Volume 32 Number, November, 2016 WWW.CENTRALCOASTBRITISHCARCLUB.COM

Seaside Highland Games Oct. 8-9 by Joel Justin See article page 10

BUSINESS INFO

GENERAL MEETINGS: Are held at 7:00 pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month unless it falls on a holiday at: MIMIS CAFÉ 3375 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 93003 Corner of Main and Mills (Pacific View Mall)

2016 GENERAL MEETING DATES:

Nov. 1, No meeting in December, Brunch is Dec. 4th at Four Points Sheraton, see page 6-7

Board meetings take place according to the needs of the club, usually before or after the club’s General Meeting; but as often as is deemed necessary at the discretion of the Club President.

NEWSLETTER

THE CLEAR HOOTER is your Club Newsletter and it is published monthly. The deadline for submission of any camera ready or digital ads, stories, reports and information that you’d like to see in the next issue is the 23rd of the month prior to publication.

Items may be sent to the editor at: dtreid@gmail.com

For Sale ads are free to members. Non-members pay $25. Ads run 3 months, unless otherwise indicated by the seller. Any commercial ad or to open a commercial account please contact Allen Merriam, alyn123@sbcglobal.net

Membership dues are $40 to join and $30 to renew yearly. Make sure we have your e-mail for newsletter deliveries. If you need to have one snail mailed to you please let the editor know, dtreid@gmail.com

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Your CCBCC Board Members For 2016 PRESIDENT Jim Hill jhill@oilguys.com VICE PRESIDENT Dave Reid mgtc48@hotmail.com RECORDER Martin Keller mhkflyer52@outlook.com TREASURER Sue Wellwood (805) 469-7842 MEMBERSHIP Pam Justin pjquilter1@hotmail.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR Terry Schuller dtreid@gmail.com ADVERTISING & CLASSIFIED ADS Allen & Lynn Merriam (805) 643-6657 WEBMASTER Patrick Redd (805) 746-5379 CLUB HISTORIAN (non-voting) Bob Prieve (805) 495-9795 CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER (non-voting) Dave Reid mgtc48@hotmail.com PRESIDENT CONSULTANT (non-voting)

Vacant REGALIA & RAFFLE (Non Board member) Julie Root (805)676-1464) THE CLEAR HOOTER! Is the newsletter of the Central Coast British Car Club, formerly The Central Coast Triumphs, founded in 1984 by Mrs. Lee Bloomquist and is a chapter of the VTR, Vintage Triumph Register CENTRAL COAST BRITISH CAR CLUB 2674 E. Main St. Suite #E 614 Ventura, CA 93003

MINUTES OF THE CENTRAL COAST BRITISH CAR CLUB BOARD & GENERAL MEETING Oct. 4, 2016

Meeting brought to order by: Dave Reid Vice President at 7:05 pm at Mimi’s Restaurant in Ventura, CA. Number of members present at start of general meeting: 21 present. The club would also like to say welcome and hello to Frank Powell and hope to see you at one or more of the clubs events in the feature. Frank has a 1959 Healey. New members: Frank Powell Board Members in Attendance:

President: Jim Hill No Vice President: Dave Reid Yes Treasure: Sue Wellwood No Recorder: Martin Keller Yes Membership: Pam & Joel Justin Yes Newsletter Editor: Terry Schuller Yes Advertising: Allen & Lynn Merriam Yes Webmaster: Patrick Redd Yes

General Meeting Notes: Topic 1: - Christmas Brunch The Christmas Brunch will be held on December 4, 2016 at the Four Points Sheraton Ventura Harbor in the Clipper Room from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. Champagne Brunch begins at 11:30 am. The POC for this event this year is Terry Schuller and she can be reached via the contact page on the club web site or at the following email address: dtried@gmail.com or by phone at (805)-484-9624. Cost for this event is as follows: The club will be subsidizing the cost of the event for the members who are in good standing. $20.00 per person, this price available only to members in good standing (includes gratuity). $40.00 per person for guests and non members (includes gratuity) The club needs to provide a head count by November 21, 2016 so that venue can be setup for the event. Topic 2: - Club Brunch Drives To all members. If any member of the club has suggestion for places for the club to drive to for an event or breakfast or brunch or whatever please step up and tell the board what it might be as the board wants the membership to help select the outing that club does for the enjoyment of the membership and to get our British cars out on the roads so others can admire the rolling art that they are and have become. Some suggestions are: US Navy Seabee Museum, Santa Susana Depot, Alpacas in Somis, Bennett’s Honey Farm in Filmore. Just need a volunteer or two to set these suggestions in motion.

