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APRIL 2017 Vol. XVI No. 2

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IN THIS ISSUE: 25TH ANNIV. SPRING KICK-OFF UPDATES • ARIZONA AUCTION RECAP ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER • 2017 CALENDAR UPDATES VINTAGE FOREIGN MARQUE CLUBS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST

Arrowhead Sports Car Club Metropolitans from Minnesota North Star British Iron (cycles) www.arrowheadscc.org www.metropolitansfromminnesota.com [email protected]

Auto Italia Minnesota Miata Club of Minnesota www. Pagoda Club of Minnesota www.meetup.com/auto-italia- miataclubmn.com 651-452-2807 Minnesota/ Midwest Sunbeam The Regulars Twin Cities Vintage Austin-Healey Club www.sunbeamalpine.org Scooter Club of Manitoba www.minnescoota.com Minnes02 (BMW 2002) www.ahcm.ca [email protected] Thunder Bay Vintage British Iron Society Sports Car Club tbvscc.ca Minnesota Austin-Healey Club of Greater Fargo www.mnhealey.com Triumph Drivers of Manitoba www.BritishIronSociety.com www.triumphdriversclub.com NEW! Minnesota Autosports Club Citroën Car Club of MN www.mnautox.com Stella del Nord Alfa Romeo www.citroenmn.com Owners Club Minnesota Land Rover Club Delorean Owners of MN groups. [email protected] mnlandrovers.org yahoo.com/neo/groups/mndmc/info Twin Cities VW Club Minnesota MG Group Fahr North: www.twincitiesvwclub.com Porsche 356 Group http://www.MN-MGGroup.org Vintage Eric Erickson 952-426-5024 Minnesota MG T Register www.vscr.org www.mnmgtr.org Club of America, Volvo Sports America Central States Region Minnesota United Minis (MUM) MINNESOTA CHAPTER http://www.fcacentralstates.org/ www.minnesotaunitedminis.com David Olson, ols on199-at-umn.edu Foreign Fords Minnesota Morgans BADGERLAND (WI) CHAPTER Jim Perry, james.perry -at- uwc.edu hocapri [at] yahoo [dot] com [email protected] Wheels of Italy Audi Club Glacier Lakes Minnesota Rolls Royce and wheelsofitaly.com audiclubglacierlakes.org Enthusiasts [email protected] ZOOM (Z Owners Of Minnesota) InterMarque Council facebook.com/groups/ZoomZcar [email protected] Minnesota SAAB Club www.mnsaabclub.org Jaguar Club of Minnesota Updates for web sites, email addresses, www.jaguarminnesota.org phone numbers, and meeting times and Minnesota Triumphs places (see calendar) are most appreciated. www.mntriumphs.org Lotus Eaters Clubs listed in are members of the [email protected] Nord Stern Porsche Club www.nordstern.org LOON (Lotus Owners Oftha North) [email protected] North Coast Borgward Club [email protected] Mercedes Benz Club This is an ever-evolving list. Any vintage-foreign club in the region is welcome to join the Twin Cities Section North Star BMW Car Club council. All we ask is that you show up for a www.mbca-tc.org www.northstarbmw.org few meetings and help out. Email us at [email protected] for details.

I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 2 BREAKFAST REMINDER Breakfasts on Saturday mornings APRIL 2017 are held at Elsie’s. 729 VOLUME XVI, ISSUE 2 Marshall Street N.E., Copyright 2017 Minneapolis, 55413. MANAGING EDITOR 8am start. Andy Lindberg PRODUCTION EDITOR Brian Cornell ARTICLE CONTRIBUTORS Dave Tobin, Dave Lindemann, PHOTO CONTRIBUTORS Dave Tobin, Dave Lindemann

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ON THE COVER: 1925 Type 35 Grand Prix which sold InterMarque! Vintage Foreign Motorcars of the Upper on the first day Midwest is on Facebook. Join the group and feel free to add of Gooding and to the site with pictures, stories, and announcements about Co.’s two day local Vintage Foreign motorcars and events. sale. Photo by https://www.facebook.com/groups/intermarque/ Dave Tobin.

I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 3 IN THE MIRROR & AROUND THE BEND INTERMARQUE EVENT CHAIR JOHN ENGSTROM We had a good meeting last Saturday and a lot of Kick-Off progress has been made so far. We have received some very nice dash plaques for the goody bags. We have Dave Tobin helping us with marketing because he knows of such things, he will be putting out press releases for major TV and newspapers as well as the smaller local papers as well. Todd Bjerknes, has helped us out by coordinating the show with some local auto dealers, repair shops and restoration shops as well as working with the Girl Scouts on voting for the peoples choice award. We plan on ordering T- Shirts for the show since this is the 25th year of the event. The T-Shirts will be moderately priced and can be reserved by letting us know sizes and amounts before the show. Just email [email protected] with a size and we’ll save you only. Only $10! The rally is still in the mix for the show and it’s a good time to just try one out. It’s set up to be an easy rally anyone can participate. Download the pdf at intermarque.org We will also be purchasing some additional banners to help direct vehicles into the event, hoping that this will alleviate some confusion on where to enter. Posters are available at Saturday Breakfasts and we urge you to attend breakfast, pick some up and see if you can put them up at local business or two so that the word gets out about the show. Besides that the breakfast is good and reasonable, we 25th Annual Spring Kick-Off: 2017 spend a lot of time eating and talking smart anyway. The beauty of this show is that it’s not only for the guys that show the cars but is also for other people to stop by and see the show and it gives car owners the ability to talk cars with ORDERArriving A 25TH ANNIV. SPRING KICK-OFF those who just come and stop by. EN MASSE since 1993! SHIRT FOR ONLY $10! Come, join us, have fun in a great setting, stores open, 100% COTTON restaurants open, craft fair in conjunction with the show. DARK W/ WHITE INK • S–XXL Want to help spread the word? There is a flyer in this SIMPLY EMAIL YOUR SIZE AND QUANTITY TO [email protected] and we’ll add issue. Feel free to print it out and post it around! Or come it to the order. These will be available for to our planning meeting at Elsie’s on April 1 (no foolin’) at pickup/payment at the May 13 event. 9am and pick up some hard copies. PDF is available for Sorry, but no shipping on this offer. download at InterMarque.org Shirt 1

