Just a couple of shots from yesterdays’ Fuelfed Coffee & Classics in Fort Lauderdale. Quite the contrast from the zillion car shows where new exotics are required fare. Proud of how Martin has cultivated a great group of enthusiasts!
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Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Fort Lauderdale Continues to Grow
February 26, 2019Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Fort Lauderdale This Sunday Morning
February 22, 2019
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Despite our northern winter blight here in the Midwest, our brothers in Fort Lauderdale still host our Coffee & Classics on the last Sunday of every month. Our man Martin is excited for his second Mercedes Benz feature marque event! They plan to have some dedicated space for the three pointed star, but will still have space for the other great European classics attending. Everything gets started at 8am at the Hardy Park Bistro – 21 SW 7th St, Fort Lauderdale. Phil will have the coffee out, and will start serving his delicious breakfast sandwich special around 9. We hope to see you there.
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Final Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Winnetka
October 25, 2018
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Coming off the Fuelfed Fall Classic, we move to straight into our final Coffee & Classics Winnetka. This Sundays’ (10.28) annual Era Appropriate Attire (EAA) festival is always very interesting. Where drivers are period correct with their classic.
Car and attire will be voted on by all 90 (yes, 90) 2018 Fuelfed volunteers.
Awards will be announced at 10:30 at the corner of Lincoln & Elm .
Trophies will be give to the top 3 combos. Spectators are also encouraged to dress up as well. Sorry, but only Fuelfed members are eligible to win.
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A limited number of paid Fuelfed Modern European members will be admitted as space allows by showing your 2018 membership card.
Numbered Donation passes may be purchased for $10 at the entry point on Lincoln by non-members driving European Classics ONLY. The $10 will be credited to 2019 membership dues if you join the club within 7 days of attending the event.
Display Card
We ask drivers to download windshield display cards and fill out their car’s vitals. This will allow the rest of us to appreciate the classic even if the driver isn’t near by to chat. Click on Editable pdf below to enlarge and fill in your data, then print it out. Or click on Regular jpg to print out and hand write in.
Editable pdf.
Finally, Fuelfed Coffee & Classics® is a private club event for our members and those interested in joining. The public is welcome spectate. However, those caught soliciting our members for services, products or activities outside Fuelfed authorization will be escorted out.
All pictures by FFG100 Jean Trnka.
Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Hinsdale This Sunday Morning
October 5, 2018
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Coffee & Classics Hinsdale returns for October. The fabulously intimate Fuelfed club gathering takes place in downtown Hinsdale from 9 to 11:00am this Sunday morning October 7.
No need to go to Starbucks, Café La Fortuna will be on site serving java and pastries.
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Display Card
We ask drivers to download windshield display cards and fill out their car’s vitals. This will allow the rest of us to appreciate the classic even if the driver isn’t near by to chat. Click on Editable pdf below to enlarge and fill in your data, then print it out. Or click on Regular jpg to print out and hand write in.
Editable pdf.
Finally, Fuelfed Coffee & Classics® is a private club event for our members and those interested in joining. The public is welcome spectate. However, those caught soliciting our members for services, products or activities outside Fuelfed authorization will be escorted out.
Despite the Impending Rain…
October 1, 2018
…we had a stunning array classics this morning in Winnetka.
It’s Ferrari Week in Winnetka!
September 28, 2018
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Our seventh annual Ferrari feature at Coffee & Classics Winnetka is this coming Sunday, September 30th. With over 60 Ferraris on display, it is one of biggest displays of four-wheeled Italian artistry anywhere. Continental Autosports will be bringing some of their exclusive favorites as well.
With over 160 classic European cars in addition to the Ferraris on display, our September Coffee & Classics is one of most popular car events of the season. As such, there will be no Day Passes (Ferraris excluded) allowed in the display areas…sorry.
This is a private Fuelfed event and the red starts at 9:00am.
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C&C Thiensville Event Sticker Giveaway
September 22, 2018
Looking forward to our Coffee & Classics Thiensville tomorrow morning. Those in attendance with a classic will receive the ever popular event window sticker.
Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Thiensville This Sunday Morning
September 19, 2018
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Counting down the days until we continue our Fuelfed Coffee & Classics extension to Thiensville, WI. We chose Thiensville for its rich history with European cars. Local racing historian and author Bob Birmingham gave us a little insight to what really happened in the day. How? He was there.
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Young Dick Vogel started racing in 1954 just as Road America was in its gestation. He soon opened a small foreign car dealership called Milrace Motors on Cedarburg Rd. (Highway 57) just north of old Green Bay Rd. That operation was in a small wood frame building not much larger than a two-car garage. In 1959 he purchased a building right on the river where we had our Coffee & Classics Thiensville in July. He handled Triumph, Berkeley, Borgward and Moretti autos. He then expanded to Morgan, Bentley and Jaguar.
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For the release of the new Jaguar E-Type, Milrace had a big gala for area high-rollers. The young Augie Pabst, Bob Birmingham, and a few salesmen from the Pabst Motors in Milwaukee drove a bunch of new Mercedes Benz up and parked along Green Bay Rd. so those attending the gala would have to walk past them.
Ultimately, Augie co-drove a Morgan with Dick in Production Class in the early years of Road America. They were good friends, but business competitors.
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Milrace Motors became a destination stop for those heading north from Milwaukee and Chicago for the races in Elkhart Lake. The likes of Fred Wacker II, Sterling Moss, Phil Hill and other racing legends all visited Milrace every time they were in the area.
Milrace Motors moved on by the early 1970s as Dick and his wife Judy opened Kathy’s house (akin to Ronald McDonald House) to honor the daughter they lost to cancer.
Milrace Motors played a strong role in Midwest racing and we honor the parallels it has to the pure Fuelfed Spirit.
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On September 23rd, from 9:00am to 11:00am we are gathering on the very street, in front of the very same Milrace building to honor those who believe that racing improves the breed. Green Bay Rd. and Elm in Thiensville will once again feel the glory of classic European vehicles.
Shully’s Catering (next to the old Milrace building) and Fiddleheads Coffee (across the footbridge) will both have coffee and pastries available for us.
Chicago Fuelfed members will gather at the Lake Forest Oasis on I94 and will leave at 7:15am sharp to caravan north to Thiensville. After the event, several of us will be getting brunch and driving a Fuelfed Kettle Tour south to Illinois afterwards.
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Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Barrington
September 8, 2018
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This Sunday morning September 9th, we continue our very successful Coffee & Classics series in Barrington. Each event draws an incredible new crop of classic European cars vastly different than what we see in Winnetka or Hinsdale or anywhere else for that matter.
9:00am to 11:00am, September 9, 2018
The Foundry of Barrington, IL
710 West Northwest Highway (Route 14)
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Ambrosia will be serving up coffee, pastries and brunch options.
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Guiding Pinciples
1. Coffee & Classics is a private club event for current Fuelfed club members. However, if you have a classic European car manufactured prior to 1990, you can make a donation of $10 at the main gate to show your car. We encourage you to join Fuelfed and your $10 will be credited to your membership dues.
2. Please arrive at 9:00am, not 8:30am.
3. Those posting pictures online, we ask that give the courtesy to let others know you were at Fuelfed Coffee & Classics. And yes. Fuelfed has an official Instagram account #fuelfedcarclub.
4. Finally, we do not allow any soliciting, nor marketing of your car or services at any Fuelfed events.
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Display Cards
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We ask drivers to download windshield display cards and fill out their car’s vitals. This will allow the rest of us to appreciate the classic even if the driver isn’t nearby to chat. Click on image below to enlarge and fill in your data, then print it out.
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We want to thank our quality partners in alpha order:
Autosprint
Barrington Capital Partners
BTR-Chicago
Catalyst Communications
Continental AutoSports
The Finish line, Inc.
Imports Unlimited
Northshore Sportscars
Perfect Power
The Last Detail
Fuelfed Coffee & Classics Hinsdale This Sunday Morning (8.12)
August 11, 2018
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Coffee & Classics Hinsdale returns for August. The fabulously intimate Fuelfed club gathering takes place in downtown Hinsdale from 9 to 11:00am. No need to go to Starbucks, Café La Fortuna will be on site serving java and pastries.
Coffee & Classics is private club event. There are no “for sale” signs or solicitation of any kind allowed at our events.
