas people so feel free to add times. This is just to give people an idea of the travel time.
ok here we go per mapquest
dallas tx to:
- el paso tx = 9.27hrs
- albuquerque nm = 10.5 hrs
- las cruces nm = 10.9 hrs
- tucson az = 13.55 hrs
- phoenix az = 15.34 hrs
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san antonio tx to:
- el paso tx = 7.53 hrs
- las cruces nm = 8.36 hrs
- albuquerque nm = 11.35 hrs
- tucson az = 12.21 hrs
- phoenix az = 14 hrs
looks like the best for most is:
El Paso, TX - about 9 hrs(8.32 hrs on the avg)for most
then
Las Cruz, NM - about 9hrs (8.45 hrs on the avg)for most
then
Albuquerque, NM about 11hrs(9.7hrs on the avg) for TX & Cali people
i guess just depends on which city would be the best to visit. some may want a track nearby.
Cruces may be a good meeting point but like Yellow Rimed One said whats in Cruces?
Gary (ZSleeper) is in Las Cruces. Gary, is there a track close?
Desert Tuners
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