November 6, 2016 The Teddy Bear Run to the Penfield School. This has been an annual drive for the club and provides the school with Stuffed Teddy Bear toys that are handed out to the students at their X-Mass Holiday Party which is a Spaghetti lunch that the club provides. The staff at the school matches the students to the stuffed toy bears according to their needs so start looking for a NEW TOY STUFFED BEAR for this event now as they tend to be hard to find from time to time. More information will be coming about this club event.

December 9, 2016 Spaghetti lunch for the students at the Penfield School. The POC for this event is Jack and Pam Waschbusch a signup sheet for volunteers will be going around at the next club meeting if you wish to help with this event. This is also when the Teddy Bears are handed out by the school staff as part of their holiday celebration for the students.

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Continuation of Meeting Minutes

Topic 3: - Club Elections for Board Positions at the December Holiday Meeting. The club will be holding it elections for board positions at the December 4

th Holiday Meeting / Party. The position of the club

president will be open as the clubs by-laws require the election of a new president every two years is required so Jim Hill (current club president) will become the presidents advisor and a new president will be elected by the members who are in attendance at the December club meeting. The following positions will also need to be filled as the personal that are in the current people are stepping down.

Treasure (needs approval of the board). Recorder. All other board positions are also open to nominations if you wish to run for one of the board positions. If you wish to run for a position please contact Jim Hill so your name can be presented to the membership at the December meeting and election. All board positions will be voted upon at the December meeting by the membership that is in attendance.

Topic 4: - CCBCC Pismo Beach Area Weekend and Wine Tour The clubs annual Pismo Beach Wine Tour will be in February 2017 from the 10

th to the 12

th.

Allen Merriam and Jim Hill will be making the reservations for this event. More information will be coming on how to sign-up to take part in this club event. If you wish to help with this event contact either Allen Merriam or Jim Hill.

Topic 5: - Newsletter Needs Photos and or Articles of interest

The newsletter editor (Terry Schuller) is asking for some help from the membership as she is trying to

place a members car and a short article about the car on the front cover of the clubs newsletter so if you

can provide a couple of photos for her to use and a short note or story about the vehicle she would be

very appreciative. Terry is also looking for anyone who wants to take a few photos on any of the clubs

drives or events or adventures they take with their British vehicle and possibly write an article of the event

so others who did not attend can see what the membership is doing. You do not have to be a writer or a

good speller or outgoing to have an article published in our clubs news letter as Terry will format it and

clean it up so that it will work with any photos you might provide or that others provide to her. Terry can be

contacted at the following email address: dtried@gmail.com . You can also contact any of the board

members to submit photos or articles you might have that would be of interest to our members. I have to

say it is really neat to see your vehicle on the front of the newsletter that Terry puts out for the club and its

membership in attendance of the meeting.

“JULIE TIME” presented by: Julie Root “JULIE TIME” is a club raffle that takes places at the general meetings and is a way that the club raises funds to support the club.

Club T-Shirt = George Plyley, Shirt with collar Club Shirt = Brad Cardwell Club Shirt = Neal Subic Club Sweat Shirt = C. Darryl Struth Jamba Juice Gift Card = Neal Subic Panera Bread Gift Card = Joel Justin Lazzy Dog Gift Card = Paul Keener Sharkies Gift Card = Martin Keller Barnes & Noble Gift Card = Byron McCracken Urbane Café Gift Card = Michael Gustafson

October Birthday Gift Card = No members present at the meeting with a B-day at the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:55 pm by Dave Reid (Vice President)

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CCBCC UPCOMING EVENTS Teddy Bear Run and Luncheon

