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October 2009 Newsletter
Tomas Deccio, Editor
What's Happening-
Our next meeting will be
Tuesday, November 3rd at The Modern Restaurant. Come at 6pm if
you want to have dinner with friends, the meeting will be at 7pm. We will be
voting or new officers at the meeting so if you would like to participate please
attend.
Well, the weather hasn't been too bad for October. It did mess with the Mustang
Show N Shine at Paterson but other than that, it has been pretty good. There
were some die-hards that went to Paterson anyway and had a good time. At first
there was rain, mainly while on the way there and then the lovely dust storm
hit. It was windy and dry over there and the dust and sand were flying! I
understand that we had a good showing at Wheatland Village on the 11th.
The residents there were appreciative of us bringing our cars there for them. We
also had to revise our cruise schedule since The Fountain in MF closed. So
instead, we went to Del Taco in College Place. We had a great time. The owner
was very excited to have us there and he gave us free nachos and also gave us
some t-shirts that we will raffle off at the party. That was very nice and I
would like to see us go back there again next year. Earlier in the year would be
better when it doesn't get so dark so soon so that we can see the cars in the
parking lot. This coming Friday, October 30 will be our final cruise night and
it will be at El Sombrero on Ash Street. I hope to see y'all there!
That's it from me this month. Hope to see ya at the meeting at The Modern!
Presidential Quips-
Howdy
Everyone!
What a
fun cruise to Del Taco. The owner Jerry Hanson was a great host to our club. He
figured out a great way to park us so there was plenty of room for all. Good
turn out that evening considering the day was not bright and sunny! Del Taco
gave us free nachos and some T-Shirts to give away. (We will keep them for the
party in January)
Speaking of the party in January, Jeff Filbrandt has been working to find places
for us to go. He has come up with 3 options or types of events for our End of
Year or Beginning of Year party. Option 1 includes a potluck and us renting a
place to have this. The club would provide the main course, dinnerware, and pop
and members would bring the other stuff. Option 2 is that we rent an area and
then have a local caterer cater our event. Option 3 is to go to a place where
there is no set up and no tear down and pay the price. I have added yet another
idea to option number three that we (the members) chip in 1/2 to the cost of the
meal. That would help us not empty out our bank account. Please come to the
meeting and help choose what we will do.
Speaking of the last meeting of 2009. We will be at The Modern on November 3rd.
That is a big meeting. Final Nominations from the floor of the meeting will be
taken and a vote for the new slate of officers will be happening. I have heard
rumblings out there that there might be more people running than anticipated.
Only time will tell you know how rumors are...
Also
at that meeting we will be deciding where we will be giving our donations to
this year. We are a non-profit organization and part is giving back to the
community (or local area). If you have suggestions of places we could donate
money please come to the meeting. It will start at 7 p.m. on the 3rd
at The Modern.
This is a reminder of one of our last events of the season. Please get your car
out one more time to honor the Veteran's. This is their day and we can help
celebrate with them.
"Wednesday,
November 11th we have been asked to participate in the Veteran's Day
Parade. We are invited to have breakfast at the VFW 7-9 am. We will stage for
this parade at 6th and Main Streets and continue up to Palouse. This
parade will begin promptly at 11 am. Bring your flags to decorate your car and
support our troops. Lunch is also served after the parade and we are again
invited at no cost. Dinner is provided for anyone beginning at 5 pm for the
cost of $8.00. Last year we drove in the rain and there were people there to
watch us. I look at it this way...the men and women who served in the armed
forces before and those who serve currently don't get to stay inside when it
rains. Get out your boots and join us in this parade."
If you
are good at getting products from local businesses please contact Maggie. We
traditionally have a group of people that go out into our local communities to
find items we can use for raffle prizes. One of my favorite car shows of the
season is Othello Spud Run. They great you as you enter the park, the workers
are at the exit to thank you for coming and they have the best raffle I have
ever seen. They sell a raffle ticket for $20. For this raffle ticket you have
the opportunity to win one of 8 or 9 amazing gifts. Flat screen TV, Barbeques,
and other amazing gifts that are donated.
Another show we attended had us buy tickets by the $10.00 and we went around and
put the tickets in bags in front of the donated item. That way you get what you
want. If I am not mistaken they had some great gifts for that car show also!
