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Inside This Issue:
l Burgess Gathering
l Zone Show Info
l AZ Show ‘13
Newsletter of the Northern California Chapter
Oldsmobile Club of America
President/Show Chair.
Ken Van Gundy III
(916) 784-3271
1818 Woodacre Way
Lnk3@earthlink.net
Roseville, CA 95661
Nor Cal Olds Club Website: www.norcalolds.com
Officers and Representatives 2013
Acting President
(916) 655-1588
patndave696@gmail.com
Pat Kennedy
3061 Amoruso Way
Roseville, CA 95747
Treasurer/Membership
Dan Haggerty
(408) 268-7904
6208 Balderstone Dr
dnehaggerty@juno.com San Jose, CA 95120
Secretary and
Health & Welfare
Linda Sutherland
(209) 833-3413
1460 Velasquez Lane
milkprod@mac.com
Tracy, CA 95377
NewsletterEditor
Technical Librarian
(408) 528-9770
Rkt88LL@earthlink.net
Larry Ewing
3330 Henriette Ct
San Jose, CA 95135
Public Relations
916-435-1340 Mikey250@pacbell.net
Mike Barentson
3136 Strand Road
Rocklin, CA 95765-4315
Club Historian
(209) 366-2807
robert.griffith@GM.com
Bob Griffith
2434 Grenoble
Lodi, CA 95242
Acting Show Car Chair
916-386-1642
j.y.m@sbcglobal.net
Jon Manji
2257 Moorbrook Way
Sacramento, CA 95826
Pacific S.W. Zone Directors
Joe Varley, 14908 E. Dale Lane
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(480) 998-1449
rocket88man@cox.net
Karl Sup, 2355 S. Wildrose Circle
Mesa, AZ 85209-1526
602-628-8866 cell
kjsup@cox.net
Don
Sutherland
Nor Cal Olds
Webmaster
(209) 833-3413
mlkprod@mac.com
1460 Velasquez Lane
Tracy, CA 95377
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President’s Message
Hi Everyone, this is Pat Kennedy
Most of you members know me, I have been with the club since it’s beginning in
1979.
First, there are some changes in Norcals officers. Ken Van Gundy has temporarily resigned as President and Car Show Chairman, so since I was Vice President, I inherited
his job and Jon Manji has accepted the job as Car Show Chairman. Thank you Jon!
WE HAVE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL. Ken did a fantastic job and I hope he will
be back soon.
In the meantime, we must move on and the Morro Bay car show is coming up fast. I
hope to see a lot of you there, we will have a good time.
I would appreciate all the support, I can get from you members, so please attend the
meetings and activities and give me any suggestions that you might have for our club.
Lets get our cars out, start planning some short trips with the club. I would appreciate
all the support, I can get from you members, so please attend the meetings and activities and give me any suggestions that you might have for our club.
I hope to see you all at Morro Bay, May 17 - 19, and also Micke Grove Show Sept 8.
Acting President, Pat Kennedy
Editor’s Note
This issue’s cover invites you to our annual zone show we host together with the So
Cal Club. This year a caravan of folks from the Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club in
Alberta, Canada plan to be with us show day. See pages 9 and 10 for their agenda.
Zone Show application is downloadable at www.norcalolds.com.
In March I traveled to the Arizona Chapter of Oldsmobile Club of America for their
annual All Oldsmobile show. It was great, see pages 11-13.
We sent out an April supplement to the Oldsletter for an Olds Gathering/Meeting in
Stockton on April 27th. We did this because this Oldsletter may be just getting to you
near that date and we wanted you to know about it so you can plan to attend. See pg. 5.
Mark Gorton highly recommends the River City show, see page 17 for details. Lastly I
did an article on a new scale model car on the market, see pages 14-15.