I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 4 Arizona Auction Recap PHOTOS AND ARTICLE PROVIDED BY: Dave Tobin

ABOVE: Barrett Jackson in all its ‘Make America Great Again’ glory… you can just see a yellow Ferrari on the far right of the photo. I always look forward to auction week in Scottsdale, That’s the ‘stage’ where the cars roll over the block. There are some years when I’ve gone to where each January the Arizona desert becomes the this auction and never actually set foot in this center of the collector car world, where a couple of room where they actually sell the cars. There is enough outside to keep you busy. It’s wall- thousand cars sell for a few hundred million dollars. It to-wall people inside; it’s big and loud… not unlike a lot of the cars they sell. has always seemed like a much better place to sell a car than to buy a car, but you better have something really, really special if you expect to get big money. With the addition of ‘Worldwide Auctions’ event there were seven different auction companies this year, competing for everyone’s consignments and buying dollars: Barrett-Jackson, Russo and Steele, Silver Auctions, Gooding and Co., RM / Sotheby’s, Worldwide, and Bonhams. I’ve never attended the Silver auction and I didn’t make it to Worldwide, but I did make it to the others for both auction previews and on auction days. General overview of the Gooding and Co. auction preview. I make the trip each January with a friend I met in the local Mercedes- Benz club about eight years ago, David Steingas. David and his brothers bought their elderly mother a house in Phoenix a few years ago, where she can go to get away from the Minnesota winters. So when we go out for auction week we stay at her place. We are both huge car guys, but looking at cars, day after day, non-stop car stuff, for a whole week, even we get our fill by the time it’s time to come back home. What’s so fun about the whole thing is the sheer variety. You can find almost anything you can imagine, foreign or domestic, so it makes for a good ‘learning laboratory’ of vintage cars. There’s a huge variety of people, from the gazillionaires actually buying cars at RM and Gooding

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that cost millions of dollars to the working class guy sometimes, bordering on ridiculous. It isn’t unusual to buying his only hot rod at Barrett Jackson to the old see a no reserve offering at one of those sales sell for timer bidding on the Packard… just like the one he half the low estimate. In those cases… think about the remembers driving to prom, all those years ago (there consignor. aren’t many of those guys left!). The consignor gives up 10% of the hammer price to the I haven’t crunched the numbers this year, but at the auction company and walks away with a lot less than high-end auctions last year, in 2016, more than 70% he probably expected based on that estimate. That’s the of the cars sold did not meet the low end of their pre- risk of selling a car at auction. Why would you sell (or sale estimates. Here, I’m talking about the highest buy) a Mercedes 280SL at auction when there are so end auctions (Bonhams, RM / Sotheby’s, Gooding many on the market at any one time? It better be a really, and Co.). Barrett Jackson sells just about everything really special car to have any chance of actually walking without reserve. You can buy million dollar cars there, away with more money than you could probably have but you can also buy $3,500 cars. At what I consider pocketed had it been sold privately. The highest end the real ‘high end’ auctions, the venues where they sell sales don’t even let you put a reserve on most cars under less than 200 cars with average sale prices well into six a half a million dollars, they’re in the business of selling figures, the estimates are almost always aggressive, cars and the house always wins. It’s great fun to watch.

Here are some cars I thought the folks who read the Intermarque Monthly would enjoy seeing…

(Gooding and Co.) 1938 Jaguar SS 100 3 ½ liter – this Jag was one of my favorite cars of the week. It was well worn and had clearly been driven over the years. Restored a couple of times along the way perhaps, but not for a long time. According to the auction description, the alligator interior was installed in the mid 1950s. In 1951 its original engine was replaced with a race prepared XK120 engine, so it’s no wonder it has been driven and used for touring for the past 60+ years. Elegant and charming with pre War as well as post War race history… does it get any cooler? It was bid to $360,000 but did not meet reserve, so, the owner took it home with him. (Gooding and Co.) The entry way into the Gooding and Co. auction tents. 1925 Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix which sold on the first day of Gooding and Co.’s two day sale for $3,300,000 against an auction estimate of $2,600,000 - $3,200,000. Another example of a great car, a car you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else, going for more than its estimate.

