O CT 2 0 1 2 YOUR CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Mark Strango 699-3878 THE ROUTE 66 CAR CLUB IS A QUALIFIED 501(c)(3) CHARITY MEETINGS Planning & Executive Board Meetings - Wednesday November 7th 7PM, McCoy Motors Meeting Room, Switzer Canyon Road General Membership - Wednesday November 14th 7PM, Sizzler Restaurant - East Route 66 VICE PRESIDENT John Fajardo 451-1204 TREASURER Kathy Strango 607-9115 SECRETARY Alana Velez 774-7401 MEMBERSHIP Joyce Merritt 527-3393 NEWSLETTER AND WEB SITE EDITOR David Schaubert 214-0289 CRUISE DIRECTOR TBD HISTORIAN Sean Evans 526-9073 CAR SHOW COORD John Fajardo 451-1204 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mike Ebersole 774-4440 Maggie Bortree 779-0898 Steve Hurt 213-5777 David Johnston 526-5518 Pat Wiebe 779-2236 Check out our Web-Site for the latest club news and event updates www.route66carclub.com LADIES LUNCH MEMBERSHIP CLUB EVENTS UPCOMING SHOWS CHECK IT OUT FRIDAY NIGHTS Friday December 14th - Noon - Little America - $10 Gift Exchange No luncheon in November 78 Memberships Freddie s Cruise In - Flagstaff - Freddy s Custard - Saturday October 20th Multiclub event 4-6:30 PM. Get there early to get a good spot. Yer last chance for the year! Horsman s Lodge Dinner Run - Flagstaff - Saturday November 10th Bring a big appetite for a big dinner at the quintessential Flagstaff Steak House. Meet at 5;30PM Club Christmas Party - Flagstaff - Sunday December 2nd By popular demand this year we re back at Coco s Bakery Restaurant. In addition to the party this is our December general membership meeting. Starts at 5:00PM. Be late and be hungry! The Club Social Event Calendar on Page 2 Northern AZ Show Season is Complete. Club event calendar on Page 2 Galaxy Diner - Cars and members gather around 5-5:30 PM. Management reserves a couple of tables for us every Friday night. It s a great opportunity to have a malt, some fries, and hang out with fellow club members - and of course, talk cars.
2012 CLUB EVENT SCHEDULE DATE DAY EVENT MEET GOING TO Oct 20 Sa Freddie s Cruise-In 4-6:30pm Flagstaff Nov 10 Sa Horseman s Lodge 5:30pm Flagstaff Dec 2 Su Christmas Party - Coco s 5pm Flagstaff Dec 8 Sa Northern Lights Parade TBA Flagstaff Galaxy Diner every Friday starting at 5PM weather permitting Elections for 2013 Club Officers will be held at the November General Membership Meeting. If you want to get on the ballot, contact Mark Strango ASAP! The 2012 Route 66 Car Show Charitable Donations Distribution was voted on by the membership at the October General Membership Meeting. The following distribution was decided: $ 500 NAU ROTC $ 1,001 Humane Society (50/50 Drawing) $ 2,500 Flagstaff Family Food Center $ 2,500 Flagstaff Shelter Services $ 2,500 Northland Hospice $ 2,500 Northern Arizona Food Bank $ 2,500 Poore Medical Clinic $ 2,500 St Mary s Food Bank $ 2,500 Summit Fire Department $ 2,500 Sunshine Rescue Mission $21,501 Total Cheques will be presented at the November General Membership Meeting A special thanks to Mandi Schaubert for helping with the reproduction and mailing of the Courier. October Birthdays Mark Strango 5 Judy Burmeister 9 Deb Brendel 18 Nicole Christian 20 Jerry Obrzut 22 Jim Merritt 24 October Anniversaries Vince & Beth Sommers 9 Kevin & Lisa Loughran 10 Steve & Sandy Hurt 11 Jeff & Kathy Bryan 15 Joe & Deb Brendel 29 If you aren t listed here when you should be, it can be because 1) your birthday &/or anniversary aren t included in the membership database, or 2) I missed it while sorting through the membership excel spreadsheet. Send corrections & omissions to Rt66News@6t6kix.com November Birthdays Herb Santa Maria 1 Vern Pfannenstiel 2 John Ball 3 Chris Ross 5 Melody Beaver 8 Alana Velez 10 Lee Riddell 12 Kim Johnston 13 Marilyn Julian 19 Pam Ebersole 21 Don Johnson 25 Steve Hurt 28 Susan Miller 29 Jerry McGlothin 30 John Wiedenheft 30 November Anniversaries Mark & Kathy Strango 23 Seeking Contributions If you have anything you d like to contribute to the Route 66 Courier, please forward it to Dave Schaubert. If you attend an automobile related event or car show/ display (particularly if you take some pictures and for sure if you win, place, or show), other members would enjoy hearing about it. RT66NEWS@ 6T6KIX.COM
OUR 2012 SPONSORS without their help we wouldn t have a show City of Flagstaff Findlay Auto Group Terry Marxen Pepsi Leading Edge Auto Paint Peabody Investments Corp. Peace Surplus, Inc. Snap On Tools 4R Holdings All Awards Babbitt Ford Baskin Robbins Big O Tires Burger King Cinder Hills Boarding Kennel Coco s Bakery Restaurant Courtyard by Marriott Express Yourself Signs, LLC Flagstaff Auto & Metal Recyclers Galaxy Diner Granny s Closet Heath s Automotive Service Interiors Plus La Fonda Restaurant McCoy Motors Mountain High Plumbing Muffler Magic Napa Auto Parts Niles Radio Oxendale Kia Radisson Woodlands Hotel Stage Left Deli Transmission Man Win Oil Co. GOT SHIRTS? Route 66 Car Club General Meeting Minutes October 10th, 2012 1) Membership--78 members (two new ones since our Car Show) 2) Silent Auction--All items sold at the meeting that were left from the Silent Auction at the Car Show. 3) $19,000 to donate--8 charities were voted on to donate $2500 each. Family Food Center, Flagstaff Shelter Services, No. Hospice, No. Az Food Bank, Poor Med Clinic, St Mary s Food Bank, Summitt Fire Dept. and Sunshine Rescue Mission. 