Kamis Diner/Evanston

[sweet350z]

Ok...nastalga is setting in....we have been invited to this cool little place and they are going to help out getting some great pics with the old school diner :twisted:

Date.................Sunday July 12th
Time.................10:30am
Place.................Sugarhouse Park
map link
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What to bring...........
1. 2-way radios
2. cameras
3. $$$$$$
4. sunblock
5. cooler

[ss396]

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Diner Blueprint
http://www.roadislanddiner.com/images/transparent.gifIn 1939 the nation’s leading diner manufacturer, the Jerry O’Mahony Co. of Elizabeth, New Jersey, rolled out of its factory diner number #1107 which it touted as its largest deluxe model complete with chrome glass showcased green Italian Marble countertops, Tiffany glass clerestory windows in a monitor style roof and hand laid quarry tiled flooring. The company showcased its creation in the 1939 New York World’s fair. After the Fair, diner aficionado Al McDermott purchased the streamlined-styled Art-Deco diner and had it towed to Fall River, Mass. where it operated with great success for 14 years. His moniker was “Justly Famous since 1939”. Looking to serve more customers in Fall River, Al Mac purchased a larger Deraffle diner in 1953 where it still operates today. The O’Mahony was sold that year to a Greek immigrant, Tommy Borodemus, who was looking to expand out of his 15 stool 1936 Worchester lunch wagon which he had purchased with the $600.00 New Deal bonus offered to WWI veterans by FDR to counteract the effects of the great depression. Borodemus had the diner moved to the nearby seaside town of Middletown, R.I and renamed it “Tommy’s Deluxe Diner”.

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The Greek family opened the diner to much fanfare and passed down its operation for 4 generations. Countless memories for the family and its patrons were generated over the years. The diner was featured in many TV spots and on Charles Osgood’s CBS Sunday Morning. In 2006, with mounting competition from fast food outlets and restaurant chains, the family decided to sell the property to the Tim Horton doughnut chain. A search began for a deserving home for this rare piece of Americana. Although other cities
were considered, Oakley, Utah was offered to preserve the diner’s history. In May of 2007, the diner was transported across the country weaving its way through designated back roads complete with state police escorts and pilot cars. It arrived in Oakley in mid-July and began its complete restoration. Unlike the few remaining diners still operating on the east coast, thankfully little structural and cosmetic changes had occurred over the diner’s 73 year history. Those that did were replicated from old photos. What you see now is what you

would have seen in 1939 as this depression era pre-war diner was wheeled out of the factory. The tabletop remote jukeboxes, flat TV’s and air conditioning are modern embellishments. In honor of this icon’s legacy we have named it the “Road Island Diner” because of its origin and the fact that it was placed on the island in the road. We hope you enjoy your stay with us, marvel at the bygone craftsmanship and we hope you will come back often

[ss396]

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[600zxTT]

I think I have the day off, so I should be there...

[jaspendlove]

i will be there

[Sandiz350Z]

I'm going to be out of town, have fun.

[diablox1]

I'll be out of town.

[diablox1]

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[cue-z]

I have read about that place in the newspaper, I'm looking forward to it.

[jaspendlove]

My parents went to it and said that it was great

[ditch]

wife would kill me if I left her with the 2 kids at church for it( probably no sex for a year)....... how late ya'll staying there?

[jaspendlove]

dont think it would be that late

[ditch]

k. church is from 9 til noon, , hopefully next time

[laserman56]

Can't you claim some OX in a mire or something like that .... rotf

[sweet350z]

wife would kill me if I left her with the 2 kids at church for it( probably no sex for a year)....... how late ya'll staying there?


You could probly catch us at the diner if you drove at like mach 4 http://bestsmileys.com/cars/3.gif but....this could happen too...http://bestsmileys.com/cars/2.gif lol,





I think we will arrive ate the diner between noon and noonthirty, we are taking the back way in.....we will be at the diner for at least an hour, then continue into Evanston via Mirror Lake Hwy....right??

[datsweetz]

Dang this looks cool. I love old things. The only day I am not working on my car and I can't come because of doing make-up for a commercial.

[ditch]

yes sweet350z. got my z noember 5th 2000, and its been about 8 years since my last ticket. I was doing about 130 in my z when I saw the cop, passed the cop doing 90 and got a ticket for 70 mph, nice old man hwy patrol guy let me off easy, probably because I didnt have the awesome c-clamp upgrade on yet.

[Deseptur]

I will definitely be going on this one

[Deseptur]

Hopefully with a much less noisy car!

[LoveMy300]

Lol, did you get that Seafoam goin? ;)

[Deseptur]

Haha yeah I did, I ran it through the oil for a while then did a oil change and new oil filter. Put the rest in the gas tank!

[audiofreak97]

I will be there.

