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Club Meetings
Club Meeting 5 PM at
Gardner Westcott
April 28
May 26
June 30
1st Summer Meeting
At Phil and Ann Reillys
Please RSVP
Club Meetings are at 5 PM
Board Meetings are held at
7 PM the prior Monday to
the Club Meeting
(Except in the Summer)
www.motorstatestreetrods.org
Presidents ReportBy Bob Nash
Welcome to March/April. Breakout months: longer days, more sun, warmer temps, swap meets,
snowbirds coming home, getting the cruiser ready. The Motor State calendar is filling up fast, so keep an
eye on that for endless things to do. An interesting cruise is being set up by Ken Callison (IDIDIT). It will
take you from Michigan to California with stops in between. Happening in August 2014. Sounds like fun,
contact Ken if interested.
Also time to think about your NSRA safety inspection. We have a new state inspector with Roy andMarge Drumm taking over from Dick and Kathy Confer. Dick retired at the end of 2012 with Michigan
again coming in number one in the nation. Thanks to the Confers for 25 years of inspecting. Hes not
done yet, just taking a different role.
Keep an eye out for some new iron showing up this spring and summer. I hear of 4 or 5 new pieces
seeing the light of day soon.
The two tier membership fee (for a paper copy of the newsletter) has been well received with more than
half of members singing up. Its a sign of the times, even my pension and social security are headed that
way. Speaking of the newsletter do you know someone that would be interested in advertising space in
a premium publication? See Rich if you do!
See You On The Street
Inside thisEdition
Transformation 2
Rodder of the Year 2
Pictures 2
Christmas Party 3
Cruisin Plans 4
Does Bob Like it 4
Future of Hot Roddin 5
Garage Crawls 6
Milliken
Auburn IN
Lingenfelter
IDIDIT Seminars 8
MSSR News Briefs 8
Autorama 9
Fun in the Sun 11
LA Roadster Show 13MI License Plates 13
New Old Custom 13
Swap Meet 14
Birthdays 14
Anniversarys 14
Ramblings 15
Coming Events 15
Officers 16
Featured Ride 16
Events 17
Sponsors 18
Card Corner
Get Well, Sympathy and Thank You Cards have been sent to the following:
Sympathy sent to:
Pat & Sharon Ambroziak for the loss of Sharon's mother, Genevieve Szczepanski
Tom & Joann Mann for the loss of Tom's brother Jim
Edye Parry & Family for the loss of her husband, Bill, old time MSSR member
Please, either call me (517) 223-4882 or email at [email protected] if you know of someone we
need to send a card to.
April June 2013
MSSR News Briefs
Congratulations in Order
Number One Again Yes, Michigan is #1 in the
county for the NSRA Safety Team inspecting more
cars, writing more safety articles and presentations
than any other state. Second was Florida and third
was Minnesota.
Going to Louisville in 2013
A contingent of MSSR Members will be attending
the Big Show at Louisville this year. The NSRA
nationals is on the must do list so if interested
contact any board member for details and we hope
to see you there.
www.motorstatestreetrods.org
For those of you that do not look too often at our
web site, just a reminder that the calendar of event
current newsletter, and event pictures are available
there. Check it out.
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Transformation
As is the tradition of Motor State, the
Rodder of the Year for 2012 was
announced at our annual Christmas Party.Per the tradition, last years Rodder(s) of
the year picked this years and as is the
tradition, no rules are used in the pick.
The 2011 Rodders of the Year, JoAnn
Nash, Karen Plopan and Shirley Miller
selected a very deserving couple for the
2013 winners based on their willingness to
volunteer for any project or need of Motor
State Street Rods. They also have hosted
one of the Summer Meetings for several
years now at their wonderful home in the
Pickney area. Yes, great choice ladies for
picking Ann and Phil Reilly as this years
winner of Rodder of the Year. And thank
you Anne and Phil for what you do forMotor State.
What do you do when you got an extra hot rod and want to get rid of it for more
garage space. Well put it up of sale at a fair and reasonable price would be
the number one answer. Still cant sell it and it is a sound vehicle, well most
would drop the price but not John Schumont who by most standards is the
Motor States most prolific builder and fast too. He just decided that if it would
not sell at his price he just would redo the truck into something that was a little
different. A little different is an understatement considering that every inch of
the truck was touched in the transformation. The frame was extended as well
as the entire front end changed, fenders were added, the truck bed was
lengthened, the grill was changed, Camero bumpers were added after a
complete change in their look and then the hood was cut in over 60 places and
reconfigured. John who is known for putting slots in the metal ended up with
over 900 in this vehicle. And lord behold, John actually put some shinny white
paint on the truck but kept a flat yellow just to let us know he still likes that look.
One of the most amazing parts is all of this was done while John was still
recovering from a hip replacement. Claudia tried to keep him slowed down but
John does not know the meaning of low and slow except in the vehicles he
builds. Congratulations on this great truck John, another winner out of your
shop. See you and Claudia rolling down the road this summer with smiles to
the miles.
Before
And the A ter
And the Motor State Crew is not done yet, out in the village of Fowlerville
comes another transformation truck from the garage of Art Socher. Art did a
really nice job on the two tone paint change from the flat back that his truck
had on it and if that was not enough, check out the truck bed the next time you
are around this nice vehicle. Art is a high quality woodworker as seen in some
of the items he has done for the club but he outdone himself with the bed in
this vehicle, no stainless rub rails at all, it has real two tone wood back there
too. Art surprised us all with this one, we did not expect this one to be redone
especially since Art reacquired his Plymouth Convertible this past year and has
proudly drove it to the Hines Park Cruise. The two tone paint really sets this
truck off and makes it a show piece. We now have two recently redone trucks
in the club with one more in the works at the Nash household.
Before
And the A ter
Rodder of the Year 2012 Phil and Ann Reilly Great Pictures on
HotRodHotLine
If you ever get bored and want to relieve
some of the car events you attended in
the Detroit Metro Area, just log onto thelink below where our own Bob Steinhaus
places a ton of pictures that he takes at
most Motor State Events and other
interesting cruise nights and shows.
