Newsletter - Street Survivors of Maryland

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APRIL 2013
P.O. BOX 19830 BALTIMORE, MD 21225
Club Members,
Spring is finally here and I hope everyone is ready for the start
of the cruising season. A few club members attended the all clubs
breakfast on Kent Island and there are a lot of great shows coming
ahead. Our opening lot night is just around the corner, I hope to see
you all there!
Rick,
443-829-5658
IN THIS ISSUE
•CLUB NEWS
PAGES 2-3
•ADVERTISERS
PAGES 2 & 10
•PATRONS
PAGE 4
•OUT & ABOUT
PAGE 5
•TECH ARTICLE
PAGE 6
•EVENTS & SHOWS
MEETINGS
8PM
WEDS.
MARCH 27
APRIL 24
MAY 29
JUNE 26
JULY 31
AUGUST 28
SEPTEMBER 25
OCTOBER 30
DECEMBER 4
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OFFICERS & BOARD
MEMBERS
Street Survivors of Maryland
Membership Meeting
February 27, 2013
PRESIDENT
RICK WOOLRIDGE 443-829-5658
VICE PRESIDENT
TOM PATTAN 443-838-0948
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS/
CHAPLAIN
DICK SMITH 410-360-4094
TREASURER
MARY COX 410-969-6070
MEMBERSHIP
DINA MCKENNY 410-437-5968
PAST PRESIDENT
FRED VOLLMERHAUSEN
410-789-6414
Discussed Items
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The meeting was called to order @ 8pm with prayer and Pledge
of Allegiance by Dick Smith
Rick thanked Club Members for their hard work in 2012
Mary gave a treasury report to membership
Club Donated $14,480 to various charities in 2012
Keep Liz Stonko, Ed Callahan, & Dick Smith’s wife in your
prayers
April 13th Brooklyn Park Parade need members to display their
cars
Mark Mayeski won 50/50
Chairman of the Board &
Sunshine Girl
Santa Callahan 410-255-9369
Executive Vice President
Richard Anderson 410-355-6878
Secretary/Club Cruise Coordinator
Russ Richards 410-336-1156
Road Captains
Dick Cox 410-969-6070
Dave Williams 410-360-0906
Newsletter Editor
Diane Pattan 410-636-5212
Rick Woolridge
443-829-5658
Publicity
Chris Derkacz 410-761-1927
Webmaster
Tim Shue 410-292-1890
50/50 Coordinators
Bud Tormollan 410-636-1504
John McKenny 410-437-5968
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Sending Get Well Wishes
Mollie Boyd
Liz Stonko
Our prayers to Club Member Gary Grimm and Family.
Gary’s Dad, Gillace passed away March 18, 2013.
Our prayers to Trey Stamer & Family, whose Dad recently
passed away.
IT’S TIME TO RENEW
YOUR 2013 DUES!
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Krista Wayland
Birthday July 19th
1972 Chevy Station Wagon
Jerry & Linda Neighoff
Birthdays Feb. 2nd & Oct. 18th
1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1989 Chevrolet Camaro IROC Z28
Gary Sockriter
Birthday April 27th
1982 Ford Mustang GT
PAY BY MARCH 30TH FOR $20.00
AFTER MARCH 30TH YOUR DUES ARE $25.00
PAY AT THE MEETING OR
MAIL TO THE CLUB’S ADDRESS
PO BOX 19830, BALTIMORE, MD 21225
DINA MCKENNY 410-437-5968
PLEASE NOTIFY DINA OF
ANY TYPE OF CHANGES.
If you have children or grandchildren ages 10 and older who
would like to join our Junior Cruisers we would be glad
to have them. Last year our Juniors sold snowballs at our
Memorial Day Show which they plan to do this year, built an
awesome miniature garage that they raffled off at our
Christmas Show for Juvenile Diabetes and planned a NYC
bus trip. We need ideas for this year. Stop by the trailer on
Friday nights or call Janet Woolridge 410-247-4643 for info.
RAFFLE BASKETS AND
DOOR PRIZES
WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE
MEMORIAL DAY SHOW MAY 26
Enjoy Breakfast at the American
Legion Post 195 every Sunday $7.00.
Best deal in town!
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May 10th
5-9pm
Free gift &
photo to the
first 36
lovely ladies
who drive
their car in.
Special
awards and
door prizes.
DICK SMITH’S CHAPLAIN LETTER
WILL RETURN IN THE MAY ISSUE.
