Fireside Restaurant This Month in the 14 NEW CAR REVIEW RUMBLER Ford's 2015 Mustang TABLE OF CONTENTS Blends Classic and 1 JAMES VALLEY Modern Design 1 CLASSIC CAR STREET MACHINES 16 SUMMARY Meeting Time & Place 1965 Chevrolet 2 BISON 6 SHOW TIMES Chevelle 300 LOOKING TOWARDS 2 CLASSIC CAR THE FUTURE 19 SUMMARY Club President "Skovy" 1955 Chevrolet 4 BIRTHDAYS 150 Ambulance December CLASSIC CAR 22 BUFFALO CITY SUMMARY 4 TOURISM 1950 Oldsmobile Searle Swedlund Sedan Delivery I wish I still had that car CALENDAR OF 25 5 POPULAR FORMER EVENTS FUNNY CAR DRIVER 26 SWAP SHOP "240 GORDIE" BONIN 28 CAR CLUB SITES DIES 30 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 6 RUMBLER MINISTRY Scott W. Block 32 JAMESTOWN Thanksgiving Calendar of Events 7 WINGED WARRIOR 1970 Plymouth Superbird 10 WINGED WARRIOR 1969 Dodge Daytona 11 PAUL WALKER Dead at 40 12 AROUND MILL HILL P a g e | 2 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE: Written by Skovy As I sit here getting ready to compose my letter, I reminisce of the holiday season. It’s amazing how this season brings out the fond memories of family. Are we sure it’s so commercial? Stores do take advantage of the warm and fuzzy feeling we all have at this season but in the long run we all remember … family. I’ll share a short story of my childhood then explain why I’m sharing it after I’m through with my story. When I turned 13 my then future brother-in-law Fran took a job at a Standard Gas Station that was only 3 blocks from my house. I went to visit him and who’d of thought that the owners and workers at that gas station did more than pump gas. It was a mini speed shop where the owner was building a Corvette that was totaled, another worker had a 65 GTO with a 389 3 deuces and Fran had a real cool Gremlin X. Gremlin X … Cool you say? Well at 13 IT WAS AWSOME! Right across the street at the TEXACO station was a couple of P a g e | 3 drag racers that ran quarter mile Now you know why I’m a car dialed that darn 55 in whereas at Glendive. I was in heaven! salesman to this day. she ran like a kitten. The 55 had a 6 cylinder in it originally and I hung around those two gas I took the keys to that ugly 4:10 Posi rear end. With it being stations for two years just Falcon and drove it straight to a station wagon it hooked waiting my turn. My cousin from Johnsons Wrecking in Mandan incredible! Now all I had to do is Bismarck Dave would come over where I knew they had a 55 learn to drive a clutch, remember on occasion to challenge the gas Chevy Nomad body. No engine or I was only 15. station guys. At that time he was transmission. I walked right in driving a real fast 67 Impala with there and told them I’ll trade a big block. They would trick up them my car and all I wanted the engines and go hunting Dave was $100.00 and that old 55 and his Bismarck crew. Back then Chevy body. They thought they we didn’t Street Fight, we Street hit the lottery I think and they Raced. Right on Main Street! took the keys. My friends from the Texaco station came out and I knew my time was coming towed the 55 up to their station. soon. I yearned for it. Just so happens they had a 327 and 4 speed from a Nova that When I turned 15 in 1973 only ran ok. And guess what? They one thing was on my mind ... wanted $100.00 for it. (Maybe I Enter the boys from the Standard “DRIVERS LICENSE”! knew that hehe). I agreed to Station. Bob was building that work 2 weeks at their station for rolled over Corvette for one thing My father was a motor head the installation of the engine and and one thing only … quarter himself. He knew what I was into transmission. mile at a time. Fran and Bob took and wanted to play a joke (I me out a couple of times and think) on me. He had a 69 practiced with me showing me Suburban. Yah I know what where my shift points should be you’re thinking … Suburban. But and how to hole shot it correctly. dad’s Suburban had a little After 2 weeks I WAS READY! surprise that not too many people knew about. Chris I rode my Schwinn to my house Ressler, our local Chevrolet and told my dad … I’M READY. salesman knew of a little COPO He said “For what”? I told him I order number he could put in on was ready to pack the doors of dad’s order and that’s how dad that Suburban in the back of my ordered it. There was not too station wagon. All he could do is many L78 396 Suburban’s with laugh thinking I had the Falcon 3:73’s built in those days. The Wagon. He said “Ok … Let’s go!” darn Suburban was nasty fast. I told him I’d meet him at Sounded real cool also with the Jumbo’s that was a hamburger solid lifters and straight exhaust. stand on main street Mandan. Anyway, dad went to the City of My dad asked me what I did with He didn’t even flinch when I Mandan’s City wide auction and the Falcon and I told him I was pulled up with the 55 (loud and bought a 1961 Ford Falcon tuning it up for the big race. He proud) no headers, just head station wagon for me. He paid a wasn’t scared since the Falcon pipes sawed off at the curve. whopping $100.00 for it. When I had a 170 Super 6 cylinder in it. Well, we went to the stop light came to him to hit him up for my and I looked over … He was just driver’s license he threw me the Fran, my future brother in law looking forward and I was keys to the Falcon and said … had an Edelbrock and Holly set shaking like a leaf. Come on When you can blow my doors off up that I bought from him for Light, do me right! I was saying you can have your license. $10.00 On the 55 it went. My over and over. Light turned green drag race friends from Texaco and I went up in smoke. Darn it I P a g e | 4 yelled … To narrow of tires. 3rd Now onto JVSM business. Our gear came before I hooked up year end gathering is on and off I went. I came to the December 17th (a Tuesday night). next light and looked in my rear Open bar from 6-7 and Prime Rib view mirror. Back at the last light dinner at 7. Members cost is SEARLE SWEDLUND sat my dad. I turned around and $16.00 for a single and $25.00 Executive Director went back. He had a big smile on for a couple. JVSM’s will pick up his face and told me … I guess the rest. You will be able to pay you earned it Steve. The license your 2014 dues at the door. was mine and I haven’t looked back since. Thanks dad for letting Also, there will be an auction me win! after dinner. Roger Nenow has agreed to do the auctioneering The holiday season brings fond and member Rock’n Ronnie memories of times like these. Schauer will do DJ work after the Little things like these forms your auction. future lives. Remember that when you’re with your children. We need auction items. The You do make a difference. RUMBLER and club need funds to make up on 2013 bills. If you have items you can donate let me know right away so I can make room for the things. I Wish I Still Had That Car You don’t have to be a member to attend. For non-members the This is my “I wish I still had that night will cost $20.00 per person car” story. We all have that one … but if you join that night we’ll machine that represented the figure you’re already a member icon period of our lives when cars and you’ll get the same deal as were cool, fast and fun. When members for the meal. I’m visiting with people at car shows, they tell me their stories Make sure you attend and bring about their childhood Mustang, lots of money for the auction. or 70’s muscle car and the passive decision to part with it Happy Holidays Street Machines! (or her). The wish of many is more of a question. What could Skovy be if “that car” was still in their lives? My car of question is a MEMBERSHIP BIRTHDAY: 1979 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. DECEMBER I just saw one a few weeks back. Dale Speckman 12/13 Their telltale iconic wood Now the reason I bring this up Bonnie Mathias 12/14 paneling and luggage rack also is a family of members from Robert Gleeson 12/15 defines them almost as well as Pingree. Everybody knows the Thomas Ravely 12/21 the signature rust around the Thomas family Troy, Jerry, Bob Lulay 12/27 wheel wells.