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1 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 Coupe 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 Sedan $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 Mercury hood ornaments, need chroming, new rubber door seals for 1949-51 Mercury Coupes; 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/ Monarch; 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 Convertible, 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.