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Vancouver Fraser Valley Regional Group #120 Volume 32 Issue 6 June 2020

Visit us at Happy Fathers Day www.earlyfordv8bc.com Vancouver Fraser Valley RG #120, P.O. Box 602 President’s Message2 Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 6H9 Finally! Things are starting to look a little more Executive Members normal out there. Stores, salons and restaurants President Dana Sundmark slowly re-opening. More people out walking. VicePresident: VACANT Starting to visit relatives and friends. It’s been Secretary Neva Ledlin 604 942 5651 about 10 weeks but it feels a lot longer. Many Treasurer: Tony Setchell types of activities are effectively not possible Membership Colin Dugan this year, and we should mourn the loss of one Events vacant year of enjoyment of all these things. I fervently Librarian Ron Morris hope that next year will see the return of most Editor N. Ledlin of those activities, including all of our car Historian Alan Fisher events. There should be much rejoicing when Directors Cliff Haller that happens! Sargeant-at-Arms Dennis Groundwater My 34 Ford is still at Top Ten for International Rep. Dave Hammer 1 705 526 9302 restoration, but we are getting close to the end. I Sunshine: Marlene Thorpe may not be able to drive it to car events, but I NAACC: John Carlson SVABC Cliff Haller can at least show it off in the driveway this summer. Cover Shot President Dana Sundmark Cliff Haller and Buddy, with his 1948 Ford Woodie

TypeMessage to enter from text Cliff: Hi Everyone. well we are making progress. Car is painted Breaking News and partially assembled and will see the body come off shortly so the frame and suspension can be powdercoated. The motor and trans is ready to be installed. If all goes well it will de assemble and running by the end of May needing only to stain and varnish the wood. Hopefully ready for the road by the end of July.

Highlights of this Issue P. 9 & 10 Thirty Years of EFV8 Memories P. 11 $800 000 for an old Ford pick up P. 12 Stainless Steel Fords I will make an executive decision and advise P. 14 & 16 9000 miles in a T Coupe that we will officially cancel the P. 13 & 15 Raymond Loewy 2020 Hougen Park event. P. 19 Hougen Park memories Dana Sundmark, President 3

1936 spare tire cover, closed $350 OBO 1936 spare tire open $200 OBO luggage trunk original $250 2 Bias ply tires 560 -15 Coker/Firestone $150 each 2 bias ply tires 640-15 $150 each 2 wide 5 rims excellent condition $100 each 2 axles’32-46 cc king pins 2 adapters 5 on 4 1/2 new $50 each $350 34 1/4 wish bone 1936 wide 5 hub caps x3 $25 each (purge points) dash for 36 Ford from $50 to 175 ’34 47 1/2 wish bone king panel kit for 1936 Ford cabriolet $100 pins assorted bumpers $125 OBO $350 36 3/4 wishbones spare tire mount $40 (purge points) needs 1936 hood -very good condition..offers bushings.

Moving Sale: act quickly before he leaves the Mainland! Hugh Swan has 1934 and 1936 Ford parts for sale Call him: 778 986 4206 4

FOR SALE

1930 Model A Ford 2 dr $25,000 Total Complete Body Off Restoration 1956 Ford Pick up parts for sale Better than new. Should be looked at to be located in Burnaby: rebuilt rear appreciated. Lots of extras parts including a motor and end with tires. extra stock tires, transmission. rims &hub caps. steel box John Duerksen 250 578 7477 &fenders.( spare tire holder, [email protected], Kamloops chrome ) (steering wheel & column ) (heater core box ) etc. Ross 604 240 3333 Wanted .. wire 16” wheels from '35 Ford... to fit on my Model A [email protected]

Contact; Ross 250-218-9477 (from BCHRA newsletter)

For Sale: Ford parts two 1951 hood ornaments, need chroming, new rubber door seals for 1949-51 Mercury ; really good 1950 Ford bumperette; new 1990 Ford/Mercury fuel pump fits Ford models; V8 60 and a V8 85 Colombia vacuum spacers; 1952-53 windshield wiper & arm for Mercury/ ; 1955-56 Ford 4 barrel intake manifold; 1955-56 Ford 2 barrel intake manifold, comes with carburetor; 1930’s-1948ish Ford and all old cars beautiful hot water heater $400. Many other Ford parts, ask, open to offers.

