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The Rocket Review Quarterly Spring/Summer Edition Capitol City Rockets —Oldsmobile Club of America Feb-June, 2012 2009-11 Old Cars Weekly Golden Quill Award winning publication Volume 23, Issue 2 Scott Phillips—Editor The Rocket Review Quarterly Spring/Summer Edition The Annual Spring Dust Off Cruise, held this year as part of the weekly cruise at the Burger King in Manassas, VA, was a Inside this issue: big hit. Here Jim Golden Quill Award, 2-3 Stohlman, Owen Griese- Business Reviews mer, and Steve Meyer (R Spring Dust Off Pics 4-5 to L) show their cars at the cruise. More pictures Picnic, Sully, OC shows 6-7 are inside! Meeting Pics/CCR 8-9 Calendar/Treas. Report Classifieds/Membership 10-11 Cory Correll’s Pre-All GM Show Message To All club members, our show, we will pick a lot of folks. If you know former show field from of a good item for a door Save the Dates!: It is now exactly one two possible others to prize, please let me know. month before our annual reroute everyone. We Sun, July 15, 1:30 show. I want to start by may have a new very Please also pre-register pm—regular meet- giving our condolences to black show field for our your vehicle if you plan ing at Branded 72 our preregistration ac- Lot #2, who knows! on attending. You can in Rockville. counting volunteer extra- download a registration ordinaire, Margaret Other than that, dozens form and even pay Sat, Aug 11, 9-3 Straubinger, who just lost of folks have preregis- online at our Hem- pm—All GM Show her mom a week ago. I tered (I don't have an mings website, under at Montgomery Col- know this is a trying time exact count), the new the “Events” heading. lege in Rockville for her, and she is in our blue t-shirts have been (directions on page 9) thoughts and prayers. ordered, the awards are (flyer on website). coming along great and It not only saves you PLEASE PRE- Another piece of news we are still working on $5.00 but helps us defray REGISTER ASAP TO came to me today that new stanchion signs, as the cost of getting the HELP DEFER PRE- Montgomery College is last year's were mostly show ready! Hope to see SHOW COSTS! starting to repave their destroyed by the 3 rain everyone at the show! parking lots starting with showers we had. Goodie Pray for cool dry weather! Sun, Sept 9, 1:30 the one next to our show bag items are still com- pm—regular meet- field. If I find that ours ing in and we are trying Cory Correll ing at Kilroy’s in will be full of paving to collect door prizes. All-GM Show Chairman Springfield, VA equipment the week of This is a lot of work by a Vol. 23, Issue 2, page 2 The Capitol City Rockets—Who We Are The Capitol City Rockets is the Suburban Maryland, DC, Northern Vir- ginia chapter of the Oldsmobile Club of America. The Capitol City Rockets originated in 1989, and is currently operating in its 23rd year. We split monthly meetings (currently) between Kilroy’s Bar and Grille off the Braddock Road exit of 495 in Northern VA and Branded 72 BBQ in Rockville, with Keeping the Legend one peer judged show co-hosted each year with the Metro Buick Club. The Alive club currently consists of 51 members, 30 from Virginia, 16 from Maryland, 3 in Florida, and 1each from DC and West Virginia. A membership form is located in the back of this newsletter. One need not own an Oldsmobile to join, and dues remain $15 dollars per year, payable by November the 1st, either by check or using the PayPal button on our Hemmings.com website. Current membership in the Oldsmobile Club of America is a requirement of CCR membership, as we are required to submit club rosters to OCA for yearly insurance coverage for our events. Rocket Review Wins Golden Quill Award 3rd Year Running This past April, I re- ceived the good news that The Rocket Review Quarterly earned its third straight Golden Quill Award from Old Cars Weekly. Portions of the article from What it takes to win the Golden Quill Oldcarsweekly.com is attached to the right. It is a nice acco- Thousands of club publications were submitted during 2011 for the annual con- test. The purpose of the competition is to encourage a balanced, well-done lade to both the club and my publication that meets the needs of its car club while advancing general small effort to put together a knowledge of collector cars and their history...