[mgrotel]

i should be there

[sweet350z]

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[mgrotel]

looking forward to it

[LoveMy300]

Count me and Crystal in :twisted:

[sweet350z]

We are gonna be late! lol

[mgrotel]

did someone sleep in? haha, story of my life...

[sweet350z]

did someone sleep in? haha, story of my life...


Beat you to the diner now didn't we..hehehe

[audiofreak97]

this would have been a good one to video tape, high speed run through the canyons are fun!!
Time to start planning a tubro swap so i can accelerate a bit faster after getting stuck in traffic...

[mgrotel]

Beat you to the diner now didn't we..hehehe

well played...

[mgrotel]

this would have been a good one to video tape, high speed run through the canyons are fun!!
Time to start planning a tubro swap so i can accelerate a bit faster after getting stuck in traffic...

x2 on that, too bad my battery died, but to be honest, i didnt have a hand to video with, i was driving pretty hard through there. great run!

[ss396]

Ya it definately took 2 hands dodging rocks and gofers too!!! So whats the count? 3 broken windshiels??? and one downed gofer...courtesey of Brody!!! lmfao...was sooooo funny...it did cartwheelz in the air under his car.....lol good times

[mgrotel]

sorry about the windshield chips

[LoveMy300]

this would have been a good one to video tape, high speed run through the canyons are fun!!
It definitely would be a good one to film. I'm going to try and buy/rig up a windshield mount for my iPhone so I can just let it run during the cruises. I have 32 GB of storage, so it ought to be good for a few hours, lol
Time to start planning a tubro swap so i can accelerate a bit faster after getting stuck in traffic...
My car felt so damn gutless today compared to everyone else :****fan:
Believe me, the second I find a feasible way to get the money for a TT Swap, it's gonna happen :twisted:

[sweet350z]

sorry about the windshield chips


Hey!!! We said it wasn't you or Brody...was the dumb azz vw and camper:mad: I just hope we didn't get Tito cuz he was behind us during all that passing on the chipped road:o:mad::confused::moon::****fan:

[audiofreak97]

I may need to repaint the front bumper after that one... It was by far the most fun I've had driving the Z, expect for that rocky part. It feels good to know that the money I put into the suspension was worth it.

[sweet350z]

I may need to repaint the front bumper after that one... It was by far the most fun I've had driving the Z, expect for that rocky part. It feels good to know that the money I put into the suspension was worth it.


Haha!!! I knew you were havin a blazt, could see that smile in my rear view mirror lol You were haulin some serious azz today!!! We were rounding some of those turns over Monte at triple didgits and then some...sweetsz got pretty warm, for the first time ever...trying to keep up to a certain someone in a silver Z32605hpTT lmao....we also hit triples on the Mirror Lake Hwy...several times hehehe

[cue-z]

That was fun! I think almost everyone got a chip or crack on that run.

[audiofreak97]

I counted 4 windshield chips, which is good because now I have a reason to replace the crappy windshield I have! :mrgreen:


My Z didn't start warming up till we got into the traffic by the lake. It was staying surprisingly cool for full throttle canyon carving :D

[LoveMy300]

Haha!!! I knew you were havin a blazt, could see that smile in my rear view mirror lol You were haulin some serious azz today!!! We were rounding some of those turns over Monte at triple didgits and then some...sweetsz got pretty warm, for the first time ever...trying to keep up to a certain someone in a silver Z32605hpTT lmao....we also hit triples on the Mirror Lake Hwy...several times hehehe
WOOOOOOHOOO!!! :brutale:
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[mgrotel]

It definitely would be a good one to film. I'm going to try and buy/rig up a windshield mount for my iPhone so I can just let it run during the cruises. I have 32 GB of storage, so it ought to be good for a few hours, lol

you need to buy crystal a new iphone too and face it out your back window. that way you will have it on video the next time you see my pass side door in your rearview mirror, haha

[Z-angel2777]

WOOOOOOHOOO!!! :brutale:

yeah my neck doesnt like that but i know i do :p

you need to buy crystal a new iphone too and face it out your back window. that way you will have it on video the next time you see my pass side door in your rearview mirror, haha

no kidding huh i loved that it was so funny i couldnt believe that just happened when you did it and the best was when you came out the light was green for the on coming traffic lol

[mgrotel]

that would be awesome if we could somehow close off a part of monte cristo and do some time trial runs through there.

[sweet350z]

that would be awesome if we could somehow close off a part of monte cristo and do some time trial runs through there.


Like thats not all of our fantasys lmao...there are tighter canyons than that where the difficulty and skillz levels are much higher!!! Like Alpine Loop for instance, now...that would be my own heaven closed off just for meeeeee!!!!

[mgrotel]

this cruise was just enough to push me over the edge to buy more parts for my car. adjustable sway bars and heavy duty endlinks are on "Z" way!

[audiofreak97]

nice!! You will really be ripping through the turns now.