Bloomington in two weeks!

[Stuart F.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

Real sorry I'll miss it this year. I used to live just south of St. Charles in Aurora and went every year. And yes, some of my most treasured photos of my car were taken in a spot I had under a nice shade tree on the golf course. Living close by allowed me to pick the day with the best weather. Seems they always have several bad ones and you must be prepared for at least some rain or an occasional T-Storm. I had a nice straight shot up rte. 59 those days.

Hope you guys that are going have a great time and good weather. Enjoy!

Stu Fox

[Michael H.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

This is a picture of the original group of Bloomington Gold Judges (I am the guy standing with the black T shirt on the left) Dave Burroughs is in white pants on the right. 1979

I wonder how many of the original judges we can identify in the picture? I see Bill Volmer?, Dale Smith, Bill Locke and Paul Kitchens in the front row.
Bob Jorjorian and Dave Burroughs in the 2nd row.
Bill Mock, Bob "Streach" Zimmerman and Ken Heckert in the back row.

[Martin N.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

Real sorry I'll miss it this year. I used to live just south of St. Charles in Aurora and went every year. And yes, some of my most treasured photos of my car were taken in a spot I had under a nice shade tree on the golf course. Living close by allowed me to pick the day with the best weather. Seems they always have several bad ones and you must be prepared for at least some rain or an occasional T-Storm. I had a nice straight shot up rte. 59 those days.

Hope you guys that are going have a great time and good weather. Enjoy!

Stu Fox

Stu-

We'll be thinkin' about ya, (especially if it rains now ) maybe next year? I take IL. Route 23 south to Route 64 east and right to the front gate. The L-88's were incredible last year!

Marty

[Dick W.]

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I wonder how many of the original judges we can identify in the picture? I see Bill Volmer?, Dale Smith, Bill Locke and Paul Kitchens in the front row.
Bob Jorjorian and Dave Burroughs in the 2nd row.
Bill Mock, Bob "Streach" Zimmerman and Ken Heckert in the back row.

And they have not gotten any better looking in 30 years.

[Michael H.]

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And they have not gotten any better looking in 30 years.

Wish I still had all that hair. I still have some of it but it's not all brown now.
Actually, the grey ones aren't mine. I'm breaking em in for a friend.

I think Chip Miller would be in that pic too but I don't see him.

Out of all those people, there would only be 7 of us originals left ten years later.
Hanson, Heckert, Mock, Locke, Miller, Burroughs and Dobbins????

[Henry S.]

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I ahve been attending Bloomington since 1987 and will be again this year in spots H129-130. I hope you all will stop by so I can put faces with the names I see every day on this board.
Jeff

Jeff, I remember stopping by your spot when I was looking into restoring my emergency brake handle I think it was 2006 or 2007. I think I got a couple sets of spark plugs from you. Of course at the time I didn't put it together that you were one of the guys here on the forum. I'll stop by and introduce myself this year. Good luck with the swap meet. Shooter

[Dick W.]

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Wish I still had all that hair. I still have some of it but it's not all brown now.
Actually, the grey ones aren't mine. I'm breaking em in for a friend.

I think Chip Miller would be in that pic too but I don't see him.

Out of all those people, there would only be 7 of us originals left ten years later.
Hanson, Heckert, Mock, Locke, Miller, Burroughs and Dobbins????

I think that when I started in '88 there were 12-13? left. I remember the introductions.

Time and money sure change things don't they??

[William L.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

Wish I still had all that hair. I still have some of it but it's not all brown now.
Actually, the grey ones aren't mine. I'm breaking em in for a friend.

I think Chip Miller would be in that pic too but I don't see him.

Out of all those people, there would only be 7 of us originals left ten years later.
Hanson, Heckert, Mock, Locke, Miller, Burroughs and Dobbins????

Michael, I believe there are more than 7 guys left! I think I am still alive, Dick Ferrando is still Kicking. I think that is John Hibbler front row kneeling middle. These pictures came from Corvette News Dec/Jan 1980, story by John Gibson. This was the year that Richard Buxbaum had his G/S 001 there

[Jake D.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

I wonder how many of the original judges we can identify in the picture? I see Bill Volmer?, Dale Smith, Bill Locke and Paul Kitchens in the front row.
Bob Jorjorian and Dave Burroughs in the 2nd row.
Bill Mock, Bob "Streach" Zimmerman and Ken Heckert in the back row.

Wow! a picture of "Stretch" before the white hair!

[William L.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

I was wrong. The picture is of the 2ed year Judges (1979) at Bloomington . I just checked my files and found my original Board Certification and its dated 24 June 1978.
Sorry for the mistake.

[Michael H.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

Michael, I believe there are more than 7 guys left! I think I am still alive, Dick Ferrando is still Kicking. I think that is John Hibbler front row kneeling middle. These pictures came from Corvette News Dec/Jan 1980, story by John Gibson. This was the year that Richard Buxbaum had his G/S 001 there

I don't remember when that pic was taken but if it's the very first year of certification, there would only be 7 original people left after 10 years. I have a very nice picture/plaque here somewhere that Burroughs sent of the original 7.

[Michael H.]

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Michael, I believe there are more than 7 guys left! I think I am still alive, Dick Ferrando is still Kicking. I think that is John Hibbler front row kneeling middle.

Here's a shot of the "Original 7", taken at the 1988 banquet. Nice award from Burroughs and the association.

[Martin N.]

Re: Bloomington in two weeks!

Real sorry I'll miss it this year. I used to live just south of St. Charles in Aurora and went every year. And yes, some of my most treasured photos of my car were taken in a spot I had under a nice shade tree on the golf course. Living close by allowed me to pick the day with the best weather. Seems they always have several bad ones and you must be prepared for at least some rain or an occasional T-Storm. I had a nice straight shot up rte. 59 those days.

Hope you guys that are going have a great time and good weather. Enjoy!

Stu Fox

Stu-

We'll be thinkin' about ya, (especially if it rains now ) maybe next year? I take IL. Route 23 south to Route 64 east and right to the front gate. The L-88's were incredible last year!

Marty

[Dick W.]

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Who is the one between Dobb and Chip? The picture (my eyes?) is a little fuzzy.

[Tom S.]

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This is my first year, I will be driving my 08. But I am going to be looking for a nice c2 coupe.I am really looking forward to this! Tom