President:

• Ed Tolman

(909)573-2125

• Vice-President:

• Steve Yoss

• (909)261-7129

• Secretary Barbara

Branam

• (909) 986-8311

• Treasurer:

• Phyllis Munday

• (909)622-7196

• Tour Chairman

(Shared duty)

• Corresponding Sec.

• Barbara Whitton

• (626)-963-2170

• Raffle Chairperson

• Edna Blackwell

• (951)-354-9371

• Social Chairperson

• Monika Tolman

• (909) 597-1503

• Newsletter Editor &

• Fashion Chairperson

• Kathy Briggs w/

help from Richard

• (909) 215-7614

• Regional Rep

Ron Buchanan

• Laughlin Chairperson

Barbara Branam

• Historian

George Munday

• Technical Chairman

• Richard Bronstrup

• Membership

• Karen Cornelius

• Telephone Comm.

Chairperson

• Phyllis Munday

• Advertisement Chair

George Munday

Editor’s email:

• Pvmafc.editor @

yahoo.com

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Supper-Club

Coco’s 5:30

Upland

4 2018 July 2018

Board

Meeting

4th Annual Picnic at

Memorial Park,

Claremont. 12 -

4pm

Ontario

Parade

Picnic in

the park.

12 – 4 p.m.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm.

Board & Committee Members Present: Ed

Tolman, Monika Tolman, Phyllis Munday, Barbara

Branam, Edna Blackwell, Kathy Briggs, Karen

Cornelius, Steve Yoss and Richard Bronstrup

Members Absent: Barbara Whitton

Guests: George Munday, Ron Blackwell, Richard

Briggs, Cheri Bronstrup, Dave Cornelius .

President: Ed discussed the Steve McQueen Car

Show, the club should be able to park as a group,

starts at 8a.m. Dec. 2nd Installation banquet dinner

will be held at the Double Tree Hotel in Claremont.

(cost $45-/$50). The club will donate $25- as a

raffle prize, for the upcoming MAFCA National

Meet in Sparks, Nevada.

Vice President: Steve Yoss, is checking on

hosting the National Awards Banquet 2019. He

hopes to have more information at our next

meeting. Bill Whitmore is helping Steve with

possible places available to hold the activities.

Secretary: Barbara reported the Laughlin tour for

October 19-20, 2018 is set with the Baxter’s.

Correspondence Secretary: Barbara Whitton,

absent.

Treasurer: Phyllis gave her report on club funds.

Also, the deposit for Installation Banquet is paid.

Tour Chairman: Leave June 22nd for MAFCA

National Meet, in Sparks, Nevada. First night will

be spent in Bishop, at Mt. View Hotel. (Thank you

Barbara Branam for making the reservations.)

Technical Chairman: Richard will do a tech talk

on Radiators at next club meeting and will arrange

a tech seminar sometime in August.

Social Chairman: No Supper Club in June.

Membership Chairman: Karen Cornelius still has

rosters left for this years members. She also

announced that she will step down as Membership

person next year. (We will need a volunteer here.)

Raffle Chairman: Ron and Edna reported that the

raffle is doing well.

Newsletter Editor: All articles need to be

submitted by the Board Meeting each month.

Other News: Picnic in the Park; Claremont

Memorial Park, will be July 14th noon to 4pm.

Bring your favorite dish to share. Club will provide

drinks and paper goods. Ron Blackwell reported

that the Riverside Vintage Home Tour went very

well, three Model A clubs participated, lots of

photos on our website.

Next Board Meeting: No June Board Meeting.

Next Board Meeting will be July 16th, at Iron

Skillet. All members are welcome. Meeting

adjourned 8:09 p.m.

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Board Meeting Highlights- May 21, 2018 (No Board Meeting was held in the month of June)

Editor’s Email: pvmafc.editor@yahoo.com

July 2018 President’s message

With the National MAFCA Meet held in Sparks, Nevada during

the last week of June this newsletter may be a bit early.

