I think we should have second 67-72chevytrucks.com National Meet in 2007!!!! I was not a member when the first one was held and would love to have one so we could get together. Maybe somewhere in the middle of the U.S so it makes it easy for more to come from all around the country. Maybe Denver? Where was the first one held? How many people attended and was it? If it was more east or west did people come from all around? Just my thoughts but we have the greatest people here on the board and I would love to meet you all in person and to see all of these great trucks that are on here.

Denver sounds good to me!:)

huh, long ways

1,109 mi (about 19 hours 12 mins) but maybe someone over this way has a bus,(Ron 586 you got a bus?lol)


Margaret

I dont think Denver is very central lol.. Indiana is where the last one was :)

I dont think Denver is very central lol.. Indiana is where the last one was :)
looks preatty close:lol:

NC US Denver, CO US
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Total Est. Time: 25 hours, 13 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1653.59 miles



Seattle, WA US Denver, CO US
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Total Est. Time: 19 hours, 2 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1332.49 miles

huh, long ways

1,109 mi (about 19 hours 12 mins) but maybe someone over this way has a bus,(Ron 586 you got a bus?lol)


Margaret

Yep, as a matter of fact I do. It's a 1963 Chevy 46 passenger. Ain't but one problem with it that I know of, the last time I drove it was 1982 and I have been storing parts in it ever since. But if they come up with a 67-72 national meet I would be up for renting a 15 passenger van and splitting the cost to make the trip.

I'm in! Minneapolis, maybe along with the Street Rod Nationals?

Denver sounds good to me!:)

No Kidding! 1/4 Tank of go juice, huh?

I'd be very cool with Denver. Have family and friends in the area. Lodging would be cheap.

Us Left Coasters could caravan along I-80, I-15 & I-70. Hook up in Grand Junction and turn truck lover heads thru the Eisenhower!! Photos at Estes and Granby.

Sweeeeet!!

- Dave

PS: Oh, and a couple passes at Bandimere Raceway. Hi Altitude Drags!!

Ron, I'll rent a seat from you. let's go

if someone is serious about doing this. Please let Josh or myself know. It takes aprox 6-10 months to plan the event to be able to get good rates. Neither of us have the time to do it right now. SO with that said.. if anyone wants to head up a team to try n plan one out (pref a lil closer then denver ;) ) Let us know and we will help you all we can.

So howmany folks came to the last one?

Went to Google and found that Lebanon Ks is considered center of continental United States. The closest major city that might have an attraction that we could meet at is Kansas City, Ks. or Wichita, Ks. Of course that's going to make it hard on folks from northern Maine, and northern Washington, southern california and southern Florida. Then factor in the members from Canada and others from outside our borders. Having one event and calling it THE OFFICAL 67-72.COM MEET will be a hard call and one I'm glad that I won't have to make. I will make every effort to attend wherever and whenever it happens.

Went to Google and found that Lebanon Ks is considered center of continental United States. The closest major city that might have an attraction that we could meet at is Kansas City, Ks. or Wichita, Ks. Of course that's going to make it hard on folks from northern Maine, and northern Washington, southern california and southern Florida. Then factor in the members from Canada and others from outside our borders. Having one event and calling it THE OFFICAL 67-72.COM MEET will be a hard call and one I'm glad that I won't have to make. I will make every effort to attend wherever and whenever it happens.

That's kinda what I was thinking too. Maybe we should have "regions" meets. :lol:

kansas city would be pretty central, or st louis.

i think we should pick some little tiny town and put it on the map, just like every year the camaro's go to michigan, harleys go to wisconsin and sturgis, and the winnebagos go to forest city Iowa.

every year, the 67-72 chevy trucks go to Lebanon KS :lol:

I know a little town call Norwood Missouri where we would have about 80 acres to hang out in....lol,and a bro that owns a cafe....lol

the last one had I think 40ish total, with 25 or so for all of the days. The reason it was in Indy, was we have close to as many Candian mambers and USA members.. so for a Centralized meet, you have to count that in. And yep some did come.
James your idea sounds good to me ;) :hm:

Vegas =)

Liz, PM sent

I was just suggesting it. Maybe we switch it back and forth if the middle does not work. I think we need to have hundreds of trucks to make this work as a national meet.

i might be willing to work on a meet here in missouri, the town i work in is pevely, missouri its about 20 min. south of st.louis. i have connections with some people within the city government that has been wanting to get a carshow or such started they would be very up to something like this its close to several hotels and even a koa campground and even a dirt oval track for some eve. entertainment i know one member of the board here is even the president of the local chevy/gmc truck club

I'd vote for Missouri.

