The last of the pictures off my trusty, dusty camera from SEMA 2011

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

The last of the pictures off my trusty, dusty camera from SEMA 2011


As SEMA was going on periodically Yancy would take the pictures off the memory disc and add them to his folder which also feeds the slide show here

SEMA Slide Show

The last day of SEMA was very busy so my memory disc wasn't emptied at the show and here's what I found on it that didn't get transferred.



This is me and TL Mitchell !

Me and Nick Chapman!

This is me and Martin from Holland! Martin also attended a class I taught with Nick Chapman here back in 2009

This is my friend Kristhian Salazar from Bogotá, Colombia. Kristhian stopped by Autogeek yesterday here...

These two guys were from Brazil, can't remember their names but they bought 5-6 books!

Here's Pockets and Steve from Poorboy's talking to Anthony aka OCDetails aka Jngrbrdman, a genuinely great guy and good friend...

Me and Randy...

Me and Jared...

Matt, Kristhian and Bruno...

Matt, Andres and Bruno...

Me and Mel Craig...

Me and Mike Stoops... Mike took over my position at Meguiar's when I left in 2009...

Renny Doyle talking to Bruno and Matt at the Pinnacle Booth...

Me and Todd Cooperider...

Me and Chad aka Rasky1 on the AGO forum...

Me, Chad and Todd...

This was part of Renny Doyle's Air Force One Team that stopped by to talk shop...

This is my long-time friend Bill Stuart, Bill is one of the original Meguiar's RDC owners before they went to warehouse distribution. Bill has forgotten more about detailing cars than I'll ever know...

This is the lovely Evin from Muck-Off products. We sat together with Dennis Gage at the SEMA Awards Banquette. You're going to see more of Evin in the future...

This is a Lamborghini hood painted a PPG Orange that I'm leaning towards to paint my new project truck. It was in Dr. David Ghodoussi's booth. I tried to trade him out of it but it was a no-go...

And here's Dr. David Ghodoussi the chemist behind all of the Optimum products...

That's it... shook a lot of hands, autographed a lot of books and had a great time at SEMA! Already looking forward to the SEMA show for next year...

 

[Garry Dean]

Fantastic pics Mike.

 

[Pats300zx]

Fantastic pics Mike. SEMA was a great time for sure.

 

[Harleyguy]

Nice find Mike the two guys you didn't know I only know one and that's Billy on the right he made the trip from Brazil to go to Sema .

 

[Meghan]

Nice find Mike the two guys you didn't know I only know one and that's Billy on the right he made the trip from Brazil to go to Sema .

You are correct, Billy from Brazil is a long time customer of ours.
Great set of photos Mike.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

This is my long-time friend Bill Stuart, Bill is one of the original RDC owners before they went to warehouse distribution.

RDC?

This is a Lamborghini hood painted a PPG Orange that I'm leaning towards to paint my new project truck.

New project truck.... so how many cubes of BBC brute-force will you be stuffing under the hood this time? 572? 620? More? :drool:

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks for sharing these Mike! :dblthumb2:

 

[Audi X2]

Mike it was great seeing you and the crew at SEMA!

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

RDC?

Sorry, left out the word Meguiar's. When Meguiar's first went to market with their Professional Line they did it through Regional Distribution Centers and there were only 11 or 13 and Bill Stuart owned one of them. My first boss Jack Birkby owned the one for Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

New project truck.... so how many cubes of BBC brute-force will you be stuffing under the hood this time? 572? 620? More? :drool:

Have to wait and see... but it came with a 454 and I have a spare 454 ready to go...

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Thanks for sharing these Mike!

Mike it was great seeing you and the crew at SEMA!

It was great seeing both of you and anytime you're going to be in the Stuart area please let me know and try to join us for a car project.

:xyxthumbs:

 

[BlueZero]

Thanks for taking the time to post up all the great pictures Mike!

 

[builthatch]

Mike, it was a pleasure meeting you and Max at the show. I know you were busy and it was cool of you to take a moment to chat. I also spent a lot of time with Dr. Ghodoussi throughout the show and he is among the nicest people I've ever met anywhere, period.

Keep up the strong work!

 

[CEE DOG]

Awesome pictures Mike!! A lot of class acts in those pictures. Man, I can tell you had a great time.

The gentlemen on the right from Brazil is Billy. He's a great guys, knowledgable, generous, and always a pleasure to converse with.

 

[pieboy100]

Hey where is the picture you took with me. Oh I forgot we did not take a picture together........but I got your book, ha. I am about half way through the book, its a good read so far, just wish the links would work, ha. Nice talking to you at the show, I have been going to SEMA for 7 years now.