Inside This Issue

Message from the president

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MBCA Information 2

Calendar 3

Sara’s Notes 6

Ads 5

News 6

Pictures 7

Second Quarter 2018

Welcome New Members

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis 500 Section Star

Thank You, for Renewing Loyal Members

Archibald Hawkins & Becky McClure Ken & Melanie Salter Floyd Will

Welcome New Members

Jimmie Cunningham

Karla Hench

Indianapolis 500 Section Star

March is sloshing by and we’re heading in to April. Hopefully we’ll see some nice

weather in April as we’ve had to reschedule our visit to WPAFB Museum because of a

late March snow. Our visit to Dayton has been rescheduled to June 16th. I’m keeping

my fingers crossed it will not snow that day.

Looking forward to our next event, we’ll meet at Russ Jeffrey’s home on Dean Road

for a renewal of our section’s tech session. There is still time to sign up by visiting our

Facebook page or by going to the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OH4Lj7FR5yPX7bvAyOI-9pjgCIm-w__6b48To6nmmLI/edit

Our tech session will give you the opportunity to get interior repair, alloy wheel refin-

ishing and straightening, minor dent repair, full inside and outside detailing and re-

freshing hazy headlight lenses. We also expect a presentation by ClearBra, a clear

overlay to protect the front of your car from rock chips and insects. All vendors will

offer group discounted prices and most work should be completed the same day. A

small admission will be charged to defray the cost of lunch which will be provided.

Our next event will follow in two weeks. In our host Dan Blaney’s own words: “Spring

Road Trip, April 14th, 2018. Visit Newton County Treasures: Fair Oaks Dairy, lunch,

view wild buffalo and baby calves at The Nature Conservatory and a World Class

Snowmobile Museum in Morocco, IN. Should be a fun trip.” More info inside.

With the return of spring will come the start of Cars and Coffee on the fourth Saturday

of every month at Gateway Classic Cars, 4400 W 86th Street from 9am - noon. It’s

always fun to see cars people bring along with Gateway’s inventory of classic cars for

sale. It’s a great way to see other vehicles and meet local car enthusiasts.

With the tech session and trip to Newton County a new season of events will begin for

our Indy 500 Section. I hope many members will be able to participate and get to

know and enjoy spending time with other members. Our treasurer, Dave Weaver, has

been working hard to update our club’s webpages at the national mbca.org website.

Please visit our webpages at https://500section.mbca.org/. Ken

President’s Message

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NEWSLETTER NOTES

We ask our readers to support the advertisers appearing in this publication, however, no inference should be made that advertising in the 500 Section Star implies approval of products or services by the publisher, the 500 Section, its officers or members, or by the Mercedes-Benz Club of America.

We encourage editors of other Mercedes-Benz Club newsletters to reprint articles that may be of interest to their Section’s members. We would appreciate credit being given to the 500 Section. Those articles reprinted in the 500 Section Star with permission from owners of copyrights on those articles may not be used without written permission from the original owners.

BOARD MEMBERS

NEWSLETTER INFORMATION

Mercedes-Benz Club of America 500 Section Star

Newsletter Editor

Ken Koehler 6861 Ruthven Dr

Noblesville, IN 46062 (317) 669-2072

email: skkoehler@att.net

CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Mercedes-Benz Club of America Central Regional Director

Rick Siefert 367 W Manor Dr

Chesterfield, Mo 63017 rick.siefert@att.net

(314) 435-1903

TECHNICAL RESOURCES

Classic Center

The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine, California, is the ideal place for owners, collectors, and enthusiasts to connect with this legendary brand. In addition to meticu-lously restoring and selling classic Mer-cedes-Benz vehicles, the Classic Center offers appraisals, provides Genuine Mer-cedes-Benz Classic Parts, and can even host your special event.

Mercedes-Benz Classic Center 9 Whatney, Irvine, California 92618 Tel: (949) 598-4850 Toll Free: 1-866-MB-CLASSIC Mon - Fri 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PST

www.mercedes-benz-classic.com

500 SECTION OFFICERS

President Ken Koehler

6168 Ruthven Dr Noblesville, IN 46062

(317) 669-2072 email: skkoehler@att.net

Vice-President Kevin Williams

11065 Spring Mill Ln Carmel, IN 46032

email: rkevwill@mac.com

Secretary Sara Koehler

6168 Ruthven Drive Noblesville, IN 46062

(317) 669-2072

Treasurer Dave Weaver 317-844-7020

Contact: Dave Weaver

Email: dweaver@amfam.com

ADVERTISE FREE

MBCA 500 Section Members can place free ads which will run for two issues. For additional information:

