March 2017 newsltrmafcnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Mar2017.pdf · 02/03/2017 · Volume 59 Issue 3 THE ACCELERATOR Page 3 SECRETARY’S MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2017 The 627th

THE ACCELERATOR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE MODEL A FORD CLUB OF NEW JERSEY

VOLUME 59 ISSUE 3 MARCH 2017

President’s Message - March 2017

By Don Mc Neil

This is a short story about my old friend now departed, Don Meyer. Don had an

interesting March 1960 with a Model A. Meyer wrote his stories under the pen name

Russ T. Fendor. Seems that in March 1960 Russ T. was in high school but already an old car guy. His

friend called to tell him that he’d found a ’32 Roadster sitting in the snow near his grandma’s house. He and Russ were off and sure enough there is was but it was a convertible, very rare.

Anyway it was 200 ft. from the road sitting in 10 inches of snow. Negotiation were made with the farmer and the sale was made, $240.00. After lots of shoveling and towing with the pick up truck and steel cable finally got the

beauty to the road. Off to home with the pick up towing the “A” by cable, brakes brakes. They made it via Rte 10 to

Millburn. Meyer’s mom was beside herself, “ Not another old car!” So he had to give in and sell it. But made $ 85.00

on the sale. Years later he saw the same convertible at Harrods auction , $47,000.00. Yikes!

OFFICER’S FOR 2017 President Don McNeil 185 No. Main Street Boonton, NJ 07005 973-335 -6308 [email protected] Vice Pres. Matt Petitjean 16 Fern Avenue Chatham, NJ 07928-2717 973-635-6031 [email protected] Asst. Vice Pres. Jim Mastroberti 709 8th Street Carlstadt, NJ 07072-1703 201-933-6851 [email protected] Secretary Jan Olszewski 317 New Road Montague, NJ 07827 973-293-7248 [email protected] Treasurer Bruce Acheson 649 Canistear Road Highland Lakes, NJ 07422 973-764-4910 [email protected]

COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2017 Membership Linda Gianni 973-579-7404 Good & Welfare Marian Acheson 973-764-4910 Newsletter Editor Joan Kimball (NJ) 201-991-3929 (FL) 772-229-4083 Newsltr. Circulation Marian Acheson 973-764-4910 Web Master Janet Olszewski 973-293-7248 50/50 Chairperson Don McNeil Kitchen Staff Fred Hamway & Nick Crupi Advisory Board John Morgan & Andy Cannizzaro Nat’l Coordinator John Morgan Club Merchandise Fred VanderHoof

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The club’s web site is www.mafcnj.org. If you have anything you would like to put on the

web site please send the info to our Web Master,

Jan Olszewski by email at [email protected]

or by phone at 973-293- 7248

The Accelerator is the official publication of the

Model A Ford Club of New Jersey. The Model A Ford Club of New Jersey is a non-profit organization formed

to encourage its members to acquire, preserve, re-

store, exhibit and make use of the Model A Ford vehi-

cle, model years 1928 to 1931 and all things pertain-ing to the Model A Ford.

The Accelerator provides information on meet-

ings and activities that have taken place or will take place during each year. We will gladly share articles

with others if credit is given to the Model A Ford Club

of New Jersey.

IN NEED OF EMBROIDERED CLUB

LOGO CLOTHING?

If you’d like to have our club logo em-

broidered on a shirt, hat, or jacket, please talk to

John Morgan. You may see John at a meeting or

call him at 973-786-5041. A price list may be

found on the clubs’ website if you’re interested, including other info re-

garding embroidered clothing.

WE are

in need of Advertiser’s

f or ou r Newsletter’s.

If you would like to advertise your business in the newsletter please let

Linda Gianni know of your desire. The fee is $20.00 per year. This is a great

way for people to get to know about your business and for you to help

them if they need your product.

