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Mercedes- Benz Club of America
Star Bulletin More Than a Car. We’re a Community.™
Note--the board meeting site has been changed. See page 8 *************************************************************************************************************
October 17, 2015
WASH (or not wash), SHINE AND DINE GALA EVENT at
the Lazy H Ranch in Pauma Valley. Once again we are gathering at the Lazy H for a number of reasons such as
it is fun, that is a good enough reason right there but we will continue on
anyway. We will meet old friends, make new friends, look at some auto-
mobiles and kick a few tries, tell outlandish stories about past events, gos-
sip about other car clubs, perhaps get a tour of an Interstate, and if we are
really lucky we will be there for the grand opening of the rotating, fold out,
full service bar installed in the boot of President Michael's limo. The Pack-
ard Club has been invited so we might see an American Automobile icon
that shares a Legacy with Mercedes-Benz
Awards will given for cleanest, the one we like best and the dirtiest car at-
tending. We are hoping to meet some of our Airstream members as well.
Airstream Interstate drivers PLEASE let us see and hear about the finest
motorhome in the industry. A special award is being prepared for the most
awesome Interstate as decided by the people at the gathering.
THE PARTICULARS:
Time: 1000am: Gather at the Lazy H Ranch 1687 CA-16, Pauma
Valley, Ca
1200 noon: Peoples Ballots in box for awardees
1230: Lunch at the Lazy H Dining Room
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6 December 2015: Holiday Christmas Party same place as last year. Country Club of Rancho Bernardo, Details in
October Star Bulletin
2015 EVENT SCHEDULE AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MBCA San Diego Section
Officers
Michael Cooper, President (760) 599-0629 michaeldenis [email protected]
Victoria Mazelli, Vice Presi-
dent, (858) 229-3380
Carol Kruse-Ross, Treasur
er (858) 245-1991 [email protected]
Directors
Bob Gunthorp
Historian (619) 421-3254 [email protected]
Steve Ross Mem-bership Chair (619) 508-3925 [email protected]
Diana Kruse
Director of First Impressions [email protected]
If any SD Section member would like to serve on the Board of Di-rectors, just contact one of us
Newsletter Editor
Steve Ross, 619-508-3925
Website & e-Mail Distribution
Vacant
SW Regional Director
Steve Ross
(619) 508-3925 [email protected]
Redaction:
MBCA of San Die- go
Printing & Distribution: Phoenix Direct Mail Services
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September 2015
FLEET WEEK CORONADO SPEED FESTIVAL EVENTS
September 19-20 Diana Kruse
If you have been thinking about attending a club event, this is one not to miss! The weekend excitement begins on Saturday, September 19th with food, fun and fantastic company! Then on
Sunday drive your favorite star car over the San Diego- Coronado Bridge and meet up with fellow club mem-
bers from the San Diego and Orange County sections to watch the races, check out the cars, wander through
the pits and see what the vendors have on display and of course show off your own Mercedes Benz!
Saturday:
Saturday, September 19th, 6pm, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, 1157 Columbia St. Downtown San Diego
The cost is $40.00 per person and includes an entrée, dessert paired with a sample of beers, soft drinks, cof-
fee and tea. Pre-registration required. There are 4 selections to choose from: Seared Ahi Salad,
Mediterranean Salad with Flat Iron Steak, Fish N Chips, or Brick Chicken.
Sunday:
Tickets to the Speedfest: You will be on your own for purchasing the tickets to the event. General Admis-
sion tickets are $25 if you purchase them prior to the event and $35 the day of. Please go to
https://www.fleetweeksandiego.org/events/tickets/ for details. You can also purchase a 2 day ticket if you
want to go Saturday as well.
Corral Passes: Corral Passes will get you into the display area where the San Diego Section will have a
small set up with tables, a few chairs and a pop-up. Corral passes will be given out at the dinner on Saturday
evening and there are about 30 available at this time, so please let us know if you are attending so that we
make sure we have enough. If you are not attending the dinner, I can mail you your pass prior to the show.
I would encourage everyone to go to the web site at https://www.fleetweeksandiego.org/events/fleet-week-
coronado-speed-festival/ and review the Restrictions for Entering the Venue as it is a military base. (I know
we were all planning on taking our skateboards, but we’ll have to leave them at home this time!) Jon, I like
your comment regarding the No metal objects whatsoever. It would seem that only Corvettes are allowed!
