OCTOBER 2019 TUMBLEWEED CLUB OF NEW MEXICO
RG #79, EARLY FORD V-8 CLUB OF AMERICA, PO BOX 21538, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87154-1538
MEETS FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, 7:00 P.M., OLD CAR GARAGE, 3232 GIRARD BLVD NE
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PLEASE NOTE: All meetings include Show & Tell. Members are encouraged to bring items to share.
NEXT MEETING: Next meeting is Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 at 7pm. Program will be a comparison of the 1932 and 1933 Fords. Refreshments will be provided by Amy & Chris Joiner.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: Tuesday, December 17th at 7pm.
BREAKFAST GROUP: Saturday, October 19th at 8:30am, Wecks on Fourth at Osuna
CLUB WEBSITE: Be sure to check out our website at www.abqfordflatheadv8.com Updated “current Information and calendar” is on the current information page. More club pictures are on the website.
FORD V8 FOUNDATION WEBSITE: Another interesting website to check out is www.fordv8foundation.org EARLY FORD V8 CLUB OF AMERICA WEBSITE: www.earlyfordv8.org
OCTOBER BREAKFAST
Breakfast this month will be Saturday, October 19th at 8:30am at Wecks, 6621 4th St NW, at Osuna. Bring your friends and join us for good food and even better conversation. Note: Ponderosa opens at 10am so breakfast location has changed to Wecks.
OCTOBER MEETING PROGRAM
The program for August is a comparison of 1932 and 1933 cars. There will be examples of each and Jay will talk us through, Jeff will sit and smile! Ford learned a lot about flatheads during their introductory year. The 1932 was a major redesign from the Model A, including moving the fuel tank to the rear of the car requiring a fuel pump. The 1933 was a major redesign from the 1932 - longer with a full hood and elegant shovel nose grill and losing the headlight bar. More to come when the cars are reviewed at the meeting.
OCTOBER PRESIDENT’S LETTER - R. Jeff Jackson
Woke up this morning and it was chilly outside. Regardless, I put on my t-shirt and shorts and went to work. I call it going to work, Beth calls it hiding in the garage. Only issue is I wasn’t in the garage, I was outside trying to put a new floor in the old work truck. Here the story begins. I have a flatbed F350 with a 14’ x 7’ wood floor. I asked my son in law, who has access to lots of downed trees and a sawmill, to cut me some 2” thick 10” to 14“wide and 15’ long white oak. He did this for me last summer. Goodness were those things heavy to load when they were wet. Brought them home and stacked them under a tarp and let them dry. Well, dry they did along with bending themselves into interesting shapes. Even dry they were still very heavy but I managed to set them out and cut them to length. I even horsed several of them onto the truck after removing the old truck floor. Then amazement struck and I realized I didn’t need 2” thick. The boards I removed were about an inch and a half Apitong wood with shiplap facing. For those unaware like me, Apitong wood is the “go to wood” for truck bed manufacturers because it has excellent strength to weight and resists water decay. I now understand why the floor on this truck lasted 16 years - it was made properly. I priced Apitong at the only place in town I could find it and it was $1400 - too much for this truck’s budget. Back to the story, I tried everything to flatten out that oak including a hydraulic press. The oak wouldn’t budge. Realizing how heavy even the dried wood was I calculated the weight difference between the oak floor and a Douglas fir floor and it was almost 500 pounds. Way too much weight difference to be hauling around all the time. So I went to Lowes and got some Douglas fir which I am in the process of installing. Don’t know for sure the point of all this except - think before you act. If I had asked for inch and a half thick oak it would have been more manageable, easier to straighten and lighter.
October, with cooler days will be great for driving our cars. At the October meeting, we will be comparing the
1932 and 1933 Fords. Jay and I plan to drive an example of each to meeting. Breakfast this month will be at Wecks on Fourth instead of the Ponderosa. It was discovered that the Ponderosa doesn’t open until 10am. We might want to try it at another time.
