Meeting Minutes for February 21, 2024 (as received)
Start time 7:35 PM
Members in attendance 26
President..............Frank Barone
Vice President.......Derick Karabec
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec
Secretary.............Sue Moore
Current Membership Currently the club has 85 members.
We're happy to welcome new member Suzanne Drury from Parkridge, NJ with a 1973 TR6.
New members Dean and Sarah McCarthy, owners of an MGB, will be coming to the cook-off.
Treasurer's Report Account Balance and expenses were reviewed.
Old Business
The Wednesday driver's lunch at Irish Eyes had 12 members enjoying the lunch. Danny's was voted for the next lunch.
New Business
The International Cook Off will be held on Sunday March 3 from 1-4 PM at the Campbell Hall Firehouse in Campbell Hall.
A tentative date of April 7 has been chosen for a Dust Off Tour.
Knut suggested a drive up to Hudson, NY to visit his studio, where he and his wife, an artist, have a print shop.
Bruno suggested a Cruise Night from April to October possibly at the Mid Valley Mall in Newburgh, just off Rt. 84.
The annual Watkins Glen weekend is Sept. 5 & 6.
Lorine made a suggestion we make the Tour de Brits an annual drive, perhaps in early June.
Ted is organizing a Wine Tour for July. He is designing a survey to go out to the members asking what events they are looking forward to.
Bruno will be willing to lead a drive, and Lorine offered to type instructions.
Discussion followed regarding the upcoming events we have historically participated in, such as Limerock, Rhinebeck,
West Point concerts, Mills Mansion, Locust Grove, Museum Village etc. Many members are interested in drives, similar to those we did
years ago. After the surveys are returned, we will try to coordinate.
Upcoming Events
The next driver's lunch will be at Irish Eyes in New Windsor on Feb. 7.
The next meeting will be on February 21 at ABC Pizza.
A motion to end the meeting was made by Rick McCurdy, seconded by Bill Moore at 8:35.
Meeting Minutes for January 17, 2024 (as received)
Start time 7:35 PM
Members in attendance 16
President..............Frank Barone
Vice President.......Derick Karabec-Absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec
Secretary.............Sue Moore
Current Membership Currently, 63 members are up to date with their dues. We hope to equal the membership of
111 members that were enrolled in 2023.
We're happy to welcome new members James and Amy McCauley.
Treasurer's Report Account Balance and expenses were reviewed.
Old Business
The holiday party in December at Temple Hill Tavern in New Windsor went well, with 49 members attending. Since this was our second year
there, we will be looking north for a location for next year's party.
Boxing Day was enjoyed by 16 members at the Moore's home.
New Business
The International Cook Off will be held on Sunday March 3 from 1-4 PM at the Campbell Hall Firehouse in Campbell Hall.
Ted Cryer has arranged a trip to Custom Spares in Brewster on Saturday April 13 from 9-12 Noon, with lunch to follow. Suggestions are welcome.
Lorine is starting a Google group so members can catch up with what others are doing, and also post their own ideas in real time. Details will follow.
Bruno suggested a Cruise Night from April to October, possibly at a diner near Five Corners in New Windsor, from 6PM until……. He will get back to us with more information.
Lorine made a suggestion we make the Tour de Brits an annual drive, perhaps in early June.
Ted is organizing a Wine Tour for July. He is designing a survey to go out to the members asking what events they are looking forward to.
Bruno will be willing to lead a drive, and Lorine offered to type instructions.
Discussion followed regarding the upcoming events we have historically participated in, such as Limerock, Rhinebeck, West Point concerts,
Mills Mansion, Locust Grove, Museum Village etc. Many members are interested in drives, similar to those we did years ago. After the surveys are returned,
we will try to coordinate.
Upcoming Events
The next driver's lunch will be at Irish Eyes in New Windsor on Feb. 7.
The next meeting will be on February 21 at ABC Pizza.
A motion to end the meeting was made by Rick McCurdy, seconded by Bill Moore at 8:35.
Meeting Minutes for October 18, 2023 (as received)
Start time 7:50 PM
Members in attendance 24
President..............Frank Barone-Present
Vice President.......Derick Karabec-Present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec-Present
Secretary.............Sue Moore-Present
New Members......... John Golde – 1977 MGB,
Roger & Bridget Miller of Lake Katrine–78 MGB, 67 MGB GT, 51 MGTD
Wayne & Carla Mallon of Carmel – 1963 Jag, 1994 Corvette
Joanne & Tom Burns of Kingston – 1980 MGB
Timothy Deschenes & Dawn Mazzone of Stone Ridge – 69 TR6
Brian Johnson (renewal) – 1969 Jag XKE
Treasurer's Report: Lorine reviewed the current account balance and expenses.
Total Members 111
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
The club’s annual picnic had 50 attendees in spite of poor weather. The dessert contest had Dave Pendergast winning 1st for his
cherry skillet pie, Gloria Daly took 2nd place for a cheesecake and Verne Barone taking 3rd place for her cookies.
The Woodstock show was poorly attended with only 53 cars, of which 22 were members of the Brits.
The Mills Mansion Gathering of Olde Cars saw a great autumn day. Bill Moore spoke of stopping for gas, after which his MGB ran
poorly, so he aborted’ He then told of the shortcut Bill Scheinert had led years ago, promising a speedy exit, whereupon about
5 cars got totally lost in the woods for an hour.
Upcoming Events
The Hudson Valley DuBois Farm show is 10/21 rain or shine.
Britfest at Succasunna is 10/22.
The next Drivers Luncheon meeting will be on 11/1 at the Mountain View restaurant in Bloomingburg.
Frank Barone mentioned he will be retiring as President of the club. Bruno Bruno DeVuono said he will run for President.
The November meeting is both club elections and free pizza night, so come hungry, but come.
The Annual Holiday Party will be held at Temple Hill Tavern in New Windsor on December 3 from 1-5PM.An email with specifics
about the Yankee Gift Swap will be forthcoming. We will vote for the menu selections at the November meeting.
The party replaces the December meeting.
Bill Moore made a motion to close the meeting at 8:30, Dennis Culligan seconded.
Meeting Minutes for August 16, 2023 (as received)
Start time: 7:35 PM
Members in attendance: 23 British cars present: MGB, 2 Land Rovers, TR4, Mini
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President.......Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary.............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 102
Treasurer's Report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
President's Report:
Frank reported that the ice cream drive in night was a success and was enjoyed by 9 members. It will be repeated.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Bruno led a drive on July 23rd which was attended by 6 cars.
Bill Moore organized a drive through Orange County culminating in a visit to John Mayo’s home to view his car collection before many of
the cars find new homes. John Mayo Jr. also invited the members to look through John’s many books and take whatever they found interesting.
This was followed by a picnic lunch at the Moores.
The Brits had an excellent turn out to the Museum Village Car Show on August 6 of 20 cars, with 6 cars winning trophies. This resulted in the
club taking the 1st place prize of $500. The show had 201 cars participating.
Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
The Limerock Festival will begin on Sept. 1 in Sharon, Ct.
The British Invasion in Stowe, Vt. begins 9/15.
The annual picnic is scheduled for Sept. 24th. This is a rain or shine event since there is a large covered pavilion.
Brothers BBQ will supply pulled pork, chicken and wings. Members are asked to bring sides and desserts.
The Holiday Party is on Dec. 3 at the Temple Hill Tavern.
Meeting Closed:
A motion to close the meeting was made by Bill, seconded by Steve at 8:15 PM
Meeting Minutes for July 19, 2023 (as received)
Start time: 8:10 PM (?)
Members in attendance: 25 British cars present: Morgan, TR4, MG Midget, MGB,
Mini, Jaguar
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President.......Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary.............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 100
Treasurer's Report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
President's Report:
Frank reported the Drivers Lunch was held at Warwick Winery and was attended by 6 members. No restaurant was discussed for August, so it will be
held at the Stonehouse Tavern in Accord.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Locust Grove was attended by Dennis, Gabe, Brandon and 6 other members in a slight rain.
Jim Allen and Guy Dobson attended the K of C show in Newburg(?).
Upcoming Events:
Bruno will lead a drive on July 23 leading to lunch at the Parkview in the Hamlet of Walkill.
Bill Moore has a drive scheduled on July 30 through the western area of the county, leading to John Mayo's house where members are requested to
adopt a book from Johns extensive collection. Lunch will follow at the Moore's.
August 6 museum village auto show cash prizes for club participants first place $500 second $250 which we received last year let's get first place
this year. LETS GO BRITS
August 19 has a show scheduled at the Harvest Festival at the DuBois farm in Highland.
August 20 is the OC Car Show at Thomas Bull Park.
The Holiday Party is on Dec. 3 at the Temple Hill Tavern.
Meeting Closed:
A motion to close the meeting was made by Bill, seconded by Dennis at 8:20 PM
Meeting Minutes for June 23, 2023 (as received)
Start time: 8:10 PM (?)
Members in attendance: 26 British cars present: MGB. TR4,Mini, and a Yes
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President.......Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary.............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 99
New Members: the Shopels from Tappan, NY with a 1958 TR3 and a 1979 Spitfire
Treasurer's Report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
President's Report:
Frank reported the Drivers Lunch was held at Loughrans and was attended by 12 members.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
The Bannerman's Castle tour was held in conjunction with the Austin Healey club and was well represented by several members of the BoTH club.
Thanks for coordinating this goes to Jim Allen.
At the Wings and Wheels, Terry Shank won best modified.
Dennis Culligan reported the Beacon Elks Lodge show on 5/27 had about 100-110 cars. He won a HUGE trophy as 1 of only 2 foreign cars, Exalted Ruler.
Gary attended the HoHoKus show and said it was not a large turnout. He took 2nd place with his Stag.
Upcoming Events:
Ice cream night is postponed due to inclement weather.
June 25 is the date for the show at the Orange County Fire Training Center. This may result in cash for the club with the best turnout.
Bruno will design a tour for July 23 leaving from Montgomery. Details to follow.
The Catskill Rally of Covered Bridges is scheduled for Oct. 14, The cost is $50.
The BoTH picnic will be on 9/24 at the same location as last year.
The Holiday Party is on Dec. 3 at the Temple Hill Tavern.
Meeting Closed:
A motion to close the meeting was made by Bruno, seconded by Dennis at 8:40 PM
Meeting Minutes for March 15, 2023 (edited)
Start time: 7:30 PM
Members in attendance: 18
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President.......Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary.............Sue Moore- present
Total Membership 91
Treasurer's Report: Reviewed account balance and expenses. Several large expenses are coming due in the next few months,
the website renewal, the club insurance in May and the 91 subscriptions to the British Marque.
Meeting Highlights: Lorine introduced and welcomed a new member tonight, Gary Dobson, the proud owner of a 1935 Morgan 3 wheeler.
President's Report:
The Wednesday Drivers Lunch was held at the Copper Bottom in Florida, NY. Everyone enjoyed the gathering.
The next drivers lunch is on April 5 at the Mountain View Restaurant on Stone School House Road in Bloomingburg.
The Chili Cook Off will take place on Sunday March 19 at 1 PM at the Campbell Hall Fire House. To date, there are 25 members signed up.
We received some sad news, Mitch Meisler passed away on March 1. He had moved to Woodstock NY at the beginning of the pandemic. He ran numerous
drives in the upstate region for the club. Several members attended his wake in Phoenicia.
The next meeting is April 19.
Upcoming Events:
Derick mentioned April is right around the corner so it’s time to start driving. The date of April 23 was selected for
the annual Dust Off Tour. Dennis volunteered to plan a lunch stop and plan the route.
April 29 -There is a show at the Pine Bush Fire House .
August 6 – Car show at Museum Village. This is a group car show with cash prizes for the club with the best turnout.
We must arrive in a group to park together.
Old Business: The drive to the Saratoga Museum scheduled for March was cancelled due to weather. Ted Cryer will arrange a new date.
New Business: Bill Moore has spoken with John Mayo Jr. and asked about the possibility of having the Brits visit and view John's car
collection. He said it can most definitely be arranged.
Gary shared some sad news with the club. His adorable red Cardinal "Cheep cheep" has passed away. Gary entertained the club for years with Cheep cheep's antics.
Bill Moore made a motion to close the meeting at 8:45, seconded by Dennis.
Meeting Minutes for February 15, 2023 (edited)
Start time: 7:30 PM
Members in attendance: 19
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President.......Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary.............Sue Moore- present
Total Membership 84
Treasurer's Report: Account Balance and expenses were submitted by the Treasurer via email. Subscriptions to the British Marque
will be due in March.
President's Report:
The Wednesday Drivers Lunch was held at Sweeney's in Montgomery, NY. 12 members enjoyed the gathering.
The next drivers lunch is on March 1 at the Copper Bottom in Florida, NY.
The Chili Cook Off will take place on Sunday March 19 at 1 PM at the Campbell Hall Fire House. To date, there are 25 members signed up.
Bond in Motion is postponed until 4/15 with lunch scheduled in Malta.
Frank brought a spanner wrench for anyone who can use it.
Upcoming Events:
May 7 - Rhinebeck Car Show.
June 3 – Empire Drivers Club/VSCCA at Lime Rock Park. The price is $145 for 3 days, although Frank got a 25% Discount after taking a survey.
Lime Rock Park offers active and retired military with up to 3 family members free admission.
August 6 – Car show at Museum Village. This is a group car show with cash prizes for the club with the best turnout. We must arrive in a
group to park together.
Sept. 8 – The marque at Watkins Glen is Corvette.
A motion to end the meeting was made by Edward, seconded by Ted at 7:57 PM.
Meeting Minutes for January 18, 2023 (as received)
Start time: 7:34 PM
Members in attendance: 25
British cars present: None
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Sue Moore- absent
Membership in Total: 58
New Members: Jeff and Barbara Barringer who own a 1974 Mini; Guy and
Tina Dobson who own a 1935 Morgan; Nick and Mary Beth Giammarco who
have a 2002 Jaguar XKN convertible and a 2014 Jag XF.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Congratulations go to Ed Tamburo for finding a 1988 Jaguar XJS with
58,000 miles to replace the one he lost last year.
The Norwich Car Museum is looking to expand their British Car display.
The Cooke's may participate with their TVR this year.
Bruno is looking into having Cars and Coffee at a Ikaros Diner on Route
300 in New Windsor for the upcoming season.
Ted Cryer is heading a road trip to Saratoga Auto Museum on February
11th to view "Bond in Motion" exhibit featuring cars and movie
memorabilia from the James Bond movies. Lunch will be in Malta at
Carson's Woodside tavern. If attending contact Ted at
ccryer@hvc.TR6.com
Ted is also looking to organize a trip in April to Brewster Custom Spares
that carries quality British parts.
Next lunch gathering in February will be at Sweeney's Irish Pub on
Orange Ave in Walden. For details contact Frank Barone.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Holiday Party at Temple Hill Tavern.
The party was held on December 4th with 58 people in attendance.
The food was good and a vote was taken at this month's meeting to
return there next year for the party. It was voted that we will. Ted
Cryer won the 50/50 and donated a portion to the Ulster County SPCA
which was the beneficiary of this year's event.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
February 15th BOTH monthly meeting at 7:30PM in the Group Meeting
Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave (Rte 94) New Windsor, New
York.
Annual Food Fes1val will be held this March at Campbell Hall Fire
Department, details to follow.
Meeting Closed: 8:22 PM
Meeting Minutes for November 16, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:38 PM
Members in attendance: 24
President..............Frank Barone- absent
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
New Members:
Thomas Schoonmaker of Pleasant Valley
Kathy Hart
Treasurer's report:
Lorine reviewed the current account balance and expenses. 101 Total Members.
Old Business and Prior Month's Activities:
The Early Ford Car Club held a farm classic on October 22nd in which 8 members participated in a field full of pumpkins!
Brit Fest, normally held in May in Succasunna NJ, was also held on October 22nd. Ann and Dave Cooke reported there were about 120 cars in attendance.
9 members of the Brits Drivers Club had lunch at Maggie Mae's on November 2nd. The next luncheon will take place at Irish Eyes in New Windsor on December 7th.
On November 5th Joe Trupiano led 6 members on a drive on some beautiful upstate roads.
Upcoming Events:
The Annual Holiday Party will be held at Temple Hill Tavern in New Windsor on December 4th from 1PM-5PM. The cost will be $35 per person.
Please consider paying your annual dues of $30 at this time.
Dinner is buffet style with entrees of Roast Pork, Salmon, Stuffed Shells, and Chicken Cordon Bleu. The sides will be herb roasted potatoes and a vegetable. Dessert
is Apple Crisp.
There will be a Yankee Swap grab bag, a 50/50 raffle, and we will be collecting items for the Hudson Valley SPCA. A list of desired items will be sent via email.
There is no meeting in December.
The Moores hope to hold their annual Boxing Day Party this year for the first time in three years. An email will be sent out a few days before to
get a head count.
A discussion took place regarding the possibility of holding a car show in 2023. Tom Murphy suggested the Elks Lodge in Beacon, with ample parking and
bathrooms available. The third weekend in June is a possibility, as that is when the Beacon Hot Rods also hold a show.
Derick stressed more cruises in 2023. Lorine mentioned that George Tushman wants to be involved in setting up a cruise in the Hyde Park area.
The club has 11 walkie talkies, Lorine and Bruno offered to type directions, and Ted Cryer has about 90% of the past drives.
Derick mentioned that when people write articles for the British Marque the club gets more space and it's good advertising for the club.
Dennis found a vendor for new and rebuilt alternators for his TR6. BNR Parts in Van Nuys, CA has good prices.
Bill Moore made a motion to close the meeting at 8:15, Dennis Culligan seconded.
Meeting Minutes for October 19, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:30 PM
Members in attendance: 32
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
New Members:
Jorge Ramos of Chesnut Ridge- 76 MGB
Mike and Linda Fisher of Poughkeepsie, former members- 76 Spitfire
Steve and Anita Busch of Palenville, former members- 62 Daimler Dart
Harry Mason Dent IV of Kingston- 62 Healey Sprite, 97 Volvo 240,
91 Miata, 71 AMC Javelin, 79 Plymouth Horizon
John Abrams of Newburgh- 79 MGB, 55 Caddy, 72 Mark IV
Les Andrews of Rhinebeck- 65 MGB Roadster, 64 Chevy Pickup,
64 Moke, 56 BMW Isetta, 78 VW Convertible
Joe Decker and Lauren Aguiar of Kingston- 73 MGB, 67 Volvo P1800,
68 Ford Mustang Convertible
William Abela of Rhinebeck- 70 MGB, 71 MG, 72 MG, Saab, Suburban
Lisa Cowan and Chris Wisniewski of Carmel- 77 MGB, 53 Chevy Pickup
Treasurer's report:
Lorine reviewed the current account balance and expenses.
