Solvang 2009

[Fairlady66]

Forwarded message from Jeff Torres below

Chris
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Hello All!!!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year, but now it is time to turn
to the New Year and SOLVANG 2009!!

This years Solvang Datsun Roadster Classic will be held on Saturday, April
25th 2009. Mark your calendars! Make your reservations...It will be here
before you know it.

Look for the current Solvang Website to be up and running February 1st. At
this time we will be accepting early registration and you will be able to see
new updated info.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Jeff & Gabby Torres

[Fairlady66]

I have been communicating with Jeff. Sounds like Solvang this year is going to be great. We are hoping for 100 cars this year. Please help to get the word out for this years event and lets hit that goal of 100!

Keep your eye open for the website which should be up the first of February. Though there were a few problem with the site last year it should be working good this year. Remember, Jeff doesn't do this full time, so the site might not be what some expect, but it gets the job done, and it is about the meet and getting there and having a great time. There is no place anyone can go to see cars and meet some really great people besides a Datsun Roadster Show. Solvang is great, Roadster folks from all over. Come on and help get the word out. Having you there is what will make this a great show.

Here is the site link: http://solvangshow.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Skyman]

Thanks for the update. I am planning on making the trip this year. With the family wanting to go, I may have to trailer it. Oh, wait, what is that I hear?

Garage Queen!

Kyle

[spl310]

Kyle,

One word - caravan...

[Fairlady66]

SOLVANG UPDATE:

Hey Folks,

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up and a status update on our Solvang Datsun Roadster Classic this year. As we speak, I am diligently working on updating our web site for our Solvang '09 registration kick-off on Monday February 2nd 2009. This is when official registration will begin.

A couple of things have been improved on the web site itself. For one I am working on getting a PDF file for registration. This means one click of the mouse and a perfect 8 1/2 x 11 registration sheet will kick out of your printer. I know we had some probs last year with that, and well, hopefully that will be fixed.

Also, the front page of the website will have this years Official 2009 Logo. This is the logo that will be printed on our T-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. Also, we will have an expanded line of clothing items that can be purchased as part of the event. Last year I had different people asking for different things and well, although it is kind of difficult to offer many items, we will be offering these items as a pre-order only to make those of you with different tastes a little happier:) Our official event colors this year will be black and steel gray. The items you will have to choose from will be this color variation and include a light weight zip-up windbreaker, a windshirt and a retro camp shirt. We will still be offering our standard T's, polo's and hoodies.

Mendenhall's Museum is an interesting prospect. I telephoned the owner tonight to secure our spot and it seems he is still in the market to make money off of us. I guess the father who passed away didn't charge us on an individual basis, but that has changed and the new owner(son) wants $5 a head. He said he regularly charges $10, but since we have been coming for so long...he'll keep it at $5..thanks.

Soooo...what else? Oh ya'....the group photo. I was all set to sell group photos last year and find someone to produce the panoramic set-up like in years past, but I only had 2 requests(you know who you are) and well, it would cost way to much to just do two and without the right equipment or a developing room etc...it couldn't be done. Soooo...this year we're going to do it this way. If someone wants to take over the group shot at the end and arrange their own group photo offering please get in touch with me. For now though we are going to still do the group shot and let people take their own.

Last year my wife and I worked real hard to bring you guys a quality show and this year it will be the same…however, I must say that due to the chaos of running a car show I was unable to thank everyone for everything. Believe me, I tried, but I am human folks. So up front...I apologize to any person out there who gave or helped out, or that I promised to take a picture with the prize they donated and was unable to due to the absolute craziness of running a car show. Don't get me wrong…we loved doing it and look forward to doing it again! Believe me if you pitched in and helped in anyway, you are most def. appreciated.

That being said we are once again appealing to all you Roadster folks, for anything Roadster, or just cool that you would like to donate to the show. I know we had some great prizes last year that were donated and anticipate that again this year. I realize that this show is not about BBQ prizes, but it sure makes it fun, and well, I'm thinking that the people who won our grand prizes last year were happy we did have a raffle. We will once again have a 50/50 raffle and the main one as well. As before significant donors will earn a "sponsor spot" on the web site.

This year I hope to have as many vendors out there as possible. Roadster parts and accessories aren't the easiest to find and well we had a great turn-out with some vendors that had a lot of cool stuff. Great job everyone

Ok..all for now...if you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Thanks

Jeff T.
'66 1600
Lemoore CA
jtorres67@wildblue.net

[Alvin]

YAY!
I can't wait for Solvang.
This time we'll stay for dinner!

[Tstockler]

Sounds great Jeff! Something warm and sun shiney to look forward to in this February cold and flu season.