Past Club Meets
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coming events can be found on the Events page.
2006 Club Meets
Our
coming events can be found on the Events page.
November 19 Meet
Since plans for earlier in the season were hampered by rain, we snuck in a last minute gathering for lunch in Pleasanton. With 7 cars we drew quite a crowd!
Watch this page for more photos and a more detailed description of what was covered in our discussions.
photos by Ken, Steve and Jeff.
August
13th Coast & Mountain Run
Report
by Jeff Angwin. Photos by Jeff Angwin and Ken Montgomery.
We met at the appointed place, a scenic overlook, on Highway 280 just
south of Highway 92. Two new people joined us, Nick Mavrakis, who bough
a Delorean just a month ago, and Rob Dietsch, of Dietsch Werks,
with his rather new Porsche. Nick's Delorean unfortunately is at Rob's
shop for some much needed work, so we did not get to see it (just yet...)
Nick, who is a brand new father this week, had more pressing issues to
attend to, so he couldn't join us for the day's drive, but we all were
very happy to meet him. So the lineup was Jeff, Heath, Ken, Rob, and Ryan,
in his Infiniti (as the D is still in Arizona)
From 280 we caught 92 and took it to Half Moon Bay where
we briefly stopped for gas and coffee. Then off we drove on Hwy 1, South
to Pescadero Beach. Unfortunately we all got stuck behind a very slow
bus. Oh well, the better to see the amazing scenery... green fields to
the left, and ocean to the right.We stopped for a bit at Pescadero (although
it was pretty darned cold, as the fog had not burned off just yet) for
photo ops and a brief talk with some locals who were wondering why there
were three Deloreans at this one place. Could it be that it was a club
event??? YES! So off we went, this time heading East up the mountain.
We drove a fantastic two lane winding road through redwoods, for a bit,
finally reaching the famed Alice's Restaurant, favorite haunt of bikers
out for a Sunday drive. As we too were out for a Sunday drive, we decided
to join them for lunch on the back porch. Fortunately, the sun was friendly
to us, and it was warm, no, downright hot! We spent a good few hours over
burgers and sandwiches swapping stories and telling Rob how happy, no,
ecstatic we all are that he does such great work on our Deloreans, and
that he is opening up a new, larger shop. And with that, Rob invited us
to see his new, larger shop. Of course we all said yes!
So we headed South on Hwy 35, then East on Hwy 9, down off
the mountain and into the South Bay Area... Then, across town and to the
New Dietsch Werks, in Santa Clara. What an amazing space. Tons of room
for multiple lifts, Customer lounge, and indoor parking/storage. Couple
that with Rob's knowledge of the Volvo PRV6, our electrics and running
gear, and his interest in all things Delorean, and, well, Rob - I think
this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
May
Brunch meet
Meeting minutes by Jeff Angwin:
The NCDMC finally kicked off the 2006 season with a club
meet at El Torito Restaurant in Concord, CA. As we saw much rain throughout
all of March and April, this was the first dry opportunity that we had
for a get together.
Present were Ken, Doug, Kerry, Jeff, Ryan and Gary, and
four of our Deloreans.
Over breakfast we discussed pressing issues of the day...Ken
is in the process of having embroidered NCDMC shirts made up for sale
to members, and with any luck will have them ready before the Pheasant
Run DeLorean Car Show in Chicago in June. Ken, Ryan and Jeff have committed
to attend. We may very well see other folks who have joined the NCDMC
(and who may not have attended any local club events)
Membership in the club is good, but attendance at local
club events does not reflect it. So we discussed how we might encourage
more participation. One way is to take a queue from the Arizona DeLorean
Club, and foster good, local mechanics, encouraging them with our knowledge,
support and dollars to learn more about our cars. When we have local mechanics
that we trust and can endorse, then we hope that those who's DeLoreans
are sitting unused and not working will be motivated to get them road
worthy again. Doug and Jeff have found one excellent mechanic in Rob Dietsch
at Dietsch Werks in Sunnyvale. Gary has offered to donate one of his DeLorean
Service Manuals to Rob, and we plan on trying to involve Rob in future
club events. Our hope is that Rob will get to be known as the local DeLorean
service shop, and will help to ferret out more interested members and/or
help to keep more DeLoreans road worthy so that we all can enjoy more
driving events with the club.
We discussed possible club events for the season. Ken is
entering his two DeLoreans in the upcoming Dixon car show (and car number
two is coming along nicely in his restoration project) and Jeff is planning
on showing his D at the Palo Alto Concours event in June. Ryan mentioned
that he had recently driven a great route along highways 1 and 84, and
Jeff suggested that he try the 1 - Pescadero Road - Hwy 35 route instead.
It was agreed that Jeff would put together a club event to further explore
and enjoy that drive. (stay tuned for details) Other events for the season
are a trip to the Rosicrusian Museum in San Jose, and the Chabot Space
and Science Center.
After eating, we adjourned to the parking lot for informal
discussions and show and tell.
Thanks
for reading about our events and looking at our photos. We hope you can
make it to one of our gatherings in the future!
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