The Edgar Team Wins!
Congratulations to David and Joyce Edgar for cleaning up in the TCMG awards department at the 2023 holiday party! The team won the Earl Sargent Award as well as a pair of Iron Bottom Awards, and Joyce was presented with the Frank Mason Award. Well done!
Three Iron Bottom Awards Achieved in 2023
For the first time, three Iron Bottom Awards were presented to members with a perfect attendance at TCMG activities with their TC. Recipients were first-timers David and Joyce Edgar, first-timer Cliff Lemiuex, and eighth time recipients Richard & Sandra Loe. Congratulations to all!
2024 TCMG Council Announced
Please welcome the newly elected 2024 TC Motoring Guild Executive Council! Your new Executive Officers are Malcolm Buckeridge, Joyce Edgar, Michael Hughes, Sandra Loe, Mike Simmons, Steve Simmons and Rob Zucca. Some additional club chairs are currently operating as they did throughout 2023, and may change in January. Thank you to everyone who gives their time to keep our club running smoothly!
Executive CouncilPresident – Rob Zucca |
Club Chairs (subject to change)Events – Steve Simmons |
2023 Award Winners
Our congratulations also go out to the winners of the various TCMG awards for 2023:
- Frank Mason Award – Joyce Edgar
- Earl Sargent memorial Trophy – David & Joyce Edgar
- Breakdown Award – Kregg Hunsberger
- Iron Bottom – David & Joyce Edgar, Cliff Lemieux, Richard & Sandra Loe
To learn more about these awards, including the various ways the breakdown award has been won, see the History Section of the web site.
TC Provenance List Being Updated and Modernized by TCMG
The well known TC Provenance List was created by TC owner Bob Stein well over a decade ago. Steve Simmons has assisted with data submissions and updates for the past few years but the list has grown too large to manage by hand. TC Motoring Guild has jumped in to help update, modernize and maintain the list. Two of our members, Mike Simmons and Steve Simmons are currently working to convert years of hand typed notes into a sorted and organized database of TC car numbers, owner names, locations and historical data. The project will take a tremendous amount of man hours but the end result will be a fully modern and searchable database, hosted on the TCMG website. You can see the old hand-typed Provenance List HERE until the new version is completed.
Our next monthly meeting will be held on Zoom on January 23rd. To start off the new year, our evening’s presentation will include various members’ projects both new and old. Attendees are encouraged to share info and photos of their TC or other interesting / related projects with the group. Photos can be shared directly on that night, or sent ahead of time to Mike Simmons who will display them for you as you talk.
Note that anyone making a simulated journey to the meeting in a TC by driving a minimum of 10 miles on the day of the meeting will receive a point toward the Sargent Award.
December recap: 40 members and one guest attended our Annual Meeting & Holiday Party in December at the Simmons residence. Seven TCs plus several other classics were in attendance. TCs were driven by Edgar, Lemieux, Loe, Mathison, M. Simmons, S. Simmons and Zucca.
For more meeting and event information, visit the Calendar Page.
Monthly Events
Start off the new year with a thrilling, no holds barred TC Motoring Guild miniature golf competition! The winner takes home our coveted Lame Duk Kup Trophy, to be treasured for one whole year. Lunch and awards will follow at a nearby Pub.
Meet on Sunday, January 35 (aka February 4) at Castle Park in Sherman Oaks at 9:30 AM, located near the 101 & 405 freeways. Our competition begins at 10:00 AM. Price per person is $8.00 Seniors and Kids (4 and under free), or $12.00 non-Seniors, for one 18-hole round.
October recap: 27 members driving 10 TCs and one PA attended the 67th Annual TCMG / ARR Conclave in Paso Robles. See the Conclave History Pages as well as the next newsletter for photos and reports. 28 members also attended GoF West in Carlsbad, with 9 TC entered in the event by Loe, Edgar, Thelander, Schirripa, Weisberger, Hermance, Williams, Lemieux and Hughes.
Monthly DIY Tours
Our Winter DIY tour has ended. Tune in to the January meeting to see the results!
For more meeting and event information, visit the Calendar Page.
The January / February Classic Chassis is online and ready for viewing!
To view past newsletters, including one from way back in 1958, visit the Newsletter Page.
Welcome to our newest members!
- Greg Hoeft of Northbrook, Illinois
- Dean & DonnaRae Caccavo of Placerville, California
- Duane Schmidt of Dickerson, Maryland
- Terry & Karin Rogers of Seattle, Washington
- Byron & Mary Fox of Mill Valley, California
- Patty McLish & Med Godbout of Solon Springs, Wisconsin
- Greg & Carrie Haskin of Atascadero, California
- Pat Garity of El Cajon, California
January 19: Added new page for Dean & DonnaRae Caccavo.
January 19: Added new page for Duane Schmidt.
January 19: Added new page for Terry & Karin Rogers.
October 3: Added new page for the 2023 TCMG / ARR Conclave.
September 24: New page added for Patty McLish & Medric Godbout
September 1: New page added for Pat Garity.
July 27: Added new page for Robert & Diane Berry.
July 1: Updated the Technical Info page.
June 30: Added new page for Jonathan Lane & Val Shockley.
May 12: Added new page for Mark Woodward.
May 11: Added new page for Beverly McDaniel-Peever.
May 8: Added new page for Daniel Tiedge.
May 1: Updated the Meeting Info page.
March 11: Added new page for Jon & Diana Acosta.
As always we are seeking photos for the Members Gallery showing you and your TC. We also welcome member biographies so your fellow TCMG’ers can learn a bit about you, your history with your TC or anything else you care to write about. Historic photos and stories are also being sought to expand our TCMG History section on the site. Please send what you have to Steve Simmons.