ContinentalLincolnLincoln andand CCOONNFFAABB Western Region Lincoln and Continental Owners Club Publication Volume 39 No 7, October, 2010 One was a radically customized Cabriolet entered by Gale Purvis from Cottage Grove, Minnesota. The other was Ron and Karen Mihalek’s stock 1940 Cabriolet from Richfield, Ohio. Bob and Jean DiCarlo from Painesville, Ohio entered their 1942 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet. There were four Continental Mark IIs. In fact, the winner of the Elliston H. Bell Trophy was a 1956 Mark II owned by Chris Cimarusti from New Jersey. Luckily, the rain and drizzle held off until Sunday when the Lincoln Highway caravan was held. The cars motored up to the Omaha area, a dis- The show field at the 2010 Mid-America National Meet. tance of about 50 miles from Lincoln, where it was overcast but not drizzling. Western Members Participate in A buffet style lunch was held at Grisanti’s Restaurant on the outskirts of Omaha, then the caravan departed Mid-America National Meet west for the town of Elkhorn for a trip The 2010 Mid-America National Thursday afternoon we visited a on a three mile stretch of original the Meet, the third and final of the 2010 private collection of over 100 cars in bricks laid down in 1920 on the origi- LCOC National Meets, was held at the the Nebraska corn fields. nal Lincoln Highway. Members and Country Inn & Suites in Lincoln, Friday there was a second bus trip their cars were photographed on the Nebraska, September 15-19. Norm to the Historic Haymarket District of old brick road which blocked the still and Nancy Hoskins drove their 1996 Lincoln and a visit to a Nebraska vine- used road as the photo below shows. Lincoln Mark VIII and Bruce and yard followed by the traditional From there cars departed east and Helen Hutchinson drove their recently Lincoln Buffet and Auction conducted west for home on the Lincoln acquired 1993 Lincoln Town Car so by Randy Mytar. Highway. they could participate in the Lincoln While the weather was sunny and LCOC members on the old red brick Highway driving tour. Randy Mytar perfect Thursday and Friday it became section of the original Lincoln Highway. and the MacDougals came by plane as overcast and cool Saturday for the did Lincoln and Continental show. There were Comments Editor Tim Howley and 53 cars regis- Official Photographer John Walcek. tered, more than Activities began on Thursday with a Ventura but less tour and lunch at the American than Ocala in Museum of Speed in Lincoln. This col- Florida. The old- lection is owned by “Speedy” Bill and est was a 1937 Joyce Smith of Speedway Motors. Lincoln K Berline This is a huge three-story building sedan entered by filled with everything related to the Tom Brace from history of speed in America and it can Saint Paul, take a day or more to see the whole Minnesota. collection. It took us about three Thereweretwo hours and we only began to see it all. 1940 Lincoln Continentals. C ONTINENTAL C ONFAB • O CTOBER 2010 • 1 Board of Managers & Officers LCOC ddiirreeccttoorr’’ss mmeessssaaggee Western Region Wow, I can't believe it's nearly November already. I have a lot of Board of Managers information to pass on this time. First, our all important Annual Norm Hoskins....................2010 Shirley Richards................2010 Board Meeting will be held as follows: Stacy Roscoe....................2010 DATE: Saturday, November 13, Jeremy Sanford.................2011 2010 Bruce Hutchinson..............2011 PLACE: Carrow's Restaurant Bob Reed..........................2011 LOCATION: 24640 Madison Ave., Mike Cunningham.............2012 Carol Reniger....................2012 Murrieta, CA Marv Wendt.......................2012 TIME: 10:30 AM until approximate- ly 4:00 PM Director This location is 4 miles from the Norm Hoskins.......(760) 990 4702 [email protected] hotel, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Temecula, corner of Assistant Director Winchester and Jefferson. If you want to spend the night Friday Marv Wendt......(760) 375 5337 [email protected] and/or Saturday the phone number is (951) 587-9800. Mention LCOC for the special rate of $99 a night or $89 for two nights. Oct. 11, is cut- Secretary off for this rate. Jeremy Sanford....