STREET SURVIVORS
PATRON SUPPORTERS
2013
John & Dina McKenny
Mary & Dick Cox
Fred Vollmerhausen
Chris & Donna Derkacz
Joe & Brittni Derkacz
Tom & Diane Pattan
SUPPORT YOUR CLUB
WITH A PATRON $10.00
SEE DIANE PATTAN
CARS ARE NEEDED FOR THE
BROOKLYN PARK OPENING DAY
BASEBALL PARADE. THE STREET
SURVIVORS HAVE ALWAYS
SUPPORTED THIS EVENT. THE
PARADE IS APRIL 13. CARS NEED TO
MEET AT THE KFC IN BROOKLYN
PARK, OUR OLD CRUISE LOT. IF YOU
ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CALL
TOM PATTAN 443-838-0948
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ATLANTIC CITY BUS TRIP 2013. ANOTHER
GREAT TIME. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!
ALL CLUB’S BREAKFAST MEETING
MOLLIE BOYD, MARY & DICK COX,
JANET & RICK WOOLRIDGE,
ANDREW JEFFRIES, TOM & DIANE
PATTAN, RUSS RICHARDS &
GARY GRIMM (NOT PICTURED)
GARAGE TOUR OPEN HOUSE
THURSDAY SCHEDULE 6PM
Oops,
cut
off
Rick!
MAR. 28
Duane Crocetti, 2026 Kurtz Ave., Pasadena
410-255-5269
APR. 11
Mike Henderson, 1167 River Bay Rd., Annapolis
410-991-5600
APR. 18
Tom Heller, 3 Briars Knoll Way, Hanover
410-760-6277
APR. 25
Wayne Gerst, 622 Benefield Rd., Severna Park
410-987-0700
Visit www.streetsurvivorsofmaryland.com for more info
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How to Keep Classic Cars Road-­‐Ready The collector cars of Jay Leno's garage aren't just to look at—Jay likes to take his out for a drive. Here's how he keeps old cars in road-­‐worthy condi?on.Modern cars have to start and stop reliably, idle in traffic, and cruise at freeway speeds. I always want to keep my cars as original-­‐looking as possible, but when I can improve a car for safety or func?onal reasons, I'll do it. Fortunately, I've discovered a number of products and technologies that solve many problems common to old cars and help make them much more reliable to drive. For example, overhea?ng can be a big issue. Most old cars have non pressurized cooling systems, and if the car runs too hot, the coolant boils and overflows. Today's pressurized systems might fail in a plume of steam, but they are more effec?ve at heat transfer, and they keep the coolant from boiling. In older cars, when the coolant boils over, the quick fix is to top off the radiator with water. But each ?me you do that you're dilu?ng the coolant, and in California, at least, you're pouring water into the radiator that contains minerals harmful to the vehicle. Many of my cars sit for a month or two between drives, so some?mes I'd find green corrosion all around the radiator pipes and drainage petcocks. Now I use a terrific product called Evans Waterless Coolant. Since there's no water in it, it can't corrode anything. It's also good for the life of the car. I've had it in my replica 1937 BugaW Type 57SC Atlan?c for 14 years, and the coolant is as clean as the day it went in. Even be[er, it doesn't boil up to 375 F, so your car won't overheat. And it's good to minus 40 F, so it also acts as an an?freeze. The only disadvantage? At $44 a gallon, it can cost several hundred dollars to fill a big radiator. But if you have a valuable an?que car, this product is worth every penny. Another great idea is called fric?onless, or induc?on, braking. With a Telma induc?on brake setup, there's no wear and tear on the conven?onal brake parts. It's essen?ally an electromagne?c retarder. A pair of ven?lated rotors is a[ached to the center of the drivesha_. (You may have to cut your drivesha_ in two and shorten it to accommodate the new rotor assembly.) Instead of calipers, like a conven?onal disc brake, you have a stator that's a[ached to the chassis but separated from the disc by an air gap. Electricity flows through the stator coils, crea?ng powerful electromagne?c fields with alternate polari?es. As the rotors pass through these fields, eddy currents are generated that retard the rotors, which in turn slow the drivesha_. Most of the heat that's produced by braking is dissipated through the rotor vanes. The air gap means there's no fric?on. I installed the system in my 1941 American LaFrance 600 Series firetruck, which is equipped with huge hydraulic drums aided by power assist. The original brakes are only fade-­‐free up to about 40 mph. So I put a Gear Vendors overdrive unit in the truck, and it's now capable of going up to 75 mph on the freeway. With a Telma unit, I barely use the brakes. Approaching an intersec?on, for example, I just tap the pedal and the Telma unit slows me right down. When I get closer, I step fully on the brakes to reach a complete stop. I don't think I'll have to do a brake job on this truck for 10 years. There's a cure for an?que charging systems too. I have a 1937 Cord 812 Westchester sedan with