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THE PUGET SOUND REGION VINTAGE CHEVROLET CLUB OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER March 2007 Volume 40, Issue 3 1967 2007 Our 40th year! “The Electric Years” Puget Sound Region VCCA History 1976 – 1980 March Meeting Program The program on Monday, March 26th will be a discussion of some considerations which must be made when selecting a replacement engine for your vintage Chevrolet. (See p. 3 for more details). Dick Jones is providing the treats for the meeting. 2007 Club Officers 2 Director’s Corner 3 Club Store 4 Events Calendar 6 Minutes 9 Glove Box 10 Safety Corner 10 Classified 11 The Electric Years 1/5 March Meeting 3 Yakima News 3 March Tour 6 Departments Contents Points of Interest Why the title? It seems appropriate to the writer because during the years 1976 to 1980 two landmark events solidified the membership of the Puget Sound Region as it grew in numbers and strength. The first was the National VCCA Fifteenth Anniversary Meet at Colorado Springs in 1976. The second was the first Northwest Meet the Puget Sound Region hosted at Port Angeles, Washington in 1979. Members of the Region supported these two events with infectious enthusiasm. In 1976 the eight year old Puget Sound Region was well on its way to being a firmly established organization. We were meeting monthly, participating in local car related activities and numerous members were faithfully attending the yearly Centralia Fort Borst gatherings. Well before July of 1976 many Puget Sound Region members began to se- riously plan on attending the 15 th Na- tional Anniversary Meet in Colorado. This was a major undertaking for most because of the expense and dis- tance. In late June of that year there were 16 families ready to undertake the trip. The journey to Colorado Springs was an epoch adventure for all. Some traveled with a group, camping enroute. The first night was spent at Kennewick and the second in Idaho at Three Island State Park , accompanied by a spectacular lightening storm. From there the group accidentally split. As we left Three Island, it was agreed to meet at the first rest stop in Utah not realizing there were very few rest stops in that state. (Continued on Page 5) Puget Sound Region Members atop Pikes Peak

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THE PUGET SOUND REGION VINTAGE CHEVROLET CLUB OF AMERICA NEWSLETTER

M a r c h 2 0 07 V o l u me 4 0 , I s s ue 3

1967

2007

Our 40th year!

“The Electric Years” Puget Sound Region VCCA History 1976 – 1980

March Meeting Program The program on Monday, March 26th will be a discussion of some considerations which must be made when selecting a replacement engine for your vintage Chevrolet. (See p. 3 for more details). Dick Jones is providing the treats for the meeting.

2007 Club Officers 2

Director’s Corner 3

Club Store 4

Events Calendar 6

Minutes 9

Glove Box 10

Safety Corner 10

Classified 11

The Electric Years 1/5

March Meeting 3

Yakima News 3

March Tour 6

Departments

Contents

Points of Interest

Why the title? It seems appropriate to the writer because during the years 1976 to 1980 two landmark events solidified the membership of the Puget Sound Region as it grew in numbers and strength. The first was the National VCCA Fifteenth Anniversary Meet at Colorado Springs in 1976. The second was the first Northwest Meet the Puget Sound Region hosted at Port Angeles, Washington in 1979. Members of the Region supported these two events with infectious enthusiasm. In 1976 the eight year old Puget Sound Region was well on its way to being a firmly established organization. We were meeting monthly, participating in local car related activities and numerous members were faithfully attending the yearly Centralia Fort Borst gatherings. Well before July of 1976 many Puget Sound Region members began to se-riously plan on attending the 15th Na-tional Anniversary Meet in Colorado. This was a major undertaking for most because of the expense and dis-tance. In late June of that year there were 16 families ready to undertake the trip. The journey to Colorado Springs was an epoch adventure for all. Some traveled with a group, camping enroute. The first night was spent at Kennewick and the second in Idaho at Three Island State Park , accompanied by a spectacular lightening storm. From there the group accidentally split. As we left Three Island, it was agreed to meet at the first rest stop in Utah not realizing there were very few rest stops in that state. (Continued on Page 5)

