For the second straight year, COCSD was invited by the San Diego New Car Dealers Association to participate in the San Diego International Auto Show. This time, we were given 10,000 square feet in the middle of the Convention Center hall. With that much space at our disposal, we were able to display three COCSD Corvettes from each of the seven generations.
The display consisted of the 1958 owned by Jim Pope, Jim and Robin Sperling’s 1960, Larry and Sherry Yarham’s 1962, the 1963 coupe of Craig Moya and Lisa Foland, David Tokunaga’s 1965 convertible, Scott Norton’s 1967 coupe, Fred Taylor’s 1970 coupe, Greg and Eunice Magill’s 1972 convertible, Steve and Shannyn Allen’s 1978 Pace Car coupe, Pat and Cat Guiant’s 1984 coupe, the 1986 coupes of Bob Pratt and Jaime Paullada, Kevin Tagle’s 2000 convertible, the 2003 Z06 owned by Jim Dentice, Bob and Kathleen Swanson’s 2003 coupe, John and Amie Garapich’s 2007 coupe, Randy and Dawn Standke’s 2009 Z06, David and Maria DeSoto’s 2013 Grand Sport convertible, Sam and Beth Campbell’s 2017 Grand Sport coupe, David Baker’s 2017 Grand Sport convertible, and Mike and Cyndi Murphy’s 2019 Callaway Z06 coupe. The display received rave reviews from all who visited it over the four days of the Show.
All of the owners took at least one 3-hour shift at the display, watching over the Corvettes and speaking to those who came to check them out. COCSD members Bill Belt, Leonard Campbell, Ken and Gail Carson, Lee Caudel, Chip and Vicki Fox, Mike and Jayme Fuchs, Darold Herdes, Steven Hucik, Leah Johnson, Tom Kelly, Howard Kendall, Randy Kilpatrick, Sam Lewis, Dale Mastny, Marshall Mosher, Gilbert Peet, Ismael and Joy Sosa, Wally Stevens and Sandy Bagnall, and Alan Stewart also took at least one shift.
A raffle was held for Corvette owners who are not members of COCSD. The winning numbers are:
1st Prize ($100 gift card): 677065
2nd Prize ($50 gift card): 677086 & 677098
3rd Prize ($25 gift card): 677005, 677062, 677076, 677133
Congratulations to the winners! To claim your gift card, you must attend a COCSD meeting by the end of April, 2019. See the Club calendar for meeting dates and times.
Here are a few photos of our display:
