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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2024 Type 3 Invasion is in the books.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Twenty-three (23) Type 3s invaded Ticonderoga, NY last week. We had all 4 body styles represented. We had 45 Invaders attend the Saturday night dinner. We raised $1087 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Capital District through the
silent auction and the T-Shirt and sticker sales. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Invasion award winners were:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Favorite Early –65 Notch - Lyndon Thenhaus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2079.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2079.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Favorite Late –71 Fastback – Marion & Peg McDonald<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2086.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2086.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Youngest –73 Fastback – Anthony (NJ). Sorry I didn’t catch your last name Anthony.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2077.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2077.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oldest – 65 Squareback (The Crate) – Sean Bartnik<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2069.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2069.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lightest – 72 Squareback “Elwood” – Gail & Dave Pallo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2067.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2067.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Darkest – 69 Panel Squareback – Henry Verrydt & Gail Lawrence<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Long Distance – 70 Squareback – Aiden Eckert (Liam and Chester – co-pilots). Drove the Type 3 all the way from Midland, MI, right around 800 miles one-way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2082.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2082.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Artist’s Choice – 66 Squareback – Lucas Sheehan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2066.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2066.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Host Choice - 65 Squareback (The Crate) – Sean Bartnik<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2069.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2069.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Invader’s Choice - 65 Squareback (The Crate) – Sean Bartnik<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2069.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%2069.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hard Luck – Richard & Mary Spryer (Toyota Tundra tow vehicle). They cooked the brakes coming into Ticonderoga and had to drive over to Vermont to the nearest Toyota dealer to get it repaired for the drive home. Fortunately there no issues
with any of the Type 3s that made the trip to the Invasion this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20169.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20169.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Host Award – Keith Park<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Russ Wolfe Memorial – Greg Merritt. Even though Greg was not in attendance at this year’s Invasion, he is a worthy recipient of the Russ Wolfe Memorial Award which we give out to someone that has made a significant contribution to the
Type 3 Community. Greg started the vwtype3.org listserve way back before the first Invasion in 2002. It provided a place for the Type 3 owners and enthusiasts to share information, ask questions, and be part of a community of like-minded folks. It was in
this email community that the idea for the Type 3 Invasion was born. We wouldn’t be just wrapping up our 11<sup>th</sup> Invasion in 22 years without Greg’s efforts to bring us all together in the early days of the internet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Will be posting more about our drive out and back and Invasion experience in a separate post.<o:p></o:p></p>
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