Colorado Mopar Car Club - coloradomopar

As I write this, another snow storm is heading our way and I haven’t wiped the car down from the last rain/sleet storm I drove through this Spring.    Ah well, we need the water…

The activity calendar is filling up and the car show planning is in full swing.  If you want to help the subcommittee in its planning, please contact Dean Danielson.  Advertisements for the car show will be in the CCCC’s Havana Cruise flyer, and in the Scoop, along with many local web sites that advertise car shows.

Last month we had some great adventures – Take 2 of the Schmeekle Garage Tour preceded by breakfast at Great Scott’s, breakfast and a tour of the Coors Brewery, and more. 

Car show pre-registrations will kick-off in mid-May.  Be sure to talk up the show as we’re competing with the KBPI show that is the same day.  A car show flyer is posted to the web site.

For any event you attend, please consider posting pictures to the website as an album.

Woo Hoo!  I think Spring is upon us and with that comes the ‘opportunity’ to get our cars shined up, tires aired up, chrome polished, fluids filled, and car insurance updated.

The activity calendar is starting to fill up with some great opportunities this month including a Club event of a garage tour of Wayne Schmeekle’s collection in Ft. Morgan, some local car shows, and a combined Club Show & Shine down in Florence, CO.  For the Schmeekle Tour and the Show and Shine in Florence, multiple local Mopar clubs are being invited so that we have a strong showing.

Great progress continues on the web-site redesign thanks to Corey.  If you missed March’s meeting, Corey demonstrated some of the pages and his vision for the site navigation.

Also in March’s meeting, one of our newest members Annie Miller passed around a great write-up of how she caught the Mopar ‘car disease’ – her words. Check out her write-up in the newsletter.

Remember to update the Club calendar on the web site with any shows you become aware of; the newsletter will also continue to report upcoming events.

For any event you attend, please consider posting pictures to the website as an album.

Take care, Anne

Greetings all:

Short and sweet this month.

Please pay your 2013 dues.  The benefits and responsibilities of the two levels of benefits are shown below to help you make your decision.  I sincerely hope you find club membership a good value to you and your family.  I also hope that you consider recommending Club membership to friends and co-workers. 

You may mail your payment to the Club PO box as shown on the front cover of the newsletter or you can give it to Erik or any other Officer.

The Tri-State Swap Meet is coming up on February 9^th.- here’s the website for more info:  http://www.tristateswapmeet.com/default.htm

The Club had a good turnout at the Polar Bear Swap Meet – when I last saw Tony, Ivy, and Gerad, they had barely started perusing the inside booths for MOPAR treasures.

Happy New Year Colorado Mopar Club Members!

I first want to thank those who participated in the December Holiday Party / Monthly meeting.  Besides great food and an always entertaining White Elephant Gift Exchange, we also addressed a lot of business.  We voted on new Club Officers, we welcomed two new members and we clarified the Bylaws. More details are inside this newsletter on all these items.

Please pay your 2013 annual dues as soon as possible.  A description of the two types of memberships are included below.  As a reminder, the dues provide funds for:

• seed money for the annual car show,

• the Club’s insurance,

• membership in the Collector Car Council of Colorado (CCCC),

• web site hosting

• food, drink and setup for various Club activities,

• the annual Club donation,

• facility rental, and

• other ad hoc expenses

It’s not too early to think about the 2013 car show.  Dean will be looking for volunteers soon.  We encourage all Club members to participate in some part of the show.  Keep reading the monthly newsletters for more information.

You’ll see a theme in this newsletter – this past month the Club has been approached by Club members and Mopar fans with a number of cars for sale.  Details on all the cars are in the Tyson’s Corner section of the January newsletter.

I hope you have a prosperous and car-filled New Year!

Happy December everyone.

I hope 2012 has been a good year for you professionally and personally.  Here’s a short recap of the club’s activities this year:

Great Machine Show      May

Winger Warriors       June

Havana Cruise      June

Echo Lake Cruise       July

Stripping Calvin's Cuda     August

Colorado MOPAR Club Car Show    August

Front Range Car Show and Swap Meet   August

2012 Fall Fling Car Cruise with WPC   September

Annual Chili Dinner      October

Show & Tell, Car Show at Smallwood's  October

Rocky Mountain Rod & Custom Show  November

This list doesn’t include the monthly Cars & Coffee event, the Golden Super Cruises that many attended, the monthly Club Clash which members participate in and where we had our June meeting in support of RPM, the occasional breakfast, lunch, photo-shoot, etc.

I look forward to seeing you all at the December meeting where we'll have a short meeting, in-between the pot-luck and the White Elephant Gift Exchange.

Remember, we'll be selecting officers for 2013.  Please consider your nominations.  I'll have some officer role descriptions at the meeting.

