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Shade Tree A’s Newsletter
February2020 Volume47 Number2
Shade Tree A’s Model A Club
TheShadeTreeA’sModelAClubisanon-profitorganizationdedicatedtothepreservationandtherestorationoftheModelAFordautomobile.ShadeTreeA’sannualduesareonly$25.MembersareurgedtojointheModelAFordClubofAmerica(MAFCA,$50annualdues)andtheModelARestorer’sClub(MARC,$45annualdues)toenjoythebenefitsofthesenationalorganizationsincludingtheirrespectivemagazines:TheRestorer(MAFCA)andModelANews (MARC).TheShadeTreeA’sclub isalsoamemberofMAFFI,theModel“A”FordFoundation,Inc.
CONTACTINFORMATION ABOUTTHISNEWSLETTER4424ReynoldsStreet ©2020ShadeTreeA’s,exceptasnoted.HephzibahGA30815-7909 [email protected]:http://www.ShadeTreeAs.org concerningreprintingofarticles,illustrations,orphotos.Facebook:ShadeTreeA’sModelAFordClub
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PresidentMattBarrett
VicePresidentDanPerla
SecretaryFrankKnapp
TreasurerStuartSmith
TourDirectorOPEN
NationalDirectorOPEN
BoardofDirectorsRichardDunevent
BoardofDirectorsDarrellHenderson
MembershipCoordinatorOPEN
NewsletterEditorRobbieJones
PhotographerSheilaMcPherson
EraFashionsAnneNeely-Beck
WebmasterDanPerla
CONTENTSColumns
OfftheRunningBoard 3MeetingMinutes 3
LookingAhead ClubCalendar 5Refreshments 5Birthdays 5
Announcements ShadeTreeA’sMemberNews 6OtherSundryAnnouncements 6
RecentEvents ShadeTreeA'sNewYear'sDayBreakfast 10
TheShadeTreeA’s-ThirtyYearsAgo 11TechnicalTopics 12Advertisements 13
OntheCoverThesunrisesontheShadeTreeA'sastheycelebratethebeginningof2020withbreakfastatCrackerBarrelonNewYear'sDay.PhotobyRobbieJones.
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OFFTHERUNNINGBOARDMattBarrett-President
Greetingsfellowclubmembers🤠 IfyoumissedNewYear’sBreakfastatCrackerBarrel,youmissed30fellowclubmembersandnineModelAFords.Whatagreatwaytostartoff2020!The Aiken Model A Club invited our ClubmemberstojointhemforlunchinRidgeSpring,SouthCarolinaonFebruary15th. Weplanonleaving Richard Dunevent's about 9:30 AM toarriveatourdestinationabout11:00AM.TheOldNinety-SixClubandthePalmettoModelAClubwillalsoattend. Formoredetails,pleasegivemeacallat706-799-3699.Thisshouldbeloadsoffun,sogettheoldgirlrunningandcomejoinus.MakesureyouplantobeapartoftheannualSaintPatrick'sDayParadeonMarch17thindowntownAugusta.Wewillgatherwithourcarsat1:00pmintheJamesBrownArenaparkinglotonthe7thstreetside.Lastyearwehadagreatturnoutandlotsoffun.Allmyfamilymembersthatattendedlastyearhadaballandyouwill,too!Solet's"parade"ourbeautiesonSt.Paddy'sDayandthrowthosebeadstothecrowds.☘☘☘☘ Also,wearehavingapicnicwiththeSavannahClub, the Aiken Club, the Old Ninety-Six Club,the Palmetto Club and the Charleston Club atRiversBridgeStatePark,SouthCarolinaonMay2nd.Lastyear'spicnicatMagnoliaSpringsStatePark near Millen was great familyentertainment.ThisyearwewanttoaddsomeModelAgamestothe"menu",sostaytunedformoreinfo.I hope to see you at our next meeting onFebruary10th.HappyDriving🚘
MEETINGMINUTESJanuary13,2020Richard’sGarage
Respectfullysubmitted:FrankKnapp–Secretary
Themonthlymeetingof theShadeTreeA'swasheld January13,2020 intheclubhousemeetingroom at Richard Dunevent’s garage. PresidentMatt brought themeeting to order at 6:55 P.M.Nineteenmemberswereinattendance.Treasurer'sReport:Dan Perla reported our treasury basicallyremains the same as last reported with only a$17.00changeinthepositive.Healsoannouncedonly 31members had paid their 2020memberdues.AmotionwasmadefromthefloortoaccepttheTreasurer'sReportandtheNovemberMinutesaspublished in The Newsletter. That motionreceivedasecondandpassedbyunanimousvote.NationalDirector:Jim McPherson reported he has received arequestfromMAFFIforadonation.Noactionwastaken as to a response. Unfortunately, Jim alsoannounced his resignation asNational Director.Several members praised his long-timecommitmentandservicetoTheShadeTreeA’s.NewsletterEditor:Robbie Jones complimented President Matt forbeingfirsttosubmithisnewsletterarticleabouthowhebecameinterestedintheModelAhobby.Robbieencouragedotherstoalsosubmitarticlestobepublishedunder“YouandYourModelA”.UnderShow&Tell:AndrewMorsedisplayeda“blown”airbagsayingthey only take 1/10th of a second to deploy onimpact.AccordingtoAndrew,theydeploybywayofnitrogenpellets.Veryinteresting!
