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General Discussion => Campfire Talk => Topic started by: Arizoni on November 20, 2013, 10:48:57 pm

Title: Company Car Show
Post by: Arizoni on November 20, 2013, 10:48:57 pm
I mentioned that I went to the "Bring Your Ride To Work" show that the company I worked for for 39+ years put on last week.

If anyone is interested in seeing some of the photos taken that day, follow this link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26894721@N02/sets/72157637719556523/
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: GreenMachine on November 20, 2013, 11:40:16 pm
Nice.  Had a red 66 volvo 2 door sedan just like in the pic.   Looks like a good time by all...I'm assuming that's your Enfield....
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: Arizoni on November 21, 2013, 12:50:14 am
Yes.  That's my G5 Deluxe.

I think the only bikes that had more people looking at them was Karen's Harley chopper and the Triumph Trident.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: single on November 21, 2013, 03:04:50 am
The RE looks great,and I love the Trident.
Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: DanB on November 21, 2013, 04:15:50 am
Nice vehicles!  Thanks for sharing.

Did the camera 'drone' get up into the air? 
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Post by: D the D on November 21, 2013, 05:57:31 am
Quite the menagerie.  The vehicles, not the owners.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: Blltrdr on November 21, 2013, 06:51:45 am
Haven't seen a Bricklin since the 70's. Is that drag car a Anglia? How cool for a company to have a car show.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: High On Octane on November 21, 2013, 11:47:12 am
That looks like it was a good time.  Quite the array of different types of cars, everything from shifter karts to rock crawlers.  Very cool.

Scottie
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: boggy on November 21, 2013, 05:36:46 pm
UM... you're former employees have some very nice, and very expensive cars!

Seriously nice cars.  Wow.  I see a really nice grey custom Yamaha and a really good looking Husqvarna a few bikes over.  I love those Husqys.  Interesting to see a Yamaha FZ-09.  That's a triple, I believe.

Great pics. Thanks.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: barenekd on November 21, 2013, 06:29:42 pm
A good comparo in the latest Cycle World on three triples, the Yamaha FZ-09, Triumph 675R, and the MV August Brutale 800. It's kinda hard to pick a winner in the bunch for me, but the Yamaha is the cheapest one, by a long shot and the shortest ranged, which would stop me there.
Bare
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: Arizoni on November 21, 2013, 11:43:36 pm
Yah.  Some of those cars are some serious money sitting there.

The gray Yamaha is a RD 400.  Sounded great if you like two stroke twins.  Ear splitting RINGGG-ding-ding-ding.

The FZ09 is Rich's new toy.  I was surprised he didn't ride his 2007 Triumph Bonnie but you know how it is when you get a new toy.

Karen was hoping to sell her chopper.  Lots of lookers but no takers.
She isn't exactly what one thinks of when they think of a girl. 
She was an Army helicopter pilot who flew a CH47 Chinook before she got out and came to work as a Quality engineer.

The guy with the camera drone was flying it around the area but I don't know how his pictures came out.

All of the people serving the food are supervisors or higher in the company.  Nice to see them actually working for a change. (Har-har-har).
Speaking of supervisors I got to chat with Shawna.  She hired into engineering design and I got to be a mentor to her.  Smart girl, even if she does ride a bicycle 6 miles to work every day.
After working for our company in Czechoslovakia for 4 years she came back and is now in charge of the entire Engineering Design department.

Getting back to the cars, I think I liked the '48 Jag Saloon about the best.
It still has working flapper turn signals that poke out to signal. They don't make turn signals like that anymore.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: ChrisS on November 22, 2013, 01:07:36 am
Something about the Gremlin brings back some very weird memories.
Title: Re: Company Car Show
Post by: single on November 23, 2013, 01:45:10 am
Ya,I had a Gremlin.V8.Big surpriser.Traded it in on a Pacer.I know yer laughing.Gets funnier.I had headers and side exhaust on the Pacer.