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Classic Lines Volume XXXVIII February, 2015 A PUBLICATION OF THE CLASSIC CAR CLUB OF AMERICA® SOUTHERN FLORIDA REGION DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE I would like to thank the Board of Managers of the Classic Car Club of America®, Southern Florida Region, for electing me your new Director. I will do my best to fill the very large shoes of outgoing Director Dan Hanlon. Dan has Southern Florida Region been our Director Classic Car Club of America® "par excellence" Officers and Managers for a record breaking four Director.............................Bob Rohrer years. He did a 239-293-5557 terrific job during Assistant Director.............Don Wingard his lengthy ten- 213-8387 ure. We hosted 239-783-1864 two National Secretary...........................Art Polacheck CCCA Annual 954-650-8768 Meetings, the Treasurer...........................Bob Rohrer first on the East 239-293-5557 Coast and the second on the West Coast plus a National Committees Caravan in Central Florida thus swelling our treasury rather Activities...........................Don Wingard substantially over the past four years. So I do indeed have and Art Polacheck very large shoes to fill and look forward to all of the help Membership/Directory…..Dave Salzman our members can provide to your "newby" Director. Head Judge........................Dick Roach For most of us participation isn’t a problem rather it Web Master.......................Mike Dodge is why we joined one of the most active regions of the Clas- Projects..............................Erich Haller sic Car Club of America. One of my goals as Director is to Historian/Archivist............Dave Salzman encourage every member to participate. Our two hard work- Sunshine............................Glorianne Pola- ing Activities Chairmen, Art Polacheck and Don Wingard check have activities planned for us on both the east and west CLASSIC LINES-Editor….Ed Miller coasts. Take a look at the activities list in Classic Lines and Editing Proofreader............Joe Malaney plan now to "just show up" at one or more. It's no big deal. Put the key in the ignition of your Full Classic® rolling Managers Rembrandt and drive the few miles required to meet other Erich Haller, Roger Hatton, Dianne Kernan, CCCA members for at least one activity this year. If the old Ed Miller, Art Polacheck, Bob Rohrer, girl won’t crank over hop in your modern iron or the other Doreen Salzman, and Don Wingard old car and "just show up". We own these masterpieces for more than hiding them in our garages or to be moved to the More information at: driveway for an occasional bath. Invite a friend and bring www.southernfloridaccca.com him or her to at least one event this year. Do that and chanc- es are you will discover what the rest of us already know: Continued on page 11 Front Cover: Park in the driveway of well built 1926 home is a 1926 Packard Phaeton. For the rest of the story turn to page 4. Table of Contents Back Cover: The Stutz Motor Company marched to the beat of a different drummer. 2 Director’s Message 12 Names Badges ® They were the only American Full Classic 3 Revs 12 Kathy’s Kontinued car manufacturer to utilized Zenith carbure- 4 Road Test 12 Errata tors. They are found in the BB, M and SV- 8 Tech Tip 13 Zenith 16 models and on its companion car the 10 Editor’s Notes 14 Three Minute Egg Timer Black Hawk. For more on the Zenith carbu- 10 Kathy’s Korner 15 Spotlight retor turn to page 13.. 11 Spotlight 15 Activities Calendar When the lights went out at REVS... By Ron Wertz and Don Wingard Our tale begins early Saturday morning the 17th of January at the Naples Train Depot. If this case does go to Court, it’s important to get all the particulars correct. Our group, led by Coordinator Don Wingard, began to gather from mostly around the Naples area. Dick and Joyce Thams broke the mold and ventured from their home in Punta Gorda. Art Polacheck drove solo from Deerfield Beach. Ron and Alice Wertz came all the way from Hillsboro Beach. But the good Doctor Paul Loree and wife Sally drove their 1941 Cadillac Series 62 Formal Sedan by Derham in from Pompano Beach with Dave and Doreen Salzmant. Their Ca- dillac has been on so many CARavans®, tours, ice cream runs, pa- rades, weddings and maybe a funeral or two that this little trip across Alligator Alley come as no surprise. By 9:30 A.M., the group vacated the Naples Depot for what was previously called the Collier Museum and has been transform into the Revs Institute for Automotive Research. The old musty mu- seum, well it was never musty and it isn’t