At our meeting Tuesday, we hope to be presenting an officer slate for elections coming in November. Note, I say we are hoping. I am sorry to say that as of today, we still don’t have a full slate of folks willing to be officers.
Minutes of the September 3, 2019 Meeting By Beth Jackson, Secretary
President Jeff called the meeting to order. There were 19 people present. Treasurer David reported that the budget is on track. Birthday greetings went out to Joyce (4), Jeff (8), and Mary Gorenz (15). Happy Anniversary wishes were extended to the Patterson’s (11), Azevedo’s (21) and Glovers (23). Thanks to Laurel McGlasson for sending delicious refreshments with husband Gary.
Old Business: Joyce, reporting for the New Mexico Council of Car Clubs, said the person in charge of the late September swap meet will be sending an email asking for volunteers.
The recipe of the month of September was submitted by Beth. Larry volunteered his wife Pat to send a recipe for the October newsletter.
This meetings program will be presented by George Abernathy, our very own veterinarian, on pets.
All who are going on the drive to Chama and the moonlight ride on the Cumbres Toltec Railroad are to meet at
Smith’s at Tramway and Central at 9am Saturday morning.
There will be a board meeting next Tuesday, September 10th, at 7pm at the Jackson’s house. New Business: September’s breakfast will be held on Saturday, September 21st at Sopa’s in Bosque Farms. We will meet at the PIT parking lot at 8am to caravan to the restaurant. After breakfast, there will be an interesting tour of a collection of cars and airplanes owned by Vince Lardner. New member Don Gutierrez suggested the Ponderosa on Hwy 337 as the breakfast location for October 19th.
Our day at the state fair will be Sunday, September 8th. We will be meeting at the parking lot of the old Caravan East at 7:30am to drive in together.
October’s program will be a comparison of the 1932 and 1933 Fords.
Election of officers for 2020 will take place at the November meeting. Jeff appointed a nominating committee consisting of himself, George Abernathy, Demetrio Lee and David McLain. They are to report to the club at the October meeting. In Joe’s monthly crime report he told us that auto theft in Albuquerque has been cut in half because of the task force formed to combat thefts. The Albuquerque Police Department is up to 976 officers, of which 76 are assigned to investigate other officers. The FBI rejected Albuquerque’s submission of crime statistics for the first
part of 2019 because they weren’t reported properly. Also, all reserve officers were suspended in May as the union appears to be totally against volunteers.
Member of the month of September was Bob Quirici. Jeff will be interviewing Tom Patterson for the October newsletter.
The Clements reported that the National Meet in Auburn was a good show, very interesting, and a great venue. They volunteered to show their pictures of the meet at a future meeting. (That will be in November.) The raffle of Frank Corey’s Mercury raised lot of money for the foundation. Next year another car of Frank’s will be the raffle vehicle – a 1957 two-tone.
Bob Mathes’ daughters sold all his remaining autos and parts to 2 individuals. George Abernathy gave a very interesting talk on vaccinations needed, dangerous foods and plants for our pets, and how veterinary medicine and rules have changed over the years. Thank you, George.
Breakfast at Sopas
MEMBER OF THE MONTH – Tom Patterson
Tom Patterson was born in Detroit Michigan, a while back, he notes. Tom had an older brother who was a race car driver. Tom recalls his father as a calm man. But one day Tom and his brother installed a blower on a 1936 Ford 3 window club coupe. Tom said dad walked by, saw the blower and said “You have 15 minutes to get that off the car.” Apparently, his calm father was also a serious man because Tom said “we had the blower off in
15 minutes”.
Tom left high school after the tenth grade and went to trade school. Tom became a tool and die maker and worked for Ford Motor company at the Dearborn plant. He saw the 1953 Fords come down the assembly line. I suspect that has something to do with his affinity for the 1953 Ford. He was also drafted and was a helicopter mechanic and crew chief. He said, “I never got a license to fly the helicopter but the pilot let me take the controls sometimes.” It was a 21-passenger helicopter - so a big one.
