CWLA 2025 Event Calendar
Last updated: 1/09/2025
CWLA meets in-person for our monthly meetings at our pre-Covid Denny’s location!!! See below!
Cars & Coffee events almost every Saturday and Sunday morning somewhere around LA…find one and GO! - Check to make sure any of these are happening before you go! Links fixed!
Monthly Events
Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park, Conejo Valley Cars and Coffee - 1st and 3rd Saturday each month 7AM-10AM. New permanent Location: 350 W Hillcrest Dr, in the Oaks Mall Parking lot next to Firestone Tire. Check their website for current information. Sponsored by Corvair owner Craig Casey.
Griffith Park, Cars and Coffee Los Angeles – Last Sunday of the month at the Griffith Park Merry- Go-Round Lot #1, located at 4730 Crystal Springs Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Petersen Auto Museum - Breakfast Club Cars & Coffee, Last Sunday every month 8:00AM. Various Makes and Models for each event. Invited cars pay a fee, spectators usually free. Verify before going to this event.
Woodland Hills, Supercar Sunday (every Sunday) 7-10AM, Pierce College 6201 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91371 Please use the Victory Blvd and Mason St. entrance for Supercar Sunday. The physical address takes you to the far side of the campus. Event is in main lot 7 off of Victory Blvd. Check website for delays and featured make.
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Current List of CWLA Planned Events for 2025- Some Dates tentative
January 16, 2025 Thursday 8:00PM - IN PERSON - CWLA General Membership meeting - Denny’s 16575 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91406 (This was our pre-Covid location). Zoom simulcast link will be sent a few days before the meeting to club members so those who can not make it to Denny’s may participate. PROGRAM: TBD
A no-cost Door Prize raffle will be held for a gift certificate - open only to all attendees in the meeting. Drive a Corvair to the meeting and get TWO chances in the drawing!
January 18, 2025 Saturday 7:30-10:00AM – CWLA Goes To Conejo Cars and Coffee followed by BRUNCH at John Medley’s House nearby. Bring a Brunch Dish to share. Location: 350 W Hillcrest Dr, Firestone in the Oaks Mall, Thousand Oaks. Exit 101 at Lynn Road, turn right (North) on Lynn, then right on Hillcrest Road, then right at the first light into the Mall parking lot. Firestone will be on the left. Conejo Cars and Coffee usually has a couple hundred cars twice a month. Try to be there around 7:30 with your Corvair (or other collector car if necessary). Usually doesn’t last past 10:00AM, where we will drive up the road to John’s house to have an informal brunch. Bring a dish to share. Contact John Medley if you need info (818) 912-9610.
February 6, 2025 Thursday 8:00PM – Virtual CWLA Eboard Meeting Every club member is welcome to attend Eboard meetings. The Eboard Meeting Zoom link is sent to board members. If you would like to participate please contact an Eboard member.
February 15, 2025 Saturday 8:00AM–Noon - CWLA Car Clinic - Inspection of C. West’s 1961 700 Sedan for work needed. Probably to be held in M. Carter’s house. More info to come..
March 6, 2025 Thursday 8:00PM – Virtual CWLA Eboard Meeting Every club member is welcome to attend Eboard meetings. The Eboard Meeting Zoom link is sent to board members. If you would like to participate please contact an Eboard member.
March 15, 2025 Saturday 8:00AM–Noon - Car Clinic 2 - Follow-up clinic to work on C. West’s car based on findings from February inspection. More info to come.
April 13, 2025 Sunday Time TBD - CWLA Poppy Run - We’ll drive out to the Poppy Fields in the Antelope Valley and have lunch somewhere before driving home. Details to follow. info: John Medley (818) 912-9610
Early May? It would be great if someone would volunteer to organize a Progressive Lunch or Dinner. We could squeeze it onto the calendar easily on some weekend day that’s open!
May 20-23, 2025 Tues-Friday – CORSA International Convention Santa Maria, CHANGED to San Luis Obispo, CA. All local clubs helping in this event. See FLYER. CWLA members are needed to help in several events including judging for the Concours on Wednesday May 21, and the Welcome Party on Tuesday night. Corvair Society of America membership required to participate.
June 7 or 8, 2025 Sat or Sun Time TBD - Drive to Mentryville Park 27201 Pico Cyn Rd, Newhall. Site of First CA Oil Boom (Ghost) Town and 1st commercially viable oil well (Pico #4, 1876-1990!! ) May be good place to have a picnic. $5 parking fee. Some Walking required. POC: Randy Wicks
June 29, 2025 Sunday Time TBD - CWLA will do Griffith Park Cars and Coffee - Details TBD.
July XX TBD, CWLA will visit the Marina Del Ray Yacht Club, Details TBD
August 24, 2025 Sunday - CWLA Beach Bash - San Buena Ventura State Beach. Details TBD
September 6, 2025 Saturday - CWLA Cars and Coffee at Auto Aero Books on Magnolia in Burbank. Details TBD
October XX TBD - Great Western Fan Belt Toss and Swap Meet - Location TBD
November 22, 2025 Saturday - CWLA Food Drive - Vons Toluca Lake. Our number one philanthropy event of each year. Please plan to come help…it’s fun!
December 14, 2025 (Tent), Sunday - CWLA Holiday and Officer Installation Banquet. Details TBD.
For future consideration:
The list of not-specifically-scheduled events Corsa West could to use to fill in the calendar:
*Any Sat/Sun - Driving Event- Drive up to the dirt section of Mullholland Drive to visit LA96C Nike Missile Control Site at 17500 Dirt Mullholland Dr. above Encino in San Vincente Mountain Park. 1 mile west of Encino Hills Drive. Some short walking may be necessary. Good place to have a picnic and see the views.
*Any Saturday - Driving event to visit Fiber Steel near Azusa, CA (Irwindale Ave) We went in 2023 but liked it so much we want to go agin in 2024!
*Any Saturday/Sun? FREE-Metropolitan Pit Stop, Laurel Cyn, great showroom of Metropolitan Cars, small place. Associated Music Studio next door- POC Matt delVecchio
*Any Saturday/Sun? FREE-Griffith Park Observatory, Can park in Greek parking lot, free shuttle if not concert night. Go at dark and can see thru telescope
*Friday Evenings - Bob’s Big Boy Car Night, Northridge of other locations
*Any Sat/Sun - Commemorative Air Force visit - Camarillo Airport
Want something else?…Suggest/volunteer to organize something!!