[Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance May 17th 2009]

Thu Nov 20 21:20:46 MST 2008

And believe it or not, my yellow 76 Lotus Sprint is regarded as the  
coolest thing in the world by my teenage kids (though they think some  
of my other cars are off the charts boring!).

My son Lionel enjoyed the ride he took with the club, and plans to  
ride with us more often. He and I have been working on restoring a red  
74 Lotus Elite which is now runs well but still looks beastly ugly.

The more we do to encourage kids his age, the less chance of our cars  
being dumped contemptously by our heirs when we're gone, like the gal  
I bought the Rolls Royce off of a couple of months back.

I'm moving into a new house next month, car friendly, with a huge  
circular parking lot and outdoor barbecue area. Would love to host a  
club lunch after a ride early in 2009. 1490 Mark West Springs Rd.

Dawson

On Nov 20, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Martin Rayman wrote:

> Good point, Andy.
> Marty
> Kentfield
> '53 MG TD
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:44 PM, andy preston <andypreston at sbcglobal.net 
> >wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone, I've read all the responses so far and there seems to  
>> be a
>> consensus to not participate in this show.  I've read the rules and  
>> there
>> are lots of different classes.  We can't compete with the  
>> Duisenberg's or
>> 12
>> cylinder Ferraris but we wouldn't have to.  All of our cars would  
>> be in the
>> import classes either pre 1960 or after 1960 and under $5000.  This  
>> would
>> be
>> mainly British/European sports cars that we all own.  One of the main
>> objectives of our club is to be more visible with our cars and try  
>> and
>> encourage younger people to get into the hobby.  The Marin County  
>> Fair is a
>> great and popular event and extremely well attended. Even if there  
>> were
>> just
>> a few British cars in the show it would be a step in the right  
>> direction.
>> Many of our cars are in great condition and look good.  I don't  
>> think they
>> need to be perfect and completely original, read the entry rules.   
>> There
>> will only be concours judges for the individual marques, but not  
>> for our
>> type of cars.  I am considering entering my MGA Coupe providing I  
>> get it
>> finished in time and would encourage all of you to reconsider,  
>> especially
>> Greg in his Lotus, and maybe the Alfa will be finished by then,  
>> John in his
>> TR and Norm in his XK 140.  We need to get our hobby with our lower  
>> priced
>> cars out there for others to appreciate and realize that they too  
>> can buy
>> cars like ours and start enjoying them.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces at autox.team.net 
>> ]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Ron Engelhardt
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:45 PM
>> To: nobbc at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours
>> d'Elegance May 17th 2009]
>>
>> I received the following and thought some of you might be interested.
>> The entry fee seems a little steep though.
>>
>> Ron
>> 58 MGA
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:        Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours  
>> d'Elegance
>> May
>> 17th 2009
>> Date:   Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:52:23 -0800
>> From:   Erma Murphy <erma at murphyproductions.com>
>> To:     <nobbc at sonic.net>, <tkamstra at sonic.net>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello North Bay British Car Club:
>> Please pass the word on to your members about this new Classic Car  
>> show
>> May 17th in Marin County Ca.  Attached is the full call for entries  
>> and
>> the application form.  Hope you will check it out!
>>
>> Erma Murphy
>> Publicist
>>
>> Name of Event: Marin Sonoma Concours d Elegance
>> Date: Sunday May 17th 2009
>> Website:   www.marinsonomaconcours.org
>> <http://www.marinsonomaconcours.org> ,
>> Venue:   Marin County Fair Grounds at Lagoon Park
>>
>> Address: 10 Avenue of the Flags
>>              San Rafael, Ca 94903
>> Contact e-mail:  info at marinsonomaconcours.org
>> website:   http://marinsonomaconcours.org/
>>
>> May 17, 2009 will mark the launch of a new, world-class, Bay Area
>> tradition: the Marin Sonoma Concours d Elegance, an automotive
>> exhibition and award show celebrating the beauty and craftsmanship of
>> classic cars and motorcycles from every era. More than 200 entries  
>> from
>> early sophisticates like the Duesenberg to the latest design by  
>> Ferrari
>> will be on display from 10:00am-4:00pm. Special exhibits plus music,
>> food, and family activities will fill out the program. The designated
>> charity for this event is Hospice By The Bay, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
>> organization that has been serving the Bay Area since 1975. For more
>> information and to down load an entrant application please visit
>> http://www.marinsonomaconcours.org/
>>
>> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/msword  
>> which had a
>> name of ConcoursCall.doc]
>>
>> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/octet- 
>> stream which
>> had a name of MSCCoverwHvyLineLogo.pdf]
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