Reports from the National Meet will be included in the August

edition of the ‘Crank and Rod’ and news and photos made

available on our Face Book page and website:

www.pomonavalleymafc.com

On Saturday June 2nd the annual Steve McQueen Car &

Motorcycle Show was held in Chino Hills where our club had

a strong showing. See the article with photos later in this

edition of the ‘Crank and Rod’. Sunday June 10th, found us

attending the annual Henry Ford Picnic in Santa Fe Springs,

sponsored by the Downey - Diamond Tread Chapter of

MAFCA. Look elsewhere in this newsletter for a picture taken

from our Face Book page or our website .

Mark your calendars for activities coming later this year

including the Fourth of July parades in LaVerne and Ontario.

(See information in this edition of the ‘Crank and Rod’) Also,

our annual Patriotic Picnic on July 14th will be held at

Memorial Park in Claremont from 12 noon to 4pm. Lunch will

be a potluck affair with ice, drinks and paper goods supplied

by the chapter. Bring a favorite dish OR a desert to share and

be prepared to have some fun!

Also upcoming: The Labor Day (Sep 3) Club BBQ at the

Tolman’s, the Sep 13th parade at the Pomona Fair, October

19-20 Laughlin Tour, November 12th Veteran’s Day parades,

the Pomona, & Upland Christmas parades and a return to the

Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theater in Claremont for their

Christmas program on Thursday December 13th.

Vice-President, Steve Yoss, presided at our June chapter

meeting and led a great discussion on hosting the 2019

MAFCA National Awards Banquet. A vote was called for and

passed approving our sponsoring this event. Steve Yoss has

been designated as committee chairman with Bill Whitmore as

vice-chair and our committee members to be announced next

month. We have filed a formal request and delivered a signed

agreement with the MAFCA Board and should hear back from

them while some of us are in Nevada at the National Meet in

Reno. Many thanks to Steve and Bill for stepping forward on

this!

Thanks also to our Technical advisor, Richard Bronstrup, for

a great presentation on the Model A Ford radiator and cooling

system. We will be dark in July with no chapter meeting on the

first Monday. August will bring our annual ‘Share Your Other

Hobby Night’ during our chapter meeting on August 6th, so

dust off those old collections and share your ‘other’ passions

with our club.

Ed Tolman

Club Meeting Highlights – June 4th The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm..

President:. Ed Tolman was absent, Vice President Steve Yoss called the meeting to order. Flag Salute was lead by Bill

Whitmore. Steve announced birthdays and anniversaries for month of June. A discussion was held about sponsoring the

2019 MAFCA National Awards Banquet. It will be a three day event, held at Double Tree Hotel in Claremont. Usually

about 100 people attend. Many of the club members were in favor of pursing the event, however few members thought

our club is to small to manage all the details that go with a function this size. More details to come. ~Steve commented on

the Steve McQueen car show, it was a great event & a lot of our members participated. Steve Yoss won a trophy for his

Model A and Tom Baxter’s car won for the Best of Show, Hot Rod class. Congratulations to both our members. Also, the

theme for next years show will be “Reivers” another of the Steve McQueen classics. ~July 14th is our annual Picnic at the

Claremont Memorial Park. It’s a Potluck; so join us from 12 noon ‘til 4 pm. Bring your favorite dish to share & your old car.

Vice President: Steve Yoss (see “President” above).

Program: Richard Bronstrup gave another interesting talk about radiators & cooling. We had a lot of good member input.

Tours Report: July is busy month with two Independence Day Parades to choose from on the 4th.

Treasurers Report: Phyllis reported that club has all bills paid and money in the bank.

Tech Tip: Richard Bronstrup has nothing of a technical nature planned for July.

Sunshine Report: Barbara Whitton reported the Art Moore had surgery on his foot and is doing well.

Club Member Drawing: Steve Yoss won the member drawing. Come to the meetings and don’t forget to wear your

name badge for the member drawing.!! We keep drawing names until someone in the audience wins.

Model A Driver’s Drawing: Joe Branam won for driving his Model A. (Yes, the one with the newly overhauled, engine.)

Membership: Karen Cornelius had the new rosters available. Additional rosters available for $1. 00 each.

Social: Supper Club will be held at Coco’s, Restaurant in Upland, July 26th. S/West corner of Foothill, (old 66) and Euclid.

Secretary: Barbara Branam , nothing new for July.

