February 2012

Volume 36, Issue 2

THIS MONTH’S EVENT IS THE

AUTORAMA

Feb 17-19 - Market Hall – Dallas

NEXT MONTH! DACC’s

SPRING CLASSIC CHEVY SHOW! Saturday March 10th

10AM to 1PM at Reliable Chevrolet NO FEES, NO JUDGING, FAVORITES PICKED BY DACC SPONSORS!

expected over 60 ’55-’57 Chevys to attend! YOU NEED TO PLAN TO BE THERE WITH YOUR CHEVY!

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PO Box 814642

Dallas, TX 75381

www.DallasClassicChevy.com Current Membership -170

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President – David Graves

214 738-5231 term expires 12/13

Vice Pres – Greg Hedum

972 539-9886 term expires 12/12

Treasurer – Billie Walker

972 287-7642 term expires 12/12

Secretary – Larry Epperson

214 546-4464 term expires 12/13

Board Member – Marvin Cowden

972 262-5632 term expires 12/12

Board Member - Alan Strong

972 624-8836 term expires 12/13

Board Member – George Johnson

817 457-3967 term expires 12/12

Appointed Positions

WRENCHES Rep – Don Andre

817 481-3468

WRENCHES Rep – Bill Preston

972 691-4968

Tech Advisor - Larry Rollow

972 960-1408

Membership Chairman

Joe Ortega

972 642-5171

Ladies Group Chairwoman

Vickie Penney

214 629 2043

Membership Information Dues are $25 per year,

payable to

Dallas Area Classic Chevys,

mail to the club PO Box.

To determine your renewal date,

check your mailing label, the top

right corner is the month/yr your

membership expires.

Show Schedule:

• Friday, Feb. 17 3 p.m. - 10 p.m.

• Saturday, Feb. 18 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

• Sunday, Feb. 19 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Ticket Information At The Door General Admission – 15.00 Children 6-12 – 5.00 Children 5 and Under – Free Advance Ticket Sales at O’Reilly General Admission – 13.00

Children 6-12 – 4.00

DACC DISPLAY WILL HAVE – Jim Leinart’s ’55 Bel Air Hardtop

John Rogers’ ’56 Nomad

Don Mullins’ ’57 210 Sedan

Phillip Zaragoza’s ’55 Pickup

Mike Jones’ ’55 Bel Air Sedan

James Carter’s ’57 Bel Air Hardtop

Robert Black’s ’55 Bel Air Sedan

Michael Brown’s ’57 Convertible THANKS to these members

for showing for the club!

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Classic Heartbeat

Continued on Page 5

Ever since I graduated from high school in 1959,

I’ve been building and showing “Street Rods” as a

hobbyit seems like ever since. I’ve even had some

of my twenty-some odd creations appear within

the pages of Street Rodder, Rod & Custom,

Southern Rodder and Street Scene Magazine.

Along my street rod building journey, I have

owned a few old Chevys such as a 1954 Corvette,

1958 Impala and three ‘55 Chevys, all of which

have reminded me of my “cruising days” in high

school.

I recently sold my latest street rod project, a 1934

Plymouth Sedan, that was three years in the build

and was featured in the August ’09 Rod & Custom

Magazine. After selling my street rod, and going

through some serious “without a car withdrawal”,

I found my latest ride.

My recent find and “pride and joy” is a 1957

Chevy, Model 150, 235 six cylinder, three on the

tree numbers matching two door sedan. The only

factory option added was an AM radio. My ‘57 is

the kind of car that dreams are made of and I am

the proud third owner. The original owner was a

lady from Ft. Worth that literally only drove the

car to the grocery store on Thursdays and to and

from Church on Sundays. She drove the car forty

years without a fender bender or scratch until she

stopped driving altogether, at the insistence of her

children with the speedometer registering only

86,000 miles. The second owner, who bought the

car in 1997, spent the next dozen years doing a

frame-off restoration and finishing the project with

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Who’s Got The Baddest

Tri Five Chevy in Texas? We will find out March 3rd! DACC is pulling

for club member Sonny Poteet’s ‘55!

Mr Frosty goes back to the 50’s! Not since the 50’s has Mr Frosty had this many

50’s era cars in the parking lot!

