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Monthly Newsletter of the St Louis Chapter Buick Club of America Volume XXXVIII No Monthly Newsletter of the St Louis Chapter Buick Club of America Volume XXXVIII No. 9 September 2019 Director’s Letter September, 2019 Greetings, Well this month’s big adventure was attending the 2019 Heartland Regional in Stillwater, MN, hosted by the Fireball Chapter. Stillwater is really a neat little river town located on the Saint Croix River. The historic down town area next to the river makes this area an excellent destination for tourist and travelers. We enjoyed dining along the river front and a cruise on a river boat for the awards banquet. Thanks to numerous, last minute entries, we ended up with close to 100 entries, with 90 cars on the show field. The show featured peer judging and trophies were awarded to the 10 most popular cars, along with a “Best of Show” 1957 Roadmaster and a “Long Distance” award going to a 1941 Buick Woodie, from New York. This year’s event featured tours to a cheese factory, a distillery, a restoration shop, and a historic trolley tour through Stillwater, all which are featured later in the Gazette. Bill and Ginny Landers, Mark and Sheree Kistner, Richard and Vera Self, Jeanne and I manned the canopy tent, set- up on the show field to promote our 2020 Heartland Regional / $20.00 Heartland Special. Based on the traffic, comments and shirt sales, I feel we received a very positive response for our event. And yes, we are now the proud caretakers of the Heartland Regional Trailer. 2019 Heartland Regional Meeting, held by John McCarthy, Director. John thanked the Fireball Chapter for hosting the event, and noted that the Rock Valley chapter had with- drawn from hosting the 2021 Heartland Regional. After the 2020 Heartland Regional host- ed by the Gateway Chapter there are no scheduled Heartland regional meetings. During the meeting, John took a wellness check of all chapters present and the overall theme seemed to be an ageing and declining membership. It appears that the Chicagoland, Gateway and maybe the Hawkeye Chapters are the healthiest chapters in the Heartland Region. 1 Upcoming Events: • September 7th – BBQ & Monthly Meeting at Chet and Jeanne’s Home, Starts at 11:00 am, Eating at Noon, Pot Luck Style – Club will provide the meat, mem- bers should bring a side or dessert • September 8th --- Wheels in Motion Car Show – West Port Plaza, 9:00 am – 4:00 p.m., Proceeds from the event benefit The National Children’s Cancer Socie- ty, Car registration: $20 per car, first 150 cars receive a commemorative dash plaque, Our club sets-up and runs the snow cone tent • September 28th - 2019 MID-MO Tour - Joint event with the MidAmerica Chapter: Annual VA/Vet Center Car Show, 899 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65201, $10.00 Donation, Registration: 7:30am to 12:00, Car Show 10:00am – 2:00pm, Lunch: 11:00am – 1:00pm All for now… Enjoy! Chet 2 Meeting Minutes, August 5th, 2019 • The August meeting was held at the Sport’s Café in Bridgeton, MO and was facilitated by Chet Palumbo, Director. 19 Members were present. • Chet opened the meeting with The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States and thanked everyone for attending. • The July Meeting Minutes were approved as printed in the Gazette. Motion made by Dave Smith, second by Geoff Lockett, approved by all. Member News: • Club welcomed new member Larry Longworth who owns a 1986 Regal T Type. • Club still has failed to achieve contact with Maggi Wester. • Richard and Vera Self were spotted at the Kentucky Street Rod Nationals. Richard look- ing over the show and Vera was doing genealogy research in a nearby cemetery, Member “Check In” • Dave Smith continues to happily drive his 2013 Lacrosse. He has pared down his collec- tion to a Lincoln Towne car, Mustang and Jaguar XJ8. • Pete Nathan struck gold by finding a locking door handle for his ’35 at the Street Rod Nationals. • Gene Bossaller pumped 5 cans of R-12 into his ‘68 Olds Cutlass and so far, it is holding the charge and blowing cold. • Barb Knudsen needs to get her rare ’36 Cord Westchester running and out on the road again. • Doug Bremer and Bob Merrick report status quo on their ’86 Gran Nationals. • Scott Keller is helping a friend with engine work on a Grand National. • Chet’s Skylark is running well and passing shake-down cruises with flying colors. He was waylaid for a short time when traveling down to the Street Rod event when realizing he did not have a door key to the Lark. He’d locked the car when making a pit stop. Af- ter failing to find a wire coat hanger at nearby businesses, a truck-driving passerby pull- ing into the gas station happened to have baling wire which did the trick. • Dave Pollmann is continuing