Don't forget to visit the newly re-opened White Dog Bistro starting in April on your next visit to Mathews, Virginia.  It will be featuring a fine dining menu serving from 4:30 to 8:30 and then a late night menu and live entertainment till 12 midnight on Friday & Saturday! This beautiful historic building is gorgeous inside & out.  There restaurant should be on everyone's must visit list, I know it was always on mine.  There is also a Cuban themed outdoor bar and deck with an unbelievable selection of specialty one of a kind drinks, refreshing jelli beers, bourbons, rums & scotches. Stop by for a visit during the "Chasing Pavement Vintage Automotive Festival" on Saturday June 1, 2013.  Hope to see you all there soon; its well worth a trip from Williamsburg, Virginia beach, Richmond, Newport News, Urbanna, Hampton, Chester, Port Haywood, Cobbs Creek, Deltaville, Kilmarnock, Lancaster, Reedville, Tappahannock, Hanover & Gloucester.   

A Special invite to the Corvette Clubs of Virginia, we are expecting to have a strong showing of Corvette owners at our June 1, 2013 event on Saturday in Mathews, Va.  We know that corvette pride runs deep and we are fans of all the different generations of vettes, from a classic 1953 to a 2013 ZR1 we love them all and appreciate all the diversity! We will have Classics at this show along with a large Exotic & Super Car section.  All Corvette Clubs are welcome.  Please contact Mac at (570) 350-1422 for more information or to register.  See you there!

A new drive in has started up in Pacific Beach, on Saturday nights they play classic movies  

This comes to us from our West Coast connection at Just A Car Guy Blog.  

As always thanks Jesse

Link for Website of Full Moon Drive-in:   http://www.fullmoondrivein.com/

Link for our friend at:   http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/

 

Big fundraising event to be held next June in Mathews

Entrepreneur MAC has been successful, and he wants some of that success to rub off on his adopted home of Mathews. On Tuesday, the Mathews Board of Supervisors gave him permission to hold a major fundraising event in June 2013.

A Pennsylvania resident with a second home in Mathews, MAC owns Majic Enterprises, a home design, construction, entertainment and film production conglomerate. He recently purchased the building on Main Street that formerly housed Christie Chevrolet and plans to turn it into a Vintage automobile museum and gallery.

Vintage Gallery will function like an art gallery, said MAC, but everything in it will be for sale—automobiles, pedal cars, motor-bicycles, pinball machines, signs, arcade games, artwork and other Americana. He’ll rotate cars from his warehouse in Pennsylvania on a themed basis, displaying muscle cars, or 1930s-era cars, or all British vehicles.

On June 1, 2013, MAC's plans to hold a vintage car show for at least 150 cars, complete with celebrity appearances and entertainment by a nationally-known band. Vintage's production company, Greenleaf Productions, will create a film about the event that will be shown on cable television, he said, and 100 percent of the proceeds from the event will benefit local non-profit groups such as the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department. His father, who passed away four months ago, was a New York firefighter, he said, and MAC always seeks to honor him when fundraising.

After purchasing Christie Chevrolet, MAC gutted the building and began landscaping the back lot. He said the structure will retain its original look and feel, with exposed metal rafters, tin roof and brick interior walls.

Neon dealership signs will decorate the ceiling, and sputnik architectural lights will light the gallery. The windows will be replaced with old English-style divided lights, and ivy will grow up the outside walls. An old garage behind the main building will be converted for storage space, he said, while a planned second-floor addition will be office space.

MAC has lots of ideas about helping the Mathews community. He said he’s in favor of the proposed dredging of Put-In Creek and would be willing to donate a quarter of an acre of land to offset lost wetlands in order to get the project done.

"I think it’s something we’re sorely missing," he said. "This is a perfect balance between keeping nostalgia but bringing in new business that allows the younger generation to come in and establish themselves."

