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Visit Us Online at www.tcrgv8club.org Vo l u m e 39 • Nu m b e r 6 Ju N e , 2010 Happy Memorial Day TCRG Editor shows his strength in generating Rumble Sheet articles! Inside... • Club Activities • Meeting Minutes • Willmar Tour Recap T WIN CI T IES REGIONAL GR OUP INFO R MA T ION The Rumble Sheet is the official publication of the Meetings Twin Cities Regional Group # 46 (TCRG) of the Early Membership meetings of the TCRG are held at Ford V-8 Club of America and is sent to all current 7:30 on the first Wednesday of almost every month members and advertisers. TCRG is chartered by the at a site announced in the Rumble Sheet. Change Early Ford V-8 Club of America, and is a non-profit in time or location will also be announced in the corporation in the state of Minnesota, dedicated to Rumble Sheet. the preservation of Ford motor vehicles and related Membership historical materials from the era of flathead V-8 Membership dues for the TCRG are $15.00 per engines, including all Fords, Mercurys and Lincolns calendar year. Membership in the Early Ford V-8 so equipped from 1932 through 1953. Club of America (the national club) is a membership Club Address requirement of the Twin Cities Regional Group. PO Box 20236, Minneapolis, MN 55420. Submitting material Please send all materials for publication to Bruce Nelson, 2887 W. Owasso Blvd., Roseville 55113, or e-mail [email protected]. Rumble Sheet material deadline is the 15th of the month. E-mail body content (not attachment) is preferred. Advertising Classified ads are free to TCRG members, and will run for three consecutive months. Display ads (business card size) will run for 12 issues at a cost of $30. Check under ad for last scheduled appearance. Website TCRG can be visited online at www.tcrgv8club.org Twin Cities Regional Group 2010 Board of Directors President Bill Gillies 651-633-1564 Vice President Bill Blood 612-722-4172 Secretary Gordon Ditmanson 651-646-8103 Treasurer Roger Wothe 952-473-3038 Editor Bruce Nelson 651-482-8940 Activities Director Team Effort Team Effort Membership Joel Bergstrom 651-631-0091 Past President Duane Shuck 952-888-7191 Sunshine Lady Jean Shuck 952-888-7191 Archives Jerry Felton 952-873-6754 Art Director Ron Long 651-714-2740 Webmaster Mark Crichton 612-801-3620 2 TCRG Activities TCRG Glovebox Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 6:30 PM • Cover Photo: Eat your Wheaties and you MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Porky’s Drive- too can work wonders in the junkyard. Photo in, 1890 University Ave W, St Paul, MN 55104 of your Editor unenhanced by Ron Long. (651) 644-1790 , http://www.theoriginalporkys. • Rumble Sheet Contributors: The Editor com/ This should get you in the mood for Back would like to thank Bill and Mary Gillies, Gary to the 50’s, should be able to drive the V-8. Rosenberger (a couple times), Ron Long for Sunday, June 6, 2010, 10 to 3 many of the photos, Joel Bergstrom, and Mark ALL FORD PICNIC, St Paul Ford Assembly Crichton for their contributions this month. Plant, MAKE ICE, have fun, work your shift, • New Member Correction: New Member enjoy a famous Gary Rosenberger hot dog, the Walt Johnson’s phone # is 651-488-4007. It was real deal: Fords, Food, Friendship and Fun, published incorrectly last month. Please update 31st annual, ‘nuff said... just come, have fun your roster. and help out! • All Ford Picnic: The “picnic” is almost here! Saturday, June 12th, You can help by “making ice” to ensure cost- TRAXLERS Hunting Preserve, 3rd annual effective cold beverages. Shift sign-up will be War Reenactment, & the Crofut Winery Tour. available at the June meeting, or call/email See John Titus’s review in the May RS. Meet in Mark (612-801-3620, [email protected]) the TC area at 9’ish, head to Le Center, MN. to lock in your preferred time. Thursday, June 17, 2010, 9:00 AM • Local Car Events: Your Editor has gathered GEEZER BREAKFAST, Pippens Restaurant, a variety of local antique car happenings this 2905 Snelling Ave N, Roseville, MN 55113 summer. Page 9 provides the details for June’s Exit Rt 36 and travel north, or 694 and travel line-up, direct from the Association of MN Car south. 651-639-0633. Pick up your Back to the Club’s listing. 50’s credentials afterwards. Thanks Bill Gillies for coordinating. Weekend, June 18 to 20 BACK TO THE 50’S Weekend, as usual TCRG Welcome New Member Pot Luck Supper, Saturday at 5PM, Machinery David and Jan Gohl Hill, north side, west of Underwood. 