Ohio Region Classic Car Club of America

Northern Lights
Ohio Region
Classic Car Club of America
Volume 60-3
Fall 2014
1946 Packard 7 Passenger Limousine
Board of Managers, Ohio Region
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / PROJECT CHAIRMAN
Matt Harwood
9852 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg, OH 44087
216-849-5263; E-Mail: [email protected]
DIRECTOR / INNER CIRCLE
Term Limit
Dave Heinrichs
2016
25716 Osborne Road, Columbia Station, OH 44028
440-668-3763;
E-Mail: [email protected]
STAN HYWET CO-COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Margus Sweigard
2016
2800 Hemlock Drive, Willoughby, OH 44094
440-942-1647; E-Mail: [email protected]
STAN HYWET HEAD JUDGE
Gary Rosenthal
2016
13569 County Line Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
440-423-1718 (H); E-Mail: [email protected]
SECRETARY
Mike Dube
3178 Robin St., Ravenna, OH 44226
330-297-8792; E-mail: [email protected]
STAN HYWET CO-COORDINATOR
Joan Virostek
5422 Hudson Drive, Hudson, OH 44236
330-653-8428
2014
STAN HYWET INNER CIRCLE CO-COORDINATOR
George Strom
2015
646 Washington Avenue, Elyria, OH 44035
440-322-6608: E-Mail: [email protected]
TREASURER / CLUB AWARDS CHAIRMAN / ADVISORY
Al Truelson
2014
3616 Erhart Road, Litchfield, OH 44253
216-299-0576; E-Mail: [email protected]
EDITOR, “NORTHERN LIGHTS”
Bob Porter
12540 Edgewater Drive, Lakewood, OH 44107
216-228-1169; E-Mail: [email protected]
EDITOR, “HIGH BEAM”
Mike and Jane Dube
3178 Robin Street, Ravenna, OH 44266
330-297-8792; E-Mail: [email protected]
2015
STAN HYWET INNER CIRCLE / HISTORIAN
Harry Wolk
19655 Parklane Dr., Rocky River, OH 44107
440-331-4028; E-Mail: [email protected]
2014
STAN HYWET ADVISORY / EQUIPMENT
Bob Brown
635 Eastwood Road, Hinckley, OH 44233
330-278-4318; E-Mail: Not listed
STAN HYWET INNER CIRCLE
Jim Battenhouse
24071 Elm Road, North Olmsted, OH 44070
440-777-0884; E-Mail: Not listed
2016
ALTERNATE
Bobby Girardi
321 Substation Rd., Brunswick Hills, OH 44212
440-823-9151; E-Mail: [email protected]
2014
2014
MEMBERSHIP
Norman Cangey
21355 Hillsdale Avenue, Fairview Park, OH 44126
440-333-8921; E-Mail: [email protected]
SUNSHINE
Joan Kamper
9225 Lindbergh Blvd., Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
440-234-5659; E-Mail: [email protected]
2014
2015
2015
PUBLIC RELATIONS / BOARD MEMBER
2014
Melanie Harwood, 9852 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg, OH 44087
216-849-5263; E-Mail: [email protected]
WEB SITE: www.orccca.com
National Dues are $60, payable CCCA, 1645 Des Plaines
River Road, Suite 7, Des Plaines, IL 60018. Regional
dues are $25 single, or $30 including spouse.
Membership chairman can handle both local and
national dues. One must be a national member to be a
local member
Photo contributors this issue:
Bob Porter, Joan Kamper,
Doug Seybold, Joan Virostek,
Matt Harwood, Jim Cowin
The Northern Lights is the Official Publication of the Ohio Region Classic Car Club of America. It is published and mailed
by Engler Printing, 808 W. State Street, Fremont, Ohio 43420. Editor is Bob Porter, 12540 Edgewater Drive, Lakewood, OH
44107, Phone: 216-228-1169, E-mail: [email protected]
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2012 AWARD SUMMARY
COMING EVENTS
Armington Trophy – Given for the best members Full
Classic at Stan Hywet.
W.W. Williams Achievement Trophy – Person who
contributed the most to the club over the last year.
Good Joe Award – Joseph Virostek Memorial Trophy –
Given in recognition of a good deed or act of kindness toward another club member.
Northern Lights Award – Members choice of an article
in the Northern Lights written by a regional member.
Rodway Trophy – Most Improved Classic
Bayowski Trophy – Most Improved Classic by a member
Paige Palmer Award – Person who has been a member
3 years or less and has contributed the most to the
club.
