Car of the Month: Tom Bormuth

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1 Next Meeting: 2 nd Saturday 9:30AM Fruitdale Grange Car of the Month: Tom Bormuth The Lady Started Right Up! I have had my father s model A car in storage for over 25+ years. Just recently, I placed this car in my garage and began the restoration process. My grandson Parker, 15 years old, has been helping me with this restoration. As a part of this journey, I joined the local Model A club, Henry s Lady in order to gather information and wise friends who could help me put this old car back together. Right from the beginning they found a radiator and an exhaust for my car, thank you John. Next, came the months of grinding off old rust, painting car parts that worked (thank you Parker and Doug for your help here) and buying new parts for the ones that didn t work. But before I could go any further, I needed to start the engine. Would it work and even run after 58 years of storage? So, who came to my rescue, none other than John and Art! With their able help and a good distributor (thanks Art), we started up that old engine. What a roar! My wife came running to the door and whooped it up too. Such a relief and now, though a work in progress, I can continue to rebuild and one day hope to drive with my grandchildren in the Boatnik parade. ~Tom Page 1

2 2019 Officers and Executive Committee President John Firth Vice President and MAFFI Rep Dale Waldron Secretary Kitty Waud Treasurer Nancy Firth Past President Bill Hallows Committee Chairs: Newsletter Editor Todd Calvert Tour Coordinator Tom Rogers Sunshine Pam Green Librarian Art Peary Coffee Dale Waldron Membership Chuck Green NWRG Representative John Firth MAFCA Representative John Firth Web Master Rick Black Restorer Chapter News Reporter Mike McKey March has been a busy and exciting month for Henry s Lady members. Tom Bormuth s Model A is now running after nearly 60 years! Jerry Schulte has swapped motors in his cabriolet. Herb Waud is on the verge of getting Kitty s chassis running. Tom Rogers continues to make progress on his coupe. Mike McKey has been working on his sedan in preparation for the Dunsmuir Tour in May. It s great to see progress being made, especially on four of the above which are getting closer to being back on the road after many years absence. Congrats to all! I am getting close to finishing the pickup project that I wrote about in the November 2018 newsletter. I finished and primed the bed and fenders last fall. Most of the winter was spent putting the roadster pickup cab together and completing a fair amount of body work. That was finished just in time for the few days of dry weather we had in mid-march which were perfect for painting. After putting it all back together on the chassis, it ran after sitting for 10 plus years! Another one soon to be on the road again. We had 14 members at the Dairy Queen for our Last Tuesday lunch in March. As always, a very enjoyable get-together. Hope you can join us after the April 13 meeting for a trip over to Shady Cove for lunch at Mac s Diner on the river. Spring has sprung, and Model A weather is just around the corner. See you on the 13th! John From the President s Desk John Firth President Letter: April 2019 Rogue Ramblings is a publication of Henry s Lady Chapter, MAFCA, an Oregon non-profit corporation. If information is borrowed from other publications, credit is given herein. We thank others for sharing with us, and are happy to have others use any article herein, provided proper credit is given. Information submitted for publication must be received by the 25th of the month for publication in the next month s issue. Page 2

3 In this Issue Tom Bormuth s Model A... Page 1 President s Column... Page 2 Tour Schedule/ Last Months Tour Page 3 Upcoming Events/New Information Page 4 Meeting Minutes...Page 5 Great Race/ Fuller Burnout and Shakedown... Page 7 Birthdays/Sunshine and Anniversary...Page 8 Technical Advice/Kids Quiz......Page 8 Classified Ads Page 9 Tour Schedule from Tom Rogers April 13 Mac s Diner in Shady Cove, Oregon April 27 - Fullers Annual Burn-out; Sams Valley, Oregon May 11 Kerbyville Museum; Downtown Kerby, Oregon May 17 to 19 - Dunsmuir Road Tour; Yreka and Dunsmuir, CA May 25 Medford Airport WWII Plane with Jefferson Antique Car Club June 8 To Be Announced July 13 Green Acres Annual Picnic and Celebration August 10 Wolf Creek Inn and 3 Garage Tour with Bob Perry; Wolf Creek, Oregon September 14 Antique Shop with Jerry Schulte October 12 Tour To Galice Resort; Galice, Oregon Please Note: The above schedule is a work in progress. If you have any suggestions for a tour, please coordinate with Tom so he can make a go of it! Last Month s Tour to Randy Grubb s Garage ~ by Todd Calvert On March 9 th, we toured out old Hwy 99 to Randy Grubb s shop. If you don t know who Randy Grubb is, he s an artist and an animated storyteller. His works of art come straight out of his head and into physical form right at his home and shop. He explains that he s a paper weight artist by trade, using glass to create intricate and beautiful paper weights. He s fairly modest about it, but these are really the most incredible and unique works of art out of glass medium I ve ever seen. Randy always has been a car guy though. From before the age of 14 he was working on cars. His dad had an old model A, and soon Randy had that car going strong, and his dad had to convince him to paint it to slow his speed down. His dad, who was a dentist, saw his son had a gift and helped support that creativity the best he knew how. Randy didn t become a dentist, but always had cars in the garage to tinker on when he wasn t blowing glass. After a while he decided he wanted to build cars from scratch, from a clean slate. He needed better tools to bend and shape aluminum and metal with, so one night he very concretely decided that he would build a grand car and sell it. not to just anybody, but to Jay Leno. He didn t know Jay, but he would build the car anyhow. He started looking for engines as the central feature to begin his build with and settled on a v-12 continental air- Page 3

4 cooled Patton Tank engine left over from the Korean war. It s an all-aluminum gas-powered engine, hard to find, yet he found a few. What resulted was the Blastolene Special. Everything in the car is beautiful and industrial sized for the power of it. He and his wife took it to car shows and people took notice. Some folks there thought that Jay Leno might want to buy something like this, destiny fulfilled and the two of them connected. Needless to say, Randy sold him the car. Jay renamed the Blastolene Special the Tank Car and because of that transaction, Randy now has better tools to make more works of art. He explains that his creations are not contraptions, rather sculptures. Other sculptures he s created are the Decoliner, Pist-off- Pete, Decopods, Falconer Dodici, Magic Bus, and so many others. He is inspired by many things, but initially it was those huge pre-twenties race cars and their graceful curves and enormity. His mind is always working, thinking and coming up with new ideas. It was a real treat to hear Randy spin his life stories with such animation and fun and see what he has coming together in the garage now. A real inspiration. If you have time, Google Randy s name and see his sculptures of art, or check out this quick 6 minute video of Randy explaining his Blastolene Special here. If you spot him in town and wave to him, he s sure to wave back with a smile! Upcoming Events Information Bulletin Rogue Valley to Dunsmuir, CA Tour: It s getting closer! Come on this great multi-club, 3- day tour on backroads from the Rogue Valley to Yreka the first day, then on to Dunsmuir the second day. Dates for this tour are May 17-19, Enjoy the scenery on backroads through various mountain and farm lands. See the Scott Valley, Etna, and Dunsmuir, where history abounds and good times await traveling with your friends in an old car, or even your modern car. Just come and have fun with us! Reasonable hotel reservations can be made thanks to Mike McKey. A special invitation from Linda Ellison and the Siskiyou A's has been extended and inviting all who are on the Dunsmuir Tour that Friday night, May 17 th. They are going to have dinner at Linda Ellison's house for all of us. This is a great invitation and the Henry's Lady Club really thanks them very much. We did this years ago and had a really great time. Thank you, Linda and the other members of the Siskiyou A s! Information on this tour as well as the tour application can be found here on our club website event calendar. Be sure to mention you are part of the Henry s Lady tour when you make reservations. Let Mike know by April 30 th if you can go. Page 4

5 The upcoming 2019 Oregon Tour: The Oregon Tour is to be headquartered out of Cottage Grove, Oregon this year. This is designed as a keep it simple tour intended to keep expenses down. We have a great time touring, meeting new people and seeing different parts of Oregon on the back roads that most do not see. We have Model A's, T's Horseless Carriages and a few modern cars. The whole idea is to have fun. We have children as well as old folks, so it is a nice blend of people. Applications should be out in January for the July event. Stay tuned for more details to come! Porchfest (June 15): A great social event located on Washington Blvd in Grants Pass. Listen to bands, eat food, enjoy company, or just lounge around this historical residential street in town. The program is looking for some model A s and T s to enhance the street for viewing. The street is closed off to traffic for safety during the event. Please call or Jerry Schulte if you would like to park your car in front of somebody s house for the day the sooner the better so they can make arrangements for you. Jerry Schulte: jerschu52@charter.net or Medford Airport (May 25): State of Jefferson Antique Car Club has extended an invitation to join them in a tour to the Medford Airport to check out the historic airplane you see on display from Biddle Road. Come and join the fun and learn something new! For more information contact Dave Williams or Mike McKey. Restorer Online: Online access to The Restorer is now included with membership. Here's a link to instructions on how to sign up: Last Tuesday Social (April 30): Join us for our monthly social get together. We are getting together just to get the Model A s out of the garage, chat, kick tires, etc. You can have lunch, a snack, or just come and visit. We always have a good time! Last fall we changed our location to the Dairy Queen at the north end of town, just past Les Schwab Tires on Sixth Street. The address is 1674 NW 6 th Street. No need to RSVP, just come if you can! Henry s Lady Photo Gallery: We have a lot of new folks with cars in the club recently. Our club webmaster would love to include a photo of your car for the photo gallery. Simply submit a photo to Rick Black at RickBlack44@gmail.com. Include whose car it is, the year and body style. It s a nice collection of pictures for others to see and enjoy on the web. To see what is already posted, go to: Club Apparel and Name Badges All members are encouraged to wear chapter jackets, hats and name badges to identify us to new members and the public. For name badges, contact Membership Chairman Chuck Green at Club hats can be purchased at monthly meetings and are $10. Henry s Lady window decals are also now available for $1.50. Although club members currently have many different styles of jackets and shirts, they all use the same logo. Our colors are maroon and tan. You can choose any style or color combination you wish. Our screen printer, Body Cover Design, will print our logo on any of the many types and styles of apparel they carry, or on your new shirt or sweatshirt purchased elsewhere. They are located at 420 SW H St in Grants Pass or give them a call at (541) Page 5

6 Henry s Lady Meeting Minutes Henry s Lady Business Meeting Minutes of 3/9/19 Call to AM. Welcome guests: Todd Calvert s friend Ernie Hulley. and Jim Martin and Lee Jackson from Rogue Valley A s. Birthdays and Anniversary s acknowledged. Mail: The Evergreen A s sent a request for a raffle item for the regional meet in Belleview Wash. No one from Henry s Lady is planning to attend. Joe Davis said he is donating an item for Rogue Valley A s and he volunteered to include Henry s Lady as a donor. Many thanks to Joe. Secretary s report motion to accept as published by Grace Peary and sec by Bill Hallows all were in favor. Treasurer s report given by Nancy Firth. There was a motion to accept by Kitsy and sec by Pam Green. All were in favor. Sunshine: Vito Maurantonio passed away, a card was passed out to be signed by all. Nancy Firth will send our customary memorial donation of $25 to MAFFI. Also Trudy Vestal passed away recently. Membership: No new members at this time. Librarian: Art Peary brought some information to share and if there is anything you need he will provide you with it if he has it. Budget Committee: A written report showing 2018 income and expenses and proposed 2019 budget was passed out for review. Jerry Schulte made a motion to accept and Bill Hallows sec, all were in favor. Old Business: Mike McKey gave an update on the Dunsmuir trip. So far about 8 or 9 have signed up. This trip is May If you plan to go, get your application to Mike soon. Mike will check with Linda Ellison to see if we can contribute to the dinner Sis-Q A s is planning for our group. Oregon Tour (Cottage Grove) plans are coming together and details will be available soon. Next meeting we hope to have an update on the city s plans for the Great Race, which is June 26. Dale Waldron will be responsible for any silent auction items donated for the 2020 installation banquet. He will pick them up if you call him. New Business: Todd will finish out this year but wants to give another person the opportunity to be editor. He is willing to share what he has learned. Also will need new officers at the end of this year as the term for officers is 2 years according to by-laws. Tours: April 27 Marianne & Larry Fuller will have their barbeque/burn out event. This might be a good time for the shake down ride. Today there will be a tour of Randy Grubb s shop. Maybe in the future we can go to the jet boat shop. After April meeting we will drive to Mac s Diner in Shady Cove for lunch. So far 12 people want to go. Mike McKey invited us to join the Model T club on 4 th Sat in May for a tour of the big airplane near the Medford Airport on Biddle Rd. Number of Members present 29 Number of guests 3 Thank you to Bob Fleishman for refreshments. 50/50 raffle proceeds were $46, $23 to winner Teri Lavery, $23 to Club. Adjourn at 10:30. Respectfully submitted, Kitty Waud, Secretary Page 6

7 Larry and Marianne Fuller are having their annual Ford Burnout and BBQ! The invitation is here with all the details. It s a beautiful drive. Bring your Model A to the show. This is a good shakedown in preparation for driving to Dunsmuir! We will take you down old Hwy 99 to Rogue River, then upstream to Gold Hill. Once on Hwy 234 headed NE, it s past Rainie s Four Corners Market and a few more miles on the right. If you made it to Modoc Road or Dodge Bridge, you ve gone too far! From Medford take Hwy 62 North and take a left on Hwy 234 Westward. It is past Dodge Bridge and Modoc Road and on the left. Address to Fuller s Ford Ranch: 3283 Hwy 234, White City, Ore The Great Race is coming to Grants Pass, Oregon! And.. it appears that the race will be traveling right past Larry and Marianne s place! The Fullers invite folks to come and watch all the historic cars drive past with them. They will be out there and would like to hang out with you. The Race comes from Gold Beach on Wednesday June 26 th and will be overnighting in Grants Pass that evening on Southwest G Street. Thursday June 27 th the race heads towards Crater Lake Rim Village and should be going right past the Fullers Place. Come for a front seat showing! Bring a chair, food, drink and some good (or bad) stories to tell! It s a once in a lifetime event here locally. Don t miss it! Page 7

8 SUNSHINE Please call Pam Green at if you know of someone in the club who could benefit from our thoughts and prayers to get through illness or adversity. We will respect the need for privacy. Our desire is to help without being intrusive. Birthdays Ed English 4/3 Mary Ann Martin 4/13 Bob Hughes 4/17 Elizabeth Aguirre 4/20 Bob Perry 4/21 Art Peary 4/25 David Lommel 4/25 Mary Hallows 4/ Refreshments March Bob and Wanda Fleischman April Bill and Mary Hallows May Dave Williams June Jerry Schulte and Marilyn Chartier July Bob and Rusty Wall August Vern and Dotty Pearson September Steve and Jackie Hodges October Mike and Debbie McKey November Bob and Kelly Perry Anniversaries John & Adeline Addison 4/13/61 Bob & Barbara Hughes 4/3/15 Bob & Laurie James 4/13/85 Best Wishes Everyone! Technical Tips and Advice ~ Here s an interesting article about running your car on wood fumes. Pretty interesting stuff people do to make ends meet during war efforts. Go to: Quiz Part II: This may be harder than you may think. The answers will be on the tip of your tongue, but you just cannot quite remember. So have some fun, my sharp-witted friends. The answers are printed below, after the questions, but don't cheat!!! 1. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and. 2. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their. 3. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? or. 4. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to. 5. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. What was it called? 6. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. What was it was called? Page 8

9 7. What did LSMFT stand for? 8. Hey Kids! What time is it? It's! 9. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The knows! 10. There was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a grave yard smash". What was the name? 11. The Alka-Seltzer logo was a boy with a tablet on his head. What was the boy's name? Classified Ads: FOR SALE: 1931 Town Sedan late slant windshield 4-door sedan has a $3000 balanced Model C engine, overdrive 1956 Ford Pickup steering, alternator. Updated mechanical brakes, restored 20 years ago excellent driver. Asking $22,500 or best offer. Contact: MEL TAORMINO, Grants Pass Oregon Mobile: Home: FOR SALE: 1929 Coupe restored 20 years ago been in my collection for 50 years. Beautiful Model A great driver. $15,000 OBO Mel Taormino, Grants Pass - (541) FOR SALE: 1925 Model T 4-door sedan Asking $12,000. See attached flyer attachment for details. Contact Jim or jkryan15@ comcast.net FOR SALE: Hard to find York A/C compressor, Sanden style. R12, V belt, 2 groove pulley, natural. NEW, never used, in original box. $165 Firm. Call Chuck Green WANTED: Town Sedan rear dome light in any condition. Can be broken, but with good lens, whole or rusty. Is oval shaped, not round. Contact Todd via with your asking price: calvert.todd@gmail.com TRADE: Hubley Phaeton, in box, barely started, all parts seem to be there. Will trade for a Hubley Victoria or Pickup, either in same condition or already assembled. Rick Black, RickBlack44@gmail.com WANTED: All Model A Ford parts, literature, art work, era clothing, or items of interest that any Henrys Lady's members would like to donate for the Silent Auction that will be held at our yearend banquet. Last year's Silent Auction was very enjoyable and helped relieve many unwanted items that members donated for other members to bid on those items that they probably didn't need either ultimately, the general fund was boosted over $ Please contact Vice President Dale Waldron at for more info or to help pick up items to store for our year end Silent Auction. WANTED: If you have spare parts to sell, need parts or would like your car listed in the newsletter, please contact the newsletter editor with a descriptive . Also, the webmaster can list parts on our website under Haves and Wants. ~Thanks Quiz answers: Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed); Beetle or Bug; Buddy Holly; Sputnik; Hula Hoop; Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco; Howdy Doody Time; Shadow; Monster Mash; Speedy Page 9

10 COMING EVENTS Check out MAFCA on the web Model A Ford Club of America Inc. 250 S. Cypress Street La Habra, CA Phone orders only: 866/ Other Business: 562/ Fax: 562/ info@mafca.com April 13th Business meeting (9:30) and Tour to Mac s Diner, Shady Cove April 27 Fuller Ford Farm BBQ Burnout and Shakedown Tour April 30 Last Tuesday Dairy Queen Social Event May Dunsmuir Tour June 15 - Washington Blvd Porch Picnic in Grants Pass. Page 10 Henry s Lady Chapter, MAFCA P.O. Box 1442 Grants Pass, OR 97528