7950 Autumn Ridge Lane Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Chanhassen, MN 55317 No Membership meeting. Time to thank Dave’s Cell: 952-358-0201 our troops and honor your country. [email protected] Happy Birthday! Dave and Jan have a ‘52 Ford Mainline Tudor June 10 Gary Weyrauch Sedan with a 110hp V-8 in good condition. June 18 Carol Pantsari Dave is in the sales dept at Waconia Ford-Merc, June 21 Barb Kelly and is a co-chair for the 7/11 car show at that June 24 Roger Wothe location. Maybe we can see some V-8s in Waco- June 26 Claire and Olivia Minor nia on 7/11??? More on that next RS. June 30 Gisela Sorvig Welcome to the club Dave and Jan! 3 Weyrauch. Dobie’s Corner Pippins in Roseville for the Geezer breakfast June is here with a lot of car activities in June and afterwards you can go register for Back scheduled. The All Ford Picnic at the Ford Plant and to the 50’s. That’s it from here.. then Back to the 50’s to name two. But first May Dobie & Mary activities; Fourteen showed up this AM at the Geezer [email protected] breakfast. There were 13 geezers and one lady, lots of talk and not much listening. Tales from the Ice: May ‘10 Kent Tabako and I reinstalled the engine The May meeting. Not the place I thought in Jeff Beebe’s ’36 Ford 4 door, and after a couple of it was, and I had to call for assistance. Seems I was false starts we completed it and Ron Goette delivered thinking it was closer to 494 and 100. I finally had it to Jeff. Now I know Kent likes to exaggerate a a Park Tavern burger. But that was after another little, but here is the truth. We had towed the ’36 to Burger, a Rosenberger, ate my first one. I want you try to start the engine but failed. We unhooked the to know that I planned all day for dinner and I was tow car a little ways away on a hill, so we could push extremely hungry. So, hungry, that when the mus- it down hill and up into my driveway and the garage. tard and ketchup were put on the table the guys Kent was steering and I was in back pushing. I had sitting across from me started to look pretty good my head down pushing for all I was worth thinking dressed in ketchup. (Bruce, you are a scary dude...Mark) Kent was doing the same. But no, he was riding on Well, I have the running board thinking we were going too fast done my due dili- to make the turn in the driveway. Now here is where gence on the 1949. he may exaggerate a little as I had a small wardrobe I checked all the malfunction. There were no witnesses so anything fluids, added gear he says happened cannot be verified. That’s all I’m oil to the transmis- going to say on this subject. sion, oiled the gen- If you didn’t attend the Willmar Car Show erator, water pumps, and Swap meet you really missed a great time! and distributor, and Francis Kalvoda met us on Sat afternoon when stopped the leak from the filler plug on the rear end. we arrived in Willmar and showed us some of his The radiator cap disintegrated in my hand upon re- Lincolns and tractors. On the way to Spicer we moval. Rather have a 61 year old radiator cap do stopped at Rohner’s vast junk yard for a look see it there, than in the radiator itself. I also installed a while some women waited in lawn chairs along side newly rebuilt carburetor. While I probably paid too of the road. The Willmar car club does a fantastic much for it, it certainly looks good. And the test ride job on the show. Sat. night we were in Spicer at was smoother. the A&W and then a tour. It was a perfect evening We have club members in the news. In and there were police at every major intersection the Minneapolis Sunday paper (5/2/2010) both of stopping traffic for the old cars. 170 cars toured the Pat and Jill Minor’s daughters were recognized for glacial ridges, lake shores, and country side. The car their support and volunteerism in SADD (Students column doubling back on itself at the end before Against Drunk Driving). And, in the St Paul Pio- ending up at the Willmar Mall for Dilly bars. After neer Press (5/5/2010) our resident comedian, Den- Dilly bars and tire kicking, Francis took the TCRG nis Carney had a nice write up on how he’s assisting bunch over to his house to see his vast collections VFW’s by working with them to bring more people of all kind of auto related stuff.