The Rocket Review

Winter Edition

To all CCR Rockets, I think spring is finally here, and it is time to really think about running out to Leesburg, VA to this new loca-tion for our Spring Dustoff. It is at Star Pontiac Buick GMC and exposes us to a new neighborhood in VA and maybe drawing out a new crowd. It is to be held from 12-4 p.m. making for a great

Saturday afternoon drive. The address is on the flyer in this newsletter and please think seriously about attending if only to see the cars and say "hello." Also, please spread the word. I am also inviting any local Buicks from the Metro club and the local Cadillac/LaSalle club that would like to join us. Work is slowing con-tinuing on our 100 birthday

celebration of General Motors founding at our annual joint All-GM Show at Mont-gomery College in Rockville, MD on Saturday August 9th. We have a contract with the school as well as a verbal con-tract with a new concessions vendor, who will be there in the morning with breakfast and lunch. I refuse to worry what happened to O'Briens' any-more. I hate to see them not there, but the new guys will have coffee, breakfast and a host of items for sale for lunch. They have been on time every year for Vern Parker's "Out of the Past" show each Labor Day and I think their food is excellent. We also have a re-turn verbal commitment with our new D.J. who everyone loved last year.

The t-shirt/awards design

Vice-President’s Message—Cory Correll

The Official Publication of The Capitol City Rockets

Jan/Feb 2008

Volume 19, Issue 1

Fall Carlile/Hershey Pics

2-3

Local/National Calen- 4

Spring Dust Off Flyer 5

Classifieds/Directory and Membership Info

6-7

Inside this issue:

Club Events—Save the Dates:

Sun, March 9,

1:30 pm meeting

at Hard Times

Café in Rockville

Sat, April 12,

12-4 pm

Spring Dust

Off at STAR

Buick, Pontiac,

GMC in Lees-

burg, VA (see

attached flyer

for details)

Scott Phillips—Editor

this year will feature a '68 Hurst/Olds to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that car. The only other car I know I want to draw is a 1958 Chevy Impala coupe, celebrating the first year of that model. The Buick, Cadillac and Pontiac models are up in the air. I would like to also propose a new color shirt this year--- a very pale light yellow. I have seen them at triathalon meets and they look new and differ-ent than our same old whites and light greys.

Please come have lunch

and help us plan the new year

this coming Sunday the 9th at

our new Rockville hangout,

The Hard Times Café, 1:30

pm. ----Cory

Joe Padavano

and Mike Still-

well seek out a

vacuum leak

on new mem-

ber Ben

Klima‟s „70

Toronado ath

the January

meeting as

Norm Hines

and Gary Suth-

erlin look on.

They got it

running well!

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lica Delco (don‟t do the

acid battery as I did a

few years back, it‟ll spit

all over your engine

bay). Once accom-

plished, I located a well-

used 1970 Toro manual

and spent a little time

with Vic Cruz of East

Coast Bolts (ad in rear

of The Rocket Review),

who was looking to put

together a bolt and

screw package for that

car. As usual, the boys

did some “car” shop-

ping and came away

with some pretty cool

jacked up school buses

(there‟s one in my son‟s

hand in that Jeep pic-

ture).

On to Hershey,

sans wagon and boys,

and Jeff and I worked a

great deal of it. I hit

every Olds-related

booth listed (and some

not so listed!) and found

some great stuff, includ-

ing a set of NOS trim

rings that just might dress

up my stock rims I fin-

ished last year, and a su-

perb (red with a white

rocket) 60‟s replica Olds

sign that Fusick just put

out.

There is nothing

like Hershey for the

“stumble upons” - like

the sweet „36 on the next

page, and the stunning

obsession of Joseph

Merli, whose adult dream

is lived out by recon-

structing Pre and Curved

Dash Oldsmobiles as they

were done by Ransom E.

Olds. Some of what Jo-

seph shared with me is on

the next page, and I hope

to do a follow up article

when time permits as

there‟s just way too much

information to put here.