Background

Starting in 1986 with his construction business, MAC quickly began to specialize in theme-style spaces—a room with ’50s décor or an Egyptian pyramid-inspired home theater, a Tuscan courtyard or a Parisian salon. Soon, he branched out into entertainment, creating game rooms with commercial arcade games such as vintage pinball machines and touch-screen multi-game machines that he both sold and serviced. He also specializes in such luxury items as homemade bars, koi ponds and wine cellars.

Four years ago, MAC and his wife J.C. (Josephine, "but she never goes by that") were on a boating trip and pulled into Tides Inn in Lancaster County. They loved the area and came back the next weekend to look at property.

While taking the couple around shopping for property, the real estate agent dropped by the Gwynn’s Island Festival to buy her husband lunch, said MAC, and he and his wife "got a taste of the local flavor." On the island, they happened on an open house for a home for sale and fell in love. The couple has spent summers in Mathews ever since.

In three years, the MAC's plan to retire and sell all of their businesses except their film production company. They’ll make Mathews their primary home, and they’ll winter in San Antonio, Texas.

"Considering the hustle and bustle we’re used to, we took to this area," said MAC. "I don’t think I ever cared about the sunset before, but now we sit there in the back yard, watch the sunset and have a glass of wine."

For information about Majic Enterprises, visit:  http://www.majicjc.com/

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Note:  JC here, I commandeered Mac's blog today to post an excerpt from a front page article he appeared in last month in Virginia.  There will be hell to pay for posting this I'm sure but I wanted our viewers to see Mac's softer side and the things he does behind the scenes to give back to the community whenever he can!  Now if only I could get him to   smile once and a while on camera, lol.

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Founded by Major General William Lyon, Lyon Air Museum is located on the west side of John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Lyon Air Museum is collocated with Martin Aviation, the Museum exhibit is comprised of authentic aircraft, rare vehicles and related memorabilia, with emphasis on the defining event of the 20th century.

 
What a beautiful museum, such an awesome setting for both planes and autos.  This Packard exhibit was stunning, as always thanks Jesse from "Just a Car Guy Blog" for turning me on to this new museum.  Its on my list now to visit next trip to California and should be on yours too. 

 

 

One of the latest trends in home design is the new entertaining spaces, this used to mean maybe a home theater or man cave bar & pool table or even a poker room.  Now that's all changed for extreme over the top designs, like full-on commercial arcade styled game rooms.  Forget that Xbox hooked to the family TV; Retro is Back and in a Big Way!  Many families are now looking to recreate that classic look of the older styled boardwalk arcades that they remember form their youth.  They want to be the house all the children want to come to, they want to be the house that has fun parties and most importantly they want to be the house that their children actually want to bring their friends to!  Arcade style sit-down games and pinball machines are all critical to the over all look, feel and continued patronage but themes are also important and shouldn't be over looked.  Tin ceilings, beer neon's, jukebox or even your favorite cartoon characters all help to round-out and deepen the experience.  This allows you to be emersed and get lost in the moment.  Trust me everyone will be talking about the parties at your house.  Heck when the zombie apocalypse comes you'll need something to do while your barricaded in your house for months right?  Just a thought but you'd better add a home generator to the budget as you'll need some way to power the games when the city's electric grid go down, maybe solar or wind power as a backup.  Who says going green can't be fun after all it's just good planing. lol  

In the coming weeks and months I will be writing about many more of these unique new entertaining trends, so stay tuned. 

 

 

Here it is the all new WIZARD of OZ Pinball machine form new manufacturer Jersey Jack. These machines have been on sale all through the production process but I believe there nearing final build-out now.  I for one can't wait to finally play this machine, its a wide-body pinball with multiple playfields and it looks like Jack poured a lot of his heart and soul into this machine.  I know what that's like to give everything to a project! It's nice to see some other company throw there hat into the ring for pinball manufacturing, to date Stern pinball was really the only game in town.  I hate that all the classic pinball companies have faded away over the years, it's sad.  I have to say to be fair and to keep the record straight that I know Jack and consider him a friend so I am bias in this particular case.  That being said I do believe this is a Great looking pinball and hope it plays as good as it looks; as I said I have not played the game yet but hoping to very soon.  I have to say I'm not a real big Wizard of Oz fan per say but I still want to own one which is a testament to Jack's vision on this game.  

