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FEBRUARY, 2014
VOL 54, ISSUE 2
The Spare Tire
Palmetto A’s of South Carolina
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2011 MAFCA Newsletter of Continuing Excellence!
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From your President . . . . !
Greetings!!
Today, I reflect on the early Ford . . . !
The Model T, butt of many jokes early on, was treated like a
family friend, a faithful ser vant, a loyal employee by
Everyman. Affectionately, she had become, firstly, “tin
Lizzie”, and then “Lizzie” and thus she was to remain. Never
impressive, the stark, functional, unlovely lines and the basic
lack of creature comfor ts ear ned the ne ver-changed
appellation.!
The “new Ford” introduced in December 1928, changed all
that. The ver y appearance of the Model A sug gested
character, implied integrity and promised performance. Ford
owners, without hesitation, “laid it on the line” and acquired
the “new Ford.”!
Many became convinced that here at last was a car that not
only belonged, but actually led the way to the future. No
longer the butt of jokes, the new Ford had joined the country
club set, and in the words of a song written by Walter
O’Keefe, and shortly to become immensely poplar . . . .!
“Henry Made a Lady Out of Lizzie”!
Talk of this and talk of that,!
Boys you must take off your hat,!
HENRY’S MADE A LADY OUT OF LIZZIE!!
Has she plenty, has she much?!
Got the “tin” you love to touch,!
HENRY’S MADE A LADY OUT OF LIZZIE!!
They used to park her in a lot,!
For that they charged two bits,!
But now they charge you nothing,!
You park her at the Ritz.!
She once had rattles in her wheel,!
But now she’s full of “sex-appeal”,!
HENRY’S MADE A LADY OUT OF LIZZIE!!
It’s hard to believe that is has been 86 years since the first
Model As rolled off assembly lines. I’m sure Henry Ford and
those first auto workers never entertained the idea that you
and I would still be driving Model A cars and trucks today,
and that there would be Model A Clubs all over the world! I
cannot imagine that 86 years from now, we will be driving the
cars that are coming off assembly lines today! How fortunate
we are to own, drive and love our Model As! How fortunate
we are to have each other to tour with and to share our fun
and repairs (sometimes)!!
If you haven’t driven your A lately, won’t you join us as we
tour the back roads of SC? Michael has made plans to drive
to Batesburg for lunch at Shealy’s BBQ in February. This will
be a relatively short trip; won’t you dust off your car and join
us?!
In closing, I want to thank Vent and Frances for hosting our
January business meeting. We appreciate your generosity in
allowing us to use your great space as we gather to conduct
Columbia, South Carolina!
Model A Ford Club of America Chapter!
Model A Restorers Club Region!
Model A Ford Foundation, Inc. Member
the business of the club. We had wonderful fellowship and
delicious food!!
I hope to see you all on the road!!
Safe travels,!
!
Cheryl Austin
!
From your Vice Pres. & Tour
Director . . . .!
I’d like to give a big thanks to Vent and Francis Mack for
hosting our January meeting, and to the Austin’s for the
delicious chicken bog. We had a great meal with lots of
shared goodies prepared by club members.!
Are you as ready for spring as I am? The cold, windy weather
we have recently had makes enjoying the A somewhat
challenging, but don’t let that stop you. Please join us as we
travel to Shealy’s barbecue on February 15th. We will meet at
the Kmart in Lexington at 10:30 to travel to Shealy’s. We will
have our monthly meeting while there. With Danny’s help,
there is the possibility for a local mystery tour after lunch.!
Our annual club picnic is coming up on March 22nd, and is
sure to be a good time for everyone. It will be held at Saluda
Shoals Park from 10 am – 3:30 pm. Hopefully the weather will
have warmed by then and we can enjoy a nice sunshine filled
day together.!
Plans for our April tour are being worked out, and I will
provide more details to you once they are finalized.!
I hope to see you all on the road in your A…!
See you in your A,!
!
Michael Smith
February Meeting Notice!
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February 18, 2014!
Tour to Shealy’s BBQ and Lunch!
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Departing from Lexington Kmart!
10:30 AM!
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Please arrive on time with a full tank of gas!!
If we are lucky, Danny will have a mystery !
tour lined up for us in the afternoon!
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From your Editor . . . .!
Lots of good reading this month! Don’t miss the flyer for Picnic in the Park,
and let’s hope that Mother Nature cooperates, this year!!
I’m really looking forward to lunch at Shealy’s BBQ. I realize that the club has
been there in the past, but it will be a first for me. Love barbecue, and South
Carolina has some of the very best! Can’t think of a better day - Model A’s and
barbecue!!
Until next month . . .!
Happy
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. . . . . . Motoring!!
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Board of Directors Meeting Highlights!
January 15, 2014 !
The Palmetto A’s Board of Directors Meeting was held at the American Red
Cross with the following in attendance:!
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Cheryl Austin, Happy Begg, John Begg, Dick Fraser, Michael Smith,
John Cockerill, Bill Prince, Wes Porterfield, Linda Toole!
Treasurer’s Report - Books were audited on January 13 by Cheryl Austin,
Chuck Lyons, John Cockerill, and Wes Porterfield.!
Membership Report – 46 paid members and 6 life members. We have
several members who have not sent in their dues for 2014 but have stated they
will be sending in the money.!
Tours Director Report– February 15 – travel to Batesburg to eat at Shealy’s.
Meet at 10:30 in the Kmart parking lot in Lexington.
