Michigan area meet *Sunday June 20th*

Syclone#1992

Syclone#1992

SyTy.net Moderator
I have just started detailing the truck last night. Spent a half of day on it. I can't wait. I'll see if I have anything I can bring. I will be there early with my friend so we can help setup. I also have a 10X10 tent I can bring, but I think we have cover.



LETS MAKE THIS THE BEST MIDWEST SYTY TRUCK MEET!!!
 
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kwick6

Donating Member
I heading to work right now, and won't get home until about 1am, so its going to be an early start for me tomorrow. The more stuff people can bring, the better. I just haven't had time to get anything.
 
epix

epix

Typhoon
having a small family bbq today at my house, ill bring all the extra chips and cups and stuff with me. We usually go overboard on food at my house so I'm sure there will be quite a bit of extras i can bring.
 
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kwick6

Donating Member
my cell wasn't working earlier incase anyone tried to call today. Its fixed now, so go ahead and call if you need to. 734-837-5301
 
Renthorin

Renthorin

New member
I realize this is pretty late in posting but I am planning to bring several liters of pop with me and cups.

If someone has a cooler or else some bags of ice that would be swell.
 
Sy-1177

Sy-1177

Turbo Inside
Well it looks like i'm the first that gets to say what a good time it was at the meet! Total I believe there was 12 ty's, 5 sy's, 1 Braphoon, 4 GN's and a Corvette Stingray. :D The weather was perfect and location was very nice as well.

Just wanted to say thanks to Scott for setting this up and reserving the picnic area, and to everyone that showed. Its so much fun going to a meet when there are so many cool cars and trucks to look at. It makes it all worth wild! I also enjoy meeting new people and getting to put a face with the screen name. Thanks again everyone, and see you at the next meet!
 
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kwick6

Donating Member
Ya, I think your count is accurate. Glad you could make the trip up. We'll have to plan something agian.

Mack and Mark from Triad were there, very cool meeting those guys and learning some of the history. I don't have a ton of cool info to share yet, but I'm working on it.

Heres a few pics of the meet. Not a bad turnout IMO.

Overall, I was very happy with the turnout.


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Sy-1177

Sy-1177

Turbo Inside
It was definately cool meeting Mack and Mark and learning about these trucks!! On my way out to the meet, I was about 30-40 miles away yet comming down I-96 when I think I see a Typhoon up ahead. So I get closer and notice the cladding doesn't look right, that it almost looks like a Bravada. Well I was right on both counts!! This truck was very nice. Reminds me of my old Braphoon :cry:
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OneBadS10

Member
Looks like you all had a great time and put on a Sy/Ty car show. :D I wish I could have been there with you all. I'll most likely meet with you guys at the Chelsea Meet if any of you guys are going.
 
InvisiBill

InvisiBill

Active member
Wish I could've been there, but I just had a packed weekend with moving, Father's Day, and my grandpa's birthday. Shooting for Chelsea in July still. =)
 
DynaGlide

DynaGlide

Ton-Eighty
I wish I could have gone, but with my Aunt passing away this past Tuesday, things were kind of hectic. My buddy, Scott Hildebrant, and his dad, John Hildebrant went. I was going to ride with Scott because my TB still isn't here, and I still have a piece of broken cladding thanks to AAA dicking around and going as slow as they possibly can with my claim. I'd have been embarrassed driving up with my cladding missing. I couldn't go either way... I was back and forth between North Carolina and Michigan twice since Thursday.

I'll make a point of going to the Chelsea meet. Nice pictures; I'm jealous.
 
93 TY 2185

93 TY 2185

Donating Member
Hey I had a great time. Good job Scott! ::thumbsup::
I'll try to post some pictures later when I get more time.
BTW the ride in Windedv6 (John G.) TY was AWESOME. :eek:
 
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kwick6

Donating Member
DynaGlide said:
I wish I could have gone, but with my Aunt passing away this past Tuesday, things were kind of hectic. My buddy, Scott Hildebrant, and his dad, John Hildebrant went. I was going to ride with Scott because my TB still isn't here, and I still have a piece of broken cladding thanks to AAA dicking around and going as slow as they possibly can with my claim. I'd have been embarrassed driving up with my cladding missing. I couldn't go either way... I was back and forth between North Carolina and Michigan twice since Thursday.

I'll make a point of going to the Chelsea meet. Nice pictures; I'm jealous.
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I talked to Scott and his dad for awhile. Scott got a good deal on his ty, fixed it up and it looks good. They were both nice guys, thanks for telling them about the meet. I didn't get their contact info, but I suppose I can get it from you when I need to. Scott said he would be willing to make up some t-shirts for us for the next event.

It was a great day. Talking to Mack about how these trucks came about was truly a great experience. It was basically him that took the syclone drivetrain and put it in a bravada to create the typhoon. He had some cool original drawings and sketches with him, and he was wearing his Triad jacket. :D

That white braphoon seen in the pics is really the typhoon prototype, owned by Mark (former lawyer for Triad) They owed him some money as things were getting closed down, and that truck didn't run. He took the truck home, and all was need was a new fuse panel. The truck now has about 55k miles on it, and is a true prototype. His wife daily drives it once a year around memorial day , for a few weeks and thats it. It sits the rest of the time.

The first syclone was a red one with the 3.8L grand national engine in it. I am trying to see if there is any pics of it left somewhere, and hopefully we can get some more stuff out of this.

The marine engines would have been great, because they had the forged pistons / cranks, but with the small production run the companies like Mercruiser and etc were taking all the engines that GM could produce. There was no way that the syty demand was enough to take away from the big companies like Mercruiser to go to our small need.

Many of the prototype trucks were just taken out and abused. It really irritated guys like Mack that these idiots were taking the trucks out and they were getting stolen from a strip club or driven into a wall because they were driving in 3" of snow/slush.

Triad was the company that Mack worked for, that did all the engineering and making of the parts. He said he remembered the guys out in the shop welding up the upper IC's and stuff like that. Mack was with Triad just up until they started making the typhoons. So, after that guys like Mark or Dale would probably know more about where all the stuff went when the project ended.

I mentioned the syty nats to them, and asked if we could get some stuff together for next years nats. I'll be in contact with them, and hopefully we will be able to locate some stuff. I want old pictures, and anything that would sort of create a timeline of the way these were created, built, tested, etc, etc.

I was glad that we had such a good turnout. I think with some more planning we could make this into a yearly event. Next time, the times will be better planned so that everyone knows when we will have lunch, and other types of things can also be scheduled. The thing I'd like to do is find out from everyone if they'd rather see this event be at the track. It would be very cool to have a gathering , BBQ, and racing, to keep things interesting. I don't want to take away from the nationals, but the turnout we had here tells me that another event for the Midwest, MI or OH area would be attractive to many owners.

If anyone has any pics of the prototype red syclone with the 3.8L motor in it, I would really like to see them.
 
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