THIRD EDITION 2015 April 2015
Rocket Circle Monthly Newsletter Of The Oldsmobile Club Of Southern California "Rocketing into the Future, Preserving Oldsmobile's Past" Facebook us at Oldsmobile Club of Southern California Website www.socaloldsmobile.com
I hope you have made your room reservations for IT’S ZONE our 2015 Zone Show at Beautiful Pismo Beach, California.
SHOW 2015 If you have not sent in your show registration, please do so ASAP. We have awards to order, the Friday Night Mixer and TIME our Awards and Dessert Bar Saturday night to prepare for. We had such a good time last year we can’t wait to see you.
So This the perfect place to spend the weekend with our friends and fellow Old’s lovers. The hotel and the staff were top notch, helpful and
accommodating last year. We are looking forward to the same. Bring your bathing suits and your favorite beverages. Make time for a walk or 2 along the beach. Join us at On the Roof Top Terrace. Bring your cocktails we will provide
the munchies.
Streamlining the membership renewal dues process, after a lengthy discussion the board voted to align our dues with the fiscal year, December 1st to December 1st. beginning March 11, all current members renewing before December 1st and all new members will pay
a reduced fee of $5.00 for this year only. Then December 1st 2015 everyone’s dues will be due for the next fiscal year. Dues will remain
$15.00. Renewal reminders will be mailed to every member, with the elections ballot in November we will include a self-addressed stamped envelope, all you need to do is mark your ballot and write a check for the $15.00 and send it back to us.
Club of Southern California 877 N. Hacienda Blvd. La Puente, CA. (626)-333-7467
From the 10 freeway, take S. Vincent Ave. south, it becomes Glendora, then becomes Hacienda Blvd.
Inside This Issue From the 60 freeway, take Hacienda Blvd. north
Message from Our President Club Business/ Event Calendar See you May 6th, at our next Event Re Cap/Pictures Marketplace General Membership meeting.
Third Edition 2015 ROCKET EXHAUST Your 2015 Board of Directors Well, I hope everyone that went to Arizona for the All-Oldsmobile Show had a good time…I know I did!! We had the usual great BBQ at a club member’s house, President around 100 Olds’ in the show, and well, yours truly took home “Best of Show”!! Joe Tannerbauer It was a real shocker for me, as there were so many other beautiful Olds’ out 608 345-3968 there in the field…great to see such a fantastic turnout! And I got to take in a [email protected] couple ball games, and the Desert Botanical Gardens as well…the flowering cactuses were really neat for a Midwesterner like me to see! Vice President Unfortunately, the ride home didn’t go so great—my ’40 stopped idling at a Grant Warner stoplight in Quartzite, AZ, and wouldn’t start again…thanks to Kevin and Charity 951 906-7951 McElroy, and Don and Mary Parson, at least I wasn’t alone! Kevin volunteered [email protected] his 200-mile AAA card, and spent an hour on the phone with them, as AZ and Secretary CA’s AAA couldn’t agree on who should take me the rest of the way once I was towed to Chiriaco Summit!! Fortunately, the AZ tow truck took me the whole way back to Torrance, so the car and I both got home that night. Thanks you Treasurer guys for staying with me the whole time until I was assured of a tow home! Scott Graham Just goes to show you the benefits of being in a “caravan” on a long trip like 310 839-5066 that…I also helped Kevin with some coolant when he had a little leak and [email protected] overheating problem. That’s what Olds friends are for!! Hey, just another reminder…we are switching to a December 1st membership Newsletter Editor renewal date for everyone…should make it easy and painless for everyone! Karon Pierce- When you send in your ballots for board members for 2016, you’ll also send in Warner your renewal form and money!! And for anyone that has to renew before that, 951 743-7182 just send in the form and $5 to get you current until December 1st! And you can [email protected] send in the $15 for next year also if you wish! Contact Treasurer Scott Graham or me if you have any questions! Area Representatives Keep “Rocketing into the Future, and Preserving Oldsmobile’s Past”!! (And Keith Berg keep ‘em rolling down the road if you can…) 562 598-4103 Joe Tannerbauer [email protected] OCSC President
Kevin McElroy APRIL 8TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES (818)6834632 Joe called the meeting to order at 7:30pm. Guest present was Domenic. TREASURER’S REPORT: Scott [email protected] reported via e-mail that the treasury is in great shape. OLD BUSINESS: Joe said that the AZ Club was very happy to get our $100 donation for the Friday BBQ; the show had about 100 Olds’, several members Butch Williams including Joe took home awards. We will talk to AZ about rescheduling this event next year, the perks & problems with the current time of year, baseball spring training, really high hotel cost, and BAD traffic, 714 293-1471 possibly earlier? Grant reported on the Benedict Castle Show, the venue was beautiful; 300+cars, [email protected] 100+awards, the people in charge were very accommodating; we should look at this as a club event for next year for sure! LB Swap Meet-Domenic will do April 12th; Joe T. will likely do May 10th. April 25th Big Ellen Santucci Barn Classic Show-50 to 60 cars already signed up. Pacific SW Zone Show May 15th-17th-room block th th. 714 633-7961 expires April 15 ; the caravan will leave from Corky’s on Friday. All GM Show is on the 17 A discussion [email protected] of Membership Renewals followed…anyone expiring before November will pay just $5 to get to the Dec. 1st all-club renewal date for 2016; people expiring in November will get the month free. Associate membership stays at $3. Joe suggested we put an ad in the Nationals magazine; Joe suggested color for Al Slayton $30, with the color “Palm Tree” logo; Grant made the motion, Al seconded, motion carried. Joe will do 310 574-1910 the artwork for this and get it to OCW. OCSC business card reprints are done; anyone needing some see [email protected] Scott at future meetings. NEW BUSINESS: Joe will call Cal Matranga regarding bereavement donation to Charity McElroy a charity for his wife Judy’s death. Joe will send a get-well card to Charles B. Joe gave Karon a flyer for the June 13th Orange Empire Rail Museum Car Show-this will be our June event, along with a tour of the 818-266-1781 Museum. Joe will also get info on the tour-cost, directions, etc. to Karon. Charity will get the flyer to [email protected] Karon for the July 11th Rubel Castle Tour. Aug. 28th-30th is Wheels ‘n’ Windmills in Solvang…Joe will also th Website Administrator work on a local event for Aug. on a different date. Sept. 20 -our Memorial Car Show & Picnic at Don Gibson Yorba Park-Ellen is the contact for this. There will be NO parts vending during the show [email protected] (against park reg’s!). December 12th our Holiday Banquet is set at Miguel’s Mexican restaurant
