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January-February-March #17 T Spring, just around the corner.. . Welcome to the first Connector of 2012. This issue includes the January dinners, February airplane museum and restoration tour and the March swap meet and car show. O Returning in 2012 is Joe Sherlock’s AutoSketch as well as his Remember When and Mark Chamber’s What is it? pho- to quiz. News from the LCOC Board Meeting and photos of R members and their cars fill the rest of this issue. Enjoy. Club Officers & Managers Director’s Message James Shelton Chantler Region Director Jim Chantler, Normandy Park WA (2012) Hello my fellow Lincolnoids, 206-356-3786 -- [email protected] It is the start to another year. Hard to believe. Once again we have a whole plate of Assistant Region Director Susan Addy, Silverdale WA (2014) interesting events planned for our Region. We 360-692-7268 -- [email protected] have already had our January dinners and we also had a great time at Tony Lewis’ Fancies of Secretary Flight tour last month. I am always amazed at Kris Sundberg, Mercer Island WA (2012) 206-240-1559 how successful the events that involve airplanes are. Talk about a popular venue! As I write this, we are on board for Treasurer the Almost Spring Swap Meet and Car Show at Puyallup, WA. If you Steve Price, Portland OR have not participated in any events so far, come on up to Northern 503-288-1849 -- steve@popsfiddle.com Washington in April for a good time. Additional Board Members Your Director participated in the annual LCOC Board Meeting • Jim Pringle, Lacey WA (2013) in Florida, along with National Board Directors Steve D’Ambrosia 360-923-0472 -- [email protected] and Roger Clements. You can read our report on the next page. I really • Ed Zarins, Portland OR (2013) 503-254-1625 -- edz@pacifier.com hate to sound like a broken record but we need to get new members • Grant Loveseth, Vancouver, BC (2014) if our club is to remain viable into the future. Our Pacific Northwest 604-264-7946 -- [email protected] Region is continuing to lose members as is the national Lincoln & • Mel Bailey, Sagle ID (2014) 208-610-1768 -- [email protected] Continental Owners Club. Admittedly, the Lincoln division of Ford has not produced anything really memorable of late. We need another 1961 Membership total redesign that pushes the envelope of and is a Denis & Barb LaCrosse, Hansville, WA 360-638-1935 -- [email protected] cut above anything else on the road. I would hate to think that Lincoln may become yet another orphan brand but it could happen if Ford does Projects not start producing vehicles that people really want to own. I have been Susan Addy, Silverdale WA (2014) reading a history of Lincoln through the classical years and into the 360-692-7268 -- [email protected] Zephyr era. The 1936 Zephyr was a total break for Lincoln and Ford Connector Editors which saved the Lincoln brand. The ’61 also was a pivotal design that Ed & Chris Gray, Snohomish WA yet again saved the marque. We need another savior, if you will, for 360-668-9487 -- [email protected] Lincoln to be viable. I suspect when there is an interest in the current Webmaster cars then there may be an uptick in interest in the older Lincolns as Joe Sherlock, Battleground, WA well. http://www.lincoln-club.org Our goal at the Puyallup Car Show is to present the range of Events Coordinators Lincolns that are out there and need to be saved. In my wanderings, Jim Chantler and Susan Addy someone asked me what my earring stood for and when I said it was the star emblem they asked if Lincolns were still Connector is the official newsletter of the being produced. Oh, oh, it looks like a real lack of PR if the general Lincoln Club Inc., an Oregon non-profit corporation, presently operating as the public has no knowledge that our marque still exists! It makes sense Pacific Northwest Region of the Lincoln that we, as stewards of the marque, continue to participate in as many & Continental Owners Club. Contents of this publication are intended to be factual car-related events as we can. So, people let’s get out there and promote and accurate; however, the Club assumes our beloved Lincolns. If you see someone driving a Lincoln, talk to no responsibility for accuracy of contents. Articles by members are not necessarily them about our Region. That’s what it will take to build interest and our endorsed by the club or its officers. membership. Contributions are welcome and may be Jim printed at the discretion of the Editor. Original material submitted will not be returned unless Photos requested with postage provided. Information Front Cover: 1934 Lincoln Model KB Dietrich Bodied owned by in this publication may be reproduced provided that proper credit is given to the Gerald Greenfield. author and this publication and that the article Back Cover: Mark II’s owned by Jan Pelray and Randy and Sally Brown is quoted