Kelley Park 2016 - San Jose CA - April 17, 2016

[LHG]

Golden Gate Chapter
Vintage Volkswagen Club of America
32nd Annual VW Spring Meet
at Kelley Park San Jose


April 17, 2016
Pre Registration is now CLOSED.

The Golden Gate Chapter of the Vintage Volkswagen Club of America will be hosting their 32nd Annual Spring Meet at History San Jose at Kelley Park in San Jose on Sunday, April 17 from 8 am to 3 pm. All air-cooled VWs are welcome.

All cars entering the park MUST register for the car show and MUST park in their respective class. We will again be providing pre-registration this year.. You'll be able to pre-register your car but not pay upfront which will expedite registration. You'll pay at the gate the morning of the show. The cost is $20 for driver and car and each additional passenger is $5. Children under 12 are free. There is NO pre-registration for swap. Swap pays at the gate.

Please note there is NO alcohol, NO pets, and NO BBQs allowed inside thepark. These are park rules and must be obeyed.

The Quality Inn, located in Morgan Hill will be the host hotel and security will be provided. For reservations please call 888-434-1444 or call the hotel directly at 408-779-0447.


ADMISSION

VW - air cooled (incl. Driver).............$20
Adult (passengers & walk-ins)............$5
Seniors (62 & over)........................... $3
Children (12 & under).......................Free
Single Swap Space (incl. Driver)........$30
Double Swap Space (incl. Driver).......$50
Sponsors and Vendors....................$150
Toy Entry (air cooled)......................Free
Nearby parking lots.............................$6

Swappers and Show Cars Not Pre-registered

If you arrive AFTER 6AM chances are you will be directed immediately to the lower parking lot. If you arrive BEFORE 6AM there will be a line for swappers and non-registered cars that starts at the southwest corner of Phelan Ave. and Senter Rd. The line will go back down Phelan and south onto 10th St. if necessary. As soon as the lower parking lot is set up, someone will escort the line down to the lower parking lot so nobody will lose their place.

When the gates open, swappers will be directed to the first gate on the right after leaving the lower parking lot staging area. Swapping will be held in this adjacent parking lot to the park. Another option if you want to avoid the lines is to consider becoming a vendor to get priority entry inside the park.

IF YOU PARK IN FRONT OF THE GATE OR ANYWHERE EAST OF SENTER ROAD YOU WILL BE SENT TO THE BACK OF THE LINE.

** Vendor / Sponsor Information **
For Vendor / Sponsor Sign Up email Rick @ [email protected]

Vendor/Sponsor Fee $150
Early Admittance inside the park
"Unlimited" Space
Name in the Program

Note to Vendors: You should arrive between 6:30 and 7:00AM and go directly to the front gate. Your name will be on a list to get in early.
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Brian O'Kelly
Central Coast Chapter, CA - Vintage Volkswagen Club of America
www.centralcoastvwclub.com
www.facebook.com/groups/vintagevwclub/

[rizzag]

What other events are scheduled around the show this year?

Red Barn on Saturday morning. Any shop open houses ect?
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flossin, tossin, dippin, and trippin

[nick wharton2]

Can anyone give me some tips on where is a good, close, safe place to park truck and trailer towing a car for the show? I have no problem arriving there early to get a decent spot, just don't want to drive too far to get into the show
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cheap, fast, or reliable. Pick two
unless you're sponsored

[audidood]

There's usually a small bbq at bugformance of san jose on saturday, the day before the show.

As for parking trailers, you should be able to park it along Phelan St, diagonally across from Kelley park, where the non-registered folks will be lining up. sometimes you can find enough space to fit a truck and trailer.
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2004.5 Audi A4
1956 VW Bug

a (not so) wise man once said, "chrome don't get you home."

[57ragtpELH]

I didn't per-register for Kelley Park this year. Wedding, honeymoon in Hawaii, yada, yada
Anyways.... I've never tried to get in with my bus when I wasn't per-registered. I read the info about lining up on Phelan Ave. with the swappers. How many cars that didn't pre-register get in? Has anybody had luck with this in previous years?

Thank you for any help or info you can provide.