The annual fall picnic was attended by 51 members. Several members prepared the food, resulting in a savings of more than $500
from the 2021 catered picnic. The 50/50 totaled $276 with $138 won by Ken and Fran Dewitt, who graciously donated $70 to the club.
Old Business and Prior Month's Activities:
There were about 39 or 40 cars attending the Mills Mansion Gathering of Old Cars. Dennis awarded the 2 trophies given to the Brits, one to Scott Klion for his
GT6, and one to Brandon Cordero Quijada for his work in progress.
The 'Better Than Nothing' drive on October 9th attracted 7 members who enjoyed lunch at the Lamp Post Inn.
Several members attended either Bill Scheinert's wake or funeral. Bob, Dennis, and Joe all spoke at his funeral. He will be sorely missed.
Lorine celebrated her birthday by traveling to Indiana (12 and a half hours) to participate in the 'Covered Bridge Tour' with 3 other couples. More Mini adventures!
Upcoming Events:
The Annual Holiday Party will be held at Temple Hill Tavern on Route 207 in New Windsor on December 4 from 1-5PM. The cost will be $35 per person.
Please consider paying your annual dues of $30 at this time.
The entrees are Roast Pork, Salmon, Stuffed Shells, and Chicken Cordon Bleu. The sides will be herb roasted potatoes and a vegetable, while dessert is Apple Crisp.
All will be served buffet style.
Meeting Minutes for September 21, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:35 PM
Members in attendance: 22
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 90
Treasurer's report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses. Lorine reported that one member had received a notice
from the British Marque that it was their last issue. She contacted the Marque and in spite of the updated roster she sends
them, it seems they cut 12 members. She had it corrected but asked all members to be aware of the problem.
Meeting Highlights:
Frank reports that the next Drivers Lunch will be on Wednesday October 5 at Maggie Mae's in New Paltz.
Old Business and Prior Month's Activities:
The Boice Farm car show drew 6 Brits members, while the Orange County show the next day had 7 cars. Four members took home trophies.
At Limerock on September 3, only Dennis and Frank were in attendance.
Two cars traveled to Stowe, Vt. for the British Invasion. One was Brandon in his 'new' Mini, finally assembled only the day before.
The other car, also a Mini, contained the Karabecs.
On September 17, the Woodstock Car show had 20 Brits in attendance with 3 cars taking trophies.
Also on September 17 nine Brits members attended founding member John Mayo's funeral, burial and Celebration of Life at the Bull's Head Inn.
September 18-23 was the Healey Enclave held at the Kalahari Resort with events ranging from a road rally to parade laps to a gymkhana and Concours.
Wheels and Wings is scheduled for September 24.
The Annual Picnic on September 25 will not be catered this year due to highly increased costs. Many members will be providing items ranging from
pulled pork, BBQ chicken, wings, corn bread and macaroni and cheese. A dessert competition will follow.
Upcoming Events:
On September 30 and October 1 the VSCCA Fall Finale will be held at Limerock in Sharon, CT.
The Mills Mansion Gathering of Old Cars will take place on October 16 in Staatsburg, NY.
Brit Fest, usually held in May in Succasunna, is scheduled for 10/22.
The Annual Holiday Party will be held at Temple Hill Tavern on Route 207 in New Windsor on December 4 from 1-5PM.The cost per person will be $29.50,
buffet style and will offer four entrée choices, beef, chicken, seafood and pasta. Dennis will review the past shelters and find an animal rescue
for this years donation.
Bob Prescott made a suggestion that the Gadabout trophy be resurrected and awarded to George Atkinson. It was decided to give it to him at the Annual Picnic.
A motion was made by Bill Moore to end the meeting at 8:30, seconded by Dennis Culligan.
After the meeting Dennis mentioned that a National magazine gave mention of a diagnostic expert by the name of Derick Karabec. Way to go, Derick.
Meeting Minutes for August 17, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:30 PM
Members in attendance: 17
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 90
Treasurer's report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
President's Report:
The Wednesday Drivers Lunch was held at Texas Barbeque in Cold Spring Depot. Everyone enjoyed the food and comraderie.
Old Business:
A decision will be made at the September meeting regarding the Holiday Dinner.
New Business:
This is the 30th Anniversary of the Brits of the Hudson. There was discussion regarding creating a banner to display.
Discussion was held regarding the Columbus Day drive, normally held on the Sunday of the weekend since many restaurants are
closed on Monday and some members work.
Prior Months Activities:
At the Museum Village Car Show run by the Mustang Club the Brits took second place for Club Participation with a showing of 8 cars,
resulting in a cash prize of $250. Ed, Gary, and Lorine each won trophies.
Additional Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
Sept. 1-5 is the Historic Festival at Lime Rock Park Race Track.
Sept. 7 The September Drivers Lunch will be held at Temple Hill Tavern in Vails Gate.
Sept. 9-11 is the British Invasion at Stowe, Vt.
Sept. 17 is the Woodstock, NY car show.
Sept. 21 Brits meeting at ABC pizza.
Sept. 24 Wheels and Wings at Nu-Cavu Restaurant.
Sept. 25 The End of Season Picnic. In the past we've had it catered, but this year the price is significantly higher,
so we will be asking members to expand their contributions from just desserts to a range covering a full menu. Lorine will
coordinate a list of contributions.
Oct. 16 Mills Mansion
Meeting Closed at 8:35 PM
Meeting Minutes for July 20, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:30 PM
Members in attendance: 21
British cars present: 2019 Mini, TVR Vixen, MGB, F type Jaguar
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 90
We take this time to welcome new members Mark & Toney VanEtten and Tom Cassano.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Presidents Report:
The Wednesday Drivers Lunch had 13 people present at the Stonehouse Tavern in Accord NY. The service and food were excellent.
Old and Prior Months Activities:
Locust Grove had over 600 cars and the Brits were well represented with 13 cars attending.
Dennis Culligan traveled 7 hours to Shenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.
Additional Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
The August Drivers Lunch will be at Texas Barbeque on Rt. 9 in Coldspring on August 3.
August 6 - The Middletown Elks Club is holding a show from 8-12Noon.
August 7 - There is a car show in Museum Village.
August 14 - Ted Cryer will be organizing a winery tour starting at McDonalds in Highland.
August 14 – Saugerties Car Show.
August 21 – Orange County Car Show at Thomas Bull Park on Rt. 416.
The annual Holiday Party will be on Dec. 4 in the southern area. Please submit suggestions for a restaurant.
Bruno mentioned the Otterkill Country Club in Hamptonburgh, but the price is on the high side.
The End of Season Picnic is September 25. In the past we've had it catered, but this year the price is significantly higher, so we will be
asking members to expand their contributions from just desserts to a range covering a full menu. Lorine will coordinate a list of contributions.
Old Business:
The Touch of England Car Show in HoHoKus had 8 members in attendance with all 8 winning trophies!
At the Mini Meet in Dayton, OH the Karabecs took 1st place in their class and 2nd place in the rally.
Meeting Closed at 8:35 PM
Meeting Minutes for June 15, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:30 PM
Members in attendance: 17
British cars present: TR6, MGB, Jaguar, Mini Cooper
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 88
We welcome our new member Mike Roth
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Presidents Report:
Frank reported that the June lunch had 9 members attend.
Old and Prior Months Activities:
The Wings and Wheels car show was held at the Goshen Historic track in perfect weather with 4 members attending.
Limerock VSCCA event on June had more than 8 members attend. Luckily we had several mechanically minded members along who
attended to 2 cars that required some assistance.
Additional Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
Derick and Lorine Karabec are planning a drive on June 26, postponed from June 19. Details to follow.
Ted and Carol Cryer are planning a winery tour in July.
Gary asked anyone going to the Touch of England show in HoHoKus on June 18 wishing to caravan with him should meet at 8:45 at the Duck Cedar Inn on Rt. 17.
The July Drivers lunch is on July 6 at the Stonehouse in Accord at Noon.
The Locust Grove show is scheduled for July 10.
Bill Moore brought a brick which he had appropriated from the original MG factory in England. He is planning on presenting it in some shape or
form annually to the most active MG driver.
Meeting Closed at 8:10 PM
Meeting Minutes for May 18, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:35 PM
Members in attendance: 24
British cars present: TR4, Jaguar, Mini Cooper
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Sue Moore- present
Membership in Total: 87
We have a new member from Kingston, Tom Collins
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Presidents Report:
Frank reported that the May lunch on Wednesday 4 was held at the Tap Room in Sugarloaf. 8 members attended and voted for the June lunch on
Wednesday the 1st to take place at the Ole Cabana in Kingston.
Frank presented Dennis Culligan with a Goodwood poster in appreciation for everything he does for the club.
Old and Prior Months Activities:
The annual dust off drive took place on Sunday April 24 with 16 cars participating, followed by lunch at the Hurley Mountain Inn.
Additional Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
Ted Cryer Is considering organizing a winery tour for the first weekend in August. He also mentioned a good source for parts is
Custom Spares LTD., Stuart Arbeit owner.
Additionally, the Sundays of June 19 and 26 are open for anyone who would like to schedule a tour.
Bruno asked if there is any interest in renewing cars & coffee on any open Saturday weekend.
May 22 A car show at Goshen Historic Track, held by the OC Fire Police.
There will also be food trucks there for refreshments.
June 5 The Poughkeepsie car club is holding an autocross at Tech City in Kingston.
October 16 The Mills Mansion show in Rhinebeck.
Auto Cross is scheduled for May 15 and June 5 at Tech City in Kingston. The cost is $50 per day.
Meeting Closed at 8:15 PM
Meeting Minutes for April 20, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 8:10 PM
Members in attendance: 24
British cars present: Mini Cooper, TVR Vixen, 74 Innocenti Mini, XTS
President..............Frank Barone- absent
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Susan Moore- present
Membership in Total: 85
New Members: Simon Knott, Malcolm Meyerson
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The President's report was read by Derick since Frank was absent. Mark Waitkins memorial service was well attended and very appreciated by Carol Waitkins.
The first Drivers Wednesday lunch was attended by 13 members, including new members Lynn and Tom Lown. The next lunch is on May 4 at the Tap House in Sugarloaf.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
The Cookoff was attended by 26 members with the 50/50 won by Gary Panarotto. The category winners were Derick Karabec for appetizer,
Ann Harmuth for chili, Eddie Tamburo for entrée, Sue Pendergast for dessert and Frank DiMaio for beverage.
Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
May 6 & 7- VSCCA at Limerock.
May 7- Britfest, the marque is MGB.
May 8- Rhinebeck (parking is by Marque, not club)
May 13 & 14- Carlisle
May 18- Brits meeting at ABC pizza.
May 21- Wings & Wheels for Warriors in Ellenville, NY.
May 21-29- British Car Week
May 22- Car show at the Goshen Historic Track
June 3 & 4- Drivers Cup at Limerock
Auto Cross is scheduled for May 15 and June 5 at Tech City in Kingston. The cost is $50 per day.
The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
Meeting Closed at 8:30 PM
Meeting Minutes for March 16, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:45 PM
Members in attendance: 21
British cars present: 1 Jaguar
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Susan Moore- present
Membership in Total: 79
New Members: None
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Frank suggested the mid-week lunch to be held on the first Wednesday of the month. If suggesting a restaurant, please check they are open for lunch.
Upcoming Events and Car Shows:
The Chili Cookoff will be held on Sunday March 20 at the Campbell Hall Fire House. We have 289 people signed up.
A memorial for former club President Mark Waikins will be held on April 1 at the Appalachian Ballroom at Bear Mtn Inn from 5-9 PM.
There will be a caravan leaving the Rt. 32 Park & Ride in Harriman at 4:15 PM.
The first weekday Drive to Lunch will be held on April 6 at the Clemson Brewery in New Paltz. May’s restaurant will be selected then.
The annual dust off will be on Sunday April 24 with a drive over Lake Minnewaska to lunch at the Hurley Mountain Inn. Details to follow.
A card was circulated for Jack Klix who is in a rehab center in New Paltz.
June 18 is the Touch of England car show in Hohokus, NJ as well as Rally for a Cure to fund JDRF in Hartford, CT.
May 7 is Britfest in Succasunna, NJ held by the MG Car Club of Central Jersey Centre.
May 8 is the car show at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
Frank has added, and will continue to add, several pictures of members cars to the website.
The Austin Healey Club of America is holding the Enclave 2022 at Kalahari Resorts in the Poconos Sept.18-23.
The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
Meeting Closed at 8:18 PM
Meeting Minutes for February 16, 2022 (edited)
Start time: 7:32 PM
Members in attendance: 23
British cars present: Land Rover
President..............Frank Barone- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Susan Moore- present
Membership in Total: 67
New Members: None
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Boxing Day at the Moores was cancelled for the second year due to the surge in Covid cases. The January meeting was cancelled due to covid.
The club collected $775. , which includes the 50/50, for the Saugerties Animal Rescue at the annual holiday party in December.
Frank Barone suggested selecting a restaurant for the first Wednesday of the month to which any interested members could drive individually
for lunch. Discussion led to a decision to select a restaurant for this event at each monthly meeting. He also suggested holding an auction
prior to the meeting each month of members memorabilia or car related items.
The annual Chili Cookoff will be held this year on Sunday March 20 at 1PM at the Campbell Hall Firehouse, Maybrook Road, just off Rt. 207,
Campbell Hall. The categories are appetizers, entrees, chili and desserts. The cost for members (2) is $5. Non-members will be charged $5 per person.
Derick suggested that this is a good time to explore roads for new cruises in your daily drivers, so we can plan ahead for dates to fill the calendar.
The dust off drive is normally held in April before Rhinebeck.
Dennis said he has one over Minnewaska and another the Skunks Mystery Tour. Justin added he has one in the Rhinebeck area, and that the
Beekman Arms is a good restaurant.
Derick mentioned the Great American Race will be stopping in Montgomery on Sunday June 19 for lunch.
Dennis asked for members to email him dates of shows they hear of. The marque at Britfest this year is MGB. He also shared the website for
some neat photos of Triumphs at driveyourtriumphday.shutterfly.com.
Motion to adjourn was made at 8:21 by Bill Moore.
Meeting Minutes for November 17, 2021
Start time: 8:08 PM
Members in attendance: 25
British cars present: 2003 Land Rover
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 88
New Members: None
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The results for next years officers are Frank Barone as president, Derick
Karabec as Vice President, Lorine Karabec as treasurer, and Sue Moore
as secretary. All officers ran unopposed and a motion was made to
bypass voting by Dennis Culligan and accepted. Pizza and soda were
supplied by the club as tradition has it for the election meeting.
There is no club meeting for the month of December.
Grille badges are now available. They run $40 and are a nicely made.
Contact Lorine Karabec for purchase.
The BOTH Annual Holiday Party is at Stonehedge Restaurant on
December 19th will be from 12:30-4:00PM. The Cut off date to sign up
is December 4th. Sliced Roast Beef, Chicken Francaise, and Herb Crust
Salmon are the entrees. The cost this year is $40 per person. There will
be a "Yankee Gift Swap". The wrapped desirable gift will be under $25
and there will also be a 50/50. Saugerties Animal Rescue is the
beneficiary of our collection at the party this year. For signup contact
Lorine Karabec.
The Brits have a Facebook Auto Club page that is private and members
can post pictures. Currently there are 34 members and it is being
monitored by Dennis Culligan and Bruno DeVuono.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
On November 14(rain date) the 1st Annual Veterans Day Car Show, was
held at the Galleria Mall at Crystal Run in Wallkill, Eddie Tamburo
attended bringing home a Top 20 trophy. It was a cold day with about
60 cars in attendance. This was the first year for this show.
On November 14th, the Brits were invited to attend a private viewing
of a Brass Era car collection in Redding, Connecticut in conjunction
with the Healey Club. Robert Prescott attended and took pictures
posting them on the Brits Facebook page.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
Calendar Section has a complete listing of upcoming shows and events.
December 19th Brits of the Hudson Holiday Party, 12:30PM until 4PM
at Stonehenge Restaurant in Esopus, NY. Donations for this years
charity is Saugerties Animal Rescue. Entrees are Sliced Roast beef,
Chicken Francaise, and Herb Crust Salmon. There will also be a 50/50
and Yankee Swap.
December 26th "Boxing Day" at Sue and Bill Moore's house in Goshen.
Bring leftovers, starts around 2PM.
Meeting Closed: 8:48 PM
Meeting Minutes for October 20, 2021
Start time: 7:40 PM
Members in attendance: 24
British cars present: 2012 Mini, 2016 F-Type
Jag, 1979 Fiat Spider, VW Golf, 2003 Land Rover, TR 6
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 86
New Members: Lynn and Thomas Lown who own a 1974 Triumph TR6.
Brandon Cordero and Jamie Matias who own a 1996 Mazda Miata. Stephen
Schreiber and Wendy Tremper who own a 1953 Supercharged MG TD.
Vaughn and Lisa Van Vleck who own a 2002 Jaguar XK8 and a 2007 Jaguar XK
convertible. Robert Markovich owns a 1953 Austin Healey 100. Steve and
Patsy Rainardi own a 1970 Triumph GT6. Tom and Denise Murphy who own
a 1955 MG TF, and a 1984 Vandemein Formula Ford. Frank DeMayo owns a
1970 XKE Jaguar. Peter Genovese who owns a 1965 MG Midget, 1980 MGB, a
1960 Bentley, and a number of Volvos.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The nominations for next years officers are Frank Barone for President,
Derick Karabec for Vice President, Lorine Karabec for Treasurer, and
Sue Moore for Secretary. Next meeting is on November 17th and is the
election of officers with free pizza supplied by the club.
The club has a new member, Tom Murphy who is president of the
SCCA club. There may be some cone racing in the Brit's future.
Grille badges are in the process of being made. Forty badges will be
available.
The BOTH Annual Holiday Party at Stonehedge Restaurant on
December 19th will be from 12:30-4:00PM. Sliced Roast Beef, Chicken
Francaise, and Herb Crust Salmon are the entrees. A vote was passed
to make Saugerties Animal Rescue the beneficiary of our collection at
the party this year.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
On September 18th Gary Panarotto and Eddie Tamburo went to
Britfest in Succasunna, NJ. Gary reported that the show is getting
smaller each year. This year featured class- Jaguar E-Type.
On September 19th Lorine and Derick Karabec hosted a Tour de Brits
drive. It started in Ulster Park where the Karabecs provided a delicious
breakfast with seventeen cars in attendance. The drive con1nued with
a scenic tour to Mitch Meisler's garage in Woodstock. Mitch's garage
was displayed with a great collection of automobile memorabilia and
gas station pieces from the past. The club also got a tour of Jeanine’s
garden in back which was most impressive. From there the club drove
another scenic tour to the Maniatis’ house in Milton along the Hudson
River. The club sponsored a barbecue of hamburgers and hotdogs at
the end of the drive. This was a great event and was enjoyed by the
members. The club thanks all the members who opened up their
homes for us. The Brits may do a similar drive next year with different
members opening up their homes for a tour.
