Summer 2014 1 OREGON REGION The Classic Car Club of America is a non- CLASSIC CAR CLUB OF AMERICA profit organization chartered in the State of Oregon Region New York for the development, publication Board of Managers - 2014 and interchange of technical, historical and other information for and among members Director John Mitchell and other persons who own or are interested Asst. Director Bill Jabs in fine or unusual motor cars built between Secretary Larry Cox and including the years 1925 through 1948, Treasurer Howard Freedman but including cars built before 1925 that are Membership Chair Bob Earls virtually identical to 1925 Full Classics® Members at Large Larry Schick and distinguished for their respective fine Activities Director Georgia Cacy design, high engineering standards and Mitchell superior workmanship, and to promote social Publication Editor Jeremy Wilson intercourse and fellowship among its members; Webmaster George Potter and to maintain references upon and encourage Tour Director Chris Cataldo the maintenance, restoration and preservation Advertising Howard Freedman of all such Classic Cars. Club Historian Mona Marsh Club Librarian Mona Marsh Sunshine Report Evelyn Freedman The purposes for which a Region is chartered www.oregonccca.com by the National Club are: The furthering of the ideas and ideals reflected by the By-Laws of the National Club in a specific regional area and to provide regional activities for the members in The Hood Release is the official publication of the that area. Oregon Region CCCA. Permission to reproduce material contained herein is granted provided that proper credit is given to the author and The Classified Advertising in The Hood Release Hood Release. Every effort is made to publish and our web site is free to all CCCA members. accurate information and recommendations. All such advertising must relate to Full Responsibility cannot be assumed by the club Classics® or Modified Classics® as defined by editor or any member in event of claim of loss or the CCCA. damage arising from a recommendation. Editor Display Advertising is available on a prepaid Jeremy Wilson basis. Please contact: 10035 NW Skyline Heights Drive Howard Freedman Portland, OR 97229 503-234-8617 [email protected] [email protected] Moving? Membership Information Be sure to advise the membership chairman of the new address. Bob Earls 14104 SE Oatfield Road Sunshine Information Milwaukie, Oregon 97267 Evelyn Freedman 503-786-1606 503-246-5667 [email protected] Oregon Region CCCA 2014 Calendar of Events January 8 CCCA Annual National Meeting in Naples, Florida* February 9 Valentine’s Tour & Brunch at Multnomah Falls* March 22 Day Cruise nearby Portland* April 4-6 Portland Swap Meet 25-27 Three day, two night tour – Route & Destination TBD* May 10 Papa’s Toys Cruise – Davis Family Collection near Forest Grove Party at Dave & Jeanette McCready’s house after the cruise* 30-1 CCCA Museum Experience in Hickory Corners Michigan June 21 Strawberry Social* July 20 Concours d’Elegance – Forest Grove, OR August 3 Concours d’Elegance – Fort Vancouver, WA 17 Lake Oswego Car Show September 6-14 Oregon Region Fall Mini Tour* October 3-5 Concours d’Elegance - Lake Chelan, WA 10-12 Pumpkin Tour – Hood River Aeroplane and Automobile Museum* 26 Halloween Party at Freedman’s Garage* November 2 Annual Meeting & Dinner* 6 Planning Meeting for 2015* December 7 Holiday Party at Lake Oswego Heritage House* Monthly membership meetings are 6:30 PM the first Thursday of each month, January-October, at O’Connor’s Restaurant in Portland. * Denotes a CCCA or Oregon Region CCCA sanctioned event. Director’s Message The “Strawberry Social” featured delicious strawberry shortcake from Ernie Spada’s United Salad, and was enjoyed by 36 members and guests. Seven Full Classics® were brought by the Coxs, Eddys, Freedmans, Fosters, Gilmans, Mitchells and Wilsons. The short tour took in Dale Matthew’s Memory Lane Motors, and the Rhodedendron Gardens en route to Willamette Park. This was a very successful result of our efforts to have “More FUN” and “Get more Classics on the Road”. By the time that you read this, we will have completed two retirement home visits, the Hayhurst School Year-end Party, and a short tour to the Oregon Lavender Festival. All of these being opportunities to drive your Classics on short tours that do not take you too far from home. Watch the “Brake Cables”, our website oregonccca.com, and our Secretary Larry Cox’s reminder “Blasts” for information on future events. Sixteen cars and 33 members and guests have registered for “Howard’s Tour” (September 6th-14th), to Victoria, BC with some very interesting “FUN” stops and activities along the way. I hope to see you at Monthly Meetings and in your Classic on the road. John Mitchell Director, Oregon Region, Classic Car