Editor, Larry Ewing
Cover: Don Sutherland responded to my request to take and send a picture of his ’63
Cutlass dash which I merged into a picture I took last May at Morro Bay. Larry Ewing
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Treasurer Report
I mailed our club California Statement of Information (SI-100) on 2-5-13, which is
good for two years. Update on form SI-100: I have not yet received a certified copy
form the California Secretary of State. Also, club check for filing SI-100 (check
#4026, $20.00) and check for the certified copy (check #4027, $6.00) have not been
cashed as of bank statement 3-31-13. I read an article in the San Jose Mercury News,
that because of California budget cuts, mail in forms will take much longer to process
than last year. Our NCOC banking account has $28,976.53 as of 3-31-13.
Treasurer, Dan Haggerty
Membership Report
We had nine more membership renewals, Gregory Conrad, John D’Atillio, Dave
Foster, Donald Gundred, Kevin Meyer, Gabe Ramos, Rick Rayos, John Smith, Scot
Taylor, which now makes our total membership at 136.
Membership Chairman, Dan Haggerty
http://www.calautomuseum.org/
1968 On view September 22 - May 12, 2013
Where were you in 1968? And what were you driving?
The California Automobile Museum will take a detailed look at the tumultuous
year – and the cars that were part of it – in its “1968” centerpiece exhibit, running
through May 12, 2013.
Vettes for Vets
May 26, 2013 10am-2pm
A FREE Corvette car show organized to honor the hard
work and dedication military veterans have committed to our country.
5th Annual Cam Car Cruise
Saturday, August 3, 2013
FREE for spectators
The CAM Car Cruise is an annual event for vintage car
owners to show off their rides. The Cruise begins at Sac State and ends on Fulton
and El Camino in a huge vintage car show. See website for registration.
Cars Under the Stars
April 18, May 16, June 20, 5-9pm
Every 3rd Thursday of the month visitors can enjoy the Museum at half
price ($4) after-hours. This is an excellent family friendly event.
$8 General Admission | $4 Student | Kids under 5 FREE
Hours 10:00 AM - 6:00 pm (Mon. - Sun.) | Until 9:00 pm on 3rd Thursdays
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Official Olds Club Events 2013
Apr 27 Gathering and Meeting at Burgess Home in Stockton, see below
May 17-19 Zone Show, Morro Bay
June 22 Meet fellow members at River City Classics, Sacto. See page 14 for details
July 23-27 2013 OCA Nationals, Springfield Illinois. See OCA website for details
Sept 8 Annual Olds Club Show, Micke Grove, Lodi
May 19 June 1-2
June 6-9
June 22
June 30
July 28 Aug 7-11
Oct 5
Other Events
Redwood City, Friendship Day, 1300 Seaport Blvd., 8am - 3pm. Bob Moll, 650-851-4944
Goodguys 20th Annual Summer Get Together Alameda County Fair Grds
Peggy Sue’s 11th Annual All American Cruise Santa Rosa, CA
Woodies on the Wharf Beach Board Walk Wharf, Santa Cruz, CA
Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance, San Mateo County Event Center
Don Frolich Memorial Portal Park BBQ, Cupertino, CA (Cad Club Host)
Hot August Nights Reno, NV
Rocket West, Pete and Christy Clayton, Hollister
Olds Gathering and Meeting with Lunch
Lyle and Vickie Burgess Home
7 Atherton Island, Stockton, CA 95204
10 am - 3 pm Saturday April 27th
(Same weekend of Asparagus Festival in Stockton)
Gated area for car display with great picnic area on the Delta.
Bring your Oldsmobile!
Lunch provided with reservations.
R.S.V.P. Larry Ewing 408-528-9770 before April 24 for count.
Please bring your own folding chairs, too!
Directions to 7 Atherton Island, Stockton, CA 95204
1. Headed south on I-5 S 2. Take exit 474B for Alpine Ave toward Country Club Blvd 0.2 mi
3. Merge onto N Ryde Ave 0.4 mi
4. Turn right onto Country Club Blvd 0.6 mi
5. Turn left onto Moreing Rd Partial restricted usage road 0.3 mi
6. Continue onto Atherton Island Pl, Restricted usage road,
Destination will be on the left
249 ft
1a. Headed north on I-5 N 2a. Take exit 474B for Country Club Blvd toward Alpine Ave 0.2 mi
3a. Turn left onto Country Club Blvd 0.6 mi
Follow #5 and #6 above to destination
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March 9, 2013 NorCal Meeting Minutes
Vice-President Pat Kennedy opened the meeting at 10:02 a.m. at the California Auto
Museum in Sacramento, California. Nineteen in attendance, one was a guest (Ron
Gonsalves).
