Vol. 34 No. 5 • July 2019

TM Vol. 34 No. 5 • July 2019 ■ Cover Car ■ New Members ■ Now Showing ■ A Blast from the Past ■ Cut Away Car ■ Body by Fisher ■ Find the Hidden Firecrackers ■ Classifieds ■ Adventures of Barney Welcome to the Club __________ National Chevy Assoc. would like to say “Welcome to the Club” to new members and to the “old-timers” renewing their membership. CRAING CARTER-POINT ROBERTS, WA GIL GRESHAM-LAKE ST. LOUIS, MO JAY APPELHANZ-COMMERCE CITY, CO MARK BUSHMAN-MANITOWOC, WI PATRICK TROISI-WOODHAVEN, MI LARRY TREVINO-SAN ANTONIO, TX DAN SKINNER-QUIPMAN, TX JOHN ARCHER-OTTUMWA, IA DALE MYERS-MONTEVISTA, CO JASON HARRIS-TONGANOXIE, KS JESSE BRITT-NEWSOMS, VA MATT NOBLE-VENUTRA, CA LUTHER JONES-WILSON, NC LLOYD MINOR-BECKER, MS RONNIE HENDERSON-HARRISONVILLE, MO GEORGE SANDOVAL-LEMON GROVE, CA RICHARD STICHTER-BLYTHEWOOD, SC BRIAN FRAWLEY-PORT ST LUCIE, FL COLLIN PIPKIN-ASHLAND CITY, TN MICHAEL SMITH-WATERLOO, IA VAN METTLER-MANKATO, MN MITCH LINDBORG-MARYSVILLE, WA JOHN HANNIGAN-BURLINGTON, NJ ROBERT FRUTY-NILES, IL LUIS QUINTERO-MIAMI, FL AMOES SHEPPARD-HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR CHARLES CLARK-WADLEY, AL ARMANDO BOSCH-DUMONT, NJ DON GEORGE-ELK RIVER, MN MAURICE COOK, CEDAR CREEK, TX PAUL SCOTT-ROSELLE, IL JAMES CARR-SOUTH BEND, IN MICHAEL MILLICAN-PORT GAMBLE, WA LEE HARRINGTON-AMHERST, NH ANTHONY GAZZOLA, CARAL GABLES, FL RAY LACKO-HAMMOND, IN SCOT NEWPORT-LAKE OSWEGO, OR JASON PIERSON-FT WAYNE, IN BOB WOODCOCK-MOUNTAIN GREEN, UT ROBERT BROSHEARS-BREMERTON, WA JAMES CHASE-BALTIMORE, MD ART STIEGLEITER-PAIRS, TN FABIO RIBEIRO- MT VERNON, NY JAVIER ROMERO-VENTURA, CA MATT HANSON-STURGEON BAY, WI GAYLORD SNYDER-MALONE, KY DAVID TOPE-BROOKSHIRE, TX RONNIE BROWN-LOUISVILLE, KY ROBERT WOLFF-MOUNT LAUREL, NJ RANDY ARMES-MAIDEN, NC DEREK HYDE-ERNUL, NC GARY EARNEST-SIMPSONVILLE, SC MANUEL PEREZ-MADERA, CA GEORGE DAVIS-TROY, MI MARIO SUAREZ-MIAMI, FL JIM VANDERWERF-BURLINGTON, KY Hi from Nat’l. Chevy, It has been pretty busy here with a lot of walk-in At last summer is here. It’s been pretty business from guys getting ready for the car show. comfortable so far, but it sounds like it is going to The phones have been busy also, and right now we get hot and humid in the next couple of days. I’m are a little busier than we usually are in summer. not looking forward to that. Renewal time is here again but remember your Our Back to the 50’s show was last weekend membership is good until the end of August. We’re and had about 12,000 cars registered. Rain was always happy to receive your renewal, and be sure predicted for the weekend, which didn’t really to use your discount coupon to save some extra $$. happen, so attendance was down slightly. Paul and I hope you all have a great 4th of July. We’re I didn’t attend for probably the first time in at least going to Michigan to visit our granddaughter — 30 years. Paul wasn’t up to it this year, so we stayed long drive, but we’ll be happy to see her. home and watched 2 1/2” of rain come down. ‘Til next time.... New Parts 1951-52 1954 Front Splash Pan headlight rim clips Order #4652 $249 Order #507-CLIP Great reproduction $12 Does both headlight bezels Order #4448 1951-52 Tail Light $99pr. Assembly Complete with bezels, backing plate, lens, 12V bulbs and wiring. TM July 2019 The National Chevy Association 1 A Blast from the Past _______________ What a great blast from the past! I haven’t graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. thought about fender skirts in years. When I was So we had all that talk about stork visits and “being a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me in a family way” or simply ”expecting.” Apparently think of a car in a dress. Thinking about fender skirts “brassiere” is a word no longer in usage. I said it the started me thinking about other words that quietly other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it’s disappear from our language with hardly a notice. just “bra” now. “Unmentionables” probably wouldn’t Like “curb feelers” and “steering knobs.” Since I’d be understood at all. been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that It’s hard to recall that this word was once direction first. said in a whisper - “divorce.” And no one is called a Any kid will probably have to find some “divorcee” anymore. Certainly not a “gay