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Pacific Northwest Region C Lincoln & Continental Owners Club June - September, 2016 Volume 30 O N N E C Ready for Hosting An Event? T We need you. We had some holes in our schedule this year and we don’t want that next year. We really need your help. Do you have an interesting event, museum, or other fun activity in your community? Think about hosting an Oevent. If you can’t attend the Planning Meeting, contact Jim Chantler and talk to him about your ideas. R The Connector, another benefit of your membership. Club Officers & Managers Director’s Message Region Director James Shelton Chantler Jim Chantler, Normandy Park WA (2018) Hello Lincolnoids, 206-356-3786 -- [email protected] Another season has completed its run and we are into autumn of 2016. It has certainly been a summer with ups and Assistant Region Director downs. Susan Addy, Silverdale WA (2017) In August it was off to The Dalles for a car show and cruise 360-509-3693 -- [email protected] organized by Bob Weeks. In this issue you will be able to read about this event. As a prelude, let me just say it was HOT. Thanks Secretary to Bob and Elva Weeks for coming up with a great event. It would Kris Sundberg, Mercer Island WA (2018) have been nice if we had greater participation but “them’s da 206-240-1559 breaks,” as they say. Then it was off to Denver for the Western National Meet Treasurer in early September for several of us. Chris Gray and I drove down Sean Streeter, Washougal, WA (2016) to Denver as a tag team again (we also did it last year with several 360-835-3806, [email protected] other PNWR members) and with the luck of the draw there were no unwanted mechanical issues and we made great time. Of course, we Additional Board Members were driving Lincolns after all, hahaha. We arrived in Denver on a • Jim Pringle, Lacey WA (2016) 360-923-0472 -- [email protected] beautiful day and the weather remained great throughout our time • Ed Zarins, Portland, OR (2018) there. You can read Chris’s report of the Western National Meet 503-703-9940 elsewhere in this issue. • Grant Loveseth, Vancouver, BC (2017) As a scheduled event we toured the Clive Cussler Auto 604-264-7946 -- [email protected] Museum outside of Denver. If you don’t know who Clive Cussler • Chris Gray, Snohomish, WA 98296 (2017) is, read the accompanying article later in the Connector. He is a 360-668-9487, [email protected] very successful author of over seventy adventure and explorer • Steve D’Ambrosia, Terrebonne, OR (2016) novels and is a major classic car collector. His collection was 503-449-8756 [email protected] outstanding. His cars are absolutely gorgeous as well as eclectic, from Duesenbergs to Bantams and even a Lincoln or two. It is well Membership worth a trip on its own. Roger Clements, Kent, WA 253-709-6694, [email protected] Unfortunately, I was stung by a bee not once but twice in two days on the same forearm an inch apart. No need for an EpiPen Projects as that’s not one of my areas of health concern. Our fellow member Susan Addy, Silverdale WA (2014) and attendee, Mary Johnson, from Minnesota was also stung. She gave me a Benadryl capsule which I took the evening of the Connector Editor auction. Big mistake, as I lasted 30 minutes and retreated to my Chris Gray, Snohomish WA room to conk out. As an aside, next year there is going to be just one Grand Event Coordinator National Meet rather than the usual three. It will be in early Open August in Hickory Corners, Michigan. This will be a combined meet with Lincoln Owners Club, Lincoln Zephyr Owners Club and Web will be a judged meet. The meet will be held at the Gilmore http://www.lincoln-club.org Museum complex. If you haven’t been to the Gilmore, it is Facebook: Pacific Northwest Lincoln definitely worth the visit to not only see the Lincoln Museum Continental Owners Club but also museums of many other car marques. Polish up those Lincolns and Continentals. Remember, I made it back there in a 38 Connector is the official newsletter of the Lincoln year old Continental Mark V last year. Club Inc., an Oregon non-profit corporation, We learned that long time member, Bob Bowen, passed presently operating as the Pacific Northwest away in the spring. Again you can read more about Bob on the next Region of the Lincoln & Continental Owners Club. Contents of this publication are intended to be page. Our thoughts go out to Debbie and the entire Bowen family factual and accurate; however, the Club assumes no for this loss. responsibility for accuracy of contents. Articles by Our planning