accurately within the context in which it is written. All photos by Chris or Ed Gray except as noted. Pacific Northwest Region Connector 2 LCOC National Board Meeting Report - January 2012 2012 - Calendar of Events James Shelton Chantler, Director PNWR/LCOC January 14 I attended the LCOC National Board Meeting Northern dinner - Monroe, WA - Ed & Chris Gray in January in Orlando, Florida, along with our National At-Large Directors, Steve D’Ambrosia and January 21 Southern Dinner - Portland area - Sean & Karen Roger Clements. It may have been Florida but we Streeter didn’t see much of it, certainly in daylight hours. We had two days of productive committee meetings prior February 11 to the board meeting itself. Somehow Florida in the Heritage Flying Collection - Everett, WA - Tony Lewis winter loses a little if you never get out in the daylight. We began with a moment of silence for past March 17-18 LCOC President and Legislative Advocate Doug Puyallup Car Show - Puyallup, WA Mattix and Executive Vice President Art Whitmire, Gerald Greenfield & Jim Chantler who both passed away since the last full board meeting. Art and Doug made numerous contributions April 22 to our club for many years and they will be missed. Chuckanut Drive Tour/Studebaker Museum Bellingham, WA - Ken & Sue Wicker Our membership continues to decline. The Board has cut costs and maintained services; however, May 5 the lower membership puts even further strain on Gorst Lawn & Garden Tour and Other Surprises LCOC’s budget. Be sure and renew your own LCOC Gorst, WA - Susan Addy membership. Our Club needs your help in getting new members. If you know someone who has dropped their June 15-17 membership, talk to them. Refer prospective members Whistler/Balckcomb Driving Tour - Canada Grant Loveseth & Raymond Lively to www.lcoc.org for a membership application. Speaking of the national web site, check it out July 22 for details on plans for 2012 National Meets and to Bloedel Reserve - Bainbridge Island, WA request meet packets/registrations. Last year’s meets Denis & Barb LaCrosse were all profitable. Plan to attend a National Meet in Chattanooga, TN, Bloomington, MN, and/or Concord, August 11 CA. Watch for more details in an upcoming edition of LaConner Antinque Wood Boat & Cr Show the Comments or at www.lcoc.org. LaConner, WA - Kevin & Lisa Johnson The LCOC Foundation was highlighted and September 26-29 renderings of the museum and site were shown. Make LCOC Western National Meet - Concord, CA your donation now. We have approximately 50% of Western Region the funding in place and need you to make it become a reality. October 20 Not many judging issues were discussed this The NEW LeMay Museum Tour - Tacoma, WA year, how unusual! We also discussed that judges Susan Addy spend no more than 10-15 minutes per car and not to “nit pick,” The main judging change was the creation November 3 Annual General Membership, Planning & Board of “Youth Concours Judging Recognition Award” Meeting - Lacey, WA - Jim & Joanne Pringle for members 24 years of age and younger. This was approved and will start in 2013. The purpose is to A What do Chuckanut Drive, Bell’s Studebaker E entice younger members to show their (or their Diner and Museum, and the Spark Museum parents’) Lincolns and have additional recognition. P of Electrical Invention have in common? V The next board meeting will be held in San R Answer: They are all part of our April E Antonio. Any member is welcome to attend. I event on April 22. N L Watch for your flyer. See you there T 3 Pacific Northwest Region Connector Muntz, cosmetics magnate Merle Norman, rocker "VUP Elvis Presley, bandleader Louis Prima, smoker R.J. Reynolds, politician Nelson Rockefeller singer/actor , the Shah of Iran, helicopter inventor 4LFUDI Igor Sikorsky, movie producer Mike Todd, studio CZ owner Jack Warner and painter Andrew Wyeth. +PF4IFSMPDL The Continental was priced far above the average . In 1956, you could buy a new 1956 Continental Mark II for around $4,000; a new Rolls Royce An American Rolls Royce could be had for just over $10,000. The high price tag and lack of other body styles limited sales. The Mark II was carried over into 1957 with very few changes. The Continental Mark II was introduced in October, Production was halted in May of 1957. In all, about 1955 at the Paris Auto Show. It was offered in only 3,000 Mark IIs were produced. one body style, a two-door and was a has always been coy virtually hand-assembled car with a price tag of about what their expectations were for the Mark II. $10,000. The Mark II was powered by a more or less Obviously, they were disappointed in the low sales factory blueprinted (the parts were hand selected figures but we’ve never heard what they expected. from production runs) Lincoln V-8 engine with 368 Compared with other specialty American cars which cubic inches. Every luxury feature known in 1956 was were priced well