Dan Haggerty announced that Ken Van Gundy has temporarily resigned as President. He read to those in attendance Ken’s email. Ken also requested a character
reference letter from the club. One was composed by Linda Sutherland and Dan
Haggerty. It was read by Dan. Each of the officers signed the letter to be mailed to
Ken. Jeanie Marsden made a motion to maintain a copy of the letter into the club’s
records. Motion was seconded by Don Sutherland. Pat will act as President for
now.
Minutes from January 12, 2013: Motion to accept was made by Jeanie Marsden and
seconded by Dave Kennedy.
Membership & Treasurer’s Report: Dan reported that he postal mailed our club
California Statement of Information (SI-100) on 2-5-13, which is good for two years.
He also, electronically filed our club 2012 Federal Tax Return IRS Form 990-N
e-Postcard and California 2012 Tax Return FTB Form 199N e-Postcard on 2-7-13
both were accepted with confirmation emails back to him within 30 minutes.
Membership:
We had two more membership renewals, Donald Conrad & Gregory Gundred, which
now makes our total membership at 135.
Health & Welfare Report: Nothing to report.
Webmaster: Don reported that he is having problems with our web service provider.
He is working on getting all parts of the website restored.
Newsletter Editor: Larry reported that the March/April newsletter were mailed with
a Zone Show and member roster. Larry also mentioned that he also has the remaining membership badges. For those who have not gotten theirs can contact Larry.
New Business: The membership was asked if anyone was interested in fulfilling
the Chief Judge position during Ken’s absence. Al Marsden made a motion that Jon
Manji fill the position, Dan Haggerty seconded the motion. Jon Manji accepted.
Larry Ewing brought up the trophies needed for Morro Bay. Larry and Jon Manji
agreed they’d coordinate with each other since they worked with Ken during the
2011 Nationals.
Larry Ewing announced that Lyle Burgess will host the gathering discussed at January’s meeting on April 27th in Stockton. Larry will make a flyer and will distribute
it to the general membership. Jeanie will coordinate with Lyle Burgess the details of
the gathering and establish a place to hold a meeting to review the upcoming Zone
Show. Details will be available in the flyer. As part of January’s meeting it was
suggested that a trip to the Haggin Museum be visited the same day. Lyle did not
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feel that the parking in the area would be conducive for our gathering.
Larry also asked if we’d considered placing an ad in this year’s National’s magazine. Larry will design and coordinate the ad with the host chapter. Ayes all
around for a full page ad.
Mark Gorton, asked if we were aware of the River City Classics car show. This
year’s show will be June 22nd and is for 1975 and older vehicles. They limit the
number of vehicles, so if interested you should sign up soon. For more information
you can see their flyer on www.Burgiemen.com.
Mike Barenston mentioned that the Capital Buick Club would like to join us at
Micke Grove this year. Jon Manji and Dan Haggerty are going to explore the issues
around insurance coverage. More information to follow.
Adjournment for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Resumed at 12:30 p.m.
The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing the Chief Judge’s duties for the
upcoming Morro Bay Zone Show.
Larry Ewing made a motion to adjourn, Dan Haggerty seconded; ayes all around.
Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
Submitted by:
Linda Sutherland
Secretary
Don Frolich Memorial Portal Park BBQ on Sunday
July 28, 2013 in Cupertino, CA
Hello All,
We the Northern California Cadillac LaSalle Club would like
to invite your car club to our annual Don Frolich Memorial
Portal Park BBQ on Sunday July 28, 2013. We are working on
the entry form and I will Email you a copy for your newsletter
in the near future. Please mark your calenders and we look forward to seeing you in July. Please let me know if you have any
questions. Please forward this to any new newsletter editors. I
would like any updated Emails or contacts please.
Thankyou, Jeff Nielsen
I highly recommend this show as I have been a few times and enjoyed every minute! If we don’t get flyers in our newsletter in time
go the Nor Cal Cadillac website and find it. It’s a mail-in application with class and food choices. We can all park our Oldsmobiles
together too! Larry Ewing
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Greetings From Your New NCOC Car Show Chairman
My name is Jon Manji, and I’ve been involved with OCA judging for a few years at
the national level, including assisting Ken & Lori Van Gundy at the 2011 National
Meet in Reno. I learned a lot working with Ken and Lori in the two years leading up
to the National Meet, and will try my best to maintain and hopefully improve upon the
high standards that they have brought to our shows.
I have been around Oldsmobiles since my teen years, the good old days when Oldsmobiles were everywhere and there seemed to be no end to their popularity. My first
major automotive project was helping a good friend transplant a 455 police engine
into his 1970 Cutlass. I’ve been working on and driving Oldsmobiles ever since then.
My current Oldsmobile is a 1986 442 with just over 32k miles. The 442 has been in
my family since new.
If you’re thinking about attending the upcoming Zone Show, don’t forget that the
discounted early registration period ends May 1st. The registration form was in the
last issue of the Oldsletter, or it can be downloaded from our club website: www.
norcalolds.com And don’t forget that I am available to discuss anything related to our
shows or judging. You can send me an e-mail at: j.y.m@sbcglobal.net or call me at:
(916) 386-1642.
I look forward to working with all of you at our upcoming shows. Please feel free
to contact me if you have any questions, or would like to volunteer to help. We can
always use more judges and show field parking help at our shows.
A Special Note Regarding This Year’s Zone Show: Participants from the 5,000 mile,
22-day long California Dreamin’ Cruise are expected at the Show. The Cruise, hosted
by the Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club (NLOC) from Alberta Province, Canada,
will have participants from their club as well as from OCA chapters including our
own. See the article on page 9 and 10 or visit the NLOC’s website (www.oldsclub.ca)
for more information.
Jon
Our Webmaster Don Sutherland is featuring the car of the month on our Olds
Club Website. These are picked by him at random and are featured the entire
month with identification.
Take a look each month and it may be your car featured. Nor Cal Olds Club
Website: www.norcalolds.com If you don’t have any photos of your car
floating around our club maybe it’s time to send us some or show up at a
show. We will take photos for you for our future use on our Website or Oldsletter or both.
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Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club of Canada Tour Information
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ CRUISE:
It’s been a year in the making. I first mentioned this cruise in the spring 2012 issue
of Olds Faithful. Our caravan to California leaves from Edmonton on May 11. It’s
confirmed, we’ll be attending the Tonight Show May 20. Maybe you’ll see us if they
pan the audience. It seems our cruise has attracted a few people in California who
want to join us as well. Here is the breakdown of who is coming on the trip by registration number, the club they’re with and what they’re driving.
1. (Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club) Me, Ken Pilidis and two of my sons, Alexander (19) & Joshua (15) – Sherwood Park, AB (1976 442)
2. Bob & Marilyn Schlutze –Edmonton, AB. (1963 Buick Riviera)
3. (Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club) Jamie & Sherrill Cox, North Saanich, BC
(1963 Starfire Convertible) had to withdraw due to medical reasons
4. (Puget Sound Oldsmobile Club) Bob & Sharon Gaunt – Fife, WA. (1957 Super 88)
(Coming back to Canada with us)
5. (Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club) Allan & Margaret Reid – Delta, BC (1971
Cutlass Supreme) (Will leave the group on day 20 in Montana)
6. Randy & Candice Emke – Wetaskiwin, AB. (1968 Chevelle SS 396) Randy got us
rooms at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas for $35/night!
