Newsletter April - June, 2020 Vol 6 Issue 2 1 President’s Message Greetings, I hope this issue finds all of you and your families safe and healthy. Due to the cancellation of the car shows and events in April, May, and June, the next couple of newsletters will be dedicated to showcasing the beautiful cars of our members. The pictures and descriptions shown in this issue come directly from our website. If you would like to see your car on our website and featured in the newsletter, just follow the simple instructions on page 3. You can also add your photo(s) to our member directory. Emma Reardon will make every effort to assist you. It would be great to see all of our members photos and cars! At this point we do not expect to have access to the La Verne Community Center any time soon. We will keep you posted on our next meeting date. In the meantime, I encour- age you to call your fellow members to stay in touch. Also, our website and group Facebook page are good places to communicate with your fellow CAL-RODS members and share photos. Wishing you all good health and happy cruisin’! John Hussey, President The CAL-RODS Facebook Page is a private page and open to CAL-RODS members only. It does not require you to have an open Facebook account. We currently have over 100 mem- bers and would like to have all of you join us. Please contact Gregg Hoyle and he will walk you through the set up. Gregg Hoyle Facebook Page Administrator 909-518-1806 [email protected] CAL-RODS Originated in Baldwin Park in 1954 The Purpose of this Association is to Establish a Family Oriented Social Club that Promotes the Enjoyment, Restoration, and Preservation of Street Rods and Classic Cars. 2 New Web pages! Two new pages have been added to the CAL-RODS website. One page replaces the Car Gallery that required clicking on a thumbnail picture to view a larger picture. The gallery allowed just 200 characters of text including spaces and punctuation to provide car attributes. Despite using abbreviations, it was nearly impossible to describe the car in a readable and sensible manner. You can now enjoy the beautiful cars in our Club and a full description by visiting the CAL-RODS website at https://www.cal-rods.org The new page can be found by placing your cursor on the "About Us" in the top Navigation Bar on any page and clicking the “CAL-RODS Member Cars” from the drop-down menu. Send Emma Reardon, the Website Administrator, a picture and description of any cars you would like added. She welcomes corrections to any of the existing wording for cars already added. There is no limit on the number of cars each Member can display and no limit on the descriptive words. The second new page displays large pictures of our great looking CAL-RODS Members. This page was created because the Membership Directory allows just thumbnails. Go to http://www.cal-rods.com, click “About Us” in the top Navigation bar and select “CAL-RODS Member Pictures” from the drop-down menu. Send Emma a picture of yourself if your picture is missing or if you want it replaced. Her email is [email protected] or [email protected] 3 Now is the time to patronize our Sponsors! Many of our sponsors are small businesses that have felt the full affect of the closures and protocols that were put into place due to COVID19. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the products and services they provide to CAL-RODS and other car enthusiasts. You may be surprised at what you find. Allstar Galaxy Products 626-945-0095 American Classic Cars www.amclassiccars.com Cars Inc. www.carsinc.com Claremont Headstones Caskets Urns 626-833-9188 Covina Coin & Jewelry www.covinacoin.com Covina Hills Travel www.covinahills.com Eddie Motorsports www.eddiemotorsports.com Elegance Auto Interiors www.eleganceautointeriors.com Engine Dynamics www.facebook.com/pages/Engine-Dynamics Forest Lawn www.forestlawn.com General Driveshaft Service, Inc. www.generaldriveshaft.com Grand Printing www.grandprinting.net Hannemann Fiberglass Inc. www.hannemannfiberglass.com Hendrickson Automotive www.hendricksonautomotive.com Klaus & Sons, Plumbing, HVAC www.klausandsons.com Larry The Toy Man www.larrythetoyman.com Lojack for Classics www.lojackforclassics.com O’Reilly Auto Parts www.orellyauto.com Santa Anita Park www.santaanita.com SoCal Bolt & Supply www.socalbolt.com Suspension Worx 909-764-9289 Tri-5 Classics Auto & Truck Glass 909-967-1988 Tucker Tire Co. www.tuckertirecompany.com Volunteer For Veterans Foundation www.vfvfoundation.com 4 Support our Sponsors! 