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Official Publication of Mid South Mopars “The Newsletter” September 2008- VOL.22 No.9 Official Publication of Mid South Mopars On the web at http://www.midsouthmopars.com http://www.msmopars.ning.com E-Mail at [email protected] The Original And Still The Best! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dedicated to Promoting, Preserving, and Enhancing the Chrysler Name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 AT PERKINS RESTAURANT ON GERMANTOWN PARKWAY Mid South Mopars Officers for 2008 The Prez Sez By Prez. Rick Sorak President- Rick Sorak Man moving is hard work when you've been living in the 901-399-0245 same spot for 20+ years. For those of you who don't know I've bought Ray Fudge's old place on Egypt Central as of August 15th. The garage space and the rural area it's in, plus the great price, cinched the deal for Vice President- Don Thomas me. Thanks Ray! My cars are loving staying 901-278-3198 inside and dry. Now I can buy cheap classic car insurance (Haggerties, Grundy, etc) as I have a locked garage to store them in!!! Treasurer- Mike McKenna 901-854-8156 Sorry for missing last month's meeting, but my best friend in the world, Kiah Pickering, died after a short fight with cancer on July 27th, he was only 36. And at the time Asset Manager- Fritz Crombie of the meeting we were dealing with his stuff. 901-754-8066 Speaking of which Does anyone know where in town to get a rebuilt steering box for a '75 M300 Dodge Motorhome chassis? Editor- Kenny O’Neil 901-383-9851 I went to the Motorsports park Fri nite test-n-tune with Ed Becker and Herman Blankfield, Aug 23rd, and had a great time watching them run. Ed has a new 440 Secretary- Jerry Morris in a '65? Plymouth and was running consistent 11.85's. 901-385-0643 Herman has a 360 in a Studebaker station wagon and is trying real hard to break into the 11's. There was also a man there with a beautiful original '68 Hemi Super Bee, it SGT at Arms- Margie Buffalo was show car clean restored and had 4.56 gears in the 901-388-0105 rear and was running on original bias ply redline tires....needless to say he had huge traction issues. I plan to run my '70 451 Challenger up there soon and Events Staff- Duane Abrams have ordered it set of long wheel studs to mount the 901-751-2028 wheels and ET streets I have. Remember the NHRA is coming to Ed Becker town Sept 26-28th. 901-744-7205 I'll see you @ the meeting Sept 2nd, this is another very Bobby Buffalo early in the month meeting don't let it catch ya off guard. 901-388-0105 Looking forward to life returning to a more normal state, your president. Fritz Crombie 901-754-8066 Rick Russ Kauerz 662-342-1144 Photographer- Keith Holley 901-490-3549 “The Newsletter ‘ is a monthly publication of the Mid South Mopars car club of Memphis, Tennessee. The word Mopar® and the pentastar and associated logos are registered trademarks of Chrysler Corporation and are used with expressed written permission granted by Chrysler Corporation. SOAPBOX TREASURY REPORT August ‘08 The newspaper article I read about antique fans featuring VP Don got me to wondering; what other Beginning balance: $3,295.46 interests besides Mopars do our members have? Don Deposits: $ 51.49 (sales, int) obviously has an interest in old electric fans. I am Disbursements: $ 0 interested in 1930's airplanes and warbirds. How about End Balance: $3,346.95 the rest of you? Some people are into Coca Cola things, some computers, some like to fish or hunt, some folks just like to sit in front of the tv and veg out. Whats you're thing? Send me some info about your other interests and I'll put it into the newsletter. AUGUST MEETING MINUTES I'd like to thank Fritz and Bobby for being the only two so far to answer my request for newsletter input and Mopar The August Mopar meeting had a great Of The Month features. No matter what you may think turnout of 21 members and 3 guests. David and your car doesn't need to be a 100 point show car, just Devin Burrell along with Michael Revelle were our something you're proud of. So here's the drill: If you guest. have a car, send me some photos and a little Vice President Don Thomas called the information. I have included the Mopar Of The Month meeting to order at 7:16pm. Don Thomas ran the form from the midsouthmopars.com website for you to meeting because Rick Sorak was out sick. Don use as a guide. It's really simple, only takes a few talked about the