1938 Ford Deluxe or 1939 Ford standard radiator; 1948-52 Ford or Mercury pick up radiator; 2 new 1935-36 Ford fuel pumps; 1942-48 Ford/Mercury car transmission; 1953 Mercury intake manifold and air cleaner and fuel pump; pair of 1949-53 good Mercury heads, painted green. Front 6 volt radio speaker; 1949-54 Ford products; 1951 professionally rebuilt Mercury carburetors—$350; 1950-51 Mercury rebuilt radio, in dash or Monarch; many other Ford parts, ask, all open to offers.

Ray 604 576 7476 or email [email protected] Surrey, BC From The Mailbox 5

Early V8 Update, RG#157, Queensland, Australia. Photo of New Zealand Nationals 2020, which happened just before the pandemic. List of some kitchen hints. ANZAC Day (like our Remembrance Day,) was different this year; residents stood on the driveway at 6 a.m. with a lit candle. Story on a 1938 Totem Times from Totem Model A & T Club, Rocket car. Reported progress of a member’s 1934 reported the cancellation or postponement of many Ford truck. History on wood-powered vehicles events. recommending that member keep in touch by phoning other members. Story about 16 year old girl who drove a Model T around the world in 1922. Link V-8 Views, RG#94, S. Australia, reported their rG to story about Spanish Flu in Victoria 1918-1920. now has a Facebook page to keep members driving as a Senior. informed and connected. History of a Lincoln-Zephyr as a delivery car. Story about Ford Pilot Electronic ignition Nutzletter from Fordnutz Cougar Club. Member profile on his purple Cougar restored from RUST. Photos & reports from members: “How are you V-8 news, RG#149, Southern Ontario, featured a coping?” List of events, most cancelled or postponed. 1941 Mercury Ute, Canadian made. President purchased a 1959 Meteor Rideau , only 277 built. Interview with Henry Ford II from June Smoke Signal from Totem Thunderbird Club; the 1978 Ford Times, on personal transportation. cover is a drawing of a Thunderbird with a mask! Another article on How to Defend Yourself on the article on filters. Plans for mystery tour. Highway, from Popular Science, 1957 abridged. Old Ford Advertising, a Look Back in Time.

New Zealand’s National EFV8 Meet was held in Christchurch this year. There are two Regional Groups in New Zealand, one on the North Island, one on the South Island. They alternate, taking turns to host/organize the Meet every second year. 6

Bouquets to Lloyd Harris, from the Southern Ontario for RG, for sharing his story on a UTE built in Canada. Unique! Well, that is three months of our life spent in self-isolation…trying to be safe. I’m keeping a list of the big tasks we accomplish; so, when we come out of this there will be a feeling of Thanks to Marlene for phoning all our members.. accomplishment… keeping in touch. If you know of anyone who is ill I hope. or who has suffered a loss, please phone One accomplishment is we learned to zoom! Marlene and she will send a card on behalf of the We enjoyed Haggerty’s presentation on the club. 604 929 7575 vintage cars of India, learning about Raymond Loewy, and touring the Morgan factory. Interesting, I sent one of the EFV8 club cards Dates to Remember to Nigel Matthews to thank him for the There is no end in sight. presentations, he was impressed and “This is not forever, just for now.” showed it to the Hagerty people, who were likewise impressed. Who designed the first card with the drawing of the 40 Ford? Cliff? Web Users For those of you who experienced the iconic 1950's, a decade that will never be repeated. The cars. The There is room for your stories in music was so wonderful, romantic, nostalgic, the newsletter…. magical…. We were rich and did not know it! We were innocent Neva Ledlin and thought we were experienced . We were very fortunate to have lived in such an era.

