Monthly Newsletter of the Mother Lode Model T Club

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June 2018

Up Coming Activities

♦ June 2 - 8:30 am. Swap Meet Setup Day.

♦ June 2 - 5 pm. Club Tri-Tip BBQ and potluck.

♦ June 3 - Our annual Mother Lode Swap

Meet at the Gold Country Fairgrounds.

♦ June 3 - 8, MTFCA - Redwood Trees to Pacific

Seas National Tour.

♦ June 11 - Board Meeting, Round Table Pizza.

♦ June 16-17, Santa Clara Valley Model T Club

49th Annual Endurance Run.

♦ July 8 - Pava's Antique Car Tour. Details this

issue.

♦ Aug 18 - Beat the Heat Breakfast Tour, Mel's

Diner on Crossings Dr., Rocklin. - Baughman

♦ Sept 29 - Auburn Air Fair and Car Show. - Flyer

♦ Oct 20 - Manifold Cook Out Tour to Uncle

Tom's Cabin. - Saylor

♦ Dec 8 - Holiday House Tour, Coloma. - Elliott.

♦ Dec 9 - Christmas Party at Auburn Valley Country Club.

From last year's

swap meet

Message from our President

Hi to all Members of

the Mother Lode Model

T Club:

June is upon us and

everyone knows that

means Swap Meet time.

Saturday June 2, 2018 is our set up day and Sunday

June 3, 2018 is the day of the event. I am looking

forward to another successful swap meet this year.

The swap meet takes a lot of hard work and long

hours from our membership, which I am so grateful

for all the help and participation from the entire

club. If a job needs to be done all I need to do is ask

and someone will take care of it, a big thank you to

everyone in advance.

We had our second tour of the year on May 19th,

which was co hosted by Rich and Bertie Baughman

and John Saylor. The tour was scheduled to go to

the California Automobile Museum in Old

Sacramento for an Armed Forces Day Celebration,

but had to be changed last minute due to the Amgen

Bicycle Tour scheduled to shut down some of the

streets in the Old Sacramento area. So with some

quick thinking on the tour leader's part it was

changed to Farm & Tractor Days in Rio Linda,

which turned out to be a real fun tour. I would like

to have a Monday June 11th Board Meeting to

review the Swap Meet. All members' are welcome

to attend.

I would like to thank everyone for all your

support and help in keeping the Mother Lode Model

T Club active. Look forward to seeing all of you at

the Swap Meet. Your President,

Gary Krezman T Diggins' page 1

** Farm & Antique Tractor Days - **

The May 19 tour was originally planned to be a

leisurely drive to the California Auto Museum. But we

found out about 5 days before that the Amgen bike tour

would be making its final start and stop in downtown

Sacramento, with many road closures, along with Sac

State graduation, a regional volley ball tournament and

a game at Raley Field, resulting in a traffic and parking

mess we did not want

to negotiate in our T's.

So we made a change

to attend the Farm and

Tractor Show at Dry

Creek Ranch in Rio

Linda. We had a nice

morning drive to the

show with parking on

the grass. There was a large showing of one and two

cylinder engines many powering water pumps, washing

machines, a walnut huller, a ferris wheel, and a model

hay bailer to name a few. There was a good showing of

old tractors of several

makes like Farmal, Allis

Chalmers and John Deere.

Some of us were seen

taking the hay ride. The

show had a variety of

booths with craft and

homemade items. Those

making the drive were Rich & Bertie Baughman

leading the way in their 1917 Touring; Gary Krezman

and grandson, 30 Model

A; Erik & Roger Barrett in

a 1917 Dodge; Bobby

Weitzel and Russ Purvis

in Bobby's latest addition,

1924 Touring; Allen Koch

in his 1924 Speedster;

John Saylor in his '27

Tudor; Mike & Pat Bashore in their 1930 Model A

Coupe and Ed & Sherry Rodriquez in their modern car.

Meeting us there were Milt Webb and Daughter in a

1925 Coupe, also Janice Saylor, Son-in-law, Jesse, with

Luke and Colin.

LOL's

June 19 - 11:30 AM, LOL's (Ladies Out to Lunch).

Sweet Pea's Restaurant, Luther Rd, Auburn. Hostess:

Mary Ramsey 530-367-3987.

