April 2014 - Broad River European Motor Club

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Broad River European Motor Club
Shelby, North Carolina 28150
Deer Brook Golf Course Shelby
Volume VI Number 04
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APRIL MEETING
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Join us Thursday, April 3rd at Deer Brook Golf Course
and Restaurant off Post Road for our regular monthly
meeting. The program will be to continue the planning for
the April 26 Broad River European Classic. Registration
form is available on line at the Club website.
As I write this letter it is just 31 days until our car
show date of April 26th. John and Bob are working to
get everything ready for the show; however,
I am sure more volunteers are needed in some areas.
E-MAIL YOUR DINNER RESERVATION
If you can help let John or Bob know immediately or
at our regular meeting, which is April 3rd. We must
all work together to help make this a successful and
enjoyable event.
Please e-mail Wilbur Wright, president, that you will be
attending so that he may let the restaurant know how many
to prepare for the meal. Wilbur’s e-mail address is
wrighton98306@bellsouth.net
BROAD RIVER
EUROPEAN CLASSIC
In less than thirty days we will be enjoy a car show in
uptown Shelby on the historic Court Square as part
of Arts on the Square and the Foot Hills Merry-GoRound Festival. Bob Cabaniss and John Salazar
are working to get committees and folks lined up to
make this the best show ever – weather permitting.
Publicity – Tom Greene
Registration – Pre-registration Treasure Teague
Day of Registration Doug and Cindy Carlisle
Awards -Counting Ballots – Joanne and Jeff Cox
Parking -Signage -- Place signs for direction to show and
signs for different Classes for show.
50 / 50 Raffle – Roger Martin & Jack Weller
Raffle Baskets – Lundy Wright
Set-up / Logistics – John and Belkis Salazar,
Iverson Smith, Wilbur & Lundy Wright Set-up
tents for Club and Baskets.
Clean-up and Tear Down Team -Sponsors – Tom Greene –
If you have not found your niche, see Bob or John at
the meeting or send them an e-mail to them
Bob Cabaniss bcabanis46@gmail.com
You can help by going to the Club website
www.broadriveremc.com and register and pay online.
It is easy and once you try it, send the link to your
friends to get them to register online as well. Thanks
to Bob for getting this feature added to the website.
Our club is a great club, so let's make ourselves proud
by having a great Broad River European Classic!
Keep Em' Rolling,
Wilbur Wright
President
Inside this Edition of the Rearview Mirror
April Meeting
President’s Message
Find Your Place in the Classic
March Minutes
Drove Uptown for Coffee & Drove Home
from South Carolina
2014 Calendar of Events
Welcome to Our New Members
& Dues Are Due
Remembering Frank Hagerty
Googled “Torque”& Other Trivia
Things To Do On Weekends
Buying A Car on e-Bay – a Wise Story
It’s Spring and Shows Are
Bloomin’ Everywhere
Abuse Prevention Center
Groundbreaking for New Facility
John Salazar jsalazar@moirecorp.com
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MARCH MEETING MINUTES
Editor’s Note: Each month we will print Meeting Minutes in the newsletter. If you have
changes, they will be discussed at the business meeting in the next month.
March 6, 2014 BREMC General Meeting Minutes
32 Members present.
Wilbur Wright, President, welcomed everyone to the
March meeting. Minutes, which were in the last Newsletter
– John Salazar asked for a revision – Sponsorship for the
Car Show should be $150.00 instead of the stated
$200.00. The Minutes will be revised to show above. Cindy
Cabaniss gave a financial report.
Wilbur said he is happy to report that Alan Teague and
Bruce Harless are going to work as a team to fill the
Events & Program Chair position. We look forward to
what they have planned for us.
Wilbur reminded everyone that the position of Membership
Chair has still not been filled. No member has yet
volunteered to assume this role. He asked all members to
please consider this. He preferred not to appoint a person,
but that rather a member volunteer. Wilbur said if nobody
came forward, he would propose Doug Carlisle to fill the
position of Membership Chair. Stated he really hated to do
this, especially since Doug was not even present at the
meeting. A showing of hands agreed to Doug Carlisle if
nobody else stepped forward.
Wilbur discussed the Changes to the By-Laws, which were
printed in the last newsletter and were given out at our last
meeting. These changes are just a clarification of monies -charities to be considered prior to donations, minimum
balance in our checking account, etc. Motion was made and
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a 2 was heard.