above the normal available on this car. Cadillac/Lincoln luxury market prices, All were standard the Mark II did pretty well. It sold better than the 1957-59 Eldorado Brougham which was priced at about $13,000. Its annual sales were better except air than the 1987-93 conditioning which was copyright Joe Sherlock Cadillac Allante a factory option and the electric eye which was priced at twice the cost of a new Town dimmer which was a dealer- installed option. Car. (The Allante was deeply discounted though; we The Mark II was very exclusive not only once purchased a 2,000 mile untitled demonstrator as because of its price but because it was to be offered a company car in 1988 for $34,000 - far less than its only to ‘selected’ buyers. Presumably, this would $55,000+ sticker price. It was not a nice car. It was weed out the riff-raff. There is no evidence that this noisy and was plagued with rattles and squeaks.) selectivity was ever enforced; if you could come up The lesson here is obvious: high priced cars = with the money, you could buy the car. Famous (and low sales. How could Ford have thought otherwise? infamous) Mark II owners included actor Walter Today the Mark II is revered as one of the best styled Brennan, John Daley (tv host of ‘What’s My Line’) cars of the 1950’s. Its good looks are timeless. It rides movie exec Cecil B. DeMille, Milton Eisenhower and drives with a grace and quietness not found in (the President’s bro), tire magnate Harvey Firestone, other cars of that era. The car I’ve sketched here is my Senator Barry Goldwater, actor Stewart Granger, 1956 Mark II which I sold in 1998. I’ve owned two casino owner Bill Harrah, restaurateur Howard Mark IIs in my lifetime - a ‘56 and a ‘57. Both were Johnson, bandleader Spike Jones, automaker Henry a pleasure to drive and got lots of admiring glances J. Kaiser, broadcast mogul (Metromedia) John when on the road. Kluge, auto and television maker Earl ‘Madman’ Cont. Page 8 Pacific Northwest Region Connector 4 January Dinners “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” This slogan from the Post Office would apply to the twelve intrepid souls who braved a blizzard to meet for the Northern Dinner at Sockeyes in Monroe, WA on January 14th. Jim Chantler even drove down to Lost Lake to pick up the Grays who were locked out of their garage because of ice and snow. Sadly for them the electric door opener was safely stored on the sun visor in their inside the locked garage. During the cocktail hour, someone remarked that this was their first Lincoln meet where Hosts: Chris & Ed Gray no Lincolns were in attendance. All wheel drives and four wheel drives were necessary to get anywhere. Someone else, in the background, mumbled something about “hogs on ice”. N Alice Kometz called to say she and husband, Mike, would not be attending. She spent the O afternoon in her car, in a ditch, waiting for a tow truck to show up. Once she got home they decided not to R give nature another shot at them and spent their evening watching the snow fall and demolishing a bottle of good White Zinfandel. T The staff at Sockeyes rendered hasty but gracious service as they wanted to close down and not H get snowed in at work. During dinner, a laptop with a slide show of all of the monthly events in 2011 created by Chris Gray, was passed around for viewing. Following a dinner with great conversation and desert, champagne was served and a toast celebrating the Gray’s thirtieth wedding anniversary was made. Following the toast everyone bundled up and headed for home. Apparently everyone arrived home intact The PNWR Southern Dinner was held on January 21st at McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, OR. Sean and Karen Streeter presided over the event in an intimate banquet room in the main building of the complex. If you have never been to Edgefield, you are missing out on a special treat. The grounds and the eclectic artwork generously spread around the complex are fascinat- Hosts: Karen & Sean Streeter ing to look at. It has come a long way since starting life as the Multnomah County Poor Farm in 1911. S The Italian food and craft brewed beer was also greatly enjoyed by all. Our turnout was O surprisingly good from our northern members and actually eclipsed the southern members in at- tendance. What was especially interesting about this was our northern members were just com- U ing out of one of the worst snow and ice storms to hit the Puget Sound area in a number of years. T As Jim Hendry commented during dinner, “Since I don’t have power at my house I may as well H come here!” Kudos to Steve and Becky D’Ambrosia for bringing to the dinner a new member who recently purchased a late 60’s Lincoln Continental We enjoyed meeting them. Much good discus- sion was had within our group of 18 members and we all parted company around 9:00 that evening with promises to meet again at the next club event.

