THE CLUNKER
Newsletter of the Southern Alberta Antique and Classic Automobile Club April 2018
Pariel Tomlinson 1950 Studebaker 1/2 ton pickup Inside The Clunker Personnel & President’s Message ...... 2 Minutes 3/6/18 ...... 3,4 Minutes, Swap Shop...... 4 Special Occasions, Editor’s Message . . . 5 Tours & Events ...... 6,7 57 International ...... 8 Snow Plows through the Years ...... 9 Studebaker ...... 10,11 Eric’s Eclectic Explorations ...... 12 Lawrence & Kala Watmough ...... 13,14 Classified Ads ...... 15,16 Humour ...... Here and There
John Machielse 1950 Farmall M with a beet harvester complete rebuild Southern Alberta Antique and Classic Automobile Club (SAACAC) Founded in 1964 Box 1723, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4K4 The objectives of SAACAC are, according to the Club By-laws: • To assist in the acquisition, restoration, preservation, salvage, maintenance of and to promote interest in Classic Cars, Cars of ancient age and historical value, and Cars of special interest, their accessories, historic lore and associate items. • To encourage by all proper means the retention of such vehicles within Alberta. • To promote and assist in the promotion of competitions, trials, and other events in which such vehicles can participate in their respective classes. • To assist in the purchase and/or lease, maintenance and development or otherwise deal with the property of the Society acquired for the purpose of promoting the interests of the Club.
Club Executive 2018 President: Barb Yakubowski Phone Committee Dwayne/Bonnie Sturm Vice-President: Reed Hawthorne Pariel Tomlinson Past President: Willie Goertzen Linda Henry Loretta Schwarz Secretary: George Stringam SVAA Representative Herb Dyck Treasurer: Dwayne Sturm Swap Meet Chair Mike Yakubowski Auditors: Ritchie Whitehead & Tours/Events Chair Shawn Smith Reed Hawthorne Randy Ross Erika Lukacs Committee Personnel 2018 Gord Dewhirst Advertising Randy Ross & Vic Rogalsky Barb Yakubowski Cards and Flowers Pariel Tomlinson Dwayne Sturm Clunker Ritchie/Judy Whitehead (Editors) Website Ernie Lukacs Glenn Plowman George Stringam Paraphernalia Lynne Dewhirst/George Stringam
President’s Message - April 2018
With the arrival of spring we now start thinking about driving our specialty vehicles and being a part of the many tours and events being planned for the year. Our tours and event committee members must enjoy planning the activities since they have voluntarily stayed on the committee for years. We appreciate their interest and dedication to making the year fun for the members. And, there will be some different destinations this year as Shawn, our new tours and events chair, has come up with a great list of places to go and things to see. In fact, we may not be able to fit them all into one driving season! It should be fun trying though. We know there will be a LOT of show and shines we can participate in. If you enjoy doing that, it really is a case of picking your favourite ones as there are often several to choose from on any given weekend. Of course, show and shines mean getting those car cleaning kits ready to go so you can do the usual clean and polish to make your vehicle look its best. As well as tending to the appearance of your vehicle, it is also very important to have a safety check done on your vehicle. Lights, tires, brakes, steering, and exhaust are just some of the things that should be checked. Our club usually does two safety checks a year, one in the spring and one in the fall. Check the tour and events schedule for dates and locations of the inspections. Happy driving!
Barb Yakubowski