Bob has been doing this for quite some
time for HotRodHotLine a great web site
that hosts cars for sale, photos of
events, and some great how to articles,
Check out the site and Bobs great
pictures
http://www.hotrodhotline.com/content/bo
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MSSR Christmas PartyBy Jim Stocke
Winter Garage Crawls
ANOTHER MSSR CHRISTMAS PARTY
HAS COME AND GONE
SOB, SNIFF, SNIFF
The distant lights are dim from so far away
but, ah, they brighten nicely as we motor our
machines through the December darknesstoward the one, the only, DeLucas that
fabulous eating place which is host to the
one, the only, MOTOR STATE STREET
RODDERS YEA!!! Bring on Christmas,
bring on the friends, but most important,
bring on the food. Gorf, gorf, gorf.
And so it was on this rainy evening that our
much anticipated Christmas party came to
fruition. Enter our private room duh well
almost private if you ignored the diners on
the other side of the short wall. Enter to be
greeted by the din of conversation coming
from the 48 folks who attended. Talk, talk,
talk.
Everyone please sit down so we can start
the festivities, okay? sez big bad Bob, our
illustrious leader. So sit down we do.
And now, the Rodder of the Year
announcement is upon us. Karen, JoAnn
and Shirley, please, front and center and
reveal your ultimate decision.
Up pop Karen, Joann and Shirley to
announce, with baited breath, the lucky,
deserving winner of this coveted award.
And the winner is(pregnant pause
here) is..ummmmm.Phil and Ann
Reilly.Applause, hoots, hollers, handsclapping,seven swans a singing,stomping feet, waving arms. Kudos,
accolades and congratulations to Phil and
Ann, a deserving choice. All of us delight
in those great summer parties they host.
How cool is their home, boat, lake and
pork loins.
Okay, okay, enough early festivities. Lets
get down to business and eat. Hey, who
has the broasted chicken, Jim cries. Oh,
oh, half the crowd speaks up. Hey, that
broasted stuff is popular. How about the
New York Strip or the Prime Rib, or the
regular chicken or the great pasta dish.
Dont forget those cheesy mashed
potatoes and wonderful green beans that
my mother used to force me to eat. And
remember the pre dinner salad
accompanied by some warm soft bread
rolls. Ah, and whats for dessert? Oh, what
else from an Italian restaurant, Spumoni of
course.
All the while we gab, gum flap, talk,
converse, commiserate, bullshit and enjoy
each others company. Maybe there
should be a revision to our finest skill
which is eating to another skill: supremely
enjoying our great friends, members of the
legendary Motor State Street Rods.
But wait! Theres more! Dennis (not the
Menace) is in charge of an auction. What?
Auction? Oh boy the men cry out. There
are five, 15 pound cans of miscellaneous
chrome and stainless nuts, bolts and
washers along with some stainless
enginebolt sets and a very cool displayplaque of various logos embossed on bo
heads.
Okay guys, start the bidding at twenty
dollars. Do I hear 25.., 30.. Oh yeah,
cool, 40. Do I hear more? Hey Don,
thanks for the $45 dollar bid and its
yours.
And so it goes for four more: one by Dave
Sabin, one more for Don and one for Jim
Bob gets the display and Dave bids again
and gets all four engine bolt sets in one
fell swoop. After the broo-ha-ha of the
auctions settles, we find our charity fund
$251 richer. A very nice sum. Now we
can exercise our charity fund and do
some good in the world.
Okay, if an auction is not enough, howabout a raffle? Joanne gets up; draws
several names to take home the vases o
each of the tables. By the way, Karen and
Joanne once again did the table stuff
including the vases and those cute, little
clear plastic boxes of M & Ms at each
place setting. Thanks to Karen for the
table decorations and gifts as well as
Joanne again. And thanks to Rich for
once again setting up DeLucas for our
fabulous, fantastic and fun annual
Christmas Party. It is all now a memory.
Sob, sniff, sniff.
I will take responsibility for this article,Jim Stocke
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MSSR Cruisin Plans for 2013
2013 looks to be another great year for
cruisin with Motor State Street Rods. Several
events are planned for this year so we hope
all of you can participate in some of these fun
times.
IN APRIL
As soon as winter removes its grip on
Michigan the cars will begin rolling out of the
garages and be prepared for another great
season. On April 27 and 28, some of the
members will migrate to Willington Ohio for
the first of four Ohio Mile Runs put on by the
ECTA timing association. Not something that
is exactly a spectator event is made fun by
the presence of at least two of our members
trying to run in the 200 mph range.
IN MAY
On the first weekend of May, some will head
south for the NSRA Southern Nats in
Knoxville TN so hopefully, the weather will be
good for the trip and show
IN JUNE
On June 8th, all MSSR Members will get a
chance to pay back to Gardner Westcott for
all they do for us by attending the Salem
Michigan Flag Day and participate in the
parade and show plus share some ice cream
with the group. Also on June 8th
and 9th
is
the second Ohio Mile for the speed demons.
Later in the month will be the Downriver
Cruise and hopefully all the construction that
put a damper on this event last year will no
longer exist and the traffic will be back to a
nice flow. And last but not least will be the
first MSSR Summer Meeting which are a do
not miss fun time with great food and great
company.
IN JULY
On the 6th and 7th will be the third Ohio Mile
followed by the Goodguys Nationals in
Columbus Ohio on the 12th
through the 14th.
Last year the heat was an major issue at this
event so we are hoping for a nice summer
time weekend. Another Ohio event will be
the Blue Suede Cruise in Norwalk Ohio
on the 19th
through the 21st. Then it is
back to Michigan for the Telegraph
Cruise and the second MSSR Summer
Meeting.
IN AUGUST
We start this month off with a trip back
south to the BIG SHOW, the NSRA
Nationals in Louisville, KY. A group has
already committed to this event but
there is room for more if you want toattend. There you can see up to 10,000
cars and a multitude of vendors. Next
up will be either the Woodward Dream
Cruise or Back to the Bricks depending
on your preference so we will see you at
one of these events. Last rounding out
the month, will be the last summer
meeting at the Hines Park Cruise. All
that attended last years cruise had a
great time so plan on attending in 2013.
One change will be the entry area which
will be at the Merriman Road entry
where you will be required to go right tothe Nankin Mills turnaround area to
head to our location east of Merriman.
IN SEPTEMBER
First up will be the Frankenmuth
Autofest where in most cases the crew
will be there on Friday enjoying the
show. Then on to Kalamazoo for the
NSRA Northern Nationals which has
turned out to be a popular event for the
members so plan on this one, it comes
with a guarantee of fun with cars, family
and friends.
IN OCTOBER
We are not done till we go to the IDIDIT
Open House early in October, Last year
was cold but that did not stop a great
turnout and a fun day for all.