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(Gooding and Co.) 1962 Morgan Plus 4 Drophead Coupe – I’ve always liked Morgans. My dad had a drophead coupe before I was born and I always looked at the photos of that car and wished he still had it. This car was of nice driver quality, not perfect, it had some interior wear and the paint wasn’t perfect, but it appeared to be a good, honest car. They only made a couple of hundred dropheads. I was surprised it sold for only $34,100; pre- sale estimate was $40,000 - $50,000. So, do the math… hammered sold for $31,000. Add 10% buyer’s premium and you get the $34,100 – the seller gets the hammer price, less 10%... so he went home with $27,900. (Gooding and Co.) 1959 MG A Twin-Cam Roadster – They only made 279 Twin Cam roadsters for the U.S. export market in 1959. I’ve always thought they were great looking with their Dunlop wheels and that engine… it really looks like something special when you open up the hood. While the engines were known to be hand grenades in their day, the handful of almost anything you can imagine, foreign or domestic, so it makes for a good ‘learning laboratory’ of vintage cars. There’s a huge variety of people, from the gazillionaires actually buying cars at RM and Gooding that cost millions of dollars to the working class guy buying his only hot rod at Barrett Jackson to the old timer bidding on the Packard… just like the one he remembers driving to prom, all those years ago (there aren’t many of those guys left!). (Gooding and Co.) 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster crosses the block at Gooding and Company. It sold for $1,034,000 against a pre-sale estimate of $1,100,000 - $1,300,000. The days of huge prices for any 300SL seem to be behind us. While they’ll always be desirable cars, prices seem to have settled down, like they have for just about everything, after a couple of years of, frankly, unsustainable gains in the market. 1958 Porsche 356 A Super Speedster – Barn finds seem to be all the rage these days. This car was more of a junker than a barn find. It didn’t really have an interior; it was rough, all the way around… not rusted out though, which is a key point. It sold for $341,000… a good deal more than its pre-sale estimate of $200,000 - $275,000. What’s really funny, is that there was a beautifully restored 356 A Speedster, a color changed car, now wearing black paint over red leather that also sold at Gooding and Co. for $341,000… the exact same amount as this car that is simply a starting point for a multi $100,000 restoration. CONT. ON PAGE 8>>

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(Barrett-Jackson) 1967 Mercedes-Benz 250 SL – This car was for sale right here at Sears Imports Mercedes-Benz in Minnetonka during the winter of 2013, for $39,000. The long-time lady owner from St. (Barrett-Jackson) 1970 Morris Minor Pick Up – Cloud traded it in there. About a year later it surfaced at This truck was English white w/ interior and a classic car dealer in south Florida with a few thousand cute as a button. All I could think of when I saw this more miles on it on sale for $79,000. Who knows if one was Mark Brandow and how he NEEDS this truck they ever sold it, but when I saw the tinted glass of to be his parts runner. We could probably buff off the the detachable hard top on this car from a distance I livery that’s on it now and stencil on ‘Quality Coaches’ thought… “No way, could it be?” and I checked the in a couple of hours. It sold for $13,200. serial number against photos I had taken of the car when it was at Sears and they matched. Sold at BJ for $42,900. That’s the meat grinder that is the collector car world sometimes… the car has traveled all over the country and ends up at about the same price as it was when it left the Cities.

(Barrett-Jackson) 1976 Bradley GT – It was late afternoon when we spied this Bradley GT in a row of ‘sold’ cars at Barrett-Jackson. The sun was hitting it just right to really show off its color that we eventually decided to call ‘bowling ball brown metallic’. The huge metallic flakes reminded us of a bass boat or, well, that bowling ball your neighbor used to take to league night. (Barrett-Jackson) 1962 MG A 1600 MK II Roadster Seriously though, of all the VW based cars of the ‘70s, – I must admit, I didn’t look at this car too closely. I’m after the Brubaker Box, the Bradley GT is my favorite. not sure how much it matters to MG folks and I’m not an What I didn’t know, until this particular afternoon, MG A expert, although I’ve been around a lot of them, was that they were made and sold out of the Bradley call me crazy, but I don’t believe British Racing Green facility in Plymouth, MN! We were looking at it and was ever available as a factory color on the MG A. You David said to me, ‘You know, a friend of mine used to see a lot of BRG As today, but I think that’s just because live next door to the guy who made these, they made they’ve been repainted. This car sold for $16,500, less them back home.’ I thought, ‘no way did these come than I would have expected for a decent looking MK II. CONT. ON PAGE 9 >> I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 8 I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 9 ARIZONA AUCTION RECAP CONT. FROM PAGE 8

out of Minnesota, they’ve got Southern California written all over them.’ A little research on my phone and it turns out that he was right; they were built in Plymouth, MN. Now I like them even more. This was as nice a Bradley as I can remember ever seeing, things fit together pretty well and the interior was nice. It sold for $7,700.

