2010 Opel National Meet

[GoinManta]

Originally Posted by Aardvaark Believe you mean (Sept 2013), right?

Of course I did.. thats whats in the piost isnt it

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Thanks Jim, for announcing the plans for 2010.

The Concorso on August 13, 2010 is indeed one of the premier car shows in the US, geared towards European sports cars. I have been there a few times, Gil has joined me this year, and my GT was on display.

One suggestion for Saturday and/or Sunday are the historic car races at Laguna Seca, only a few miles away from the Concorso golf course. The races are part of the Monterey car week (including Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance on Sunday, and various auctions). Like other car clubs we could have corral parking, picnic and even camping within about 200 feet of the race track !!! Very unique experience, including access to the paddocks.

Here are a few pictures from the 2009 Concorso Italiano:

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... and some pictures of the 2009 Laguna Seca event:

[BQS4]

Originally Posted by GoinManta So it looks like this is for the next 5.. If all the coordinators and such are in agreement. 2010 - OMC (August 13-15 2010 - Additional Info TBA) 2011 - Carlisle Import Nationals (May 20-22 2011) 2012 - GA Opelers (Snellville GA ??) 2013 - Springfield - Rt 66 (Sept 2013) 2014 - Charlotte 2015 - OMC or Texas Carlisle to Snellville (676 mi) Snellville to Springfield (659 mi) Springfield to Charlotte (783 mi) Charlotte to Carlilse (450 mi) For reference Miami to Snellville (678 mi) Dallas to Snellville (863 mi) Carlisle to Bangor, ME (637 mi) Springfield to Minneapolis, MN (517 mi) Springfield to Denver (910 mi) Tacoma to Denver (1343 mi) Los Angeles to Denver (1017 mi) Tacoma to Los Angeles (1104 mi) Charles

Since we had a meet today, I have put the matter into motion here for 2012 Meet here in GA. We have already checked into joining our Meet with some other Meet/Show here in the GA area and have already gotten positive responces. Basically we need to decide on a time of the year and then a more central location (maybe) here around Atlanta. I will say, the mileage chart Charles has put up , I have driven the Snellville/Carlisle and the Snellville/Dallas runs. The Carlisle run is 11 hours and the Dallas run is 13+ Both are easy, the Dallas one being super easy in that you get on I-20 and drive till you hit Hwy 124 headed north to Snellville The Carlisle is I-81, to I-77, then I-85 and you're in Atlanta. We will keep everyone informed of our progress as this will be a new area for a lot of people.

[Gary]

Glad to see this thread is back on track. Thanks go to Keith for taking care of this as I've been offline for the past 5 days (Fall Carlisle & Octopelfest).

[pandora]

I am new to this thread and Opel Forem..
That said, do many people take their cars to Hershey or Carlisle?
What is up with the "Nationals"? What kind of turnout do you usually have?

[Aardvaark]

Originally Posted by pandora I am new to this thread and Opel Forem.. That said, do many people take their cars to Hershey or Carlisle? What is up with the "Nationals"? What kind of turnout do you usually have?

To the Carlisle Spring Import and Kit Car show for sure.
I went this last May for the first time and we had something like about
45 Opels and several more Opels owners and enthusiasts.
And it wasn't even a "Nationals" year!
Opel expert Rainer Manthey from Germany flew over and attended
to document some of our cars and talk 'Opel' with us.

It was a great event for us Opelers and also was allot of fun to
walk around and see all the other rare and old imports. many of which I haven't seen in many years or ever in person.

Here is a link to the photos of our various Opel Gatherings around the country
and you can see Carlisle has been very popular.
Event Photos - Opel Photo Gallery

I'm not aware of Hershey being a gathering spot for Opel folks, But I may be wrong.

[Buickbob70]

I vote Denver Colorado, we need a club in this part of the country too

[Ooooner]

Originally Posted by Buickbob70 I vote Denver Colorado, we need a club in this part of the country too

Get an active group going in Denver and maybe the "National" event will one day come your way! Denver would be a great place to come....

[GoinManta]

The RMOC does exist (Based in Colorado Springs) but has be inactive recently. I posted to thier yahoo group and did seem to "Waken them up". They were active up until 2006 and had a newsletter up until 2002.

I personally would love for an event to take place in the Colorado area.. but it takes a active group to put on a national.

Maybe this and the Yahoo group conversation will get the group active again At one time they were one of the larger groups and it shows in the number of people still in the area (as noted on the member map)

The RMOC yahoo group is:

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/rockymountainopels

and does have 87 members shown as belonging to the group.

Looks like someone here started a club forum as well:

http://www.opelgt.com/forums/groups/...sociation.html

Be nice to see that area active again..