THE PUGET SOUND REGION VINTAGE CHEVROLET CLUB OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER

F e b r u a ry 2 0 0 7 V o l u me 4 0 , I s s ue 2

1967

2007

Our 40th year!

“The Early Years” Puget Sound Region VCCA History 1967 – 1975 Featuring the Bryan/Johnson 1925 Series M Chevrolet Truck

February Meeting Program The February Meeting Program on Monday the 26th will be our annual auction. Bring items you are willing to donate and a wallet chock-full of currency. (See p. 3 for more details). The Roberts are providing the treats for the meeting.

2007 Club Officers 2

Director’s Corner 3

Club Store 4

Events Calendar 6

Glove Box 10

Safety Corner 10

Classified 11

Minutes 8,9

The Early Years 1,4,5

Feb Meeting Program 3

March Tour 6

Departments

Contents

Points of Interest

Last month this publication carried the story of the Puget Sound Re-gion’s beginning in mid-summer 1967. This month we cover the early years of the Club as it struggled to grasp its place within the VCCA rep-resenting the Seattle Metropolitan area. The VCCA members attempting to organize the Puget Sound Region were young enthusiastic individuals and couples who labored tirelessly at providing events, tours and activities for the new group. There were car shows complete with displays, poker runs, tours, and picnics. Continued on p. 4

1925 Chevrolet Series M Truck formerly owned by early members Nick and Brenda Bryan. It is now owned by Dennis and Gerri Johnson and is shown here with its miniature replica overlooking Poulsbo.

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1967 - Puget Sound Region VCCA - 2007

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The Puget Sound Region of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America (PS-VCCA) is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, fun and enjoyment of vintage Chevrolet cars and trucks. Members are not required to own a Chevrolet. PS-VCCA Regional membership is open to all Chevrolet enthusiasts who are members of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America (VCCA). All Chevrolets from 1912 through 1982 may be registered with the region. General meetings are held on the 4th Monday of the month at Tillicum Middle School in Bellevue .WA. Meetings in September through May are from 7:30PM to 9:30PM. On nice days driving vintage Chevrolets is encouraged. June and August meetings are announced in this publication. No meetings are held in July or December. You can learn more about the club by visiting the website where you can see color photos of previous tours, parts for sale, wanted, etc. and there is a link to view our Monthly Newsletter “Tappet Clatter.” You can find the PS-VCCA website on the World Wide Web @ http://pugetsoundvintagechevrolet.org/

Wanted Reward! 2007 is our 40th year. We are going to celebrate the anniversary in the Tappet Clatter throughout the year. Historical and memorable articles and pictures are sought for the next 12 Issues. We are also seeking “Spotlights” of club member’s cars for the 2007 Tappet Clatters. Please take the time to write up the history of your car. Send it and at least two pictures to Jim Farris. See the past Tappet Clatters as examples. Reward? You will receive a professionally-printed, color copy of your edition and help us produce an interesting monthly publication. Let’s make 2007 a special year. THANKS.

2007 Puget Sound Region Officers and Board DIRECTOR- - - - - - - - - Bill Damm billdamm@msn.com ASST DIRECTORS- - - -Jim Martoza chevyjim@cablespeed.com Lee Folsom carolee@verizon.net TREASURER- - - - - - - - Sallie Comstock d.comstock@att.net SECRETARY- - - - - - - - Dick Jones dick10051@comcast.net EDITOR - - - - - - - - - - - Jim Farris farrismej@aol.com ASSISTANT EDITOR -- Dave Haddock chevydave@gmail.com MEMBERSHIP - - - - - - -Donna Onat donnaonat@juno.com ACTIVITIES - - - - - - - Rod & Evie Schein areshine@areshine.com Mary & Jerry Brownell ljsbrownell@juno.com HISTORIAN - - - - - - - - Bob Helgeson helgy@gte.net CLUB STORE - - - - - - - Ana Maria-George Haley anama97@comcast.net WEBMASTER - - - - - - Jim Martoza chevyjim@cablespeed.com GLOVE BOX - - - - - - - Al Howe deahowe@earthlink.net Jim Darby jdarb@worldnet.att.net Classified Ads farrismej@aol.com psvcca.ads@gmail.com Photos in this issue by: Helgeson, Seiber, Johnson, Farris and Historical