All Ladies in the club are invited.

*****Swap Meet*****

Saturday, June 2, 8:30 am. Set up day. We will be

marking the field, putting up barricades, signage and

setting up the food area. Don't forget the Club potluck at

5 pm.

Sunday, June 3. Swap Meet day. Sign up to help

check in buyers, vendors, parking, food booth and of

course, tear down and clean up. Contacts - Gary

Krezman to sign up for a shift on the gate or setup &

tear down. Contact Ken Marriott to help park vendors

and Olivia Marriott to work in the food booth. If you are

going on the National Tour, sign up for an early shift so

you can do both. We will also be looking for someone

for overnight security.

Don't forget to make pies. Everyone wants our pies.

** July 8 Tour **

Antique Car Tour, BBQ & Ice Cream Social.

Hosted by David and Pat Pava. This Multi-Club event will tour the back roads of El Dorado County Foothills, ending up at the Pava home for a barbeque and ice cream social time. Meet at Safeway parking lot, Cameron Park Drive Exit at Highway 50, Sunday, July 9, 10:00 AM. See attached flyer for more details and RSVP info.

Beat The Heat Breakfast

Tour

August 18

One of our clubs favorite

Summer events will be

hosted by Rich and Bertie

Baughman on August 18.

We will meet at Raley's,

Auburn at 8 am. We will tour to Rich and Bertie's

home, 3771 Auburn-Folsom Rd, Loomis or you can

drive directly to their house. From there we will tour

to Original Mel's Diner, Crossings Drive, Rocklin.

Order off the menu breakfast and social time. We

should be back home by noon before the heat sets in.

RSVP to Bertie 916--652-7827or sign up at the

meeting. T Diggins' page 2

**Don't Miss The Club BBQ **

Saturday, June 2, 5 pm, Gold Country

Fairgrounds. Our annual potluck and BBQ after swap meet setup. This year we will again have the Tri-Tip by John Saylor. Bring your favorite dish or desert to share.

* Bring Pies for the swap meet food booth sales. *

Need Storage for more Cars and Parts?

For Rent - 330 square feet garage. Room for 2 cars and

some parts storage. Cinder block construction, 7'3" x

14'3" wide rollup door. Alarmed. Located at 11825

Joeger Rd, Auburn. $200 mo. Contact Steve Aldrich,

530-906-1873 for more information.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

June Anniversaries

Anthony & Shelly Moore 5

Bill & Debbie Bamber 12

Cliff & Norma Hyatt 14

Wayne & Lynne Lyndon 14

Erik & Julie Barrett 20

Mark & Kendall Porco 21

Milt & Dorothy Webb 29

June Birthdays

Erik Barrett 2

Mike Bashore 9

Richard Weitzel 9

Bob Nowack 12

Carla Cox 12

Martin Smith 12

Mary Ramsey 13

Anthony Moore 14

Paul Turounet 16

Steve Elliott 22

Carol Ogrey 26

Kent Keyser 26

Cliff Hyatt 28

Congratulations to the graduates of Class of 2018

Spouses, want to learn more about

your family Model T and how to

drive it? Classes fill up fast. This class is divided into two components.

First, students will have a session in the

classroom/on the museum floor, where they

will get a brief overview on the Model T,

Then, thanks to our friends at Sacramento

Valley Model T Club, you will have the chance to get behind the wheel and DRIVE!

This class includes lunch. This class is full

but contact the CAM for the Sept. 22 Class or

be on the cancellation list. T Diggins' page 3

Meeting Minutes

Mother Lode Model T Club - Meeting Minutes, May 10th 2018 at Sizzler Restaurant, Auburn, CA.

The Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Gary Krezman who opened the meeting with the announcement that Topher Matson & family were relocating to Santa Cruz, and was necessarily resigning from the Board. Gary then announced that Phil Lawrence had graciously agreed fill this vacancy. Greeter Report - Junette noted that Bill & Debbie Bamber were present this evening after a long absence.