IN THIS ISSUE Pg. 1 . . . . . . . President’ Message, Officers, Committee members

Pg. 2 . . . . . . . Official Publication, Web Site, Ad’s needed, Embroidery

Pg. 3. . . . . . . .Secretary’s Report

Pg. 4. . . . . . . .Did you Know, NE Meet Raffle, Klecha Bequest

Pg. 5. . . . . . . .Ford Information Pg. 6. . . . . . . .MARC, MAFFI, MAFCA Info, Club Mtg. Dates, Dues

Pg. 7. . . . . . . .NE Meet Info, Garage Clinic, For Sale, Poker Run

Pg. 8. . . . . . . .Winter Carnival results

Pg. 9. . . . . . . .Antique Car Lovers Info, Recuperating

Pg. 10. . . . . . .Events for 2017, Birthdays for March

Pg. 11. . . . . . .Poker Run Event, Editor’s Report Pg. 12. . . . . . .Fashions, Article of Interest

Pg. 13. . . . . . .MARC Meet in Gettysburg, Treasurer’s Report

Pg. 14. . . . . . .Technical Tip

Pg. 15. . . . . . .Ice Sculptor Tour Results

This pick up truck is going to the dogs!!


SECRETARY’S MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The 627th meeting of the Model A Ford Club of New Jersey was called to

order at 8:05 p.m. February 6, 2017 and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to

the flag. • Attendance: 25

• Guests: Kelly Cassutt from Somerset, NJ (‘28 Leatherback) and John Rizko

from South River (‘30 Cabriolet). • Approval of minutes: Motion M/S/P to approve January 2017 minutes as

presented within newsletter.

• Treasurer’s Report: In Bruce’s absence Jan gave treasurer’s report.

• Secretary’s Report: Filed new board members form to MARC for 2017. • Vice President’s Report: Matt Petitjean reviewed touring calendar for new year. Asked Jim

Dunlap to give summary of Winter Carnival event and Skylands Frozen In Ice event. Please refer

to our website and newsletter for all upcoming and updates for MAFCNJ happenings.

• Assistant Vice President’s Report: Jim Mastroberti addressed the 2017 parade calendar. All

information is on the website. Jim also made reference to the Estate of Julius Klecha’s generous donation to the AACA.

• Membership Chairperson’s Report: Linda Gianni still needs dues to be paid. • President’s Report: Don McNeill congratulated members for filling our touring calendar.

• Newsletter Report: No report.

• Website Report: Jan announced the pictures for the first two club events are on the website.

The website address remains the same as does the password. It is user friendly and should any-

one have any questions, please get back to me so we may address same. • National Coordinator Report: John Morgan continues to submit articles to the magazine.

• Good & Welfare: No knowledge of the need for cards to be sent. That’s a good thing. • Old Business: Could be an interest in additional parade possibility in Wallington.

• New Business: Ed Saniewski asked for members mileage reports for MARC.

• For Sale/Wanted:

• Refreshments: Cakes for the next meeting will be John Bradford and Stan Machuszek. • Program: Ed Saniewski did demo on a 1928 multi disc clutch.

• Board Meeting: No board meeting is scheduled for February.

• Motion to adjourn: Motion M/S/P to adjourn at 8:57 p.m.

As Reported February 14, 2017

INCOME EXPENSES

Badge fines .75 VFW Hall Rent 720.00

Coffee Receipts 29.00 MAFCA dues 40.00 Dues Receipts 150.00 NL Printing 40.35

NL Mailing 40.00 Perona Farms party 300.00

219.75 MARC dues 10. 00 1110.35

Profit/Loss: 890.60

DID YOU KNOW Taken from Good Old Days Magazine

Initial Inductees- - - - -- On Jan. 29, 1936: The first players were selected for the

Baseball Hall of Fame. The inaugural class of Hall of Famers consisted of Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy

Mathewson and Walter Johnson. Although chosen for the

Hall of Fame in 1936, the first induction ceremony did not take place until the opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame in

Cooperstown, N.Y., on June 12, 1939. Approximately 10,000

people showed up for the Hall of Fame's opening and the

exhibition game that took place at Doubleday Field.


The article below about Butch Klecha was in the Winter 2017 issue of Reflections, a publication of the AACA Mu-

seum. It was sent to me by Dick Seabury and I want to thank him for the it. I know an article was included in a previous newsletter about Butch’s generous bequest but I thought this was nice with his picture included.

NEW ENGLAND MEET RAFFLE - We’ve received a letter from The New

Hampshire Lakes Region Model A Club where the 61st Annual New England Model A Meet is being held this coming Sept. Every year our club donates something from

our club to their Raffle Room and this year they’re also encouraging individual club

members to also consider donating to their Raffle Room. In order to make their Raffle

Room plentiful and very interesting your gift will certainly help. If you wish to donate

something to their Raffle you may contact the NE Model A Meet Raffle, c/o Ellen Costello, 18 Prospect Street, Rutland, MA 01543. Or call her @ 508-330-8354. Your

gift will be credited in the Meet Program.