(Russo and Steele) 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia Wolfsburg Edition – These have been near and dear to my heart since I quit my first job after college (it was in an office and soul crushing), bought one of these and lived in it for 6 months while travelling the back roads of the United States. While this one had a really nice interior and all of its camping equipment intact, it also had a thick repaint and a Subaru engine (Russo and Steele) 1985 Maserati Quattroporte swap. Normally, I’d be all for the Subaru engine swap. As – Don’t laugh… I know Maseratis from the mid ‘80s my ’82 air cooled model only had 67 HP, a Subaru boxer aren’t necessarily on everyone’s short list, but if you engine swap is a great thing, but this van didn’t run. As ever wanted a Quattroporte this was the one to have. it was pushed over the block they announced that ‘It was It is, by far, the nicest one I’ve ever seen. It was said running yesterday’… well, that doesn’t help today now, to have just 28,436 original miles and after inspecting does it? It still managed to sell for $9,625 which feels like it closely, I believe it. The interior of these cars is good money for a non-running Westfalia. amazing. The seats are like pillowy leather couches. While most are cracked and in bad shape, the seats in this car were perfect. The Anthracite Grey paint was (Russo and excellent, it had service records, and $2,000 was recently Steele) Why spent on the A/C system. Crazy. It must be one of the does this nicest left on the planet. Secretly, I’ve always loved make no these. After college I lived in downtown Chicago and sense? there was a silver one that would be parallel parked on the street, year ‘round. Rain, snow, whatever, it never moved, I wanted to rescue it so badly. Luckily I could Tune in next month when I’ll go over some of the cars never figure out who owned it so I could never make found at the RM / Sotheby’s and Bonhams sales, photos an offer. At whatever the buy price was, it would have from a private collection I visited while in Scottsdale and been only the cost of admission on what surely would more! have been the pit of all money pits. This is the kind of car that the only one you can afford to buy is the best in the world as you’ll never be able to put a bad one right Dave Tobin is the founder of the Walleye 1000 Vintage Rally, the editor of the SL Market Letter and operates Collector again. The Giugiaro styling will grow on you… really, Car Consultants, LLC – helping enthusiasts buy, sell and it will... from the guy who designed the DeLorean, the trade collector cars of all kinds. Get in touch – email dave@ BMW M1, even the VW Scirocco. It sold for $25,850. daveknowscars.com – www.daveknowscars.com

I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 8 I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 9 One thing leads to another… MG SEAT RECONDITIONING PHOTOS AND ARTICLE PROVIDED BY: Dave Lindemann

Removing the old carpet from the tunnel involved a hammer and chisel! The first step was to remove the seats which was no big deal – undo 8 bolts and they were out. This gave me an opportunity to look at the seat bottoms and the cushions. Surprisingly, the foam looked to be in decent shape. I expected to find a mouse nest or two but all I saw was old, deteriorating foam and a couple of broken straps on the bottom webbing. I ordered new seat bottom webbing and was ready to go…but wait…gee that carpet really looks bad… I expected to find a mouse nest or two but all I saw was old, deteriorating foam and a couple of broken I ordered a new carpet set. How hard can it be to install a new carpet set straps on the bottom webbing. that is “cut from original factory patterns”? The first step was to pull the old stuff out. It was dirty, dry-rotted and pretty nasty. I was afraid of what I would find under it but other than a few coins, a small amount of surface rust and some bare metal the floors were solid—relief! The tunnel was covered with some black tar-like material and some insulation that was deteriorated. I decided it all had to go. Removing it was much more difficult and time consuming than expected (isn’t everything with an old British car?). After a few hours the tunnel was bare. Yup, it took a hammer and chisel to get it off! Carpet as it looked prior to removal and a piece of the new carpet next to the old. (photo above)

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Next step was to remove the remaining “sticky” adhesive, sand and paint all of the bare metal with Rustoleum. Yes, I know it is a poor color match but it will all be under the new carpeting. I figured the tunnel was covered for a reason so a little bit of Dynamat and we’re back in business!

Ready for new carpet! Wait, not yet…I tried trial fitting A fresh coat of Rustoleum for under the carpet and the darn roll bar, which is bolted to the the carpet and some Dynamat! Roll bar reboot while I was in body, is going to make it tough to get a nice fit because there. New hardware and paint! holes would have to be cut in just the right spot to make it look decent – I’m not that good with a scissors. So, out comes the roll bar! Well, now I’m looking at the roll bar mounting hardware and it looks terrible so what to do…..clean up the mounting plates, paint them, and buy new hardware of course!

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Back to carpeting – the new rear deck carpeting was wheel, some sanding and painting and they are ready glued in place and now I’m ready to re-install the roll to be installed. bar. The bar appears in good shape, no corrosion, A bit more spray adhesive and some fiddling with just some scuffed paint from the seatbelts rubbing on getting the carpet to fit but the project was coming them until I look at the bottom of the mounting plates. along. One issue I ran into was the cut-out for the There is some old adhesive from the carpet, some bare shifter. It was WAY off – metal and a bit of surface corrosion. I can’t re-install them looking like that can I? A bit of work on the wire Here is the new carpet with a very narrow cut-out for the shifter versus the one that came out of the car. The original carpet was designed to fit on top of the shifter boot

Here is the rear deck with and mounting carpet installed along with plate which I the seat belts and roll bar. thought was a strange way of doing it. So, after cutting, trial fitting, cutting, trial fitting again, etc. the carpet is now under the shifter boot and mounting plate which I think gives it a cleaner look. Oh, and I wanted a cup holder so I can The finished product along have my coffee on the way to the Intermarque breakfast with a new center console. each Saturday so I added the center console. Now to start working on those seats! All of the interior trim panels were removed and cleaned as best I could. Also, all of the panel mounting fasteners were replaced with chrome screws with integral beauty rings. The interior is back together and it looks pretty good if I do say so myself. The only thing missing is the seats….. I guess I got distracted because I think that is where all of this started!