Tom and Dee toured a lot in Michigan in a 1933 Buick Sport Touring. Dee said, “The car didn’t have a heater and Michigan can get cold.” She wrapped herself in a blanket on one outing and the battery and wiring under the seat caught fire. She said “I was wrapped in the blanket so tightly, Tom had to really work to get me out of that car”.
While talking to Tom, Dee came on the line. Together they kept their stories straight. Tom proudly noted that this past September 11 marked their 65th wedding anniversary. Tom and Dee remained in Michigan until 1984 when health reasons caused them to leave. I asked why he came to Albuquerque. He quickly noted he wasn’t in Albuquerque, but in the Rio Communities in a nice neighborhood with an acre of space in Belen. Their current home wasn’t the first they purchased. They saw their current home and really liked it so they waited until it went up for sale and bought it.
Tom and Dee had an auto parts store in Belen. It was Belen Auto Parts and became a Car Quest store. He said he sold it after running it for 13 years when it became obvious to him that ‘shade tree’ mechanics couldn’t work on the new cars with all the gizmos on them. He also said Dee was his secretary at one job, his partner in another but mostly his best sidekick. Tom and Dee also built some spec homes with their younger son. Their son is now doing historic restoration work all over the US.
We ended the call and Tom probably went back to work on his 1953 club coupe.
2019 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
President: R. Jeff Jackson (jbjaxun@gmail.com)
Vice-President: Jay Hertz (jdhhag1@comcast.net)
Secretary: Beth Jackson (jbjaxun@gmail.com)
Treasurer: David McLain (dwmclain5153@gmail.com)
Director: George Abernathy (gabernathy@sunriseveterinary.com)
Director: Demetrio Lee (Dmost_1@yahoo.com)
Director: Roger Wilbur (rogerwilbur88@gmail.com)
Director: Joe Abbin (roadrunnerengr@msn.com)
October Birthdays and Anniversaries Mary Dierschke (9) Bud Hennessey & Linda Frazer (9)
Linda Frazer (9)
Amy Joiner (25)
Al Seery (30)
RECIPE OF THE MONTH Pat Bost
SISTER’S BROWNIES
MIX TOGETHER:
2 sticks margarine 2 cups sugar
2 squares unsweetened chocolate (melted)
4 eggs 1 ½ cup flour
1/2 cup or more of chopped nuts
Preheat Oven to 325 degrees
BAKE in 9x13 pan for 30 minutes at 325 degrees TOPPING:
After taking out of oven, immediately cover with 1 small bag of marshmallows While marshmallows are melting mix together:
2 squares chocolate (melted)
1 box powdered sugar
1/2 cup pet milk
1/2 stick margarine (melted)
Pour over melted marshmallow topping (smear… it won’t evenly pour) Cool in refrigerator before cutting into squares.
AUBURN IN AUGUST
The Central National Meet of the Early Ford V8 Club was in Auburn, Indiana, this past August, headquartered at the Early Ford V8 Museum. The Frank Corey Gallery was open and currently displays three of Frank’s cars: 1946
Mercury coupe, 1951 Mercury sedan, and 1953 Ford Fordor, alongside many other fine V8’s. The Floyd collection of 1936 Fords had its own gallery with a showroom full of 1936 Fords. Mr. Floyd was on hand, autographing books about the collection. The Museum expansion was excellent and well put together.
275 registrations were received, and over 160 Early Ford V8’s were on display. The front lawn had over 30 vendors of V8 parts, cars & accessories, mostly rare and expensive. But stuff was selling. Nice to have a swap meet without tripping over Brand X parts to get what you need.
Raffle tickets for the Corey 1956 Mercury were selling like hotcakes, generally $100 at a time. No one knew how many sold, but from the stack of stubs, the Museum did extremely well with sales. Some guy in New York won the Merc but chose the cash instead.
One evening was devoted to a show of collector cars around the downtown plaza. Streets were closed off, and over 100 cars of many makes gathered for a free car show. One interesting note is that while dining downtown, just off the plaza, people were parking to eat or look at the cars, leaving their car unlocked and windows down. A number of vintage cars were not in the show, but just cruising the streets. Some of these were expensive true classics.