Newsletter: All articles need to be submitted to President Ed, or Editor, Kathy Briggs by the Board meeting each month.

In Other News: Ron Blackwell ‘s Car of the Month series continues. He plans on featuring Art and Olive’s new car soon.

He would like others to volunteer there cars for photos. Also, checkout website for previous “Car of the Month”. Jaye

Steinbrick has been working on getting website updated. Check it out at: pomonavalleymafca.com We welcome two new

members Barry & Pat Vaniman.

Next Board meeting: Monday, July 16th at the Iron Skillet Restaurant in Ontario. The meeting starts at 7pm; come an

hour earlier and have dinner with us. Everyone is welcome.

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm

October Club Meeting:

November Club Meeting:

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Thummer Report. Thummer has had quite a run with Art & Olive. We understand he will be mov-ing very soon to the garage of someone that needs a

little Thummer good luck. That someone is… our very

own Ed Tolman family.

~ July 2: No Club Meeting

~ July 4: Fourth of July Parade – La Verne and Ontario

~ July 14: Annual Picnic at Memorial Park in Claremont.

~ July 16: Board Meeting 6 pm. Dinner, - 7 pm. Meeting

to be held @ Iron Skillet Restaurant in Ontario.

~ Oct 19 – 20 Laughlin weekend tour and Bar – B – Que.

~ Nov. 29-12/1: National Awards Banquet. Tucson, AZ

~ Dec. 2: PVMAFC Installation Banquet @ Double Tree.

~ Dec. 13: Candle Light Pavilion. “A perfect Christmas”.

New Members &

Guests:

This and That - Save the Date (additional information)

More info to come in future issues of the Crank & Rod.

• July 4th Parade in Ontario: George and Phyllis Munday are contacts for this parade, (909) 753-3636. Meet at 7:30 am. in

the Wells Fargo parking lot at the n/w corner of Foothill Blvd. & San Antonio in Upland and caravan to the starting position

off Euclid Avenue in Ontario.

• July 4th La Verne Parade: Ed Tolman (909) 573-2125 Jaye Steinbrick (909) 213-4155. Meet at 7:30 am. Stater Brothers park-

Ing lot at the corner of Foothill Blvd. and “D” Street in La Verne and caravan to the parade starting position on “D” by 8 am.

• July 14th Memorial Park in Claremont located at 840 North Indian Hill between 8th and 10th. Come @ 12 Noon and

enjoy lunch, games, or relax a little in the shade. It is a potluck lunch so bring your favorite dish to share with friends.

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Rusty radiator water may be a sign your engine and cooling system is rusting away. Thanks to

Richard Bronstrup, Tech. Chair for leading an informative discussion!! Our next topic is leaky

carburetors. Richard recommends a new fuel shut off or installing an electronic shut off.

July BIRTHDAYS 07/01: Dave Westbrooks 07/04: Ron Blackwell 07/05: Gwen Tolman 07/06: Shirley Messenger 07/09: Dave Cornelius 07/10: Monika Tolman 07/17: Adam Matthews 07/21: Karin Woodworth 07/22: Jennifer Martin 07/24: Stephen Yoss 07/26: Tim Ruggio 07/27: Clark Crump 07/30: Richard Bronstrup

July ANNIVERSARIES 07/09: Richard & Cheri Bronstrup 07/13: Daniel & Elizabeth Cortez 07/19: Dave & Linda Westbrooks 07/22: Ed & Monika Tolman 07/23: Dennis & Kathleen King

Happy Birthday & Happy Anniversary!

SUPPER CLUB INFO. The July Supper Club will be held Thursday July26th at Coco’s Restaurant at 60 West Foothill Upland. Come & enjoy dinner with friends. Be there @ 5:30 or ??…

Thummer update - checking o

The late 1920s and early thirties was the decade in which

fashion entered the modern era . Women want

Sanforized- A treatment process mainly applied to cotton

fabrics and textiles made from natural and synthetic fab-

rics to reduce shrinkage after many washings. This new

process was patented in 1930 by Sanford Lockwood Cluett

the inventor. The process allowed you to wash garments

with reduced shrinkage after the first washing and less

than 1% shrinkage with further washing. The process is a

method of feeding the woven cloth into a special machine

to treat the fabric with moisture or steam to promote

shrinkage before making the garment in order to pre-

shrink it. The newly developed “Sanforizing process”

reduced shrinkage from up to 10% down to about 1%

percent, making it easier to buy the right size clothing.

