Where Sunbeams and Friends Meet
37th Annual BASH June 23 ½  – 24, 2012

Pagoda Hillclimb
Reading, PA
June 23½-24, 2012

Registration form here

Make plans to come join us on the hill used to test the very first motor car, uhh, horseless carriage, manufactured in America, the Duryea. It is a steep hill with many turns. The first cars that actually made it to the top made news. Then it became a test track for the Duryea and today it is the road to the Pagoda where the visitor has a spectacular 30 mile view and home of the Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association’s Pagoda and Duryea Hillclimbs.

The SUNBEAM will be the featured marque for the Pagoda Hillclimb this year.

And it is about time. Local racer Merlin Miller, who drives a Sunbeam Tiger has been breaking class and hill records for years. The BASH is being held at the Pagoda Hillclimb to honor Merlin’s accomplishments, coerce him to join TEAE and provide the usual BASH family fun experience. BASH headquarters is at the start line. Attendees with Sunbeams will display their vehicles at the Start line both days.

The finish line is just below the Pagoda with the turn around being set up at the Pagoda. Shuttle buses are available on the course which will drop you off at well pruned, safe, and accessible viewing areas (some with bleachers) to improve spectator access and enjoyment.

Did you know factory outlets started in Reading, PA?

Shuttle buses will be available for shopping at the huge Vanity Fair Factory Outlets (VF Outlets) with stores for guys and gals. This is the mother of all outlet malls. Literally. Check out their store directory.

BASH Agenda: June 23½ and 24

Why 23 ½ ?? It has been a tradition for the BASH to have an evening activity for overnight guests. Come early and visit the VF outlets, the Hillclimb, attend the Drivers/Workers dinner and socialize with Merlin and other driver/workers. We’ll be here for you.

Both Days

• VF Outlets
• Visit Pagoda
• Shuttle buses
• Food/drink available at Start line and VF Outlets

Saturday, June 23

William Penn Memorial Fire Tower

Visit Hillclimb or VF Outlets at your leisure
6 pm  • Driver/Workers Dinner party at William Penn Memorial Fire Tower

Sunday, June 24

8 am • Hillclimb Starts
8 am to mid-afternoon • Beam car show at Start line
11 am-ish to noon • BASH attendees meet at start line BASH headquarters
Noonish • Sunbeam parade lap up hill to Pagoda

BASH fees

• $10 per person • Saturday Driver/Worker dinner
• $5 per person per day • if using shuttle bus during Hillclimb
• $10 per vehicle • Sunday BASH Parade lap donation

Yes, it’s a bit confusing. Download a form here.

Please make check payable to “Tiger Tom’s”
Send to him at 1924 Blacks Bridge Road Annville, PA 17003

Lodging

Racers motel: Comfort Inn – Reading, PA

2200 Stacy Dr. 5th St. Hwy. (includes route to base of the hill climb)
Reading, PA, 19605
(610) 371-0500

A newer option: Holiday Inn Express

2389 Bernville Road (includes route to base of the hill climb)
Reading, PA 19605
(610) 372-0700

Explore for more info explore

Vanity Fair Outlet Center (VF Outlets)
Pagoda-Skyline info
Merlin’s Duryea win
Merlin’s run to the Pagoda (YouTube video)
About Duryea and Pagoda Hillclimbs

All the BASH information:

Tom Ehrhart  (717) 832-1116   tt@tigertoms.net

Download a form here

Check out these pictures from Tiger Tom’s visit to B.A.S.H. 2010

If you missed it.. it looks like.. BOY, did you miss it!

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Kinzers, PA

It’s all about US

Check out pictures from the BASH here.

Our Sunbeams will be part of the display for the huge crowds that come to the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association live “Spring Steam Up”.

Of course you should bash the BASH with a live Sunbeam too and without steaming, please.

Recommended arrival time is 8 to 10AM. Later OK.
All Sunbeams will be parked as a group and Beamers in non-Beams will be allowed to park nearby.
Entrance to R & T is $5.00 per person IF you show a Rootes Review or old TEAE newsletter.

Don’t get the newsletter? You must not be a member of TEAE. Join here. Depending on the specifics of  your membership, just around $30 a  year.

Ted Casey’s your host at this entertaining educational and large operating exhibit of live steam equipment of yesteryear. Everything is operating from huge prairie steam traction engines, earth moving equipment, farm equipment, stationary power equipment and a Shay train that provides rides.

