GRM New Years Game 2021 (woo woo!)

I think I know who I've got but too many of you live in the same city, just saying.

Box filling is commencing

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

Atlanta?

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :

Atlanta?

 

No, but I'm betting there's a lot of us there too

If anyone is trying to figure out what to get me I drive a Camaro and I like Dunkin Donuts and money.

That said USPS say my package was delivered monday but I haven't heard anything here. hopefully they're just waiting and it didn't get porchnapped.

Finally got to Pittsburgh and got to crack open this box. Honestly impressed someone got all this stuffed in a medium box!. 

Started out with a layer of trailer bearings.

And then an authentic, genuine concert T-shirt. Can not wait to wear it to the next show I attend.

An awesome Porsche flag to add to the garage wall.

Some assorted Porsche and Subaru parts, one from a very unhappy engine.

Some really sweet Hot Wheels, including the coolest btcc car ever.

An assortment of magnets, stickers and literature. Funny I included a sticker featuring that exact same Pinto in my box.

Various bits and tools, some Australian currency and some come-back-at-ya devices. What's the story behind the cotton ball glued to the golf tee?

Also what is this?

Really cool box. Thank you Santa! "The Dirty 911" implicates Woody. 

In reply to PunchyWrench - Ed Higginbotham :

I'm jelly of your box!

Sonar has a contact bearing 252 degrees, range 1,151,000 yards.   Preparing tube #1...

Target aquired. Now to prep the box.

In reply to PunchyWrench - Ed Higginbotham :

Very cool box, I love the flag!

Yeah that was over the top. Thank you Santa, whoever you are.

Before I could open mine, I felt it was only fair that I get mine in the mail.


Eastbound and down it goes!

With that on its way south, I can unbox mine!





Trusty knife at the ready!



It... it could be ANYTHING!



This one was PACKED with goodies!



Fuel tank lock rings! You can never have enough of these.



An excuse to buy a crusty old Holley double pumper!



Some Harry Potter coasters!



A pile of Harry Potter masks! (Full Disclosure: I have never seen the Harry Potter films, but I am a nerd, so I have an excuse to now!)



No box is complete without Hot Wheels! That Impreza 22B was one that has eluded me, so I'm especially happy to have that one. The other two are incredible as well!



Micro USB cords!



Somehow, my favorite coffee, in instant form!



A totally not stolen Tractor Supply plaque thingy!



A big ol' Toyota emblem!



A really old spike! There has to be a story about this.



A sweet Miata for my GI Joes!



Guile is pleased.



NOT DETROIT???



Ahh, I get it. A baseball from the South Korean Samsung Lions baseball team!



And it's autographed by... uhh... a guy!



There were a number of keychains in the box. I love this one and it will get pressed into use soon!



Some Chevy R and S pins!



A fuse box from the Lord of Darkness himself! I am assuming the smoke has been previously let out.



A Ford seatbelt keychain! And the bottom part unbuckles!




Another Remove Before Flight keychain! I think I actually had these tires on my old Mazda, strangely enough.



A large dished piston!



Some emblems I didn't have in the collection (yes, I collect these, what car guy doesn't?)



An older AC Delco air filter that apparently fits a late 90's Caravan with a V6!



This really cool Irish car magazine! Gotta show this one to the wife, who is way more Irish than me.



A Blipshift 710 Air Freshener! 5w30 710 even!



A bunch of great stickers! In addition to the instant 10hp boost, that Cramit sticker is incredible. Now I need to buy a real Cramit to slap it on! And the Talk E36 M3, Get Bit sticker had me cackling.

Whoever sent me this, you rule. Great box! Thank you!!!
 

Mine just went to the post office today, expected delivery Monday. 

I wound up COVID positive and was waved off from my cast removal appointment. I still have casts on (for now) and have to remain in Quarantine until at least January 11th.

My box will ship out late.

Dang man.  Get well soon. 

Thar she goes!

Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:

I wound up COVID positive and was waved off from my cast removal appointment. I still have casts on (for now) and have to remain in Quarantine until at least January 11th.

My box will ship out late.

Jeeze man that's a whole pile of blerg. Need anything?

Got my box from Curtis this morning but I am not going to open it until mine is in the mail.

Package enroute as of yesterday. 

Firing tube 1!  GRM NYG box is away and running true, estimated time to target 5 days (1/4/22).   

PunchyWrench - Ed Higginbotham said:

 

Really cool box. Thank you Santa! "The Dirty 911" implicates Woody. 

 

^Guilty.

Glad you liked it. Some of the stuff was repurposed from previous years, like the Aussie coins, the loose HotWheels, the Timken bearings and the bent connecting rod...which is super cool but very sharp and I've been trying to figure out what to do with it all year without cutting myself.

The Kohler part is a spare voltage regulator/rectifier for my father's old tractor. That box sat on a shelf in his barn for about thirty years or so, and then eventually found its way to my house. I sold the tractor about ten years ago. After seeing your photo of it, I guess it's been used  I never noticed that before.

The golf tee is a "scent dart" (never used). I had a skunk problem a few years ago. The cotton ball gets soaked with coyote urine and then the tee gets stuck in the ground. I made about a dozen of them, but coyote urine is such nasty stuff that I only used a couple of them, and they've been piled up on my work bench ever since.

So, here's the funny part about this story...

I've been slowly accumulating stuff in a box all year. At some point last winter, I had a few mice in my barn and ordered a case of mouse traps from Amazon. I threw a few packages of traps into the GRM box back in the spring, but when it came time to seal it all up, not everything would fit. The mouse traps seemed like a crappy gift, so they didn't make the cut. I sealed up the box without them and mailed it.

Then the very next day, I read this: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/finally-progress-in-the-war-on-rodents/190142/page1/

Oh well...sorry Ed. If you need more traps, let me know and I'll drop some in the mail. I still have your address.

Happy New Year!

Ha! That's funny about the mouse thread timing. No need to ship more. I'm sure it would be more cost effective for my to just run to the hardware store. Appreciate it though. 
 

Thanks for the added info and happy new year!

My recipient is an shiny happy person so i'm going to make him wait and wait and wait

My box should arrive at it's intended target roughly next Friday. 

In reply to Tony Sestito :

I'm glad you loved the box. It was mostly a random collection over the year. But let me fill in the history of some of the things:

• The fuel tank lock rings are for a 1976 Chevy. I got a set with each has tank and with each fuel pump. So extras.
• The carb kit and air filter are regifted.
• The Tractor Supply badge came from an old pickup bed toolbox.
• I think the metal spike was a regift from last year.
• The toy Miata I found this year digging through my old toys. I remember playing with it in the sandbox. I never realized it was a Miata until I saw it recently.
• I'm glad you figured out the baseball. Living near Detroit, Lions football always popped to mind when I saw it. Made me chuckle. I also don't know who signed it.
• The piston is related to the big block that was rebuilt on the forum a couple of years ago.
• I got the Irish magazine in last year's box. It was really fun to look through, so I had to pass it forward.

- Sean

Patrick (Forum Supporter) said:

My recipient is an shiny happy person so i'm going to make him wait and wait and wait

I'm so excited to open it!