CAPITOL PANTERAS July 2003
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We would encourage everyone to become
a POCA member, if you aren't already a member. Your membership in the
national club helps fund your local chapter. You can download a
membership application at http://www.panteraclub.com Please help our club grow.
June 21 Amador County Wine
Cruise
The first day of summer turned out to be a
perfect day for a drive in the country. The group met at the gate of
Rancho Murrieta to begin our trip to the "other wine country". We began
with four Panteras and one non-club car. Harley & Michelle Hubbell
lead the way, followed by Rick Carlile, John McNamee and passenger
John Worsley, Henry Kirk & friend Karen Kimball. We were in the rear
in our Mercury Capri, but we did have the top down. (The repair kit
for the master clutch cylinder was incorrect and had to be reordered from a
second vendor, so no Pantera for the cruise.)
Our first stop was Young's Vineyard. A
beautiful facility about a half hour drive from Rancho Murrieta. It
was there that two more cars caught up with us. John McNamee "forgot" that
Mike & Nancy Haney of PCNC were joining us, so we had started without
them! They had meant to drive Nancy's Pantera, but they too had mechanical
problems and instead came in Mike's 1971 Alfa, but they had the top down
also. We were also joined by Jack & Jane Bartole of PCNC. They drove
their green Pantera over from Sonora. We hadn't expected to see
them until lunchtime. So now we were five Panteras strong, and the two
convertibles. (Both of the non-club cars did have an Italian connection. The
Alfa is obvious, but did you know that the Capri was a Ghia design?) The next
stop was Domaine De La Terre Rouge/Easton Winery. When we got there, we
were the only people in the tasting room. We enjoyed the wine and munchies. This
winery also had a nice picnic area, but we were headed for lunch at Villa
Toscano Winery and Bistro. We arrived before the noontime rush and enjoyed
prime parking, the food, beautiful surroundings and conversation. Funny,
not one of us wanted wine with lunch. It was here that we added
another car to our caravan. Hersan, a friend of John M. joined us in his
Acura NSX. After our lunch break, we continued on to two more wineries,
Renwood and Charles Spinetta.
We then headed back to Rancho Murrieta and a
BBQ at the home of John and Susan McNamee. Michelle did a wonderful
job with the food. Her family has been in the food
business for 26 years. That experience showed in the wonderful meal
that we enjoyed. John was a true BBQ master at the grill! Thank you, John
& Susan for opening your home to us. Thank you, Harley& Michelle
for planning the tour route and the food. It was a great day! The weather
was wonderful. No one had any car problems on the drive. This event
gave us all a chance to get to know our fellow Pantera
owners better. For those of you who missed this outing, you missed a
good one.
Lunch at Villa
Toscano
Dinner at Villa
McNamee
July 19 - Donut Derelicts
Drive
There will be a Donut Derelicts cruise on
Saturday, July 19. It will start out from Martinez at 8:30 AM. The exact
route will be outlined at the "drivers meeting" as well as coffee and
donuts. The meeting location will be the Starbucks in the shopping
center. The leader of the drive will be PCNC member Greg Jacobs. It
promises to be a scenic drive north from there toward the coast. If you
have a walkie talkie, please bring it along.
Capitol Panteras
Website
The Capitol Panteras website(http://.www.capitolpanteras.org./)
is up and really running thanks to web master Ken Montgomery.
We all owe Ken a big thank you for all his efforts. It has a
truly professional appearance. If you would like to have a photo of
your car on the members cars page, you need to get a photo and short
story to Ken. We would also like to have a club history on the
website. So we need one of our members of longer standing to write up
a brief history of the club. So check out the website and be impressed!
Wanted: Articles for CP
Newsletter
If you have attended a car function of any
type, please write about your car adventures and send it to jes@rickadee.net to be included in the
next Capitol Pantera newsletter. If newsletter articles are not
received, then it will be more of Jim & Emilia's automotive
adventures.
