I think it is time for us to begin planning for our third annual meet.
I would like to see replies to this post with suggested locations, then we could hone the list down with a poll and final vote. How does that sound?
I know we have 'pockets' of Pinto enthusiasts in certain regions of the US. Our first meet was in the central US, a bit east (Pigeon Forge, TN). Our secind meet was in the northeast (Carlisle, PA). Maybe it is time for a western meet. I know there are quite a few Pinto's in CA, based on the numbers in attendance at Anaheim in April.
I hope you join me in this thought as we plan where to hold our meets....whereas you might not be able to make it to every annual meet, you can plan to attend one closest to you when you can. Absolutely feel free to participate in a local club and attend as many shows as you can as a group representing FordPinto.com. I like the idea of an annual FordPinto.com sanctioned/sponsored event, but feel free to do as you please in regions where you can not travel every year. If I could get even one more Pinto to join me in Tulsa, I would be proud to hang a FordPinto.com PCCA flag!
Travel costs are certainly posing a challenge to traveling very far. Some of you drive your cars many thousands of miles to a show, some trailer their cars, some don't make it ;). Bottom line, cost is a huge factor in determining where we can travel to for an annual meet.
As for myself, I have made a commitment to attend as many annual events as I can, as well as several local and regional shows annually. I hope to be able to do this for many years to come. In a few short years I have personally met quite a few of you on here and we as a club of Pinto enthusiasts are what make this an awesome hobby.
Please take a moment to look at our member map, remember where we have been, check out concentrations of Pinto owners and let's come up with a viable location for next year, OK?
Many thanks in advance,
Dave Herbeck
Original74
Tulsa, OK
I agree with Original74.I think that we need to pick a spot somewhere west of Indiana for next years meet.I will be there if at all possible.I think it should be somewhere in the middle of this fine country of ours.How about Tulsa,Ok.
Having read the previous post about the official meet it seams that a mid west was the general concise ,Tulsa or branson were suggested most. I probably would not be able to make it that far but as you said not everyone can make it to all of them.
also i gathered that a ford sanctioned event would be a better show to attend, as people will just be happy to see ford's no matter of there condition.
at some point i would like to see it a dearborn , mi . greenwitch park( hope i spelled that right) i went there for vacation one year very nice place to visit.
I think that it should be held somewhere near St. Louis, Missouri.
Branson, Missouri...
Weight (voting weight) should be skewed toward previous years attendees with more going to 'long haulers' example might be that Harley would have more 'weight' than myself because he attended both first and second since I was unable to make it to the PA meet. (Also because Harley can get Hooter Girls to do things I can't get them to do...)
I donno...
Thought? Course, this might not allow newbies to vote objectively for a meet near them...
Just a thought....
So, you consider Tulsa OK. as being Western? Not Me.
It would be nice to have a meet somewhere in the heartland of the country. I'm sure I could find a place to meet here in Sioux Falls. This is a very welcoming city for car events. The local Ford dealer sponsors an all Ford show in June also.
There is a large car meet in Deadwood, SD at the end of August also, cars come from all over the country for that meet, it's called Kool Deadwood Nights.
I'll watch this thread for a week & note the various locations that are suggested. At the end of the week I'll post up a preliminary poll. As for a western meet, budgetary concerns tell me I likely won't be able to attend (read that as I'm too blamed broke to come)
Like last time I'll pitch in with organization, & I'll do anything in my power to help.
Look for a poll next Monday. This in NO way will produce final answers, rather get a feel for when, where the bulk of the members will be willing to meet.
Hey Phil,
Are you talking about Greenfield Village in Dearborn? The place Henry Ford built?
I went there by special invite in June 2005. Their show is called Motor Musters. There are about 600 cars. They only allowed 1933-1973 cars and they opened up the 2005 show to 4 invites, a 74, me, a 75 and a 76. Only myself and a 1976 Pacer showed up as feature cars, but it was a blast. They have been running that show for 20 years and I was the first Pinto they had ever seen.
They opened the 2006 show up to 1933-1976. They do not want modified cars, probably not too popular on this board. But for those that are proud of our original unrestored cars, it's the place to be! It was the same time as Carlisle was. I will definitely make it there again. Motor Musters is always like the first week of June. Well worth the history and fun to go to.
