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Club Web Site > http://clubs.hemmings.com/svmtc Facebook > http://www.facebook.

net Sacramento Valley Model T Club Membership Application st New [ ] Renewal [ X ] Renewals due Jan 1 Name Birday Webmaster: John Saylor 753-1613 202-5842c j99saylor@gmail.

............ John Saylor 723-1613 202-5842c Secretary..... Wendel & Michele Waltz (707)452-0994 Sunshine Reporter.......... Pat Ehlers (209)477-2433 Member at Large.

1 Club Web Site > Facebook > ND SEPT Volume 40 Number 9 Editor: Harvey Bandy 9041 Vista Del Rio Fair Oaks, Ca Telephone: (916) FAX: h.bandy@comcast.net Sacramento Valley Model T Club Membership Application st New [ ] Renewal [ X ] Renewals due Jan 1 Name Birday Webmaster: John Saylor c j99saylor@gmail.com Spouse Anniversary Birday Club Officers for 2013 President Rich Silva c Vice President Mark O Connor c Treasurer John Saylor c Secretary..... Wendel & Michele Waltz (707) Sunshine Reporter Pat Ehlers (209) Member at Large Kate Bandy Sacramento Valley Model T Club The Sacramento Valley Model T Club was established in 1971 and is dedicated to e preservation of e Model T Ford. Membership is unrestricted as to location and is open to all interested persons. The ownership of a Model T is not a requirement. Meetings Meetings are held in e Country Club Lions club house located at 3636 Airway Drive Nor Highlands, Ca east of McClellan near Watt Ave & Poplar 7:30PMon e last Wednesday of each mon. (from Hwy 80, east on Watt, right Poplar, left Airway) Dues Annual dues are $25 for e calendar year and are due on January 1. You may pay by cash ($25) or check (made out to SVMTC) at e monly meeting, or mail check (no cash, please) to our Treasurer, John Saylor at 7304 Goldwood Way Citrus Heights, CA Mid-year enrollment dues will be prorated. Publication copy Any material you wish to be published in e Bands (articles, comments, ads, etc.) must be received by e Editor no later an e 5 of e mon. Telephone ( ) - Address Street Address City State Zip T Cars ANNUAL DUES: $25.00 single or family IMPORTANT STATEMENT: This information is needed for club insurance rate calculations: I do [ ] do not [ ] belong to e Model T Ford Club of America (MTFCA) Fill out completely and mail to: Sacramento Valley Model T Club c/o John Saylor 7304 Goldwood Way Citrus Heights, Ca Name Address MTFCA Membership Application Information City State Zip Annual Dues----US $35.00 Payable to: The Model T Ford Club of America P.O. Box 126 Centerville, IN

Volume 40 No 9 nd Sept 22 2013 Points of Interest SVMTC Application 1 MTFCA Application 1 President & V/P Desk 2 Secretary s Desk 3 San Diego MTFCA Tour 4 CENTENNIAL 5 Post Epilogue 6 Post Epilogue 5

Pat Ehlers Mark Your Calendar SVMTC Held at e Lions Wed Sept 25 7:30pm SVMTC MEETING AT THE Lions Club House Wed Sept 25 7:30pm Janice & John Saylor Gourmet Bakers Class is back in Style!

2 Volume 40 No 9 nd Sept Points of Interest SVMTC Application 1 MTFCA Application 1 President & V/P Desk 2 Secretary s Desk 3 San Diego MTFCA Tour 4 CENTENNIAL 5 Post Epilogue 6 Post Epilogue 5 Chrome Nickel & Brass 9 Sunshine Report Good News! Want to hear e news? Attend a meeting and get all e details. Pat Ehlers Mark Your Calendar SVMTC Held at e Lions Wed Sept 25 7:30pm SVMTC MEETING AT THE Lions Club House Wed Sept 25 7:30pm Janice & John Saylor Gourmet Bakers Class is back in Style! Leroy & Harvey can t partake President s Message Up until last Saturday, e day of Chrome Nickle and Brass e weaer was fantastic; but, as fate would have it ere was a very good chance e weaerman would be right and it would rain. Sherry and I arrived at e check in Rio Linda at 9:00 am soon followed by Jerry Compton and a few minutes later by Allen Koch in his beautiful Bugatti, en Bud and Jean arrived in eir stunning Model A. Pretty soon more old cars started showing up en a 1910 Buick showed up which I first ought was Leroy and Pats 1914 and turned out to be a two cylinder gorgeous automobile. Jerry's stepson arrived in a speedster. There was a 1941 Packard, a 1914 model T at had been in e family for over 60 years. In total ere were 15 vehicles. Feeling hungry we decided to go to our new favorite place The Club and purchased lunch. Returning to our cars we dined. About is time Milt arrived in his Model T... and en it happened! An ominous sign of e Greek God Zeus, followed by one drop en anoer and anoer. Plaques were hastily awarded to participants and off we went in concert in e midst of a rain deluge. On e way home our right brake locked up and wi a couple of turns of a bolt we were off again...and soaking wet. It was a marvelous adventure and will be cherished forever. Looking forward to e next tour. Rich Silva The V/P s Podium Friday, September 20 Lincoln Meadows Care Center Car Show. If you are interested, call Lisa Hettema for details. (916) ext. 13 Saturday, September 21st Chrome, Nickel, & Brass Saturday, October 12 Amador County Tour Contact Dave Eichner for details. Thursday, October 17 Annual SVMT event at e CAM--- 6:00pm. Come wi your appetite to join us for dinner and our monly meeting. Saturday, October San Juan High School Centennnial Celebration 8:00am-4:00 pm. This will be a fun event. The car show will be from 10:00am- 4:00pm, wi set up from 8:00-9:30am. Pre-register by 2

