Bay Area Mopar Alley Show Saturday June 22nd 2024 DeAnza College

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Very well could be, but there was some disagreement about what happened last night on FB. I've always enjoyed this show.
 
I was there at the club meeting last night. The club board members voted to disband and dissolve the club. There will be no more Mopar Alley.

Here is what I wrote last night in a post at FBBO:

" Tonight they had their meeting and it seems that it will be the last one. They voted to disband the club.
This was sad news. The club has been around for 30+ years and is now ending. The meeting looked as if they might somehow survive based on several people in attendance stepping up to assume active roles on the board. The man speaking ( Tom) said that they see three options.
1) Continue operations including planning for the annual show, hosting it, then the wrap up and then decide what to do afterwards.
2) Continue as a club but have no show. Have meetings monthly or quarterly.
3) Disband and let everyone go their separate ways, refund annual dues, sell off any equipment and close out their non profit title.
After the members stepped up to help, they gathered outside to discuss those three options. According to their bylaws, the only legal and legitimate votes were allowed from the members of the board. The regular members didn't get a say in the matter.
The board voted to disband.
I was there along with 3 other members of the Capital City Mopars club from Sacramento. We offered help in any way that we would be able to provide but it fell on deaf ears. In the 2024 show, they had NINE people helping out with the show, an event with almost 200 cars in the show field and their biggest swap meet turnout in the history of the club. Apparently they were not confident in their membership to host a successful show for 2025 based on the pitiful amount of help and extreme frustration of those that were grossly overworked on the day of show last year.
This pisses me off but I cannot say that it surprises me. Far too many people are lazy assholes that will be the first to ***** when a show seems to have troubles during the show yet they are never thoughtful enough to provide any help to the club that puts on the show. I see the same type of people that complain at the shows that we have had. Stop your bitching and step in to help.
This club here used to have 300 members. The meeting last month had 22 people in attendance, 22 people. That is pathetic, especially for a part of the state where the population absolutely dwarfs what we have up in Sacramento.
When you go to a local car show, go there knowing that most if not all of the members that put on that show are UNPAID VOLUNTEERS that donate their time and sanity to do the best that they can to put on a good show. Often times they are short handed because lazy, apathetic members didn't step in to ease the burden on the ones that had the consideration to help the club. Don't be THAT guy. Get off the couch and help out. "
 
We were at the August meeting. I think there were around 10 in attendance. I don't know where things are going, but there are folks who aren't ready to throw in the towel yet.
 
Well, there is tons of drama on the Mopar Alley FB page. Many folks are saying that the consensus was to keep the club going, but the officers went outside to discuss and came back with the decision to disband. I wasn’t there, so I don’t know. Anyway, a bunch of people are saying they want to take over.
 
We are looking into more action to keep Mopar alley intact. Will have more info as things progress.
 
lilcuda said:
Well, there is tons of drama on the Mopar Alley FB page. Many folks are saying that the consensus was to keep the club going, but the officers went outside to discuss and came back with the decision to disband. I wasn’t there, so I don’t know. Anyway, a bunch of people are saying they want to take over.
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That is what I saw. There was interest or nobody would have showed up for the meeting. There was one outspoken guy that was a pain in the ***. He complained that he didn't know why the club was headed the way that it was and was confused about it all, yet he was absent from meetings for months and hadn't been in contact with anyone in the club. How ignorant is that? You take a "hands off" approach to anything and it will likely fade away. This dork was clueless. I spoke with a few members and learned that the complainer was always like that and that some members stopped going to meetings because that guy was annoying to be around.
There was interest in keeping the club intact and quite a shock when the "board" members came back inside to announce their decision. It sure would be great if someone else stepped up to revive it. I've enjoyed the show and have been going since the 2004 range.
 
The latest update I read on the Mopar Alley FB page is that new officers have been elected and the club will continue. No word on any show this year. Probably too late for that. But there’s hope for 2026.
 
Thank you.
The assertion that the vote at the January meeting was already decided is troubling. To think that people tried to kill it off rather than let others step up to lead is disappointing.
 
lilcuda said:
The latest update I read on the Mopar Alley FB page is that new officers have been elected and the club will continue. No word on any show this year. Probably too late for that. But there’s hope for 2026.
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I was at the last meeting and there is going to be a show and swap meet this year. The exact date is still being determined but I believe they said it will be before July 1st.
 
bb66cuda said:
I was at the last meeting and there is going to be a show and swap meet this year. The exact date is still being determined but I believe they said it will be before July 1st.
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Excellent! I wasn’t at the meeting, I was just relaying what was posted on FB. Thanks for chiming in.
 
Hey has anyone seen or know the previous owner of this Dart would like to ask him a couple of questions about it was told it was in California at one time thanks

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Nope. I've never seen it. At least not with that paint scheme and I've been around the scene for over 40 years having owned our '68 GTS convertible for 42 years.
 
Jim Lusk said:
Nope. I've never seen it. At least not with that paint scheme and I've been around the scene for over 40 years having owned our '68 GTS convertible for 42 years.
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Thanks it doesn’t like like that anymore new look

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FYI this year's Mopar Alley show will be at De Anza College on Saturday July 12. Date has been confirmed. Show flyer is being finalized right now. I will post it when ready.
 
Here's the show flyer:
 

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I will be there with the last of my mopar parts at give away prices, need to clear everything out. Door glass, engine parts, etc. also have a complete first year 340 with a date stamp of 1967 and will only bring it if someone is serious about it. Standard bore and apart for inspection, will come with a purple shaft cam and lifters, carb to pan with no exhaust manifolds.
Cheers
 
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to start a new thread with the date of this year’s show in the subject?
 
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