ROADERS CAR CLUBNEWSLETTER

First off, I’d like to welcome everyone to our new club newsletter. This year, 2009, looks to be an exciting one with our new quarterly Newsletter and website on the Internet.

The club will continue to provide the community with charitable events and continue having its monthly shows. In addition, the club is planning other great events to do, which will be discussed later on. The club also has three new sponsors.

The Roaders are a unique group of people who are committed to automobiles, having fun, and supporting our Roaders families and this great community. I urge all members to get involved and participate in our club activities. Get away from the daily tasks and join us at a meeting and car

Message from Dennis

Upcoming News and Events There is much to discuss on this quarter’s “Upcoming News and Events.”

The Roaders website is now up and running and updated for all to enjoy. Members and guests have the ability to see current shows, the newsletter, events, and pictures of the events. The club is still using the Hemmings website as we did before. Please check out the website for information on upcoming events and club happenings. This website will be updated monthly. Here is the website address. http://clubs.hemmings.com/roaders/

Other news is that several members have paid up their dues for this year. HOORAH! Thanks to all members for your continued support. We would also like to welcome our new members of the Roaders: “Trixie” DeJonge has been an active supporter of the club for years. “Trixie” has a 1975 Chevrolet Nova (the yellow one) that appears at several of the car shows. Welcome “Trixie.” We’d also like to welcome Willy Alvarado. Willy was a previous member at one time and attended several events for the Roaders. Willy is now a regular member. Congratulations to all our new members.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Message from Dennis 1Upcoming news/ events 1Roaders sponsors 2Donuts & Hotrods 3Nethercutt Museum Run 4Article- My car is using oil, why? 5Just for fun- Tool dictionary. 6Member’s Ride- Mike and Janice Olsen 7-8Interested in Swap Meets? 9-10Roader Club Meeting schedule 11Roader Car Show Calendar 12April Car Show flyer 13-14About the Roaders/ Membership 15-16

04-01-09Volume 2, Issue

2

By Dennis Jewell- President

Donuts & HotRodsBy Ed krebsThat’s what happened on March 21, 2009. The Roaders arrived at the Donut Station in Mission Hills at 8:00 A.M. and had some delicious donuts, beverages, and great conversation. Oh yeah, did I mention Cars? Our President, Dennis, brought his trailer with the GTO and allowed everyone to hear it, including a friendly LAPD officer on a motorcycle who couldn’t hesitate to take a look. The weather was overcast but it did not stop the members from showing off their cars

and having a great time.

After the Donut Station, the members drove to the Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar, CA, for a tour of the museum and fantastic cars they have on exhibit.

Nethercutt Museum - Sylmar, CAThe Museum is located just north of Mission Hills in Sylmar, CA. The Nethercutt Museum provides tours of their fantastic collection of automobiles. The tour is open to the public and free to enter. The museum consists of two building complexes with a collection of some of the rarest and finest restorations and preservation of early-year automobiles. If you haven’t been to the Nethercutt Museum and you have a passion for fine automobiles, you’re missing a real venture back into time!

It was a great day for all the Roaders who attended this club event. Thanks to Bob Kurasz for organizing the event. Special thanks to Prez Dennis for bringing the GTO and trailer. Thanks to the Donut Station for the great donuts and letting us make noise. Special thanks to Bill, Bob’s daughter, Nandie, and the guy with the cigar for their photographic skills and everyone who participated and made this great event happen.

Looking forward to the next event!

Thankfully, this is not a major concern, especially if you plan to sell or trade your vehicle soon. An engine that uses over a quart of oil between oil changes, or every 3,000 miles, is starting to show the effects of wear. The amount of oil it is using is still acceptable, but it will gradually increase as you continue to add miles. When it reaches the point where it’s using a quart every 500 miles or less, it’s time for an overhaul.

Oil consumption depends primarily on two things: the valve guides and piston rings. If the valve guides are worn, or if there’s too much clearance between the valve stems and guides, or if the valve guide seals are worn, cracked, missing, broken or improperly installed, the engine will suck oil down the guides and into the cylinders. The engine may still have good compression, but will use a lot of oil.

An oil consumption problem caused by worn valve guides can usually be cured by a valve job. Knurling, sleeving or replacing the guides, or boring out the guides and installing valves with oversized stems will stop the loss of oil.

My car is using oil? Why?

Check your oil and other fluids on a regular basis. Your car

will thank you later!

In some instances, worn rod bearings, excessive bearing clearances and/or excessive oil pressure can splash too much oil on the cylinders causing oil to get past the rings.

Oil can also get past the rings if the rings or cylinders are badly worn or damaged, if the cylinders were not honed properly when the engine was built (or rebuilt), or if the rings were installed improperly.

If the rings and/or cylinders are at fault, the engine will have lower than normal compression readings.