November 6, 2016 The 27th annual CCBCC Teddy Bear Run for the Douglas Penfield School in Saticoy, CA. This has been an annual event for many years for the Central Coast British Car Club. Not only is this a great driving experience for the participants, it also provides the Douglas Penfield School with new stuffed Teddy Bear toys. The Bears are distributed to the students at the school’s Christmas Holiday Party in December. The staff at the school matches the students to the stuffed toy bears according to their individual needs. The recommended size is approx. 12 inches, not too large and not too small. We meet at 640 Jasmine Avenue for tire kicking and a photo op of us, our cars and the Bears. You may arrive anytime from 9-10am. The school collects the Bears and we leave promptly at 10:00 am on a beautiful drive to a lunch designation. The drive will be picturesque and may challenge your driving skills if you want to participate at that level. Otherwise, you will enjoy a gentle drive along with your closest British car enthusiasts.

The Douglas Penfield school serves students from kindergarten to fifth grade with moderate to severe disabilities. Staff use evidenced-based instructional strategies to teach the functional skills that will maximize independence for the students. The staff decides which bear is the best one for each student. On Friday Dec. 9th there is a Christmas Party lunch at the School. Volunteers are needed to help prepare the lunch that is provided for the students. Usually it is a Spaghetti lunch. The students are given their teddy bear at this event. Please consider coming out on Nov. 6th even if you don’t bring a British car. It is a worthwhile event. The staff of the school are very appreciative of what we do.

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The annual CCBCC Christmas Brunch will be held at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel on Sunday Dec. 4h from 10:30 am to 3 pm. We will have a room all set up for just the club. The brunch buffet will be the food. It was so delicious last year, with so much food to select from. The price is $20.00 for paid up members. Non-paid up members will pay $40.00. The extra proceeds from the July car show this year will subsidize the members Christmas brunch. There will be a “White Elephant” Gift Exchange. This is the type of gift exchange where you find a gift that you have received in the past and re-gift it at this luncheon. Please do not go out and purchase a gift, we are sure you have something you got as a gift in the past that you just can not use or do not want around collecting dust. If you received something last year you may re wrap it and use it this year. There are a number of white elephants out there that keep re appearing every Christmas. If you absolutely have nothing to bring, then purchase something like a gag gift. In the spirit of giving there will be a collection of gifts for the Rain Project in Camarillo. Here is their wish list:

All Toiletries, (large shampoos and conditioners) (men and women), towels, laundry detergent, (liquid), bed in a bag (twin)

RAIN (River Dwellers’ Aid Intercity Network) Transitional Living Center began in 1997 in anticipation of El Nino. The purpose was to establish a Transitional Living Center for displaced river bottom dwellers, but the facility also served as the County’s Winter Warming Shelter during the winter of 1997-98. The project was initially located at the old Camarillo State Hospital site and provided 36 beds on a daily basis.

In June 1998, the State of California took over the Camarillo State Hospital site to begin its transition to a University, and the shelter was then moved to a smaller facility at Camarillo Airport. This facility provided housing for 70 individuals and continued to operate 7 days/week 24 hours/day.

In December 2003, the shelter was relocated to a larger and newly renovated facility at 1732 S Lewis Rd in Camarillo. The current facility can provide transitional living for 65-75 individuals, depending on family composition. Services include meals, transportation assistance, access to public and mental health services, parenting and self-sufficiency classes, mandatory savings program, job search assistance, housing search assistance, and recovery support.

A Bridge to Permanent Housing Since 1997, the RAIN Transitional Living Center (RAIN) has provided housing and services to families and single adults in Ventura County, California, to help with the transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

Serving up to 70 people at a time in a home-like setting in Camarillo, RAIN provides nutritious meals; intensive case management services; employment assistance including transportation to work; life skills courses on topics such as money management, parenting, and relapse prevention; and privately-funded enrichment programs for children. Please consider donating any of the items listed or any other personal care item. Please fill out the next page and return with your check to attend.

Holiday Party Dec. 4th

CCBCC UPCOMING EVENTS

2016 CCBCC HOLIDAY BRUNCH

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016 WHERE: Clipper room, Four Points Sheraton

11050 Schooner Drive

Ventura, CA 93001

TIME: 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM

Champagne BRUNCH BEGINS AT 11:30 am

FEATURING: WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE: Just wrap a gift that you have

received that’s totally useless, gaudy, or just isn’t “you.” After the exchange, have more fun trying to unload

your gift onto someone who might actually like it.

