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Date:         Thu, 5 May 2005 09:41:57 -0700
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Subject:      You're Invited! Herbie & Friends Cruise Across America (A Little
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An attempt is being made to have the largest cruise of Vintage & Classic Volkswagens in Southern California as part of an even larger cruise across America with it's first destination stop in Barstow, CA. All are invited to participate. As to why, read on...

The year 2005 is a year of 50ths.

50th Anniversary of the establishment of Volkswagen Of America

50th Anniversary of the introduction of the Karmann Ghia

50th Anniversary of Disneyland's opening in Anaheim, CA

And (smile) the first "attempt" at civilizing the VW Type 2 (March 1955) (Please, no flames from the Barndoor crowd, but I just couldn't resist)

Some of you may or may not know that almost all of the anniversary events above are being tied together as a 2 to 4 week cruise/celebration taking place across the U.S. beginning on the 15th of May. What began as a enthusiastic group of Ghia owners cruising across the U.S. to celebrate Karmann's intro of the model and continuing on into Germany for the Karmann Factory celebration has (in the past few months) grown to a very large event to include all aircooled models (and yes, wasser-vanagons as well) on this cruise. I have been asked by the originator of the cruise to extend an invitation to all various vw-related listmembers to join in the cruise extending from Santa Monica (CA) Volkswagen to the Bug-Out (May 29, 2005) in Manassas, VA. You can join in for a mile, five miles, ten miles, a hundred miles or even the entire length of the cruise and any who do will receive a Cruise Participant Plaque at any of the stops along the way. After finishing up in Manassas, the cruise will head south to Florida and then along I-10 west back to California to end at the VW Classic (June 12, 2005).

The cruise will kick off at Santa Monica Volkswagen (2440 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA). Arrival time is set at 7am, May 15, 2005. Departure time is planned at 9am. The dealership is providing 250 parking spaces and there will be an additional 300 spaces available at the Calif DMV nearby. I don't honestly know how many are showing up that morning, but from the talk I'm hearing it sounds like a big bunch (250+). The main route will be east on I-10 to I-15 north to the first lunch stop (about noon) in Barstow, CA, afterwhich the cruise will continue on I-40 East. Just after crossing the Arizona border, the cruise will detour onto Old 66 thru Oatman, AZ for a brief stop and then into Kingman, AZ for the first overnight stop. (Unca Jerry Jess suggests that you have a bunch of fresh carrots on hand to feed the wandering burros in Oatman). Unca Jerry has indicated he will be there with his "fully accessorized" Herbie to participate in the Arizona leg of the cruise.

For other stopping points along the cruise, please refer to the link provided further below in this post.

The venerable "Hot Dog" Fred will be providing the "refreshments" at the first Lunch Stop in Barstow, CA at Dana Park, located at Barstow Road & Virginia Way (exit Barstow Rd from north I-15, then turn left, traveling about 2 to 3 blocks on the left). Meal Tickets for this lunch must be purchased in advance on the morning (7am May 15th) the cruise gets together at Santa Monica Volkswagen to claim your food.

A genuine Disney, fully running Herbie Bug from the movie will be accompanying the cruise for it's entire length. Yeah, it will be trailered, but will be pulled out at almost every major stop to display at participating VW Dealerships along the way. An "impromptu" VW show will be occuring at almost each VW Dealership stop, lasting for around 2 hours.

This cruise is sponsored in part by Volkswagen Of America, Walt Disney Pictures' release of Herbie: Fully Loaded (June 24, 2005), Airhead Parts (http://www.airheadparts.com), Karmann Ghia Parts & Restoration (http://www.karmannghia.com) and the Karmann Ghia Club of North America (http://www.karmannghia.org). In addition, giveaways at the various stops will be provided by Nextel, Goodyear Tire, 3M Car Care and Radio Shack.

Provided by Volkswagen Of America will be "chase" vehicles for cruise support in the event of break downs. Current plans call for two Touaregs, one Eurovan, a Phaeton and a Jetta.

Official Cruise Website with Itinerary: http://www.airheadparts.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=1 NOTE: This itinerary has been changing on almost a daily basis - check this site often. Itinerary includes motel and camping info.

Volkswagen's "Cruise Blurb" Website http://www.vw.com/eventvw/karmann/

Disney's Herbie Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/herbie/

Yahoo Discussion Group For This Cruise: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/karmannghiatreffen/

Contact Info:

Cruise Lodging Information: Larry Edson (A Ghia List & Vanagon List Member) sonofed@karmannghia.org OR http://www.airheadparts.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=1

Note: There will be a "mini cruise" from the San Francisco Bay area to Ventura on May 13th primarily for the Karmann Ghia Treffen #7. All VW models wanting to participate in the main cruise are welcome to join Larry & the Bay Area Ghias on this "mini cruise" down the coast. If you wish to tag along, you are more than welcome to join in. The gathering point for this cruise is 8AM, May 13th at Sunnyvale Volkswagen, 1025 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA, departing about 8:30AM. There will be a Lunch Break around noon at Margie's Diner, 1575 Calle Juaquin, San Luis Obispo, CA (last US-101 southbound exit in SLO). The "mini cruise" will end up at Barber Volkswagen, 3650 Main St, Ventura, CA. Most will stick around overnight for the Ghia Treffen on Saturday May 14th at Karmann Ghia Parts & Restoration, 1604 Morse Ave, Ventura, CA (couple of blocks around the corner from Barber VW) (Everyone's invited to attend of course) and some will head further south to Santa Monica to await the kickoff the next morning at Santa Monica Volkswagen (see above). -- Jim Thompson 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" oldvolkshome@gmail.com jim@karmannghia.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com


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