7. (Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club) Ott & Doris Zelko-Grande Prairie, AB (1962
Starfire Convertible)
8. (Puget Sound Oldsmobile Club) Greg & Cathye Hinton - Palm Desert, CA. (1939
Olds 70 Series Hot Rod), they live in Cal. during the winter
9. (Oldsmobile Club of Northern California) Paul & John Turkovich - Fortuna, CA
(1956 88 Sedan) (Coming back to Canada with us)
10. (Oldsmobile Club of Northern California) Stuart & Patricia Overholtzer – Morgan Hill, CA (1991 Eighty-Eight) (Will leave the group in Arizona)
So there you have it, 9 cars, 19 people. We also were asked by other members of the
Northern California Oldsmobile Club who live in the San Francisco area if they could
caravan with us from Sausalito to Morro Bay. Sure, we said. Now that is going to be
a sight to see.
Regards,
Ken Pilidis
President
Northern Lights Oldsmobile Club
www.oldsclub.ca
Members can email me at president@oldsclub.ca or ken.pilidis@shaw.ca or they can
call after 6 p.m. M-F mountain time (an hour ahead of you) at 780-417-4062, and any
time on weekends. I look forward to speaking with your members and meeting your
club in ~6 weeks.
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Condensed Itinerary from Olds Faitful Newsletter, April 2013
May 11: Leave Edmonton, rest stop in Banff Nat’l Park drive thru Kootenay Nat’l
Park, overnight in Radium Hot Springs, BC
(324 miles)
May 12: Leave Radium, cross into the USA, rest stop in Sandpoint, ID. overnight in
Coeur d’Alene, ID.
(245 miles).
May 13: Leave Coeur d’Alene, rest stop in Kennewick, WA. overnight in The Dalles,
OR.
(300 miles)
May 14: Leave The Dalles, rest in Yachats (Haceta Head Lighthouse) and Seal Lion
Caves, overnight in Eugene, OR.
(347 miles)
May 15: Leave Eugene, Jet Boat in Hell Gate (Grant’s Pass), overnight in Eureka,
CA.
(302 miles)
May 16: Leave Eureka, picnic in Leggett, CA (Drive-Thru-Tree), to Petaluma, overnight in Sausalito, CA.
(298 miles)
May 17: Leave Sausalito, (drive over Golden Gate), stop at Mel’s take 17 Mile Drive
Pebble Beach, stop in Morro Bay, CA.
(263 miles)
May 18: Oldsmobiles to Morro Bay (Oldsmobile show), others to Hearst Castle,
overnight in Morro Bay, CA
(30 miles)
May 19: Leave Morro Bay with So. Cal Olds Club, rest in Malibu, overnight in Canoga Park, CA.
(202 miles)
May 20: Full day in Los Angeles, escorted by So Cal Club, see Tonight Show, cruise
Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank after.
May 21: Leave Canoga Park, to Peterson Museum, lunch along CA Route 66 to
Barstow-cross the Mojave Desert, overnight in Las Vegas, NV (307 miles)
May 22: Full day and night in Las Vegas Stop at Count’s Kustoms and tour their
shop, who knows, you might even see us on an episode.
May 23: Leave LV, drive over Hoover Dam, lunch in Seligman, AZ (Road Kill Café)
along AZ Route 66, overnight in Chino Valley. Meet the Oldsmobile Club of Arizona as well as National Antique Oldsmobile Club (259 miles)
May 24: Leave Chino Valley, stop in Grand Canyon Village, drive through the
Painted Desert overnight in Kayenta, AZ
(267 miles)
May 25: Leave Kayenta, drive through Monument Valley, UT to Four Corners, NM,
overnight in Pagosa Springs, CO.
(268 miles)
May 26: Leave Pagosa Springs drive over/ stop at Royal Gorge Bridge, overnight in
Colorado Springs, CO
(254 miles)
May 27: Leave Co. Springs, stop in Denver to picnic with Rocky Mountain Oldsmobile Club, overnight Denver suburbs
(80 miles)
May 28: Leave Denver, stop to visit the Wyoming Territorial Prison Museum, WY,
drive the Lincoln Highway to Rock Springs, WY. (323 miles)
May 29: Leave Rock Springs, lunch in Pinedale, WY, overnight in Jackson, WY
.
