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All Meetings cancelled until further noticeAll Meetings cancelled until further notice You know whyYou know why

This Month’s FeaturesThis Month’s Features “90 & 75 years ago - Along the Action Era Highways” by Kelly Flory “Car Buzz” by Bob Vukas “Expert Level Quiz - Name that Car!” by Helen Hutchings

“2020 National Tour—Postponed” by Rich Gibbs (Page 6)

Check the Calendar on Page 1 for Complete Listing of Upcoming Events

This is looking like a real long summer/year with minimal car stuff Check the Sunflower Region website to stay up to date with upcom-ing events.

1935 Sears Auto Service Center - Kansas City

From Steve Hartwich’s Vintage Photo Collection. See Page 2 for more on the photo

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Information: must be received by the 25th of the month to be put in the next month's newsletter. Newsletters are mailed one week prior to each month's meeting. We are always looking for material for the newsletter, articles, jokes, club gossip, for sales and feature stories. Material will be returned if requested. Dues: Dues are payable yearly and come due on January 1st of each year. National dues are $36.00 and Regional dues are $15.00. National membership is a prerequisite to being a regional member. Meetings: Meetings are held once a month on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM. Meeting locations alternate each month between Kansas City and Topeka. See the calendar section of the newsletter for the location of each month's meeting. For Sale Ads: Members may place free For Sale ads in the newsletter. We will run an ad for several months unless notified otherwise. Please send the ad information the way you want it to read in the newsletter. The ad will appear in the printed version only. Hospitalization or Death of members or members families: If you hear of a club member or member's family who has been hospitalized or passed away please notify the contact listed below in your area: Topeka —–open—– Lawrence —–open—– Kansas City Steve Hartwich 816-661-9582

Evenings please

CHVA National Website: http://www.chvanational.org

Check out this website for a very good selec-tion of Etowah-Bartow Region photos and events: http://www.chvaga.com/

Founding members of the Sunflower Region, CHVA. February 25, 1979. Steve Jewett, Rod Waggoner, Bruce Baker, Danny Downs, Ray Taylor, Edna Willits/Jewett, Licia Willits, John Kitos, Steve Hartwich

Editor's Stuff

Rich Gibbs– Editor Calendar page editor—Steve Hartwich

New articles are always needed for “The Starterator”

Region Officers

Director Assistant Director

Malcolm McIntyre Tom Plemons

6915 N Cosby Ave 713 SE Baldwin Rd

Kansas City, MO 64151 Topeka, KS 6607

(816) 509-3016 (785) 213-2445

Secretary Treasurer Sue Anderson Don Beck

20240 W 113th Terr. PO Box 8787 Olathe, KS 66061 Topeka, KS 66608

(913) 219-7943 (785) 640-1808

Back-up Secretary Board Member Kathy Griffith Bob Vukas

601 Dakota 3806 SW Mission Av

Holton, KS 66436-1257 Topeka, KS 66610

(785) 215-1135 (785) 267-1367

“The Starterator” Editors Historian

Rich Gibbs Johnnie Williams

1150 NW Sunset Ln 2916 SE Aries

Topeka, KS 66618-1148 Topeka, KS 66605

(785) 230-6794 (785) 267-3436

Calendar Page Design/Editor CHVA National Office Manager Steve Hartwich CHVA, Inc

chvacalendar@gmail.com PO Box 341

Newark, CA 94560-0341

Sunflower Region C O N T E M P O R A R Y H I S T O R I C A L V E H I C L E A S S O C I A T I O N

(Recognizing all old cars over 20 years and older) Website: http://clubs.hemmings.com/chvasunflower Printable PDF file of “The Starterator” are in COLOR on the website

Director's Drivel by Malcolm McIntyre Another month, and not much has changed in our Covid situation, in fact it

might have even gotten a bit worse. I obviously haven't scheduled anything in

the way of meetings yet, or events since the only way a group our size could even get

something to eat would be a drive through or a socially distanced picnic.. The only

commitment we had on our calendar was the scheduled visit in October to the

Presbyterian facility in Lawrence, and I have cancelled that. Unfortunately I think the

2020 touring season will be non-existent and we'll just have to keep getting the cars out

ourselves. For example, since the last communication with you, I was notified that my-

self and my staff will be working from home until 2021 and it's hard to believe it's August

already. I've been bringing vehicles home on a rotating basis. The Datsun is home now

and getting some evening nice weather motoring. Even the underground storage where

I keep a lot of my cars is only operating half days and not allowing any new vehicles into

their facility. opefully everyone is healthy and doing well. I hope that as the cooler weath-

er comes and folks settle back into their homes that the virus will subside such that 2021

will be allowed us to meet and tour again.

