Y 2016 General Meeting - July 13 the Next MTFCSD General Meeting Will Be Held on July Showing at 13Th at the San Diego Automotive Museum
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Volume 34 - Number 7 Established 1983 July 2016 General Meeting - July 13 The next MTFCSD General Meeting will be held on July Showing at 13th at the San Diego Automotive Museum. Festivities start at 6:00 with another great dinner served at 6:30. We the Museum will review the recent parades and discuss other club news. Members are reminded that we use the west entrance Now showing: “Star Cars” (closest to the Aerospace Museum). Editor’s Note: See page 7 for the descrip- DONT FORGET! tion of Star Cars Cookie providers for this evening’s meeting are: John Szakaes and Jonnie Johnson Delores Kling Important Announcement At the June Board meeting the prob- lems associated with getting more par- ticipation at local tours, etc., was dis- Congratulations to all the following members with a July cussed at some length. It was moved birthday: and passed that for future tours, each 4 Nick Fintzelberg driver would have their lunch paid for 5 Karen Pepe by the club. It is hoped that this will 18 Cathy Coffin encourage more cars on each tour. 23 Virgil Woods 25 Bob Bishop 28 Larry Faydo July 4th Coronado Parade See page 6 for details The Model T Ford Club of San Diego The Ruckstell Review is the monthly publication of the Model T Ford Club of San Diego. Annual dues are $20. The club 2016 Board holds a dinner meeting on the second Wednesday in odd num- President Eric Sayer 805-628-6310 bered months and tours during even numbered months. The Vice President Jerry Yeadon 619-405-5852 date of the next event can be obtained by calling any of the Secretary Janna Laughon 619-933-6205 club officers or by checking the Upcoming Events listing in Treasurer Tony Bowker 760-789-3954 this issue. Membership Carolyn Lemler 619-469-3042 The club is a Chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America, Tour Chairman Norm Kling 619-445-5525 P.O. Box 126, Centerville, IN 47330-0126. Membership in- Editor Chuck West 858-277-5421 formation for the 'National' can again be obtained from any Mbr. At Large John Chapman 619-384-2871 officer. The main publication of the MTFCA is the Vintage Historian Kirt Simpson 619-322-9454 Ford, which alone is well worth the national dues of $40 per Sunshine Chm. Judy Burrell 949-492-4255 year. Lifetime memberships are also available. Past President Greg Rising 760-789-9614 National Website: http://www.mtfca.com Ruckstell Review —July 2016 President’s Message Hey everyone, July is upon us, a time to celebrate with our families and friends the Independence of this great country we live in. What makes this country great for you? For me, I believe in embracing things that historically made a huge impact of the expansion of our wonderful nation, like the Model T for starters, the men and women who have fought, and continue to fight for this country. There were some great points brought out during our club board meeting in June, they were regarding the participation of members in our club’s tours and events. It seems as it is always the same three or four cars making each tour. For those that are making each tour you are amazing, it’s troubling however to me that the club members who participate, have started to feel like it’s not worth having a club. I encourage everyone to reach out and say what is needed to get you out and about. Life can throw us for many loops, if we work together, I know we can get more cars out and about. Our club is worth fighting for, let’s do our part to keep it rolling. Hoping everyone enjoys the Coronado Independence Day Parade who are participating in the event. Be safe and have a Great 4th of July, we will see you at the General Meeting on 13th of July. Sunshine (and Showers) Report Again, nothing has been reported and we hope all is well with everyone. We have learned that one of our club member, Nancy Barkley Nelson recently finished the Ultra Adventures 50k trail run at the Grand Canyon. That’s 31.77 miles. Nancy is an amazing women and she says she wants to run it again Remember to call me at 949-492-4255 or email me at [email protected] when something happens, so I can send out cards or call. We care about all our members in the San Diego Model T Club. Judy Burrell Club Website Be sure to visit the club’s website. Pictures of member’s cars and car data are requested. The website can be reached at the following address: mtfcsd.com - - - Special to Club Members Only - - - A “Members Only” portion of the club website is available to members using a special password which will change fom time to time. To access this special section, use the current president’s wife’s name: Jennifer. Currently, the club roster is there, but more will follow. 