On July 14th, 2001 Alex & Pam Chaney opened their house in Mount Holly NJ,  for a post-Carlisle 'mini-meet'.  Everyone bought their own food (and more!) which made for a great selection of meats, snacks and beverages.  The weather cooperated making the day most enjoyable and relaxing.I

From L to R, standing:  Dave Ziminski, George Schults, Marlene Nemr, Joe Nemr, Alex Garcia, Andrew Nemr, Alex Chaney, Lisa Chaney, ??, Scott Williams, Noel Williams, Elaine Weiner, Phil Marshall, Mohammed El Rouby, Don Swigert, Hal Clark.

Kneeling: Dave Weiner, Steve Frank, Paul West

In addition to Alex, his wife Pam and two daughters Lisa & Rochelle, we had 20 other owners and their families in 14 cars:
Don Sweigert
Steve Frank
Dave & Elaine Weiner
Hal Clark
Alex Garcia		 Felipe Gorostiza
Paul West
Noel Williams
Mohammed El Rouby
Scott Miller

George Schults
Joe Nemr his wife Marlene and son Andrew
Scott Williams
Phil Marshall and his son Jr.
Dave & Eve Ziminski
One of the highlights was the visit of Mohammed El Rouby from and it was great to hear about his experiences driving an XR4 in London among other Sierras and Cosworths.  Thanks Mohammed for stopping by and good luck in London - keep the stories coming!

Thanks to the Chaneys for opening their house to us and for a wonderful afternoon of quality conversation, bench racing and some truly spectacular cars. 

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George Schults' spectacular engine bay		 P7141523.jpg (265532 bytes)
George's yellow banana		 P7141524.jpg (242315 bytes)
The yellow banana's interior - complete with custom yellow and black leatherwork.
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The line-up outside Alex's house.		 P7141528.jpg (262077 bytes)
Scott Miller polishing the leatherwork on Alex's car.  What a guy!		 P7141529.jpg (262777 bytes)
Eve Ziminski's silver XR and Alex's black XR 
with its new Cossie wing
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Felipe Gorostiza, Eve Ziminski and George Schults		 P7141531.jpg (286256 bytes)
Steve Frank and Dave Ziminski		 P7141532.jpg (278245 bytes)
Andrew Nemr, Hal Clarke & Alex Garcia		 P7141533.jpg (269399 bytes)
Felipe Gorostiza, Marlene Nemr, Dave Ziminski
 & Andrew Nemr
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Dave Weiner & Phil Marshall 
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The street outside Alex's house.  He has some very understanding neighbors!

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Hal Clark & Scott Miller discussing George's engine.

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The group deep in discussion on mods, power, brakes and boost.

 

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