Thummer Update: Although the Steve McQueen Car Show in

Chino Hills was a smashing success, but Ed Tolman's '31

Coupe broke down and had to be towed. According to Ed,

the car ran rough at 4:30 am when I left for the car show and

I ran with lights to the Boys Republic in Chino Hills. We tried

to bump start it at the end of the show (about 2:30) but to no

avail. After getting the car back to Pomona my Optima bat-

tery charged back up & now it runs the Coupe just fine. My

problem was running the battery down & leaving the dash

light on all day when the battery was low. My fix will be to

run the car every week or so OR place a trickle charger on it.

Maybe both. Looks like Thummer is heading to Chino Hills!

Classified Ads . Cars & Parts For SALE or WANTED :

~ SUNSHINE REPORT ~

- Buck Whitton was at our club meeting with a new

walker and his good wife Barbara. He looked well

and appeared to be chipper. ~ Art Moore is still

recovering from foot surgery to improve blood flow

& circulation. Olive says he can’t wait to get back

into his shop. We look forward to seeing him soon.

Words of Witt People who never change their minds are

either Perfect - or Stubborn. ----------------------------------

Robert H. Schuller

1928 Phaeton and 1931 Slant Window Sedan for sale. Contact Richard Bronstrup. 909-658-5914.

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1920 – 30 Bumper Jack $50.00. For more information

contact PVMFCA member Dennis King 626-963-3005

Thummer – says, “Lets go for a ride !!”

Thummer, What a lucky little pig. He is ready

To hook a stylish ride with Art and Olive. Who

will be the Next Model-Aer to spoil him.??

Stock Model-A engine parts for sale. I disassembled (3)

engines looking for a good block to rebuild. Call if you

need stock parts, or whatever. R. Briggs 909-821-5996.

Seats for 31 Slant Window / Fordor Sedan. $650 OBO.

Needs reupholstering but both seat frames are in great

shape. Contact Ed Tolman for more info. 909-573-2125.

Wanted. Buck still needs a speedometer. If you

have a 1930 oval speedo for sale call him

at 626-963-2170. Buck Whitton’s cell number is

626-222-6671. It’s for his 1930’s Speedster.

Art and Olive Moore pose in front of their newest Model A

with the Pasadena High School Mascot in the background. Below, the Moore’s pose in front of their 23rd Street Garage.

Submitted by Ed Tolman

Photo courtesy of Olive Moore Photo courtesy of Ron Blackwell

“I’ve never considered myself a very lucky person”, Art says.

Well, that all changed when Art Moore won the raffle of the

the 1928 Phaeton that was restored by the Pasadena High

School Model A Club.

Art has owned many Model A’s through the years but never

a Phaeton. He bought his first Model A right after his high

school graduation. Since then he put several Model A’s

together from parts and then sold them to help support his

growing family.

Art felt he should support the program that Wilbert Smith so

well organized and supervised. So he bought a raffle ticket

when Wilbert made his sales presentation to the Santa Anita

A’s Club. He bought a second ticket when Wilbert came to

the Pomona Valley Model A Club meeting & asked our club

to participate in support of his project. All the time Art never

thought he could possibly be the lucky winner but he was

supporting a good and worth while program.

Olive was out of town the night of the concert & ticket draw-

ing so he invited his son, Kelly, along with his wife and Art’s

grandson because he knew they would enjoy the concert.

During the concert Kelly got up and left. When he returned

he handed Art a raffle ticket & said, “Happy Birthday Dad”,

since Art had just celebrated a birthday. Art felt badly that

Kelly spent the money on another ticket but he graciously

accepted it anyway.

Kelly had been telling his dad that he was going to win all

evening long and Art just shrugged it off. Kelly was so ad-

ament about it that Art got tired of hearing him. Then when

they got ready to pull the ticket, Kelly said, “Get ready Dad,

you’re going to win”. Guess what folks? The winning ticket

was the one Kelly bought for his dad. What a fantastic birth-

day birthday present that was!

