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Welcome to the Sedona Car Club!

Join us for a community of car enthusiasts from Sedona and surrounding areas, united by our passion for motor vehicles and social connection.


Our club offers a wide range of activities that cater to diverse interests and vehicle preferences. From local events to tours across Arizona and beyond, there's something for everyone!


Local Events & Activities


  • St. Patrick's Day Parade: join our convoy of vehicles decorated in green rolling down the parade route.
  • Sedona Car Show and Airport Day: A showcase of unique vehicles and a fun-filled day at the airport.
  • Holiday Brunches/Dinners: Gather with fellow car enthusiasts to celebrate special occasions.
  • Annual Picnic: A classic club event, perfect for socializing and enjoying good company.
  • Road Rallies: Explore Arizona's scenic routes with like-minded friends.
  • Highway Cleanup on Route 89A: Give back to our community by helping keep our roads clean.


Monthly Meetings


We meet every second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the Sedona Public Library. Each meeting features a brief business update, followed by an engaging program or presentation. Refreshments and mingling opportunities abound!


Special Events


  • December's Meeting: Our annual Christmas Dinner is always a highlight!
  • June's Meeting: Join us for our summer picnic celebration.


Take note that we don't have a regular meeting in July so that members can have a summer adventure of their own!

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Don Hallford

Sedona Car Club President

Invites you to join the SCC




Sedona Car Club

Vision

The Sedona Car Club will continue to build on past accomplishments and develop a proud legacy of camaraderie, involvement, and caring in the Sedona and Verde Valley area.


Historical Sedona Car Club Website

While we are in transition, developing the new website, you can find the original site by clicking >> HERE <<


Join the Club!

New Member Signup

Questions? Contact Jim Thomas at treasurer@sedonacarclub.com for more information.

The downloadable application to apply by mail can be found here.

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Recent Articles
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Spotlight: Nicholas de Matties (BEAN)


How did you get your nickname, Bean?

At boarding school one day. Verde Valley School, to be specific.

A friend read a letter sent to me addressed as Nickle-beans and started calling me Bean. Then the entire school called me bean. Later became Bean 5000 as my DJ name, and then to B5K


What’s something about you (a fun fact) that not many people know?

Fact: lived in Canada’s western province of British Columbia, in the port city of Vancouver, for 5 years. Most think I’ve never left AZ, or Sedona for that matter.

That’s boring. Funner fact, the furthest east I’ve traveled to is West Africa to a place called Guinea.


What is your favorite hobby?

At one point, it was cooking, then gardening.

Now it’s definitely working on my collection of automobiles, I would say. Art and Music have been a career.


What would it be if you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life?

It begins as a circular disk or rectangle and is divided into triangles or squares, from an oven on a peninsula in the Mediterranean. Can be in many flavors and colors. What is it?


What’s one item you can’t live without?

Listing (family) as an item. The rest is just stuff. 


Which car that you have owned has been dearest to your heart?

Besides the obvious fixation on stainless steel.

I had a 1963 VW Beetle that I reassembled and learned a lot of early basic mechanics growing up.

Felt a communication of how things work by the way things fit together.

Loved the simplicity. 

Maybe the Herbie had something to do with it.


When did you join the car club, and why?

About a year ago, I submitted myself into the SCC after realizing I have mechanitice carism. A pretty bad condition of collecting and driving in these weird celebrated machines from one point to another. 5 deep now, I realized I might not be alone and sought local support and found the club. 

The annual car show is spectacular. I wanted to get involved and be part of the community as soon I a realized that I could. And culture, really needed to be around like-minded people of the gears. 


What car are you most fond of and why?

The Delorean DMC-12.

A complete test tube fluke miracle of a production dream car. It's one of a kind, pure form, and true use of materials is unmistakable across the galaxy.  


Bends space and time in an age of mute, repetitious design as its presence jolts just about every observer’s reality into a familiar blissful youthful lasting joy. 

Makes people happy!


Redefines the concept and perspectives of vehicular travel as a garment or suit. Or a.. time machine? 

I see it as a functional sculpture on wheels. That also holds my late late late retirement.


What do you like most about the car club? What do you like the least?

+ We are passionate auto naughts. Road Adventures, a variety of automobiles, and collective knowledge of cars. Fun parties. I always learn something new and catch a good laugh. Community involvement, from road clean-up to shows, is awesome.


-Not enough tech events and rallies. More summer night activities. 


What is your most memorable road trip or vacation from your childhood?

Phoenix to Seattle with my Mother, summer 1995.

No cell phones, no GPS. Just various paper maps, pencils, and a compass. quarters for pay phones, air, and water. 

We drove a Late 80s Jaguar XJ6 VP. Black paint and wire wheels. It was truly a road cat or a car. 


Just got my driver's permit. First-hand experience of British engineering and a feel for the open road. In the face of a 120 mpg speedometer. 


Classic road trip, a cooler stacked with sandwich provisions and road snacks from those funky country gas stations. Up midland and out down the coast. Beautiful way to see the landscapes and slightly different cultures from state to state.


I drove most of the way, and got very comfortable in the driver's seat. When my navigator co-pilot would nod off, it was a scene from Smokey and the Bandit and the Cannonball Run movies. The XJ handled well ;)’ made good time lol


The last leg of the journey home from LA to Phx, the AC went out, and we put ice blocks and sixpacks from a divinely timed truck stop in the wheel wells, tied with towels for the win. I think I jumped fully clothed into the pool when we got home. 


It was a cool, fun trip I’ll never forget. 


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The Sedona Car Club has made arrangements with Lands End for club members to order clothing and other merchandise with the Sedona Car Club logo.


Lands End has created what they call our e-store. By going directly to our e-store it lets Lands End know that we are ordering a shirt, jacket, sweatshirt, etc. to have the SCC logo on it. Once you log in to our e-store the shopping is just like any internet purchase. You select your style, color, size, etc., then check out. All you have to do is click on the following link to start shopping for club merchandise.


Lands End


If, for any reason, you have difficulty with ordering from this web site, you can call the Lands End customer service department on 800-587-1541.

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