Sunshine - Susie reported that she had sent a get well card to Toni Moore who was recovering from surgery. Treasurer Report - Sherry Rodriquez reported that the Club’s income was $176.91, and expenses of

$2,692.10 due to preparation activities for our upcoming annual swap meet on Sunday June 3rd. The Club remains in a very sound financial position. Secretary Report - Steve Short reported that the April general meeting minutes were published in the Club’s

monthly newsletter. Hearing no corrections, Steve Short declared the minutes accepted as written. Steve also reported that Sherry Rodriguez had received a very nice 'Thank You' letter to our Club for financially adopting their 1914 Ford Model T Car from now until 12/31/18. VP - Upcoming 2018 Activities Report - Susie Krezman provided the following overview:

May 19th - The Tour to the CAM has been canceled due to Downtown Events in conflict with our original plan. However, we will tour to Rio Linda and the join in the Farm and Tractor Days. Meet same time, same place, 8:30 Raley's Loomis, Horseshoe Bar Rd. Leave by 9 AM. June 2nd & 3rd - 45th Annual Mother Lode Swap Meet, Gold Country Fair Grounds, Auburn, CA.

July 8th - Antique Car Tour, BBQ & Ice Cream Social- David Pava details are on the website. August 18th - Breakfast (beat the Heat) Tour led by Richard and Bertie Baughman. Details TBD. September will possibly include a Tour. Details TBD October - Manifold Cook Out Tour - Saylor December – Coloma Christmas Tour to visit the historic homes in the Holiday Season. Details TBD.

Recent Tour Reports - Susie Krezman provided the following overview: The Shakedown Tour was a huge success this year with a turnout of well over 20 cars, bolstered by the Sacramento Clubs participation! The tour was organized into 3 groups of cars departing about 10 minutes apart for safety and courtesy, and the trip was completed without any break down incidents. Gordon Goodell was once again disappointed that he has to continue holding the club breakdown Trophy for another month or two! All the tourers were very pleased with the tour of the North Star Mine Museum in Grass Valley. Phil Lawrence delivered an incredible personal effort to assist a member from the Sacramento Club who suffered a medical problem during the tour. Kudos to Phil’s actions!

Old Business - Community Services Follow up: Gary Krezman and John Saylor reported that they still have not

found a satisfactory solution to developing a scholarship program. It was suggested that we should consider whether or not Sierra College might be a possibility. They will continue their search. MLMTC 50th Anniversary: Gary again took note of the fact that 2019 would be the club’s golden

anniversary and that numerous ideas were discussed at the most recent Club Board Meeting. John Saylor made note that the Orange County Model T Club is celebrating their 60th club anniversary by developing a video story of their history. The Board wishes for all of the membership to contribute their ideas and add to this list of possibilities!

New Business - On Line Purchase of MLMTC clothing: John Saylor proposed this solution to possibly meet our needs for the membership instead of stockpiling an unknown quantity, in unknown sizes. John will explore this possibility after the swap meet is behind us.

Club Auction - None was held this Evening. Stories and Show and Tell -

A large group of MLMTC Members attended the Bakersfield Swap Meet including John Boorinakis,

Eric Barrett, Bill Finkbeiner, and Rich Baughman. All enjoyed the weather, all agreed that there was lots of Model T stuff for sale (far better than Turlock’s event), but overall, the Vendors were pretty light, and Saturday was pretty dead overall. Erik Barrett also reported that he had very successful sales. Erik Barrett reported that he and Bobby Weitzel and their Wild Cherry Racing Team had their first win

beating out the Model A’s by a few hundredths of a second. Even more amazing is that their car blew a tire but still won the race and went home without otherwise breaking more expensive parts!

Minutes Continued-

Swap Meet Preparations Summary- Gary Krezman reported that he has paid all fairground fees, purchased 2 pop up tents and 6 chairs for

the public and the vendor entrance gates. The necessary event Insurance has been procured, and the portable toilets have been arranged. Proposed feather flags will be deferred until 2019. Responsibility for obtaining and delivering lunch sandwiches for the field set up crew has not yet been assigned. Full volunteer staffing assignments have not yet been confirmed, but Gary will review and confirm the specifics for all workers. John Saylor reported that he has had some very successful Swap Meet advertising placements. Good

job John! He also reported that he would be grilling 5 or 6 tri-tips for the traditional 5:00 PM members potluck dinner. Bring whatever dish you please, as well as wine, beer, or water as you please! Bill Finkbeiner reported that his field striping crew was well staffed, prepped, and ready to go on

Saturday! Olivia Marriott reported the food booth would be offering breakfast burritos, and a reduced amount of doughnuts by 50 % this Year. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and pies will all be made available earlier than in the past. Bertie Baughman offered to work closely with Olivia to assist her in her “rookie” outing! Ken Marriott is ready to lead the vendor parking team as always…Good job Ken! Swap Meet Security is still not yet finalized…Gary to follow up on this point. Thanks Gary!