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Third Edition 2015 January 2015 2014 Up Coming Events If your name appears below you are receiving your last Newsletter. Please fill out the application below and send May: it to address the address given on the App. 15th-17th Zone Show (Pismo) 17th All GM Show 1680 ^ *LAST * JOSE CARRASCO 0741 *LAST * JIM N. CHARLESWORTH June: 6th- Car Lovers Estate Sale 13th Rods & Rail Show Perris Membership Renewal Application 19th-20th Rocket Science Racing Membership Number:______Name:______July: Address:______th 11 Rubel Castle Tour 18th-19th Rocket Science Racing 22-25 OCA Nationals Email Address:______Your Email Address Is Needed To Receive Your Newsletter August: Telephone: ( ) ______29th Wheels and Windmills Annual Membership OCA (Optional) $30.00 Olds Club of So Cal – between now& December 2015 $ 5.00 September: OCSC Associate Member $ 3.00 20th Memorial Car Show & Picnic Make Checks Payable to Oldsmobile Club of Sothern California Mail To: P.O. Box 661224 Arcadia. CA 91066 October: 4th Veteran’s Car Show December 2015 everyone’s dues for 2016 will be due. Then every December after your dues December: th will be dues again. The dues will remain $15.00. 12 Holiday Banquet
April 1st Membership Meeting Agenda
The meeting was called to order by Joe at 7:35pm. No New members/guests present Treasurer’s Report: Scott reported that the club is solvent. See Scott for our new $4 Club Rosters . Old Business: Minutes corrected to show Jaime and Cheryl Cox are members and not guests. Cal Matranga thanked those who attended his wife, Judy’s funeral; the funeral was well attended by Olds members. March 8th Long Beach Swap meet was handled by Jeff “Shadow” Draugelis. Domenic volunteered to do the April 12th Swap Meet. The March 15th Fuddruckers Show was cancelled and as of now all future car shows are cancelled at the Fuddruckers in Lakewood. Four members and 2 cars attended the March 28th Benedict Castle Concours but no awards were won by club members; Grant recommended the car show, which benefits teen challenge, as an event for next year. The AZ All Oldsmobile Show in Scottsdale had a 100 Oldsmobiles in attendance; The show was well attended by club members and chapter members won several awards including best of class, the best of show award, and the long distance award. Club members encourage to sign up and showcase their cars for free at the Westlake Village Street Faire on April12. Rocket Science racing will be at April 18th and 19th in Fontana starting at 9:00 am; Grant will have an hospitality area in his pit area so look for the Oldsmobile flag on his RV. April 25th will be the Big Barn Classic Car show in Menifee. The May 15th-17th Pacific SW Zone Sow at the Sea Crest; Book your room at the Seacrest at Pismo Beach by April 13 to get the Oldsmobile club rate. May 16th is the Armed Forces Day Tribute in Cresenta Valley Park. May 17th is the All Gm Show at Warner Ranch Park in Woodland Hills. New Business Joe resigned as President as an April Fool’s Joke. On April 29th and April 30th the Association of California Car Clubs is having its legislative conference; the club will contribute to costs if someone is willing to attend the conference and report back to the club. The OCSC renewal date has been changed to December 1st for the entire membership; anyone who joins or renews from now to December will be charged $5 and on December 1s everyone pays the $15 dues. An event is needed for June; please contact a board member to suggest an event; the Orange Empire Railway Museum, Tehachapi Railway Museum, George Patton Museum, and K-1 Speed were suggested as possible June events. Rubel Castle is tentatively scheduled for July’s event. August 28th-30th is the Wheels n Windmills in Solvang and there is a possible Poker Run before the Friday Night BBQ. September 20th is the Memorial Picnic and Car Show in Yorba Linda; reminder there are no vendors allowed at this show. Raffle prizes, sponsors, and volunteers are needed for the Memorial Picnic and Car Show. The Holiday Banquet is December 5th at Miguels Mexican Restaurant in Corona and the cost will be around $25 per person. On Saturday June 6th there will be an estate sale of the cars and parts of a recently deceased member, Eugene St.John; see the R/C for more information. 50/50 was won by Grant. Joe adjourned the meeting at 9:14. Written By Charity
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THE 31th ANNUAL PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ZONE SHOW Hosted by the Northern and Southern California Chapters
of the Oldsmobile Club of America May 15th - 17th, 2015 (RAIN OR SHINE)
2014 Best of Show ’57 88 Holiday Richard Fripp
• OCA National Points-Style Judged Car Show 2241 Price St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 • Pre-Registration is due by May 1st, 2015 Ph: 805-773-4608 or 800-782-8400 Ask for in-house • Day of Show Registration ends at 9AM. reservations to get Oldsmobile Club Rate, from • Each Entered Car MUST Display a Fully $149/Night Make reservations before April 16, 2015 for discount Charged Fire Extinguisher. Pet Friendly, Complimentary Continental Breakfast • Vehicles must remain uncovered and on the Fri. Eve.: Roof Top Terrace Mixer with Pizza 6 PM show field from 9AM to 3 PM. Sat. Eve.: Dessert Bar, Coffee & Tea 6 PM - 10PM • Limited Swap Space – Please Inquire. Show Car Awards: 7:30 PM Next door downstairs at • Saturday 9AM Judges’ Meeting the old Marie Callender’s, 2132 Price St.
