Big Shout Out To Baldwin!!!...Peterson Museum day Out!

[Phantom]

Glad you guys had a great time! I was at work or I would have been there too. I was thinking about it all day yesterday. My vx needs a serious cleaning anyway, I would have been embarrassed bringing her out to play with others in the state she's in. Props to baldwin! great idea!

[Baldwin]

Jo, do you have a good fabrication company that can make the tonneau cover? I have some design issues that I'd want to address on the O2 as far as support. The 80k propositioned from GAS and Metal Crafters included a much more extensive cage in the back with Roll Bar in the 2 hoods behind the seats. They'd also do the dual exhaust, hydrolic lifts on the cover, and supe up the sound system so when the cover is exposed it'd be really nice. They'd also cut the windshield and replace the glass and decrease the angle as well as change out the seats and lower them as much as possible. Even changing out the rims and tires was part of it as well as the side mirrors.

[JoFotoz]

Actually Baldwin...I'd do it myself - if I do it.

BUT HOLD YER HORSES!!

We all got exited looking at the VX02...and I'd love one...

...BUT.


Reality bites!


I REALLY have an urge to put a VX body on a REAL 4x4 frame.
I see this as a way better option than going the axle swap route...for many reasons...


...LIKE A V8!

And I'm not saying I'm gonna do it RIGHT NOW...

...but honestly , I think that 'project' would happen first.


Of course...that would be a great time to chop it too...


If YOU are serious...then yes...I can help with a carbon fab set up.


jo

[Anita]

I was so glad I was able to make the meet - it has been a long time for me. It was so good to see old friends and meet new ones. There were beautiful VX's present and we were lucky to have the museum's director as our guide. I had a hundred questions to ask him and all I could do is just stare at all the amazing machinery. My auto highlights were seeing:

-VX convertable and 4-door again
-Axiom truck proto
-Preston Tucker's personally owned Tucker
-that AMAZING black Rolls Royce limosine with the 4 ft. grill and fin on the back.
-the 16 cylinder $1.3 million Bugati
-Rita Hayworth's beautiful burgundy 53 Cadillac, body by Ghia (drool)
-Fred Astaire's 1924 Rolls limo
-And all those fabulous, incredible cars in the vault (which we cant post about):grinr:

For those who wanted the information to contact my Isuzu mechanic:

Sierra Monrovia Autocars
Isuzu service rep: Joanne ( tell her anita with the VX sent you - (makes everything easier))
Mechanic: Mike
(626) 932-5675

If you go, make sure it is on a day that Mike is there.

Great meet, Baldwin.. Thank you again

[vt_maverick]

On behalf of everyone who wasn't there...

POST PICTURES ALREADY!!!

[kodiak]

Very cool! Did you see the GM EV1? One sold in Canada for ½ a million. GM had them all destroyed except for a few that where disabled and donated to museums. GM made the perfect electric car then had them all destroyed. Can you say conspiracy?



http://www.cleanup-gm.com/

[TheGanzman]

About 500 photos taken, and none posted yet...

[rickshaw]

Just wanted to comply with the rules that the Petersen placed on us.
I don't want to mess up any return visits to the Petersen.

Their rules are that we can post pictures but we can not disclose where the pictures were taken.

So I started a Special Album with no mention where the pictures were taken.

4/4/09 LA VX Meet at the Petersen Auto Museum

Photos from the undisclosed location

Video from the undisclosed location