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WHAT'S INSIDE

Calendar 1

Meeting Minutes 2

Announcements 3

Future Tours & Events 4-5

National News 6-7

Tech Talk 8

Era Fashion 9

Swap Meet 10

National Schedule 10

Volume 35 Issue 2 P.O. Box 25, Wichita, KS February 2020

www.wichitaas.com

The Wichita A’s meet on the 4th Monday of the month except December. We do not hold a meeting during the month of December. Other meeting changes will be published in the newsletter prior to the scheduled meeting. The meetings are held at Minisa Park, 704 W. 13th, Wichita, KS. Meeting time is 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted in the newsletter.

February Refreshments

Beverages Marcia Kurtz

Cookies or Treats

Marcia Kurtz Claudia Ellerman Dawna Ruggles Nancy Brown

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6………... Newsletter Deadline…[email protected]……… ……….Sheila Orr

13-14…... 45th Annual KS Sunflower Swap Meet/Century II…. ……..Wichita, KS

21………. Annual Shake Down Tour…………………………… ……..Broadheads

23………. Club Meeting at Minisa Park 704 W. 13th…………. ...……….7:00PM

Program: Big Kansas Road Trip by Marci Penner…

10……….. Newsletter [email protected]……… ……….Sheila Orr

27……….. Club Meeting at Minisa Park 704 W. 13th…………. ………...6:30 PM

Program: Pizza & Bunko

24………… Club Meeting at Minisa Park 704 W. 13th………… ………….7:00PM

Program: Tour Planning by Don Grabendike…….

29………… B-29 on the 29th..Tour Doc-B29 Airplane………… …Sharp / Hileman

April 2020

Rumbleseat Review February 2020

Wichita A’s Meeting Minutes January 27, 2020 Minisa Park

The meeting was called to order by President Alan Orr and the club recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Ryan Bendell, Jim Workman and Dwayne Lutz were introduced as guests. Michael Halfman moved to approve the minutes of the November meeting as printed in the newsletter. Motion seconded and approved. Alan Orr told of thank you notes from The TREE HOUSE in appreciation of the donations collected at the ladies Christmas luncheon and THE AUGUSTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY in memory of Gary Agard a long time club mem-ber who passed away recently. Alan Orr also reported that MAFCA is no longer extending the “Free first year mem-bership” for new members. John Stone talked a little about Mid-West Regional that will be held in Overland Park, KS May 31st—June 5th. It will be hosted by the Plain Ol’ A’s. Registration is $80.00 Alan Orr gave the treasurers report in Claudia Ellerman’s absence. Sunshine lady Bonita Graham reported that June Hall and Grace Brooks are both doing well. Longtime members Verla Howland, Gary Agard and member Dean Fellers wife, Jeanine, have all passed away since our last meeting. Gil Adams challenged the club to collect 500 pounds of food for our next non-perishable food drive later this year. Thanks again Gil for delivering our collection to the “Bread of Life”. Vicki Hildibrand reported that 63 women attend-ed the ladies Christmas luncheon. She thanked the members for the generous donations to the “Tree House”. Mike James reported that a good time was had by all at the Christmas Party. Musical entertainment was provided by the West High Choir. Don Grabendike stated that 43 people turned out for the New Year Day tour. The temperature co-operated this year, making it the warmest “New Years tour so far’. Don also stated that he has a “Save Century II” peti-tion if anyone is interested in signing it. Alan Orr introduced Sara Harmon who presented a very interesting program on Ackerman Island and Wonderland Park. Due to technical issues with our equipment, we were not able to view the film, but Sara did a wonderful job ex-plaining the development of the island and amusement park. Refreshments were provided by Nancy Brown, Orpha Eyres, Kathy James, Donna Hileman and Rita Hoffmans. Our next meeting will be February 24th at Minisa Park at 7 PM. It will be our tour planning meeting for 2020. (Tour planning meeting was moved from January meeting to February Meeting to allow for the special program about Acker-man Island and Wonderland Park.) Meeting adjourned Judi Sharp, Secretary

Time to get the A’s out and test drive when the weather cooperates (we did have a little teaser at the first of the month). Be ready to bring your Tour ideas to the February meeting! Any ideas for tours and events can be discussed. Last months program on Ackerman Island and Wonderland Park was a very interesting Program! Our apologies for the missing video which was to be a part of the program. Hopefully, all is corrected on the equipment and we will have smooth sailing on the next one! Sheila and I took our granddaughter to Exploration Place this weekend, and found some information on Ackerman Island and Wonderland Park there. Always learning something new about Wichita, even if we have lived here all our lives! President Alan Orr

