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I plan to meet the Town of North Hempstead Parks and Recreation Special Events and Concert chairs next Wednesday to discuss plans for our United XXXVII Concours and possible British Car Day (with Sunbeam as the featured Marque) and a British Invasion Concert.
Wish me luck as dealing with any municipality is always difficult.
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Hi to all folloowing the news
The meeting with North Hempstead Park Asst. Commissioners went very well and we’re now on first name basis. I sent a proposal that puts us at North Hempstead Beach Park for the day with park, beach, prominade and pavillions. The plan would be for TEAE to show our cars but they would publicize the event and possibly have a DJ or a band at the meet along with food trucks and possibly invitations to other clubs to come as well. It’s now with the Commissioner but the Special Events Chair and the Concert Chair and the head of Park Recreation are all on board.
The Porche club will be out of town on our weekend, but I’ve made contact with the Autocross SCCA guy who was very responsive. They do not have their schedule up yet, but they had an Autocross on the the Sunday of the same weekend in Sept. this year, which looks good for us.
The lunch at Grimaldi’s for Friday after the Cradle of Aviation Museum tour is set and I’m working on us being able to visit the garage owned by the person I’ve contacted to speak at the Banquet on the History of Vanderbilt Racing on Long Island. He has a Tucker and about 7 other very vintage cars. I’ll also speak to the Dyna-tune specialist who did my car as a possible Friday afternoon place to visit.
I’m holding off on the Sagamore Hill (Teddy Roosevelt Home) Sunday morning reservation as still want to speak to the Mayor of Glen Cove about them again having a ferry (18 minutes) to Manhattan next Sept. If so, I think many of us would like to take it as within walking distance from the 911 Memorial. Also, the Feast of San Genaro is ongoing in nearby Little Italy that same weekend. Lot’s still to do but things are coming along.
Any questions or comments, please respond.
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It sounds as if the planning is coming along very well. I checked out the park and it looks to be an excellent location…right on the water. I lived on LI for 30 years and never been there.
Do not worry too much about the Auto-x, I am sure it will come together. This year the SCCA guys were not able to confirm the site until March…and things worked out fine.
I love the idea of the ferry ride on Sunday for the non-auto cross participants. A trip to downtown manhattan is a fabulous excursion and the ferry ride makes it even better. We should be able to do that and get back in plenty of time for the banquet Sunday night.
Let me know what I can do to help.
Jim
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Thanks Jim
As I just told Tom Hillmann in an email, I want to get the Concours and Autocross basics down (not necessarily in stone, but secure) and then discuss more of the particulars in more of a committee fashion as there are always some issues that are coming up that require input from you as VP and past chair especially, but also some of the other guys who have been around and can offer informed thoughts and opinions. Even some of the issues brought up by the most difficult people can have some merit.
I’m also dealing with a repainting of the Alpine which was hit at my mechanic’s shop by the son of a body shop owner, who is a great painter, who uses the shop for alignments after he completes the body work. There wasn’t that much damage but the quarter didn’t match by a shade after the clear was applied. He now wants to do the whole car; we’ll see how that plays out.
Never a dull moment but at least the SCCA Autocross guy and the North Hempstead people are alive and responding.
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Hi Dan
It was the exact one that was hit; however, the damage was minimal and since the kid who hit it was the son of the owner of a nearby body shop, the entire car was repainted and probably looks better now than when you saw it in Virginia. It’s a little more blue than green but is a better paint job all around. There should be a picture of the car in the upcoming Rootes Review as it was at the Javits Center in NYC last week at a trade show in the Mavis Discount Tire display. It just so happens that the car color and the Mavis logo are very similar and they needed a small car for their booth.
I’m working on the Tiger which is now complete in primer and the doors, custom LAT hood (made from an original stock hood), and trunk lid are done in Oh So Orange. The remainder of the car should be in paint soon.
Thanks for the good thoughts.
Hope to see you in New York next September.
Regards,
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You’re welcome John.
By the way, I was going to call and ask if you would be willing to be the Autocross chairperson. All you really have to do is show up, which I expect you plan to do, with the list of names which you’ll get from Kerch through the registration as SCCA is really running the show and we just pay our fees.
Please let me know what you think.
Regards to you and Laurie,
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It would be great if someone would post directions showing the route owners pulling trailers will have to follow which will give us an idea of the time involved to get from point A to point B. The wife may have to put in for extra vacation time due to possible extra travel time. This requires lead time for scheduling others to cover for her. A short time prior to the event does not help. I’m sure we’re not the only in this position. COULD SOMEONE TAKE THE TIME TO POST DIRECTIONS FOR FOLKS COMING FROM THE WEST INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
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Bob
Coming from the west, it is very likely you will cross into NY on the George Washington Bridge. I-80 runs right into it.
I am sure Sy will be getting something to us soon, but to allay your fears…back in the day when I lived on LI, i made the commute EVERY day across the George Washington Bridge to northern NJ. I took the same route you will take with your trailer. Only on the absolute worst days was the drive more than 1-1 and 1/2 hours and that was to a point further out on LI. The GW Bridge is 30 miles from the hotel.
Jim
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I will not be on I 80 coming from the west. I’ll be on I 78 coming from Harrisburg. Not knowing the area and AAA has no idea as far as routing me since I’ll have a trailer behind me all I’m asking for is for someone to make an effort to tell me and others where I can drive and where I can’t drive in order to make it thru to Long Island.