Cindy Cabaniss relayed a message from Doug Carlisle,
who was not present, he is asking for help trying to get a
Facebook page up and running for BREMC. Please give
Doug a call if you can help him. The AutoLawn (fall car
show in Hickory) promoted their car show by using
Facebook and it would be nice if we could do the same.
Lundy Wright asked if there was anybody else that would
like to help with the Raffle baskets. This generates a lot of
money for our charity. She showed several items that had
been brought to the meeting.
EVENTS – Bruce Harless - said several people had been
coming to coffee at Lily Bean Coffee on Saturdays. He
stated it was a nice time to really get to know each other
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plus great coffee. This Saturday, March 8 , as per the email
he sent out, he has prepared a Surprise Drive after a cup of
coffee. Hopes many will attend.
John Salazar said he had attended the past Saturday’s
Coffee at Lily Bean’s and an event that happened with one
of fellow club members brings tears to his eyes. The
member took a homeless person, bought his coffee and
then took him elsewhere. Said it was great to see there are
still people that do gestures like that.
to get word out regarding our upcoming Car Show. Bob and
Cindy plan on attending this Saturday and handing out flyers
to promote our Car Show.
Treasure Teague mentioned the upcoming Lake Norman
Euro group going to the Air Museum and invited others to go
also.
Treasure Teague also passed out a brochure on the
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upcoming Carolina British Classics Car Show on April 5
in Columbia, SC. This is held at the Columbia Speedway.
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This is the 2 year it’s being held at the speedway and it
should be a great show. Anybody who would like to join
Treasure and Alan and ride in with them. please let them
know. Parking for show is from 8am to 11am. This is also a
great time to publicize our upcoming show too.
Bob Cabaniss & John Salazar discussed our upcoming
Car Show. Bob discussed the changes that have been
made to our website, which has been redone by a friend of
his who builds & maintains websites. You can now register
and pay online via PayPal. Sponsors can also pay for their
sponsorship online. Our website will no longer be thru
GoDaddy. Don Byrnes remains our Webmaster if you have
anything that needs to be placed on the website. Please
visit the website and notice the changes at
www.broadriveremc.com.
The new poster for this year’s event is in the works. Tom
Greene is working on this. The poster showing our
sponsors is also being prepared.
Bob & John both stressed the need to get the word out to
other people. Various discussions among members as to
how to accomplish this. Joanne Cox is going to contact
Talk of the Town with Cleveland Community College to
have an interview on their show regarding our Car Show.
Treasure Teague said she has sent out emails to all the
previous years’ participants in the car shows plus other
email lists she has. Question was asked about Our State
Magazine. Our show will not be advertized in this magazine.
Renee’ Bumbaugh said she contacted them last year and
the ad would cost $1000.00. Tom Greene said in prior
years there had been no charge. It was agreed this was not
in our price range.
Bill Plowden said he would contact Bank of the Ozarks
regarding Sponsorship. Renee’ Bumbaugh suggested
Bayada Nursing. Cindy Cabaniss said she would contact
them.
Registration location was discussed – Bank parking lot vs
Washington St. Bob & John to talk with city this upcoming
week.
Bob & John encouraged everybody to please go ahead and
pre-register for the show and to please help spread the word
of our upcoming show.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Cabaniss, Secretary/Treasurer
Bob Cabaniss told that Cars & Coffee in Charlotte has
resumed and the first one will be this coming Saturday
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March 8 and after that will resume their regular 1 Saturday
of the month. He encouraged members to attend this event
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DROVE UPTONW FOR A CUP
SATURDAY MORNING COFFEE
AND A TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA
2014 Meetings / Events Calendar
The 2014 Calendar is updated as Events are sent to be posted. If you
know of events and have the date, please send them to Jack Weller
Meeting / Event
DATE
BRUCE HARLESS INVITES YOU ON ANY
SATURDAY MORNING
JANUARY
2
FEBRUARY
6
MARCH
6
BREMC Monthly Meeting
BREMC Monthly Meeting
BREMC Monthly Meeting
APRIL
1
3
5
5
TO STOP INTO LILY BEAN COFFEE SHOP
ON THE COURT SQUARE -- SHELBY, NC
11-13
MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE AND TALK CARS
GROUP MEETS FROM 8AM TO 10AM
26
MAY
1
24
Groundbreaking for new Abuse
Prevention Center
BREMC Monthly Meeting
Clifford’s Army Rescue
Carolina British Classic VIII – Columbia
The Gathering Shelton Vineyards
Dobson, NC
Broad River European Classic
Shelby, NC
BREMC Monthly Meeting
Southeastern British Motorcar Owners Club
(SBMOC) will host an all British car show at
Furman University in conjunction with
Greenville Scottish Games
JUNE
5
JULY
3
4
AUGUST
7
BREMC Monthly Meeting
BREMC Monthly Meeting
INDEPENDENCE Day Parades
BREMC Monthly Meeting
Keeter Ford Car Show
9 to 3pm E Dixon Blvd Shelby.
