Bob Briggs and Frank Foglia will share the TBCCC hard luck award. Bob had problems with what turned out to be loose lug nuts and a broken trunk lock, while Frank had a fuel pump go bad. Bob was able to get his car to the show after a brief detour to a repair shop in Haines City and we were able to remove the rear seat and gain access to the trunk and pop the lock.. Frank had to leave his car at the repair shop in Orlando and rented a car to drive to the show.

I was originally hoping to have both my cars at the Winter National, but the Nomad is not yet complete and the BelAir still needs a little bit of tweaking to be ready for a judged show. I am hoping to have both cars there next year.

Just a few of us made it over on Thursday. Ron Cahill, Don Allen and Bob Hendryx all attended the Thursday evening bbq dinner. I won a prize in the trivia contest by naming the last astronaut to walk on the moon (Gene Cernan). The prize was a 56 Chevy wall hanging, which I gave to Ron Cahill and a gift certificate good for a Chevy headliner from a supplier to Ecklers. Unfortunately for me, I just purchased a new headliner for the Nomad a few weeks ago and the BelAir headliner is just fine. I will probably give away this certificate as a prize at our show in March.

On Friday evening, many of the members gathered for dinner at The Surf restaurant in Cocoa Beach and on Saturday many of us chowed down on barbeque at the Slow and Low BBQ restaurant. Both dinners were very enjoyable.

The Winter National show was slightly dampened by rain on Friday afternoon and evening and very windy conditions.

The Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club swap meet did well. We sold $248 worth of merchandise donated to the club by Lee Boswell and Ed Bittmann. Many thanks to Lance Hayworth, Frank Foglia, John Hayn and Pat Hendryx for helping me operate the booth. Thanks go out to John Hayn, Doug Ward and Pat for helping me pack everything up Saturday afternoon. Also, thanks to treasurer Glen Craigie for lending us some tables and other supplies to operate the swap meet.

Dan Neumann from Largo had a swap meet space and had some 57 Chevy door edge guards for sale. A pair of these door edge guards will be installed on my BelAir this week. Dan does stainless steel straightening and is very highly recommended if you need any of that work done.

We also distributed car show flyers to every car show owner and swap meet operator in attendance.

There were a lot of great cars at the Winter National. We met a prospective new member from St. Pete who has an awesome black 69 Camaro that he plans to bring to our show on March 13^th. It took home 2 or 3 awards. That car and a surf green 57 4-door hardtop were my personal favorites at the show.

We expected to have a bonus with the last scheduled nighttime launch of the space shuttle, but adverse weather conditions postponed the launch.

I am very happy with what our club accomplished at the Winter National and am looking forward to next years event

TBCCC February Meeting Report

Thanks to all for another great turnout at this very important meeting!

The CCI Winter National is this weekend, February 4-7 at the International Palms Resort and Conference Center in Cocoa Beach. A few members are going on Thursday, some more are coming on Friday and others expect to come on Saturday for the day. I look forward to seeing you all over there. If you volunteered to help man the swap meet space, come the swap meet area at your appointed time or call me on my cell at 813-951-1722 to find out where the space is located. We will sell parts donated to the club by Ed Bittmann and Lee Boswell and hopefully generate a few extra bucks for the treasury. Thank you to Treasurer Glen Craigie for loaning us some tables and supplies to use for the weekend! Remember, we have been invited to join my friend David Wonsey for dinner Friday night at 5:30 at a nearby restaurant. I think we have a total of ten members and wives going. We will leave the show at a few minutes past five.  So plan on meeting in the lobby at 5pm on Friday if you are going to dinner with us. 

February 27^th - Meet at 8:30am TBCCC Monthly Breakfast meeting at Ben's Family Restaurant at 704 E. Brandon Blvd. We will leave the restaurant at 9:45 and caravan together to the Bay Life Church Car show at 1017 Kingsway Blvd in Brandon. If you cant make it to the breakfast, but want to go to the show, let me know and I will hold you a space in our area.