ORCCCA Touring Trophy – Most miles driven in the last
year in a Full Classic.
Board of Managers Trophy – Most participation points
accumulated in the last year.
Howard Davies Award – Past Director Award – This
award is given to the outgoing director in
appreciation of their leadership during their term in
office.
2014
November 2
Annual Meeting, Sheraton Hotel,
Cuyahoga Falls
December 14 Holiday Party, Crown Plaza Hotel,
Berea
2015
March
National Annual Meeting,
Savannah, GA
Director’s Chair
We will be coming to another close of our
Classic driving season here in Ohio. Thank you
to those who organized an event this year.Your
commitment is appreciated, and that takes our
Classic autos and turns them into our club.
We’ve toured a brewery and sampled a few,
spent an afternoon talking tech and another at
the theater, enjoyed a little Christmas fun in
May, displayed our autos at not only the
“Klock” but alo the Oktoberfest and will by
the time this article is printed, have enjoyed
another club clam bake. Those who attended
the Grand Classic at Sawmill Creek have seen
first hand the hard work of Bill and Chris
Snyder to incorporate activities for all. The
success of the 57th Annual Father’s Day Stan
Hywet Car Show would not succeed if club
members did not commit. Many times it is not
recognized how much preparation it takes
prior to the arrival of the first car, and those
working behind the scenes don’t always get
recognition.
Welcome New Members
Rich Fink, 19130 Brookfield Dr.,
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
Bill Neides, 5355 Muirfield Dr.,
Pepper Pike, OH
Robert Owen, P.O. Box 204,
Fairborn, OH 45324
David Meeker, 269 Delaware Pl.,
Akron, OH 44303
If you didn’t enjoy having your Classic out on
the road this year, maybe you’re only looking at
the cars. I advise you to look closer at the
people as well. Not only club members but
also the ones you meet admiring and sharing
memories.
Allan Warner, 3354 Allard Rd.,
Medina, OH 44256
Stephen Yoder, 1100 Surrey Circle,
Ashland, OH 44805
It’s been a pleasure to serve as your Ohio
Region director this year. The off-season of
driving in Ohio should be filled with planning
and the anticipation of the future.
If you’d like to be more involved and not sure
how, contact myself or any board member.
BOARD OF MANAGERS SCHEDULE
Regards,
First Monday of Each Month
Dave Heinrichs,
ORCCCA Director
December 3 Joan Virostek, Hudson
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COVER CAR
This issue’s cover car is a 1946 Packard limousine, owned by Bob Jones. This monster is on a 148”
wheelbase, using a 356 cu. in. straight 8 engine with 9 main bearings. The model is known as the
Custom Super Clipper and it cost $4500 when new.
Rods & Kustoms Exhibit at the AACA Museum
Regarding the January 24th to April 27th, 2014 Rods & Kustoms exhibit at the AACA Museum. If you are an AACA member, I encourage you to make your feelings known to the AACA.
I know the AACA is under increasing pressure to recognize modified cars. Ken Gross and others, have been making noise
along these lines in the press for some time now. I have nothing against Ken, or with hobby car owners in general doing what
they will with their cars. I recognize that all factions are a part of our hobby and that we all need to stick together for our common
good. Having said that, I still feel that there needs to be a “last bastion” as it were, for original or restored to original cars, a role
the AACA has always filled. If the “concours circuit” sees fit to include them, that’s their business, and more power to them, but
I cast my vote against when it comes to AACA activities.
Thank you, Mike Dube
Submitted by Mike Dube, Ravenna, Ohio - AACA, ACD Club, CCCA
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Heinen’s gamble
Chain to open a downtown store aimed at millennials and a second out-of-state market
By Janet Cho, From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 26, 2014
Submitted by Joan Virostek
Cars pulled right up to the curb at Heinen’s original store in Shaker Heights. It opened in 1929.
This is the most critical year in 85 years of Heinnen’s
Fine Foods – the year twin owners Jeff and Tom Heinen
discover if the seeds they’ve planted for two major stores
blossom and bear fruit. Each is a multiyear multimilliondollar gamble in the future of the family business, as well as
a test of whether they can sustain Heinen’s unique culture
over 20 stores in Ohio and Illinois.
In May, the brothers will hoist their grandfather Joe Heinen’s name atop a two-story
building in the Chicago suburb of Glenview,
an affluent village about 40 minutes away
from the Barrington store they opened in 2012.
