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CCR members, The 2009 All-GM Show is now a fading memory as we head into fall. It was a great effort on both club's parts and it would be impossible to do it without the combined efforts of both sister clubs. I am proud to be associated with everyone in-volved and am glad that it was more fun than work in the end. We did feel the effects of the economy this year, as we had 48 less entries than our record breaking 2008 show of 177. We noticed that more than half of the cars & trucks coming in were pre-registered to save $5, which was something to-tally new. We streamlined much of the work at the front gate like just alphabetizing the pre-registered cars and split-ting the driveway in two. This made more cars move quicker and the complete laptop tabu-lating of the registrants before, during and after the show greatly improved efficiency. We were also able to make the

PayPal option work for online registration after months of tweaking the set-up. Much refiguring and redesigning of the new field was necessary due to the heavy construction across from the duck-pond, and many thanks go out to various members of both clubs who helped to make it work. Many thanks as well go to the Montgomery College Security & events folks for helping me at every turn going out of their way to make things work for us. I have been told that they love our show and look forward to it. Lot of kudos go to CCR members for taking in the pre-registrations and handling the ever impatient return calls and ferrying the money to the Buick club to keep track of it. Finally many thanks to our laptop vote counters and tabu-lators and for their help with antique gas pump assembly. It saved the day when the "Best of Show--Modified" winner

VP’s Message—Cory Correll

Capitol City Rockets —Oldsmobile Club of America A 2008 Old Cars Weekly Golden Quill Award publication Sept-Nov 2009

Volume 20, Issue 4

Gary S. Update Treas-urer’s Report

2

Jetfire Rebuild IV 3-4

All-GM results, pictures 5-

11

Local/National Calen-dar, Classifieds

12-13

Membership Directory/Renewal Form

14

Inside this issue:

Club Events—Save

the Dates:

Sat, Oct 24,

Rockville Civic

Center Show,

informal

meeting at

one at Cory’s

gold 1966 To-

ronado

Sun, Nov 8th,

regular club

meeting at

Kilroys in VA,

1:30 pm

Scott Phillips—Editor

dropped his trophy, breaking his pump, and Denney Keys came to the rescue with a spare one from his truck. The food vendor and Mikey-the-Music Man were at their best. The GM-history trivia questions were a hit to make the door prize winners work for their prizes. We will try that again next year if we can get enough new questions. It was unanimous that the new show field was a favorite over the others and I will try to get it again for 2010. Also thanks go to Elsie Bell and the Browns for gra-ciously hosting the bag-stuffing party and last minute planning meetings that helped make the whole show work. Again, I am very proud to be part of the best group of car nuts that make all this crazy Herculean effort called a car show worth it in the end. It was fun! ------------ -Cory

This year‘s All-GM

show at Montgom-

ery College on Au-

gust 8th again

worked out great.

129 cars attended,

with almost half

pre-paid. Right is

Mark Levine‘s ‗72

Delta 88 Converti-

ble.

The Rocket Review Volume 20, Issue 4

time" with no engine in,

made it easier for me to

add my makeshift junc-

tion block, add the miss-

ing wire and correct to

how it is supposed to be

wired. It also gave me a

better view and access

for looking for the

proper ground straps,

and I added the negative

terminal to frame miss-

ing wire. With the old

steering column out,

replacing the speedome-

ter cluster lens was a

whole lot easier and get-

ting the thing back to-

gether correctly was not

something I was com-

pletely successful doing

with the column in. To-

day I found a couple of

"hot air holes" in the

firewall I'll stuff with

dum-dum. While the

mechanic was taking the

headers and trans loose,

I was underneath with a

can of POR-15 and dis-

posable brush, touching

up a few rust/bare spots.

I know the engine

is a BIG block, it just

doesn't look that big in

the engine bay. I suppose

once the rest of the stuff

is actually bolted on it'll

get a bit more crowded

between the fenders. I am

still wondering what 440

HP and 500 ft/lbs of

torque will feel like at

WOT. Since I will do the

"valve train conditioning"

I guess I'll find out soon

enough...

