NEWSLETTER FOR THE REDWOOD EMPIRE MODEL T CLUB REMTC Meeting February 7th Valentines Day February 14th REMTC Ladies Only Tea & Vintage Clothing Exchange March 2nd. Watch the Website for Flash Tours www.rentc.org 1
Published Monthly by The Redwood Empire Model T Club (REMTC) P.O. Box 1058 Forestville, CA 95436 (An Official Non-Profit Chapter Of The Model T Ford Club Of America) VOLUME 23 NO.2 *ESTABLISHED 1990* February 2013 President...Steve Vining* Vice Pres...Judy Konvalinka Secretary...Cindy Vining Treasurer...Ted Shimkowski Tour Chairman...Andy Clary Newsletter Editors...Pete & Ginny Rich* Club Historian...Jean Nelson Sunshine Lady...Pam Johnson Membership...Bill Newlin* Librarian...Pete Rich Special Events...Vince Gregoire Webmaster...Steve Vining Hotline committee members are noted with * after their phone number Crissy Field Board Track February 1914 2
President s Message The first month of 2013 is behind us. That means the 2013 summer tour season is getting close. I spoke with Andy, our tour director, and he tells me we only have a few openings left so if you want to do a tour, please sign up. A BIG thanks to Steve and Jeannie Nelson for putting on our tour to the University of Arts auto musuem. Seeing the exquisitely restored cars was great. I doubt if any one of us will ever see six Duesenberg's at one time again. We have one more museum tour coming up the end of March. Details to follow later. This is all I have for this month. looking forward to seeing all of you on the 7th. Steve 3
REMTC General Meetings for 2013 The meeting place is Round Table Pizza on Marlow Road. 6:00 pm for dinner and 7:00 pm for meeting. We meet on the first Thursday of each month unless otherwise noted. REMTC Tours and Events for 2013 February March 2nd. Ladies Tea and Vintage Clothing Exchange (see flyer) March 23rd Safety Check March 30th Auto Collection in San Rafael. June Date TBA REMTC & Sonoma A s Friendship Tour REMTC hosts this year. June 8th Forestville Parade July Date TBA Welsh Family Tour August Tour hosted by Faraudo s and Newlins. September Open Great Overnight Tour month! Step Up! October Fall Color Tour October 26th Rich Family November/December TBA APRIL 11-13 Bakersfield, California. The 22nd annual Bakersfield Swap Meet, sponsored by the Kern County Model T Ford Club and the National HCCA. Car/motorcycle tours on Thursday, April 11. Swap Meet on April 12 & 13 for pre-wwii cars, parts, automobilia and clothes. For more information, contact Greg Rimmer, 2613 Beech Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301. Phone 661-325-2840. Watch the Website for Flash Tours www.rentc.org The San Diego Model T Club hosts The MTFCA Western National Tour for 2014 July 13 to 18, 2014 The San Diego Model T Club will host the Americas Finest City Tour. This tour has been designated as the MTFCA Western National tour for 2014. The tour will be centered in the city San Diego at the Four Points by Sheraton which can provide plenty of accommodation, including Model T s, tow vehicles and trailers. The tour will take the participants to the many sites that make San Diego quite unique. These will include the North county beaches, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, Mount Soledad, Point Loma, Mission Beach, Mission Trails, Coronado, the Coronado Bridge, a tour of the aircraft carrier Midway, the famed San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park and Old Town. Reserve the date now on your calendar. 4
President: Steve Vining called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Attendance: 36 members in attendance. All board members were present except Pete Rich and Vince Gregoire. Secretary s Report: Cindy Vining read the December minutes which were taken by Linda Mori. Treasurer s Report: Ted Shimkowski read the treasurer s report. The Christmas party expenses and the 2012 donation have been paid. Balance is at $3,382.64. Tour Report: Andy Clary reported there will be a March safety check again this year. It was also mentioned that Ron will help with the Welsh s Friendship Tour which will be held in June. Chris Rich will be helping with this. Other ideas: Pancake Breakfast and Ladies Tea. More to follow on these ideas. The overnighter is scheduled for September in the Fortuna area. More information to come at a later date. Librarian Report: Nothing to report as Pete is not in attendance. Redwood Empire Model T Club General Meeting,January 3rd, 2013 Meeting held at Round Table Pizza, Marlow Rd., S.R. Website: Steve Vining reported there is a link on the website under member s cars which has a slideshow he created of his car. Anyone else who would like to provide photos of their car and have a slideshow put on the website, he would be happy to help them with it. Old Business: Donation has been made. New Business: The idea of a photo calendar was discussed. Steve brought in a sample to show the club. Those who want a photo of their car to appear in the calendar can forward their photo to Steve or a selection of photos can be made with current photos already on file. It was suggested an amount of $250 be taken from the club account to use for creating the calendars. A show of hands approved this amount. A committee was selected in order to decide which photos to use. Committee is made up of Cindy Vining, Judy Konvalinka, Nanette Chuck and Jeanne Nelson. Once the calendar is made, then any club member can purchase the calendar if they choose. They are approximately $10.00 for a 12 month calendar. We will check into seeing if an 18-month calendar can be done. Sunshine Report: Pam indicated nothing to report at this time. Editor s Report: Ginny indicated the dessert list is done. Patty has been switched to July. A thank you letter was received from the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild for the $300 donation the club made. Linda Soloman read the letter to the club. Ginny also brought up about ideas of what to do with the Ford Vintage magazine that is received every month. Some ideas