The Distributor Orange County Model A Ford Club Model A Ford Club of America Chartered August 1961 – Santa Ana, California Editors: Peter & Ana Hyland October 2010 Volume 50 Number 10 Email to: [email protected] Website: http://www.ocmafc.org 1940 Ford Fire Truck interest in the older cars that we do. Perhaps it is because we grew up with Model A’s on the 2010 BOARD MEMBERS Notes from Your President streets (even in limited numbers) and they grew President—Mark Schwing up with the large, chromed cars of the Sixties 714-970-1696 Mark Schwing. and even the Seventies and cherished them [email protected] VP/Activities–TBD instead of the “antique” cars. Secretary– Tissy Hatcher How do we change that way of thinking? I 714-431-1119 October 2010 admit I don’t have an answer but I hope all of [email protected] Treasurer –Joe Goff us together can come up with some ideas. Can 949-768-4627 President's Letter we try and do more public displays and public [email protected] education of the wonderful history of Henry Technical–Gerald O’Brien OCMAFC celebrated International Model A Ford and his fabulous Model A? Just what can (With two co-directors-see below) th 714-777-0771 Ford Day on September 18 by following a we do? I’ll ask all of you again at the October [email protected] 38 mile route through central and south meeting. Editors – Peter & Ana Hyland Orange County to a potluck picnic at Irvine 714-633-5797 Our club has a fine tradition and history that [email protected] Park. Since the tour was arranged on a goes back nearly fifty years. Many of our Immediate Past President short notice basis, the number of Don Miller 562-431-6494 activities are repeated each year with little or no [email protected] participants was small but all had a great change and the recent results are dramatic. The time. We shared each other’s main dish and progressive brunch was cancelled because not COMMITTEES enjoyed club provided apple and cherry pie enough people wanted to attend. The annual ACCC Representative- with vanilla ice cream. The most commonly tours to Wings and Wheels and Palm Springs Larry Conkol 714-535-1411 heard comment was that we should do this have fewer participants each year. We need to Breakfast Committee- more often. Terry Collings 714-970-7194 find new places to go and new ways to do it. [email protected] Drivers and passengers alike enjoyed The fourth Thursday breakfast is a great idea Club Greeter-Doris Marshall touring the narrow winding streets in the that has caught on but it excludes that 21 to 50 [email protected] hills of North Tustin, the broad boulevards Election Chairperson- or so age bracket because they are working and Kathie Mc Call 714-633-0946 of Irvine and miles of undeveloped land not retired as many of us are. [email protected] along Santiago Canyon Road. It is truly Historian & Librarian- It has been said that insanity is doing the same Richard Parrish 714-999-0611 amazing that so much open space still exists thing over and over and expecting different [email protected] in Orange County today. results. If we want different results, we need to Merchandise Director At the last meeting I challenged all the Cathy O’Brien 714-777-0771 try and do new things and establish new [email protected] members present to come up with ideas of traditions while still holding on to some of our Pancake Breakfast setup & what our chapter and others across the history and older traditions. Think about it. Coordination-Mark Schwing Model A hobby can do to increase the 714-970-1696 [email protected] number of more youthful members in our Raffle-Richard & Jeanne Parrish hobby. Yes, we have scholarship and 714-999-0611 [email protected] Refreshments-Colleen Schmidt restoration award programs for those less 714-524-2659 than 21 years of age. What I really looking Cover Photo [email protected] at is the age group above 21 through 50 or Regional Representative- We now have a fire truck in our club! While so. How can we get that group interested in Bev Marsh 714-373-9769 not a Model A it is a winner of ―Best of [email protected] the Model A hobby? Show‖ at the Long Beach Car Show and is Scholarship Committee This is a serious question since as we look Joanie Harris 562-431-9630 owned by the Bannisters, who are new club all across our hobby we see a graying, aging [email protected] members Beautiful!! Sheila Plotkin membership that is actually shrinking due to 714-962-2117 old age. Our meets and conventions