Another great C.A.P.S day out..

I am very proud to announce that our Corvette club has been chosen from many car clubs to attend the prestigious London Excel Classic Car Show in February.

We met at The Dick Turpin and made our way to The Battlesbridge Custom & Culture Show.
Present were Derek '71 Coupe , Jeff '67 Coupe , Dave '71 Coupe , Dave & Dawn '76 Coupe , John & Janie '65 Roadster , Alan '81 Coupe , Martin '72 Coupe , Gary '90 C4 , Dave '65 Coupe , Dan & Carey '76 Coupe , Lee & Denise '78 Coupe ,Colin , Wendy & Daisy '79 Coupe , Bill '67 Roadster. A great day was had by everyone , with the tea flowing and the non stop usual C.A.P.S banter and we even picked up a couple of new members ....

If you are ever in Florida on the 41 road between Bonita Springs and Naples Gulf Coast Motorworks is worth a visit.

I must admit that I have never heard of Muscle Car City before but I was pleased that I found out about by accident on a Florida info guide . Tom my eldest son & I made the hour long drive up from Naples to Punta Gorda to see the "museum".
I will be doing a full feature on here ....but here are a few pics to wet your appetite ...

I did a rapid U turn when I saw the sight of all of the C7 Corvette's and Camaro's on display at Rick Hendrick's fabulous dealership in Naples Florida during a recent family trip over the pond... I received a warm although air-conditioned welcome from the guys at Rick Hendrick and soon started to chat with the sales manager who was very keen to do me a deal on a new C7 , alas we didn't quite get together on figures but i sure was fun trying..

I was pleased to get a personal invitation from honorary C.A.P.S member Howard Wise for us to attend the 1st monthly American car meeting at the fabulous Sheesh restaurant in Chigwell. I met Bill '67 Roadster & Dave '76 Coupe at my site and we all made our way to The Moby Dick to meet up with Dave '76 along with Dave & Alex '71 , but unfortunately following  large backfire Bills Vette hiccuped and stopped , we all pulled over but she would not go , Bill suspected a minor electrical fault .Bill told us to carry on without him, we met the 2 Dave's and we all made our way to Sheesh , We were met by David Van Haaren proudly displaying his Saddle Tan '63 split window coupe , Billy H was there in his low mileage '74 vert and we were soon joined by Mick & Alf in Alf's awesome '64 Roadster. Howard had his beautiful Hertz Mustang fastback and his Riverside red '63 swc on show next to an nice '65 Coupe.  See you all there next month.

I am very pleased to confirm that our 1st monthly meeting at The Dick Turpin was an overwhelming success.
We had the following members and their Corvettes present , Jeff '64 C2 Roadster  , Alan '81 C3 Coupe ,Dave & Robbie '76 C3 , Dave & Sabrina '65 C2 Coupe , Lee '78 C3 Anniversary , John '65 C2 Roadster , Dave '64 Mustang ( I know dont ask) & Dave & Alex '71 C3 Coupe also present were Mick & Lisa , Andrew & Amanda .
Most of us had a meal and we all agreed that it is a perfect venue for our monthly meets...

Jeff

Just to let you know that we will be attending the annual Ingatestone Hall Classic Car show on Sunday 29th July

I was falling over with joy today , having just received my insurance renewal for my '67 Stingray I contacted our newly affiliated insurance company Classic line Insurance and spoke to one of their helpful team ....and low and behold they beat the figure from my existing insurance company by a whopping £75...and they have agreed to some commission aside for us which we can have as a prize at our Xmas meal.
Thanks Guys