SEROC mini meet

Post by **spl310** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:05 pm

Since Andrew Murphy has made the trek all the way from California to Jacksonville, we are going to try to have a little get together. The idea of Winefest in St Augustine was considered, but their parking has always been problematic. A venue where cars are the focus seems to be in order. Well, there is a made to order event every Saturday night in Jacksonville. It is the First Coast Car Council cruise in. This Saturday (Feb 21st) it will be at the K-Mart/McDonalds parking lot on the corner of Blanding Blvd and Kingsley Avenue. Lets plan to meet up at about 5pm. That will give us some time to chat and visit before the cruise in proper begins.

Getting there is fairly straight forward - if a little busy trafic wise. If you need directions, contact me off list and I will get them to you.

Make sure to bring your Roadster!

Post by **spl310** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:55 am

Well, the SEROC mini meet happened as planned, but the attendance was not nearly as big as hoped. Several folks expressed interest, but for one reason or another, did not make it. Some had family commitments and others had car issues. The plan was to meet at about 5pm and hang out looking at the hotrods and muscle cars that dominate the Cruise ins. SEROC almost had a complete lock on the small bore club. In attendance were Norman Ritz in his nice 67.5 1600, Jeff Gaver in his nice 1963 Alfa Guilietta (it isn't a Datsun, but it is a Roadster!) and me. I thought it was interesting that all 3 cars are red! An early (68?) VW bug came but did not hang around. In attendance were some neat old rides. A FE Big block powered Starliner was there - what a motor! Also a Ferrari Modena made the show. It was remarkably quiet, but had a really distinctive exhaust note. There were T buckets, Hemi Chargers, a restored Model T C-cab truck, Mustangs and Camaros and so forth. A few local (non-list) Roadster folk that were invited did not make it. We waited around for 2 1/2 or so hours, but never did see Andrew. Upon returning home, I found that he had sent an e-mail indicating that he had some difficulties and could not make the show.

Unfortunately we did not make a connection to meet - perhaps next time!