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Shade Tree A’s News, Volume 41, No. 7, July 2012

ABOUT THE SHADE TREE A’S http://www.shadetreeas.org

The Shade Tree A’s is a non-profit organiza-tion dedicated to the preservation and the restora-tion of the Model A Ford automobile. Shade Tree A’s annual dues ($65) include membership in the Model A Ford Club of America (MAFCA, $40) and a subscription to The Restorer Magazine. Mem-bers are also urged to join the Model “A” Restor-ers Club (MARC, $38) which includes a subscrip-tion to Model “A” News. The club also is a member of MAFFI, the Model “A” Ford Foundation, Inc.

Meetings are generally held on the 2nd Monday of each month at Richard Dunevent’s garage, 4338 Owens Road, Evans, GA. Meetings begin at 7p.m. and are followed by refreshments.

ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER © 2012 Shade Tree A’s, except as noted.

Please contact Rachel d’Entremont ([email protected]) concerning re-printing of articles, illustrations, or photos.

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Sketch 1930 Model A Tudor Sedan Steven Brown

THINGS I’VE LEARNED FROM OWNING A MODEL A

Model A ownership has taught me a lot and

not just about owning a Model A. First of all, Model A owners are probably the

some of the nicest folks on earth. You may find yourself stuck on the side of the road, but if you’re with STA folks, you won’t be alone; someone, or many someones, will always stay behind to make sure you eventually make it.

Plan to be flexible. You may intend to go to a parade, church, or a tech seminar in your Model A, but always have a backup plan or at least a good book to read. Just because the car makes it to the top of the driveway doesn’t mean you’ll get where you planned to go. But if you’re in an A, I can al-most guarantee someone, an A owner or not, will stop to see if he can assist.

Always bring water: for people, pets, and cars. Even if the car doesn’t break down, it’s often slow going and with no air conditioning (for most of us), a bottle of water can be a wonderful treat. Having a package of peanuts or two might be a good idea, too! And even if your car doesn’t need water, someone else’s might.

Never pass by on an opportunity to use a rest room. Enough said.

One should always change into old clothes be-fore attempting to work on the car. It doesn’t mat-ter how simple the job is, if there’s grease any-where, it will find a way of getting on my clothes. The better the clothes, the more likely it is that the grease, or rust, or dirt, will find me.

A good variety of tools, rags, jars, Ziploc bags, hand wipes, and (again) water can make even the most inept gal feel appreciated at a side-of-the-road “Technical Seminar” especially when others aren’t so well equipped.

Don’t head out on the road without a cell phone. Again, enough said.

Wear comfortable shoes, sunscreen, and bring a hat. Occasionally you will find yourself on the side of the road awaiting (or offering) assistance and you might as well be comfortable.

Wear layers. In SC and Georgia, it’s not unu-sual to have a change of seasons during the course of a day trip. This is especially true in an open car.

“When I was ______ my Model A” (fill in the blank with just about anything: washing, driving, parking) will almost always get a conversation go-ing. Everyone either has had a Model A, has a family member who has had one, has seen photos of his or her parents or grandparents in one, or wishes he had one.

These words of wisdom came from owning an A but they apply to the rest of life, too.


CONTACT INFO

Mailing Address: Shade Tree A’s Model A Club 4424 Reynolds Street Hephzibah GA 30815-7909 Web Page: http://www.ShadeTreeAs.org

Craig McMullin President

803-637-3790 [email protected]

Tom Roberts Vice President


Doug Wilson Secretary


Richard Dunevent Treasurer


Eric Shogren National Director


Tom Roberts Membership Coordinator


Stuart Smith Board of Directors


Alan Stewart Board of Directors


Rachel d’Entremont Newsletter

[email protected]

Shelia McPherson Photographer


Frankie Dunevent Shady A Ladies


Anne Neely-Beck Era Fashions


Dan Perla Webmaster


Wednesday, July 4th, people all across the

country will be celebrating our Nation’s birthday. This year the 4th being in the middle of the week and not conducive to turning the event into a long weekend for us working folks, you might be look-ing for something special to do to celebrate mid-week. Ah-ha, I have the perfect solution!

One of the best small town holiday celebra-tions occurs every July 4th in Gilbert, South Caroli-na. The event actually starts the night before with beauty pageants and the like. However, the festiv-ities really kick into high gear the morning of the 4th with a giant parade with thousands of specta-tors coming from miles around. Even some of our Washington congressmen get involved. Following the parade, multiple band shells are in full swing with various types of music, rides for the little ones, a petting zoo, arts and crafts, antique/classic car show, antique tractor show, and, of course, food galore! Also, peaches, peaches, peaches eve-rywhere. Peach concoctions to drink, peach cob-bler, peach ice cream, if you can put a peach on it or in it, I believe you will find it at Gilbert. Have you ever had a fried peach?