CHARITABLE GIVING: As in the past the club will support the RAIN Project by setting up a table for

your donations. This year we had a donation list to pick from which includes the following

items: All Toiletries, (large shampoos and conditioners) (men and women), towels, laundry

detergent, (liquid), bed in a bag (twin)

COST: $20.00 per person, this price available only to members in good standing.

$40.00 per person for guests and non members (includes gratuity)

RSVP: Mail check payable to CCBCC with the form below by November 23rd 2016

LATE RSVP: If you can’t make the deadline, call Terry at (805) 484-9624

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AMOUNT ENCLOSED ________________________________F0R _____________PERSONS

MAIL TO: CCBCC HOLIDAY BRUNCH

2674 E. Main St. #E614, Ventura, CA 93003

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We have firmed up the dates for our Pismo Beach Wine Tour this year. This year we will hold the event arriving on Friday February 10

th and the wine tour on Saturday the 11

th, 2017. Check out will be on the

12th for the ride back home. We have reserved 25 rooms at the Cottage Inn by the Sea in Pismo where we

had the event last year. 2351 Price St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 Phone: (805) 773-4617) This is a great hotel and venue for the event and the club has used it for many years now. The rates have gone up some from last year but still not bad for the time of year and venue. The rate is for the Traditional Non View rooms: $189 plus $23.05 tax = $212.05 per night The rate is for the Ocean View rooms: $269 plus $32.80 tax = $301.80 per night The following are complimentary amenities included in the group room rate: (may vary) Complimentary parking , Complimentary wireless internet access, Continental Breakfast, Business Center available on-site, Complimentary USA Today, Bathrobes in all rooms Please mention you are with the CCBCC when making your reservations to obtain the special rate. Our cutoff date is January 27

th so make your reservations early. We had a wonderful fun event last year and I

am sure it will be even better this year.

Late Breaking News Pismo Wine tour Feb. 10-12, 2017

Next years CCBCC car show will be Sunday July 16, 2017. The Channel Islands Harbor has been reserved. Mark your calendars for this great event. The club is looking for someone to run the car show. In the past it was done by Martin Keller and Jim Hill. Martin has reserved the date with the Channel Islands Harbor; but will not be able to do anything else for the car show. There were many many club members who helped out this last year and I am sure there will be the same number or more next year. A volunteer for this position will have lots of help. The club needs someone to keep track of everything for this event. Martin will pass along everything to make it a smooth transition. Please step up and offer to be the car show committee chair.

CCBCC Car Show

Santa Rosa Valley Car Show—October 30

This car show is held in the Santa Rosa Valley, organized by locals that live in that area. All cars are welcome and the cost is $20 to enter a car, just show up at 8am. No forms to fill out ahead of time. Show is from 10-3 at 11701 E. Las Posas Rd. This road comes in from Santa Rosa Road and is not a continuation of the Las Posas Road that we all know. Any questions call 491-2387.

There are 9 classes which are voted on by the entrant drivers. Class A foreign pre 1942 Class B foreign post 1943 Class C domestic pre 1942 Class D domestic 1943-1965 Class E domestic 1966-1990 Class F hot rod any year Class G sport car 2 seats Class H muscle car 1956-1985 Class I most unique In addition to the above the organizers will award 3 special trophies

