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Re: Car storage/club article in European car

To: "Dean Mericas" <deanm@limno.com>
Subject: Re: Car storage/club article in European car
From: "Andy" <amdixon@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 10:28:41 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: "Triumphs List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
WOW!!!
What a great idea. Tech sessions, help with repairs/restorations, the 
possibilities are endless.
Guess that means I'm going to have to join DC area club so that I can 
approach them with that one. 
Andy  D.


On 05/09/99 08:29 AM Dean Mericas said...
>
>I don't know if any of you saw Kevin Clemens' article in this month's
>issue of European Car, but it's about a group of old car enthusiasts that
>got together and rented a warehouse in Ann Arbor for winter storage of
>their collectibles.  They quickly found a bunch of other folks that needed
>storage, and they now have more than 20 cars in the place.  The cars 
range
>from newish Ferraris, to several LBCs and a trio of 1950s Cadillacs.  They
>will only take in interesting cars.
>
>More to the point, the place has also turned into sort of an (old) boy's
>club for car nuts. They host a monthly doughnut/bagel/etc. breakfast and
>invite friends, wives, etc. to talk and look at cars, socialize, etc.  I
>have been fortunate enough to be invited to a couple of these, and they're
>a great time.  In addition to storage, someone brought in a ping-pong
>table, they're fixing up an old kitchenette area, and plan to install a
>hoist and air compressor in a designated "work" area in the near future. 
>A fleet of rescued Barcaloungers and big-screen TV can't be far behind. 
>
>This is such a good idea, I wonder if others are quietly doing the same
>elsewhere?
>
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Dean Mericas
>1965 TR4 (CT37089L)
>1973 Volvo 1800ES (xxx4553)

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