On September 25th was the Wheels, & Wings car, bike and airplane
show in Walkill at the Nu-Cavu Restaurant and Kobelt Airport. Dennis
reported a smaller turnout than normal, Bob Krueger took a top 50
prize for his MG TD.
On September 26th was the Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic at
George Freer Memorial Park, in Port Ewen on the Hudson River. The
event was set up by Lorine and Derick Karabec with Jim Allen picking
up the barbecue from Brother's BBQ. The meal was delicious, but
pricing was discussed at the meeting and next year we may go with a
different caterer. We had sixty two people and roughly 30 cars come.
There was a desert contest and first place went to Sue Moore with her
Death by Chocolate, second place was a rice pudding tie to Joe
Trupiano and Derick Karabec.
On October 1st and 2nd was the VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Pre-War
Celebration. Rick Mc Curdy raced there and put on "quite a show" for
the fans with a close finish win.
October 9th & 10th was British Car Weekend at the Old Rhinebeck
Aerodrome. Justin Salisberg attended with his XJS Jaguar and
reported that approximately fifteen British cars attended. Also the
main air show retains its traditional format.
October 11th was a Columbus Day tour through the Catskills headed
up by Joe Trupiano. There were six cars in attendance that started in
Saugerties and did a spirited drive through Hunter and Tannersville. A
lunch stop was made in Windham and another spirited drive
continued back to Saugerties. The roads were scenic and windy with
very little traffic. Most enjoyable by the participants.
October 17th was the Annual Gathering of Old Cars at Mills Mansion in
Staatsburg. Dennis Culligan led a tour from MacDonalds in Highland to
the show. Derick and Lorine set up the clubs tent and flag with coffee
and donuts. We had twenty five cars and thirty two members in
attendance. There were five new members that signed up and two
renewals! Discussion at the meeting was to try and man the tent next
year with someone during the entire show to answer questions and
promote interest in the club. Trophies were handed out to Mike
Maniatis for his XK120 Jaguar and Rob Gosselink for his XK140 Jaguar.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
Calendar Section has a complete listing of upcoming shows and events.
November 17th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group
Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave (Rte 94) New Windsor,
New York. Elections of Officers! Pizza will be provided by the club. For
more information contact Dennis Culligan.
December 19th Brits of the Hudson Holiday Party, 12:30PM un1l 4PM
at Stonehedge Restaurant in Esopus, NY. Donations for this years
charity is Saugerties Animal Rescue. Entrees are Sliced Roast beef,
Chicken Francaise, and Herb Crust Salmon. There will also be a 50/50
and Yankee Swap.
December 26th "Boxing Day" at Sue and Bill Moore's house. Bring
leftovers, details to follow.
Meeting Closed: 8:40 PM
Meeting Minutes for September 15, 2021
Start time: 7:36 PM
Members in attendance: 21
British cars present: None
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 75
New Members: Steven and Marlene Greenblatt who own a 1977 TVR
2500M and 1951 Jeep CJ3-A. Susan Lewis and Tim Opler who own a 1966
Jaguar E Type.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The Woodstock Car Show scheduled for September 26th, which
previously was scheduled for the 19th is canceled.
The club voted to donate $100 to help support the Mills Mansion
property for the upcoming Annual Gathering of Old Cars on October
17th. This year the fee to park had been waived by the Red Hook Car
Club. There will be no Trophies or badges this year. Members at the
meeting want to see this event continue in the future and thought it
would be a good idea for the donation.
There will be Nominations of Officers at the next BOTH meeting on
October 20th. Please talk to the person before you nominate them.
The price for the BOTH Annual Holiday Party at Stonehedge Restaurant
on December 19th has increased to $40 per person. There was a vote
on the entrees at the meeting with a 3 way tie on roast beef, steak,
and pork loin. Sliced Roast Beef was picked out of the hat, Chicken
Francaise, and Herb Crust Salmon were the other results.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
On August 29th was the Orange County Antique Auto Show in
Montgomery,NY. The Brits had a good showing with Artie Reyes
winning a trophy for the 60-67 class with his Morris Minor, also Gary
Panarotto took a trophy with his Triumph Stag. Other members Bill and
Sue Moore were there with their Triumph TR3, Eddie Tamburo with his
Jaguar, Justin Salsberg with his Jaguar, Dennis Culligan with his TR6,
Frank Barone with his Jaguar, Peter Madison, and Susan Lewis.
On September 2-6th Historic Festival at Lime Rock where Porsche was
the featured marque was attended by Frank Barone, Dennis Culligan,
Rick McCurdy, and Bob Prescott who was a vendor. On Sunday there
were about 75 British cars in attendance for the car show even though
some rain visited.
On September 10th-12th was the Hilliard US Vintage Grand Prix at
Watkins Glen, NY where the featured marque was Alfa Romeo. Dennis
Culligan reported that most of the Alfas were newer cars. Mike
Harmuth was racing there.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
Calendar Section has a complete listing of upcoming shows and events.
September 18th Britfest 2021, Succasunna NJ, Featured class-Jaguar E-
Type. There will be a Brits caravan to Britfest from Gary Panarotto's
house leaving 8:30AM. Contact Gary at mymoggie@optonline.net to
let him know. More information at www.mgccnj.org. See the Event
Flyer.
September 19th Tour de Brits, starting at 10AM from the Karabec's at
24 Hudson Lane, Ulster Park. Breakfast and coffee will be provided,
then on to Mitch Meisler's garage in Woodstock for a viewing of his
collection of car/garage memorabilia. From there the drive continues
to the Maniatis' house in Milton along the Hudson River for a club
sponsored barbecue of hamburgers and hotdogs. RSVP by Friday,
September 17th to Lorine at Wolfelor@AOL.COM.
September 25th 10th Annual Wheels & Wings car, bike and airplane
show. Rotary Club of Southern Ulster. NU-Cafu Restaurant at the
Kobelt Airport, 857 Plains Rd Walkill, NY 9AM- 3PM. To park together
meet 9:00 AM at New Hurley Reformed Church on route 208. Register
on line ($15) at www.southernnulsterrotary.org or day of show ($20).
September 26th Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic, 12:30PM until 4PM
at George Freer Memorial Park, right on the Hudson River in Port
Ewen, NY. This is a rain or Shine event since there is a covered
pavilion. This will be catered by Brother's BBQ and also there will be a
dessert contest. RSVP by September 22 to Lorine, guests are $20 per
person. A flier will be sent out by email, for more information contact
Lorine Karabec.
October 1-2 VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. Pre-War
celebration. See www.vscca.org for more information.
October 9-10th Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome British Car Weekend,
Rhinebeck, NY. Gates open 10AM - Air Show admission required. See
www.old rhinebeck.org for more information.
October 11th Brits of the Hudson "Columbus Day Drive", Details to
follow.
October 17th 32nd Annual Gathering of Old Cars, Mills Mansion,
Staatsburg, NY. Contact jadoyle@frontier.net for more information.
October 20th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group Meeting
Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte94 ) New Windsor, New
York. Nominations of Officers! For more information contact Dennis
Culligan.
November 17th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group
Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave (Rte 94) New Windsor,
New York. Elections of Officers! For more information contact Dennis
Culligan.
December 19th Brits of the Hudson Holiday Party, 12:30PM until 4PM
at Stonehedge Restaurant in Esopus, NY.
Meeting Closed: 8:44 PM
Meeting Minutes for August 18, 2021
Start time: 7:38 PM
Members in attendance: 19
British cars present: 2003 Land Rover Discovery
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 73
New Members: John and Linda Barber, 62 Triumph TR4 and a 72 MGB.
Justin Salsberg also came to the meeting and will join.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic will be held on Sunday,
September 26th, from 12:30 PM to 4PM at George Freer Memorial
Park, in Port Ewen, NY. This is a rain or Shine event, we hope to have it
catered by Brothers BBQ and there will be the dessert contest!
The Woodstock Car Show is also scheduled for September 26th, which
previously was scheduled for the 19th.
The Brits of the Hudson Annual Holiday Party will be held on Sunday,
December 19th at Stonehedge Restaurant in Esopus, NY. from
12:30PM to 4PM. There will be a 50/50, a Yankee Gift Swap, supplies
and money will be donated to a local animal charity, prices have
increased for the entrees, more details to follow.
There has been an interest to purchase BoTH badges for new
members' cars. It has been investigated and a new mold would have to
be made with a minimum order of 40 badges. This is a considerable
amount of money and will be pursued by the amount of orders before
we commit. There were over 10 people interested at the meeting.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
On July 31st was Hudson Valley Mustang Association's 39th Annual Car
Show on Park Road in Kingston. It was attended by Ed Salinas and
Dennis Culligan who had a nice view of the Hudson River. This was a
well attended show, the British cars were grouped in the special
interest class where a Chevy van won first place.
On August 8th was the car show at the Museum Village in Monroe.
Gary Panarotto and Eddy Tamburo attended both receiving trophies,
congratulations! This was their first event and not quite organized
which should get better next year.
On August 14th was the Dubois Farms Car Show in Highland
cosponsored by Dutchess Cruisers. The weather was rainy at the start
of the show and attendance was down under 100 cars. We had several
members in attendance, trophies went to Dennis Culligan, Gary
Panarotto, and Mike Maniatis for his XKE. Free donuts were given out
for the participants!
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
Calendar Section has a complete listing of upcoming shows and events.
August 29th 2021 British Cars by the Sea, CT MG Club-Waterford, CT.
Rescheduled from June 2021. Two import classes, up to 1960 and
1960 up. More information at www.ctmgclub.com.
August 29th 2021 Orange County Antique Auto Show. Thomas Bull
Park, Rte 416, Montgomery, NY. More information at
www.ocantiqueauto club.com. See the Event Flyer.
September 2-6th 2021 Historic Festival - Lime Rock Park, featured
marque - Porsche. Featured class at Sunday Gathering of the Marques
- More information at www.limerock.com
September 10-12th Hilliard US Vintage Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, NY.
SVRA and Trans Am, Featured marque - Alfa Romeo, More information
at www.theglen,com and www.grand prixfestival.com
September 10-12th British Invasion at Stowe. Featured marque -
Austin Healey, Bentley, Rolls Royce & Singer. More information at
www.britishinvasion.com
September 15th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30 PM in the Group
Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte 94) New Windsor,
NY. COVID -19 precautions will be in place - masks, distancing, etc.
Watch for emails in case of cancellation. For more information contact
Dennis Culligan.
September 18th Britfest 2021, Succasunna NJ, Featured class-Jaguar E-
Type. There may be a Brits caravan to Britfest-more information to
follow. More information at www.mgccnj.org. See the Event Flyer.
September 25th 10th Annual Wheels & Wings car, bike and airplane
show. Rotary Club of Southern Ulster. NU-Cafu Restaurant at the
Kobelt Airport, 857 Plains Rd Walkill, NY 9AM- 3PM. Register on line
($15) at www.southernnulsterrotary.org or day of show ($20).
September 26th Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic, 12:30PM un1l 4PM
at George Freer Memorial Park, right on the Hudson River in Port
Ewen, NY. This is a rain or shine event since there is a covered
pavilion. We hope to have this catered by Brother's BBQ and also there
will be a dessert contest. A flier will be sent out by email, for more
information contact Lorine Karabec.
September 26th Woodstock British Car Show, Woodstock, NY
9AM-3PM. Rain Date - October 10, 2021. Information at
lenvolvo445@gmail.com.
October 1-2 VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. Pre-War
celebration. See www.vscca.org for more information.
October 9-10th Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Bri1sh Car Weekend,
Rhinebeck, NY. Gates open 10AM - Air Show admission required. See
www.old rhinebeck.org for more information.
October 10th Brits of the Hudson "Columbus Day Drive", rain date
10/11. Details to follow.
October 17th 32nd Annual Gathering of Old Cars, Mills Mansion,
Staatsburg, NY (Tenative) Contact jadoyle@fron1er.net for more
information.
October 20th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group Meeting
Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte94 ) New Windsor, New
York. Nominations of Officers! For more information contact Dennis
Culligan.
Meeting Closed: 8:22 PM
Meeting Minutes for July 21, 2021
Start time: 7:43 PM
Members in attendance: 22
British cars present: MGB, TVR Vixen, 1990 Miata, 1973 MG Midget
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 72
New Members: none
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic will be held on Sunday,
September 26th,from 12:30 PM to 4PM at George Freer Memorial
Park, in Port Ewen, NY. This is a rain or Shine event, details to follow.
The Brits of the Hudson Annual Holiday Party will be held on Sunday,
December 19th at Stonehedge Restaurant in Esopus, NY. from
12:30PM to 4PM. There will be a 50/50, a Yankee Gift Swap, supplies
and money will be donated to a local animal charity, more details to
follow.
Volunteers are needed to help Len Shapiro out with the Woodstock
Car Show on September 19th. We may head there early as a group to
help. Rain date is October 10th.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
On June 19th there was the a show at Dubois Farm in Highland NY,
hosted by the Ford V8 Club. This show was poorly publicized and had
less than 100 cars in attendance. We had four members attending,
Dennis with his TR6, Edward Salinas with his MG Midget, Gary
Panaroto with his TR7, and Artie Reyes with his Morris Minor. Artie
ended up with a trophy for the "Most Unique" vehicle at the show,
congratulations Artie!
On June 26th, The Knights of Columbus car show took place with Jim
Allen in attendance along with Eddie Tamburo.
On June 27th Bruno hosted the "Five Corners Tour" starting at Vails
Gate winding 50 miles through back roads and ending up at the Jolly
Onion restaurant in Pine Island. We had ten members in attendance,
the weather was nice enough to have the tops down. Bill Moore
brought his recently restored 1957 TR3 and had some minor issues
with the points adjustment on its maiden voyage.
On July 11th was the Locust Grove Car Show in Poughkeepsie, NY, with
several members in attendance. Rob Dyson brought by a few of his
cars including an original Cobra. Derick actually drove his Henkel Trojan
to the show at a top speed of 45 MPH. It only took 45 minutes to get
there. Trophies ended up in the hands of Glen Roy, Eddie Tamburo, Ted
Cryer, Derick Karabec, and Wayne Carver. Congratulations to all! The
ride home from the show was a bit wet and Ted commented how most
Healey drivers carry duct tape for such occasions.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
Calendar Section has a complete listing of upcoming shows and events.
August 14th 2021 Summer Harvest Festival & 10th Annual Car Show,
Dubois Farms, Highland, NY. Rain date-8/15. More info at
www.dutchesscruisers.com.
August 19th 2021 BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group
meeting room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave (Rte 94) New Windsor,
NY. COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks, distancing, etc.
watch for emails in case of cancellation. For more information contact
Dennis Culligan.
August 29th 2021 British Cars by the Sea, CT MG Club-Waterford, CT.
Rescheduled from June 2021. More information at
www.ctmgclub.com.
August 30th 2021 Orange County Antique Auto Show. Thomas Bull
Park, Rte 416, Montgomery, NY. More information at
www.ocantiqueauto club.com. See the Event Flyer.
September 2-6th 2021 Historic Festival - Lime Rock Park, featured
marque - Porsche. Featured class at Sunday Gathering of the Marques
- More information at www.limerock.com
September 10-12th Hilliard US Vintage Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, NY.
SVRA and Trans Am, Featured marque - Alfa Romeo, More information
at www.theglen,com and www.grand prixfestival.com
September 10-12th British Invasion at Stowe. Featured marque -
Austin Healey, Bentley, Rolls Royce & Singer. More information at
www.britishinvasion.com
September 15th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30 PM in the Group
Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte 94) New Windsor,
NY. COVID -19 precautions will be in place - masks, distancing, etc.
Watch for emails in case of cancellation. For more information contact
Dennis Culligan.
Meeting Closed: 8:39 PM
Meeting Minutes for June 16, 2021
Start time: 7:42 PM
Members in attendance: 13
British cars present: 2019 Mini Cooper,1979 Fiat Spider, 1971 MGB, 65 Wolseley Hornet, TR6
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 71
New Members: none
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
We had a guest, Eric Levett who is president of the Tampa Bay British Car Club attend the mee1ng. They have about 107 members and can do drives
all year round, but the summer months are brutal and drives during that time tend to be in daily drivers with AC. They tend to get together
on Saturdays for a "Breakfast or Burger Quest" with roughly 15 to 20 cars in attendance. During the COVID isolation period, Eric kept the
club ac1ve with games that name the British car from pictures of the engine or a section of the car and some trivia. Dennis told him
how he had posted pictures daily of the members cars for our club. Eric extended an invitation to look him and the club up on their
website if any of us happen to get to the Tampa Bay area and would like to say hello.
Bruno DeVuono is hos1ng a Brits 5 Corners Tour, Vails Gate, NY on June 27th. It is a 50 mile tour that winds through many back roads
and ends up at the Jolly Onion in Pine Island. There is outside dining and a wide variety of food including Barbecue. Meet at 10:30AM
at Advance Auto Parts in Vails Gate. For more information contact mgbmini@ yahoo.com
There was a lengthy discussion of taking over and running the Woodstock Car Show by our club. The consensus was to help out as much as
possible this year. There isn’t enough time to get things organized for the amount of work that has to be put into it. We will be having
a closer look at doing it next year with maybe a different format and profit sharing for the club.
Anyone that would be interested in setting up a drive, please contact Dennis or Lorine so that an email can be put out to the club.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Dust off tour hosted by Lorine and Derick Karabec had 21 cars in
attendance on May 23rd. The weather wasn't too hot, Terry Schank
had a coolant leak but he kept an eye on things and made out fine. The
club met at McDonalds in Montgomery and covered about 88 miles
through Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties with lunch at Pizza the
Rock in Rock Hill. The tour ended in Pine Bush at Hometown Ice Cream
and Grill.
Ted Cryer headed up a drive to Lime Rock with 23 cars on June 5th
from the Daily Planet Diner for the Empire Cup Vintage Races. The club
got to watch plenty of racing under the pines in the camping area.
During intermission at lunchtime the Brits got to do four spirited
parade laps around the track which had been arranged by Mark
Harmon. Rick McCurdy had no mechanical problems and had a great
time racing.
Gary Panarotto and Ed Tamburo attended the FOP Car Show by Quick
Insurance at the Orange County Fire Training Facility on Sunday June
13th that benefited fire and police responders. There were over 250
cars with a small number of British representatives. Gary took home a
trophy for best British with his TR6.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
Calendar Section has a complete listing of upcoming shows and events.