NAME: THE REALLY FINE PRINT ADDRESS:_ Zip I understand that by signing below, I am City State absolving the SeaCrest Hotel, Marie Callender’s and their employees, the City of EMAIL: _ Pismo Beach, the Northern and Southern PHONE: _ Cell_ California Chapters of the Oldsmobile Club of CHAPTER AFFILIATION: _ America and their members of any liability for injury or damage which may occur as a result of YEAR:_ MODEL: _ participating in, observing or transporting to or
STOCK STREET STOCK MODIFIED from the event known as the PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ZONE SHOW. Judged Competition Entry: Yes No
Volunteer to Judge: Yes No Participant Signature Donation in Lieu of Award* (see back page): Yes No You need not be a member of Oldsmobile Club of America (OCA) to participate in the judged car show. An application for membership will be on hand to join at the show.
PRE-REGISTRATION BY MAY 1ST 2015 // AFTER MAY 1st
CAR SHOW…………………………..… $45.00 // $50.00 2ND CAR REGISTRATION………….... $30.00 // $35.00 CAR SHOW & VOLUNTEER JUDGE.... $40.00 // $45.00
DISPLAY ONLY/FOR SALE………….. $35.00 // $40.00
TOTAL ENCLOSED……………………………..……………$ MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: “Nor Cal Olds Club Inc.” NO REFUNDS AFTER MAY 1st. Mail to: Dan Haggerty, 6208 Balderstone Dr., San Jose, CA 95120
Third Edition 2015 January 2015 *Donation in Lieu of Award: If you prefer, instead of receiving an award. a donation equivalent2014 to the cost of any award you may receive will be made in your name to the RE Olds Transportation Museum.
Class Structure 12C 1983-Present H/O & Aero Hurst All 13A 1964-1967 Performance All 13B 1 1897-1925 All 1968-1969 Performance Open 13C 2 1926-1939 All 1968-1969 Performance Closed 13D 3 1940-1948 All
4 1949-1950 All 1970-1972 Performance Open 13E 1970-1972 Performance Closed 13F 5 1951-1954 All 6 1955-1956 All 1973-1980 Performance All 7 1957-1959 All 13G 1981-Present Performance All 8A 1960-1970 Full Size & Jetstar 14A 1966-1970 Toro 8B 1960-1965 Other Than Full Size 14B 1971-1978 Toro & Performance Includes Jetstar 14C 1979-Present Toro
8C 1961-1966 Starfire 14D 1994-Present,Aurora
9 1966-1970 All Others Than Full & 15A 1989-Present All Models Not
Performance Listed Elsewhere Any Class Questions? Ask Jon Manji @ 10A 1971-1976 Full Size 15B All Years SUVs & Vans (916) 386-1642, 10B 1971-1976 Other Than Full Size & 16A 1900-1967 Modified [email protected] Performance 16B 1968-Present Modified 11A 1977-1988 Full Size 17A 1900-Present Street Stock 11B 1976-1988 Rear Wheel Drive Other 17B 1964-Present Street Stock 442's Than Full Size & Performance 18 Unrestored 25 Yrs. Old & Older 11C 1976-1988 Front Wheel Drive Other 19A All Years/Models, Race Cars w/Olds Than Full Size & Performance Bodies & Olds Engines 12A 1968-1972 H/O 19B All Years, All Models, Race Cars w/
12B 1973-1979 H/O non-Olds Bodies & w/ Olds Engines
Something New Local Restaurants .Mo’s Smokehouse BBQ Our banquet location was closed January 1st 2015 causing us a bit of trouble and http://www.smokinmosbbq.com/ no time to fix it. So with the short notice this is what we have decided to do for .Garland's Hamburgers 1090 Price St. Zone Show 2015. Pismo Beach 805-773-8001 .Chop Street http://chopst.com/ Instead of our normal Saturday night Banquet and Awards we are going to be .Shell Café using the same room, (down stairs Banquet Room at the Marie Callender’s) but http://www.shellcafepismo.com doing things a bit differently. No Dinner will be served there. You have .Huckleberry's, 300 Five Cities Dr. choices, 1) have dinner at one of the many local eateries, 2) order in or pick up Pismo Beach 805-773-4117
food and come to the banquet room where we will have tables set up. .Chipwrecked
http://www.chipwreckedpismo.com
.Ventana Grill http://ventanagrill.com/ The Banquet Room will be open from 6 to 10pm for our use. Bring BYOB beverages of your choice and hang out with your fellow club members. A .Guiseppes Cucina Italiana Dessert Bar with coffee and tea will be available to all. Make sure you are in the http://www.giuseppesrestaurant.com/cu Banquet Room by 7:30pm for the Awards Ceremony. cina/ .Rosaís Risorante Italiano The Dessert Bar and Beverages (nonalcoholic but you may bring BYOB http://www.rosasrestaurant.com/ alcoholic beverages of your choice) and Awards Evening has been included in .Cracked Crab your Car Show Registration. The reason for BYOB is the result of the location http://www.crackedcrab.com/ not having the needed licensing in place to provide alcohol but we can bring it in .Steamers of Pismo
ourselves. We hope this option works for everyone. http://www.mclintocks.com/locations/ste
amers.asp .Splash Café Last years Friday Night gathering was a big success, so we are doing it again. http://www.splashcafe.com/ Bring your beverages of choice and join us at The Roof Top Terrace of the Sea- .F. McLintock’s Saloon & Dining Crest Hotel. We will provide the munchies and the pizza. See you at the SeaCrest! House http://www.mclintocks.com/ .Thai-Talay 601 Price St. Pismo Beach 805-773-6162
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FYI-Vern Miller with the Conejo Valley Rotary Club in Thousand has asked me to forward this information on theirThird Edition annual 2015 car show/Chili Cookoff which has been going on 30 years to the OLDS Club Members.January The 2015 show is a huge one in Thousand Oaks and would be especially good for any Olds Club member from Ventura2014 County. The application and registration fee schedule is enclosed. Vern is a past European Car Parts Distributor and has been in charge of the show for the entire 30 plus years. Contact Vern directly if any members would like to enter. 805-492-5779
Built by thousands of volunteers over 26 years. Made from a mix of rock and discarded items such as bicycles, tires, shovels, and glass bottles
Other features of the castle include a Santa Fe Railroad caboose, a 70-foot- tall working clock tower, a blacksmith area, a printing press room, three
underground “dungeons", a drawbridge, automobiles dating to the 1920s, and a large collection of tools and antiques
Date: July 11, 2015
Time: 9:45 am Tour. 11:30 am Lunch at nearby restaurant.
