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January 14, Saturday, 10am – Nethercutt Collection. - Flash! The gates of the
year fling open with aplomb straight into the arms of the Nethercutt
Collection. Please be ready to go
at 10am as we will have a guided tour of their
preserved treasures including exquisite automobiles of the
1920's & 1930's, antique furniture, clocks, watches and one of
the world's finest collections of Mechanical Musical
Instruments. After the tour we will meander across the street to
the museum housing over 130 classic cars, a 1937 CP Royal Hudson
steam locomotive and a 1912 Pullman Private Railcar.
- Lunch will follow at the local Casa De Pizza or other
greasy spoon.
Address: 15200 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar, CA 91342 - 818 364-6464
www.nethercuttcollection.org
February
12, Sunday, NOON
– Nixon Library - Museum -
The CCC will
the Nixon Museum Goldwater, HUAC, Studebaker,
Haldeman, Liddy, Mao, Pepsico,
Kennedy, Ambasador Hotel, Kruschev....
Pat, Apollo, Saigon join us
Tricky Dick
Library and you'll
Address: 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA -
www.nixonlibrary.org
March
18, Sunday, 10am -
A Door &
Window Clinic Of Another Kind.
The CCC gets unhinged at Zach Taylor's BBQ haven. Nestled
in Eagle Rock we anticipate another door & window clinic with a
French twist. This time we will install a French Pane sliding
door into a Ford Econoline van & a double hung sash window in
the back of a DS station wagon. This will all make sense as the
club feasts on BBQ & pot luck in the back yard of Zachs
beautifully landscaped craftsman estate.
Address: 2334 Las Colimas Ave, Eagle Rock, L.A. CA 90041 -
323-258-8288
April 15, Sunday, 11am - The AGM in
Griffith Park -
Show your face & defend thy self! The annual club meeting
of innocuous decision. Participate or observe as the feathers
fly & mud be slung while members clamour for position & climb
the rungs to the top.Outward genial ferocity ultimately soothed
by scrumptious picnic in an idyllic setting beneath the hallowed
boughs of the Gene Autry Museum in Griffith Park.
Address: 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027 -
323.667.2000 -
www.theautry.org south end of the Gene Autry Museum Parking
lot. Bring a picnic lunch! Lost - call Steve Hammond to get
loster 818-383-2286
May (date TBA) Saturday, 11am
- Wende Museum (Dr.
Strangecar or How I Stopped Worrying & Learned To Love
The Citroen) - The CCC adds a P to the mix as
it journeys west to reach the east. Step into a time
past, a time of dark suspicion & long shadows cast by
skulking silhouettes, cloaked figures & daggers in
bootsheels. Coded messages & escape plans crackle on
shortwaves as we play The Citroen Who Came In From The
Cold. Follow the encryption below to find out more. By
accepting this mission you are awarded 00 status as you
reconstruct the connective lineage of Citroens,
espionage, the cold war, & governmental overthrow while
a nuclear doomsday machine looms overhead.
www.wendemuseum.org
Address: 5741 Buckingham Pkwy #E Culver City 90230 - 310
- 216 - 1600
June 21-24, Rendezvous 2012 at
the Pierpont Inn - Ventura, CA
- Once again
the Pierpont Inn prevails as an optimum host for this
year's Rendezvous. This year come early for an
optional Thursday night stay (at $85/night - why
not!) to take advantage of THREE full days of merriment
& excitement & a full schedule of activities including
museum tours/caravans, car rally and of course, our
banquet dinner with a prize for the winner of the Rally!
Registration opens Thursday afternoon. Details and
registration form to come soon!
July
15, Sunday, 11am - Descanso Gardens / Drive around the
arroyo & picnic - Lunch at The Hat? - Lo be it summer, time
of bounty, warmth & not a care. Join the CCC if you dare &
encumber such a humble fare. For it is summer, filed with fruits
& flowers of a thousand springs we endeavor to explore a few of
these things. An excursion so extreme as we prepare for a
midsummer nights dream. Meet at the gate we shall not wait. 11am
we go in to escape the city's wrath & sin. At 1pm we elope again
to the Arroyo near & deep within, to sup repast fat or thin
before the rays of twilight beam, as we begin a mid-summer nights
dream.
Address: 1418 Descanso Dr., La Canada 91011-
www.descansogardens.org -
Lost? call Steve Hammond to get more lost 818-383-2286
August 4, Saturday, 11am -
Malamut Microcar
Museum. The CCC visits the MMM to investigate
diminutive automobilia. Smart cars of the past,
micro-motors, nanowagons & all manner of lilliputian
conveyances abound in these mighty halls of
minituriazation. Bring a magnifying glass & tweezers,
Anything more than a mouthful is wasted. Lunch will
follow at the local Whitecastle burger stand (or
facsimile). - More information to come.
September 15, Saturday, 11am - Auto-Books -
AeroBooks 9 AM & The Big Lebeauski -
12 NOON -
Mark that 8 Dude. As we visit the Joseph Lebeauski
estate in Burbank. After a brief shoplifting spree at
AutoBooks-AeroBooks we will retire for some In & Out
burgers, White Russians & lingonberry pancakes. Admire
how the rug ties the room together while battling
nihilists, screening "Logjammin" & checking our
condition to see what condition were in. The pool... The
pool...! - bring your waterpanty suits! - William
Holden floating upside down like a dead chimp...? 3
little kittens who lost their mittens...? A Corvette
Windshield removal clinic...? Do you have difficulty
saying "Prius"?.
Join us while we stay out of Malibu.
Address (Autobooks/Aerobooks): 2900 W. Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, 91505. Phone: 818 845-0707
Address (Joe Lebeauski): 512
N. Griffith Park Ave., Burbank CA 91506 - LOST?
- 323-213-2956 The Dude abides.
October 14, Sunday, 11am - Peterson Museum
- Lunch at Canters. - The CCC visits the king of car
museums in the shadow of the Tar Pits. Wooly Mammoths of
motoring & Le Sabre toothed cats of the road mired in
static substrate & drowning in climate control, we will
observe & discover the current featured display. With a
little luck & a fair amount of groveling we may get a
chance to visit some captive Citroens held in the
castle's dungeonous archives.
Address:
6060 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles 90036 (at La Brea) -
www.petersen.org
November 4, Sunday,
The Best of France & Italy Car Show - Woodley Park in Van
Nuys - 9am - 4pm - Vacuum out the peanuts &
mummified French Fries! Its time to look your best at
the best little French / Italian car show this side of
the Ardennes. Gates open at 7am, arrive early for a good
showing & car placement. This is a non-judged show For
more info:
www.franceanditaly.com
December
8, 11am - CCC Annual Christmas Party at the
Harpers - Its
that time, its that season. Another year gone, another year
ahead. Come celebrate the echoes of 2012 in the Citro-dome of
plenty. Food & cheer spill over like barrels of crude being
dumped to keep gas at a gross profit. Bring a meal, bring a
snack, bring an appetite & don't forget to bring yourself!
Address:
7844 McGroarty
Street, Sunland. Take the 210
FWY to Sunland Blvd. exit. East on Sunland (it becomes
Foothill) to Woodward. Turn right, go to end and turn left on
McGroarty. Go 2 blocks and look for Citroïen Car Club sign. Park
on the south side of McGroarty Street or on Cora Street. The
house is up a 200-foot concrete driveway. There is limited
parking at the top. If
lost or for info call 818-352-3781
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