I hoped that a few pic-

tures would do our fall

pilgrimages justice, so I‟ll

let them finish the

story… Rocket on, Scott

Fall Carlisle and Hershey were Big Fun

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I don‟t know about

you, but I really look for-

ward every fall to my two

trips to Pennsylvania for

Fall Carlisle and Hershey.

My friend Jeff, retired

teacher and Cadillac afi-

cionado, accompanies me

on these trips we have

made a regular habit since

2001.

Jeff is a toy buff

who can name any car by

sight, and I am always

looking for parts and any-

thing Oldsmobile. This

past fall I took my boys

to Carlisle, while Jeff and

I made Hershey together.

I had a specific list of

parts I wanted, starting

with a new battery and

cables from Antique Auto

Battery.

You probably

have seen their products,

and I think they do the

best job in that market. I

was buying a new offering

from them, a sealed rep-

Paul Seleckmann and his

wife drove this maroon 1962

Cutlass convertible down

from PA to show off its new

interior and rebuilt engine.

Yep. This is the new ‟55 shell

you can order from Cars, Inc.

This fine black „67 was parked

out in the show field, and

I keep trying to talk him into

an Olds, but Young Phillips

only has eyes for the 4WD‟s.

As of 3-6-2008:

Balance as of 1-5-08:

$2,342.08

Income:

Membership Dues: $45

Donation: $8

Expenses:

Newsletter Postage: $29.52

Balance on 2-6-08:

$2365.56

Balance on 3-6-08:

$2365.56

Treasurer’s Report

I will be creating a site shortly,

I promise!, to load all of the

CCR pictures I have accumu-

lated onto Snapfish.com, so

that you can browse,

download, or order prints for

any and all you would like.

Details on website.

Snapfish.com

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Fall Hershey—Olds Galore to be Found

Perhaps the most fascinating

find of my day—Joseph Merli

Manufacturing of NY. This is

a handcrafted (an understate-

ment) replica of the 1899 Olds

Electric Stanhope prototype.

4 were ever made, and all were

lost in March 9, 1901 fire at

Olds Motor Works. I spent

about 45 minutes with Joseph,

who has hours of information

and years of research behind

this latest effort, a follow up to

the Curved Dash below.

The car corral at Hershey. So many cars, so little cash. Gorgeous 1936 Olds was just tucked behind a trailer!

Merli‟s 1904 Curved Dash San Francisco to New York

reproduction sporting a 7 hp, 1 cyl, water cooled engine.

This one‟s for you, Denney. Part of the half mile

long car corral, a shiny green „73 442.

As the sign says: OLDS

MOTOR WORKS MFG.

CO. 1901-1906 Curved

Dash OLDSMOBILE

Parts and Service.

2008 Capitol City Rockets Calendar

The following meeting dates and places were proposed at January 13, 2008 meeting. Meeting time will be 1:30 pm, Kil-

roys/Keyser rule in effect:

Sunday, Mar 9 - Hard Times Cafe in Rockville, MD

SATURDAY, April 12 - Annual Dustoff in VA, STAR Buick, GMC, Pontiac, 326 Market Street (Business Route 7), Leesburg, VA 20176 12-4 pm

Sunday, May 18 - Hard Times Cafe in Rockville, MD (3rd Sunday due to Mother's Day May 11)

June meeting - Joint planning with Metro Buick Club for All-GM show, date, time location TBD

Sunday, July 13 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA

SATURDAY, August 9 - All GM Show, Montgomery College in Rockville, MD, 9am - 3pm

Sunday, Sept 14 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA

Saturday, Oct 18 - Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show, Rock-ville Civic Center, 11am - 4pm

Sunday, Nov 9 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA

OTHER DATES YOU MAY FIND OF INTEREST:

Spring Carlisle: April 23-27.

Sunday, May 4: Bull Run Street Rods 27th Annual Rod Run. 8 am—3 pm Rain or Shine. Ma-

nassas 234 Bypass Burger King. Contact Kurt at 703-590-3513 or Glenn at 540-937-4878.