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MEETINGMINUTESContinued
UnderOldBusiness:President Matt reminded the group of ourplanned tour to River’s Bridge State Park onMay2nd.Heisexpectingmembersfromseveralother clubs to attend due to the destinationbeingcentrallylocated,HopefullytheSavannah,Aiken, Charleston, Ninety-six and Columbiaclubswillparticipate.EricShogreninvitedalltojointheAikenA’sforlunch on Saturday, February 15th in RidgeSpring, S.C.meeting at Juniper’sRestaurant at11:00AMUnderNewBusiness:Duetoseveralmembersresigningfromofficesto which they were elected last fall, thosepositionshavebeenfilledasfollows:
President,MattBarrettVicePresident,DanPerlaTreasurer,StuartSmithSecretary,FrankKnappBoardMember1,RichardDuneventBoardMember2,DarrellHendersonTour Director, Membership Chairman andNationalDirectorpositionsremainopen
DanPerlaalsoaskedforvolunteers interestedinbecomingourWebmaster.DanisplanningtostepdowninMarch.TechnicalProgram:EricShogrenconductedthetechnicalprogram.Ericdiscussed theuseof severaloriginalK.R.WilsontoolsthatRobbieJonesusedrecentlytorebuildtherearaxleinhisCoupe.Thetoolsareusedtoremove(andinstall)thedriveshaftandpinion gear from the differential housingwithout disturbing the preload on the pinionbearing. Another tool is used to remove thepiniongearfromthedriveshaft.
Eric alsohadonhand specialwrenchesused toadjust the pinion bearing preload. Of specialinterest to everyone was the humongous pipewrench thatErichas to turn thepinionbearingremovaltool.A discussion and question and answer sessionfollowedonavarietyoftopicssuchastheuseofairfiltersoncarburetors,effectofcarburetorjetsize on engine performance and problemswithreproductionignitionpointsTherebeingnofurtherbusiness,themeetingwasadjourned at 7:30PMafterwhich refreshmentsprovidedby JimandSheilaMcPhersonandDanPerla,wereenjoyedbyall.(Special thanks to Robbie Jones for covering Eric’spresentation.)
MONTHLYMEETINGTIME&LOCATIONMeetings are held on the second Monday ofeachmonthatRichardDunevent’sgarage,4338OwensRoad,Evans,GA.Meetingsbeginat7:00PMandarefollowedbyrefreshments.
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LOOKINGAHEAD
ClubCalendar
February7-8 MoultrieSwapMeet,Moultrie,Georgia10 ShadeTreeA’sMeeting,7:00PM,Richard’sgarage (TechnicalProgramTBA)15 LunchtriptoJuniperRestaurantinRidgeSpring,SouthCarolinawiththeAikenA's.