Puget Sound Region Members atop Pikes Peak

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1967 - Puget Sound Region VCCA - 2007

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The Puget Sound Region of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America (PS-VCCA) is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, fun and enjoyment of vintage Chevrolet cars and trucks. Members are not required to own a Chevrolet. PS-VCCA Regional membership is open to all Chevrolet enthusiasts who are members of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America (VCCA). All Chevrolets from 1912 through 1982 may be registered with the region. General meetings are held on the 4th Monday of the month at Tillicum Middle School in Bellevue .WA. Meetings in September through May are from 7:30PM to 9:30PM. On nice days driving vintage Chevrolets is encouraged. June and August meetings are announced in this publication. No meetings are held in July or December. You can learn more about the club by visiting the website where you can see color photos of previous tours, parts for sale, wanted, etc. and there is a link to view our Monthly Newsletter “Tappet Clatter.” You can find the PS-VCCA website on the World Wide Web @ http://pugetsoundvintagechevrolet.org/

Wanted Reward! 2007 is our 40th year. We are celebrating the anniversary in the Tappet Clatter throughout the year. Historical and memorable articles and pictures are sought for the next 12 Issues. We are also seeking “Spotlights” of club member’s cars for the 2007 Tappet Clatters. Please take the time to write up the history of your car. Send it and at least two pictures to Jim Farris. See the past Tappet Clatters as examples. Reward? You will receive a professionally-printed, color copy of your edition and help us produce an interesting monthly publication. Let’s make 2007 a special Year. THANKS.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

2007 Puget Sound Region Officers and Board DIRECTOR- - - - - - - - - Bill Damm [email protected] ASST DIRECTORS- - - -Jim Martoza [email protected] Lee Folsom [email protected] TREASURER- - - - - - - - Sallie Comstock [email protected] SECRETARY- - - - - - - - Dick Jones [email protected] EDITOR - - - - - - - - - - - Jim Farris [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR -- Dave Haddock [email protected] MEMBERSHIP - - - - - - -Donna Onat [email protected] ACTIVITIES - - - - - - - Rod & Evie Schein [email protected] Mary & Jerry Brownell [email protected] HISTORIAN - - - - - - - - Bob Helgeson [email protected] CLUB STORE - - - - - - - Ana Maria-George Haley [email protected] WEBMASTER - - - - - - Jim Martoza [email protected] GLOVE BOX - - - - - - - Al Howe [email protected] Jim Darby [email protected] Classified Ads [email protected] [email protected]

Director’s Corner

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March Meeting Program When the engine in a vintage Chevrolet is to be replaced, a number of decisions must be made de-pending on the goal, which the owner of the vehicle has for the process. If the vehicle were a 1950 convertible, the owner might want a very exact replacement which would preserve the originality of the vehicle and meet the requirements of National VCCA judging. In this case, it might be advisable to pay attention to details right down to casting numbers. If the vehicle were a 1950 4-Door Sedan, the requirements might be more flexible. Perhaps an engine that "looked about right" for that period, without attention to the closest detail, would be acceptable. If the vehicle were a 1950 pickup, the owner might wish to install a full-pressure engine for somewhat heavier-duty operation. Care must be taken when choosing components for an engine. A 1940 head fits, but does not work well, on a 1941 engine. Great care must be taken in choosing rocker arms and other components for 1953 - 1962 235ci engines. At our March meeting we will begin a discussion of the general topic of engine replacement, consider-ing the various choices which are possible, and some of the cautions which must be observed. We plan to have pictures to illustrate our discussion. Come with your questions and be prepared to share your experiences in this area. Lee and Jim

Save The Date !!!!! AUGUST 25th The Club will be celebrating its 40 years with a grand party, dinner and memorable outing August 25th. We are going to go back to our roots, where so many of the early Chevrolet Meets were held. The Club has booked the kitchen and dining fa-cility at Fort Borst Park in Centralia for the entire day. Don Comstock will be cook-ing our meal. What we need now are some volunteers to organize the day or days. A Tour to the location, games while there, entertainment and special invitations are just a few of the tasks needing attention. What can you do to help?? MARK YOUR CALENDARS and save Saturday August 25th for THIS GRAND CELEBRATION OF OUR FORTY YEARS!!!