Dave
Hey Brad,
Nice to see you post here. And you are right...Tulsa is in NO way western US! Unless something major changes, I will be in Anaheim next April. I think I will follow Pintony out......or tow him in! LOL Just kidding Tony.
Dave
Dave ,
yes that is the place i am talking about, i did not know the details of the show . only that you had mentioned going theree. I was ther about 10 yrs ago but only for about half of a day, visiting the village, did not make it to the museum. i would like to get back there sometime.
phil
YES IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A "PINTO" MEET IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD: BUT THIS IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE FOR US ALL.
THIS NEEDS TO BE DECIDED WITH ALL MEMBERS IN MIND, NOT ON THE BASIS OF PERSONAL INTEREST.
I WILL SUPPORT A GROUP DECISION AND TRY TO ATTEND WHEREEVER THE GROUP DECIDES TO HOLD TH 3RD ANNUAL EVENT.
A WESTERN MEET WOULD BE NICE. BUT CA. WOULD BE A STREACH FOR MOST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF SACTIONED REGIONAL EVENTS-EAST,MIDWEST,WEST; IN ADDITION TO AN ANNUAL NATIONAL EVENT.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY THOUGHTS.
68CYCLONE
If the plans are made early and i have something to tow with, i'll try to attend wherever it may be. My wife works at a large hotel chain and the most any hotels will cost me is $69 a night and half off in hotel restaurants! My new motor and turbo setup will be done and in the car for the next meet for sure.
I am still for having it in Milwaukee the first weekend in May at the famed Milwaukee Mile Speedway. I will know for sure in about a month or so if the date is confirmed and if it is, we can share the track with about 500 other hot rods and customs. Of course we as a group would have special parking and go out on the track to do laps first. I would also make sure the local media got involved and a couple of the members might be asked to go on the radio the Friday before.
As far as the Friday and Saturday leading up to the show on Sunday, there is a lot to do in the area with a cruise night happening almost every day. I have talked with a couple of the Ford clubs and they are more than willing to host a night for us. I am sure that I could get a dealership to host a small show on Saturday.
Just let me know what you all think and i will pass it along to the folks at the Milwaukee Mile.
As long as everyone is pushing for their neck of the wood`s...I`d have to say Sacramento,Calif. But then I am a bit biased...not everyone want`s to or can travel 2500-3000 mile`s for an event...I just figure it`s kinda central for those of us on the West coast...Let`s face it...not all of us will be happy with where it is!
Just my two cent`s worth! :neutral:
Where ever it is I`ll do my best to be there...Oh Yeah! ;D
Da Geek...
If my memory serves me right,i do believe that as a group that attended the first gathering.We did agree on having the national gathering in Branson,Mo. next year.I think we also said that maybe the 2008 would be in Vegas or Reno.If anyone can confirm this please do.If we do have it in Nev. i plane on being there,maybe without the Rallye but i plan on going.We need to settle this issue soon ,so we as a group can start to get things organized.
Quote from: pintoman on August 03, 2006, 06:06:30 PM
If my memory serves me right,i do believe that as a group that attended the first gathering.We did agree on having the national gathering in Branson,Mo. next year.I think we also said that maybe the 2008 would be in Vegas or Reno.If anyone can confirm this please do.If we do have it in Nev. i plane on being there,maybe without the Rallye but i plan on going.We need to settle this issue soon ,so we as a group can start to get things organized.
The problem is/was that the group you are referring of did not represent the " body" of this site. Because of that, there are some people who are not happy with that " agreement". The Administrators of this site are having a discussion regarding this issue. There will be another discussion regarding organized events as soon as we can resolve some issues. Stay tuned.
Wow, this thread has generated lots of intrest and opinions & because of this the Admins have opened a 911 thread in the admin section to work out some if not all of your concerns...
PLEASE POST YOUR wants, feelings and desires... We are working on a plan to make this work... We will do our best to come up with a solution... We need your feedback... Polls and such coming soon....
West Coasters, what are your feelings about a pinto meet? Alberto?
As a west coaster as you call us, the Reno thing sounds great, I would travel thru a couple of states to get there, Sacramento don't sound to bad either, but a real long haul back to the east coast or mid west is out of the question at this time.