a vacuum-­‐-­‐electric, four-­‐speed Bendix semiautoma?c transmission. Opera?ng its shi_er required more electricity at low speeds than the car's 6-­‐volt generator could supply. Even worse, when I pulled up to a light at night, the lights dimmed and the radio went oooohhhh. The generator was probably sufficient for the original lights, but I had installed 6-­‐volt halogen bulbs that are much brighter and need more current to operate. To increase the charge at a stoplight, I had to quickly depress the clutch pedal and rev the engine. That ran the generator a li[le faster and brightened the lights a bit. In cases like this, a lot of people install a 6-­‐volt alternator or even convert to a 12-­‐volt system, but a Cord is a very special vintage car. I didn't want to change the appearance of the engine, so I installed a Gener-­‐Nator, which converts an original 6-­‐volt (or 12-­‐volt) generator into a 50-­‐ to 60-­‐wa[ alternator. The generator s?ll looks the same, but internally it's all updated. The voltage regulator is built-­‐in, and there's even a li[le fan to cool the device. Now when I drive the Cord at night and pull up to a stoplight, the lights stay bright. And when I crank it, the headlights don't dim. Shi_ing with old transmissions can also be an issue. Red Line Oil makes a product called MTL 70W80 GL-­‐4, a manual transmission lubricant that acts like a liquid synchronizer. My 1972 Dodge Challenger was always difficult to get into gear, and the gears ground when I shi_ed. I added a quart of MTL, and it doesn't even feel like the same transmission. MTL provides the perfect coefficient of fric?on; it protects the gears and the synchronizers. Be[er shi_ing through chemistry? You bet.
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CAR SHOWS & EVENTS 2013
Mar 29-30
Apr. 5
Apr. 20
Apr. 24-28
Apr. 28
May 4
May 4
May 4
May 5
May 10
May 15-19
May 18
May 26
June 7-9
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 29
July 7
July 14
July 20
Aug. 31
Sept. 14
Sept. 15
Sept. 15
Sept. 22
Oct. 5,6,12,13
Oct. 10-13
Oct. 25
Oct. 26
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 10
Dec. 1
Dec. 7-8
SMR Annual Parts Meet - New location Carol County Agricultural Ctr., Westminster, MD POC: Bob Clubb (301) 831-5144
Opening Cruise Night Street Survivors Centre of Glen Burnie 5:30pm
Asphalt Angels Spring Car Show Glory Days Grill Bowie 9am-3pm $12.50 by 4-5-2013 Buddy 443-812-3184
Spring Carlisle
Car & Bike Show Pasadena call Greg for info 410-255-3168
Car Show $12 & Swap Meet $15 Gerst Farm 8401 Veteran’s Hwy. Millersville Rick 443-829-5658
Bay Country V.C.C.A. Car & Truck Show The Church at Severn Run 10-3 Pre $10/$12 at show Ken 410-987-3115
Spring Fling Kent Island Cruisers Western Tire Kent Island 10-3 $10
Adams Chev. Believe in Tomorrow 9-3 $15
Ladies Cruise Night Street Survivors
Ocean City Cruisin
Nova Appreciation Show Hoopers Crab House Ocean City 12-4 All years Novas-No entry fee Russ 410-336-1156
Memorial Day Breakfast & Car Show Street Survivors American Legion Post 195 Tom 443-838-0948 Russ 410-336-1156
Lead Scene East Rod & custom Show Gettysburg, PA 1-757-587-0905 www.leadsceneeast.com
Food Drive Cruise Night $5.00 or food donation Street Survivors 5:30
Lost in the 50’s Salute to America Show Marley Station Mall
Animal Rescue Car Show Ghost Ryderz Centre of Glen Burnie 8-1
Cool Cars & Ice Cream Crank Off St. David’s Lutheran Church Hanover, MD $10 Hanover Street Rods 1-717-637-7697
Bakery Express Car Show Halethorpe Street Survivors 8am-2pm
Cruiser Appreciation Cruise Night Street Survivors 5:30
Independent Bible Church Show Martinsburg, WV 8-3 Free admission Free food & drink Bob 304-702-0646 (Rain 7/27)
Wheels From The Past Green Turtle Edgewater 9-2 $10/$15 www.wheelsfromthepast.com
Lincoln Tech All Chevy Show 11-3
Lost in the 50’s Patriotic Show Marley Station Show
Alzheimers Assoc. Car & Truck Show Frederick, MD
Street Survivors Club Picnic Patapsco State Park 11am $3.00 per person park admission, car seat $0
Apple Harvest Festival & Car Show Biglersville, PA $10.00 REGISTER EARLY! 1-717-677-9413
Ocean City Cruisin
Halloween Cruise Night Street Survivors Prizes & Parade
Halloween Car Show Kent Island Cruisers Kent Is. Fire Dept. 10-3 $10
Lost in the 50’s Halloween Cruise Night
Swap Meet/Flea Market Street Survivors Gerst Farm $15 Rick 443-829-5658
Veterans Appreciation Car Show Street Survivors Centre of Glen Burnie 9am Rick 443-829-5658 $12
Christmas Car Show, Breakfast & Auction Street Survivors 8am Post 195 Baltimore Highlands Rick 443-829-5658
East Coast Nationals Timonium Cow Palace
EVERYBODY GOES
TO GINO’S ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
CAUSE GINO’S IS THE PLACE TO GO!
