Classic Touring, 2019, Q1 P. 1 A publication of the San Diego/Palm Springs Region of the CCCA Denise Stewart, Editor Jan., Feb., Mar., 2019 [email protected] Evans Garage Tour Marks Great Start to Club’s 2019 Calendar See p. 2 Among the Classic Cars at the Evans Garage is this 1917 Pierce-Arrow Classic Touring, 2019, Q1 P. 2 Classic Car Club of America Sat., March 30, Overnight Run to Julian, meet with Pierce-Arrow Society at the Oakes residence, 1345 Keyser Rd., Ramona at 10 am. Depart for Julian. See fly- er in this email for tour details. Fri. - Sun., April 12 – 14, LaJolla Concours, Ellen Browning Scripps Park, La Jolla Blvd. Tickets on your own. Sat., May 4, San Diego Auto Museum Tour, Balboa Park. Lunch after. NEW Sun., June 9, San Marino Classic , Lacey Park, San Marino, CA Fri., June 21, Cruisin’ Grand, Escondido, Classics will participate in the parade in the evening with the Packard Club. Thurs., July 4, July Fourth Parade, Ranch Santa Fe. Sat., Nov.2, SD/PS Annual Meeting, Zeigers’ home, Rancho Santa Fe, catered lunch. Fri. - Sun., Nov. 8- 10, SoCal’s Grand Classic, West Lake Village, CA Sun., Nov. 17, Leo Carrillo Car Show, Leo Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad Sat., Dec.14, SD/PS Holiday Party, site TBD Sat., Jan. 11, 2020, Annual Planning Meeting, Zeigers’ home 1:00pm TBD, East County Tour Classic Touring, 2019, Q1 P. 3 Icons! Cars that Drive Our Imagination and Celebrate the Classics ICON: a person or object that is revered. Iconic vehicles set new standards in technology, de- sign, and popularity, inspiring deep feeling and esteem in their adherents. In some cases, a vehicle becomes iconic for its acces- sibility, affordability, reliability and endearment to the masses. The Volkswagen Bug, for example. Certain models are etched in the public psyche for what they brought to the industry. The Porsche 356, Chevy Cor- (Top) 1938 Delahaye, type 135 Competition. One vette, and the Ford Mustang are such vehicles. Pop cul- of only 3 known to remain. ture movies, books, and television also generate icons. (Above) 1931 Cord L-29 Phaeton is the first car to Steve McQueen’s 1968 Mustang from the movie Bullitt and the custom “Captain America” Harley Davidson have front wheel drive Chopper from the movie Easy Rider, for example. And who hasn’t looked at a DeLorean and contemplated going Back to the Future? The vehicles featured here pay homage to automotive excellence and reverence. “We hope will you enjoy reveling in these icons of Car Trivia Quiz automotive history on your visit in May,” Museum CEO Herb Johnson said. 1) What company opened the first drive-in gas sta- tion? 2) What city was the first to use parking meters? The First 3) What was the first car fitted with a replaceable Drive- cartridge oil filter? thru gas sta- 4) What was the first car to be offered with a tion perpetual guarantee? 5) Which American luxury auto maker began by making cages for birds and squirrels? Find the answers on p.6 Classic Touring, 2019, Q1 P. 4 Set for May 4th San Diego/Palm Springs Region has scheduled a tour conducted by SD Auto Museum docent Carl Stewart also a local CCCA member. Meet in Balboa Park on Saturday morning, May 4th at 10 Participation $10. Sign-ups are with Mike Adams. Members and their cars should gather at the Auto Museum. Parking for 15 cars will be behind the museum and the remainder will be in the area in front of the building. Lunch on our own at one of the nearby restaurants Classic Touring, 2019, Q1 P. 5 Director’s Message by Mike Adams The Classic Car Club of America them. The event dates will now be (CCCA) held it's annual meeting and published in each issue of the news- Grand Classic this year in Arizona at letter. the McCormick Ranch Resort in Scotts- I might add that the results of the dale. With a Southwestern old world scores and standings of the CCCA charm, this was the perfect place to Regional awards for 2018 were pub- hold this event. Seasonal rain only lished and SD/PS did very well in- helped to make the show field that deed. You can view them online, Classic Car Club much greener as it was sunny all day but just to recap briefly we took sec- of the show. of America ond place for the Membership The annual meeting was very inter- Award for membership Stability and Scores and Standings of esting and showcased the incredible Growth....another second place for Regional Awards 2018 talent we are blessed with on our Na- the Bigelow Award for Distinguished tional Board. The club is moving for- Record of overall performance, and