NCCA's 40th GRAND NASHional
July 9-11, 2009
Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Be sure and mention Nash Car Club AND the name and location of the hotel
when making reservations at 888-627-8072, Standard Rooms are $99 per nite plus 8% tax.
Garden View rooms with patio overlooking their beautiful courtyard are $109 plus 8% tax.
Any questions contact: Mrs. Connie Graeber #81 cgraeber@sonic.net 1-707-829-1536
or Dennis Mc Allister #188 denmca@comcast.net *82-1-510-794-0968
2009 GRAND NASHional News
We are looking forward to seeing all of you at the 2009 Grand NASHional.
We have already received phone calls and e mails from members making plans to come.
Below is a list of events and plans which has been updated since the Nov/Dec TNT.
To facilitate your having plenty of time at Blackhawk Museum, which has not only
beautiful cars, but a research library for restoration inquiries, etc. we have
changed that event to a short driving tour on WEDNESDAY July 8th, 2009.
The website address is: http://www.blackhawkmuseum.org./
There is a downloadable Library Research request form that you can complete and fax
or mail back to them. Tell them you'll pick up the info on July 8th when you come
with the NASH Club!
For THURSDAY, July 9th, Golden Gate Park has a brand new California Academy of
Sciences, which contains an aquarium, a rainforest, a natural history museum and
a planetarium all under one LIVING roof. Local people are saying this is a "must see!"
It has only been opened about two months.
In meeting with the tour guide, we found that bringing in a group for lunch at their
cafeteria was not advisable as the cafeteria staff are barely keeping up with regular
individual people. So we decided to take you to the historic Beach Chalet at the end
of Golden Gate Park which overlooks Ocean Beach. If you do not wish to eat at the
Beach Chalet, either the host hotel may be able to fix you up with a deli sandwich or
there is a deli near the host hotel also. You could bring a blanket and actually eat
on the beach! Your choice! The Pacific Ocean awaits your arrival!
The regustration form is listed below. Please complete and return by May 1st.
Any questions please contact:
Mrs. Connie Graeber - cgraeber@sonic.net - 707-829-1536
Dennis McAllister - denmca@comcast.net - 510-794-0968
Gordon McGregor - Gmcgregr@jps.net - 916-487-6218
Wednesday July 8, 2009 9:15 AM Registration opens .
9:30 AM Depart on Driving Tour to Blackhawk Museum
10:00 AM until 12 PM Tour Blackhawk Museum.
1 PM NCCA Board Meeting
8 PM Registration closes
Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:30 AM Registration Opens
9:30 AM Depart for San Francisco
10:30 AM Arrive at historic Beach Chalet
11:00 AM Lunch at Chalet
12:30 PM Leave for California Academy of Sciences
1- 4 PM Tour California Academy of Sciences
4 PM Board bus to return to Pleasanton
5:30 PM Bus tour arrives back in Pleasanton
8 PM Registration closes.
Friday, July 10, 2009 7:30 AM Registration Opens
8:30 AM Bus Tour to San Francisco proper arriving via
the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge.
We will drive by or thru the following sights:
Victorian houses, Civic Center, Union Square, Nob Hill,
Cable Cars, Chinatown, North Beach, Coit Tower, Marina District,
Palace of Fine Arts, the Presidio (now a National Park) and
Golden Gate Park.
Scheduled stops plan to include
Vista Point at the Golden Gate Bridge
Panoramic view of the city from atop Twin Peaks
2 hour stop at Fisherman's Wharf for lunch and shopping.
5:30 PM arrive at hotel
6 PM Registration Closes
7 PM General Business Meeting
8 PM Ice Cream Social
Saturday July 11, 2009 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM Registration Open
9 AM - 3 PM Car Show at Hotel
12 PM - 1 PM - Ladies Luncheon
2 PM - Car Show Ballots Due
6 PM No Host Bar
7 PM Awards Banquet
Sunday, July 12, 2009 Have a safe trip home OR join us for the RAMBLE to
Yosemite National Park via back roads
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * *
RAMBLE TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:00 AM Depart with a full tank of gasoline to Mariposa via a
leisurely route on back roads to
MINERS INN
5181 Highway 49 N
Mariposa, CA 95338
1-209-742-7777
Some rooms have been set aside so make reservations now!
Mention you are with Nash Car Club of America
Rooms are $92.65 plus 11% tax.
Reservations at these reduced rates are good until June 14, 2009.
There are plenty of sights and restaurants in this town for us to visit.
Monday July 13, 2009 Either have a continental Breakfast at hotel or at the near
by Miner's Inn Restaurantat the same location.
9 AM Depart for the beautiful drive along the Merced River into Yosemite Travel up to
Tunnel View Overlook with greatly improved views of the valley floor then off to
Glacier Point for a special tour by club member, Dick Ewart, who is a ranger at the
park stationed at this location.
1:30 PM Luncheon at the Ahwahnee Hotel and guided tour of this
beautiful, historic establishment
TBD Motorized open air Valley Tram Tour .
Great way to see the valley floor in a couple of hours with photo ops, etc.
The Tram tour also gives you ideas of what areas you want to return to the
next day for a more detailedvisit if you have the time.
Return to Miners Inn in Mariposa for the evening.
TUES July 14, 2009 Return to the Yosemite National Park and take Tioga Pass Road
to see the beautiful views of the park from such places as
Olmstead Point; see Tuolumne Meadows, etc This route gives you a whole
other view of the park and surrounding peaks from up above.
Tioga Pass Road will take you to Hwy 395, famous and interesting Mono Lake,
and points North, South, and East to your home.