Special thanks to Dave for sharing this story. If you have vintage-foreign themed trip, adventure, or musing to share we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your Word file to [email protected] for consideration.

I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 12 Have something you want to sell? Looking for? Share? Listings run free for 3 months or until we hear otherwise. Email your description, photos and contact info to: BULLETIN BOARD [email protected]

FOR SALE: 1972 CITROEN 2CV 28 hp 602cc engine. Less than 2,000 miles since body off restoration and less than 1,000 miles on an engine professionally rebuilt in the Netherlands and installed in the Twin Cities. And just a few minutes since the smiles and questions. Full documentation available. $22,000. Contact Orie at (612) 867 5084 or [email protected].

25th Annual Spring Kick-Off: 2017

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ONGOING

Multi-Marque Breakfast EVERY* SATURDAY MORNING! 8 a.m., Elsie’s Restaurant Bar and Bowling, 729 MarshallStreet N.E., Minneapolis, MN 55413. Everyone is invited! Special room for the auto-afflicted. Attendance on recent Saturdays has been twenty to thirty or more. Women are invited every Saturday but the second Saturday of every month is Lady’s Day. All marques and nationalities invited. Map to the Elsie’s at http://elsies.com

East Ender’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Now gathering at the The Brookside Bar and Grill in downtown Marine on St Croix on the first and third Saturdays at 9am. Brookside has outside tables, plenty of parking, and great Bloody Marys (for those who are so inclined). Feel free to post comments on the InterMarqe Facebook page.

1 P.M. CHEROKEE PARK Sunday ON THE WEST SIDE IN ST. PAUL BRING A DISH TO SHARE. Picnics! IF IT RAINS IT’S CANCELLED.

June 25: Hosted by the MN Austin-Healey Club July 30: Hosted by MN MG Group August 27: MN United Minis (MUM) September 24: Open

March 11-19, Twin Cities Auto Show, Minneapolis April 1 & 2, Twist and Shout Seminar, Quality Coaches, Convention Center. Classic Car Walk on second floor. 20 West 38th St., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Join the March 18, Open House at the Toy Box, 50 9th Ave NE, renowned John Twist for a two-day event on the MG. Minneapolis, 55413 10am-2pm. Donation at the door John will host a rolling technical session on Saturday, supports THE TEAM from Special Olympics April 1. A follow-up seminar on Sunday will be a topic MN. A rare chance to see a world class vintage Porsche selected by attendees. RSVP necessary. 612-824-4155. collection and some of the finest wooden boats in existence! April 22, Midwest Motorsports Open House, 728 8th March 19, Chicagoland All British Swap Meet and Ave. S., Sauk Rapids, Minnesota 56379. Open house/tech Autojumble, Dupage County Fairgrounds, Wheaton, session starts at 9:00 a.m.; lunch at noon. Info: 320-251- Illinois. 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Free parking, $5 admission, 0676, sportscarguys.com vendor space available. Info: www.britishcarswap.info April 22, Vintage Sports Car Racers Swap Meet, March 25?, Special Interest Auto Open House, Quality Coaches, 20 West 38th St., Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Minnesotaa. Info: jaguarminnesota.com Minnesota.

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HAVE AN EVENT TO SHARE? We’re always happy to add new events (or update current listings). Send additions, deletions and corrections to [email protected]