June 26th 2021 Knights of Columbus 10th Annual Msgr. Henry O'
Carroll Memorial Car Show, 10AM-3PM. Sears at the Newburgh Mall,
1401 Union Ave, Route 300, Newburgh, NY. Rain date July 10th
June 27th 2021 Brits 5 Corners Tour, Vails Gate, NY. Meet at 10:30AM at
Advance Auto Parts in Vails Gate. Drive starts at 11. Destination is The
Jolly Onion in Pine Island. For more information contact Bruno at mgb
mini@ yahoo.com.
July 11 2021 Locust Grove Car Show, 2683 South Road ( Rte 9),
Poughkeepsie, NY, 9AM-3PM. More information at www.lgny.org
July 21st 2021 BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group
Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte 94 ) New
Windsor, New York. COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks,
distancing, etc. watch for emails in case of cancellation. For more
information contact Dennis Culligan.
August 14th 2021 Summer Harvest Festival & 10th Annual Car Show,
Dubois Farms, Highland, NY. Rain date-8/15. More info at
www.dutchesscruisers.com.
August 19th 2021 BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group
meeting room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave (Rte 94) New Windsor,
NY. COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks, distancing, etc.
watch for emails in case of cancellation. For more information contact
Dennis Culligan.
Meeting Closed: 8:49 PM
Meeting Minutes for May 19, 2021
Start time: 7:38 PM
Members in attendance: 16
British cars present: 2009 Mini Cooper, two TR4’s, an MGB, and a Spitfire
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 71
New Members: Please welcome John Antonori who owns a 1962 Austin
Healey 3000, and a 1972 TR6.
Also welcome Sheldon Stowe who owns a 1979 Spitfire 1500.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Lorine and Derick Karabec are hosting the "Dust Off Tour" this Sunday,
May 23rd. Details were sent out by email in a flyer to meet at
McDonalds on Rte. 208 in Montgomery. The tour will be about 83
miles long going through Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties with
lunch at Pizza the Rock in Rock Hill. The tour will end at Hometown Ice
Cream & Grill in Pine Bush.
Lorine made a motion to hold the club food festival next month in June
outdoors. The motion was passed and a location is to be determined.
Details will be sent out.
Ted Cryer is going to lead a group of Brits from the Dailey Planet Diner
on Route 55 to the Empire Cup Vintage Races at Lime Rock on June 5th
at 9:30 AM. Details were sent out by email for this event. Please let Ted
know if you plan to attend by May 28th by email ccryer@hvc.rr.com
Anyone that would be interested in setting up a drive, please contact
Dennis or Lorine so that an email can be put out to the club. Mention
of using some of the old drives the club has done in the past also was
suggested.
Ted Cryer brought up a good safety tip on carrying a fire extinguisher in
our cars. There is a fire safety stick model E50 put out by a company
called Element. It handles all major classes of fire,gives over 25
seconds of discharge time, small in size and retails around $80. He
brought in one to show us how small it was and is working on getting a
group discount purchase for the club through the company.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
VSCCA "Spring Sprints/LRDC" at Lime Rock, our member Rick McCurdy
was there but had mechanical problems with the oil filter housing and
was not able to run.
Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals, vendor-wise the report was
good from Mark Heyburn. The vendor field was as filled as it was in
years past before COVID. Car show wise, Gary Pavarotti reported that
there were mostly newer cars from the nineties and up. The older
British cars weren’t there.
Bruno and Gary's informal drive was an impromptu drive joined by
Frank Barone, Gary Humphrey, and Eddie Tamburo. They started from
the Tractor Supply lot in Chester went for a 45 minute drive and ended
up at the Chester Diner. These type of drives are what the club is about
and emphasized by our Vice President Derick Karabec.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CAR SHOWS:
May 22-30th 2021 Bri1sh Car Week
May 23rd Cars and Crumpets on select Sundays throughout the warmer months of 2021, to be held from 9AM to 12PM
at the Dunkin Donuts, 246 Littleton Rd., Morris Plains, NJ. Upcoming dates are May23; June13 and 27; July 11 and25; August 8 and 22; September 5 and 19;
October 3 and 17. If rain is threatening, the day's event is cancelled. Check www.njbcc.org
June 4th-5th Empire Drivers Club/VSCCA at Lyme Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. www.VSCCA.org. Ted Cryer may host a drive to this event for the club.
We may possibly get a parade lap in around the track.
June 14th-17th MG International 2021 at Harrah's Resort, Atlan1c City, NJ. For more information https://ac2021.regfox.com/mg-international-2021
June 16th 2021 BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte 94) New Windsor, NY.
COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks, distancing, etc. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
July 11 2021 Locust Grove Car Show, 2683 South Road ( Rte 9), Poughkeepsie, NY, 9AM-3PM. More information at www.lgny.org
July 21st 2021 BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte 94 ) New Windsor, New York.
COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks, distancing, etc. watch for emails in case of cancellation. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
Meeting Closed: 8:32 PM
Meeting Minutes for April 20, 2021
Start time: 7:36 PM
Members in attendance: 22
British cars present: 2019 MINI Cooper
President..............Dennis Culligan- present
Vice President........Derick Karabec- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 64
New Members: Please welcome Robert Gosselink who owns a 1957
Jaguar XK140SE and a 1960 Triumph TR3; Edward and Darlene Salinas who
own a 1973 MG Midget MK III "Adeline"; Seamus Carroll and Marie Wieck
who own a 1953 MGTD and a 1966 convertible Ford Mustang.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
It was our first meeting at ABC Pizza in fourteen months. We had a
good turnout so it looks as if we will have it there again next month
on May 19th.
Lorine and Derick Karabec are in the process of planning a "Dust Off
Tour" details to be announced.
Bruno DeVuono has also set up a drive that will be in New Windser
and end up at the Jolly Onion, details to be announced.
Anyone that would be interested in setting up a drive, please contact
Dennis or Lorine so that an email can be put out to the club.
Ted Cryer brought up a good safety tip on carrying a fire extinguisher in
our cars. There is a fire safety stick model E50 put out by a company
called Element. It handles all major classes of fire,gives over 25
seconds of discharge time, small in size and retails around $80.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Connecticut Valley BMW Club and Lime Rock Drivers Club Invitation
was headed up by Dennis Culligan to Lime Rock Park on April 17th. The
group started at the Daily planet Diner on Route 55 with twelve cars
from the club and went over the Shunpike as part of the journey. The
weather was a bit misty and a bit chilly with rain showers. This was a
bring your own lunch event and the club ended their race spectator
time around 2PM. Ted Cryer will try and head up another Brits group
using a similar route to Lyme Rock for the VSCCA Empire Cup on June
4th and 5th.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
May 7-8th VSCCA "Spring Sprints"/LRDC at Lyme Rock Park,
Lakeville,CT. Featuring H-Mods in the Hudson Valley. www.vscca.org
May 14-15th Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals, 1000 Bryn
Mawr Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013. See Carlisle Events for full details.
May 15th, 6th Annual Wings and Wheels for Warriors Car Show
9AM-3PM, Joseph Y. Resnick Airport, Airport Rd., Wawarsing, NY. Rain
date - May 16, 2021
May 15th 2021 Spring Auto Show Sat, 12-6 PM, Saratoga Automobile
Museum, 110 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY. More details
at saratoga.com
May 19th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group Meeting
Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave (Rte 94) New Windsor, NY.
COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks, distancing, etc. For more
information contact Dennis Culligan.
May 22-30th 2021 British Car Week
May 23rd Cars and Crumpets on select Sundays throughout the
warmer months of 2021, to be held from 9AM to 12PM at the Dunkin
Donuts, 246 Littleton Rd., Morris Plains, NJ. Upcoming dates are
May23; June 13 and 27; July 11 and 25; August 8 and 22; September 5
and 19; October 3 and 17. If rain is threatening, the day's event is
canceled. Check www.njbcc.org
June 4th-5th Empire Drivers Club/VSCCA at Lyme Rock Park, Lakeville,
CT. www.VSCCA.org. Ted Cryer may host a drive to this event for the
club. We may possibly get a parade lap in around the track.
June 14th-17th MG International 2021 at Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City,
NJ. For more information https://ac2021.regfox.com/mginternational-
2021
June 16th 2021 BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the Group
Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, 198 Quassaick Ave ( Rte 94) New
Windsor, NY. COVID-19 precautions will be in place- masks, distancing,
etc. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
Meeting Closed: 8:07 PM
Meeting Minutes for August 19, 2020
Start time: 05:45 PM
Members in attendance: 17
British cars present: 72 Mgbgt, 76 TR6, Y-TVR, 51MG-TD, 65 Lotus Elan, 60 MGA, 03 Lotus V8, Jag F type
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 77
New Members: Chris Jordan and Jennifer Higgins. Their cars are a 1971 and 1977 MGB. Other classics owned are a 1967 Scout 800 and 1972 Scout II
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Most of our normal events have been cancelled from COVID 19 restrictions. Lorine and Derick were kind enough to offer a place to hold our
meeting this month and the club provided the pizza. There is still a chance the club will do a picnic and Christmas party as restrictions allow.
Look for emails from Dennis and Lorine.
The members at the meeting sent Mark (our president) thoughts and prayers through a video from Lorine's phone.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Zoom Meeting was set up and run on June 3rd by Lorine Karabec. We had ten members attend. Plans for a dust off were discussed and how to
follow the NY state rules regarding lunch and bathroom breaks with social distancing. Lots of people needed hair cuts.
BOTH Annual Dust- Off Cruise June 14th was set up by Lorine and Derick Karabec. The cruise was about 114 miles through Ulster
and Sullivan counties with twenty cars in attendance. Everyone brought their own lunch and had it at the Catskills Mountain Visitors
Center. Luckily the pavilion with tables was open with plenty of room for social distancing. A great route and good planning on the Karabec's part.
July 12th Beat the Pandemic Tour was held in place of the Locus Grove Car Show at the Samuel F B Morse Estate.
The tour was 50 miles long with checkpoint stops at four of the historic mansions in the hudson valley and a stop a Dyson Racing.
Attendance was Ted and Carol Cryer in an Austin Healey 100, Rick McCurdy in a Lotus Esprit, Frank Barone in an XKF, and Gary Panarotto in a TR7.
August 1st BOTH Honorary Parade was held in conjunction with the Mini group of New Hampshire for Roger Bartlett, organized by Lorine
and Derick Karabec for the Brits. Roger had suffered from a stroke that left him unable to drive his beloved Mini "Mellow Yellow".
He is a passionate person that is a widely known in the Mini world and this parade was held for him. Roger was also a Vietnam Vet and
two time POW. We had ten cars and seventeen people attend.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
September 16th BOTH Monthly Meeting?
Meeting Closed: 7:15 PM
Meeting Minutes for February 19, 2020
Start time: 07:30 PM
Members in attendance: 26
British cars present: 1 MGB
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 58
New Members: None
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
We start off the year looking for ideas for tech sessions or other interesting projects to do as a club for the next couple months. Please refer any
ideas to Dennis Culligan.
Brits of the Hudson, LTD International Food Fest/Annual Cook-Off.
Due to a scheduling conflict is now Saturday March 14th at Campbell Hall Firehouse, 13 Maybrook Rd. in Campbell Hall starting at 1:00 PM.
Donations are $5 per membership(2 per membership) and $5 per person for additional guests. This is a BYOB event, RSVP Lorine by 3/12 to
wolfelor@aol.com. There will also be a 50/50 raffle to offset costs. The food categories for the prizes are Beverage, Appetizer, Chili, Entree, Dessert.
Bring your appetite, there are some great cooks in the club!
Dust off tour to be held in April and organized by Lorine and Derick Karabec. Details to follow. Dennis is also working on a drive for the club for a
future date.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
None
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
March 14th International Food Fesival at the Campbell Hall Firehouse. Starts at 1:00 PM, $5 donation requested. Bring your favorite
appetizer, entrée, chili or desert. Home made beer and wine is also welcome. This is a BYOB event. RSVP-Please contact Lorine at wolfelor@aol.com
or call 845-532-8891 by March 12, 2020.
March 18th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor,
New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
March 21st Automotive Restorations Inc. Open House 9AM-12PM, 100 Lupes Dr., Stratford Connecticut. This is a top end restoration facility and
a great opportunity to see the process.
Meeting Closed: 8:00 PM
Meeting Minutes for January 15, 2020
Start time: 07:35 PM
Members in attendance: 22
British cars present: 1
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 44
New Members: Ken DeWitt from Highland Falls, NY has a 92 Jaguar XKS
Roger Phillips from Lake Peekskill, NY has a 70 MGB
James and Phylis Dodge from Pearl River, NY have a 74 Jensen Healey
Rob and Norma Lee Sirota from New City, NY have a 62 Triumph TR3B
John Calogero and Gina Palmer from Clinton Corners, NY have a 62 TVR Granture mk III, 56 Porsche Speedster,74 VW convertible
and several American collectors cars.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Happy New Year! We start off the year looking for ideas for tech sessions or other interesting projects to do as a club for the next couple months.
Please refer any ideas to Dennis Culligan.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
BOTH Christmas party at Stonehenge Restaurant. We had 55 members in attendance for three and a half hours of celebration.
The food was very good and we collected a car full of food and other necessities along with a monetary sum from the 50/50
for the SPCA of Ulster which was delivered by Lorine Karabec. Winner of the 50/50 was Joe Trupiano. We had a Yankee Gift Swap
with a large number of gifts being exchanged, some wine and other spirits seemed to be popular this year. Dennis gave special
thanks to Ted Cryer for leading most of the drives we did and filling in for Dennis on drives he couldn't make this year.
Gary Panarotto was recognized for leading drives to several car shows with an invisible caravan. Congratulations Ted and Gary
and thanks to Lorine for delivering the goods to the SPCA.
Boxing Day at the Moore's home. We had about a dozen members in attendance. Thanks to Bill and Sue for hosting.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
February 19th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue
in New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
March 22nd International Food Fesival at the Campbell Hall Firehouse. Starts at 1:00 PM, $5 donation requested (guest only). Bring your favorite appetizer, entrée,
chili or desert. Home made beer and wine is also welcome. This is a BYOB event. RSVP-Please contact Lorine at wolfelor@aol.com or call 845-331-3173 by
March 11, 2020.
Meeting Closed: 8:04 PM
Meeting Minutes for November 20, 2019
Start time: 07:40 PM
Members in attendance: 24
British cars present: 1
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 87
New Members: Anne Smith, 1958 Triumph TR3; Michael and Mary Ellen Maniatis, 1953 Jaguar XK120, 1971 Jaguar XKE, Triumph Spitfire.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
It was free pizza nite at ABC Pizza for all that attended the meeting. Members voted on the choices of beef, poultry, and fish for the
Christmas party at Stonehedge Restaurant. The results of the vote were Roast Prime Ribs of Beef, Breast of Chicken Francaise, and
Baked Filet of Salmon with Herb Crust for the entrees. Checks for attending the party ($35/person) must be received before December
6th along with choices of entrée. Also if you would like to pay club membership dues for 2020 ($30), you can include that payment with
the party fee. Make checks payable to Brits of the Hudson, C/O Dale Hobson, PO Box 978, Port Ewen, NY 12466. Proceeds for our annual
animal shelter donations this year will go to Ulster County SPCA in Kingston. A detailed wish list for the SPCA regarding their needs, and
details on the party were sent out by Dennis to members by email. We will also have our Yankee gift swap ($25 maximum wrapped gift), and a
50/50 at the party.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
31st Annual Gathering of Old Cars at Mills Mansion in Staatsburg was well attended by 23 cars from the club. Set up was done by Lorine and
Derick Karabec along with some other members to display our club's flag and tent. I would say we were one of the most impressive clubs that
was there. Ted Cryer lead a group of Brits from the Highland McDonalds to the site and joined forces. We obtained two new members- Anne Smith
(1958 Triumph TR3), Michael and Mary Ellen Maniatis (1953 Jaguar XK120, 1971 Jaguar XKE, Triumph Spitfire) at the show. Trophies went to
Rick McCurdy (1967 Sunbeam 2+2 Tiger) and Tom McNamara (1949 MGYT Tourer). Congratulations to Rick and Tom.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
There will be no monthly meeting for December.
Dec 15th BOTH Christmas Party at Stonehedge Restaurant, 1694 Route 9W West Park, NY. 12:30 to 4:00 PM.
Details were sent out to members by Dennis Culligan. Any questions email Dennis at dctr6@optonline.net or Dale at dales72mgbgt@gmail.com
Dec 26th Boxing Day at the Moore's. 2PM on, Bring your leftovers.
Jan 15th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in
New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
March 22nd International Food Cook Off at the Campbell Hall Firehouse. Details to follow.
Meeting Closed: 8:45 PM
Meeting Minutes for October 16, 2019
Start time: 07:35 PM
Members in attendance: 15
British cars present: none
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 85
New Members:
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Christmas party at Stonehedge restaurant on December 15th, decisions on time, food, and cost have to be made at the next November 20th meeting.
A donation and destination for a animal shelter also has to be discussed. Please attend.
A motion was made and passed to send a donation to the Fishkill Historical Society in memory of Malcolm Mills who recently passed away.
He will be missed.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Woodstock British Car Show had 24 members attend and more than 24 cars from the club. This was the best turn out for cars with 115 cars in total.
Best in show went to Tom McNamara for his 1947 MG YA, 1st place Healey went to Ted Cryer for his 1954 Healey 100, and 2nd place Healey to
Joe Trupiano for his 1967 Healey 3000. Congratulations to all!
Wheels and Wings at Nu-Cavu was attended by 15 members. The show was so well attended that some people could not get in. Ted Cryer won a
trophy for Best European Car with his 1954 Healey 100. There were also several vintage air planes on display.
BOTH Picnic had 39 members attend with 20 cars present. These cars ranged from a 1940 Simca Topolino to a 2016 Jag F-Type.
The food was good that was catered by Brothers Barbecue and dessert was provided by members in a contest. The winners were 3rd Lorine Karabec,
2nd Ann Harmuth, and 1st Joe Trupiano with his rice pudding.
Columbus Day Drive was planned by Dennis Culligan and headed by Ted Cryer on Sunday. We had about ten cars show up at McDonalds in
Newburgh and proceeded on a drive through Ulster, Sullivan, and Orange counties. An unforeseen detour with a bridge that was closed half way
through the run provided an alternate route which also had some good fall leaf views. We ended up for lunch in New Paltz at The Gilded Otter Brewery with 11 members.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
Oct. 20th 31st Annual Gathering of Old Cars, Staatsburg, NY. We have a reserved parking area for the club. The organized drive that
Dennis Culligan usually heads is going as scheduled with Ted Cryer leading the group.This starts from McDonalds on Rte 9W just south
of the Mid Hudson Bridge at 8:45 and will leave promptly at 9:00AM. Please contact Ted at ccryer@hvc.rr.com if you plan to meet in Highland.