Malcolm

Kelly is released and recouping at home. He has therapy at home three days a week. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Kelly Flory 24401 W 86th Terrace Lenexa, KS 66227

July Quiz Answers So, how did you do???

1. Pontiac

2. Flint

3. Ford

4. Studebaker

5. Austin

6. Lafayette

7. Zephyr

8. DeSoto

9. LaSalle

10. Oldsmobile

11. Buick

12. Plymouth

13. Nash

14. Hudson

15. Lincoln

16. Jordan

17. Overland (or perhaps some might have answered Range Rover)

18. Moon (but one who took the quiz offered Geo)

19. Graham

20. Terraplane

21. Pope

22. Star (but one who took the quiz an-swered Meteor)

23. Cadillac

24. Chevrolet

25. Mercury

26. Jaguar

27. Maxwell (but one who took the

quiz suggested Columbia)

28. Tucker

29. Kaiser

30. Franklin

Kelly submitted two Action Era Highways pages this month. To say, I am excited. Welcome back, Kelly

August 2020August 2020

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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5 6 7

8 9 10 11 112 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

Please verify all events in case of changes, errors, or cancellations. Accuracy of this calen-dar is only as good as what has been provided.

• CHVA sponsored event − Other events

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Calendar of Events – Send notice of your events to: chvacalendar@gmail.com, Steve Hartwich.

Calendar event items, if published, should include a 2-3 sentence description including the name of the event, i.e., First An-nual White Wall Tire Car Show, Address, City-State, start-end times, admission and/or entry fees, website and/or flyer address link. Other

car clubs are invited to submit their car show or car event-related information that would appeal to the car club public.

Some CHVA Calendar items are from the Associated Car Clubs of Kansas City website. http://clubs.hemmings.com/acckc/eventfinder.htm

Sunflower Region CHVA Events Calendar 2020

No Meetings - No Minutes

Aug 8 -- Parkville MO Cruise Night, 122 S Main St, Parkville MO. 400-800PM https://parkvillemo.org/event/parkville-cruise-night-2/

Aug 8 – Olathe KS, Oddballs & Obscurities car show, Kansas City Automo-tive Museum, 15095 W 116th St. 800AM-200PM, no entry fee.

Future - KC area D&E. Mechanical musical crank organ demo. Neon sign company tour/demo. TBD by Steve H.

September 5-6 -- Platte City, MO: 20th Annual Greaserama. Platte County Fairgrounds, 15730 Fairgrounds Road, 64079. Car 1964 and older; trucks 1972 and older. www.greaserama.com

October 3 - Kansas City, KS: 36th Annual HPAC Mopar Show & Swap. Nebraska Furniture Mart, 1601 Village West Parkway, 66111. All years and models of Mopar and AMC are welcome. Rain or shine. Goody bags, door prizes and awards. Info: Randy, 785-231-0719

Oct 4 – Lawrence Region AACA Car Show, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St. Featuring Packards & Hudsons.

Regularly scheduled 2020 cruise nights – More will be added as dates are confirmed.

Note: Local City policies may encourage face masks and social distancing for dine-in and parking events. More will be added as dates are confirmed. Verify these events before going! See link at the bottom of the page below cruises.

Every Friday Lenexa KS — Pegah’s Summer Cruise, 12122 W. 87th Parkway, 5:00pm to 9:00pm, May to October. Hosted by Dick and Judy Rule.913-258-8766. 1st Saturday Harrisonville MO — Car Cruise Nights Hosted by Golden Classics Jewelers, 1919 N Commercial Street, 64701, 4:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Hosted by Heartland Road Runners. Parkville MO -- Cruise Night at Farmers Market and City parking lots, 122 South Main Street, 64152.4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Sponsored by Jacob Pratt State Farm Insurance. May through October (except July) https://parkvillemo.org/event/parkville-cruise-night-2/

