Acorn A s Our 43rd Year. Mike

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1 Acorn A s Our 43rd Year l l e h S t u N e h T.Well another month is upon us and we have some wonderful opportunities to get the cars out and meet the public. We have the NCRG coming up along with several shows, tours and the Cherry Festival parade. Check, the upcoming tours section. For those that could not attend the meeting, here is the info on the picnic and annual meeting. The picnic will be held on Aug. 16th at Roberts Park, near the Chabot Space Science Center. There will be a tour prior to the picnic, with details at the July meeting. There is a sign up sheet at the meetings for people to bring; either an appetizer, a side dish, or a dessert. The cost is: $10 per adult club members and their guests, $5 for children under 6 and $25 for visitors. The club will be providing tri-tip and for those of you who do not eat red meat some chicken will also be BBQ d. If you will please let us know ahead of time so we can get an accurate count for the chicken that would be great. The park is right next to the parking lot (with easy access) and close by to the restrooms. There is a pool and children s play ground across the lot as well. Alcohol is allowed but will not be provided by the club. The Annual Meeting will be held at Francesco s in Oakland on Dec. 13th. There will be a choice of two entrées and plan on the price being in the $30-$35 range. Details will be put forth in August so we can get an accurate count to the restaurant as early as possible. Mike Pre-meeting Dinner Rigatoni in Castro Valley 5:45 Acorn A s Officers and Committee Chairs 2014 President Mike Cozad Vice President Glenn Martin Secretary Bob Woodford Treasurer Steve Danzer Tour Master George Diamantine Public Relations Brian McGarry Nutshell Facilitator Bill Biddell Past President Mona Diamantine June 2014 Sunshine Bea Van Wetter Membership Bill Biddell Attendance Mary Baptista Accessories Anne Biddell Refreshments Al & Carol Low Fashions Jackie Brooks Historian Sue McGarry Shake Committee Tony Shull NCRG/ACCC Rep Vern Brooks Drawing Denise & Gene Peters Hospitality & Arms Charlie Amaral Web Master Bob Woodford Nutshell Publisher Steve Danzer

2 Page 2 2 Meeting Minutes General December Meeting 17, 2005 May 13, 2013 NutShell Call to order at 7:30 PM by President Mike Cozad Jackie Brooks moved to approve the minutes, Carol Low 2 nd. Attendance: Carol Lowe reported there were 36 members and 22 families at the meeting Membership: Bill Biddell noted we have 52 member families and are looking for more. Nutshell: Bill Biddell noted it is still in existence but if anyone wants to be a writer, photographer or sharpen their computer skills see Bill. Fashion: Jackie Brooks noted we have three entries in the May Round Up at Milpitas, Sue McGarry, Bea VanWetter and Mike Cozad. Historian: Sue McGarry brought the 2003 album Jerry Harris was president, Steve Price was vice president and Ben Tillak was historian. Highlights Dave and Leah Wiseman led the Popcorn and Gas Light tour to the Pruneyard. There s a picture of George Diamantine getting kissed by on of the actors. Gary and Janet Spenser led the tour to the Panama Canal with 26 members going. Ariel Wente used George Samson s bathtub. Bill and Kathy Norte led a wildflower train tour through Niles Canyon. And there were pictures of the Cherry Festival. Bill and Anne Biddell led a manifold cook out tour. We had to drive about 2 hours so our food would cook. Some of the food was hot dogs, meatloaf, shrimp and roasted garlic with rice. NCRG: Verne Brooks said there was nothing to report until after the Round UP. Public Relations: Brian McGarry upcoming events are: Friendship Day in Redwood city, Sunday, May 18 - $ fee, Lone Tree Cemetery Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 leaving Creekside at 8:30, Cherry Festival Parade, May 31 meet at 8 AM at the back parking lot of the Boys and Girls Club at 401 Marina, San Leandro. Endurance Run and Lowland Tour SCVMTC, Sunday, June 8. Cobbler Car Show, Sunday, June 8, 4 th of July parades: Alameda, Fremont and Danville. Redwood Chapel Car Show, July 12 free. Shinn House Ice Cream Social July 20. Elio s Restaurant parking lot Car Show, starting May 22, June 12 and 26 free entry. Raffle: Denise Peters had several items for the raffle including a LARGE teddy bear that Virginia Boling ended up with for the rumble seat. Secretary s Report: Mona Diamantine sat in for Bob Woodford. Nothing to report Webmaster was not at the meeting Sunshine: Bea VanWetter had no one sick this past month but did send a sympathy card for Bob Gilmore. Anne Biddell was the recipient of a rousing round of Happy Birthday. Tour Master: George Diamantine had Tony Shull report on the Sonic Tour on April 17. Brian McGarry announced we will be leaving Creekside at 9 AM to head to the Round Up in Milpitas. David Samson announced there are 2 tickets available for the June 1 Castle tour. We will be leaving the Safeway/Chase parking lot at 9 AM. George Diamantine will lead the June third Thursday tour. We will leave Creekside at 10 AM and be finished by 2 PM. June 28, Mike Cozad will lead the reverse scavenger hunt. We will meet at the Cull Canyon Park parking lot at 9 AM. Sabotage is completely legal. He will have a list of the rules we can break to hand out at 9 AM. George said that July is open. Mike will give us more details later about the Aug 16 picnic tour. Treasurer Report- Steve Danzer reported we are in good shape with $3700 in checking, $19, in savings and we received our 16 cents in interest this month. Old Business: none New Business: Gary Spencer had Model A pictures for anyone who wanted them. Glenn Martin announced he has 60-7 parking spots saved for the Cherry Festival if anyone wants to show their car and stay all day. Mike Cozad noted the sign up sheet for the Aug 16 picnic. Prices are $10 for members and their guests, $25 each for visitors. We will be having Tri Tip and please mark down what you will bring to the pot luck when you sign up for the picnic. Mike also announced he has secured Francisco s for the annual meeting on December 13. Let Mike know if you need a vegetarian dish. The luncheon will start and we have to be out by 4 PM. Francisco s is off Hegenberger near the Oakland Airport. Shake Award: none tonight. Refreshments were brought by George Diamantine and Wanda Romero; next month sign up Tony Shull, Lorraine Tuchsen and Sue McGarry. Wanda Romero moved to adjourn, Brian McGarry 2 nd. The Next meeting will be June 10, 2014 at 7:30 PM. Minutes submitted by Mona Diamantine

