BRITS ON THE BAY - APRIL 24

Bill Moseley

April 14 - STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL CAR SHOW  - ONE WEEK BEFORE BRITS on the BAY - Highly
Recommended!  PBCA and other British
clubs have been invited to the Loxley, Alabama Baldwin County Strawberry
Festival All-Car Show.  They will have a British Car Class this
year.  This is the 20th
annual Strawberry Festival.  It will
be in their City Park, which is a very nice setting for the show.  Enjoy
strawberry treats!

It
will be a great warm-up for PBCA’s Brits on the Bay – Let’s
support them!  For registration
form, go to www.BaldwinCountyStrawberryFestival.org
or contact Tom Schmitz, 251 961-7171, for times and directions.

BRITS on
the BAY

April 21 - The PANHANDLE BRITISH CAR ASSOCIATION
presents the Fifteenth Annual Pensacola
British Car Show, Brits on the Bay, on April 21, 2007. This year it will be
held at Admiral Mason Park on Bayfront
Parkway in Pensacola,
just a few feet from the beautiful waters of the Gulf of
Mexico.  It’s a
lovely vacation or weekend paradise only walking distance to restaurants and
shopping in Pensacola’s
historic district.

Accommodations are available at the PENSACOLA BEACH RESORT
(no longer a Best Western), (800) 934-3301, (850) 934-3300, at $109 for island
side rooms and $129.00 for beach front rooms for the special BRITISH CAR SHOW
rate. We will have dusk to dawn professional security at the motel parking lot
both Friday and Saturday nights. Those who mention they are with the British
Car Show will receive the reduced rates as long as they are available.

A new, improved show site…

For the past 14 years the PBCA has had the
opportunity to hold our annual British Car Show at Pensacola
Beach just yards from the Gulf of Mexico.  As we have grown we have faced many
challenges to fit our ever-growing show into the limited space available on the
beach.  Although

it was a parking lot show, with the
beach right there, the location was always a big draw.

In
2006, our show was almost blown away by an unexpected sand storm.  Almost all cars required a thorough
cleaning after the event.  This year
we had the opportunity to relocate to the Pensacola
waterfront near downtown, just 100 feet from the waters of Pensacola Bay
and a short drive from the host hotel.

This
location is just off Interstate I-110 with easy access and almost no traffic
problems.  A big plus - we will hold
the 15th Annual British car show on
GRASS.   We hope our attendees will enjoy this year's new
location.

For more information, registration forms, assistance,
or to become a sponsor of our show, go to the PBCA website at www.pbca1.com or contact Tom Schmitz, 9609 Soldiers Creek Dr,
Lillian, AL, 36549 (251) 961-7171, [email-masked] .

Directions to show site from
I-10      (We
are in downtown Pensacola
this year.)

Exit onto I-110 heading south toward downtown Pensacola. Do not take
any exits but continue to the end of the interstate. (You will pass the Civic Center
on your left). Get in the far right lane ASAP at the end of the ramp, as you
need to turn right at traffic light at 9th Avenue. The show site
faces 9th Avenue
about 1/4 mile on your left.  Look
for entrance signs to show and trailer parking if needed.

The Friday night Red Beans and Rice Party, “Beach
Bash”, will again be held at Best Western on Pensacola Beach.  From the interstate, follow signs to
Beaches, travel through Gulf Breeze, then turn right at the Pensacola Beach
sign, go over the toll bridge to the beach and about 1 mile down on your right
is the Best Western

Past Events

Panama
City British Car Show – March 10 – Thirteen PBCA members attended the Panama City, Florida Show, which was held in
conjunction with the Highland Games.
The winners were Pat and Lou Ballard.

At Panama City, L to R,
Margaret and Bob Henson, Peggy Overly, Melissa and Bill Silhan, Ron and Lynda
Pardo, Ralph Overly, Beth Messick, Keith Sanders, Tom Schmitz

(Photographer
unknown)

PBCA Chili Cook Off
– Feb. 25 - The 2nd annual chili cook
off took place at the Spanish Cove Clubhouse, Lillian, Alabama.  We all sampled six expertly prepared
pots of chili, took a secret vote, and the winner was Tom Schmitz.  All were excellent but Tom’s
Toenail Curling Chili, in my opinion, hit the spot.  Tom cooks his beans separately because he
doesn’t want them to be gooey.
Tom’s chili has an unusual, dark flavor that I have never tasted
before.  Delicious!  About twenty members were on hand and
Frank Straub of Mardi Gras MGs and his dad were there.

At
PBCA Chili Cook Off, L to R, Marie Olive, Beth Messick, Curt and Midge Derby,
Carla Willows, Ralph Overly in background, Tom Schmitz, PBCA President, Mickey
Kay, Scott Putriment in background.

Photo:  Bill Moseley

Richard
and Carla Willows’ chili didn’t win the Chili Cook Off but their
Austin-Healey was certainly a winner!

Photo:  Bill Moseley

Fairhope Arts and Crafts
Festival – Fairhope, Alabama – March 17 - PBCA and SABCC again joined the lead club, Mardi Gras
MG’s, for a car display on the green of Faulkner State Community College.
It’s definitely “the best parking place in Fairhope” to park
and enjoy the huge Festival which encompasses every street in Fairhope.  This year, Dick Bishop, Chairman of the Mardi
Gras MG’s invited the Pensacola Sonnenschein (Sunshine) Porsche Club to
join us on the green.  (We will join
Sonnenschein at NAS Pensacola on May 12.) Seventeen Porsches, a BMW, and a VW
Jetta joined twenty British cars to make the car display a major attraction for
the large Festival crowd.

Some
of the 20 British cars at Fairhope
photo:  Dick Bishop

Welcomen to Seventeen
Sonnenschein Club Porsches
Photo:  Dick Bishop

Upcoming April - May
Events

April 14 – Baldwin County Strawberry Festival,
Loxley, AL – All-make show with special class for British cars

May 5 Sat. - Scatter Rally Florida Area (Curt Derby to
follow up)

May 12 Sat. – British – European car gathering
at National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL

May 12 Sat. - Townsend, TN British Car Show

May 19 Sat. - Sports Cars at Buck Park, Helena, AL (a few
miles south of Birmingham) (Birmingham British Motoring Club,
www.birminghambmc.org)

May 19 Sat. - British Car Gathering at Berry College, GA
(old Chateau Élan Event)

May 26 to June 3
All Week - British Car Week "DRIVE YOUR BRITISH CAR!"

May 26 Sat. - Hadji Temple Car All-Car Show, Pensacola
– There is a British Class.