Author Topic: Meeting of the Clans II (Read 49838 times)

Benz Dr. · « **on:** April 24, 2019, 19:14:55 »

Thurs. Aug 22nd: "Country Cruizin" at Steve Plukett's - 5:30pm - Gather at Tim Horton's 925-975 Southdale Rd. London to drive in together to http://www.countrycruizin.com/

Friday Aug 23rd "London Club dinner" - 5:30pm Vintage Mercedes cars gather in lot in front of club. 6:30pm Sit down dinner - Reservations held by PayPal payment of $83.33 CDN by
July 31st. https://www.londonclub.com/

A MEETING OF THE CLANS II, AUGUST 24 & 25 2019

FEATURED CLAN: 113 PAGODA GROUP

HOSTS: DAN & SHELLEY CARON
471 FRENCH LINE PORT LAMBTON, ON CANADA
N0P 2B0
1-877-661-6061, 1-519-677-5939, 1-519-677-4063
benzbarn@kent.net or luvmycatss@gmail.com

The Clans include:       Mercedes-Benz Club of America (all chapters)
              Mercedes-Benz Club of Canada
              190 SL Group
              Friends & Family
              All car enthusiast

Plans being made for Saturday's events:

     -Registration at the school house cost $15.00
     -Lunch and snacks will be provided all afternoon, along with coffee, tea and cold drinks.
     -Shop talk, discussion on the various cars being worked on, history of SL Barn.
     -Friendly car show, afternoon of socializing.
     -Car cruise along The St Clair Parkway (Lambton County) north and on to a casual dinner near Sarnia Bay
- visit twin bridges that span the St.Clair River between Sarnia ON and Port Huron,MI.
     -Returning to SL Barn for an evening of entertainment with friends and a good old fashion bonfire.

Plans being made for Sunday's events:


     - please find breakfast on your own but be ready to leave Wallaceburg area by 9:45 AM
- meet at RM Restorations for 10:00 AM
- private tour of RM Restorations near Chatham Ont. RM Sotheby's is now the largest specialty auto auction house in the world. Don't miss this
rare opportunity to see some really great cars.
- Visit Campbell Built Restorations. A high end body shop specializing in English wheel work and hand welded body seams. A state of the art
spray booth completes this concourse level paint work.

- Late lunch at Bay Side Brewery, Erieau Ontario on Rondeau Bay. ( order from menu )

Nearby accommodations to follow along with the names of restaurants we will be attending.
Your earliest response to attend would be appreciated so we can make the appropriate arrangements.

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2019, 21:56:11 »

Dan,

I will attend with my Pagoda 280 SL 1969 from London, Ontario Canada.

Dieter

Tomnistuff · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2019, 23:26:46 »

Dan.
I and my nephew, Christian Beaudoin, will attend in my 1966 230SL from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Tom Kizer

Jack Jones · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2019, 01:43:08 »

Dan,

I will be there most likely alone with my next gen 280SL.

Jack

Garry · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2019, 11:34:46 »

I will be there with my wife Kate and my RHD 230sl on its way around North America.

johnk · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2019, 13:33:10 »

I will be there with my green English convertible. Hopefully my 280 will at least be off the rotisserie by then.

John

Iconic · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2019, 15:21:24 »

Dan,
Thank you so much for having this event!!!
I am planning on attending, hopefully with my wife, Bonnie (and our '70 280 SL).
Mark

BaronYoungman · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2019, 15:31:28 »

No Pagoda unless we trailer it (maybe) but my family will be there. Thanks, Bob

Iconic · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2019, 15:42:19 »

Quote from: BaronYoungman on April 25, 2019, 15:31:28

No Pagoda unless we trailer it (maybe) but my family will be there. Thanks, Bob

Happy to hear that ! If we can help you get your Pagoda there, just tell us. Maybe we caravan together?

Benz Dr. · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2019, 16:34:34 »

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. Thanks for your support.

Jordan · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2019, 18:33:17 »

I also plan to be there Dan. Looking forward to it.

ageorge · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2019, 19:14:31 »

Allan George from Columbus, Ohio will be attending the Meeting of theClansII.

Benz Dr. · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2019, 19:29:26 »

For those coming from the East, such as Toronto, Montreal, or the Niagara region, Hugh plans on having a nice meal at the London Club on Friday night for Pagoda owners. Other cars would also be welcomed and I think he may have a place lined up for accommodations as well. I will ask him to post his info in this thread so anyone who might be interested can find out more about this event. Hugh has taken over for Dieter and we would certainly hope that fellow owners support his worthy efforts on Friday evening, August 23rd.

I believe I will be attending Hugh's event so if anyone coming from the West wants to follow along with me we can leave from my place mid afternoon that day. I will be returning home that evening and you can either stay in London that night with other fellow pagoda owners or return to my area and stay overnight closer to my place and Saturday's events.

johnk · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2019, 23:09:23 »

What city is the London Clib in?

