past.

Tioga Region is

strong and other

clubs are looking to-

ward us to be a voice

to be heard in our

community. Your in-

volvement in the

community and our

organization is the

catalyst that will be a

strong influence in

making the hobby

more interesting to

the public.

Your attendance in

our meetings will aid

in the growth of our

hobby.

The March meeting

will be at the Tioga

County Office build-

ing in the Confer-

ence Room. The date

for this meeting will

be March 18, 2013 at

7:00 PM.. Yes this is

the day after our

Winter Flea Market.

We will be reviewing

the success or failure

of the flea market

but there will be so

much more that we

will be getting into.

Plans are well under

way for our first

tour , the trip to

Eastman House and

the Rochester Lilac

Festival. There will

also be two private

car collections that

we will tour on this

trip.

Several new ideas

were brought up at

the February meeting

about the car show

that we need to look

into.

More inter-club rela-

tions are also being

discussed and need

to be followed up on

with your input. We

hope to bring a

greater voice in local

events for the car

enthusiast than has

been evident in the

March Meeting

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The picture is from

Fred Brown’s collec-

tion and as you can

see shows the degree

of restoration that

went into the car.

I will be thrilled to see

this car again and feel

that it will go a long

way to remind the

At our February Meet-

ing we chose Jim

Meade’s 1908 Cadillac

Touring to be our fea-

tured car for the 2013

car show. The above

picture will most

probably be used as

the Dash Plaque for

the show.

public how beautiful

the cars were when

they were designed by

dreamers rather than

committees.

Our show will truly

tell the public how far

we have come in the

last hundred years!

Your 2013 Car Show Featured Car

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Winter Flea Market

An Historic Question Once again I have a

question for you to

ponder till the last

page of this news-

letter. Your grandfa-

ther knew of the

“Potter Trunk” as

he in all likelyhood

owned one.

What was this fea-

ture, and why

would it have been

so popular? Why

also has this item

disappeared from

our cars today?

While we are at it

what other feature

had to be on the

car in order for this

item to be installed

and used on the

automobile of it’s

era?

As usual the answer

will be found on

the last page of this

newsletter.

No Peeking

spaces.

We will be setting up

the room on Satur-

day March 16, 2013

at 10:00 AM.

The larger show

means we need to

have more in-

volvement from

our members not

only in set up but

also the day of the

show.

The set up will go

quickly as we only

have to divide one

room rather than

the several we have

had to work with in

the past.

Our younger members

have been busy finding

door prizes and raffle

items that will add to

the interest for the

public as well as our

vendors. We also will

have some freebees

that we have not had

in the past.

We will also have a

sound system to make

communication easier

throughout the day.

The Show will be

March 17, 2013 from

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

See you there!

With requests still

coming in we are well

on our way to seeing a

bigger market than the

one last year. We also

have a more favorable

location in the building

than we had in either

of the last two shows.

We will have the whole

gymnasium for our

sale. No more long car-

ries for our vendors!

The layout of our mar-

ket will be cleaner and

more cohesive than in

the past. We also will

have the ability to ac-

commodate up to 62

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New Members

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

We welcome two new

member families this

month. The first is

Vince Calla and his

wife Gwen Rifenbury,

(Gwen pointed out

that she chose to keep

her maiden-name to

avoid some of the

problems inherent

with name changes)

Vince is more inter-

ested in Hot Rods and

owns a nicely modi-

fied 1990 Chevrolet

Silverado. Gwen on

the other hand is a

purist and her 1966

Ford Thunderbird

looks as if it just rolled

off the assembly line

yesterday. The couple

own Vince’s Garage in

Kirkwood, N.Y.

Two days after joining

us Gwen called to see

if we still had comple-

mentary memberships

left for a friend of the

couple. That took the

last of our free mem-

berships for this year.

The last one went to

Mike and Debbie Ko-

cik of Port Crane, N.Y.

who own a 1947 Buick

Special four door.

Mike tells me that the

Buick is in need of res-

toration work but is in

driving condition.

Both couples are look-

ing for a club that is

active and on the

move. Tours, shows,

and parades are of in-

terest to both couples

and we look forward

to seeing them at our

meetings as well as

our tours and the car

show.

Just because we have

used all the free mem-

berships from national

does not mean that

we will not be looking

for new members.

Keep them coming!

our first order of Ti-

oga Region clothing,

there would not be

that expense for those

who might choose to

order additional or

new shirts, hats, or

jackets. If you are in-

terested in ordering

clothing with the Tioga

Region logo contact

Joe at All Star Sports, 4

Delphine St. Owego,

N.Y.. Phone 687-5500

Due to the recent in-

flux of new members,

Joe Vaglica reminded

us that he still has the

logo on record. As this

was an extra expense

in the production of

Tioga Region Clothing

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The Ethanol Question In the past couple

of days I have re-

ceived no less than

three publications

that concerned E15

gasoline. All three

are adamant that

E15 would be

harmful to all cars

manufactured prior

to 2012.