One excursion was to the Motorhome Museum in Elkhart. That was a huge facility with a wide variety of travelling homes of all ages and manufacture. Some were Model T, Model A and Ford V8 powered. A fascinating display was a large showcase with hundreds of toy and model motor homes, campers and trailers. It’s well worth a visit if you get the chance.
One afternoon was spent in the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg Museum. There was plenty there to drool over. The awards banquet was held in a room at that museum, and we got to wander amongst the cars before and after dinner. An elegant experience! Make a point of visiting Auburn some time. There’s lots to see and do.
The weather was great the whole meet until concours day; it rained. Fortunately, the Museum director knew the Kruse family, and they allowed us the use of a large building for judging the Dearborn and Rouge classes.
Judging by flashlight was a new experience for the judges and car owners, but we got through it with flying colors.
Touring classes had to sit outside in the rain.
When all was said and done, everyone headed home, happy and well-fed. Some of us had a bit of a struggle stuffing trunks with swap meet goodies, but everything eventually found a niche. National meets are a lot of fun, and if you haven’t experienced one yet, plan to go to Alamosa next year. It’s close to home, and you get to see lots and lots of nifty cars. Joyce
CHAMA TRIP AND CUMBRES TOLTEC MOONLIGHT RIDE
Tumbleweed Early Ford V8 Club Calendar for 2019
October
Tuesday 1st Club Meeting 7pm, Refreshments Amy & Chris Joiner
Saturday 19th Breakfast at Wecks – 4th & Osuna
November
Tuesday 5th Club Meeting 7pm Officer Election, Program on the Central National Meet by the
Clements, Refreshments Bob Payne
Saturday 16th Breakfast
December
Saturday 14th Club Christmas Party (tentatively pot luck)
Tuesday 17th (tentative Board meeting with new and old officers and directors plan for 2020) Saturday 21st Breakfast
Upcoming Events
OCTOBER
October 4-5 – 32nd Run to the Inn of Mountain Gods – Inn of the Mountain Gods, Mescalero – Open to pre-’78 – Ron Duscha (915)598-0621
October 4-6 – 1st NSRA Nationals – Lamar Dixon Expo, Gonzales, LA – Open to pre-’90 – Tom (719)327-0827 or www.nsra-usa.com
October 4-12 – Cruisin’ the Coast Tour #6 – Biloxi, MS Area – Tour Hotline 1-800-664-1362 or www.streetrodderweb.com
October 5 – Cars-N-Coffee – The Owl Cafe, Lomas & Eubank – 7:30-10:00 AM. Join us for hot coffee, free donuts, hot cars!! (505)291-4900 October 5 – Car Show – Winslow, AZ
October 6 – Vdubs, Bugs & Balloons – University Volkswagen, I-25 & Ellison – Presented by Albuquerque Air Alliance – 9am-3pm – Open to air-cooled VW’s – Early morning “pot lick” is being planned to watch balloon launch – E-mail aaavwclub@aol.com if you wish to enter – More details at www.aaavwclub.com or on Facebook
October 6 – Fiesta of Wheels Car Show – Balloon Fiesta Park – Meet at Los Ranchos/Journal Center Rail Runner station, 101 El Pueblo NW 8am – Be prepared for extra security measures – Details at
www.fiestaofwheels.com or find link on events schedule at www.balloonfiesta.com or Jim Wiley (505)228-4818 CoyotWiley@aol.com
October 6-12 – Vintage Air Tour #7 – San Antonio, TX-Biloxi, MS – Tour Hotline 1-800-664-1362 or www.streetrodderweb.com
October 12 – Pro Tec Show – W. 401 Vinton Rd, Vinton – Richard (915)412-7267
