Quico reminder,this event is 2 months away, if you like driving your mini with a lot of other minis, be there!! And..... It' free, just room, gas , and food, you'll need that anyway 

Hotel booked, now i have to get working on the car.

73 cars, 40 trophies, I'm sure someone can splain dis ting.  Kinda diluting

the worth of the awards, or maybe like kids sports, where everyone is a wiener!!

The peace sign has pride of place on the lounge room wall and Trev the Trophy (1st furthest travelled award ) has retired to a nice quite corner for the winter.

Maybe the size of the event is based on the amount of trophies given out. We gave two, one gets returned each event and the other (4' round peace sign) went all the way to a wonderful home in Australia. They gave away probably 40 +/-, so we have a long way to go to be a big event.

just saw mme had 56 classic minis attend, 73 total including MINIS. 

Mini 56 had 72 classic minis, not bad for a small event huh?

Wow, 25 makes us already half of the BIG national event, but only 1/3 of our unofficial "event". Plans for the Mini 57 are coming together. While our Mini 56 was unbeatable (If you like to drive your Mini), we're going to try. I know everybody wants to start planning ASAP for October 2016, so I will announce it ASAP.

I see we have 25 cars registered for this event , if this keeps we'll hit the big time!!

We have to keep trying to do as well as the big guys!

Ron, I don't think that will happen until CMU establishes itself as a real club. We only have about 1,300 members in 37 countries, about 1,100 of them in the US. So, we are obviously much smaller than exisiting US clubs. Hopefully we can grow! Classic Mini attendence at our events is also not in line with the real national events, we're almost twice the size as MME, so we're obviously doing something wrong. But until we are considered part of the Mini community, we'll continue to host the most amazing events in North America, that is if you like to drive your Mini. The Mini 56.5 will be laid back and FREE! Plans for the Mini 57 are in the works with some fun ideas (another themed event) and the continuation of the International Mini Film Festival (go to classicminis.org for details).

sticky???? I doubt it.

 

Looking forward to this event.

Why wait for the 57 , when you can go to the 56.5 !!!  All CMU events are great, cooler weather is much more fun.

Regards

towjoe   

 

Mike, thank you for posting it. I hope everyone that can will join us in Palatka for our get together. I already have received registrations and I encourage those coming to register as early as possible. The hotel is a great venue with river view rooms. It's all in the CMU page. Of course the prime view rooms are first come first served. A special shout out goes to the South Floridian Mini owners so to join us as the location is "just up the road" from home and everyone can get a Friday off. Also it cannot get any cheaper the this. No fees! Zilch, nada, gratis, free, kostenlos, gratuito, gratuit, kuhula, nemokamai.

NOT FAIR NOT FAIR NOT FAIR !!!

Some Florida CMU members thought that a year and a half was way to long for the next CMU event (Mini 57 October 2016). So they did something about it, they put together the Mini 56.5!

Mini 56.5
October 1-4, 2015
Palatka, Florida

Located along a beautiful river between the forest and St. Augustine, this is a great place for some relaxed drives! Registration is free and if you register on time you'll have a chance to win a $50 gift certificate! Go to the Classic Minis United website, www.classicminis.org for more information! If you're not a member yet, it's free to join the over 1,100 US members!

See ya in a few months!