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hope to see everyone at the February Meeting-Come with ideas for Tours or Events! Let’s keep making our Club strong with lots of choices on activities. Alan & I just made our reservations for the Midwest Regional Meet in Overland Park, KS –May 31– June 5, 2020! Hope we can get a number of members to join us! Sheila Orr, Editor

February 2020 Beverage

Marcia Kurtz

Cookies or Treats Marcia Kurtz

Claudia Ellerman Dawna Ruggles Nancy Brown

March 2020 Beverage

Nancy Brown

Cookies or Treats Greg & Jeannie Rau Trudee Harshfield

Arley Bennett Bob Broeckelman

April 2020

PIZZA

PARTY

Newsletter Deadline

Friday, March 6, 2020 Sheila Orr

[email protected]

February 2020 Rumbleseat Review

March Birthdays

1 Frank Chenowith 1 Jim Nungesser 2 Dale Havercroft 3 Carolyn Nungesser 4 JoAnn Tackett 10 Gary Cox 12 Roger Moran 14 John Kurtz 14 Wayne Orr 15 Jerry Allen 16 Arley Bennett 16 Dave Moore 19 Cheri Blazer 19 Doris Jean Ludlow 21 Roger Graham 25 R.B. Flynn 28 Bunny Broeckelman 28 Bob Broeckelman 28 Amy Dreiling 29 Earlene Foote 31 Don Arnold 31 Richard Ashford

MAFFI Brick Collection

After the January Meeting, the balance was $93.46.

Denny Ellerman

THANK YOU

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our condolences go out to the family of Verla Howland in her recent passing. Verla and her late husband Clarence were long time members of the club.

We were please to welcome visitors at our last meeting! Welcome Ryan Bendell, Jim Workman and Dwayne Lutz! We hope to see you back

soon!

A big Thank You to Sara Harmon who presented a pro-gram on Wonderland Park on Ackerman Island! We are so sorry we had technical issues and could not show your film but her program was very interesting and lots of information given about the park which was located on the Arkansas River in Wichita between 1906-1918.

NEW MEMBERS

Ryan & Joanna Bendell “31 Coupe


ANNUAL SHAKEDOWN TOUR

FUTURE TOURS AND EVENTS

Mark your calendars!

Saturday, March 21 we will have the Annual Shake Down Tour to Wellington. We will leave the parking lot behind McDonalds at 47th St. South and Broadway at 9:30 AM. In Wellington we will visit Panhandle Railroad Museum & National Depres-sion Glass Museum. Lunch will be on your own. Cost will be $5 per person and we will have a sign-up sheet at the February Meeting. Questions you can contact Jim or Brenda Broadhead at or

For any one newer to the club– we have several informal gatherings each week if anyone is interested-a great way to get acquainted with other members!

Each Saturday morning at 7AM- meet at Riverside Café on 9125 W. Central

for breakfast

Each Saturday morning at 9AM meet at Spears at 4323

W. Maple for breakfast

Men’s group meet at Peck, KS at Boudreux Burger Barn 1499 N.

Meridian Rd 12:30 PM on Tuesday’s for

lunch !

B-29 on the 29th!

Details are still being worked out but plans are underway to tour Wichita’s very own “Doc-B-29 Airplane” on the 29th of February, 2020. Come join us and tour the hanger and see the restored B-29 on in-side and out! The tour will be in the morning of 29th. Time and details of where to meet will be announced at the meeting in February. Cost will be $5.00 per person for the tour. If you are unable to attend the meeting you can call Jim and Judi Sharp (Jim-JU:) or Gary and Donna Hileman-(G-D -) for details.

Leap into 2020 on the 29th and tour the B-29!

Thursday morning around 7:30AM McDonalds at 53rd

and South Meridian for break-fast


A STAR IN THE MAKING!

Little did we know that we had a up and coming athlete in our club! Linda Kibbe is now a member of the Granny Basketball League playing for the ICT Aero Belles! Linda had a whole group of Model A Club members in her cheering squad on Sunday!! Go Linda and the Aero Belles-they won their game!

GO GRANNY-GO!!!!!!

Gas Prices in 1939

Just a Little Price Increase!

1938 Cost of Living


NATIONAL & REGIONAL MEETS

2020 Midwest Model A Regional –May 31-June 5, 2020

The Plain Ol’ A’s are proud to present the

2020 Midwest Model A Regional Meet The host hotel is

Overland Park Marriott Hotel at 10800 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210

Special Rate: $103 per night

Registration is now open for the MAFCA Convention to be held on June 21-26, 2020 in Kerrville, TX. You can go on- line at www.MAFCA .com and look for registration and hotel information. Copies of the registration and hotel information will also be available at the February meeting.