could Carolyn Ratzlaff 714-529-5062 [email protected] just as well be AARP conventions. Younger Sunshine & Sorrow members are not joining at a rate to make Jeanne Parrish 714-999-0611 up for losses due to age. Will our Model [email protected] Swap Meet-Larry and Gerry A’s eventually go through a second cycle as McKinney 714-963-2724 “barn finds” after sitting through years of [email protected] Technical Committee- non-use stored away in someone’s garage or Bob Jeffries 714-529-6216 barn? Very possibly, as the next generation John Knox 562-697-2545 [email protected] seems to be more interested in the Web Master-Chris Enright horsepower and speed of muscle cars from 949-481-8780 the Sixties then antique four-cylinder [email protected] cars from the late Twenties and early Web Site Info Entry-Lew Lewis Photo by Richard Naguma 417-368-0191 Thirties. They don’t seem to have the [email protected] Page 2 Orange County Model A Distributor Volume 50 #10 October 2010 Activity Oct 30th (SAT) First Annual Cruisin’ for Kids to be held at Hidden Valley Park, Schedule Irvine, CA. Pre-Registration only $25.00. For more information please call: 714-632-6800 (NOTE: * = UPDATED INFORMATION) NEXT MEETING: Oct 14, 2010 Nov 5 (FRI) Palm Springs Follies 7:30 PM at CHOC Tour. (See mini-flyer on Page 8) We will meet at 9:45 AM in the Sear’s parking lot (near Trader Joe’s) in the Village at Orange Mall. Our tour will leave at 10:00 AM SHARP. We will lunch at Deadline for next Distributor is: Billy Reed’s and then meet at the hotel and leave at October 30, 2010 Type or write all articles and ads and 1:30 to visit the Palm Springs Art museum. On e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Or mail to: 244 No. Goldenspur Way, Saturday we will tour to the General Patton War Orange, CA 92869-4422 Memorial. Questions??? Please call Bev Marsh *Indicates Change th 2010 TOUR/ACTIVITIES CALENDAR Nov 13 (SAT) Southern Calif. Region Meeting at Rudy and Lori Perez's in Oct 9 Old Ridge Route Tour This tour is Lake Elsinore. Contact Bev Marsh for further being planned by Drain Marshall. Details will be forth details. coming as they are developed. SWAP MEETS Oct 16 (SAT) Model A Electrical Oct 10th (SUN) Long Beach Swap Meet at Seminar—Please see details on Page 4 Veterans Stadium Nov 7th (SUN) Long Beach Swap Meet at Oct 24 (SUN) Rancho Los Alamitos / Veterans Stadium Historic Long Beach Tour Nov 28th (SUN) Long Beach Swap Meet at We will rally at Rancho Los Alamitos to display our Veterans Stadium cars. Those going on the Long Beach Tour would travel an historic trip through Long Beach with required stops. The rally would end back at the Rancho for dinner. Dinner will be provided for the drivers who take one or more guest passengers on the tour. There will be 6 to 8 (total) guest passengers that need a ride in our cars. Dinner for others not taking passengers on the tour would be available for purchase. This is a fund raising event for Rancho Los Alamitos and the guest passengers are the winners of a raffle drawing. Contact Wayne and/or Martie Wiedle for details. LAST CALL FOR MILEAGE We need to record all the mileage driven by our club since the beginning of the year. Would each of you Oct 30 (SAT) 6:30 p.m. SHIVER ME please check your mileage and send it to me by email, TIMBERS, IT’S A PIRATE PARTY! ([email protected]) letter telephone or in What: Potluck & Costume Party – Aye mates, dress , in your pirate attire. person at the next meeting even if it is an Where: 5022 Woodcrest Dr., Yorba Linda. accumulation of your miles driven for the entire year (Please see flyer on Pages 9 & 10) Thank You!! Carolyn Ratzlaff Orange County Model A Distributor Volume 50 # 10 October 2010 Page 3 • Seminar! Election Time By Tom Endy (Editor’s note---This is being run again to remind club members that it is important to fill all positions. If Model A Electrical System: interested, please step forward at the next meeting and submit your name for nomination.) A classroom type seminar will be presented at the CHOC hospital on Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:30 It's that time again. Don't make me beg!! AM to 1:00 PM. The subject will be the Model A Thankfully there are only 2 positions to be electrical system and will be presented by Tom Endy. filled. Mark Schwing will be completing 4 years Several of our neighboring Model A clubs have been as our very capable President and this provides invited to attend the seminar.