Adjournment - With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 PM, by President Krezman.

Stephen Short, Club Secretary

THE PAVA’S ANNUAL

ANTIQUE CAR TOUR, BBQ & ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Sunday, July 8, - 10 AM – Depart Promptly at 10:30, Meet at Safeway Parking Lot – Cameron Park Drive Exit

from Highway 50.

Trailer parking is available nearby and restrooms available.

Where: Tour El Dorado County Foothills Back Roads ending at 4801 Jubilee Trail, Shingle Springs, CA 95682

Why: To enjoy a day with our car club friends who are members of: Sacramento Model T Ford Club, Mother Lode

Model T Club, Nor Cal Horseless Carriage Club, Bay Area Horseless Carriage Club and The Hangtown A’s.

Tour 10:30 – 12:30 Very scenic low-traffic, narrow road tour – light to moderate hills

12:30 – 4 Backyard Barbecue and Ice Cream Social – Antique Cars in our Vineyard and Orchard

Bring a Pot-Luck Dish to Share and whatever you would like for lunch to cook on our outdoor

grill. We will supply grilling utensils, plates, cutlery, condiments, soft drinks, water, punch, ice

cream - plus toppings - and for those who like - a taste of our home-made wine.

There is no charge for this event … but …

Please RSVP by July 4, so we know who to expect. We look forward to seeing you.

David & Patricia Pava 530-677-2923 David@Pava.com

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Monthly Newsletter of the

Mother Lode Model T Club http://www.motherlodemodelt.com

2018 Officers

President ------------ Gary Krezman - 916-599-0059 Vice President ---- Susie Krezman - 530-823-7957 Treasurer --------Sherry Rodriguez 530-526-4405

Secretary----------------Steve Short - 916-791-7087

Board Members Phil Lawrence ----------(530)-273-2415 Edward Rodriguez----- (530) 888-8803 Erick Barrett------------- (530) 863-7579 Rich Baughman--------- (916) 652-7827

**** Sunshine --------------- Susie Krezman Website & Newsletter - John Saylor - 916-723-1613

***** Address all correspondence to: Mother Lode Model T Club P.O. Box 4901 Auburn, CA 95604

The Mother Lode Model T Club was organized and became a member of the Model T Ford Club of America in 1969. The club is a non-profit organization dedicated to the personal enjoyment of its members through the preservation and restoration of the Model T Ford and especially through activities involving the use of Model T Fords. Meetings at held on the second Thursday of each month with the exception of December, at the Sizzler, 13570 Lincoln Way, Auburn, Ca. 5:30 pm for dinner, 7 pm meeting. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in Model T Fords. Ownership of a Model T is not necessary. Dues - Annual Dues are $20 per family.

T-Diggins'

Published monthly to keep members informed of club activities and to promote participation in club events. Publication copy should be sent to the editor by the 25th of the month to be included in the next issue. Send all copy to: 7304 Goldwood Way, Citrus Heights, Ca 95610 or email to j99saylor@gmail.com

Members are encouraged to join the Model T Ford Club of America. MTFCA members receive the bi-monthly publication The Vintage Ford, voting privileges in national club and can participate in the many national club tours and events. Annual dues

for the MTFCA is $40.00 payable to:

The Model T Ford Club of America P.O. Box 126 Centerville, IN 47330-0126 Telephone: (765) 855-5248 www.mtfca.com email: admin@mtfca.com

Club Website The Mother Lode Model T Club maintains a website at http://www.motherlodemodelt.com. The website keeps members

informed of club activities, photos of club events and members cars.

The website also provides

membership information an application and introduces those

new to the hobby to the club.

Stumpy Meadows, September 2017

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