Capitol City Rockets —Oldsmobile Club of America Aug-Dec 2014 2009-13 Old Cars Weekly Golden Quill Award winning publication Volume 25, Issue 3 Scott Phillips—Editor The Rocket Review Quarterly Fall-Winter Edition 2014 Inside this issue: 2014 All GM Show 3-4 Results All GM Pics 4-6 November White Post 7-9 Restorations Tour Other Club Happenings 10 Treasurer’s Report/ 11-13 The Capitol City Rockets are 25 this year, and Mike Furman (1st CCR Dates/ Membership Info President) unearthed this picture from the first meeting in Mike’s Bethes- da, MD apartment garage circa 1989. Pictured next to Mike’s 1967 Aqua Save the Dates!: 442 Ragtop are (L-R) two unidentified early members, Paul Fredrick, Doug Kitchener, Mike, and Jeff Dorman. (Everyone looks really young!) Dues are Overdue! $15 payable to ei- President Joe Padavano’s Holiday Message ther new club PO Box (see new club Happy New Year! 2014 was a great Franklin Gage demonstrate his traffic direction year for the club, with perhaps our best All- skills. There are many automotive events in the address in back of GM show ever, as evidenced by the photos local area from March through October and I this issue) by in this issue. The Dust-Off was well attend- recommend checking the Capital Crusin’ web- check or thru Pay- ed, and out trip to White Post in November site periodically throughout the year. One of Pal on CCR website drew a phenomenal number of cars. Several your resolutions for the new year should be to club members attended cruise nights from get your Oldsmobile out and drive it more. Sun, Jan 11, 1:30 Hagerstown to Charles Town to Manassas, pm meeting @ Kil- where there are a wide variety of cars to see. Speaking of driving your car, I’m al- roys in VA Even the December club meeting and holi- ways thrilled to see new and different collector day lunch was very well attended. 2015 is vehicles when I attend shows and cruise nights. Sun, Feb 8, 1:30 shaping up to be equally great, and we cer- Hagerstown is especially great, as there is always pm meeting @ tainly welcome any suggestions for club a very wide variety of vehicles in attendance. Branded 72 in MD functions. As I write this, the first local swap Even Oldsmobiles are usually well represented (including a 455-powered 1965 Cutlass pro Sun, Mar 8, 1:30 meet, the AACA meet at Howard County Fairgrounds, is only about two months away. street car at one cruise). Our All-GM show con- pm meeting @ Kil- That’s always a great swap meet, with some tinues to set the standard for diversity among roys in VA fantastic bargains, and I highly recommend models, where Cutlasses and 442s outnumber it to anyone. If nothing else, you’ll get to see Camaros. This year saw not only a large Vol. 25, Issue 3, page 2 The Capitol City Rockets—Who We Are The Capitol City Rockets is the Suburban Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia chapter of the Oldsmobile Club of America. The Rocket Review The Capitol City Rockets originated in 1989, and is currently Quarterly- Fall/Winter operating in its 25th year. We split monthly meetings (currently) between Kilroy’s Bar and Grille off the Braddock Road exit of 495 in Northern VA and Branded 72 BBQ in Rockville, with one peer judged show co-hosted each year with the Metro Buick Keeping the Legend Club. The club currently consists of over 40 members, from Vir- Alive—25 Years Strong! ginia, Maryland, Florida, and 1each from DC and West Virgin- ia. A membership form is located in the back of this newsletter. One need not own an Oldsmobile to join, and dues remain $15 dollars per year, payable by November the 1st, either by check or using the PayPal button on our Hemmings.com website. Current membership in the Oldsmobile Club of America is a requirement of CCR membership, as we are required to submit club rosters to OCA for yearly insurance coverage for our events. Get to a club President Joe Padavano’s Holiday Message (cont) meeting this year! We gen- number of prewar cars, but cars that fall into these categories. erally meet on such unusual models as four When was the last time you saw the second Toronado-powered GMC one of the 1970s-vintage Olds Sunday of the motorhomes, a gorgeous 1941 Starfires? How about a J-car like month at 1:30 Buick, a 1913 Carter Car (yes, the Olds Firenza? For that matter, at Kilroys in an early GM marque), and a how often do you see a second VA or Brand- beautiful Pontiac street rod. gen Camaro, even at car shows (though second-gen Firebirds ed 72 BBQ in Obviously, many of seem to be much more common). MD. See the these are pretty rare, which Even