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The Official Publication of the Illinois Region AACA’S Oldest Region—Established 1946 1 The Official Publication of the Illinois Region AACA’s Oldest Region—established 1946 April 2018 Volume 70 Number 04 Field opens at 8 a.m. This year the show has expanded to include in the DISPLAY ONLY area, stock and mildly modified vehicles through 2017. Pre=registration is recommended. For detailed informa- tion or to Register visit our website. Questions? Contact Bob Markert (Show Manager) at 630-852-9893 or Bob Wenderski (Registrar) at 847-234-2394. Registration form on page 11 2 NATIONAL NEWS For more information on National events see aaca.org July 11-14 - Gettysburg, PA - AACA Eastern Spring Meet by the Chesapeake Region AACA June 2-3 - Region SPRING TOUR TO West Registration Chair: Norm Heathcote Bend, WI hosted by Waukegan-North Shore Email: [email protected]/ 410-227-2040 Chapter. August 20-24 - Geneva, NY - AACA Reliability June 9 - REGION BOARD MEETING hosted Tour by Gennesee Valley Antique Car Society Re- by Silver Springs. Meeting will be at the gion AACA and Wayne Drumlins Region AACA Somonauk Library starting at 10 am. See story on Registrar: Carol Barlup page 7. [email protected]/ 717-582-3209 June 10—Des Plaines Valley Fly-In at Lewis September 12-15 - Texas Panhandle, TX - Cen- University Airport. Opens at 7 am. Flyer page 12. tral / Divisional Tour, sponsored by Amarillo Re- gion AACA July 14 - Wings of Mercy Fly In and Car Show. Location is Campbell Airport 22733 W. Sept. 16-21 - Twin Falls, Idaho Townline Rd. in Grayslake. More information to Revival AAA Glidden Tour follow Registrar - Dawn Schwartzenberger, 208-523- 6384 / [email protected] July 22 - Region CAR SHOW at Cantigny Park Registration deadline 8-16-18 in Wheaton. For more information contact Bob Markert (Show Manager) 630-852-9893 or [email protected] Registration page 11. August 5 - Vintage Transportation Extrava- ganza Show & Tour - Illinois Railway Museum/ More information to follow. Downers Grove June 1 - Chevrolet ( no Cor- August 12 - Waukegan-North Shore SUMMER Cruise Nights vette) / Music by The Stingers PICNIC at Hastings Lake Forest Preserve at June 8 - Model T and A 21155 W Gelden Rd, Lake Villa, IL 60046. featured cars Fords/ Music by J&D Just must be 25 Friends August 19 - Grand Dominion Car Show - Liber- years old and June 15 - Air Cooled tyville. More information to follow. park on Cur- (Corvair, Porsche, VW, etc.)/ tiss/ all others Music by Night Life Band park on Main June 29 - Pontiac GTO/ St. from Maple Music by Another Point to Franklin/ for July 6 - Independent Or- more detail see phans (by Out of Production flyer on page 14 Manufacturers - No GM, Ford, Chrysler) )/ Music by The Gen- June 1 - Cruisin’ Park Ridge Show to be held eration Gap. on June 1, July 6, and August 3. WANTED: June 24 - Downers Grove Festival of Cars I am looking for leads on a 1994 - gates open at 8 am. Registration closes at 11 am. 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood. Solid body Various trophies and plaques classes/ dash and good mechanics a must. Knowl- plaques to first 200 cars/ Split-the-Pot $$$/ edge of history of car a definite plus. Please con- Music by The Big Bopper DJ service/ see flyer tact Christopher Schurrer with info and pictures. page 13. (815) 382 - 0238 or [email protected] 3 THE Ann Martin PRESIDENT’S Chicken Macaroni Salad - MESSAGE (As found in Metro Phoenix Region AACA's Spoke -N-Word / Dec. 2003 Newsletter) And just like that 3 c. 6 oz of elbow macaroni, cooked, drained, summer arrived with gusto just in time for Silver & cooled. Springs' Annual Auto Show at the Sandwich Fair- 1 c. celery, diced grounds. The heat didn't keep many away as, once 2 c. chicken, cooked diced again, the vendor area had rows upon rows of ven- 2 Tbs. minced onions dors with parts and items of all sorts. A nice 1/2 c. mayonnaise or "little bit of everything" mix of over 300 cars salad dressing graced the wooded show field. 