May 13, Intermarque Spring KickOff, Downtown June 10-11, Walleye 1000, HALF FULL! A 500-600 Osseo, MN. 9 AM to 2 PM. Celebrating 25 years of rain, mile tour starting Saturday morning in the Twin Cities, shine and snow, don’t cha know. All vintage foreign cars Minnesota area. Put some fun miles on that old car you and bikes are welcome. British, French, German, Italian, probably don’t drive enough anyhow. Saturday night in Japanese, Czech, etc. First 200 cars to register at the La Crosse, Wisconsin. Info: walleye1000.com event receive a free 25th Anniversary commerative dash June 11, Merlin’s Rest’s 5th Annual All-British Car plaque. Info: intermarque.org show. Noon-4 (parking can start at 10 AM) & again is May 19-21, SVRA Spring Vintage Festival, Road part of their annual block party. The block party goes America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. More laid-back until 8 PM. Stay for all or just the show. Dancing, bands, and less pretentious than the July vintage event. Walk bag pipers, food and family fun! Ask anyone who has through the pits. Talk to the many upper Midwest been to the show! FFI contact Merlin’s Rest or Rex drivers. Info: roadamerica.com ([email protected]) May 27, Spring Chicken Drive, A tour of Wisconsin’s June 16-18, Back to the ‘50s, Minnesota State rolling hills and twisty roads. Meet at the Family Fresh Fairgrounds. Hosted by the Minnesota Street Rod Market in Hudson before the mandatory drivers’ meeting Association. at 9 AM sharp. See flyer in this issue. Rsvp to Diane June 17, Amery Airport Autocross/Speed run, Amery, Rindt by May19. [email protected] or 715-379- Wisconsin. Hosted by the Minnesota Austin-Healey 6001 Club. Info: mnhealey.com May 27-28, Harvey West Memorial Day Classic, June 24, 25th Annual Coulee Classic, Maiden Rock Brainerd International Raceway. Sponsored by VSCR Village Park, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin. 10:00 AM to 6:15 and SCCA/LOL PM. An easy all-paved Monte Carlo style rally using the June 1-4, Race to the Rapids, Rendezvous 2017, sports car roads in Wisconsin’s coulee country. Run it as Grand Rapids, MN, USA. Sugar Lake Lodge. 800- a timed event or just ignore the timing and drive it as one 450-4555. Hosted by the Minnesota Austin-Healey of the best tours that you’ve driven. Info: Meetup | Auto Club. Thursday afternoon registration 3:00-7:30 Italia p.m. Welcoming hospitality at the lodge 8 p.m. Friday June 25, Intermarque Picnic, Cherokee Park, St. Paul, Gymkhana at the Grand Rapids Airport at 9 a.m. 4-7 MN. 1:00PM. Bring a chair and a dish to share. June p.m. “Sweet Sixteen” Downtown Car Show benefiting picnic hosted by the Minnesota Austin-Healey Club. the local Boy Scouts troop. Saturday morning the Fun Rally starts in front of Sugar Lake Lodge where you’ll June 30, Blackhawk Farms Raceway Track Day, 15538 get your Rendezvous Prairie Rd, South Beloit, IL. Hosted by the Chicago Alfa 2017 commemorative photos taken, followed by a Romeo Owners Club and the Austin Healey Club of challenging but enjoyable drive. Afternoon highlights America Midwest. Additional participants of all makes include a Lakeshore Show & Shine, Wine & Cheese and models welcome! Roll bar not required. Info: www. Party and Tech Sessions. The evening’s happy hour caroc.com or www.healeyclub.org and awards dinner will cap weekend activities. Info and registration: mnhealey.com June 10, Tom & June’s 50th , 910 Ridge Pass, Hudson, Wisconsin. A picnic celebrating fifty years of marital and fifty-plus years of automotive bliss. Info: tcmoerke@ pressenter.com

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July 1, Blast from the Past Car Show, Chetek, Wisconsin. August 19, Royal British Car Show, Jaguar Minneapolis, Info: Steve or Diane Rindt 715-456-1174 8905 Wayzata Blvd., Golden Valley, Minnesota July 12-15, 2017 MOCNA International Meet August 26, Amery Airport Autocross/Speed run, Amery, (Metropolitan Owners’ Club of North America), Wisconsin. Hosted by the Minnesota Austin-Healey Club. Minneapolis, MN. Visit the MOCNAwebsite for details! Info: mnhealey.com http://mocna.us/ August 27, Intermarque Picnic, Cherokee Park, St. Paul, July 15, Scottish Fair and Highland Games Eagan, MN. 1:00PM. Bring a chair and a dish to share. Hosted by MN. Please visit the website to see car show info and MUM–MN United Minis. all the wonderful things that will be going on. www. mnscottishfair.org/ September 9, Wheels and Wings, Simenstad Municipal Airport, Osceola, Wisconsin. More a Wing show and a July 19-23, Fiat FreakOut, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fiat muscle car parking lot. Big news: Last year there was free Club of America national convention. Info: fiatclubamerica. admission to the car show. com September 10?, Wayzata Rotary Motorsports Show, July 20-23, Weathertech International Challenge with Minnetonka Avenue, Wayzata, Minnesota. An impressive Brian Redman, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. gathering of foreign and American vehicles. This is the biggest vintage race in this part of the world. September 15-17, VSCDA Elkhart Lake Vintage Over 400 racers. Feature races this year are CAN-AM. Car Festival, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. In shows in downtown Elkhart Lake Friday and Saturday addition to watching the races and touring the pits, on night. Info: roadamerica.com Saturday fans can see a tour on almost the original ‘50s road July 30, 10,000 Lakes Concours d’Elegance, Excelsior, course. Info: roadamerica.com Minnesota. Not Pebble Beach, but a very nice location and September 22-24, Waumandee Hill Climb, Waumandee, many interesting cars at a much lower entry price. Info: Wisconsin. Hosted by the Minnesota Austin-Healey Club. 10000lakesconcours.com Info: mnhealey.com July 30, Intermarque Picnic, Cherokee Park, St. Paul, September 24, Intermarque Picnic, Cherokee Park, St. MN. 1:00PM. Bring a chair and a dish to share. July picnic Paul, MN. 1:00PM. Bring a chair and a dish to share. hosted by the Minnesota MG Group. September 30?, Intermarque Banquet?, Elsie’s?, August 12, BritFest, Hudson, Wisconsin. Hosted by the Minneapolis, MN. More details later. Maybe. Minnesota MG Group. Info: mn-mggroup.org August 12, New London to New Brighton Antique Car Run, A 120-mile tour between its namesake cities for 1908 and earlier vehicles. The lunch stop in Buffalo is a fun viewing spot. Info: antiquecarrun.org