March 13^th - University Chevrolet All Chevy Car and Truck Show 8am-3pm

Many thanks to Ron Cahill, Bill Mergens, Ron Moore and Al Bowron for their help in planning the show and handing out flyers at the Devereaux car show in Sarasota. Also to Don Allen who is training the judges for the show. And to John Hayn for helping us with a donation that will allow us to have dash plaques. Another member who wishes to remain anonymous has made a cash donation and helped with the printing expense. I have helped with the printing expense. These contributions will give us enough cash to have tons of trophies, a DJ, dash plaques and lots of fun on March 13. We will also have trophies for our own cars, which will be judged separately.

My wife spoke with Mason Dixon about our show and he has committed to giving it mentions on the air. We will also get exposure on the Channel 10 show called Ten Connects that airs at 10am Mondays. I expect that we will have a couple members cars shown on the air during the show. We are already on several Florida car show websites and word is getting around fast. I got a call today from an attorney who wants to be a vendor at our show and we have a few other vendors who have already committed.

The most important part of promoting a car show is to get flyers in the hands of car owners. Several members have committed to handing out flyers for the show, including Bob Hendryx, Ron Cahill, Richard Diorio, John Hayn. Ken Weiland, Pat Hendryx, Doug Ward, David Ball, Lance Hayworth, Marty and Larry Flynn, Chuck Palusak, Bill Mergens and others (apologies to those I have not mentioned, but all flyer distributors will be given special recognition for their efforts at the next club meeting). Your efforts will make this show a success!

If you committed to handing out flyers at an event, but cannot fulfill that commitment, please call Bob in advance so we can schedule someone else to do it.

Planning Committee: Bob Hendryx, Ron Cahill, Bill Mergens

Sales Committee: Bob Hendryx, Bob Briggs, Ken Weiland

Parking committee: Ron Cahill, Chuck Palusak, Doug Ward, Jerry Adamson, the Flynn brothers (These members need to be at University Chevrolet at 7am and will park cars until approximately 10am. These members may be asked to fill in on other duties during the show.)

Registration: Claudia Cahill and Ruth Weiland. If they need help, Bob Briggs suggested his wife could pitch in.

Judging committee: Don Allen will chair the committee and will be assisted by members of the parking committee, if needed. Don will train the judges, supervise them on the day of the event and will insure that all cars are judged and judging ballots are tabulated.

Food Sales: Ken Weiland, Pat Hendryx, Al Bowron

50/50 Drawing: Frank Foglia

T-shirt sales: Dale Seiter, Glen Craigie and Regina Diorio

Pop up tents: Bob Briggs, Ron Cahill and Ken Weiland will bring pop up tents. These need to be in place at 7:30am on the day of the show.

Tables and chairs: Ken Weiland and possibly Glen Craigie

Trophy presentation: I will make some remarks and DJ Tiny and University Chevrolet owner Dennis Slater will do trophy presentations.

Bob Hendryx will be in touch will all committee members over the next two weeks for planning and preparation.

Here is what we still need: Gift certificates or prizes to giveaway. If anybody has any connections with any restaurants or store owners, please call Bob at 813-951-1722.

Also at the meeting, we celebrated Ken Weiland's birthday with cupcakes and singing of Happy Birthday, Bob Hendryx won the 50/50 drawing for the second straight month and donated winnings to the club, we sold some of the extra car plaques we ordered.

Thats it for now. If you were not at the meeting and can help with the car show in anyway, we need help with sponsorships, prizes, trophy donations, etc.

As always, your comments and suggestions are  welcome.

Bob Hendryx

813-951-1722

TBCCC January Meeting Report

As we look forward to 2010, let me thank all of our members for your participation and involvement in the Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club. A year ago we were an idea. Today, we are a real club. Although we have accomplished a lot in our short existence, we have bigger and better things in our future. I am grateful for what our group has been able to accomplish.

I was thrilled that Don and Carole Allen were in attendance! Don is recovering very nicely from his triple bypass and should be back to 100 percent very soon. Frank Foglia is also doing well. Hopefully Frank will be back in action at next month's meeting. He is planning on attending the Winter National in Cocoa Beach.