were donating to a high school auto shop or possibly a senior center. Meeting adjourned: 7:32 pm by Steve Vining. Thank you to Jeannine Clary for bringing the dessert. Respectfully Submitted by: Cindy Vining, Secretary Historian Report: Jeanne Nelson brought in photos of cars that were taken at Warm Springs Dam and was giving them out to those who had their cars picture taken. Special Events: January 19 th visit to San Francisco s Academy of Arts University Auto Museum Tour. Three vans have been reserved for carpooling. Each van can hold 7 passengers. Will meet at the Park & Ride in Rohnert Park (southbound side near Olive Garden) at 9:00 am. Cost is $16.00 per person for the van and $10.00 for the museum tour. Money to Ted by January 15. Lunch is in the works for after the tour.eve Vining brought up another possible special event he has been working on for some time. It is the Rafael Collector Museum in San Rafael. Possible date is Feb 16 or 23 rd. Steve to find out more and give details at next meeting. It will also be posted on the website as well as the newsletter.e Montgomery Village show is being booked again this year more to follow from Vince regarding date and details. 5
Lou & Pete Lizzie s Page February Birthday s Louis Colombano 17 Suzan Weese 19 George Merril 25 Brent Randolph 26 February Anniversaries Nelson, Steve & Jeanne 06 Fred & Muriel Temps 06 Randolph, Richard & Betsy 09 Welsh, Warren & Phyllis 13 O Halloran, Pat & Sandy 14 Jones, Bob & Jayne 14 Konvalinka, Joe & Leslie 14 Graves, Herb & Diane 17 Gregoire, Vince & Joan 19 Happy Birthday to Lou Colombano Both Lou and his beautiful 1915Runabout Model T Ford are both 98 years old this year Spring is just around the corner. Time for a new hat. At $2.95 each, you coud buy several! Monthly List for Desserts Dessert should be enough for 40 and bring paper plates and plastic folks. If you can t make the meeting, switch for another date or call a substitute. February Linda Mori March Pam Johnson April Cindy Vining May Chris Rich June Robin Summerfield July Patty Girman August Dianna Shimkowski September Fernie Newlin October Ginny Rich November Gwen Brown December Judy Konvalinka 6
Redwood Empire Model T Club Ladies only Tea & Fashion Exchange When: Saturday March 2 nd Time: 12:00 3:00 Where: Faraudo s Victorian Tea House 3281 Fulton Rd. Fulton, CA Hosts: Jeannine Clary 526-7692 Fran Faraudo and Nanette Chuck Vintage attire if possible. Please R.S.V.P. favorably by February 20th Enjoy specialty teas with traditional English luncheon flair Bring your Vintage or like clothing, and accessories that you wish to trade or sell. This is a vintage fashion opportunity Gentlemen s Gathering Our Gentleman drivers will be gathering by the Faraudo s Ravioli Room before venturing off to their luncheon destination. Model T s if weather permitting. R.S.V.P to Andy Clary 526-7692 7
Dudley Stone wins award at the Chico Car Show One of our charter members, Dudley Stone, who now lives in Chico, sent this picture with the back story of the beautiful 1912 Model T Ford. He acquired it before he left Sebastopol Eye Center to go into private practice in Chico. Dudley states that the T is an early 1912, motor # 112679. The split dash is late 1911 style the way it was done then. Ford kept the split dash design of 1911 going into the early 1912 cars. Dudley bought the car in Turlock in 1989 from Henry Rootlieb Sr., the founder of the Rootlieb business. He restored it himself and used it to build his business. The car was first registered in 1985. That is all the history that Dudley has except to mention that it used to be on the cover of Rootleib s early catalogues. It is restored to original (with Rootleib sheet metal and wood work), small drum rear brakes with metal pads, no Rocky Mountains, no Ruckstell, original style coils, no distributor, aluminum hogs head, clam shell rear end, etc. It runs fine, it had to run for the car show. Dudley states it wouldn t do well in traffic...so it spends most of it s time in storage. He has a container full of cars. Ed s note: Dudley has a great looking speedster that he meets us on tours with, as his time allows. Sure wish he would trailer that 1912 down for a local tour. I bet it would do just fine on tour. Trust your 1912, Dudley! We would love to see it! 8
Art Academy and Auto Museum Forty members arrived at the Park & Ride in Rohnert Park on a cold morning. Chris provided coffee and donuts to warm us while we waited for our ride to San Francisco. There was a school bus parked to the side of the lot and we soon realized that was our ride, Chauffeur included. Trying to fit some of our long-legged gentleman into a school bus seat was no easy chore. The ride to Van Ness Ave. in the city went pretty quickly. Most of us had seen the beautiful display of classic cars in the window but had never been inside. We waited a bit for the doors to open and we had the company of a couple of other car clubs. Once inside, we had the pleasure of getting up close to the cars and they even opened a few hoods. The cars are rotated in and out to keep the display fresh as there are over 88 automobiles. We stayed about 2 hours and learned facts, from the docents, about individual cars. The Damlier Town Car above weighs 9,000 lbs and is the only car they service on site because the access elevator for the cars only holds 10K. Too close to call for the limousine of a King! The Duesy s were the favorite of the guys but the gals voted for the Willys Knight at the right. You can t see the doors but they were striped with yellow plaid striping. When we gathered to go, the yellow school bus was waiting right in front to takes us home. The driver was amazing to wind his way through the city and get us back to the Park & Ride where we had reservations for a hearty lunch at Red Lobster. Thanks to Chris for the donuts and arranging the bus and lunch reservations. Thanks to Jeanne & Steve Nelson for arranging the museum tour. 9
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