Please fill out and return with a check made payable to MBCA SD Section, to Diana Kruse 4654 Lucille Dr. San
Diego, CA 92115.
Dinner at Karl Strauss $40 per person Name: _______________________________
Number in party: ________ Name: _______________________________
Amount Enclosed: ________ Name: _______________________________
Section Name: _______________
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Change of Address Phone # or e-mail
FOR SALE:
If you have a change-of-address to send to the
Club, please go to www.mbca.org, click on MEM-BERSHIP, then click on ADDRESS CHANGE and fill in the form. As an alternative, you can call 1-
800-637-2360 and talk to anyone at the MBCA Na-tional Business Office.
1991 300E 2.6. One owner, all records since new. Maintained by dealer of Mercedes-Benz trained me-chanics. 206,000 miles and still runs like new. Solid 23 MPG. $3500.00. If interested call 619-508-3925
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WELCOME !! New San Diego Section
MBCA Members Gerald Hawkins~ no vehicle listed on MBCA roster James Holcomb no vehicle listed on MBCA roster • Monica Laflin~ Interstate • Jim Newmann~ no vehicle listed on MBCA roster • Kevin Oleary~ no vehicle listed on MBCA roster
A hearty welcome to all our new members. We hope to meet you soon at one of our upcoming events. Please feel free to contact any of the Board Officers (listed on the front page of this Newsletter) with any questions, comments, or concerns.
We are always looking for volunteers to help out with ideas, plan-ning, and coordinating events .
If you would like to feature your Mercedes- Benz vehicle(s) in this Newsletter with an interesting story or photo, please submit in
digital format via e-mail to us at
([email protected]) We would love to get to know you and your
Mercedes-Benz driving passion. Ask us how to obtain a FREE name tag to wear at
all of our events !
Identify the make, model and year of this automobile and win
a free name tag. First correct answer sent to the editor will
receive a name badge. If you have a name badge you will re-
ceive a beverage of your choice at next event you attend. No
repeat winners.
FOR SALE & WANT ADS: Personal classified ads (Sale or Wanted) are FREE exclusively for MBCA members. No commercial or business sales allowed in the classified ad section.
Business advertising is available at competitive rates. Please contact the Treasurer for latest ad rates. e-Mail Steve Ross [email protected] if you want to place a personal ad in the “for sale” section. Please contact Steve every month to con-tinue to run the ad.
FOR SALE: One Michelin Harmony P205/70R14. The tire is like new. $50.00 for MBCA members ($157.00 +/- new). Mark Souther 619 623 2544
Summer Special 20% Dis-count for A/C Coolant
Service.
Attention Advertisers: Any changes?
e-Mail Steve at [email protected] to send a file.
Phone (619) 327-0200 Fax (619) 327-0237 1(800) 841-1014
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5475 Car Country Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(760) 438-4454
Complete Custom Detail
Regular$175.00
For MBCA Club Members
$129.00 **Plus FREE loan car for the day.
(Must present this coupon)
10% Discount
On Parts and Labor
To MBCA Members (Must present Club membership card
while making service appointment)
Desert Star’s Havasupai 2015
This year’s Havasupai will have the partici-pants traveling through north central Ari-zona. We will begin our event Friday
evening September 18th in Payson [the Heart of Arizona] with a reception at the El
Rancho which is right next to the hotel. The next morning the participants will be sent off through Payson looking for various
clues and landmarks. From Payson partic-ipants will drive towards Strawberry and
ultimately over to Camp Verde for lunch. Once done with lunch the participants will be sent back out for round two which will
take them across I-17 and into the Verde Valley passing through Cottonwood, Corn-
ville and ultimately Sedona. Sedona will be the end of the line and where we will enjoy an awards dinner and spend Satur-
day night. September 20th we will plan an event in or around Sedona for those inter-
ested. Save September 18th – 20th.
Zane Grey’s Cabin
Camp Verde
Sedona
To register, please complete the attached form. Pricing information can be found on the Registration form. Registration form
is on page 6
VISIT OUR ADVERTISERS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT
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PLEASE REGISTER BY AND PAY BY AUGUST 15, 2015
NAME: __________________________________________
ADDRESS: __________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP __________________________________________ EMAIL __________________________________________ COUPLE @ $370.00 SINGLE@ @270.00 Make yourcheck payable to: MBCA Desert Stars Mail to: MBCA Desert Stars c/o Debbie Ichiyama 6502 East Evans Drive Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Credit card payments available: Call Debbie Ichiyama At (480) 268-9535
Registration fee includes Saturday Night at the Sedona Summit Resort and Saturday Night banquet plus MSC Fees.