Many thanks to Claudia Cahill for filling in as Secretary at this month's meeting. Claudia did a great job and also helped with the 50/50 drawing. Dale Seiter will be back next month.

Car Plaques - I still have not heard back from the car plaque manufacturer, so I am assuming they may be on vacation.

CCI Winter National – February 4-7 Cocoa Beach, FL

For those who have not yet registered, you can still register online at http://www.classicchevy.com/car_shows.asp?site=TRI5&showid=31&page=1

Also, if you are interested in booking rooms, try contacting Jamie Hermes directly at the Holiday Inn at jhermes@internationalpalms.com.

JANUARY EVENTS

Saturday, January 9 - Visit Dallas Wellington in Zephyrhills - We will meet at 10am at the Chevron gas station on the southwest corner of the intersection of Route 60 and Highway 39. We will leave at 10:15am to cruise to Zephyrhills. We should arrive at Dallas Wellington's home at approximately 11am and will stay about an hour. We will then have lunch at the Village Inn.

Saturday, January 23 – TV show taping and club breakfast - We will meet at Danny Boys restaurant in Sun City Center at 9:30am. The restaurant is located at 3808 Sun City Center Blvd., in the same shopping center as the Home Depot, on the north side of the street, just a couple blocks east of I-75. We will then cruise to Ron Cahill's house, where Bill Mergens will take photos, video, etc. for a tv show that will be produced by Lance of Cruizin to the Hop car show fame.  Members who participate will get a DVD or CD copy of the show.  Broadcast date to be announced. 

Saturday, January 30 – Quaker Steak and Lube Car show - This is Lance's show, so there is $10 registration fee for those who want to be eligible for a trophy. Lance puts on a fantastic show and the wings are great. Even though I am on a diet, I will be eating the wings that day!  We will meet at 2pm at the Rally Gas Station at 12602 49^th street north and depart for the show at 2:15pm.  Please note that this schedule may change.  We may also be scheduling a visit to our friend Gil to see his automobilia collection on the same day, so watch for updates.

Saturday, Janaury 31 – Devereaux car show in Sarasota – This is not an official club event, but members may want to attend. It is a cruise-in only at the Westfield Sarasota Square Mall from 8am – 3pm. The mall is on US 41 just south of Clark Road.

FEBRUARY EVENTS

February 4-7 CCI Winter National, Cocoa Beach

February 27 – Bay Life Church Car Show, Brandon - We will meet at 8:30am at Ben's Family Restaurant, 704 E. Brandon Blvd for our monthly breakfast meeting. We will leave at 9:45am to caravan to the show.  The church puts on a great show and they do not preach to anyone, so everyone can feel comfortable attending. 

2010 Christmas Party - Ken and Ruth Weiland did a fantastic job with our Christmas party! We had a caterer and DJ Ed who make it a lot of fun. We are going to put the 2010 Christmas party on the calendar now, so make plans to attend Saturday, December 18^th. We will have the same format with lunch, DJ, then show at Plant City.

CLUB SHIRTS - Two new orders were taken for shirts. Must have four or more shirt orders before we can submit an order. Call Bob if you want a shirt. Shirts are $30 each and come in S/M/Lg/XL/XXL. Vented Hats are $16 each and Unvented are $19 each. (Unvented have the year of the car stitched on the back.)

Member Garage – I have a couple additions to do for the member garage on the website. When I do these, I would prefer to do several at once, if possible. So, if you have not yet submitted your member garage pictures and stories, please take a few minutes and get the information to me.

As always, if you have any suggestions, feel free to contact me at any time.

Lets get our cars out of the garage and have fun!

Bob Hendryx

813-951-1722

TBCCC Christmas Party at the Weiland's

    

Many thanks to Ken and Ruth Weiland for hosting the Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club Christmas Party!  The Weiland's provided the meat, coffee mug gifts and lots of other goodies to help make the party enjoyable.

