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Re: [Nobbc] Sunday's Drive

To: "'North Bay British Car Club'" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Sunday's Drive
From: "michael" <michael@dcspg.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:35:01 -0700
Thanks for thinking of us southern marin folks! I will keep on the look out
for when you come this way...

Michael
62 Healey
54 Doretti



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From: nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of gtwincams
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:31 AM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: [Nobbc] Sunday's Drive

Hi Ron and NOBBC club members,
First, I hope you are recovering nicely Ron - sounds like you'll be 
ready for a drive in a few weeks.
Just a quick note about Sunday's drive for those who would like a 
vicarious experience.
It was a small group - Marla and Andy, Walter, who didn't go with us but 
met up to chat, Dennis and Cheryl, John Kenner in his Europa (buy it now 
while it's cheap), and Trish and our friend Jane in the TR6, and me in 
the Elan. Looks like everyone else was still recovering after the 
anniversary drive! We chatted for about 1/2 hour, then headed off, with 
Trish and Jane leading the group.
The group was small, but the drive was quite nice - we went River Rd. to 
Mirabel, to 116, to Occidental Rd. into Occidental where we stopped for 
sandwiches. As it usually seems to happen in Occidental, we had a number 
of car admirers. One couple who had owned a Lotus Eclat in the past 
admired our Elan and John's Europa and pumped us for information. Seems 
he got the spark to buy another Lotus after seeing ours! We also picked 
up a stray car lover - a driver in a tricked out Datsun 510 was heading 
out of town when we arrived, and by the time we had all gotten our food 
to go and were leaving the parking lot, he snuck in behind and followed 
the group. From there, we took Coleman Valley Road, which was getting 
pretty darned foggy, prompting some of us (those with them still 
attached), to use their windshield wipers. Guess I should put them on 
for drives to the coast in the future...
Coming down Coleman Valley Road (always a scenic treat), we cruised up 
to Goat Rock. Instead of driving the dirt road all the way to the lower 
parking lot, we stopped at the upper lot overlooking the beach and Goat 
Rock, met our stowaway, admired his 510, had lunch, and chatted some 
more. The sun was out, the fog gone, and the view was beautiful.
We drove back by River Road, and then split up from there.
It never seems to fail - when we get our cars out in public, stopped 
long enough for them to see, they invariably want to talk to us about 
them and either ask what they are, or reminisce about the MG or Triumph 
that they had in their youth. (Insert personal rant here...) Public 
interest is what keeps these cars alive, especially as current owners 
age or drop out of the sport. I think we all would love to see these 
cars around for a long time, and getting more people interested in them 
is a key to that. Also, the more public support we have, the more likely 
we'll be able to stave off more onerous laws affecting collector cars, 
like the recent bill requiring stringent annual smog checks of cars from 
1976 onward (instead of biennial). I think we as a club might want to 
give some more thought to choosing more destinations or starting points 
that are visible to the public. Gives us a chance to have a mini car 
show without all the organizing, judging, etc., and we'll meet new folks.
To that end, I propose that we pick a day to meet at the Round Table 
Pizza on Occidental Road in Santa Rosa. Suggestions for other locations 
are welcome, however this place has a great parking lot with shade that 
is visible from the freeway and Occidental Road, the restaurant does 
really good business, and there are three meeting rooms, so we could 
reserve one and get together for a pizza while giving time for the 
public to admire the cars.
Since I'm bringing up ideas, Cheryl and I thought that it would be nice 
to select a Marin County starting point for one of the drives in an 
effort to entice our southern members to join up. When we did this some 
time ago, we succeeded in getting several drivers and cars we either 
hadn't met, or hadn't seen for awhile. It also gives us a change of 
pace, and although there might not be as many tight curvy roads, there 
are some beautiful drives and destinations. What do y'all think?
Cheers,
Greg Tatarian
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