A very rare Connector Editorial The Man Who Hated America Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il took his final trip through Pyongyang, capitol of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, strapped like a surfboard to the top of a flower bedecked 1976 Lincoln Continental . If Kim Jong Il were not such a belligerent and bellicose putz, his survivors probably could have negotiated a first class last ride in Rick Franklin’s 1987 Hearse, Morticia! Oh well, Supreme Leader, you aren’t missed by members of the Pacific Northwest Region. -ed

5 Pacific Northwest Region Connector This Car Really Flies -EMBERSAND by Gerald Greenfield as told to Ed & Chris Gray 4HEIR#ARS

Gerald Greenfield and his 1934 Model KB Dietrich Bodied Split Windshield Sedan.

At the end of the Great Depression, late 1933, it in a trade with the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, every luxury marque in the world was in serious CA. At the time, I couldn’t afford to buy it. So, it trouble. Many famous names had disappeared, but was purchased by a man in California and Mosier four major names remained: Cadillac, Packard, Pierce- Restoration restored the car for the new owners in Arrow and Lincoln. They were linked to much larger 1995. I bought the car about five years ago. car companies that were more solvent. By 1934, Ford based the styling of their cars on the luxury car sales had fallen by 72% of the 1929 level. Lincoln. The Model KB sold for about $6800 in 1934. With Pierce-Arrow at 20%, Packard at 14%, Cadillac The Fords were selling for about $650 so there was a at 13%, Lincoln was at 33%. Lincoln must have been significant difference in price. doing something right. The end of the big luxury cars was at hand as none of the cars turned a profit for their What is unique about this car? companies after 1931. The Model K designation was • The KB V-12 engine was built to “fly.” It is blue supposed to reflect the last luxury car built by Ford printed and bored and stroked. On a dynameter in 1906, the Ford Model K. This car was designed to it will put out 200+ horsepower. It came from replace the Leland-designed Model L. The PNWR has the factory with 414 cubic inches and during a fine example of this car. -ed restoration process, it was bored and stroked. I saw this car for the first time about twenty • It also has high speed ring and pinion rear end. years ago. It is a 1934 Lincoln Model KB Dietrich • It has a three position top which means it has Bodied. It is also known as a Split Windshield three distinct options for styling. (1) You can have Convertible Sedan. The man who owned it had gotten the top all the way down with all four windows Pacific Northwest Region Connector 6 down. (2) You can have the top down just over the driver like a 4-door chauffer-driven sedan. (3) Or, you can have the top up with all the windows down and even the door posts swivel and drop down out of sight, giving the car a phaeton look. • You can also crank up a window between the driver and passengers.

It is a great car to drive and cruises really nicely at 70 mph. About 10,000 miles have been put on the engine since the restoration. I have had a number of Lincolns and Model A Fords since the 1960’s. I bought my first Lincoln in 1980 and have had about twelve of them over the years. Right now, in addition to the Model KB, I have a 1931 Model A Deluxe Town Sedan, a 1933 3- Window Coupe and a 1940 Ford Woodie Wagon. When I built my house on Lake Tapps, I built a 6-car garage attached to the house and I have a 4-car detached garage. The neat thing about my attached garage is that there is a glass wall between the garage and family room so I can look at my cars whenever I want to. I really enjoy all of my cars and I think this Model KB is really a fun and interesting Lincoln. The car will be shown at the Classic Car Club of America’s show at the new LeMay Museum in Tacoma this summer. It will be judged using Grand Classic National Judging standards. It has never been shown at Pebble Beach because I drive it. It is definitely not a trailer show queen but I would guess that it is about 96 points by their standards.

Manufacturing data: Bonsall, Thomas E. The Lincoln Motor Car: The Complete History of an American Classic. 1992.

