PBCA's PENSACOLA BEACH BRITISH CAR SHOW
by Bill Moseley, PBCA Newsletter Editor
UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS Send it to Tom at tschmitz@ametro.net
Always check our up-to-date website at www.PBCA1.com . You will find
results of the Pensacola Beach British Car Show along with photos of every entrant
made by webmaster, Mike Japp. Next PBCA meeting: Monday, June 16.
The PENSACOLA BEACH BRITISH CAR SHOW held its eleventh straight no-rain weekend!! By saying this, the twelfth one next year might be hexed. Mild temperature, beautiful sun to enjoy right beside the snow white Pensacola Beach and the addition of a canopy tent made it a winner. Many beachgoers strolled through to see the cars (or did so because it was the shortest way to the beach) and we are happy to report that all 123 British cars exited in the same condition that they arrived.
Be sure to read the composition that was sent to PBCA by the British Motoring
Club of New Orleans' Menda Hayden. Her club won the "most cars entered" award
with sixteen driving over from New Orleans. Menda has the gift of writing a beautiful
account of what a British car show means to everybody. Be sure to refer to
PBCA's website account of their magnificent March New Orleans show. Thanks,
Menda.
The Best of Show, judged award belongs to Mark Caldwell and his 1966 Austin
Mini-Moke.
photo: Mike Japp
People's Choice belongs to Don Wood and his 1965 Sunbeam Tiger. photo: Mike Japp
Longest Distance Driven (omiass) award belongs to Robert Overdorff and his Mini Cooper. photo: Mike Japp
Many Triumph Wedges in line for inspection. photo: Bill Moseley
John and Carolyn Wade cross the bridge to Pensacola Beach.: photo: Bill Moseley
PBCA members who made the Friday night Red Beans and Rice Beach Blast a success: They are (L to R) Ann Fell, Peggy Overly, Kevin Curran and Nelda Sanders. photo: Mike Japp
Last month's British Marque accidently omitted some PBCA trophy winners at the March 23rd New Orleans British Car Show:
They were:
2nd Place - Scott and Brenda Putriment, 1971 MGB GT (photo)
3rd Place - Gus and Ann Fell, 1971 Jaguar XJ6 (photo)
3rd Place - Mike and Cherie Japp, 1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500 (photo)
3rd Place - Keith and Nelda Sanders, 1968 MGC GT
Congratulations!
The British-Euro Car Display was held May 10 in front of the National Museum of
Naval Aviation. at N.A.S. Pensacola. PBCA had the best turnout with Fourteen
British cars and with the German VWs, Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes and
Audi's, enjoyed the hospitality of the Naval Air Museum and lunch in the Cubi Point
Cafe, an identical set up of the former and (in)famous Cubi Point Officer's Club which
was located in the now closed Naval Air Station in the Phillipine Islands. Some also
attended "The Coral Reef Adventure" IMAX movie. See it under Other Shows on our
website, www.PBCA1.com. Also see the Museum's website at www.naval-air.org.
PBCA's Jerry Hall stands proudly by his Lotus Elan with only a small portion of the National Museum of Naval Aviation as a backdrop. photo:Bill Moseley
Britishers who attended were: Bob Henson, XKE; Margaret Henson, XJS; Mack and
Debbie Innis, New Mini; Jerry Hall, Lotus Elan; Bill Snyder, MGB V8; Dave Burrows,
MGB; Diane Seals, MGB; Mike and Cherie Japp, Spitfire; Bill Moseley, TR-8; Steve
Sanders, TR8; Bill Silhan, Aston-Martin DB-6; Tom Schmitz, MGTF and new
member joining that day, Jim Haskins, MGTD. Keith Sanders, Joe Hajcak and
Gerald Davis were there with their German iron.
A must-attend on June 8 will be our great annual Tour from Pensacola to the
Fish Camp Restaurant at Bon Secour, Alabama. We will meet in the morning at the Great Wall of China restaurant parking lot and drive over as a group. The Great Wall of China is located on the West side of Navy
Blvd.just north of Hgy. 98. Bon Secour is a community a few miles west of Gulf
Shores, Alabama. Details to follow by email and our website, www.PBCA1.com.
The feature: You and one guest will pay the first $5.00 each and PBCA pays the
rest!!!
Welcome to our new members joining PBCA recently. They are: Jim
and Ellie Haskins of Mary Esther, FL, who drive a green '53 MG TD;
Kristopher Williams, Pensacola, 2002 Land Rover Freelander and a
'76 Spitfire; Roy Ide of Milton and Tom Scott of Pace. Both Roy and
Tom are currently in the market for British cars.
Recent travelers attending out of town events were: At Chateau
Elan, May 17th, were Keith and Nelda Sanders, MGC, Dave Burrows
and Jane Agee with the Moss Motors booth, Dick and Mitzi Maddux
who dropped by from their cabin in the Smokies and Tom Schmitz who
had his MGA Coupe at the Chateau and his Bugeye Sprite at
Townsend, TN the previous week.
-THE END-
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THERE’S JUST SOMETHIN' ABOUT PENSACOLA
by Menda Hayden, British Motoring Club of New Orleans
When you get to the big fish sign and turn right headed toward Pensacola
Beach, your heart rate rises.
Pullin into the Best Western parking lot you see old friends right off the bat. And
you know right there in that very lot you’ll have new friends before the weekend
is over.