the 1977-1990 Olds Custom dates on p. 11. brings to mind something that Cruisers are almost gone. To me Hagerty Insurance has done. those are “new” cars, though the there are even fewer of the less popular models. If this is true, They publish a list of what reality is that even the 1990 ver- there are likely only 50 or so of my 1962 F-85 wagons still they call Threatened, Endan- sions now qualify for antique sta- around. gered, and Extinct automo- tus and AACA entrance. Historical The message there is keep taking care of those older biles. This is an interesting data shows that 20 years after pro- vehicles, but drive them and enjoy them. Have a safe and hap- concept, which makes you duction, there are only about 0.5% py new year and I’m looking forward to seeing the members think about the last time you to 1% of the original production and their cars at our 2015 club functions. saw such-and-such a car. In of a given car remaining. Obvious- Hagerty’s case, their metrics ly that percentage skews higher for Joe Padavano are only based on cars insured popular performance models (it with them, so I wouldn’t ex- seems like there are more 69 Ca- President, Capitol City Rockets actly call that a statistically maros now than in 1969, possibly valid sample, but the concept because brand new bodies are is interesting. It’s not just older available), but that means that Aug 9, 2014 All GM Show—RESULTS Entry Award No. First Name Last Name Year Car Best of Show Stock 81 David Landow 1941 Buick Model 90 Limited Best of Show Modified 104 Joe Matthews 1939 Chevy Coupe Best Buick 100 Eddie Duvall 1970 Buick GSX Best Cadillac 73 Robert Brown 1959 Cadillac Best Chevrolet 76 Tark Milans 1957 Chevy Corvette Best Oldsmobile 143 Ron Siegrist 1952 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible Best Pontiac 24 Richard Sisson 1960 Pontiac Ventura Best GMC 150 Daniel Jobe 1972 GMC Suburban Keys Corvette 74 Bill Bohatch 1967 Chevy Corvette Entry Class Position No. First Name Last Name Year Car A 1 124 John Gallagher 1935 Buick 46C Convertible 2 31 William Palombo 1926 Chevy Superior V 3 102 Michael Witt 1913 Cartercar Touring B 1 115 Pete Tritsch 1956 Buick Roadmaster 2 120 Mike Templeton 1956 Chevy Bel Air Convertible 3 44 Stephen White 1953 Oldsmobile Super 88 C 1 110 Bill & Darlene Myers 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 2 129 Rick & Pam Burke 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge 3 84 Alan Perry 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix D 1 34 Mike Scott 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlas Supreme 2 15 Anthony Cogswell 1971 Chevy Malibu 3 33 Margaret Straubinger 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible E 1 41 Jim Hartnett 1992 Cadillac Brougham 2 108 Ryan McGrath 2001 Pontiac TransAm 3 8 Zolton Berghoffer 1989 Buick Retta F 1 86 Bill Sandusky 1965 Pontiac GTO 2 82 Lyn Hudson 1962 Chevy Impala 3 17 Tom Tucker 1961 Pontiac Ventura G 1 134 David Sisson 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 2 36 Carl Shaffer 1972 Oldsmobile Hurst Olds 3 130 Ricky Greer 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Aug 9, 2014 All GM Show—RESULTS (cont) Entry Class Position No. First Name Last Name Year Car H 1 121 Frederick Seoane 1976 Chevy Cosworth Vega 2 80 James Dingell 1987 Buick GNX 3 69 Chuck & Deb- Piel 1977 Chevy Corvette bie J 1 87 Terry Scott 1969 Chevy C10 2 65 Warren Graham 1970 Chevy C10 Shortbed Pickup 3 98 Gray Ramey 2004 Chevy Silverado K 1 58 Asaduz Khan 1968 Oldsmobile 442 Convertible 2 99 Allen Bowie 1969 Chevy Corvette 3 131 Ricky Greer 2014 Chevy COPO Camaro This is Michael Witt’s 1913 CarterCar David Landau’s 1941 Buick Model 90 Robert Brown’s 1959 red Cadillac Model 7 Touring Car. More on this Limited took Stock Best of Show on a took Best Cadillac from a great unique vehicle later in this issue. day of nice, cool weather for August and turnout of Caddy’s to the All GM. a huge turnout of cars. One of the cooler muscle cars on the Bill Bohatch’s ‘67 Marina blue Carl Shaffer drove his sunroof op- show field, Alan Perry brought his Corvette Coupe won the Den- tioned 1972 Hurst Olds, bringing 1967 Pontiac Gran Prix with a 428, ney Keyes Memorial Corvette home a second in Class G. which took a third in Class C. Award. More Photos from the 2014 All GM Show This pretty 1966 442 was for sale at This 1941 Pontiac Royale Deluxe 2 This 1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville the All GM Show, though at what door coupe showed in an extraor- Series 62 showed in a deep Class asking price it did not say..