PRESIDENT

John Farr

352-446-0331

VICE PRESIDENT

Jim Collop

352-753-5047

SECRETARY/TREASURERCharlie Dolan

352 751-5560

of North Central Florida September, 2014

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August Cruise in at The Villages

Tin Lizzie Club

Summer rain cloudsdefinitely kept the showcars away, but as it oftenhappens, rain nevercame.

Our little group of fivecars were parked right onthe square by the watercascade.

While in the staging areaCharlie Dolan discovereda blister in one of histires and decided tochange it after we parkedin the square. That drewquite a crowd!

Two tire spoons and threerubber mallets were all heneeded to replace hisdefective tire with his 45year old spare, which I’mhappy to report, broughthim safely home.

Howard Holmes broughthis Model A.

Jack and Louise Breen lefttheir model T home andbrought this beautiful

Model A Sedan.

September 11

Is Patriot Day

LOCAL EVENTS

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICKWWW.TINLIZZIEFL.COM/EVENTS

OHIO TOUR, MTFCAAUG 29-31

TIN LIZZIE MONTHLYMEETING

SEP 2

BRANSON TOUR, MTFCASEP 3-7

THE VILLAGES CRUISE INSEP 20

OCALA DRIVE INSEP 21

TIN LIZZIE MONTHLYMEETING

OCT 7

THE VILLAGES CRUISE INOCT 18

TIN LIZZIE MONTHLYMEETING

NOV 4

John was there on“Kid Alert,”

encouraging the weeones to hop into the

car for a picture.

Ben and AnnWasman’s 1922

roadster pickup wona beautiful Peoples

Choice Award!

We went to the usualsupper at TooJay’s at4:30 PM, where wewere joined by BobHunke, whose ModelA was parked acrossfrom us. AnotherModel A couple, JackPeterman and ElaineRing also joined us.

More photos: John,Charlie

John

We can’tSteve Ellis on Poor Boy Tour in

Boone, N.C

Constitution DaySept 17

National Tours andEvents

ALL-OHIO JAMBOREEAUG 29-21

HILLBILLY TOUR, BRANSON,MO

SEP 3-7

MODEL T TOUR, WVASEP 14-18

COVERED BRIDGE TOUR, INSEP 27-OCT 1

TEXAS T PARTY TOUROCT 1-4

AACA FALL MEET, HERSHEY,PA

OCT 8-11

ARK TIN LIZZIE FALL FOLIAGETOUR

OCT 8-11

JONES’ ANNUAL TOUR, OKOCT 9-11

FALL FOLIAGE TOUR, ARKOCT 29-NOV 2

—––-2015–––-

MTFCI NAT’L MEETING, NEWORLEANS, LA

JAN 16-17

WINTER TOUR, GAINESVILLEMAR 8-12

MTFCA NAT’L MEETING,ANAHEIM, CA

MAR 26-29

MTFCI NAT’L TOUR,BRANSON, MO

JUL 12-17

ALBERTA, CANADAJUL 12-17

Provide you

A nice, calm andrespectable-looking ladywent into the pharmacy,walked up to thepharmacist, lookedstraight into his eyes,and said, "I'dlike to buysome cyanide."

The pharmacistasked, "Why inthe world doyou needcyanide?"

The ladyreplied, "I needit to poison myhusband."

The pharmacist's eyesgot big and heexplained, "Lord havemercy! I can't give you

cyanide to kill yourhusband, that's againstthe law! I'll lose mylicense! They'll throwboth of us in jail! Allkinds of bad things will

happen.Absolutely not!You CANNOThave anycyanide!"

The ladyreached intoher purse andpulled out apicture of herhusband in bedwith the

pharmacist's wife.

The pharmacist lookedat the picture and said,"You didn't tell me youhad a prescription."

Mount Dora Mini Tour and Car Show

By Karen Krawchuk

On Sunday, August 10th,some members of the TinLizzie Club decided tospend a few hours inscenic Mount Dora.Although the originalplans to meet up with theModel T documentaryfolks were postponed, wedecided to go on with ourplans.

For some members, theday began EARLY. Chuckand Gloria Ufkes, Harrieand Suzi Burdan, JimmieLoux, and Patty andSteve Ellis arrived at ourhouse in Clermont by

7:30 AM. With trailersparked and carsunloaded, we had time tohave coffee, muffins,bagels and a bit ofconversation. From

there, it was off tobreakfast (I'm notkidding)!

Believe it or not, wetook the most directroute (a bit odd forModel T-ing) to theHighland Street Cafe inMount Dora, arrivingaround 8:50 am. Our 17mile drive over wasbeautiful, taking theback roads throughAstatula and Lake Jem.My parents, Martha andJim joined us for theday, and at the cafe wemet up with John Farrand Bob Molinary.

Our second breakfastwas delightful. Althoughthe cafe was small, theladies there did awonderful job, we hadquick service and thefood was great. Outsidethe cafe, we took theopportunity to get a fewpictures of the cars. Thepictures are in front ofNapa, since we parkedin their parking lot, next

to the diner. Too bad theyweren't open on Sunday.I'm sure at least one ofus would have gone in tobuy something. Wenever have enough oil orshop towelsJ

On to our destination,The Lakeside Inn. Wearrived at this historichotel around 10 AM. Thecars parked in a semicircle in the grassy area,with the lake as abackdrop. The sceneattracted peopleimmediately, who love tolook and ask questionsabout the cars.