This event is usually well attended by the club. For more information contact jadoyle@ frontiernet.net.
Nov 20th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in
New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
Dec 15th BOTH Christmas Party at Stonehedge Restaurant, Rt 9W West Park, NY. Details to be voted on at the November meeting.
Decisions on time, food, and costs need to be made. Please attend the November meeting.
Dec 26th Boxing Day at the Moore's.
Meeting Closed: 8:30 PM
Meeting Minutes for September 18, 2019
Start time: 07:37 PM
Members in attendance: 17
British cars present: 6
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 85
New Members:
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
We had six British cars driven to the meeting!
Christmas Party discussion was to have the party location in the Northern section of club territory.
The two choices are now NUCavu in Wallkill and Stonehedge in West Park, NY. Target date is December 15th.
A decision should be made in the next couple weeks. Look for an email with more information.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Lime Rock Historic Festival August 29th had several Brits attend. Rick McCurdy made the field and completed five sessions with his Triumph,
congratulations Rick! Steve and Anita Busch took a win in Concours class on Sunday with their SP-250, congratulations to them also!
Watkins Glen Hilliard US Vintage Grand Prix September 5th had several Brits attend. Rick McCurdy ran the Triumph but was plagued
with an oil leak that caused him from completing the weekend. Mike Harmuth ran the Spitfire and had problems with the transmission
causing him to drop out for the weekend. Dennis brought his TR6 and participated in the Triumph tour de Marque events for the weekend, Tom Waitkins
(Mark's brother) was navigator for the old track and the new track and got a spirited ride. Ann and Dave Cooke participated with their TVR with the National TVR
club events also.
Stowe British Invasion was attended by Lorine and Derick Karabec in the Wolseley Hornet. Attendance was down about 100 cars and venders were also down due to
the drizzle and damp weather. Congratulations to Steve and Anita Bush for a Concours win with the SP-250!
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events
section lists upcoming shows and events.
Sept 22 11th Annual Woodstock British Car Show, 9AM at the Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY. See www.woodstockbritishcarshow.com for details.
There will be a caravan from Highland,NY led by Dennis Culligan. Meet at 8:30 AM at McDonalds in Bridgeview Plaza.
Sept 27-28 VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. Pre-War celebration. See www.vscca.org for complete details.
Sept 27-29 Connecticut British Reliability Run CT and NY. For full event details and information visit www.ctbrr.org or contact Neville Wardie.
Sept 28th Wheels &Wings Car Show and Fly In, Cars, Bikes, and Planes. Saturday, 9AM-4PM. Rain date Sept. 29,2019, Nu-Cavu Restaurant-
Kobelt Airport N45, 857 Plains Road, Wallkill, NY. DJ provided by Pretty Boy Productions. Local Fly – In Clubs & Sky Divers. Food, Beverages,
Photography, Raffles! Over 50 Door Prizes & Trophies will be presented! Registration at the gate $20.00.
Sept 29th Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic, George Freer Park, Port Ewen, NY. 12:30-4PM. This will be a catered event by Brothers Barbecue with a
dessert contest for members. For more information contact Lorine Karabec.
Oct 5th British Car Day at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, with a rain date of October 6th.
Oct 13th ? BOTH “Columbus Day Drive” with a rain date of Oct. 14th. Full details to be announced.
Oct.16th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and
Union Avenue in New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
Oct. 20th 31st Annual Gathering of Old Cars, Staatsburg, NY.For more information contact jadoyle@ frontiernet.net.
Nov 20th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in
New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
Meeting Closed: 8:15 PM
Meeting Minutes for August 21, 2019
Start time: 07:35 PM
Members in attendance: 25
British cars present: None
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 85
New Members:
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Annual Picnic September 29th, 12:30-5:00pm at George Freer Park in Port Ewen. It will be a Barbeque catered by Brothers again this year. There will also be a dessert contest for the members.
Christmas Party discussion was to have the party location in the Northern section of club territory. Suggestions were for the Ship Lantern, Novellas in New Paltz, and Stonehedge. If anyone has a place to recommend, please bring it up at the meeting. Target date is the 8th of December from 2 to 6 PM. Details to follow.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
British Car Day at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome was lightly attended mostly because the weather was extremely warm and humid. It has been rescheduled again for October 5th with a rain date for the sixth. Full details www.oldrhinebeck.org.
Orange County Antique Auto Club Annual Car Show was attended by 7-8 Brits with Gary Panarotto bringing home a trophy for special interest with his Morris Minor and Ed Tamburo winning Best British above 1991 with his XJS Jaguar.
Wine Tour on August 4th headed by Ted and Carol Cryer had 18 members attend with great weather. They did a ride to Benmarl Winery in Marlboro where a tasting of six different wines was offered and a beautiful view of the Hudson Valley landscape accompanied. Lunch was at NuCavu in Wallkill.
Summer Harvest Festival & 8th Annual Classic Car Show had six cars of Brits attend. Gary Panarotto took best Import with his Morris Minor. There were a half dozen cider donuts given out to the people participating with a car.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
August 29th Historic Festival 37,Lime Rock Park,CT.
Featured race marque – Formula Fords, Morgan. Featured class at Sunday Gathering of the Marques – Italian Cars. For complete details www.limerock.com
Sept 5 – 8 Hilliard US Vintage Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, NY
Featured marque – Triumph. It is also TVR Club’s National Event. For complete details www.theglen.com and www.grandprixfestival.com
Sept 13-15 British Invasion at Stowe, Featured marque – MG See www.britishinvasion.com for complete details
Sept 18th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30 PM in the Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan.
Sept 22 11th Annual Woodstock British Car Show, 9AM at the Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY. See the event flyer for complete details.
Sept 27-28 VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. Pre-War celebration. See www.vscca.org for complete details.
Sept 27-29 Connecticut British Reliability Run CT and NY. For full event details and information visit www.ctbrr.org or contact Neville Wardie.
Sept 28th Wheels &Wings Car Show and Fly In, Cars, Bikes, and Planes. Saturday, 9AM-4PM. Rain date Sept. 29,2019, Nu-Cavu Restaurant- Kobelt Airport N45, 857 Plains Road, Wallkill, NY. DJ provided by Pretty Boy Productions. Local Fly – In Clubs & Sky Divers. Food, Beverages,Photography, Raffles! Over 50 Door Prizes & Trophies will be presented! Registration at the gate $20.00.
Sept 29th Brits of the Hudson Annual Picnic, George Freer Park, Port Ewen, NY. 12:30-4PM. For more information contact Lorine Karabec.
Meeting Closed: 8:13 PM
Meeting Minutes for July 17, 2019
Start time: 07:35 PM
Members in attendance: 20
British cars present: None
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 84
New Members:
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Wine tour to be organized by Ted and Carol Cryer. August 4th was discussed as a date to stop at Kedem Winery in Marlboro, and Benmarl Winery in Highland. Details to come by email.
Annual Picnic discussion was made to have it catered by Brothers again this year. They did a good job for us last year.
Christmas Party discussion was to have the party location in the Northern section of club territory. Suggestions were for the Ship Lantern, Novellas in New Paltz, and Stonehedge. If anyone has a place to recommend, please bring it up at the meeting. Target date is the second week of December 2 to 6 PM.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Knights of Columbus car show at Newburgh Mall was attended by Jim Allen who won several prize drawings and showed his MGB GT. Glen Roy brought his Triumph Stag and was a trophy winner.
Dust off Tour organized by Dennis Culligan, led six cars on a 51 mile ride through Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan counties with a window of non rain in the morning. Lunch was at The Gilded Otter in New Paltz where it decided to rain. A congratulations to Don and Janine Weeks on a 46th wedding anniversary which was also celebrated!
Walden Classic car show was attended by Ed Tamburo, the import cars that showed up were few.
Locust Grove car show had a great turn out of Brits, the sun was out and it was hot, luckily the cars for the most part got shade to park under. Lee Goldstein took home a trophy with his TVR, and the Cookes took home a trophy with their MGB GT. This is a nice show.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
July 20th- British Car Day at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Starting at 10AM. Full details www.oldrhinebeck.org.
July 27th- ATA British Motorfest
Saratoga Auto Museum, Saratoga, NY. Info. www.ata-ny.org/sched_events/
July 28th- Orange County Antique Auto Club Annual Car Show
9AM-? At Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Montgomery, NY
August 17th- Summer Harvest Festival & 8th Annual Classic Car Show
From the Dutchess Cruisers Car Club at DuBois Farms at 209 Perkinsville Rd. Highland, NY. Rain date 8/18/19.
August 21st- BoTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30 PM in the Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, New York. For more information contact Dennis Culligan
August 29th- Historic Festival 37, Lime Rock Park, CT.
Featured race marque – Formula Fords, Morgan. Featured class at Sunday Gathering of the Marques – Italian Cars. For complete details www.limerock.com
Sept 5th–8th- Hilliard US Vintage Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, NY
Featured marque – Triumph. For complete details www.theglen.com and www.grandprixfestival.com
Meeting Closed: 8:26 PM
Meeting Minutes for June 19, 2019
Start time: 07:43 PM
Members in attendance: 19
British cars present: 1
President..............Mark Waitkins- absent
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 84
New Members: Welcome Patrick and Michelle Query of Cornwall, NY. They own a 68 MGB roadster.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Route 9W was closed south of Marlboro which caused some of our northern members a lengthy drive to get to the meeting.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals-
The featured car this year was Citroen and was well represented. The weather held out for the three days and Saturday was a good turn out for the car show which was joined by the younger generation with their newer Japanese cars. There were still enough British Cars and parts to keep a hobbyist occupied.
Brits of the Hudson Cars and Coffee-
Dennis hosted at the Valley Diner south of Marlboro. Approximately 5 cars and members attended with a drive following that ended up at the Hudson Ale Works for lunch.
Empire Drivers Club/VSSCA at Lime Rock-
A caravan was headed by Ted Cryer from the Dailey Planet Diner with seven members. Our own BOTH members Mike Harmuth, Rick McCurdy, and Terry Shank were participators in the event. The rest of the members were allowed to run a couple laps around the track in their cars at intermission. There are some great pictures of them on our website.
British Cars by the Sea-
This year Mini was the Mark. This was attended by Lorine and Derick along with Ann and David Cooke from the club. The estimation of cars present was 300-350.
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A Touch of England-
A caravan was headed by Dennis that met at Dottie Audrey's Bakery in Tuxedo Park. We had ten cars and members attend the show with eight bringing home trophies. This is a popular vote show. Way to go Brits! First place class winners included David & Ann Cook both (TVR & MGB GT), Artie Reyes(Other British(Morris Minor)), Matt Moment (Early TR6),Robert Walker(Lotus). Gary Panarotto (Other British 2’nd place(Morris Minor)), Dennis Culligan (3rd place ( late TR6)). Congratulations to all.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
June 23rd – 9th Annual Msgr. Henry O ‘Carroll Memorial Car Show-
10AM to 3PM at Sears at the Newburgh Mall. Rain date June 30 th. Registration form at kcreg.jpg
June 23rd British Car Day-
Lars Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, MA.
July 6. 5th Annual Classics on the Green,East Fishkill Rotary Car Show-
9AM-4PM at East Fishkill Soccer Complex, 1925 Route 52, Hopewell Jct, NY. Any make and model welcome!
July 13th Walden Classic Car Show-
Walden Village Square, 9AM-3PM. Preregistration by 7/1 -$10, Day of Show -$15. Rain date 7/20. Info – pjplate94@yahoo.com 845-774-9964
July 14 Locust Grove Car Show- 2683 South Rd.,Poughkeepsie,NY.
8AM-4PM, information www.Igny.org.
July 17th BoTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30 PM in the group meeting Room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, NY. For more information contact Dennis Culligan at dctr6@optonline.net
July 27th ATA British Motorfest-
Saratoga Auto Museum, Saratoga, NY. Info. www.ata -ny.org/sched_events/.
July 28th Orange County Antique Auto Club Annual Car Show-
9AM-? At Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Montgomery, NY
Meeting Closed: 8:30 PM
Meeting Minutes for May 15, 2019
Start time: 07:31 PM
Members in attendance: 31
British cars present: 8
President..............Mark Waitkins- present
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 80
Soon to be member Tom Bucelot is looking for a GT6. If you have one for sale or know of one, let him know at the next meeting.
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Brits of the Hudson Cars and Coffee-
Dennis has set up this Sunday May 19th between 10-10:30 at the Valley Diner on Route 9W, south of Marlboro. A ride will follow. Please RSVP Dennis at dctr6@optionline.net if you plan to attend.
Organized Drives and Tech Sessions-
Mark would like the members to put together some drives and tech sessions, always welcome.
New Brits Hats, Teeshirts, Sweatshirts-
Lorine has reordered Brit apparel for the season.There is a detailed form on the website to order from.
Caravan to June 1st Empire Cup Races at Lime Rock Park. This is put together by Ted and members are to meet 8:45 am at the Daily Planet restaurant on Rte 55 east of Poughkeepsie. Full details will be sent by email.
Contact Ted by May 27th to RSVP ccryer@hvr.rr.com
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
VSCCA/LRDC at Lime Rock Park-
Dennis attended on Friday and it rained. Car count was low.
Britfest 2019-
This was attended by Anne and Dave Cooke with their 70 MGBGT. Again weather wasn't the best for the event.
Rhinebeck 2019-
This was attended by Ed Tamburro in a back up car XJ6 which won first place in the Jaguar judging. Again it was raining on Sunday.
April 28th Dust Off– Was postponed due to the weather forecast.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
May 19 Winona Lake Fire House Annual Antique & Classic Car Show from 9 am-4 pm at Newburgh Stop & Shop Rte.300 Newburgh, NY
May 17-19 Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals
May 18 4th Annual Wheels & Wings for Warriors Car Show
9AM-3PM Joseph Y. Resnick Airport, 199 Airport Rd., Ellenville, NY
Info- 845-647-9100
May 25- June 2 British Car Week
May 31 – June 2 Empire Drivers Club/VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville CT. A caravan to the track is planned for Saturday, June 1. Information at www.vscca.org.
June 1 - Cars and Motorcycles of England at Hope Lodge, Fort Washington,Pennsylvania.
June 1 – 24th Red Mill British Car Day at Red Mill Museum Village, Clinton, New Jersey. Presented by The North Jersey Region of The Austin Healey Sports & Touring Club
June 1-2 Greenwich Concours, Greenwich,CT. European cars on Sunday
June 2 – British Cars by the Sea, hosted by CT MG Club, Waterford, CT. Featured Mark is Classic Mini Cooper. Information www.ctmgclub.com
June 2 – Kingston Point Car Show from 10am -2pm at the Kingston Rotary Park at 49-51 Delaware Ave. Kingston, NY. All makes & models, trophies for the top 25 cars.
June 2 – 2nd Annual Almost Summer Car Show hosted by the Hudson Valley Region Model A Restorers Club from 9am – 3 pm at the Newburgh Mall, Rte.300,Newburgh, NY. Cars from 1930-1989; trophies awarded for each class, $10 registration fee.
June 2 – 9th Annual Taconic State Nationals Car Show from 8am-3pm. Pre-register on Facebook, $20 day of show.
June 8th –Rondout Valley Methodist Church Car Show, 25 Schoonmaker Lane, Stone Ridge, NY from 9am – 3 pm. All makes & models pre 1980 cars, registration 9-12, judging starts at 1 pm. $10.00
June 8th – A Touch of England British Motor Car Show, hosted by the New Jersey Triumph Association. Hermitage National Historic Landmark, 335 North Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07432-1035. 9AM-3PM (rain date June 9th)
June 9th – 26th British Motorcar Gathering, Hellertown, Pa. Information www.keystonemg.com
June 15 – 10th Annual Classics on the Hudson at Marist College from 9am – 2:30pm, 3399 North Rd., Poughkeepsie, NY. Rain or Shine. Registration fee $10.
June 19 th – BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, New York.
June 23rd – Knights of Columbus Car Show at the Sears side of the Newburgh Mall. Details to follow.
Meeting Closed: 8:19 PM
Meeting Minutes for April 17, 2019
Start time: 07:30 PM
Members in attendance: 17
British cars present: 2
President..............Mark Waitkins- present
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 80
New members: none
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Tentative Dust Off April 27th or 28th
Dennis had set up the route and found that the destination place for lunch will be closed the day of the drive. He is currently working on an alternative plan and members will be contacted by email.
Club Picnic September 29th
The George Freer Memorial Park in Port Ewen has been reserved.
Organized Drives and Tech Sessions
Mark would like the members to put together some drives and tech sessions, always welcome.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Open house for Automotive Restorations Inc. and Vintage Sports were attended by Jim Allen and Ed Tamburo. This was highly recommended to visit.
Winners of the International Food/Chili Cook -Off:
Bill Moore’s bloody Mary’s – Drink
Dawn Goldstein’s Cranberry Meatballs – Appetizer
Eddie Tamburo’s Pulled Pork – Entrée
Sue Moore’s Chili – Chili
Verne Barone’s Pinole Cookies -Dessert
Congratulations to everyone! We had 33 people there and 4 British cars.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
May 15th BOTH Monthly Meeting at ABC Pizza in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, NY
May 3-4 VSCCA/LRDC at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. Information available at www.vscca.org
May 4th Britfest 2019, Succasunna,NJ. Featured class is Austin Healey 3000. Information available at www.mgccnj.org.
May 5th Rhinebeck 2019, Rhinebeck, NY. Information available at www.rhinebeckcarshow.com
May 17-19 Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals
May 18 4th Annual Wheels & Wings for Warriors Car Show, 9AM-3PM Joseph Y. Resnick Airport, 199 Airport Rd., Ellenville, NY. Info- 845-647-9100
May 25- June 2 British Car Week
May 31 – June 2 Empire Drivers Club/VSCCA at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville CT. A caravan to the track is planned for Saturday, June 1. Information at www.vscca.org.
June 1 - Cars and Motorcycles of England at Hope Lodge, Fort Washington,Pennsylvania.
June 1 – 24th Red Mill British Car Day at Red Mill Museum Village, Clinton, New Jersey. Presented by The North Jersey Region of The Austin Healey Sports & Touring Club
June 1-2 Greenwich Concours, Greenwich,CT. European cars on Sunday
June 2 – British Cars by the Sea, hosted by CT MG Club, Waterford, CT. Featured Mark is Classic Mini Cooper. Information www.ctmgclub.com
June 8th – A Touch of England British Motor Car Show, hosted by the New Jersey Triumph Association. Hermitage National Historic Landmark, 335 North Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07432-1035. 9AM-3PM (rain date June 9th)
June 9th – 26th British Motorcar Gathering, Hellertown, Pa. Information www.keystonemg.com
June 19 th – BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30PM in Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, New York.
