North Star Region LCOC Virtual Car Show People’s Choice Results

North Star Region LCOC Virtual Car Show People’s Choice Results

After running for a month the 2020 North Star Virtual Car Show was ended on the 28th of December.  We had a successful show, with 41 Lincolns entered from 10 different states.  The Winner of Best of Show voted by our registered participants was a 1948 Blue Continental Cabriolet, owned by John McCarthy, Crystal Lake, IL.  The Pre War Class was won by a 1931 Black Lincoln K Town Sedan, owned by David Schultz, Massillon, OH. The Post War Class was won by a pale turquoise 1960 Continental Mark V Convertible owned by Gerald Seibert, Chatham, IL.  The Contemporary Class was won by a White 2017 Continental Sedan, owned by David Gustafson, Burnsville, MN.  The Custom and Modified Class was won by a black 1997 Mark VIII, Owned by Laurie Morganthal, Fresno, CA.  The complete list of winners will be shown on the web site.

By clicking on  https://vlcocmeet.cornerstonereg.com you can view the virtual North Star Region LCOC Winter Lincoln CAR SHOW, Then click on the “Log on as a guest” box to view car photos.  This site will up till the end of February..

This Virtual Car Show was a real learning experience, the timing was off as many of our northern cars were already put away for the winter and were not available for photos.  Many of our members asked for training on how to upload photos to the web site.  The small space for describing car and history, will be doubled and that was one of best features, finding out about each specific car.

We thank you for all your effort to make this a new way to see Lincolns that have never been to a live car show.  We will use this feature in the future with better planning and advertising.

Again, thank you, from the North Star Region LCOC.

New Member Benefit

New Member Benefit

Lincoln & Continental Owners Club members can receive discounted bidder registrations, giving the bidder and a guest access to each auction day.   For more information or to register, go to the LCOC Member Area.

See Ford blue in Kalamazoo with Lincolns, Mercurys and Edsels too!

See Ford blue in Kalamazoo with Lincolns, Mercurys and Edsels too!

See Ford blue in Kalamazoo with Lincolns, Mercurys and Edsels too!

By Mike Denney

The Road Race Lincoln Register hosted 2019’s Lincoln Homecoming, August 7th through the
12th, 2019. The decision was made early on in the planning that we wanted to change it up this
year by inviting all Ford products to the show. We welcomed 125 members and their families from
all four Lincoln clubs plus Ford, Edsel and Mercury for this first time event featuring all Ford-built
automobiles. All in all, the event was a success, however we were a little disappointed in the turn
out of non Lincoln cars. The non-Lincolns that did show were high quality and pretty diverse.

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Tour and Tasting Class at Culinary Institute of America

Tour and Tasting Class at Culinary Institute of America

Tour and Tasting Class at Culinary Institute of America

The classic car show wasn’t the only event exhibiting good taste at the LCOC Eastern National Meet in Hyde Park, N.Y.  On the Friday before the meet, over 60 club members toured the Culinary Institute of America facility in small groups and then reunited to take a tasting class.  Participants toured behind the scenes at the most prestigious cooking school in America.  Watching students master a variety of culinary skills was humbling for even the most accomplished of amateur chefs.  Their curriculum includes labs in food science and prep; mincing, slicing and dicing; menu creation; sauces and the latest cooking techniques; baking bread; making desserts; and creating chocolate masterpieces and exotic decorations for cakes beautiful enough to be in an art gallery.   The aromas wafting through the halls were beyond enticing.  Students in the hospitality program learn skills in that field in addition to their cooking program.  At different points in their education, the students work in the kitchens of the various restaurants on the campus that are open to the public.  Those of us lucky enough to snag a reservation had the treat of our lives.

Our dining experience was enhanced by what was learned in our tasting class, conducted by one of the master chefs who lectured on the physiology of taste to a packed house.  Chef David Bruno walked us through 8 different tests related to how we taste, confirming that Taste + Aroma = Flavor.  Our sensory experience of flavor is enhanced by seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling and, not surprisingly, emotional memory.  Additionally, our learnings about what different items can enhance flavor will inform both future cooking and dining experiences. 

LCOC Show Cars Celebrate Continental Nameplate’s 80th Anniversary at LCOC’s Eastern National Meet (Part 2)

LCOC Show Cars Celebrate Continental Nameplate’s 80th Anniversary at LCOC’s Eastern National Meet (Part 2)

LCOC Show Cars Celebrate Continental Nameplate’s 80th Anniversary at LCOC’s Eastern National Meet (Part 2)

There were so may excellent late 20th century Lincolns and Continentals at the Eastern National Meet that I am glad not to have been a judge!

Latter-year Continentals from Mark IIIs to Mark VIIIs were on display (and early ones too) along with Town Cars, Town Coupes and LS models. See below for some lovely examples. 

Town Cars and Town Coupes were popular with entrants as well. Here are a few photos of those models.

Even post-2000 Lincolns were there—2002 and 2004 LS models owned by Mike Bradley and Charles Beatrice, respectively. They joined a 2018 Continental owned by Erling Onsager. Thus, all the generations of Continentals were represented at the Eastern National Meet.

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