TBCCC August 2010 meeting report The TBCCC met at Perkins Restaurant, Wednesday, August 4 at 7pm. Don Allen gave a report on the Music City Classic Chevy Show. Don said the event was well attended and had an extremely fun atmosphere. The CCI State Directors have decided to put on the show again in 2012. Don Also reported on the CCI Winter National to be held in Orlando on February 10-13, 2011. The host hotel is the Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa. We will discuss club participation in the Winter National at the September club meeting. Judging by the hotels website, this will be a much better venue for the Winter National than last years host hotel. The hotel offers multi-bedroom suites that could offer our members substantial savings if they want to share a suite. I spoke with University Chevrolet concerning the reopening of the business as a Chevrolet dealership. The presentation has been made to General Motors seeking approval and the owners hope to hear back from GM within the next few weeks. I will have another update on the status of University Chevrolet at the September meeting. No money was spent by the club last month. Fred Brewer was not on hand to give a treasurers report. New car plaques have been ordered and are expected to be delivered in the month of August. Saturday, August 7 - Winter Haven Car Show Members will meet at the Chevron gas station at the intersection of Route 60 and highway 39 just south of Plant City at 2:45pm and will leave at 3pm to meet Don Allen at the Lowe's on Route 17 in Winter Haven at 3:55pm. Don will escort the group to the downtown car show location. Bob will be out of town so Ron Cahill and/or Ken Weiland will be in charge of the event. Here is a map from the meeting location to Lowes in Winter Haven: Ron Cahill 813-434-7035 Ken Weiland 813-752-7990 Don Allen 863-604-3148 Winter Haven makes an excellent car show location with plenty of shades, nice restaurants and lots of cars to enjoy. August 21 Follow the Leader – Fred Brewer will be the leader for the inaugural Follow the Leader event. Details coming in a future email and on the website. Please make your calendar for the date and keep it open so our TBCCC families can spend some time together that afternoon/evening. We will meet and cruise together to a restaurant of Fred's choosing. Meeting location to be announced soon, so watch your email. If you receive TBCCC updates via mail, call Bob the week preceding the event for details. September Events Saturday September 18 2:45pm Plant City Car Show. Meet at the First Baptist Church parking lot on the corner of Baker Street and Palmer Street in downtown Plant City. We will cruise together to the car show location at 3pm. We will plan the remainder of our September events at the September TBCCC membership meeting on Wednesday, September 1 at 7pm at Perkins Restaurant, Fowler and 50th across from MOSI. October Events October 9 TBCCC Picnic Fort Desoto Park October 16th Bill Mergens show in Anna Maria Island
Happy Anniversary!
It's hard to believe, but the Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club has celebrated it's first anniversary! We first had discussions with Don Allen 3 years ago, then got sidetracked with the BelAir restoration before finally working to get the club started.
One year ago, many of us met for the first time at the Plant City car show to begin organizing the Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club. A year later, our club numbers apprxoximately 60 families and we celebrated at the 13th anniversary of the Plant City car show, Saturday, April 17th. This also marks the day that our newly elected Pinellas County Director Dale Seiter drove his first 57 Chevy!
Thank you to Dale for driving my Nomad to the Plant City show!
Newly elected Vice President and New Membership Chairman Ron Cahill and his wife Claudia did on outstanding job of putting together our membership display! Ron, Bob Hendryx, Al Bowron, Ron Moore, Chuck Palusak, Vinny Villano and others handed out club flyers and business cards and spoke to prospective new members.
Our newest members, J. R. Russell and his wife are from my hometown, Battle Creek, Michigan, joining the club at the Plant City show.
Rodger Gooch's wife is also from Battle Creek, so the Cereal City has contributed 4 members to the Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club. We have several other former Michiganders.
Ron and Claudia Cahill's '56 Chevy
Bob and Pat Hendryx 57 Nomad
Bob and Pat Hendryx 57 Bel Air
Ken and Ruth Weiland's 55 Chevy Congratulations to Ruth on becoming our club's new secretary!
Ron Moore's 57 Corvette
Al Bowron's 71 Chevy
TBCCC University Chevrolet All Chevy Car Show A Huge Success!
Chuck Palusak's 56 Chevy
John and Millie Hayn's 64 Chevy
One of our newest members, Ken Hornung, attended his first official TBCCC event with his 57 Chevy
Frank Foglia also attended the event with his 64 Chevy, but we didn't get a picture before he had to leave. Peter Gonzalez came later and parked in a different location. Mike Lewis, Richard Diorio, Lee Boswell and Doug Ward also attended the event.
Many thanks to all who have participated in our club during its first year and to all those who will help our club achieve bigger and better things in the future!
Before the show, I told anybody who asked that I would have been happy with a total of 70 or 80 cars and 100 cars would have been an overwhelming success. Our promotion efforts were hampered by unending cold and rainy weather and it even rained for a solid two days before the event. The turnout of 154 registered cars and dozens more non-registered vehicles was a tribute to the hard work of everyone in our club!
To see the wrap up story on Channel 10, clink here:
http://www.studio10.tv/video/segment.aspx/105136/100719/University_Chevrolet/Classic_Cars.asx
To see pictures of the event, click the All Chevy Car Show link at the left.
University Chevrolet All Chevy Car and Truck Show
Best of Show Winner
Al Raynor, Tampa 1936 Chevy Coupe
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: Member garage. Several pictures and paragraphs of your car. Wrenchin'. A couple pictures and a couple paragraphs of your project Swap Meet. Post your parts for sale or parts needed. You can email or mail your pictures and stories. We can scan regular film pictures to post on the website. Feel free to contact me at anytime with your comments or suggestions. Bob Hendryx
Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club Business
Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club
813-951-1722
Chevy Club Elects Officers
President - Bob Hendryx, Valrico
Vice President - Ron Cahill, Sun City Center
Secretary - Ruth Weiland, Dover
Treasurer - Fred Brewer, Brandon
Director/Hillsborough County - Frank Foglia, Apollo Beach
Director/Pinellas County - Dale Seiter, Pinellas Park
Tech Director - Tom Dufour , Port Richey
Thank You to Peter Gonzalez for his help in constructing the Tampa Bay Classic Chevy Club
website!
