totally agree with joco. and time frame and i do like the idea of this lot, altho it isn't very "attractive location" if ya know what i mean. A lil worried that the city of overland park wont like us either. (chad's experience with them so far)

as soon as we get into permits and such its gunna get expensive. then we gotta bring in sponsors.:shakes head:

im a lil impartial to a location more inner city, but have yet to find ideal location.
plaza/pv/leawood. Town center has a huge lot, old folks home in prairie village hosts car shows all the time, 100 yards to starbucks. And trust me there are plenty of exotics there too.

but with the 135th location we'd at least know that people are willing to drive there (as seen from FF's)

im totally up for discussion on location. this crucial aspect

the balls are rolling now, im committed to see it through. i'll need help tho

first off gotta get permission from the property manager for the lot.

as far as getting word out. we gotta grab more than just internet, but that is still a given.

i'd start by inviting all the car clubs & internet clubs. they have all the enthusiasts, with mailing lists, and they know how to assemble for meets. help set a standards for behavior and keep it classy

and while I do hate on others choices sometimes, this should be open to everyone, like I said before, as long as their respectful.

i really do want an event that both guys young and old feel comfortable at. imports and hot rods alike.

i'll volunteer to build a website, and design/print/distribute posters to make it look professional.

that kinda gets to the point is this just an informal morning meet, or can we make this bigger than FF?



some pictures to level out all this rambling...........
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Jackson, that particular location is in Leawood which may make a difference, maybe not.

As I mentioned before, the C&C I've checked out have been at Starbucks. Maybe they are the unofficial sponsors and could offer you guidance, contact the landlord, etc. Maybe they have a "Cars & Coffees for Dummies" book. :D

im really not as concerned with it being next to a starbucks, as the location being easy to find, tell someone about, or simply see just driving by. oh and getting free access to.

think the original in cali is at mazda headquarters, not at any coffee shop at all.

if you really had a crowd, a food truck could easily be requested. (found this guy in 30 sec. CoffeeCakeKC LLC )

i really do have a 100 ideas for locations, but find problems with all.

I totally think were capable of pulling off a C&C on our own. and better than other states too.


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not opposed to starbucks either, they can offer acces to their lot, and coffee fro guests.
just all in weird spots

idk after thinknig about it starbucks kinda way to go. think about bathroom and such with a bunch of guys drinking coffee :eek:

i came up with this one at lunch......

abandoned lot across from ward parkway mall. its huge!!!!! and best of all there's never ever in cars there. kinda not most glamourous side of town tho. altho it is still leawood.

tunnel under stateline to the starbucks ward parkway map

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I went to a car show at that location last year. That location is virtually hidden from State Line. That show had almost zero visibility. Just sayin'......

Well, now that I have a local job,:excited:, and the car being fixed right now(minus the tune....STILL) I should be able to make one of these. Just gotta know what day. That way I can find out if I have to work that Sat. Only gotta work one a month.

Bass Pro Shop (119th & I35) has done car shows. They had a huge mustang club show a couple of months ago. They have a huge lot and a Starbucks is just across the street.

could be an option. what date would we shoot for to give people plenty of notice

this is kinda true, with no building there its so easy to drive right by. really not that bad of location tho, always available.


ya me and my dad regular the basspro/jason'sdeli in that complex. so we have discussed this location before. Geographically its in a pretty nice spot, easy to tell someone where it is.

i dont know where the other show was held but, ideally id want the east restaurant lot, closest to 135th & frontage road. Versus having people park it the back corner of the main lot.

i also threw out the smaller north lot, that is always empty, and much closer to starbucks but my dad thinks its way to small. (120 spots what i counted, plus houlihan's and such dont open till 11 so you'd plenty of overflow parking is if was busy day.)

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one major thing i forgot to mention

worried basspro will only let us do it once, if at all. Their not actually benefiting from us being there whatsoever. cept maybe getting people to come inside, kinda early for that. Where as a day long mustang show was sure to bring spectators in.

bass pro starts getting as busy as a wal-mart on sat and sun @9

the smaller north lot, is actually under same management as starbucks and most those business are vacant or dont open that early.

did more counting on other lots
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man this is a big undertaking to figure one of these out

Holy christ the new test pipes have made my car even louder. At least it's one step closer to being fixed. Now just need to quite it down some and get it tuned.

haha i figured that thing would sound beastly with test pipes

Anything going on today? Gotta free schedule.

I should have known my first few weeks back would be spent with the family. It sure has been fun too, but now I'm starting to get settled in so I can start doing things.

actually, not today, but tomorrow i will be meeting up with pbhakta so he can get an idea of what the cnt exhaust sytem is like. we'll be meeting up here in the norhtland around the barry road area if anyone else wants to meet up let me know!

I don't know. After being in my car for 6 hrs today. I don't know if I can take another minute in that noisy SOB. I'm either ripping those things out or gonna try to find something to calm that "Sweet Nipples of Jesus I wish I was deaf" sound.

Isnt the radio for drowning out noisy SOBs?

Lol i can imagine that test pipes + sts turbo kit > radio.

Anyways, anyone down to meet up for bit? Lloyd, u kno u wanna come

The Mustang club used the lot you would be interested in. It is not used very much by Bass Pro Shop customers. The Mustang club had too many cars for just that lot and also went a couple of rows all the way to Renner in the main lot. The lot by Kansas Sampler and Houlihans is generally empty and Kansas Sampler may like the possible additional traffic to their store, so that is definitely an option. I only work a few blocks away, so I'm pretty familiar with how full those lots get. The Houlihan's area does get full during their busy times which is not in the morning or during Saturday afternoons.

ya its really hard to try and guess how many may show up. is it gunna be like 30 cars or more like 100, or more like 200, who knows...

mentioned on other page , I went to the Kc trends tour, meet Chad, Really have new appreciation for him and what his trying to do with FF. (get youth back into cars)

he mentioned on a busy FF night he has around 1000 people coming and going.
while not a 1000 cars, a 1K people is still a TON.

Sorry I was unable to get back to you. Had to put out some fires this weekend. Bad part is I've got to work next weekend.:shakes head:

Top of my radiator popped today. Grrr

Now I gotta hope z1 can get me one and I can it installed before Friday in order to make it to Ali kemp Show

and viper isn't up for borrow for Friday. Gotta find something else to drive now.

couple pics from friday, had a lot of fun, but I had good company,

big thanks to Amer (bigpoppa) and Antonio, and your respective women for keeping me amused.

my dads nismo is in these pics somewhere haha, and if you havent meet the guy or seen it in person it's prolly 90% vinyl wrapped

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hoopty with a ls1, i think so.....
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and i thought nismo had a wing.....
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i won some free schwag in raffle, and coupons from joco-auto, whom i actually know personally
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Looks like y'all had some fun showing off your cars.

Here's the aggravating thing for me. I was told to be in Minneapolis Friday for a show starting Saturday. So, that ruled this event out for me.

I get to Minneapolis and find out that Saturday is for setting up our booth and the show stated Sunday! We were done setting our booth by 11 a.m.

Had I known, I could have hung out Friday night and driven up Saturday.

Jackson, Do you have any idea who won the 370Z computer mouse the Club donated and how much it went for?

I'm back on the road, full aluminum radiator, and got rid of red hoses!

I'll tell u about white Gtr guy in person, Dan

I didn't hear what it went for but I did hear him give thanks to hazcc for the prize and us showing up.

good to hear you're back on the road jackson.

I just got a call form KC trends.

Looks like I won a prize pack in the raffle after I left.

Even more reason to go to Fast Fridays next time.

i think we should try to get everyone together for a ff soon

So ya bad news my z is still leaking coolant, I fear it's coming out of the engine this time.

uhhhh I think I may have blown my head gasket. Or at worse warped my heads.
Especially if it over heated when the radiator blew.

She may be dead......panicking on the inside

Sorry to hear that Jackson!

WTF how did that happen?

Dude that sucks. are u taking it to nissan soon?

(obligatory "this is now your excuse to get a 370z")

Oh thank god. There was a pinhole in one small random hoses you cant see. Was squirting the fluid onto where the block meets the heads, then ran down from there

That was scary.

A 370 would be nice tho.....

Any Z/Car events going on this weekend around KC? Id like to get out this weekend if anything is going on.

im free on sunday/monday.

anyone else free? maybe we could grab lunch or something

im free

we should do a lunch meet on sunday or something. around noon or so

Im def down.

I'm down......

Doing Schlitterbahn on monday, wifes working on Sunday though, so that would leave my day free. Little man would be with me. Time/place?