FWIW David LaFlame (violin payer of IABD) still lives in the area and plays
local clubs, sometimes with Paul Gruen doing Django Reinhart style Gypsy
Jazz, great stuff....
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Paige, Dean <DPaige@srcity.org> wrote:
> I have it on vinyl! Too ,too old.
>
> Deano
>
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> ]wc1632wc
> On Behalf Of Steve Plath
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:56 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] British car dealerships in the area
>
> Not to worry. I have the whole album on my ipod.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "don" <don@napanet.net>
> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] British car dealerships in the area
>
>
> >A bit off the subject, but you can Youtube It's a Beautiful Day and
> White
> >Bird and listen to their big hit song. They lived on Mt. St. Helena
> >outside of Calistoga back in the early '70s.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 04:54 PM 03/21/2009, you wrote:
> >
> >>Back in 1970 I took my 67 MGB GT into BMC Motors in San Francisco.
> While
> >>waiting I started talking to another "long hair" who was waiting for
> his
> >>E-Type to be serviced. I asked him what he did and he said he was a
> >>musician. Turns out he was David Laflamme leader of the 60's acid
> rock
> >>band "It's a Beautiful Day". It made my day that's for sure. Back
> then
> >>you never knew who you would run into at BMC Motors.
> >>
> >>And then there's the famous Grace Slick Aston Martin story from the
> same
> >>BMC Motors.
> >>
> >>Ah memories.
> >>
> >>On another note the Daimler is finally finished and maybe I will join
> you
> >>on a run once the rain stops. Better yet we should plan a run in
> Marin my
> >>home territory.
> >>
> >>Steve Plath
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "don" <don@napanet.net>
> >>To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
> >>Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:10 PM
> >>Subject: [Nobbc] British car dealerships in the area
> >>
> >>
> >>>Back in the late '50s through early '70s, British car dealerships
> could
> >>>be found in most US cities of any size, especially in California.
> Even
> >>>before I got my first British car in 1965, I loved visiting the
> showrooms
> >>>to admire the MGs, Triumphs and other British cars. Of course, I
> would
> >>>always pilfer as many sales brochures as I could hoping to not upset
> the
> >>>salespeople too much.
> >>>
> >>>I remember the BMC/Jaguar dealer in Napa on Soscol Avenue, which was
> to
> >>>become Napa Valley Datsun when they dropped the British car line
> around
> >>>1967. There was a BMC dealer that tried again in Napa shortly after
> but
> >>>didn't last long. I remember taking my MGA there for repairs in
> 1968,
> >>>but I don't remember the name of the place. I do remember that it
> was
> >>>very expensive to pay someone to repair my car, and after that, did
> most
> >>>of my repairs myself. The name of it might have been Washborn
> Imports.
> >>>
> >>>In Santa Rosa, there was Ralph Vesper Motors on Santa Rosa Avenue
> which
> >>>sold Triumphs and British Fords. I remember that dealership,
> because, as
> >>>I bought parts for my old Anglia and Zodiac (c. 1966, '67), I was
> >>>distracted by the siren's call of the sleek TR4s and Spitfires on
> display
> >>>in the showroom. I still have a few pieces of the Triumph literature
> I
> >>>took on visits to Vesper. Car dealers usually left their
> identification
> >>>by irubber stamping their names and addresses onto the front or back
> of
> >>>the sales literature. Vesper's name and address sill adorn my old
> >>>Triumph brochures.
> >>>
> >>>The most interesting dealership to visit was always British Motors on
> Van
> >>>Ness Avenue in San Francisco. They had Jaguar, Rolls Royce and the
> whole
> >>>BMC line, and the cars they had on display were always of a high
> calibre.
> >>>This was such a classy place that I always felt underdressed because
> I
> >>>wasn't wearing a suit and tie. As an extreme British car nut, I was
> >>>thrilled just to purchase parts there. I do have several license
> plate
> >>>frames from there, which I think are a cool period accessory.
> >>>
> >>>Other dealerships that come to mind are Union Jack (BMC) in Hayward
> and
> >>>British Motors in San Jose.
> >>>
> >>>Anyone else have any recollections of the British car dealer world in
> the
> >>>area?
> >>>
> >>>Don Scott
> >>>Calistoga
> >>>1962 MGA Mk II
> >>>1991 Miata BRG
> >>>1973 MGB GT
> >>>1962 TR4 (seeking)
> >>>
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