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October-December, 2011 - #16 2011 October-December, T Happy Holidays This is the final Connector of 2011. Inside you will find O the Membership Roster, a report on the general member- ship and Board of Directors meetings, “The Auto Sketch”, “What is it, Quiz” and photos from events held in 2011. R The Connector, another benefit of your membership Club Officers & Managers Director’s Message James Shelton Chantler Region Director Jim Chantler, Normandy Park WA (2012) Hello Lincolnoids, 206-356-3786 -- [email protected] Oh, my goodness, it’s time for yet Assistant Region Director another Director’s message. We had our Susan Addy, Silverdale WA (2014) Planning Meeting on the 5th of November 360-692-7268 -- [email protected] in wonderful downtown Lacey. The attendance was more than good for this Membership Steve/Becky D’Ambrosia , Damascus OR (2013) annual event and those that came had a 503-658-4383 -- [email protected] great time. The pizza was, well, let’s not talk about the pizza. I don’t think that Secretary anyone starved. I called the meeting to Kris Sundberg, Mercer Island WA (2012) 206-240-1559 order kind of promptly at 11:26 in the AM and off we went. The results of our board Now that ginormous hamburger is meant for a Treasurer election were announced and to no one’s Director. Steve Price, Portland OR surprise the three candidates won by a land 503-288-1849 -- steve@popsfiddle.com slide. Congratulations to Susan Addy and Mel Bailey, our returning Additional Board Members Board members, and a big hello to Grant Loveseth as a first time Board • Jim Pringle, Lacey WA (2013) member. 360-923-0472 -- [email protected] Car clubs far and wide are having their own financial troubles so • Ed Zarins, Portland OR (2013) 503-254-1625 -- edz@pacifier.com this club is not alone. It was approved that we institute a two-tier dues • Grant Loveseth, Vancouver, BC (2014) package involving our highest expense, the printing and distribution 604-264-7946 -- [email protected] of our newsletter, Connector. The vote was to keep the annual dues • Mel Bailey, Sagle ID (2014) Connector 208-610-1768 -- [email protected] at $20 for those members who receive the and monthly event notices electronically. A member may choose to receive printed Projects and mailed copies of the Connectors. To offset the cost of the printing Susan Addy, Silverdale WA (2014) and postage, dues for those members will be $30, still a deal for our 360-692-7268 -- [email protected] award-winning newsletter. We would still encourage those who can, Connector Editors to receive the monthly bulletins electronically as they are one page Ed & Chris Gray, Snohomish WA and have no pictures. We really would like to encourage as many of 360-668-9487 -- [email protected] you as have the capability of getting the publications via email to do Webmaster so. It really does save the club a lot of money with the rising cost of Joe Sherlock, Battleground, WA printing and postage. Your membership renewal form will have a place http://www.lincoln-club.org to indicate that you can receive the Connectors via email and to tell Events Coordinators us your email address. We promise we won’t give or sell your email Jim Chantler and Susan Addy address to anyone. The event planning for the year 2012 went very well and we Connector is the official newsletter of the Lincoln Club Inc., an Oregon non-profit were able to fill all but one of the monthly slots. Way to go, guys.! The corporation, presently operating as the new schedule of events is on Page 3. You will be receiving your event Pacific Northwest Region of the Lincoln & Continental Owners Club. Contents of bulletin for the January dinners in the next month. There will be no this publication are intended to be factual monthly event in December as is our custom. and accurate; however, the Club assumes no responsibility for accuracy of contents. The meeting went so well that we finished early. This was a Articles by members are not necessarily good thing as yours truly or at least his award-winning Mark V sprung endorsed by the club or its officers. Contributions are welcome and may be a leak in the water pump. Ah, cars, they all have wants and needs! I printed at the discretion of the Editor. Original was followed home by Tony Lewis. What a sport. Then, I put the car in material submitted will not be returned unless requested with postage provided. Information the garage until spring. Who knows, maybe it will fix itself! in this publication may be reproduced Hope to see each and every one of you at one or provided that proper credit is given to the author and this publication and that the article more of our great events and tours next year. Have a is quoted accurately within the context in very happy holiday season. which it is written. Jim Pacific Northwest Region Connector 2 PNWR Market Place 2012 - Calendar of Events This space is given free of charge to members. Send your ad, January 14 electronic preferred, to the Connector Editors at Northern dinner - Seattle area [email protected] or Ed & Chris Gray, 21707 W. Lost Ed & Chris Gray Lake Rd., Snohomish, WA 98296. If you know a non-member who would like to advertise vehicles or parts, they must become January 21 a member by contacting our Membership Chairs. Include Name, address, telephone number, and email (if possible), together with Southern Dinner - Portland area a check made payable to The Lincoln Club for $20 or $30. Send Sean & Karen Streeter the completed information and payment to: Steve & Becky D’Ambrosia, 21920 SE Mark Rd., Damascus, OR 97089-8756. February 11 Then, follow previous directions for members. Heritage Flying Collection - Everett, WA Jim Chantler & Tony Lewis For Sale: 1979 Lincoln 4-door Collectors Series- 140,000 miles; Dk blue/dk blue; has the leather tool kit, owner’s manual, umbrella, and inflatable spare March TBD Michelin. All original. One owner with Lincoln dash Car Show - Puyallup, WA plaque showing 3/79 build date for Mount Vernon Jim Chantler Terminal Railway. Quadrasonic 8-track with Ford demo tape. $4995.00 Contact George at 360/708- April 14 0190 or [email protected] for additional pictures. Chuckanut Drive Tour - Bellingham, WA Ken & Sue Wicker