POCA Educational
Bytes
We have recently received a copy of the POCA
bylaws. We didn't know that they existed until this years Presidents
meeting in Las Vegas. So wanting to be informed leaders, we requested a
copy. So now we will share a little POCA info in each newsletter.
This months topic: membership. There are three classes of membership in
the club; Regular member- A regular member is a person who has an interest in
the furtherance of the DeTomaso marque and DeTomaso automobiles. This
member has paid POCA dues and can vote and hold office. Associate member- the spouse of a regular
member or other person designated by the regular member. (there are
limitations on who can be designated) This member can vote and hold
office. Honorary member - elected by
club for special service to the club. They can not vote or hold
office.
We will briefly touch on a different topic each
newsletter.
Notes from
the July 8 Capitol Pantera Meeting
The July monthly meeting of the Capitol Panteras was very well attended. 50%
of the chapter's POCA members were present, as well as two associate members, and
one soon to be member and his spouse. It was a beautiful evening
to be out on the patio at Mimi's. Let's see if next month we can do even
better!
The soon to be Capitol Pantera member is
Shannon Rogers and his wife Terrie, from Citrus Heights. They recently
purchased a 1973 Pantera, yellow, at an auction in Las Vegas. Welcome to
the group Shannon and Terrie. Don't forget to finish the POCA
paperwork!
Shannon, Terrie, and their 1973
Pantera
Several members were reminded of their renewal
dates for POCA. The new POCA membership committee is doing a great
job. Please mail in your renewals on a timely basis to help make their job
easier.
There is a charity car show at Lodi Lake on
Sunday, July 27. The proceeds go to the Lodi Adopt-A-Child program.
Cost $30 per entry. There will be live music and food booths. Think
about bringing the car out for charity.
Dennis Gacutan reported that there will be a
European Car night, in Roseville, on Tuesday, July 29 at 6 PM. The
location is in downtown Roseville on Vernon Street. There will be live
music and food booths. Sounds like a fun summer evening to bring out the
Pantera. It will be good PR for the marque and for the Capitol
Panteras. Please contact Dennis to let him know if you can make
it. He will go down early to get space for the cars to be grouped
together. dgacutan@starstream.net
There are still openings for the Bodega Bay
weekend. If we do not get enough people, the outing will have to be
canceled. Please contact John Worsley for details. jcWorsley@lanset.com
The idea of a progressive dinner, similar to
the one done by the San Diego Panteras, was brought up. We need people to
think about it and get a volunteer to get it organized for this year or
next.
There is a member car for sale. Emanuel
Vargas is selling his 1972, Pre-L red Pantera. Asking price is
$27,500. Contact Emanuel at elvargas@msn.com
2003 EVENTS
CALENDAR
July 19 - Donut Derelict Drive
July 27 - Hot Rods and Harleys Car Show -
Lodi Lake
July 27 - American Le Mans- Sears
Point
July 29 - European Car Night-
Roseville
August 12- Capitol Panteras meeting- at
Mimi's
August 15 - Concorso Italiano
http://www.concorso.com
August 16-17 - Monterey Historic
Races
August 29-31 - Shelby Mini-Nats-Sears
Point
Sept 12-13- Bodega Bay Weekend - John Worsley ,
Chairman
Sept 21 - Chico - Concours d'Elegance
www.chicoconcoursdelegance.com
Oct 11 - Rio Rendezvous Car Show - Rio
Vista
Oct - Winchester Mystery
House, w/DeLorean club. http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/
Suggestions for other activities in the
coming year include;
Blackhawk Museum in Danville http://www.blackhawkauto.org
Golf/Lunch in Farmington - at JB
Golf
Sporting Clays/Lunch at Birds Landing (near Rio
Vista). http://www.birdslanding.net/
Great Pantera back road getting
there!!
Please keep us informed of other dates and
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Jim & Emilia
Seiferling
Pantera #1575