John Broussard has a new location for his
Wednesday Cruise Night. It is now held at
Gino’s on Ritchie Hwy. & 5th Ave. from 6-9
every week.
Call John if you have any questions,
410-302-2900.
Cool Cars, Good burgers & Chicken,
Music, Door Prizes & New Friends
SUGARLOAF
MOUNTAIN REGION
AACA
rd ANNIU
INDOOR/OUTDOOR
ANTIQUE AUTO
SWAP MEET
MARCH 29 & 30, 2013
* NEW LOCATION *
C A R R O L L C O U N T Y A G R I C U LTU R E C E N T E R
7 0 6 A G R I C U LTU R E C E N T E R D R I V E
W E STMI N STE R ,
M D 21157
DOORS OPEN: 6:00am FRIDAY & SATURDAY
OVER 300 V E NDO R SPACES
FULLY H E ATE D
BUILDING
ALL-A M E R IC A N F OOD SERVED
FOR SALE
Ed Sloan (Club Member)
esloan10@comcast.net
29 Ford Roadster for Sale
1-717-285-5011
P R E P A R E D BY S M R M E M B E R S
A L L F O O D R I G HTS R E S E R V E D
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CONTACT: ROBERT CLUBB
FAX
EMAIL
ADDITIONAL SPACE
R E S E R V E D AS N E E D E D
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smra aca@aol.com
SEE R E V E R S E SIDE FOR REGISTRATION F O R M
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Food available in Bakery Express
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Everyone welcome. Open to all vehicles.
$12.00 registration at the show.
Dash Plaques, Participant Choice Awards,
Music and 50/50
4711 Hollins Ferry Road
Halethorpe, Maryland 21227
For more info please call
Russ Richards 410-336-1156
Rick Woolridge 443-829-5658
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE APPLE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR GET
YOUR REGISTRATION WITH $10 IN EARLY. 1980 AND OLDER
VEHICLES ONLY. IGNORE ANY DEADLINE YOU SEE. MAIL THIS
TO National Apple Harvest Festival, Attn: Antique Auto Committee, P.O. Box
38, Biglerville, PA 17307 PHONE 717-677-9413 YOU MUST HAVE YOUR
CAR PARKED BY 11AM
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BUSINESS CARD ADS $25.00
PATRON ADS $10.00
All old ads expire 3-31-2013
To Renew your ads for 2013 give to Diane Pattan
or mail to the Club’s PO Box.
Enclose a Business Card.
Make checks payable to Street Survivors of Maryland
ALL ADS ON
THIS PAGE
EXPIRE 3-31-2012
Thanks for your support!
THANK YOU 2012 PATRONS
CHARLES EAKLE
MARY & DICK COX
JANET & RICK WOOLRIDGE
FRED VOLLMERHAUSEN
AMANDA & RUSS RICHARDS
CHRIS & DONNA DERKACZ
DIANE & TOM PATTAN
DICK & SHARON SMITH
JOE & BRITTNI DERKACZ
LINDA & DAVE WILLIAMS
JIM ANDERSON
DINA & JOHN MCKENNY
JAN STERLING
BUD & PAT TORMOLLAN
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