Meeting Closed: 7:56 PM
Meeting Minutes for March 20, 2019
Start time: 07:31 PM
Members in attendance: 23
President..............Mark Waitkins- present
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 72
New members: none
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
The Brits Meeting for February was canceled due to inclement weather.
March 24th International Food/Chili Cook-Off from 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Campbell Hall Fire House located at 13 Maybrook Rd. Campbell Hall. We had 24 attending at the time of the meeting. Prizes to be awarded to best made beverage, appetizer, chili, entrée, and dessert.
March 23rd Automotive Restorations Inc and Vintage Racing Sports, Stratford, CT open house 9AM-1PM. Highly recommended at the meeting to see how a top end restoration process takes place.
Mark is looking into a tour of a motorcycle museum in Newburgh for April. It highlights the old Indian marque and has displays like "The Wall of Death". This had great reviews from members at the meeting that had been there.
Dennis is working on a route for the Dust Off Drive for April.
Mark would like to see more organized drives this year, and needs members to head them up.
This is also the time of year for Tech Sessions. If anyone would like to share their knowledge with the rest of the club, or have a car that you are restoring that you would like to show us, we are looking for activities.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
60 Years of the VSCCA at Saratoga Auto Museum. Ted Cryer guided 9 Brits to the museum and met up with 7 people from the Adirondack Triumph Association and the Berkshire Motor Club to view the 16 race cars on display. Some of the cars were Allard, Porsche 356, Alfa Sprint, MG with some of the previous winners from Watkins Glen. On the second floor there is a display of race tracks with movies of Watkins Glen races. The group ended up at Carson's Woodside Tavern overlooking Saratoga Lake for lunch. The clubs enjoyed each other's company and there was a good car talk in the parking lot.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
April 17th BOTH Monthly Meeting at ABC Pizza in the group meeting room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor.
May 3-4 VSCCA/LRDC at Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT. Information available at www.vscca.org
May 4th Britfest 2019, Succasunna,NJ. Featured class is Austin Healey 3000. Information available at www.mgccnj.org.
May 5th Rhinebeck 2019, Rhinebeck, NY. Information available at www.rhinebeckcarshow.com
May 15th BOTH Monthly Meeting at 7:30pm in Group Meeting Room of ABC Pizza, located near the corner of Route 94 and Union Avenue in New Windsor, NY.
Meeting Closed: 8:10 PM
Meeting Minutes for January 16, 2019
Start time: 07:33 PM
Members in attendance: 18
President..............Mark Waitkins- present
Vice President........Dennis Culligan- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Dale Hobson- present
Membership in Total: 39
New members: Terry Shank, Napanoch, NY owns a 1960 MGA, 1965 Cobra replica, 1989 560-SL, 1983 Trans Am Mustang, 1962 Coupe de Ville
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Meeting Highlights:
Mark would like to see more organized drives this year, and needs members to head them up.
This is also the time of year for Tech Sessions. If anyone would like to share their knowledge with the rest of the club, or have a car that you are restoring that you would like to show us, we are looking for activities.
Ted is working on a caravan to Saratoga Auto Museum featuring 60 Years of the Vintage Sports Car Club exhibit. Details will be sent out by Dennis.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Holiday Party held at Bella Luna in Blooming Grove. The food was very good, and we thank Bruno for putting it together. We had a great turnout with 65 people and a very entertaining Yankee swap with a custom wood steering wheel clock, and a couple bottles of Baileys to name a few gifts changing hands. A car full of cat food and supplies with a very charitable money donation (including half of the 50/50) was made to the Animal Aide for Cats in Beacon. Thanks to Mark and Dennis for delivering the goods. The new officers were introduced and former officers, president Derick Karabec and secretary Ted Cryer were thanked for their past service. The recipient of the Gadabout trophy was Mark Heyburn for his behind the curtain contribution he does on behalf of the club. Mark had received the trophy years prior and remarked that the piston used to have rings on it.
Boxing Day 12/26/19 Hosted by Sue and Bill Moore. There were about 15 members that participated and all had a great time.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
International Food Cook Off – March 24 2019, Sunday, 1:00-4:00 PM, to be held at Campbell Hall Firehouse. Details to follow
Saratoga Auto Museum - Vintage Sports Car Racing Exhibit – March 9th. Organized Car Pool to SAM proposed itinerary-
What: Vintage – 60 Years of the VSCCA at Saratoga Auto Museum
When: March 9, Saturday. Meet at NYS Thruway parking lot in New Paltz at 08:00 AM. Car Pool for 2 hour drive to SAM.
Refreshments: Lunch in Saratoga after the exhibit. Place TBD.
Return ETA: 04:00PM to New Paltz
RSVP: Please let Ted Cryer know if you are interested by February 15: ccryer@hvc.rr.com
Meeting Closed: 07:59 PM
Meeting Minutes for November 14, 2018
Start time: 07:36 PM
Members in attendance: 24
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Membership: 97
New members-Raymond & Linda Eurich - Clinton Corners; 2010 Jag XKR
James & Arcinee Hermiston - Hudson; 1974 & 1979 Triumph Spitfire & 1960 A.H. Bugeye
Sprite
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance.
Meeting Highlights:
This was the annual FREE pizza night and everyone enjoyed a delicious variety of pizzas.
New officers for 2019 & 2020 were voted on:
President - Mark Waitkins
Vice
President - Dennis Culligan
Treasurer - Lorine Karabec
Secretary - Dale Hobson
New members Anne & David Cooke traveled all from Hamden, NY which is a two hour
drive, one way! It was nice to meet them.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Gathering of Old Cars at Mills Mansion. Dispite brisk & windy day we had a very
good turn out of 22 members & their Brits. Dennis led an organized starting at the
McDonalds in Highland. Jim Allen & Dale Hobson won club awards, each with an MBG GT.
Bruno DeVuono chaired a Cars & Coffee in Washingtonville and had six members
participated.
Dick King's Brass Era Car Collection in Redding, Conn viewing was cancelled due to
bad weather, but will be scheduled for next spring. Look for an announcement in
early 2019.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
Holiday Party - December 09, Sunday, 02:00-06:00PM. To be held at Bella Luna,
Blooming Grove, same as last year. The price is $35.00 per person and the same menu.
Details in email of October 28 from Lorine. RSVP by December 01 to Lorine
Karabec. Donations will go to the to Animal Aide for Cats in Beacon. A Donations
List email was sent from Mark Waitkins on November 08.
Movie Nite - January meeting will be chaired by Bruno. Feature film To Be Determined.
Saratoga Auto Museum - 60 Years of Vintage Sports Cars . An exhibition of over 16
VSCCA vintage racers running from Nov 03 - March 24, 2019. An email will be sent
after first of year to assess a club caravan to SAM and a lunch.
Meeting Closed: 08:28 PM
Meeting Minutes for October 17, 2018
Start time: 07:35 PM
Members in attendance: 19
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Membership: 95, New members-Anne & David Cooke from Hamden, NY. Own a 1970 MBG GT, 1971 MBG GT, 1971 TVR Vixen, 1977 TVR 2500M and 1979 TVR 3000S
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Personal news: George Richardson recently under went heart bypass surgery. He is home and recovering well. Ted will send a Get Well card from the club.
Woodstock British Car Show- Dennis Culligan led an organized drive. Mitch & Jeanne Meisler provided a lunch for the members. Very good turnout for the club and show. Members won awards: Matt Moment - TR6, Artie Reyes - MG TD and Lorine Karabec - Wolseley Hornet.
Monticello Raceway - Art In Motion & Collector Car Show, Catskill Drive and track activities. Numerous members attended and felt it was a good show. It included some track time and great cars on display. Bob Prescott’s Elva Courier won Best British Car.
Annual club picnic at George Freer Memorial Park, Port Ewen. Was catered by Brothers Barbecue. Thanks to Jim Allen for picking up the food. The weather was great and 16 Brits were on display. Tasty desserts were provided by members and awards were given for the three voted tastiest. Dennis won the 50/50 raffle.
Columbus Day Tour - Ted and Carol Cryer conducted a 50 mile drive of 10 cars from Newburgh thru rural roads around Montgomery and then north to lunch at the NUCavu at Wallkill-Kobelt Airport. The weather was cooperative and everyone had a good time.
October 17 club meeting had the following nominations for new officers:
President - Mark Waitkins
Vice President - Dennis Culligan
Treasurer - Lorine Karabec
Secretary - Dale Hobson.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
October 21 - Gathering of Old Cars at Mills Mansion. Please RSVP is you plan to attend so we can submit $100 for a club parking area.
Dennis will lead an organized drive starting at the McDonalds in Highland. Check for an email with details.
October 27 - Dick King’s Brass Era Car Collection in Redding, Conn. Invite by Austin Healey Club of New England. Although Ted Cryer is NOT going, please RSVP to him. (new date change from 10/13)
November 14 - Monthly Meeting- NOTE: date changed to avoid Thanksgiving conflict.
Election of new officers. A free Pizza night.
Holiday Party - December 09, Sunday, 02:00-06:00PM. To be held at Bella Luna, Blooming Grove, same as last year. The price is $35.00 per person and the same menu.
Donations will go to the to Animal Aide for Cats in Beacon.
Meeting Closed: 08:10 PM
Meeting Minutes for September 19, 2018
Start time: 07:37 PM
Members in attendance: 24
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- absent
Membership: 92, New member- Rene Freeman of Middletown. Owns a 1973 MBG GT
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Shawangunk Day Car Show at Walker Valley Fire Department. Poor weather. Only Eddie Tamburo attended.
Field of Dreams - New Paltz Movie - animated “Cars”. Poor weather. Only Ted Cryer and Jackson Rogers attended. People enjoyed seeing their cars.
Auto Cross at Tech City, Kingston hosted by Poughkeepsie Sports Car Club (PSCC). Mark Heyburn went and said a good turnout and event.
Lime Rock Historics Festival - There were 75 Bugatti’s. Ralph Lauren won Best of Show. Frank Barone drove his E-Type.
Watkins Glen Vintage Festival - Club caravan lead by Dennis Culligan on Thursday included Dennis, Mark Watkins, Rick McCurdy, Jackson & Ruiping Rogers, Susan & Dave Pendergast and Frank & Verne Barone. Triumph will be the featured marque in 2019
British Invasion; Stove, Vermont - Derick & Lorine went. Hot weather and about 100 less cars in the show than prior years.
Wings & Wheels at Wallkill Airport. A well attended show as usual. Frank Barone received People’s Choice for his XKE. Other members who won awards: Rick McCurdy - Lotus Elise, Gary Panarotto - Saab 96. Fellow club attendees: Denny Pantano - MGB GT, Dave Empie - MG TD, Gary Humphrey - TR4A, Eddie Tamburo - XJ6, Dennis Culligan - TR6, Jack Klix - Volvo PV 544.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
September 23 - Woodstock British Car Show. Dennis Culligan will lead an organized drive. Mitch & Jeanne Meisler will provide a lunch for the members.
September 28 & 29, Monticello Raceway - Collector Car Show, Catskill Drive and track activities. For more information see website:
http://www.artinmotionmmc.com/event-aim/collector-car-display-and-show/
September 30, Sunday - Annual club picnic at George Freer Memorial Park, Port Ewen. Will be catered by Brothers Barbeque who did the MME picnic and was very good.
There will be a contest for the Best Desert, top three awards.
RSVP to Lorine at 845-532-8891. See email of 09/18 @ 04:56PM for more details.
October 17 - club meeting for new officer nominations. November is election month. Please consider running for office of President, Vice President or Secretary. Lorine has volunteered to continue as Treasurer
October 21 - Gathering of Old Cars at Mills Mansion. Please RSVP is you plan to attend so we can submit $100 for a club parking area.
October 27 - Dick King’s Brass Era Car Collection in Redding, Conn. Invite by Austin Healey Club of New England. Ted Cryer is coordinating a group drive. (new date change from 10/13)
November 14 - NOTE: date changed to avoid Thanksgiving conflict.
Election of new officers. A free Pizza night.
Holiday Party - December 09, Sunday, 02:00-06:00PM. To be held at Bella Luna, Blooming Grove, same as last year.
Need a suggestion for donations to a local animal shelter.
Meeting Closed: 08:21 PM
Meeting Minutes for August 15, 2018
Start time: 07:34 PM
Members in attendance: 24
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance & expenses high lighted contribution to club from the Mini Meet East.
Membership: 91
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Orange County Antique Auto Club. 45th show at Thomas Bull Park. A number of members did attend but no one received an award.
Museum Village Car Show, Monroe - A good show with chickens running around the show field….that’s a new one! Awards were won by BoTH members Gary Panarotto - Mini, Artie Reyes - MG TD, Eddie Tamboro - Jaguar.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
August 18 - Saturday -
Shawangunk Day Car Show at Walker Valley Fire Department field, Route 52. $10.
Field of Dreams Movie - animated “Cars” at Ulster Co. Fair Grounds, New Paltz. RSVP Ted Cryer if attending: ccryer@hvc.rr.com Members bring their Brits for a pre-movie show from 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM. Members will meet at Tantillo’s Ice Cream & Farm Standat 05:30 PM on Route 208, south of Gardner.
August 19 - Auto Cross at Tech City, Kingston hosted by Poughkeepsie Sports Car Club (PSCC) Registration 08:00-09:00 AM www.psccny.com
August 31-Sept 03 - Lime Rock Historics Festival - see note from Lorine of 08/17 @ 05:43 PM for details and club discount.
• Friday, August 31 - Practice & Qualifying for all racing entries
• Saturday, Sept 1 - 18 races for the vintage racing entries
• Sunday, Sept 2 - Sunday in the Park: Concours d’Elegance & Gathering of the Marques
• Monday, Sept 3 - 2nd of 18 races for the vintage racing entries
September 02 - Cornwall Car Show - 02:00 PM-06:00 PM. On town green. 800-872-0222
September 06-09 - Watkins Glen Vintage Festival - BoTH caravan lead by Dennis Culligan meets Thursday, 09/06 10 AM at McDonald’s in Liberty. RSVP to Dennis if joining: dctr6@optonline.net.
Derick & Lorine planning club cook out Saturday nite at the KOA. RSVP if joining: wolfelor@aol.com
September 14-16 - British Invasion; Stove, Vermont
September 15 - Brits on The Beach, Ocean Grove, NJ.
September 23 - Sunday - Woodstock Car Show. Planning as a club event and an organized drive. $20 Club
RSVP by Sept 19 to plan refreshments; ccryer@hvc.rr.com
www.WoodstockBritishCarShow.com
September 30, Sunday - BoTH club picnic at George Freer Memorial Park, Port Ewen. Will be catered by Brothers BarBQue who did the MME picnic. Very good.
There will be a desert contest.
October 17 - Club Meeting for new officer nominations
November 14 - NOTE: Club Meeting date changed to avoid Thanksgiving conflict.
Election of new officers.
Holiday Party - December 09, Sunday (tentative). To be held at Bella Luna in Blooming Grove, as last year.
Meeting Closed: 08:24 PM
Meeting Minutes for July 18, 2018
Start time: 07:36 PM
Members in attendance: 24
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses. Highlighted contribution to our club from Mini Meet East; revenue, expenses and
balance.
Membership: 91
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
July 02-05 - Mini Meet East hosted in New Paltz.
Lorine & Derick gave overview of the four days events and completely positive
feedback from the Mini owners & attendees. Over 65 cars registered. The Panoramic
picture at NP Field of Dreams was 82 cars. Highlighted some of the best moments.
BoTH volunteers did a great job. Everyone survived the heat wave fine.
NOTE: Members unanimously gave Lorine & Derick and Thanks Awards for all the work
they did to make this a success and benefit to our club.
July 07 - Catskill Rivers & Mountain drive. Spurr of the moment idea to use Mini
Meet drive from Thursday. Six cars & eight people tour along the Rondout Reservoir,
into the Catskills, lunch at Phoenicia, then home thru Peekamoose Camping area and
back over the Shawangunks.
July 08 - Locust Grove Car Show. Great weather and record crowds. BoTH members who
won awards: Gary Panarotto - Spitfire, Bob Prescott - Elva Courier & Tom McNamara -
MG TY.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
NOTE: Currently we have no club events or drives planned for July or August. ** Please contact any of the officers with suggestions
July 28 - British Motorcar Show at Saratoga Auto Museum (SAM) hosted by Adirondack
Triumph Association 40th Anniversary. $15
July 29 - Orange County Antique Auto Club. 45th show at Thomas Bull Park on Rte 416
south of Montgomery.
August 12 - New Hope Auto Show - New Hope, Pa. Featured marque this year is TVR.
www.newhopeautoshow.com
August 18 - Saturday - Shawangunk Day Car Show at Walker Valley Fire Department
field. $10. Details coming.
August 19 - Auto Cross at Tech City, Kingston hosted by Poughkeepsie Sports Car Club
(PSCC) www.psccny.com
September 15 - Brits on The Beach, Ocean Grove, NJ.
September 23 - Sunday - Woodstock Car Show. We plan for a good club showing and
maybe an organized drive. $20 Club refreshments may be available.
www.WoodstockBritishCarShow.com
September 30, Sunday - BoTH club picnic at George Freer Memorial Park, Port Ewen.
Details in future.
Meeting Closed: 08:32 PM
Meeting Minutes for April 18, 2018
Start time: 07:34 PM
Members in attendance: 26
President..............Derick Karabec- absent
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present and conducted meeting
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Membership: 87
* New member Vinny Bihl, Poughkeepsie. Has a 53 MG TD since he was 15 years old.
If you have not renewed your membership for 2018 you have received your last issue of British Marque (March issue).
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Spring Dust Off Tour - April 22. Meet at 10:45 AM in New Paltz at Novella’s
Restaurant the parking lot.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
Members directory - Working on an online directory so that members can contact one another. No estimate on due date.
Car Shows to plan for:
May 5 - Brit Fest at Succasuuna, NJ.. Contact Gary Panarotto to drive down together.
May 6, Sunday - Rhinebeck Car Show. Numerous members always attends. www.rhinebeckcarshow.com
May 19, Saturday - Wheels & Wings for Wounded Warriors at Resnick Airport on Rte 209 south of Ellenville Airport.
May 19, Saturday - Spring Tour of Jim Taylor’s Auto Collection in Gloversville, NY. Meet at Saratoga Auto Museum. $85.00 per person includes lunch at Lanzi’s on the
Lark.
May 20, Sunday - Spring Auto Show & Family Fun at Saratoga Spa Park. All makes and models welcome.