Winning words from lucky Art Moore, winner

of the special Pasadena High School drawing.

By Olive Moore

Bill DeGraff is offering 9 Model A Whiskey Decanters –

that have never been opened. He has them attractively

priced at a firm $450. Call Bill at 661-822-9414

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Orange County Pancake Breakfast.

Photos courtesy of Ron Blackwell and Jaye Steinbrick.

4th Annual Picnic The August Club Meeting is our

annual, My Other Hobby Night !!!!

Come to the August meeting & bring

something from your “other” hobbies

or collections to share. In the past

we have had some very interesting

items. It’s a lot of fun to see how our

members spend their time when not

Model “A”,ing.

August 6th at 7:00 pm

Round Table Pizza

Saturday, July 14th

12 noon to 4pm

Memorial Park in Claremont.

The picnic is a potluck, so bring

your favorite dish to share. The

club will provide paper products

and drinks. Bring your chairs &

games. Contact Steve Yoss with

any questions.

Photos from our Facebook page, credit Ron Blackwell

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This and That – Save the Dates

Every year for the past 10 years, the Friends of Steve McQueen have sponsored a Motorcycle

and Car show as a fund raiser for the Boy’s Republic in Chino Hills. This year was no different.

Several of our Pomona Valley MAFCA members displayed their cars. Here are some specially

selected pictures for your enjoyment and to memorialize some of our award winners.

Dad made home made chairs for the house and eventually

he completer the house.

My father told me of two events he had with his model a ford

traveling up to the homestead. One was when the car was

stalling in a sleet storm. The ice would build up around the

gas cap causing the tank to go in a vacuum and stalling the

engine. So he would have to stop and chisel off the ice in

order to complete his journey.

The other story regarding the model a ford was when he was

halling cattle down from the farm to be sold. My dad would

build his own trailers. They were bolted together and made

out of ruff sawed oak. He had built his own trailers even up to

when I was a little boy. My father was on a journey home with

a load of two beef when they started to get restless and start

bouncing the trailer side to side. The trailer tipped over

sideways and the cattle spilled out into a farmers field leaving

the trailer laying on its side and the rear end of the Model a

Ford dangling in the air on a two lane highway. My father

walked back to the trailer and with all of his might he

attempted to right the trailer. To his surprise the trailer sprung

up sending him to the ground because of the leverage the

model a had provided from the weight on the trailer hitch. My

dad was astonished, but he said he couldn't help but laugh at

the silliness of the event. A farmer who was nearby saw what

had happened and helped my father load the cattle back into

the trailer and my dad completed his journey with no further

excitement.

In the following years, my father went on to build 54 houses.

Many of these houses are in West Allis, Wisconsin. He built a

retirement home for himself and his wife and built my first

home for me and my wife all using lumber sawed out on that

same sawmill built back in the roaring twenties. I don't know

of many men who build a fortune , give it away and build

another fortune. He was a remarkable man.

To sum up this story, I would describe my father as the last of

the pioneers. He liked Henry Ford's Model A because of its

practicality and endurance. He was right. I think in many

ways people like Henry Ford, Edison, Bell and I would

include my father and the generation he was a part of were

not exceptional in their day, rather the harsh environment of

the day drove these people to be more than what they

thought they were capable of and to strive to make a life

worth living. Maybe that is what is missing in today's modern

culture. Maybe "Necessity is the mother of invention" is more

than just a saying, but rather, a way of life. To borrow Paul

Harvey's phrase "And that is the rest of the story".

Jon Hasler

My Father, Owen Hasler, was 24 years old and had just completed his

training for building houses with a crew from Illinois. He was about to

build the following for his brothers that I had mentioned in a previous

article. He would build a pump-house / generator room housing a 60

volt DC generator that would operate the milker for the barn and lights

for the house. He would build the following buildings for his brothers, a

two story house, a granary, a two car garage, a log barn, a horse barn

and a pump house. The block garage , pump-house and granary were

made of home made concrete block that were cast in a form using

typical concrete that could produce three block at a time. This was

heavy work. The lumber for the house was cut from standing timber on

the farm and then sawed out on the sawmill Owen built in 1926 from

scratch. He and his brothers built all of these buildings on a 200 acre

parcel that Owen bought when he was 19 years old. He had purchased

the land inexpensively because it had just been clear-cut by the

lumberjacks for the wood. He then cleared the tree-stumps off160 of

the 200 acres with dynamite and horses to produce farm land out of it.