October 12 – 16th Annual Los Leones Show – Mesilla Town Hall, Mesilla – Jose Pena (575)644-3747 October 12 – 32nd Annual Cars in the Park – Vets’ Memorial Park, Sierra Vista, AZ – Janet Forbes (520)249-
9756 or www.sierravistacarclub.org
October 13 – GTO Club and Rock & Brews Car Show – Rock & Brews, 4800 Montgomery NE – Registration
DOS $15 – Open to custom, classic, street rod, muscle – 10am-2pm, Proceeds to Albuquerque Christian
Children’s home – Michelle Garcia michelle67gto@yahoo.com
October 13-20 – Biloxi East Tour #8 – Biloxi, MS-Lake Havasu, AZ – Open to pre-’73 – Tour Hotline 1-800-6641362 or www.streetrodderweb.com
October 13-20 – Sacramento West Tour #9 – Sacramento, CA-Lake Havasu, AZ – Open to pre-’73 – Tour Hotline 1-800-664-1362 or www.streetrodderweb.com
October 16-20 – 42nd Annual Run to the Sun – London Bridge Resort, Lake Havasu, AZ – Open to pre-’73 –
Rods & Relics (928)855-0933 or www.relicsandrods.com
October 18-19 – Golden Gears 30th Annual Last Chance Fun Run & Show – 18th Cruise In South Sonic 5:30, 19th
Alameda Park, Alamogordo – 8am & start run 9am, Show & Shine Alameda Park after Run till 3pm – Entry $20 – Jack (575)491-9804
October 19 – Muscle Car Cruise to Sandia Mountains – Meet at Vintage Restaurant, 8000 Paseo del Norte – Arr.
9:30am, dep. 10am – For more info Shannon Whitehead (505)480-8687 or Patrick Ley patley78@yahoo.com
October 19 – Los Altos Church of the Nazarene Car Show & Chili Cookoff – 229 Erbbe St – Starts 9am – Kandice Wagoner (505)553-4174 phone or text or butterflykizz1@yahoo.com
October 19 – 3rd Annual Rods, Customs & Classics Car Show – Jay Redlin Farmers Insurance Agency, 9720 Candelaria Rd. NE (1 blk e of Eubank), Albuquerque – Entry $15 early, $20 DOS – Awards, door prizes, goody bags 1st 25 entries – Entry includes 1 meal item, side dish & drink – Info (505)298-3950
October 19 – 13th Annual Classics Car Show – The Gregory School, Tucson, AZ – Open to pre-2000 – Rotary Club (520)440-4503 or www.rotarytccs.com
October 26 – Trunk or Treat – Airport, Farmington – 5-8pm
October 27 – MCJROTC 1st Annual Tricked Out ‘n “Treatin’ Halloween Car Show – Cibola HS, 1510 Ellison Rd NW – Entry $20 – Proceeds to Marine Corps JROTC expenses to national competition in Orlando, FL – Setup 8-
10am, show 10am-3pm – Prizes, awards, drawings, kids’ costume contest, face painting, games, food, fun – Melissa Robinson Melissa.Robinson15@yahoo.com
October 31 – Red Ribbon Parade & Car Show – Dona Ana Elementary School, Las Cruces – Madeline (575)5279506
EARLY FORD V8 TOURS
Go to Early Ford V-8 Web Site for More Information.
June 15-18, 2020 – Eastern National Meet – Morgantown, PA – www.NCR36.com for information.
September 20-24 – 2020 WESTERN NATIONAL MEET – ALAMOSA, COLORADO Sponsored by Hi-Country RG. Register by December 31 for $75, $100 till June 1, $125 after June 1, 2020. Deanie Kennedy (303)489-3944 or 2020EFV8MEET@ecentral.com. It’s only a bit over 200 miles from Albuquerque, and the drive is scenic. The Denver group always puts on a good tour, and Colorado weather is always interesting. Plan to go.
NEWSLETTER NOTE
Members are encouraged to submit articles, ads and photographs for inclusion in the newsletter. Please understand we have a volunteer Newsletter Editor so try and submit typed and proofed articles, comments, and new want ads (for sale items will continue to be updated at the meetings). The deadline for submissions is the 20th of the month. Beth Jackson, 505-908-7564, or email: JBJaxun@gmail.com
Tour of Vince Lardner’s Collection