With a date

At the Lakeside inn, wewere joined by HowardHolmes and PhyllisNovack, Bill and PeggyHayes and Ben and AnnWasman. It was so niceto see so many memberstogether outside ofPerkins! While somemembers set up chairsto hang out by the cars,others decided to walkoff a breakfast or two,and take in the sights ofMount Dora. We walked,we talked, shopped, andsomeone even had icecreamJ

At noon time we hadreservations for lunch.The Lakeside Inn had atable set up for us in aquaint room with a wallof windows, which madethe room bright andinviting.

While enjoying lunchand conversation, a bitof rain and wind blewin. After lunch, weprepared the cars fordeparture, wiping offthe seats and grabbingour rain gear, we wereon our way. Luckily, therain did not last, and onthe way back toClermont, we were ableto get some nicepictures on the top ofSugarloaf Mountain,with Lake Apopka as abackdrop.

Once back to ourhouse, the cars weresecured on the trailers,and our day togetherwas about over. Wetook a few shortminutes to introducesome of our pets toeveryone, a chameleonand two sulcatatortoises. Ourchameleon enjoyseating grasshoppers,and it is amazing to

watch eat. With thatbeing said, it was fun tosee some of the clubmembers trying to catchgrasshoppers in theyard. That would havebeen a great picture(even better video), butwe were all too busysearching the grass forbugs. Everyone enjoyedlearning a bit about ourreptiles before they wereon their way back toOcala. Now that I thinkabout it, our pets wouldfit right into our group,they love to eat tooJ

What a great time wehad! Hopefully we canget together again soonto "ride around and eatstuff!”

Karen

For more photos byAdam Krawchuk, clickhere, Steve Ellis, clickhere, Bob Molinary clickhere.

But we do supply

The best darn bait

Getting Some Heads Together:

Original Ford, “Z” and Prus

This is meant as a visual compari-son of T heads: original Ford Iron,"Z" and Prus.

As you know, some cars were hav-ing trouble with the grades at the2014 MTFCI Annual Tour in Boone,NC.  Kevin Prus thoughtfullybrought some of his high compres-sion heads along, just in case.  Anice guy (first time tourer) with ayoung family was experiencing thehill climbing problem withtheir rather heavy Depot Hack andimmediately tried the Prus head.With a lots of offers of help, it wasdone quickly in the parking lot ofthe motel!   Thereafter he was allsmiles, and able to get up thegrades.With this example set, we installedone on a local member's '26Coupe that was also struggling onthe hills.  After installation, wedrove it to the top grade on RT321, leaving the motel headingsouth, in high gear!

I thought others might appreciatea visual comparison.  I am notendorsing one head over the oth-er.  There are pros and cons ofeach.  I appreciate that they areoffered for our use and we haveoptions!  We are very fortunate tohave all the vendors that supportus!

Steve Ellis

I pulled into the crowded parking lot atthe local shopping center and rolleddown the car windows to make suremy Labrador Retriever pup had freshair.

She was stretched full-out on the backseatand I wanted to impress upon her thatshe must remain there.I walked to the curb backward,pointing my finger at the car andsaying emphatically,

"Now you stay. Do you hear me?"

"Stay! Stay!"

The driver of a nearby car, a prettyyoung blonde, gave me a strange lookand said, (this is going to hurt readon)

"Why don't you just put it in 'Park'?"

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A "DOG PERSON" TOTRULY APPRECIATE THIS STORY

On Saturday, August 2, a newMarathon gas station on Route 466acelebrated its grand opening. Therewere 18 car clubs represented, plus aminiature tank. I’d estimate at least100 cars were there.

John Clark, from Ashland Kentucky,is owner of the new Clark’s Pump-n-Shop. He already has opened 53service stations and may beopening more in the area.

This is the first Service stationSouth of Route 466a to service thegrowing population in this area ofThe Villages. It is golf cartaccessible.

John andKathyTelesca,HowardHolmes andPhyllisNovack, DonDeWolfe,JackPetermanand I joinedin thefestivities.John and

Howard set up chairs by the gaspumps so we had a nice shady spotto enjoy.

There was a ribbon cuttingceremony, free hot dogs and

hamburgers, grilled on a specialgrille made from the grille, fendersand hood of an old car.

John Telesca’s 1914 touring

Farr, Holmes and DeWolfe cars

Ron Pearce of TVAACA took somegreat pictures. Click here.

John

New Marathon Station Opens With Gusto

Great Cars for SaleOur members regularly buy and sell old cars, and we have several currentlyavailable in good condition:

Chevrolet Corvair convertible. Howard Holmes, (352) 245-6040, (352) 304-9063 (cell).

1922 Model T Roadster, $8,700. bobb Partridge, (352)391-1158, (352) 205-6622 (cell). New top, upholstery, manyupgrades.

1912 Model T Touring, Great Shape! Dave Wightman,(352) 750-9028.

1925 Model T Roadster, (Underwent restoration by our Club members).

SOLDSeveral Model Ts, Model TTs, and Model As, Jim Collop, (352) 753-5047.

1928 Model A 5-window coupe. $15,900. rebuilt engine,alternator, oil filter, gauges, trunk. Bob Hunke, 352-753-7915or e-mail clippings@aol.com

Editor’s note: Kent Thall and his club are hostingthe car show below. He produced this show andmovie, which promise to be very entertaining.