Norwich Rolling Antiquers Old
Car Club Show: A most excellent
day, that's what goes through your
mind upon hauling a car home from
an event like this past Saturdays.
The first show of the season is always
greeted with much anticipaton, and
work. Trailers have to be gone
through, tow vehicles checked and of
course - you have to get a car ready
as well. Club members hustled in
effort to make the show, Alan Weaver
just missed debuting his new Ed
Thompson coupe but related that 'he
wasn't going to rush it' - like fine
wine, it'll have it's time. Dad has
been working overtime to get his '37
coupe ready and after some last
minute gremlins popped up, it was
nip and tuck. Only some last minute
ignition work, (don't mind the wet
paint) ensured the S33's arrival. For
me, Friday was a day off spent in the
sun outlining numbers and adding
some winners flags courtesy of Greg
Holland to the Teardrop car - a nice
choke rod fixed any starting
problems for me but Dad wasn't as
lucky and only after a Mallory
transplant did his flatty fire. The trip
up was uneventful - I left the
driveway wondering if the old truck
would make it - go or blow I figured
as it's been down on power but the
oil pressure was good and with your
foot in it, power wasn't bad. We made
it anyways and it'll do until I can get
Thumper back in shape. Upon
entering the event, John Clark
approached with pictures of his own
Thumper, a nice '66 truck with a 352
in sweet shape. He plans to get it on
the road soon so at some point tis
year there may be two of us towing
with old Ford tin. Fired up the
Teardrop and drove it over to our
spot where John's 3X, Alan's #77
and Bud Hinman's Hillegas were
already set up. Nothing makes you
feel better about a car than turning
heads, they were swiveling all day.
Larry Farrell was along shortly after
with his ultra-sharp V3 Gary
Reddick car, they don't get any
lower, or nicer than this car. I was
relieved to see Dad pull in next, as
any of you who fool with old
equipment know, ignition woes can
pop up at any time. The engine 'was'
running fine and then suddenly the
dual point turned into a 'prince of
darkness' so to speak. And it's not a
Lucas either.. Only some last minute
fussing got it going again although
he's still not satisfied, I'm sure it'll
get worked out in better fashion with
a little more time. All that aside, the
car looks terrrific if I do say so
myself. When you first look at a car,
you can see it's potential and Dad
made it a reality. Yes, it's heavy, Yes,
it has bondo, Yes, it's deliciously
crude - and a fine tribute to the
McCredy Motors team of the mid-
50's as they transitioned from the
'34 coupe to the '37 with Don
Henderberg working the tiller. Dad
parked next to the Teardrop car and
our display immediately attracted
observers like flies to $h!#. Mike
Newell pulled in shorlty afterward
with his Chuck Akulis Pink Panther
coupe to complete our display which
included 3 asphalt modifieds, 3 dirt
modifieds and Bud's sprinter, a well
rounded display for sure.
One interested observer was former
McCredy master mechanic Fred
DeCarr. You won't meet a nicer guy.
He was pleased to see the S33
completed and in his quiet and
unassuming way, proudly stood
beside it for some photo ops. Former
driver Ray Bunzey was over as well
and filled us in on where the
flathead stuff was to be found. It's
really easy to get caught up in a
conversation at these shows but we
had other things on our mind - like
scrounging parts - and begged off to
start our quest. Never can have
enough oil pressure gauges - hope
these work as the 'new' one in the
Teardrop always reads '0' - at least
it's consistant (and drips a bit of oil
as well so I know it's not right....). A
6 volt fuel pump - $20. Hope that
works too.. Some nice (ie: heavy)
hairpin radius arms - $15, motor
mounts - $1 each - piling crap that
no one else wants into your truck -
priceless. There's no doubt that
flathead stuff is drying up, makes
what you already have more
appreciated. Grab some lunch and
then back for our club meeting at
1PM.
20 some of us gathered for our brief
meeting where we reviewed our last
meeting and tabled items. We didn't
have enough committed teams this
season to offer promoters a racing
show, without car count, I just didn't
feel I could schedule the shows.
Everything remains in place however
should this sitaution change in
2009, and as far as I know, all the
cars that made races in 2007 are still
in their respective garages. For this
year though, we're concentrating on
the shows, and we went over the
schedule. Utica Rome race director
Barb Clark related to us that the
New Yorker event had to come off our
schedule due to space constraints -
they just don't know if they could
accomodate us for the event.