Lets See if Bob Likes It
before that first cruise
Probably the most important thing you will
do this year is have your car safety
inspected. MSSR members are fortunate
to have our very own Club President Bob
Nash, be a NSRA Safety Inspector. We
cannot express loud enough that each andevery car needs a complete Safety
Inspection before you head on down the
road and if like me at a somewhat high rat
of speed. And if you say, my car will not
pass because it has no windshield wipers
so why bother, well you are the one kiddin
yourself because yes, it will not pass the
NSRA test but it may not also pass
because you have not looked at a rag join
on the steering lately and got use to the
slop that could eventually kill you but with
an inspection, it will be pointed out to you
for immediate correction before you die in
an accident and if traveling with me, I hate
picking up after you so for my sake get it
inspected.
Step one before you give it to Bob is to do
a quick look yourself to the NSRA
inspection requirements.
Required Equipment
1. Horn, Electric Only2. Speed Indicator, Speedometer
calibrated tachometer at 65 mph
3. Rear View Mirror, One inside oroutside on drivers side of vehicle
4. Glass, Must be safety plate, lexoor tempered glass
5. Lighting, Hi-Beam, low-beam,tail, brake, license
6. Windshield Wiper, Electric orvacuum operated
7. Automatic TransmissionLockout, Neutral and or park staonly
8. Tires, 3/32 tread acceptable,Must meet DOT specifications
9. Steering, No excessive play (2radius max.) or binding; system
must be safely mounted10. Throttle Linkage, Must not trave
past center11. Fuel System, Check Vent on
Trunk and Interior MountedTanks, no clear plastic linesallowed, no leaks
12. Exhaust System, No Leaks, Mupass rear edge of front door andexit exhaust away from vehicle
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The Future of Hot RoddingBy Rich Pickens
Could this be the future of Hot Rodding,
well it looks like a Hot Rod, got a lot of
hand made parts like a Hot Rod, but wait a
minute, it sure does not sound like a Hot
Rod. If our government has anything to dowith it, then all of us hard core rodders will
have to start thinking green and this sure is
green. An all electric hot rod, yep, electric.
Several months ago back in 2012, Al
Piggott got involved with Macomb
Community College as an advisor on a
neat project that the students were
undertaking and the project involved
creating an electric vehicle from scratch.
So why not have some fun and do one that
could go to cruise nights and car shows
and deliver the message of batterypowered vehicles while still being cool.
Now they should of known better because
Al is a poster child for things different and
he has friends that are also out of the mold
that they forgot to break when Al was
conceived many years ago..
One of the other persons on the left of
different is David Nedock who like Al is
known for going real fast in a fuel funny car
for many years but has of lately devoted his
time to NEHR Speedcraft in Southfield that
creates a Hot Rod in a Box for customers.Dave took on the challenge of creating the
body and rolling components for the car
and went a little crazy in terms of
craftsmanship creating a truly beautiful
work of art. Just take a gander at these
photos to see some of the work coming out
of his shop.
And if you are not sure about driving a
electric, remember, Mr. Piggott is involved
and he likes thing fast so just wait till you
see and not hear this thing rolling by, you
may turn green.
Seen but not heard, not exactly your typica
hot rods but remember, there are no rules i
Hot Rodding.
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13. Self aligning Rod endBearings, Check for fractures,insert sloppiness or binding
14. Shock Absorbers, one perwheel, no leaks, 2 travel ineach direction
15. Brakes, Four wheel brakes, no
leaks, check brake pedal travel,no copper tubing, check lengthof flexible lines
16. Scrub Line, No steering,suspension or chassiscomponents should be belowthis line.
Recommended Equipment
May be Reason for Failure
17. Windshield, Should be AS-118. Shift Pattern, Shift pattern
should be visible except onthree speed standard column
shift19. Fuel Lines, should be safely
mounted and routed20. Parking Brake, should be
activated independent ofvehicles hydraulic system
21. Self aligning Rod EndBearings, Ball should have 1/8inch spacer on each side of theball if there is any misalignment.Rod ends should not have morethan 10 misalignment. Rodends and 4 bar parallel radiusrod systems rubber bushedends should have a safety
washer at least the sameoutside diameter as the housingor larger.
22. Brake Lines, should be safelymounted and routed
23. Chassis Fasteners, selflocking washers, safety wire orcotter pins
For Your Safety
Safety Equipment You Should Have
1. Fire Extinguisher indriver/passenger compartment
2. Seat Belts
3. A Third Brake Light4. Dual Master cylinder
Now, go see Bob, he has been doingthis for some time and will look at allthese items plus a general look at thecar.
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Motor State Winter Garage Crawls
A large contingent of Motor State Street
Rod members showed up for the first
garage crawl of the winter on Saturday
January 5th
at the Miliken warehouse in
Ypsilanti Michigan where the world famous
Stocke Mobile is housed for its winter rest.
The One and Only Stocke Mobile
Once a month the garage is open to the
public serving donuts and coffee and
allowing for a nice roaming in the confines
of this well heated facility where you can
look at anything from sports cars to antique
vehicles as well as some good old
Good old American Iron Plastic
American Iron. Have not seen a Morgan in
awhile, well just stop by and you will see at
least three resting here, or a Franklin or a
Rolls right on down to a bunch of Porscheswith a well placed Contash. Old Cadies,
Any Grey Pupon My Dear
old trucks, and old people filled the place
on this Saturday and the crowd was large
with a lot of the owners like Jim Stocke
there willing to talk about their babies to
anyone who wanted to listen. So if you are
bored on the first Saturday of the month
this winter, YPSI is calling and you can
spend the morning bench racing with the
old cars stored here.
On Wednesday, January 23, eight club
members hit the road to visit the Auburn
Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.
These eight members braved the singledigit temps that morning in the 2 hour
drive to Auburn, Indiana Don and Gerri
McKinnon, Rich Pickens, Lori Spisz, Jim
Stocke, Denny Peters, John Shumont and
Kurt Kiser. Once in Auburn, we gathered
for some breakfast at the Bob Evans and
then went off to the museum.
This museum is a National Historic
Landmark that is really worth seeing. A
visit can easily be done as a day trip from
the Detroit area. The museum inhabits the
former Auburn Automobile Companys
national headquarters building that was
built in 1929-30. The original 12,000 sq. ft.
corporate showroom and much of the office
areas have been preserved in their original
art-deco design. In addition to the
showroom, you can see E.L. Cords office
and conference room, the clay modeling
area and Gordon Buehrigs design office
including many original drawings by both
Buehrig and Leamy.