Contact: Ken Koehler

6168 Ruthven Dr Noblesville, IN 46062

(317) 669-2072 email: skkoehler@att.net

$50 - Business Card $100 - 1/4 Page $175 - 1/2 Page $200 - Back Cover $250 - Full Page $100 - Webpage ad

BUSINESS ADS

Questions

Call your Section President Ken Koehler at: (317) 669-2072

Call your Central Regional Director Rick Siefert at: (314) 435-1903

Call the National Business Office at: (800) 637-2360 M-F, 8am - 4:30pm MT

Donors & Sponsors Liaison Dave Weaver

email: dweaver@amfam.com

Membership Chairman Ken Koehler

(317) 669-2072 email: skkoehler2015@yahoo.com

Board Members: Kevin Williams

Ken Koehler Dave Weaver Sara Koehler

Roye Gaha Dave Swenby

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Reach us by phone 1-866-MB-CLASSIC(1-866-622-5277) 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m. PST, Monday through Friday

Contact Us Do you have a question about your classic Mercedes-Benz?

2018 EVENT SCHEDULE

JANUARY 2018 Jan 13th

Indy 500 Section Board Meeting

New Member Breakfast Jan 20th, 2018

10am Original House of Pancakes

1518 W 86th St Indianapolis, IN 46260

FEBRUARY 2018

Valentines Day Brunch Feb 11th

1pm George’s Neighborhood Grill

6935 Lake Plaza Drive Indianapolis, IN 46220

MARCH 2018

Tour RESCHEDULED

June 16th WPAFB Museum

Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton, OH

APRIL 2018

April 7th Indy 500 Tech Session

6851 Dean Road

Newton Co Tours April 14th

Fair Oaks Farms

Nature Conservatory Snowmobile Museum

Morocco, IN

April 28th Indy 500 Section Board Meeting

Panera Bread 2902 W 86th St

4th Saturday 9am-12pm

Cars & Coffee Gateway Classic Cars

4400 W 86th St Indianapolis

MAY 2018

May 14th—21st MBCA Starfest

Birmingham, AL

4th Saturday 9am-12pm Cars & Coffee

Gateway Classic Cars 4400 W 86th St

Indianapolis

JUNE 2018

June 10th Cincinnati Section

Concours d’Elegance

Tour June 16th

9am WPAFB Museum

Dayton, OH

SVGA Jun 7-10th, 2018

Open Wheel World Challenge, Indian-apolis Motor Speedway, IN

SVGA

Jun 10-17th, 2018 Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational,

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN

4th Saturday 9am-12pm Cars & Coffee

Gateway Classic Cars 4400 W 86th St

Indianapolis

JULY 2018 July 14th

Indy 500 Section Board Meeting

Panera Bread

July 21st

Rush Co Covered Bridges

Shelbyville, IN

Michigan Concours d’Elegance

AUGUST 2018 August 5th, 1–3pm

Show n’ Shine 11th Anniversary

Location TBD

Griot’s Garage Tour TBA

SEPTEMBER 2018

Drive And Dine Sept 15th, 10am

Story Inn Story, Indiana

October 2018 October 20th

Indy 500 Section Board Meeting Panera Bread

2902 W 86th St

November 2018 December 2018 December 2nd Holiday Party

The Garrison, Ft Benjamin Harrison

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JOIN US APRIL 14TH TO VISIT A NEWTON CO TREASURE

Meet at 8:30am at the Denny’s in Lebanon (exit 140, SR32) for breakfast. We’ll depart Denny’s at 9:30 for Newton County

and should arrive at Fair Oaks around 11am for a tour and lunch. After lunch take another tour or head to The Nature Con-

servatory and then on to Dan’s own Snowmobile Museum. Bring your grandchildren and share a fun day in NW Indiana.

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Fax 317-571-0813

The MBCA 500 Section supports its member businesses

And sponsers!

AUTOHAUS DIEROLF

IMPORT SALES & SERVICE

Mon—Fri 7:30—5:30 p.m.