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AS THIS GROUP FOUND OUT – SOME TIMES YOU
END UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
BREMC OFFICERS AND
COMMITTEES
President – Wilbur Wright *
Vice President – Skip Wise*
Secretary / Treasurer – Cindy Cabaniss *
Immediate Past President, -- Doug Carlisle *
Car Show Directors – Bob Cabaniss and John Salazar.
Historian – Cindy Carlisle
Special Events Coordinator – Bruce Harless
Program Chair – Alan Teague
Membership- OPEN
Newsletter – Jack Weller
Publicity – OPEN
Regalia & Accessories – Alan Teague
Technical Director – Iverson Smith
Website – Don Byrnes
* Executive Committee Member
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SEPTEMBER
4
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27
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OCTOBER
2
17
18
NOVEMBER
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6
DECEMBER
4
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BREMC Monthly Meeting
The Auto Lawn Party – Hickory
Brits on the Beach – Wilmington, NC
Auto Fair – Charlotte, NC
Autumn in the Mountains BCCWC
Hendersonville, NC
MG’s on the Green Harrisburg, NC
Gold Cup Races – Virginia International
Raceway Richmond, VA
BREMC Monthly Meeting
BREMC Sponsored Wine Tours as
part of Euro Auto Festival
Euro Auto Festival BMW Zentrum
Greer, SC
Hog Happnin’
BREMC Monthly Meeting
BREMC Christmas Party
SHELBY CHRISTMAS PARADE
BREMC Meetings & Christmas Party will be at Deer Brook Golf Course
Restaurant, unless otherwise posted. Highlighted event dates are needed.
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WELCOME TWO NEW MEMBERS
REMINDER -- DUES DUE
Welcome to two new members who joined when they
registered for the Broad River European Classic.
Gary L. Swinkey, 3920 Golf Drive NE Conover, NC
e-mail glswinkey@yahoo.com He has an ’85
Mercedes 300D Turbo.
John Roberts v 3088 Mountain View Road
Clover, SC 29710
bonanza36@comporium.net
Will show his ’63 356 Porsche
THINGS FOUND
ON THE INTERNET
DO YOU KNOW YOUR CARS?
I was working on a problem and Googled “torque” A
website popped up that I thought was interesting. After
playing the game once, I got an e-mail to play again. If you
think you know your American Cars take a chance with this
quiz. The day has arrived! A new game, identifying muscle
cars of the mid-late '60s is now out:
www.americantorque.com/game/muscle-car/
Reminder $25 annual dues are now due for 2014.
1. Cindy Cabaniss is our Secretary/Treasurer, you can mail
directly to her address which is;
Cindy Cabaniss
371 Magness Rd.
Shelby, NC 28150
2, Bring it to our next meeting.
3. Or mail to official mail box which is; BREMC
P. O. Box 1263
Boiling Springs, NC 28017
Looking forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting and
looking forward to a great 2014!
REMEMBERING FRANK HAGERTY
HE LOVED CARS AND PEOPLE
A forum has also been added to the site. There you will find
photos from the 2013 Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Races in
Michigan, a Mystery Motor to identify, a 1940s Mystery Car
to ID, people posting photos of their first car, and other
cool stuff:
http://www.americantorque.com/forum/1/
The next game, to be released in a couple months, will be
on cars of the 1940s.
I would what the foot pounds are set for this site?
HOW ABOUT A $383.00 PAINT JOB?
The $383.00 Paint Job. And it won’t scratch. 1949
Cadillac, Completely covered with 38,295 pennies! They
were affixed one by one using Silicone. They added over
200 pounds to the vehicle's weight. The entire project took 6
weeks.
The pennies are American, and include an 1817 ''Big Cent'',
two Error Pennies, and four 1943 Steel pennies. (but who's
counting?)