March 2007 Directors Message It was good to see the impressive turn out for the West Seattle Tour. There were about 20 cars and even more smiling faces. For it being winter, we were fortunate that the weather cooperated and gave us a better day than Steve Pool, Jeff Renner, or Andy Wappler had predicted. For many of us the tour gave us the opportunity to discover parks and landmarks we otherwise would probably never visit on our own. Topping off the tour with a stop at the Pegasus Restaurant was an excellent choice with good food and good service. Thank you Jim Farris, for being our guide. At our general meeting on March 26th, it will be interesting to hear what Bill Barker and Jim Martoza will have to tell us about what happened at the National Board Meeting in Ontario, CA. Hopefully they will have good things to tell us. WOW, the auction made $347 for our coffers!!!! It’s a fun way to raise some extra cash and help bal-ance our budget. Hang on, our next auction is only 11 months away. Bill Damm

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CLUB STORE & RAFFLE

The Club Store will be open at the March Meeting before and during the Meeting. Be sure to purchase your tickets for the array of items to be given away. As always, dona-tions of car related items to be used as door prizes are greatly appreciated.

Ana Maria and George Haley

APRIL CELEBRATIONS

Anniversaries Rod and Evie Schein 4/7

Birthdays 4/15 Marti Miller 4/16 Florence Helgeson 4/19 Ron Kohl

Yakima News Some members have found that the Meet headquarters motel in Yakima is no longer ac-cepting reservations for Saturday night, the last day of the Northwest Meet. This mes-sage was received from the Meet Chair.—”Yes, that is the good news and the bad news. However, directly across the street the Days Inn is still accepting reservations. Also, a few doors down the Pepper Tree Best Western still has rooms. We reserved 75 rooms for each night and 85 are already booked. There will be assigned parking spaces at the Clarion so those staying at other hotels will have parking spaces at the meet headquar-ters. Also, the hospitality room will be open most of the time we are not out touring so people can socialize. Since it is also "Sunshine and Wine" weekend, it is a very busy time in Yakima. It pays to reserve early. “ Kathy

April Garage Nite The April 11th Garage Nite will be at Dick Olson’s in Preston, 7 PM, Call for di-rections. A VCCA sign will be at the correct driveway

West Seattle Tour Group at Jack Block Overlook

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(Continued from Page 1) Another group traveled together using motels for lodging. Finally after many miles driven, with numerous adventures, all arrived for the Meet. Some had reservations at a campground in town not far from the headquarters motel not knowing that at 1:30 in the afternoon it rained every day. It was not uncommon for a river of rainwater to flow through tents and sleeping bags daily. This drove them to higher ground in a spot a little farther from town. The events of the Meet, seeing Chevrolets from all over the country, places visited and above all the Pikes Peak climb in the old Chevrolets drove many Puget Sounders deeper into their enthusiasm for the hobby. Club members returned home even more enthusiastic and invigorated than when they left. The result of this experience was a desire to replicate the infectious nature of that event for our Northwest Meet at Port Angeles in 1979. The trip up Hurricane Ridge being reminiscent of the Pikes Peak climb. Members there still with us today include Dick and Fran Olson, Lee and Carol Folsom, Gary and Joanne Barquist, George and Phyllis Kowats and Jim Farris. The 1979 Northwest Meet, organized by the Puget Sound Region, was the first held away from the bustling freeway. A decision had been made to headquarter there long before a big winter storm wiped out the Hood Canal Bridge. Even with that catastro-phe the event proceeded. It was titled, “Olympic Mountain High”. The small town nature of picturesque Port Angeles and Port Townsend provided an atmosphere conducive to our old cars, and there were many. Our Region added a day to the event and introduced, “The Pocket Schedule”. A BBQ meal coinciding with the Judging event was added. The Tours to Port Townsend and the Wild Animal Farm were topped off by the climb to Hurri-cane Ridge on a rainy day. The Banquet at the Elks Club in downtown was festive with many participants dressed in vintage clothing. It was here we introduced songs with Chevrolet lyrics adapted to familiar tunes. Later, Jim Seiber gave them their name, “Car Tunes”. The Region emerged from these two highly successful gatherings with a sense of euphoria, confidence, and enthusiasm convinced it had the strength in its membership to undertake anything. During this period Mary Ellen Farris began to edit the Tappet Clatter. The Club had a ditto machine and the document was produced in the Farris basement. Later when copy machines became available the Folsom’s acquired one. It was then pro-duced at their home for a number of years. Mary Ellen enjoyed the writing that went with the job. Her efforts resulted in