May 5 Gorst Lawn & Garden Tour - Gorst, WA Susan Addy

June TBD Canadian Tour Grant Loveseth

July 21 Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA Denis & Barb LaCrosse FOR SALE: 2011 Pacific Northwest Region August TBD Membership. Gives you access to information on our LaConner Tour - WA Kevin & Lisa Johnson eleven monthly events starting with January welcome dinners, one in the south and one in the north. You’ll get an award- September 26-29 winning quarterly club newsletter, free ads, a chance to mix LCOC Western National Meet - Concord, CA with other Lincoln fans for swapping information, exchang- Western Region ing parts and viewing beautifully restored and well-cared-for Lincolns It just takes one little check made out to “Lincoln October TBD Club” and sent to the D’Ambrosias at 21920 SE Mark Rd., Damascus, OR 97089. The annual dues are $20 for those November 3 receiving the publications electronically and $30 for those Annual General Membership & Board Meeting receiving them in print. Lacey, WA Jim & Joanne Pringle Photo credits Front Cover: From the Whidbey Island tour in June L-R: Gerry & Betty Ostroms Mark VIII, Ed & Chris Gray’s Mark VIII, Jim Chantler’s Mark V, Grant Loveseth’s Mark V, Gil & Pitusa Braida’s Continental, Mark & Kim Chambers Mark V and Roger Clemens Mark VII. Top back cover: Mark Vs from L-R belong to Ken Nelson, Denis & Barb LaCrosse, Ron Ridnour and Jim Chantler. Rick Franklin’s Hearse is on the end. Bottom back cover: Gerry & Betty Ostrom’s Mark VIII, Susan Addy’s Mark VII, and Rick Franklin’s Hearse. Front cover Directory: Joan Watjen’s 1947 Convertible Coupe. All photos by Ed and Chris Gray 3 Pacific Northwest Region Connector ‘unmistakably Lincoln,’ there was scarcely a trace of the stolid ‘55s. Wheelbase grew three inches to 126 Auto inches, overall length grew seven inches to 223 inches and width three inches. The body design, conceived by Head Stylist William F. Schmidt, won an award for Sketch its clean lines from the Industrial Designers Institute. by The car’s hooded headlight eyebrows were inspired Joe Sherlock by the 1955 Lincoln Futura show car, another Schmidt creation. 1956 Lincolns rode on a new chassis with a 1956 : Successful Upgrade full-section box frame. Power was from a bored-out Lincoln engine with 368 cubic inches making Acquired in 1922 as a way for to keep his 285 horsepower. Interiors were substantially upgraded son occupied so that he didn’t mess over 1955. Lincoln with the Model T, Lincoln was for continued with years a premium brand, competing with two series for the likes of Cadillac and ‘56 Packard. Lincoln’s first

foray into the upper mid- priced field with the Zephyr happened during the Great Depression of the 1930s and was a response to Packard’s down Capri and new top-of-the- line Premiere, each with a market 120 model. four-door sedan and hardtop coupe. A convertible was After Edsel died in 1943, Lincoln began to exclusive to Premiere and was the priciest ‘56 Lincoln drift - mostly downward. By 1952, Lincoln was being at $4,747. The Capri coupe, shown in the sketch, was positioned as an Oldsmobile alternative, offering high one of 4,355 made and carried a base price of $4,119. performance in a smaller package than a Cadillac. Despite a relatively down year for the auto Prices were in-between Olds and Caddy. Styling was industry, Lincoln sales for the ‘56 model year were unexceptional; Lincolns of the period looked like 50,322 units - almost double those of 1955. Change a less-flashy . Not good in showy postwar was good. America. Sales tanked. Meanwhile, Cadillac offered the expensive and Remember When: 1956 snazzy Eldorado model in 1953 and its redesigned In 1956, cultural icon-to-be Elvis Presley 1954 models featured wraparound windshields across appeared on the national scene with several #1 selling the board, making Lincolns look even more staid by records. Elvis used some of his earnings to buy a ‘56 comparison. Lincoln was one of the few makes to Premiere coupe (wisteria with a white roof) and, later, miss out on Detroit’s 1955 sales boom; sales dropped a white Mark II. 27% to 27,222 units. Change was needed. New products included Raid insecticide, Crest The 1956 Lincoln offered dramatic, toothpaste and Comet cleanser. contemporary styling at a size and price equal went public, issuing stock. Midas Muffler and Burger to that of Cadillac. Though ads proclaimed them King began franchising. The ‘Dear Abby’ advice Pacific Northwest Region Connector 4 Continued on Page 11 7KH6WRUH The region has several items for sale that help us raise money to Order support our activities and publications. You can order from Susan Addy at 360-692-7268 right away or via email at [email protected]. to get them Dash Pads Made of white “rubber”-like in time for material and printed with LCOC $5.00 and the Lincoln star, it keeps your holiday items like this cell phone from sliding around. It works! gift giving!