Cost: $10 donation per adult. $5 donation per child (ages 8- 12). Donations are tax deductible. Cash or Check only (Please make checks out to Glendora Historical Society)
Address: 844 N. Live Oak Ave, Glendora Ca. 91741
Go to this web page to see pictures for the 2015 AZ Show- http://public.fotki.com/scotts/oldsmobile/oldsmobile-club- sho/Rocket Circle Page
ARIZONA or BUST
That was the slogan of our So Cal Oldsmobile caravan. After shining up our pride and joy, Ruby the Delta queen, our 67 Olds, Mary and I were off to join the “Cautious California Caravan” This consisted of our esteemed club president who left a day earlier in his 40 Olds, Joe Tannerbauer. Joining up were The Parson’s, Don and Mary, Milton Yee, McElroys, Kevin and Charity, Izzo’s, Mike and Char, Jamie and Cheryl Cox, Keith and Sharon Berg, Al and Darlene Allande and Dave Howe in his immaculate1952 Hudson Hornet wanna be Oldsmobile. The first stop was at Banning, CA., and while looking for the off ramp, to the right of us was Kevin and Charity in their 69 Olds. I had to have my normal pancakes and what better place than the home cooking of Gramma’s Country Kitchen which was our designated stop. The olds club caravan was starting to take shape. After fueling up and breakfast, we were off to points east. Interstate 10 seemed pretty busy for a Friday morning and coming up was Blythe, Ca., the Colorado river and now the Arizona line. We stopped at Quartzite, Az., had a bite to eat and we are “On the Road Again” with our motto, “Go east young man”. Being that people were staying at different motels the caravan began to split up. Traffic started getting super heavy even 50 miles west of town, but we crept on through town at a snail’s pace but finally made it to our hotel, the Drury Inn in Tempe/Phoenix, the so called suburbs. The hotel is one of the best I have ever stayed in. They served breakfast and dinner for the price of your stay, They even had my favorite afternoon snack, hot fresh popcorn right out of the see through heated roll around cart. We settled in and looked forward to having dinner about 15 miles down the road at the home of Az club members Harold and Joni Visser. We arrived at their beautiful home in Gilbert, AZ with all the Oldsmobiles parked on the street. A couple that caught my eye was a 60’s F-85 blue Cutlass convertible which back in the day I thought what a mini car, Who would want that little pip squeek!. Of course now days we are programmed for small cars. Also I loved Jim Schultz 53 Super 88 two door hardtop Holiday coupe. We had a super dinner and thanked the Visser’s with our president Joe Tannerbauer giving them a check for $100. Next morning we were up and off to Scottsdale Pavillion for the annual all olds show at McDonalds with proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House Charity. All different make cars were welcomed it’s 1 pm time for judging. My sidekick, Kevin McElroy and I started noticing the heat. Locals from the area said it was unusually hot this week and the mercury hit 91 degrees. We spent most of our time inside Mickey D’s eating ice cream instead of sitting in the sun. I did just get back to the show area in time to hear my name announced that our 1967 Delta 88 won 3rd place in class 700. I heard the announcer say Jamie Cox from Canada won “Long Distance Award”. I was parked next to old time So Cal members Bob and Char La Francois. Walking around I spotted my old time Long Beach neighbor Don Baldwin who had his immaculate 50 88. One other novelty item I had never seen before was the 50/50 where you could buy tickets the length of your car for $25. The Delta’s 18 foot 2 inch length is paying off Ha! NOT! Our club president with the oldest nicest Olds took best of show with his trusty (?) old 40 Olds. Congrats Joe. Great show.. They used to hold the show in February and probably still should due the heat, spring break for the kids and spring training for Pro Baseball. Speaking of baseball, Kevin, Charity, Mary and I had always wanted to see spring training of the Angels at Diablo Tempe stadium which is a beautiful setting. Sunday, only 8 miles from our hotel we watched the Angels get beat by the Cincinnati Reds. After the 4th inning, I had to watch the game from the vending food court because of 98 degree heat and dehydration. I still had a nice time. Had some dinner and back to the hotel pool where Charity got hit in the head with a ball or bean bag that the unsupervised children and teens were throwing around. Heads up people! Let’s go to the hot tub. Monday morning. Time to hit the road, westward to California. Traffic can’t be bad at 10 am in Phoenix. Think again. We made our way west to where Joe was chowing down at the Black Bear Diner. We are headed down the road doing fine at about 65 mph. We stop at a rest stop. Looks like Kevin has a radiator and manifold drip. He pops the cap and Whew!, Orange rusty steam