the newsletter being awarded a first place in 1979 and it has received accolades since. This picture was taken at the 1977 Club Picnic in Flaming Geyser State Park on our Tenth Anniversary. Those dressed in Vintage clothing are Jim Farris, Mike Burns Maxine Burns, Mary Ellen Farris, Steve Denmark and friend, Sue Harring-ton, and George & Phyllis Kowats Next month: “The Eighty’s” featuring the Foothills Frolic and the Skagit Valley Rally.

Promotional Brochure for 1979 NW

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2007 Club Meetings & Auto Events Calendar

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March 17 Car Display Swap Meet March 24 Play & Dessert - Auburn March 26 Club Meeting April 11 Garage Nite April 28 Tour Around Lk. Washington April 23 Club Meeting May 6 Breakfast & Tour May 17 Ballard Parade May 21 Club Meeting June 17 GM Picnic, Graham, WA June 20-23 Northwest Meet, Yakima June 25 Strawberry Picnic

July 4 Picnic at Folsom’s August 1-4 Wood Tour (pre 37) Poulsbo August 25 40th Anniversary Celebration in Centralia Aug. 25/26 Golden Era Automobile Tour. See Ana for Info. August 27 XXX Drive-In, Issaquah September Corn Maze Tour October Available November Columbia River Region Visits December Christmas Party

“GREASE” MARCH TOUR AND PLAY, SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH

Join us in attending the Auburn Mountainview Theatre Company's Spring Production , GREASE!" This is a 50's era play which is most appropriate for Vintage Chevrolet owners of our generation. The stage production is to be held at Auburn Mountainview High School, 28900 - 124th Ave. S.E., Auburn, Washington, Saturday, March 24th at 7:30 PM. General Admission Ticket price is $8.00. Call 253-804-4539 (extension 6071) to order your tickets, or call Jerry and Mary Brownell at 253-833-7709 and we can order your tickets for you. You need to tell the Ticket Coordinator at the school that you are with the Puget Sound Vintage Chevrolet Club, so that your tickets can be reserved in the block with our group. Tickets can be paid for at the door. When the tickets become available they will let us know and they can either be picked up or remain re-served at the door. The Play Director feels that this play will be very popular and that tickets will sell very fast, so you should order your tickets as soon as possible. For further information directly from Terry Thibodeaux, Artistic Director and Ticket Coordinator please feel free to e-mail him at this address [email protected] or call 253-804-4539 (extension 6071). After the play we will go to Trotter's Restaurant, 825 Harvey Road N.E., Auburn, WA, for one of their excellent delicious dessert selections. For further information contact Jerry or Mary Brownell. DRIVING DIRECTIONS 1. From north or south on WA-167 toward Auburn take the 15th Street NW exit into Auburn 2. Continue straight across the intersection of 15th Street NW and Auburn Way North 3. 15th Street NW becomes Harvey Road and veers to the right 4. Turn LEFT onto 8th ST NE 5. 8th ST NE becomes SE 320th ST 6. Turn LEFT onto 104th AVE SE 7. 104th AVE SE becomes SE 304th WAY 8. SE 304th WAY becomes SE 304ST 9. Turn LEFT onto 124th AVE SE 10. Turn RIGHT at 28900 - Auburn Mountainview High School After the play to get to Trotter's Restaurant retrace your route back to the intersection of 8th Street NE and Har-vey Road. Trotter's Restaurant, 825 Harvey Road, is just the second business to the right at this intersection.

