EFV8 Newsletter October 2019
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!1 Vancouver Fraser Valley Regional Group #120 Volume 31 Issue 10 October 2019 Visit us at www.earlyfordv8bc.com Happy Thanksgiving! Vancouver Fraser Valley RG #120, P.O. Box 602 President’s Message!2 Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 6H9 September weather has been pretty bad so Executive Members far. I’m glad we had so many events in President: Dana Sundmark good weather this year. I recently spent a VicePresident: Les Henderson week on a sailboat in the Gulf and San Secretary Neva Ledlin Juan Islands (sorry I missed the Treasurer: Tony Setchell September meeting). One spends a lot of Membership Colin Dugan Events vacant time outdoors with that kind of travel, and I Librarian Ron Morris appreciated that we had little rain to worry Editor N. Ledlin about. Collector car events depend on Historian Les Henderson good weather to drive and show off our Director-at-Large: Cliff Haller vehicles. It also encourages spectators to Past President: Alan Fisher come and see what we have to offer. We Sargeant-at-Arms Dennis Groundwater should be thankful that we live in a region International Rep. Dave Hammer 1 705 526 9302 Sunshine: Marnie Selinger where the climate is kind to our activities. NAACC: John Carlson Dana Sundmark SVABC Cliff Haller Sargeant-st-arms: Dennis Groundwater On the Road Again: Cover Shot Ken & Dawn Olynyk’s Club Tour 1937 Ford pick up at Hougen Park Saturday, October 19th 11 a.m. Photo by Joe Ledlin Garry Cassidy’s car collection. 7265 216th Street Langley. More details to follow on e-mail. Mark Your Calendars Oct. 10th EFV8 meeting Oct. 19 Garage Tour’ Nov. 14 Wine & Cheese Social No meeting in December Jan. 5, 2020 New Year’s Brunch at Newlands. Jan. 9, 2020 AGM & Elections…please attend. August 16 Hougen Park 2020 Highlights of this Issue Next meeting: P. 10 Elvis’ Roadster Thursday. Oct. 10th, 7:30 pm P. 11 The Fossmobile Sullivan Hall, Surrey P. 13 Motorsports Pioneers. Please wear your name tags, return P. 14 Jim Banks Library books, and bring your ideas for P. 17 Crescent Beach Concours tours, meetings, and events. !3 For Sale Here is an ad for my 1948 Ford F6 Dually Flatbed Wanted with a 8BA motor. Please share it with your group. To maintain my Fords & Mercury: It would be great to see it go to a good home. Dan 1951 Ford windshield washer pump & Freeman 206 948 8352 https:// associated parts. (I have the appropriate seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/d/renton-1948-ford-f6- glass jar & mounting bracket.) flathead-dually/6940879866.html email: [email protected] Australia Lots of old Ford V/8 parts Ray Mitchell 604 576 7476 four 16 inch 1935 ford wire wheels only. Must be straight with no bent spokes and bolt Early motorized player piano holes must be true. Will buy one only or four. Ron Morris 604 856 1949 These are for my sisters car as she wants to 1949-50-51 Ford car parts plus complete replace the existing wheels on her car. parts car. Dennis 778 838 2274. Bob 604 596 2785 1928 to 1936 Ford tilt trailer, 4X8 Paul 1 250 706 3601 More V8 stuff, gauges, carbs, & more. member of the Cougar Club. Mike 604 929 7575 1946-48 Ford or Mercury Woodie For sale: cylinder heads for 51 Merc spare tire cover Flathead 59A Block suitable for rebuilding Mark 604 308 1069 604 813 8077 [email protected] For Sale; 1941 Plymouth 4dr sedan . 6 cyl., good driver, runs well. 12 volt conversion. $4500. Call Rose Bolam 604 944-0548 Minutes for EFV8 RG#120 Meeting on September 12, 2019 Regrets: Dana Sundmark, Rob Mays, Ed MacAulay, Jason Brown, Chris Brown !4 Welcome back to the hall. The meeting called to order at 7:35 pm by Vice-President Les Henderson, with 25 members present. Great to see Larry Perkins, and Mike & Marlene Thorpe tonight. No new members. Guests: Roy Smith, with a 53 Merc Hardtop and John Newberry. New cars: Slim Easton purchased Mike Thorpes’ 53 Merc, Alyn Edwards purchased Mike Thorpes’ 47 Merc conv., & Walter Siemens sold his 48 Ford coupe. Thanks to Michael Eaton for setting up the refreshments, Ray & Roy for setting up the Library, chairs, etc for the meeting tonight. No errors or omissions identified in the Minutes from August , Moved byStew King, Seconded by Al Fisher, Approved. Treasurer’s Report: Tony Setchell Membership: Colin Dugan reported 68 members,please encourage folks to join our club & welcome new members. Please encourage new members to get involved. Colin showed the new Membership Package he has compiled. We will order new Membership flyers… Events: Concours d’Elegance, Kruise-in, Ron Morris spoke about the Victoria Concours. Larry French is interested in members who would be