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04MatrixXR's Photo 04MatrixXR 22 Aug 2008

Im at the Hotel in Chicago i cant wait for a great day in Chicago tommorow and the meet on Sunday
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SiLLy R@bbit's Photo SiLLy R@bbit 22 Aug 2008

have a good show guys

and remember pics .... lots of pics
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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 24 Aug 2008

staging... :) my team did GOOD!!!...
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DAYAM...
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i have not seen this guy in 4 years... still a cool down to earth guy...
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this guy was a true show stopper
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04MatrixXR's Photo 04MatrixXR 25 Aug 2008

What no respect for a fellow MOer? Nah im just kidding. More seriously though, that was one hell of a show, lots of fun and a lot of really nice cars. Thanks for putting up that post and lettin us know where all the cool cats hang out (lol). Ill be loadin some pics of my own probably tonight, since we spent all last night on the road.
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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 25 Aug 2008

LOL... sorry about that man... got distracted alot by some old faces... it was a great show in terms of cars and fellow owners...

btw they combo the corollas and matrix... that old school that had mirrors got 1st...
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04MatrixXR's Photo 04MatrixXR 25 Aug 2008

sweet, ya i never really expected to get any trophies anyway (except maybe a long-haul one, lol) I was just coming for a good time and to check out some good cars, and it definately was that.
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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 25 Aug 2008

btw, it was great meeting you man... sorry for the short talks... i was like a kid with ADD at a candy store...
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04MatrixXR's Photo 04MatrixXR 25 Aug 2008

Thats fine man i completely understand it was great meeting you too. Like i said that was my first car show other than the ones i put the gto in. Also yours was only the 2nd modded matrix i have ever seen (the other matrix there being the first on). I had a great time, was very impressed by all the cars there especially yours. They all gave me great ideas and i already started ordering parts to give them a try. Ill be heading back to jersey soon, but if i am ever out in the mid-west again i will definately hit yuo up so we can do this again or have a mini-meet or something. You just cant beat great times with great people
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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 25 Aug 2008

thanks for the props man... yeah man hit us up if you got questions or what not... hope you had a great time out here...

more images from one of the guys i know from yaris world...
http://www.yarisworl...ead.php?t=20622
Edited by happyhooder, 25 August 2008 - 08:10 AM.
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04MatrixXR's Photo 04MatrixXR 25 Aug 2008

also if you are ever around Philly feel free to give me a call, i know a couple of places.........World Cafe Live FTW!!!
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MATR6's Photo MATR6 26 Aug 2008

Pat, I didn't know you did that to your hood and you didn't show me tonight!! :)
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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 27 Aug 2008

View PostMATR6, on Aug 26 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

Pat, I didn't know you did that to your hood and you didn't show me tonight!! :)


:) it's just a show setup... i put it back to stock when i drive around.... :huh:
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MATR6's Photo MATR6 27 Aug 2008

View Posthappyhooder, on Aug 27 2008, 06:45 AM, said:

View PostMATR6, on Aug 26 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

Pat, I didn't know you did that to your hood and you didn't show me tonight!! :P


:) it's just a show setup... i put it back to stock when i drive around.... :D
So you just unbolt the hinges and switch it back to stock?
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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 27 Aug 2008

View PostMATR6, on Aug 27 2008, 07:33 PM, said:

View Posthappyhooder, on Aug 27 2008, 06:45 AM, said:

View PostMATR6, on Aug 26 2008, 08:38 PM, said:

Pat, I didn't know you did that to your hood and you didn't show me tonight!! :)


:D it's just a show setup... i put it back to stock when i drive around.... :D
So you just unbolt the hinges and switch it back to stock?


yeah looks unsafe to drive around with... :P
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Toyota_Todd's Photo Toyota_Todd 29 Aug 2008

Whoooa Pat...

No Love (photos) for Rogers Matrix and my Celica All-Trac Turbo??? I forgot my camera and Roger didn't want to bring his wifes heavy artillary. We have been scouring the web and can't find any pics posted of Rogers Matrix at the show. Can you help us out bro???

Glad you told us about this at the HCMO meet! It was a great time. The only thing that would have made it better was to have more of you HCMO guys tearing your cars apart to swap intakes and stuff. You guys killed me with your swap-fest in Grand Rapids, I wish the Celica guys would be that couragous.

We plan on attending next year too!!

Pat, do you happen to have a pic of my son when he won the 3rd place tropy for the RC cars? My buddys camera refused to capture the moment.
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04MatrixXR's Photo 04MatrixXR 29 Aug 2008

Well here ya go, it not much but it something. Obviously you know that that is Roger's car on the right and that is my car on the left.

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happyhooder's Photo happyhooder 29 Aug 2008

my bad guys, this show became more like a reunion with ALOT of guys that i met through out the years which made this show a 100% BLAST... got home i was like O_O f***... where is the rest of the pics.... i extremely FAIL on my end...

i found some, i didn't met your son Todd...

check out this yaris link...
http://www.yarisworl...ead.php?t=20622

there is this one kid that looks like one of the model wants to eat him, which i won't mind her eating me LOL... is this him?
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and i found this...
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btw... someone has to do something to compete against the corollas now since they merge the corollas and matrix together... and no i might not... i know where i lost the points thanks to the ncca judging...
Edited by happyhooder, 29 August 2008 - 06:58 PM.
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trix4me's Photo trix4me 03 Sep 2008

I know all those supra guys!! especailly the one that says yu lost on it, he is quite the caracter just go on midweststreets.com and look up 24/7 call outs and you'll see what im talking about. Too bad i couldent come and rep the matrixs, had a last minute wedding...
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