When he completed this task, he sold all of it to his brothers Ray( my

godfather) and Frank ( a wonderful uncle) for the total sum of one

dollar. Then he went on to Milwaukee to make his own fortune.

Before he did all of this for his brothers, he worked two years and sent

his paychecks home to pay the mortgage off on his parents 80 acre

farm. In 1936, Owen went back up to his parents farm to build a barn

which he made custom half circle rafters to produce a special rounded

roof which wasn't seen before in the area and still stands today. There

is much more that I could write about him, but it would require the

volume of a novel to do so.

Fast forward to 1936. My dad met my mother Mary Braun. They dated

for a year and married in 1937. Their wedding was a Catholic service

and in those days there was no reception. The nuns that raised my

mother in the orphanage made a nice dinner for the wedding party and

that was the complete event. They were going to honeymoon in Niagra

Wisconsin, which was a 230 mile trek northward from Milwaukee. Now

back to 1931. My father, Owen Hasler, was 24 years old. XXX

Fast forward to 1936. My dad met my mother Mary Braun. They dated

for a year and married in 1937. Their wedding was a Catholic service

and in those days there was no reception. The nuns that raised my

mother in the orphanage had made a nice dinner for the wedding party

and that was the complete event. They were going to honeymoon in

Niagra Wisconsin, which was a 230 mile trek northward from

Milwaukee. On their way to Niagra they had several flat tires on the

car. My mother had taken pictures of the experience on her brownie

camera. You see concrete roads ended at Green Bay and any roads

north were gravel or dirt at the time. When I had completed the car I

took pictures of my mother with the car as a comparison to the

honeymoon picture I have of her in 1937. My mother always referred to

the Slant windshield as her honeymoon car.

My father was rich in resource, talent and family, but cash was not so

abundant during the depression. He used his resources left at his

brothers farm to saw out lumber and have it shipped by railroad car

and trailer powered by, you guessed it, his model A Ford. In 1937 he

built his first house for him and his wife. My mother told me when they

first moved into the house it still didn't have doors and windows in it.

They would pull the ladder up to the second floor with them at night for

security. Dad had made homemade chairs and a table for furniture for

the incomplete house. On their way up to Niagra they experienced

several flat tires on the car. My mother took several pictures of the

experience on her brownie camera. You see, concrete roads ended at

Green Bay and any roads north were gravel or dirt at the time. When I

had completed restoration of the car I took pictures of my mother with

the car as a comparison to the honeymoon picture I have of her in

1937. My mother always referred to the Slant windshield as her

honeymoon car.

My father was rich in resource, talent and family but cash was not so

abundant during the depression. He used resources left at his brothers

farm to saw out lumber and have it sipped by railroad car and trailer

powered by, you guessed it, his model A Ford. In 1937 he built his first

house for him and his wife. My mother told me when they first moved

into the house it still didn't have doors and windows in it. They would

pull the ladder up to the second floor with them at night for security.

Tom Baxter’s 1928 Roadster Pick up is shown on display

at the 2018 Friends of Steve McQueen Car Show.

Here is Tom Baxter showing off the trophy he won at the

friends of McQueen Car Show being is congratulated by

the our PVMAFC President, Ed Tolman.

This picture shows the trophy won by our Vice

President Steve Yoss and his good friend Bill

Whitworth. Bill is there to congratulate and support

Him and wish him well.

Club members Joe and Barbara Branum are showing this

beautiful 1930 Roadster. Not shown here is their new engine

with less than dozen miles on it recently installed. P.S. It is

still running like it has a million miles left on it.

“ The Perfect Christmas “ A sign-up sheet for the Dinner/Show will be at our next meeting. We have 22

people signed up so far. Contact Monika for reservations. The date is Thursday, December 13th at 6 pm, at

The Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont. The price is $69- per person, which includes dinner, show and tax.

