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SMOKE SIGNALS
April 2007
Volume 44, Issue 4
The Official Publication of the ANKOKAS Region AACA
Upcoming Events
National
May 10th – 12th, AACA Spring Meet, Southeastern Division, New Bern, North Carolina, 252-637-2319
In This Month’s Issue:
June 2nd – 7th, AACA Founders Tour, Western Vermont, Green
Mountain Region, 802-244-7536
Upcoming Events
Steppin’ Up
The Prez Says…
1
2
4
For Sale/Meeting
Programs
Local
6
March Meeting
Minutes
June 28th – 30th, AACA Spring Meet, Eastern Division,
Binghamton, New York, Tioga/Iroquois/Onaquaqa Regions,
607-724-3627
5
1907 International
Harvester
June 15th – 17th , AACA Spring Meet, Central Division, Detroit
Lakes, Minnesota, 412 Lakes Chapter, 218-847-1415
8
Every Wednesday, 6:00PM, Silver Diner, Route 38, across from
Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill, NJ. Trophy Night on April 25th –
5:00pm. Info: Peggy – 856-910-1240 or email:
[email protected]
Tuesday, May 1st, 6:00PM, Checkers Restaurant Trophy Night,
Cross Keys Road, Sicklerville, NJ. All makes and years. Info:
George – 856-629-5886
Sunday, May 6th, 5:00pm, Crispin Square Cruise Night, Crispin
Square Shopping Center, corner of Church Road & Church Street,
Marlton, NJ. All makes, models, and years welcome. Food,
trophies, door prizes, oldies tunes. Tom – 856-524-2588
May 26th & 27th, 10:00am to 5:00pm, Millville Wheels & Wings Air
Show. Millville Airport, Millville, NJ . millvilleairshow.com
We are planning to go as a group with our cars on the 26th…more
details to come in May’s issue…
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Steppin’ Up
By Carl Grossman
Dear readers, when last we met I was cruising in my blue '52, in
which I had a million adventures, some great, some not so great, and
some mildly "X" rated. Anyone remember "Little City"? But I digress.
Old Blue was a great car, but my brother had moved on to a '54
Pontiac Star Chief Custom Catalina convertible. When he decided to
sell it, I stepped up, because the top went down. As you should
recall, he gave me my first car as a gift when I turned sixteen. Once
was enough. He sold me the car with the single caveat…."Don't buy
this car". I didn't listen….I was in love with the idea of a convertible.
With a 124 inch wheelbase, this car was the largest land vehicle I
had ever seen. It was 18+ feet long and close to two tons.
Esthetically, it was perfect. Glossy black enamel exterior with a snow
white vinyl top. The interior was equally pristine, with red and white,
rolled and pleated, imitation leather, and courtesy lights
everywhere….under the hood, in the trunk, on both sides of the front
floor, and even a light on the back bow. This baby was all original
including the owner's manual held by clips to the top of the glove box
and the white top boot in its original black vinyl bag in the trunk.
NCRS eat your heart out. It had the illuminated amber Indian chief
head on the hood and more chrome than was seen on a car till the
'58 Oldsmobile.
I immediately took all necessary steps to get the boat
seaworthy, on the cheap, of course, since I was still a poor high
school student. "Couldn't live without" accessories included: adding
two rear radio speakers; a tachometer (after all, it was a stick shift)
built by a friend of mine in shop class at school; a J.C. Whitney "Y"
pipe with flexible tubing and two twelve inch chrome exhaust tips to
simulate dual exhausts and the crowning touch…..'59 Caddy bullet
tail lights, courtesy of midnight auto supply.