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Puget Sound News bits Bill Barker and Jim Martoza attended the National Board Meet-ing the first week end of March in California. Jim Martoza says the 2005 - 2007 Club Rosters, along with the Club's current Property List, are available at a password protected location on our website. You have to get the password from him.Bob Stamnes drove to Sumas the morning of March 9th and pur-chased a ‘26 touring. That same afternoon he left for Italy. We’ll hear more about both upon their return. Dick Olson was at the Daytona 500 and saw that car come past the finish line upside down. Al Howe recently purchased John Strampher’s ‘55. He drove it on the West Seattle Tour. Florence Helgeson is back on her feet after the foot surgery. Don Boltz, Dick Olson, John Strampher, Dennis Johnson, Don Comstock, George Haley, and Bob Helgeson displayed their cars at the Spring Puyallup Swap Meet. Bob and Judy Gregg’s ‘40 coupe, “Sweetie Pie” was featured on the front cover of the March G & D and accompanied with a good story inside. According to an article in the PI on Monday, March 12th new or redesigned license plates will be issued in two years. The “Z’s” will last that long.

Some of our Club’s commemora-tive Coffee Mugs are still avail-able at $6.00 dollars each. Bob Helgeson will have them at the our meetings or you can contact him directly by phone or email. Number and email address are on page 2.

Join us in March: • At the Puyallup Swap

Meet where seven PSVCCA cars will be on display

• For the production of “Grease” on the 24th.

• At the General Meet-ing on the 26th.

Plan Ahead To: April 28 - Rod Schein will lead a group around Lake Wash-ington. This will be an economy run to see which car com-pletes the Tour with the least gasoline. More on this event in the April Tappet Clatter. May 6 - We will be guests of the Horseless Carriage Club for breakfast at the Puyallup Elks Club, followed by a Tour through the valley to Gordon Apgar’s vintage car collection at Zenith, just south of Des Moines. May 17 - Ballard Parade. This one is family orientated and fun (All downhill). June– The Northwest Meet in Yakima

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2007 Puget Sound Region Banquet January 20, 2007

Sixty Puget Sound members were in attendance for the Annual Awards Banquet on January 20, 2007, at the Golden Steer, on the Kent East Hill.. This event has been an annual party for many years. There have been gatherings to award deserving members since the beginning but the format of a dinner with special thanks and recognition first happened in 1977 where

homemade inscribed plaques were distributed. The next few years second hand re-manufactured awards acquired at Thrift stores, Goodwill and St. Vincent De Paul made up the bulk of what was dis-tributed. We’ve improved since then in both the quality of our awards and choice of dinner loca-tions. This year’s affair was joyous, ener-

getic and fun as those in attendance chatted and relived activities of the past year. As guests were doing this, si-multaneously DVD programs of 2006 events were shown on the screen before dinner. Later, the projector filled the screen with pictures of member contributors during the awards ceremony. Puget Sound contributing members were recognized with certificates and commemorative cups made especially for our 40th Anniversary year. The special “Director’s Award” went to Dick Olson for his work the past three years with our ever popular “Garage Nites”. Dick is the 28th member to receive the Award that was first given in 1979. Bob Helegson received a plaque commemorating

his two year service as Director of the Club dur-ing 2005 - 2006. George Kowats and John Stram-pher arranged the loca-tion and meal. Jim Mar-toza, Bob Helgeson and Bill Damm provided the programming. All went home looking forward to our 40th Anniversary...yet another Banquet in January 2008.

Banquet Crowd. Screen in foreground showing DVD’s.

