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Upcoming Meets
Chairlady’s Message
June 9, 2012 Meet
MCRD Command Museum
Technical Topics - Betsy’s Saga - Part 4
RROC National Board Comments
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Cover Photo: Photographer:
Ted Struck’s 2006 Bentley Arnage, Blue Train Edition, LC6-11185
Ted Struck
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August 12
September 11
October 7
Annual Mascot Competition andLeo Carillo Ranch Tour
Balboa Island Yacht Club & Harbor Cruise
North County Drive & Picnic
British Car Day -- Liberty Station, Point Loma
Upcoming Meets
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We will hold our Annual Mascot Competition during our July meet. This year’s theme is “Early California.” Steve and Al Tarkington are our meet hosts. We will travel along El Camino Real, the ”King’s Highway,” to the Leo Carrillo Ranch, where we will have a no-host picnic and also a tour of the Ranch. In August, Virginia Foster and Arthur Hammons will host a brunch and yacht tour based out of the Newport Beach Yacht Club.
Looking forward to seeing you !! Al Whitley, Vice-Chair, for Ivonne Webb, Chairlady
Chair - Ivonne [email protected]
Vice Chair - Al [email protected]
Treasurer - Terry [email protected]
Secretary - Harry [email protected]
We will hold our Annual Mascot Competition during our July meet. This year’s theme is “Early California.” Steve and Al Tarkington are our meet hosts. We will travel along El Camino Real, the ”King’s Highway,” to the Leo Carrillo Ranch, where we will have a no-host picnic and also a tour of the Ranch. In August, Virginia Foster and Arthur Hammons will host a brunch and yacht tour based out of the Newport Beach Yacht Club.
Looking forward to seeing you !! Al Whitley, Vice-Chair, for Ivonne Webb, Chairlady
,Dear friends
Ivonne and Rob are travelling in Europe. We look forward to their return.
Our May meet was scheduled for Mother’s Day weekend. We cancelled that meet because it seemed that many of us had commitments elsewhere. Our June meet, at the MCRD (Marine Corps Recruit Depot) Command Museum was an inspirational, moving and impressive event.
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Activities - Klaus [email protected] - Frank Hamad
Awards - Tom [email protected] - Marilyn Mulloy
Historian - Brad [email protected]
Judging - Dan [email protected]
Membership - Larry [email protected]
Photographer - Lou [email protected]
Pre War - Greg [email protected]
Public Relations - Tom [email protected]
Technical - Tyrone Flower 760.434.2485 tyronefl [email protected]
SCN Editor - Ted Struck [email protected] Chair - Valerie Suter [email protected]
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Our June 9th meet began at 1000 hours with a tour of the Command Museum at Marine Corps Recruit Depot. The museum has an extensive collection of art, artifacts, uniforms, weapons and equipment. More than 300,000 people visit the museum each year.
Bill Westmoreland was our very excellent docent. Bill retired as a First Sergeant after 20 years of service, and with his passion and powerful voice, it was no surprise he was a Drill Instructor (D.I.). Jerry Strayve, Jr., was the only Marine in our group, serving from 1975 to 1985.
The California campaign (1864) during the Mexican-American War was our fi rst Gallery. Featured battles were Klamath Falls, Monterey, Santa Clara, San Gabriel, Mule Hill (now Rancho Bernardo) and San Pasqual (SD Safari Park). Famous names included Gillespie and Kearny. Those of us who had social studies in California schools had our memories refreshed. The war in California ended in early 1847; the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, which was very fortuitous. Not only did the USA gain 500,000 square miles (Manifest Destiny, from sea to shining sea, etc.) but gold was discovered at Sutter’s Fort that same year. No surprise that California was the 31st state admitted to the Union in 1850. And the rest is history …
WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraqi Freedom also had galleries, with galleries for Iraq and Afghanistan in progress. Among the interesting information we gleaned:
Grunts do the heavy lifting and Leathernecks are tough.
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During Vietnam, four cigarettes were included in each C-ration.
Saddam Hussein was enamored with “Star Wars” and had elite troops with black Darth Vader helmets. One captured during Iraqi Freedom was displayed.
Boot Camp is now 12-13 weeks. On day 56 of basic training, recruits tour the Museum. Week 11 is “The Crucible” at Camp Pendleton which is 54 hours of teamwork and obstacles. Two squads of 20 men each complete The Crucible together, varying their roles. The D.I. rotates the mission (fi re team, security team, etc.) and rotates the squad leader. They must overcome both food and sleep deprivation, hiking more than 50 miles with rifl es and daypacks between these obstacles. The last “day” of these 54 hours, the recruits complete 10 miles up “The Grim Reaper.” Enough said.
Navajo Code Talkers served with the Marines in the Pacifi c during WWII.
Since 2003, 155,000 women have served in the Marines. Enlisted women have a separate boot camp, but the female offi cers train together with the men. In 2011, 13,677 women were serving, many of them on Afghanistan Engagement Teams, smoothing cultural differences.
Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher is on the Board of Directors of the Museum.
The Armory room displayed 350 US and foreign weapons. The Medals and Decorations room was complete, with dress uniforms as well. George Washington initiated the Purple Heart during the Revolutionary War. Purple represents royalty and George Washington’s bust in white is on the present medal. The Congressional Medal of Honor was created during the Civil War.
Lastly, we saw a group of “poolies” out the window in the courtyard. They have enlisted, yet have 120 days to fi nish school and get their personal affairs in order before reporting for basic training. They were getting a little early orientation. As Al pointed out, they looked a lot straighter and sharper one hour after we fi rst noticed them!
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m[Author’s note: My heart swells with pride that America still produces youth who would make these tough choices. They are not texting during The Crucible! Please be aware that Congress has already cut ½ trillion out of the 10-year budget, and our military is prepared to live with that. However, Congress now wants to cut another ½ trillion. Is this a wise reduction of spending?
Our youth who are making the military choice deserve our support for their training and equipment. Our docent said that at the end of the Vietnam (remember the draft?) War, the training went from 12 weeks down to eight weeks. Don’t know about the Casualty Rate. Any guesses?]
The sun came out for our lunch on the balcony of Point Loma Seafoods!
An interesting and informative meet, good lunch, good company and a beautiful San Diego day. Thanks to our meet host, Al Whitley.
Region members and guests attending the meet included Ted Struck & Al Whitley, 2006 Bentley Arnage Blue Train Edition; Tom Wright, 1959 RR Silver Cloud I; Al & Steve Tarkington, 1960 RR Silver Cloud II; Will & Joyce Bartfi eld with guests Don & Carol Mackay, 2000 Bentley Arnage; Lou & Valerie Suter, 1988 RR Silver Spur; Virginia Foster with guest Jerry Strayve, Jr., 2006 RR Phantom; Terry Luallin, 1979 RR Silver Shadow II; Lana Zabolotnaya, 2005 Bentley Continental GT; Vivian & Bill Bieley, 1988 RR Silver Spur.
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Story by Liz Flower Part 4
After much hard work and many long hours, Lady Betsy’s owners were very proud and “on the road again”. We were so happy. Then about 30 minutes later, the phone rang. ”Hey guess what?” a familiar voice says, “I made it all the way to Palomar Airport and I think her gearbox just gave out.” My heart sunk as I shouted to the guys at the other end of the shop, “Prepare Betsy’s lift!”
Betsy’s “Hydramatic” was one of the original mass produced, fully automatic 4 speed gearboxes produced by General Motors. It was refi ned and launched in late 1939 and became known as the “Hydramatic drive”. This gearbox was amazingly cheap and when Rolls Royce was granted a license to build these gearboxes, modifi cations were made to the tail housing and output shaft. These assemblies housed the ride control pump and friction servo for the brakes. They also decided to tighten up existing tolerances and improve the fi nish on the components, “for Gods sake, it’s a Rolls Royce”. Believe it or not, this “Hyrdramatic” gearbox was so sound that it would be more than 10 years before a better version could be designed. Then you may ask, “What the hell happened since many vehicles have covered over 200,000 miles before anything more than routine maintenance was required?” Well, that’s the next $68,000 question.
The tow truck arrived with Lady Betsy, in not so much glory. She was unloaded and brought inside and placed back on her lift. We began to drain her gearbox fl uid and instantly saw metal shavings. Yep, get the big guns guys, another major transformation was about to take place. After her gearbox was taken out and dismantled, we found that over the years of non-use and lack of maintenance, her driving torus and surrounding veins were so full of dirt that her fl uid was unable to fl ow and lubricate most of her major components. (I feel like that most days).
The driving torus acts much like a human heart, pumping the gearbox fl uid through the system to keep all the working parts lubricated and functioning together. Once the fl uid could not longer work through the system, the front drum (which houses the forward planetary gears), the clutches and the intermediate shaft were all damaged. The intermediate shaft is essential because it drives all the gears, meaning both the forward and reverse motion of the vehicle. Yikes! In order to get her back on the road, we cleaned, replaced and rebuilt the entire gearbox back to original factory specs. Betsy’s gearbox was re-installed and refi lled with new gearbox fl uid. We started her up and let her engine purr for about 5 minutes before re-checking to see if we had the proper fl uid level. We determined the fl uid level was correct so we turned our attention to the adjustment of the friction servo for the brakes, as the gearbox is directly responsible for the pressure applied to the brake master cylinders in stopping the vehicle.
It seems that we are fi nally coming to the end of our journey. It’s been a long road of examinations, plastic surgeons, hot fl ashes and indulgence from all of you who
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have been following the rebirth for this majestic lady. Some surprises are still to come with one more article and a bit more history. Yep, I guess you fi gured it out that even though Tyrone has been writing this story, the biggest secret is (don’t tell him), I have been re-writing all of them before they go to print….shhhhhh! Bloody Marvelous! as Tyrone would say. Stay tuned…………
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