Get Ready for Next Weekend

It's MAGIC TIME!

 

Hey gang! This coming Saturday, the 28th of August, we are going to cruise to Ted Vernon's Specialty Autos (471 NE 79th St.) in Miami in front of the television cameras  of Pioneer Television Productions from England. This show will air on Discovery Channel this winter. Here is the recent letter I received...

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:40 PM
To: Tom Martin
Subject: RE: Pontiac Car Club in Miami
Hi Tom,

Great to speak to you earlier. I’m looking forward to see you’re lot cruising into Miami! Here’s a little about our project;

We at Pioneer Productions are making a pilot for the Discovery Channel about Ted Vernon’s dealership. We’re getting to know a bit about his crew, how he operates and the deals he does! We’ll be filming the pilot from the 28^th onwards up to mid September with a view to returning to film a 5 part series over the next few months. Your Pontiac club will be the first major filming job we do and so we’re eager to get some shots of you meeting and chatting with Ted and perhaps see what cars you’re interested in (if any). If we can, we’d also like to rig up and film a bit of your cruise as I’m sure it’ll look great rollin’ down the road!

I look forward to meeting you in Miami. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you need to.

Thanks,

Sam

Here's the plan: Our Northern crew will meet at Tower Shops parking lot Saturday morning about 9:30AM for a 10:30 roll out. We'll drive to meet our Southern cousins at a yet to be determined parking area near Ted Vernon's place, then we'll roll on in together, like we're taking over (we are!). The plan is to be there from 11AM until we leave, which will probably only be a few hours. Next, we plan on driving on over to a lunch spot (to be determined) and owning the place, as usual. Do any of you Dade people have a suggestion as to where this should be? I need some help here. Johnny Rocket's on the beach was suggested and I will cruise on down there this week to see how that is. The ideal venue will be a place we can all fit in easily and not get our wallets lightened too much. The beach is a nice place but usually too tight on a Saturday to take a parade of 10-15 cars. All suggestions are welcomed!

MUCH more to follow this week. I will keep everyone up to date, and we will have a "pre-cruise" meeting at Tower Shops Friday night. Shirts will not be ready so we'll have to dig out the old ones and hope we still fit in them!

Ted's website: wwwSouthBeachClassics.com

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