2nd Saturday Overland Park KS -- Cruise Night. 10400 Mastin St, 66212. 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Hosted by Mustang Club of Greater Kansas City. 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. 3rd Saturday Topeka, KS: Cruise Night. The Dugout, 17th & Fairlawn, 66604. 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, weather permitting. April through October 4th Saturday Belton, MO — Cruzin' Main Street in historic downtown Belton hosted by the South 71 Cruisers. 4pm-8pm(?) Info: Mike 816-898-3698 Russ 816-392-0728 or Paul 816-392-1470 Dave 816-898-5174 or Esther 816-322-7005. April through October. Olathe KS – Last Saturday of each month. Caffeine and Chrome, Gateway Classic Cars, 1202 S Lone Elm Rd. Olathe, KS 66061 (913) 815-1340 Classic Cars, Hot Rods, Vintage Automobiles - Free - Open To The Public Join us from 9 A.M. to Noon. Topeka KS -- The Pad, 1730 NW Topeka Blvd., 5pm to 10pm. April to October. Refer to the link below for Kansas City, Topeka and other nearby City’s Cruise nights. http://clubs.hemmings.com/acckc/EventFinder.htm#CruiseNights July 2020 story about Topeka Cruise Nights: https://www.ksnt.com/news/photo-gallery/car-enthusiasts-meet-on-friday-saturday-nights-to-talk-cars/

Refer to the link below for Kansas City, Topeka and other nearby City’s Cruise nights.

http://clubs.hemmings.com/acckc/EventFinder.htm#CruiseNights

People: You Don't Understand, it's More than a car,

It's a Disease Like a Passion, It's a

Lifestyle

Five months in Covid Coun-ty could drive one crazy. What's your car worth to you? Full size cars are dis-appearing as mid-size cars grow larger. Small cars are tiny and SUVs of every size fill the car lots and sell for a reduced rate to move them. Trucks are the hot sellers and they become larger and smaller. A friend just pur-chased a Chevrolet Equinox, loaded with options for $22,000. Sell or die has of-ten been the motto and still is.

Does anyone know of ap-praisers so that we may re-ceive proper insurance val-ue? A call to a Google Ad

found an appraiser who wants a $1.00 per mile and $200 per car. Consumer Reports bases their values and insurance coverage on the marketplace, as does Hagerty. Others to be found are AAG at 1-800-878-2886.

Tim's Paintworks, at the west end of Grantville offers appraisals but he is fishing this week. Mike Connors from North Topeka, offers appraisals, 785-234-1016. Tom Plemons recommends, Larry Shaw, 234-2966 and both Tom and Larry may be attending the downtown car show as we speak.

When sending off photos of your car for appraisal, shoot the front, the back, the sides, under the hood or luggage compartment and under the car. The VIN and Registration are needed too.

Sunflower Region CHVA Events Calendar 2020—continued

..........Car Buzz..........by Bob Vukas

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Cover Photo by Steve Hartwich

Some quick observations about this photo...Is says Ortho -KC. In my 1934 telephone directory there is an Ortho Photo Co at 1326 Oak St. In the lower right corner it says Kansas City 1935. That makes sense since the Ford on the rack is probably from that era. (ed note: 1933-34 Ford) An oil filter costs $1.65 and a Summer grease job costs 20 cents a pound. How many pounds of grease could a 1935 Ford take? I have no idea. Do you?

What’s the big vertical pole-like object between the two grease racks? A floodlight? There are new Allstate batteries on the left against the wall. What are all the other things to the right of the batteries? You’re guesses are invited. Check out that old wall telephone in the corner! Look at all the new car parts waiting to be installed in the adjacent room. There is a whole lot more detail to identify so get your magnifying glass out and let us know what you found. I originally thought this was on the Plaza but my 1934 phone book show Sears only at 1500 Cleveland. That building is now a Distribution center for the US Postal Service. Was there an Auto-motive repair facility at that Cleveland Ave. Sears store?

This requires more research. I love these old photos.

Sears 1500 Cleveland Ave. KCMO. Built 1925.