[Wolf1]

Hi,
Me and my friend will take a fly over from Sweden and visit your show....is it possible for me to take some Wolfparts panels with me to show and sell ??

See you there

Regards / Wolf
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www.wolfparts.com

[Banzai KG]

[Banzai KG]

[BulliBill]

Hopping on a B-737 on Wednesday morning from St. Louis to San Jose, CA to hi-tail it out there to attend all the festivities of the Kelley Park weekend, this is always my "season opener"! Must be my 15th or 16th K.P. weekend. I can't wait to be touching vintage VWs and beers tomorrow afternoon with my buddies...

I'll be taking delivery of my new Okrasa engine and firing it up for the first time too... Rumor has it that it "may" be installed for the weekend in Ray's Split-rear window "Pan-Americana race" tribute car. We'll see.

Bill Bowman
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I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton

Thanks for any help!

[Chick Iverson]

See you Friday Bill!
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'59 Euro convertible--'56 type 2 double door panel w/Chick Iverson logo-....2 wrongs don't make a right, but 3 lefts do!

[deluxeghia]

Are vintage Porsche 356s allowed in the show?

[Soul Built]

I pre-registered but can't make it. How do I take my name off the list?

[Whitey60DC]

[nsmsam]

Does any one know if Mark Merrill private museum will open again on Friday ? Please?

[Donald Mace]

A friend told me yes, open house on friday.

[hitest]

Then I shall see you two there in exactly 27 hours...
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[drpete]

[BulliBill]

It was simply incredible! What a weekend! If you weren't there, you really missed a fantastic VW weekend!

Bill Bowman
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I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton

Thanks for any help!

[mr. warehouse]

I didn't want to be the first to reply post show.
Yep, it was a good time. lots of cool car, lots of catching up with friends, we sold some parts, scheduled some new work into the shop and had an all around great time.....

Once we got in.........................
No surprise this year was a train wreck at the front gate, as it is EVERY YEAR.

Vendors, Sponsors, Swappers, joe blow bay windows drivers all funneled
into one line with one person manning the gate at 6:30 trying to
sort out who is who.

Really it's a joke.

As a SPONSOR I'd like to get my promised early
entrance so I can get a decent spot and set up at least one time.
In 12+ years it hasn't happened yet.

I know it's not Joy's fault at the gate, so this is not an attack at her. Somewhere further down the
line a change needs to be made.

The club *needs* to make better use of the lower lot.
Make separate lines (and educate the people
running them) Make more than one copy of the vendor / sponsor list and
have people in the lower lot check it before sending people to the main
gate.

Here's a rough idea that may work. I'm not sure of the exact break
down with pre- reg, swappers, vensdors / sponsors, etc.

6:30 - 7:00 SPONSORS get in. Not a sponsor but in the sponsor line,
you're out. Go to the back of the right line to try again.

7:00 - 7:30 VENDORS get in. Not a vendor but in the vendor line,
you're out. Go to the back of the right line and try again.

7:30 - 8:00 SWAPPERS get in. Not a swapper but in the swapper line,
you're out. Go to the back of the right line and try again.

8:00 - ??? General admission

All of this needs to take place somewhere OTHER than the main entry gate.

If some knucklehead can't follow the rules and gets in the wrong line
after being told by a volunteer (I know you guys aren't paid) the
correct line to get in. Show no remorse and send them to the back of
the correct line. There is PLENTY of room in the lower lot for this to
happen.

I will admit I am part of the problem. After so many years of being
herded through looping long lines in the lower lot to find I've paid
for early entry and am now in the line for joe blow who knows what, I
avoid the lower lot all together and cut right to the gate when I pull
up. Many people saw me do it this morning I'm sure.

Would I like to volunteer to help make things smoother. Definitely. Am
I able to drive 2½ hours for a monthly planning meeting, no. But I am
willing to give my input any other way possible.

Again good time, but the gate / entrance is a joke. As I was sitting there Sunday I remembered why I took a 2 years break...

[havenot001]

Big thank-you to Golden Gate Vintage Volkswagen for the wonderfull show! I had a great time talking about my beetle to anyone who stop to look.
Chris
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1985 Vanagon GL 2.3 Gowesty 2WD