In October, Heinen’s will anchor the
former Ameritrust complex at east Ninth
Street and Euclid Avenue in downtown
Cleveland, symbolizing an amibitious pledge
of faith in the rebirth of the grocer’s hometown – even before that downtown has enough
residents to support a store that size.
“The old story was ‘You can’t build a grocery store
if you don’t have enough people,’ and ‘You can’t bring
people downtown unless you have a grocery store,’ so this
is good timing and it’s a good solution, and I do think
clearly this will help the city bring people downtown,” Tom
Heinen said.
Heinen’s jumped at the chance to set up
shop beneath the impressive rotunda in the
former Ameritrust building on the corner of
East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue
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Stan Hywet Hall Father’s Day Car Show - June 15
The 53rd Annual CCCA sponsored Father’s Day car
show at Stan Hywet Hall was a success. The highlighted
cars for the Inner Circle were for the period 1935-1939, and
nice examples were on display.
There was no threat of rain, so there were about 400
cars on the field. Nine hundred people toured the mansion,
which was a record.
Inner Circle Cars
Morrie Dannenhirsh’s 1936 Buick
Dick Owsley’s 1937 Cadillac
Bob Porter’s 1935 Cadillac
David Schultz’ 1936 Pierce-Arrow
Ed Stifel’s 1938 Packard
Scott Isquick’s 1937 Cord
Dan Hanlon’s 1940 Packard Darrin
Vintage Fire Engine on display
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Stan Hywet Hall Father’s Day Car Show - continued
Bill Snyder’s 1933 Marmon Sixteen
Matt Harwood’s 1929 Cadillac V-8
Margus Sweigard’s 1933 Buick 90
Norm Cangey’s 1931 Packard 833
Bob Brown’s 1942 Packard Limo
Gary Rosenthal’s 1946 Cadillac
Carl Hummel’s 1933 Packard 12
Regional CCCA Director Dave Heinrichs presenting National
Director Dave Johnson a 1st Place Award for his class
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1940 Cadillac V-8 convertible sedan. Same body and chassis as the 1938-40 V-16 cars. The
main styling difference is the grill.
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CCCA Grand Classic, Sawmill Creek Lodge
David Schultz with Bill Snyder’s 1930 Stultz
Norm Cangey’s 1930 Packard
Margus Sweigard’s 1932 Buick
Doug Seybold’s 1940 Buick
Al Truelson’s 1946 Cadillac
Steve Yoder’s 1930 Packard
Bob Porter’s 1935 Cadillac
Matt Harwood’s 1929 Cadillac
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CCCA Grand Classic, Sawmill Creek Lodge, Sept. 4-7
Sawmill Creek Lodge is just east of Sandusky,
which in turn is home to Cedar Point Amusement Park.
Besides checking out various restaurants, shops, and
the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, many
members opted to take a cruise on Lake Erie. Wine
tasting was also available.
But Mother Nature had her way later. It rained all
night and most of the morning. The owner of the Lodge
decided to open the adjoining convention center, and
our cars were driven in on wall-to-wall carpeting!
Clear plastic strips were put under each car, and we
quickly wiped the cars off. Then judging commenced.
The sun came out on the way home. Thanks to Bill and
Chris Snyder and crew for an excellent weekend.
Scott Isquick’s 1939 Rolls-Royce
Andrew Davidson’s 1936 Bentley
George Quay’s 1927 Pierce Arrow
Peter Schlacter’s 1937 Cord
Dan Hanlon’s 1941 Packard
David Johnson’s 1938 Packard Darrin
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CCCA Grand Classic, Sawmill Creek Lodge, Sept. 4-7
Margus Sweigard & Dave Johnson enjoying the cruise
Gene Tareshawty & Bill Snyder
Sally Sinclair with Chris Snyder
Caught ya!
Celebration to Mark 50th Anniversary of Glenn
Pray’s Corvair – Powered Cord 810
By Kurt Ernst, Reprinted from Hemmings blog, April 21, 2014
Continuation Cord 8/10 Sportsman. Photos courtesy Felix DeGeyter.
In August 1964, a once-proud automotive name rose from the
ashes like a mechanical phoenix. With longtime brand devotee
Glenn Pray at the helm, the Cord Automobile Company began
producing coffin-nosed Cords in 8/10 scale, constructed with
modern mechanicals and space-age body materials. Next month,
those devoted to one of the world’s first continuation cars will
gather to celebrate the car’s 50th anniversary.
