Northern Lights The Ohio Region Classic Car Club of America SPRING 2020 Quality in Every Detail 1936 Cord 810 ‘Armchair’ Beverly COOLING SYSTEM TECH • DREAM GARAGE • ROLLING CAR SHOW Board of Managers, Ohio Region Club News & Calendar Al Truelson David Heinrichs Hello Matt, Director, Awards Chairman Asst. Director, Head Judge I just finished the digital edition of the Winter 2020 carts out of the building’s basement where a one car garage 3616 Erhart Rd. Litchfield, OH 44253 Stan Hywet Inner Circle Northern Lights. First, let me congratulate you on another door allowed access to a space just big enough for the Jordan. 216-299-0576 25716 Osborne Rd. Columbia Station, OH 44028 great issue, your work continues to Dave approved and we got to plug in [email protected] 440-668-3763 impress. I read extensively in the car a trickle charger for the weak battery. [email protected] hobby, and in my opinion your work is The extended Stecker family got to see Kathleen “Kat” Fink equal to the best in the business. Jim’s pride and joy on the Manor House Membership Chairperson Diane Truelson I enjoyed your reminisces about lawn Sunday and it was a crowd pleaser 19130 Brookfield Dr. Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 Treasurer Dave Polson and learned a few things all day long. The car had already been 440-384-3086 3616 Erhart Rd. Litchfield, OH 44253 about him I did not know. I met Dave invited to Pebble Beach later that year, [email protected] 440-552-9360 shortly after joining ORCCCA in where I believe it was awarded 2nd in [email protected] 1998 although I can’t recall the how class, but with a little luck, it premiered John Jones and where. The first time I worked in Akron, Ohio. Secretary Margus Sweigard with him was for the 2008 Stan Hywet I also concur with your thoughts on 17816 Shaw Ave. Stan Hywet Assistant Coordinator Father’s Day show. The Saturday prior the state of the hobby, vis-à-vis rolling Lakewood, OH 44107 2800 Hemlock Dr. Willoughby, OH 44094 I was at the back gate early to insure works of art. I don’t mean to step on 216-375-9181 440-942-1647 all went well with the Inner Circle cars toes, but we don’t enjoy that aspect of [email protected] [email protected] arriving in advance. It was a dreary the hobby overmuch. In looking back day with occasional light rain, not through old CCCA publications it can unusual for us, right? Harry Wolk had Norm Cangey George Strom be found that years ago many of the obtained visqueen sufficient to cover cars, including those of Jack Nethercutt Membership Committee co-chair Stan Hywet Inner Circle all the Inner Circle cars. Word got to and other club luminaries, were driven 21355 Hillsdale Ave. Fairview Park, OH 44126 646 Washington Ave. Elyria, OH 44035 me that Dave was at the front gate with long distances, sometimes in snow and 440-333-8921 440-322-6608 Jim Stecker’s immaculate 1930 Jordan rain, to attend the Annual Meetings [email protected] Model Z Speedway Ace for what was in Buck Hill Falls PA. You and I agree Jim Keller to be its first showing. I headed over that all cars become used in the space Rich Fink Stan Hywet Committee to meet him. It was drizzling at the time and he immediately of their first mile; imagine Mr. Nethercutt’s Rolls Royce after Editor—High Beam, Club Photographer 5255 Sandy Circle N.W. asked about provisions for keeping the car dry. The use of the trip from the west coast. I’ll bet it was a fun trip. 19130 Brookfield Dr. Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 Canton, OH 44718 visqueen on this fresh Jim Capaldi restored roadster, the only 440-384-3086 330-268-2958 Model Z known to exist, didn’t appeal to me to begin with, Mike Dube [email protected] [email protected] and less so to Dave, who advised he was not leaving the car Ravenna, Ohio exposed to the elements. The general idea being if we couldn’t Bob Girardi Joan Kamper put it inside somehow, we would not have it Sunday, making Hi Matt, Club Historian Sunshine no one happy. I asked for a little time to check options, and I must commend you on the fine article that you wrote 324 Substation Rd. Brunswick Hills, OH 44212 9225 Lindbergh Blvd. Olmsted Falls, OH 44138 deciding to leave the ORCCCA main tent as a last resort, went about David [Polson]. You were very kind and spot on. 440-823-9151 440-234-5659 down to the administration building to see what the staff Dave was a brilliant self