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Hi Bob
I’ll send you all the details by the end of today. Since you’re going thru PA, as I did to United 36, you’ll be taking I 78 into New Jersey which takes you to the George Washington Bridge. From there, you just go straight on I 95 which is the Cross Bronx Expressway to the exit for the Throggs Neck Bridge. I think that’s exit 6B and takes you to the Throggs Neck Bridge. At the end of the bridge, you either can take the Clearview Expressway or the Cross Island Parkway. The only thing you have to know is that trailers are not allowed on Parkways. Therefore you’ll take, or really continue on, 295 (the Clearview Expressway) going south to exit 4E which puts you on the Long Island Expressway (I 495) East. Form there you’ll be traveling East to the exit for Glen Cove Road (exit 39). The distance on 495 is about 9-10 miles. At the exit, stay in the left 2 lanes and turn left onto Glen Cove Road. You’ll take that about 7 miles north to the end of the road, where you’ll see a fire house. There you’ll turn right onto Glen Cove Ave and go a half mile to Dosoris Lane on your left. Make a left onto Dosoris and go just over a mile to the Mansion at Glen Cove which you’ll see on your right.
All of these directions to the hotel are ok for trailers as you’ll be in Expressways or regular streets. We may be putting the trailers and/or modern cars, if you don’t want to separate them, on a lot a mile from the hotel to avoid the congestion like in Atlanta, but I’ll have more on that later.
I hope that gives you a sense of the trip.
Getting over the GW is the biggest pain but tolerable. The time from the Throggs Neck Bridge to the Mansion is about 35-45 minutes.
Regards,
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Hi All
Today I traveled home to Long Island to visit with my mom. I drove in through PA so I thought I would give a breakdown of the drive and the traffic.
The trip was very easy. I traveled during the late morning and drove in across the George Washington Bridge and the Cross Bronx Expwy. Traffic was probably a bit lighter than ususal given it is July 5th and, although a work day, some commuters likely made their 4th holiday into an extended weekend. Anyway, below is a breakdown of the trip
Location Miles Travelled Elapsed Time (Mins) Traffic Conditions
I-78 NJ State Line Start Start
I-287 North 24 25 Light
I-80 East 21 17 Medium
GW Bridge/ 28 25 Heavy but moving
Throgs Neck Bridge 9 12 Heavy – moving (lane closed)
I-495 (LI Expwy) East 5 8 Medium
Glen Cove Rd Exit 9 13 Heavy-movingTotals 96 100
As you cn see pretty much clear sailing all the way.
Jim
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Bob
Trailers are good to go all the way along this route…it is all interstate.
Two tolls…One to cross the GW Bridge ($10.50 ezpass amount) and one to cross the Throgs Neck Bridge ($5.86 ezpass amount). If you do not have an ezpass it will cost a few dollars more. Also probably a few more dollars for that extra axle on your trailer.
Enjoy the drive and see you in Sep.
Jim
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Hi Bob
Just one more word about Jim’s route: when you get off the Throggs Neck Bridge, you can either take the Clearview Expressway (going straight) or the Cross Island Pakway (bearing to the right). With a trailer, you have to take the Clearview as trailers are not allowed on Parkways. They both get you to the Long Island Expressway (I-495) and to the hotel in almost the same amount of time as the Clearview is faster but intersects I-495 a few miles west of the Cross Island. Once on I-495, the traffic east is a little heavy until you cross the Nassau County line at which time it lightens up and takes you to the Glen Cove Road exit where you take aleft to go north.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
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Hi All
Here is another NY driving experience. This one will be of interest to those who like to get an early start when departing from the hotel, heading home after the United. The route taken is for those DRIVING their cars and heading south. No trailers on this route
Last Friday I departed for home from my Mom’s house. She lives about 10 miles further east out on the island from Glen Cove. She also lives on the south shore so I usually take the Belt Parkway over the Verrazano Bridge, though Staten Island and across the Goethals Bridge onto the NJ Turnpike south.
I departed my mom’s house at 5:30 AM and I was across the Verrazano in 40 minutes and across the Goethals and onto the NJ Turnpike in under an hour. That is fantastic time.
From the Glen Cove Mansion, just get on the Long Island Expressway west, just a few exits to the Cross Island Parkway south. The Cross Island Parkway runs right into the Belt Parkway. Take that to the Verrazano Bridge. BUT you need to leave early to beat the rush hour traffic.
See you in September.
Jim
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I sent out an email blast weeks ago to most of the regional reps asking them to contact their flock and offer to organize convoys from their respective areas. If it ain’t happening by now, I doubt it will. The only one I know of is being led by Joe Parlanti. It will leave from the Wash DC area and head north through central PA and then turn east through PA and NJ and across the GW Bridge.
If anybody out there is interested contact Joe, but hurry, the train leaves the station in less than 48 hours.
Jim
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Thank you Mark and Nancy.
I so appreciate all of you who made the trek to Long Island. It appears to have been a very positive United and I so enjoyed the cohesiveness of the group.I received a text from Bryan Jesia who was the SCCA rep who ran the Autocross. He had nothing but praise for our cars and our drivers!
The DJ Mark told me that he never worked for a nicer group and Meghan at Grimaldi’s couldn’t stop admiring the cars and how much we enjoyed the pizza. The hotel staff can’t wait for us to return although I told them it’s not likely soon.Kudos to a great time and hoping all returned home safely.
Thanks for being such a positive club! It’s really like family, only better.
Sy
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United 37 Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fuF1_O … e=youtu.be
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