Sunday, June 10: The 19th annual Orphan Car Tour will traverse scenic backroads in the vicin-

ity of Hampstead, Maryland. This year's Tour includes stops at two private antique car collections

along the route, and a late-afternoon buffet-style dinner (reservations required). Enjoy your

"orphan" (discontinued-make) car "on the road", and see other interesting "orphans" as well! For

more information see our website, www.orphancartour.org/ , phone Jon Battle at 703-392-6870,

or e-mail TourDirector@orphancartour.org

June 20-22: GM‟s at Carlisle.

July 18-20: Olds Powered Race Nationals, Norwalk, OH. Go to DickMillerRacing.com for info.

July 30—Aug 3: OCA Nationals “Rocket Reunion” in Dearborn, MI. Hosted by Motor City

Rockets. Go to www.oldsclub.org for more info.

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CCR Classifieds Classified ads are free to chapter members. We take cars, parts,

services, anything. Submit your typed or printed ad to the Chapter

PO box, marking it ATTN: ROCKET REVIEW, or simply email the

editor at sphillips16@msn.com You may run your ad for up to 3

issues at a time. Ads must be resubmitted for reprinting after that

time, and please let Scott know if you wish to discontinue the classi-

fied ad due to sale of the parts or car.

CARS FOR SALE:

1965 Pontiac Catalina 2 door hardtop. Rusty but a near complete car. Only missing small trim on right rear fender. Excellent mechanicals, receipts from previous owner, rebuilt engine, trans, and rear less than 20K miles ago. $1500 or best offer. Contact Mike Stillwell at 703-799-2904 or email fleetsuper@msn.com

1979 Olds Toronado. 165 k miles. One owner since 1988. Carefully driven and maintained. Complete service records, all manuals (owner, electrical, mechanical), build sheet. Many cus-tom features: Delco ETC radio w/CB, Cad. Soft touch trunk pull-down, Cad. door lock acti-vated gas cap lock, autochromatic rear view mir-ror. Range of Olds accessories, incl. fiber-optic light indicators, full gauge set, outside ther-mometer, etc. Michelin XH4 premium radials. $3,000. Contact Herbert Koudry at (301) 593 2997 or h.Koudry@verizon.net.

Lead on a 1972 442 W-30 below. “Original with a bench and 4 speed.” Email former CCR mem-ber Jeff Neischel at neischel@earthlink.net

Hot Tip from Norm Hines:

The title “Oldsmobile 4-4-2 and W-Machine: Resto-ration Guide” by Sullivan is available. Our product number is 117227 and the items retails for $29.95. Please call the order line at 1-800-826-6600 or log on

to www.motorbooks.com to order.

Want to know more about local car cruises and

upcoming shows? Check out

www.capitalcruisin.com

Want to know more about club events, dates for

meetings, etc.? Check out our club website on

Hemmings.com Just click on “clubs” on the

left home page and enter “capitol city rockets.”

THE CAPITOL CITY ROCKETS is a chartered chapter of the

Oldsmobile Club of America, Lansing, MI. Chapter dues are

$15.00 per year. Current OCA membership is required.

Chapter Officials

President .................................................... VACANT

Vice-President ........................................... Cory Correll

Treasurer ...................................................... Ken Quincy

………………………………ken_quincy@hotmail.com

Secretary ........................ Mike Stillwell (703) 799-2904

............................................................ fleetsuper@msn.com

Newsletter Editor……….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752

…………………………………sphillips16@msn.com

Events Coordinator ................................. VACANT

Chapter Advisors

Toronado………….Ask Ken Quincy or Cory Correll

1961-63 A-Body…………….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752

1964-65 A-Body…………... Mike Stilwell (703) 799-2904

1973-77 A-Body……………..Denney Keys (301) 390-1577

1978-80 A-Body....................Michael Coxen (301) 251-8666

PerformanceV8 Tech Dick Miller Racing, (901) 794-2834

dmracing1@aol.com

Bevan Allen Memorial Service Award Recipient

2000: Denney Keys

2001: Michael Coxen

2002: Mike Stilwell

2003: Dick Brown

2004: Cory Correll

2005: Scott Phillips

2006: Mike “Hitch” Stillwell

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