October 17 - Lake Mirror Classic Car Show, Lakeland. Meet at Burger King at I-4 and McIntosh Rd at 6:45am. Leave at 7am for show.

 http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Dover&state=fl&address=4649+Mcintosh+Road

If you are going to this event, you should have received your packet from the show. You should have an entry pass for Gate 6. If you have something other than Gate 6, call Bob 813-951-1722.

October 24^th – Saturday, 9:30am - Breakfast meeting Snellgroves Restaurant, 109 S. Collins Plant City

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Plant+City&state=fl&address=109+S.+Collins

October 25th - Sunday, 2:30pm meet at the Rally Gas station 12602 49^th Street North, Clearwater and cruise to the Quaker Steak and Lube car show at 2:45pm. This is Lance's show and there is a $10 registration fee.

 http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Clearwater&state=fl&address=12602+49th+Street+North

 November 1 - Mason Dixon Best of best car show at Brighthouse field in Clearwater. $20 registration on-line registration only at this time. Register at

http://www.masondixonchristmaswishfund.com/

Call Bob if you need help registering online, 813-951-1722. This show is a must attend! A good cause and lots of great stuff to see.

November 15 – St. Petersburg Yacht Club car show

Enter the show area in the park at the corner of 1^st avenue N. and Beach Dr. We will pick a meeting place nearby and cruise to the show. We will plan to arrive at 8:30am. Register at

www.spyc.org/classic

February 4-7 CCI Winternational Cocoa Beach, FL

Online registration is available.

http://www.classicchevy.com/car_shows.asp?site=TRI5&showid=31&page=1

Call Bob if you need a printed registration form mailed to you.

We have established two “Helping Hands” teams to assist members with getting their classic cars repaired or running. I am coordinating the efforts of the Hillsborough County team and Tech Director Tom Dufour is in charge of the Pinellas County effort. The Hillsborough team will be assisting Lance Hayworth on his 55 in the coming weeks.

Ron Cahill's good luck continues. Not only does he win door prizes at most of Lance's shows, he has won the 50/50 drawing TWICE at our monthly meetings.

We continued our discussion about getting car plaques to hang from our rear bumpers. The club voted to pay the setup cost. Each individual member will pay for their own plaque. Details will be sent about the cost in a few days about the cost for each member who wants to purchase a plaque. Members who want a plaque should plan on bringing a check or cash to the November membership meeting.

Gordon Marks gave his tech presentation on air conditioning. He is the owner of Marks Air in Tampa and brings a wealth of air conditioning knowledge and experience to our club members. If you need help with Vintage Air, Classic Air or Factory original air conditioning, Marks Air has the knowledge and experience to help you complete your project. 813-988-1671.

If you have parts to buy or sell, send me an email so I can post it on the swap meet page.

If you have not yet submitted your member garage information about your car, please prepare your pictures and story so I can get your information on the TBCCC website.

We have a lot of events coming in the next few weeks and hopefully the weather will begin to cool off soon to make it more comfortable showing our cars. 

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to call.

Another successful Plant City Car Show

Many thanks to Ken Weiland who handed out flyers for us at the Plant City car show on Saturday, September 19th.  The Plant City Chamber of Commerce reserved a spot for our cars in the parking lot just south of the old train depot in downtown Plant City.  We were grateful for the shade we got from a palm tree on a very hot day!  Thankfully, the cooler and more comfortable weather will be coming soon.

Mike showed his 66, Don and Doug brought their 55's, Bob and Ed had their 57's and Dale Seiter and Lee Boswell came and joined in on the fun.  Jerry Adamson also came by and said hello and promised one of these days he will get his car out of the garage.  Ron Cahill's 56 was having a wiring issue, but should be running soon.  



    
Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club Business

Members should be submitting pictures and stories for the member garage area on the website. Call or email if you need assistance writing your story. 813-951-1722 I am generally available to help write a story Monday-Friday 9am-8pm. If I cant help you immediately, we will set up a later time. Members should submit information for any or all of the following website pages: