Jan 2019 Volume 43 Issue 1. President s Message

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1 Jan 2019 Volume 43 Issue 1 President s Message Joy to all and a Happy New Year! By the time you read this the fun will be long over and we will be taking down decorations, cleaning up the messes and trying to decide which of our Christmas Presents to return and for what. Same ritual every year. The Christmas Luncheon at Cattleman s turned out great except we missed some folks being there: McArthur s because David went off to sell books in Arizona, Morte s because they had a conflict and the Brook s because they had it on the calendar for the wrong day! Too bad your presence would have enhanced our Joy! Kathy did a great job of pre-planning the event and taking care of the arrangements with Cattleman s and Nils came through with Poinsettias for all and a Door Prize of the Orchard Supply model of a 1931 pickup won by Roland. The gift exchange revealed all wonderful things to receive and I don t think anybody went home disappointed! Now we need to deal with the Activities Agenda for the upcoming year without the benefit of Kathy taking care of it all so capably. On Wednesday January 9 th we will have the monthly luncheon at the 833 Brick Café located, oddly enough, at 833 E Stanley Blvd, Livermore, and organized for us by the Leary s. I look forward to seeing you all there as Barbara and I leave the next day for two weeks in the British Virgin Islands to motor about and scuba dive until we can t take it anymore! Should be fun but I will miss the meeting on Thursday the 17 th and our newly installed Vice President Pete Leary will be holding the gavel in fine style. The weekend of January will take many of us to the Turlock Swap Meet to see what treasures can be found for as little money as possible. Our meeting on Thursday February 21 st will be at Frankie Johnny and Luigi in Dublin when we celebrate our 43 rd Birthday. More information will follow as we firm up the arrangements. Bill Morte and I met with Taylor Phillips and his assistant Molly Fierer-Donaldson at the Dublin Heritage Museum to discuss our role with the Kolb Truck. Taylor is replacing Elizabeth Isles and will be our new contact. We told him we could train drivers, teach maintenance and perform some oil and lubrication procedures. We will meet with them in March of each year before the St Patrick s Day Parade to insure the truck is in top shape. We also told them to obtain use of a trailer to haul the truck to destinations over 10 miles. Recently David and I went down there to find out why the truck wouldn t start and discovered that the Bendix Gear was broken. We removed he starter motor, repaired the Bendix (a bolt attaching the spring had fallen out!) and reinstalled. We also discovered that all the spark plugs were really loose, so we re-tightened them.it helps duh! Started the truck and it ran perfect! Model A s Forever Rick

2 BOARD MEMBERS President Rick Mahan Vice President Pete Leary Secretary Jackie Brooks Treasurer Roland Smith Activities Open Membership Ed Shannon Publications Wes Huffman Roger Griffith COMMITTEES Refreshments Paula Nelson Historian Open Sunshine Open NCRG Rep Dave McArthur Tech Advisor Roger Griffith GENERAL MEETING General meetings of Henry's A's are held at 7:30 PM on the third Thursday of each month, except December 13th, in The Duarte Garage. Guests and visitors are welcome. HENRY'S HORN is the monthly newsletter of Henry's A's Chapter, Model A Ford Club of America. We solicit articles and other items for publication in these pages; please submit, before the 25th of the month, to the Editor's address or the clubs mailing address: weshuffman@ymail.com Henry's A's P.O. Box 46 Livermore CA A signup sheet will be at the next meeting for refreshments for future club meetings. Can you volunteer to bring refreshments for the Jan 17 Club meeting? Let Paula Nelson know. Henry s A s Activities Report Jan 9 11:45AM Brick Café 833 E Stanley Blvd Livermore, CA Call or Pete Leary if you are attending ( or PL21404@gmail.com) *The Brick Café is in the Peppertree Plaza Shopping Center near the corner of E Stanley Blvd & Murrieta Blvd next to the Shell gas station. Jan 17 General meeting Blessings and Joy to one and all Happy New Year! Pete Leary would like to go on point for January s luncheon. I just need those interested in attending to both Stacey & me so we can get a headcount for the reservations. Since it s the holidays and more than a few weeks out how about we set a deadline for responding by Wednesday January 2. I am looking forward to hosting the January luncheon! ( or PL21404@gmail.com) Rebuilt Zenith Carb Call Bob for a quote at I have matched cores for your build date. I will also rebuild and return your core. Metered jets used, carbs test run. Workmanship Guaranteed.