Well to sum it up Beautiful Game, Great Guy, Go & Buy One TODAY!!!  PLAY.  

Pinball sales.com's website link:   http://www.pinballsales.com/shop/pc/home.asp 

I will update this blog post after I've played the game and give you my honest impressions, stay tuned.

 

 

  

Wider is a daycruiser and a full-on waterpark by the bay, this vessel interprets the concept of space in her own unique way.
Indeed, the wider cockpit, has been widened by means of two extensions on either side of the hull, doubling the walkable surfaces and significantly increasing the boat’s stability at anchor.  Not to simplify this achievement but it echos how the Motorhome industry has increased the space in there coaches for years by adding slides.  Granted being on & in the water must have presented some unique challenges to say the least.

The Wider 42 design patented by T. Antonelli, makes it possible to create an impressive walkable surface area in the cockpit and at the waterline, unthinkable for a 42 footer until now. 
This high performance and lightweight boat has been built by exploring new vacuum infusion molding techniques for vinyl & carbon resins, also used in the Formula 1 industry. The resulting product is particularly aerodynamic and features both maximum efficiency and minimum waste. The shape of the hull creates an air cushion between the surface of the sea and the hull so the yacht rises up slightly, maintaining a highly dynamic sailing trim like on racing yachts.  Another really neat option is that you can custom fit a jetski in the stern of this boat; great for all day fun on the water either anchored or underway by its own power.  

If you have the means and will be using its boat for mostly day trips then the Wider gets my highest recommendation for boats in the 42' and under class.  You will not be disappointed, more than likely you will be Amazed!

      

 

The most expensive wine ever sold directly from a winery will go on sale from the venerable Australian winery Penfolds. The limited edition release of the 2004 Penfolds Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon is priced at $168,000 a bottle.  Can you imagine that and its not even from France, really if I pay that much for a product I'd better be able to live in it or drive it around the block really fast!

The custom ampules made for Penfolds's Block 42 limited release once opened can not be re-corked, so you'd better be ready to polish off this bottle in one sitting.  The wine's distinctive price comes from its rarity. The wine was made from the oldest producing Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the world, transplanted from France to Australia in the 1830s.

Later planted at the Kalimna Vineyard in the Barossa Valley, northeast of Adelaide, the vines today provide unequaled juice, but very little of it. Only 12 bottles of the 2004 vintage will be put up for sale, that's still over $2 million dollars by my count.  Not bad for 12 bottles.

To add further cachet, Penfolds commissioned an ampule of scientific grade glass to hold it from three Australian artists: Nick Mount, who designed and hand-blew the glass; silversmith Hendrik Forster, who prepared the precious metal detailing; and furniture craftsman Andrew Bartlett, made the bespoke Jarrah cabinet.  This bottle does look really cool but it had better be worth a fortune on eBay after the lucky customer drinks this wine otherwise I think a few of these 12 wine aficionados are going to have buyers remorse?  I'm sorry I'll admit it, I love exclusive things probably more than most people but this is ridiculous!  This is the type of item that makes the average person hate the one per-centers for sure.  I don't know maybe I'm just jealous because I can't afford this wine and I would like to or maybe even if I had this kinda money to burn I still wouldn't buy a bottle of wine this absurdly priced?  Oh yea its the latter!  

