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The 2015 thru 2016 members of the HVMTC Board of Directors are: President Doug Lested Vice Pres Mac MacPherson Tours Stephanie Terrell Treasurer Diane McPherson Secretary Karen Pepe Editor Tony

Driving Tour (with stop at John & Karen Pepe s home) Assembly Time: 9:00 (Donuts and coffee will be available) Departure Time: 9:30 Depart Location: California Center for the Arts, Escondido May 22

1 Hidden Valley Commutator Newsletter of the Hidden Valley Model T Club, May 2016 The Hidden Valley Commutator is the newsletter of the Hidden Valley Model T Club. The newsletter is published monthly and distributed on-line to all connected members. The 2015 thru 2016 members of the HVMTC Board of Directors are: President Doug Lested Vice Pres Mac MacPherson Tours Stephanie Terrell Treasurer Diane McPherson Secretary Karen Pepe Editor Tony Bowker Hidden Valley Model T Club PO Box Escondido, CA Upcoming Events May 4 - Wednesday No Meeting May 3-5, MTFCSD Tour on Rt 66 near Kingman May 14 th HVMTC Tour Temecula Driving Tour (with stop at John & Karen Pepe s home) Assembly Time: 9:00 (Donuts and coffee will be available) Departure Time: 9:30 Depart Location: California Center for the Arts, Escondido May 22 nd HCCA The San Diego Unit of the HCCA is having a tour in memory of George Coffin on May 22, The tour will start at Rancho San Diego shopping center at the Southeast corner of Jamacha and Campo Road. Gather at 9:00 for coffee and donuts, at the Northwest corner, and leave at 9:30. The tour will go out through Japatul Valley, Pine Valley (rest stop), across Buckman Springs Road, Campo, and return via Highway 94. Lunch will be hosted by HCCA San Diego Unit at the Barrett Junction Cafe. Lunch will be an all you can eat fish fry. A limited menu is available to those not wanting fish. We need a head count by May 18. Please make reservations with Claire Cooke, (619) , or mommeo@cox.net. May 29 - Fallbrook 2016 Vintage Car Show at the Pala Mesa Resort, 2001 Old Hwy 395, Fallbrook. For meeting times, location, entry cost ($0), etc., contact Les Von Nordheim at May 2016 Hidden Valley Model T Club Commutator Page 1

2 Minutes for HVMTC General Meeting February 2, 2016 Held at Charlie's, Escondido Attendees: Doug Lested, Mac & Diane MacPherson, John & Karen Pepe, Dale & Eleanor Stanfield, Virgil & Sharon White, Craig & Barbara French, Ann Tunnell, Tony & Heather Bowker, Vic & Stephanie Terrell, Jim McCleary, Lou Schweizer, Phil Ewing (19) Start Time: 6:50 p.m. President Doug Lested opened the meeting and Doug led the Pledge of Allegiance Old Business: None to report. President s Report: Doug s car made it on our 175 miles tour to Borrego, still running. Bob Millen is dropping out of the T club, said he enjoyed our club & runs. If you are having wheel balancing issues, try using Dyna-bead in your wheels. He said it works extremely well. Phil Ewing volunteered and was approved to be our next Vice President, Diane MacPherson volunteered and was approved to be the ongoing Treasurer, both will be officially officers at our May installation luncheon Our club needs members! If you know anyone, ask them to join us! Virgil shared news from his tour to Boise, Idaho Model T meeting, and brought in a book published by Glen Embree, son of the late photographer who supplied the Vintage Ford magazine with many cover photos. Treasurer s Report: Diane reported we had $1, in the bank and we need a new signature card for banking sooner than later. Secretary s report: Nothing to report Tour Chair: The March 26 th tour to Borrego Springs, was wonderful. We saw a lot of wildflowers, the weather was amazing and Karen saw a bighorn ewe on the way into the valley. Thanks everyone for the good turnout and well running cars. April 15 th and 16th 2016 Bakersfield swap meet April 23 rd HVMTFC Tour may be cancelled, due to a conflict with the San Diego T club run, pending. May 6 th SDMTFC is having a weeklong tour basing out of Kingman, contact Tony or Norm Kling if you have questions regarding this tour. Motel rates are $55/night, should be a fun tour May 14 th HVMTFC Tour/installation luncheon is replacing the usual first Wednesday of the month meeting. We will be going to John & Karen s home for a tour around/to Temecula maybe via De Luz/Daly Ranch Rd. A lunch from the local Rosa s Cantina was approved, leaving at 9:00 from the Performing Arts Center route to be planned by Stephanie May 29 th the Fallbrook Vintage Car Show, pre-1916 cars will be able to attend free. Should be a good show, with 400 potential cars going. June - TBD to Aries by the Fish & Game Club Phil Ewing was going to check on this tour June 26-July 1 st National Model T tour out of Albuquerque, NM The Opportunity drawing of $27.50 was won by Mac. The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 Respectfully submitted, Karen Merleen update Merleen Magers has been very sick It appears she got a serious blood infection which almost killed her. She has been in hospital for about two weeks and right now is still in ICU, but on the improve. She is alert, laughing, joking and thanking god that she is alive. She is so thankful and praising the medical staff. I think she will have a little different outlook on life after this. It is so good to see her back laughing smiling and joking. She can't remember anything from the day she was admitted to the hospital until they removed the breathing tube on Friday. May 2016 Hidden Valley Model T Club Commutator Page 2

3 April Tour - Escondido to HCFI Library No write up as I was on a different tour but great pictures from Karen. May 2016 Hidden Valley Model T Club Commutator Page 3

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The Saturday run was out to the North side of Tucson to visit a car collection, everything from Model Ts to muscle cars, John Pepe sure enjoyed looking the latter.