interested in driving to Colorado for the WN Meet in September 2020. Cliff Haller outlined a possible tour October 5th. Sunshine: Marnie will be new Sunshine contact. report on Ross Blewett Historian: Les Henderson:nil Librarian: Ron Morris trying to get books returned SVABC: Cliff Haller nil Old Business: Hougen Park: Les thanked everyone who volunteered, some worked all day. Great day, very successful. Nice to greet former members..Poor condition of field was reported to Abbotsford, new fellow in charge.Disbursement of gift cards? Lack of volunteers. Imma asked that selling corn begin earlier, especially to members. Neva: barricades Ran out of parking spaces. Suggestions for next year? T-shirts: Cliff 7 L left, and 2 L from 2018 International EFV8 Rep for Canada: Dave Hammer running..Does not belong to a RG.. Does not reply to our concerns Please consider running in 2022. New Business: Club Inventory.Neva If you have any items that belong to the club, please phone Neva asap so the Inventory can be completed. Suggestions for presentations at meetings and possible tours: Shady Grove,Gary Cassidy, Stave Lake Power House Any other business? Les mentioned the members who will be inducted this year: Les, Joe & Neva, & the Sandy Lovelace Award to Alyn Edwards. Les Henderson feels we should be donating to charity, as we did in the past. Larry Perkins brought some items from his ’36 Ford. If you take something, please give a donation to the club. October meeting back at Sullivan Hall, 7:30 p.m Top Hat:Bruce Brown absent, missing $60 Raffle:$15 won by guest Roy Smith. Adjournment: 9:15. Hougen Park: Additional discussion comments on another sheet. From The Mailbox !5 V8 Torque, RG#143, NSW, Australia displayed a 1934 Ford Sedan on the cover, with story inside. Resignation of President. Article on restorations that go wrong & a shop that specializes in completing projects rescued Nutz Letter, from Fordnutz Cougar Club, featured from shops that do poor work. Club Run to visit country ‘The Lucy Project’, purchased an abandoned member with 6 Fords & a 1929 Ford hot rod. Drive your restoration as a frame with many boxes of spare V8 Day saw the club at a pioneer village. Another run parts. Took 2 months to sort, store, assemble. was to participate in a Art Deco Festival. Members, Bonus: original owner had listed all the parts he dressed for the era, drove guests to the event, after a purchased and/or restored. Photos & report from drive down the main street. Following this, they visited a the many events attended this summer. Diary & vintage motorcycle museum. Technical Day: EFV8 photos of member’s trip to the prairies, visiting club Model Codes, Chasis & Engine Number codes & members locations. report on members’ project: 1939 Ford beer- The Side Valve V8 Times from Victoria, AU, barrel truck. Review of events attended by members. featured a 1952 Ford Customline. Club purchased An ambitious 9 day event is planed for Mercury, Edsel & a defibrillator & had a paramedic train them on its Lincoln owners use. 3 day annual tour saw 68 vehicles on the tour. V-8 News, from RG#249, S. Ontario,.featured a Picnic at 3 Rivers, with Federation. New club member’s 35 Ford Coupe. Photos from Deuce/Merc merchandise for sale. 5 pages of corporate ads, 2 Show. pages of classifieds. Newsletter is published bi- V8 Forum, No.1-2019 from Norway Club, a beautiful monthly & consists of 28 pages. Editor (also serves magazine! On the cover, a beautiful fall photo of a 1937 as VP) is resigning. Ford Roadster. Story about a 1949 Ford convertible stored outside. The Editor received an award at the National Face-toFace meeting. Horse raceway (800 m.)converted to auto raceway in 1957. Converting LHD to RHD. 1937 Ford cabriolet & how it looked during restoration. Gathering of vehicles travel to the new motor museum. A van, a coupe, & a pick up were purchased from the USA. An annual memorial rally was greeted with a rainstorm V-8 Views, RG#94, S. Australia, joined a tour for Drive It Day, on Fathers’ Day. A Combined Club Tour was held over 3 days, with 65 vehicles. Interesting report from Federation: LH drive vehicles must have a certificate prior to Registration, many injuries caused by working under cars on jacks; Luxury Car Tax is here to stay; asbestos: zero tolerance; Tax in Clubs: applied if club raises more than $416 from each incidence: bank interest, raffle, etc. V8 Rumbles from rG#109, Victoria, BC featured a 40 Ford Standard Coupe & a 47 Ford 2dr on the cover. Club discussed ideas & plans for their 40th Fords & friends event, July 19, 2020. Shop Tour to a farm with collection of model A’s. Photo & story of annual BBQ at Rosemeade Farm, invited retired members to attend.