Since I never

knew what the old engine

had when it was running

well, I don't know what

to expect. I didn't get on

it that much before and

probably won't that much

in the future either. The

mechanic started it yester-

day and it already

sounded MUCH better

than the old engine!

Gary Sutherlin’s Engine Update

Page 2 The Rocket Review Volume 20, Issue 4

Editor‘s Note: CCR mem-

ber Gary Sutherlin shared with me

in an email this update on his new

ZZ454 GM crate engine for the

blue 1966 El Camino he brought to

the All-GM. As I know many of

us look at and consider engine re-

placements, I thought members

might find Gary’s update interesting.

Thanks Gary for the info!

My El

Camino engine update is

still on-going. The new

engine is sitting out on

the floor and the "GM

Performance Pan Kit",

made in Taiwan, pan has

been painted and is wait-

ing for the mechanic to

get some non-normal cus-

tomer need-it-now time.

This is something I agree

and support. They have

customers with daily driv-

ers, work trucks that

really need their vehicles

fixed sooner than later.

Besides I enjoy driving

my Olds as my daily

driver.

Actually the "idle

Paul Seleckmann and his

wife drove this maroon 1962

Cutlass convertible down

from PA to show off its new

interior and rebuilt engine.

Here is Gary Sutherlin‘s ‗66

Chevy El Camino at the All GM

this past August.

CCR Treasurer‘s Report as of 10-5-09

Balance 8-11-09: $1815.17 Expenses: -0-

Income: Show reimbursement $ 919.70 Balance as of 10-5-09: $2814.86

Remainder of ½ GM Show profits* $ 49.99 *$71.30 was received from PayPal

Dues $ 30.00 registrations booked on 8-10-09.

Total Income $ 999.69

Treasurer’s Report—Ken Quincy

These rear wheels will have a

little more power behind them

in the near future...


he said something like

“I‟ve built a bunch of

these, and this is the

worst I‟ve seen by far!”

Regardless, he

was extraordinarily me-

ticulous in his disassem-

bly, rebuilding, and reas-

sembly of the turbo and

carb. The turbo is an

AirResearch model that

creates between 6-8 lbs.

of boost before a

wastegate opens. In or-

der to control detona-

tion as temperatures

from the exhaust driven

turbo can exceed 1400

degrees, a fluid injection

of 50/50 methyl alcohol

and distilled water (with

a touch of water pump

lubricant) pressurized by

manifold vacuum is in-

jected into the throttle

body between the single

barrel side draft Roches-

ter carb and the turbo.

As Jim worked

on that, I rebuilt the dis-

tributor using a Per-

tronix ignition system,

and cleaned and tested

the tank pressurization

valve—a rare item that

sits on the manifold and

controls fluid tank pres-

sure. It checked out.

Jim kept me in-

formed through pictures

of his progress on the

turbo, which took him

about 2 months to finish,

with the biggest delays

coming from his recondi-

tioning the scored bearing

race inside the turbo itself

and special ordering (they

were non-existent) a set

of ruptured diaphragms

for the waste gate.

As you can see

from the pictures, Jim‟s

work was cut out for him,

and he did a tremendous

job. The hardest part was

actually plumbing it once

I had it back, on the

manifold, and on top of

the engine. The great

thing Jim did was to label

each connection (52 in

all!) with its mate on little

key fobs. There are many

different sizes of vacuum,

fuel, and coolant tubing

used, as well as copper

and steel lines that needed

to be fabricated and bent

into place. What seemed

like a complete engine

took almost two weeks

just to connect all pieces

leak free and correctly.

Finally, it was done and

time to test it. More on

that, breaking it in, and an

unanticipated lifter

/pushrod problem next.

Jetfire Engine Rebuild, Part IV—Rise of the Turbo

Page 3 The Rocket Review Volume 20, Issue 4

Last issue con-

cluded with balancing the

crank and internal circu-

lating parts. Having cov-

ered the block, the valve

train, and the bottom end,

now came the tricky

parts—the turbo, carb,

and fluid injection system.