(175 miles)
May 30: Leave Jackson Hole, drive through the Grand Tetons, stop in Yellowstone
Nat. Park, overnight in Butte, MT.
(279 miles)
May 31: Leave Butte, rest in Great Falls, cross back into Canada, overnight in Lethbridge, AB.
(344 miles)
June 1: Leave Lethbridge, AB, lunch in Calgary , arrive Edmonton approximately
6 pm.
(304 miles)
OPTION: Stop for lunch at the Three Hills car show?
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All Oldsmobile Show in Arizona, March 23, 2013
The results are in
Just outside of Palm Desert, CA
the road to Scottsdale, AZ looks
pretty much the same as seen
above from Mike White’s 1950
Oldsmobile. We left Mike’s
hometown of Paso Robles at 3
AM and arrived at our motel
room in Scottsdale at 3 PM Friday Mar 22nd. No car problems
just routine stops along the way.
The Arizona Chapter of OCA
was having their annual All
Oldsmobile Show Saturday
which was the main reason
to go. In conjunction with the
show, Scottsdale has a weekly
event at the same location which
brings in hundreds of cars and
they party well into the night.
The following day, Sunday,
the Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
show was held, again at the same
location. We attended all 3 and
had a great time. Prior to the
Shows Arizona member Fred
Mandrick had an open house
with dinner for all to all Olds
members on Friday night. It
was Great! Fred has an amazing
collection of Cutlass cars and
memorabilia.
Above, we stopped for breakfast in Beaumont, CA.
Mike’s ‘50 Olds is modernized with disc brakes,
power steering, air conditioning, later model Olds
engine with an automatic overdrive transmission.
All fresh, just like a new car!
Lower picture is Fred’s garage with all his toys!
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There were 3 Oldsmobiles from
our club not counting Mike’s.
Arnie Schweer brought a new
acquisition, a ‘53 88 Holiday.
Hayden & Joanne Long and his
‘50 4dr sedan and Dan and Jacki
Flanagan with their ‘49 98 Club
Sedan. The So Cal Club had 3
cars I recognized, maybe more.
The judging was 1st and 2nd and
specialty awards like best display
and best of show.
Mike won best modified, Hayden best display and
Dan for long distance. We did good!
Best of show went to a Arizona member Jeff Ivener
in a 1972 442 W30.
Above right is Arnie’s ‘53, below is Hayden ‘50
with him on right accepting his award from Fred
Mandrick. Below right is Dan Flanagen with his
award. Best of Show car at bottom with owner.
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Oops! Dan Flanagan had to
tow home his ‘49 as the transmission gave up in Arizona,
He’ll be back!
The BOP show on Sunday had
over 100 cars but I focused
my camera on the’50 Oldsmobiles. Left: Hayden, Mike,
Don Baldwin and Keith Berg
from So Cal with a black local
convertible in the lineup. Mike
won 2nd in modified while
Kieth got 1st for stock class
with his ‘50 Holiday
Above right, Mikes ‘50 coupe, above is Mike’s and
Don’s cars side by side with Don ahead in conversation.
Right, Mike grabs his award and runs off in his
Panama hat!
The trip back was done in 2 days with an overnight
in Palm Desert. Car ran great and averaged 18 MPG.
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Revell Finally Makes a Model Kit of a 1950 Olds 88 Coupe
Back late in 2012 Revell came out with a ‘50 Olds coupe 1:25 scale model kit, level
3 (12 years and older). I had to have one since my full size car is the same model.
When I opened it up it had 197 pieces with instructions. I was intimidated as I had
not built a plastic model since 1970.
I went on line and checked out different forums of model builders and joined Model
Car Magazine forum. I soon learned enough to start the project. First I was not
happy with the fit and shape of the grille so I took apart a ‘50 Olds dicast model
of a bank I got in 1999 and used the grille and front bumper with modifications. A
Dremel tool kit is a great asset when building something this small.