Enjoy the past as revealed here. Who knows what the future will bring?

ps: The secret's out! They actually show where the gas filler is on a 56 Chevy! (Turn up your speakers) More Web Users: http://biggeekdad.com/2013/01/the-best-of-times Subject: tour of a 55' assembly plant

Walt Wagner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6L0ykX9lPU Director/Membership BCHRA Submitted by Stew King Clutch Chatter 7

Happy Birthday Marnie Cooksley on June 4th Alyn Edwards on June 9th Slim Easton on June 12 Marlene Thorpe on June 14 Shirley Forrest & Bernie Robb on June 15

Happy Anniversary Ross & Joyce Blewett on June 15, 1953 Al & Terri Fisher on June 19, 1982

Southern Ontario RG on June 14, 1997

Who is this? Read pages 13 & 15 I went to the liquor store yesterday in the 54 Ford, to get some beer cause it getting to that time of the year when nothing beats a cold one. As I returned to the parking lot there were a three guys ogling a newer Mustang & as walked We’d like to pass on some advice to you in by I said, " that's not a Ford," pointed to my car these trying times and it’s from a Doctor who & said " THAT is a Ford " & walked on by. was being interviewed on TV- He said that Was fun for sure. with the present Corona virus calamity, we Jim Sherer should be seeking 'inner peace' in our lives and to get that we should always finish things that we start. Well we needed more calm in our lives and we looked around the house to find things we’d started and hadn’t finished, and we found plenty! ...... We finished a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of Wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins an a box of Choclutz. Yu has no idr how fablus we feel rite now. Sned this to all ur frenz who need inner piss. An telum u luvum. Submitted by Jim Sherer 8

There was recently a car cruise that occurred in the city of Ramona, in the northern part of the County of San Diego. The organizers entitled it the “Ramona American Graffiti Cruise". This was the first cruise in the San Diego area that I have heard of since the lockdown has started. The organizers have scheduled another cruise to occur this Thursday. These car cruises have been organized by car guys and gals through social media. These cruises are not affiliated with of any organized car club. They are in fact just a bunch of people that own old cars, hot rods, motorcycles, jeeps, etc., getting together to drive through the neighborhoods in their area. I was told by a friend that attended the cruise that everyone behaved, social distanced, etc. Last week there were over 300 vehicles in the cruise! I didn’t participate in the last cruise and will not in the next one. I’m still in lock down mode. The San Diego Early Ford V8 group has had all activities put on hold since the lock down. I am not advocating anyone going out and organizing a cruise in your area if it is not permitted. I mention these cruises because I am tickled to see this many car people busting out and going for a drive together. I also mention these cruises because I think it helps build the feeling of optimism that we will get through this pandemic / lockdown and get back out driving our cars and meeting again with our Early Ford V8 friends.

If you want to see pictures of the “Ramona American Graffiti Cruise", they have a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ramonaamericangraffiticruise/permalink/ 3125520560811525/

Submitted by Joe Valentino, San Diego, RG#19 From The Archives: 30 Years of Memories with the EFV8 Club 9 Back in the 50’s, my passion was owning & working on old cars. My first was a Model A coupe; at the age of 15 years, progressing to a 1934 Ford 3 W Coupe, then on to a 5 W Coupe. I was young, little money, and needless to say, the cars progressed lowly & never did run. Skipping to the 60’s, I had moved from Winnipeg to Vancouver, married & began to raise my family. The passion for cars never left but was focussing on cars that I could repair for a daily driver. still no cash for specialty cars. During the 70’s, I had an opportunity to buy a 1934 tudor—again, in parts. I thought this might be a beginning to rekindle my passion. The car was in pretty poor shape, with pitting, rust, and warped panels from sand-blasting It was too big a project so sold to a Northern Alberta trucker. Judy & Cliff Haller In the late 1970’s, my brother-in-law called from Winnipeg about a collector from southwest Manitoba who was selling his collection of 1934 ’s to start a harley Davidson dealership for Southern Manitoba. He got rich on his dealings & I was all the poorer after buying his 1934 3W coupe. None the less, I was happy with it & brought it home to sit in my Richmond garage for another 8 years. ...still no money. Finally, in the mid 80’s my career was improving so I looked for a car club to join to begin my hobby. I tried the Model A & T club for awhile but I just didn’t fit. One of my employees, Dale Miller, was a car enthusiast. He invited me to a V8 meeting in Cloverdale. It appeared to be a perfect fit, Alyn Edwards was the President at the time, if I recall correctly. My first exposure to National was the Western Meet 1986 in Victoria. Dale & I went for the Sunday and it inspired. This might have been a premonition of things to happen: soon I was involved as a co-chair for the Whistler 1991 Meet. What a great few years; Victoria was followed by bend, Oregon in 1987, and my first grand National in Dearborn. By 1991, i had made lifetime friends in the V8 Club: locally, nationally, & internationally. I finished my 1934 in time for the first judging at Whistler. Judy & I had the time of our lives, & I was pleased to get a first place for the 34—and..you guessed it..It RAINED at Whistler. The event was a huge success even though we are still reminded of the rain to this day. the following year was a trip to Cour d’Alene for my first Dearborn for the car.