divorcee.” elderly person over 50 to explain some of these Come to think of it, “confirmed bachelors” and “career terms. Steering knobs were handy as there was girls” are long gone, too. usually almost 5 turns from lock to lock in those Most of these words go back to the ‘50s, but days....before power steering became popular. And here’s a pure ‘60s word I came across the other day, curb feelers came in with the lowering and widening “rat fink.” Ohh, what a nasty put-down! of cars and white wall tires in the 1950’s. Here’s a word I miss, “percolator.” That was just Remember “Continental kits”? They were a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that “Coffee maker.” How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln this. Continental. They reflected the “old” days when spare I miss those made-up marketing words that tires were carried in the open on the rear bumper. were meant to sound so modern and now sound From necessity to sheik. When did we quit calling so retro. Words like “DynaFlow” and “Electrolux” them “emergency brakes?” At some point “parking and introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with brake” became the proper term. But I miss the hint “SpectraVision!” of drama that went with “emergency brake.” I’m sad, Food for thought. Was there a telethon too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of call the accelerator the “foot feed.” Remember the that anymore. Maybe that’s what castor oil cured, “starter button?” because I never hear mothers threatening their kids Here’s a phrase I heard all the time in my with castor oil anymore. Some words aren’t gone, youth but never anymore – “store-bought.” Of course, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one just about everything is store-bought these days. that grieves me most, “supper.” Now everybody But once it was bragging material to have a store- says “dinner.” Save a great word. Invite someone to bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy. I was “supper.” always excited to get store-bought toys, instead of Discuss fender skirts. On the farm, lunch was pretending that a stick was a pistol. dinner. It was also much bigger than a lunch, and in “Coast to coast” is a phrase that once held all the evening we had supper...and I was starving by sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. that time. Now we take the term “worldwide” for granted. This Someone forwarded this to me, and I thought floors me. On a smaller scale, “wall-to-wall” was once some of us of a “certain age” would remember most a magical term in our homes. In the ‘50s, everyone of these...And those young-uns can learn a little covered their hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to- history! wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall- to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure. When’s the last time you heard the quaint From Roger Olson phrase “in a family way?” It’s hard to imagine that Albert Lea, the word “pregnant” was once considered a little too Minnesota Thanks, Roger ! TM 2 The National Chevy Association July 2019 ______________________Cover Car “A Little Love” PARTS LINE CLUB NEWSLETTER Volume 34 Issue 5, July 2019 is published monthly by National Chevy Association 947 Arcade St. St. Paul, MN 55106. Periodicals postage pending at St. Paul, MN, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NATIONAL CHEVY ASSOCIATION 947 Arcade St., St. Paul, MN 55106. TM July 2019 The National Chevy Association 3 Cover Car _________________________ TM 4 The National Chevy Association July 2019 ______________________Cover Car TM July 2019 The National Chevy Association 5 Cover Car _________________________ TM 6 The National Chevy Association July 2019 ______________________Cover Car SHOW VEHICLE INFORMATION SHEET FOR “DIX TOY” Class Entered: Modified/ Custom Vehicle: 1953 Chevy Model: BelAir 2-Door Sedan Engine Size: 283 Cu.In.V8 Transmission Type: 350 Turbo Automatic Rear Axle: Ford 8” 3.0 Ratio Owner Name: Richard L Robison Additional Information: Custom Paint Front Disc Brakes Custom Interior and Trunk Custom Grill and Bumpers Frenched Antenna Lowered Door Handles Have Been Removed Electric Doors And much more! Note left hand gear shift. “DIX TOY” Loves when you look at her, but PLEASE don’t touch! 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