3 NutShell Meeting locations are changing. Be sure to read the articles to find the meeting place. Coming Tours Page 3 June 1 Pacifica Castle Tour David Samson June 19 Third Thursday 10 am CSC Diamantine June 28 Donation Tour 9am Cull Canyon Park Cozad Aug 16 Anniversary tour and Picnic, Roberts Park. Cozad $10 members and their guests. Under 6 $5 all others $25 Dec 13 Annual Meeting Francesco's Restaurant $35pp Cozad Sunshine Send sunshine news to Bea Van Wetter at 510/ Pacifica Castle Tour Sunday June 1 st, 9 AM We will be leaving from the Safeway/Chase Bank parking lot on Foothill close to Chase Bank. We have 37 people signed up for the tour. We will take a scenic but direct tour to the meeting location for the castle and then board shuttle buses for the last few blocks to the Castle. After the tour, we will have lunch at Tam s Cuisine of China in Pacifica. David Samson Tour Leader Donation Tour June 28th 06/01 Linda Rodrigues 06/15 Richard Johnson 06/06 Rob Wallace 06/13 Charles Amaral 06/17 Albert McCarthy Hi Folks, well here is the primer for my Donation Tour-hopefully an annual tradition from now on. There will be three charities that people will be buying things for, which is part of the surprise. I am thinking no more than $20 for each charity and this will be a timed event. Whoever comes in with the fastest time wins. We will meet up at Cull Canyon Park at 9 a.m. and I will send out the teams from there. Each team will leave at slightly different times with different instructions. This will be repeated three times. Sabotage is legal as long as it is safe and fun. At the end I will collect all of the items and we can go to lunch. This way we can give something back to the community and have fun at the same time all while driving our cars.

4 Page 4 Tours to Come Events of interest Brian, PR reporter Lone Tree Memorial Day Monday May 26, :30 Creekside Ladies Lunches Noon at the Ice Creamery Castro Valley Blvd. June 24 July 22 August 26 September 23 October 28 November 25 December no meeting Cherry Festival Parade May 31, 2014 Endurance Run & Lowland Tour SCVMTC Sunday June 8, th of July Parades Alameda, Fremont and Danville Redwood Chapel Car Show July 12, 2014 free Shinn House Ice cream Social July 20, 2014 Art Deco Gatsby, Dunsmuir House Oakland Sunday Sept 14, 2014 $40 fee Antique Autos History Park, San Jose Sunday Sept 14, 2014 free Elio's Restaurant parking lot Car Show Starting in May 22 June 12, 26 free I have a few Model A parts, adapter plates, Iron Duke engine, 56 Ford steering boxes, a couple of rear fenders, differential, rear axles and just generally a lot of Model A "stuff," that I would like to get rid of. Selling price is generally about half, or less than I have paid for it. Maybe something like Model A and more, Old Ford Parts. Collected since Fairly priced. I m in Dublin. Dave Mc Arthur 925/ Victor & Maria Loera Live in Hayward