Gas at 3.00 a gallon, driving a car that is 30+ years old or putting it on a trailer and towing and putting on a quick 3000+ mile journey is a bit of a streach for me as I am not a rich man. Hope everything works out as I believe we should have the next meet in Tacoma, Wa. (just kidding)!!
Ok.... So I have not been here for long, and I missed the last one because I bought the PINTO less than 30 days before the show...but I REALLY, REALLY wanna go to the next meet.
With that said....
I can not drive to CA.... eevn though I would love to see that stae... too far, too costly and way too long to sit in a PINTO.... at least in mine!
I am in favor of soemthing evenly spaced for everyone... although the Milwakee Mile sounds like a blast... and that they would WELCOME us as a group... that to me is important... I hate to hear. eeeeewwwww a PINTO !?!?
I wanna hear """ WOW... COOL.... A PINTO! """
So, there My say is recorded, as much as it means.....
I can say if it is within 900 miles and my car isnt blown up from the TEENS driving it....I will go 'where ever' for a cool PINTO show !
Another option would be to hold the event on the East coast one year and on the West coast the next year ( or Mid-west;Southeast, etc). Another organization I belong to (R/C boat racing) does this and it works very well. It gives everyone a chance to attend the event every other year. Very few people will drive across country to attend an event for one or two days ( cost, vacation time, reliability issues, etc.). It might also be helpful to make our Pinto event part of another larger event for greater exposure-i.e. a West coast Pinto meet in conjunction with Fabulous Fords Forever at Knotts Berry Farm. We had 19 Pintos at this event last year and it was a blast. Regards, Joe
As a "West coaster" I would have to say that some where in te middle of the country so that every one has somewhat of a shot at attending. I think the Deadwood South Dakota is a good neutral spot. I was there in '99 for the Sturgis Bike ralley and there is a lot of History to see there. That is my vote. That is all I have to say...Rob
I would like to attend a get together. my preference would be any where west of the Sierra Nevada
As one of those that attended the meet this year I do say it would be fair to move it around & depending where it is I'll be there. Also as one of those that had car troubles, all I can say is the trip can be taxing on the cars if they aren't driven much. Mine went about 950 estimated miles before it left me on the side of the road with a crapped out carb.
Bottom line is make sure it is 100% ready before driving your pinto any long distance. Even then that's no guarantee that it will make it. I did all I could including rebuilding the carb a month before & STILL had problems.
Gettign off my soap box now.
I've attended both national meets and would probably go the third if it is within reasonable distance.
The main thing here is "PINTO" was fun then (1970-1980) and should be today.
What I hear is bickering and threats of "sanctioning" a meet. Is this group for the enjoyment of our "Pintos", modified or restored, or a p----ing contest of power? Organization is good to a point but control will ruin a good thing.
We will continue to gather locally, regionally and hopefully nationally with or without the said "heads of state".
Think about it before this gets out of control.
Grandpa
"If your experiencing "NO FEAR" you aren't going fast enough or having enough fun"
UNITED FORD OWNERS
Hmmm...funny I haven`t picked up on any bickering or threat`s ...merely member`s voicing opinion`s on where they might like to see the next event...Jeeeezzzz....We all get along just fine here ! :welcome: Enjoy!
Quote from: GRANDPA on August 14, 2006, 08:08:55 PM
I've attended both national meets and would probably go the third if it is within reasonable distance.
The main thing here is "PINTO" was fun then (1970-1980) and should be today.
What I hear is bickering and threats of "sanctioning" a meet. Is this group for the enjoyment of our "Pintos", modified or restored, or a p----ing contest of power? Organization is good to a point but control will ruin a good thing.
We will continue to gather locally, regionally and hopefully nationally with or without the said "heads of state".
Think about it before this gets out of control.
