IMPORTANT VIPER CALENDAR UPDATE

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Sorry for the "all-caps" subject line, but I know many of you have been waiting for this update: After working extensively with various folks to get this done, we have added several Paul Mumford photos to the Viper Calendar gallery (#401-407):

http://kansascityvca.com/cproject2.html

These include track photos from Laguna Seca and the famed "corkscrew" shots that people kept sending yet I could not publish because I did not get permission from the original photographer. Needless to say, that changed and I would like to thank the following folks:

Brian Provost for working overtime to track down photographers
Paul Mumford Sr. for his continued support of this project
Dave Kennedy for a wonderful shot of Paul next to his Viper (#402)
Peter & Gayle Brock of Sports Car Illustrated for the rest of these great shots

Now, please note that we were able to use these photos with the express understanding that they will NOT be distributed outside of the calendar and the galleries. I know many of you would like to have these for PC "wallpaper" and other stuff, however I cannot and will not be able to send any copies to anybody. That said, here is a larger, low-res "sample" of one of the pictures (#401 - a collage of some of the other photos):

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Note that if you want this picture as the cover photo for the calendar, no problem. Also note that this calendar has been and continues to be nonprofit: The Kansas City VCA is a licensed nonprofit organization and not one single penny is given to any individual or other VCA chapter. As this has pretty much been my baby for the past few years, I am hoping to be able to help Erik Messley and other folks that were close to Paul. It is my understanding that Erik will be running Paul's car in this 2004 season. Brian Provost is also running the Paul Mumford Memorial Open Track Challenge this April 19th - 23rd. Both could use the continued support of the Viper Nation. As I also have some other "personal" photos of Paul (sans car), I am in contact with the photographers to see about a "Mumford-only" calendar with all proceeds to go to one (or both) of these great causes.

Again, sorry for the "all caps", but I know that many here were very close to Paul and the rest of us just wish we hadn't missed the opportunity. Hopefully the calendar will serve as a pleasant reminder for many of us. I didn't order a calendar for myself yet, but most definitely will now.

Chris

PS. The calendar can be started any month for twelve months (i.e. 2/04 - 1/05)...
 
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I was going to bump this to the top.....then figured I'd make it a "Sticky". :)

Much appreciated! I know several folks have been waiting for these and I was finally able to get the originals sent to me along with the permission to use them. Oh, and lest I take away from a few other great cars that were recently submitted, Jerry De Young's "Black Jack" Comp Coupe is pictured, as is his 2000 steel gray GTS; Dennis Kimball's gorgeous sapphire blue RT/10 is pictured both with and without rear wing; Jerry Dobson shows off his new lift with Joe's yellow Lotus Espirit Turbo on the top rack; and a steel gray 2000 RT/10 was kindly submitted by a parent for their son-in-law - and called a "2000 SRT-10", complete with their own "2000 SRT-10" graphics I had to remove... :D

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Is there a statistic showing how often the single pictures have been choosen?
 
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Wish I hadn't already bought some. :(
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That's the nice thing about these calendars: They can start on ANY month, whether it be January, March, August or any year such as 2004, 2005, etc. Twelve consecutive months regardless. And with the ability to add custom dates at no charge (PMUM Memorial OTC, Viper Days events, VOI 8, birthdays, etc.) you can never have too many!

And in answer to the question on statistics for the individual pictures, haven't really kept track. I will check with the printers and see if maybe they have any stats on it. I do know that there are some surprises!

Chris
 
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