came flying out. He let it cool down and filled it with antifreeze and we were off. Next stop, Quartzite Arizona for gas, food and a tow truck. Yes a tow truck. The 40 wouldn’t start. We tried starting fluid, manually holding the choke open and noticed the choke plated had come off. Joe seemed to think it was the fuel filter. Oh well, let’s find a shade tree and wait for the tow truck to arrive. Just so happens, the tow truck driver is the only one on duty for the area. Charity and Mary are off to get some burgers. Her car is in front of mine. When it started running rough she put it in reverse and to fly back towards my car. She hit the brakes and her trunk flew open and us guys are sitting there with our jaws dropped to the ground. Luckily she had a few more feet to go before their Olds kissed our Olds. WHEW! After numerous phone calls with the Auto Club of California and Arizona, the tow truck driver got the OK to work overtime and take Joe and his “award winning 4o” to Torrance , Ca. for a nominal fee after exhausting the 200 mile limit. So all ended well and Joe didn’t have to accept the “Hard Luck Trophy” at this show anyway but did graciously buy the driver some dinner. We had dinner with Kevin and Charity and said our good byes. Now all I have to do is climb that jammed up under construction Cajon Pass. Results by Donnie Rocket st st st 100 1 , Joe Tannerbauer, 1940 Model 70 Sedan 600 1 , Karl Sup, 69 Hurst 1100 1 , James Abraham, 50-88 2nd, Tom Kelly, 70 W-30 hardtop convert st rd 2nd, Lyall Herwig, 47 Club Coupe 2001 , John Rutkowski, 57 Super 88 J-2 3 , Fred & Collette Mandrick, 71 W-30 Convert rd 2nd, Gordon Apker, 52-98 Holiday 2-dr. 3 , Jeff Stapp, 69-442 rd st 3 , Ron Feldman, 55-98 Holiday 2-dr 700 1 , Jamie Cox, 63 Starfire convert st nd 1200 1 , Tom Ankeny, 65 Starfire 2 , Earl Sindell, 64 98 LS Sedan convert st rd 3001 , Harold Visser, 63 Cutlass Coupe 3 , Don Parson, 67 Delta 88 Holiday coupe 2nd, Milton Schick, 65 F-85 4-dr 2nd, Roy McClemonds, 62 Cutlass convert 3rd, Randy Souter, 67 Cutlass 800 1st, Brenda Kalivianakis, 83 Hurst 2nd, Gary Smith, 92 Achevia Best of Show, Joe Tannerbauer, 4001st, Dan Anderson, 70 SX hardtop 3rd, Terry Bacolar, 74 Delta 88 convert 1940 model 76 Sedan nd 2 , Michael. Nord, 71 SX convert Long Distance award, Jamie Cox, 3rd, Judith Turchany, 70 SX convert 900 1st, David Hall, 68 Toto nd B.C Canada, 1,760 miles, 63 Starfire 2 , George Raysik, 66 Toro convert st 500 1 , Joel & cecelia Junokas, 65-442 convert nd st 2 , Bill Hendry, 66-442 hardtop 1000 1 , Tony Serritella, 72 Vista Cruiser Best Memorbilia, Karl Sup, 69 Hurst 3rd, Joe Ambrose, 66-442 convert 2nd, Andu O’Dell, 76 Cutlass cruiser Ladies choice, Ron Feldman, 55-98 3rd, Tom Ankeny, 02 Bravada Holiday. 600
Third Edition 2015 Technical Korner of Our Classic ’63 Starfire Convertible: January 2015 2014 Rear End Views
By Jamie Cox and Mike Izzo
We came across an ad in October, 2014 from a company called Fabcraft Metalworks based in Southlake, Texas on their new product called "The Trophy Track Special". This is a purpose built limited-slip or posi-trac differential unit for 1957 to 1964 Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs with the 9.3 inch rear end. The limited-slips were called "Anti-Spin Differential" in our 1963 Oldsmobile literature. Only about 10% of ’63 Oldsmobiles had anti-spin units.
We do continual upgrading on our collector car in hopes of keeping it drivable for another 50-plus years. Our thought was that by installing this (anti-spin) option our car would be more versatile for any road or weather condition. At the same time, we felt we could change the original gear ratio of 3.42:1 to 3.08:1 for improved mileage through lower engine RPM’s at highway cruising speeds.
Since we had planned a road trip down to Los Angeles in late February of 2015, we coordinated with Fabcraft to send all of the necessary installation components to J & S Gear of Huntington Beach, California. John at J & S has a long history installing Fabcraft products and was highly recommended by Dave at Fabcraft. A New Trophy Track Special limited-slip differential and a used 3.08:1 ring & pinion arrived prior to our Southern California trip. New 3.08:1 gears are not available, so changing from the original 3.42:1 gears requires the installation of “good” used sets. We delivered the car to John at J & S and they did the installation over a 2 day period involving about 6.5 hours labor. Fabcraft Metalworks has applied their vast experience with, and knowledge of, the 9.3 inch Olds / Pontiac rear end and its components to bring all of the appropriate enhancements to the design of the new Trophy Track limited-slip. Compared to what was available 52 years ago, this new posi unit is very much beefed-up, with its gear design and other features including all AISI 9310 alloy steel "pro-gear" internals and a nodular iron case with thicker walls.
