Cat Jam 2006

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Reply #510 – July 22, 2006, 01:23:13 AM

Well hopefully about this time next year you'll all be able to see the TT cougar. I plan to attend next year. :) Hope you all have a great time this year and everything goes smoothly. For one person in particular.

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Reply #511 – July 22, 2006, 10:51:06 AM

This morning I drove through some rain on the way to school..... I'm guessing you guys got some up there too? Its all cleared out now and the sun is shining!

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Reply #512 – July 22, 2006, 10:57:36 AM

It's starting to clear about 15 miles from Catjam

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Reply #513 – July 22, 2006, 01:57:22 PM

Uh, if you haven't realized yet, I'm not gonna/didn't make it. I didn't get back into town till like 2 am last night, and I caught some cold bug that's got my sinus's draining like Niagara Falls

. I'm ticked too, cause I had every intention of being there. For those hoping to hang with me again, sorry I couldn't make it :( .

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Reply #514 – July 22, 2006, 03:18:19 PM

Hope you get better soon.

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Reply #515 – July 23, 2006, 01:18:46 PM

Rain sucked but I must say I have never laughed so hard with all the fun times that happened over this past weekend.

Thanks to everyone! :)

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Reply #516 – July 23, 2006, 01:33:59 PM

Yep the rain definitely put a kibosh on things...and I still don't even know who some of the people I met were, but yep it was pretty fun.

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Reply #517 – July 23, 2006, 02:50:44 PM

Even with the Cougar R/T, I sure as hell am glad didnt miss it, I laughed so hard this weekend my kidneys hurt the whole ride home...GOOD TIMES!!!!

I love meeting everyone and seeing the rides, even though I have no clue what driver goes to what car, its always a blast!

Pics

Reply #518 – July 23, 2006, 06:17:38 PM

Yup, even with the rain we did have, it was well worth the trip to get advice from all the Cougar mega guru's

as well as see all the things that have been done to the cars

!!

The picnic shelter house really made the day, otherwise it would have been sort of wet just hanging out. The day cycled thru "now its getting brighter rain must be gone" to "its getting darker again with more rain.." teasing the day.

Here are some strip pics from Sat AM

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Reply #519 – July 23, 2006, 07:50:48 PM

Yeah, the rain kinda sucked, but ya know what? I don't think it put a damper on things at all. I think everyone had just as good a time anyway.
You'll have to ask some of the peeps how many times they dried off their car Saturday at the park tho :evilgrin:
Can't wait til next year already!!

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Reply #520 – July 23, 2006, 08:46:43 PM

Well Ive Missed It Again Bills

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Reply #521 – July 23, 2006, 11:48:03 PM

Nick and I made it back with no problems in the ranchero, then we took off the cap and gave it a bath. Seeing as it was dark by then I'll get pics tomorrow or something.

When we got the doors to Rick's we took a look at his XR7 and got it running right again. Electrical gremlins (a pin for the iac came loose) so a nice easy fix there.

It was good seeing everyone as usual :D

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Reply #522 – July 24, 2006, 09:20:18 AM

well i made it back it took me longer then i wanted it to.i was in rockford ill and found out i had no headlights.ends up being the high/low beam switch in the blinkers.got it to work in high beams.im sure that im not a favorite on the highway.then i got tired and had to catch some sleep from the rest stops.other then that we made it fine.thanks agian for all fun this year and hope to see every 1 next year.

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Reply #523 – July 24, 2006, 10:28:16 AM

Roger and I got home last night, no problems.

I wanted to thank everyone who donated things to the Door Prizes and the Chinese Auction.
I'm already working on things for next year....some of you gave me some great ideas!!!!
Oh and don't worry (Andrew

), I'm going to be sure to have cookies again next year.....only I will make sure there are a lot more of them!

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Reply #524 – July 24, 2006, 11:06:10 AM

OK, I guess this would be the "official" overview of Cat Jam 2006 from my POV...

First of all, it rained off and on all day Saturday and I think that had an effect on the overall cars. On Thursday night I got a few late registrations from local people but only one or two actually showed up. Hell, the convertible was at home most of the weekend anyway--I can truly understand that reasoning. Anyhow, I think we figured somewhere around 30 cars throughout the weekend...not bad for having that kind of rain.

Money-wise, we were able to raise $250 for Angels for Animals. I am taking care of their check this week. Also, I presented the president of the Valley Cruzers Car Club (host club for the rained-out Chili's show) with $250 cash on our behalf to donate to Tod Children's Hospital, and I also wrote a check on our behalf to the club itself for $100 because they're stand-up guys. We truly have a welcome home whenever they hold a show. So, overall, I think $600 raised during a rainy weekend is very good. Everyone was generous, as usual...it never stops amazing me how, even with gas prices so high and all the other expenses that a vacation entails, people keep thinking of others with their donations. That is truly a testament to the kind of people we have at our event and I'm proud of every single soul.

Once again we had great help from a LOT of people (Karen & Roger, Ric & Sam, Will, Andrew, the BondoCougars LOL, Jeff & Rose, JohnnyCougar, my friends and family, and others whom I cannot foggily recall at the moment). Couldn't have done it without your help and support. For the first time in 5 years I actually felt a bit more relaxed and comfortable with everyone else in control. It's a great feeling. Again, that's a wonderful testament to the people involved with these cars.

Things that stand out to me about CJ06...

- Jessie's absolutely stunning '95 lowrider-style Cougar. Wow. Eric was impressed! And not only with the car, but how down-to-earth Jessie and Debbie are. What truly incredible people.
- Derik's upgraded interior, finished just in time (barely!) for the trip. You thought that Radar Blue exterior was breathtaking...what a complement on the inside. Ouch! It's that hot!
- Brian finally getting a working rear end in his '85 T-Bird. All I can say is...it's about time, you slacker!
- Shannon's son. Can we bottle up that energy and sell it, please?! When a little boy flat-out says, "I'm hyper!", you gotta love it.

- Watching Crystal eat from a box of Munchkins from Dunkin' Donuts near her new (huge) Ranchero. There is something just so ironic about that:

- The constant updates about when (and whether) Alex was showing up. He has an incredible story to tell so he can do that himself. But in the end he did show up at the hotel about 2AM early Sunday morning, intact, with the new vehicle, safe and sound.
- The diversity of all the gifts we had for the Chinese auction and the door prizes. Those that donated got very creative this year. I like that. Very, VERY nice stuff, guys. And Karen and Roger did a spectacular job buying the Chinese auction gifts too. We're already working on topping this for next year.
- The taste of that first 24-oz Coors Light at Jillian's. Mmmm mmmm, papa needed that bad boy in the worst way.
- The fact that we can all get together every year, have a great time, and still not get the cops called on us (yet LOL). I'm glad that we're a generally well-behaved group. That reflects upon me, ultimately, so I'm pretty happy with that. (We can definitely do without the burnouts/tire peeling/almost loss of control on wet pavement aspect, though).

Just FYI, there is about $700-800 in the pot to help start next year's show. All forthcoming T-shirt and CJ06 CD sales will add to that total. I will call next week to get the same pavilion next year, and when we do I will post the official CJ07 dates.

Once again...thank you everyone! I hope you had a good time this weekend and that you'll come back again.