PLEASE NOTE
Friday night, September 18th, in Payson is self pay. Please contact Comfort Inn at 928-472-7484. Tell them you are with the Mercedes-Benz Club. Our negociated rate is $85.95
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Sir Sterling Moss and wife Susie with the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR number 722 Sir Stirling Moss's performance at the 1955 Mille Miglia had all the makings of a legend: A 25-year-old driver on a meteoric rise to rac-ing success; a gorgeous Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR #722, now heralded as one of racing's most beautiful forms; and a brutal and danger-ous route through the Italian countryside. Moss's drive was a barn-burner, storming the 992-mile course in 10 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds—an average speed of 98.53 miles per hour—in a car with essentially zero modern safety features and brakes that would be outperformed by your neighbor's commuting machine. This record has never been beaten and the experts say it never will be.
HAVASUPAI REGISTRATION 2015
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Horse racing at del mar with the MBCA
Steve ross
HAVASUPAI RE G
San Diego, Orange County, Long Beach -South Bay Sections, friends, family and neighbors of Star Car drivers gathered at Milton's in Del Mar for Brunch Sunday morning before Continuing across the freeway to the World Famous Del Mar Race Track the track where the stars hang out. I am pretty sure Bing was not there but through the miracle of technlogy his crooning baritone voice seranaded us during the races. As happened last year President Michael ran of of tickets and was scrambling to get more seats. I think Michael was booking seats up until a few hours of race time. This has became one of our most popular events.
During brunch Michael raffled off prizes donated by Hoehn Mercedes-Benz of Carlsbad, Ca. Since the items being raffled were very nice, quality gifts the excitement grew as the dining and drawing continued. In the photo we see Brian Kruse checking his ticket and Carol Ross's hand playing the TA-TA music. Actually not her hand but the little music player. Just about everyone came home a winner, (in the raffle anyway). Can't speak for the race track results. The food at Milton's is delicious and the variety is amazing. We loaded our winnings and full tummys into the Benz and fired her up for the trip to the race track where "Lady Luck" awaited us. Arriving at our private seating area most
everyone had their racing form; studing them like they knew what they were doing. I think a few did but not me. some of the tips I overheard were "Oh number 8 colors are cute", I like the grey horse" and the best of all was "always bet on the purple. I must say that after every race someone in our group let out a yell of victory. Some of the tips I overheard actually paid off!
Our group between races. The man on the phone in the left fore-ground is the husband of my Grand Daughter. He was one of the peo-ple there that could read and understand racing forms, statistics and apply them. I wish I had listened to him but alas, alas. It was a fun day filled with excitement of the crowd cheering their horse and rider on. I think it is a good bet that we will do this again next year so save those nickels and dimes for the ponies.
That is my horse leading over the finish line. I won but do not have an IRS problem.
Thank you hoehn mercedes-Benz for your generous support
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2015 MONTEREY TRIP TO THREE CONCOURSE SHOWS.
By Bob Gunthorp
This year’s trip to Monterey was more ambitious than my past
three trips. I had set out to achieve four goals this year. They
were 1: Enter my car in the Legends of the Autobahn
Concours. 2: Enter my car in the Concours D’ Lemon. 3: Have
my picture taken with Wayne Carini and my Mercedes Station
Wagon. I was not able to get a photo of him and I and the car
at the Mercedes “StarFest” meet in 2012 in Phoenix. So I
thought I could have one taken with him at the Concours De
Lemon. 4: Get a “Media” pass to the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance.
These goals may appear to be fairly challenging. However,
number one was easy all I had to do was just apply and pay
the money. On Friday when I arrived at Legends I was told: “You have just won the trifecta.” When I asked
what he meant he said that my car was the only one in my class so I won the first, the second, and the third
place trophies. I offered to withdraw the car from the competition but they chose to combine my class with an-
other class that had only one vehicle in it. So I was now competing with a 300SL Gullwing. In the “new” class my car received a hard won second place trophy. Note: There were still only two vehicles in the new class.
Number two also turned out to be just as easy. I went on line and filled out the application and submitted it.