5 Page 5 Gilmore Museum Exciting progress continues to be made at the museum, with the pending arrival of a Pietenpol airplane and the latter states of construction of our new neighbors, the Lincoln and Cadillac/LaSalle Museums. As many of you know, in the 1920s, Bernard Pietenpol, a self-taught aircraft designer from Minnesota, developed a single-seat airplane called the Sky Scout and a larger two-seater called the Air Camper. Recently, a Sky Scout was donated to the Model A Ford Museum. The plane is powered by a Model A Ford engine. The plane is now in a fabrication shop where the support structures are being fabricated. The plane will be elevated so that floor space is preserved, but it will be positioned so that the Model A engine is prominently displayed. The plane will be on display in the museum during Model A Day at Gilmore in Hickory Corners, Michigan on September 20, At the recent MARC Membership Meet in St. Louis, the Central Kentucky Region presented MAFFI with a check for $10,000 for the Endowment Fund,, giving that fund a large boost. With the summer national meets taking place in French Lick and Puyallup, there will be other exciting events. One of the first cars donated to MAFFI was a Fordor Sedan donated by Ron Jennings of Boise, Idaho. The Evergreen Club of Seattle has performed a complete body-off restoration and the car will be presented to MAFFI at the Puyallup meet. What an exciting day that will be! Stephanie Grundman MAFFI Editor Twin 80-year-old brothers in Washington State died last week from CARBON MONOXIDE POI- SONING while working on their antique car in a closed garage. CARBON MONOXIDE is odorless, colorless, tasteless, highly toxic and cumulative; a little exposure today and a little exposure tomorrow can be deadly. I cannot run my car in the garage more than 2 or 3 minutes even with the garage door and the side door both open before the CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR sounds the alarm. My garage door faces North-North-East and the side door faces North- North-West. Even with the engine running in the driveway outside, CARBON MONOXIDE and EX- HAUST FUMES sometimes enter the open garage doors and activate the alarm. I have a CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR in the garage and one in the house to protect loved ones also. I change the batteries the same as the SMOKE DE- TECTORS, each January 1st and each July 4th. - Colonial Virginia A s

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7 Page 7 MODEL A FUEL SYSTEM You hop in your car and drive a few blocks and the sputters and dies. You were smart enough to use the original carb so you can pop the one bolt off and find no gas in the bowl and little fuel comes out when you turn the valve on inside the car. The usual suspect is crud in the tank. What happens is you drive the car and shake up the stuff in the tank. You park it and the stuff settles to the lowest point, the fuel valve. You go to drive it and after a short while the engine gets fuel starved and dies. You pop the line off and blow back in to the tank and all is well for a while. You could put a filter in the tank, but that does not help you get rid of the problem. You really want to take the cap off and the fire screen out of the tank and use a flashlight to see how bad is your crud problem. Shake the car a bit while looking in the tank. You need to be sure the tank is not very rusted and on the verge of problems. You then consider draining the tank and pulling the shut off valve out and putting in a ball valve and some pipe. Then put gas or kerosene in the tank, slosh it around real good and open the ball valve. Do this several times to get the worst out. Then if you feel you got most of the stuff out then just put the valve back in as it was. If you want to be sure just put a short length of 1.4 copper tubing into the shut off valve so that the valve will not take from the very bottom of the tank. This requires that you have a good original filter screen on the filter bowl and the carb. You see the A was designed to eat dirt and Ford made the filters such that they will only pass crap that the carb could eat. Then he made the carb easy to take apart and dump the crap out of the bowl. By putting a tube up in the gas tank instead of a filter, you are allowing the junk through to be filtered out and removed. You will find the sediment filter on the firewall gets lots of stuff at first and after a few tanks and lots of driving you will find much less. Then you take out the little tube and now you tank is clean and you did not spend some extra money for a tank filter. Here is important to understand the design of the system. In 1930 they expected you to take in dirt so Ford made the system easy cleaning. The if you have a good operating firewall filter and the filter in the carb than you will catch everything you need to catch most of the time. Adding in a modern filter is not really all that necessary and may cause you more problems. Vapor Lock A gravity system can not vapor lock!!!! The fuel will always flow downhill and the vapor bubbles will always flow up hill, that is if the gas were to get hot enough to vaporize which I doubt could ever happen. Vapor lock is a condition where a fuel pump is unable pump through a vapor area in a line. This usually occurs when the fuel pump has problems. Back to gravity and vapor lock. Try this one. Siphon some gas in a clear tube with a loop in it and explain to me how the fuel always manages to get past the air bubbles in the high spots or if you straighten out the line notice how the air bubbles go up but the gas flow does not stop. Keep in mind gasoline needs to be up around 300 degrees to boil most of the what makes up gas. That is pretty darn hot. Vapor lock is what people like to think is wrong with their car when they can not find the real problem. The last vapor lock I fixed was a loose screw that locks the movable point. Most vapor lock problems are usually fixed when the electrical problem is fixed. Reprinted from home.comcast.net/~68c/ fuel_system.htm

8 It s the journey, not the destination! The NutShell P. O. BOX 2321 CASTRO VALLEY, CA First Class Dated Material The Acorn A s Model A Ford Club is a California non-profit corporation and welcomes everyone who is interested in the preservation of the Model A Ford automobile or the fashions of that period. For membership information write or visit our website. General Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the United Methodist Church at Wisteria St., Castro Valley at 7:30 PM. All who are interested in Model A Fords are welcome The NUTSHELL is published monthly by the ACORN A s Chapter of the Model A Ford Club of America to inform and entertain its members. The NUTSHELL welcomes articles and stories plus advertisements or other items of interest regarding the Model A Ford. Where indicated some of the items included in the NUTSHELL are from other publications. We thank them for sharing with us and are happy to share with them. For paid advertising rates contact the facilitator. PUBLICATION DEADLINE: 20th of the preceding month. Send NUTSHELL items to: ( Acornasfordclub@aol.com)