I'd vote for Missouri.


I'd do Missouri as well, at least that location would be somewhat reasonable for us west coast guys

St. Louis or Kansas City would probably be the best.

Liz, PM sent




I didnt get one? :)

I have tried to send you 2 now. I will try again.

: :clap:Missouri sounds good to me ,only baround 650 miles from West Michigan,would be a fun ride !(around Chigago sucks ..) :fb

I like Boss's idea & the 80 acres, we could have a big camp out!

Party at BOSS's place! :b69: :four: :ennyd: JUST KIDDING!

Ok, Not to throw a wrench in the deal, But...
I'm going to have a regional get together in early June, either the 9th-10th weekend or the 16th-17th weekend. Either weekend there are already things going on in the area. I live in Rapid City, South Dakota... In the beautiful Black Hills area... local sites are Mount Rushmore, the still in progress Crazy Horse Monument, the Famous Deadwood Gambling Town, as well as Sturgis, SD. Sturgis is having a City Cruise Night one of those 2 weekends. There are alot of things going on here that week of June. So, I thought it would be a good time to get people in the nearby area together.
I'm not saying we should make this a National thing. I'm just saying the Black Hills are centrally located for the western side of the country if you include Canada. We are approximately 6 hrs from Denver, 9 hrs from Minneapolis, 12 from Salt Lake City.
I will be posting more info in early 2007 (January or early February)
You can also watch the info in the Northwest Region Threads...
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=215266

If anyone would be up to my idea just chime in and let me know.I know from being at the first meet most of the fun was spent at the motel parking lot just sitting around and visiting :)

Maybe we shouls set up a caravan. Stops in select locales in a big loop over the span of a couple weeks.

I like Boss's idea. I dont know if I would be able to bring the truck, but would do whatever I could to attend with Redneckgirl and the rugrats.....lol
Where is the closest airport???

Missouri sounds good!:gi:

How big of town/city is Norwood Mo. How many motel rooms are available and how close to your place. It would be a tough sell for me to get my wife to sleep in the truck.

Missouri would be great! The tow bill would be less!!!LOL We could have it in July when the world of outlaws come to I55 raceway. maybe show the trucks before the race.?? I55 is partly owned by Ken Schrader and a first class operation (check out the link in my signature).
They would let us camp there as well.
Just a thought.
Bob

Missery works for me too, but when? It's hard enough to plan our TN regions
meets around car shows so how and when are you planning or thinking of it?
I'm not trying to be negative, but I have had 3 regions meets at my place &
it takes ALOT of planning, scheduling it around shows is the hardest part, If
you can schedule it with a major show then it dramatically helps everyone ;)

Ok, Not to throw a wrench in the deal, But...
I'm going to have a regional get together in early June, either the 9th-10th weekend or the 16th-17th weekend. Either weekend there are already things going on in the area. I live in Rapid City, South Dakota... In the beautiful Black Hills area... local sites are Mount Rushmore, the still in progress Crazy Horse Monument, the Famous Deadwood Gambling Town, as well as Sturgis, SD. Sturgis is having a City Cruise Night one of those 2 weekends. There are alot of things going on here that week of June. So, I thought it would be a good time to get people in the nearby area together.
I'm not saying we should make this a National thing. I'm just saying the Black Hills are centrally located for the western side of the country if you include Canada. We are approximately 6 hrs from Denver, 9 hrs from Minneapolis, 12 from Salt Lake City.
I will be posting more info in early 2007 (January or early February)
You can also watch the info in the Northwest Region Threads...
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=215266



You forgot Reptile Gardens (Its still there isnt it?...oh and isnt Wall Drug kinda close?) Black Hills is a cool part of the country.

As long as it does not inter fear with Truck shows, Regions meets, and
Family vacations it might be doable, picking the right time is crucial, &
also keep in mind that you need plan as far ahead as possible, if you
are to make it a success you will need to do alot of work very soon ;)

I have been kicking some things around and trying to come up with a idea/plan for the second 67-72.com Nats/meet. What I post here is for discussion purposes only and not trying to run the show. What do you think about labor day weekend. It is far enough away for plans to be made and finalised. It is a national holiday so people should be able to get time off from work and have travel time to get there. Where to have it? No matter where it is held it is going to be a long drive for some and short for some. I posted earlier about the center of the United States being in Lebanon Ks. but it started crawling east with a general consensus voting for Mo. We have had offers from a board member who has connections with a city that might welcome our club. Also we have another board member with a 80 acre farm and plenty of room. We have no shortage of options we just need to get Input from those members who are going to make an effort to attend and not blow smoke and not show up. I had my first regional meet in July this year and had a pretty good turnout and If anyone was disappointed they didn't tell me. But for whatever reason I had almost 40% that were coming turn into no show. So folks let's get down to it and find out who, where, when, and how many. As I posted earlier I'm in where ever and whenever.