The museum contains over 120 cars and
many photos and other interesting displayon the history of these three brands as we
as other brands of automobiles built in
Indiana, such as Studebaker, McIntyre an
Crosley. The museum has the greatest
and most extensive collection of Auburn,
Cord, and Duesenberg automobiles in the
world, and features the largest exhibit of
Duesenberg automobiles on public displa
in the world.
Many of the vehicles on display are very
rare and a number of them are one-offs
Most of the displays include a history of th
specific car on display including who
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Milliken Garage
January 5thBy Rich Pickens
Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg
Museum January 23tdBy Kurt Kiser
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Continued from Prior Page
owned it and how it got in the museum.
Some of the vehicles were owned by well-
known people in history and the car stories
are quite interesting.
A brief timeline history of these companies:
Auburn Automobile was
incorporated in Auburn in 1903.
E. L Cord joins the company in1924 at age 30
The Cord vehicle line was
launched by Auburn-Cord in 1929
with the L-29 model which was the
first American front wheel drive
vehicle.
The 1929 Duesenberg Model J
introduced
Stock market crash of October
1929 which starts the great
depression
Alan Leamy begins the car design
work for Auburn in 1931
Gordon Buehrig designs were
introduced for Auburn in 1935
Business declined in 1936 and
business closed in 1937
A grand total of 177,000 Auburn,
Cord and Duesenberg vehicles
were produced.
If you have not been to this museum, if is
worth the trip. The volunteer guides are
very knowledgeable about the cars on
display and the history of the companies.
MID WINTER BLAH MEDICINE:
THE GREAT LINGENFELTER CAR
COLLECTION!
How the hell?....How does anyone have 35
million dollars laying around to spend on a
car collection? Just imagine that for a
moment. Thats 35 huge ones, you know,
millions. I am blown away; Ill never be the
same again. Yeah, that is the value of the
LIngenfelter Collection
February 12thBy Jim Stocke
fabulous car collection we MSSRers saw
today. Mind blowing!!
There were three buildings specifically built
to house this huge collection. We enter
the first one, large and brilliantly lit with a
light gray epoxy coated floor to behold row
upon row of magnificence. Some of the
most valuable and beautiful driving
machines on the planet come into view.
The excitement is intense. Ken
Lingenfelter himself greets us a gracious
and friendly guy who introduces us to
Nathan, our guide. Nathan was
knowledgeable and easy to talk with which
enhanced our tour experience greatly. This
Lingenfelter guy is a class act to provide us
a capable guy like Nathan for the better
part of two hours.
Lets jump in there and start drinking it all
in. Well start with the fabulous Bugatti
Veyron! Wow, wow, wow. You can have
one of these babies for about two million.
For that you get about 1100 some odd
horses and a 0 to 60 time of about 2.5
seconds. Hey, but dont try to open the
hood, you cant. Only factory authorized
technicians flown from Italy are allowed to
work on these fabulous machines. With
that in mind you can understand why an
ordinary oil change goes for $25,000. Man
o man, I could pay for six lifetimes of oil
changes for that amount. Okay, onward to
the Ferrari Enzo followed by an F40,
followed by the collection of Callaway
Corvettes, followed by five 53 and 54
original Vettes and on and on and on to
about 130 magnificent machines. Alas
though, only one streetrod, a 36 Chevy
coupe to die for. Well, cant mention all of
them but why not talk about an LSV8
powered Solstice, several Lamborghinis,
a Vector (They made a few on a
Lamborgini chassis), an early 50s Chevy
pickup made with a new body married to a
Trailblazer chassis, an extremely rare
Porche 959, an Auburn (replica), a
Prowlerwhew. And theres more but,
you can see them in the club album.
Maybe I should mention the DeLorean
and Cadillac Allante. Mr. Lingenfelter
probably included these to remind us thathuge mistakes are sometimes made in
the car business.
So who braved the winter cold to trek to
Brighton for this event? Okay here is the
roster: Rich Pickens, Don McKinnon, Joh
Gavasso, Dennis Peters, Al Piggot, Jim
Stocke (thats me), Art Socher and Kurt
Kiser and his friend, Rick. All of us
thoroughly enjoyed this great collection.
Us died in the wool car guys stick
together.
In order to calm our excitement at seeing
such a sight as this beautiful collection,
we decided that a respite at Bakers was
in order. Bakers sure looks different on a
non cruise day. The lunch crowd was
almost nonexistent as is the case for
many restaurants in mid winter on a
Tuesday. But, the anticipation is there; all
around us as we imagine summer and the
world famous Bakers cruise days. Hurry
up car season!
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IDIDIT Seminars
First the good news: At the first seminar,
the IDIDIT owners announced that 2012
was the best year they have had so far
restoring our faith that Hot Rodding was
not done. In addition, they also said they
had hired new sales people and were nowon board. We want to congratulate this
outstanding family business on what they
have accomplished over the past years
and prove that a quality product made in
America wins every time. Now one with
the report on the seminars.
January 19th, House of ColorBy Rich Pickens
Arriving on this cold day in January you
would not know it was winter in Michigan,
this was the largest crowd everexperienced at IDIDIT for a seminar.
There was easily well over 250 people
assembled for this seminar and could well
of been the maximum that the shop could
seat or handle. The first seminar was put
on by House of Colors and presented by
one of the premier painters of candy
colors in not only the USA but worldwide.
Jon Kosmoski gave a background of the
history of the company and how he
started the business when he noticed that
others were interested in his candy mixes.
Jon mixed the presentation of how toswith and intermix of stories of the various
painters he has worked with in his 75 year
history, yes still painting and building cars
at 75 years old. Jon has almost 200 best
of paint awards on his shelf from these
years of working with paint. Jon went
from the start, body preparation to final
coat in the seminar giving us a lot of
information on things he has learned in
his experience. We went through not only
the history of paints now being used and
how they evolved but into the best of
materials to use down to the sandpaperand grits to use including the things that
will cause you problems in the long run if
not done properly. Jon easily had 25
things that he said will cause problems
down to the secrets of applying the actual
paint and settling times between coats.
Most of us will never get to the point of
using candies since they are probably the
hardest product to get right but his
knowledge and steps in the process were
valuable for anyone wanting to do their
own prep and bodywork. Jon was still
presenting well beyond the time that was
scheduled for the seminar as part of the
crowd left with a head full of new ideas
and techniques to use on that next build.