or phone if you plan to show your car. There is no fee. Contact Jerry at whiskeystill@comcast.

3 or phone if you plan to show your car. There is no fee. Contact Jerry at or (916) Wednesday, November 20 Annual SVMT Auction and Fundraiser Mark and Barb O Connor Secretary s Desk Meeting notes SCMTC Aug 28, 2013 The meeting was called to order by Rich Silva. We happily welcome new members Allen and Maryann Koch (pronounced Cook). Alan has a 27 Bugatti Replicar on VW chassis at he likes to drive at Model T speeds. We look forward to seeing em in action. Michele and Wendel Waltz s Secretary minutes from last meeting were approved. John Saylor stood up and sang e Gold Diggers hit song from 1933 We re in e Money. Hal Schedler has printed some business cards for e club. Members can pass out to people we meet at are interested in our club.mark O Connor, Vice President in charge of tours, tells us: Friday September 20, 10AM: Lincoln Meadows Nursing Home car display. Call Harvey Bandy ( ) for more details. Saturday September 21: Chrome, Nickel, and Brass on e Grass. Just show up before 10am at Rio Linda. This fundraiser for e restoration of an original fire engine sounds like a lot of fun. Saturday October 12: Dave Eichner is planning a tour at will start in Ione at 9am and meander around Amador County for 60 miles. Mark your calendar is should be an outstanding tour. Saturday October 26: San Juan High School Centennial Car Show. We are invited to participate. Contact Harvey if you want to bring your car; 6 or 8 members already have signed up. Sunshine lady Pat Ehlers tells us at she sent cards to Jean Lanham, Barb O Connor, Sherry Silva and Jim Blodgett. Bands editor Harvey asks anyone who knows of cars for sale to send e info to him for publication in e Bands. He also asks for material to publish, especially good pictures. John Saylor chimed in to say at he needs ose good photos, too, to post on our web and Facebook pages. Send or ose gems to Harvey and John. Rich announced at e Board of Directors has been revived. They have already had an organizing meeting and will be updating e 1987 club bylaws at eir next meeting. All members are welcome to attend: October 15, 1pm at Rich s house. Milt Webb gave a short presentation about making your T more reliable. Since it is hard to keep e original generator running well, Milt showed e Becker alternator replacement. It is simple to install. Mr. Becker has taken his final drive, but his boys are continuing e business. Milt also showed and extolled e virtues of e split aluminum crankshaft pulley. Rich has a line on a 1926 Coupe for sale. Jerry Compton tells us at Doug, long time clerk at Vintage Ford, has retired. An Awful Waffle is planned for Saturday November 16 to examine e Ruckstell axle. The October club meeting is at e CAM Thursday, October 17 at 6 pm. Barb and Sherry are in charge of e food. Meeting adjourned 8:05 pm. Incredible homemade chocolate ice cream and toffeechocolate bars were furnished by Pat and Leroy Ehlers Michele and Wendel Waltz 3

4 THIS IS AN ADVANCED NOTICE... ACCEPTED AFTER OFFICIAL RESERVATIONS WILL ONLY BE MTFCA PUBLICATION Reprint from e Model T Ford Club of San Diego The Ruckstell Review 4

