Newsletter of the Northern California Chapter Oldsmobile Club of America Officers and Representatives 2016 Nor Cal Olds Club Website
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The Oldsletter Jan/Feb 2016 Inside This Issue; l 2016 Dues Mailer l Christmas Party Coverage l Technical Library List, Pg. 16-17 l Election Results and More Newsletter of the Northern California Chapter Oldsmobile Club of America Officers and Representatives 2016 Nor Cal Olds Club Website: www.norcalolds.com President and Newsletter Editor Larry Ewing Technical Librarian 3330 Henriette Ct (408) 528-9770 San Jose, CA 95135 [email protected] Vice-President Denise La Centra (510) 299-1403 144 Virginia St. [email protected] Hayward, CA 94544 Treasurer/Membership Dan Haggerty (408) 268-7904 6208 Balderstone Dr [email protected] San Jose, CA 95120 Secretary and Health & Welfare Linda Sutherland (209) 833-3413 1460 Velasquez Lane [email protected] Tracy, CA 95377 Car Show Chair Jon Manji 916-386-1642 2257 Moorbrook Way [email protected] Sacramento, CA 95826 Club Historian Bob Griffith (209) 366-2807 2434 Grenoble [email protected] Lodi, CA 95242 Pacific S.W. Zone Directors Dan Haggerty Don 6208 Balderstone Dr Sutherland San Jose, CA 95120 Nor Cal Olds (408) 268-7904 Webmaster [email protected] (209) 833-3413 Jon Manji, 2257 Moorbrook Way [email protected] Sacramento, CA 95826 1460 Velasquez Lane 916-386-1642 Tracy, CA 95377 [email protected] 2 Hi Oldsmobile Club members:President’s Message We had our last event of the year Sunday December 6th at the Cattlemen’s in Livermore. A wonderful ending to a great year for our club. We did one last celebration of our 40th year with a Christmas cake with our 40th logo. I want to thank every member that came out to our events this year and also those who took the extra effort to help out. We did re-elect the same board members as we had again for the next 2 years but we alone can’t make the club run smoothly. Help is always welcome and appreciated. If you want a good year of events for 2016 please plan to attend our Annual Planning Meeting at CAM in Sacramento January 9, 2016. Bring your good ideas. (see events pg 5) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, President, Larry Ewing Editor’s Note This issue has an insert mailer for your 2016 dues. Please fill it out and get it back to Dan Hag- gerty as soon as you can so he can issue your 2016 card. There is a flyer for the 29th Annual Arizona Show on page 7 and I know it’s a long drive for us in Nor Cal but worth it. I went down in the last few years as did the Flanagans, the Gold- hammers and Mike White from our club. It does require an overnighter to get there but the Fri- day night reception is always good. The Saturday Olds show and Saturday night local weekly show followed the next day by the BOP show, are all great and all at the same location! Jon Manji went to the REO Museum this Summer while attending the Nationals and other car events. On pages 13 &14 you will see some of the many excellent pictures he took. On page 12, we cover Classic Chevy Club Christmas Toy and Food drive event attended by some Nor Cal members. I noticed in the CAM newsletter our member Galen Klokkenvold won the Best Convertible Award at their annual cruise. Congrats Galen!......any pictures? Please if you have your Oldsmobile out and around please send pictures to the Oldsletter and we will include them in the following issue. See page 15 as a sample. Best Regards, Editor Larry Ewing Treasurer Report Our club bank account is solvent. Nor Cal Olds Club Treasurer, Dan Haggerty Membership Report Membership as of December 7, 2015 is 124 members with 42 associate members. NCOC 2016 membership dues are due by January 1, Each Year; $25 for member only or $25 + $5 for member and spouse; send to Dan Haggerty membership chairman. Applications for NCOC and OCA are on our club website at ( www.norcalolds.com ). Membership Chairman, Dan Haggerty Cover: Jacki and Dan Flanagan’s 1957 S88 Convertible digitally parked in the snow by LEE 3 Veterans, Let us know who you are Please! The following is a list of Nor Cal members that sent in their service status as wanted by Shan- non Olson, editor of JWO for an upcoming issue. If your name is not on the list and you are a veteran in Nor Cal Olds please contact me by e-mail or snail mail soon. Pres. Larry Ewing. To the above Heroes, thank you for your service to our great country and for help keeping us safe and free! Nor-Cal President, Larry Ewing 4 Official Olds Club Events 2016 Jan 9 Annual Planning Meeting, CAM