that old, but it has been transformed into a grander educational experience. The automobile displays are impeccable, the docents informative and the ambiance Full Classics at REVS: a motorcar Louvre. For two plus hours the men and even some of Above: 1929 Sunbeam Three litre twin-cam the women were spellbound by the docent’s lecture regarding the Super Sport historical significance of each automobile on display. Below: 1927 Vauxhall Type 0E 30/98 Velox. These were just two of the many Full Classic It was during the group’s walk through the museum that it Cars on display. happened. A Docent, pointing to a fire engine red Duesenberg Model J exclaimed to his rapt audience: “This spectacular 1929 Duesenberg belong to the late Prince...” When the lights went out and the lecture abruptly ended. One witness commented that it was: “Darker than a black cat on Halloween night.” After a few moments the lights returned, but for just a few seconds and then darkness once again descended upon our group of terrified autophiles. This occurred several times. The Docents rang for security and the French Prime Minister Francois Hollande but to no avail. Finally, light returned and the Docents regained their com- posure to complete the grand tour of this significant automotive col- lection of 115 motor cars. Unlike the French Muslim extremists who were surrounded and gunned down. The culprits at Revs have to this day remained at large. Some point their finger at a recently dismissed and disgruntled Docent. More than a few believe it may have been a con- spiracy hatched by members of our little innocent club. We’ll leave it for you to pounder for I am sworn to se- crecy. Think of it as a writer who would never divulge his source. As the tour wound down over lunch there were whispers as to who did what and when. The case goes unsolved. At least there were no food fights at the restaurant. Our Full Classics, front to rear: Charlie Pingree’s 1941 Packard One- Sixty Touring Sedan, Paul and Sally Loree’s 1941 Cadillac Series 62 Formal Sedan by Derham, Bob and Marilyn Rorher’s 1941 Cadillac, Don and Diana Wingard’s 1937 Packard Twelve Convertible Coupe. Thirty-five Attendees: Eric and Pauline Haller, Dick and Joyce Thams, Ned and Margie Wright, Ron and Alice Wertz and guests Lou and Mary Jane Fritz, Bob Rohrer and guest Don MacNeil, Gene and Ann Nau, Gene and Kathy Fioritto, Dave Gaunt and guest, Rog- er Hatton and grandson, Art Polacheck, Tim and Janet Wiggles- worth, Don and Diana Wingard, Paul and Sally Loree, Ray Guidice and Barbara and two granchildren Will and Kate, David and Doreen Salzman, Charlie Pingree and Craig Landry, guest. Road Test #41 1926 Packard Eight Phaeton Most pre-1932 Full Classic® automobiles are difficult to drive. The non-synchronized gears clash and grind, the brakes can’t stop a two ton vehicle in a short distance and the ride is akin to cement truck with a bent axle. However, every once in a long while there comes along a well sorted out and never abused early Classic. The gears may not be absolutely silent, the brakes may not be equal to four wheel disc brakes and the suspen- sion isn’t even fully independent yet the old car functions properly and is a joy to drive. One Full Classic that fills that bill is the subject of this road test, a 1926 Packard Eight Phaeton. Somewhere in the barely explored wilds of central Florida, between Orlando and Ocala, the Packard is parked but ready to be driven. As the garage door is opened and the Phaeton is bathed in the light of day, a two tone gray with black fenders meets your discriminating eye. Alt- hough set off against red pin striped maroon disc wheels, it appears bland to most but it represents colors most appropriate for the period and for the intended use of the vehicle. Packard recommend- Top arrow: It looks like a 1950’s add on Supercharger, but it is a Skinner Oil Rectifier. This gizmo attempted to keep gas and water out of the crankcase oil. It didn’t quite recti- fy anything but it did have good intentions. Bottom arrow: This is the upper portion of the Fuelizer. Here, your friends can watch in amazement the blue flame that dries and warms the fuel. The driver’s side of the engine is not nearly as entertaining as the other side. But if you must know, behind the horn is the starter motor. ed a dark Plymouth gray above the belt line and a lighter Pilgrim gray below to de-emphasize the dust that inevitably settled on the vehicle after almost any drive along the typically unpaved country roads of the day. This is a man’s motor car one that isn’t voluptuously beautiful, rather, it is functional and handsome in design.