OK, so you got the message. Never mind the potential for being a hot day. Drink lots of water or sip on something peachy and you will be fine. There are lots of shady places to sit and enjoy the sounds and smells of one of the best-organized events in the area. Oh yeah, don’t forget to drive your Model A. Decorate appropriately and be part of the parade as this crowd really appreciates these antique cars.

Happy Birthday, America Craig

OFF THE RUNNING BOARD Craig McMullin, President

2012 MAFCA NATIONAL

AWARDS BANQUET Coming to a city near you.

This year’s banquet is sponsored by the Palmet-to A’s and will be held in Charleston SC on Dec 9-12. See the brochure near the end of this newsletter. The brochure, prices and registration form is in the July/August issue of The Restorer pages 36-38.

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THE TRENTON PEACH FESTIVAL PARADE

June 16 in Trenton SC Seven STA cars and one local Shay reproduc-

tion 1929 Roadster met on a beautiful, sunny, pleasantly warm Saturday to participate in the Trenton Peach Festival parade. The route zig-zagged through the streets and crisscrossed the railroad tracks at the center of town so that every-one at the festival, wherever he happened to be in the park, had a chance to see the parade. The place was packed.

There were booth selling crafts; blow up “rides” for the kids; antiques; food vendors; a man making hand carved wooden bowls, spoons, and other primitive tools; and, of course, peaches.

Several other STA members were in the parade but drove non-A’s as part of the GASCar car club. Jim Mason was there with the Shriners. As always, the STA cars inspired “ooohh’s” and “aaaahh’s” from the by-standers.

If you weren’t there, you missed a great oppor-tunity to be with the club in your Model A.

The Lamb’s car was just peachy! Additional photos will be available on the web site.


A neighbor sent me this link to a video of a really neat collection of antique cars. Charlie Thomas made his fortune as an auto-mobile dealer. Now he collects the cars he couldn’t afford when he was just starting out. In this excerpt from his personal video biog-raphy, he shows off his favorites.

For those of you who don’t know how, click on the blue text with the left mouse button. Then left click on the “allow” button. Once the arrow appears on Charlie’s picture, click on it. It’s a little over 10 minutes long.

http://www.familylegacyvideo.com/video-clip/charlie-thomas-collector-3/

A collection of fascinating photos from the 1920s and 30s shows the dra-matic and tragic results of auto accidents in that era.

The pictures were taken in and around Boston, Massachusetts by Leslie Jones, who was staff photographer at the Boston-Herald Traveler newspaper from 1917 to 1956.

These 1920 & 1930’s photos are part of a collection of 34,000 prints which his family donated to the Boston Public Li-brary. Thank you, Abbie, for passing these on.

The MailOnline web site has published a few samples of automobile accidents from that collection. To view, left click on the blue address below then left click on “allow”.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154369/Crash-bang-wallop-Fascinating-photos-capture-thrills--spills-golden-age-American-motoring.html

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS, AWFUL ACCIDENTS

INTERESTING STUFF ON THE WEB

http://www.familylegacyvideo.com/video-clip/charlie-thomas-collector-3/




NEWS FROM UNDER THE SHADE TREE

I appreciate all your cards, calls and most of all your

prayers. Nice to have such great friends. Thanks again, Sam Mason

Pascal and Barbara were at the last club meet-ing and are looking great.

OUR NEWSLETTER SPONSORS Please take a look at our updated pages of

Shade Tree A’s newsletter sponsors. Your business card could be there, too; contact Craig to arrange it.

REFRESHMENTS July Mason Neal Gazette Bryant August Collier Turley Sutherland September The Gordon

clan

October: Stewart Towe Young November Holley Duvall Brannan

FROM THE JULY ASSEMBLY LINE

TOUCH A TRUCK DAY IN AIKEN If you want something to do on July 21st and

the Tech Seminar isn’t your thing, why not take a trip to Aiken. The STA’s have been invited to dis-play some Model A’s at the annual City of Aiken “Touch a Truck Day” on July 21st from 9am – 12 noon at the Weeks Center at 1700 Whiskey Road. This event is designed to allow kids (and their par-ents) a chance to get up close to emergency vehi-cles, construction vehicles, police cars and the like. This is a chance to promote our hobby to another generation or two.

THE CLUB ROSTER The Roster on the web page is kept current.

