Bay Area Pro-Touring Get Together (Now with pics!)

[TonyHuntimer]

Hey Everyone,

As some of you may know, ZBugger and I work for Goodies Speed Shop in San Jose, CA.

The Store
Here's the short history of the shop...Back in about 1960 a speed shop named Goodies Speed Shop opened in San Jose. In 1971 the business was sold and liquidated. Later in 1971 a shop named Speed Merchant opened in the same building. Speed Merchant held its own until it was sold to Pro-Touring.com member Tracy Edmonds this year.

As of March 2007 the shop has been renamed Goodies Speed Shop and is not only supporting all the previous hot rodding customers, it is also supporting the Pro-Touring and fabrication community.

The New Stuff
Tracy has injected new life into the store by increasing inventory and becoming the largest stocking dealer for Detroit Speed & Engineering on the West Coast! This is great news for all you West Coast guys who don't want to wait a week for UPS Ground. If you want it fast, give me or Allen a call and we'll get you what you need.
http://www.detroitspeed.com/ (http://www.detroitspeed.com/)

We're also the largest stocking dealer on the West Coast for Pro-Werks fabrication products for all you fabricators.
http://www.pro-werks.com/ (http://www.pro-werks.com/)

Goodies Speed Shop is also a large distributor for other Pro-Touring equipment manufacturers such as: Baer Brakes, Global West, Hotchkis, Air Ride Technologies, Wilwood Brakes, Koni, etc.

The Pro-Touring Get Together
To celebrate the new Goodies Speed Shop we are having a huge open house party on Saturday, September 29th from 8AM to 4PM. There will be a live band, food, drinks and high-performance parts as raffle prizes. There will also be "Show Special" sale prices on MAJOR brands.

Liz Miles from the TV show "American Hod Rod" will be on hand. We will also have some racecars showing up, including at least one alcohol dragster.

Bring your appetite and your Pro-Touring street machine to the event. We hope to see you there.

Tony Huntimer
Goodies Speed Shop
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[ITLBTU]

If I get my Camaro running properly, I would love to go.:cheers:

Liz Miles has a TV show? I met her at the Good Guys car show in Pleasanton a few months back. Had I known she was a celebrity...

[class67]

I'm definately going to try and get there.

[TonyL]

I am SO there! Awesome!
/posted from my wii lol

[Flash68]

Killer. I will plan on it!

[CRCRFT78]

I'll try and make it.

[MrQuick]

I have to work but I might have to call in crazy that day.

[zbugger]

Here's our official announcement flier.

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Remember, you're ALL invited to attend. It should be a great event. We look forward to seeing you guys.

[TonyHuntimer]

If you guys want to show off your cars in our parking lot, we have about 30 spaces left. First come first serve. There will be plenty of other parking around the store, but the parking lot will be designated for car show parking.

If you want to come early and leave early, that's fine. If you want to stay all day, that's fine too. This is all for fun.

:)
Tony Huntimer
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[pchdrive]

I am planning on it......Hope to arrive early for a spot in the parking lot. Will be driving this.....

[c4racer]

bummer - I would come check it out and bring my 69 LT1 / WD / etc. but I am camping that weekend with the kids.

Scott

[TonyHuntimer]

bummer - I would come check it out and bring my 69 LT1 / WD / etc. but I am camping that weekend with the kids.

Scott

Scott,

I'm totally bummed! I wanted to see your car. Have fun with the kids.

Tony Huntimer
Goodies-SpeedShop.com

[TonyHuntimer]

Hey Guys,

How many of you are planning on coming to the Goodies Speed Shop Grand Opening? If you are planning on it, are you bringing your car to park in the exhibition area? I don't want to say "Car Show" parking since it's not really a show, it's more of a "exhibition" of your hot rod. There's only about 20 spaces left after the Top Alcohol Funnycar, Top Fuel Dragster, Goodies Speed Shop (Gulf painted) Camaro and some other cars slated to be there.