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With the installation completed, the car was test driven and all looked great. We did understand the used 3.08 gears installed appeared to be a good set of matched gears producing a very nice wear pattern. After picking up the car to drive it the 56 miles back to our friend Mike’s home, we noticed a "noise" coming from under the car had developed during the trip. It did not sound like a bearing and if we put the car in "Neutral" the noise quit, so it only happened under "load" while driving at any speed. It did "speed up" as we accelerated and stopped when we stopped. We returned the Starfire to John at J & S for analysis. J & S Gear Co. has a great warranty of 12 months or 12,000 miles but does not cover abuse, racing, off-road use, etc..... so it covered this incident. Over the next week, John went through his checklist to determine the source of our "noise". Where was the noise coming from? Bearings were checked then replaced with new parts…universal joints were inspected then replaced with new units. Even a newly built and balanced drive shaft was installed. The posi unit and gears were inspected for abnormal gear wear and proper tooth contact patterns…and everything looked excellent. Running the car on the hoist offered a quiet test in any gear. The correct gear oil of 85w- 140 non-synthetic and correct special friction modifier had been used. J & S Gear even borrowed a "microphone" set-up from the local GM Dealer to try to pinpoint where the noise was coming from. However, noise can easily telegraph from one area to another so that action did not provide any real conclusions. Brad Duerst, Fabcraft's technical engineer, was also consulted along with gear and rear end specialists he has collaborated with for decades, all in search of an answer. Finally, with J & S having pulled the rear end all apart to find no readily defining evidence of anything wrong, Fabcraft decided to air-freight a complete new limited-slip unit and one of their new Vintage Gears 3.42:1 ring and pinion gear sets. By the way, this was all at their expense in order to allow a complete rebuild of our third member by J & S without investing too many additional man-hours or shop time in the "hunt" for the mystery noise. Speaking of time, my wife and I had run out of time and had to fly back to Canada for key commitments such as Medical Specialist appointments and connecting with a granddaughter arriving from Toronto for her March break and related events. We left our classic car in good hands with Mike, John and Brad knowing they would find the solution. Once all new replacement parts arrived and J & S Gear had an open shop time spot for our ’63 Oldsmobile, the complete installation was done over again. They even worked Saturday. The Starfire was then extensively road tested with no noise this time. Without spending excessive shop time, we can only assume the used set of 3.08:1 gears, while beautiful to the eye and giving a correct set-up pattern, may have been faulty in some way to cause this noise issue. Mike and a local friend then picked up the car and drove it back to Mike's home with no problems. No added costs from J & S Gears…thank you very much, John. We did strike a deal with Fabcraft to help off-set the costs of their new Vintage Gears 3.42 ring and pinion…they were a new gear set th obviously costing more than the used 3.08 set originally acquired. On March 26 we flew back to Los Angeles to organize taking our ’63 Olds Starfire Convertible home, now safe and reliable once again. Both of these "classic car sources" acted very professional in our dilemma to solve this particular puzzling noise and they have over 60 of these new limited-slip differential installations done with no issues. We would not hesitate to recommend both of them to anyone in the future looking at rear end changes or specialty gear set-ups…whether to purchase components outright, purchase components assembled or for a complete installation into your car.
Fabcraft Metalworks 1360 N. Sunshine Lane, Southlake, TX 76092 USA Tel # 1-800-208-8242 Fax # 1-817-421-0243 and email: [email protected] Attn: Dave Winders or Brad Duerst Fabcraft Website: www.fabcraft.cool
J&S Gear Co. 18222 Gothard St. Huntington Beach, CA 92648 USA Tel # 1-714-841-4545 attn: John Coulman email: [email protected]
Jamie, Thank you for writing this Tech Korner article and sharing the information with the club. If you have any tech information you would like to share please send an article and pictures and I would be happy to add it to one of our future newsletters. Karon at- [email protected]
Third Edition 2015 January 2015 Dear Southern California Chapter of the OCA, 2014
During recent years, 1959 General Motors car owners in the Puget Sound area of Washington state have enjoyed an annual driving tour.
1959 General Motors Western National Meet, June 27, 28 in Tacoma, WA
For 2015, we’re taking things a bit farther, and have decided to create an extensive ’59 GM meet. Noted “Motorama” book author, David Temple, will be joining us from Texas, with the goal of photographing 1959 GM cars for potential future publication. This fall, Temple will be submitting to publishers his biography of Harley Earl, who exerted some final influence on the
corporation’s 1959 designs. Photos of 1959 General Motors Cars will illustrate the final chapter. In addition, Temple is preparing to pitch a book on the “Fins of ‘59” to publishers, as well as photographing cars for “Collectible Automobile” magazine features.
We hope to re-create the famous 1959 General Motors Passenger Car Panorama photograph
that was shot at the GM Proving Grounds and published as a fold-out in the 1958 General Motors Annual Report. We’ll cruise out to beautiful Port Defiance Park and have dinner at one of Tacoma’s excellent restaurants. We have planned a Sunday, June 28 driving tour along Hood Canal to historic Port Townsend.
We need fine, original or correctly restored 1959 Oldsmobiles! Will you please forward this to any of your members who own these cars?
Please find the attached registration form and schedule for our event.
Our Saturday, June 27 event is planned for the LeMay Family Collection at the Marymount Event Center: http://www.lemaymarymount.org/
We also have a hotel available for those who want to make this a weekend getaway: http://www.silvercloud.com/tacoma
Staying at the hotel is entirely optional, but, in case you wish to do so, there is a room block under “1959 GM” for any night from Thurs., June 25 through Sun., June 27. The discounted king room rate is $169 + tax, and a full breakfast is included. The room block will expire on May 25. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly at 253-272-1300 or toll free at 866-820-8448.
Thank you for helping get the word out to any 1959 Oldsmobile owners!