30 Years of Memories with the Early Ford V8 Club (con’t.)10

The friendships continue and my knowledge of old Fords continued to grow. I now knew enough to begin judging. I was also time to continue improving the 34 to as close to perfect as others would see it and look for new projects. I’ll leave that to another issue.

Cliff & Judy’s 1940 Sedan parked beside Dennis Groundwater

Editor’s Note: Couldn’t resist including this non-Ford...Cliff’s Studebaker Beautiful.

Cliff’s family are artists, the artwork in their home is from his parents & sister. The effort and attention to detail is his but the talent is in his genes... and brain..and hands. from Ron Pilger 11 47 FORD TRUCK SELLS FOR $800,000.00 These pictures show a 1947 ford 1/2 ton from Whitby Ontario Canada that was just sold to of Detroit Michigan USA for the sum of $800,000.00 plus a Ford F 350 dually truck. This truck, according to Ford records, is one of only 35 that was ordered and built in 1947 with factory installed...McCulloch water cooled supercharger, special carburetor, special very low profile air cleaner for the McCulloch due to hood height problem when installed intake has lower carb mounting height 'special supercharger intake', (see above air cleaner) Edmunds finned aluminum heads, Fenton cast iron headers, factory dual exhaust.

OTHER OPTIONS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON THE TRUCK sliding rear window, installed outside sun visor, vacuum powered dash fan, factory compass, ashtray, smokers kit, locking steering column, dome light, inside sun visors, fog lights bumper mounted, some form of factory cruise control with knob & wire in dash. This truck was started being restored by Dave Hill, Dave and his father Len purchased this truck from the farmer who was the ORIGINAL OWNER, who ordered it equipped as it is, new in 1947. Dave has added his own custom touches like the early luggage rack metal box in pickup bed rear, blue dot twin taillights and other details. Metal covered spare tire cover.

What makes this truck so rare and valuable??? As one of ONLY 35 documented originally built, it may be the only remaining original numbers matching example that can be authenticated and was by a team of Ford museum employees before the offer and the purchase was made. Apparently there 'might be' two other survivors that are in pieces and cannot or have not been authenticated. HEMMINGS FEATURE: Full set of Allegheny Ludlum stainless steel-bodied Fords put up 12 for sale by the company that built them, by Daniel Strohl, May 21

For decades, decades, Allegheny Ludlum and its successor company have held on to the bulk of the 11 stainless-bodied Ford products that resulted from three different collaborations between the two companies. A source of pride for the company and for the Pittsburgh region in general, it seemed that the cars would forever remain in possession of the specialty metals company. However, in the face of a tough economic climate, Allegheny has decided to sell three of the cars, apparently the first time a complete set of the stainless Fords has ever hit the market.

Allegheny envisioned entire cars built from its stainless steel. The company was already supplying Ford with stainless for trim and radiator shells so, as Walt Gosden wrote in Special Interest Autos #60, December 1980, Allegheny took the next logical step of stamping entire bodies out of stainless. Six 1936 Ford Tudor Touring Sedans - which used standard Ford chassis and running gear - resulted, and by the end of the run the tougher stainless had reportedly ruined Ford's dies. Each of the six went to Allegheny district offices around the country and remained on the road as demonstrator vehicles well into the 1940s, by which time the bodies remained intact and in good shape but the chassis had racked up hundreds of thousands of miles and had worn out like any other 1936 Ford with that many miles would.