7 Pacific Northwest Region Connector Mark Chamber’s Last issue answer: 1960 Lincoln dash Lincoln Photo Quiz Mark has photographed a whole junk yard full of Lincoln parts. The challenge is to see if you can identify the year and model this particular part belongs to. It is definitely a Lincoln part. What is it? PNWR Market Place This space is given free of charge to members. Send your ad, electronic preferred, to the Connector Editors at [email protected] or Ed & Chris Gray, 21707 W. Lost Lake Rd., Snohomish, WA 98296. If you know a non-member who would like to advertise vehicles or parts, they must become a member by contacting our Membership Chairs. Include Name, address, telephone number, and email (if possible), together with a check made payable to The Lincoln Club for $20. Send the completed information and payment to: Denis & Barb LaCrosse, 4712 NE Twin Spits Rd., Hansville, WA. Then, follow previous directions for members.

For Sale: 1950 baby Lincoln 4-door. Suicide doors. One previous owner. Always garaged. New paint (deep navy/black) and new upholstery. This is not a Sport Sedan. $14,000 Call Diana 425-988-3369

For Sale: 1952 Lincon Capri. Lincoln trophy winner. $20,000 U.S. Call Ron 250-766-3558

For Sale: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III. Triple black.$10,000 U.S. Call Ron 250-766-3558

Cont. from Page 4 Remember When In 1956, cultural icon-to-be Elvis Presley Monaco. and Packard offered pushbutton appeared on the national scene with several #1 selling transmissions; Packard also offered power door locks. records. Elvis used some of his earnings to buy a ‘56 The first Volvos (PV444 models, which reminded folks Premiere coupe (wisteria /white roof) and, later, a of a shrunken ‘47 Ford) were imported to the U.S. Ford white Mark II. offered seat belts and padded dashboards as options New products included Raid insecticide, Crest and dished steering wheels as standard equipment, toothpaste and Comet cleanser. Ford Motor Co. went touting its cars as safer. The public wasn’t interested, public, issuing stock. Midas Muffler and Burger King then-sales manager Lee Iacocca developed the oft- began franchising. The ‘Dear Abby’ advice column heard axiom, “Safety doesn’t sell.” debuted. Best-selling songs of 1956 were ‘Hound Dog’ New words for 1956 included brainstorming, and ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ Other hits included ‘Singing brinkmanship, industrial park and tranquilizer. Ike the Blues,’ ‘Blueberry Hill,’ ‘My Prayer,’ ‘Blue Suede was re-elected. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis split Shoes’ and ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ up. Briget Bardot made her film debut in ‘And God Deaths included actor Bela Lugosi, automobile Created Woman.’ ‘In God We Trust’ became the U.S. manufacturer Preston Tucker, bandleader Tommy motto. Dorsey and comedian Fred Allen. The Yankees won Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of the World Series over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pacific Northwest Region Connector 8 Fancies of Flight Tour Conrod L Camshaft, Reporter at Large Pictures by Shelayne & Josette Wicker Oh, what a time we had. Our first time host, Tony Lewis, did a fantastic job putting together this tour. This reporter is always amazed at the popularity of tours that involve airplanes and flight museums. Does this mean that Host: Tony Lewis our Lincolns can fly? Probability not, except Gerald’s. The day started off on an ominous note as the snow flew in the conversion zone. Our rendezvous point was the Hilton Garden Inn and the snow had stopped. At the hotel, we had the first of several meals World War II fighter aircraft, fully restored like the day it during our day. It was then off to the shops of the left the assembly line. Museum of Flight Restoration Center at Paine Field. We spent some quality time becoming re-acquainted with some of the airplanes that were beginning restoration the last time we visited. It was great to see Iris and Bob McCutchen and in particular Iris’ 1954 Capri convertible. Fran Willyard came out to play with us also along with Susan Addy and her minivan full of PNWR projects. Vera Nevue and Tom Herman almost turned around because of the snow but fortunately stuck it out and happily joined us on our day’s adventures. After squeezing up into the Convair Iris McCutcheon’s 1954 Capri that was being restored, we moved on to our lunch Collection. Talk about planes that could tell a story! spot, Sabor A Mexico, where we had 24. Happily, We heard many stories thanks to our docent who was Petusa and Gil Braida joined us for lunch and missed very knowledgeable. The FHC houses spectacular war the snow. birds and technologies from 1935 through 1945. We It was then off to Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage saw technology and aircraft from the U.S, British, German, Russian and the Japanese forces. The exhibits were interactive and you could learn something just from osmosis by just being in the presence of so much history. The Wicker’s granddaughters were just a couple of shutter bugs which you can tell from the accompanying pictures. After being on our feet and on concrete for more than several hours there was a certain attrition when it came to the dinner group. A small group retired to Kosta’s Mediterranean Cuisine for dinner. This restaurant was great as they featured both Greek and Italian food. Overall it was a great day and everyone had a super time. The group listening to a very knowledgeable docent in the Flying Kudos to Tony. Now that you are broken Heritage Collection at Paine Field. in, feel free to volunteer next year. 9 Pacific Northwest Region Connector 7KH6WRUH The region has several items for sale that help us raise money to support our activities and publications. Susan Addy serves as our storekeeper and you can order items directly from her. You can contact her at 360-692-7268 or via email at [email protected]. Dash Pads Made of white “rubber”-like material and printed with LCOC and the Lincoln star, it keeps items like this cell $5.00 phone from sliding around. It works!