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2019, 23:12:49 »

Quote from: Benz Dr. on April 25, 2019, 19:29:26

Hugh has taken over for Dieter and we would certainly hope that fellow owners support his worthy efforts on Friday evening, August 23rd.

Hi Dan,

You may have gotten the date wrong. I was thinking of the Thursday August 22, 2019 to meet at the Steve Plunket Estate. Meeting at a designated spot like a Tim Hortons near by would be great then together drive into Steve’s Golf course were he has open house for cars from around the London area. As you know every Thursday during the Summer Steve opens his Golf course to cars for a Oldtimer car show ... I’ve seen as many as 300 cars there. I’ve been going to those shows for the past 3 years since I live only 15 minutes from the golf Couse.

The entry fee is up to the individual I normally I pay 3 to 5 dollars, all is for charity.

Steve has his main event is in June I will include the link here to give individuals an idea of the location ....

——> http://fleetwoodcountrycruizein.com/

My thinking here was drivers coming from the east, of London Ontario can attend the Thursday night car show at Steve Plunket’s Golf course. Let there wives do some shopping (should they not be interested in cars), then treat there wife’s f=to a nice dinner. Friday sleep in follow by a nice breakfast or brunch at the hotel (Hugh would organize that part unless the indevidusls like to do so themselves). It be noon by then and time for a drive around old London Town .... followed by a drive out to Dan’s Benz Barn for Dan’s planned activities. It sure would be great to cruse onto Steve’s Golf Course with several Pagodas (Corvettes, Cadillac's and several other Oldtimer model cars do it all the time.

I know Hugh will open a thread providing details.

Dieter

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #15 on:** April 25, 2019, 23:17:31 »

John,

It is downtown London

Dieter

johnk · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2019, 02:33:10 »

Thanks Dieter. Lookiong forward to seeing you there and your amg63!

John

Hugh · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2019, 02:48:28 »

As a member I looked into the London Club ( www.londonclub.com ) hosting a dinner event for Clan 2 "east" on Fri Aug 23rd at 5:45pm. It would include baby gem romaine salad, Miso glazed salmon or beef tenderloin au poivre cognac cream sauce, Caramel crunch cheesecake. Plus coffee & tea . All service charges, gratuity & taxes $83.33 Canadian each person.

Based on Dieter's idea I could look into doing the dinner after Steve Plunket's Thurs Aug 22nd event that would push the dinner later & might reduce preferred parking options. Or we could do both Thurs car show and the dinner Friday?

Once we get consensus on the best date for the dinner, we would get payment say by July 1st to confirm your spot.

FAQ; Dress is smart casual . Guests can run their own bar tabs and pay by credit card. We could get some cones out to reserve spots for our cars at the front of the club's smaller lot.

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2019, 03:55:45 »

Let’s talk about Distance ...

Garry will be traveling thousands of KM first across the Pacific then all the way from the US West Coast to Ontario.

Tom will be traveling all the way from the province of Quebec some almost 11 hours and over 1,000 KM to attend.

John will be traveling all the way from Ottawa, Ontario some 7 hours & 30 minutes and 749 KM to attend

Joe will be traveling all the way from Blacklick, OH some 5 hours and 450 KM to attend.

Of course the price will be first of all for us to get together for our site here is first and foremost about people and not only about our cars. I can say this having attended 3 PUB sessions (2013, 2015 and 2017), 1 Anniversary our 50st in Virginia in 2013 and 2 European Events one in 2017 the Mosel Tour and last September the Euro Event in France. The icing on the cake will be once one or two of our cars makes it up on Dan’s lift in the Benz Barn and both Joe and Dan share there combined over 70 years expertise with us like they always do when we get together, thst is just priceless.

I include the maps of the distances I mentioned and issue the following challenge to both American and Canadian Members...

Have a look at the maps do you live within the areas of the maps. ... come and join us it will be fun and educational

Dieter

gimp · « **Reply #19 on:** April 26, 2019, 08:25:12 »

Hi Dan
Thanks for having this get together.
I plan to attend and will be coming alone from Fredericton NewBrunswick.
If possible I could meet some members on route and travel the last few km together as we did in Charleston
2013

Benz Dr. · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2019, 19:26:22 »

Sounds like a great idea. Maybe you can talk to those who are coming from Montreal and further points West. Good chance there will be others joining before then.

Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Thanks for your support and making the long trip.

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #21 on:** April 27, 2019, 03:06:58 »

Frank is coming a long way also, all most 16 hour drive at 1645 KM. Frank, Peter (PJ) and myself meet at my house in 2011 and went on to Dan’s Benz Ban we’re we started our trip down to Virginia to attend the 50 year anniversary of the Pagoda. Peter could not come along, he had other commitments. It was a nice drive with some exciting moments (we won’t talk about it here)

It will be nice to see you again Frank, drive safely.