Unfortunate but understandable -
they didn't have enough room for
everyone at the Victoria race early
this season and expect the same for
the New Yorker - so we'll remove it
from our schedule. We are still on for
NYSCCA night at Utica-Rome and
we're pleased about that. Next, we
discussed our dues, as we've got all
of our major expenditures covered
already, and we're not racing this
season, it was agreed to lower our
dues to $10 - which in essence will
cover our expenses for the hosting of
this site. Our last item was the
announcement that Treasurer Gary
Wood and myslef are in our last
season as officers of this club, I'll
continue with the site so long as
they want me too - but we related
that members should start thinking
about replacements for the fall. We
adjourned and then went through
the flurry of dues paying,
handshaking and bullshitting per
usual. Tom Witter is making progress
on his '37, another flathead powered
car that we look forward to seeing.
Larry and Howdy Witter are making
progress on their '32 Chevy although
Howdy has a bigger iron in the fire,
he and secretary Sue Lowe are
getting hitched next weekend.
Speaking of getting hitched, so are
Johnny Rockola and Stacie
Difederico this August - if I get a tux
for Belvedere can I bring him? Mike
Newell has the 'Daschound' nearly
ready and will debut at 5MP this
year - that'll be a great show as both
Don Beagell and Chuck Akulis are
on tap to wheel Mike's cars around
that night - hope to talk Diff into the
Teardrop as well. Richard Parry is
snuffing up the Jumpin' Jack
Falcon, Alan Weaver wil have the Ed
Thompson coupe out soon, Larry
Farrell is working on the Mike
Shippee Gremlin, John Mason is
planning on the Lobdell coupe
making a date, Jim Chase continues
work on the CNY HOF date, it's going
to be a fun season.
Traveling home, a feeling of
satisfaction comes over you, heads
are still swiveling, fingers pointing,
and the image of a happy young boy
who asked permission to sit in the
seat of the S33 runs through your
mind. Happy slobbers await my
arrival home. A great day not soon to
be forgottten..
And now I'll let the pictures do the
talking..
Car Club Show: A most excellent
day, that's what goes through your
mind upon hauling a car home from
an event like this past Saturdays.
The first show of the season is always
greeted with much anticipaton, and
work. Trailers have to be gone
through, tow vehicles checked and of
course - you have to get a car ready
as well. Club members hustled in
effort to make the show, Alan Weaver
just missed debuting his new Ed
Thompson coupe but related that 'he
wasn't going to rush it' - like fine
wine, it'll have it's time. Dad has
been working overtime to get his '37
coupe ready and after some last
minute gremlins popped up, it was
nip and tuck. Only some last minute
ignition work, (don't mind the wet
paint) ensured the S33's arrival. For
me, Friday was a day off spent in the
sun outlining numbers and adding
some winners flags courtesy of Greg
Holland to the Teardrop car - a nice
choke rod fixed any starting
problems for me but Dad wasn't as
lucky and only after a Mallory
transplant did his flatty fire. The trip
up was uneventful - I left the
driveway wondering if the old truck
would make it - go or blow I figured
as it's been down on power but the
oil pressure was good and with your
foot in it, power wasn't bad. We made
it anyways and it'll do until I can get
Thumper back in shape. Upon
entering the event, John Clark
approached with pictures of his own
Thumper, a nice '66 truck with a 352
in sweet shape. He plans to get it on
the road soon so at some point tis
year there may be two of us towing
with old Ford tin. Fired up the
Teardrop and drove it over to our
spot where John's 3X, Alan's #77
and Bud Hinman's Hillegas were
already set up. Nothing makes you
feel better about a car than turning
heads, they were swiveling all day.
