DCTRA

Archive for April, 2008

17th Annual British Car Days in Las Cruces, NM. Entry forms available on the British Car Club of Southern NM website  www.zianet.com/bmcsnm.

May 3rd the Arizona Mini Owners invite you to join them on their annual Spring into Summer Rally. We will start from the Burger King at 48th St. and Warner with the first car out at 2:30. Come early if you want some tutoring on “Tulip Rallye” instructions. We will end up at the Power & Hampton Cruise in East Mesa for the first Saturday-in-the-month British car night. Please let Philip know (480-985-2531) you plan to attend by Thursday, May 1st so he can have enough route sheets available. This event most definitely needs you to have a navigator.

This is the information I have for our trip on November 22nd.  We will meet at the McDonalds parking lot in the strip mall on the north side of Carefree Highway just off I-17 at 8:00 AM for an 8:30 departure.  We will drive up I-17 to Arcosanti which should take approximately an hour.  The only non-freeway route would be to take Route 69 SE out of Prescott, which would add lots of miles and time.  We are scheduled for a tour at 10:00 AM for a cost of $8.00 per person. 
 
After Arcosanti, we will travel up I-17 for about 15 miles to San Dominique Winery.  The winery has a 1/4 mile gravel road.  If we drive with care and don’t tailgate, this should not cause a problem.  It is a well maintained road.  If you want to do a wine-tasting, the cost is $4.00.  You will receive 1 ounce of four different wines, ranging from red to white and dry to sweet.  They have other wines that will not be included in the tasting.
 
We will have lunch at the winery which will cost $6.50 plus tax.  Menu choices will be included in the next e-mail.  After lunch, you are on your own to either go shopping at the outlet mall, go to “Out of Africa” or whatever strikes your fancy.  San Dominique is near Camp Verde, so some of the east valley people may want to return by way of Payson. 

British Vintage Voyage sponsored by AMO.

Charity Car Show at Mesa Marketplace, sponsored by Arizona Mini Owners. Proceeds to AZ Humane Society.

Drive to Tonto Natural Bridge for a picnic and possible antiquing afterward.

Drive to Vulture Mine in Wickenburg with lunch to follow

Breakfast drive to Tortilla Flat

DCTRA members bring your cars to the car show at the McDonalds restaurant at the Pavilions on Indian Bend and Pima Road.

At the AAHC meeting on Monday last, The next meeting was announced. This is the yearly meeting to be held at Mel Martins shop.

Mel is a car collector and has a LARGE shop at 2140 W. Greenway Ave. This is about 60′ by 100′ and FULL of jaw dropping cars including an original 1965 Cobra he is restoring. He is also serving a picnic dinner to be admired.

This event starts May 4th at 6:00PM. As we are members, we are invited to attend en mass. I urge all DCTRA members to drive a Triumph there. This does not replace the normal meeting. We need to demonstrate our cars to the fat fender people.

So make plans to attend, and enjoy this unique showing. A lot of the other member clubs will also drive their show cars there.

April 13th the AZMG Club is arranging our breakfast run. Meet at 32nd St & Shea Blvd in Phoenix, NW corner, at 7:30 am ready to leave at 8.

Car Show in support of the Copperstate 1000

There’s a massive collector car show being organized alongside the Bell Lexus Copperstate 1000, with entries open to all collector car clubs in the valley. Registration is $20 per car;