Happy Valentines Day

Director’s Corner

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Directors Message

The Awards Banquet is what we look forward to every year, this year being no exception. It was great, every-one enjoyed each others good company, and the carrot cake too. Many thanks to our team that made the ar-rangements with The Golden Steer. Behind the scenes, our team also rounded up the door prizes (with foot work and cash) which always are a hit and add to the festivities. Thanks again to George Kowats, John Strampher, and Jim Martoza!!! Some other behind the scenes work that also deserves credit are the creation, printing, and assembly of the Officer Recognition Certificates, designing and procuring the 40th Anniversary mugs, engraving for the Directors Award Trophy, and crafting the out-going directors Plaque of Apprecia-tion. For all of that, Thank You Bob Helgeson and Jim Farris!!!! Our Region’s turn to put on the 2010 Northwest Meet is only three years away and we need to start thinking about a location for it now. We need a volunteer to act as a “Site Focal” and provide a guide of what site amenities we are looking for and to correlate the feed back and recommendations from other members. Dur-ing our travels this year we can all keep our eyes open for a possible site, see if it matches our guide, and then submit our recommendation to our focal. At one of our fall meetings our focal can present the findings so that we can collectively select a preferred site. I will ask for a “Site Focal” volunteer at our February meeting so please consider helping us get a head start in preparation for our big event. Thank you. Bill Damm

February Meeting Program

This months program will be our club auction to support club activities. We have been told that this is one of the most popular meetings of the year! If you have missed previous auctions, please join us for this one - you'll be entertained! Bring two or more things that someone else might cherish and you can part with. They say, "One person's junk is another person's treasure." But we are not looking for junk; rather something you will let go of that others might battle over! In past years, we have had everything from Elvis records, sports memorabilia, handmade items and things good to eat, tools, Chevy parts, vintage magazines, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra tickets, vintage clock, and a stick horse that played the Lone Ranger music! Proceeds from the sale will be returned to you in support of our events later this year. Please participate - come to the meeting and bring a couple of items to contribute and join the fun. Have some bucks in your pockets or bring your checkbook to buy some treasures! If you do not always bring your spouse, significant other, or friend this is a great time to bring them along. Hope to see you the 26th at Tillicum Middle School in Bellevue at 7:30 PM. "LET THE BIDDING BEGIN!"

Jim and Lee

HELP, HELP, HELP !!!!! The Club would like to celebrate its 40 years with a grand party, dinner, or memo-rable outing this summer. We need some suggestions about what you think would be appropriate. Whatever we do must be organized and planned now. But most of all, we have to agree on a date for the celebration so that it can be placed on the calendar. Email or present your ideas to any Board Member.

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CLUB STORE & RAFFLE

The Club Store will be open at the February Meeting before the meeting and during the auction. Be sure to purchase your tickets for the array of items to be given away. As al-ways, donations of car related items to be used as door prizes are greatly appreciated.

Ana Maria and George Haley

MARCH CELEBRATIONS

Anniversaries 3/6 Betty and Dave Roberts 3/9 Gisela and Dick Jones 3/17 Diane and Dave Haddock 3/27 Florence and Bob Helgeson 3/29 Sue and Jim Seiber

Birthdays

3/6 Frank Burlando 3/14 Dave Haddock 3/15 Evie Schein 3/20 John Zeigler 3/28 Gary Barquist 3/30 Lynn Boltz

The Early Years (cont. from page 1) The major objective for most of these events was to get their cars on the road, before the public, and to spread the word there was an organization alive and ready to serve owners of vintage Chevrolets. Many of those enthusiastic members of this new Club lived closer to Seattle resulting in events taking place more and more in the Seattle Southern Metropolitan area. New members be-gan joining in both the Tacoma and Seattle areas. As stated in the article last month, by 1971 it was evident there was enough interest in Tacoma to support an additional Region in that city. It was then that the Mount Rainier Region was organized. During this early recruiting period a single significant event took place that helped solidify our Re-gion and other VCCA Regions in the Northwest. The popular Centralia September Swap Meet was a gathering point for vintage car people living in the Northwest. The picture of the Puget Sound Re-gion and Columbia River Region members at this gathering in 1967 was printed in the January is-sue. At this gathering, and a subsequent one in 1968, conversation focused on organizing an an-nual event. On June 22, 1968 Columbia River and Puget Sound vintage Chevrolets gathered at Rainbow Falls State Park. This event and the 67- 68 meet-ings at the Swap Meet lead to the popular annual VCCA Sep-tember overnight gatherings at Fort Borst State Park in Cen-tralia. These lasted until 1976. That year the three Regions agreed to hold a three-day VCCA-Sanctioned Meet the follow-ing year. Straws were drawn to determine who would organ-ize the first meet. Mount Rainier was selected as host for the Northwest Meet in 1977. The next year the Columbia River Region drew the short straw. That left the Puget Sound Re-gion to handle the event in 1979. Continued on p. 5 “Clem” The ‘25 Truck as it was