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Audi Club Glacier Lakes, Most months there is a Minnesota Triumphs Monthly Meeting, second Third Thursday gathering with time & date announced at Thursday of the month (except Nov. & Dec.), 7:00 p.m., audiclubglacierlakes.org Ol’ Mexico restaurant, Lexington and Larpenteur, St. Paul Austin-Healey Club of Manitoba, Regular monthly Stella del Nord (Alfa Romeo) Monthly pizza Club meetings on the 1st monday of each month, 7:30 pm. and wine gathering, second Monday of the month. except when monday falls on a long weekend, then it is the Contact Ed Solstad for time and location. 612-822-0569 or next monday. No meeting in December. Also check our [email protected] website for the meeting locations as well as various other events, breakfast drives etc. during the summer months, The Regulars, twin cities vintage scooter club see www.ahcm.ca Semimonthly gathering (weather permitting). First and third Sunday of the month, 2:00 p.m., Pizza Luce, Arrowhead Sports Car Club Monthly Meeting, Lyndale and 32nd, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Info: www. second Thursday of the month, 7:00 p.m., 4767 West minnescoota.com Arrowhead Road, Hermantown, Minnesota. Info: www. arrowheadscc.org Thunder Bay Vintage Sports Car Club Monthly general meeting Third Thursday of the month 7pm British Iron Society Informal gathering, 8 am at the Slovak Legion, 801 Atlantic Ave. Thunder Bay, every Saturday morning at the Fry-n Pan, Fourth and Main, Ontario. Sept. to May, in the summer we drive! www. beautiful downtown Fargo, North Dakota. Info: mail@ tbvscc.ca britishironsociety.com Triumph Drivers of Manitoba Monthly Fahr North Gathering EVERY 3RD THURSDAY, meetings, open to interested parties, are held on the 5pm. Club Jaeger: 10th & Washington Avenue North, second Thursday of each month at the Irish Club, 654 Minneapolis Mostly Porsches guys, but all are welcome. Street, second floor at 8:00 p.m., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Contact : Eric Erickson 952-426-5024 Canada. Info: www.britishcar.ca Mercedes Benz Club of America, Twin Cities Twin Cities VW Club Monthly meeting, first Section Informal dinner and discussion, first Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., West Side VW, St. Wednesday of the month, 6:30 p.m., Lion’s Tap Restaurant, Louis Park, Minnesota. Meeting usually lasts 30 to 45 Hwy 212 and Cty Rd 4, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Info: 952- minutes. Info: www.twincitiesvwclub.com 829-0848 ZOOM Datsun/Nissan Z Owners. 1st Monday of the Minnesota Austin-Healey Club Pie and/or Pint month 6:30 pm (locations vary) For details join https:// With the President, first Wednesday of the month, www.facebook.com/groups/ZoomZcar/ 7:00 p.m. or before. Joseph’s Grill, 140 South Wabasha, Saint Paul, MN. Info: www.mnhealey.com Minnesota MG T Register MG Luncheons, every Tuesday, 11:15 a.m. American Legion, 6501 Portland Avenue, Richfield, Minnesota. Info: Steve Blomberg 612- 869-8264 [email protected] Minnesota SAAB Club Monthly Meeting First Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., Dover in the Double Tree Hotel, 1500 Park Place Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55416 Chris Luick 612 250 6788 or www.mnsaabclub.org MUM: Minnesota United Minis at irregular times and locations. Check out our Facebook page.

I nterMarque Monthly, April 2017 PAGE 17 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

InterMarque Monthly is a volunteer-driven, 10 issue/yr publication, that provides the upper midwest’s vintage foreign motoring clubs and enthusiasts with an outlet to organize/publicize events. Our mission is to make it easier to recognize and celebrate the amazingly diverse import community our region has to offer! From Austin to Z!

We accept almost any kind of vintage foreign event coverage. Including: event profiles/recaps, maint. tips, restoration/barn find stories, marque/model-specific profiles and “out and abouts.”

Please submit items to [email protected] for consideration. Issues are published on the 15th of the month prior. Submissions due by the 5th of the month prior. Helpful hints are provided below.

FEATURE STORIES: STORY LENGTH: 500-1000 words PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: Must be your own or have permission from the photographer! Copyrighted material submitted from the web will not be accepted. 4-6 photos should be provided at a medium size. MUST HAVE CAPTIONS. Please provide captions that align to the photo names. Captions should include at a minimum the year/make of car, the owner, and any other relevant info pertinent to the photo.

OUT AND ABOUTS: STORY LENGTH: 50-250 words plus event date/host/location. PHOTO REQUIREMENTS: 2-3 photos. See restrictions above.

CLASSIFIED LISTINGS: FREE for 3 months then we pull them. Must be vintage foreign related and be located within the upper midwest. Up to 3 photos and no more than a 50 word description with contact info. The Monthly reserves the right to edit as needed to fit.

CALENDAR LISTINGS: FREE, but focused specifically on events that are OPEN TO vintage I nterMarque Monthly, foreign motorcars. You may also submit a PDF of a flyer for inclusion in the back of the issue. To help manage the flyer load, we post these April 2017 PAGE the month prior to your event.

18 ALL SUBMISSIONS DUE BY THE 5TH OF THE MONTH PRIOR. SUBMIT TO: [email protected]

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Saturday May 27, 2017 Join us on the first drive of the season. Travel on some of the most beautiful country roads in Wisconsin with rolling hills, spectacular bluffs, scenic rivers and picturesque countryside. All roads will be paved and are guaranteed to be full of twist and turns.