Henry Ford founded

Ford and Malcomson,

Ltd. In 1902. It was then named as Ford Motor

Co. when investors

agreed to put money in

the company. The said

name is seen in the first

logo of the company. Borrowed from Childe

Harold Wills’ business

card, a new logo was

created in 1909.

It was even improved to a much simpler logo

in the same year. When

the car named Model A

was launched in 1927, a

blue oval was intro-duced with the Ford

script. They also ex-

perimented on the logo

with a diamond in 1957.

The logo then had its

last major improvement in 1976 and used the

ellipse again. In 2003,

the current logo they

a r e u s i ng , w a s

launched which was

known as Centennial Blue Oval.

Aside from the great

designs and the im-

pressive revisions these logos have un-

dergone, it is the sto-

ries that perhaps made

you smile. It could have

amazed you how these

companies leaped to victory and how their

logo changed in every

step. There are still

many logos with great logo evolution stories,

too.

The 20 Millionth Ford was a

1931 Ford Model A 160-B Slant Windshield Town Sedan. Ac-

companied off the assembly

line by Henry and Edsel Ford,

the black car was lettered on the sides and, so it could be

seen from the air, the roof, with

“The Twenty Millionth Ford.” The Sedan would be taken on a tour of the U.S., stopping at nearly every Ford territory and dealer

along the way. Rumored to be lost in a fire sometime after the pub-

licity tour, the car was discovered in Michigan in 1999. After Ford

determined it was indeed “The Twenty Millionth Ford,” the com-pany agreed to lease the car from its current owner. Ford then de-

voted their resources to a complete restoration of the car in prepa-

ration for their 2003 Centennial celebration. As part of the lease agreement, the Town Sedan will be displayed at Ford World

Headquarters for the following 10 years.


For Sale Submitted by David Bierman

1984 Chevy 4dr Caprice Classic 148,000 miles - 2nd owner since 1986.

Maintained, garaged, excellent condi-

tion. Original 2 tone gray, excellent interior,

original 305 engine. Qualify's for HOPF class.

Zebarted NO rust!

$5,500.00 negotiable.

Garage Clinic Don’t forget to come out to Ed Saniewski’s house on March 18th at 9:00 AM for his Garage Clinic. Ed lives at 10 Aeire Wynde Drive, Denville, NJ. His phone # is 201-919-3378. Ed hopes to see a lot of you then.

POKER RUN April 29 is the date for the Poker Run to Hellertown, PA. Ed Saniewski will lead the group to PA beginning at 9:00 AM. Please see the article in this newsletter which will give you all the details for this event.

The January 15, 2017 Winter Carnival saw a record number of attendees this year. I don't know

what record, but it was some sort of record. There

was, in fact, a Model “A” present this year, and ac-

cording to the Winter Carnival historical committee, that was only the second Model “A” to be counted

since the first time the spectacular event was held at

the cabin in the woods. This year also, according to the records committee, was the first year less than 2"

of snow was present. This raised quite a bit of con-

cern with the snowman building event, and the dog

sled racing had to be cancelled. But, not to worry, we had more than enough other events to keep all the participants participating.

The highlight of this years activities was the intro-duction of Frisbee golf. The newly designed 9 hole ex-

ecutive course was christened by competitors from all

over. That's where most of the Frisbees landed also, all

over. For those of the attendees who weren't up for the competitive challenge of the golf tournament, we also

had the annual hike to the kiln. The hike covered a vari-

ety of terrains that twist and turned through the forest, to a small piece of history that represents how farmers got

their lime many, many years ago. The ever present camp

fire was also enjoyed by many and served as the gather-

ing place for our smores building.

As in years past, the food was and always has been one

of, if not the best part. This year we had a wide variety of ap-petizers, soup, stew, chili, Italian specialties and desserts. If

anybody went home hungry from this event, it was clearly a

self inflicted punishment. Every year the buffet of comfort

foods seems to get better and the walk out of the woods is about 2-3 miles longer than the walk in was.

In closing, I would just like to add, we had a few

new faces this year and a

few people who couldn't

make it. All in all the people there had fun, so if you want to have fun, you will need to be there next year.


2017 WINTER CARNIVAL BY JIM DUNLAP


RECUPERATING It has been learned that one of our club members, Don Sachau had

recently been hospitalized. He is expected to have a full recovery from his

illness.

Please keep Don in your prayers, and let’s hope we see Don again real

soon at one of our monthly membership meetings.

