Hey all, it's getting close, so I wanted to remind everyone about Blood, Sweat and Gears II, the car show our club, Vendettas CC throws every year here in Raleigh NC. This year, all profits will go directly to our friend and club member Shannon Lamm, who is battling testicular cancer. Same day as VLV for the east coast folks that can't make it out(actually, if we'd checked last year, we would have made it a different date, but we messed up...lesson learned). Here is the info... Blood, Sweat and Gears II Saturday March 26, 2005 @ King's Raleigh, NC Friday Preparty The preparty will be held at Slim's the Friday before the show. Admission is four bucks and beer is cheap. So get there. Slim's Downtown Distillery 2275 Wilmington St. Raleigh, NC, 27601 (919)833-6557 Friday Bands: Straight 8's The Marauders Saturday Bands Rocket 350 4 On The Floor The Marauders The Spooks Top Dead Center The Antagonizers Straight 8's Hearts and Daggers The Semantics Admission Only $8 to enter a vehicle in the show, and this includes free admission to the club. Admission is $10 to those without vehicles, and all ages are welcome. The car show will be from noon til 4pm, awards and door prizes inside Kings and then bands until 2AM. Door Prizes There will be a door prize raffle for those with paid entry. Additional raffle tickets will be for sale during the car show. Door Prizes will be chosen at random. Participating Vendors: Deno's Duds Ms. Metal more to come... (contact Jay or Johnny if you would like to vend) Awards The car show is open to pre 1967 American made cars, trucks, hot rods and kustoms. Awards will be voted on by the Vendettas car club. Awards Vendettas choice Farthest driven Best Engine Best Beater Club Participation Bike show...All Customs,Classics,Choppers and Scooters are welcome. Awards for the Bike show- Vendettas choice SAE Bike Metric Bike Hotels Red Roof Inn 1813 S.Saunders St. Raleigh...919-833-6005 $52.99/night + tax 2.5 miles from show Days Inn 300 N Dawson St. Raleigh...919-828-9081 $63/night + tax .8 miles from show Innkeeper 2541 S.Saunders St. Raleigh...919-821-0521 $49.99/night + tax 2.2 miles from show Clarion Hotel 320 Hillsborough St. Raleigh...919-832-0501 $89/night + Tax .5 miles from show Sheraton Capital Center 421 S.Salisbury St. Raleigh...919-834-9900 $79/night + tax .1 miles from show(you could leave your car in the show parking lot and walk) Contact Jay 919-833-2751 or Johnny 919-623-0368 for any info or check out www.vendettascarclub.com for venue info www.kingsbarcade.com PM me with any questions, comments, love or hate mail-Jay
Gary from rocket 350 was talking about it last weekend, gotta see what i can figure out for the weekend.... could be fun...
Blood, Sweat, and Gears was the only show I made it to last year (not counting cruise nights). The reason? It was so unlike any area show that I didn't even want to hit any others afterwards. Seriously. Cool cars, cool people, COLD beer across the street at Kings... Hehe. And putting it on in downtown Raleigh only added to the vibe... no shopping center parking lots for miles! The Vendettas really put on a top-notch show for their first attempt... and this year looks to be even bigger and better. Hopefully Igor will be back pulling lines, and the line-up of live music looks awesome. Jay also mentioned that the new restaurant in the old Vertigo Diner location (next door to Kings) has changed the menu to include real blue plate specials and prices to match. I can't say enough about how cool this show was. If you're within driving distance, you owe it to yourself to load up some friends and head to Raleigh for BS&G II. It's been on my calendar since before last year's show even ended. LOL Oh, and for a small taste of some of the rods and customs in attendance last year, here's the view from a neighboring parking garage. Bonus points if you can spot Zman's truck, Fatass' Buick, Caddyman65's Caddy, and Reece's roof (LOL). Okay, so there's only one truck in the picture. Instead, see if you can spot Igor's fender. (Very cool wagon, but I think he recently sold it)
If the creek don't rise I may jusy show up for that show. I reckon the old Hup will make it that far.
