Volume 5 Issue 3

March 2019 NUTS & BOLTS Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Ongoing Breakfast – Tuesdays 7:00 am - Mercers 9720 W. Peoria.

Ongoing Cruise-In at McDonalds – On Bell near 99th Every

Wednesday at 5:00 pm. McDonalds has requested that we not show

up before 4:00 pm.

2019

MARCH 2— ANNUAL CAR SHOW – Sun Bowl 9:00 – 3:00

MARCH 4– Ladies Luncheon/Picnic Noon. Rio Vista Park 8866

W. Thunderbird Rd. Bring a picnic lunch and lawn chair so we

can mingle and get to know each other better.

MARCH 12 – EVENTS COMMITTEE MEETING – 10-12 at Bell

Lawn Bowling Club Room.

MARCH 12 — BOARD MEETING 1 - 3 Lakeview Social Hall #2.

MARCH 16 — CHARITY CAR SHOW — Camp Corral All Make

Car Show Golden Corral, 17674 N. Litchfield Road,

Surprise. Contact Name – Dianne 623-544-0900. Event Hours

– 8 am to 1 pm Entry Fee – $20.00 Registration forms

available on cruisinarizona.com

This event is held to raise money to send children of fallen

and disabled veterans to camp corral. Included for person

showing car, will be a free breakfast and camp corral t-shirt.

We will be giving out trophies for best of show, peoples

choice, day award, managers choice, farthest participant.

MARCH 19 — MEMBERSHIP MEETING — Lakeview Social Hall

#1 & #2, Tuesday 1 to 3.

MARCH 20 – Shop Class 3-4 “Tires & Rims”

APRIL 5 - CAR SHOW/POT LUCK – Mountain View. 9 -12 for

car show and mini golf. Auditorium 12-4 for pot luck and

prizes.

Please check the web page events entries for the most up to

date and accurate information!

------------------------------------------------------- Our Club is asking you to bring donations for Valley

View Community Food Bank to our car shows. You

may also bring them to the shop. There is always a

need!

New Members – Welcome the following new members

Edward

Syzponik

Roger

Camarillo

Jerry

Rutherford

Donald Smith

Sarah

Crashell

Linda Jorgensen

Randy Hoeft Sandy Jacobs

William DeCroix

John & Donna Van Bodegon

Richard & Particia

Bothmann

Robert &

Deborah

Unternaehrer

Bruce Klemme

Harold Martin Jeffrey Lawrence

James Millonzi

Roger Kacsh

Ladies Luncheon 2/4/2019 Biscuit Grill

There were 30 ladies present. The food was plentiful and delicious.

Favorite Recipes

Thanks to Patsy Mester for submitting her recipe for Old-Time Soft Sugar

Cookies.

Thanks to Barb Altenweg for submitting her recipe for Orange Cottage Cheese

Salad

ORANGE COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD 1 3 oz orange Jell-O 1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple (drained really good) 1 8 oz cool whip 1 15 oz can Mandarin oranges 1 16 oz cottage cheese

Mix the cool whip and dry orange Jell-O really good, fold in the rest of ingredients, Cool before serving.

Email recipes to vernaaz@gmail.com.

Car Show 2/1/2019 at Brookdale Skilled Nursing Facility

There were 8 cars attending.

Don Puetz presented a Class on Steering and Suspension 2/20/2019

There were 15 attending.

VALENTINES DAY LUNCHEON

February 14, 2019

Harold’s Cave Creek Corral

Car Show 2/8/2019 Marinette Center

There were 38 cars attending.

Dave Bryant brought his 1931 Jordan to its first car show in 68 years.

Goody Bags 2/16/2019

Getting Ready for Car Show 2/22/2019

Shop Clean Up and Burger Burn 2/15/2019

McDonald’s 2/20/2019

Shop News – Keeping busy at the Shop

Ball Game 2/23/2019

Westbrook Village Car Show 2/24/2019 5th annual Westbrook Village car show. Entrants included: Classics, European, Exotics, Muscle cars & Street rods – The show was limited to 75 cars. Denny Lockmon's Avanti took 1st place in the Participants Choice Award.

Love of Convertibles

The exhilaration of wind on your face, peddle to the metal at breakneck speeds, the rumbling of glass packs bouncing

off the hills and the roar of the engine, can change a person’s life!

My Grandfather, a successful osteopathic doctor in the Yakima Valley of Washington State, unwound from his busy

schedule by cruising along miles of apple orchards, hop farm lands and into the pristine mountain ranges of Mt.

Rainer National Forest. It was near Bumping Lake, that he found tranquil refuge amongst the tall pines and trout

laden streams.

At the cabin, I recall my father and he, reminiscing over good family memories and telling jokes with a cold beer in

hand. They’d laugh and hike around, pointing out potential trees to fall for campfires and cook stoves. Over the

decades, the T-Bird transported them back and forth from reality to relaxing leisure weekends.

“Our Bird” has been a steadfast partner in the adventures of our family. Grandfather, a flashy trendsetter, purchased

the Bird off the showroom floor. This ’56 was fully loaded with continental package, town and country radio, wide

white walls, hard top and tonneau cover. The gun metal grey exterior remains intact today. As a survivor, the car has

been maintained by my father and beloved mechanics along the way. Two extra-ordinary car friends, Bud Seeley and

Tom LaVack generously transported our Bird from Portland to Sun City. They’ve given me valuable advice on car

maintenance and the necessity to drive her regularly.

Within the last several years, repairs have enhanced her drivability. A new radiator, water pump and bypass plate

with new gaskets, rebuild of a telescopic steering column, new turn signal switch, and the addition of an upgraded

radio system.

Last fall we completed construction on a garage addition to house. Now she’s got a nest of her own and a new car

hoist to tighten things up and keep an eye on fluid leaks. I aspire to keep the car in fine working order, making my

Grandfather and Father proud.

In the future, our ’56 will need support, but for now as my preferred driver, she fly’s along like a dream!

Deb Lassell

56 Thunderbird

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