 

 

This innovative new design is my top pick for best overall sport seaplane coming on to the market today.  This airplane can even be towed to water like a boat on a trailer!  You need only a sport pilots license not a standard private pilot single engine license, the benefit is less hours of classes more hours flying.  It even comes with an optional parachute for safety.  The price is all very reasonable for a craft of this kind at under $190,000. current market price.  If you want the coolest thing on water or air than your ship "pun intended"  has come in!

Icon A5 website link:   http://www.iconaircraft.com/ 

  

horacio pagani, is This the enzo ferrari of our generation? 

“There should be no compromises between design and function,  My vision for Pagani cars, no compromise between beauty and power, art and science,  You must transfer part of your soul, your humanity into the final design, You give your best and put all your passion into it and then the world decides.”  These are some quotes from Mr Pagani.  His latest Super Car the HUAYRA, pictured below is stunning both inside and out. Extensive articles have been written about Mr Pagani's march toward perfection lately.  All I can add is that if money was no object, then this would be my super car of choice with everything else a distant second.  Sorry Enzo!

 

 

Now this would look great in my garage as long as I can get passed the vanilla appearance, ok maybe it may need a few tweaks in the Majic restoration shop before its show ready but none the less I want one Bad!   Maybe I should consider this as my Zombie apocalypse getaway car, after all Zombies can't fly?  Maybe I should hope for this in the near future instead of a jet-packs? You know there just to unpredictable and nothing can rain on your parade more than blowing-up.  This is the coolest thing I seen in awhile, drive it on the street or fly it home your choice.

 

Vintage Gallery is finally under construction.  The location is 332 Main St Mathews, Va.  This will be a fun yet relaxed gathering place right off the Chesapeake bay in a beautiful untouched section of the Northern Neck.  There are far to many traditional car museums across the US, and that's fine but we're going in a different direction.  Like all of our ventures we aim to be different with an accent on reconnecting with the past yet enjoying the future.  This Gallery will be more inline with and Art Gallery than a car dealership.  I'm sure this venture will evolve and change through the whole process, we are always looking to make things better.  Sometimes you have to be into the heart of an idea before you can step back and be constructive with additional unseen directions of true improvement.  The parent company Majic has been in the car business since 1986.  We always felt that we wanted to give something back & this is the perfect way to do it.  Please check back with my Blog from time to time as there will be many updates over the next year and if you want to see more information about our family of companies please visit us at:  

 Website Link:  http://www.majicjc.com 

 

I know I can't wait, the Morgan's are coming, the Morgan's are coming!  For those of you that don't know much about Morgan as a company (shame on you) they have been a family run business in England for over 100 years.  They are one of the last surviving family owned automotive manufactures left in England; Jaguar, MG, Triumph, Rolls Royces, Bentley, Lotus plus lots of others all gone or taken-over by large companies. This latest Morgan model will be a 3 wheeler roadster, you can pick color and interior just like any other car.  What you can't have is a top, this is more like a Motorcycle or Can-am Spyder or AC Cobra than your normal car but that's all part of the fun.  Is this going to be your commuter car, probably not but I see a lot of people going to work now on scooters so who knows?  There won't be many of these units being imported into the US so I would get inline to buy one of these beauties now!  For being such a unique roadster they aren't very expensive. (depending on the exchange rate between $35K to $45K USD) Second this has got to be one of the coolest ways to save on gas, estimates have it around 60+ miles per gallon.  Take that Prius and Smart car, you can't hold a candle to the Morgan in the head-turning department.  Last with 2 wheels in the front it's incredible stable compared to a standard motorcycle or scooters but just as much fun, wait maybe more FUN!  I plan on taking mine with me when we go on our RV trips, how cool is that.  Everyone else will have there little golf carts and I'll be tooling around in this baby, plus I have the added bonus of driving it on the highway.  So I'm waiting for mine to arrive soon, hopefully real soon.  See you all down the road.