I'm just trying to get a feel for how many spaces will be taken up by hot rods. :)

Bring your appetite. We just confirmed Mojo Burger for food at the event.

Bring your credit card. We will have some major brands on SPECIAL SALE. These prices and brands can't be shown here. The prices will be a ONE DAY ONLY deal.

Tony Huntimer
Goodies-SpeedShop.com

[camcojb]

Tony,

Charley and I will be there with the Mule.

Jody

[eville]

I'm going to try and attend. I'm not sure if I'll have the car or not. It may be apart getting the new TKO put in.

[MrQuick]

What time are you guys setting up for the line up of cars?

[TonyHuntimer]

Tony,

Charley and I will be there with the Mule.

Jody

Awesome! Thanks for the message and the help. :firefire:

Tony~

[TonyHuntimer]

I'm going to try and attend. I'm not sure if I'll have the car or not. It may be apart getting the new TKO put in.

Steve,

Come out even if you don't get the TKO done. It'll be a good time with or without your car.

Vince,

The event officially starts at 8AM. If you get to the event earlier it's up to you. We'll be there early to get the two dragsters and the funny car off the trailers.


Tony~
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[MrQuick]

If you are going to buy parts in the near future you may want to buy them at the event. :woot:

Tony~
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/ DSE parts too???? very long list...

[TonyHuntimer]

Allen and I are currently compiling a list of manufacturers and parts that will be discounted for the Grand Opening show. We can neither confirm nor deny what will be "on sale" and the amount of the discount until the day of the event.

Hope to see you there! :)

Tony
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[mpozzi]

Put me on the "definite . . . maybe" list and if I can make it, I'll bring something Camaroish. Right now, it's 80% yes that I can attend.

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[TonyHuntimer]

Put me on the "definite . . . maybe" list and if I can make it, I'll bring something Camaroish. Right now, it's 80% yes that I can attend.

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

Mary,

I hope you can make it.

:)
Tony~
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[mpozzi]

I'm there!!! Can't wait. You need me for BBQ duties?? If so, I'll bring nomex everything.

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[zbugger]

Don't worry Mary. We've got Mojo Burger doing the cooking for us this time. You just show up and enjoy the festivities.

[zbugger]

One week away!!! Can't wait to see you all there!!!

[TonyHuntimer]

Just a few more days...

Can I get a head count?

So far I know Charley, Jody, Mary, and TonyL are coming for sure.

Anyone else?

We have a ton of drag cars coming. I'd like to have a good showing of Pro-Touring cars.

If you are going to display your car show up early. :)

Tony~
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[Blown353]

I *might* be there... but I'm supposed to be at a birthday down in Fresno in the late afternoon. I might come over just for the morning.

[MrQuick]

Just a few more days...

We have a ton of drag cars coming. I'd like to have a good showing of Pro-Touring cars.

Tony~
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/


Allens going to bring my Nova out, does that count? Make sure you put me right next to Charley! LOL

My wife is coming down with a clean credit card...make sure you have some "good stuff" for sale.

[mpozzi]

I'll be there by 8:30 or so. You want the red one or the blue one??

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[c4racer]

Scott,

I'm totally bummed! I wanted to see your car. Have fun with the kids.

Tony Huntimer
Goodies-SpeedShop.com

Tony - another time for sure. I think we met way back when you first built your Camaro. Anyway, we can get together whenever - I drive the car at least one day a week normally. Although I just lost my brake lights, not sure why - need to troubleshoot that and fix it - I don't want to drive around in this traffic too much w/o brake lights. Anyway - I live and work in San Jose. Office is near Santana Row.

[MrQuick]

I'll be there by 8:30 or so. You want the red one or the blue one??

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi was that directed to me? please don't temp her...she's been killin me to finish a 1st gen. :poke:

Santana row is real close!

[Flash68]

Count me in and my buddy Ron. We will both be bringing Chevelles (66 and 69). Not sure how early we will be there, but figure between 9 and 10am probably??