May 20, Sunday - North Jersey Auto Show. Gary Panarotto will lead a caravan if interested. www.northjerseyautoshow.com
June 02, Saturday - Lime Rock Park. Vintage Races by VSCCA/HRG/JANE. No admission charge to see great racing. Parade laps at lunch and club photos. Ted Cryer will lead a drive. RSVP by May 25 to ccryer@hvc.rr.com
June 02, Saturday - Cars & Motorcycles of England - Fort Washington, PA. Details at Delaware Valley Triumph website at www.DVTR.org
June 09, Saturday - Touch of England at Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey
Mini Meet East 2018 - New England Mini Owners (NEMO) accepted for BoTH to coordinate this event to be held in New Paltz on Monday, July 2nd thru Thursday July 5th.
Schedule of Events outlining each days activities and volunteers needed was sent out
by Lorine on April 16.
We need volunteers for all activities! PLEASE review and contact her for any
activities you would like to help with.
Registration is now OPEN and filling up. Yeah!
Lodging will be at the Hampton Inn, New Paltz.
Picnic & panoramic photo at Field of Dreams at Ulster Fair Grounds.
Car Show & Funkana will be at Lenape school in New Paltz
Awards Banquet at Novella's Restaurant.
Meeting Closed: 08:09 PM
Meeting Minutes for March 21, 2018
Start time: 07:32 PM
Members in attendance: 16
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Membership: 83
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
International Food Cook Off - March 18 at Campbell Hall Firehouse.
Best attended to date - 41
Categories winners: Beverage - Bill Moore; appetizer - Sue Moore; chili - Malcolm Mills; entree - Sue Pendergast; dessert - Carol Rapp;
50/50 raffle - Sue Moore.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
April 15 - Sunday - Spring Dust Off Tour is being set up by Dennis Culligan. Save the date and watch for email with details.
Members directory - Working on an online directory so that members can contact one another. No estimate on due date.
Car Shows to plan for:
May 5 - Brit Fest at Succasuuna, NJ.. Contact Gary Panarotto to drive together.
May 6 - Rhinebeck Car Show. The club always attends.
May 19 - Wheels & Wings Show at Ellenville Airport to benefit Wounded Warriors.
June 02 - Lime Rock Park. Vintage Races by VSCCA/HRG/JANE
There is No admission charge and is great racing.
Parade laps at lunch and club photos.
Ted Cryer will lead a drive. RSVP by May 25 to ccryer@hvc.rr.com
Some BoTH members will be racing.
See email on February 19 for details.
Cars & Motorcycles of England - Fort Washington, PA. Details at Delaware Valley Triumph website at www.DVTR.org
Mini Meet East 2018 - New England Mini Owners (NEMO) accepted for BoTH to coordinate this event to be held in New Paltz on Monday, July 2nd thru Thursday July 5th.
Lorine sent email outlining & overview of activities on January 17, 2018.
PLEASE review and contact her for any activities you would like to help with. We need volunteers for Registration, set up for events, stuffing goodie bags and more.
Club insurance has been set up with J.C. Taylor
Auto Cross will be at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge
Picnic & panoramic photo at Field of Dreams near Ulster Fair Grounds
Car Show & Funkana will be at Lenape school in New Paltz
Awards Banquet at Novellas
Meeting Closed: 08:14 PM
Meeting Minutes for February 21, 2018
Start time: 07:34 PM
Members in attendance: 29
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Membership: 79
*** Sad News - Ron Regan passed away on February 13. A number of members attended the Celebration of His Life at their home. ***
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Tech Session on 3D Printing was hosted by George Richardson who demonstrated making a number of items. Very interesting and cool!
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
International Food Cook Off - March 18 at Campbell Hall Firehouse.
Start time 01:00 PM
$5.00 donation to offset expenses.
There will be a 50/50 raffle.
Categories will be: Beverage, appetizer, chili, entree & desert
BYO for beverage. Coffee will be provided.
RSVP to Lorine by March 16 with what you plan to will bring.
April is traditional Spring Dust Off Tour and is in process. Wait for email with details.
Members directory - Working on an online directory so that members can contact one another. No estimate on due date.
Car Shows to plan for:
May 5 - Brit Fest at Succasuuna, NJ.. Contact Gary Panarotto to drive together.
May 6 - Rhinebeck Car Show. The club always attends.
May 19 - Wheels & Wings Show at Ellenville Airport to benefit Wounded Warriors.
June 02 - Lime Rock Park. VSCCA/HRG/Jag vintage races.
There is No Charge to attend and is great racing.
Parade laps at lunch and club photos.
RSVP to Lorine by May 25 if you plan to attend.
See email on February 19 for details.
New England Mini Owners (NEMO) have accepted proposal from Lorine & Derick for BoTH to coordinate their Mini Meet East 2018 to be held in New Paltz on Monday, July 2nd thru Thursday July 5th. Lorine sent email outlining & overview of activities on January 17, 2018.
Please review and contact her for any activities you would like to help with. Volunteers are starting to come in.
Meeting Closed: 08:22 PM
Meeting Minutes for January 17, 2018
Start time: 07:36 PM
Members in attendance: 20
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Membership: 56 at present for 2018
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Holiday Party - Sunday December 10 at Bella Luna Restaurant in Blooming Grove. Everyone enjoyed the food, venue and Yankee Gift Swap.
The Gadabout Trophy was awarded to Jim Allen.
Woodbury Animal Shelter receive our donations handled by Sue & Dave Pendergast.
Boxing Day Party hosted by Sue & Bill Moore.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
Movie Night - Bruno and Malcolm Mills set up a movie about historic races at Watkins Glen. Popcorn was provided by Lorine. We will consider doing this occasionally.
International Food Cook Off - Save March 18, 2018. Location will be the Campbell Hall Firehouse. There will be a $5.00 donation to offset expenses. There will be a 50/50 raffle. RSVP by March 16 with what you will bring.
New England Mini Owners (NEMO) has accepted proposal for BoTH to coordinate their Mini Meet East 2018 to be held in New Paltz on Monday, July 2nd thru Thursday July 5th. Lorine sent email outlining & overview of activites on January 17, 2018. Please review and contact her for any activities you would like to help with. Volunteers are starting to come in. See Lorine to sign up to help with activities.
Meeting Closed: 08:52 PM
Meeting Minutes for November 15, 2017
Start time: 07:50 PM
Members in attendance: 32
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Membership: 105 members current. New member: Vincent Pandoliano discussed his recent 1980 MBG LE
Brits at Club Events - Ted Cryer will summarize who brings their Brit to an event.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Long Haulers Drive to Oneonta & Brooks BBQ - October 21. Five cars joined Derick and Lorine for an extended drive with super autumn weather.
Dyson Racing Shop Tour - November 11. Nineteen members enjoyed a tour of this amazing professional race shop. Rob Dyson welcomed everyone to view the 24+ race cars including ALMS Prototypes, classics including a Gurney Eagle, original 289 Cobra. The facility does work on customer cars and has a complete machine shop. They will have another open house next spring.
Pizza Night - the club provided pizza & soda to all members attending this meeting. Yum! An appreciation collection was taken for our always cheery and efficient waitress, Mary.
Club Officer nominations - There were NO new volunteers or nominations for 2018-2020. The current officers (see above) agreed to stay on one more year. Elections will take place in November 2018.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
Lost Speedways @ Saratoga Auto Museum - November 25. Rob Dyson will discuss the IMSA championship winning LMP675 Prototype he has donated to SAM. Presentations also by noted NASCAR and Sprint Cup members. Many great race classic will be available for tours.
Annual Membership DUES are due for 2018 - $30 per membership this includes your subscription to British Marque.
Holiday Party - RSVP no later than December 02.
Sunday December 10: time 02:00 PM-06:00 PM. Bruno has coordinated with Bella Luna Restaurant in Blooming Grove.
Woodbury Animal Shelter was nominated by Sue Pendergast to receive our donations.
Yankee Gift Giving will be held as usual.
Movie Night - Bruno and Malcolm Mills are setting up a car oriented movie for the January, 2018 meeting. Popcorn will be provided.
International Food Cook Off - Save March 18, 2018. Location will be the Campbell Hall Firehouse.
Mini Meet East 2018 have accepted proposal from Lorine and Derick for BoTH to coordinate their 2018 MME Event. It will be held in New Paltz.
Lorine and Ted have arranged to use the New Paltz Field of Dreams for a picnic and group photo shot.
See Lorine to sign up to help with activities.
MISC News:
Congratulations to Jim Allen who is now enjoying his MGB GT after 5+ years of work!
Meeting Closed: 08:50 PM
Meeting Minutes for October 18, 2017
Start time: 07:35 PM
Members in attendance: 17
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: Four new members: Don Weeks - 1971 TR6, David Bushy - 1967 Morgan +4, Sarah & Michael Savelli - a variety of sports cars.
Brits at Club Events - Ted Cryer will summarize who brings their Brit to an event.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
September 23 -Wheels and Wings Car, - Kobelt Airport, Wallkill. A dozen members showed their Brits. Gary Panarotto got a trophy for his Spitfire.
September 24 - Village of Montgomery Car Show from 10:00 a.m.-3:00
- Show cars will park on the Village streets.
25th Anniversary Celebration - September 30 & October 01.
Saturday - Occasional showers did not hamper a brief tour to the Kingston Roundout for 59 members who went on the boat cruise. Lorine & Derick hosted 66 members at their very cool barn for Catered lunch by DiBella’s Italian Restaurant. The editors of “British Marque” gave an good speech about their magazine. A 50/50 raffle distributed many neat gifts to attendees.
Sunday - Dennis lead a good tour to the Woodstock British Car Show which had a special area for BoTH cars. Mitch Meisler & his wife sponsored a nice lunch for BoTH. Some members also brought food. Trophies were awarded to some members.
Columbus Day Tour - Bob Prescott lead seven cars on a very good tour up to Big Iindian and the Catskills.
October 15 - Mills Mansion - Gathering of Old Cars. Twenty one BoTH cars were on display on the lawn near the Hudson River.
October 15 - Peekskill GP. Lee Goldstein (TVR Grantura) and Glenn Roy (TR Stag) participated
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
October 21 - Long Haulers Drive to Oneonta and Brooks House of BarBQ. This is an extended drive tour put together by Derick and Lorine.
REMINDER - Club Officer nominations are open and elections will be at the November Free Pizza meeting.
Holiday Party - Sunday December 10: time 02:00 PM-06:00 PM. Bruno has coordinated with Bella Luna Restaurant in Blooming Grove.
Woodbury Animal Shelter was nominated by Sue Pendergast to receive our donations.
Yankee Gift Giving will be held as usual.
New England Mini Owners (NEMO) have accepted proposal from Lorine & Derick for BoTH to coordinate their 2018 East Event. It will be held in New Paltz.
... See Lorine to sign up to help with activities.
Meeting Closed: 08:19 PM
Meeting Minutes for September 20, 2017
Start time: 07:33 PM
Members in attendance: 21
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- vacation
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: 99
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events. There were six Brits at this meeting.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Vintage Triumph Registers Convention, Princeton, NJ. BoTH attendees: Dennis Culligan/TR6, Glenn Roy/Stag, and new couple from Conn. with their Spitfire. Ted Cryer only Saturday/no TR.
Cars & Coffee lead by Gary and Bruno. Nine Brit cars started at Chester and drove 40 mile and had lunch.
Lime Rock Historic Festival. Some members did go. Rick McCurdy drove his TR3.
Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival. Dennis Culligan's TR6 received 1st place in Concorso Especiale. Others who made it were: Gary P., Jackson Rogers, Frank and Vern Barone, Bruno and Mike DiPleco.
British Invasion, Stowe, VT. Derick & Lorine got 1st in class with their Wolsley Hornet. Larry and Linda Cantamessa also attended.
Storm King Arts Center - The Austin Healey Club NE invited BoTH members. Those who joined were John Conklin, George Tuchman, Charlie Muller, and Ted Cryer.
Upcoming events and car shows:
NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
September 23 -Wheels and Wings Car, Bike & Airplane show -
- Nu-Cavu restaurant, Kobelt Airport, 857 Plains Rd, Wallkill, NY
- To park together must arrive together. Meet at 9:15 AM parking lot
of the New Hurley Reformed Church (corner of Rte 208 & Rte 20),
near Wallkill Correctional. We'll leave for the show by 9:30.
September 24 - Village of Montgomery Car Show from 10:00 a.m.-3:00
- Show cars will park on the Village streets.
25th Anniversary Celebration - September 30 & October 01. Lorine sent an email on July 8 with all details. Some changes/updates are in BOLD below. See below for some highlites.
60 members have signed on for the boat cruise.
66 members will be at the lunch.
Two day event combining with the annual picnic.
Sept. 30, Saturday: a) Drive to the Kingston Roundout, b) Sightseeing Cruise on the Rip Van Winkle, c) catered lunch at Lorine & Derick's home. Catered lunch by DiBella’s Italian Restaurant.
"British Marque" editors will speakers.
PLEASE bring items you would like to donate to the 50/50 raffle.
* Moss Motors has donated a number of items already.
Oct. 01, Sunday: a) Members meet for a brief drive, b) Attend Woodstock British (& Swedish) Car Show with a special area for BoTH cars. c) A club lunch will be set aside for BoTH members. Sunday events are pay as you go.
Columbus Day Tour - October 9. Bob Prescott is laying out a drive thru the Catskill area.
October 15 - Mills Mansion, Staatsburg - Gathering of Old Cars. To have a club designated area please contribute $5.00 per car.
October 15 - Peekskill Grand Prix
October 21 - Oneonta Tour to Brooks House of BarBQ. This is an extended drive tour put together by Derick and Lorine.
REMINDER - Club Officer nominations are open and elections will be at the November pizza meeting.
Holiday Party - Sunday December 10: time 02:00 PM-06:00 PM. Bruno is negotiating with a place in the Florida-Chester area.
New England Mini Owners (NEMO) have accepted proposal from Lorine & Derick for BoTH to coordinate their 2018 East Event.
Meeting Closed: 08:21 PM
Meeting Minutes for August 16, 2017
Start time: 07:36 PM
Members in attendance: 18
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: 97
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events. There were nine Brits at this meeting.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
August 06 - Ten cars went on Wine Tour to the Millbrook Vineyards Winery. Seventeen participated in the tour & tastings and lunch. Everyone had a good time. Pictures are on the club website.
August 13 - Cars & Coffee lead by Bruno. Eight members joined and they took a couple of brief drives. He is planning one for September..
Upcoming events and car shows- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
August 18 - Vintage Triumph Registers National Convention, Princeton, NJ. Dennis is going for entire event. Ted Cryer just for Saturday show.
Aug 31-Sept 04 - Lime Rock Historic Festival. Rick McCurdy will be driving his TR3. Other members are going.
September 8 & 9 - Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival. Bruno & Gary are going. Contact Bruno if interested at mgbmini@yahoo.com
September 15-17 - British Invasion, Stowe, VT.
25th Anniversary Celebration - September 30 & October 01. Forty seven members already signed up. >>> See below for details.
October 9 - Columbus Day Drive - Need someone to coordinate.
October 15 - Mills Mansion Gathering of Old Cars which the club always has a good showing.
October 15 - Peekskill Vintage Grand Prix. Event originator Rick Pepe presented to us at July meeting. Lee Goldstein has entered his TVR Grantura. This should be a grand activity. Details are found HERE.
New Business:
25th Anniversary Celebration - September 30 & October 01. Lorine sent an email on July 8 with all details. Some changes/updates are in BOLD below. See below for some highlites.
Two day event combining with the annual picnic.
Sept. 30, Saturday: a) Drive to the Kingston Roundout, b) Sightseeing Cruise on the Rip Van Winkle, c) catered lunch at Lorine & Derick's home. Cost will be $25.00 per person for the Cruise and catered lunch by DiBella’s Italian Restaurant.
A guest speaker is being arranged.
Oct. 01, Sunday: a) Members meet for a brief drive, b) Attend Woodstock British (& Swedish) Car Show with a special area for BoTH cars. c) A club lunch will be set aside for BoTH members. Sunday events are pay as you go.
August 16th - Deadline for members to sign up for the event.
Contact Derick or any club officer to be on the 25th Committee.
New England Mini Owners (NEMO) have accepted proposal from Lorine & Derick for BoTH to coordinate their 2018 East Event. BoTH would receive the proceeds collected from this effort. Lorine handed out an activity plan to review for volunteers.
>>> Please Review and notify Lorine to volunteer for any of the events.
Meeting Closed: 08:12 PM
Meeting Minutes for July 19, 2017
Start time: 07:33 PM
Members in attendance: 26
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: 97
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events. There were seven Brits at this meeting.
>> The Pledge of Allegiance was done at suggestion of Bill Moore.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
July 9 - Locust Grove Car Show. Thirteen members attended with their Brits. There was
a good variety of Brits and numbered as many as BoTH.
July 15 - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. Malcolm Mills went and reported there were twenty
Brits, Morgans being the greatest marque.
July 16 - Eleven members joined Bruno for a Cars And Coffee at the Stewart Airport
Diner. He is planning another one for September.
Misc: June 25-29 - Ted & Carol Cryer attended the NE Austin Healey Club Summit at
Jimney Peak in June and had a great time.
Upcoming events and car shows- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
July 29 - British Motorcar Fest at Saratoga Auto Museum (SAM)
August 06 - Wine Tour to the Millbrook Winery and lunch at there led by Ted & Carol
Cryer. Check email for updates. >> RSVP to Ted by July 30.
August 18 - Vintage Triumph Registers National Convention, Princeton, NJ. Some
members are planning to go.
Aug 31-Sept 04 - Lime Rock Historic Festival. Some members are going.
September 8 & 9 - Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival
September 15-17 - British Invasion, Stowe, VT.
October 15 - Peekskill Vintage Grand Prix. Event originator Rick Pepe presented at
this meeting the back ground and details of the event. This should be a grand
activity. An email is being sent with all details. More info HERE.
New Business:
25th Anniversary Celebration - September 30 & October 01. Lorine sent an email on
July 8 with all details. Some changes/updates are in BOLD below. See below for some
highlites.
Two day event combining with the annual picnic.
Sept. 30, Saturday: a) Drive to the Kingston Roundout, b) Sightseeing Cruise on the
Rip Van Winkle, c) catered lunch at George Freer Park in Port Ewen.
Cost will be $25.00 per person for the Cruise and catered lunch by DiBella’s Italian
Restaurant.
A guest speaker is being arranged.
Oct. 01, Sunday: a) Members meet for a brief drive, b) Attend Woodstock British (&
Swedish) Car Show, c) lunch at a place yet to be decided. Sunday events are pay as
you go.
>>> August 16th - DEADLINE for members to sign up for the event.
Contact Derick or any club officer if anyone would like to be on the 25th Committee.