This Saturday the Arvada Community Food Bank is having a Stop 'n Drop Food Drive

Saturday, November 3, 2012

9:00 A.M. to Noon

Help others celebrate Thanksgiving the way it was meant to be.

Suggested food donations:

Pie Crust Mix

Canned Fruit (Apple, Peach, Lemon)

Cake Mix

Cranberry Sauce

Stuffing

Gravy

Chicken Broth

Potato Flakes 6-16oz

Vegetables (Peas, Corn, Green Beans)

Macaroni and Cheese

Jello & Pudding

Corn Bread Mix

Turkey

Ham

Hi all -

A couple housekeeping details as the year seems to be rushing to a close.

There is a benefit for Jessica Ridgeway's family this coming Sunday, October 21, at Quaker Steak and Lube off of US Hwy 36 &104th Ave.  The benefit starts at 2:00 p.m., registration starts at 1:00 p.m., fee is $20.  100% of the proceeds to to the family.

Prior to the benefit on the same day, RPM has invited us to join them at a breakfast at Gunther Toody's at Alameda and Leetsdale.  RSVP to (303) 475-0459 or gunghomarine72@yahoo.com to ensure there are enough seats reserved.  If you would like to go into Quaker Steak and Lube as a club, please meet Kent at the Target across the street 12:15 / 12:30-ish.

The November Club meeting will include a discussion of event/activity planning as well as membership levels.

The December meeting will include a white elephant gift exchange and a pot luck.

Lastly, remember to keep checking the Picture/Videos section of the club site for recent event photos uploaded from club members.

Take care, Anne  

Good day all -

Here is a CORRECTION / ANNOUNCEMENT to the upcoming Color Cruise that was
announced in the September newsletter's Letter from the President column.

MEMBERS and FRIENDS of the Colorado MOPAR Club (CMC) are invited to
participate in a combined club color cruise on SUNDAY - not Saturday -
Sunday, September 30.  The car clubs involved include Southern Colorado
MOPAR (confirmed) and Walter P. Chrysler (TBD).

The three clubs will meet up at the Deckers Store at 11:00 a.m. at the
intersection of CO Rd 126 and S. CO 67.

I plan on doing a pre-cruise on Sunday, September 23 and I welcome some
club members to join me.  The goal is to have a picnic spot picked out and
some suggested short cruises for post-picnic.

There may be a fire ban in place so Kent's idea of having prepared meats
(i.e. fried chicken, etc.) may be best.  Let's see what happens.

If you'd like to help plan the route, picnic area and possible side routes
on September 23, reply to this e-mail with your phone number.  I will be
on vacation starting this coming Friday and can't reply to messages
promptly but I'll call you as soon as I can.

Thanks for your understanding and possible help, Anne

Hi all - welcome to Summer!  Please read through this entire message or look through the newsletter.

There are a ton of car shows, rallies, and parades happening in July and August.  A couple activities to highlight:

Saturday July 7

Southern Colorado Mopar 25th Anniversary Mt. Evans Power Tour!  Contact Anne for all the details:
Stage I - First and Main Car Show
Stage II - Cruise to the top of Mt Evans
Stage III - Cruise to Golden for the monthly ‘Super Cruise’
Stage IV – Cruise home

8th Annual KBPI Rock ‘n’ Roll Car Show, Races and Swap Meet
Bandimere Speedway (303) 713-ROCK or www.kbpi.com or (303) 697-4870 or www.bandimere.com

Very Fine Wheels (VFW) Car Show at VFW Post 4171, 15625 W. 10th Ave., Golden CO  to benefit Veterans of Foreign Wars  (303) 279-2119 or www.vfwpost4171.org

Saturday, July 14 
15th Annual Mountain Rendezvous Car Show presented by Chassis Lassies at the Village at Aspen Park, 25577 Conifer Road to benefit Mountain Resource Center.  E-mail: wonderwolf1@comcast.net.

Saturday, July 21 
Mopar Mile-High Nationals Mopar Big Block Party  Downtown Golden

July 20-22 
Bandimere Speedway 33rd Annual Mopar Mile High Nationals NHRA
Tickets are now on sale:  https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?SponsorID=4123

Saturday, August 11 
MOPARS at the Mall Streets of Southglenn presented by our club!

Saturday, August 18 
Front Range Airport Vintage Aircraft and Car Show and Mountain States Swap Meet- sponsored by CCCC  Colorado Mopar has purchased a swap meet space for the club members to seel their items.  Start gathering and pricing your stuff!

REMINDER:  June’s meeting on June 1^st will be held at Bandimere Speedway as voted by the Club at the May meeting.  We will be supporting our racing RPM Mopar friends during Club Clash.  More details inside on page 4.