Unfortunately, it was all original under the hood as well. The
cast iron straight eight, with standard transmission, put out 122
horsepower. Not quite sufficient to power a two ton behemoth. At
least it was a stick shift. At school I encountered another student with
a similar boat. His '54 was a classy orange coupe, with a very stylish
factory sun visor. No, not the little slats on the inside above the
windshield , we're talkin' a huge chrome and painted roof extension
looking like the bill on a baseball cap. His was an automatic, which
was rated at 127 horsepower (must have had a blower, or sumthin'),
and whenever we encountered each other on the streets around
school, we would engage in duel to the death drag races, squeezing
those straight eights out to the limit. Sometimes during these events,
little kids on bicycles would ring their bells and pass us. I think we
invented slow motion. Oddly enough, I never met the other driver, nor
Jeff Schulte
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to this day do I know who he was. Perhaps that orange Star Chief was a ghost ship sent by the gods of
Detroit to test my mettle.
Like its predecessor, Black Beauty had some quirks. I discovered that the only thing between the
right rear passenger's shoe leather and the highway was the red floor carpet; the actual floor having
rusted away sometime earlier. Since I didn't drive from the backseat, I was unfazed. I put a piece of
solid wood across the hole under the carpet. I didn't use cheap plywood. After all, this was a safety
issue. One endearing quality was the car's consistency. On cold winter mornings, it NEVER started,
owing to its anemic six volt electrical system. This engendered a morning ritual whereby my buddy
would stop by with his dad's car and give me a jump start and return home. I would let my car warm up,
and then pick him up on the way to school. By the afternoon, the temperature would rise and we never
had a problem getting home.
I drove that car to college and had several adventures in it, including the time, with the top down
and the radio cranked up, I came head to head with a police car on a single lane, one-way street.
Guess which one of us was going the wrong way. Good guess! I drove Black Beauty till 1963 when I
purchased my first new car, but that's another story. Stay safe, see ya next time.
April Meeting Program: Geothermal Heating & Cooling
WE ARE CMS GEOTHERMAL, A FAMILY OWNED MECHANICAL SERVICE COMPANY,
LOCATED IN HISTORIC BORDENTOWN, SPECIALIZING IN GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND
COOLING.
YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL? IN A NUTSHELL, WE USE THE EARTH
NATURAL STORED ENERGY TO HEAT AND COOL YOUR HOME. (WE WILL HAVE A MORE
DETAILED PRESENTATION ON APRIL 19TH'S MEETING.) WHICH IS 40%-60% MORE
EFFICIENT THAN CONVENTIONAL HEATING / COOLING SYSTEMS. THIS
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY METHOD OF HEATING / COOLING YOUR HOME
TRANSLATES TO LOWER UTILITY BILLS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY UP COMING PLAN'S TO UPGRADE YOUR HEATING / COOLING
SYSTEMS, OR BUILD ING A NEW HOME, PLEASE FEEL TO BRING A SET OF
DRAWINGS (PLANS) FOR US TO DO A HEAT GAIN / HEAT LOSS FOR A
QUOTE. (QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING TO HELP WITH
GATHERING INFORMATION FOR THE A QUOTE)
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING ALL OF YOU.
SINCERELY,
CHARLES R. JONES
PS: PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE : www.CMSREFRIG.com OR CALL 609-298-3018
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The Prez Says…….
I am sitting here writing
this as we are
experiencing heavy
April Showers.
We celebrated our 42nd
birthday with the annual
Charter Luncheon on
the first of April (no
joke). 49 members
attended and enjoyed a
terrific meal, music,
awards and lots of
conversation. Of those
in attendance, three
were Charter Members,
Coles Roberts, Bob
Rees and Walt Hansen
who was kind enough
to tell us about his new
car. Carol Amendola
had a great slide show
which was running
continuously.
Thanks to everyone for
attending and a special
thanks to Carol Mc
Larney for organizing
the entire event.
The Old Courier
Post Show, now the
Ankokas June Show,
will be held at the
Stadium on the Cooper
River. This looks like a
great venue for about
300 car, with the Park
Department providing
the stage and food
vendors. We will
continue to make this a
Judged Show but will
add a day of show class
which is not formally
judged but will be
awarded trophies based
on a group review.