My car was not a “lemon” by their standards but they were also accepting rare vehicles. That got my station
wagon accepted. The cost to show and/or attend Concours D’ Lemon is free. I didn’t get a trophy at this show.
However, on MSN.com they listed my Mercedes station Wagon as one of the eleven most significant cars at the Concours D’ Lemon.
Number three would just be “dumb” luck. I knew that every year Wayne shows one or two vehicles at the
Lemon Show (the “Lemon” show is on of his favorite shows in the country) so I expected to see him there and
I was not disappointed. He is very friendly and approachable. When I ask him for a photo he said sure. He rec-ognized my station wagon from Phoenix Mercedes meet. His comment was “I love this station wagon”.
Number four was slightly more challenging. They don’t just hand out Media passes like candy bars. I contact-
ed the photographer who has done photos of my collection for several magazine articles and ask him if he
would be there and if he needed an assistant. Will, he was getting his credentials and he would be glad to have
me as his assistant. So I accomplished all four of my goals.
This year’s trip was almost uneventful. The only problem that I had was in Santa Ana. The traffic was stop and
go on the I5. Well, at one point I stopped and went to shift from 4th gear to 1st gear and found the shift lever
just flopping around in my hand. I was stuck in 4th gear. A bushing on one of the shift rods had given up the
ghost. I drove from Santa Ana to Sylmar in stop and go traffic using only 4th gear. I didn’t ruin the clutch how-
ever, it did get quit a workout. In Sylmar we stopped for lunch. At the mini mart next to the restaurant they
had guess what “DUCT TAPE”. I was able to ‘tape” the linkage back together until we got to Monterey where
I replaced the bushing. The cost of the replacement bushing including tax was $ 14.01. So even in spit of the
linkage problem I considered it a great trip.
I now have a new motto: “DUCT TRAP RULES
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LEGENDS OF THE AUTOBAHN Steve Ross
If you were into German automobiles, Legends of the Autobahn was the place to be August 14, 2015. There was some mighty fine eye candy on the field believe me. The people I saw from San Diego were Gary Jarvis, Diana and Brian Kruse,
President Michael Cooper and Jon Barnardi. Oh, and Bob Gunthorp. We were glad to see our new friend "Boady" (Michael says he knows him). Boady is a BMW type but a nice guy so we all love him.
1937 540K The honored 190SL Row
This 1937 540K was the oldest Mercedes-Benz at "Legands" this year and there were a few 2015 models as well. The 190SL's were honored on their 60th anniversary and they were out in force to celebrate. Brian and Diana Kruse were there with "Ruby Begonia" one mighty fine looking 190SL with a few make up variations of her own which makes the other 190SL's jealous.
Mr. B and Diana Kruse's 190SL "Ruby Begonia"
We had to eat L to R Carol Ross, Bob Gunthorp, Gary Jarvis, Diana Kruse and Mr. B.
National President Terry Kiwala presenting the trophies Carol Ross accepts the first place award for her 560SL the Golden Eagle
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Star Bulletin 16151 Fruitvale RD Valley Center CA 92082
MBCA San Diego Section
http://sandiego.mbca.org
Presidents' Message
Really… is it just me or was August awesome! We had a fun time at the Del Mar Race Track as well as a success-ful turn out at Legends of the Autobahn in Monterey. Congratulations to Steve and Bob taking 1st and 2nd place respectively. We had a lot of fun this year on the Monterey Peninsula. Auctions, shows, cruises and dinners. If you didn’t get a chance to join us this year for our annual pilgrimage, you always have next year. It’s well worth the drive. As we slide into the end of the year, you still have plenty of opportunity to join us for an event. (See listings in this issue). I don’t often do this… but I’m asking for your help! Help with event planning. Help with event organization. Help on the Board. Help with ideas. Help make this club successful. Help in turning something good, into something great. If you have a little bit of extra time, we would love the opportunity to share some time with you. We still have plenty of good weather left this year, so get out there and have some fun!
Thank you for your support
Michael Cooper
NEXT BOARD MEETING IS TUESDAY,
September 15, 6:30p.m. at Hacienda De Vega S. Escondido Blvd, Escondido CA
Please Note: The board has occasionally cancelled meetings when there is a small amount of business that can be considered adequately by telephone or e-mail. If you are considering joining us for a board meeting, you might want to call a board member first to be sure the meeting will take place as scheduled.
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