Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

[Mark E.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

I'm sure NCRS will put on a great show. But I'm with Michael- it's so far to drive in either of my old cars, especially in August. Nobody asked me, but a better venue for the 50th would be more centrally located; maybe a joint event with NCM.

[Michael J.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

I think they tried an NCM meet for the 50th, but that was not possible. We have to recognize NCRS is a very East Coast-centric organization. We west of the Mississippi folks just need to be grateful that at least once every 3 years there is one near us. I'm staging up cars for Las Vegas, that is very doable for me.

[Roy S.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

Well Lord willing we will be there! Have very fond memories of the Hampton Roads Convention in 2013. Our 67 has all of its prerequisites for final Duntov judging (I want a NCRS 50th Anniversary Duntov Award), the car is scattered in several hundred pieces right now, but with a little luck I should have the time and stamina to get it back together by August of 2024.

I retired as the NCRS national judging chairman in 2013 at Hampton Roads (don't regret a single second I gave to NCRS over those years I served), received my lifetime achievement award at Hampton Roads, and our 9 year old Grand Daughter who sang the National anthem at the Banquet in 2013 will be a Junior in College during the 2024 academic year.

I have missed the friends and the cars the past ten years so it has been enjoyable prepping the 67 and getting it to the events we have taken it to. "I came for the cars, I stayed for the people" and I have missed many of those people, so 50th here we come.

[Michael J.]

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Heck Roy, just seeing you there with that car would be reason enough to come. I remember 2013 there too, very fondly, my first road tour, my first national (and haven't missed one since), and the place I attended a seminar about Z06s and tankers, and the rest is history......

[Joe R.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

Heck Roy, just seeing you there with that car would be reason enough to come. I remember 2013 there too, very fondly, my first road tour, my first national (and haven't missed one since), and the place I attended a seminar about Z06s and tankers, and the rest is history......

Michael, which one of the girls are you planning on bringing? Maybe more than one????

JR

[Michael J.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

Michael, which one of the girls are you planning on bringing? Maybe more than one????

JR

Hi Joe, none to Hampton, just my road tour C8. I am saving a batch for Las Vegas, much closer and less complicated.

[Mike D.]

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The road tour C 8 for Mr. Johnson. Glad you are attending Hampton Roads convention. I remember the ZO6 seminar. Didn't remember it was at Hampton Roads.

[Michael J.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

Oh yes, it was the 50th for the 1963, and there were probably a dozen or more '63 Z06s on display, including the only convertible Z06 yet found. Bill Braun and Joe Scafidi were there in the seminar, along with a guy from Maryland I didn't know, Tony something?

[Harry S.]

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Tony Avedisian brought the 63 Z06 convertible. He is the owner of Tonys Corvette Shop in Gaithersburg, MD and authored with friends: As I recall the car had the original paint and convertible top. A time capsule.

I walked up to the car and said to myself, I have the exact same car, then I opened the hood, not!

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[Michael J.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

Of course, I've had that book for years, I didn't know who he was at that time.

[Daniel K.]

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Have the Road Tours been announced/organized yet? For those of you who may not be familiar with the geography of the region, approaching Hampton Roads via the Delmarva Peninsula and the Eastern Shore of Virginia would be a slower but more scenic route (from the NE US). If there is an Eastern Shore Road Tour, count me and my never judged '71 in on it.

[Vinnie P.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

All road tour information, and complete information on the 50th Anniversary celebration of NCRS in Hampton Roads, VA will be announced in the next issue of The Driveline. I will be uploading it to the printer on Monday and it should start arriving in your mailboxes around the new year...look for a special insert to celebrate the 50th anniversary...and be sure to get to the new location for the Florida regional, in Melbourne...Everything about the location is fabulous and look for it to get back to the same old (AKA FABULOUS) swap meet that we all remember from Cypress and Kissimmee...

[Robert P.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

any idea when registration and Hotel info will be available
Bob Peckham

[Vinnie P.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

any idea when registration and Hotel info will be available
Bob Peckham

See above post...next Driveline, and you can't register at the hotel or the convention until Feb 1st, same as it is every year.

[John W.]

Re: Get ready now for the NCRS 50th Convention.

Thanks to Vinnie for providing the information it is also on the website at ncrs.org/convention/ You will find everything from the Driveline plus links to the side trip locations. Vinnie can't make that happen in the printed version.