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ALL MG PARTS EXCHANGE

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Being this year’s Tartan Surfboard winners, we were obligated to show our 1954 Triumph TR2 both days of the Seaside Highland Games at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. By obligated, I don’t mean it was an imposition. Pam and I had never attended before and we were looking forward to seeing what it was all about. Of course, free parking and admission (for anyone who showed a car) made it that much more worth it! We arrived at about 9:30am on Saturday to find lots of cars already there. Martin Keller had his GT6, C. Darryl Struth had his TR4, Gary Cooper has his Triumph 1800, Daisy Tatum with her friend Franco had her Jaguar E-Type and Leonard and Judy Halpin had their MGB. We got to park our car front and center, and Paul Keener brought the Tartan Surfboard to put in the passenger’s seat. There was a large Easy-Up with our CCBCC banner behind it and a table where we put registration forms for anyone with a British car looking for a place to have fun (we had about a half dozen people take registration forms and show real interest, so maybe we’ll have some new members soon!). Shortly after we set up, Patrick and Gloria Redd arrived in their Mini. Junie Cooper also arrived to join the fun. After chatting for a bit, Pam and I wandered thru the Quonset buildings looking at the booths. We had fun looking up our family names at the Irish and Scottish registry. We then headed down to watch some of the games. We saw men tossing the Caber – a 16 foot pole that weighed 65 lbs. They had to hold it upright and flip it end-for-end and land it on the ground such that it fell away from them. We also saw men doing the sheaf toss, putting the stone and tossing weights. It was fun to watch, but all I could think about was “hernia”! We decided to head home around 12:30pm. We left our car in Paul’s good hands. He covered it for us overnight and had his RV parked within sight of it. On Sunday, we got there about 11:30am. Mike and Sandra Gustafson were there in their MGB as was Jon Seghi in his TR4. Martin, Gary, Daisy and Leonard and Judy were back for another day of fun. We wanted to see the sheep dog herding, so we headed to the arena with Mike and Sandra. The guy who did the announcing was also the trainer and did a fantastic job describing what we were seeing and how the dogs were trained. And speaking of the dogs, they were amazing. They obeyed the trainer to a tee, and reacted promptly to both his voice and whistle commands. Between the trainer and the dogs, they could make the sheep do whatever they wanted. On the way back, we stopped to listen to the Ploughboys and The Angry Brians – two different Scottish/Celtic rock bands. They were pretty good! We got some fish and chips for lunch and went back to the cars to hang out and eat. We all decided to pack it in shortly after 3pm. While the weather was beautiful all weekend, the wind was starting to pick up a bit more. While we won’t win the Tartan Surfboard again next year, we’ll certainly go again as it was a lot of fun. If you haven’t been before, be sure to mark it on your calendar and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Seaside Highland Games

By Joel Justin

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ReCap of Malamut Museum

Seven cars and 10 people showed up at the Camarillo Park and Ride. We headed over Potrero Rd. to Newbury Park. We had a delicious breakfast at Pickles Restaurant, were we were met by 2 others. Off to the Malamut, a quick 10 minute ride. We were joined by 6 others there. Our group and the Corvette club were greeted with warm chocolate cookies, chips and salsa and drinks. Barbara and Michael Malamut are wonderful hosts. Most of us spent over 2 hours viewing cars, furniture, neon signs, collections of Bob’s Bigboy memorabilia and Pep Boys memorabilia. Everyone had a great time so we will probably plan this trip again in the next year or year and a half. Enjoy the pictures.

This is a 1959 Berkeley roaderster made in the UK

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Helms delivery truck

Porsche tractor

Photos on both pages by Patrick Redd and Dave Reid

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I am attempting to put out a newsletter every month, there may be times I miss a month due to being away. The newsletter is a vital piece of communication to keep members informed of what is happening within our club and lists events that are happening that may be of interest to club members. I would like to feature one member’s British car on the cover of each newsletter. If you would like your ride displayed on the cover, please send me a high resolution picture of it in a nice place (not just the parking lot at work!!) to dtreid@gmail.com

Behind the Wheel editors corner

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I have one more picture put on the front cover. Let’s see yours on the June Issue and beyond. Please send to me dtreid@gmail.com

ARTICLES NEEDED:

The newsletter is in desperate of articles on anything to do with the club or british cars. Please use Microsoft Word and save as a document. If possible use font Arial and do not do any formatting, just paragraphs of words. Any pictures that you have please put them as

UPCOMING EVENTS

CCBCC Breakfast-Brunch Meets They will be at different venues throughout the year. Stay tuned for information and dates for 2016. If you have any suggestions for a Cruise-Meet please contact Jim Hill. Page 16

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The Clear Hooter Central Coast British Car Club 2674 E. Main St. Suite #E614 Ventura, CA 93003

The Hooter is available online and in full color! Visit www.centralcoastbritishcarclub.com To check it out.

More information about this extravaganza when it becomes available. Mark your calendar now.

Happy Haloween

Happy Thanksgiving

Check out this event for next year, could be lots of fun.