during The Early Years

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Continued from p 4. In January we featured Roger Orness’ ’33 coupe. It was there at those first VCCA events. This month the focus is on Nick and Brenda Bryan’s ‘25 series M truck, another vehicle present during those early years. Nick is gone now but the vehicle is still with us in the garage of Dennis and Gerri Johnson. Dennis says, “We met Brenda Bryan at the 2004 Spring Swap Meet in Monroe. Brenda was one of the few vendors with four cylinder Chev parts at this or any other swap meet we have attended the last few years. We bought a few parts from Brenda and visited a bit. Later we returned to Brenda's stall as it seemed to be the only spot of interest to us at this meet. We bought a few more things and visited more. Brenda said she had more 4 cyl. Chev parts at home in Omak and that she also had a 1925 Chevrolet one ton truck. We later made arrangements to stop by Brenda's place in Omak on our way home from a tour at Worley, Idaho in July of 2004 to take a look at her 4 cyl. Chev parts. We knew that Brenda's late husband, Nick Bryan, had been the VCCA Technical Advisor for 1925 Chevrolet trucks and my son, Dan had seen his truck and talked with Nick years ago but I had never had the privilege of meeting the man. When we first saw the ‘25 Chev truck we were impressed but Gerri was even more impressed with the one-half size miniature ‘25 Chev truck that Nick had built. Brenda had not mentioned the half-sized truck and it was quite a surprise. The two trucks and the other four cylinder parts just seemed to follow us home.” This 1925 Chevrolet Series M Utility Express Truck was built in May 1925 at Oakland, California and was sold new in Omak, Washington as a chassis only with no cab or truck body. The truck was first used to haul lumber. Later, the owner got a contract to haul school children in the Omak area and a body was built for this purpose. It was later used as a farm truck until the late 1950s by the original owner. The truck was purchased by Nick Bryan of Omak in the early 60’s. He restored it first as a flat bed (as shown in the January Tappet Chatter and on page 4) and then later Nick re-stored and installed a Martin Perry Canopy Express body. The chassis is pictured in Denman’s 60 Years Of Chevrolet and then again in the revised version. Nick and Brenda moved to Seattle in the 1960s and were very active in the early days of the Puget Sound Region with this truck but moved back to Omak in 1973. Since the purchase of the ‘25 Chev truck and the half-size miniature, they have been displayed at the ATHS truck shows in Shelton and the Johnson grand children have had a great time driving the little truck around the fields. Some of those energetic earlier VCCA members who are now 30 to 40 years older and still with us include, Walt Blair, Roger Orness, Ron Henry, George and Phyllis Kowats, Lee and Carol Folsom, Don and Sallie Comstock, Jim Farris, Gary and Joanne Barquist, and Ernie and Gennette Tear. The first National VCCA Anniversary Meet, the 10th year of the National organization, was held in Indianapolis, IN. in 1971. The Puget Sound Region was represented at that event by Walt Blair. A much larger contingent made there way to the 15th Anniversary gathering at Colorado Springs in 1976. There will be more about that epoch journey by some courageous Puget Sound Region members next month when “The Electric Years “ are covered.

