Western Region LCOC Confab – 201302
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TINENT ON AL C O D W N N A E Lincoln and R Lincoln and N L S C O C FOUNDED L CONFAB U N 1955 CONFAB I B L Continental WESTERN REGION Western Region Lincoln and Continental Owners Club Publication Volume 42 No 2, February, 2013 The first major LCOC Western Region event of the year kicked-off on Sunday, February 10 at the Proud Bird Restaurant near the Los Angeles International Airport. It started with a board meeting followed by brunch, and then a trip to the Automobile Driving Museum to view their beauti- ful collection and ride in several of the classics from the collection. Region Director Stacy Roscoe tells the full story and more on Page 2 of this issue. Reprinted here and throughout the issue are photos of the event taken by Western Region members and cars at the Proud Bird. Jim Ayres and John Walcek. Automobile Driving Museum Tour ( Continued on Page 2) Mike Moreno with his 1963 Lincoln Continental Sedan. Robert Ratinoff with his 1961 Lincoln Continental Convert Larry and Karen Slozer with their Nineties Towncar. Loren Kalin with his 1957 Continental Mark II. C ONTINENTAL C ONFAB • F EBRUARY 2013 • 1 Board of Managers Director’s message & Officers LCOC Director’s message Western Region The LCOC Western Region kicked-off 2013 in style! On Sunday, February 10th, almost 60 Board of Managers Western Region members and guests gathered at the Proud Bird Restaurant, right at the end of the Shirley Richards................2013 Stacy Roscoe....................2013 runway at Los Angeles International Airport, for Jim Ayres...........................2013 a fabulous brunch. We then proceeded to the Jeremy Sanford.................2014 Automobile Driving Museum to view their Bruce Hutchinson..............2014 beautiful collection and ride in several of the Bob Reed..........................2014 classics from the collection. Mike Cunningham.............2015 Carol Reniger....................2015 We cannot thank Jim Ayres enough for the Tom McCarthy...................2015 incredible work he put into the planning and execution of this event. The club historically has gathered in February for the Director first big club event of the year, and this has normally been a very nice Stacy Roscoe....(805)642-9211 [email protected] Saturday night dinner. Jim wanted to try something a little different, and decided to combine a great meal with a museum trip five minutes from the Assistant Director Jeremy Sanford....(916) 488-3936 restaurant….and it worked!! The food was some of the best we’ve ever had. [email protected] Jim arranged to have our classic Lincolns displayed in the parking lot out- side the front door of the restaurant where we could gather before and after Secretary Carol Reniger.........(805) 583-0219 the brunch to check out many of our favorite cars and several others that have [email protected] not been shown at our events before. We gave a great impromptu show to the hundreds of guests who just dropped by the restaurant for their Sunday Treasurer Bob Reed..........(805) 581-4866 brunch experience. [email protected] The Automobile Driving Museum had cars available for rides throughout the afternoon. Our favorite was the all original 1936 Lincoln K Towncar with Membership Mike Cunningham.......(415)479-8700 only 41,000 actual miles. There is nothing like the torque in that powerful [email protected] engine to pull you through the turns! Our club had special parking at the Comments Correspondent museum, and as we arrived, we generated another instant car show that at one Marv Wendt......(760) 375 5337 time had almost every museum docent out to see what we had brought. They [email protected] were quite impressed with the array of years and models and with the fine Confab Editor quality of our cars. Tim Howley...........(760)739-0332 Before brunch, the Western Region Board of Managers met for our regu- [email protected] lar board meeting. Thanks to Jim Ayres and Jeremy Sanford, we now have Projects events in either Northern or Southern California planned for almost every Baron Night.......(714) 522-1909 month of 2013. Details will be in Confab as we get closer to the time of the events. Webmaster and Northern California Activities Tom McCarthy was asked to fill a new vacancy on the board so that we Jeremy Sanford....(916) 488-3936 will have an immediate and seasoned board member helping us in the very [email protected] active year we have ahead of us. Tom was pleased to be asked, and agreed Southern California Activities to serve. In order to have board candidates available in the future, we agreed Jim Ayres.......(949)646-5644 to notify the membership about board openings through Confab, so we will Jayres01@ca,rr.com have a pool of talent available that can bring new perspectives and approach- es as any board seats become available. Again, stay in touch with your Sunshine Girls Confab for more details. North, Georgette Poole..