I had inquired

when I first got the en-

gine back in 2001 about

parts and rebuilding ser-

vices from the main 215

company in the US,

D&D Fabrications in

Michigan. Essentially,

they said it was

“unobtainium” - their

term for there were no

parts sources or rebuild-

ers. They were able to,

however, give me the

phone number of a gen-

tleman named Jim Noel,

who resides in Minnesota.

Fast forwarding to last

year when I began to re-

build the engine, I con-

tacted Jim, builder of 11

Jetfire engines and the

one that is on display at

the National Oldsmobile

Museum.

Jim took some

convincing, but in the fall

of 2008, he agreed to take

it on. After I shipped it

to him, he realized what

he was in for. I believe

Paul Seleckmann and his

wife drove this maroon 1962

Cutlass convertible down

from PA to show off its new

interior and rebuilt engine.

The turbo/carb setup as it ap-

peared when shipped out to Jim

Noel. Ugly and rusty.

Internal wastegate gasket was

hardest part to find. Jim tracked

down the original manufacturer.

Turbo assembly from the im-

peller side once it was recon-

ditioned.


Jetfire 215, Rise of the Turbo, cont.

Here‘s the inside of the compressor as it looked when

first taken apart. This and the one to the right demon-

strate Jim Noel‘s incredible work on this unit.

Single barrel sidedraft Rochester 1GC carb assembly

without the fluid injection system attached. Notice

dark grey wastegate left.

Finished turbo/carb/fluid

metering assembly on a

manifold. Looks a little bet-

ter than the top pictures, eh?

Various parts of the carb assembly, along with

fuel bowl and fluid meter parts, maybe in worse

shape than the turbo side.

These are two ancient and irreplaceable parts—on

top is a fluid tank decompression valve that Jim now

manufactures and on the bottom is the manifold

pressure valve that pressurizes the alcohol injection

tank and helps meter its injection.

Class A

Stock 1948 v Name Year

Make/Model

13 Tom Bundy 1933 Buick 4 Door Sedan 57 108 David Blaufarb 1928 Buick #25 Sport Touring

39 Bill Brown 1948 Pontiac Streamliner

Stock 49-59

Class B

98 Edward Allen 1958 Buick Electra

117 A. C. Rosher 1955 Pontiac Safari Stock 60-64

Class C

82 Charlie Wirth 1960 Chevy Impala

48 Richard Sisson 1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

92 Richard Gjymph 1962 Chevy Impalla Stock 65-69

Class D

107 Jim & Maralyn Simpson 1966 Chevy Corvair Corsa

91 David Brengle 1965 Chevy Chevelle SS

27 Robert Winokur 1966 Chevy Corvair

Stock 70-79

Class E

28 Joe Luber 1975 Chevy Caprice Classic Convertible

21 Mike Scott 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

22 Margaret Straubinger 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible

Stock 80-89

Class F

84 Chris Pasquinelli 1987 Buick Grand National 19 Ken Quincy 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst 111 Robert Crow 1989 Pontiac Trans Am Pace Car