Glenn Pray, who died in March 2011 at age 85, was not an
automaker by trade. An Oklahoma shop teacher who turned
wrenches in his spare time for supplemental income, Pray had a
passion for Cord automobiles that ran to his boyhood days, and
owned 13 Cords of his own. When the corporate remnants and
spare parts of the defunct Auburn Cord Duesenberg Company hit
the market in 1960, it was Pray (with financial backing from
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Chevrolet dealer Wayne McKinley) who acquired them. From
there, it was a logical next step to resurrect the Cord name on a
new automobile, though neither Pray nor McKinley had the skills
to design a new car from the ground up.
Enter Gordon Buehrig, the designer of the original Cord 810, who
convinced Pray that the time was right for a smaller version of the
same car, carrying the Cord name. Buehrig, then employed by
Ford, created a clay model of the proposed car and even supplied
an answer to one of its most daunting engineering challenges by
suggesting the use of the existing Chevrolet Corvair’s drivetrain.
In the absence of a better, readily available front-wheel-drive
solution, the Corvair’s transmission, differential and engine were
repurposed for the new Cord, kept in the same orientation with the
differential centered over the drive wheels, the transmission in
front and the engine in the rear. Though the output from the
Corvair’s air-cooled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine
was a modest 140 horsepower, it was sufficient to provide acceptable performance in the scaled-down Cord. At 100 inches, its
wheelbase measured 8/10 that of the original Cord 810, and the
playful “Cord 8/10” name was quickly embraced by Cord
employees and the media alike (although officially, the car was
also the Cord Sportsman).
Perhaps the Sportsman’s most unique feature was a body made
from U.S. Rubber’s “Expanded Royalite” thermoplastic material,
consisting of two sheets of ABS plastic with a layer of ABS foam
sandwiched in between. The new material was light, strong, and
by U.S. Rubber’s calculations, significantly cheaper to tool than
steel. In a bit of sensationalistic advertising, driver John Fitch
piloted a Cord 8/10 Sportsman (the fourth production car built
now lost to history) through a two-layer brick wall at 30 MPH to
show the strength of Royalite. While the car came through the
stunt with some degree of damage, it was nowhere near the
amount one would expect from a comparable steel-bodied car;
when denting did occur in the real world, Royalite could be
repaired with only the use of an industrial heat gun to warp the
material back into proper shape.
Some continuation Cords
were fitted
with the 180horsepower
turbocharged
Corvair
engine.
Looking for an automotive application to highlight its new “synthetic steel,” U.S. Rubber agreed to provide the Cord Automobile
Company with the tooling necessary to create the 8/10’s body
panels, and further agreed to provide marketing and PR support.
This certainly helped the Cord Automobile Company move forward in building the 8/10, but further funding would be needed to
take the car (and the company) into full production. A talented
public speaker (and by all accounts a charming spokesman), Pray
had little trouble attracting investors to assist with funding the
new Cord, but this ultimately proved to be his undoing.
With investors
taking an active
role in the management of the
company,
the
Cord
8/10
Sportsman was
rushed into production before
Pray believed the
car was fully
sorted. When the
same investors
required a component-by-comGlenn Pray, with a line of continuation Auburns ponent accountbuilt after the continuation Cords.
ing of the parts
used in the 8/10 before Pray had finalized its construction, Pray
pushed back and refused to compile the requested information. In
January of 1966, he was ousted from the very company he’d
founded, and six months later, in July of 1966, the Cord
Automobile Company shut the doors of its newly constructed
Tulsa, Oklahoma, factory for good.
Felix DeGeyter’s collection of Glenn Pray continuation Cords.
That would not be the final chapter on the Cord 8/10, however, as
the assets of the company were sold to the Sports Automobile
Manufacturing Company (SAMCO) in March 1967. SAMCO
produced another 13 examples of the Cord 8/10 before introducing a new design variant that utilized a rear-wheel-drive layout.
This, too, proved temporary, and SAMCO ceased building Cords
in 1970.
The Glenn Pray Auburn-Cord Group will celebrate 50 years of the
Cord 8/10 Sportsman with a gathering of Auburn, Cord and
Duesenberg automobiles at the original factory (known as the
Pickle Plant) in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, on May 9 and 10. The
event will include car shows, parts sales, a Glenn Pray Goodie Bin
auction, and an awards banquet that coincides with Broken
Arrow’s Rooster Day Celebration. Though the event honors the
Cord 8/10 Sportsman and recognizes other Auburn, Cord and
Duesenberg models, owners of any make and model are welcome
to participate. For additional details, visit ACDFactory.com.