I wanted this model to look like my real car so paint, engine, wheels, exhaust system, interior, etc., had to match. I lucked out with the color as the hobby store had
a dark pearl green in a spray which I painted over a black base. Although small, the
same process is used as on a real car. Prime coat, sand, color coat, sand, clear coat,
and rub out. The engine was a challenge as I needed to put on 3 carbs, finned valve
covers, etc. I had to think small and build thing out of tie wrap ends and fuses, stuff
I had laying around. The dual exhaust I did in solder and it took 10 hours. I know a
shop can do it in half that time to a real car. The wheels I took from a Revell model
of a modified ‘32 Ford which matched mine. Working this small for me wasn’t easy
as magnifiers were very necessary and my finger too big most of the time!
All in all this took the better of 2 months to complete. Not too much fun but a satisfying job when done. Larry Ewing
Above is my real full size Olds
as shown at Morro Bay last
year. Below is the model built
displayed on my rear bumper.
Pretty small huh?
Above is the kit with 197 pieces.
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Left is the bottom view
that shows my 10 hour
labor dual exhaust. The
model is very accurate
with the correct sway bars
trailing arms etc.
The hood is removable and engine detail is good although I had to modify
to match my full size car.
I photographed my license
plate an reduced it to fit the
model
My modified engine bay with 3
carbs and wires. The carbs were
made out of tie wrap ends and the
air cleaners out of fuse ends. My
wire choice is too fat and I plan to
change them soon.
Above is my full size car as seen in Reno 2011 and above right is the model finished
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More Model Stuff Larry Ewing
While doing research online on my model I came across a modified 1:25th scale
car a guy was making out of resin. He had made a fastback and 2 door sedan version of the ‘50 Oldsmobile based on the Revell kit. Which means you can buy his
bodies and use all the parts out of the Revell kit to finish. So since I have a full
size fastback and a sedan, not a 2dr but a 4 dr, I ordered the two.
During our transaction I found out this guy, Tom Coolidge knew the late Woodie
Hyde (‘50 Olds Guru) and had actually sold a ‘50 88 Holiday to him in the late
70’s. As we talked more he sent a picture of the car and it looked like the car past
member John Ferris once owned. Turned out is was! Small world! Tom modified the car in the 70s buy adding a 425 cu in Olds engine and a 4 speed. He took
many pictures of his build and had them posted on line.( http://public.fotki.com/
tomcoolidge/another-50-oldsmobi/ ) I contacted John and he confirmed he knows
Tom well and added more info. Turns out John bought a 3 carb set up from Tom,
added a turbo 400 and headers. John took the Olds to the last drags at Fremont in
1988 and turned 12.8 sec at 108 mph in the quarter mile! It was very fast!
John sold the car to a guy in the state of Washington a few years later and lost
contact. Fast forward to now and I remember a So Cal member Dave Hayward
buying a Holiday out of WA recently. I checked and it is in fact the same car John
once owned. Dave is doing a complete frame off restoration and keeping the powerful 425. We will probably see the car done next year at our Zone show.
On the right is a picture of how
the Holiday looked when John
owned in the late 80s.
Below is Tom Coolidge’s fastback 1:25th resin and below to
the right is his 2 dr sedan. The
2 dr sedan has the same top
size as a 4 dr therefore I will
modify it to a 4 dr when built .
Tom Coolidge now lives in
Denver, Colorado and is very
active in scale model building.
He can be reached at Promolite2000@aol.com
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Mark Gorton highly recommends River City Classics car show in Sacramento. This
year’s show will be June 22nd and is for 1972 and older vehicles. They limit the
number of vehicles, so if interested you should sign up soon. For more information
you can see their flyer on www.Burgiemen.com. or go to our website www.norcalods.
com and download the application in Other Events section.
Call Mark if you would like to park together but do it soon as this show fills up fast!
Mark can be reached at 916-281-6326 or markgorton1@aol.com
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