2013 TOURS nd Feb 2 CAM Free Museum Day rd Mar 23 Awful Waffle 9:00am Apr 6 Shake Down Cruise Apr 27 Shenandoah Valley M ay 10 Farm & Tractor Days M ay 27 Nor Highlands Parade June 14 Crosswood Oaks

5 2013 TOURS nd Feb 2 CAM Free Museum Day rd Mar 23 Awful Waffle 9:00am Apr 6 Shake Down Cruise Apr 27 Shenandoah Valley M ay 10 Farm & Tractor Days M ay 27 Nor Highlands Parade June 14 Crosswood Oaks nd June 22 San Juan HS Parade July 16 California State Fair rd Aug 3 CAM Car Cruise st Sept 21 Chrom e Nickel & Brass Oct Oct 26 San Juan H.S. Centennial Car Show 12 The Dave Eichner Special Nov 20 Dec 14 Auction Fund Raiser Christmas Party Mark Your Calendar SVMTC MEETING WED SEPT 25 7:30pm Lions Club The Following have signed up or e upcoming San Juan H.S. Centennial Tour Saturday, Oct 26. Allen Koch Mark & Barbara O Connor Rich & Sherry Silva Jerry Compton Bud & Jean Lanham John Saylor Milt Webb Harvey & Kate Bandy Assemble in front of Sears Sunrise Mall 9:30am and depart to San Juan H.S. at 9:45am Questions? Call Harvey or Kate Bandy

POST-EPILOGUE Regrettably, I did not get e last five days of my trip in. It went from August 26 to e real end...my mistake. People will find it quite enjoyable as I encounter a disabled 1927 Franklin.

6 POST-EPILOGUE Regrettably, I did not get e last five days of my trip in. It went from August 26 to e real end...my mistake. People will find it quite enjoyable as I encounter a disabled 1927 Franklin. Attached are e final five days of e trip...very dramatic and colorful. ALL THE SMILES I VE SEEN The story of my epic journey in Beatrice e Model T Wednesday August 27, Out of Minden, we took Hwy 88 to Woodfords, a scenic route at Steve chose for us. At some point we drove into e middle of nowhere and took a big hike. When we got on e road, we saw e hugest boat some kind of yacht, on a giant semi wi several CHPs parked around it en, when we stopped at Hope Valley Resort for a nice sandwich, we saw e truck creeping terribly slowly by and came to a stop right in front of where we were Steve went and talked to e truck driver and found out at because of e size of e craft, which was nearly e entire wid of e highway, ey would only let him travel at 5 mph, and his truck was overheating. It was a big boat. Steve took us a nice little hike to a creek he knew of to eat our lunch. Then we got back on 88 we were driving along and saw someing odd on e side of e road ahead an antique car of some kind, we were amazed to find ourselves come upon a 1931 Franklin 4dr Sedan stranded due to vapor lock! They were just driving from Carson City to Sou Lake Tahoe ey couldn t believe we had gone so far. Their problem occurred even ough ey have a vacuum tank AND an electric pump. Steve came to e rescue showing em e water trick and gave em several bottles of water to help em rough to Hwy 89 to go toward Sou Shore, we went to e market ere to buy groceries and, again when we were on 50, we saw e Franklin on e side of e road. Then came e final 6

big grade of our trip: e Echo Summit grade on e west side of Lake Tahoe, and I took e Old Meyers grade road several hairpin turns and grades at had us in low Ruckstell, low band creeping up at 10 mph!

7 big grade of our trip: e Echo Summit grade on e west side of Lake Tahoe, and I took e Old Meyers grade road several hairpin turns and grades at had us in low Ruckstell, low band creeping up at 10 mph! But, what a view on at narrow old road! Then it was a gentle descent about 15 miles to e Babaycos Sierra Pines cabin I had stayed almost two mons ago. A decent night s sleep in a familiar bed! Carl Lasagna Annual SVMTC auction is in November... Start preparing now! Gaer and set aside e most important ings in your life... Then bring everying else to e auction in November. This is suppose to be a fun event. So bring your wallet, your piggy bank, your check book and your pink slip. (no... not an under garment) This is e clubs only fund raiser and you can help make it just at!!! If you like to laugh, make up stories and pig out on gourmet breakfast cuisine, en is is for you. This will be e first post-touring season Model T clinic. The subject... The Ruckstell Axle. Do you have a Ruckstell? If e answer is yes... Then is clinic is for you! Considering converting to a Ruckstell Axle? If e answer is yes... Then is clinic is for you! MARK YOUR CALENDAR Hal s Auto Care Saturday Nov 16 9:00am Seen e ALLEN KOCH CAR? Word has is at his CAR is best Bugatti is side of e Rockies. Come check it out on our next SVMTC Tour. Thursday Oct 17 6:00pm SVMTC meeting at e CAM Arrive wi your appetite $$$ Dinner is Free $$$ 7

