THE LOW DOWN - Arlington Area Street Rods

THE LOW DOWN
THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ARLINGTON AREA STREET RODS APRIL, 2013
April Meetings April 4th & 18th: DIXIE HOUSE CAFE
6200 East Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth TX 76112 http://dixiehousecafe.com/ Come eat with us at 6:00 P.M. / Meetings start at about 7:00pm 2013 AASR OFFICERS President: Don Kemp!!
Vice President: Bill Ancona!!
Secretary/Treasurer: Dave Cain!!
Newsletter Editor: Bill Geer !
Parade. Jess called on Rick Duffin for the third GM product. After hours of cleaning and polishing to get the shine needed for such a job, Rick realized he had a schedule conflict, (oh, what would it be like to be Duffin for a day?), so he called on me to fill in. After hours of waiting in the parade line, the officials told us they had Ford products brought in to chauffer the representatives. So dumbfounded as I was, I looked at Jess and asked, "What lessons were learned from this"? Jess came back and said, "Does anyone have any T‐Birds for sale? I need to be prepared for the next time". He stopped and sat there for a moment then said, "No next time, I
justdon't open the door".
President’s Corner by Don Kemp My how time flies when you’re having fun! Here it is the end of March. Where have the last months gone? A lot has taken place in the last 3 months: Dallas Autorama, Good‐Guys, a few local car shows, dinner runs, and great turn outs at our club meetings along with some great guest speakers. There are some great things ahead of us. We are working on a benefit car show along with some sort of 40th year celebration. We are trying to line up some more guest speakers. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas please pass them along to me. I want to thank everyone for their patience and their continued participation and look forward to the next 9 months, and I'd like to ask that we continue to remember our guys that have not been able to attend due to health or other reasons. __________________________________________________ Texas Independence Day Parade by Don Kemp When you need help, who ya gonna call? The City of Kennedale Chamber of Commerce called on Mr. Jess Jordan. They were in need of three fine examples of GM products to chauffer state representatives in their annual Independence Day _____________________________________
The Donut Derelicts Hot Rod
Cruise-in Reporting from the road – Craig & Gelia
Coleman
On a cool California Saturday morning in February, we
rolled out bright and early to attend the Donut Derelicts
long running hot rod cruise-in. The location is in
Huntington Beach, California in a shopping center
parking lot not too far from the beach, but most
importantly adjacent to a great donut shop!
How can you beat the combination of cool beach
morning air, hot coffee, great donuts and hot cars
everywhere? This has become one of our regular stops
when in Southern California over the years.
The History of the “Donut Derelicts” (from their
website)
Back in 1986 in sunny Southern California, four buddies
who some years before went to high school together,
met at a small neighborhood donut shop at the corner of
Adams
and
Magnolia
Ave. in
Huntingto
n Beach,
California.
This was
the
humble
beginning
s of what
was to
become
"Donut Derelicts", the largest and most well-known
casual hot rod gathering in the world.
These four friends actually gathered to take their sons
dirt bike riding. As time went on, the guys would show up
in their hot rods and classic cars. Other guys in the area
began to notice the couple of cars gathering, and as one
thing led to another, the small group began to grow…6
cars, then 10, then 15 and so on.
One day after one of the neighborhood hot rodders had
been drawing
cartoons for
"Street
Rodder"
magazine, he
invited one of
the editors to
the donut
shop
gathering.
The
magazine
editor was so
taken by the
group, he photographed one of the unique cars and
wrote a small article for the magazine entitled "Hot
Rodders Coffee Break". This set off an explosion! When
the magazine hit the stands, 75 cars showed up to the
small donut shop.
The "Donut Derelicts' came about as two of the guys,
Jim McCain and Rick Finn were compiling a phone
list…the name stuck!
Over 75 cars were showing up each and every Saturday.
Their group began to include such names as Art
Chrisman, drag racer from the 60's, Little John Butera,
hot rod builder (formerly with Hot Rods by Boyd"), and
Chip Foose, builder, artist and designer…the list goes on
and on.
Each and every Saturday you can expect to see
everything from "backyard rat rods" to "America's most
beautiful roadster". Chrysler concept cars and new
factory releases are but a few surprises.
Back about 1989 Rick Finn, world famous motor sports
artist, was asked to create a T-Shirt to represent the
group. After a quick idea was scribbled on a napkin, the
first "Donut Derelicts" T-Shirt was born. At first there was
no plan to follow up the initial T-shirt design, but the
response was so overwhelming other soon followed.
Many years have passed and dozens of T-shirts have
been created, along with an ever-growing accessory line
for hot rod related products.
Today you can cruise in to the "Donut Derelicts" and be
amazed by the variety and quality of cars that drop by to
join in the most famous car gathering in the world.
Cruise by next Saturday…you will be amazed! HAPPY
CRUISING
The following link will take you to a YouTube video about
the Donut Derelicts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd
ed&v=2iDcL5IUrXE
Their website is at: http://www.donutderelicts.com
There are a lot of pictures on their website of the variety
of hot rods, classics and exotics found in the parking lot
on any given Saturday morning.