there are also a few others who have PM me offering things. I do not have the time for the planning at all, so I fwd all PM to josh.. now with that said I know Josh has even less time then I do right now.. sooo Ron.. I am appointing you club leason(sp) and BOSS site liason(sp... ill get it right one time!) and with that being said... ALL those who PM'd offering help we WILL get back with you to get this team rolling.
BTW Ron, youre now the latest in my quest to annoy all :lol: ;) ;)

guys I swear we havent been ignoring this.. just ALL the ideas rock, plenty of choices via pm and here.. lets get a group going and get with it..

BTW Ron, youre now the latest in my quest to annoy all

Liz, I wish you were the my biggest problem I would run for president. Ok guys and gals my PM box is cleaned out and I'm open to suggestions. I prefer to keep it in thread as much as possiable but if you feel more comfortable throwing out something in private go for it. Just let us know what you can live with and what just won't work at all for you and we'll do what we can to make it happen. And for the record Boss is head knocker here I'm just his assistant so if you want to deal with top dog pm him.

There is no one place or date that is going to please everyone, so someone's just got to step up, get Josh's approval, and do it. Missouri is a pretty central location, and with Boss having the space, would be easier to plan, but I agree with Luv that it would help our turnout if it were combined with a show of some sort. I, like Ron, am curious about the size/motels of Norwood. If nothing else, maybe we could have our own show in town, and use Boss's place to gather/camp? Just throwing out some ideas.

Party at BOSS's place! :b69: :four: :ennyd: JUST KIDDING!

I second the motion!!!!!!

Ron, I was just cruising the web and found these hotels in and near Norwood,Mo.

http://norwoodmo.areaguides.net/hotels.html

Maybe have an official meet during the Carlisle All Truck Nationals in August?

There is no one place or date that is going to please everyone, so someone's just got to step up, get Josh's approval, and do it. Missouri is a pretty central location, and with Boss having the space, would be easier to plan, but I agree with Luv that it would help our turnout if it were combined with a show of some sort. I, like Ron, am curious about the size/motels of Norwood. If nothing else, maybe we could have our own show in town, and use Boss's place to gather/camp? Just throwing out some ideas.

I decided to get off my lazy a$$ & google it. Population 552! It's almost as big as my town! :lol:

I will support any decision 100% and I will help promote it, however I may or
may not be able to actually attend depending on when it is, My calender fills
up really fast, I will say this though, I spent months and month planning the
event at my place, and something will always come up the day / week that
it happens, that usually means you are going to loose 35-55% as no shows,
so keep that in mind as well, alot of people including Josh have planned all
kinds of things on here in the past, but participation is the key to success.

*And for anyone wondering, YES I will have a 4th annual meet in the fall :cool:

OK guy i will tell you all that is here and maybe we can figure something out ok?Norwood is a very small town but there is a town 10 minutes away that has some nice motels,about 40 minute away is a 1/8 drag strip if anyone is interested and an hour away is Springfield where they hold a few really nice shows if you would think it would be better to plan it around one of them ok.just tossing some things out there to see what everyone thinks so far ok.

OK guys and gals i will be posting soon about the place now what would everyone think about the time?I am thinking around the middle of june? about all the shows here that are truck related are a little to early in the year for those bringing there kids along and we want this to be a family thing also :)I will try to make a post tomorrow about it all and would love to have any help for you all that i could get.Also anymore ideas that you have would be great

:c2:

Now is the time to let your thoughts be known. Please don't sit and watch this meet get planned then tell us we did it all wrong. We want the largest number of people happy and we'll hope if your wishes don't make the cut that you will go along with the majority. I've heard 25 to 40 people made the first one. We want to at least double that. So get to talking.

Judging by the number of responses here, I'd say that this thread is not getting many looks. Maybe a thread, or link should be posted in general?

it will be spammed sitewide shortly :)

south dakota is the center of north america to include us canadians:metal: :metal:

June is out for me :whine:

south dakota is the center of north america to include us canadians:metal: :metal:

ya but you guys got indiana last time, which was closer ;)

ttt

June is out for me :whine:

so what dates do work for you ;)

so what dates do work for you ;)

Well, nobody's got their show schedules posted for 2007 so I'm on
the fence ready to jump either way, but I have 2 major family trips
in June so I will be broke that month, Personally I think something
this big would be better combined with a Holiday, but that is just
me thinking out loud, how many people are planning to make the
effort? what months are the best for everyone? again I'm just on
the thinking out loud part, you cannot please everyone for sure, I
think you need to throw 3-5 dates out there, make it where they
have the opportunity to choose multiple answers, and have a cut
off date way way in advance of what the actaul dates will be, I'm
not sure when would be best, what time of yr was the Indy meet?