8 Guidelines For Planning A Tour 1. Pick a mon at you want for your tour and coordinate it wi e club Events chair person (usually e Vice President). This keeps conflicting dates to a minimum. Also check calendars for holidays and oer area car club activities to avoid. Get your date on e club event calendar so members can 'save e date'. If is is your first time planning, do not be afraid to ask a seasoned member for advice and help. 2. Pick your destination. This can be point of interest, festival, museum or just a beautiful drive. 3. Plan e route. Look at maps, use online mapping programs and what you might know about e area where you are going. Avoid busy highways as much as possible. Write a turn by turn set of directions. Include e address of e destination and your cell number in case someone gets lost or has car trouble. 4. Drive your route. Even ough you know e route, follow your instructions to make sure ey are correct. Make any changes as needed. Make notes of any road construction, detours and any public events near where you are going. Determine e timing between stops remembering Model T's drive much slower an modern vehicles. If ere are steep hills, factor is in. payment meod. 7. Publicize - Now at you have e plan, give tour details (What, When, Where, What time, etc.) to e newsletter editor, webmaster and announce at e membership meeting. It is also handy to pass around a signup sheet to get an idea of how many cars and people will be attending. 8. Tour Day - Tour leader should be one of e first to arrive at e starting point. Check off members from your signup sheet as ey arrive. Pass out e tour directions and have a drivers meeting to explain any details about e tour or last minute changes. As you leave remember to use e safe touring practices. Be mindful of regular traffic, pull over if ey begin to back up behind you. After a few turns, pull over at a safe spot to allow everyone to catch up and regroup. 9. Going Home - Make sure everyone knows what time to regroup for e return trip home. You should also provide directions. Find out if anyone is taking a different route home. Anoer option for e return trip - Plan a rest stop or ice cream break. It's always nice to stop for some refreshments on e way home on a warm summer day. 5. Rest Stop - Plan to have at least one rest stop wi restroom facilities especially on longer tours. This can be a point of interest, a park or just a place to stretch your legs. 6. Lunch Stop - If you are having a lunch stop on e tour, be sure to check wi e eatery. Let em know how many people to expect. Check to see if you can reserve a dedicated room for e group. Decide if attendees are to pay individually or if club funds are to be used for some or all and clear wi e club for auorization and also e treasurer for 10. These guidelines were written wi e intention of easing e pain and frustration at goes along wi planning an event. The tour should be just as enjoyable to e leaders as e participants. Hopefully more members will try eir hand in planning a tour for a day of fun driving eir old car. It's a great feeling to know e pleasure of knowing "I did it!" John Saylor 8

How I met my Model T Ford My fascination wi e T began in Port Chester, New York, where I grew up.

How I loved e sound of at ooga-ooga horn! I always wanted a ride. I never got one.

.. well, a few oer problems but I got my T! After mucho hours of Wendel Work, she s again frolicking down e road.

If you were tired of e valley heat. If you were tired of endless blue sky. If you were tired of dusty roads.

9 How I met my Model T Ford My fascination wi e T began in Port Chester, New York, where I grew up. The faer of an elementary school friend had a T at he would drive in school parades around e parking lot. How I loved e sound of at ooga-ooga horn! I always wanted a ride. I never got one. Forty-five-odd years later, is beauty from Kingman, Arizona, became ours. No seats, no top, radiator shot, bullet holes in e back... well, a few oer problems but I got my T! After mucho hours of Wendel Work, she s again frolicking down e road. Isn t she pretty gorgeous... The T looks good too! Wendel Waltz Chrome Nickel & Brass It was a success... It Rained! If you were tired of e valley heat. If you were tired of endless blue sky. If you were tired of dusty roads. If you were tired of crowded tours. Then is would be e Tour for you! Got an article? Submit to e editor and you ll get many anks Got a picture? Submit to e editor and you ll get many anks Got extra money? Submit to e editor and you ll get helically wound around an inclined plane. 9

AUG Volume 39 Number 8

AUG Volume 39 Number 8 Club Web Site > http://clubs.hemmings.com Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/sacvalleymodelt ND AUG 24 2012 Volume 39 Number 8 Editor: Harvey Bandy 9041 Vista Del Rio Fair Oaks, Ca 95628 Telephone: (916)966-4919