Take it easy Don and get well real soon.


Dates for events in 2017 - Mark your calendar. March 18 Garage Clinic at Ed's garage 9:00

April 29 Poker Run to Hellertown. Meet at McDonalds on Rte 54 in Hackettsown. Some cars will

continue on another tour, overnight instead of coming home. Details to be announced.

May 7 Mystery Tour, Jim Mastroberti. No details yet.

May 29 Brian Lockwood with details to follow

June 1 Vest Pocket Tour To Finger Lakes, NY ;Jim Dunlap

July 4 Parades: Chatham/ Matt Petitjean; Union/Mike Leblond; Ridgefield Park/ Jim Mastroberti

July 9 Gymkhana (details to follow)

Firemen’s Home: Date not set

Aug. 20 or 27 MAFCNJ Picnic

Sept. 15 New England Meet (see details in this newsletter)

Oct. 4-17 Hershey, PA

October: Fall Foliage Tour - Matt Petitjean (dateto be determined)

Nov. 5 Winery Tour

Nov 25 Holiday parade in Newton with the Lockwoods

Dec. 10 Christmas party & Installation of officers

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

Stan Machuszek 4

Bob Gatarz 5

David Nelson 7

Jim Prosper 12 Roger Marshall 12 Nick Crupi 13 Rand Urmston 14 Jack LaCarl 15 Deborah Volosin 16 Richard Nalavany 20

Sincere best wishes to those

who are celebrating their birthday this month.

Ladies, we would like to add you to our birthday list too. So, please

let Linda Gianni know the month and day of your

birthday. Or call her at 973-579-7404 Or let your spouse give us your birth-

day date. We would appreciate it. Thank you.

Is Proof reading a Dying

Art? What do you think? Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daugh-ter

This was caught in the

Tribune. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that

what he was reading was impossible! They put in a correction the next

day.

Typhoon Rips through Cemetery; Hundreds

Dead Did I read that right? Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

You mean there's some-thing stronger than duct tape?

Hellertown, PA Model‘A’/‘AA’Show & Swap

Saturday, April 29, 2017 - - 9 am to 3 pm

Event is rain or shine Hosted by: Hellertown Historical Society & Lehigh Valley Model A Ford Club

NO Car or Entrance Fee • Local PA History • Technical Sessions • Swap Meet • Conces-sions • Pinstriping by Jim Brand • Hubley Display• All Types of Model “A” Cars

RSVP your “A” space or club: Nelson Chegezy, @ 610.867.4395 or [email protected]

Oak Tree Supply•[email protected]

**Swap meet spots are a $10 Donation • Model A / AA & Early Ford Parts Only** Located on West Walnut Street right off Route 412 (Main Street), Hellertown, PA

Grist Mill Park GPS Users: 150 West Walnut St, Hellertown, PA 18055.


Ed Saniewski will lead a group out to this event for the Poker Run on April 29th. The plan is to

depart McDonald’s in Hackettstown at 9 a.m. and head out to PA. This is a great tour and a great event. Usually ~100 Model A’s at Hellertown. A few hit-n-miss engines and a great swap meet. Ed

will lead the group back to NJ on the same day. More details at the next meeting on March 6. Event

is Rain or Shine. Some may choose to make this tour an overnight. More information to follow for

that portion in the future.

Editor’s Notes By Joan Kimball

ST. PATRICKS DAY

March 17th - St. Patrick’s Day. And, Erin go Bragh - whatever that means. I’m guessing it means Happy St. Patrick’s Day - Right? Wrong! “Erin go Bragh” in the Irish Gaelic language, simply means “Ireland Forever”. It is commonly used by those who swear allegiance to the Republic of Ire-land and those who support the Irish Republican movement.. So, now you know. Many of our club members are truly Irish from their heritage. And most of us wish to be known as Irish on this day whether you are or not. The best thing on this day besides drinking a LOT of beer is to serve Corned Beef and Cabbage for dinner. Personally I like it served with boiled carrots and pota-toes too. Whether you’re Irish or not, all I can say is enjoy the day because not only does it comes around once a year as do so many other celebrations but most of the time that’s the only time of year Corned Beef and Cabbage is served.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY TO ALL!!!


Fashion Illustrations from 1929

Love this one...Please read to the end! Sent in an email from John Morgan

The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are

finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from Consu-

late, at Bergen, Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical

change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone.

Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29

minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses

of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points

well known glaciers have entirely disappeared.

Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and

smelts which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing

grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most

coastal cities uninhabitable.

This must have been caused by the Model T Ford's emissions.

* * * * * * * * * I must apologize: I neglected to mention that this report was from November 2, 1922, as reported by the AP and published in The Washington Post - 93 years ago.

2017 MARC Meet in Gettysburg

Hub City Model A Ford Club is hosting the National MARC Meet in 2017. The meet will be held in Historic Gettysburg, PA from Sunday, July 30th through Friday, August 4th. MEET ACCOMMODATIONS The host hotel is the Wyndham, Gettysburg – 717.339-0020 BUT THEY ARE SOLD OUT

The Courtyard Marriott is co-located with the Wyndham – 717.334-5600 Group room rate is $127 per night. Online Meet Reservations

Hilton Garden Inn – 717.334-2040, Located within 2 miles of the Wyndham, Full service hotel,

Group room rate is $135 per night - Reservations open on August 1st

Days Inn, Located within 1.5 miles of the Wyndham; Group room rate is $109 per night. Reservations open on August 1st

Campgrounds • Drummer Boy Campground • Gettysburg Campground • Artillery Ridge Campground • Round top Campground • Gettysburg KOA • Granite Hill Camping Resort Special Events Join us Monday evening as we kick off the week at the Gettysburg Visitor Center Private use of the entire facility from 6:00 – 10:00 pm Unlimited access to the Museum’s 11 exhibit galleries Unlimited access to the Museum’s Cyclorama and film Bus transportation provided or drive you’re “A”

Gettysburg Museum & Visitor Center information Tuesday includes a special short film of Gettysburg’s history followed with a guided tour of the battlefield Swap Meet Spaces Meet spaces (10 x 20) will be available. Reservations for these spaces will be through the Meet’s Registration form.


As Reported February 14, 2017

By Bruce Acheson, MAFCNJ Treasurer

Income January

Badge Fines .75

Coffee Receipts 29.00

Dues Reciepts 150.00

News Letter Mailing 40.00

Expenses January

VFW Hall Rental 720.00

MAFCA Club Dues 40.00

Marian Acheson Staples News Letter Printing 40.35

Perona Farms Christmas Party Deposit 300.00

Marc Club Dues 10.00


TECHNICALLY SPEAKING


Ice Sculptor Tour BY Jim Dunlap

For most of the free world February 5th was referred to as Super Bowl Sunday. If you were involved with the Model A Ford club in any way, it was a grand day to be enjoyed, as we referred to it as Super Sunday. Sixteen happy, and hungry, people met at the Lafayette House for their popular brunch. We all sat at one large table, some-thing similar to a family sitting down for Thanksgiving. The selection of foods available for the brunch was close to excellent. I'm sure eve-rybody in our group was careful not to overdo it, even though we were there for well over an hour.

After brunch we headed up to the Skylands stadium for our next stop. Here there was a room full of ice sculptures, an ice maze, an ice slide and all type of ice carvings. It was just like walk-ing through a carnival of sorts, only everything was frozen and the temperature was about 30 degrees. A few of our group seemed to be very enthused about all the cold stuff, but a couple of us were just a little less than comfortable with the cool sensation presented by a room full of ice. We didn't spend quite as much time there as

originally planned, but that was ok. We spent much more time at the next stop than we thought we would. Our next stop was in Branchville, NJ at the newly opened, Milk Street Distillery. As we entered the

front door of the old feed store from many years ago, we were greeted by the two brothers who recently ventured into the spirits industry. The front porch area had several tables and seats where cus-tomers could enjoy a drink made with the products distilled right there. As you entered the next room which served as the meeting area and gift shop, the walls were filled with pictures of Sussex County his-tory. After our tour of the facility, and a brief lesson of what it takes to make rum, vodka and rye, the three

products made there, we headed back to the meeting area/gift shop/tasting room. With our trusty souvenir shot glasses in hand we all were able to sample the products of the distillery. After the sampling, we headed out to the porch area and many of us enjoyed refreshing drinks. One by one, the couples started to leave, as the days festivities slowly came to an end. The second event of the year for a group, and, despite the weather/season, there has been at least one Model A at each one. Remember everybody, you can have as much fun as we had if you had been there.

THE ACCELERATOR

Model A Ford Club of New Jersey

Bruce Acheson 649 Canistear Road

Highland Lakes, 07422

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