SoCal Rattlin Rams Fest was a BLAST

[EBottema]

Hey guys-



The event was sure fun!!! Bought a mag-hytec cover for my dana 80 for a good deal and enjoyed the good food, a great presentation from Gale Banks, missed the diesel101 becuase the G/f was bit-ching since it was hot and she wanted to go. Lots of nice people and smokey trucks, can't wait for the next one!



I wanna join the Rattlin Rams club now



erik

 

[catoiler]

Well I was gonna come until I got a call at 5:30 Saturday morning saying a piece of equipment had gone down and guess who had to fix it!Oh well next time.





PS. What's a 440 worth to ya?

 

[EBottema]

That sucks!



Well, i got a 440 1968 hi nickel block std bore sitting in my garage waiting to be machined into either a stock config or a stroker... cant decide!!!



Then dropped into a 74 duster with a 70 tail panel...



Erik

 

[catoiler]

Stroker=Fun!!

 

[Tcolesanti]

I thought it was a great show, especially the first one. One thing I do know is that I and my truck, were extremely unprepared for the show-n-shine contest, congrats to the winners.

 

[Flexiheep]

I agree, for a first year it was fun and a good turn out, definitly a must do next year. Now if we can get a short pulling track, or mobile dyno in that dirt field next year.

Tom we went over this already, its not being prepared for the show, it is just choosing the right class to enter in, your truck was much cleaner than mine.

 

[EBottema]

Who won the show and shine??



How about the raffle, i didnt stay so what was raffled off?



erik

 

[Dkevdog]

Guys thanks for coming out! I was very impressed with the turnout- forget first year events, the urnout was bigger than some of the already existing annual events. We had 140 registered trucks, and more than 400 people (based on food tickets)



Thanks to my staff for lending a hand in getting this thing together, especially:

• Ramon & Heather Perez
  
• Dave Sherman
  
• Gary & Mary Jane McDonnough
  
• Mike & Phyl Sietz
  
• Dean & sharon Russell
  
• Bob Goodwin & Wife
  
• John and Polly Holmes
  
• Doug Mosher (The BBQ God)
  
• Jason Herrlich & Holly Turnage
  
• Jon Klassen
  
• Alan Pollack
  
• And my wonderful, dedicated wife..... Misty
  

Big thanks also go to Daimler Chrysler, in particular Shannon Carr.

Thanks to Foothill Ranch Dodge, Paul Lewis and Paul Whitehead for their hospitality.



We'll do this again next year for sureOo. !!



As for the raffle, I am getting a list together, Some of the winners have not claimed prizes and will be getting a call soon.



As for the Show N Shine, Here are the official winners.

1st Gen:



1st Gen:



1st Place, Dale Rittenbach-(color not known) 1993 W-250, Ventura, CA



Runner up, Doug Mosher- Red/Grey 1993 W-250, Orange, CA







2nd Gen:



1st Place, Fred Danner – Red 1999 2500 4x4, Vista, CA



Runner Up, Ted Saures – Blue Custom 1994 Cab & Chassis, Anaheim, CA







3rd Gen:



1st Place, Jake Derbedrossian – Blue 2003 2500 4x4, Hacienda Heights, CA



Runner Up, Marty Weston – Red 2004. 5 3500 DRW, Fullerton, CA







Best in Show, David Sherman- Silver 2001. 5 2500 4x4, Lake Elsinore, CA



Thanks again to all our vendors and participants who attended to make this a great event.



Kev

 

[Bob Wagner]

Congrats David

 

[Tcolesanti]

I don't know, but it seems odd, Dwayne (aka medicummin) did'nt even place with his ridiculously clean blue and silver '01. Just a thought.

 

[EBottema]

Was the red 2nd gen then one with the reunel bumper and lift that won??



Cant remember if it was a 99... Hey Heyy Hey,,, hope i have one of those unclaimed prizes



Erik

 

[GCross]

Originally posted by Flexiheep

I agree, for a first year it was fun and a good turn out, definitly a must do next year. Now if we can get a short pulling track, or mobile dyno in that dirt field next year.

That dirt field will be a new dealership next year. Since the Chevy dealer is already there I'm guessing a F. . d dealer will be there.

 

[EBottema]

Its sad that all that good open land is being used up... One day all we will see is cement and no more dirt :{

 

[Dkevdog]

Originally posted by GCross

That dirt field will be a new dealership next year. Since the Chevy dealer is already there I'm guessing a F. . d dealer will be there.

It's been empty for the two plus years that the other dealerships have been there . Foothill Ranch Dodge owns the lot to the right of the dealership that was filled with inventory.



Winning Prize list (both claimed and unclaimed) coming soon.



The Red 1999 that won was Fred's, and it has the factory sport bumper up front and a Carriage Works rear bumper. Dwayne- the voting was EXTREMELY close. If you all might remember I had indicated after lunch that we had a few ties needing to be broken. You were beat out by Ted (the 1994 Custom Welding truck) by only 2 votes .