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By Tom McLarney
The Special National
Show is moving along
with committees being
formed. Be sure to signup for what you would
like to do rather than be
assigned a job. This
event will require the cooperation and full support
of the club. Fred Young
has started getting the
ball rolling with a letter to
AACA. They will be
sending these out to the
marquee clubs so they
will be aware of the event
and what cars are eligible
to participate. We need
help with tours, parking
and traffic control,
merchandize,
registration, car cruise,
road rally and much
more. You will be
hearing more about this
as each month until June
of 2008.
Be sure to check out
our web site
www.Ankokas.com,
George has been
working hard to make
this a valuable site for the
club to disseminate
information to members,
potential members &
guests. The site includes
our present roster, old &
new newsletters,
photographs of past
events, application forms
& much more. If you see
anything that needs
correcting, updating or
just a suggestion please
contact George Reinis.
Thanks to Bob
Schuman & Tom
Amendola for this
month program. They
have an interesting
speaker who will
discuss a way to reduce
Global Warming.
The next Directors
meeting will be at Tom
& Karen Giangiuli’s
home on May 1st at
7:30PM. If you plan to
attend please let them
know.
I look forward to seeing
you at the next meeting
on April 19th at 8:00 PM.
SMOKE SIGNALS EDITOR
Michael Sisto
20 Huckleberry Way
Turnersville, NJ 08012
E-MAIL:
ANKOKASNEWSLETTER@
Comcast.net
FAX: 856-401-9253
PHONE: 856-232-1329
Articles due end of 1st week of
each month
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Thank You
Thanks to everyone who attended this year’s
Charter Luncheon.
I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves.
A special thanks to Walt Hansen, Carol Amendola and
Janet Haegley for their help during the event.
Carol Mc Larney
Meeting Programs
4/19 – Geothermal Heating and Cooling
5/17 – Spitting Image Enlargements
6/21 – Tailgate behind Haddonfield Boro Hall
Any ideas for Sept, Oct., Nov. and next year, please contact
Bob Shuman.
Home: 856-810-8245
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ANKOKAS REGION, AACA
The ANKOKAS is the South
East Region of the AACA
dating back to 1964.
Ankokas Region
PO BOX 343
Riverside, NJ 08075
TOM MCLARNEY, PRESIDENT
[email protected]
856-461-6688
TOM AMENDOLA, VICE PRESIDENT
[email protected]
609-268-8488
GEORGE REINIS, TREASURER
[email protected]
856-424-4243
JACKIE FLECHTNER, SECRETARY
856-429-2709
TOM GIANGIULIO, DIRECTOR
[email protected]
856-767-5913
BOB PETTERS, DIRECTOR
[email protected]
856-7674438
DAVE HANN, DIRECTOR
[email protected]
856-546-8241
JEFF SCHULTE, DIRECTOR
[email protected]
856-234-1623
HOWARD STEINBERG, DIRECTOR
[email protected]
856-424-1861
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
For Sale/Wanted
Five (5) tires for sale. Wide white wall Coker tires. Size H78 X 14 bias
ply. Four (4) have less than 1000 miles - $70 each. Other is brand new $95. Call Carl Villone – 609-870-2723 or 856-227-3006 after 5:00pm
1978 Blue 2 Door Delta 88 Royal, 350 V8 Engine, Power Brakes,
Electric Windows, Air Conditioning, 40,000 original miles, garage kept.
$3,000 Call 856-829-4109
http://www.ankokas.com/
Regular meetings are held on the 3rd
Thursday of each month at 8:00pm
on the second floor of the
Haddonfield Municipal Building.
Director meetings are held on the 1st
Tuesday of the month at the home of
one of the officers.
All are welcome.