[65protourgto]

I think I will roll out there and meet up with you guys, who Do I look for when I get there? Im going to be in my old blue LT1 jag so it shouldnt be hard to miss me.

[ITLBTU]

I think I can go now. I got the '69 running pretty good now. Will the dyno be running too?

[TonyL]

Cool, I'm looking forward to it!

[TonyL]

Vince. Don't forget to come down with a "fever" today, you might start coughing out loud or something! The "flu" is going around you know.

lol. I hope you try and call in crazy like you said.

[tracy]

Don’t Forget!
UPDATE: Don’t Miss - Special Appearance: Liz Miles (http://www.milesspeed.com)
Mike Hennessy and The Car Guy Channel (http://mikehennessyclassiccars.com/The_Car_Guy_Channel.html)will be on site filming the event

You are cordially invited to attend an open house at Goodies Speed Shop (http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/events.html) in San Jose!
Please come help us celebrate our Grand Opening on Saturday, September 29th during the Willow Glenn Founder’s Day celebration.
We will have:
Live music by The Age of Reason (http://age-of-reason.org)
Several awesome pro race cars including a Top Fuel dragster,
Many beautiful Muscle Cars, Pro-Touring Street Machines and custom vehicles
MoJo Burger (http://www.mojoburger.com)will be on site catering the event
Drawings held for free speed parts and other give away items
ONE DAY ONLY SALE on major name brand speed parts (a sale list will be handed out when you arrive)!!!!!

Bring your own muscle car, hot rod, or custom vehicle to show off.
When:
Saturday, Sept. 29th from 8am to 5pm
Where:
Goodies Speed Shop
345 Lincoln Avenue
San Jose, CA, 95037

Check out our web site at http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/events.html for more details!
Hope to see you there.
-Tracy

[mdprovee]

I hope to be there around noo.

See ya all there.

[zbugger]

I hope to be there around noo.

Around what? When? Where?

Just kidding. It'll be good to see you there. It's gonna be good. I can't wait.

[TonyHuntimer]

I hope to be there around noo.

See ya all there.

The million dollar question is...Who's Noo?

:smoke:
Tony Huntimer

[mdprovee]

OK,

I am the idiot who cant spell. See ya in a while, hows that.

[MrQuick]

Hope you all had a great time...but I gotta use this room for a big thank you to Mary and David Pozzi. You really saved the day.

I hope its just a broken distributor shaft...if its not, a nice LS6 and T56 will take its place.

Thanks again, the next time we meet up Gina and I will buy dinner. Its people like you that makes this site a great place to be!

Oh yeah, thanks to Allen for finding my flaws. Live long and prosper with that pretty vulcan.

[TonyL]

Is that what the ticking was??

I had an AWESOME time. The turnout was great. Good cars were there, and it was cool getting to meet a few more faces to put with the screennames. The vair faired pretty well, but lost a throw out bearing in the process. But oh well, I needed to pull the engine again anyway.

This little event was just what I needed. My family thought it was cool, and it may just have lit a fire under my brother to get his car running.
my sister in law shot this on the way down. This is what it's all about. Driving whatcha got.
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I uploaded that right before imageshack went down. I'll upload the rest tomorrow.

[MrQuick]

Cool Tony I can't wait to see the pictures...I should have called in sick today as it was a mad house...9 warranty jobs that had to go. All in all I worked 10 1/2 hours and was paid 6.5 hours for my reward...flat rate. Gotta love it.

Im hoping it is just the oil pump drive shaft. I will pull it out Sunday and strip er down. Its been acting funny the last few days. I've been wanting to fix the headers and powder coat the frame anyways.


Figures, I got 4 messages about the car tonite...oh well. Roll on

[TonyL]

And now for the pics I got before the camera died. First the batteries, then the memory card failed. I lost like 40 pictures and the video of the dragster running. :(

Tony Huntimer was snapping loads of pics though. I'm sure he'll post them up.