DACC members turned out big for

January’s Mr Frosty Meet N Greet in Denton. The weather was a typical perfect

Texas winter day and with that along with the great burgers and homemade Root

Beer brought the ’55-’57 Chevys out in force! Lots of new faces and new cars

came out and we were happy to see them!

Be sure and check out the club website for photos from the cruise in and thanks to all

the members who came out and made this such a great afternoon of Chevys!

More photos at DallasClassicChevy.com

30th Annual

LONE STAR Classic Chevy Convention San Marcos, TX

May 4,5,6 – 2012 hosted by the

Central Texas Classic Chevy Club

Complete info at www.LoneStarChevys.com

DACC will caravan down on Friday

May 4th taking the ‘scenic’ drive down Hwy 281 with several stops including one at former DACC Treasurer Dean

and Audrey Schmidt’s home in Spicewood, TX for a little ice cream

before heading on into San Marcos for the weekend event. Mark your calendars and plan to join us!

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Classic Heartbeat

the ‘57’s one and only repaint using original “code”

factory colors. When the project was completed a

few years ago, the Chevy took up residence in his

garage.

When the second owner retired a couple of months

ago and offered the ‘57 Chevy for sale, I jumped on

the opportunity to own a rare piece of automotive

history. Being a U.S. Army veteran, I was

privileged to be a part of the recent Veteran’s Day

Parade in Frisco, Texas and proudly displayed my

‘57 Chevy, which drew much crowd attention.

My ‘57 doesn’t need much, just a few tweaks here

and there. As a new member of Dallas Area Classic

Chevys, I am looking forward to being an active

participant and anticipate showing up at local events

with my new ride.

MORE PHOTOS AT

WWW.DALLASCLASSICCHEVY .COM

DACC MEMBER’S PHOTOS

FROM THE PASTFROM THE PASTFROM THE PASTFROM THE PAST Here is yet another photo from ‘back in the

day’ Now your part is to guess

WHO IS THAT PERSON? Take a good look, take your best guess, then check on the DACC website’s Chat Board link under the ‘MISC’ section – and

there you will find the answer of ‘WHO IS THAT PERSON’?

(HINT – it’s 1963!)

Got a photo to share from the past? Send it to INFO@DallasClassicChevy.com

Our last ‘FROM THE PAST PHOTO’ in the

December newsletter below was -

From 1958 here is Don Andre (on the left) with his brother at Shepard AFB in Wichita Falls. Don’s brother’s ’57 is in the background and at the time Don had a ’55. Today Don

is the proud owner of a ’57 Bel Air and ’56 Bel Air!

Don Mullins’ Feature Car Continued

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DACC ‘Other Car’ Story The Story of ‘Lucky’

1985 El Camino Steve and Mary Anne Pratt

My Mom and Dad had just retired to Kerrville Texas when we visited them driving my just-acquired 1982 El Camino. Dad was so impressed with my truck that he decided to get one too. He bought this 1985 El Camino new in October 1985 from Cecil Tindall Chevrolet in neighboring Boerne Texas. It has a 305 V8 and 350 three speed automatic transmission. They bought a fiberglass camper shell for it and for many years used it when they volunteered for the local Hospice

organization and the Cowboy Artist s Museum in Kerrville. This truck was well known around town. He regularly was asked if it was for sale and his stock reply was “You’ll have to talk to my son about it” since I jokingly laid claim to it as a “parts car”! In May of 2009 my Dad passed away at the young age of 95 and we brought the car home to Forney. We removed the camper top, replaced the headliner and did a little cleaning and parts replacing. We also gave him (yes, this truck is definitely a HIM) the nickname ‘Lucky’. The name comes from an oft-repeated saying of my Dad, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” It has over 170,000 miles, it’s on its second engine and its third transmission, but it still runs well. I have the original keys with leather fob from Cecil

Tindall Chevrolet. Recently I came across the old license plates from my 82 El Camino, found a new 1985 registration sticker on ebay, and registered the plates as Year Of Manufacture plates for ‘Lucky’. Current plans are to install a more aggressive engine (probably a crate motor) and 700r4 transmission, as well as restore the cosmetics and restyle the interior with leather bucket seats, etc. But for now we are enjoying cruising it in the summer and keeping everything working.

Thanks Dad!

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