Visor Clips This ingenious gadget clips to your visor and holds your sunglasses when you aren’t wearing them. It is printed with $5.00 LCOC and the Lincoln star. Cloisonne pins You should have one in each Mark II , 4-Door Convertible car if you want to know where $5.00 and Mark III available. your sunglasses are! Get one for each car!! Drink Can Cozy Special Order ONLY The drink can cozy fits 14K white or yellow gold Lin- around a soda or beer can coln star jewelry. Can be made or water bottle. They have into earrings, tie tacs, lapel pins, the Lincoln star and LCOC etc. Talk with Susan about how printed on them. to order. Price will vary depend- $3.00 each /2 for $5.00 ing on the cost of gold. Note card packs Set of Joe Sherlock’s handrawn images of cars $10.00 $5.00 Fire Extinguisher Covers/Wine Tote This has also been one of our most popular items. It is available in black, navy blue and red and is printed with the Lincoln star. There may even be a few day glow orange ones left from the National Meet. It is large enough to carry Tote Bag that special bottle of This has been one of our most popular items. It is wine or many of our made of heavy-duty canvas, is printed with the Lin- 5.00 members use them to coln star and is topped with a zipper. It is large enough $ cover their fire extin- to carry all the “beauty” products for detailing your guishers when on the car or anything else you want to carry around. show field. Pacific Northwest Region Connector 8 Wine, Zoo, Detailing Tour Extravaganza! By: Lisa Johnson Alright, guys, let’s take off for Park Place Motors over in Bellevue, where the head detail guy, Joey, showed us all how to get a car ready for an Hosts: Kevin, Erica & Lisa Johnson auction. Our own Tony Lewis volunteered, Emma, his ’79 Town Coupe for demonstration purposes. If decadent breakfast, cool cars, exotic cats Tony definitely had his work cut out for him. Thank and wine are your thing, then you would have loved goodness it was only to a Lincoln National Meet rather the club event in July. The sun cooperated and was than Barrett Jackson. out for the entire day and forced the participants who Then it was off to Woodinville and the Januik/ had convertibles to put those tops down. Our event Novelty Hill Winery for pizza as well as wine tasting spanned from Issaquah to Bellevue to Woodinville, in their outdoor garden. We were then going off to WA. We had a crowd that kept on growing as the day the next winery but one of our own listened to his wore on. Director about turning on his headlights when driving It all started at 9:00 at the Issaquah Café, to cut down on stone chips on the headlight doors. where we munched on biscuits and gravy, French The turning on of the headlights worked great but one toast, eggs benedict, waffles, and pancakes. It is hoped has to turn them off when parking the car. It would that no one person ate everything! The Postmas came have been nice if the car in question, Jim, had been on down before they had to split for work. Their Town parked with its nose out. Actually, it didn’t make much Car is not to be believed. A winner there, Haiko! difference as there was not a set of jumper cables to We split or maybe waddled out to our Lincoln be had in our car-savvy group. We had to rely on the rigs and moved on up to the Cougar Mountain Zoo, kindness of another soul who was prepared. It was where we were able to see the two month old cougars then off to more wine tasting as well as indulging in at play. We got up and personal with the alpacas locally produced vodka from a boutique distillery. For and even tried to feed them. Some of us tried to get dinner we went to the Redhook Brewery for yet more the macaws to say more than, “Hello” but it wasn’t food as well as libation. All in all, it was a wonderful happening. way to spend a sunny July day in Western Washington.