We all have heard

of Howard’s prob-

lem with his Cor-

vair that had been

stored over the

summer in Florida

with E10 in the

tank. All four of his

carburetors had to

be rebuilt due to

the corrosive na-

ture of the ethanol

in the fuel attract-

ing water from the

atmosphere.

How much more

destructive will E15

be not only to our

collector cars but

also to the cars we

depend on for our

daily driving?

I have reproduced

the SEMA article in

it’s entirety on page

seven for you to

see the effort that

organization is

making to make our

concerns known.

The March issue of

Generator And Dis-

tributor, the Vintage

Chevrolet Club of

America’s magazine

has an article writ-

ten by Erling Stor-

strom of Oslo,

Norway who is

afraid that with the

permission of E15

in America will in-

fluence the Euro-

pean market to fol-

low suit. Mr. Stor-

strom reports that

the fuel pumps in

Norway now de-

liver E05 in 95 oc-

tane and no ethanol

in 98 Octane. He

also reports that

the oil companies

have “By Mistake “

supplied E07 to sta-

tions without in-

forming them of

the change. In fact

the stations in Nor-

way are not re-

quired to label their

pumps with the

ethanol content of

any of their fuel.

Mr. Storstrom re-

ports there have

been many Reports

of damaged engine

parts, fuel lines,

tanks, and even

paint with “a link to

the ethanol as the

bad guy.”

The engines of our

25 year old cars as

well as all small en-

gines such as those

used in lawn mow-

ers and light trac-

tors were never in-

tended to be run

on fuel that con-

tains ethanol.

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SEMA Action Page

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Suggested Car Show Flyer

T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N

Our First Tour of The Season!

P A G E 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Yes the summer is that

close, it is time for us

to begin to plan for

our tours!

The first tour of the

summer is a two day

affair May 18-19, 2013.

We will be going to

Rochester, N.Y. to visit

Eastman House, the

Lilac Festival, and two

private car collections

belonging to members

of the Genesee Re-

gion.

Known cost factors at

this time are; Motel

$64.99 plus tax per

room, -Eastman House

$9.00 per person.

Meals from the menu

at the planned restau-

rants.

We will be opening

the tour to our sister

AACA Clubs so hope-

fully we will have a

strong representation

on this opening to

2013!

If you were at the Feb-

ruary meeting you re-

ceived a brochure on

the tour, if you were

not at the meeting and

would like to receive a

copy of this brochure

call me at 785-8867

and I will get it to you.

The sooner we know

how many plan to at-

tend, the sooner we

can make the reserva-

tions at the motel and

Eastman House.

As per usual you are

encouraged to drive

your collector car but

it is still open to your

modern driver if you

are concerned about

driving that far in your

collector.

We still have to make

one or two more

scouting trips to final-

ize the route and

stops, but we will be

going the whole way

on two lane roads. As

always we plan to keep

our tour together the

whole way.

Rods are sponsoring a Car

Cruise-in Italian Style. This

event is on May 9 2013

from 4:30 to 7:00 PM at

Sons of Italy Lodge, Endi-

cott, N.Y. $8.00 Adult 5 and

under Free Benefit Catho-

lic Charities Children's

Sumer Lunch Program

As usual there are many

events opening up as the

season approaches. Two

that have come to our

attention in the past few

days are;

1. Cruisin’ Buddies and

Triple Cities Street

2.Twin Tiers Vintage Car

Show Sunday June 2, 2013

Chemung County Fair-

grounds. “A non judged fun

event”

Early Registration by May 25

- $5.00. Info Ginny 607-594-

6331

Two Local Events

Potter Trunks In 1923 Clark Z. Potter took charge of an older manufacturing company that had

been trimming the interiors of Fisher Body cars. He renamed the company Potter

Manufacturing Company and began to manufacture trunks for cars of that era.

At the time of these trunks there were no integral trunks on the body of cars, but

most had fold down racks on the back for luggage. Potter Trunks fitted nicely on the

fold down racks and contained fitted luggage that matched the outer covering of the

trunk. Very fashionable and desirable for the discriminating traveler.

From a beginning production of 100 trunks a day, the output swelled to more than

10,000 a month in the hay day around 1927 when more than 100 workers were em-

ployed.

With the onset of the depression in the early 1930’s, coupled with more auto designs

with built in trunks, the Potter plant closed in 1937

The above information came from an article in Old Cars Weekly dated March 14,

2013.