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[zbugger]

Thanks a BUNCH to everyone that showed up. The even was OUTSTANDING!!! I'd call it a great success. I lost count of all the cars that showed up. From Dean Tognotti in his LSx powered RX7, to Charley Lillard and Jody Bernard in the Mule, and everyone else from this site that I missed. It was a great show. And DAMN those dragsters were loud.

Mary and David, thanks a ton for the help. Fernando was a great tow truck driver and only hit on Sarah once while I was out of the truck. I just wish I could have driven the car home. And thanks to Brett for helping push the car. There's a bunch of great people on this site that are always willing to help out. That's what makes this site great.

[mdprovee]

My son and I had a great time. He even won a hat, which he wore all day. Nice seeing Allen again, and meeting Mary, David, and Brett.

[Damn True]

Allen,

My wife and I showed up just as you were rolling out of the lot in Vinces Nova. Sorry we didn't get a chance to meet you.

[SIK02SS]

some good photos! i feel like i've seen the goodies 69 before? damn, this makes me wish i was still in modesto and could've taken the 67..assuming the ignition problem was fixed :(

[mpozzi]

Thanks for all of the Goodie's Speed staff for hosting this awesome day. Wonderful cars and people, super parts deals from Goodie's (spent a few dimes on DSE second-gen parts and sound deadener, and a book), great food and entertainment, and a place where the cars were the stars for a day.

I took a gazillion photos and these made the cut. Didn't want to post them individually as the Nikon D80 doesn't know the meaning of a "small" photograph but check 'em out on my Zenfolio link.

And even the weather was special ordered . . .

Anyways, enjoy the photos. http://www.zenfolio.com/marypozzi/p849619277/

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[Lowend]

It really was a great day... despite my multi-mile hike to find a new fan belt when driving in (yeah that's the last straw, its serpentine time)
It was great to meet some new faces, great to see some old ones. I almost felt guilty pulling my functional-ugly auto-xer into the lot with all those awesome looking rigs

[Blown353]

almost felt guilty pulling my functional-ugly auto-xer into the lot with all those awesome looking rigs

Never worry... I brought my faded paint and rust holes in the bottoms of my front fenders. They're functional too, natural galvanic body weight reduction. :rotfl:

I missed the shop's Gulf painted Camaro, which is one of the main reasons I came in the first place. I had to bail by noon or so and it wasn't there by the time I had to leave. Maybe next time.

Very good turnout though. Thanks to the guys that put it on!

I didn't drop much under 85 the entire way home and still pulled off just shy of 18mpg. Yay!

[tracy]

I want to thank everyone that attended our very successful event. I was overwelmed with the level of participation. It was really a fun day.

I also want to thank everyone on my team for doing such a great job getting the word out and putting everything together.

...and a giant hug for Mary Pozzi for taking all of those awesome photos. Wow!

We will certainly be doing this again.

-Tracy

[bleucamaro]

Thanks for the great show!


I didn't drop much under 85 the entire way home and still pulled off just shy of 18mpg. Yay!

Not to mention the several full boost runs and 90mph tire smokers.:hail:

[TonyHuntimer]

I just got home from Bakersfield. When I get a minute I'll post up some pictures. I have not even looked at them and I know Mary's pics are better.

Thanks a ton to everyone who came. We couldn't have had such a great success without you all.

:)
Tony Huntimer
http://www.goodies-speedshop.com/

[Orngcrush69]

Looks like it was a great turn out! What a great shop! Wish I could have been there! How about opening one here in Fresno?

[larknut]

Looks like I missed out on a good one. I tried to get out of work but it just didn't work out. Hopefully we can have many more of these Nor-cal get-togethers.

[MrQuick]

yeah, we should put on a Sunday get together at Goodies at least once a month.

[Benoit23]

Great pics!!!! Thanks Tony.
I love that last pic of the Drag Car! I will always be a sucker for the all out Drag cars. I wish I lived on your end of this country, you guys have the best car scene; Drag races, road races, car shows, shops, etc.

Thanks again for the pics.