4) ROTC-- $500 was voted on to give them. 5) The Humane Society was not able to come to pick up their check from the 50/50 for $1001 6) Ladies luncheon to be Tues Oct 16 at the Wildflower on Butler Ave. 7) There will be no Ladies Luncheon in Nov due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Dec Ladies Luncheon will be Friday Dec 14th at Little America. 5 Birthdays will be celebrated---pam Ebersole, Alana Velez (Nov Birthday s) --Jackie Clark, Sue O and Jan s (Dec Birthdays) Because there are so many Birthday s to celebrate please do not bring cards. Instead, we will have a $10 gift exchange. Little America is beautiful around Christmas Ttme so please try to come if you can and we can all celebrate the Holiday s together. Alana will bring flyers to the Christmas Party with a reminder. 8) The Christmas Party will be held on Sunday Dec 2nd at Coco s 5:00 9) A sheet was passed around for signing up for the 3 events that are coming up--horseman s Lodge Nov 10th, Christmas Party at Coco s Dec 2nd and No. Lights Parade Dec 8th. 10) Elections for next Month were discussed. Mark asked if anyone would like to run for various positions to please let him know. Possible 3-5 on a committee for Cruise s and Steve and John to do the web and newsletter. 11) Sean Evans spoke about Williams City Council giving an O.K. for a M. Shop in Williams 12) Ted Stringer brought up that Mike and Marva Hernandez will be moving into town from Mountainaire and any help would be appreciated (This was brought to our attention from Ted not Mike Hernandez) Please call Ted if you can help. 13) Was brought up that NAU would like convertibles for Oct 20th for the parade for their dignataries. They would like 16 cars. Sincerely, Alana Velez, secretary Your One-Stop Shop for Official Route 66 Club Duds Polo Shirts T-Shirts Black Satin Jacket Black Letterman s Jacket To order, call or visit Flag Tee Factory at 16 S. Mike s Pike 226-9800
Ossenfort Road Trip by John Ossenfort (Photos by Author) Here are some photos to show why I couldn t make the car show. We took our 1941 Cadillac on an 1100-mile road trip around Oregon, starting in Portland and passing through Hood River, Bend, Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, then over to and along the coast and up to McMinnville and Portland. On the way we visited the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood, Crater Lake, the Rogue River, the redwoods, wine country, and, oh yes, some great automobile and aircraft museums and collections. We were accompanied by 45 other classic cars, ranging in age from 1928 to 1947 Bear Another line-up of cars in wine country at Carlton, OR. These show the variety of cars on the trip: a 1935 Packard Limousine, a 1946 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet, a 1947 Cadillac 62 Convertible Coupe, and a 1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Convertible Sedan
A few of the cars at our first hotel in Portland. My Cadillac is 3rd from the left. Memory Lane Motors in Portland is actually a dealer he has about 20 older cars from the 30 s to the 60 s available at fairly reasonable prices. Ron Tonkin is a big car dealer in Portland and the northwest. He sells a number of brands, but collects mostly exotics, supercars and rare variants. Some of these cars had less than 100 miles on the odometer. This is about 1/3 of the collection. Our final dinner was held in the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, OR a must-see if you re ever in that part of the country. Howard Hughes giant transport plane, commonly referred to as the Spruce Goose, which only flew once for a mile, dominates the museum. That s a full-size F-86 under the wing!
This is a private collection outside Portland. He has about 20 cars, mostly from the 20 s to 40 s, and leaning toward Fords. He does his own restoration. The Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum is located in Hood River, OR. There are 3 large hangers full of classic cars of all kinds from the 20 s through the 50 s, with airplanes from the same period. This is a portion of the main car collection. This was a fly-in weekend. All the planes here actually flew in to the Museum that week. There were about 2 dozen aircraft, none later than the 50 s, that did the same. Several vintage planes left while we were there. We dipped into California to see the redwoods at Jedediah Smith State Park. That s my Cadillac on the left
Mount Hood was always in view the first few days, and we had lunch at Timberline Lodge, halfway up the mountain, on the third day quite a climb for these old cars. Cottage Place chef Frank Branham trained there, and the hotel was used for the exterior scenes in The Shining. This 1931 Peerless came from Ontario, Canada, and ran the whole trip with no problems. Oregon has non-ethanol gas available, usually one or two pumps in each town of moderate size. They were obviously popular with these drivers, since the usual 10% ethanol tends to cause vapor lock in older cars, among other problems. I m filling my Cadillac in the front of the line, with a 1932 Cadillac V-16 Phaeton and a 1930 Packard Touring behind me.
Bearizona Outing pics by Sallie Page