Grandpa
"If your experiencing "NO FEAR" you aren't going fast enough or having enough fun"
UNITED FORD OWNERS
Well, how do I begin to respond to this??? First, I will say that this has been a VERRY healthy discussion that involves ALL of us. Second, just who are you referring to as " heads of state" ? If you are implying that the AdMin on this site, which I am one of, are ( because of discussion and wanting to address the entire body of this site) " ruining a good thing" I think you are misled and have not been following the discussion. I can tell you this. WE ( the body of this site) will come up with a fair and just scenario for a National/Regional or other " sanctioned" event despite wether you feel it is getting out of controll. And by making a statement like the one you have just made makes me believe you have nothing constructive to say an this subject. Your comments are incitefull and that is not what this discussion is about. IF, the " heads of state " ( as you put it) were bent on a socialistic government we would not be asking the entire board for impute. Most sincerely ( one of the heads of state)
well put Brad. Maybe he's planning to overthrow us? ;D A pinto/bobcat meet can happen anytime anywhere and i'm sure it will be well received by all of us. A pi--ing contest of power....where does that come from.....really? I don't think you will find ANYWHERE on this site that the "heads of state" have ruled with an iron fist and laid down the law. (yet ;D) I think it was an unfair comment and if you don't take it back.....the banning stick shall be brought to bear upon thou ;) ;) ;) or the banhammer....whatever we decide!
We hope to make it to this meet, as this years was a blast.
I hope I am not out of line here, however I need to bring up one thing that bothered me about Carlisle this year. There were the about the same number of Mavericks as Pintos in the show (an example), and ALL 6 Mavericks that won were in the parade VS. 2 Pintos. If this were a regular show, well, ok, but at our National Pinto Meet where we PROMOTE ourselves and our cars? I understand that the parade is a bit of a pain, but there were HUNDREDS of people that took the time and effort to vote on these cars. IMHO: If you do not plan to partake in any award activities (time or other concerns), please ask that you car not be voted on.
Sorry, just my $.02.
Bill
Hi
I was at the 2nd pinto meet and it was a blast. Thanks to the PCCA there will be a regular pinto class next year. I did win a FOMOCO pick award but did not go in the parade. I dont think it would have made it with out over heating, with having the full blone racing motor in sorry. I feel that it is to hard to pick one place and make everyone happy. How about three shows each year,west,midd and east?
thanks
John Salter
Quote from: fordraceman15 on August 15, 2006, 08:00:38 AM
Hi
I was at the 2nd pinto meet and it was a blast. Thanks to the PCCA there will be a regular pinto class next year. I did win a FOMOCO pick award but did not go in the parade. I dont think it would have made it with out over heating, with having the full blone racing motor in sorry. I feel that it is to hard to pick one place and make everyone happy. How about three shows each year,west,midd and east?
thanks
John Salter
John, we are considering that. Thanks you guys for your comments.
Woah!!!! somebody said South Dakota!!!!!! Hey,I would go for that since I live there(South Dakota) and yes the Black Hills does have a lot of history.
Just passing along that I am still waiting to hear back from The Milwaukee Mile but as soon as I do, PCCA will be the first to know. Again, even if we cant host the event at the track there are tons of places here in the area that would love to have us. How about close to 1000 cars in a river park setting. it happend this past weekend and I know that I can find some place. Plus I have a Ford club just waiting in the wings to help out plus a lot of other people
Wisconsin is central so keep that in mind.
Just sharing my two cents worth
Mark
Thanks Mark.
Where and when is the 2007 national meet.I don't know about the rest of you but I need to know so I can start making arrangements to attend.
First of all let me say that I am very thankfull for this website. I have been to both of the meets and have enjoyed the cars but the people that I have met even more. Getting time off from work is realy hard for me to do. So I am limited as to where and when I can go. BUT! I will try to attend all the meets that I can. The trip to carlisle was a bit much for the bean and the wife. (I will have A/C next year) I don't want to wizz anyone off, But I love the idea of our own show. The all Ford show was awesome but a get together of only Pintos to show and promote OUR cars to get more press for our hard work sounds great. We have all put alot of time and love and care into our cars. I love my Pinto! It may not be the best or the fastest but I have worked hard on my car. I want to show it off. I am proud to be a P.C.C.A. member. Thanks for letting put my 2cents worth in.
I am new to this site,I have logged 5 hours so I know my word doesnt mean much.But I would LOVE to see a pinto show in oklahoma. I have had Pintos since high school,even when they wernt cool.Thanks for listening :Pintaro
Hell, I don't really give a damn where it's at. Somebody just make a decision, like Harley said, so plans can be made in advance. I don't want to be stuck in a crappy hotel that charges the wrong card & almost gets me stuck out of state again. Also so I can preven a reoccurence of this year, having my car break down. I still have a tranny replacement & carb replacement as well as odds & ends before I take it out of state again. Just my .02 worth
Decision made... Check the FordPinto.com News Section at the very top of the forum...
