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SAINT WITZ (March, 24th, 2008) – The 7th Happy Way by Ledorga was held in the nothern region around Paris. The 112 international participants (not only from Holland, England, Germany and France, but this time also from Italy and Spain!) explored two rather widely divergent sceneries of this region. Video’s by Daniel V / Mark van E Photos Painters The first landscape was found in the Val-d’Oise department and the little town Auvers-sur-Oise. This charming town has become quite famous for the fact that scores of impressionist and neo-impressionist painters (e.g. Vincent van Gogh) have planted their easels in this town towards the end of the 19th Century. On purpose we do not set limits to the age of the car. We think it more important for people to feel at home within the GCCC. An interest in classic cars is essential. The Gay Classic Car Club aims at offering its members the possibility to meet each other almost every month. Most events offer the possibility to be actively engaged with an old car, but sometimes it is more enjoyable to watch all that collected beauty leaning back in a chair on a terrace with a beer in one’s hand. Members without an old car have ample opportunities to join other members in their cars. These started off in 1993 when an Easter Run was held round Brussels during Easter, followed a few weeks later by the first RIGAC (Rencontre Internationale des Gay Automobile Club) at Le Touquet on the Normandy coast of France. Since then it has become a tradition for each club to take turns in organising such international events, which have become known as “Eurotour”. It was our turn in 2004, when, at Whitsun, we had a gathering of some 160 people in and around Antwerp. In 2005 the British club organised one around Southampton, 2006 saw a weekend around Gladbeck and Essen and in 2007 it was our turn again around Emmeloord (in the land reclaimed from the sea), with the motto ”Dutch Lowlands & Highlights”. From May 16-18, 2008 we where guests in the surrundings of the British Cotswolds, a special Eurotour organised by the GCCG. In 2009 we helped Anders, Lars and Steffan from the Danish GOVC to organise the first Eurotour in Denmark at the Island Fynen (May 29 – June 1, 2009). In 2010 QueerLenker organises Eurotour, from May 21-24 in Neumünster, near habour city Kiel. From June 10-13, 2011 the GCCC will organise Eurotour in Belgium again, this time in Verviers. AACHEN (May 2008) – Clip from a celebrating tour about driving a Trabant. An impression from our German sister club Queerlenker. Three to four times a year the GCCC Magazine appears in the Dutch language. This is our club magazine in which can be found reports of past events, announcements of new gatherings, members’ stories about their adventures with their cars and small ads. Apart from that, newsletters are sent to keep everybody up to date. As you can see we have an internet site and for members we have a newsgroup. Contact by email: magazine@gccc.nl The address to write to is: or you can send an email to: info@gccc.nl Photos We had 64 participants from Holland and Belgium, 36 from the United Kingdom, 15 from Germany, 6 from France, 2 from Denmark, 2 from Tunesia and 1 from the USA. During Eurotour 2007 we had 3 overnight stays at Van der Valk Hotel Emmeloord. Perfect hotel with very good staff and nice food & drinks. On Saturday we started with a guided tour in the garden of Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn. After lunch in the Teahouse, we visited Burton Car Company in Zutphen. That evening we had a Classic Car Bingo and an athletic performance of Hamid, a Dutch-Persian pole dancer. On Sunday we were guided around Galleria Style & Auto in Joure by the owner. During lunch we could watch a very attractive demonstration of pole vault jumping. In the afternoon we discovered the beautiful Weerribben National Park. Very nice was the charming village of Giethoorn, situated in the nature reserve ‘De Wieden’. We explored this area with its many canals and typical bridges by water-bus boat. Eurotour ended with a splashing entertainment show from the one and only Dutch diva look-a-like Diana Ross! All these things were organised for all the participants by Aldrin, Con, Ernst, Erik, Fred, Koos, Marcel, Michael, Piet and Ton. Many thanks to them! TROYES (April 5-9, 2007) – During Easter 2007 our sister oltimerclub Ledorga organised a great classic car weekend in the champagne region of France: l ‘Aube, near Troyes. This time the populair Elegance Cruise reached its 5th edition! Very nice tours in de region of Troyes, beautiful sunshine and lovely temperature, visits, good kitchen. But also technical trouble for some classic cars. A pity for some owners of a Burton, Renault, Rolls Royce and Austin Healey. Each with their own story… VALENCIENNES (April, 17th 2006) – Our sisterclub Ledorga organised the 6th Happy Way at Easter 2006 (14-17 April) with 100 participants (Holland: 21, Belgium: 2, France: 23, Germany: 15, Great Britain: 38, USA: 1). This edition with Happy Classic Car owners took place in the French-Belgian borderland near Valenciennes. On Saturday morning (April 15, 2006) we started out in the direction of Belgium, where we had visited the ancestral Beloeil castle of the Princes of Ligne.
Photo: German boy spotted on Happy Way 2008
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GCCC members and their cars are all extremely diverse. A 1929 Bugatti may be overtaken by an Austin A30, followed by, for example, a Citroën DS, Renault Caravelle, MG A or B, Panhard Dyna, Peugeot, Rolls-Royce, Alfa Spider, Chevrolet Corvette, Opel Rekord, DAF …..
Photo: Collected beauty among different classic (future) cars
Right from the start the GCCC has had excellent connections with a number of foreign sister clubs. Good contacts with the French sister club Ledorga, the English GCCG (Gay Classic Car Group), the German club Queerlenker, and the Danish Gay Owned Vintage Cars (GOVC) with whom we have a lot of contact too. These contacts have led to a number of highly successful international events.
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EMMELOORD (May 25-28, 2007) – The organization of Eurotour 2007 wants to thank all 126 participants who made this event such a huge success!
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