Please check it to make sure your information is up to date; let Tom Roberts know if changes are need-ed. If you need the password to access the roster, contact one of your club officers. A paper copy of the roster will be distributed later in the year.

1 - Billie Jones 4 - United State of America 10- Greg Jones 17 - Deana Brandon 22 - Don Turley 24 - Bruce Ford 28—David Sutherland

PHOTOS ON THE WEB There are additional photos of club events on

the STA web site. If you don’t know how to access it, ask a grand kid!

LIBRARY Don’t forget about our newly organized library.

It’s your library so make use of it. Just be sure to sign out the cards so we know where the books are.


TECH WORKSHOP 31

Saturday, July 21, 2012 Tom Roberts

The Tech Workshops return! On Saturday,

July 21, join us for breakfast at the Sunrise Grill on Washington Road at 8 a.m. if you can. Around 9 we will go to Richard’s garage—our primary task will be to disassemble Alan Stewart’s Model A en-gine. If you have a specific problem, let one of the officers know so we can have knowledgeable peo-ple on hand to assist you. For lunch, we're featur-ing “Sheila’s Surprise”. Don’t miss it!

JIM FULLER COLLECTION TOUR

Eric Shogren

Join us on July 14th for a tour of Jim Fuller’s car and automobilia collection. Jim has an “early” ’28 Phaeton that’s mighty original. Also in his col-lection is a ’59 Eldorado rag top and Big Al, his 1940 Packard 180 – one the first 5600 cars with factory air conditioning! He has a few others and a tractor or two. We’ll start with breakfast at Auten’s Restaurant (969 Pine Log Rd. Aiken, SC in the Staples Shopping Center) at 8:30 and then do a quick 2.5 miles over to Jim’s “Retiree’s Play-ground” at 31 Enterprise Ave, behind Golden Har-vest Food Bank just off Banks Mill Road tentative-ly scheduled for 10:00am. If the time changes, an e-mail will be sent out.

From Auten’s to Jim Fuller’s: Turn right exiting the parking lot. Cross Whiskey Road. After 1.9 miles, turn right on Banks Mill Road (at a light with a convenience store on each side of the road); go 0.4 miles and turn right on Capital Dr.; go 0.3 miles and turn left.


Over 150 additional

photos taken by Sheila McPherson at the MARC meet in Oshkosh will be posted on the STA web site at www.shadetreeas.org. Ask Sheila and Jim about their trip.


STILL AROUND AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS…

It’s amazing how many products or companies from the Model A era are still going strong!


LOOKING AHEAD

CLUB EVENTS July: 3 Board Meeting 9 STA’s meeting 14 Jim Fuller, Aiken 21 Tech Session #31 August: 13 STA’s meeting TBA- Poker Run September: 10 STA’s meeting 22 International Model A Day in Aiken October: 8 STA’s meeting TBA- Steak Cookout November: 12 STA’s meeting 9 & 10 BMW Factory Tour December: TBA- Christmas Parades

OTHER EVENTS July: 4 Gilbert, SC Parade (9am line up/9:30 start) 21 Aiken “Touch a Truck Day” August: 11 GA Chapter Model A Swap Meet, Tucker GA September: 7-9 Hickory Knob State Park: Western Carolina’s 50th Anniversary Tour 16-20 Chattanooga – MARC on Tour 20-23 Charlotte Autofair 22 International Model A Day 28-29 Swap Meet – Palmetto A’s October: 19-21 Sweet Home Alabama Tour November: 3-4 All Model A Swap Meet, Lebanon TN 16-18 Moultrie Swap Meet December: 9-12 MAFCA Awards Banquet in Charleston

ARTICLES WANTED If you have articles to include in future news-

letters, please send them along. Auto repair, period architecture, fashions, toys, tips for Model A maintenance, whatever. The more the better.

SAVE THE DATE International Model A Day, September 22

The Aiken gang will be hosting the STA’s in

Aiken for International Model A Day on Saturday, September 22. Plans tentatively include a trip to the Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum housed in the reconstructed 1899 Train Depot, a car display in the historic downtown, visits to the downtown shops, perhaps a side trip to the Aiken County Museum, a group photo, and a covered dish lunch (in air-conditioned comfort). We will give more details as our plans crystalize.

Let’s make this an event where we can really show off our hobby.

JULY MEETING PROGRAM RESCHEDULED

Tom Roberts

Jim Mason will present a program on “How to Install Halogen Headlights on your Model A”. You won’t want to miss this! It is something that every one of us should consider doing to pro-mote safety while driving our Model A.