Jim Farris and Dennis Johnson

Nick and Brenda in Truck at Winthrop WA, 1979

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2007 Club Meetings & Auto Events Calendar

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February 18 West Seattle Hills & Views Tour February 26 Club Meeting - Auction March 17 Car Display Swap Meet March 24 Play & Dessert - Auburn March 26 Club Meeting April ? Tour Around Lk Washington April 23 Club Meeting May 6 Breakfast & Tour May 21 Club Meeting May 17 Ballard Parade June 17 GM Picnic, Graham, WA

June 20-23 Northwest Meet, Yakima June 25 Strawberry Picnic July ? Picnic August ? Mt. Rainier Tour August 25/26 Golden Era Automobile Tour. See Ana for Info. August 27 XXX Drive-In, Issaquah September Corn Maze Tour October Available November Available December Christmas Party December Columbia River Region Visits

MARCH TOUR AND PLAY SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH “GREASE”

Join us in attending the Auburn Mountainview Theatre Company's Spring Production , GREASE!" This is a 50's era play which is most appropriate for Vintage Chevrolet owners of our generation. The stage production is to be held at Auburn Mountainview High School, 28900 - 124th Ave. S.E., Auburn, Washington, Saturday, March 24th at 7:30 PM. General Admission Ticket price is $8.00. Call 253-804-4539 (extension 6071) to order your tickets, or call Jerry and Mary Brownell at 253-833-7709 and we can order your tickets for you. You need to tell the Ticket Coordinator at the school that you are with the Puget Sound Vintage Chevrolet Club, so that your tickets can be reserved in the block with our group. Tickets can be paid for at the door. When the tickets become available they will let us know and they can either be picked up or remain re-served at the door. The Play Director feels that this play will be very popular and that tickets will sell very fast, so you should order your tickets as soon as possible. For further information directly from Terry Thibodeaux, Artistic Director and Ticket Coordinator please feel free to e-mail him at this address amtc@auburn.wednet.edu or call 253-804-4539 (extension 6071). After the play we will go to Trotter's Restaurant, 825 Harvey Road N.E., Auburn, WA, for one of their excellent delicious dessert selections. For further information contact Jerry or Mary Brownell. DRIVING DIRECTIONS; 1. From north or south on WA-167 toward Auburn take the 15th Street NW exit into Auburn 2. Continue straight across the intersection of 15th Street NW and Auburn Way North 3. 15th Street NW becomes Harvey Road and veers to the right 4. Turn LEFT onto 8th ST NE 5. 8th ST NE becomes SE 320th ST 6. Turn LEFT onto 104th AVE SE 7. 104th AVE SE becomes SE 304th WAY 8. SE 304th WAY becomes SE 304ST 9. Turn LEFT onto 124th AVE SE 10. Turn RIGHT at 28900 - Auburn Mountainview High School After the play to get to Trotter's Restaurant retrace your route back to the intersection of 8th Street NE and Har-vey Road. Trotter's Restaurant, 825 Harvey Road, is just the second business to the right at this intersection.

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Puget Sound News bits Jim and Sue Seiber -are in their new home in Fall City. Dick Ol-son has been seen helping them move. Dot and John Zeigler - met in Las Vegas. On the way to LA they stopped at Tom Meleo’s for a visit and to view his collection. Gerri Johnson - purchased a new computer and found a way to get rid of the old one. Talk to her about that. Bob Stamnes - put his cell phone through the washer. It was dried out in a sox in the dryer and still works. He also spent three days in the hospital with an infection from puncturing a ganglion cyst on a finger with a pin. This hasn’t stopped his restoration of the ‘27. Jim Farris - went to the Turlock Swap Meet and then spent four days visiting Tom Meleo. Roger Orness - is in Yuma, AZ. for the winter. George and Anita Warren are in AZ. also. Diane Haddock - made an emergency trip to Florida to visit her father who was in the hospital. Florence Helgeson - had surgery on her foot in January. She is recovering well and grateful to be getting back to her own cooking. Wally Martin’s - new home does not have enough room for the china cabinet. It is now in his garage storing car trophies. (Tappet Clatter Editor would like to hear your news bits. Email or phone.)

Puget Sound Region Coffee Cups, celebrating our 40th year, were given to contributing members at the Banquet . They are available for sale at $6.00 dollars each. Bob Helgeson will have them at the our meetings or you can contact him directly by phone or email. Number and email address are on page 2.

Some 2007 Car Shows March 2-4 Seattle Roadster Show Quest Events Ctr. March 17-18 Almost Spring Swap & Car Show- Puyallup March 31 Oak Harbor Car Show April 21 Issaquah Vintage Military Trucks Show @ XXX May 11-13 Omak Car Show and Swap Meet May 19 Union Gap Yakima Valley Truck Show May 26 Moses Lake Car Show June 3 Bellevue Annual Ford Show June 9 Maple Valley Car Show June 16-17 Graham WA, GM Car Show June 17– Burien Car Show

Join us in February at the General meeting

and Auction. In March join us at

“Grease” and at the General meeting.