meeting is coming up soon. Hope you can members are not necessarily endorsed by the club attend. A club is only as strong as its members and their shared or its officers. Contributions are welcome and may enthusiasm. This past year was light on events and participation,. be printed at the discretion of the Editor. Original We hope we can turn it around this year. So bring your ideas on material submitted will not be returned unless November 5 to DuPont, Washington. Remember, free food provided requested with postage provided. Information by the club. Personally I look forward to another great year of club in this publication may be reproduced provided activities and seeing all of you. that proper credit is given to the author and this publication and that the article is quoted accurately within the context in which it is written. Pacific Northwest Region Connector 2 Jim Robert (Bob) Bowen 2016 1942-2016 Calendar of Events It is with a sad heart we have to report that Times/dates on this calendar can change as we get long-time Pacific North- closer to the actual date. Always check the Event west Region member Bob Announcements for the any changes in dates and times Bowen passed away in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho on April 29 June 18 of this year. Bob and his wife, Cancelled Debbie, were active for many years and hosted several events in the Idaho/Spokane July 16 area. Bob was known for his Cancelled enthusiasm for classic Lincolns and his colorful character. Debbie color-coordinated their clothing, August depending on what Lincoln they were driving. Bob and Debbie did not meet a collection The Dalles, Oregon that they did not want to possess. Their home was Weeks overflowing with their various enthusiasms, such as Elvis memorabilia, Barbie dolls, Spider Man watches, September 15-18 flamingoes, model trains as well as even bar- LCOC Western National Meet - Denver, CO specific promotional balloons. Bob owned a number of Lincolns and other cars. In addition to being Rocky Mountain Region members of the LCOC, he and Debbie were members of the Rusty Nuts Car Club, the Cascade Cougar Club October 29 and the Inland Empire S Gauge Association. They Portland Garden Tour traveled all over the Pacific Northwest attending car Streeters shows. Bob was a veteran of the Air Force and he was in the Air Force when he met Debbie in Kentucky. November 5 He was a long-time insurance agent in St Maries and PNWR Annual Planning & Board Meetings retired in 2014. He was a volunteer firefighter for over Jim & Joanne Pringle 40 years, rising to the rank of Captain. He and Debbie Dupont, WA have a son, Bob Jr. and daughter, Kim. In the last few years Bob and Debbie have been less active in the club but those that knew them Cover Photos remember many good times. One of the most fun memories was described by those who attended an Front Cover: 1937 Lincoln K Touring Car shown event in St. Maries. For fun, the group wore T-shirts at the Western National Meet in Westminister, CO. that said, “Goin’ to Bow- Photo by Jim Chantler. ens.” They sat in the Back Cover: Top: 1948 Delahaye Type 135 created restaurant where the group bu Henri Caprone, driven by Cussler character, Dirk was to have breakfast, in Pitts, in Crescent Dawn. their coats. When Bob and Debbie arrived, the group Back Cover Bottom: 1933 Lincoln KB V-12 Lim- stood and shed their coats. ousine from the Clive Cussler Museum, Arvada. CO Yes, T-shirts were provided to Bob and Debbie as well. Debbie has moved Credits to Montana to be closer to All other photos by Chris Gray unless otherwise her children and grandchil- noted. dren. All our condolences go to Debbie and the entire Bowen family. Debbie Bowen, Charlie Ryan (of “Hot Rod Lincoln” fame), & Bob Bowen. 3 Pacific Northwest Region Connector Cruising the Gorge August 13, 2016 by Jim Chantler Well, first of all it was hot! That’s with a capi- Unfortunately, I parked under a tree that was right tal “H” folks. Since the air conditioning was not work- in the middle of the production of sap. The LS was ing on my Mark V, I decided to drive the LS. It was a doused with little sticky droplets of the stuff. I tried very smart move on my part. The air various products to get it off the hood, fenders and conditioning worked and worked and worked. roof. It was desperation time but I kind of, sort of suc- Bob and Elva Weeks put together a great event ceeded. for us. It started with the “Cruise the Gorge” in The We arranged our Lincolns on the hillside and Dalles, Oregon.

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