Mopar Maddness Club and how minutes, will help me out immensely, and who knows, they misunderstood those that went to their car there may be someone else in the club with a car similar show. Everyone left because the weather was to yours. Same goes for newsletter content. If you have bad. (It did turn out to be a nice day but it was some trivia, tips, ideas, or just want to step up on a raining earlier that morning) Don suggested we soapbox and vent, this is your newsletter so send it to not mention the name Mopar Maddness again me and I'll put it in. You can get your submissions to me because whatever we do to settle our differences by several ways- email it to [email protected], Mopar Maddness seems to misunderstand what snail mail it to Kenny O'Neil 6885 Quailfield Lane Bartlett we are trying to do. TN 38135, or just bring it to a meeting. After all that we moved on to new business. Mike McKenna gave his Treasury To all officers: I am also creating a deadline for officer report. We talked about several upcoming car reports; currently I put together the newsletter content shows and cruises. The Delta Fair Labor Day and then forward it to Rick, since he still has supplies for cruise will line up at Dillard’s at Wolfchase Mall mailing and also posts it on the club website. Beginning and cruise to the Agriculture Center. Cars will line in September I need to recieve your officer reports no up at 9:30 am and Memphis police will be there to stop traffic. Rags to Riches Tour will be August later than 1 week after the meeting, so I can do what I th have to do and then get it to Rick so he can do what he 16 and will leave at 9:30 at Olive Branch City Hall. We will have a Show and Shine at Stan and has to in order to get it out in a timely manner. th You've all seen by now that the Bartlett Christmas Martha Walkers home on October 4 . We will talk Parade has been listed as an upcoming event. With more about this later. The Bill Heard Car Show thousands of spectators lining Stage Road, participating was cancelled because Bill Heard is selling out to in this event has the potential to provide our club with Landers. considerable positive publicity. However, with this club's There was also talk about letting Kenny recent history of non- turnout at events, I must ask, is O’Neil have full control over the newsletter. The there enough interest in doing this as a club event, or format needs to be changed and someone needs should it just be left to the individual to enter as he or to proof read all articles. We should watch what she sees fit? If we go as a club I need a definite number we publish. With our newsletter on the net, no later than the October meeting; the parade anyone can pull it up and read it. coordinator must have that in order to organize the Bobby Buffaloe had a program showing layout of the several other antique cars, high school old products that were available 40 years ago. bands, floats, etc. Otherwise I'll enter myself and Bobby showed us the Hot Spark and VX-6. Both whoever else wants to enter will have to fend for products are still available through J.C.Whittney. themselves. Meeting was adjourned at 8:05 Jerry Morris A DESOTO STORY BOBBY BUFFALOE It was the summer of 1960. I had just graduated from high school in Memphis and was visiting my dad in Panama City, where he had moved several years earlier after my parents divorced. Daddy was working as a mechanic at Sala Motors, a DeSoto- Plymouth dealer, and that is where I first beheld the stunning new 1960 DeSoto's. WOW! I loved those extreme fins and boomerang shaped tail lights. Someday, I dreamed, I would own one of those beauties! (It only took me 40 years later.) However, that summer I needed a car, and I settled for a 1951 Plymouth convertible that I bought for $50 and daddy helped me fix it up. By the year 2000, I had owned over 55 cars, mostly Mopars, but still no '60 DeSoto. Then I ran across a small ad in "Old Cars Weekly" for one, and I called the owner for info and pictures. Thus began a three month process of intense negotiations and communication with the owner. He was an elderly gent, and loved his car deeply, but health problems and moving dictated that he must give up "Rose", the name he had affectionately given this red and white beauty.But he was very determined to be very particular about whom he would entrust to become the new custodian of his beloved, delovely DeSoto.
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