When a newly built engine is first started, the rings require a certain amount of time to “seat” or break-in. If the rings fail to seat properly, the engine will use oil. This may be the case if somebody applied the wrong finish to the cylinders, failed to clean and lubricate the cylinders properly before the engine was fired up, or didn’t use the proper break-in procedure.

The cure for worn rings and cylinders is to overhaul the engine block. The cylinders have to be refinished and new rings installed to regain good oil control.

Here is a list and definition of helpful tools for all you gearheads!

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive car parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing convertible tops or tonneau covers.

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling roll bar mounting holes in the floor of a sports car just above the brake line that goes to the rear axle.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETELENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting those stale garage cigarettes you keep hidden in the back of the Whitworth socket drawer (what wife would think to look in there?) because you can never remember to buy lighter fluid for the Zippo lighter you got from the PX at Fort Campbell.

ZIPPO LIGHTER: See oxyacetylene torch.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against the Rolling Stones poster over the bench grinder.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also useful for removing calluses on your hand.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering a Mustang to the ground after you have installed a set of Ford Motorsports lowered road springs, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front air dam.

EIGHT-FOOT-LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2x4: Used for levering a car upward off a hydraulic jack.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters. Can be used to drop carburetor clips into the engine.

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.

SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your windshield.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.

The tools of the trade.

Members’ RidesMike and Janice Olson reside in Sonora, California. Mike and Janice both

are hot-rodders at heart and members of the Roaders Car Club. Mike’s recent project is a 1930 closed-cab pickup truck. The Olsons have been the proud owners of this fine pickup project since 1959. Mike has always had a dream to make this pickup a hotrod, and that’s his goal, while keeping the nostalgia theme. While the truck already has the old hotrod appearance, Mike is planning to chop and channel the pickup.

Most people go with the small-block Chevy, crate motor, or Ford engine, but not Mike. He’s going with a 1957 Chrysler 392 Hemi, with eight (8) Model 97 one-barrel carburetors supplying the fuel to the cylinders. Mike is also planning on having the engine balanced to optimize horsepower and produce an overwhelming 450 horsepower. All this power will be transferred to the wheels via a TH2004r overdrive transmission and a hard-to-find quick-change rear end. Mike Scott from California Hotrods in Sonora, California, is helping in this project and providing his expertise.

Olsen’s 1930 pickup

Engine- 1957 Chrysler 392 HemiCarburetion - 8 one-barrel carbs, series 97Transmission - TH2004r OverdriveRear end - Quick changeProject in the works - Fabrications by California Hot Rods of Sonora, CA

The Olsens’ 1935 InternationalAnd 1927 Model “T”

Most people would love to have a hotrod to admire, work on, and cruise around on weekends or whenever the opportunity arises.

The Olsons, Mike and Janice, are blessed with owning two other fine hotrods in addition to their 1930 Pickup.

The ’35 International, also known as a “Kornbinder,” was purchased by the Olsons in 1997 from a friend who owned it for 17 years. The Olsons immediately got to work stuffing a small-block Chevy with all the bells and whistles into the engine

compartment. For performance and eye-candy, Mike mounted a tri-power intake and installed a cam, which really gets people’s attention. The power is transferred to the rear via a TH350 transmission, which replaced the powerglide 2-speed automatic that came in it. A Ford 9” replaced the Chevy rear end. The interesting part of this ride is it still has a Corvair front suspension and a Volkswagen bench seat. To add to the details, Mike had Herb Martinez apply some stripping along the bodylines.

The 1927 Model “T” is a winner! The vehicle was purchased from a guy in Grass Valley, CA. The entire drive train on this Model T is from a 29 Model “A.” The engine has a flathead motor with Thomas hipo heads added. Two Stromberg 97’s provide the carburetion, and an ignition system from a ’32 four-banger provides the spark. The paint is bright yellow with the artwork of Herb Martinez laying the flames and pin striping.

Interested in swap meets?There are two automotive swap meets within the Los

Angeles area that are must-see and attend, at least once.

The Long Beach Automotive Swap Meet has rows and rows of automotive parts and related items. The swap meet opens at 6:00 A.M. and is usually over by lunchtime. You have to get there early for the best deals. Here’s info on the

Swap Meet:

Directions to get there: Take the 710 freeway south to the 91 freeway going east. Get off on Lakewood Blvd and take that south to East Conant St and make a left. Swap meet is

on your left.

2009Long Beach HIPO

January 11February 8

March 1March 22April 12May 10June 14July 12

August 9September 13

October 11November 8November 29December 13

The Pomona Swap Meet

Pomona Swap Meet is one of the largest swap meets in Southern California. The swap meet requires an all-day event just to walk through the acres of parts. The swap meet is also sectioned off in sections for foreign cars, Ford, Chevy, etc. Plan to get there at 5:00 A.M. for the best deals. Here’s info:

The Swap Meet is at the Pomona Fairgrounds off the 210 and 10 Freeways. Here are dates for the upcoming events.