Hosted by: Plain Ol’ A’s Contact: Bob Hess—Registrar [email protected] 816-668-3902 How to register: Visit www.plainolas.com for registration form We will also have copies at the February meeting for those needing one

The Wichita A’s Model A Ford Club encourages members to join both National MARC and

MAFCA Clubs.

MARC 6721 Merriman Garden City, MI 48315 http://modelarestorers.org U.S. Membership Cost: $45

National Model A Clubs

MAFCA 250 S. Cypress St. La Habra, CA 90631-5515 www.mafca.com U.S. Membership Cost: $50

For membership information you can check MAFCA and MARC web sites.

MAFFI Newsletter Minute February 2020


My name is Greg Fish, and I am a MAFFI Trustee. Your Board of Directors, myself, fel-low trustees, and a very important handful of other volunteers make up a group commit-ted to the display and care of a fantastic collection of Henry's Ford Model A's. Through discussions at the last Model A Day Foundation meeting, it was decided that the upkeep of your cars and trucks should consist of more than dusting and polishing. I am pleased to announce the VMP, or Vehicle Maintenance Program. This will be a lit-tle more involved than in years past, due to the decision that vehicles owned by the Foundation should be run annually. Despite a beautiful climate controlled building, some types of deterioration will not yield. Valves get stuck, clutch surfaces develop sur-face rust, and Heaven forbid, engines may become stuck fast over years of non-use. These are preservation issues that we are striving to avoid. Beginning in the spring, your trustees will convene on the museum with teams chosen by them with the goal of starting and running some of our long dormant stock. Over the course of the summer, and after a few visits, we hope to have every MAFFI owned vehicle running, and contin-ue this goal on an annual basis. It is an important process to insure the cars and trucks we love last for generations to come. Thank You, Marsha Quesnel, MAFFI Trustee [email protected]


ADJUSTING THE LATE 29 THROUGH 31 TWO TOOTH STEERING BOX

MARC MILEAGE PROGRAM

The Model A Restorers Club has a Mileage Program available to MARC members only. The award recognition begins at 2,000 miles and the second award level is 5,000 miles. The participant receives a round blue plaque at the first mileage and a replacement mileage tab is awarded thereafter. Dick Fisher, the chairman for the MARC Mileage Program writes an article in the Model A News magazine. If you are interested in participating you can read more about it and register at model-a-ford.org>marc-driving-awards. Members that have registered in the past and have not turned in mileage can still do so since they keep the records and it is not necessary to turn in mileage every year. If you ae a MARC member and do not have a computer I can print the Program Guidelines and registration form for you. I will be turning in the 2019 odometer readings by February 2020. Brenda Broadhead

Submitted by Jim Broadhead

1. If your Model A has a lot of free play in the Steering Wheel, jack up the front Axle so the wheels clear the ground. 2. Check the Pittman Arm, and the Tie Rod ends for play. If ok, start by adjusting the up and down Bearing play in the

Steering Wheel Shaft. Pull up and down on the wheel while adjusting the Screw that is at an angle on top of the Box for minimum free play.

3. Now adjust the side play in the Sector Shaft that connects to the Pittman Arm. Pull in and out on the Arm while adjusting the Screw located on the center right side of the Box for minimum play.

4. To adjust for minimum backlash in the Steering Wheel, rotate the Wheel to the left stop, right stop, and then set the Wheel in the center of the range. Loosen the four 5/8 inch nuts on the left side of the Box about one turn. Now ro-tate the Eccentric located under the top nut, towards the Firewall to take out the free play. Once the free play in the center of the range is minimum, tighten the nuts, and check for binding. If so, back off the Nuts and turn the Eccen-tric forward about a quarter of turn and then, turn back towards the firewall a little less, retighten the Nuts again and recheck for binding at the limits. You will have a little more free play in the wheel but this is required to stop the binding.

NOTE: If the Box binds at one limit and not the other, the Centralization Eccentric located on the bottom right side of the Box must be adjusted a little left or right with a screw driver. The main Eccentric on top must be readjusted again. 5. Check on the Oil level in the box, fill with 600W oil or STP, DO NOT use grease even if it has a Grease Zert on it. I know this sounds a little complicated but it is well worth the effort. There is nothing like driving a Model A in a heavy cross wind with a lot of play in the Wheel. You are all over the road.

ERA FASHIONS


1929 WOMEN-DAYTIME WEAR

Copied from A Book of Fashion Facts 1928-1931 page 10

April 3-5, 2020………… MARC 2020 Membership Meet, Swan Lake Resort-hosted by Highland A’s Region…………………………………………..

…………..Plymouth, IN

May 31-June 5, 2020…... “Fords "A" Plenty In 2020” MAFCA Midwest Regional Meet/Plain Ol A’s…………………………………………………….