Morgan's website link:   http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/# 

 

I finally got to drive one of the US models, no this one isn't mine.  I ordered a Black one.  This was so much fun to drive and man does it sound mean going down the road.  I will tell you it is a little snug in the cockpit but hey it'll keep me on my diet!  JC will be happy about that too, so I get a new cool roadster and the wife is happy.  LIFE is GOOD!

 

 

	CHRISTMAS IN JULY TOYS FOR TOTS CAR SHOW July 21, 2012 - July 21, 2012	Penny Hain 814-238-9485	State College
	Community Chevrolet Summer Cruise in July 22, 2012 - July 22, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Meadville
	All Chevy Car Show July 22, 2012 - July 22, 2012	AACA Museum 7175667100	Hershey
	Wyoming Valley Motorcycle Club Summer Poker Run July 22, 2012 - July 22, 2012	Mark Bohn 5703015852	Bear Creek
	2nd Annual WVW Aquatics Car Show July 22, 2012 - July 22, 2012	Sherri Yeninas 570-718-0976	Plymouth
	Bushy Run Battlefield Car Cruise July 22, 2012 - July 22, 2012	Ryan Deglau 724-527-5584	Jeannette
	Muscle on Main July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	John L Scott 484-646-9069	Kutztown
	Road Raiders Rod Custom Car Clubs Family Cruzin July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	Dave Crawford 717-413-7141	Delta
	Vintage Bike Night York Motorcycle Show July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	Matt Harbaugh 717-514-9733	Hellam York County
	9 for 9 Car Cruise In July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	John Howard 814-443-3364	Somerset
	20th Annual Moonlight Memories Car Show July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	Meredith Baker 215-956-9540	Hatboro
	Hurst Oldsmobile Club of America Lawn Show July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	AACA Museum 7175667100	Hershey
	Herndon Lions Club Car Show and Craft Fair July 28, 2012 - July 28, 2012	Dennis Williard 570-758-3652	Herndon
	10th Annual Open Cruise July 29, 2012 - July 29, 2012	otis boykin 814-288-8657	Somerset
	Levittown Fire Company 2 Car Show Family Fun day July 29, 2012 - July 29, 2012	Missy 215-945-4930	Levittown
	Non-Big3/Import Night Open Cruise July 31, 2012 - July 31, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Meadville
	Carlisle Truck Nationals August 3, 2012 - August 5, 2012	Carlisle Events 717-243-7855	Carlisle
	Downtown Hazleton Car Cruise-In August 3, 2012 - August 3, 2012	Linda Mantush 570-455-1509	Hazleton
	Northern Regional k-9 car show August 4, 2012 - August 4, 2012	rich irons 717-682-5241	Lititz
	1st Annual Car Show and Bike Run August 4, 2012 - August 4, 2012	Wendy 570-336-6162	Shickshinny
	4UDREW Benefit Car Show Festival August 5, 2012 - August 5, 2012	Suzanne Panettieri 267-218-2866	Doylestown
	Mopar Night August 7, 2012 - August 7, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Meadville
	Carousel Village Car Show August 9, 2012 - August 9, 2012	Thomas Coates 215-598-7800	Wrightstown
	Bloomsburg Nationals powered by Carlisle Events August 10, 2012 - August 12, 2012	Lance Miller 717-243-7855	Bloomsburg
	2nd Annual Benefit Keystone Cruise-In August 11, 2012 - August 11, 2012	Grace Berry (717) 666-4386	Leola
	New Hope Automobile Show August 11, 2012 - August 12, 2012	Carol Della Penna 917.327.9477	New Hope
	12th Annual All Ford Cruise-In August 11, 2012 - August 11, 2012	Dave Sinisi 814-241-5180	Altoona
	fdmt annual cartruck and motorcycle show August 11, 2012 - August 11, 2012	paul smith 215-290-7410	Montgomeryville
	New Hope Automobile Show August 11, 2012 - August 12, 2012	Deborah Lang 215-862-5665	New Hope