5 Arizona Speedster Run - Tucson April 2-3 Three HVMTC members decided to participate in the Sun Country T Club Speedster Run out of Tucson. The event follows the usual format with a checkout tour on the Saturday afternoon followed by the main run on the Sunday morning. The Saturday run was out to the North side of Tucson to visit a car collection, everything from Model Ts to muscle cars, John Pepe sure enjoyed looking the latter. My navigator was my 13 year old grandson who had never seen a RHD car. He was astounded that some folks, I blamed Canadians, use to drive on the wrong side of the road. I wonder what he will think when he eventually visits England or Australia? Rickie ran fine, but the terrible road surfaces loosened the box on the back so when we returned to the hotel we added a strap to hold on the gas tank. Anne Tunnell was navigator for Terry Loftus. Sunday found everyone up early as the first car was due away at 7:30. The Pepe's were ready before us so they set off at 7:45 while we got away by 8:05, initially along the same rotten road that we had Saturday... After wandering gradually North east we started to climb the famed Mt Lemmon Highway. Rickie was running good, took it in Ford High all the way, in fact I never used the Ruckstell. After climbing the mountain, over 4,500 ft, we dropped down to Colossal Cave park, where we accidentally took a short which ruined our timing. There is no way Rickie can be 20 minutes fast on a 80 minute section... Following the park, we drove through Vail, where we stopped for ice cream, then over to Green Valley, where we had a one of the Shoot Out Tours in the 90's. The drive up Mission was interesting as the surface is rotten so is best handled by running as fast as possible. John timed us at close to 50mph, though I think it was downhill and the wind behind us... Now the organizer found yet another mountain to the East of town. After all this running, about 170 miles that morning, we were quite tired and I really enjoyed the Italian dinner catered by Olive Garden. Neither the Pepe's, Loftus or the Bowker's placed, but Bob Hayne won and Les Trijilo placed third, both have participated and placed in the MTFCSD run. Great fun, over 24 Speedsters took part and several regular bodied cars participated and we are looking forward to the run out of Jucumba in October. TonyB May 2016 Hidden Valley Model T Club Commutator Page 5

transmission,, Car in very good condition.

6 For Sale 1914 Body registered as a 1913 Model T Touring car 1913 engine and transmission,, Car in very good condition. Spare 1918 engine, all machine work done, All parts there to rebuild Spare transmission rebuilt by Larry Blair. Lots of spare parts. Asking $14,000 obo May 2016 Hidden Valley Model T Club Commutator Page 6

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MTFCSD Coastal Tour Unfortunately this tour conflicted with the HVMTC tour, however there was good turnout of nine cars and about 16 people.

The route took us through the North end of Claremont and then onto Genesee and then past Torry Pines along Hwy 101.

Eleanor had prepared coffee and goodies for all participants and various family members and other folks who dropped by for the event.

After a really nice visit, we dropped down the hill back onto 101 for the run into Carlsbad for lunch. Several of the members decided to stop by the Flower Fields while the rest of us wanted lunch.

9 MTFCSD Coastal Tour Unfortunately this tour conflicted with the HVMTC tour, however there was good turnout of nine cars and about 16 people. We met about 9 am at Mission Bay, just North of the Visitors Center where Tony handed out the tour instructions. The route took us through the North end of Claremont and then onto Genesee and then past Torry Pines along Hwy 101. The traffic was not too bad and all went well until we reached the North end of Encintas where we detoured up some small hills to the beautiful new home of Roger and Eleanor Phillips. Eleanor had prepared coffee and goodies for all participants and various family members and other folks who dropped by for the event. They have a great view of the ocean from both the front and rear doors. We also raided Roger's old T spares box, which he no longer needs as he sold his last T, for the November auction. After a really nice visit, we dropped down the hill back onto 101 for the run into Carlsbad for lunch. Several of the members decided to stop by the Flower Fields while the rest of us wanted lunch. Unfortunately Fish House Vera Cruz is now closed, the sign is still up but they are firmly shut. Several of us went to a small Mexican restaurant next door but others fancied something else, they were wise... At 2pm we all reassembled for the run down 101, unfortunately Tony had problems with his Stromberg OF (again, three fails in 3 tours) and we left the Coupe in Encinitas and John Chapman drove me back to Mission Bay. I later found that everyone got home with no further incidents. Great day out, that coastal road is just perfect for the speed of Model Ts. TonyB May 2016 Hidden Valley Model T Club Commutator Page 9

Hidden Valley Commutator. Upcoming Events

Hidden Valley Commutator. Upcoming Events Hidden Valley Commutator Newsletter of the Hidden Valley Model T Club, December 2015 The Hidden Valley Commutator is the newsletter of the Hidden Valley Model T Club. The newsletter is published monthly