Stock 90-pres

Class G

30 James Hartnett 1992 Cadillac Brougham

99 Roger Johnson 1998 Pontiac Trans Am

120 Stephanie Tayman 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

St Musc 67v

Class H

45 Gary Ledbetter 1961 Pontiac Ventura 47 Phil Goldburg 1965 Chevy Chevelle Malibu SS

20 Richard Brown 1967 Oldsmobile 442

St Musc 68-72

Class J

89 Billy McKee 1969 Chevy Camaro RS/SS

101 Robert Nowak 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS

35 Carl Shaffer 1972 Oldsmobile Hurst St Musc 73^

Class K

66 Damon Ladson 1987 Buick Grand National 125 Rob Deluna 1986 Oldsmobile 442

Final Results by Class for the All-GM Show held at

Montgomery College, Rockville, MD – August 8, 2009

Class L

St El/Riv/ Toro/GP/MC Name Year

Make/Model

2 George H. King 1965 Buick Riviera

26 Bill Hocker 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo

96 Marc Tywiner 1959 Cadillac El Dorado

Mod 65v

Class M

87 Joe Burns 1963 Chevy Impala SS “409”

109 Oliver Fowlkes 1964 Buick Skylark GS

104 Richard Boyd 1963 Chevy Impala SS

Mod 65^

Class N

65 Kenneth Fox 1967 Olds 442 Convertible

102 Dave Feinberg 1967 Chevy Chevelle

115 Charles Geisbert 1976 Oldsmobile 442

All Trucks

Class 0

36 Robert Mantz 1959 Chevy El Camino

88 Estes Thompson 1966 Chevy El Camino

103 Dan Sinley 1971 GMC Sprint

Corvettes

Class P

105 Harold Hazleton 1966 Chevy Corvette

76 Bill Bohatch 1967 Chevy Corvette

78 Bob Brown 1957 Chevy Corvette

Special Awards Best Chevrolet

90 Ed Moore 1958 Chevy Impala

Best Pontiac

85 Glen Davis 1967 Pontiac GTO

Best Oldsmobile

97 Rich Domros 1950 Oldsmobile 88

Best Buick

100 Anthony Fotos 1956 Buick Roadmaster Convertible

Best Cadillac

6 Roger Bentley 1939 LaSalle Convertible

Best of Show (Stock)

79 Cal Milans 1957 Chevy Corvette

Best of Show (Modified)

81 Joe Smith 1969 Chevy Camaro RS/SS

Final Results by Class for the All-GM Show held at

Montgomery College, Rockville, MD – August 8, 2009


Jim and Maralyn Simpson‟s 1966

Turbo Corvair Corsa was Class D,

Stock 65-69, first place.

Joe Luber‟s 1975 Chevy Caprice Clas-

sic Convertible was Stock 70-79 Class

E first place.

Chris Pasquinelli‟s 1987 Grand Na-

tional took a 1st place in Class F, Stock

80-89.

James Hartnett‟s 1992 Cadillac

Brougham won 1st in Class G, Stock

90 to present.

The 1967 and down Stock Muscle class

was won by Gary Ledbetter‟s 1961

Pontiac Ventura with tri power carbs.

Billy McKee‟s 1969 Camaro RS/SS was

the Class J, Stock Muscle 68-72 winner.

Tom Bundy‟s 1933 Buick 4 Door Se-dan 57 took 1st place in Class A, GM vehicles 1948 and down.

Charlie Wirth‟s 1960 Chevy Impala brought home first place in Class C, 1960-64 Class.

Edward Allen‟s 1958 Buick Electra

was the 1st place winner in Class B,

Stock 1949-59.

2009 All-GM Show Highlights

Thanks Gary Sutherlin for these spectacular All-GM show pictures!.


Ken Fox‟s 1967 442 Convertible with

the Mondello engine took first in Class

N, Modified 1965 and up.

Taking the Class O Truck first was

Robert Mantz‟s 1959 1st year El

Camino, a celebrated model this year.

This 1966 Corvette owned by Harold

Hazelton took 1st in Corvette Class P.

Best Chevrolet was won by Ed Moore

with his all stock 1958 Impala.

Glen Davis from Gambrill, MD won

Best Pontiac with his 1967 GTO.

Best Oldsmobile was won by Rich

Domros‟ 1950 88.

Damon Ladson‟s 1987 Buick Grand

National Coupe won Class K, Stock

Muscle „73 and up.

George H. King‟s 1965 Buick Riviera

won Class L, Stock Eldorado, Riv,

Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Toronado.

Joe Burns 1963 Chevy Impala SS

“409” won 1st place in Class M, Modi-

fied 1965 and down


Thanks Gary Sutherlin for these spectacular All-GM show pictures!.