Membership … 2nd ward with updating the website, a third place for the McManus downsizing our office and expenses Award for regions with less than 100 Activity & Performance … 7th and at the same time ramping up our members. That is for our regional recruitment of new members, and newsletter. Thank you to all our Overall Performance … 2nd solicitation of sponsors. The future members who helped make these looks very bright right now with this outstanding achievements in 2018 McManus Award new board focusing on all the right possible. (Publication) … 3rd issues facing our club. I encourage February was no less exciting as everyone to attend at least one na- we all looked forward to the Evans Website Award … 5th tional meeting to really get a sense of garage Tour. (See article in this is- how much effort goes into supporting sue.) Also included in this issue is CARavan Award … 3rd you, our membership. the 2019 calendar which is full of Our region was well represented. events that I hope many of you will Annual Meeting Award … 7th Among those in attendance were past plan to attend. Director Don Williams and Secretary Technical Award … 6th Two National events are coming Jim Greene, Treasurer Gary and his up : The New York CARavan held wife Amy Marchetti, Director Michael Steiner Grand May 10, 2019, and the Experience at and Patricia Adams, Assistant Director Classic Award … 9th Hickory Corners, held the first week- Carl and National Board member Vicki end of June each year. Applications Zeiger. Also, attending was Past Na- Judges & Tabulators for these events can be found online tional President Nick Fintzelberg . Award … 2nd on the CCCA website or in your bul- We also held our annual SD/PS re- letins. gional planning meeting in January at Again, participation is key to en- the Zeiger's house. This was a very Celebrate joying all the club has to offer, look- productive meeting and we were able ing forward to a great year. Our Success to layout the upcoming year's events in advance so that it will be easier for our members to plan on attending Michael Adams Classic Touring, 2019, Q1 P. 6 Classic Cars and History an Excellent Mix at Evans Garage by Mike Adams On February 23rd 2019 the SD/PS Region of the CCCA on display . was invited to tour the Evans Garage, one of San Die- There was also a very fascinating display of motors of go's premier private collections of fine automobiles. all types with cut away sections showing how the inter- Hosted by our new board member Arnold Schmidt and nal parts worked together. There was even a WW1 bi- Regional Director Michael Adams approximately 31 plane hanging from the ceiling , full size, diving down to people attended this event . check out the cars, among which was an extremely rare We met at the Garage at 10 a.m. and had coffee and 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost that was definitely ready donuts as we mingled awaiting the beginning of the for the road or show. These cars were advertised as the tour. We had many out of town guests including So Cal "Best Car in the World". Considering all of the other Regional Director Ron Verschoor and fellow board fabulous cars being built at the time that was a very member Paul Whitney. Representing our region were bold claim, but well deserved after their 1,2,3 finish in Carl Zeiger, Jim Greene, Gary Marchetti, Denise Stew- the Austrian Hill climb of 1913. art, Tom O' Hara, Tim Pestotnik , Arnold Schmidt, Mi- After viewing all the cars on both floors of the garage chael Adams and past Director Don Williams. I might as we were invited into the restoration shop to take a look well point out that our own Vicki Zeiger sits on the Na- at the work in progress. Arnold explained the restora- tional Board of Directors and so counting all the Board tion process briefly as we all marveled at a 1903 Mer- members Regional and National was 11. Only Joel Cut- cedes that was undergoing a Pebble Beach quality res- ler from the PS Region was absent due to an earlier toration Even though this automobile was all apart and booking. We hope to see him on a future tour. not even painted yet, Arnold was confident that it Another special guest was Herb Johnson, CEO of the would be done in time for this years show. You might San Diego Automotive Museum. Many of the members say Arnold loves a challenge, but with years of experi- brought guests, so it was nice to meet many new peo- ence, I'm sure, we will see the finished car this year at ple. Pebble Beach. Everyone was amazed by the collection About 10:20 a.m.