February 16th, PowermasterBy Jim Stocke
POWERMASTER STARTERS AND
ALTERNATORS
Ken and Jane of Ididit sure know how to
make the dreary Michigan winters a little
brighter: Bring in folks involved in the hot
rod industry to talk to local car guys about
their products. A very simple idea that has
been very successful. Hey, throw in a mid
morning cookie/coffee break, a great
lunch and you have a couple hundred car
guys happy and smiling as a result of this
cool car fix. And, so, for several years
now, great informational presentations
have happened at the Tecumseh home of
Ididit once a month for three months in the
dead of winter. I should mention that
these seminars are great social events
too. What more could you ask?
Arriving at Ididit in the gray morning light,
you come into their great car parts retail
area filled with lots of friendly folks all
looking forward to seeing the guys from
Powermaster talk about their starters and
alternators. We all meander to the back of
the building where a large screen and
platform have been set up in front of lots
of chairs. Promptly at 10 AM, Kim
Callison, subbing for her mom who was
under the weather this day, calls on
everyone to pay attention as the festivities
are starting. Settle down we do to listen to
Brady Basner and Jim Morehouse of
Powermaster talk for over three hours
sharing their vast, detailed knowledge
about starters and alternators. Yeah, I ca
hear it now. How can over three hours of
starters and alternators be interesting?
Well, car guys can listen forlong periodsand learn about such things and not get
bored. My skepticism faded about 15
minutes into the program and I learned
quite a lot about what may appear to be a
rather mundane topic.
Alas, only one other club member showed
up: Dennis Peters. Ah, well, not everyone
wants to brave the gray cold morning tohear about starters and alternators.
March 23rd, Painless WiringThis event was scheduled too late for
press time, look for any update in the nex
issue
More MSSR News Briefs
Summer Meetings Arranged
The June Meeting will be at the
fabulous Reilly estate and Anne will be
arranging the parade around the lake
this year so come one, come all in
your cool ride for this great event.
And if not enough, Jim and Judy
Stocke will host the July meeting in
Ann Arbor so be cool and arrive for a
fun day. Still want more fun, it starts
at 9 AM in Hines Park in August for the
Hines Park Cruise and our last
Summer Meeting. PS. Enter atMerriman Road this year
People are funny in that they want
the front of the bus, the middle of the
road and the back of the church
Remember if you go there, Stop,
Drop and Roll wont work in Hell
And you know youre in a Redneck
Church if the collection plate is a
hubcap off a 56 Chevy
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Autorama 2013
Fifty years of Ridler Winners, yes that is
what 2013 is all about at the Detroit
Autorama. Most of us are not even that old,
sure, right they say. Some can even
remember the very first winner of the Ridler
when it was all about innovation andcreativity that did not cost an arm and a leg.
The First Ridler Winner Returned
Todays winners are flawless in
craftsmanship and assembly. The good
news is that they are laid out for us to
admire in our hometown. While not
competiting for the Ridler, MSSR members
John Schumont brought his skills to Cobo
with his newly finished Chevy truck.
John Schumont was in the Basement
Bob Houchins, finally got the 40 Convt
Custom done in time for this show.
Bobs Beautiful Blue Custom
The neat part is both have created a new
version of an old car with Johns truck being
completely redone and Bobs 40 being
refurbished just like in the day, but with
better paint for sure as the blue is flawless
and eye candy.
One great thing about this Autorama was the
presence of 25 former Ridler winners and
how they compare today with the recent
winners. The standard of the day was
unique considering you could win this award
out of your garage exhibiting your skills,
today, it takes an army of craftsman, some
assigned just to a hood or trunk lid. Former
club member and past president Everett
Rezendes exhibited his 1980 winner which is
still a great car. In later years, we had the
The 1980 Winning Cranberry Express
Grand Master winning car which started or
advance the need for high bucks to win the
Ridler. More about this years nominations
and winner, later.
The Grand Master
The show continued in the basement where
we now see some cars that go there just
A nice 32 down below
because the party is better down there. The
basement this year had some quality cars
and it was stuffed full and one display had
Gene Winfield doing a chopped top on a
Chevy Coupe.
The Basement, Full UP
Back upstairs, the cars were mild to wild
and this floor was also filled to capacity
There were a lot of contenders for the
Ridler Award with Chip Foose bringing
nice Caddy from California. Rad Rods
by Troy had three contending and a
bunch of builders from all over the
county present. This may have been
one of the biggest lists in history and a
bunch of money spent in the attempt.A Speed 33 and Mod Motor
My Favorite a 37 Ford Coupe
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Chip Foose actually waxing his entry
Nice, really loved the Blue this year
Another Great Looking Car
Dwights buddy from Canada, Gay Piefer
brought this cool Roadster
A radical differ car that grew on me
And one last radical old paint style
coupe
We could go on and on about the cars in
the house at this anniversary edition of
the Ridler Award since there were so
many. Yes Hot Rods, mild to wild seem
to make a comeback this year. This year
had a lot of nostalgia and eliminated
almost all motorcycles and tuners and
seemed to hold back on the muscle cars
somewhat
So here is the list of the Great Eight
Winners for 2013.The Great 8 Winners
Fearless
56 Buick from Iowa
65 Corvette C2/SS
Dads 34
56 Ford from Oklahoma
34 Ford from New York
72 Chevy Pickup
And the Ridler Winner is
Checkered Past from Omaha NE
With a Blown Flathead
Now lets go cruisin
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Danny Plopan sent in these pictures from aLake Havasu event that is all about drag
racing. There is a dream in this area that a
new drag racing facility can be built and
host events including old fashion nostalgia
racing. Enjoy the pictures.
Racing in the Streets
The Pits
Gotta Love this one
When is the last time you seen one ofthese in Street Rod Form
Drag Race Big Bird - Cool
Thanks Danny for the pictures, love to see
what sunshine and warm weather looks
like in February.
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Meanwhile, down Florida way, Gary
Lazette sent in some photos and
explained what is happening in Florida.
On the first Saturday of everymonth thelittle town of Dade City Florida shuts thestreets down for a car show. On the day ofthe show I was walking with a friend and hesaid there's your car up on the corner. Sureenough there was a 1939 Buick coupe likemine. I went up to look at it and it was redand had a red interior like mine. I talked tothe owner and I told him that I had one likeit. He laughed and said he has people saythat all the time. He asked me if I had it atthe show and I told him no that it was backin Michigan. After some more Chit - Chathe invited me to come to his garage and tobring a picture of my Buick so that he mightlook at it.