DepartRichardDunevent'shouseat9:30March9 ShadeTreeA’sMeeting,7:00PM,Richard’sgarage (TechnicalProgramTBA)17 SaintPatrick'sDayparade.Gatherinthe7thStreetparkinglotattheJamesBrownArena.28 PalmettoA’sAnnualPicnicApril2-5 CharlotteAutofair13 ShadeTreeA’sMeeting,7:00PM,Richard’sgarage (TechnicalProgramTBA)17-18 Old96DistrictModelAClubAnnualSwapMeet
TBA-ToBeAnnounced
FebruaryRefreshments
JimandSheilaMcPhersonFrankKnappRobbieJones
FebruaryBirthdays
3 MaryMorse11 LarryDuVall11 RalphNeitzke22 MarshaBarrett24 CraigMcMullin27 StuartSmith27 ArtTowe27 CharlesWeaver
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
ShadeTreeA’sMemberNews• Ralph Neitzke received the CSRA Care-Net Family
CaregiverAwardonNovember7,2019forhismanyyearsofdedicatedcaregivingtoTina.Seephotoonnextpage.
• Congratulations toKentCarruthers.Aphotoof theMissOliverHardyFestivalQueenwithKent'scarwaspublishedinthe January/February2020 issueofTheRestorer.Seephotoonnextpage.
SenditemsforShadeTreeA’sMemberNewsto:[email protected]
MonthlyTechnicalProgram
Gotanideaforatechnicalprogramforpresentationatamonthlymeeting?Gotatopicyouwouldlikediscussedduringamonthlytechnicalprogram?
Doyouwanttovolunteertopresentatechnicalprogram?
Ifso,[email protected]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
ShadeTreeA'sAnnualDuesArePastDue!
Ifyouhaven'tpaidyourduesyet,pleasedosobytheFebruarymeeting.TheNewslettermailinglistwillbeupdatedafterwardstoreflectthecurrentroster.Ifyouhaven'tpaid,you
willnotreceiveanyfutureShadeTreeA'sNewsletters.
Duesare$25.ChecksshouldbemadepayabletoShadeTreeA'sandcanbemailedtoStuartSmithorbroughttotheFebruarymeeting.
TimeforaNewShadeTreeA’sWebmaster
IcreatedtheShadeTreeA’swebsitein1996inspiredbythe1995MAFCASouthEastDivisionalMeetthatourclubsponsored.ItwasalsothefirstSEDivisionalMAFCAmeet.Now,afterover23yearsofmaintainingthewebsite,Ifeelitistimetoletsomeoneelsecontributetotheclubbytakingoverthereinsofthewebsite. IwillcontinuetomanagethewebsitetilltheendofMarch2020,duringwhichtimeIwillassistwhoevertakesover.ThewebsitehostingiscurrentlypaidforuntilOctober2020.Ifnoonevolunteers,andtheclubdoesnotcontinuetopayforthewebsite,theURL(shadetreeas.org)willbelostafterOctober2020.
Regards,DanPerla
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
RoadTriptoJuniperRestaurantSaturday,February15,2020
TheAikenModelA’sare"organizing"lunchatJuniperRestaurantinRidgeSpring,SouthCarolinaonSaturday,February15th.Otherareaclubsarealsoplanningtoattend.Juniperisreservingthebackroomforallthatattend.WewilldepartRichardDunevent'shouseat9:30.
ImportantReminderDon'tforgettoorderyour2020MembershipRosternow.You don'twant tobe travelingwithout this helpful resource. Order yoursnowsoyouwillbesuretogetacopy.Theywillgofast.Price:$16pluspostage
Call1-866-379-3619orvisit
www.mafca.com
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ANNOUNCEMENTSDayTriptoRiversBridgeStateHistoricSite
Ehrhardt,SouthCarolinaSaturday,May2,2020
TheShadeTreeA'saremeetingupwiththeLiveOakA'sfromSavannah,theAikenA's,theOldNinety-SixDistrictModelAClub,thePalmettoA'sofSouthCarolinaandtheLowCountryModelAClubforapicnicatRiversBridgeStateParkonMay2,2020.Lastyear'spicnicatMagnoliaSpringsStateParknearMillenwasgreat familyentertainment.Thisyearwewant toaddsomeModelAgames to the"menu",sostaytunedformoreinfo.
RiversBridgeStateHistoricSitemarksthesiteofoneoftheConfederacy’slaststandsagainstGeneralWilliamT. Sherman’s sweep across the South.Of all theCivilWar Sites in SouthCarolina,theBattleofRiversBridgeistheonlyoneintheStateParkssystemthatishometoapreservedbattlefield.A¾-mileguidedtraildetailstheBattleofRiversBridgebywayofinterpretivepanelsalongthe trail. Ranger-guided tours of one of themostwell-preserved CivilWar sites in SouthCarolina,whichincludesstill-intactearthenfortifications,arealsogiventhroughouttheyear.