Sacramento See below for details Jan 30-31 Turlock Swap Meet. Our space is #12 in Building 2, see info page 6 Mar 12 29th Annual All Oldsmobile Show, Arizona Club, Scottsdale, AZ, flyer page 7 Mar 13 Buick-Olds-Pontiac at same location as above, Scottsdale, AZ. see page 6 May 13-14 PSW Zone Show, Sea Crest Hotel, Pismo Beach 805-773-4608 (Olds Club) Other Events All California Auto Museum Events (CAM) are listed on the inside back cover Jan 7-10 Silicon Valley Int’nl New Car Show, McEnery Convention Center, San Jose Jan 29-31 Pomona - 66th Grand National Roadster Show - (877) 763-7469 Feb 12-14 Sacramento Autorama 877-763-7465 Mar 13 BOP Show Scottsdale AZ., same location as Olds Show on 12th Mar 19-20 Pleasanton - 34th Goodguys All American Get-Together May 28-29 Pleasanton - Goodguys 22nd Summer Get-Together June 18 Santa Cruz - Annual Woodies On The Wharf Car Show Planning Meeting/Lunch at the CAM 10 am - 2 pm Saturday Jan 9th California Auto Museum in the Education Center, 2200 Front Street, Sacramento, CA 95818 Phone: (916) 442-6802 Lunch provided with reservations. R.S.V.P. Dan Haggerty by Directions; email [email protected] or phone 408-268-7904 for count. Located near the High- way #5 and Highway #50 junction in Sacra- mento. Follow the signs to Old Sacramento Area as Front St. runs through the center parallel to the river. From south of Sac take Broadway turn off. Go left to Front St. then right to 2200. All Members Welcome All Nor Cal Olds Club members can get free admission to the CAM, just identify yourself and show your 2016 Nor Cal Olds Club membership card. 5 Ask Your Zone Director, By Jon Manji, PSW Zone Director In the absence of any questions, I was going to do a write-up on OCA’s Member Recognition Program, which includes items like the long-term member anniversary pins and jackets. How- ever, there have been some recent Program developments that have been covered in the latest Journey With Olds (October issue), so I’ll summarize those here and refer you to the issue for more details. 1) The Long-Term Membership Committee lacked a Chair to oversee the activities of the Committee, which included sending out long-term member recognition items. We now have a new Chair, Dave Vollbracht, who will be the contact person for long-term member recognition questions. Dave’s contact information will be listed in future issues of JWO. 2) The white paper jacket of your latest JWO (October issue) has the latest information regard- ing OCA’s efforts to update the long-term member database. I encourage all OCA members to fill out the form and submit the supporting documentation to Karl Sup as requested. Even if you do not yet qualify for recognition items, completing and submitting the form will help make it easier to determine when you do qualify for the appropriate recognition items. Turlock Swap Meet January 30-31, 2016 Building 2 space 12 Volunteer to help recruit new members, sign up old members and just talk Oldsmobile for a few hours. If you have parts to sell you can use part of our 10’x20’ space but be sure to have prices marked and pick up by 3 pm Saturday if not sold. (Sunday by noon) Members willing to man the both for over 2 hours may have their en- trance fee paid by the club. Contact Larry to arrange hours 1-408-896- 1950 (cell) BOP & GMC CAR SHOW Note this is a must do show if you plan to go the the All Oldsmobile in Arizona. This is held at the same location the next day. (see AZ Olds Club info next page) Classics, Limited Editions, Sports & Late Models Awards in over 50 classes SUNDAY, March 13th, 2016 10 AM to 3 PM At The “Rock and Roll McDonalds” Scottsdale Pavilions Shopping Center ___________________________________________________________________ Hosted by The Desert Renegades Pontiac Club and Cactus GTO Club of Arizona Questions about the Show? Call Tom, 602-708-6960 or Bob, 602-228-1030 Show limited to first 225 cars, dash plaque for cars and priority parking (with your class) for pre-registrants. “Day of Show” entries will park with your brand. Early Bird entry only $20 per car before March 5, 2016. $25 registration after March 5 and day of show. For a registration form go to “events” www.norcalold.com 6 7 8 Annual Christmas Party We had a very nice party again at the Cattlemens in Livermore December 6th. thirty-seven members filled the room and Lyle and Vicki Burgess paid for all cocktails courtesy of Rare Parts their automotive parts company. We ended the year, our 40th as a club, with a Merry Christmas cake and our logo we have for the year commemorating our 40th.