2 Ruckstell Review —July 2016 Minutes of the Board Meeting - June 8, 2016 Held at Denny’s Restaurant, La Mesa Attendees: Eric Sayers & Tonia (his mom), Greg & Cathy Rising, Mac MacPhearson, John Chapman, Janna & Marlene Laughon, Chuck West, Tony & Heather Bowker, Susie Murdock, Norm & Delores Kling, and Kirby Pray Start Time: Following a great meal by Denny’s, Eric opened the meeting at 7:07 PM REPORTS: President Eric Vice President Jerry was not able to attend. Treasurer Tony reports we have money to conduct club business. Motion to pay Kirby $75 for driving the trouble truck on the Kingman tour. Motion passed. Member @ Large John reports on upcoming events: • Greatest Show on Turf – Aug 6 • National City Automobile Heritage Day – Aug 27 • Ramona Rod Round Up – Sept 10 • Big Three Swap Meet – Feb 24-26, 2017 • The Automotive Museum is considering a display case that will display car club memorabilia Tour Chairman Norm reported that the Alpine History Day tour was a success. Future tours: • June 25 – San Diego County Fair – Horseless Rodeo – Meet at 9:00 AM at the Albertson’s parking lot. 9:30 enter the fair grounds. Rodeo should wrap up around 12:30 • July 4 – Coronado Independence Day Parade • Aug 13 or 27 – Car Collection Tour off Moreno Blvd • (Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum Tour will be postponed to March 2017) • Oct 22-23 – Speedster Run A discussion was held about improving future tour attendance. Tony’s incentive ideas were: pay for the driver’s lunch on tours, pay for a tank of gas per car, free club membership with 3+ tours in a year, or free installation dinner with 4+ tours in a year. If this doesn’t work, it costs the club nothing. A motion was carried to try Tony’s first idea of paying for the driver’s lunch. This will start with our August tour. Editor Chuck reports that we are all set up for the Coronado parade. Tony, Norm, and Greg have signed up to drive. Chuck also talked about the new show at the Automotive Museum, Star Cars, displaying famous cars used in the movies or on Television. Historian Kirt was not able to attend. Additional Discussions: None End Time: 7:45 PM Greg closed the meeting Respectfully, Janna Laughon, Secretary 3 Ruckstell Review —July 2016 Alpine History Day Tour By Tony Bowker Norm Kling is a member of the Alpine Historical Society and they have an annual event to which we were invited to display our Model Ts. It was not a long tour, we started in Santee and drove along Olde Hwy 80 to the Historical site, a distance of a mere 20 miles each way compensated by a long grade on the very quiet road. We had hoped for several more Ts but for this event there was just three, John Chapman in his Roadster, Bob Anderson in his 1913 Speedster and Tony in the Red 1914 Touring. Norm had brought his Roadster to the event, so there were four Ts parked along the road as an attraction, This year the event was a slightly less well attended compared to last year, as in place of the kids concert there was a demonstration of Civil War memorabilia and firearms. Kirby Pray showed up and he and John went off to investigate the proposed tour to the Railroad Museum in Campo. When things began to quiet down after lunch, the three of us left for the great drive down the hill, I even used the Warford overdrive. John and Bob left us to head for home whle drove back to our starting place in Santee. Thanks again to Norm for inviting us to this interesting time in Alpine. 4 Ruckstell Review — July 2016 Potential Axle Failure By Tony Bowker On the recent (Mau) Kingman tour, one car suffered a rear axle failure. On inspection, the passenger side axle had snapped just behind the driven gear. On closer inspection there was a groove in the axle just behind the gear where it then broke. After a considerable discussion on the MTFCA forum, it was decided it was likely caused by the steel washer falling off the pins and rubbing on the axle, most likely when the original Babbitt washer failed. Today we recom- mend a brass washer to avoid this problem. While we are certain this groove was not caused recently, it was probably cut at some time in the past. Who knows all the damage that has been inflicted on our cars in the past 90 odd years? So, when inspecting the back axle of your Model T, check that there is no damage just behind the differential on both axles, because it can break at any time it wants to.