(Editor Gerald) Perschbacher is meaningful newsletter (despite amazed at the improved quality of layout and design that appeared in national and regional publications last year. “The quality is definitely being notched up the demands of my “other” higher with each passing year,” he said. “That’s good news for the hobby, since it job that make getting the means clubs — and owners of old cars — are trying to put their best foot, or best newsletter together less timely tire, forward.” In the award competition, categories are divided by size and page count of publications. Use of color and quality of paper also figures in….“Balance than I’d like). Thanks for all is so very important. Car club publications are beacons for members. Articles and of your contributions and, as photos from members, news that hits most or the entire club, technical articles always, your interest in your pertaining to the make of choice, and good language skills plus enticing event calendars gain the most mileage for a publication and club.” He concludes, “The amazing cars! editor is an important person in a car club. He or she can set a creative and excit- ing pace for members who use the publication as their lifeline to the rest of the Scott Phillips club. It’s clear when a club enjoys its publication. There is a wholesome pride you can sense by reading the blend of articles and enjoying the pictures. Publications Editor that succeed in these factors give members the best of the hobby.” The Rocket Review Quarterly Regional Sub Compact: The Rocket Review Quarterly, Scott Phillips, editor, Capitol City Rockets, Oldsmobile Club of America (25 other clubs won in this category) Post by Raustin, April 23, 2012 in the Hobby News section of the OCW website. TheP a g eRocket 3 Review The Rocket Review Volume 23, Issue 2 Volume 23, IssueP a g e 32 Restoration Reviews — Scott Phillips/Zaman Khan I was asked at a re- what they did for you, paint work. To me the cent CCR meeting this contact information, and work on the chassis, en- spring to start soliciting what you were pleased gine, body, and mechanical business reviews of resto- with. Pictures would be was the best that I have ration or parts businesses. great also. This month I seen. They also are very Everyone agreed that as sent out two requests good at finding parts and we either seek to maintain and got one review back fabricating parts for the or restore our Oldsmo- (from CCR member body. Rear view of Zaman Khan’s ‘68 biles, that spreading the Zaman Khan), so here it Here is my blog on my res- 442 Convertible on the lift at Mary- experiences we have had is: toration: would be a good idea. land Muscle Car in Hagerstown. As you may remember, I http://www.cardomain.co My vision for this is that have been working on a m/ride/3849129/1968- in issues over the next full frame-off nuts/bolts oldsmobile-442 year or so that we would restoration on my 1968 Here is the website for have at least one, maybe 442 Convertible. I am two, positive reviews of MMC: somewhat optimistic that http://marylandmusclecar. businesses we have I may have the car com- tapped that provided ex- com/ Ask for Rick, located pleted in time for the All at 1044 Virginia Ave., cellent customer service, GM Show. I do want to great parts, superior Hagerstown, MD 21740, give Maryland Muscle 301-671-2340 or craftsmanship, or that Cars two big thumbs up somehow or another MMC@marylandmusclecar on their work on my car. .com made us happy with the They have been meticu- money we spent. I’ve lous in their detail to at- the link on youtube that chosen purposely to focus tention, addressing my has the engine break-in the reviews on positive concerns and doing great and some attached pic- Engine bay view of Zaman’s ride. experiences, as I’m not work. They can pretty tures of the W-30 option. If you’d like to see and hear it, real interested in receiving much do anything on a http://youtu.be/ check out the You Tube link. backlash from businesses muscle car with the ex- UdIg3_YsqKc that would be negatively ception of interior and reviewed, or publishing what might be one nega- tive experience someone had about an otherwise good shop. I’m sure if you’re like me you tire quickly of some guy’s rant in a forum or online post about what an awful time he had, etc. Plus, I’m a glass half-full guy! My editor’s review is for Qual In order for this The finished products. Beautifully re- Krom in Erie, PA. Not cheap, to work, I’ll need mate- stored and you cannot tell that the trunk but superb work on some pitted, rial—a brief paragraph emblem (bottom) was broken in half.
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