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RECENTEVENTSShadeTreeA'sNewYear'sDayBreakfast
Wednesday,January1,2020StoryandphotosbyRobbieJones
ApproximatelythirtyShadeTreeA'smemberswokeearlyonNewYear'sDaymorningtomeetattheCrackerBarrelforbreakfast.TheparkinglotlookedawesomeadornedwithnineModelA's.
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THESHADETREEA’S–THIRTYYEARSAGO
The1985-2005ShadeTreeA’snewslettersarenowavailableontheShadeTreeA’swebsite.Theycanbeaccessedviathesame“button"astheothernewsletters,buttheyarepasswordprotected.Thesamepasswordused toaccess themember roster isused toaccess thenewsletters.ThankyouDanPerlaforscanningtheseandpostingonthewebsite.
TheFebruary1990issueoftheShadeTreeA'sNewsletterreportedonthedonationsmadebytheShadeTreeA'stotheToys-for-Totscampaign.BobbyJonesandMonroeWadepurchased$500worthoftoysfortheShadeTreeA'swhichweredeliveredtotheWJBFChannel6televisionstation.ThemoneyforthetoyswasraisedbyClubmemberswhodecidedtoforegotheusualpurchaseofgiftsfortheannualChristmasParty.RichardDunevent,RobHefner,BobbyJones,RalphNeitzke,BenOman,DonTurleyandMonroeWadedeliveredthetoysintheirModelA's.A reprint of an article from Old Cars Weeklydiscussed sealing roof leaks. A wiring diagramsupplied by Bobby Jones was also included in theNewsletter that could be cut out and kept in yourModelAforreference.AsigntocutoutanddisplayonyourAatcarshowswasalsoprovided.
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OCTOBER L987
VOLUME 1987 - 10
REFRESHMENT ASSIGNMENTS :
Eeb., Komp & Lambert (C)Mar., Stroebel & Cor,ranApr:., Dozier & HillHay., Boswell & HendricksJun., Jones & WadeJril ., Tur:1ey & McphersonArrg., Hinton & FIillerSep., Deitz & KingOct., Steiling & SteeleNQv. r','1)rrneVent & Segers.. :..itru.e 'is-iiou:tng naia irra iisi atoutthe above assigrlments . However:, .i,i:l'or: any reason, you are not able toattend the meetint to which yorr at:eassigned, it is yOUR resporrriUitityto sectrr:e a srrbstitute for: yotr(1etyorrr: other.' assignee know that yorrhave sribstituted another: member(andl,rho he is)to take yorrr place andwhose r:esponsibiiity it rri11 be towor:k with yorrr: assignee. If youhave any queslions, see yotrr: presi-dent o:: yolll secretar:y.
FROM YOUR SECRETARY: I stil1 do nothave all the,'fi11.lins for the clubroster" which yori received at our: last
has the t'1eft:out" infol:mation andther:eby can complete the, officialroster: oJ: clrib 'member:s and the in-llor:mation aborrt rnember:s ! Anv oues-tions, see an officer:l
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TECHNICALTOPICS
DIPSTICKTRANSMISSIONKITStoryandphotosbyMattBarrett
According to the manufacturer, you nolongerhavetocrawlunderyourModelAtocheckyour transmission fluid levels. Thiskitcomeswithacoverforyourfloorboardsand a template on where to place yourinspectionplate.Youcanpurchasethiskitfrom just about all the parts suppliers oryoucanmakeyourown.Youwillneeda3/4"x6"steelnippleanda3/4" steel cap. Drill a 9/32" hole in thecenterofyourcap.Youwilluseanenginedipstick and push it all theway into yourcap and make sure the dipstick onlyprotrudes 1/2" out the other end. Use athread locking compound on thetransmissionendtopreventthepipenipplefrombackingoutwhenyouremovethepipecap. Youwill be able to check your fluidswithoutgettingundercar.(If thread locking compounddoesn'twork, tryusinga3/4” electrical conduitnutasa locknuton thetransmissionendtokeepthepipefromturningwhenremovingthepipecap.Ed.)
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