Once again, the Craig Royce Annual Tech Day will be held at Royce Auto Service at the N.E. corner of Trafalgar Rd. & Steeles Ave. in Hornby (Milton).  Our lovely hostess Betty Royce has agreed to allow us to use her facilities to provide our members with a great venue to gather and discuss Thunderbird repairs under the direction of Martin Brugmans and Mort White.  This is an open forum for all Thunderbird enthusiasts to come, learn and participate. 

Things get started around 9:00 a.m. and go to noon.  One additional feature is our Out of the Trunk sale and swap meet, so if you have some parts you don't need bring them along or if you are looking for some Thunderbird parts they might just be there for you.

This is a new event this year that is being organized by our Central Co-Ordinator Steve Taylor.  This Sunday event is designed for those Thunderbird enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto Area to get together as part of a larger car show with special parking for our T-Birds.  Our host will be Sky's Restaurant at Dixie & Eglinton Avenues in Mississauga.  Start time is 9:00 a.m. with early Bird's being offered a two for one breakfast special for our members only.  So get the Bird out of the garage, bring your significant other and enjoy and be part of a large car show with some great old time Rock & Roll tunes.  Enjoy the day of fun and fellowship that is the SOTC.

This event has been well attended for the past 7 years and is considered the largest single gathering of antique, classic, vintage and hot rod cars in Canada that last year saw over 3,000 cars in attendance. 

For information about the event go to www.fleetwoodcountrycruizein.com

SOTC has been the feature club each year for many years which has gained us the honour of parking on the Steve Plunkett's golf course the best spot in the house so to speak.

June 4th, 2011,

We will be gathering at the Loblaw's Super Store at 1205 Oxford Street, West, London N6H 1V9, at  7:00 a.m. to caravan as a group which will allow us to park together.  If you are late arriving you may not be allowed to park with the club .......... so come early departure time is 7:15 a.m. sharp. 

This is our 14th annual Bayfield event and our largest single gathering of the year. All Thunderbird enthusiasts are welcome, even if you aren't a member bring your T-Bird into the park and join us in this special celebration of 32 years of SOTC.

 There will be music by our usual D.J. Ken, door prizes, food and great fun, fun, fun for Thunderbird enthusiasts young and old. This is an all day event but come early as things get started around 9:00 a.m. as it is first come, first served to get the good shady spots under the trees and near the band stand.  There is lots to see and do in this quaint old town on Lake Huron with shopping for the ladies and great patio restaurants on the main street.

Festivities usually rap up around 4:00 p.m. so plan to stay for dinner afterward at a local restaraunt, the perfect ending to a perfect day.

Come and help us meet our goal of 100 Thunderbirds on display.

Caravan to Bayfield:

For anyone in the Chatham/Leamington/Windsor area, I will be starting up a group to caravan to Bayfield, departing at 7:00 a.m. from the Loblaws Super Store parking lot on St. Clair Ave. N., Chatham (Hwy. 40).   Plan to meet around 6:45 a.m. for a quick gathering. 

Let me know if you plan on joining the parade: gord@sotbirdclub.org

Toronto GTA and eastern Ontario Thunderbird enthusiasts this is your event!  Close to home just 20 minutes east of T.O. via the 401 come and enjoy 19th century old Port Hope's downtown with it's quaint shops and restaurants, farmers market just opposite the old town hall in the park under huge shade trees.  Your hosts are Paul & Kay Wilson and each year they plan something unique and interesting to do ...... like a road trip of Lake Country and a great dinner and fellowship afterwards. This events gathers more and more Thunderbirds each year so don't miss out on this opportunity to enjoy the day which has not disappointed yet. 

This is the third year in a row that the SOTC has sanctioned this charity event for the benefit of troubled teens, a great cause that we can all support by attending this event. Take the 401 to Stouffville Road and go east about 5 miles and the show is on your right had side, you can't miss it!

This event fills up early so plan to get there for around 8:00 a.m. to get to park on the front lawn with your fellow early birds under the shade trees.  There are door prize draws, vendors and free food if you pre-register.  2010 saw over 1500 cars show up for this event ......more details to follow.  

This the first SOTC sanctioned event to this venue. Our group will be asssembling in the London area (details to follow) for a road trip down the two lane blacktop of Hwy 3 all the way to the museum in the Windsor-Harrow area. 

The museum will be of great interest to all and the day should prove to be a great outing. Please visit their website for details: www.ctmhv.com

Following the museum tour a BBQ will be held at your Pres' new digs in Chatham, Ontario for those who wish to participate. 

So if you are planning on attending please let us know well in advance via this website e-mail: gord@sotbirdclub.org so we can inform the museum and the cook how many will be attending.