This is why I said this is so difficult, as you and Josh already know, I spent
the better part of 6 months setting up my cookouts, and your trying to get
a large portion of the board to commit, on mine I was just shooting for TN.

What do you think about labor day weekend. It is far enough away for plans to be made and finalised. It is a national holiday so people should be able to get time off from work and have travel time to get there.

This was in my post on page 2 but stuck in the middle of other stuff. Lots of shows, activities going on to pick from. So yes, no, maybe.

I might be able to do Labor Day weekend, Ron. It would give me some more time to get my truck presentable and possibly drive it to the event.

May 25-28 works for me, if James can handle putting up with me that long :lol:

:cool: Works for me.

that may be possible Luv as one of the choices but that would probably leave out some of those with there kids still in school :(The first one at Indy was in July if i remember right.

May would count me out, because of the kids being in school. My kids get out of school on the 15th of June. I will have a week at the ocean, but I am not sure what dates yet.

What about 4th of July?

I would go for that. Spend time with my trucking family instead of begging my kids to come over for a cookout. But the 4th falls in the middle of the week this year.

What about 7th of July?

thats the dates we used in Indy Luv. Lotsa bail outs due to the holiday, but doable.

It took us 11 months of working with the hotel and vendors etc to get the last one done.. and planning pre that. We can throw this together easily with all who want to help. The first thing needed is an actual team to discuss who what where and when and go from there.

June is good due to weather, July is easier with vacations usually, August is asking for heat stroke but fun none the less and September kids go back to school, so for any major travel that leaves alot out.

What is planned for July now? I know Rons is July 21 (again kickass day bubba :) ) What else?

What is planned for July now? I know Rons is July 21 (again kickass day bubba :) ) What else?

Just Ron's for me, but he like a lil over an hour from me, so another trip is doable that month ;)


It took us 11 months of working with the hotel and vendors etc to get the last one done.. and planning pre that. We can throw this together easily with all who want to help. The first thing needed is an actual team to discuss who what where and when and go from there.


Tell me about it, the reason I said we need to plan way ahead :gi:

Will the 4th be celebrated 6-8weekend or something different?

Will the 4th be celebrated 6-8weekend or something different?

No idea, but the weekend before I'm out (Just getting back from Canada)

Well, nobody's got their show schedules posted for 2007 so I'm on
the fence ready to jump either way,

Major Shows

super chevy
Feb. 9-10-11 Bradenton Motorsports Park Bradenton, FL
March 23-24-25 Auto Club Raceway at Fontana Fontana, CA
April 20-21-22 Memphis Motorsports Park 1/8 Memphis, TN
April 27-28-29 Maryland International Raceway Budds Creek, MD
May 4-5-6 National Trail Raceway Columbus, OH
May 18-19-20 Huntsville Dragway 1/8 Huntsville, AL
June 1-2-3 Atlanta Dragway 1/8 Commerce, GA
June 8-9-10 Virginia Motorsports Park Richmond-Petersburg, VA
June 22-23-24 Bristol Dragway /8 Bristol, TN
July 13-14-15 O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN
July 19-20-21-22 Maple Grove Raceway Reading, PA
July 27-28-29 Milan Dragway Milan, MI
Aug. 10-11-12 Route 66 Raceway Chicago-Joliet, IL
Aug. 17-18-19 Kansas City International Raceway Kansas City, MO
Sept. 21-22-23 Moroso Motorsports Park West Palm Beach, FL
Oct. 5-6-7 San Antonio Raceway San Antonio, TX
Oct. 12-13-14 Tulsa Raceway Park Tulsa, OK

Charlotte April 12-15
Charlotte Sept 13-16
Spring Carlisle - April 18-22, 2007
Carlisle All-GM Nationals - June 22-24, 2007
Carlisle All-Truck Nationals - August 3-5, 2007
Fall Carlisle - Oct. 3-7, 2007
Maggie Valley May 4-6 2007

:lol: Most of those don't affect me, I guess I should clarify, if you check
state by state only a few in TN have their 2007 dates set, most of them
you listed are out of my league, or just too darn far away for me to go ;)

I am pretty sure July works for me.