429 W. Carmel Drive

Carmel, IN 46032

Chris Dierolf 317-571-0800

EDDIE MERLOT’S

3645 East 96th Street

Indianapolis, IN 46240

317-846-8303

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NEWS

Then one day I laced up my New Balance sneakers, left my

kitchen and walked across Central Park, to my old alma mater,

to the George Washington Bridge. I carried next to nothing, just

a paperback, maps, and some underwear. Fort Lee for lunch

down to Secaucus, rising through West Orange. I crossed New

Jersey in seven days, singing with my earphones, writing in my

notebook. I was Johnny Appleseed, Walt Whitman. After the

pinnacle, fifty-three paces a minute, seventeen miles a day,

forty excursions, I reached the Pacific.

SARA’S NOTES

Recently, Ken and I saw one of our favorite singers of all time at the Palladium in Carmel, Art Garfunkel. We like the music of Simon & Garfunkel so much that we went to Columbus, Ohio about 10 years ago on a weeknight to see their Old Friends Tour. I was unaware that Art had recently published a memoir, What is it all but Luminous? And it’s a travel book! In his 20’s (he’s now 77), Art walked across America in 40 separate segments. He did the same from Ireland to Istanbul – two weeks at a time. He writes very poetically and this is a snippet about his U.S. journey:

These late February days have been rainy and gloomy, but walking past the spring flower display at Kroger today reminded me that it’s only a few weeks until my favorite season of the year. I’m happy that my Valentine flowers still look great on our dining room table. Dave Weaver, our club treasurer, surprised the women who attended the Valentine Brunch with beautiful flowers to take home and en-joy. Thank you, Dave!

Ever since I decided to retire at the end of this semester I’ve been reading “travel books”. I think it’s because Ken and I will be able to take more road trips soon. One I enjoyed recently was Travels With Ted and Ned, by Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. It’s the story of Fr. Ted and his best friend and fellow priest who retired at 70 after 35 years in administration at Notre Dame, and drive an RV all over the United States. They then serve as chaplains on the Q. E. II and go all over the world. Great stories about the places they visit and the people they meet. I truly admire their sense of adventure and their stamina. Fr. Ted died in 2015 at the age of 97. His picture was put on a U.S. postage stamp recently, celebrating his numerous accomplishments.

I don’t plan to imitate these peregrinations, but I want to see more of our great land – hopefully by car and possibly in our red Mercedes

cabriolet.

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VALENTINE’S DAY BRUNCH

Nineteen members and guests got together at George's Neighborhood Grill on an icy day in Indy for our annual Valentine's Day Brunch. A great time was had by all and Dave Weaver, our treasurer, won our 50-50 raffle. Dave's guests and potential new members, David and Pam Sidery were also win-ners in our raffle, winning a 1:18 scale diecast of a 300SL Gullwing donated by Roye Gaha. Our offi-cial section photographer, Dave Swenby (boy, we've got a lot of Dave's!) took many pictures!

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To t h e M e rc e d e s - B e n z E n t h u s i a s t :

MBCA 500 Section 6168 Ruthven Drive

Noblesville, IN 46062

NEXT EVENT TECH SESSION

April 7th @ 8am 6851 Dean Road

Indianapolis

UPCOMING 2018 EVENTS!

Indy 500 Section Tech Session

April 7th @ 8am

Join other members and three local auto repair vendors for a day of minor repairs at discounted group pricing, club swap meet, lunch and conversation. Vinyl Tear Repair (interior vinyl and leather repair and re-dying), ER Alloy Wheel Repair (curb rash, straightening and repainting) and Indpls Dent Co. (paintless and minor touch-up dent re-pair, full detailing and headlight restoration) will be at Russ Jeffrey’s home at 6851 Dean Road @ 8am for a day of

fix up for your Mercedes. Plan on joining us for lunch and a day of talking and refreshing our cars!

April 14th — Newton Co Tours — 8:30am

Meet at the Denny’s off I-65 in Lebanon (Exit 140, SR32). We’ll organize after breakfast and try to hit the road by 9:30am. About a two hour drive will take us to Fair Oaks Farms in Newton Co. Here we will take a tour before

lunch (at dairy’s fabulous restaurant) and maybe one after. Then we’re off to see Bison at The Nature Conserva-tory and then to Dan’s own Snowmobile Museum. Join us for a full day in northwestern Indiana!

RESCHEDULED! Wright Patterson AFB Museum Tour

June 16th @ 9am

Meet at Cracker Barrel at Greenfield exit off I-70 at 8am for breakfast on the east side of Indy and then jump on I-70 for the 2 plus hour drive to Dayton and the WPAFB Museum. If you don’t want to breakfast, we’ll organize at 9am and hit the road. This should be a fabulous day led by retired Col Dan Blaney, USAF.