I got an idea, how about in the central most state in the main 48, that's right! nebraska! it could be in lincoln or there's a place in grand island, or kearney, or even here in the sleepy town of hastings! just a thought
krazi
There are so many variables involved in something like this. The logistics are staggering. My heart goes out to scott and the charter members (which I will soon be one by the way). I realize that the decision has been made to split the country up into three regions and to rotate the national meet progressively through those regions at a meeting place choosen by that region while still using fordpinto.com as the soul nucleus of communication for this activity. Having said that in breif here is my 50 cents understanding that I will accept critisizm in good faith.
Primary Goal=Getting as many Pintos together as possible.
Secondary Goal=Making it as convenient and fair as possible to all 278. Using member map.
Trimary Goal=Attending an existant car show or having our own thing.
Poll #1=Do you feel you could attend a Pinto meet wherever it was held? Yes or no
Poll #2=If yes to #1 do you want an existing meet or our own meet.
Poll #3=If yes to #1 what would be the best month for you in 2007.
Mathmatically figure the geological center of all the poll #1 yes vote locations and average the numbers to milage (remote individual locations would drive a little farther).
Apply Poll #2 if an existing meet is prefered and not if we want our own.
If an existing meet is prefered then adjust to the average month of Poll #3 and shoot for that meet.
This system may seem robot but it is fair and american. It may loose some attendees but it would gain some as well. And I think it would be the best way to achieve the primary goal potential of 278.
I think it may be interesting to try this system out in a mock fashion at least to see where it lands and what people think of that. Purely trial.
Again it is really hard to make everybody happy. But I for one feel better going the extra mile when I know things were done fairly. After all I am a Pinto guy.
High_Horse
Ok everyobody, we have seen the post about hosting a regional event. I am here to say that I have confirmed that if we want to host a show on May 6th of 2007, we can do so at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway. We would be part of an event called Drive The Mile. This is where they invite anything with wheels to come out and drive a few laps around the track. This might turn into a two day event (May 5th and 6th) but I would love for the group to at least consider hosting a sacitioned event here. If is only on Sunday, i will find a place to have a Saturday show otherwise there is a ton of stuff to do in the area.
This year we had over 500 vehilces at this event and only one Pinto, mine. The PCCA would be featured and have special parking. I am also checking to see if i can get a special on room rates from a place that sponsors the track.
I just need to know for sure that this is something that everyone wants to do so that i can include it in the rest of the publicity (flyers, ads in magizines, ect) I plan on doing for the Drive The Mile.
Please let me know ASAP
Mark
How many Pintos would you excpect to show up or how many has shown up in the past. My thinking is having a sanctioned event the same weekend as a National Ford Show that is being held in a state in the middle of the country so it could possibly have a big turnout. I would suggest having a National in the middle of the country every year and let each other areas have their own once a year with anyone who can attend do so. Theres I believe a lot of us with modified cars that use a lot of gas I for one only get 12 miles per gallon on the freeway.
In looking at all the posts South Dakota and Wi. are to far north and not in the middle of the country. In my opinion the best spots is either Nebraska or Kansas and I these are two states im not really fond of but it makes sense being mid country
Quote from: k9kohl on September 12, 2006, 01:08:00 PM
In looking at all the posts South Dakota and Wi. are to far north and not in the middle of the country. In my opinion the best spots is either Nebraska or Kansas and I these are two states im not really fond of but it makes sense being mid country
That is fine with me. I was just offering up a place to do it with another show I am putting together. I figured while I am promoting one show, I may as well get the rest of the group involved. If the club as a whole chooses not to come here, then I would certainly like to invite everyone to Drive The Mile, May 6th of 2007. I would still make the Pintos/Bobcats the star attraction and give them top billing. If I can get a few of the members there then the flyer would say something like "Featuring the Pinto Car Club of America" or "Featuring Ford Pintos". Whatever the club wants to do. I just need to know as soon as I can.