The Friday night welcome gathering out by the pool brings cool ocean breezes,
the smell of the sea, and good food, the sounds of the gulls, and laughter of fun
people. You go to bed with no doubt Saturday is gonna be a great day.
Show Day once again proves to be a blast. This year the club out did
themselves. Shade tent, shuttle bus, and they some how finagled the weather to
be sheer perfection. There’s a reason a lot of years the New Orleans Club wins
the trophy for most cars entered: we can’t pass up a weekend with our
Pensacola friends. The cars this year were fee-nom-inal, new cars we had never
seen before. It makes it so hard to be judgmental when trying to judge. A close
to perfect Mini Moke wins BEST OF SHOW.....how cool is that?
The awards ceremony has a feature that has always truly amazed me. The
HARD LUCK AWARD. Let’s face it a car disaster could and has happened to
all of us. There have been some real doozies. This year Charles' fan blade
stickin right out of the hood, looking like a shark fin. Now I am sittin right next to
this man during the ceremony and you would expect him to be depressed. No
way, he is smiling, laughin, cheerin, havin a good time. This says a lot about
where you are and who you are with. THAT’S BIG!!!
I was hit on the way home with a horrific thought. This really needs to be brought
to our attention, girls. Do you realize we all had so much fun, no one went
shopping? I saw no Alvin Island bags in the parking lot. What is up with
that????? I got to thinking maybe the men have come up with something. Did
they spike our drinks??? These weekends are about Beautiful Cars, Great
People, Fabulous Food, and SHOPPING!!!!! Women keep your eyes and
ears open, stay alert. If there is a conspiracy to stop the shopping, we must be
vigilant. We must nip it in the bud before it gets serious.
Once again my sincere thanks goes out to Tom and Jeanne Schmitz and the
Super group of people who put on the Pensacola Beach Blast. April in
Pensacola will forever be a favorite.
2003 Pensacola Beach British Car Show Sponsors
Sponsor Contest Results: Fred Morgan, 10; Jim Cromwell, 6; Tom Francis 5;
Bob Henson, 3; Ron Newman, 2; Tom Schmitz, 2; and one each as listed
below with Sponsors Names.
Sponsor ----- PBCA Member bringing in sponsor
Jaguar of the Gulf Coast -- Best of Show -- Tom Schmitz
B&M Starter and Alternator Service, Inc -- Peoples Choice -- Bill Silhan
American MGC Register -- Action Mailing Service, Keith Sanders
Pensacola Austin-Healey Club -- Austin-Healey trophies --Bill Moseley
Robrand Inc - Plumbing Parts Express, Ft. Walton Beach -- Tom Francis
M & D Foreign Auto Parts - Pensacola -- Jim Cromwell
Edward Jones - Fred Morgan, Milton -- Fred Morgan
Edward Jones - Vann Milheim, West Pensacola -- Fred Morgan
Edward Jones - Pete Stieb, Navarre Beach -- Fred Morgan
Edward Jones - Bob Fuller, Cantonment -- Fred Morgan
Edward Jones - Brett Pruett, Pace -- Fred Morgan
Edward Jones - Rick Lambert, Pensacola Downtown -- Fred Morgan
Edward Jones - T. J. Henriques, Gulf Breeze --Fred Morgan
Baughn Alignment, Pensacola -- Gus Fell
Smith Barney - Richard Boehm, Financial Consultant -- Dieter Bruening
George H. Henson, Sr., Bob Henson
Chuck and Charlene Byrne -- Chuck & Charlene Byrne
Gulf Coast Pool & Spa, Inc -- Gary Jensen
Oasis Screen Company, Panama City Beach -- Tom Francis
Double D Glass and Mirror, Inc, Destin -- Tom Francis
All Pro Blinds, Ft. Walton Beach -- Tom Francis
Peoples First Community Bank, Pace -- Fred Morgan
VANNOY'S Tires, Nine Mile Road -- Ralph Overly
CVS Teleproductions, Inc - Richard Cunningham
Beach Boy Trolley - Tom McKean -- Ron Newman
Robert Tau Automotive, Inc -- Ron Newman
Hirst Transmission Specialists, Ensley, FL -- Bill Cornacchione
William J. Shanahan, MD - Pensacola -- Bill Shanahan
Ensafe, Inc - - Pensacola -- Craig Smith
Pep Boys Mobile Highway, Pensacola -- Bob Henson
J. M. Kay & Associates/HVAC Mfg. Rep. -- Mickey Kay
Hobbit Holes of Navarre, Inc -- Kevin Curran
Mystic Bay Motors, Inc - Pensacola -- Fred Morgan
Bob Cole Automotive -- Jim Cromwell
C & C Import Auto Recyclers -- Jim Cromwell
James L. Cromwell -- Jim Cromwell
Robinson Automotive, Inc. - Gulf Breeze -- Jim Cromwell
Diamond Interiors/Patios Plus - Destin -- Tom Francis
Patio Pipe, Ron Sparks - Pensacola -- Tom Schmitz
NAPA Auto Parts - Navy Blvd, Pensacola -- Bob Henson
Best Western, Navarre Beach -- Alan Williams
PBCA thanks Best Western, Pensacola Beach for donating half the cost of the motel
parking lot security Friday and Saturday nights.
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