FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:         Mark S. Gustavson
Fax:          801-553-8908 
E-mail:         msgsl@xmission.com

SALT LAKE CITY,  Utah.   October 25, 1999  With the end of the Twentieth Century and the start of the new Millennia  rapidly approaching, the International Model Car Builders' Museum announces that it is sponsoring a Time Capsule to capture and preserve current products and viewpoints on the model car hobby, as well as the objectives and plans of the Museum, for the future.  The Museum Time Capsule, to be sealed on Friday afternoon, December 31, 1999, will be opened at a special presentation at the twenty-fifth GSL International Model Car Championship (GSL-XXV) to be presented in April 2015.    The Time Capsule will be preserved in the Museum until it is opened.

Hobbyists, kit and aftermarket manufacturers, publishers, and other interested persons, and model car clubs are invited to submit, for inclusion in the Museum Time Capsule, anything of interest to future model car hobbyists, including (without limitation):  a letter, a prognostication about the future of the hobby, a copy of a magazine, a memorandum, a product sample, or other item of potential historic significance. 

A few guidelines must be observed:

üAll items must be related to the model car hobby;

üAny item donated should be 'state of the art' or of other current or relatively contemporary historical significance;

üConcerning products:  One item per contributor, with no single item larger than a current model car kit box;

üPrinted material will be accepted, but only as a single copy.  Posters and other large printed material will also be accepted if the item is rolled and placed in an unsealed tube.  Manufacturers are strongly encouraged to send year-2000, or current, catalogs;

üNothing of a defamatory nature will be accepted;  

üNotes and letters are permitted and encouraged (no sealed letters, etc., will be accepted);

üOnce submitted, no item can be returned;

üEach contributor must bear all costs associated with the submittal, including shipping;

üEach item MUST be received, at the Museum, no later than Wednesday, December 29, 1999;

üEach contributor must send a typewritten note, signed by the contributor,  specifying exactly what item(s) are submitted;

üAny item that does not comply with these rules will be rejected and returned to the contributor. 

A list of contributors will be published in the first issue of the Museum's newsletter, The Builder, published in 2000, and on the Museum web page; additionally, contributors' names will also be furnished to the hobby media. 

Return soon for photos!