Dick Olson receiving Directors Award from Bob Helgeson and being congratulated by

Bill Damm

Bill Damm awarding Bob Helgeson a plaque for his ser-

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Commemorative Cup awarded to Bill Damm

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Puget Sound Region VCCA General Meeting Minutes February 26, 2007 Call to Order – The Meeting was called to order at Tillicum Middle School at 7:30 pm by Director Bill Damm. He announced that there would be an abbreviated business meeting because of the club auction scheduled. Welcome - New member Bill Johnson was introduced. He lives in Renton and owns a 1936 1-1/2 ton truck and a 1934 coupe (he also owns a ’64 Thunderbird). Bob Stamnes wife, Marigail attended her first meeting. Don Hatley and his grandson, Chase Nickerson were introduced as guests and potential new members. Don has recently acquired a ‘39 Master 85 sedan. Membership – Wally Martin’s phone number in the roster is incorrect, it should be 360-491-4879. Activities – March 24th will be the next tour and a viewing of the musical ‘Grease’ at the Mountain View High School in Auburn. Tickets are priced at $8.00 and Jerry Brownell said he will assist in buying the tick-ets. He feels it may sell out early, so it is important to purchase tickets soon. Following the play, dessert will be at Trotters restaurant. Club Store - 50/50 winners Jim Farris first prize, Bob Helgeson second prize. Door Prizes were won by Al Howe, Dave Haddock and Dick Jones. Break Refreshments – Provided by Betty and Dave Roberts, Coffee by Bob Helgeson. Program – There was a lively auction with some spirited bidding on some items. Total money collected for the club was $347 dollars. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 PM. Submitted by Dick Jones

West Seattle Tour—Hills and Views of West Seattle February 18, 2007

Nineteen cars and 39 people gathered at the Starbucks world headquarters building on First Ave in the SODO District on a cold, but non-rainy day to tour some parts of West Seattle. There were double the number of vehicles present than planned for by the organizer Jim Farris. The sunny Saturday before must have been a signal for so many to turn out on this, the first of our tours for the year. Thinking there would be only a few cars, there were no instructions or maps printed for the affair. That was a mistake because the numerous stop lights split the group up. We recovered but some of the planned route was altered to accommodate the long string of cars. Our first stop was Park T-107, a fairly new park along the Duwamish waterway where one can walk and see the river in its natural state. The second stop took us to Jack Block overlook, a magnificent

view of downtown Seattle. A picture was taken of the group by Jim Seiber as eagles soared overhead landing on an adjacent light pole. From there it was up hill to Hamilton View Park for a similar view of downtown but from a higher level. Down we went to water and back up again under the Admiral Way Bridge. Across the width of West Seattle we went and down Or-leans for yet another great view of the sound. The tour finished at The Alki Log House Museum and a bite to eat at Pegasus Pizza on Alki. The participants seemed to enjoy the day out with friends. They were; Dave and Betty Roberts’41, Rod McCarthy ‘52, Dan and Jordan Johnson ‘78, Jim Farris with

daughter Rosemary and grandchildren Will and Caroline Lathrop ’32 , Gerri and Dennis Johnson ‘33, Ana Maria and George Haley ‘38, Dick Jones ‘50, Al Howe and Mary Sawyer ’55, Diane and Dave Haddock ‘77, Donna Onat ’54, Bob and Florence Helgeson , Bill and Ann Damm, Rod and Evie Schein, Jim and Sue Seiber, Bob and Mary Gail Stamnes, John Strampher and Edna ‘79, Don and Sallie Com-stock, Jerry and Mary Brownell, Jim and Gayle Darby, and Jim and Roberta Martoza with their dog Indy. The turn out was great, the weather was chilly at times, but a nice winter day. The people were conge-nial as they all took in the magnificent views of the Sound and downtown Seattle. What a great turn out for the first Tour of our 40th year. (Pictures of group on Page 4)

From the Glove Box

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We need car-related issues to discuss in this feature. It helps our Club members with their cars as well as providing a opportunity for others to learn more about their Chevrolets. Contact Al Howe by phone or e-mail with any questions you feel might be included in the Glove Box. You can email Al Howe at [email protected] or Jim Darby at [email protected]. Former Glove Box columns are now included on our web site. Custodians of the Glove Box

Radiators, Rebuilders and Referrals By Al Howe

In the February Glove Box I talked about having the radiator off my 27 repaired by Bud Burns: the end result is that he did an outstanding job. He had to fabricate a new bottom pan and it works great. I now have twice the cooling capacity. Now if you need a starter or generator worked on, I would highly recommend The Rebuilder in Kent. Phone: 253-854-0671. He has helped me many times with my 6 volt problems. If there is nothing wrong he will not charge you for a repair that did not happen. He stands behind his work. He also works on 12 volt systems and alternators. If anyone has a lead on a good place to have brakes done I would be glad to put that in the Tappet Clatter as well. Bud is talking of retiring, but he may be doing some work at his home in the future as a hobby. I hope so. I would like to see a "referral" column in the Tappet Clatter for places like Bud's where we can go for help on things like brakes, motors, etc. What do you think?