2009 Schedule 2010 Schedule

April 26, 2009 April 25, 2010June 07, 2009 June 06, 2010August 16, 2009 August 15, 2010October 18, 2009 October 17, 2010December 06, 2009 December 05, 2010

Directions: Take the Interstate 10 freeway east to White St. Make a left, traveling north to the Pomona Fairplex. Watch for signs! (Good luck parking!)

ROADERS CAR CLUB2009 CAR CLUB MEETINGS

@GLENOAKS CAFÉ (formerly Bob’s Big Boy!)1407 GLENOAKS BLVD. - GLENDALE

Meetings start @ 6:30 P.M.

JANUARY 14, 2009

FEBRUARY 18

MARCH 18

APRIL 15

MAY 13

JUNE 17

JULY 15

AUGUST 12

SEPTEMBER 16

OCTOBER 14

NOVEMBER 18

DECEMBER 19

Dates for meetings are subject to change and notification of changes will be posted. Members will be e-mailed of any changes.

ROADERS CAR CLUB2009 CAR SHOW CALENDAR

@GLENOAKS CAFÉ (formerly Bob’s Big Boy)1407 GLENOAKS BLVD. - GLENDALE

OPEN TO ALL MAKES AND MODELS OFCLASSIC CARS & TRUCKS

Registration begins at 4:00 p.m.ROADERS Car Show from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

APRIL 25 Muscle Car Night Trophies for Best Muscle Car and in General Categories

MAY 23 Chevy Night Trophy for Best Chevy-bodied Car

JUNE 27 Topless Night Trophy for Best Convertible(What were you thinking?)

JULY 25 GM Night Trophy for Best GM-bodied Car

AUGUST 22 MOPAR Night Trophy for Best MOPAR Car

SEPTEMBER 26FORD Night Trophy for Best Ford Car

OCTOBER 24 Radical Car Night Trophy for Best Costume &Best Radical Car

NOVEMBER 28 Truck Night Trophy for Best Truck—bringcans of food for our Food Drive

DECEMBER 19 Station Wagon Night This is the Holiday Show as well. Bring a toy for our Toy Drive.

Roaders Car Club of Glendale Car Show

Saturday, April 25, 2009 5:00 to 8:00 P.M.

Glenoaks Cafe Restaurant 1407 W. Glenoaks Blvd.

Glendale, California

The Roaders Car Club of Glendale is once again starting their monthly car show. The car show is open to all makes and model of cars and trucks. The show includes a live DJ, 50/50 drawing, raffle, trophies and great food within walking distance. All proceeds from car shows go to various charity organizations in the Burbank/Glendale area.

Entry fee for vehicles is $5.00 per vehicle.

Tell your friends, and come join us for an evening of hot cars, music, food and fun!

ROADERS CAR CLUB

ENTRY # _____________ (leave blank)

NAME ____________________________________________

MAKE/MODEL/YEAR ________________________________

TELL JUDGES ABOUT YOUR CAR:__________________________________________________

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About the Roaders Car Club

The Roaders Car Club, originally a 1960s club, was reactivated in 1998 following a reunion of former members. The Club approached Bob's Big Boy, in Glendale, as a place to hold its monthly shows. The first cruise-in was held March 21, 1998, with 20 cars. As word got around, the show grew every month and is now one of the most favorite in Southern California. The Roaders Car Club takes pride in donating to charitable events and has for many years provided monetary donations and gifts to various charitable organizations in the community. In March of 2006, the Club moved to our present location in Glendale, which provides more room and better lighting to compliment all the beautiful cars.

The Roaders Car Club is always seeking new members who wish to be a part of a group of people who love cars and associating with people who have a common interest in cars. The club strives for a sense of family, camaraderie and support among fellow members of the club. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Roaders Car Club, or know someone who may be interested in joining our club, we welcome them to come to one of our club meetings and a car show or event. For further information please contact the Roaders at:

Roaders Car Club2606 W. Burbank Blvd.Burbank, CA 91505

You can contact the Roaders Car Club for further information on the new Hotline phone: 818-558-1278. or check out our website at: http://clubs.hemmings.com/roaders/

ROADERS CAR CLUBMEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

NAME ________________________ SPOUSE ____________________

ADDRESS _________________________________________________

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PHONE & E-MAIL __________________________________________

OCCUPATION _____________________________________________

VEHICLE _________________________________________________

If accepted, a member must pay yearly dues of $25. In addition, new members must pay an “Initiation Fee” of $25 to cover thecost of a plaque and a polo shirt. Dues are used to support local charities, a ROADERS picnic and a year-end party. Members agree to maintain a valid driver’s license and vehicle insurance and abide by the ROADERS Car Club Bylaws.

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ROADERS --“HOTLINE”: 818 558-1278ADDRESS: 2606 Burbank Blvd - Burbank, CA 91505