At what is perhaps the only time any of the 11 stainless cars has previously come up for auction, the 1936 Ford that has since joined the Early Ford V-8 Museum's collection bid up to $550,000 at the 2009 Mecum Monterey sale. Leo Gephardt, the owner of the car at the time, later told Hemmings Classic Car that he valued it at about triple that price. According to Worldwide, the three will cross the block as one lot with no reserve. Worldwide's Auburn sale is planned to take place September 5. For more information, visit WorldwideAuctioneers.com. Who is Raymond Loewy? 13

Wikipedia says he is the Father of Industrial Design. Born in Paris in 1883, Raymond Loewy designed many things from razors to railroad terminals, CocaCola bottles, symbols for Shell and Exon, and the paint job on AirForce One. He followed the MAYA Principle: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable, believing “people like things which are familiar but surprising and vice versa.” Nigel Matthews, through Hagerty, offered a Zoom presentation of Raymond Loewy’s most well-known designs. Raymond Loewy got his start designing window displays before reworking the Gestetner duplicating machine. His work is known through the design of the Avanti, Italian for “forward.” It showcased a record- making supercharged V8 and racing type brakes. Loewy worked for NASA as a Habitablity Consultant, designing the Skylab interior to encourage nonhierarchical interactions between the members of the 3 person crew. He designed a pencil sharpener resembling a ray gun in 1933. In 1954 he created the Greyhound Scenicruiser Bus with a domed rear section, which became the biggest people mover in the US. In 1934, Sears Roebuck asked him to redesign their Coldspot model Refrigerator. He billed them $7500 and added a request for a $25,000 bonus if it was a success. By 1939, the Coldspot had moved up from number 11 to number two in refrigerator sales in the USA and he received his bonus. The 1938 brand design of International Harvester logo, the I inside the H is supposed to depict a farmer sitting in a tractor, followed by the redesign of the Lucky Strike cigarette package in 1955, and the white script being added to the CocaCola bottle, replacing the raised glass script. In 1971, his design for Shell was so successful that the lettering was removed, the shape & colour having made a lasting impression on the public. Loewy’s designed brand logos for over 200 North American corporations; there is not a day goes by when you don’t see something designed by him. For the Pennsylvanian Railway in New York, he redesigned the station garbage bins in 3 days & billed $119. The following year, in 1934, he designed an electric locomotive which cruised at 100 mph & pulled 25 passenger cars on the New York to Washington run up until 1983 . When the “Ferrari Project” was scrapped by Enzo Ferrari, Loewy returned the unfinished body to the USA and fitted it to a Jaguar XK140 chassis. He sold it in 1957 for $25,000, a considerable sum of money in those days. He purchased a 1959 Cadillac hardtop which he redesigned and had his favorite coachbuilder Pichon-Parat in Sens, France build the body. It doesn’t appear to have a grill. It was driven by Loewy in New York and eventually made its way to his Palm Springs home. He sold it to his neighbour and a few years later the car disappeared. It resurfaced in 2010 and was offered for sale at the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction. With a mere 41,000 kms on the odometer, it sold for $161,000. Loewy was way ahead of his time, but he had some disasters, one being the redesigned Lancia Flaminia, called the “Loraymo.” The all-aluminum coach built body was fabricated in Italy by Moto with a jet-like nose, recessed fenders, air intake on the side of the hood, glass spoiler on the back of the roof, etc. He owned it, took it to the US and drove it for two years. The second owner allowed it to fall into a poor condition. Lancia eventually purchased it, and returned it to Italy to the Lancia Museum where it is on display today.