Dieter

PS. Note Frank has a vacant passenger seat, look at the map Members in the area perhaps you like to get a lift and help Frank drive.

Garry Marks and I shared a Pagoda last September / October last year (you may have read Garry’s story in PW issue). It’s always nice to share a drive and the cost now that our Canadian Gas prices have been increased.

ghenne · « **Reply #22 on:** April 27, 2019, 12:25:51 »

I'm looking forward to attending - driving from Toronto.

George

Hugh · « **Reply #23 on:** April 30, 2019, 00:40:42 »

Activities in London before the Clans II Meeting at SL Barn

As you know Dan Caron and Family will be hosting the Clans II Meeting Saturday, August 24 & Sunday August 25, near Port Lambton at SL Barn. For address and planned activities please see this link here;

——> https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=29010.0

As you can see from the above link and a previous one, several individuals already have expressed interest for attending. We would like to find out how many will actually attend so plans can be finalized.

We came up with some ideas to make it more interesting. London, Ontario is about 1 and 1/2 hour drive from Dan Caron’s SL Barn. You may have seen Rolf-Dieter’s thread about the car show held every Thursday at Steve Plunkett's home near us; if not let me know and I will provide information below. The Clans II event can be just the Saturday and Sunday as planned by Dan Caron, or if you decide you can join for the car show on Thursday afternoon and some sightseeing in London, Ontario on Friday then join for the Friday dinner at the London Club (Details below).

Thursday August 22, 2019

Every Thursday's afternoon during the summer months there is a car show taking place on the Steve Plunkett Golf course estate. About 200 to 300 cars attend of different makes and models (depending on the weather). The show normally starts at 5pm and ends around 8pm. There are reasonably priced hotels / motels and B&B’s available in the London, Ontario area (we will make recommendations later for accommodations). At the car show there are food stands where reasonable snacks can be purchased. Also a well known "Little Beaver" restaurant a few minutes away for a full meal.

Our thinking for adding the car show is it would be great to roll in there all together from different locations in Canada, the US, and even Garry Marks from Australia, (Garry is taking his Pagoda on a "incredible" North America road trip before ending up at the Pagodafest in California). We are confident that all that decide to join for the car show will enjoy the variety of cars that are on display. Showing up with more then 3 Pagodas will be a first to say the least. After a long drive some of you are undertaking, it be nice to arrive around noon, relax a bit after checking into your accommodations, then join us for the car show. We will provide a meeting point at a Tim Horton's coffee shop some 10 minutes from the golf course so that we can all drive together to the car show and all park in the same place. The car show is a charity event so it is up to you what you drop into the box as there is no set entry price.

Friday August 23, 2019

We thought it would be nice to organize a dinner at the London Club. At 5:30pm I see us meeting at the Club front parking lot where I will try to have spots held for as many of our classic cars as possible. Some chatting, have a drink in the lounge, and then a nice dinner at 6:30pm. I have listed all the meal, costs, & other details in another thread in this post. My membership mentor, Dieter, said it will be easiest to use PayPal to pay to hold your spot for dinner. Let me know & I'll confirm how it is done.

Anyone wanting suggestions of things to do in London, let us know. Lots to do!

Saturday, August 24, 2019:

Please go to Dan Caron’s link above for details of the Saturday Clans II Activities at SL Barn.

Sunday, August 25, 2019:

Please go to Dan Caron’s link above for details of the Saturday Clans II Activities at SL Barn.

So that we may know how many of you are planning to attend the car show on Thursday then stay overnight in London on Friday for the activities, I’ve outlined above and the dinner. Simply add a post here and tell us if you are interested in attending option A, B, and C, or a combination of the choices.

EVENTS;

A) Thursday, August 22, 2019 from 5pm to approx. 8pm
Car Show at Steve Plunketts Golf Course Estate.

B) Friday, August 23, 2019 activities as outlined above and
Dinner at the London Club.

C) Saturday and Sunday August 24 & 25, 2019
Attend the Clans II activities as outlined in Dan Caron’s thread,
Please refer to the above link for details.

Example:

Rolf-Dieter S. will attend A, B and C he will be driving his 280 SL 1969

Thank you, Hugh R.

mnahon · « **Reply #24 on:** April 30, 2019, 10:59:48 »

Now that I'm pretty sure my car can make the trip:

I plan to attend, with my 68 Pagoda. I'm thinking only option C as I may not be able to make the time for A and B.

Dan, is there something I can do to help out with arrangements?

I prepared the attached file that has all the attendees that have expressed interest on this thread. We could use this for keeping track of who's coming. I have an excel file but not able to upload it, so I'm uploading the pdf.

Meyer

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