I went out to his house not knowing what atreat I was in for. In the garage besidesthe 39 Buick It was a Ford lovers dream.The cars in the garage were a1939 Buick460 cu. in. Ford powered Sunbeam Tigerwith the 260 motor removed and replaced
with a 302 there were 2 1964 FairlaneSport Coupes both with 351 crate motors,4 speeds and air, one Fairlane was Red
and the other was Black, also a 1965Falcon Sprint was in the garage and it alshad a 351 crate motor with 4 speed andair. There was also a model a coupe witha 302 with automatic and air. The best of
all was that also in the garage was 1965
Shelby 350 Mustang and Ford GT. He toldme that his next addition would be aShelby Cobra. To make room for theCobra he would sell the Coupe for $
12,000 or the 2 fairlanes for $ 10,000 eac
Thanks for the photos guys, helps us get
through the winter in the WinterWonderland. Yep, Pure Michigan
sometimes is not so pure.
Also down in Florida, Gary Lazette was
stopped at a swap meet by two former
members of Motor State Street Rods who
sent along a greeting to all the members
past and presents. A charter member of
Motor State, Ray West and long time
member Jack Krompatic said to tell
everyone hello.
Sa in Hello
Meanwhile, In the Sunshine States
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Some more from the sunny side
Danny and Karen Plopan have been busy
in their winter time activities in sunny
Arizona even traveling to California to visit
the car shows and events in the southwest.
They have captured a lot of these and sentalong some pictures so us snow bound
people can enjoy.
Midnight at the Oasis, Yuma AZ.. The
Cruise kicks off the weekend show
Love these old VWs
Big Street Rod
Flamed Model A
Duece in Yellow
It is tough to be green
I love the Model 40
Cool Stude
Dare to be different
Nice event, the Arizona equivalent of the
Hines Park Cruise only you get sand
between your toes.
Danny and Karen also ventured over to
Needles California to see how it is done
the land of fruits and nuts
.
The Pirates Cove Show.Not your normal scenery for a car
show but looks good with the
sunshine.
Interesting variety of Vehicles
Sleek and fine
Nice Show
Thanks guys.
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Latest on Michigan Year
of Manufacture Plates
Authentic Historic Vehicle license plates
are actual Michigan registration plates that
match the year of manufacture (model
year) of an historic vehicle, which is defined
as a vehicle which is 26 or more years old,and which is owned solely as a collectors
item and for participation in club activities,
exhibitions, tours, parades and similar
usesbut is not used for general
transportation (MCL257.20a).
Reproductions of license plates are not
acceptable.
An Authentic Historical Plate may be
restored to like-new condition. However,
the plate must use the same colors that
were originally used for the plate year.
Plate colors cannot be changed for any
reason, including matching the vehiclescolor.
The plate registration remains valid until
the registrant sells, transfers, or scraps the
vehicle. The plate may not be transferred
to another vehicle. The historic vehicle
must be deemed safe to operate on
Michigan highways. The Secretary of State
may revoke an authentic historic plate
(MCL257.803p).
Also: Authentic historic plat registrations
are not maintained on the Law
Enforcement Information Network (LIEN).
To verify this registration, the police officerwill review the owners validated
registration document and/or send a LIEN
inquiry to the Michigan Department of
State. So make sure you have all the
proper paperwork available in case of
stopped by a law enforcement officer.
LA Roadster Show
Did they get it right
In Detroit, the most prestigious award for a
show car is the Ridler Award. In California,
it is the Americas Most Beautiful Roadster
(AMBR) Award. In past years we have
seen this award go to cars where each nutand bolt was degreed to perfection. This
year there seemed to be a swing to more
traditional builds as several cars in
contention were not what were normally
considered for this award.
The Contenders
And the 2013 AMBR Winner was a car
built by Roy Brizio and crew. 27 Roadsterwith a track nose.
Texting Codes for Seniors* ATD- At the Doctor's
* BFF - Best Friends Funeral
* BTW- Bring the Wheelchair
* BYOT - Bring Your Own Teeth* CBM- Covered by Medicare
* CUATSC- See You at the Senior Center
* DWI- Driving While Incontinent
* FWIW- Forgot Where I Was
* GGPBL- Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low
* GHA - Got Heartburn Again
* HGBM - Had Good Bowel Movement
* LMDO- Laughing My Dentures Out
* LOL- Living on Lipitor
* OMSG - Oh My! Sorry, Gas
* TOT- Texting on Toilet
* WAITT - Who Am I Talking To?
Overheard at the ResidenceInn in Kalamazoo
Hotel Desk, how may I help you
Please send some help to room 210 righ
away, my wife and I are having an
argument and she is treating to jump out
the window
Sorry sir but that is a personal matter so
we cannot help
You have to help, the window will not
open and that is a hotel maintenance
issue
New Old Custom from
Bob Houchins
Beautiful Job Love Every Inch
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Congratulations to all and
Gods Blessing for many,
many more birthdays and
anniversaries to come
Birthdays
Anniversaries
Swap Meet
CARS FOR SALE
ENGINES FOR SALE
GARAGE EQUIP FOR SALE
PARTS FOR SALE
MISCELLANOUS FOR SALE
WANTE
Crew members to help Bob Carter at the
Ohio Mile Events in 2013
April
Jack Miller April 11
Russ Demers April 12
Ron Keeney April 17
Mary Ann Shantz April 17
Gerri McKinnon April 21
Pam Carner April 23
Ben Suthers April 23
Rich Pickens April 24
Gary Lazette April 28
May
Bob Houchins May 12
Tim Keenon May 17
Bob Nash May 19
Bill Carner May 19
Bill Ballard May 22
Sheila Sabo May 24
June
John Schumont June 4
Ann Reilly June 17
Dwight Fackender June 18
Claudia Williams June 19
Judy Carter June 23
Ann Prine June 30
AprilDon and Gerri McKinnon April 1
Jack and Shirley Miller April 11
Ben and Alice Suthers April 17
Bob and Lou Paull April 18
May
Dan and Karen Plopan May 1
Bill and Pam Carner May 7
Bob and Barbara Houchins May 7
Bob and Judy Carter May 12
Robert and Jorayne Wyman May 18
Tim and Debbie Messer May 23
June
Gary and Audrey Lazette June 4
Ralph and Beverly Simons June 12
Jim and Sheila Sabo June 16
Pete and Nina Deptula June 23
49 Ford Club Coupe
Stock Flat Head V8, Stick Shift, Overdrive,
New Radial Tires, New Radiator and Wiring,
A Great Driver - $19,000 Vic 248-373-4356
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Jim Laird's 1941 Ford Pickup (Old Blue)
The truck has a stock body with no rust (realsolid straight metal)/Straight axle / Small blockChevy w/ auto trans/NSRA Safety inspectionPriced at $14000 313-506-2439Call Jim's son Rob for details or to view truck.-------------------------------------------------------------1978 T-Bird, Dove Gray with Red Pinstripes,