Payment is due by Nov. 1st. If paying by check please make it payable to: Monika Tolman.

YOUR INVITATION TO JOIN MAFCA!

The Model A Ford Club of America, Inc. (MAFCA) is a

California non-profit corporation and a national historical

society dedicated to the restoration and preservation of

Model A Ford vehicles as manufactured from 1928

through 1931. MAFCA's members are dedicated to the

restoration, preservation, and enjoyment of Ford

vehicles of the era. MAFCA is the largest club in the

world dedicated to one make of automobile.

http://www.mafca.com/

(Info taken from the MAFCA website.)

MAFCA INFORMATION PAGE

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Capacities from the Ford Service Bulletins: Page 227:

Transmission: 1 pint Rear Axle: 1.5 pints

7-tooth Steering: 7.75 ounces

Page 322: 2-tooth Steering: 4.50 ounces

Doug Linden

July 2018

MAFCA Convention Update Do you think Henry or Edsel could have imagined how popular

their “New Ford” would still be after 90 years? Yeah, I think not too.

Are you going to the Aces & A’s Convention in Sparks? If not, I

think you will be missing a great time. Last I heard there were over

500 registrations and more still arriving by mail. My wife, Nan, and I

are looking forward to attending the many events planned and to

get meet up with friends we only get a chance to see at our

conventions. Attending a MAFCA convention gives you the

opportunity to make new friends from all over the world.

Speaking of events to attend, have you noticed the National

Awards Banquet (NAB) is going to be held in sunny Tucson, AZ

from Nov 27 – Dec 1. The NAB is a much smaller affair than a

national or even a regional meet. They are a few days in length and

since they have a smaller attendance you get a chance to meet just

about everyone attending. What better way to relax after

Thanksgiving than by enjoying the sun of Arizona, so put this year’s

NAB on your calendar. See you there.

I hope you have been out and about in your Model A and you

haven’t had any cooling problems while driving. If you have, it might

be time to back flush your radiator. There is great article on

servicing your radiator by Les Andrews in the September/October

2012 issue of The Restorer. Yes, it’s the one that says Winterizing

Your Cooling System, but the procedures are good any time.

Ahooga, Doug

P.S. Hope you had great Father’s Day; Now how about a taking the

family out for a ride in the Model A?

History of the Windshield Wiper (This information was taken from the Mafca web site )

Early Vehicles did not have wind-

shield wipers! Eventually, drivers

needed something or some way to

remove water and dirt.

• In 1903, J.H. Apjohn (UK)

patented a method of moving two

brushes top to bottom.

About the same time Mary Anderson

(US) invented a swing arm fitted with

a rubber blade that the driver could

operate via an inside lever.

• By 1916 her invention was

available on all U.S. made

vehicles.

In 1917, John Jepson invented a

hand-operated squeege known as

“Rain Rubber.”

• In 1920 TriContinental Corp.

(Trico) was incorporated to

manufacture it.

• In 1921, William Folberth

patented a vacuum-powered,

single blade wiper run by

suction. In 1925, Trico purchased

the invention for $1 million.

• In 1926, electric wipers were

introduced but they were

reserved for more expensive

cars.

Henry Ford was sold on windshield

wipers after a salesman installed a

hand wiper on Ford’s own personal

car. Model A Fords used hand

wipers, electric wipers and

eventually, vacuum wipers. The

switch to vacuum driven wipers was

most likely driven by the profit and

financial gain.

Gases, Welding & Safety Products

1093 Gordon Avenue

Pomona, CA 91768

Round Table Pizza

1020 N. Mountain Ave

Ontario, CA 91762

(909) 988-8444

Round Table Pizza is between

Rite Aid and El Super in the

Shopping Center on the

Southeast corner of Mountain

and 4th Street in Ontario.

Club meetings are on the first

Monday of every month at

7:00pm except no meeting in July

and December.

Membership in the national Model ‘A’ Ford Club of America (MAFCA) is encouraged along with chapter membership.. You can join by contacting them at:

MAFCA, 250 South Cypress St., La Habra, CA 90631-5586 or phone (562) 697-2712 or on their website at www.mafca.com.