Visor Clips This ingenious gadget clips to your visor and holds your sunglasses when you aren’t $5.00wearing them. It is printed with LCOC and the Lincoln star. Cloisonne pins You should have one in each Mark II , 4-Door Convertible car if you want to know where $5.00 and Mark III available. your sunglasses are! Drink Can Cozy The drink can cozy fits Special Order ONLY 14K white or yellow gold Lin- around a soda or beer can coln star jewelry. Can be made or water bottle. They have into earrings, tie tacs, lapel pins, the Lincoln star and LCOC etc. Talk with Susan about how printed on them. to order. Price will vary depend- $3.00 each /2 for $5.00 ing on the cost of gold. Note card packs Set of Joe Sherlock’s handrawn images of cars $5.00 $10.00 Fire Extinguisher Covers/Wine Tote This has also been one of our most popular items. It is available in black and navy and is printed with the Lincoln star. It is large enough to carry a Tote Bag bottle of wine or many This has been one of our most popular items. It is made members use it to cover of heavy-duty canvas, is printed with the Lincoln star their fire extinguishers and is topped with a zipper. It is large enough to carry when on the show field. all the “beauty” products for detailing your car or any- $10.00 thing else you want to carry around. Pacific Northwest Region Connector 10 We do the Puyallup!... Car Show and Swap Meet That Is. Gerald Greenfield and Jim Chantler It was off to do the Puyallup on March 17- 18th. Gerald Greenfield invited us to show our Lincolns as one of the featured marques at the Almost Spring Car Show and Swap Meet. The Head of car show, Gerald Greenfield Swap Meet is hosted by the Galloping Gerties Model A Club of which Gerald has been a long-time member. He took the job of putting together the car show several years ago. Along with Gary & Merrisue Steinman’s 1948 Continental Cabriolet being a member of the PNWR, he is the head judge of the Concours d’Elegance held in Kirkland every summer as well as the LeMay Museum. He really knows his cars and has wins at Pebble Beach with a Cadillac and Packard. We invited a total of ten cars that were displayed for the two days. Fortunately, we were required to bring our cars out on Friday and lo and behold it was a relatively nice day. Yet again the clouds in this crazy climate opened up on Saturday with snow and sleet. Gerald brought his stunning ’34 Lincoln KB Dietrich Convertible Sedan (featured on pages 6 Denis & Barb LaCrosse’s Mark V &7). Gary Steinman brought another stunner of a ’48 Continental Cabriolet in blue. Craig Landon brought Joan Watjen’s ’47 Lincoln yellow Convertible Coupe. We had two Mark II’s owned by Jan Pelray and Randy and Sally Brown (see back cover). My ’69 Mark III represented the ‘60’s. The Hendrys brought their Mark IV and the LaCrosse’s had their Mark V which was the only car to get rained on. We also had the Gray’s Mark VIII convertible with the top most definitely down because we were inside. We even made room for Roger Clement’s ’58 CHP car with a 430 Lincoln engine. After all of the cars were placed and roped off, Jim & Joanne Hendry’s Mark IV we moseyed off for dinner at Famous Dave’s Barbecue in Puyallup. Good food and good company. As part of our participation we had a booth to promote the club. This was also the unveiling of the new club banner. Thanks to Steve D’Ambrosia for getting it made. Susan Addy brought down our projects of -[which we sold a few things along with gaining a couple of new members. We welcomed Mike and Kelly Kempenski who joined on the spot. Overall, this was really a fun event and certainly a different event than we usually do. I guess we truly did do the Puyallup. Participant’s Choice 1st Place - 1928 Miller Ford race car. 11 Pacific Northwest Region Connector