400 CID, Automatic Trans, Like New, $7500.
See Jack Miller 313-383-4703
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1976 Lincoln 2 dr. 81k actual miles; one
owner $8,000. Original everything. Tim
Keenon is the original owner, 313-563-9235
1936 Pickup Truck, Hot Rod Project Call for
more information and a list of whats included
(too much to mention). Priced to sell,
$5,000.00. Call Jim Sabo, Highland, Mi.,
248-685-2268. Email any time
Newly rebuilt 1975 - 350 c.i. Police Interceptor
engine w/Tri-Power polished alum. intake & 3-new Rochester carbs. w/progressive linkage
& fuel block. Plus a new Phoenix
transmission & chrome valve covers. Asking
$3,500. Contact Phil Lyon
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454 engine rebuilt
396 engine needs rebuilding
Call Bob Nash
10 Steel Lathe complete, $800, Pete
Deptula
46 Ford right and left front fenders, 2 hoods,
dash panel
4-OEM 4 Lug 13 Mag Wheel/Mustang II or
Pinto $100 Firm
4-13 Wire Hub Caps OEM Mustang II/Pinto
$80 Firm
Call Dan Plopan 248-477-6221
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Set of 4 18:x8 Boyd Codington 5 Spoke
Wheels with new 60 Series Tires, $1400.
Pete Ballinger 313-534-0331
Ford OEM 15 inch wheels, Call Russ Demers
313-561-5579
-------------------------------------------------------------Baby Moons, 46 Ford Trim
John Schumont 734-377-4522
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Various SUN Tachs, Al Piggott, 248-981-7532
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HEI 65K Distributor for Chevy V6, 3.8 or 4.3
New in Box, $60 -Edelbrock Intake 2114
for Chevy 4.3 Vortex Head Motor new with
gaskets $180 -Small block Chevy Water
Pump new, $35 -Ford 351 W Ford Racing
Flywheel, New $200 Rich Pickens
4 grey leather bucket seats, both fronts are
power and they came out of a Windstar LS.
Looking for $200.00 Call for pictures TimMesser 248-446-1906
Hot Wheel Collection - 600 cars make offer
Bob Nash 517-223-4882
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Golf Clubs, $100 Call Jack Miller 313-383-
4703
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For Sale License Plate Collection, Pete
Deptula 734-259-0691
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Like new 33/34 Ford Fender Bra $60 Rich
Pickens 734 425 6676-------------------------------------------------------------
4-235x45 17 Pirelli Winter Tires $75
96 -98 Mustang Bumper Cover No Tears $20
Call Doug Smith 734-529-5166, Dundee MI
Swap Meets are Hard Work for the
Sunshine Bo s
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Cruisin and Other RamblingsBy the Editor
The new Ford Focus had an overheating
problem on a particular engine recently
and the fix was a software update, I bet
anyone of us would have never envisioned
this in the day. Even worse, just consider
the cost of a fully trained mechanic thesedays, besides being able to turn a wrench;
they are now required to get a PHD in
computer science. My cardiologist is not
that smart, or maybe the human body is
not as complicated as vehicles anymore.
For those of you that have not been on the
Motor State Street Rods web site in awhile,
check out the photo section which has
some of our events being posted. Now
you do not have to wait to see the great
albums that Jim and Judy Stocke put
together of our events, just go to the website and see what you look like to others.
And like mentioned earlier in the
newsletter, you can always see a lot of our
events on HotRodHotLine due to the great
photographs of our own, Bob Steinhaus.
I got to figure that the next energy crisis in
the good old USA will be the power grid.
The weird thing is that it will not be due to
electric cars sucking up kilowatts but will
actually be caused by the devices that we
are all using these days in the form of
phones, Ipods, Ipads, computers, gamesand you name it. This held true last
Christmas when out of the 11 grandkids,
only two had presents that did not plug into
an electric outlet. Two good old dolls were
cordless. The good thing is as kids we
threaten to leave home when mom and
dad grounded us, now they cannot go too
far because the extension cord is too short
to leave home. Just saying.
For all you that need something to read,
may I suggest the Mid-Michigan Street
Rod Association Newsletter. They are kindenough to mail us a copy of this monthly
edition (which the idea of Monthly wears
me out at the thought of it) and each one is
in our clubhouse reading rack. If you have
ever gone to Kalamazoo and the NSRA
Nats North, you have met some of the
members who manage the registration and
a gate at the fairgrounds. In addition, this
is a large active club that has been around
for over 40 years now and has got a
proven track record of charity endeavors.
Hats off to the club and hats off to any
editor crazy enough to put together a
monthly newsletter. And, if you see them
at registration this year, thank them for all
they do at this event to make life easy for
you.
A lot of you signed up for the newsletter to
be mailed to your homes and we
appreciate your support. Now since you
are paying for the mailing, I do not have to
watch how many pages as closely as
before in order to keep the cost down. So
we will do our best to get you some value
for supporting the newsletter and keep it
filled with the great events MSSR supports.
In case you have not looked at our sponsor
page lately you need to check it out since
we have John Schumont on board with hislouver business. We are getting great
support from our members where you can
buy or sell a house with the services of
Sharon Ambroziak or get a car repaired by
Mary Ann Schantzs son Doug at Dougs
auto and truck services or up north by the
Ballard family at Village Auto Service.
Need paint or body, go straight to Ray
Savage at Savage Rod and Custom in
Canton or Woodwork at LaPrairie Wood
Works and finally if your hair is a mess,
see Lori Spiszs add on the sponsors
page. And do not forget all those shinynuts and bolts at Gardner Westcott make
everything look better.
I use to have a problem with people who
bought cars and never drove them but
after the tour at the Museum in Auburn IN I
could just park this one in my living room
and look at it forever, one problem though,
it probably wont fit. Love this car though.