(916) 488-3936 [email protected] Directions to Carrow's: > I 15 South from Corona about 30 miles to Kalmia/Cal Oaks Exit; right on Kalmia and immediately left on Treasurer Bob Reed..........(805) 581-4866 Madison. Carrow's on left. > I 15 North from San Diego County exit [email protected] Kalmia; left on Madison > I 215 South from Riverside exit Murrieta Membership Hot Springs (MHS), right on MHS, right on Madison to Carrow's Mike Cunningham....(415) 479-8700 Lunch will be provided for all Board members. [email protected] Confab Staff In September, Nancy, Riley and I drove our 1996 Mark VIII from Tim Howley, Editor [email protected] Fallbrook, California to the Mid-America National Meet in Lincoln, Phone (760)739-0332 Nebraska. We were met there by Bruce and Helen Hutchinson and Tom McCarthy, Associate Editor, [email protected] their newly acquired 1993 Jack Nicklaus Towncar. We saw some Phone (951)723-8946 beautiful country on the way to and from Nebraska. We met some Projects new Lincoln friends and did all the "tourist" stuff. It was interesting Baron Night.......(714) 522-1909 to see some different Lincolns. Everyone was very friendly and mar- veled at how far Bruce and I had driven our cars. Other Western Webmaster and Northern California Activities Region attendees were Randy Mytar, Bob and Joan McDougal, and of Jeremy Sanford....(916) 488-3936 course, Tim Howley and John Walcek. [email protected] Southern California Activities Sunday, members drove their Lincolns to the original Lincoln Norm Hoskins Highway, it was very interesting. I'm sure Tim will cover this event in H (760) 990-4702 [email protected] Comments. Our Mark VIII ran beautifully all the way to Nebraska and Central California Activities back with no problems. Although with two people, luggage, stuff I Joe Caillau [email protected] bought at the auction, and a small dog it did seem crowded on the way back. Hope to see you at the Board Meeting. Sunshine Girls Continentally yours, Norm North, Georgette Poole..(408) 371-7653 [email protected] South, Helen Hutchinson (818) 360-3865 [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 • O CTOBER 2010 Coming Events All California November 13 Board of Directors Meeting Marriott Fairfield Inn Temecula,CA (See Norm Hoskinsʼ column for full details) April 29-May 1 Western Region Spring Meet (Morro Bay, California Shirlley Richards selling raffle tickets to Mike Cunningham at the 2010 WNM. See article on next page) Mike Cunningham replaces Shirley Richards as Welcome New Members Western Region Membership Contact John and Maureen Adrain, Anaheim, Bill and Jennifer Conn, Camarillo After 15 years of dedicated and George Dray, American Canyon enthusiastic service, Western Region Norman and Sheila Feazell, Membership Director Shirley Richards Pomona has handed over the reins to Mike James Finley, Vallejo Cunningham, a long time northern Curtis Foults, Fullerton California member who will do his Justin Freels, San Francisco Visit us on the best to maintain Shirley's high stan- Ed Hardin, Granada Hills World Wide Web Region: dards. Shirley's grand finale was to William and Ina McCoy, www.LCOC Western.org recruit 22 new members to the Fair Oaks National: Western Region. Thank you, Shirley, Daniel Neumann, Elk Grove www.lcoc.org you've done a wonderful job!!! Patrick OʼDell, Fortuna Mike's contact info is: Shea OʼLeary, Walnut Creek Phone 415 479-8700, e-mail: George and Terri Procida, Western Region dues are $30 a year; add $10 for Western Region membership outside the U.S. Sacramento (Canada or Mexico). All dues are payable in U.S. currency to Western Region Membership Chairman, Dave Ricks, San Diego 9318 Chaparral Road, Canoga Park, California 91304-1206. Membership in the Western Region of Jim and Julie Roberts, LCOC is open to all parties interested in Lincoln Continental automobiles. Ownership of a Lincoln San Diego automobile is not necessary to join LCOC. You must, however, be or become a member of the National LCOC to be eligible to join the Western Region. Dues are in addition to Region dues. The Continental Gary and Margarita Severns, Long Confab is the official publication of the Western Region LCOC. It is distributed by First Class Mail to Beach Western Region Members. 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