Joe Smith‟s 1969 Camaro RS/SS took

Best of Show/Modified. It sports a

383 with an M21 trans.

This one must have been taken early,

as Franklin Gage checks in with Marga-

ret S. and Mike S. fills out a form.

Denney Keys in a familiar pose, tabu-

lating results on the laptop.

Here, Joe hands Dick Brown his

plaque. Look closely and you‟ll see that

neither of them have this plaque!

Best Buick went to Anthony Fotos‟

1958 Buick Roadmaster Convertible.

Roger Bentley‟s 1939 LaSalle took

Best Cadillac honors.

Carl Milan‟s stunning black 1957 Cor-

vette with red interior won Best of

Show, Stock.


If you would like to see these and other Capitol City Rocket pictures, log on to Snapfish.com, put [email protected] in the

box on the right for “email” and rocketV8 in for the “password”. Once in, click on “go to photos”. There are 5 albums loaded now.

Cory plays broadcaster while Joe P.

pulls out the awards.


Margaret Straubinger‟s „70 Convertible

took a 3rd in Class E.

Dick Brown‟s shiny red 1967 442

brought home a 3rd in its class.

Carl Shaffer‟s „72 H/O took a third in

the Stock Muscle 68-72 Class.

A few more details were done by the

All-GM for this „62 F-85 that had to

leave early.

Kurt Heinrich‟s „71 Cutlass SX turned

heads in Class E.

Mark and Marion McAlpine‟s „70

Chevy Chevelle SS Coupe made its

first appearance at the All-GM.

Owen Griesemer brought this „66

Corvette to show at the All-GM. Ken Quincy‟s „84 Hurst Olds took a

2nd in its class.

Mike Scott‟s fine „72 Cutlass earned a

2nd in Class E.

More 2009 All-GM Show Highlights


Cheryl Gallagher‟s 1970 Cutlass Con-

vertible was shown top down.

This sharp 4 door 1948 88 Sedan is

owned by James Wohlmuther.

Kenny Park‟s silver „69 442 with black

vinyl top looked great.

Rob Deluna‟s 1986 442 took a 2nd

place in the Stock Muscle „73 and up

class.

Bob Licurgo‟s 1972 “Deputy Dawg”

Cutlass was featured in a recent issue

of JWO.

Charles Geisbert‟s 1976 442 with a

502 Chevy motor took a third in the

Modified 1965 and up class.

Dave Hoke is shown detailing his

very clean „72 442. Nathan Southard drove over from

Inwood, WV to show his „69 H/O.

This is Jaime Steve‟s 1972 Vista

Cruiser Station Wagon with woodgrain

trim.

Other Great Olds at the 2009 All-GM Show

2009 Capitol City Rockets Calendar

The following meeting dates and places were proposed at January 11, 2009 meeting. Meeting

time 1:30 pm, Kilroys/Keyser rule in effect.

Sat, Oct 24—Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show @ Rockville Civic Center. 11-4 pm. Infor-mal meeting at one at Cory Correll‘s gold Toro-nado. There will be a section specifically for Oldsmobiles sponsored by CCR, just look for the sign.

Sun, Nov 8 @ Kilroys in Springfield. Kilroy‘s is located just off the Braddock Road exit of 495 in the Ravensworth Shopping Center.

December Holiday Party time and place TBD.

OTHER DATES OF INTEREST AS

YOU PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR:

Spring Carlisle—April 21-25, 2010

Carlisle All-GM Nationals—June 25-27, 2010

OCA Nationals—July 21-25, 2010 in Sturbridge,

Massachusetts

CCR/MBC All-GM show—tentative date of

August 14, 2010

Fall Carlisle—Sept 29-Oct 3, 2010

Hershey—Oct 6-9, 2010


Want to know more about local car

cruises and upcoming shows?

Check out www.capitalcruisin.com

Click on our logo and it will take

you to our website.

Want to know more about club

events, dates for meetings, etc.?