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Puget Sound Region VCCA Board Meeting Minutes January 18, 2007

The first Board Meeting of the year for the Puget Sound Region VCCA group was called to order at 7:00 PM by Director Bill Damm at Jim Farris’ home on Thursday January 18, 2007. Members present were Bill Damm, Jim Farris, Bob Helgeson, Bob Stamnes, Jim Martoza, Jerry Brownell, Sallie and Don Comstock, Carol and Lee Folsom, Betty and Dave Roberts, Jim Darby, Al Howe, Dave Haddock and Dick Jones. An agenda of items for discussion was distributed. May Meeting - The May meeting will be on May 21st due to Memorial Day holiday. Membership Status – There are currently 61 paid members. Jim Martoza noted that 56 members now have email capability. Treasurer Report – Sallie Comstock distributed the 2006 budget plan vs actual expenses, the club came in well under the budget. The 2007 budget was presented by Sallie with some small adjustments based on ac-tual 2006 expenses. Following a discussion Sallie made a motion to approve the budget, Bob Helgeson sec-onded the motion. The budget was approved by the board. Historical Records – There was a discussion of the 40th Anniversary of the PSVCCA. June 6, 1967 was the date of the first meeting of the club. There was discussion about the pictures that have been collected over the years and how they could be made available to members. A few members volunteered to scan some of the pictures onto CD’s that would become available in the future. 2007 Tours – There was a discussion on the status of the tours for this year by Jerry Brownell. February’s tour will be to West Seattle. Jerry is planning at least one tour per month with some pretty exciting desti-nations in the works. Program Plans – Jim Martoza mentioned there are 24 ideas they’re looking at. Club Store –Bill Damm brought up the idea of VCCA items available from other regions. Should we stock some of these in the club store? This generated some discussion about the possibility of volume discounts. The idea of creating a 40th anniversary T-shirt for the club was met with a positive response. It will be dis-cussed with the membership. NW Meet Assistance – A $500.00 assistance to the North Cascades Region for the 2007 NW Meet at Yakima was suggested by the board. It will be discussed with the membership. NW Meet Signs – Question was raised about providing PSVCCA meet signs to the North Cascades Region for the 2007 meet. Caution was raised that if the signs are made available that someone should have the responsibility to make sure that they are returned. NW Meet 2010 – PSVCCA has the responsibility for the NW Meet in 2010. There is a need to start identi-fying a location. Roster – The idea of adding members photos to the roster similar to the Columbia Region’s roster. It was decided to take pictures of the members at the banquet and at other photo opportunities to gather the pic-tures in time for the 2008 roster. Starting Times for Meetings – It was discussed and agreed that the current starting times for General Meetings and Garage Nights should stay the same as they are. Roundtable – Jim Farris needs input for the News Bit column, be sure to call or email him input. Jim Mar-toza suggested a change to the membership renewal form to allow members to indicate that all the current information is correct and not require members to enter all of their information each year. Next Board Meeting will be May 8th. Location to be determined. Jim Farris was a very gracious host for the Board Meeting, providing a number of refreshments. A spe-cialty was the home-made Bean Dip that Jim made himself, it was delicious!! Submitted by Dick Jones

Note: The registration form for the Northwest Meet in now on our WEB site. Copies will be available at the February Meeting.

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Puget Sound Region VCCA General Meeting Minutes January 22, 2007