‘Tis the season to sell cars – in just the past two days, I’ve been approached by Mopar owners interested in selling their cars.  One contact was an owner’s representative interested in finding out more about a 1969 Dodge Super Bee 440 6pak with very low mileage that’s been sitting in a garage for 30+ years.  The other was a local owner of a 1976 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon.  The latter is posted in our newsletter's Classifieds section.  Quite a difference in Mopars huh?  Both these contacts found us through the web site, which shows the importance of a quality site. 

Remembering that our Club motto is ‘Friends helping Friends’, please extend a helping hand to anyone who is interested in repairing or selling a Mopar, feel free to give them my number or anyone else that can help.

We still need Car Show VENDORS, for both food and merchandise!  You all received the revised flyer from Dean via e-mail, please print a few and hand them out at whatever shows, car or other We have a $25 charge for the vendors; a form is posted on the Club web site for the vendor to submit.  Please reach out to friends and family for vendor ideas. 

July’s Club meeting will be back at the Arvada Community Food Bank; we will be having a short meeting and then watching a movie outside.  Please bring blankets, chairs, etc.

Well, we’ve made some decisions on our club web site – I’ve included a summary later in the newsletter.  Thank you all for your input and patience while we worked through all the details.  Great news – Keal Vigil has kindly agreed to take over the web master duties from Rich Oliver so Rich can focus on launching his mobile skateboard repair business.  Keal has been making some nice improvements to the site with more coming this month to support the car show.  Keep checking back!

Hope to see you at the May meeting.  Travel safe. 

Hi all - here's a quick mid-month update: 

BOWLING:  to everyone that attended the bowling event last Sunday at Wheat Ridge Lanes.  Great fun and good food.  I'll post the scores in the next newsletter.

AUTO SHOW: We're hoping to get a crowd to go to the Denver Auto Show held at the Denver Convention Center (downtown) at the end of this month.  John will send out an e-mail.

ANNUAL CAR SHOW:  Dean continues to work tirelessly on the show - Best Buy just confirmed they will be a sponsor.

DUES: And finally, a quick reminder that the $35 annual dues are needed by end of the month.  You can mail your check to: PO Box 9688, Denver, CO  80209 

See ya in a couple weeks if not sooner.  Anne

Sorry guys - I don't want anyone to risk life, limb or car in coming to this month's meeting.

See you March.

Hi everyone -

The weather in Colorado has finally behaved like winter for the first time in a long time.  Snow every couple weeks, the National Western Stock Show had freezing cold temperatures, and the winds are blowing!

The next Club meeting will be held on February 3.  Besides a normal club meeting, we’ll be watching a car movie of your choosing.  Everyone please a couple candidate car movies and the group will vote.  We’ll order some pizza and pop some popcorn and make it an evening.

Car show update: Dean tried to secure a contract with Cruisin’ Dave, the DJ we had last year.  Unfortunately he was already committed to another event so Dean found an awesome replacement – DaBoogieman!  DaBoogieman is a former DJ in the Denver metro area.  He finally retired and is now doing parties and events.  His reviews are really great.  Here’s his web site:  http://www.myfavoriteoldies.com/

Just a reminder that 2012 Club dues are needed as soon as possible. 

See you in a couple days – remember the Club meetings start at 7:15 p.m. at the Arvada Community Food Bank.

Anne Brinkman
President, Colorado MOPAR

Greetings Mopar Members!

Not much news from the President this month, just looking forward to the Spring and some warmer weather so we can get out and get our cars on the road!  Know that it will be here before we know it! 

Hopefully we can get some fun cruises and fun club activities planned so we can get our cars together and have a good time!

Again I just wanted to give my sincere Thanks to Anne Brinkman for taking time out of her busy schedule to call all of the members and get their feedback on the club.  There are a lot of great things we are doing well and some great suggestions and things that we need to work as a club on.  Thank you again Anne! 

Look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting on Friday!

Thanks!

Dale Schaefer

Mopar President

Happy New Year Colorado Mopar Members!

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Christmas and New Year’s!

Just wanted to say Thank you for nominating me for the Colorado Mopar President in 2011. I am excited for the opportunity and looking forward to a great year!

With the snow on the ground, it’s that time of year to work on the hot rods and get them all ready for car show and cruising season coming up in just a few short months! Hope everyone’s projects are coming along great and are under budget! We are Mopar people though, so I know that the under budget part will be wishful thinking for many of us.

I guess it is never too soon to start thinking about the Colorado Mopar car show, so if you are interested in being on the Car Show Committee please let me or an Officer know so when the real planning gets started we make sure everyone who wants to be involved is included.

See you at the meeting this Friday!

Dale Schaefer
2011 Colorado Mopar President