work on his ’65 Riviera • Ted’s ’57 Special is running fine. Ted is helping rebuild Dave Pullman’s Rivera engine. • Geoff’s transmission saga on his ’49 continues. Next installment will be in the Septem- ber Gazette. • Al Tornabeni had shifting problems develop in his ’36 Special. He took the car to Shep- herds Transmission to find out that rust had infiltrated the mechanism. Al warned that he learned the transmission, when he had first removed it from the car, was left sitting on concrete for too long a time causing it to suck up moisture. • Monica Ledwon had four new Toyo tires mounted on her Regal along with a fresh align- ment. She reported seeing Bob Windal’s ’70 GS bulleting down I70 West Saturday morn- ing in the fast lane on his way to the Troy Show. Treasurer’s Report: (Pete Nathan) • Motion made by Geoff Lockett to accept the Treasurer’s Report, second by Bill Landers, approved by all. • Club Dues are due May 1. On July 13th, Greetings and Reminder Post Cards were mailed to members who had not paid their dues. Results: Pete reported that 8 out of 12 reminder contacts resulted in renewed memberships and dues paid. 3 BCA Club News: • National News: 2020 National Meet, Strongsville, OH, July 15 – 18, 2020 (Southside of Cleveland) Close to 600 miles, 9 hours from here. • Regional News: 2019 Regional Meet, Stillwater, Minnesota, August 21 – 24, 2019 Hosted by the Fireball Chapter, registration information in the Gazette Regional Trailer: Chet Palumbo will tow the Regional Trailer to St. Louis, and Barb Knudsen who has offered us a parking space at one of her commercial properties for storage. The Club expressed immense gratitude for her generous and helpful spirit. Chet will plug our Regional show at the Fireball’s awards buffet din- ner. Registered; Chet and Jeanne Palumbo, Bill and Ginny Landers, Pete Nathan, Mark and Sheree Kistner, anyone else…??? Reminder: Be there…!!! • Gateway Buick Performance Enthusiast Group (GBPEG) The club received approval to join the BCA in July. A formation meeting was held on July 14 at JJs in O Fallon, Mo. The club is currently working on By-laws and plan to call all members, re- questing that they make every effort to attend a meeting in August to vote on By-laws and Officers. Larry Longworth told that it will be held at Café Telegraph on Sunday August 11 at 12:30. Old Business: • Name Tags: (Pete Nathan) July7th, it was decided that we go with the better magnetic name badge at $7 per member. Chet will send an email out for those members who would like to buy one. July 12, Request for name tags sent to membership, with 18 members responding. th July 17 name tags ordered Update: The cool gloss finished tags were at the meeting for purchase. New Business: • 2020 Regional Event: Host Hotel: Doubletree Hilton in Chesterfield, MO. week on September 10th. th Sponsorship: July 5 , 2019 received financial support from St. Louis Buick Dealer Advertising Association. Featured Vehicles: 2020 STL will feature Convertibles and Modifieds, with invitation to the Buick Rod and Custom Association. 4 2020 Activities Thursday, tour Fast Lane Classic Cars Inc. and old St. Charles with guided tour by Joseph Yochim Friday, Box lunch and Daniel Boone’s Home, driving tour of MO wine country, end at Chandler’s Winery Saturday, Outlet Mall, Car Show and Banquet 2020 Classes and Specialty Trophies Trophy/Plaque pricing received from Incredible Engravings Dash Plaques: Pete reported these should be delivered here at the end of the week. He bought 250 plaques instead of 200 as that quantity re- ceived a better price. Graphics/Tee Shirts rd June 3 Update: Shirts ordered (Pete Nathan) th June 26 , Day Trip to Nauvoo, IL to pick-up Shirts (Chet/Jeanne Pa- lumbo) Registration Form Complete; 2020 Heartland Regional = $20.00 Heartland Special All Registrations = $20.00 All Banquet Meals = $20.00 Polo Shirts all sizes = $20.00 Exceptions: Tee Shirts = $15.00, Box Lunch = $10.00. Information Packets with Registration Forms are also complete. 65 packets were mailed to Jim Jaeger, Fireball Chapter to include with their 2019 Heartland Regional Registration Packets. Special thanks to our granddaughters Kylie and Kate for assisting Jeanne and I prepare the 150 packets that will be shared with the other Heartland Chapters. Advertising: (Chet Palumbo and Bill Landers) Next: BCA Bugle, Buick Rod and Custom Association. Chet will notify the Buick Bugle of the Heartland Regional for publication and take fliers to the Stillwater Regional to hand out to attendees and local chapter officers. Chet will also disperse flyers at various car venues around St. Louis as the time draws closer. Link or Add Registration form to our Website as a possible way to promote our 2020 event.
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