- See more at: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/04/21/celebration-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-glenn-prays-corvair-powered-cord810/#sthash.mJDwJKeu.dpuf
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Berea Clocktoberfest August 15
Rudi and Joan Kamper hosted the second
Clocktoberfest on August 15. For those who don’t know, the
Kampers own Suburban Clock Co. in Berea. For serveral
years we have been going to the car show at Berea’s
Oktoberfest, hence the play on words.
Although the turnout wasn’t as large as last year, there
were a couple of firsts. In front of the store was a fellow
playing a hand cranked band organ, drawing people in. In
the lot behind the store were four musicians playing German
“om pa pa” music, while spectators enjoyed beer and brats
and a tour of the facilities.
Doug Seybold’s 1940 Buick Limited
Musicians taking a break
Matt Harwood drove this 1948 Lincoln Continental convertible
with modern drive train. It’s For Sale!
June Cangey with 1931 Packard
Al Truelson, Bob Brown, and Dave Heinrichs ready to
distribute trophies
Joan Kamper
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Berea Clocktoberfest. . continued
The sign says it all!
Members resting in the shade - Mike Kochilla, Phil Masters,
Al and Diane Truelson, Jean and Jerry Gentner
Band Organ admirers
Organ Grinder
Mike Kochilla’s 1937 Packard
Bob Porter’s 1935 Cadillac
Al Truelson’s 1946 Cadillac
Jerry Gentner’s 1941 Cadillac
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A Guide to Newspapers
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crossword
puzzles.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don’t really understand The New York Times.
They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn’t mind running the country, if they could find the time - and if
they didn’t have to leave Southern California to do it.
6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a poor job of it, thank you very much
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who’s running the country and don’t really care as long
as they can get a seat on the train.
8. The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who is running the country as long as they do something really
scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country, but need the baseball scores.
10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure if there is a country or that anyone is running it; but if
so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped, minority,
feminist, atheist dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided of course, that
they are not Republicans.
11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.
12. The Seattle Times is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something to wrap it in.
Concours D’Elegance, Stan Hywet Hall
September 19-21, Akron, OH
With the demise of the Glenmoor Gathering Concours
d’Elegance in Canton last year, the area lost one of its
premiere events. David Schultz, who was involved with the
Glenmoor’s past Concours, was very familiar with Stan
Hywet Hall and it’s annual Father’s Day car show
sponsored by the Classic Car Club of America.
He worked with personnel at Stan Hywet to have a
Concours in the style of the Glenmoor Gathering. A weekend package was offered, with a countryside driving tour
available, as well as a fashion show, a tour of the Rock and
Roll Museum in Cleveland, art show, and dinner at the
Firestone Country Club.
The success of his efforts could be seen at the show on
Sunday, where 180 elegant cars were registered, including 7
Packard Darrins and 14 Pierce-Arrows, and a who’s who in
owners and judges. Well done, David!
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Concours at Stan Hywet - Packard Darrins . . . continued
1940 Packard Darrin, Dan Hanlon
1942 Packard Darrin, Dan Hanlon
1940 Packard Darrin Sport Sedan, Gene Tareshawty
1938 Packard Darrin, David Johnson
1937 Cord, Al Pilz
1928 Auburn Speedster, Richard Harding
1931 Duesenberg, Joseph Cassini
1929 Isotta-Frachini, John Shibles
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Concours at Stan Hywet - Pierce Arrows . . . continued
1928 Touring, Dick Kughn
1935 Convertible, Sam Leherman
1924 Roadster, George Quay
1933 Coupe, Bob Brown
1936 Limousine, John Steckbeck
1936 Town Car, Robert Sands
1931 Sport Sedan, Terry Ernest
1929 4 passenger Sedan, Steven Scharfeld
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Concours at Stan Hywet - Misc . . . continued
1948 Chrysler Town & Country, Steve Martis
1938 Buick-Lancefield, John Beebe
1933 Rolls Royce, Bill Davis
1941 Cadillac, Dick Kughn
1929 Packard, Darla Hancher
1931 Marmon Sixteen, Greg Dawson
1938 Lincoln, Blaine Conrad
1926 Duesenberg A, Steve Babinski
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