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Where are they NOW? GS NOSTALGIA THREAD

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Old 02-24-09, 01:32 PM
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yup, i got dees car. On Dec 08. i spun out and crashed the car into a mailbox and post sideways. I installed the new door, front panel and now i need someone to paint the car and fix the hood.
Old 02-24-09, 02:09 PM
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Abandoners !!!!!
Old 02-24-09, 03:26 PM
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Interesting to take a look back, alot of the OG's here were my inspiration to want a GS back 7 years ago or so when I had an ES300. I still remember Bluelex's car when it had Gettins as the first one that really caught my attention.

Since the topic was brought up, anybody know what happened to Manaray? I searched his name when I came back and didn't find a "selling the GS" thread or anything like that.
Old 02-24-09, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by black_gs99
is the second last one silver gs (lxogood) ken?
Ahhh LXOGOOD. We do miss Ken dearly. Sadly, he parted out his car back in 2006. Around the same time frame, he bought a house and got married. I haven't talked to him in a while, but I hear he still has the car, but its pretty much in stock form. Perhaps someone else who knows more can chime in. Hello Flipside909 or someone else?


















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Old 02-24-09, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
I'm going to continue digging up old members from the past and post any updates on what happened and where they are today.
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There are so many that come to mind. Jtanoyo1 really stands out to me, with the custom made kit. What about NYWizard Hope I dont get banned for bringing up his name
Old 02-24-09, 07:45 PM
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Dee is still around. He's got another Black GS...He's also got some sort of S class Merc. I saw him at a meet a while back.
Old 02-24-09, 09:13 PM
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What I loved about these members is that they not only paved the way for a lot of us but also were very helpful when we had questions along they way.. I wanted to say Thank you again guys...
Old 02-25-09, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
love that bumper...who makes it?
Old 02-25-09, 11:49 AM
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jtanoyo1



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Old 02-25-09, 12:00 PM
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The last two are legendary.
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Originally Posted by Rexdr
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Yes John was a Pioneer for VIP in the states. I believe his Lexus was the First GS in the country to import and install Junction Produce products. His car was loaded with everything they sold back then. When John first got all this stuff back in 2002!, at that time most of us were taking a while to get accustomed to "The VIP Look" and the whole "Stretched Tire" thing was VERY hard to get comfortable with. We were like "Can you really drive the car like that? " John would answer that this was the trend in Japan and that the US was behind. He said "don't worry, this will catch on in the States eventually".

Today John is long gone from the scene and he is currently working for a Hi Tech Company in the Silicon Valley. He shows up by surprise at a meet here and there, but otherwise he's doing the family thing.


Here's a video of our EOS meet back in 2003, where John's car was featured at the end of the video. In the scene there were Hundreds of people watching and each car rolled up to the stage to Demonstrate their exhaust set up. Remember back in 2003, not very many people had seen a car with AirRunners. You can tell by the crowds reaction that what he did came as a BIG SURPRISE to many!



Play this vid with the volume ALL THE WAY UP and preferably with good speakers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0XJ4Z4qpHo




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Old 02-25-09, 05:36 PM
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Those GSs are amazing. It must have been great seeing the first mods done. The questions and the looks of wonder as they were transformed. I wish I was around.
Old 02-25-09, 06:56 PM
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Ryan was the first person with monitors mounted in custom leather Recaro seats in the GS. He was also the first turbo charged GS430. When I saw him last year at HIN, his car has continued to evolve. It now sports a full cage and so many other features I could not list them all. And last year he still drove his car to and from shows.
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If there was a father of meets for Norcal, then Glen would be it. As one of the original members of the norcal crew, he has been here since EOSv1 along with putting together many smaller meets. As most of you have probably seen his car is now a supercharged monster and is an engineered design of beauty.
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Originally Posted by lightwave76
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are these 3pc enkei wheels? i used to love their look


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