taught person. I remember he did a [email protected] [email protected] could offer. They put me in touch with a man, whose name I frame-off on my ’29 Packard and guaranteed me that it would do not remember, who in short order moved a couple of golf be at the AACA meet at Hershey, probably in the mid ’80s. He Andy Hussar Josie Adams showed up there, car in trailer, but not totally assembled yet. Club Projects, Stan Hywet Inner Circle Committee Stan Hywet Committee He did say it would be at Hershey! That was Polson. The next 2150 Kenyon Ave. S.W. Massillon, OH 44647 3766 Everett Rd. Richfield, OH 44286 Event Calendar year we took it to Pebble and it won the best open car. 330-575-3421 330-524-2653 He is truly missed by both Pam and me. He never failed to [email protected] [email protected] July 25 Harwood Motors Open House call each of us on our birthdays. The end of an era. (the Harwood Family) Lee Wolff Much appreciated Assistants to the Board Sept. 10-12 Salem Tour/Grand Classic Chagrin Falls, Ohio Melanie Harwood, Stan Hywet Coordinator & Registrar (David Johnson) Marjorie Strom, Stan Hywet Inner Circle Matt Harwood, Editor, “Northern Lights” magazine Bob Brown, Equipment manager/Stan Hywet Head Judge National Dues are $80, payable to Classic Car Club of America, P.O. Box 346160, Chicago, IL 60634. Regional dues are $25 single or $30 including spouse. One must be a national member to be a regional member and all payments are Northern Lights is the official publication of the Ohio Region Classic Car Club of America. It is published quarterly(ish). managed by the CCCA National Headquarters in Chicago. Visit www.ClassicCarClub.org for more information or Northern Lights is printed and mailed by Engler Printing, 808 W. State Street, Freemont, OH 43420. contact Kathleen Fink, Ohio Region Membership Chairperson. 2 Email us: [email protected] 3 EDITOR’S LETTER BACK SEAT DRIVER Matt Harwood, Editor-In-Chief Riley Harwood, Editor-At-Large uring this COVID-19 lockdown, our family has participated in 4. If you need photos Dthree separate day tours, which were really rolling car shows. of the event, please Car Shows During Quarantine Meet up somewhere, drive in line to a few hospitals and retirement appoint someone else homes, honk and wave, go home. Unfortunately, all three were to do it. One tour leader t’s a very good time for driving. If you’re in a car you’re still in quarantine. Instead frustrating because the organizers overlooked the basics or simply stopped every time we of car shows where you park your car and sit around talking, you drive to a meeting didn’t manage the event correctly. These tips are a result of seeing were about to turn into I problems in action. Maybe you can learn from their mistakes. a rest home driveway, place and stay in your car. Eventually the host will give you directions and hopefully a 1. Drive a reasonable speed. High speeds aren’t often a problem waved the other cars map and you can drive there. Sometimes you travel together almost like a parade and on car tours. The actual problem is going too slow. That may seem AROUND him, taking sometimes it’s just an interesting drive and you can go by yourself. If you don’t get out like a non-issue, but on all three of these outings, the tour leader at photos of the line of of your car, you are technically still in quarantine and it is a good way to enjoy your car the head of the line went so slowly in an attempt to keep the group cars as they pulled in. safely. together that it caused all kinds of problems. At one point we were Meanwhile, radiators are getting steamy, we often had to pull into Sometimes at these driving car shows there is a lot traffic and the weather is hot. That on a two-lane country road with a posted 50 MPH speed limit and oncoming lanes to go around his car, local traffic is being blocked, can be very tough for your old car to handle because temperatures will go up. Usually cars from the 1950s and older are in my speedometer showed 15 MPH. Meanwhile, traffic is backing and, well, it’s just a mistake to stop like that. Have someone zoom greater danger because their engines aren’t as modern and might not stay cool as well as newer cars. You should be sure your up behind us with people trying to go about their daily lives. We ahead to each stop and take the photos instead. engine and radiator are in top condition. motored along that way for 15 minutes.