Traveling with the Payson Arizona RIM COUNTRY CLASSIC AUTO CLUB NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2016 From President 2016 RCCAC PIT CREW THE RIM COUNTRY Butch CLASSIC AUTO Tucker President Butch Tucker 480‐694‐1229 CLUB [email protected] IS A NON-PROFIT Well here it is September and we need to fill a V.P. Bob LaFavor 928‐363‐0260 ORGANIZATION lot of positions. 2017 board positions that need hotrodrob86u@gmailcom FOR THE PURPOSE Secretary Sandi Gunderson 928‐476‐2168 OF: to be filled are President, VP, Secretary, Activities & 2 Directors. From the actions of [email protected] Providing social, Treasurer Tina Dychkowski 920‐216‐0830 some of our club members, you would think educational and [email protected] recreational activities they would fill some of these spots. New for its membership. Acvies Mary Cailey 928‐ 474‐ 3560 members are welcome to get involved with any [email protected] Participating in and of the available positions. Nominations for the supporting civic activities for the betterment of the board openings will be part of the September Director Byron Gunderson 928‐476‐2168 community. agenda. A big Thank You to Byron Gunderson [email protected] Encouraging and who has volunteered to be the 2017 Car Show Director Carl Curs 928‐468‐8018 promoting the Chair. He will be in need of lots of helping [email protected] preservation and restoration of classic hands to fill chair positions. Director Steve Fowler 928‐478‐6676 motor vehicles. Activities this last month to Sidewinders & Web Master [email protected] Providing organized Restaurant in Pine for a “Show in Shine” was a activities involving the great success. We made a good showing of cars Car Show Director for 2017 driving and showing of Byron Gunderson 928‐476‐2168 member’s cars. for the Rodeo Parade. We have had several fun [email protected] events this summer where some have said let’s do it again. I’m sure Mary has more events Newsleer Margie Fowler 928‐478‐6676 planned coming up for all to enjoy! [email protected] RCCAC meets at FYI— It has come to our attention According to the AACA, what car was the first 6:30p.m. on the first that some of you are not receiving the clubs ever to come with a speedometer? Wednesday of the Newsletter or any updates. We have found A. 1912 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost month at that if you add the clubs e‐mail address to your contacts list that seems to solve the B. 1901 Curved dash Oldsmobile Tiny’s Restaurant, problem. If you know of a club member C. 1912 Cadillac Model F 600 E. Hwy. 260 who is not receiving club informaon D. 1918 Stanley Steamer please tell them about this FYI. in Payson ANSWER: on page #6 rimcountryclassicautoclub @gmail.com PAGE 2 FROM THE SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Barb Imus 25 Darlene Pierman GLOVEBOX 2 Barb Gooch 25 William Powers 10 Tina Dychkowski 29 Harold Welsh 11 Al Duble Directory Updates UP COMING New Members! ACTIVITIES Jack and Shar Hedstrom 928‐468‐6800 Make sure to add them to your 2016 Directory SEPTEMBER AT A GLANCE September Activities 7— Membership Meeting 6:30 Sunday, September 25th, Fall BBQ at the Ramada in Pine, 12:00 noon. No need to bring anything! All food will be 8– WOW 11:30AM bought with the money from the summer BBQ we put on for 25– BBQ in Pine the Veteran Car Club. Thursday, September 29th, Lunch run to 29– Lunch Auto Cruise to Heber "The Red Onion Lounge and Restaurant" in Heber on 260. Meet at Rouds Please RSVP to Mary for all Furniture parking lot at 11:00 AM. club events that involve food! Departing at 11:15. Phone & e-mail on the front page. The movie is voted on at the monthly club meeng. It’s always on a Saturday at 10:am and is announced via e‐mail. The next WOW luncheon will be at La Sierra Make sure your e‐mail is up to date! Mexican Restaurant, on 87 in Alpine Village, $7.00 gets you the movie, a small drink and a small popcorn. in Payson, on Thursday, September 8th, at 11:30. Come and join us for lots of laughs See you at the Movies! and good food! APRIL 2016 PAGE 3 News from the Backseat The August WOW Luncheon was at Gerardo’s Restaurant in Payson. Seven ladies attended who all had a great time. In fact, we got to laughing so much many of the other patrons looked over at our table wondering what was so funny. The crab cakes were the big hit for lunch