Want to thank all the new contributors to
the newsletter in this edition; your help is
appreciated as well as adding to the value
and content to the club members. Thanks
April
April 12-14 NSRA SW Nats OK City
April 13 Lunch at the Traction Bar
April 26-28 NSRA Bakersfield CA
April 27-28 Ohio Mile Wilmington OH
April 22 Board Meeting at 7:00
April 28 Membership Meeting at 5:00
May
May 35 NSRA Nats South, Knoxville
May 11 Lunch at the Traction Bar
May 11 Billetproof and Detroit Dragway
Reunion at Milan Dragstrip
May 24-26 NSRA Mid Amer Nats
May 20 Board Meeting at 7:00May 26 Membership Meeting at 5:00
May 27 Memorial Day a time to
remember what our family, friends and
veterans have given for us
May 31 Jun 2 NSRA East Nats York
June
June 8, Salem Flag Day, MSSR Event
and you get free ice cream
June 8-9 Ohio Mile 2, Wilmington Ohio
June 21-23 Back to the 50s MN
June 21-23 NSRA Rocky Mt Nats CO
June 28 -30 NRSA NW Nats WA
June 29 Downriver Cruise
June 30 First Summer Meeting
at Phil and Ann Reillys
Other Coming Events
Goodguys Columbus July 12, 13. 14
NSRA Nationals August 1, 2, 3. 4
2nd
Summer Meeting July 28
at Jim and Judy Stockes
3rd
Summer Meeting August 25
at the Hines Park Cruise
NSRA Nats North - Sept 13. 14, 15
As always check before going, to make
sure us old people did not make a
mistake on the date or time
Coming Events
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President Bob Nash
Vice President Jim Stocke
Treasurer Kurt Kiser
Director Dennis Peters
Director Don McKinnon
Director Rich Pickens
Photographer Jim Stocke
Clothing Mgrs Vic Hollingshead
Jan Quill
Card Lady JoAnn Nash
Web Master Gary Jefferson
Rod Connection
Editor Rich Pickens
Chief Reporter Jim Stocke
Womens World Help Wanted
Art Bill Carner
Historical Help All the old people who canStill remember anything
Others Welcome to Send in Articles and Reports
Send any comments/articles/swap meet
items/events/or general nonsense to the editor
Deadline for next edition June 1, 2013
The opinions and articles expressed in the MSSR Rod
Connection do not necessarily reflect the views and
opinions of the board of directors.
Officers and Staff
Rod Connection
Featured RideMotor State Street Rods
PO Box 2471
Dearborn Michigan 48123
www.motorstatestreetrods.org
Cruising since 1976FUN WITH CARS, FAMILY and FRIENDS
The Motor State Street Rod Car Club was founded in 1976
as a social club to promote safe, family enjoyment of
modified vehicles.
The club is a non-profit benevolent organization
established to promote the enjoyment of older vehicles
and protect the specialized interests of its members.
In addition, the club lives up to its motto of "Fun with Cars,
Family and Friends" with less structured activities that may
include casual cruising, picnics, dances, dinners, swapmeets, car shows, rod runs, cruise-ins, and monthly
meetings. Funds raised every year are donated to various
needy causes.
Dan Laskey
1947 Ford Coupe
The 1947 Ford line was similar to the short1946. Visual differences included theremoval of the red accents from the grilland the two small lights located just aboveit. Ford began titling 1947s in February1947. For the first few weeks, the 1947model was identical to the 1946. Ford thenrestyled the body slightly first by movingthe parking lights from above the grill tobelow each headlight. Exterior moldingswere changed from grooved to a smooth
design. A new hood ornament with a blueplastic insert was installed. New hubcapdesign became available in March. Interiordash color was changed from red accentto gold. By September the roof mountedantenna was moved to the cowl. Hornswere moved to in front of the radiator fromthe engine compartment. The final 1947models were titled in November.
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Please check and verify event before going to make sure we have not made a mistake, gas is expensive, and a call is
cheap
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
4/28 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/3 5/4
MSSR Club Mtg 5:00 NSRA Nats South NSRA Nats South
Knoxville TN Knoxville TN
Ohio Mile 1
Wilmington OH
5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 5/11
NSRA Nats S outh Roush Open House Traction Bar
Knoxville TN Livonia MI LunchBearing Burners Show Billetproof+Det Dragway
Swap Meet Warren MI Reunion-Milan
5/12 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18
Varsity Ford Car Show
Ann Arbor
5/19 5/20 5/21 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25
MSSR Board Mtg 7 PM
5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/1
MSSR Club Mtg 5:00 Memorial D ay NSRA Nats East NSRA Nats East
York PA York PA
World of Outlaws
Lake Odessa MI
6/2 6/3 6/4 6/5 6/6 6/7 6/8
NSRA Nats East Salem F lag Day Parade
York PA
Ohio Mile 2
Wilmington OH6/9 6/10 6/11 6/12 6/13 6/14 6/15
Ohio Mile 2 Roush Open House Gratiot Cruise
Wilmington OH Livonia MI Eastpoint MI
Hamburg Fun Fest
Hamburg MI
6/16 6/17 6/18 6/19 6/20 6/21 6/22
Back to the 50's Back to the 50's
MN MN
6/23 6/24 6/25 6/26 6/27 6/28 6/29
Back to the 50's Western Wayne Skill St ignace Car Show St ignace Car Show St ignace Car Show
MN Center Charity Show St Ignace MI St Ignace MI St Ignace MI
Westland MI Downriver Cruise
Fort Street
6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6
MSSR Summer Mtg Independence Day Ohio Mile 3
at Phil & Ann Reilly's Wilmington OH
7/7 7/8 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13
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Ann Arbor MI
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Wayne Road Westland
7/14 7/15 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20
Goodguys Nationals Bill Brown Ford Charity Blue Suede Cruise Blue Suede Cruise
Columbus OH Livonia MI Norwalk OH Norwalk OH
7/21 7/22 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26 7/27
Blue Suede Cruise
Norwalk OH
7/28 7/29 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2 8/3
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8/4 8/5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9 8/10
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Louisville KY
8/11 8/12 8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17
Roush Open House Woodward Cruise and/or
Livonia MI Back to the Bricks
8/18 8/19 8/20 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24
Cruzin the Park Cruzin the Park
Lower Huron Metro Park Lower Huron Metro Park
Crossfire Church Cruise
Westand
8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31
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