NEWS LETTER ON THE WEB

If you can’t find your newsletter or it doesn’t show up in your e-mail, it is available, along with past newsletters, at www.ShadeTreeAs.org.


VINTAGE VISIONS Anne Neely-Beck

Needlecraft Magazine July 1931 offer

three Hoover dresses all made up and ready to wear for $1.00 each plus 10 cents extra for postage. Each came with embroidery thread so you could embroider a design on them.

Skymore is made of tan linene and blue

self-tone woven gingham. Park Street is made of tan linene and

brown self-tone woven gingham. Lawn Dale is tan linene and green self-

tone woven gingham. Hoover dresses got their name during

the Depression when Hoover was president. He handed out wrap a-round-aprons along with food during the Depression. Hence can the name Hoover dress that wrapped a-round.

Editor’s note: I find no special meaning for “linene” which appears to be a misspelling of linen used throughout this 1931 ad though perhaps it was a spelling that was in vogue back then rather than a misspelling.

And another: For those of you who don’t know it, there are ways to enlarge the on-line newsletter so you can read the tiny print of the ad. Look in the tool bar for the adjust-ment. See below.


To see more of Sheila’s photos, go the Shade Tree A website at www.shadetreeas.org. They should be posted soon.

Notice the car above is from one of our neighboring clubs in Columbia, SC. At the right, Jim’s checking out the fire truck. Now that would be a fun club project!


NUTS & BOLTS Use WD-40 to remove all traces of duct tape to remove bug guts from your car to remove road tar and grime from cars.

If you have tips to share, send them to your STA Newsletter editor.

THE CLASSIFIEDS

FOR SALE

1928 “At the Tea Dance” Goebel-W. Germany Signed & Dated $200 or best offer. Contact Sheila McPherson 706-399-6705

WANTED

Need Model A Ford Running Board Step Plates. Contact Jim McPherson at 706-592-4835.

FOR SALE Shade Tree A’s hats are back in stock. We have

only navy blue left. $12.00 See Richard or Frankie.

INVITATION: HICKORY KNOB TOUR

Western Carolinas Model A Ford Club

Please join the Western Carolinas Model A Ford

Club as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary with a Model A Tour and Banquet to be held Friday, Satur-day, and Sunday, September 7, 8, and 9, 2012 at Hick-ory Knob State Resort Park, near McCormick, SC. Optional mini-tours will be available Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. Saturday will be an all day sce-nic tour visiting several Southern museums. Saturday evening will be our 50th Anniversary Banquet with a special program reviewing our past 50 years.

Come and join WCMAFC for all three days, the Saturday tour, or only the Banquet. For a registration form for the Tour(s) and Banquet email John Latham WCMAFC Tour Committee at [email protected] or phone 828-687-9138.

Room reservations must be made directly with Hickory Knob State Resort Park by calling 1-800-491-1764, referencing Western Carolinas Model A Ford Club when making the reservation. A block of rooms will be held until July 7, 2012. Room rates are $89.21, including taxes, per night. At the time of registration, one night’s deposit will be charged to a Visa, Master-Card, Discover or American Express, or a traveler’s check or money order can be sent to the resort.

The Western Carolinas Model A Ford Club looks forward to seeing you in September.

THE COFER COLLECTION The Georgia MAFCA Swap Meet is scheduled for

Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Coffer Museum, “Stable of Thoroughbreds” in Tucker, Georgia. The museum is private and well worth the trip to the At-lanta area. You can preview the collection at www.thecofercollection.com.

For more information about the swap meet, the GA MAFCA contact person is Rob Powell 770-925-8076.


http://www.thecofercollection.com


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MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES Meeting for June 4th, 2012

President Craig McMullin called the meeting

to order at 7:00 PM. Two members were fined for no name badges. There were 41 members present.

Walter Mobley was a guest and Vernon Ter-ry joined the club.

Dates were given for June birthdays, see the newsletter.

A motion to approve the minutes as written was made by Ralph Neitzke, seconded, and unani-mously approved.

Pascal Bryant was at the meeting and Sam Mason is recovering more every day.

Richard Dunevent gave the Treasurer’s re-

port. No news from national director, still out of town.

Old business and past events can be found in the newsletter. New business and future events will be in the newsletter, please read and PARTICI-PATE.

No show and tell. The program was a video on 1934 Ford Roadster.

Refreshments were provided by Stuart Smith, Bill Richardson, and Jerry Peters.

The next meeting will be at Dunevent’s gar-age on July 9th @ 7:00 PM: SEE NEWSLETTER.

The meeting was adjourned with everyone having a good time.

Respectfully submitted Doug Wilson, Secretary

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