JANUARY 2007 NEWSLETTER
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Plan your 2007 vacation around a Shell Valley/Midstates event! Mark your calendars! Let us know! We need to know YOUR plans before we can finalize OURS!

Shows - Use our spaces! Our registration deadlines are approaching for these shows, so please let us know as soon as possible if you'd like to display your car in one of our spots (registration at our expense), possibly take home a trophy, and maybe even get your car mentioned or featured in a major industry magazine, and certainly have a good time. We'll honor requests on a first-come, first-served basis.

Knott's Berry Farm A.H.A. (Association of Handcrafted Automobiles) Car Show, April 28 & 29, Buena Park, California
We're staying at the Best Western Inn Suites Hotel, 7555 Beach Blvd., phone 714-522-7360.

Import-Kit Car Replicar Nationals, May 18-20, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
We're staying at the Hotel Carlisle, 1700 Harrisburg Pike, phone 800-692-7315.

Shell Valley/Midstates is a supporter of the Good-Guys Rod & Custom Association, hosting shows across the United States throughout the year. View their schedule at www.good-guys.com or call 925-838-9876. (We hope to attend the events in Loveland CO, Des Moines IA, Columbus OH, and Kansas City KS.)

Shell Valley/Midstates Sponsored Customer Events -- Fun, food, and cruising! After we receive responses and firm up more details, we'll send further information and a detailed agenda to those who have responded.

Columbus, Nebraska, June 8-10 (7 miles from our facility)
You asked for it-a repeat of last year's event! We'll cruise around Columbus, on Saturday afternoon participate in the Midwest Street Rod Association Show & Shine at Village Centre Mall where we'll have our own "Cobra Corale" (we'll pay your registration for the car show), and have a barbeque on Saturday evening. On Sunday we'll have a breakfast get-together at Rich & Robin Anderson's lakeside home with boating, fishing, or just plain relaxing for as long as you wish to stay. If you want to come out to our shop over the weekend, we'll arrange that, too. We have a block of rooms at the Victorian Inn North, 3919 23rd Street/Hwy. 30, phone 402-562-7595. Ask for the Shell Valley special group rate of $31 single/$39 double. Make your room reservations early! Please RSVP your attendance to us by May 15.

Willimantic, Connecticut, August 17-19
Cruise by day, party by night as we enjoy this beautiful part of the country. Our home base will be Willimantic where there are many awesome attractions within fifteen to thirty minutes away, including casinos, racing, the seashore, and numerous historical sites. We'll plan a nice dinner at the Elks on Saturday evening and a breakfast get-together on Sunday. (The Elks is not far from the hotel and has plenty of parking for trailers.) More details later! We have a block of rooms at the Best Western Inn, 123 Storrs Street in Willimantic, phone 860-423-8451. Ask for the Shell Valley special group rate of $77 double/$87.50 king. Make your room reservations early! Please RSVP your attendance to us by July 15.

Erie, Colorado, September 1
Friend, customer and dealer Mahlon Miller of Miller Motorsports, and his lovely wife Jan, and Shell Valley/Midstates will host this 3rd annual get-together. We'll have dogs, brats & burgers from noon to 2:00, tour Mahlon's awesome shop on their beautiful acreage, and just relax. Rich and Mahlon promise to behave themselves (imagine them sneaking off to race golfcarts behind Mahlon's shop!). The event also serves as the Mile Hi Cobra Club's annual get-together and each year draws many loyal MHCC members. Miller Motorsports is located at 1676 Rue de trust in Erie, CO. We don't have a host hotel, but we stay at the Motel 6, 6 W. 83rd Place, Thornton, CO, phone 303-429-1550. Please RSVP your attendance to us by August 15.

Midstates customer Bill Toth asked us to announce the Ohio area Midstates owners group annual get-together (road trip, dinner, etc.-dutch treat activities), August 10-12 at the state park's Burr Oaks Resort in the Hocking Hills area east of Lancaster, OH. Please contact Bill directly for further information on the block of rooms and other details. He can be reached at 586-465-1362 or at willtothsr@aol.com. The invitation is open to anyone, not just Midstates customers.

The Ohio Cobra Club is organizing its annual London Cobra Show to be held June 22-24. Small town America's London, Ohio, has been welcoming the thunder of Cobras for the last six years as owners do burnouts down Main Street and offer rides to spectators to raise money for charity. Enjoy the Strawberry Festival, meet old friends and make new ones on the motel parking lots in a unique party atmosphere. For details on the schedule, registration, sponsors, hotels, etc., visit www.londoncobrashow.com.

Join the Mile Hi Cobra Club's 4th annual Cruise Colorado, July 16-20. They'll cruise through Colorado into beautiful New Mexico. Check for details at www.milehicobraclub.com or contact Rick Orton at rickorton@milehicobra.com, phone 303-883-4014.

Mail, phone, fax or e-mail your attendance to Ann Dales at Shell Valley/Midstates, 23119 287th Street, Platte Center, NE 68653-5055; phone 888-246-0900 or 402-246-2355; fax 402-246-3710; e-mail svcann@megavision.com. Please respond by the deadlines mentioned above!

Shows:
__ Knott's Berry Farm AHA Car Show / Buena Park, CA, April 28 & 29
__ Import/Kit Car Replicar Nationals / Carlisle, PA, May 18-20


Shell Valley/Midstates Customer Events:
__ Columbus NE, June 8-10
__ Willimantic CT, August 17-19
__ Erie CO, Sept. 1

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