5 Jim and Kelly Karls 1939 Chevy powered by a 355' with Dart heads backed up with a built 700-R4 trans- mission. It has a '68 Nova sub-frame and 3.73:1. Posi-traction rear end. Mercedes Silver and Lexus Pearl white paint separated by a candy apple red beltline stripe & flames. This car was originally built by Jim and his Dad when Jim was just 15 years old. It has remained in the family for 36 years. Jim acquired it back two years ago. Bill and Linda Seal 23 Ford T Bucket. Brown upholstery, V-8 60 engine with twin carbs, aluminum heads and a mild cam . 5-speed Toyota transmis- sion, S10 rear end. Indy style mag wheels and Wilwood brakes. Acme beer keg gas tank. Norm and Renee Gerwien 1956 Ford F100 big window pick up. Clyde Searcey 1936 ford roadster, 21 stud V8 Flathead (stock) engine, 3 speed stock floor shift transmission, 411 gear ratio stock rear end, brown Naugahyde upholstery, wheels are stock 16" rims with spiders, stock suspen- sion, mechanical brakes. 6 Doug Seymour 1956 Ford Victoria Customline in Bermuda Blue and White. Upholstery is blue and white vinyl. 1957 T Bird 312 C.I. engine. Stock ford-omatic transmission. Stock ford rear end. Stock front end. Wheels are steel with beauty rims. Jesse and Chris Mezquita 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe. Chevy Specifications. Engine: V8, Pro-Flo 4 EFI System. The EFI system is 29 Lb/Hr Injectors capable of 450 HP with 58 p.s.i. fuel pressure. Displacement Bob and Linda Combe 1942 GMC Flatbed Duelly. Woodwork on bed and side rails all hand crafted by Bob. Engine is rebuilt original 228ci OHV. Electrical system has the rebuilt original generator and new wiring, but like the original, it remains a 6-volt system. Won “Best in Class” in Solvang 2019. Dave and Emely Knight 1957 Chevy 2 Door Wagon. Car is owned by Dave and his Son Doug. 350ci V8 with less than 300 miles. Borg Warner 5 speed manual transmission. PS, PB, A/C, bucket seats, digital gaug- es, aluminum radiator, headers w/ electronic cutouts. 7 Susan Akopoff & Pepper Salas 1964 Chevy Impala Super Sport. 1954 Ford F100. Took our kids out for a day in the sun. Don Geer 1937 Ford Cabriolet. 350ci LT1 GM. 700R automatic trans, 9” Ford chrome rear end. Wilwood disc brakes, Billet Specialties wheels with Goodyear Eagle tires, 225/45/ R17 front and 235/50/R18 rear. Tan & black upholstery, bucket seats divided by a full-length console. Dash houses digital gauges & flows around into the doors. A Boyd Coddington wheel tops the chromed tilt column. Black Hartz canvas top is high- lighted with bright chrome bows & hard- ware. Ken Campbell 1967 Chevelle. Black on black. 400 cu in motor, 4 wheel discs. Dakota analog dash. A/C, P/S, Boyd Coddington wheels. Retro sound w/blue tooth. Doc Conroy 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air. 365 Chevy engine, 5 speed Richmond stick trans, 9” Ford Lincoln rear end, front end by Williams, Americans wheels, tan leather upholstery. The car was featured in Hot Rod Magazine’s July 2002 issue and has been featured on IN-N-OUT T-shirts. 8 Don and Kathy Babbit 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe. LT1GN2 engine, 400 R trans, 9 inch Ford rear end, AC, PS, PB, American Torq thrust wheels, independ- ent suspension. Larry and Gwin Ramoneda 1954 Nash Metro, teal & white, matching tuck & roll. 79 Datsun B-210 Eng., Datsun automatic trans. Stock rear end & wheels. Chosen to parade down Pomona NHRA drag strip. Mark and Susan Paulus 1932 Ford Tudor. All original Henry Ford steel, original seats, air-conditioning, LS motor, buckboard chassis, 4-link suspension with coil overs. Bob and Joan Cornelius 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. 2003 Cobra 4.6 supercharged engine, 6 speed Tremec transmission, rack and pinion steering, four wheel disc brakes. 9 Goose Grani 1951 Henry J. 392 Chrysler Hemi balanced, 671 Weiand blower, dual quads, 706 hp, Tremac 5 speed transmlssion, dual clutch disks. Custom aluminum radiator, custom dash, over 40 modifications, Currie rear end with 411 gears, Kugel front clip, power steering, disc brakes, custom interior, House of Kolors Burgundy wine paint. Ken and Lori Nieto 1957 Chevrolet Model 210. Red cloth and white vinyl upholstery. 350V8 small block with MSD/260 (RV) 260 Competition cam. Transmission is Built 700R with shift kit /600 stall converter. Billet Banjo steering wheel, suspension is 2 1/2 inch front drop spindles. Limited slip posi-traction rear end with 373 gears, disc brake front, 15" first generation Halibrand aluminum wheels. Danny and Karen Blanton 1953 Ford F-100. Engine is 302 Ford, C-4 Transmission, 9” Ford rear end, stock front end, saw blade wheels, gray cloth uphol- stery. Ray and Marian Mahoney 1956 Ford F100 Panel. Gray naugahyde with tweed inserts, 383 Stroker Chevy Engine, 350 Chevy transmission, ORD F-100 Panel, 9" Ford rear end, 79 Volare clip front end, Cragger wheels.