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1. 88 ________________

2. 210 ________________

3. 910 ________________

4. 4CV ________________

5. SP250 ______________

6. TR250 ______________

7, DB4 ________________

8. 999 ________________

9. W165 _______________

10. 328 ________________

11. RX7 ________________

12. GT 350 _____________

13. C6 ________________

14. 98 ________________

15. 120 ________________

16. L 29 ________________

17. 280 ________________

18. Z28 ________________

19. 916 ________________

20. GT6 ________________

21. 130 ________________

22. 750GT ______________

23. 544 ________________

24. 206 ________________

25. MS 670 ______________

Diabolical Expert/Genius Level I Quiz Each number/letter combination defines a

specific model of automobile. Name that car… Will post the answers in September issue

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75 years ago Along the Action Era Highways

Cadillac

Standard of the World!

During World War II Cadillac built M5 Stuart tanks, and

parts for many oth-er military vehicles including military aircraft engines.

This is one of a few color ads I found for tanks that worked

for a one page article. Approxi-

mately 6,500 M5’s were built plus a

portion of the 4,731 M24 Chaffee pro-duction split with Massey-Harris.

Most Cadillac mod-els would return to production as 1946 models by October 1945 looking nearly

identical to the 1942 models.

This partial ad is from the January 1945 “Motor” magazine , a monthly Hearst publication for automotive dealerships, service centers,

marketers, etc. Submitted by Kelly Flory.

1946 Cadillac Series 62 4-door Touring Sedan 1942 Cadillac Series 62 4-door Touring Sedan

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90 years ago Along the Action Era Highways

This article above is from the January 1930 issue of “MoTor Magazine”, a monthly Hearst publication for automotive dealerships, service centers,

marketers, etc.

Submitted by Kelly Flory.

CHRYSLER�

“Chrysler proves

what it is by what

it does.”

The 1930 year

brought new Straight

Eight engines to the

Chrysler line and as

in the article to the

left, the larger cars

were wired from the

factory for a dealer

installed radio.

Radio was a popular

form of entertain-

ment in the twenties

and by the 1929

model year radio’s

were developed to

work nearly as well

in a car, though at

first they were bat-

tery powered like

Chrysler’s.

Radio’s became so

popular in cars that

not only were most

companies wiring

their cars for radio’s,

by the 1934 model

year, almost every

manufacturer was

offering one as an

accessory, wired to

the car’s 6-volt

battery.

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East of Marquette at Munising we will board a tour boat and cruise Pictured Rocks National Seashore.

At Whitefish Point is the Ship-wreck Museum and lighthouse. We will learn about the fate of

the Edmund Fitzgerald.

St. Ignace is the gateway to Mackinac Island and

the “Big Mac” bridge that joins the Upper Peninsula to lower Michigan.

On the way to Traverse City ar-ea we will make a short stop at the Cross in the Woods Shrine in Indian River. Made from one California Redwood Tree, the cross is 55 ft. tall. The Corpus

Tour Dates: Sept 14-24, 2020

To reserve your tour regis-tration package, send $5.00 to: Rich Gibbs 1150 NW Sunset Lane Topeka, KS 66618-1148 E-mail: tripleturbine@cox.net Ph: (785) 230-6794 Please call evenings 7-9 PM Central time Tour packages will be mailed to pre-registrants Spring of 2020. The $5.00 fee will apply to your com-pleted registration for the tour. All events are subject to change due to availability.

was cast in bronze in Norway and was at-tached to the cross Aug 9, 1959. Dedicated Aug 16, 1959. Many things in the Trav-erse City area including wineries, shopping, light-houses and Sleeping Bear Dunes. Some sur-prises in the area will tickle your fancy.

Finally after all the places visited, we will finally see the Gilmore Auto Muse-um at Hickory Corners.

This is a place you will not want to miss.

Starting in Oshkosh, Wisconsin the tour will visit the EAA Airventure Museum.

A day tour of Door Coun-ty Wisconsin peninsula to see the sights of the ar-ea. Sight-seeing and dining abound. Heading to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan along the shore of Lake Michigan through Me-nominee and a visit of Iron Mountain’s Iron Mine Underground Mine Train.

Oshkosh to Kalamazoo

‘Round Lake Michigan

2020 CHVA

National Tour

The 2020 CHVA National Tour is postponed until Mid-May 2021 due to the present situation in the tour states:

Wisconsin and Michigan. I will be sending notice to the pre-registration members in the near future. If you wish to have your $5.00 reservation fee re-turned, please let me know (information below). The fees are safely in a bank account. When Michigan opens up, I will con-tinue working with hotels and the venues planned to finalize tour plans. Thanks your for your patience. Rich Gibbs