BUICK RACER Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Everybody all wound up about 2012 BCA Nationals, what about 2011??DUH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I'm there....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice man Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 ME TOO!Just need all the particulars so I can make my reservations.Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Its in Danvers MA, at the Crowne Plaze. The meet starts the week after July 4th but the $ 109 rate is good from a week before to a week after.If you can, spend the 4th in Boston. They put on a hell of a show for the 4th. Its worth doing once in your life.Make sure you tell them you are with the Buick Club, so you get the correct rate and the meet gets credit for your rooms.Yes, you can probably find cheaper rooms but you hurt the hosting club and ultimately drive meet costs up when you do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Yes, you can probably find cheaper rooms but you hurt the hosting club and ultimately drive meet costs up when you do that....and you wouldn't be where all the cool kids are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wildcat62 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a long drive but it's an area of the country I haven't seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 For me it's perfect...Close ~8 hrs...All the attractions of Boston, July 4 celebrations. So that covers why my wife would like to go...Thats all before I even think about the fact that it will be my first national and may even have my restored 54 76R there...but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 1800 odd miles, 30-32 hours according to mapping sites. More hours / time if I avoid the Interstates. Flying may be an option. Since BUKE won't get the longest driven pre-war for a change, I would debate driving the '41. I'd need to accumulate a bunch of spares and possibly grow a bigger pair to do so. I couldn't do it with the family. I have also put forward the idea of driving the Rainier for display only...that way we could be relatively comfortable, travel at speed, and get reasonable fuel economy. Of course, it would also make a difference if there were others to travel with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 You still don't get it where's the scoop, should have been available in Ames, should be here already, folks are ready to make decisions on whether to attend or not, who's in charge????????? Let me know so I can link it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivgs Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 John Henry was their spokesman ( spokesmahn? ) He was saying that we Minnesowtahns shouldn't tease him about his awkcent because of our accent. What accent? we don't have an accent don'tcha know? Ya sure, you betcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBuicks Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 The Boston folks are still working on nailing down the pricing for some of their events. I suspect they will finalize everything shortly so we can get a registration form put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest buickapollo455 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 East coast clubs get out and support it, Get out and do your part to make sure the club does not go under or just break even. hope you have 400 plus amount of cars. push it early and get the word out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUKE Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm moving to San Francisco LOL. Seriously I love to see everybody drive the car across this beautiful country of ours but come by boat ,trailer are plane it will be our pleasure to have you. Yes John Henry is working hard to get it all set up to get good prices on the tours and I'm sure we'll have them up very soon. Have a great Buick day Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Frank,You could always drive to SF and back and try to claim the award.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 John, that is funny! I was thinking of doing something like that. Now you have let the cat out of the bag. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Well, considering Roy uses mapping software to get distance between your home zip code and the meet to get the distance, any extra miles you put on wouldn't count...however, if you wanted to make that work, you'd only need to go just over half way, then back...so consider driving on up to Winnipeg and I could show you a few of the sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Willie beats me by 60 miles every year! Stupid 60 miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 The 2011 National in Danvers, MA will be my first and I have to travel a whopping 53 miles one way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 We just have to go to Mexico or South Texas to get rid of Willie's advantage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Then Buke will get it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 when the National was in Seattle in '07, I considered driving Buttercup down to the Keys and turning around and driving to Seattle. Like I said, I thought about...shook my head about it and forgot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 .shook my head about it and forgot about it.You might have shaken something loose. Maybe you should have that checked out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 You might have shaken something loose. Maybe you should have that checked outnah, that happened back in '72 leaving the Gunnies office. Couple months before I got out of the Marines, the Gunny axed if I had ever thought about reinlisting in the Corp. I said "Yes sir...thought about, laughed about and forgot about it" Never knew what it was that hit me in back of the head as I left his office. The evidence was gone when I woke up. ;)<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- sig --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBuicks Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I went to a show once (I honestly don't remember which one) where they not only gave out a long distance award for those that drove their car the furthest distance, but also a "Trailer Queen" award for the person who trailered their car the shortest distance. If I recall correctly, the winner was within 5 miles of the show field. I thought that was funny, and everyone seemed to take it lightly as well.It is difficult to determine a longest distance award. The BCA awards for longest driven are sponsored by the Reatta Division, and they have instructions to measure only the distance from the registered address to the meet. Otherwise, it would be impossible to determine logically. We would have to have the drivers come tell us and you all know what would happen then. I know people like Bruce Kile and Ed Logan (from Texas) that drove all over the country before arriving in Colorado last year, putting on several thousand more miles than if they just drove straight in, but we don't count that, at this time. So, BUKE, for next year, just put some address from Alaska down on the registration form....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 For us Canuks we should get extra credit for having to cross a border...you would be amazed to see how big that wall actually is, no wonder why mail takes so long to cross it ...as an aside, I was told recently that Canada is really CDN. Its just that when we CDN's tell people how to spell it it goes like this:C eh...N eh...D eh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhclark Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 For us Canuks we should get extra credit for having to cross a border...you would be amazed to see how big that wall actually is, no wonder why mail takes so long to cross it I'm not sure why we let you guys in in the first place! Alan Alda had the right idea in Canadian Bacon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I'm not sure why we let you guys in in the first place! Alan Alda had the right idea in Canadian Bacon!Hoser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I'm not sure why we let you guys in in the first place! Alan Alda had the right idea in Canadian Bacon!Might have something to do with us injecting cash into your economy...could be something else.If you'd rather I didn't cross, I could probably arrange that...it would make parts of my life easier...and less costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhclark Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 touchy, eh?I was just kidding, don't cha know.I love all you crazy canucks!And your entire country doesn't have enough cash to infuse into our economy to do any good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Tired.And that's Canuckistanis to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 He's still a Hoser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhclark Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 He's still a Hoser! Eh, hosehead, once you get here you can have all the free beer and sausages you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Or barbecue if he heads WAY south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Maine Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Because of distance, the only meet I've attended was Buffalo in 2001. Danvers is about 3-4 hours so if I can get the time off, I'll be there. Otherwise, I could still attend Saturday. Until I retire, it's just impossible for me to attend unless it's a 1 day trip. No sense in going to a BCA National if I can't take my Buick. That's part of the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 John,I have been to one National with my '32 for judging (Batavia), as well as the Riv for a Driven Award, also took the '32 to Flint in 2003 and the Riviera to Flint in 2008. But I have been to Kokomo, Buffalo, Danvers, Rochester, MN, Colorado Springs and now Ames, and I have enjoyed each one. It is good to see friends, meet new Buick people and some cars you just might not see at shows close to you. I know I saw more then 30 cars for the first time and that was only the ones I spent some time viewing (and judging), so there were also many others that I saw but did not spend much time with. I think it is worth the visit even without your own car. Watch for the October issue and you will know what I mean.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 A National will be the only place you can see some of the cars and meet the people along with them. The 1954 Landeu was a great car made better by Bob Coker and Lamar Brown. The Buick Apollo and RoadHawk are cars you never see anywhere else.If you go just to take your Buick, you would miss 1/2 the fun. You go to meet people and enjoy thier company and to look at the cars.I have flown to some of the longer meets and had just as much fun. Its as much fun as you make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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