Tag: event
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Upcoming Weekend Events & Monthly SFBA Meeting
Tonight is our monthly SFBA Club meeting on zoom at 7pm. The club meeting room number is on the front page of every issue of the SpyderWeb newsletter. If you need a link, please don’t hesitate to reach out. sfbacorsa@gmail.com. Valley Corsa has planned a spring tour and you are invited to attend. From Tito:…
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Corvair Racing Memories At Candlestick & Upcoming Vintage Race At Sears Point
By Seth Emerson There is an upcoming vintage racing event at Sears Point (Sonoma Raceway) on April 17th. In a promo pitch on Facebook they used a picture from the Candlestick Park Road Race event in 1964. I attended that event, as a spectator, and again in 1965. The Candlestick parking lot, all land fill…
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Do you know about the Breakfast Club Rally?
Tomorrow, we will share our weekly weekend events drop. With spring and summer on the horizon, we wanted to introduce, or maybe re-introduce, you to one of the more interesting classic car events in the Bay Area, The Breakfast Club Rally. Started in 2020 as a loose group gathering by car enthusiasts in the North…
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Membership Drive and Upcoming Weekend Events
The weekend is upon us so it’s time to look for the keys and take that Corvair out for the drive you’ve been waiting for all week. Speaking of drives, our SFBA membership drive is off to a great start. We want to thank all of you who have paid your membership dues for 2026.…
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Corvairs in the wild
To borrow from the famous line from Field of Dreams, “If you build it, he will come.”… When you drive your Corvair, they will come. From far distances…. to look at and talk about YOUR car! New member Scott Lyon took his 67 Monza out to Goodguys this past weekend. No sooner did he get…
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Dispatch from the Great Western Fan Belt Toss
From the scuttlebutt on text message chains and social media posts, this year’s GWFBT&SM (Great Western Fan Belt Toss & Swap Meet) has been one for the ages. Many SFBA members are attending the event this year in Palm Springs at its new location, the Double Tree Palm Springs Golf Resort. We are getting varied…
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Member Stories ~ San Francisco Old Car Picnic
By Josh Deitcher The Old Car Picnic this last weekend at Golden Gate Park did NOT disappoint. According to event organizers, there were over 650 vehicles that attended. Along with this impressive number, I can only suspect that there were thousands of spectators, hundreds of pounds of meat BBQ’ed and millions of stories and laughs…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Here are your upcoming local events brought to you by Tim Newey of NorCal Car Culture and Tito Garrett of Valley Corsa. Don’t tuck that Corvair away in the garage yet. It’s not winter. Hell, don’t even tuck it away then! Comment below if you plan to go to any of these, know of any…
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Vairs at the Vault update
We have been receiving messages from chapter members and Corvair owners asking about a date for Vairs at the Vault. We are sad to report that we will not be having the Vault event this year. This event is put together by a very small group. With the CORSA convention, big life events, intense work…
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Sterling Restorations Open House
Have you attended an open house at Sterling Restorations in Fairfield? No?! Well here’s your chance to change that answer and enjoy a fun day surrounded by some beautiful cars hosted by our friends Gabe, Jess & Beetle! Sept 20 from 10-3. Explore the facility, marvel at the stunning restorations, and chat with skilled craftsman.…