Middle L-R: Judy & Ken Deardon, Jim Pringle, Susan Addy, Tony Lewis, Lisa & Erica Johnson, Cliff Binstock, Sheryl McConnelley, Betty Ostrom and Fran Willyard Front L-R: Joanne Pringle, Kevin Johnson Back L-R: Jim Chantler, Amy Binstock, Gerry Ostrom and Ed Gray 9 Pacific Northwest Region Connector The Monroe Car Show At last, the report on the August Mon- ....and the “Peoples roe Car Show, set up to be a preview event for cars going to the Western National Choice” winners are... Meet at Eagle Crest. Interestingly enough, only three of the cars shown at Monroe Hosts: Chris & Ed Gray made it to Eagle Crest. It was a beauti- When you’re the editors, you don’t have ful sunny August day in Monroe. Luck- to put in your own pictures. Enjoy the ily for us, not the virtual blast furnace of new license plates for our Mark VIIIs. last year. We gathered at the Buzz Inn for breakfast After lining up in somewhat chronological order, we caravaned as a group to take our parking places in the show on Main street. We had a fine representation of beautiful Mark Vs and Mark VIIIs. Plus, Susan Addy’s rarely seen Mark VII and Rick Franklin’s Town Car Hearse. Ron Ridnour drove his Mark V all the way from La Center, WA Susan Addy, Mark VII, Best 1980. for the show. It was very nice to see him again. He brought his mechanic along, just in case. Ken Nelson brought his 1978 Pucci Mark V and Denis LaCrosse and Jim Chantler had their show-quality Mark Vs. Diana Kor- dus finished off the display with her stunning 1950 Lincoln Sport Sedan. We parked in the same row with the Mustang Club and had a block-long display of beautiful Ford products, Mustangs and Lincolns. The only thing despoiling the display was one ugly ducking at the end of the block, a 2011 Chevy Camaro. The owner didn’t want to be parked next to us either. The car show also happened to fall on Ed Gray’s birthday. We didn’t ask him which one. We all got together for lunch at Adams Bistro & Craig Dulis, Mark VIII, Best 1990

Rick Franklin & Shadow, Lincoln Hearse, Best 1980 Modified

Diana Kordus’ 1950 Lincoln Sport Sedan. It was a real crowd pleaser. Brewery to eat and celebrate. Chris brought cupcakes for everyone and Ed bought every- one’s lunch including the huge hamburger that appears in the Director’s Message. Members of the club won People’s Choice Awards for every category where we Denis LaCrosse, Mark V, Best 1970. had a car entered. After getting their fill of Presenters pictured are officers and Tri-Five Chevies and Fords, people really staff of the Monroe Chamber of loved seeing those big beautiful ol’ Lincolns. Commerce. Not pictured receiving their trophies are Di- ana Kordus, 1950 Lincoln Sport Sedan, Best We also celebrated Ed Gray’s 1940 and Ed & Chris Gray, Mark VIII Con- birthday with cupcakes served by vertible, Best 1990 Modified. Susan Addy at Adams Bistro. Happy Birthday, Ed. Pacific Northwest Region Connector 10 Mark Chambers’ Photo Quiz What is it? Remember When (Continued from Page 4) column debuted. New words for 1956 included brainstorming, brinkmanship, industrial park and included actor Bela Lugosi, automobile manufacturer tranquilizer. Ike was reelected. ‘In God We Trust’ Preston Tucker, band leader Tommy Dorsey and became the U.S. motto. comedian Fred Allen. Chrysler and Packard offered push button The Yankees won the World Series over the transmissions; Packard also offered power door locks. Brooklyn Dodgers. The first Volvos (PV444 models, which reminded folks of a shrunken ‘47 Ford) were imported to the Dear PNWR members, U.S. Ford offered seat belts and padded dashboards I have been a member of the Region as options and dished steering wheels as standard since 1975. Everybody I’ve met at club activities has been very good to me. I equipment, touting its cars as safer. The public wasn’t have benefitted from my membership so interested, then-sales manager Lee Iacocca developed much. But, the kindest thing you could the oft-heard axiom, “Safety doesn’t sell.” have done was to send the Get Well Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis split up. Briget cards wishing that I get better soon. Bardot made her film debut in ‘And God Created I surely will because of your kind Woman.’ Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of thoughts. Thanks to you, I will get better Monaco. Best-selling songs of 1956 were ‘Hound and see all of you at the next LCOC Meet. Dog’ and ‘Don’t Be Cruel.’ Other hits included Sincerely, ‘Singing the Blues,’ ‘Blueberry Hill,’ ‘My Prayer,’ Michael Power ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ and ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ Deaths Vi ctoria, British Columbia, Canada

For friends or family who might own Lincolns: Encourage them to become a member of the club or, better yet, give them a membership as a gift this holiday season. Membership Application You do not need to own a Lincoln to belong to PNWR/LCOC. The membership year is January 1st to December 31st. To join the Region, complete this form (print or type please) and mail to PNWR/LCOC, c/o Becky D’Ambrosia, 21920 SE Mark Rd., Damascus, OR 97089-8756. Dues : $20 (must receive Connector and bulletins electronically) $30 (to receive printed and mailed Connectors, see below*) Name Spouse’s First Name

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