3 Henry s A s Minutes We went to lunch instead. Yum! Do it yourself carburetor repair Stacey Leary trouble shooting her Model A carburetor. Seems they had a small drip of fuel. (I thought you didn t do anything to a carburetor until it had a big leak. Is this what they call preventative maintenance?) WANTED: A Mitchell transmission and overdrive for this cute truck in Arizona! :-) Call Steve at or Bristemy@Gmail.com

Our card from the Heritage Guild to Henry s A s Here are a few pictures from the Annual

There were two club gifts - Roland won the Orchard Supply Hardware Truck & John

4 Our card from the Heritage Guild to Henry s A s Here are a few pictures from the Annual Christmas Luncheon held at Cattleman s in Livermore. Great time was had by all who attended. The food was excellent & we had a great gift exchange. There were two club gifts - Roland won the Orchard Supply Hardware Truck & John Rosploch won the Fashion Book. Two guests of the Roos s, John & Carol Marengo attended (former members of Henry s A s) Also a guest of Karen Butchko was new Sister in law, Carol. See you next year!! Nils Roos

5 The countdown has started for the next tour. Well you lead us?

2019 NCRG Roundup May 27-30 -- Santa Rosa, CA Hosts: Sonoma A's The Sonoma A's will be hosting the 2019 NCRG Roundup at the Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa in Santa Rosa California.

6 2019 NCRG Roundup May Santa Rosa, CA Hosts: Sonoma A's The Sonoma A's will be hosting the 2019 NCRG Roundup at the Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa in Santa Rosa California. This will be a 4 day event beginning on Monday May 27 ending with the Awards Banquet on Thursday May 30, We have started a list of people interested in receiving the Early Bird Newsletter for the 2019 NCRG Roundup. It will be available by only at no cost and will detail planned Roundup events, provide lodging options, and things to see and do in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, CA. You will also receive the registration form in December prior to the January-February issue of the Restorer. To sign up for the Early Bird or for more Info, contact: Steve Lewis, Turlock Swap Meet The Modesto Area A s began the Swap Meet in 1965, located in the McHenry Shopping Center in Modesto. The event quickly outgrew the space available and in 1966 moved to the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds located at 900 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA , and became known nationally as the TURLOCK SWAP MEET. It has become one of the premier events in the hobby of restoring and collecting antique and classic automobiles. The TURLOCK SWAP MEET always takes place during the last full weekend in January. In 2019, the Swap Meet will take place January 26th and 27th. The hours of operation are Saturday, 7 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, 7 AM to 3 PM. Admission is $10.00 at the gate on Saturday and $5.00 on Sunday; children 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. For your convenience, an ATM is located in front of the Main Kitchen, which is near the Information Booth. There will be others spaced around the meet.

JANUARY 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2 Ralph Hardman 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 nd

7 JANUARY 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2 Ralph Hardman nd Wednesday Luncheon Kathy Morte 13 Jackie Roos 14 Rick Mahan General meeting

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More National Event. and Member Pictures. Aug 2018 Volume 42 Issue 8. David helps Pete & Stacy evaluate backing plates

More National Event. and Member Pictures. Aug 2018 Volume 42 Issue 8. David helps Pete & Stacy evaluate backing plates Aug 2018 Volume 42 Issue 8 President message has move to pages 4/5. He had too much to say to fit on the front page. What else is new? More National Event and Member Pictures The Hubley s are a big part