Best regards,
Brian Laurance
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S per # of people person Extended Schedule of Events: attending attending price
Friday, June 26 -- Reception
4:00 - 6:00 PM Reception I Hospitality Room Location: Silver Cloud Inn, Tacoma Waterfront Nocha,I $ + 2317 North Ruston Way, Tacoma, WA 98402
Saturday, June 27 -- The Main Event
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Car Show I Photography I Guided Tours I 1959 GM Passenger Car Panorama $25 Location: LeMay Family Collection Foundation, Marymount Event Center per 325 152nd St. E., Tacoma, WA 98445 person Guided tours include LeMay family home and garages, as well as all Marymountfocilities. Schedule of events will be distributed upon arrival.
Box Lunch Included in Event Cost Select lunch option for each attendee: Smoked Turkey & Havarti Sandwich on baked ciabatta Ham & Swiss Sandwich on marbled rye Italian Submarine on fresh baguette
Chicken Club on ciabatta Vegetarian on whole wheat ciabatta w/ avacado & mozarella Salad: Marinated Chicken Breast w/ Oriental dressing Salad: BBQ Chicken with ranch dressing
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Early Evening Driving I Cruise to Steilacoom, Point Defiance Park
7:30 PM Dinner at a Tacoma restaurant, order from menu Location to be announced D 1959 General Motors Car Registration for The Main Event:
Car #1:
Make Series IBody Style
Car # 2:
Make Series / Body Style
Sunday, June 28 -- 1959 GM "Imagination in Motion" Driving Tour 9:00 AM Departure from Silver Cloud Inn, Tacoma Waterfront No Chac,e I $- 0 - Enjoy a leisurely cruise on the two-lane highways along Hood
Canal to the Victorian seaport of Port Townsend and return. Approximately 200-miles round trip. Subject to cancellation for bad weather .
TOTAL / REGISTRATION DEADLINE JUNE 5: I s Mail check or money order to: Brian Laurance, 14119 - 114th Ave. E., Puyallup, WA 98374 Questions: Contact Brian Laurance at 253-678-4244 or by e-mail: [email protected]
Name:
E-mail Address:
Mobile Phone No.:
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It will make for a nice drive. You can register online at-
www.cityofperris.org
Entry is $22.00. A full copies of the Flyer with Reg. Form The Rods and Rails Show are available at- above is our Club Activity www.SoCalCarCulture.com for June. The dealine for pre- st th registration is May 21 June 13 2015. 2015.
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Want Ads Third Edition 2015 January 2015 1955 Oldsmobile 88 hood left front molding from Loran Tilley Ltilley @BAK.RR.com (I am not sure of his upper or lower case letters in2014 text he left but took a guess) phone # 661-348-5551
Needed Information about or a location to rebuild a 1956 Oldsmobile Hydramatic transmission Robert 818-826-0089
Side Trim for a 1965 442 Rick 562 929-6763 For my 54 Olds 88:1. Clip that holds the fuel line, near the fuel pump 2.oil pan- [email protected]
For Sale: 1950 Olds rear bumper brackets $30 pair and A-Arms and coil springs $50. a pair. and lower rocker arm mouldings $30. Each Call Mike 818-790-1932
1949 thru 56 FENTON 2X4 Intake with Carter AFBS. $950.00 Call Cal: 1-310-641-9486
My grandfather passed and let me with a clean Ninety-eight luxury sedan and unfortunately do not have any room to garage it at our house, can you spread the word with your club or know of a good place to sale? The car is in great shape and only has 40K miles, see specs below All original 1965 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight 4 door luxury sedan One Owner Power package: windows and doors AC 45,000 original miles, new brakes Runs great! was always garage kept Asking $14,000 She needs to go to a good home where someone will love and appreciate her, willing to negotiate price. Contact Crystal 949.433.8944
1963 Cutlass Covert Needs $4,500 Cal Martranga 626 339-8772
Mark your Calendar for a Car Guys Estate Sale June 6th 2015 1) 1970 4dr blue ext and int. Very nice redone cosmetics. Mechanically sound with 71K orig miles. 2) 1970 Robins Egg blue Convertible with 94K orig miles. Mechanically sound. New paint, top, seats. Also have various parts for roughly 1968-1970 88's and 98's along with a bunch of parts for 1953-1957 Olds vehicles from trim to light housings, lens, etc. Both vehicles are beautiful to drive and are striking freeway cruisers. Dad was a master mechanic, shop owner and longtime Olds aficionado, so the cars were well kept. He past this last November at the age of 88.
The sale will be Saturday in June 6th if you are interested call…… Bryan St John cell 778 235 6167 The cars are in the LA area.
I have recently been asked by a past club member, Johnny Johnson, to help liquidate all the salvageable parts from his once beautiful 1970 442 W-30 convertible clone. This car started life as a very straight 70 Cutlass Supreme convertible and is roughly a 10 year old restoration with the engine, interior, top, paint, suspension, and chrome all done at that time. Unfortunatel y, a few weeks back, his grandson was driving the car on the 5 freeway and the left rear tire blew out causing the car to spin, go up an embankment, clip a tree, and slide over a curb before coming to rest back on the freeway facing oncoming traffic. Luckily no one was hurt but the car suffered rear quarter panel and frame damage and has been deemed un-repairable by the insurance company thus the plan to part out the car of all the usable components of which there are many. Please note that this car was meticulously restored / built to 1970 W-30 specs with regard to the body / chassis while the 455 engine was upgraded when built with more modern design components as well as the turbo 400 trans being outfitted with a Gear Vendor overdrive unit. The entire car had just at 10,000 miles on it since the restoration and was always garage kept. Johnny wanted local club members to have the first crack at acquiring some good and difficult to find components at fair prices so I am advertising this first with the email blast as well as through next month's newsletter. After the end of May, I will be advertising the remaining components to all those in the Oldsmobile community across the nation that I am affiliated with and I expect most of those remaining parts will go fast. In closing, I want to point out that part pricing, while to some extent will be negotiable, will not be sold at giveaway prices and will be priced fairly. Bottom line, please don't insult Johnny (or me) with junkyard type price offers as the parts available are not junk and in most cases are not reproductions but factory pieces. This dismantling and sale began 4/25/2015 several parts have already been sold but there are many more. If you are interested call Grant 951 906-7951
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1970 Salvage Car project Update. Items still available from the car as of 4/27 are;
455 Engine complete and running including Edelbrock carb, Edelbrock intake, small Engle rv type cam, built around 2002 with roughly 11k miles on it.
