Hey Greg,
I know you have been closely involved with your parents lately, sorry to
hear about your mom, you have my condolences. However, a swap meet sounds
like a lot of fun, and could be a healthy positive event for you. I see that
you are encouraging participation from other clubs, as it happens, I
recently met up with one Basil Adams, who has been mentioned in some NOBBC
emails, he has a small car collection right near me, and apparently a whole
lot of british parts for sale. He recently came to my shop to look at
Frank's MGA, and I will be visiting his home later this week, would it be OK
to invite him to the event? He's kind of an interesting guy, very
knowledgeable about brit cars, and very to interesting to talk to, he say's
he doesn't really drive his cars, but likes to work on them, I'm sure he
would fit right in with the group. Let me know, and I will try to drag him
along.
Michael Gianandrea
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From: "NOBBC" <thenobbc@gmail.com>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>;
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Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 8:54 AM
Subject: [NOBBC] Advance Notice - British Car Swap Meet in Sebastopol
> Happy 4th of July holiday, NOBBC members,
>
> It's been awhile since I've been active in club drives. For the past year
> I've been taking care of my parents, long-distance, while my mother's
> health declined from Parkinson's and dementia, and my father was
> hospitalized. During that time I had to set aside almost all personal
> pursuits, and even a good deal of business life, and in February, my
> mother passed away and shortly thereafter I moved my father up to Santa
> Rosa to be near us so I could take care of him.
>
> This holiday is the first time Trish and I have actually spent a few days
> in a row on ourselves, and so of course, I've been taking care of my
> neglected cars. While doing that, I realized I've accumulated a lot of
> parts, still have many left over from my NOS parts sales business, and
> need to move them on to new homes. My often partner in NOBBC events, John
> Kenner, had the same thought yesterday, and we decided it was past time to
> host a British car swap meet.
>
> We are tentatively planning on August 24, at John Kenner's ranch in
> Sebastopol. The date may change one week either way, and we'll keep you
> posted as we develop the event and schedule, so don't lock in the date
> quite yet.
>
> We are opening this up to the GGLC, NOBBC, Triumph Travelers, MG club, and
> maybe even the Alfa club, as I've got some NOS Alfa parts to sell. John
> and I are putting together a list of parts big and small, but so far,
> we've got Spitfire engines, Spit rear end, Elan steel wheels, trim pieces,
> radiator, refurbished fuel tank, Elan coupe rear windscreen, Weber carbs,
> polished SU carb set, Weber air cleaners of many configurations, plus NOS
> clutch disks, oil and air filters, distributor caps, brake parts, timing
> chains, exhaust valves, a rebuilt TR6 overdrive tranny, NOS TR6 head, TR6
> rollbar, shop items, small parts, Cortina tailshaft housing, possibly Twin
> Cam cams and lifters, Alfa air filters, oil filters, brake disks, and more
> to come.
>
> This is open to folks to bring their cars or parts to sell or trade - any
> and every related item is welcome. For those who want to buy or sell
> stuff, they'll want to bring an appropriate vehicle. For those who just
> want to socialize, they can drive their fun car. We aren't planning to
> provide food, but if that changes, I'll let you know.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
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