………Overland Park, KS

June 1-5, 2020…………. 2020 MARC National Meet hosted by Nickel A Region……….. ……………Oshkosh, WI

June 21-26, 2020………. MAFCA’s 2020 Nat’l Convention/host hotel YO Ranch Hotel……………………………………………………………...

……………Kerrville, TX

April 9-11, 2021………... MARC Membership Meet-Script A Region………………………. …………….Bay City, MI

August 2-6, 2021……….. MARC National Meet Nickel A Region………………………... ……...Charlottesville, VA

LOCAL AND NATIONAL CALENDARS


February 28-29, 2020…… State Fair Park Modern Living Building...info: [email protected]... …....Oklahoma, City, OK

March 13-14, 2020……... 45th Annual KS Sunflower Swap Meet for Charity…….Century II ………...…...Wichita, KS

March 15-17, 2020……… Norman Swap Meet, Cleveland County Fairgrounds……………... …………….Norman, OK

March 20-21, 2020……… Chickasha Pre-War Swap Meet…………………………………… ..…...……Chickasha OK

April 22-26, 2020………. Spring Carlisle Swap Meet…...www.carsatcarlisle.com………… …….....…....Carlisle, PA

April 30-May 2, 2020…... Pate Swap Meet, TX Motor Speedway...www.pateswapmeet.com. ………...Fort Worth, TX

May 1-3, 2020…………. Lawrence Region AACA Annual Swap Meet…………………….. …….……..Lawrence, KS

May 7-9, 2020…………... Chickasha Spring Swap Meet.. www.chickashaautoswapmeet.com. ………....Chickasha, OK

May 15-16, 2020………... Sedgwick Street Rodders Swap Meet..KS State Fairgrounds……... ………...Hutchinson, KS

June 16-20, 2020………... Petit Jean Swap Meet……………………………………………… ………….Petit Jean, AR

July 9-11, 2020………….. Iola Old Car Show & Swap Meet………………………………… …….…..………Iola, WI

August 21-23, 2020……... Ozarks Antique Auto Club Swap Meet.-Ozark Empire Fairgrounds ….……..Springfield MO.

October 7-10, 2020……... Hershey Region AACA Swap Meet………………………………. …………….Hershey, PA

October 14-17, 2020…….. Chickasha Fall Swap Meet...Grady Co. Fairgrounds……………... ………...Chickasha, OK

October 23-25, 2020…….. Sedgwick Street Rodders 21st Annual Swap Meet………………... ….……..Hutchinson, KS

PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS

Ford’s A Plenty MAFCA

Midwest Regional

Hosted by Plain Ol’ A’s

May 31-June 5, 2020 In Overland Park, KS

45th Annual Ks Sunflower

Swap Meet

Century II Wichita, KS

March 13-14,2020

Wichita A's Club Meeting

Minisa Park, 704 W. 13th. N

Meeting Starts 7:00 PM

4th Monday of each month except the month of May. It varies due to Memorial Day holiday.

There is not a club meeting in the month of December.

2020 MARC

June 1-5, 2020

National Meet

Oshkosh, WI

MAFCA

2020 National Meet

Host Hotel YO Ranch Kerrville, TX

June 21-26, 2020

Chickasha Pre-War Swap Meet

March 20-21, 2020

In Chickasha, OK

Wichita A’s Model A Ford Club P.O. Box 25 Wichita, KS 67201

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The Rumbleseat Review is the official publica-tion of the Wichita A’s Model A Ford Club, Inc., a local chapter of the Model A Ford Club of America and the Model A Restorers Club. It’s purpose is to keep mem-bers informed of past, present and future events, activi-ties, and club news. In addition, this newsletter includes articles and other information to aid in the restoration and enjoyment of the Model A Ford automobile.

This publication is mailed or emailed to mem-bers, prospective members and editors of similar publi-cations prior to monthly meetings. Meetings are usually the fourth Monday of the month. Members may publish antique car related ads only for free of charge which in-cludes items wanted, items for sale, or items for trade. We invite members to submit articles containing tech-nical Model A information and other interesting tidbits for publication in this newsletter. Items to be published must be submitted to the newsletter editor by deadline shown in the calendar. Wichita A’s membership dues are $25.00, per year (October to September30). MAFCA dues are $50.00 per year and MARC dues are $45.00 per year. A business card advertisement in this newsletter is $25.00 per year.

Wichita A’s Model A Ford Club Contacts

President, Alan Orr

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Vice President, Linda Kibbe

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Secretary, Judy Sharp

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Treasurer, Claudia Ellerman

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Tour Chairman, Don Grabendike

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Membership, Susan Stone

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Newsletter Editor, Sheila Orr

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