1 tsp. prepared mustard As you are reading this, some of you are 1 tsp. salt preparing for the Region's Spring Tour, hosted 1/4 tsp. pepper by the Waukegan - North Shore Chapter over- 1 or 2 hard boiled eggs, cooked and chopped. nighting in West Bend. I look forward to seeing Combine all the ingredients, except eggs and mix everyone there. gently. Carefully mix in eggs or save them for After traveling around Wisconsin, have garnish, if desired. Chill before serving. Makes 6 your sights set on the Region Car Show at Can- servings. tigny Park in Winfield to be held on July 22nd. We are looking for people to judge and help You can also use for Corned Beef Macaroni (use around the show. If you are available, let us know. 12 oz. can) or Salmon Macaroni (use 16 oz. can). All of your help is always appreciated. It is June, which means we are already halfway through the year (believe it or not). Pat LAST CHANCE TO Markert is retiring at the end of this year and that also means that we have six months to go BUY BOOKS before a new Sidelights Editor needs to take the These are the last of the books that the Region helm. This is a perfect opportunity to learn from has for sale. Prices have been reduced. Contact someone who has done so well with Sidelights, as Bob Markert at [email protected] or at 630- she is willing to train the new person during the 852-9893. remainder of the year. This is a prime opportu- HARDCOVER: nity for someone who has not been an Editor to The New Beetle: the Creation of a 21st Century learn from one of the best. If you have the inter- Classic est, please contact Pat or me. By Jonathan Wood $7.00 See you further down the road, Ferrari Classics Chris By Brian Laban $7.00 Following Magazines are $1.00 each: AUGUST 5TH Jaguar Monthly - August 1999 Jaguar Magazine - Spring 2003 TOUR TO UNION Auto Aficionado - May/June 2006 RAILROAD BMW Z3 and Z3M Road Test of 1995 through 1998 MUSEUM . Robb Report - August 2003 Help Chris celebrate 20 years of Barrett Jackson Scottsdale - January 2003 designing tours! RM Meadow Brook Hall - August 2004 4 We Don't Need No Stinking Signs Tour By Andy Voss A group of Silver Springs adventurers en- joyed a great road tour on Sunday, May 6, 2018, taking some "less traveled" roads from Sandwich to Romeoville, Illinois. We were joined by a con- tingent of fellow cruisers from other chapters of the Illinois Region of the AACA. As always, we were guided by an excellently written itinerary by the one and only Chris Schurrer that included Andy Voss, Jordon Beller, and Ruben Taylor in- such noteworthy directions as "turn right at the spect the wooden interior and floorboards of a bent street sign". 1929 Model A Highlights of the trip were motoring down part of old Route 66, and stopping to view the Jordan Beller Museum in Romeoville, Mr. Beller is one of the leading experts on 1920 and 1930 era Ford cars and trucks. He talked with great ex- pertise and passion about his extensive collection of acquired vintage vehicles. He also has an out- standing library of Ford-related literature and manuals as well as a large workshop filled with tools, machinery, and an enormous collection of spare parts. This museum is a definite "must see" for any serious classic car buff. The final highlight was lunch at the his- Ruben Taylor, Jim Wiltse, Lee Nelson, John toric White Fence Farm which also has a collec- Medgyesi, and Al Matison ask Jordan some tough tion of antique cars and a petting zoo. We ate questions on engine components on a 1932 Model too much chicken, but it sure was good! Lee Nelson, Al Matison, and Ruben Taylor look at a rare advertisement for a Model A Truck spe- Jordon's workshop. "What we got here son is cifically for laundries. stuff." Happy Flag Day! 5 In Memoriam: FROM DECEMBER 2014 SPEEDSTER MARILYN SCHWARTZ More Good Auto History... 1914 Marilyn Schwartz (nee Car- Model T Ford Station Wagon tell), wife of the late Edwin C. By: Ed Shell, Thornton, PA Schwartz, passed away on May 19, May 31, 1927, the last Ford Model T rolled 2018 in Highland Park, IL and is off the assembly line. It was the first affordable survived by daughter Linda Paris automobile, due in part to the assembly line proc- (Kenneth), sons Stephen and Wil- ess developed by Henry Ford. It had a 2.9-liter, liam (Tina), grandsons Jackson and 20-horsepower engine and could travel at speeds Evan Schwartz, sister Katherine Anderson of Sparks, NV and many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service is scheduled at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Frist Presbyte- rian Church of Deerfield, 824 Waukegan Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015. In lieu of Flowers, memo- rial gifts can be made to First Presbyterian Church of Deerfield, Pets Are Worth Saving (P.A.W.S.) or the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Marilyn and Ed are long time members of the Illinois Region. This is the car they drove for years. up to 45 miles per hour. It had a 10-gallon fuel tank and could run on kerosene, petrol or ethanol, but it couldn't drive uphill if the tank was low be- cause there was no fuel pump; people got around this design flaw by driving up hills in reverse.
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