Raleigh Rotary Drive-Ins for September
 

Its a new month and the RRDIs with be held, as always, on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays. The focus this month is RRDI shirts, we either want them or we don't. I am going to take orders for RRDI T-Shirts for the remainder of September, we must have at least 25 ordered to get the first run screen printed. If I can't get orders and money for the first 25 then I'll drop the idea of doing T-shirts.

Everyone should order one short sleeve and one long sleeve shirt. You'll need a long sleeve cotton shirt for driving up at VIR and the cool evenings this fall and winter at the RRDIs. I need orders on this thread or at the drive-ins and the money at the last RRDI this month, 9/24. They will be all cotton so order a size or two larger to account for shrinkage. I need your shirt size and the quantity you want of each style shirt. If you came to the first GRR and made a deposit for shirts, since we weren't able to get those shirts done, that deposit will apply to the RRDI shirt. Just subtract $5.00 from the RRDI shirts costs.

I'll have prices broken down this week for both styles of shirt and sizes. I'll post them by Friday. We are proposing black shirts with the RRDI logo on back, small version of logo on the front. Eric gets a free short sleeve shirt since he was the first to guess the meaning of 247, code for our drive-in schedule, 2nd & 4th Saturdays. Here is the logo for anyone that missed it earlier, however, it will be round not an oval as seen here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/RRDIlogo.jpg


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Thanks for the notification Bert. I am slacking on my getting the word out crusade :D . I'm on the list for 2 shirts (but you already knew that).

Costs for RRDI Shirts
 

Just got off the phone with the Screen Printer. Short sleeved T-Shirts will be $15 each and long sleeve shirts will be $17. Those prices include set up charges and the price of the silk screens. They will have a one color front logo and full color logo on back. I didn't ask about prices for childrens' sizes but assume they will run $8-$10 each. That is if we get commitments for 24 shirts. The more we can sell initially the per unit cost goes down.

I was hoping for full color front and back but Full color logos on front and back requires 3 additional silk screens and increases silk screen costs by $60 or $2.25 per shirt. I may do a different RRDI logo for the front since it'll be just one color. How about something with "R.R.D.I. / be a driver" incorportated in a rotor symbol.

Had a great turnout and a great time last night for the RRDI, here is the link to the pics and posts: http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=460835.
We also have a great response for the RRDI shirts. Will be placing an order as soon as the money is in since we have enough to place an order. PM me with your size and styles preferences and how many of each you want.

RRDI Shirts
 

As of today we have total commitments for 15 shirts and need 9-10 more commitments to initiate and order. Of course the more we order the cheaper they will be.

Calling all rotary owners, Beth & Doug, Bobby, Lance, Gary and all the rest need your help. They're getting shamed by 15+ year old RX7s. Show your pride and show your ride this Saturday at the Raleigh Rotary Drive-In.

You can count on me! (finally)

The Drive-In is tomorrow night. Last chance to order a RRDI shirt. We'll have long sleeves for this winter and short sleeve T-shirts for the rest of the year. They'll be black, fashionable year-round and suitable for wear after 7 PM, also good for working on your rotary, oil and grease stains won't show up. Black is so slimming and chic and will go with any casual attire, Bridgestones, Dunlops, Goodyears, even Michelins!

we'll be there!

Great Doug, looking forward to it. You can tell everyone your story about encountering Bubba on the I-440 on ramp, that is classic. Good news on the shirts, we have enough commitments to place the order with either of the screen printers so the shirts are finally gonna get done.

We'll talk tonight about meeting up on Oct 2 for the Zoo run. I have no idea how many owners from outside our group will show up but we should have the usual 5-6 cars going down and hopefully a few more 8's in the mix. I hope we can make the trip at least an annual fall event for the club. The next weekend is the VIR 200 on Saturday when the Speedsource RX8s will be racing in the Rolex Cup ST class.

See you tonight.

Photos from last night's rotary get together
 

It was a great night for rotarys in nawth Rawley last night. We had guys coming and going throughout the night and I really don't know how many total cars and people showed up. When I arrived at the Char Grill Marvin, Doug, and Beth were already there. I call this one Two Guys and a Rotary:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...andaRotary.jpg

Marvin has a very nice MB FD and we were priviledged to get a chance to be in its presence. Imagine an FD early for a DI, that is a hard concept to het my brain around, thanks for the challenge Marv.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ns/MarvsFD.jpg

Of course Beth and Doug were there to represent the RX8, Shinka means early but always on time:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...TimeShinka.jpg

And as time went by the 8's were well represented, a total of 5 showed up, Here is Garys with bra:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Ins/Garys8.jpg

Here are a couple of tired guys after a hard day of pigskin competition:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...2tiredguys.jpg

more to come . . . .

More Photos from Saturday's RRDI
 

The RX8 parade continued as Bobby, smog-o-meter found his way back to the Char Grill after and extended absence. It was good to have him home:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...BobbysBaby.jpg

and Lance brought in his beautiful Pepper red 8,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Ins/cajun8.jpg

Jesse made it in as always and got a serious discussion going with the 8 crowd on how to properly apply a camo paint scheme. Warning to Doug, Beth seemed to really get into this discussion. She was heard to remark, it is so utilitarian and maybe the cops would have a harder time spotting Doug out on 440?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ersandCamo.jpg

Tate and son stopped by to bulk up the FC representation along with Greg, Ray, Bert, Mike, Christina, et al:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eCharGrill.jpg

and we were all surprized to see Ryan back after a consideral absence due to military matters. We now have a real combat medic amongst us, a braver soul doesn't exists. He really fell in love with the camo cars and said it reminded him of the motorpool but y'all drifters really got to go digital camo:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RyansBack2.jpg

Jesse decided to conduct another mod class, last night it was how to Supercharge a Volvo wagon:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...uperCVolvo.jpg

And this last shot I call Drive-In Saturday night

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...arGrill8x6.jpg

It was a great night. We now have an official RRDI T-shirt on the way, and the Rotary Rendezvous at the Zoo is definitely on for Sunday, October 2. See that thread for more details.

Folks, it was a pleasure to meet you all. (some again) The RRDI group is looking good.

Glad you made it out, the pleasure was all ours! Hope to see you out there again!