	Spillway Inn Cruise In August 11, 2012 - August 11, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Linesville
	PENITENT SOULS BENEFIT RIDE FOR ELLIE LOU August 11, 2012 - August 11, 2012	Bulldog	Muncy
	Pocono Drag Lodge Reunion - August 11 2012 August 11, 2012 - August 11, 2012	Charlie Hulsizer 845-635-3662	Bear Creek
	Warminster Police Benevolent Assoc Auto Show August 18, 2012 - August 18, 2012	Nick DEletto	Warminster
	Classics In The Valley August 18, 2012 - August 19, 2012	Leon Fite Sr 570-975-7528	Catawissa
	36th Annual Antique Custom Show August 19, 2012 - August 19, 2012	Penny White 814-761-0326	Clearfield
	General Motors Night August 21, 2012 - August 21, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Meadville
	Corvettes at Carlisle August 24, 2012 - August 26, 2012	Lance Miller 717-243-7855	Carlisle
	Ride on the Side of the Law August 25, 2012 - August 25, 2012	Deputy Mark Bohn 570-301-5852	Ashley
	2nd Annual Spirit of Giving Car Show August 25, 2012 - August 25, 2012	Kimberly Scott 717-331-2422	Shippensburg
	Road Raiders Rod Custom Car Clubs Family Cruzin August 25, 2012 - August 25, 2012	Dave Crawford 717-413-7141	Delta
	3rd annual car truck bike show August 25, 2012 - August 25, 2012	Tim Drake (717)437-6050	Lewisburg
	More Power Show August 26, 2012 - August 26, 2012	bill Hyde 570-995-5150	Lewisburg
	5th Annual Crusin The Flood City September 1, 2012 - September 1, 2012	otis boykin 814-288-8657	Johnstown
	Reunion Car Show September 2, 2012 - September 2, 2012	Joe Carra 570-344-2014	Scranton
	Truck Night September 4, 2012 - September 4, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Meadville
	4Th Annual St Marys car show September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	g j beaver 215-760-3031	Philadelphia
	All Mopar Show September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	Bill Tropia 215-913-7753	Newtown Square
	Spillway Inn Cruise In September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	Lee Keas 814-382-7716	Linesville
	CRUSIN AT THE PUMP CAR SHOW September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	BOB MOATS 717-762-6388	Tomstown
	Dublin Borough 100th Anniversary Car Show and Para September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	Sarah Prebis (215) 249-3310	Dublin
	Keystone Garage Club Car and Truck Show September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	Larry Hoke 717-319-2255	Hegins
	50s Fest and Car Cruise September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	724.627.5555	Waynesburg
	Funfest 23rd Annual Car Show September 8, 2012 - September 8, 2012	Judiann McGrogan 570-455-1509	Hazleton
	Carousel Village Car Show September 13, 2012 - September 13, 2012	Thomas Coates 215-598-7800	Wrightstown
	Whitpain Police Association Car Show September 15, 2012 - September 15, 2012	Tony Lepore 610-279-9033	Blue Bell
	The Fifth Annual Corvettes on Main Street September 15, 2012 - September 15, 2012	Gary Carstetter 570-898-5676	Muncy
	7th annual cruise in and family days September 16, 2012 - September 16, 2012	fred wheaton 570-395-3221	Warren Center
	13th Annual Pontiac Buick Car Show September 16, 2012 - September 16, 2012	John Setzer 610-865-7742	Easton
	Automotions 2nd Annual Fall Festival Car Show September 22, 2012 - September 22, 2012	Eric Britton	Kutztown
	RAV Rumble benefit ride September 23, 2012 - September 23, 2012	Paula Ream 610-258-6271	Upper Nazareth
	8th Annual Country Car Motorcycle Show September 29, 2012 - September 29, 2012	Sue Carvin 610-562-5867	Hamburg
	Fall Carlisle October 3, 2012 - October 7, 2012	Carlisle Events 717-243-7855	Carlisle