I'm in at the moment for the 28th-30th of July. My schedule is of course
subject to change based on Sandi's whims :-)
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:53 PM
Subject: Long - The BusterCluster please read
> OK, I just received an email from Larry Daniels
> echoing an idea a few of us have had in the works for
> a month or so. Buster's latest offer of generosity
> with AH Spares catalogs confirms - it is now time for
> the first call to arms for the first and, if we do it
> right, the only BUSTERCLUSTER. As anyone who has paid
> attention knows, Buster is the original owner of his
> 1960 Bugeye, and is in the process of restoring it.
> The restoration needs a jumpstart. In my recent
> "winter of hell" moving a business from California, I
> had the chance to hang out with Buster a bunch of
> times, talk cars and a lot else, break bread (and
> wind) with him at his beloved Mexicasa restaurant, and
> confirm my suspicions that he's one of the good guys
> (I also had the pleasure of meeting Billy Zoom,
> another great guy. In addition to sharing the Spridget
> addiction, there are many of us who grew up in NY
> listening to WLIR and watching Midnight Special who
> would have killed to see his iconic Sparkle Jet guitar
> hanging in his studio as I did!). So....it's time for
> the Cluster. Buster's car is at paint right now, his
> shop is a good work space with organized tools and
> parts, it's ripe for the finishing. We may even have
> help from Moss (quiet Frank) to deliver parts at a
> severe discount, if not cost. Several Midwesterners
> and east coasters are up for the trip, we know we can
> count on the leftcoasters to support this as well.
> This will likely be a few months from now in midsummer
> based on schedules, logistics, Buster's paintshop,
> etc. I ask for preliminary commitments now, and, for
> argument's sake, let's shoot for July 28th-30th for
> the Cluster, with some smaller pre-Clusters prior to
> that to ensure we can be at a state where Buster and
> Pam can drive the car around the block by the 30th.
> Billy Zoom is scheduled to have a pair of little Zooms
> arrive around that time, and maybe we can blitzkrieg
> his Sprite as well since it isn't likely he'll have a
> lot of time this summer after the twins arrive.
>
> Who's in?
>
> Ron Soave
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