If you ever find yourself near Huntington Beach,
California with nothing to do at about 6am Saturday
morning you gotta go see the Donut Derelicts!
Reporting from the road – Craig & Gelia Coleman
Club Dinner Runs
By Don Smith
Edelweiss German Restaurant - February 28,
2013
Open since 1967, true Bavarian charm resides at
an unlikely location in west Fort Worth. The décor is
Bavarian chalet with dark wood accents. We were
served fine German cuisine from “die kuche” (the
kitchen) of Master Chef Bernd Suhnerzinger. Excellent
and unique food, great service and the atmosphere were
enjoyed by us all. We had 24 members and wives
present.
Accordion music was supplied by Bernd
himself. He took requests, but he didn’t necessarily play
them. Carolyn and I did the “chicken dance”. We were
the only ones that weren’t chickens! A good time was
had by all.
_____________________________________________ My Mother Was Right! By Don Smith Arlington Steak House – March 14, 2013
Arlington Steak House has been in business
since 1931 at the same location. This long-time steak
house is nothing but simple, with only home-style meals.
We made it our March Club Dinner meeting spot. Dick
Brink, owner/manager, gave us a twenty dollar gift
certificate to use as we please. We asked him to pick
his choice of cars to receive the gift certificate as an
award. Marc Byers’ ’56 Chevy, well deserved, was
picked. If we had over 15 cars, Dick said, we could
have a 2nd $20 gift certificate. Maybe Don Kemp will use
it as an award at the next club meeting. A total of 40
members and wives enjoyed the steak house menu
items. We just barely fit in the private dining room.
The parking lot was full and over flowing. Sorry if you
missed it. A good time was had by all.
I am a “Hot Rod Hoodlum”. Bonneville Land Speed racing . . . Yes Drag racing . . . Yes Street rod shows and events – Indoor / outdoor. . . Yes I like ‘em all! I believe it’s our generation; we can’t help it. Rust out, burn out; pick one. I think I’ll probably burn out. So when the Annual T.H.A.W. Drags and Car Show was happening in Denton, we were there. Five cars left South Arlington at 8:30 A.M., Saturday, March 2, 2013, to cruze up to the Denton For Fun and Frolic. I had my ’41 “2Flat” Fiat Drag Car there to make a few runs just for fun. Well I’ll tell you it was cold (48°). I run the “2Flat car on alcohol. At 48°, it will not start or run. We drained the alcohol, and put in gasoline. We re‐jetted the car for gas, started it, and warmed it up to 200° (engine temp). Quickly, we drained the gasoline, replaced it with alcohol, changed the jets, and she fired up. On our only run, the driver ran it out too far in low gear, and blew out the rear main seal! We need a tach in the “2Flat” thing. We would fire the driver, but he is our sponsor. Of course at 48°, wind chill was 34°, we were looking for a reason to go home. Next chance for fun is April 13th in Temple. I’m there! Come go and let’s have some fun! Don’t rust out! _____________________________________________ Remember when even the “big” racing teams didn’t have a semi? ____________________________________________
Of course, trailering it to Denton, unloading, starting (finally), warming up, towing to the start line takes approximately 3 hours. Burn out, staging, making a pass takes around 3 minutes! 6.65 seconds of the 3 minutes is the time it took to make a run. And, yes, I would do it all again, again, and again! This dragster was powered by a Hydrogen Peroxide rocket engine! There were two cylinders in the car under high pressure. One had hydrogen and one had Oxygen. Of course H2 and O2 have a strong affinity for one another. They want to get together really bad and make water! But not without quite a reaction! Result: Quarter Mile in about 3.50 seconds. _____________________________________________
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_____________________________________________ Events of Interest by Don Smith 4/5‐6 4/6 4/6 4/7 4/7 4/12‐13 4/13 4/13 4/20 Austin – Lone Star Round‐Up Haltom City Car Show for Kids 10 am until 2 pm Fort Worth Street Side Cruz In For more info, please call Gabe at 817‐764‐80000 Waxahachie Car Show 10:30 am until 3 pm www.MustangSallyProductions.com Hurst – CNC Customs Car Show 3 pm until 7 pm Free Food & Drinks (1st 50 entries) Temple – Little River Old Time Drags and Car Show River Oaks Car Show www.DDRockinRods.com House of Hot Rods Mansfield Car Show 1 pm until 5 pm Fort Worth 12 noon until 7 pm La Grave Field For More Info Call Gino Ayala 817‐714‐0158 Jefferson Outlaw Nationals For More Information Call 903‐665‐4067 Corsicana Car Show Check Out Website for Details www.shakersandscrapers.com Texas Motor Speedway Pate Swap Meet Christian Classic Cruiser’s 5 pm until 9 pm Hurst Precinct Line Road @ Tarrant Pkwy Classical Gas Motors Cruise Night Albertson’s Parking Lot Hwy 287 @ Sublet Road Every Friday from 6 pm until 10 pm Busy Bee Bakery 7 am until 10 am Every Sunday Whataburger in Mansfield Broad @ 360 8 am until 10 am Every Sunday For more information on these and other events, please go to www.HotRodHappenings.com
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