So those are some ideas that work for getting prizes out to people.
This
will be my last official meeting for the year and I want to thank you all for
the help and great friendships we have forged in the last few years. I will
remain the president until the meeting in January. Looking forward to just
being a member of the car club next year. Thanks for everything! You have been
awesome!
Happy
cruising!
Maggie
Cruiser's Market Place-
**New-For Sale:
1970 Dodge Demon, 440 Automatic, lots of new parts. $18,000, Call Bob Maiuri at
525.2093.
For Sale:
1947 GMC 5 window pick up. 350hp 283 Corvette engine, electronic ignition, 4 bbl
carb, and a turbo 400 tranny. Pick up is disassembled. It has a chrome bumper,
and a Cadillac telescoping/tilt steering column. It is mounted on a 1980 Chevy
frame, has disk brakes, a French electric antenna, new spot light, 4 new shocks
and it's a short bed. $2500 firm. Contact Ken Moss at
509-529-3853.
For Sale:
1967 Chevrolet step side long bed. This is a 'box off' restoration. The frame
has been completely sand blasted. Two or more coats of industrial primer and
two or more coats of industrial gloss black paint. 95 percent of the running
gear has been sand blasted. The engine, transmission, drive line have all been
removed. The engine compartment has been sand blasted and two or more coats of
(dtm) direct to metal etching primer. Two or more coats of epoxy white primer
sealer. The box has a new economy type wood floor. It has been put together
with all new bolts. The body and box has been taken down to metal. All body
work has been completed, emblems have been removed and holes have been filled
in. Body and box has been sprayed with two or more coats of dtm and three or
more coats of white epoxy primer sealer. Inside the cab has been sprayed with
dtm and white epoxy primer sealer. I have invested over $1500 in this pickup
and I need the garage space. Make me an offer I can't refuse. I have a car
trailer so I can make a free local delivery to your front door. ALL THE HARD
DIRTY WORK HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU. IT'S 98% READY TO BE PAINTED OR LEAVE IN
PRIMER SEALER. Del Avery 509.382.4142 (call days) Dayton.
Cruise Schedule-
Regular cruise schedule: (this is subject to change!)
All
Cruises are on a Friday and begin at 7:00 pm, unless otherwise stated.
The
car shows listed are popular shows that some of our members have attended.
Friday cruises are in Bold. Late in the summer, we will move up the
cruise start times-stay tuned.
October
30th
El Sombrero (Ash St.)
Whalen's World-
This is not a story about the yellow brick road in the land of OZ; it's about an
unknown red brick street in Seattle (1958): The word got around in my high
school about a red brick street on Capital Hill that anyone could smoke their
tires going up it.
North of Denny Way Street was the block long red brick street. The red brick
street was so steep there were terraces of retaining walls on both sides of the
street to keep the earth from sliding into Lake Union. (I think at one time
there was a slide after an earthquake and that's why the retaining walls were
put up) There were no apartment buildings near the red brick street. (This is
important because there was no one around to call the cops on us for what we
were about to do)
The bricks were smooth as silk but the bricks did not lie even in the street.
One brick might be higher or lower then the next one; the street was very uneven
so there were a lot of little bumps. Five or six of us would line up around the
corner from the base of the hill so when we made the right turn to go up the
hill we could smoke our tires right away. It was so rough the tires would bounce
up and off the bricks but when the tires touch down again you would lay a patch
of rubber. What fun.
There were times guys were smoking the tires so bad their car stopped moving.
Once you stopped you couldn't get started up the hill again because you couldn't
get any traction; I saw a lot of cars that had to back down the hill. (I was one
of them) The competition went from just smoking your tires to smoking your tires
and making it over the top of the hill; on any one night maybe one out of four
cars made it over the top. I never made it over the top.
*Ten years later I was on Capital Hill with my wife on our way to visit her
mother and some how we ended up down at the base of the red brick street.
Marylou didn't know what I was about to achieve but she did ask me "What are
doing on this street?"
I told
her "It's a short cut"
We
bounced our way up the street in our 1968 VW and a couple of times I got little
chirps of rubber when the tires came back down on the bricks. I had a big smile
on my face as we went up and over the top of the hill that day.
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