Our good friend Brad Cooper -- aka "Tuggy" -- a member of the National El Camino Owners Association from Newtown, PA, has suggested that our club hold a regional get-together on Saturday, July 5, 2008 in Bristol, PA. The North East Muscle Car Club of Philadelphia sponsors a regular monthly Cruise Night next to the AutoZone Store at 2603 Durham Road, which is located only minutes away from several major highways just north of Philadelphia.

Admission is free and the event runs from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m., which makes it convenient for those who live within a one-hour drive in Eastern PA or South Jersey to attend.

“Tuggy” has been wanting to get local NECOA members to have an informal get-together and meet each other for some time now, and this seems like a good time and place to start that ball rolling. You are cordially invited to come with your El Camino, regardless of condition, to make some new friends and share ideas and advice.

Tuggy will be posting more information about this get-together on our website, www.elcaminocentral.com over the next two weeks. We urge you to reserve this date, Saturday July 5, and to let Tuggy know via email if you are planning to attend so that he can reserve a large enough space for El Camino owners only. You can reach him via email at Tuggy24jg@verizon.net for more information.

Please make a special effort to join Tuggy and other members from Region 3 on July 5, in Bristol, PA. I’m sure you will have a great time if you attend.

Best regards, John Harris
National Director, NECOA
(Formerly of Southwest Philly, Collingdale, PA and Ship Bottom, NJ)

Hey guys we both made a mistake and the meeting is really on the 5th not the 7th. Sorry for this and I really hope I can get at least one other person to show up

I'm really sorry about using the wrong date for this event. Must have been "a Senior Moment" on my part.

The correct date is Saturday July 5, 2008.

We have gotten quite a few responses so far from members who are planning to attend. Hopefully, more will reply to Tuggy this weekend so he can have a better idea of how many Elky's will be there.

Hey john can you let me know how many replyed to you that are going to I can get a total?
thanks

We want to hear from some more members in the Philly area and South Jersey who can attend this Cruise Night.

Good location, good holiday weekend and great price....FREE!

Please join your fellow Elky owners from the area and get acquainted.

Let Tuggy know if you can come at: tuggy24jg@verizon.net

Yeah so far people only have one person so far besides me. Come on out everyone do not be shy!

Brad and John, looks like I going to make it.

wingnut I am sooooooooooooooooooo happy to hear that. I hope to see your el camino there, but if not I am soooo happy that your coming. I know the trip will not be a wast
thanks for showing up
Brad aka Tuggy

So Brad, where are we meeting up at? And what time? I just realized one of my biggest accounts is just down the road. I'm looking foward to this Saturday and meeting you and possibly fellow camino owners.

The shows will start at 6pm and will end at 10pm at FRIENDS and FAMILY PIZZA BUFFET 2669 Durham Rd. (rt.413 and Durham rd)Bristol Pa. There will be no rain dates.

So do you have a count of how many are coming. I think I've convinced my daughter to bring her Camino down also.

Well I would say about 6-8 as of right now. Not sure how many there will be exactly since some people said to be that they may or may not show up. So it could be 8 or more if they show up. Right now I am thinking there are 6 people coming.

Hope you guys have a good turnout tonight in Bristol PA. Please post some pix afterwards if you can.

Sooo did everyone have as much fun as I did. I'm sorry I missed meeting everyone, but circumstances prevented me from making it there. The upper radiator hose didn't like being attached anymore and decided to come off about ten miles from home. After spending about 2 hours in the rain, sometimes a downpour usually when I was trying to fix the car, my wife and I decided to come back home. Wouldn't you know, it stopped raining and the sky was clearing when I closed the garage door around 9 o'clock. I hope everyone else had better luck than I did. Would like to try it again.

We did not have much of a turnout, but there was two guys who showed up from here. It was lots of fun and I will let you know when I will be having another meeting