What's New!
December 7th, 2009
Well we are on the last leg of 2009 which in my opinion I am glad to see it dwindling in my rear view mirror! It seems like the bad news outweighed the good news all year, hopefully 2010 will bring us all some better news along with the new decade.
I never did get the hang of the twenty - aught year naming, I am hoping that when we are in the 2030's I can say - remember back in '02 when I found my '39 in a barn in New Mexico? - then I can really sound like the Old Codger that I am!
Speaking of remembering... before it slips what little mind I have left; you can find my write up and photo coverage of the 2009 Goodguys Southwest Nationals HERE! And coverage of our annual club party - the 2009 Holiday Casino Night can be found HERE!
And here is a link to put a smile on your face! Check out the John Jurkowski Collection of photos of car hauler trucks on page 2 of the collection. Check out the rest of the pages for a flashback to 1930's to 60's trucking history!
Event Calender
Getting the car out and going to a different show, cruise night or other related activity is a lot of fun. Too often we get into ruts; which is a very bad thing if you own a street rod, hot rod or custom :-) Fortunately in Arizona we are blessed with a great climate and a lot car related activities going on in and around our state.
Several members have asked that we provide a calender of coming events to help them in planning thier future activity. Fortunately a lot of this has already been done for us by the kind folks at Cruisin' Arizona
The Club Roster
I was able to catch some of our new members and update a few of the older ones at Goodguys. We still have a lot of out of date photos! I hope we can schedule a picture day like we did a few years back to try and get everyone up to date...
If you need photos taken of you and your car please get in touch with me (conradm@citlink.net) and we will schedule a time and place!
The Virtual Garage
Several members who are/were in the process of building or modifing their cars have sent us photos and narratives of their work. I have recieved a lot of very favorable feedback from many of our readers so keep it up! If you or a club member that you know have a project starting or underway, please contact me and I will give you the instructions on how to access and use our internet drop box so you can share your work with everyone who logs into our site!
A word about photos...
If you have photos or an article or anything that you feel the club might be interested in please send it to my email address. When you send me photos it would help if you sent me copies of the original JPEG files from your camera. I need a minimum resolution of 720 x 480 pixels. No problem if your images are larger (almost all are), I can easily reduce them down to the size that I need. And, if it is not too much to ask, please turn off the time stamp feature on your camera that puts the date and time on each of the photos.
Also, please make sure that you let me know who took the photos so that I can give the proper accreditation for them! I have set up a drop box on the webserver so that you can easily get material to me without worrying about email size limits. If you wish to use it, contact me for details on how to log on and upload your files.
My Thanks ...
... to Carol Elliott, Dee Giuntoli, Larry Besore, Judy Nolte, Ken Du Bois, Terry Scott, Nick and Deb Bacon and Steve Besore for providing most of the content that you will see on this site!
Thanks in advance for your help and for your feedback! Let me know what you find wrong or don't like! email your feedback or photos etc. to conradm@citlink.net