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October 2010
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19th Annual Rio Vista Car Show, October 9th.
by
Emilia Seiferling
The Rio vista Car Show is an annual event for us.
It is part of the BIG event of our little town, The Bass Festival.
As has been our tradition since we got our Pantera, we invited our Pantera
friends to come and join us for the day. We were not sure if anyone would
accept our invitation this year. 2010 turned out to be a record
number of Panteras in the car show; four. Joining us were: Lamar
Fairchild, Paul Bowden, & Henry Kirk. We had expected Lamar and Paul,
but not Henry. It seems that Henry was in town and ran into Paul as Paul
was getting coffee before leaving for Rio Vista. Paul got Henry to drive
down for the event. As usual there were few European cars in the
show. There was an Alfa, a VW and four Panteras. The Rio Vista
car show is for 1974 and earlier vehicles. This year there were
over 200 cars in the show, with Paul being #207. It was a beautiful
day. There was no wind and temperatures in the mid-70's. The show
extended from the foot of Main Street at the Sacramento River to Sixth
Street. Our house is at the corner of Sixth and Main, so the show could
hardly get any closer! Even though the three Panteras of our
of town friends ended up parked across from our house,
Jim had been asked to park down town with our local car club, The
Delta Drifters. The reason being the Soapbox Derby was scheduled for directly
after the "Parade of Winners" of the car show on Main
Street. The soapbox organizers wanted to be sure that
the soapbox race area would be clear, so they asked the local guys to park
there, then move out directly after the awards parade.
Henry's,
Lamar's, & Paul's Panteras, with our house on the corner.
Besides the car show, there was a carnival, vendors, a
fishing derby, shopping
in local shops, and food. Henry and Paul got here a bit late and had not
eaten so they decided to have breakfast at Lucy's on Main Street. Lamar
had arrived earlier, so he had coffee and home made sweet rolls at our
house. So at lunchtime Lamar, Jim and myself went to Foster's Big Horn.
Foster's is a local landmark in our area. It is not every day that you
can have a meal seated under an elephant head or a cape buffalo. We
enjoyed our meals. Eventually we all found our way back to the cars near
our house and sat in the shade. The Panteras always get a lot of
attention. All the guys were kept busy answering questions about the
marque.
After the show the guys formed a three-car convoy for the
trip back to Sacramento. I'm sure the guys got just as much attention on
their drive home, as they did at the Rio Vista Car Show! Once again
it was another good day because we drive a Pantera.
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@riverdeltawireless.com
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 or "The Motoring Mouth"
Summary of the October 2010 Capitol Panteras
Meeting
The October meeting had two Panteras, and
a DeLorean in the parking lot at Mimi's. The drivers were;
Lamar Fairchild, Don Gagnon & Kathy, and Ken Montgomery. Lamar won the
driving for gas money, which helped pay for his about 40 mile drive from
Placerville. Others attending but not in a club car were; Jim &
Emilia Seiferling, Mike Drew, Lori Albino, Rick Carlile, George Potiris, John
Worsley and Larry Springer. Larry is an old friend of ours, from Bozeman,
Montana, that was in California for a combo business and pleasure trip.
There was no raffle at this meeting because Jim
and I forgot the raffle tickets. Treasurer John had purchased a
$20 Kragen Gift card to be raffle prize. We will use it for next month's
raffle.
John Worsley has contacted the Grand Island Mansion http://www.grandislandmansion.com
and has received permission to park in front of the
Mansion. This is a beautiful photo op for the
Panteras. This Champagne Brunch Run will occur on Sunday,
November 14. The back-up date will be Sunday, November 21 if the
earlier date is not available for our group at the Grand
Island Mansion. We hope to have at least 6 cars for this
location. As always, if your Club car is not available, come anyway.
Please RSVP to Jim @ jes@riverdeltawireless.com
Rick had a "show and tell" session for the
group. He had purchased three lithographs of cars. A Pantera, a
Ferrari and a Jaguar. If I remember the story correctly, Don passed the
information about the prints on to Rick who followed up on it . The
Pantera in the litho is yellow (the only reason that Don did not buy it,
since his car is red). Rick plans to give the Ferrari print to Rick Moseley,
and the Jaguar to another friend. All three lithographs will have a place
to be displayed after "living" in an envelope for over 30 years.
Please remember to mark your calendar for the Capitol
Panteras Christmas party on Saturday, December 4. Duane &
Darice Harlan will be our hosts, at their home in Sacramento. The theme for the gift
exchange this year is Australia
(engines after 1974). That
means that if you want to participate in the gift exchange you need to bring a
gift that fits the theme and has a value of approximately $20.
We gained a new associate member to the Capitol
Panteras. Lori Albino, who is a PCNC member, joined our chapter as an
associate. We also had two renewed associate members Mike Drew and Ken
Montgomery. John Worsley will re up at the November CP meeting.
Lori reported on the Alameda Italian car show. She
said the weather was wonderful this year. Last year it was very
cold. There were fewer Panteras this year, 8, plus one Mangusta. The
food was very good. Lunch is Italian, consisting of pasta &
sausage, salad, garlic bread, cookie, and a beverage. This charity car
show is always the first part of October, so make a mental note to attend next
year.
There was an "election" of club officers at this
meeting. A unanimous ballot cast for the current slate of officers.
There were no nominations from the floor. So the Capitol Pantera officers
for next year will be: Jim & Emilia Seiferling-Co-presidents, John Worsley
-Vice President, John McNamee - Treasurer, Ken Montgomery - club
web-master. The officers expect all members to step forward with
ideas for activities and to participate in Club functions. Only
through active participation can we maintain a successful club.
2010 EVENTS CALENDAR
Capitol Panteras Events in Red
Notes: Capitol
Pantera member, Carl Stein, will be racing his Trans-Am Mangusta in the
SCC Road Racing Series. http://www.sfrscca.org/content/section/4/26/
Capitol
Panteras member, Rick Carlile, will be racing his TVR in the CSRG Series.
http://www.csrgracing.org/ Rick has also applied to race
at the Sonoma Historic
Motorsports Festival and has been accepted in the Monterey Historics.
Oct 15-17 SCCA Road Racing @ Laguna
Seca
Oct 16-17 Fall Classic, open
track at Thunderhill. Shelby Club.
Oct 24 EuroSunday,
Sacramento @ To Be Determined
Oct 30-31 CSRG Road Racing @
Thunderhill - Rick will be there in the TVR.
Nov 9
Capitol Panteras meeting at Mimi's
Nov 14 Brunch
Run to Grand Island Mansion led by John Worsley.
Nov 28 Euro
Sunday, Sacramento @
Dec 4
(Sat) Capitol Panteras Christmas Party Hosts; Duane & Darice
Harlan.
2011
POCA Fun Rally XXX-
Exact date and location to be announced. It is the Pantera's XL
anniversary!
Please keep us informed of other dates and activities.
Jim & Emilia Seiferling
Co-Presidents, Capitol Panteras
http://www.capitolpanteras.org
jes@riverdeltawireless.com
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