(408) 371-7653 2013 is off and running…I look forward to seeing you all along the way. [email protected] South, Helen Hutchinson (818) 360-3865 Stacy [email protected] The Continental Confab is published and mailed every six weeks. Dates are published annually. The deadline for submitting articles and ads is 20 days prior to the planned mailing date. All articles and ads should be submitted in writing to: 1780 Iris Way, Escondido, CA or e-mail t,[email protected]. 2 • C ONTINENTAL C ONFAB • F EBRUARY 2013 Major Western Region Events for 2013 USS Iowa Tour San Pedro, March 23 Fabulous Fords Forever Knottʼs Berry Farm, Buena Park, April 21 Huntington Beach Concours June 2 Pebble Beach Concours Honors Lincoln this year August 14-18 Some of our group with the Automobile Driving Museum’s 1936 Lincoln K Towncar. 2013 EVENTS March 23: USS Iowa Tour, San Pedro, California. For further details or questions see [email protected] or call Jim Visit us on the Ayres at 949-689-8471 World Wide Web Region: April 11-14: Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Meet in Laughlin. For more www.LCOC Western.org information call Larry Nopper at 626-260-8014 or e-mail National: [email protected] www.lcoc.org April 21: Fabulous Fords Forever at Knottʼs Berry Farm. Register on-line. The event will sell out early this year. http://fabulousfords- forever.org/ May 18: Second Annual Marin Picnic hosted by Mike Cunningham. Ride High with LCOC Flags May 26: Fallbrook Vintage Car Club with Lincolns of the fifties and sixties as the featured marque. http://www.fallbrookvintagecar- club.org/page3html June 2: Huntington Beach Concours. http://hbconcours.org/ June 22-30: Lincoln Highway Tour to Kearney, Nebraska. August 14-18: Pebble Beach Concours. Lincoln will be the fea- tured marque with a Western Region display. http//www.pebble- beachconcours.net/ August 24; Annual Wine Country Picnic. September 8: Fun Ford Sunday, Fairgrounds in Antioch. October 23-27: Western National Meet, Phoenix, Arizona, on Your Lincoln Now available, durable, satin car flag with Western Region dues are $30 a year; add $10 for Western Region membership outside the U.S. (Canada or Mexico). All dues are payable in U.S. currency to Western Region Membership Chairman, LCOC logo screen printed on both sides. 9318 Chaparral Road, Canoga Park, California 91304-1206. Membership in the Western Region of Easily attaches to Lincolns with frameless LCOC is open to all parties interested in Lincoln Continental automobiles. Ownership of a Lincoln side glass (1970 and newer). $30.00 for a automobile is not necessary to join LCOC. You must, however, be or become a member of the National set of two. All prices include shipping. LCOC to be eligible to join the Western Region. Dues are in addition to Region dues. The Continental Make checks payable to Western Region Confab is the official publication of the Western Region LCOC. It is distributed by First Class Mail to LCOC and mail to: Baron Night, P.O. Box Western Region Members. Material contained in the Confab is intended to be as factual as possible, 5141, Anaheim, CA 92814 For questions but neither the Western Region nor the editors assume any responsibility for the correctness of the about merchandise, e-mail Baron Night material or its sources. Nothing in the Confab will be reproduced without the written permission of the editors and the Western Region Board of Managers. Car-related marketplace ads are free to mem- at [email protected]. C ONTINENTAL C ONFAB • F EBRUARY 2013 • 3 itory of the torch will be in the Lincoln Foundation Lincoln Motor Car Museum in Donors to Date Hickory Corners, Glenn Kramer, our LCOC President Michigan. and Jerry Capizzi, along with the other A large num- Trustees of our Lincoln Motorcar Museum ber of collector Foundation wish to recognize and thank car clubs, includ- these members in the Western Region who ing LCOC, will have shown their "passion for the product" participate in this and contributed $1,000 or more to our event from Coast Lincoln Motorcar Museum building fund. to Coast. Jim Ayres Tourists will Alex Bernhard travel the original Mike Cunningham alignments of the David Cole The Western Region Lincoln Highway covering many miles of Vin Di Bona two-lane history, four-lane progress, and Den and Jan Fenske and the Lincoln even gravel scenic beauty. Rich and Becky Gierak Highway Tour The LCOC Western Region will be Mike and Janet Gribble offering hospitality and concierge service Jim and Carol Higgs The upcoming Lincoln Highway to participants at the San Francisco end of Tim and LaVonne Howley Tour is being held in June to celebrate the Lincoln Highway Tour on Saturday, Charles Humphreys the Centennial of the founding of the June 22 at the Crowne Plaza San Francisco Bruce and Helen Hutchinson Lincoln Highway in 2013.