Welcome - New member Matt Dickinson was introduced; he lives in Kirkland and owns a beautiful ’36 Mas-ter Deluxe 2 door Town Sedan. Walt Blair, a founding member was recognized. Leads and Needs - List was passed around. Leads and Needs posted in the Tappet Clatter will be for two months only. The ads may be renewed if needed by resubmitting them. The ads may be submitted via email to psvcca.ads@gmail.com, pictures may be included. Meeting Minutes - October meeting minutes were accepted. Treasurers Report - The club expenditures for 2006 were within budget and the club is solvent going into 2007. A Northwest Meet donation was approved to be sent to the North Cascades Region. Membership - There are 61 paid members. Jim Martoza was thanked for the nice job of creating the 2007 club roster. Ana Maria Haley’s cell phone number is listed wrong in the 2007 roster, it should be 253-653-0587. Glove Box – Jim Darby led an impromptu discussion on Portable Jumpstart Units. They come in all sizes with options such as air compressors, lights and inverters. They are a very useful tool to have in your trunk, but make sure you recharge them according to the instructions with the unit. The question was raised whether a lead additive was necessary for the early cars. The response was that it was not necessary for the Chevrolet engines. Activities – The West Seattle park tour will be on February 18th. The tour will be led by Jim Farris and be-gins at noon. The starting point will be the old Sear’s Store (now Starbuck’s) parking lot located on 1st Ave south, north of South Landers Street. March 23rd will be the next tour and will a viewing of the musical ‘Grease’ at the Mountain View High School in Auburn. Tickets are priced at $8.00 and Jerry Brownell said he will assist in buying the tickets. He feels it may sell out early, so it is important to purchase tickets soon. Following the play dessert will be at Trotters restaurant. The Buick National Meet will be held in Bellevue July 28, 29. Monroe Swap Meet – Ana Haley had sign-up sheets, several members signed up during the meeting. The club gets $10.00 per hour for every hour volunteered. Club Store - 50/50 winners Jim Farris and Bob Helgeson. Door Prizes were won by Al Howe, Evie Schein, Bill Damm and Bob Stamnes. NW Meet 2010 – Puget Sound Region has the honor of hosting the NW Meet in 2010, we need to start think-ing about potential sites. May Meeting – Our May meeting will be the third Monday, May 21st due to Memorial Day. Donations - Thanks to Lee Johnson's Chevrolet for providing a Chevrolet Blanket, a Chevrolet Tire Clock, and a Chevrolet Coffee Travel Mug at a substantial discount. Also, for donating two Chevrolet Caps for raffle items at the banquet and several GM Muscle Car calendars that were given to the club store. Break Refreshments – Provided by Dave Haddock, Coffee by Bob Helgeson. Program – Lee Folsom presented a legacy of pictures dating back 40 years. He received help from some of the members in identifying people and cars. It was extremely interesting to see early pictures of many of the members and their cars. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 PM. Submitted by Dick Jones .

The Editor had planned on covering the January Banquet in this issue but space was at a premium due to other items. The Tappet Clatter will cover our annual January Banquet in the next issue. If you have any stories about this years gathering please submit them to the Editor before the fifth of next month. Thank You. Also we are on the look out for interesting club historical material, photos, humorous or fac-tual stories of incidents. We hope to cover the entire 40 years of our history. So your sto-ries will fit in as the historical drama unfolds. Jim Farris

From the Glove Box

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We need car-related issues to discuss in this feature. It helps our Club members with their cars as well as providing a opportunity for others to learn more about their Chevrolets. Contact Al Howe by phone or e-mail with any questions you feel might be included in the Glove Box. You can email Al Howe at deahowe@earthlink.net or Jim Darby at jdarb@worldnet.att.net. Former Glove Box columns are now included on our web site. Custodians of the Glove Box

Radiators By Al Howe

I needed some work done on the radiator of my 1927 Chevy and was having some difficulty finding a good place to have it done; that is, someone that had the skills and equipment to work on these old radiators. (It seems that this skill is a long-lost art no longer needed because the modern radiators are just "remove and replace".) I asked around and Jim Farris told me of a place down the road from him that seems to be okay. He was talking about the West Seattle Radiator Service in West Seattle owned by Bud Burns. I saw a photo of Jim's radiator in Bud's book, along with some other radiators that he had custom made for other customers, so I know this is the place Jim went. I haven't gotten my radiator back yet and that will be the real test; but I think he will do a good job on it. Incidentally, Bud has a radiator for a '37 Chevy brought in by a customer about two years ago and it has never been claimed. It has been modified to hold pressure. He would be willing to sell it for about $250 if anyone is interested. Located at: 4460 37th S.W., West Seattle. Phone number: 206-935-7175. I will list this in the classifieds also. Bud is talking of retiring, but he may be doing some work at his home in the future as a hobby. I hope so. I would like to see a "referral" column in the Tappet Clatter for places like Bud's where we can go for help on things like brakes, motors, etc. What do you think? Al Howe

Safety Corner Power Machines are patiently waiting for our mis-takes. They are lying in wait for one of your fin-gers or toes. The tools we use, run by a power source, such as routers, table, band & skill saws, lawn mowers, nail guns or any powered machine can easily wipe out an extremity if we are not care-ful. Before using a powered tool count your fingers and toes using the time to assure they are safely out of the way.