 Saturday morning meet at the Family Fresh Market parking lot in Hudson, WI at Address: 2351 Coulee Rd, Hudson WI, 54016 Arrive early to get a cup of coffee and a sweet roll at the Caribou Coffee Shop.

 The drivers meeting will be at 9:00am sharp! Every car will receive easy to read detailed directions that are spouse friendly.

 Our lunch destination will be The Six String Saloon in Maiden Rock, WI Lunch choices: Pulled Pork Sandwich, Chicken Sandwich or Hamburger. Prices start as low as $6.50 Pay your server that day but please R.S.V.P. to Diane Rindt by May 19th with food choice and how many attending – email [email protected] or call 715-379-6001.

 After lunch, socialize as long as you like. There is no organized drive to return home. Your trip will be simple, follow HWY 35 North back to Hudson. Registration Discounts Done April 20 Discounts Gone @ Midnight Minnesota Time April 20 Don’t miss it! Airport Autocross Rally Downtown Car Show Lakeside Car Show Tech Sessions Wine & Cheese Party Awards Dinner See you @ “Race to the Rapids” Register @ www.mnhealey.com/rendezvous If you registered online earlier but did not complete the payment process, all payments for discounted rates must be received by midnight CDT April 20. To register online, fill out required registration information and click the Submit Button on the bottom of that page. Then, a second page will pop up and click the Online Checkout Button at the bottom of that page. That prompts the page where credit card information may be entered. 27th Annual Can/Am Rendezvous June 1-4, 2017 Vintage Sports Car Gathering Grand Rapids, Minnesota Host: Minnesota Austin-Healey Club Weekend Schedule Thursday -- Registration: 3-7:30 p.m. Hospitality: 8-9:30 p.m. Friday -- Registration: 8 a.m.- Noon, Airport Autocross, Self-Guided Tours, Downtown Car Show Saturday -- Fun Rally, Lakeshore Show & Shine, Wine & Cheese Party, Awards Dinner Sunday -- Breakfast & Goodbyes ON-LINE REGISTRATIONS PREFERRED @ www.mnhealey.com/rendezvous

Name ______Spouse/Guest______(PRINT LEGIBLY first and last name/names as they should appear on badges)

Street______City______

State/Province/PostalCode______

E-mail address ______Phone______(Include e-mail address if you want a confirmation of registration – none will be sent otherwise.)

Club Name ______

Vehicle/s to be registered: Yr.______Make______Model ______

Yr.______Make______Model______

On-line Registration $75 Mail-in Registration $80 After April 20: $90 (All fees in U.S. $$s) $______(Registration includes one vehicle, two adults, one child under 18 & one free event ball cap)

Each additional person: $5.00 x______$______

Each additional vintage car: $5.00 x______$______

Extra ball caps: $15.00 x______$______

Wine & Cheese Party: $15.00/person $______

Awards Dinner tickets: $40.00/person x ______$______

SIGN ME UP FOR: Autocross ___ Downtown Car Show ___ Rally ___ Total $______

IF MAILING REGISTRATION, make checks payable to Minnesota Austin-Healey Club (U.S. $$s) Send completed form to: Greg Lauser, W12349 694th Ave., Prescott, WI 54021 Registration questions to: [email protected] Cancellations before April 20 are subject to a $15.00 fee. No refunds after April 20.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: Sugar Lake Lodge at [email protected] or call 1-800-450-4555 or 1-218-327-1462

Other Grand Rapids Lodging: AmericInn. 1-218-326-8999 Super 8, 1-218-327-1108 Sawmill Inn, 1-800-667-7508 (Special Group Rate $79/night for Rendezvous) Timberlake Lodge, 1-866-800-2200

The 25 th Annual Coulee Classic Rally Saturday, June 24th, 2017

An easy all-paved Monte Carlo style rally using the excellent sports car roads running through Wisconsin’s ultra-scenic coulee country.

The easy to follow instructions and timing at its most straightforward make this an excellent choice for those new to rallying while the roads are guaranteed to keep the most experienced rallyists entertained. Run it as a timed event or just ignore the timing and drive it as one of the best tours that you’ve driven. We guarantee that you’ll see roads that you never dreamed existed in the Upper Midwest.

Meet at: Maiden Rock Village Park, on the shores of Lake Pepin in Maiden Rock, WI. Arrive early: The Smiling Pelican Bake Shop has a full line of breads and sweets – perfect for that mid-morning coffee and snack!

Registration: 10:00 to 10:45 AM

First Car Out: 11:01AM, First Car In: 4:46PM

Ends with: Pizza at the Stone Barn, Nelson, WI. http://www.nelsonstonebarn.com/

Cost: Day of the event: $15-Italian cars, $20-Others; Pre-registration by 6/25: $10-Italian cars, $15-Others; AROC-Free if you RSVP by 6/20 and drive your Alfa.

Classes: Equipped, stock, and stock novice in both modern (1991-on) and historic (pre 1991).

Rallymaster: Ed Solstad, home phone: (612) 822-0569 e-mail: [email protected]

Please RSVP at www.meetup.com/Auto-Italia-Minnesota/ or RSVP to rallymaster by Wed., June, 22nd.

Presented by: The Stella del Nord Chapter of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club

WE WILL HAVE AN AREA TO DISPLAY “OTHER MAKES” AT THIS EVENT ON SATURDAY.

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