SAE SoCal: The 2001/2002 Section year begins on September 18th
Your (all volunteer) SAE SoCal Governing Board has been hard at work this summer. Mike Moyer and his Meetings & Tours Committee have some great events planned for the months ahead. Cole Standish and the Student Activities Committee are getting ready for the new school year as well. Look for the September issue of Momentum in your mailbox. What: SAE SoCal Section Meeting Topic: Paris-Dakar Rally Racing When: Tuesday, September 18th @ 6:00pm (note - this is the THIRD Tuesday of the month) Where: Kia Motors in Irvine Details: http://www.sae-socal.org/html/SectionMeeting.html RSVP: Please RSVP this week to sae_meeting@onebox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What: Corporate Open House Topic: Designworks When: Friday, September 21st @ 7:00pm Where: Newbury Park Details: http://www.sae-socal.org/html/SectionTour.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What: SAE SoCal Section Tour Topic: Edelbrock When: Saturday, September 29th @ 10:00am Where: Edelbrock in Torrance Details: http://www.sae-socal.org/html/SectionTour2.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What: SAE SoCal Board Meeting When: Tuesday, October 2nd @ 6:30pm Where: CSULA Details: http://www.sae-socal.org or contact any board member Note: Newcomers are always welcome ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark your October & November calendars for the following SAE events: Tuesday, October 9th Section Meeting on Commercial Aircraft Environmental Control Systems Saturday, October 27th Annual SAE Student Workshop @ LMU Thursday, November 1st Tour of CART Paddock Tuesday, November 13th Section Meeting on Infiniti Q45 Note: Details and reservation information will be posted to www.sae-socal.org closer to the event date. No reservations being taken at this time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Really cool non-SAE activities in the area include: What: Can Am Racing Honored Where: Petersen Automotive Museum When: Tuesday, September 25, 2001, 6:30 p.m. Who: Legendary Racers Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones To Join Celebration Details: Join us for an extraordinary celebration of the historic Can Am racing series of the '60s and '70s-an evening honoring the drivers and crew of the era. See an exhibition of race cars made famous by the series from the Lola T-70 to the McLarens, Shadows and various other marques. Enjoy exciting rare film footage and on-stage interviews with legendary racers. $50 per person includes buffet dinner, soft drinks and parking. No-host beer and wine. Advance reservations required. For additional information, call 323-964-6359 or check: http://216.177.87.187/default.cfm?DocID=502&ArticleID=10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATSC's 19th Annual Orange Coast Concours d'Elegance presented by Lincoln (formerly Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance) is scheduled for Sunday, October 7 from 10 am - 4 pm at The Oaks Polo Field in San Juan Capistrano, located on Ortega Highway, 2.5 miles east of Interstate 5. The honored Marque is Jaguar and the special venue will feature Pre-War Stock Fords and a Ford Racing Centennial Display. Other attractions include the Automotive Fine Art Exhibit. All proceeds benefit ATSC, which is a private non-profit agency dedicated to the purpose: Arrest the Problem, Not the Child. ATSC provides professional family counseling services at NO CHARGE to troubled children and their families who are referred by schools and police. Through early intervention, ATSC works to prevent children from developing life-long dysfunctional and anti-social behavior. For information call 562/592-1727 or check: http://www.OrangeCoastConcours.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyone with automotive interests is invited to celebrate Bobbie'dine Rodda's 80th birthday at a party December 10 and help fund an automotive research library at the Petersen Automotive Museum. For those who don't know her, Bobbie'dine Rodda is also known as Miss Information, the creator of the Automotive Calendar of Events (ACE). The ACE is "THE" source for local automotive event information Plans have been afoot to build a world-class library in the Petersen Automotive Museum ever since it was launched. It's time to lay those pedestrian dreams aside and do something. "I don't want (or need) presents," Bobbie'dine said about her birthday. "Let's raise funds for a Petersen Library." If just half of Bobbie'dine's friends respond, the library will have a great foundation on which to grow. Yes, Bobbie'dine is a legend among automotive hobbyists. She is a tireless worker who has spent decades promoting car events. There are few who have not seen a Bobbie'dine Rodda photo somewhere or read one of her enthusiastic reports or spent a moment visiting with her at a show, concours or other meet. The party at The Petersen starts at 2 p.m. Monday, December 10th at Fairfax and Wilshire in Los Angeles. It is being sponsored by Checkered Flag 200, Classic Car Club SoCal and SoCal Chapter SAH. Meguiar's, Miss Information's Automotive Calendar of Events and Richard Messer will be helping with the expenses. We want all funds to go toward the new library! Please send your tax-deductible $20 or more (payable to the Petersen Automotive Museum) before December 7 to: John C. Meyer III 24244 Hamlin St West Hills CA 91307 Let's be perfectly clear about The Petersen. The time is overdue for it to have a major research library. A lot of people will have to pitch in to make it a reality but once established it will be like no other. That doesn't mean it will replace the Detroit Public Library, the National Automobile Museum's library in Reno or the one located at the Nethercutt Collection. Each will be used and appreciated for what it is. The Petersen is likely to be a bit more comprehensive concerning post-WWII vehicles, performance machines, customs, imports, racecars and hot rods. What's so bad about that? That means when a writer does his research at The Petersen, he gets first-hand back-to-the-source data. Having access to that type of "unique" material is invaluable to a historian. The potential is there. By capturing the spirit and individuality of the Southern California car culture, The Petersen is a major attraction and (like it or not) a badge of honor for us hobbyists. And, like Southern California, The Petersen is no place for the mundane or commonplace. It revels in cars with personality and the historically significant (particularly if that history is tied to Southern California). Why should we expect less from a Petersen research library? Bobbie'dine's idea is a wonderful one. Let's get to work and build a library. You could also attend her birthday party December 10 and say you were there when it all started. ###