We’ve all had accidents that could be have been avoided. What have you done to yourself that would make a good Safety Tip for others? Tell on yourself!! Let us know via email or phone.

TAPPET CLATTER Classifieds

FOR SALE

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‘27 Coupe, Jim Kleven 425-673-8885. 3/7 ‘78 3/4 Ton Scotsdale PU 350. Automatic, Low miles, Loaded has tandem axle car hauler and canopy. $3750, Walt Blair 206.247.6295. blairhall33@excite.com 3/7 ‘63 Big Truck Showroom Posters $50 each, Three by four and very colorful. Jim Seiber 425.222.3622, seiberphoto@comcast.net 3/7 Pair of ‘39 headlight lenses, $30; 1951/52 l left side outer grill molding (park lamp surround) (#3699643) appears to be NOS $20; 1961 back up lamp kit #988478 $35; 1930/31 Instrument gauge cluster w/headlight switch $75; 1931/32 heater assembly, needs restoration $75; 1951/52 gas door guard, nice $20; “58 Impala frame with title, $200 obo. Gary Barquist 509.636.2133, waytogojo@amerion.com. 3/7 1929 Touring, ’29 Coupe, ’30 one ton truck. Tour-ing is missing seats and some of top mechanism fenders and running board are bad but the body ap-pears mostly complete including windshield assem-bly. Coupe is mostly junk but has running gear, truck has fenders and running gear. Asking price $1500 obo. Vehicles are in Moses Lake. Contact Gary Bar-quist for info 509.636.2133, waytogojo@amerion.com. 3/7

20 Foot Enclosed Trailer, Dick Olson 425.222.5798, rolson@comcast.net 3/7 Right Hand Sport Type Mirror for ‘81 El Camino. Would also like a left hand one with inside remote. Walt Blair 206.292.6795 blairhall33@excite.com 3/7 1938 defrost vents. Dick Jones 425.736.8798 3/7 Sand Blast Cabinet (buy, borrow or rent) Bob Stamnes 206.365.1482 rstamnes @yahoo.com 3/7 Information on “32 or ‘33 Woody Station Wagon Greg Liscomb aeromechinist2001@yahoo,com 3/7 ‘37 Chev, Need rear seat for 2-dr sedan. Duane Rice, 425.226.8434 or emrice64@hotmail.com. 2/7 ‘68 Impala, Need bumper jack, John Strampher, 253.770.1798 or chevyjohn@foxinternet.com 2/7 ‘51- ‘54 powerglide rear end, Don Comstock 253.863.0420, d.comstock@att.net. 2/7 '63 Impala 2 Dr Hardtop - friend is looking for one to restore. Must be running! Donna Onat 425.643.0762 2/7 ‘47-’52 Chev. Truck Grill Parts, Rich Sanders 253.221.6203 or email at Sanders6203@msn.com 2/7 ‘54 or early 55 Pickup Truck Jake Ziegler wants a project to put together when he drives in a couple of years. 425.271.7678. 2/7 SUBMIT ADS TO: psvcca.ads@gmail.com They can also be submitted at meetings or directly to Tappet Clatter Editor

1937 Radiator modified for pressure. Ready to in-stall. $250 Bud Burns at West Seattle Radiator. 206.935.7175 3/7 ‘33 gas tank $75, 1934 head $50, ‘47-’48 engines $100, call Don Comstock (253) 863-0420, d.comstock@att.net 2/7

The Board recently approved a new Tappet Clatter Ad policy. They will now be pub-lished in two issues. The date next to the ad will indicate the last issue the ad will run. An ad can be resubmitted after two months. Ads are accepted at meetings, by phone, email to the Editor or by the new on line address, psvcca.ads@gmail.com. Thanks!

February 2007 Issue: 2007 Board with 1967 Original Sign

Back: Donna Onat, Evie Schein, Dave Haddock, Rod Schein, Lee Folsom, Mary Brownell, Al Howe, Sallie Comstock, Dick Jones, Jim Martoza, Ana Haley and George Haley Front: Jim Farris, Bill Damm, Jerry Brownell, and Bob Helgeson