Check out our club website on

Hemmings.com Just click on

―Directory‖ at the top, ―Clubs‖

and enter ―capitol city rockets.‖ It

was just updated 10-09. For the

first time, you can pay club dues

of $15.75 there by using the PayPal

button (Note that .75 goes to Pay-

Pal as a transaction fee.) Club

dues are due November 1.

CCR Classifieds Classified ads are free to chapter members. We take cars, parts,

services, anything. Submit your typed or printed ad to the Chapter

PO box, marking it ATTN: ROCKET REVIEW, or simply email the

editor at [email protected] You may run your ad for up to 3

issues at a time. Ads must be resubmitted for reprinting after that

time, and please let Scott know if you wish to discontinue the classi-

fied ad due to sale of the parts or car.

CARS/PARTS FOR SALE:

Parts for sale: „65 Olds Cutlass/442 parts listed below. Contact Mike Stillwell at [email protected] or call 703-799-2904 or 703-599-6713 (cell)

Hood Fair $200.00 1

Bumpers, Front

and Rear

Cores-rusty $50.00 ea. 1 ea.

Grille Good $100.00 2

Heat & A/C

Controls

Fair to Good $75.00 1

Floorshift Steer-

ing Column


Headlight Buck-

ets-Complete

Fair to Good $200.00 1 Pair

Glove Box Door -

Complete

Good to Excel $75.00 1

4-Row Radiator

Bottom Mnt

Fair $50.00 1

4-Row Radiator

Top Plate

Fair $75.00 1

Vent Glass Set -

Conv-Holiday

Good $150.00 1 Pair

Floor Shift Dash -

Complete


Column Shift

Dash - Dash Only

Fair $75.00 1

STAR Pontiac, Buick, GMC pick of the issue:

2006 Pontiac Solstice. 2.4 liter DOHC 4 cyl, 177 HP, Black on Black w/ a 5 speed manual trans, 39K original miles. $16,434. See it at www.starcars.com or call 703-478-1355.

Parts wanted : 1969 Toronado: Need four button power window switch for drivers door armrest. Contact Ken at 703-573-7919 or email [email protected]

Parting Out—1970 Cutlass S 2 door coupe, 350 with 3 speed column shift. Very rusty but original and 90% complete. Contact Owen Griesemer at 240-357-5696 or email him at ogriesemer@comcast

Parting Out—1970 W-25—it‟s a basket case. Keeping some parts for myself, but call with wants/needs. Contact Owen Griesemer at 240-357-5696 or email him at [email protected]

Cars for Sale: 1972 Toronado. 51K original miles. 455 V8, loaded, interior near perfect, body no rust but has some dings and dents. Paint is fair. Asking $1750. Call Mark Levine at 301-379-9368 or email him at [email protected]

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THE CAPITOL CITY ROCKETS is a chartered chapter of the

Oldsmobile Club of America, Lansing, MI. Chapter dues are

$15.00 per year. Current OCA membership is required.

Chapter Officials

President .................................................... VACANT

Vice-President ........................................... Cory Correll

Treasurer ...................................................... Ken Quincy

………………………………[email protected]

Secretary ........................ Mike Stillwell (703) 799-2904

............................................................ [email protected]

Newsletter Editor……….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752

…………………………………[email protected]

Events Coordinator ................................. VACANT

Chapter Advisors

Toronado………….Ask Ken Quincy or Cory Correll

1961-63 A-Body…………….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752

1964-65 A-Body…………... Mike Stilwell (703) 799-2904

1973-77 A-Body……………..Denney Keys (301) 390-1577

1978-80 A-Body....................Michael Coxen (301) 251-8666

PerformanceV8 Tech Dick Miller Racing, (901) 794-2834

[email protected]

Bevan Allen Memorial Service Award Recipient

2000: Denney Keys

2001: Michael Coxen

2002: Mike Stilwell

2003: Dick Brown

2004: Cory Correll

2005: Scott Phillips

2006: Mike “Hitch” Stillwell

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