Lots of things happening this month.  Time to get your cars back out.  The German American Heritage Center Car Display will be held on Cinco de Mayo May 5 in the GAHC parking lot 1000am - 1:00 pm.  You can arrive anytime after 9:00 am.

The BiState May meeting will be held in conjunction with the Cruzin for Camp Courageous.  Gather your donations for the Camp and meet at the Eldridge Hardee's for departure at 8:00 am, Sunday, May 20th.  We will be making our annual donation to the Camp and enjoying hundreds of classic cars.  Don't miss this one!
Best of the Bunch 2017 trophy winners

Jerry Robison – Lisle, IL ‘74 Yellow Thing
Gerry Odean – Davenport, IA ‘66 Blue Beetle
Kathy Myers – Colona, IL ‘74 Orange Beetle
Lenny & Karmen Wilkensen – Bettendorf, IA ‘67 Blue Bus
Tom & Shirley Kemp – Marion, IL ‘67 Black VW Pickup
Larry & Pat Gainer – Davenport, IA ‘73 Red Ghia
John Portzer – Galena, IL ‘71 White Camper Bus
Ryan Schulz – Bartlett, IL ‘68 Green Beetle
Gary Hanson – Clarendon Hills, IL ‘87 Beige Camper Bus
Doug Narczewski – Spring Valley, IL ‘66 T34 Blue Ghia
 




It was brought to my attention that this is
our very own Rex Newman’s 50th year
keeping vintage Volkswagen’s alive. I’m
sure a lot of you have taken advice on how
to work on your cars from Rex. Many of
you have had your engines serviced by Rex
that are still in your cars today. He had an
apprenticeship straight out of high school
working as a mechanic for Volkswagen.
And since 1967 he has been helping us
and countless others keep their vintage
Volkswagen’s alive and running. So on
behalf of myself, BiState VW club and the
overall Volkswagen community, we would
like to thank Rex for his service.