Al Howe Editors Note. A service like this would be a great value to members and could easily be printed in the monthly Tappet Clatter. All that is needed are the referrals. If each member let us know about good service they received we could have a wonderful feature for this publication. Tell us What, Where, Who and a con-tact number.

Safety Corner When your tires are worn,

And it’s wet with rain, If you go too fast, You’ll hydroplane.

So get new tires,

With lots of tread, Then You’ll be ready,

For what’s ahead.

Do YOU have a Safety Tip? Maybe an experience of yours might help someone avoid an acci-dent. Give us your story. There must be some interesting ones lying around ready to unearth.

TAPPET CLATTER Classifieds

FOR SALE

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WANTED

‘27 Coupe, Jim Kleven 425-673-8885 3/7 ‘78 3/4 Ton Scotsdale PU 350. Automatic, Low miles, Loaded has tandem axle car hauler and canopy. $3750, Walt Blair 206.247.6295 [email protected] 3/7 ‘63 Big Truck Showroom Posters $50 each, Three by four and very colorful. Jim Seiber 425.222.3622, [email protected] 3/7 Pair of ‘39 headlight lenses, $30; 1951/52 l left side outer grill molding (park lamp surround) (#3699643) appears to be NOS $20; 1961 back up lamp kit #988478 $35; 1930/31 Instrument gauge cluster w/headlight switch $75; 1931/32 heater assembly, needs restoration $75; 1951/52 gas door guard, nice $20; ‘58 Impala frame with title, $200 obo. Gary Barquist 509.636.2133 [email protected] 3/7 1929 Touring, ’29 Coupe, ’30 one ton truck. Touring is missing seats and some of top mecha-nism fenders and running board are bad but the body appears mostly complete including wind-shield assembly. Coupe is mostly junk but has running gear, truck has fenders and running gear. Asking price $1500 obo. Vehicles are in Moses Lake. Contact Gary Barquist (above) for info

20 Foot Enclosed Trailer, Dick Olson 425.222.5798 [email protected] 3/7 Right Hand Sport Type Mirror for ‘81 El Camino. Would also like a left hand one with inside remote. Walt Blair 206.292.6795 [email protected] 3/7 1938 defrost vents. Dick Jones 425.736.8798 3/7 Sand Blast Cabinet (buy, borrow or rent) Bob Stamnes 206.365.1482 rstamnes @yahoo.com 3/7 Information on ‘32 or ‘33 Woody Station Wagon Greg Liscomb aeromechinist2001@yahoo,com 3/7 ‘47/’48 Right Front Bumper Tip, Tom Skogs 206.282.4584 4/7 Tappet Clatter Stories & News-Bits email or phone Jim Farris at [email protected] or 206.937.5636

HOW TO SUBMIT ADS:

1) [email protected] 2) submitted at meetings 3) directly to Tappet Clatter Editor

1937 Radiator modified for pressure. Ready to install. $250 Bud Burns at West Seattle Radiator. 206.935.7175 3/7 Puget Sound Region 40th Anniversary Cups– See or contact Bob Helgeson $6.00 each 4/7 Old Car Magazines 60’s to 90’s Free two large boxes arrange to pick up. Jim Seiber 425.222.3622 4/7

The Board approved a new Tappet Clatter Ad policy. They will now be run for two issues. A date will appear showing the last issue the ad will run. An ad can be resubmitted for another two months. Ads are accepted at meetings, by phone, email to the Editor, or by the new on-line address, [email protected]

March 2007 Issue:

Some VCCA Vehicles at Park T-107 on West Seattle Tour