Turbo 400 trans ( BOP style) with Gear Vendor overdrive unit including all the controls and factory paperwork for the overdrive. Again with roughly 11k miles on both.
Complete front suspension with disc brakes, 442 sized sway bar, and related components.
Set of four Bilstein gas shocks with approximately 10k or less miles.
Another set of KYB gas shocks that appear to have been bolted in place but never saw road time.
MSD electronic ignition system including control box and MSD distributor.
Chrome 14' open element air cleaner assembly with "Oldsmobile" stamped in the lid.
Front bench seat (white) with fold down arm rest.
Front bumper
Front windshield
Misc engine compartment accessories including pulleys, power steering pump, steering gearbox, brake master cylinder and booster, complete a/c system with r-134 upgrade that blows cold, all under dash heater / a/c box with newer heater core and blower motor, core support that fits the heavy duty radiator, and misc electrical relays / parts.
The entire rear suspension, axle, trailing arms, and sway bar are questionable at this time and need further evaluation to deem them usable or not..
FYI Hello to my Friends of Oldsmobiles:
I have created a group on Facebook for 1957 Oldsmobiles. Lots of pictures already and a forum for tech help and knowledge.
If you are not on Facebook I encourage to do so if for no other reason than to get to this Group AS WELL AS the National Antique Oldsmobile Clubgroup. Both are public groups but you must you must ask to join. I promise you that joining Facebook will NOT hurt! It is the 21st century - face it - we have lost and the kids with their electronic gadgets have won! So lets enjoy their toys too! Remember we are all well into the fourth quarter, so should only be doing fun things.
Good day - Pete
FOR SALE: 1962 Starfire coupe. Car has been in outside storage since 2001. I was going to do a restoration on this car, but have changed my mind to concentrate on another project. The car is a California as far as it is known. It has 99k original miles on it. It is complete except for a few trim items. Originally white in color it was repainted black. The large stainless side trim has been painted over. The left front fender is missing that piece however. Car has factory air, power seats, power brakes, power steering , and power windows. Tires are good, engine has good compression. Needs a windshield. Interior is complete. Seats are in great shape and soft. Color is a fawn/green. Door panels are good. Carpet has the factory mats on them still. Needs a padded dash cover. Overall chrome is good. Body is fairly straight. The car was a beach car in Laguna Beach, Ca at one time so there is rust on some body panels. Areas are lower rear fender behind wheel wells, door corners all show some bubbling. One area above passenger door. Only rust thru is on the passenger side B pillar where it meets the deck lid. THERE IS ZERO RUST UNDERNETH THE CAR ANYWHERE OR IN THE INTERIOR UNDER THE SEATS OR ANY FLOOR AREA. TRUNK IS ALSO ROCK SOLID. Super clean! Asking $ 5000 as it sits. The car is located in Cypress , Ca. Thanks Don Lace Cell 714 742-0017
Third Edition 2015 January 2015 Only 2,713 XS Toronados were produced for that model 2014 year! A beautiful and collectible classic car! This stunning, rare luxury model is also equipped with the optional ASC sunroof. The nice original paint in elegant white is complimented by the original tan leather interior and its original Landau vinyl roof top in matching white. It is equipped with the famous original 403 cubic inch V-8 engine with 4 BBL carb.
-quality leather interior. -around back glass ry power sunroof -8 -400 (425) Automatic
ower locks, Power windows,
-track tape player covers and whitewall radial tires -kept since 2003
Should you or anyone else you know have an interest in purchasing this vehicle, please feel free to contact Mary at this email address: [email protected] or by telephone: (805) 657-0305 or fax: (805) 522- 1999.
Rocket Science Racing Report. Thank you to Dave, Keith, Al, Don, Syd and our family for coming out to cheer us on at Fontana Dragway, during our April Racing weekend. We attempted dusted off the rust and to be competitive. The Car ran consistently in the 10.80’s, which was a result of the weather Saturday and the fire at Prado Dam Sunday. Our Driver learned how to foot brake
again (we had Trans Brake issues) and improved his reaction times with each hit of the throttle but in the end we were 1 in done each day. We hope you can join us in June 20-21st. Remember you can make of weekend out of it just bring your RV. $20.00 is the camping fee $15.00 a day per person. Rocket Circle Page
Our monthly general membership meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month (Except December) Meetings are held from 7:30 pm to 10 pm at: The Golden Ox 877 N. Hacienda Blvd La Puente, CA. (626)-333-7467 O.C.A (Oldsmobile Club of America) Southern Calif. Chapter Annual Membership dues $15 For the rest of 2015 Dues will be only $5.00 Dollars. Renewal will be will be 12/15 $15.00 Optional O.C.A annual membership dues is $30. (if out of the U.S. slightly higher) Please send membership application to: Oldsmobile Club of America, P.O. Box 661224, Arcadia, Ca 91066 National dues will be forwarded to the O.C.A in Lansing, Michigan
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