NEMO 2018 Event - New England Mini Owners (NEMO) have accepted proposal from Lorine
& Derick for BoTH to coordinate their 2018 East Event. BoTH would receive the
proceeds collected from this effort. Lorine handed out an activity plan to review
for volunteers. More details will follow.
Meeting Closed: 08:29 PM
Meeting Minutes for June 21, 2017
Start time: 07:34 PM
Members in attendance: 25
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: 97
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
June 3 - Lime Rock Park - VSCCA/Jaguar NE/HRG races. Ted Cryer led members in their Brits. Two members were also "turning a wheel in anger" on the track in the Brits racers.
June 4, Sunday - Brits by the Sea, Harkness Memorial State Park, L.I.. Lorine & Derick took their 1960 Morris Mini 850 and met members Alex & Janet Thompson.
June 17 - Dyson Racing hosted a tour of their racing shop. A number on members went and said it was super. A repeat is excepted this fall.
June - Hohokus, NJ Car Show. Attended by Larry & Linda Cantamessa and Gary Panarotto.
Upcoming events and car shows- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
July 9 - Locust Grove Car Show, Route 9, Poughkeepsie. Numerous members will be going. Great location, includes the gardens and views of the Hudson River.
July 15 - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome and British Car Day.
July 22 - Show of Dreams in Hudson, NH
July 29 - British Motorcar Fest at Saratoga Auto Museum (SAM)
August 06 - Wine Tour to Millbrook Winery and lunch at the Iron Furnace Restaurant, Verbank, NY. Details will be sent at a later date.
August 18 - Vintage Triumph Registers National Convention, Princeton, NJ. Some members are planning to go.
September 8 & 9 - Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival
September 15-17 - British Invasion, Stowe, VT.
New Business:
25th Anniversary Celebration - September 30 & October 01. See below for details.
Two day event combining with the annual picnic.
Sept. 30, Saturday: a) Members meet for a brief drive to the Kingston Roundout, b) Sightseeing Cruise on the Rip Van Winkle, c) catered lunch at Derick & Lorine’s home.
A guest speaker is being arranged.
Cost will be $20.00 per person for the Cruise and catered lunch by DiBella’s Italian Restaurant.
Oct. 01, Sunday: a) Members meet for a brief drive, b) Attend Woodstock British (& Swedish) Car Show, c) lunch at a place yet to be decided. Sunday events are pay as you go.
August 16th - DEADLINE for members to sign up for the event. Details will be forthcoming.
If anyone would like to be on the 25th Committee please contact Derick or any of the club officers.
NEMO 2018 Event - Lorine and Derick made a proposal for the club to assist the New England Mini Owners (NEMO) with their 2018 annual event being planned for Kingston. BoTH would receive the proceeds collected from this efforts. Numerous members agreed to volunteer.
Meeting Closed: 08:22 PM
Meeting Minutes for May 17, 2017
Start time: 07:38 PM
Members in attendance: 31
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: 96
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Dust Off Tour - April 23 was lead by Tom Dinchuk and Steve Shuttleton. thru the Catskill Mountains, lunch at the Hurley Mountain Inn, and dessert at Brio's in Phoenicia. Sixteen members participated and there was ten Brits cars. Great roads and fine weather.
Lakota Wolf Preserve, April 30th - lead by John and Gina Walker. Seven members in three cars had a very good time, enjoyed good weather and a delicious late lunch.
Brit Fest, May 6 - in Succasunna, N.J. Gary Panarotto was only attendee.
Rhinebeck Classic Car Show, May 7 - Seven Brits members braved the occasional rain. Trophies were taken home by Stan Sinon (TR3), Dale Hobson (MGB GT), and Rick McCurdy (Sunbeam Tiger).
Discount on Parts -Stuart and Ann Arbeit, owners of Custom Spares, Brewster are offering a 10% discount to BoTH members by using coupon code BoTH2017 (order must be $20 or more) on everything on the website, classicgarage.com, thru 12/31/2017.
Thanks, Stuart & Ann!
Tips & Tricks - This was presented by Stuart at last months meeting and we are working to have it posted to the club website Technical Section.
New Business:
25th Anniversary Celebration - Derick discussed the results of the survey taken at last months meeting:
Majority would like a two day event, combining with the annual picnic.
Activities preferred would be a drive/tour and boat cruise on Hudson.
Catered event with club contributing to the cost. Target of $15 per person to members.
Menu to be determined. Possibly a Bar-B-Que?
Guest speakers could be Editors of British Marque.
Targeted dates: September 23rd& 24th or 30th & October 1st.
If anyone would like to be on the 25th Committee please contact Derick or any of the club officers.
Future Drives - At the moment there are NO other drives or tours planned. If anyone would like to volunteer or discuss an idea please let us know
Car Shows Upcoming- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
May 19-21st - Carlisle Import/Kit/Performance Nationals.
May 21 - Carlisle Imports & Kit Show
June 3 - Lime Rock Park - VSCCA/Jaguar NE/ HRG races. This is a free event. Ted Cryer will lead a drive to the track from the Dailey Planet restaurant on Rt. 55 in Poughkeepsie. An email will be sent out this week with details.
June 4, Sunday - Brits by the Sea, Harkness Memorial State Park, L.I. Featured marque is Mini.
June 8-11th, British MotorCar Fesstival in Bristol, RI.
July 9 - Locust Grove Car Show, Route 9, Poughkeepsie
July 15 - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome and British Car Day.
July 22 - Show of Dreams in Hudson, NH
July 29 - British Motorcar Fest at Saratoga Auto Museum (SAM)
Meeting Closed: 08:10 PM
Meeting Minutes for April 19, 2017
Start time: 07:39 PM
Members in attendance: 24
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance and expenses.
Members: 94
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events.
New Member joined at meeting. Welcome to Ryan Evans who has a 1978 & 1976 MBG and lives near Bethel, Sullivan Co.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Slot Car Racing at the February meeting was set up by Bob Prescott. Many members joined in and it would be fun at future meetings.
March meeting was cancelled due to a BIG snow storm.
International Food Festival & Cook Off: March 19, Sunday at
Campbell Hall Fire House. 30 members shared tasty foods and chit chat. Popular voted awards were: Beverage - Frank DiMaio's wine; Appetizer - Loraine (friend of Frank's); Main Course - Sue Moore; Chili - Jim Allen; and Dessert - Sue Pendergast. Frank Barone won the 50/50.
Tech Session on Suspensions: March 25, Saturday at Beek's Auto hosted by Derick and stuffed French toast by Lorine. 23 members attended. Derick was able to hilite topics on Dennis Culligan and Tom Dinchuk own Brits that were in the garage. Thanks.
Automotive Restorations and The Panel Shop - April 15. This was short notice event but 18 members partook of the trip and outstanding cars and super work at these shops in Conn. Three members won prizes that ranged from tickets to Lime Rock, a Classic Motorsports T-shirt, and a subscription.
Tricks of The Trade - Stuart Arbeit; business owner of Custom Spares, Brewster gave a presentation that included 30+ tips to keep our Brits running smooth, safe of the road and prepared for the un-expected. I am sure everyone learned a new trick or two…I sure did! Perfect timing for the coming Brits season.
Members chat of their Brits adventures followed.
New Business:
Dust Off Tour - April 23, Sunday. Led by Tom Dinchuk and Steve Shuttleton. Meet at McDonalds, Rte 9W, Highland, NY at 10:45 AM. The tour will go thru the Catskill Mountains, lunch at the Hurley Mountain Inn, a bit more touring and then an ice cream in Phoenicia. Check emails for more details.
25th Anniversary Celebration - Derick led discussion on alternatives for a date, and activities ideas. Ballots were distributed for members to vote on one or two day and activites such as a boat ride. If anyone would like to be on the 25th Committee please contact Derick or any of the club officers.
Car Shows Upcoming- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
May 6 - Brit Fest in Succasunna, N.J.
May 7 - Rhinebeck Classic Car Show
May 21 - Carlisle Imports & Kit Show
June 2-3 - Lime Rock Park - VSCCA/Jaguar NE/ HRG races. This is a fee entry event. Ted Cryer has offered to lead a drive to the track from the Daily Planet restaurant on Rt. 55 in Poughkeepsie.
Meeting Closed: 08:49 PM
Meeting Minutes for February 15, 2017
Start time: 07:36 PM
Members in attendance: 27
President..............Derick Karabec- absent
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- absent
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed current account balance.
Members: 84
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events.
Old Business and Prior Months Activities:
Honeymooners Bowling - Take 4 was on February 5th. Eight members took to the lanes and had a good time no matter what their scores. Eight additional members joined at the Pine Bush Chinese Restaurant for lunch.
Ted Cryer gave an overview of his trip to the Scottsdale Auctions in January. His focus was on Brits, or course.
At the end of the meeting Bob Prescott had set up a slot car track for some spirited fun.
New Business:
The Website has been updated for planned events in 2017.
Bob Strong’s wife has recently had surgery and is doing well, if anyone would like to wish her a speedy recovery. email: bob9091@optonline.net
Tricks of The Trade - At the March 15th meeting after business has concluded, member and business owner of Custom Spares; Stuart Arbeit will speak on this subject.
International Food Festival & Cook Off: March 19, Sunday @ 01:00PM
Campbell Hall Fire House locates at 13 Maybrook Rd. in Campbell Hall. $5 donation per membership (up to 2 per membership). There will be 5 food categories for awards. Please RSVP to Bill & Sue Moore: moore7299@gmail.
Tech Session on Suspensions: March 25, Saturday at Beek’s Auto located at 3128 Rt. 44/55 in Gardner. Breakfast & arrivals at 09:00 a.m., Tech session starts at 10:00 a.m. RSVP by March 22; email: wolfelor@aol.com or call 84-331-3173. Okay to leave a voice mail. If you would like your cars suspension reviewed rsvp asap to reserve a spot.
Spring Dust Off Tour - April TBD. Looking for volunteer(s) to take lead and ideas for the event.
Wolf Preserve Trip & Tour - John Walker is planning another tour to the Wolf Preserve as he did last year. Date is to be determine for April or May. Stay tuned for more details.
Car Shows Upcoming- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
May 6 - Brit Fest in Succasunna, N.J.
May 7 - Rhinebeck Classic Car Show
June 2&3 - Lime Rock Park - VSCCA/Jaguar NE/ HRG races. This is a fee entry event. Ted Cryer has offered to lead a drive to the track from the Daily Planet restaurant on Rt. 55 in Poughkeepsie.
Meeting Closed: 08:08 PM
Meeting Minutes for January 18, 2016
Members in attendance: 30
In addition to-
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- absent
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- absent
Treasury report: Reviewed account balance & expenses, past & expected.
2017 Members: 46 (plus 5 who paid tonight to = 51)
1 new member: Sebastian & Frances D’Allesandro - '70 Jaguar E Type Coupe and '72 TR6
Old Business and Prior Month's Activities:
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Holiday Party 12/11/16 -Attended by 57 members at the Ship Lantern’s Inn from 2-6 p.m. Our concerns from
last year were heard and rectified. Feedback on the event was positive. Dennis Culligan won the 50/50 raffle. He generously donated
$50 of his winnings toward our donation to Take Me Home Pet Rescue. We gave a $340.00 donation to the shelter along with miscellaneous material items.
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Annual Boxing Day at the Moore’s 12/26/16 – Attended by 12-15 members. A good time was had by all with the exception of the drive home in the unexpected ice storm.
New Business & Upcoming Events:
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The website has been updated with events that we currently have dates for
through September. If anyone hears about an event that isn't on the website, e-mail knotwobad@aol.com and it will be added to the website, etc. Take a look at the website to start planning your season.
2-
Sunday, February 5th 12:00 p.m. – Honeymooner’s Take 4 Event at Walden Bowling Lanes (formerly Hoe Bowl) on Rt. 52 in Walden. Lunch to follow (between 1:30 –2:00p.m.) at the Pine Bush Chinese Restaurant in Valley Supreme Plaza on Rt. 52 (behind Dunkin’ Donuts). Bowling is $10 per person (includes bowling & shoes) Money will be collected by Tom at the alley. RSVP to Tom D. at gldeagle@frontier.net by Wednesday, February 1st. Be sure to let Tom know if you will be participating in the entire event or just a portion of it.
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Sunday, March 19th 1:00 p.m. – Annual International Food Festival Cook-off at Campbell Hall Fire House located at 13 Maybrook Rd. in Campbell Hall. $5 Donation per membership (up to 2 per membership), $5 per person, per additional guest. See website for details.
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Saturday, March 25th Tech Session on suspensions at Beek’s Auto located at 3128 Rt. 44/55 in Gardiner – breakfast & arrivals at 9:00 a.m. Tech session begins at 10:00 a.m. RSVP by Wednesday, March 22nd; e-mail: wolfelor@aol.com or call 845-331-3173; ok to leave voice mail. If you are interested in having your suspension reviewed, rsvp asap to reserve a spot for your car.
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April - Spring Dust Off Tour – Looking for a volunteer(s) to take the lead on this event. Bruno D. may be up for the task, no commitments to date.
Miscellaneous news and items:
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We discussed remedies to keep the mice out of our cars over the winter months.
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Celebration for the club’s 25th anniversary. In 2012 we had a weekend of different activities for our 20th celebration. Members asked to think about what they want to do this year.
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February’s Meeting – Once business is concluded, members will engage in some good old-fashioned slot car fun. Years ago, this used to be one of the meeting activities.
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March Meeting - Once business is concluded, member and owner of Custom Spares, Stuart Arbeit will speak
about the "Tricks of the Trade".
Motion to Close/Meeting Adjourned
Meeting Minutes for November 16, 2016
Start time: 07:37
Members in attendance: 41
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Reviewed account balance & expenses, past & expected.
Members: 101- five new since from last month.
a. Jackson Rogers......Datsun 2000
b. Wayne & Silda Carver.....MG TD
c. Jack Klix......vintage Volvos
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of who brings a Brit to club events.
Old Business and Activities:
New members with non-Brits vintage cars guideleine was voted on and the criteria
will be called "Classic Other cars".
New Business:
November 20 - Sip & Social at the Karabec's. Bring your own munchies and beverage.
A tour will start at McDonalds in Newburgh Mall at 11:00. Watch for emails if tour
cancelled due to weather.
December 11 - Holiday Party from 02:00 PM to 06:00 PM at Ship's Lantern Inn, Milton,
NY. Cost is $50 per person. Food selections were chosen at this meeting by ballots.
More information will be coming.
December 26 - Boxing Day Party at Bill & Sue Moore's house. 72 Hill Rd,
Goshen…..RSVP 845-294-53043 or moore7299@gmail.com
March 05- Cook Off / Chili Party at Campbell Hall Fire Department
Car Shows Upcoming- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
?? Any suggestions for a Tech Session??
Meeting Closed: 08:23
Meeting Minutes for October 19 2016
Start time: 07:36
Members in attendance: 34
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Account balance and expenses, past & expected
Members: 100 - Thirteen new since from last month.
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of all members who bring a British car to club events.
Old Business:
At August meeting it was voted to welcome new members who have non-British sports cars.
EVENTS:
September 24 - Wheels & Wings Show, Wallkill Airport. Thirteen members with their
Brits attended.
September 25 - CLUB PICNIC; George Freer Park, Port Ewan. Great weather for 59
members with 18 Brit cars.
September 30 - VSCCA Fall Finale, LRP. Rick McCardy and Mike Harmuth participated.
October 02 - Woodstock British Car Show was attended by members.
October 09 - Columbus Day Tour by Scott Klion who led 13 Brits.
October 16 - Mills Mansion - Old Cars Show. Sixteen Brits filled the BoTH Club area.
Club awards were given to Dale Hobson & MBG GT and Rob Cabello for his Marcos.
New Business:
Discussed guidelines for new members with non-Brits vintage cars but screen newer
cars and non-sports car marques.
Note: To be further discussed at next months meeting.
November 12 - Merrie Olde Crafte Faire and British Festival at Grace Episcopal
Church in Middletown
November 16 - Annual Pizza meeting.
December 11 - Holiday Party from 02:00 PM to 06:00 PM at Ship’s Lantern Inn, Milton,
NY. Cost is $50 per person. Food selections were chosen at this meeting by ballots.
More information will be coming.
Car Shows Upcoming- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists upcoming shows and events.
NO tours currently planned for November.
Brits Car Stories - At the end the members kicked around a number of humorous and
interesting stories about their Brits and adventures with them. Tech tips were also
discussed.
Meeting Closed: 08:23
Meeting Minutes for August 17 2016
Start time: 07:34
Members in attendance: 23
President..............Derick Karabec- present
Vice President........Mark Waitkins- present
Treasurer..............Lorine Karabec- present
Secretary..............Ted Cryer- present
Treasury report: Account balance and expenses, past & coming due
Members: 86 - No change from last month
Ted Cryer keeps a summary of all members who bring a British car to club events.
Old Business:
July 23 - Catskill Mountains Tour by Bob Prescott. Twelve cars participated. It was a hot day but wonderful views and great sporty roads.
August 13 - East - West Tour started by Mark W. and handed off to Derick & Lorine on the west side of Hudson River and finale with a very good picnic at their home. Fourteen cars made the drive.
Reminder that at the last meeting we decided to welcome new members who have non-British sports cars. But not hot rods.
New Business:
- Cruise - Looking for interest in an overnight tour. Please submit ideas to any club officer.
- Custom Spares Tour - Stu Arbeit offered to host a tour and tech session in October if members are interested
- Stu showed the new reproduction line of classic Lucas PL700 headlights. He is offering them to cub members for $75.00 a pair with bulbs.
Car Shows Upcoming- NOTE: The club website Upcoming Events section lists shows and events
thru October. Below are highlights of shows that were discussed:
August 20 - Hudson Valley Honor Flight Benefit for veterans to help them visit the
memorials in Washington D.C. Located in Wallkill on Lippencott Road.
August 20 - ATA British Motorfest, Saratoga Auto Museum
September 02-04 - Lime Rock Vintage Festival
September 09-11 - Watkins Glen Historics and Races
September 16-18 - British Invasion, Stowe Vermont
September 18 - Brits By The Sea, Ocean Grove, NJ
September 24 - Wheels & Wings, Kobelt Airport, Wallkill, N. Y.
NOTE: Members can meet at the Hurley Church, Route 208 outside of Wallkill to drive in together.
September 25 - Club Picnic, George Freer Park, Port Ewan.
Notify Lorine of any side dishes you would like to bring.
October 02 - Woodstock British Car Show
October 10 - Club Columbus Day Tour, Scott Klion is laying out the tour.
October 16 - Mills Mansion - Old Cars Show
Brits Car Stories - At the end the members kicked around a number of humorous and
interesting stories about the Brits and adventures with them.
Meeting Closed: 08:04