Club of America Editor’s Notes The CCCA Oregon Region has been busy. Just writing up our social activities nearly maxed out this issue’s page count. In these pages you’ll find articles on the 2014 CCCA Museum Experience, the Hayhurst School Car Show, the Pacific Northwest Region’s Coming Out Party, the Regency Park Car Show, the Long Beach Tour, the Strawberry Social, feature stories on two of our member’s cars: Bill Price’s 1936 Packard Eight 1401 Coupe Five Passenger and Rodger Eddy’s 1934 Auburn 8, 850Y Convertible Sedan, and a technical article on 1941 Cadillac choke stoves. Please notice that the two car shows mentioned above were not run-of- the-mill cruise-ins, but events engineered to include both ends of the age spectrum, school children and retired citizens with limited mobility. Looking forward, we have four car shows, two tours, and two parties, and more is being planned. So get out there, have some fun, take photos, write a paragraph or two, and email them to me for the upcoming issues! Jeremy Wilson Publication Editor 2 The Hood Release Richard and Leanne Zapala’s 1935 LaSalle Convertible Coupe (NC) The Experience 2014 A Little “News” from the National Front The combined efforts of so many people led by our Executive Director Katie Robbins made this year’s Experience a tremendous success. We had wonderful weather (in the mid-eighties all three days), a tremendous collection of fine automobiles on the field both days, and our Grand Marshall, Chris Bock, to help us lead the parade. Evelyn and I drove from Portland to Kalamazoo, via Minneapolis to spend an evening with newly married Grandson Ben and his wife and then on to Manitowoc, Wisconsin for a four-hour, coal-fired, steamship ferry boat to Ludington, Michigan and then on to Hickory Corners. We spent more than five days at the Museum. It is the only way to get substantive action on the many initiatives we have working to enhance the quality of our building and displays. So many people make up the hardworking team that supports this facility and our events. Space limits my recognition of these wonderful people so I hope they forgive me for not mentioning them, each and everyone for their contributions, both physical and financial, to make us what we are. I even convinced two couples from Portland to come this year and little did they know; they worked their way all the way; one couple doing a complete cleaning and polishing of a major miniature car collection in our building and the other couple worked hard to count heads, money, and lots of other chores. I may have worn them out for the future but they earned their salt this time. Summer 2014 3 Photo by David Charvet Our silent and live auctions headed by Chris Snyder were well received and many of our guests showed the spirit with their “buys” at write in and certainly when our auctioneer David Charvet worked the audience for the live action. Their contributions help to further fund our activities and events. We met with our architect to get some ideas for doing a much more inviting entry into our building; a more formal, but period-tasteful addition that will showcase the wonderful displays inside. By Experience time next year; the weekend of June 5, 6, 7, 2015, when we will be celebrating PACKARD as our feature car, you will see a dramatic change upon arriving at our building. And whether you drive a Packard or not, please consider attending the Museum Experience next year. It is on the Gilmore Car Museum campus where you can visit eight automotive museums for the price of one and see more than four hundred collector cars—perhaps more than at any other museum destination in the United States. And if you haven’t yet, take a look at this year’s Experience coverage on our website at www. cccamuseum.org. There you will find complete reviews with abundant photos of the fine display of automobiles at our Grand Classic® on Saturday and our Experience on Sunday. You will be amazed at the quality of the wonderful collection our members and friends brought for our enjoyment. Howard Freedman Treasurer, Classic Car Club of America President, Classic Car Club of America Museum 4 The Hood Release Hayhurst Hullabaloo Another Great School, Another Great Show by Victoria Wilson This year’s June school car show entries made the Hayhurst School parking lot look really classy— excuse the pun! I speak the truth however, as the CCCA Oregon Region members once again rose to the occasion and allowed the school’s students and family members an “up close and personal” look at these automotive works of art. As you can see, they really enjoyed this opportunity. Where else can you get behind the wheel, or up in the rumble seat? Our members are more than generous in allowing access to their vehicles; we know this is what people (especially the young ones) remember.