Larry Farrell was along shortly after
with his ultra-sharp V3 Gary
Reddick car, they don't get any
lower, or nicer than this car. I was
relieved to see Dad pull in next, as
any of you who fool with old
equipment know, ignition woes can
pop up at any time. The engine 'was'
running fine and then suddenly the
dual point turned into a 'prince of
darkness' so to speak. And it's not a
Lucas either.. Only some last minute
fussing got it going again although
he's still not satisfied, I'm sure it'll
get worked out in better fashion with
a little more time. All that aside, the
car looks terrrific if I do say so
myself. When you first look at a car,
you can see it's potential and Dad
made it a reality. Yes, it's heavy, Yes,
it has bondo, Yes, it's deliciously
crude - and a fine tribute to the
McCredy Motors team of the mid-
50's as they transitioned from the
'34 coupe to the '37 with Don
Henderberg working the tiller. Dad
parked next to the Teardrop car and
our display immediately attracted
observers like flies to $h!#. Mike
Newell pulled in shorlty afterward
with his Chuck Akulis Pink Panther
coupe to complete our display which
included 3 asphalt modifieds, 3 dirt
modifieds and Bud's sprinter, a well
rounded display for sure.
One interested observer was former
McCredy master mechanic Fred
DeCarr. You won't meet a nicer guy.
He was pleased to see the S33
completed and in his quiet and
unassuming way, proudly stood
beside it for some photo ops. Former
driver Ray Bunzey was over as well
and filled us in on where the
flathead stuff was to be found. It's
really easy to get caught up in a
conversation at these shows but we
had other things on our mind - like
scrounging parts - and begged off to
start our quest. Never can have
enough oil pressure gauges - hope
these work as the 'new' one in the
Teardrop always reads '0' - at least
it's consistant (and drips a bit of oil
as well so I know it's not right....). A
6 volt fuel pump - $20. Hope that
works too.. Some nice (ie: heavy)
hairpin radius arms - $15, motor
mounts - $1 each - piling crap that
no one else wants into your truck -
priceless. There's no doubt that
flathead stuff is drying up, makes
what you already have more
appreciated. Grab some lunch and
then back for our club meeting at
1PM.
20 some of us gathered for our brief
meeting where we reviewed our last
meeting and tabled items. We didn't
have enough committed teams this
season to offer promoters a racing
show, without car count, I just didn't
feel I could schedule the shows.
Everything remains in place however
should this sitaution change in
2009, and as far as I know, all the
cars that made races in 2007 are still
in their respective garages. For this
year though, we're concentrating on
the shows, and we went over the
schedule. Utica Rome race director
Barb Clark related to us that the
New Yorker event had to come off our
schedule due to space constraints -
they just don't know if they could
accomodate us for the event.
Unfortunate but understandable -
they didn't have enough room for
everyone at the Victoria race early
this season and expect the same for
the New Yorker - so we'll remove it
from our schedule. We are still on for
NYSCCA night at Utica-Rome and
we're pleased about that. Next, we
discussed our dues, as we've got all
of our major expenditures covered
already, and we're not racing this
season, it was agreed to lower our
dues to $10 - which in essence will
cover our expenses for the hosting of
this site. Our last item was the
announcement that Treasurer Gary
Wood and myslef are in our last
season as officers of this club, I'll
continue with the site so long as
they want me too - but we related
that members should start thinking
about replacements for the fall. We
adjourned and then went through
the flurry of dues paying,
handshaking and bullshitting per
usual. Tom Witter is making progress
on his '37, another flathead powered
car that we look forward to seeing.
Larry and Howdy Witter are making
progress on their '32 Chevy although
Howdy has a bigger iron in the fire,
he and secretary Sue Lowe are
getting hitched next weekend.
Speaking of getting hitched, so are
Johnny Rockola and Stacie
Difederico this August - if I get a tux
for Belvedere can I bring him? Mike
Newell has the 'Daschound' nearly
ready and will debut at 5MP this
year - that'll be a great show as both
Don Beagell and Chuck Akulis are
on tap to wheel Mike's cars around
that night - hope to talk Diff into the
Teardrop as well. Richard Parry is
snuffing up the Jumpin' Jack
Falcon, Alan Weaver wil have the Ed
Thompson coupe out soon, Larry
Farrell is working on the Mike
Shippee Gremlin, John Mason is
planning on the Lobdell coupe
making a date, Jim Chase continues
work on the CNY HOF date, it's going
to be a fun season.
Traveling home, a feeling of
satisfaction comes over you, heads
are still swiveling, fingers pointing,
and the image of a happy young boy
who asked permission to sit in the
seat of the S33 runs through your
mind. Happy slobbers await my
arrival home. A great day not soon to
be forgottten..
And now I'll let the pictures do the
talking..