Your hosts
Nor Cal Region
"36 Years of service to NCCA and its local region members"
July 9-11, 2009
Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Be sure and mention Nash Car Club AND the name and location of the hotel
when making reservations at 888-627-8072, Standard Rooms are $99 per nite plus 8% tax.
Garden View rooms with patio overlooking their beautiful courtyard are $109 plus 8% tax.
Any questions contact: Mrs. Connie Graeber #81 cgraeber@sonic.net 1-707-829-1536
or Dennis Mc Allister #188 denmca@comcast.net *82-1-510-794-0968
2009 GRAND NASHional News
We are looking forward to seeing all of you at the 2009 Grand NASHional.
We have already received phone calls and e mails from members making plans to come.
Below is a list of events and plans which has been updated since the Nov/Dec TNT.
To facilitate your having plenty of time at Blackhawk Museum, which has not only
beautiful cars, but a research library for restoration inquiries, etc. we have
changed that event to a short driving tour on WEDNESDAY July 8th, 2009.
The website address is: http://www.blackhawkmuseum.org./
There is a downloadable Library Research request form that you can complete and fax
or mail back to them. Tell them you'll pick up the info on July 8th when you come
with the NASH Club!
For THURSDAY, July 9th, Golden Gate Park has a brand new California Academy of
Sciences, which contains an aquarium, a rainforest, a natural history museum and
a planetarium all under one LIVING roof. Local people are saying this is a "must see!"
It has only been opened about two months.
In meeting with the tour guide, we found that bringing in a group for lunch at their
cafeteria was not advisable as the cafeteria staff are barely keeping up with regular
individual people. So we decided to take you to the historic Beach Chalet at the end
of Golden Gate Park which overlooks Ocean Beach. If you do not wish to eat at the
Beach Chalet, either the host hotel may be able to fix you up with a deli sandwich or
there is a deli near the host hotel also. You could bring a blanket and actually eat
on the beach! Your choice! The Pacific Ocean awaits your arrival!
The regustration form is listed below. Please complete and return by May 1st.
Any questions please contact:
Mrs. Connie Graeber - cgraeber@sonic.net - 707-829-1536
Dennis McAllister - denmca@comcast.net - 510-794-0968
Gordon McGregor - Gmcgregr@jps.net - 916-487-6218
Wednesday July 8, 2009 9:15 AM Registration opens .
9:30 AM Depart on Driving Tour to Blackhawk Museum
10:00 AM until 12 PM Tour Blackhawk Museum.
1 PM NCCA Board Meeting
8 PM Registration closes
Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:30 AM Registration Opens
9:30 AM Depart for San Francisco
10:30 AM Arrive at historic Beach Chalet
11:00 AM Lunch at Chalet
12:30 PM Leave for California Academy of Sciences
1- 4 PM Tour California Academy of Sciences
4 PM Board bus to return to Pleasanton
5:30 PM Bus tour arrives back in Pleasanton
8 PM Registration closes.
Friday, July 10, 2009 7:30 AM Registration Opens
8:30 AM Bus Tour to San Francisco proper arriving via
the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge.
We will drive by or thru the following sights:
Victorian houses, Civic Center, Union Square, Nob Hill,
Cable Cars, Chinatown, North Beach, Coit Tower, Marina District,
Palace of Fine Arts, the Presidio (now a National Park) and
Golden Gate Park.
Scheduled stops plan to include
Vista Point at the Golden Gate Bridge
Panoramic view of the city from atop Twin Peaks
2 hour stop at Fisherman's Wharf for lunch and shopping.
5:30 PM arrive at hotel
6 PM Registration Closes
7 PM General Business Meeting
8 PM Ice Cream Social
Saturday July 11, 2009 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM Registration Open
9 AM - 3 PM Car Show at Hotel
12 PM - 1 PM - Ladies Luncheon
2 PM - Car Show Ballots Due
6 PM No Host Bar
7 PM Awards Banquet
Sunday, July 12, 2009 Have a safe trip home OR join us for the RAMBLE to
Yosemite National Park via back roads
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * *
RAMBLE TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:00 AM Depart with a full tank of gasoline to Mariposa via a
leisurely route on back roads to
MINERS INN
5181 Highway 49 N
Mariposa, CA 95338
1-209-742-7777
Some rooms have been set aside so make reservations now!
Mention you are with Nash Car Club of America
Rooms are $92.65 plus 11% tax.
Reservations at these reduced rates are good until June 14, 2009.
There are plenty of sights and restaurants in this town for us to visit.
Monday July 13, 2009 Either have a continental Breakfast at hotel or at the near
by Miner's Inn Restaurantat the same location.
9 AM Depart for the beautiful drive along the Merced River into Yosemite Travel up to
Tunnel View Overlook with greatly improved views of the valley floor then off to
Glacier Point for a special tour by club member, Dick Ewart, who is a ranger at the
park stationed at this location.
1:30 PM Luncheon at the Ahwahnee Hotel and guided tour of this
beautiful, historic establishment
TBD Motorized open air Valley Tram Tour .
Great way to see the valley floor in a couple of hours with photo ops, etc.
The Tram tour also gives you ideas of what areas you want to return to the
next day for a more detailedvisit if you have the time.
Return to Miners Inn in Mariposa for the evening.
TUES July 14, 2009 Return to the Yosemite National Park and take Tioga Pass Road
to see the beautiful views of the park from such places as
Olmstead Point; see Tuolumne Meadows, etc This route gives you a whole
other view of the park and surrounding peaks from up above.
Tioga Pass Road will take you to Hwy 395, famous and interesting Mono Lake,
and points North, South, and East to your home.
Your hosts
Nor Cal Region
"36 Years of service to NCCA and its local region members"