Continued on page 15… Can Nats 1978 14 42 years ago I decided to drive my tee coupe to the Canadian nationals in Toronto and then onto Montreal, Ottawa and then to the NSRA nats in Columbus Ohio. I was gone over a month and covered 8950 miles. Only problem I had was a plugged fuel filter at two o’clock in the afternoon on the 12 lane wide Chicago skyway. What a frightening experience, almost got robbed by a young black guy in an old Pontiac sedan. On the way thru champion Michigan we ran into terry Hegman at his little body shop, we discovered it by accident when we were looking for a gas station. We spent about an hour there just gabbing, he told us he was glad we stopped by and two weeks later he looked us up in Columbus, he left champion for California to work for Boyd coddington. He was redoing his 32 3 window which he won best paint award the year prior. I travelled alone with just my wife there and back, got long distance award in Toronto and long distance at Granby Quebec which is about 100 miles n/e of Montreal, only trophy i have written in French. Looking back I wonder what the heck was I thinking. I drove my tee a couple of years later to Regina where I got a top ten award. In those days we , bob lee, Sandy, Gord richter, Arnie Elchuk were gone just about every weekend, no wonder I had almost 35 thousand miles on it when I sold it. Last I heard it was in Antioc California (five years ago) and now has over 70 thousand miles on it.not to bad for a car that I built the chassis in 1972 in a construction trailer on the Alaskan border at -35 below in the winter. Sandy painted it in about 1974 and Arnie Schwab upholstered it for 600 dollars labour, I supplied the material which I bought in London England in 1970. When it was finished it I had 9500 bucks in it and lots of hours. Spending many hours isolated either in the garage or doing this stuff. Will definitely be happy when this virus thing is over and hopefully none of my friends get it. So much for my ramblings stay safe all you guys. Dennis Groundwater In 1965 he purchased a new E-Type Jaguar Coupe, “the most beautiful car ever designed.” It was sent to his French coach 15 builder who cut 12” off the nose, fitted a five times larger grill, affixed twin headlights, shortened the rear of the body, because Loewy thought that this would improve its handling! It was sold in 1967 to an owner in France. He sold it to an American in 1970 who used to work with Loewy. Twelve years ago the son and daughter who had inherited the car and their parents’ home in San Diego, contacted Nigel for help marketing this very special car for sale. Nigel contacted his friends at Bonham’s and the car sold at their Monterey auction for $128 000. The purchaser told Nigel he was not going to touch it but he couldn’t resist the urge and it has since been completely restored. Raymond Loewy was a very successful businessman with 200 employees and offices in New York, London, and Paris. He worked until he was in his early 80’s, passing away at age 92. He also designed the Sunbeam Alpine which later became the famous Sunbeam Tiger and the Studebaker Avanti. When asked at a presentation he gave at the Smithsonian Museum, what did he consider the best thing ever designed? He replied, “the parking meter, all it is dispensing is time, if it doesn’t work, the driver and the city get nothing.” Notes by Neva Ledlin from a presentation by Nigel Matthews and Hagerty, via zoom.

Nigel Matthews Global Brand Ambassador Can Nats 1978 (con’t.) 16

30 days 8950+ miles

car had 35 000 miles when sold Parts Bin 17 (a.k.a.cleaning off my desk)

Photo from Pat Ganahl’s Rod and Custom web site. He was sorting old photos from his office, during the Pandemic.

Due to the cancellation of the Eastern National Meet in Morgantown, PA in June, RG 36’s raffle of a 1957 Mercury Montclair has moved to the Early Ford V-8 Museum. Proceeds from the raffle will still benefit the Museum, but now the Museum will run the raffle. All tickets already sold have been entered into the drawing. Tickets are $10 each, 6 for $50 and 15 for $100. To purchase tickets using a credit card, call 260-927-8022, or send a check payable to the Early Ford V-8 Museum, P.O. Box 284, Auburn, IN 46706. Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want the stubs sent to you. How much to get it into Canada? …. when you are able to cross the border. What’s New in Your Garage? 18

Poor cars are lonely in isolation….Ray Mitchell’s garage, the scene of many gatherings..in previous years…

Ron Pilger’s 1965 Mustang Convertible. He is our member from Camrose, Alberta He purchased Ross Blewett’s 1934 Ford Coupe. 19

Hougen Park 2019…memories..

August 2019 EFV8 meeting at Les & Karen Henderson’s house. 20

thanks to Ron Pilger for sharing the CoVid jokes.