Looks like it was about 11:30 am, so your ass was probably passed out in the backseat....or disowning Teresa for locking the keys in the car, lol, or playing grab ass in the bar with Mike, like a damn homo. You coming up for this Tid? You gonna have the chevy wired in time, lol?
I will definitely be there if you guys promise not to cut my car in half when we do the group photo... I plan on dressing the car up a little for this show- last year she looked a little rough. A fresh coat of paint/primer( not sure which yet) and reattaching the front bumper should make a difference. Having a week off to prepare (spring break) should allow for major improvements. 24 Model T coupe progress is being made! - prepare for a "replacing wood with steel tech article in the near future............. Later -Reece
I dunno if or the 55 will make it. I got some friends who say they will help with the wiring next week, but i gotta pull the tranny too and throw in the spare. My SAV friends are abandoning me and heading out to VLV, plus I have to be in the ATL on Monday the 28th. Right now its a definite maybe.
This looks like a show my car can make it to at the state it's in right now... Add me to the definite maybe list as well.
Hup, hope you can make it out.....Tid, all the ATL people will be there, so hitch a ride with them to ATL on Sunday...Joe, how are you, used to chat on the HRW message board a little...hope you and some of the Rumblers guys can make it. Tell Bobeats and Roger that Jay from NC said hey. Bill, cand wait to see the impala with some fresh paint. Trying to do some body work and repaint my chevy before the show. Did I mention we are getting magazine coverage this year?
that would be great but i have someone else from work coming to the meeting in ATL so gotta head back to the SAV and pick him up
me and the wife will be up there visiting her parents for the weekend, we'll probaly come check things out. Good way for me to escape the in-laws..... If I can get a transmission for the 53 I might drive it up, it's only a two speed right now.
Definitely gearing up for Saturday (no pun intended). Hope to finally meet the newlyweds - Mr. and Mrs. Switchblade. Hehe. (Funny, cuz we'll be in Monroe the following day). It's gonna be a great time, so HAMBers spread the word and get to Raleigh! -murph
Yeah, we'll be in raliegh from friday until probaly monday, I'll try to talk katie into going to the shindig friday night too, at least for a bit. The 53 won't be making it though, probaly going to have to wait until next month to get a new tranny since I have to buy lots of equipment for the shop (hitting up Harbour Freight while I'm in Raleigh)....too much to do. Looking forward to meeting some more Hambers.
bttt..... I can't believe that there are no more responses than this.... Hopefully people are coming but not saying so on this thread..... This is a small show that is looking to grow... not get comercial... just get bigger...... This show caters to "traditional" hotrods and customs.... There are a lot of really good bands... of all genre's.... The proceeds (if there are any) go to a REALLY GOOD CAUSE... The entrance fee for cars might as well be FREE (you really pay to see the bands)... There are gonna be a lot of great vendors... There's gonna be a small swap meet.... It is a lot closer than a lot of other shows including those on the East Coast... Man, I don't get it....... All I can say is if you miss the show it's your loss! We tried to get you guys to come..... Tim
i gotta miss it again this year. i've got a deal on not one but two different bikes that fell in my lap. the bank account is bleeding. between that and i'm still trying to get the nailhead built before hrw(only an hour away from me). don't know how i'll get 2 bikes and a car to hrw but i've got a few months to figure that out. i've got a comitment that night in charlotte to so. doing all that on a zero budget isn't possible. i hope alot of folks show. there will be a good showing of Howlers there. talked to greg the other night about it he's going and Igor will be there as will several other va guys. hope you guys have a blast...ken....
Ken never goes to anything! C'mon, we're going broke on this new shop and all the equipment and we're STILL going! fucker. You need to come down when we "offically" open the place. 3/4 of the place is a motorcycle shop, the other 1/4 is MINE for cool shit to happen in. PM me.....
Hey Ken, too bad you can't make it. If it makes you feel any better, we are hosting the car show at HRW too.
btt again......I think I've got the ol lady talked into coming to the shindig friday night too. We'll see tomorrow!
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