If you have Hagerty Insurance, you may have gotten a note
that the founder of the company, Frank Hagarty had passed
away March 18th.
Earlier this year, Dune Car #9 (pictured above at Sleeping
Bear Dunes National Park near Traverse City, MI) took First
Place in the Beach Car class at the 2014 Amelia Island
Concours d'Elegance event in Florida on March 9. Frank
rode in the car to the award platform and was surrounded by
his family as he soaked in the moment. His last ride in a
collector car was to accept that award.
Read more about Frank from his son McKeel’s eyes. He
loved cars and people.
http://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2014/03/19/FrankHagerty
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HOW TO BUY A USED TR6 THROUGH
AN ON-LINE AUCTION ( OR NOT )
a SKIP WISE EXPERIENCE
Hmmm…
Reviewing the ad, I see that owner also wrote – “I
can obtain a valid South Carolina title if required.” OK,
that sounds safe.
I won!!!!
The seller offered his congratulations (though he was
disappointed with the low sale) and we began to work
out details. I informed him that I certainly intended to
follow through and that I was not that far away. This
should be smooth.
But…. “I ask/require that you to get a South Carolina
title to deliver with the car to close the deal. I will
exchange a bank check for it and the car when it
arrives in Shelby.”
I explained the conversation with NC and their advice.
His reply – “Oh, they are just lazy. I will get one in a
couple days.”
“This is a nice running TR6 that was highly
optioned when sold - hardtop,
overdrive, luggage rack, and dual mirrors.”
Great!
That is how the eBay ad summarized a listing for a
1975 TR6. This went along with a very long, detailed
description with more than a dozen pictures and a
video showing most every aspect of the car.
That was November of 2013. By email, the seller is
still waiting on the “couple day” SC process to grant
him a title having filed multiple forms along the way.
Lasting finding was that there was record of a title
I sent the seller a question about the year of the car. I
viewed it as a 1974 due to the lack of oxygen injection
in the exhaust manifold. He replied that it was a 1974
that he had erroneously listed as a 1975.
The seller wrote in the ad – “I bought this car out of
Alabama where it has been in the same family (and
area) its entire life. For cars of this age, they do not
title them in Alabama. However, I have a bill of sale
and the transferable current tag receipt (all matching)
which is all that is required in almost every state to
register a car. I can obtain a valid South Carolina title
if required.”
Heck, I will bid on that… But my strategy will be to wait
until the last second and then put in my maximum
offer. If I get it, great! If not, oh well, just enjoy the
TR250 even more this summer.
While waiting for “zero minus 8 seconds to Bid End” I
checked with NC about getting a title with a bill of sale
and “transferable tag receipt.” Two different offices
replied with a common response – “Have the seller get
a title, then transfer ownership.” Yes, you can apply to
get a title in NC (as with other states) but the process
is rather involved and lengthy. Transfer of an existing
title is much easier and less risky.
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being issued in Alabama. (where they don’t issue titles
on cars that old? NC does…)
We still exchange emails. I still expect to hold up my
end of the deal. Maybe we will finish in 2014.
Don’t think I will register it for the 2014 BREMC
Classic just yet……
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IT IS SPRING -- SHOWS ARE BLOOMING EVERY WHERE
SATURDAY APRIL 5
TWO OPTIONS LOCAL AND AWAY
BREMC CHARITY
BREAKS GOUND APRIL 1, 2014
FOR NEW FACILITY
MAY 24
COLUMBIA, SC
AT THE HHISTORIC SPEEDWAY
APRIL 5, 2014
Treasure and Alan Teague shared this for Club
Members to enjoy.
If you would like to go to Columbia to this show: We
will leave the rest Area on I-77 (right after Highway
901, outside of Rock Hill) at 7:00 a.m.
It will take approximately 2 hours to drive to the show
area from there. Visit the Club’s wewbsite at
http://www.bccmc.com/CBC-VIII.html for a complete
schedule of events of the show.
SATURDAY APRIL 12
THE GATHERING AT SHELTON WINERY
Visit http://www.triumphclub.org/
Southeastern British Motorcar
Owners Club
All British car show at Furman University
in conjunction with
Greenville Scottish Games
Visit http://www.sbmoc.com/ for more details.
If you have items for the back page,
please send
send the information, a screen
shot, or a copy of the event flyer.
If there is a website to go to for more
information that helps folks trying to
register or find out more information.
Send to wsweller@aol.com
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