NOTE: No meetings in July,
August, or December
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1907 International Harvester Model B Farmer’s Auto
By Jeff Bliemeister, Museum Curator
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the industrialized world was at transportation crossroads. The
automobile was in still its infancy, but it was catching on fast and would soon supplant the horse as
the primary mover of people and goods. It was truly an age of experimentation as hundreds of
manufacturers applied electricity, steam and internal combustion power to a wide variety of vehicle
platforms. The Museum’s current temporary exhibition, “Top Brass: Horseless Carriages 1890 to
1915,” serves as a showcase of this formative era. We also have a permanent reminder of this
period in the 1907 International Harvester Company Model B Farmer’s Auto.
The International Harvester Company (IHC) was a well established manufacturer of farm
equipment. IHC was formed in 1902 as a result of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company’s
merger with four other farm equipment machine firms. Stiff competition among approximately 2,000
different farming manufacturers and a general lack of capital for development had paved the way for
this historic merger. In 1907, IHC released two automobiles for public sale: the two-passenger
Model A Runabout and the four-passenger Model B Farmer’s Auto.
The new IHC vehicles were clearly inspired by the buggies they were designed to replace. Buggies,
after all, had served town, country and rural people for years so why ruin a proven design. In
replacing the horse with a two-cylinder engine, IHC created their entry in the emerging classification
of motor cars called “high wheelers” or “auto-buggies,” the names linked directly to the vehicle’s
large, spoked wheels equipped with solid rubber tires. The new car sold for $600.00.
International Harvester’s were solid, well-built and easy to maneuver. Approximately 4,500 units
were manufactured between 1907 and 1911 when the company ended automobile production to
concentrate on trucks. The company’s early vehicles, such as this Model B, were built in a Chicago
factory that also produced the famous International Harvester farm wagon, a horse-drawn utility
vehicle whose design remained virtually unchanged for a century. This was truly a period where the
past and present collided. The Museum owns a completely refinished IHC Columbus Wagon
manufactured at about the same time as its Model B Farmer’s Auto.
This Model B was given to the AACA Museum by Hollis Henderson of Lincolnton, North Carolina.
Mr. Hollis restored this vehicle in the 1980s and it went on to earn a series of AACA awards,
culminating with a Senior Grand National in 1986. International Harvester went on to build a series
of memorable trucks, including the renowned Scout, a four-wheel drive vehicle viewed as one of the
predecessors of the modern sport utility vehicle. The company ended light truck production in 1975.
IHC lives on today as part of the Navistar International Corporation, based in Chicago, Illinois.
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1907 International Harvester
Manufacturer: InternationalHarvester Co. – Chicago, Il
Model: Model B Farmer’s
Auto
Base Price:
$600
Engine: Two-cylinder, 16 hp
The International Harvester
Company is best known for
manufacturing farm equipment.
This model is also known as a
“Highwheeler” or “Autobuggy.”
Using the philosophy that the
buggy had served town, country
and rural people for years, the
company replaced the horse
with a two-cylinder engine. The
result was a solid, popular
vehicle that sold 4,500 units
between 1907 and 1911 when
IHC
ended
automobile
production to concentrate on
trucks.
This example was
restored in 1970. It has won
numerous
AACA
awards,
including a Grand National in
1986.
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Ankokas Region
PO. Box 343 Riverside NJ 08085
Web Site: Ankokas.com
ROSTER CHANGE
Date_____________
Name___________________ Spouse_______________________
Address_______________________________________________
Phone_____________ Fax_______________Cell ______________
E-Mail Address_________________________________________
Automobile Changes……..Add or Delete
Mail changes to: Bob & Susan Gundersen,
13 Dorado Road, Laurel Springs, NJ 08021
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Michael Sisto, Editor
20 Huckleberry Way
Turnersville, NJ 08012
Your April Issue of ANKOKAS Region AACA Newsletter
has arrived……
Next meeting will be on April 19th at 8:00pm on the
second floor of the Haddonfield Municipal Building.