Big Shout Out To Baldwin!!!...Peterson Museum day Out!

**JoFotoz** · 04/04/2009, 08:54 PM

Many thanks for getting the Peterson Museum tour set up...

...and palying 'Santa' with all the cool Isuzu swag!

Having seen the VX2 up close and personal now...

.....I'm gonna fall asleep dreaming about chopping the roof off VXEN

THANKS...great day out....I'm sure there are photos from many to follow.
(I'm too lazy to put mine up right now..plus I got friends over for dinner!)

jo

**TheGanzman** · 04/04/2009, 10:05 PM

Yeah, that was worth the price of admission! So many cool little details on the VX Convertible - we got to SIT in it! Popped the hood too; like BRAND new underneath - 253 miles! Great to see so many VX's in one place too - "With six you get eggroll!"

**rickshaw** · 04/05/2009, 12:55 AM

Thanks Baldwin,
That was a one GREAT VX meet. It was good to see old friends and make new ones. The Petersen's Vault Tour was definitely the highlight for all of us. Actuality getting hands-on with the prototypes VXO2 and the VXO4 was just fantastic! That was the fastest hour in my life, they had to pray us out of there. Great job Baldwin!
I'll have lots of pictures post.

**Baldwin** · 04/05/2009, 01:45 AM

Thanks for comin' out. Would love to see the pics. When Jo gets the guts to do this, we need to submit all our pics to him. If I had the money, I'd do it too. I think we all want one. Great seein' you all today. Maybe we can have an ftp site somewhere where we can all upload our full resolution photos and everyone can DL them from there. I don't know how to do that though.

**JoFotoz** · 04/05/2009, 11:51 AM

Oh I have the "guts"..and the perfect donor vehicle.......

Originally Posted by Baldwin

When Jo gets the guts to do this, we need to submit all our pics to him.

...but , I dont have the $$$'s or the time , right now.

Seriously though , I'm still torn as to chopping it...leaving it as is....

...or putting the body on an Early Bronco Rolling Frame.

We shall see!

jo

**Phantom** · 04/05/2009, 12:34 PM

Glad you guys had a great time! I was at work or I would have been there too. I was thinking about it all day yesterday. My vx needs a serious cleaning anyway, I would have been embarrassed bringing her out to play with others in the state she's in. Props to baldwin! great idea!

**Baldwin** · 04/05/2009, 08:32 PM

Jo, do you have a good fabrication company that can make the tonneau cover? I have some design issues that I'd want to address on the O2 as far as support. The 80k propositioned from GAS and Metal Crafters included a much more extensive cage in the back with Roll Bar in the 2 hoods behind the seats. They'd also do the dual exhaust, hydrolic lifts on the cover, and supe up the sound system so when the cover is exposed it'd be really nice. They'd also cut the windshield and replace the glass and decrease the angle as well as change out the seats and lower them as much as possible. Even changing out the rims and tires was part of it as well as the side mirrors.

**JoFotoz** · 04/05/2009, 08:56 PM

Actually Baldwin...I'd do it myself - if I do it.

BUT HOLD YER HORSES!!

We all got exited looking at the VX02...and I'd love one...

...BUT.

Reality bites!

I REALLY have an urge to put a VX body on a REAL 4x4 frame.
I see this as a way better option than going the axle swap route...for many reasons...

...LIKE A V8!

And I'm not saying I'm gonna do it RIGHT NOW...

...but honestly , I think that 'project' would happen first.

Of course...that would be a great time to chop it too...

If YOU are serious...then yes...I can help with a carbon fab set up.

jo

**Anita** · 04/05/2009, 09:01 PM

I was so glad I was able to make the meet - it has been a long time for me. It was so good to see old friends and meet new ones. There were beautiful VX's present and we were lucky to have the museum's director as our guide. I had a hundred questions to ask him and all I could do is just stare at all the amazing machinery. My auto highlights were seeing:

-VX convertable and 4-door again
-Axiom truck proto
-Preston Tucker's personally owned Tucker
-that AMAZING black Rolls Royce limosine with the 4 ft. grill and fin on the back.
-the 16 cylinder $1.3 million Bugati
-Rita Hayworth's beautiful burgundy 53 Cadillac, body by Ghia (drool)
-Fred Astaire's 1924 Rolls limo
-And all those fabulous, incredible cars in the vault (which we cant post about):grinr:

For those who wanted the information to contact my Isuzu mechanic:

Sierra Monrovia Autocars
Isuzu service rep: Joanne ( tell her anita with the VX sent you - (makes everything easier))
Mechanic: Mike
(626) 932-5675

If you go, make sure it is on a day that Mike is there.

Great meet, Baldwin.. Thank you again

**vt_maverick** · 04/05/2009, 10:33 PM

On behalf of everyone who wasn't there...

POST PICTURES ALREADY!!!

**kodiak** · 04/06/2009, 10:27 AM

Very cool! Did you see the GM EV1? One sold in Canada for � a million. GM had them all destroyed except for a few that where disabled and donated to museums. GM made the perfect electric car then had them all destroyed. Can you say conspiracy?

http://www.cleanup-gm.com/

**TheGanzman** · 04/06/2009, 08:52 PM

About 500 photos taken, and none posted yet...

**rickshaw** · 04/08/2009, 12:59 AM

Just wanted to comply with the rules that the Petersen placed on us.
I don't want to mess up any return visits to the Petersen.

Their rules are that we can post pictures but we can not disclose where the pictures were taken.

So I started a Special Album with no mention where the pictures were taken.

4/4/09 LA VX Meet at the Petersen Auto Museum

Photos from the undisclosed location

Video from the undisclosed location

**PittVXr** · 04/08/2009, 07:12 AM

Nice pics of the VXO2 and VXO4. I hope you all enjoyed your trip to **undisclosed location** I hope to someday lay eyes on them myself.

**LittleBeast** · 04/08/2009, 10:44 AM

Thanks Rick Shaw! Nice photos from somewhere.....

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