Local Dutch country food is available along with excursions to local Amish shopping centers like Paradise,  Intercourse and Bird-In-Hand and factory outlets of Lancaster. There is something for everyone.

We also plan to have the Tiger TAC process in place.

Please Pre-register with Tom Calvert by phone at (410) 255.8964 or by email to tcalvert@bmtsyntek.com

Early arrivals on Friday May 7th

Enjoy a comedy dinner theater, How The Other Half Loves,  at the Rainbow Dinner theater.
Please send $44/person for dinner and theater payment to Tom Ehrhart before April 23.

Room discount

At the adjacent Best Western Motor Lodge for $84.99 those staying overnight.
Reference “Rootes America” for group rate.
Online reservations, select “Paradise” hotel
or call: (717) 687-7683

Details on TEAE’s www.RootesAmerica.org website

Other links of interest:

• www.roughandtumble.org
• www.rainbowdinnertheater.com
• www.bestesternpa.com (select ”Paradise” hotel) (717) 687-7683

More info: call Ted Casey at  ( 717) 354-9276  or Tom Ehrhart at (717) 832-1116

Bring A Sunbeam Here

Saturday May 8th is Steam Up day at Rough & Tumble: a living experience where equipment in use when America was a burgeoning industrial and agricultural empire is fired up and running again for a large public following. Everything from tiny to HUGE stationary engines, traction engines, Ag and earth moving equipment, a Shay engine with passenger train rides, and more. There is an early 20th century life style exhibit, a AutoHaus and a variety of other displays.

And of course, our Beams will be on display in the Sunbeam Corral. After all, this is an educational experience. We might as well educate the public about our hobby, too.

• The gate opens at 8 a.m.
• Entry to R&T is $5/person.
• You must present a copy of Rootes Review to the gate keeper to park in the Sunbeam Corral. (Applies to Beams and your private vehicles.) Otherwise you will be banished to parking outside with the other public door bangers. Can’t find your copy? Members go here and print one out! (Read back issues there, too!  You’ll need to log into the members area to do that.)
• A dollar or two donation will be solicited to defray BASH expenses upon your arrival in the Corral.

Lunch is on your own at the Food Court. Local Lancaster County Dutch Country food is offered. We’ll do our best to harness ourselves as a group and eat together at Noon.

Ted Casey will give us a personal tour of the historical association facilities. He will also arrange transportation to local Lancaster County shops and factory outlets for those who aren’t entertained with history and steam.

Tiger Authentication (TAC) is planned. Please preregister. See below.

For those who prefer to arrive Friday and socialize, an evening with a scrumptious all-you-can-eat Rainbow Dinner theater experience is in store for you. Playing is a comedy, “How The Other Half Loves.”

Deadline for $44/person dinner theater group rate is April 23, 2010.
Make checks payable to: Tiger Tom’s and mail to: Tiger Tom, 1924 Black’s Bridge Road, Annville, PA 17003
Contact Tiger Tom by phone (717) 832-1116 or email to tt@tigertoms.net

Rooms have been blocked with special rates at the adjoining Best Western Revere Inn & Suites. Great parking for our cars too.
Deadline for group hotel rate ($84.99/couple) April 10, 2010

Contacts / Additional Info:

• Rough & Tumble: www.roughandtumble.org
• Rainbow Dinner Theater: www.rainbowdinnertheatre.com
• Hotel Reservations:
  • Best Western Revere Inn & Suites, Paradise, PA www.bestwesternpa.com by phone to (717) 687-7683
  • Group name: “Rootes America”
  • Host: Ted Casey by phone at (717) 354-9276
• TAC: Please Pre-register with Tom Calvert (410) 255-8964 or by email to: tcalvert@bmtsyntek.com

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35th Annual BASH
Bring A Sunbeam Here

Rough-N-Tumble Engineers Historical Association event in Kinzer, PA  near Lancaster

Date: May 8, 2010
Start time: 10 a.m.

A family day of watching, listening and smelling machines actually work, exhibits, antique cars, Sunbeams (yours). An educational and entertaining day.

Dinner theater Friday evening (May 7) for early arrivals.

More info on this event to follow

Want to participate in the planning? Contact TigerTom

All we seem to have is a PDF of the info.

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