and we had the best waiter we’ve ever had at a WOW luncheon and he was sooooo cute! We also World's Oldest Connuous Rodeo Parade discussed maybe seeing a ‘chick flick’ at the Sawmill RCCAC was again invited to join the 2016 parade. We had 13 cars in the Rodeo parade on Saturday, August 20th. Theater following a luncheon sometime. Sorry you 5 converbles started the parade with the town missed this fun time. Join us in September! dignitaries and then the rest of our cars followed. It was NOTICE: Sorry there is not a report on the Christopher fun, the day was beauful, and we were finished by 9:30. Creek lunch cruise on the 31st. Your editor will be out of town that week and the newsletter needs to get out early. Everyone RSVP to Mary Cailey and go and enjoy this event and tell me all about it at the clubs membership meeting on the 7th. Reporting that our Show and Shine in Pine was a HUGE success!!! This great event was Sat. Aug 13th and started at 4:00 pm. Thanks to mother nature, the rain stayed away and the clouds kept us all cool. The turn out was fabulous, counting about 30 cars, all shined up and so beautiful! Sidewinders were great hosts and made sure all went as planned. We gathered inside about 5:00 and enjoyed lots of laughs and great food. Thanks to Mary Cailey for planning this fun event and can’t wait to go to Christopher Creek for the clubs next event! Happy trails to all!!! Dick & Sue Hedman APRIL 2016 PAGE 4 BUTCH TUCKER- In 1969 I built my first car, a 32. Out of the Navy two years, hold- ing down a good job at $2.75 an hour. Boy, was I doing well, new house and start- ing to build a hot rod- that is what they were called in those days. By the way, the new house was $14,900. Kids don't get that chance today. After the 32 there was a one-owner 1955 Chevy PU for sale where I worked. I bought it. I took the running gear out of the 32 and put them in the pickup. Drove the pickup for a few years, and it ended up going down the road for good money. Then I built a 1928 Model A for my wife - you remember the gas crunch days. So I put a Pinto engine and trans with a Vette rear in it, nice little car to drive. I then built me a 1956 Ford Panel Truck. Bought it from some hippies. Bear fur interior, outside was yellow, with orange, blue, green and purple spots all over it. I can honestly say I didn't drive it much. But after it was finished I pinstriped out of it for years. Then came the 1956 Chevy 2-door wagon, I striped out of it for 34 years. I wore the wagon out four times and rebuilt it. At one point I was going to sell it. But knowing how rare they were, I jacked it up in the back room of my shop. It sat there drained for years. Then we went to the 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery. Drove that to rod runs all over the country, including Canada four times. At the same time I bought a 1966 Ranchero that got rear-ended. Boy, do they bend easy - right in the middle. When they fixed it, you could see daylight right over the windows and below the top. They couldn't get it back straight, so the insurance company bought it. At the same time we started my 36 Ford Sedan radical custom, then after that my 1947 Ford Convertible. Didn't do much after that for a few years until I built my 1951 Ford Convertible. Sold that a few years ago to Sanderson Ford for their museum. I now own a 1956 Chevy 2-door Hardtop Sport Coupe - rebuilt the whole car. I'm now putting back together a 1955 Nomad for a friend in Mesa. Lots of cars, lots of good times, friends and memories. With a cool car, you meet a lot of people. Tech Hints & tips PAGE 5 KEEPING IT ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW By Steve Fowler I had a conversation the other day with a long-time professional sideways about 30 feet for every alignment man who is now retired, and it got me to thinking on how mile driven and would shred the tires. important alignment is to handling and tire wear. Although fully Toe-out wears the other direction, but aligning an independent front suspension might be beyond the also destabilizes directional control, capabilities of most hobbyists, understanding the principles can help so if you err, do it on the toe-in side. you get your car aligned such that it handles well and doesn’t eat tires Toe can be set with a couple of yardsticks or even a tape measure, for breakfast.