March 22 – Picnic in the Park – 9:00am – 5:00pm!
April 19 – Travel to Aiken!
Website Report – No issues.!
Newsletter Report - John Cockerill will help with
advertising.!
2014 Budget – There was discussion on the 2014
budget which will be put before the club for a vote
at the meeting on Saturday, January 18. !
The next Board Meeting will be held on February 11
at the American Red Cross.!
Palmetto A’s Membership Meeting
Highlights!
January 18, 2013!
The January Palmetto A’s regular business meeting
was held at the home of Vent and Frances Mack.
There were 33 members present at this meeting.!
Christmas Party, 2013 - Cheryl Austin, President,
thanked Vent and Frances Mack and Fay Price for
planning our Christmas party which was a huge
success.!
Treasurer Report - All books are balanced. Full
report available on Member Secure Page of Website.!
Membership Report - We currently have 56 paid
m e m b e r s . We d o h a v e f i v e f r e e M A F C A
memberships available which can be used for any
new members.!
2014 oicers - President – Cheryl Austin, Vice
President – Michael Smith, Trea surer – Wes
Porterfield, and Secretary – Linda Toole.!
Budget - The 2014 Budget was presented with
explanations for each line item. Fay Prince made a
motion to approve, seconded by Tom Barnes, and
approved by the members present.!
Tour Director Report - Michael Smith gave a
report of upcoming tours. In February, we will be
going to Shealy’s in Batesburg, Picnic in the Park in
March.!
50/50 - won by John Cockerill ($39).!
(Complete Board and Membership Minutes are
on the Member Secure Page of the club website,
www.palmettoas.net.)!
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President* - Cheryl Austin (803)755-6592!
Vice President* - Michael Smith (803)356-6633!
Secretary* - Linda Toole (803)776-4925 !
Treasurer* - Wes Porterfield (803)749-5649!
Newsletter Editor* - Happy Begg (803)622-0048!
Membership Director - Bill Prince (803)791-3759!
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Sunshine Report!
Please keep the following folks in your thoughts and prayers:!
Dot Black, Richard Buff, Larry Davis, Frank Meredith, Rhonda
Seastrunk, Margie Temple, and Bobby Williamson. !
Remember: call, write or send a card to someone who needs encouragement.
We are “FAMILY” and it helps to be thought of and prayed about.!
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Board of Directors !
Tour Director - Michael Smith (803) 356-6633!
Past President -John Cockerill (803)419-1042!
National Director - !
Member At Large - !
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Committee Chairs !
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Librarian - Davin Smith!
*Denotes Officer of the Club!
Sunshine -!
Picnic in the Park - Cheryl Austin & Happy Begg!
Swap Meet - Wyman Toole!
Christmas Party - !
Fundraising - Dick Fraser!
Webmaster - Happy Begg!
Website: www.palmettoas.net!
Facebook: Palmetto A’s of South Carolina!
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Names underlined are links to email address
Palmetto A’s
of South Carolina
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We invite you to come!
19th Annual
“Picnic in the Park”
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Saluda Shoals Park*
Redbud Shelter
Saturday, March 22, 2014
10:00 - 3:30 (lunch at noon)
**Bring a picnic + some to share and drinks for your family**
!
* * RIVERFRONT TRAILS: 1.5 miles of paved trail is available (pets on leash) * COVERED PICNIC SHELTER: with tables for a relaxed lunch RESTROOMS: permanent indoor faciliRes within walking distance of shelter * PARKING: paved with room enough for car games (with prizes) !
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WHY NOT COME EARLY AND STAY ALL DAY Entry to the park is FREE; just say you’re with the Model A Club * Saluda Shoals Park is located on Old Bush River Rd., between St. Andrews Rd. and Highway 6 in Lexington County. For more informaRon email [email protected] or [email protected]
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Valentine Gifts
Taken from Fall/Winter Montgomery Wards, 1931
By Patti Jones
Gifts for Him
O.K. ladies, what would our "Men" want for
Valentine Day in 1931 for their Model A Fords?
Looking at a 1931 Montgomery Wards catalog, I
came across items that any Model A'er would like
to accessorize his car. Upper left (A) is a high
compression cylinder head; also known as a Police
head, that law enforcement agencies have put on
their Model A's for speed. It will give a Model A
5.9 to 1 compression ration to a stock Model A
head. Another fancy added on was a heat and oil
pressure gauge accessory mounted under the dash
of your Model A, upper right (B). For easy
starting, a starter-pedal, giving easy reach and little
effort to help your Model A man (C). Last, is
another gadget aid to the "Model A man of your
life". It's an emergency brake extension lever so
your Model A man doesn't have to have a long
reach in releasing and setting the parking brake
(D). Many of these 1931 gifts would be still
greatly appreciated today by our guys ..... except
the prices indicated here; especially the $5.95
police-head, would go for over $225.00!
Gifts for Her
It's very easy, gentlemen, to please a Model A
lady.... We'd love a new Waltham Bracelet Watch
in white gold (A). Or, we'd even take a new
compact with lipstick in any of these styles (B).
Of course,, a "girl's best friend" is a diamond and
here are various ring selections I'm sure she would
hove; many set in platinum. Lastly, any of the
enameled mesh bags below would certainly win
your Model A lady's heart.
Have A Happy Valentines Day!
Reprinted rom the MAFCA Website
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The Palmetto A’s is a not for profit organization with chapter affiliations with MAFCA and MARC !
The organization is dedicated to the preservation and the restoration of the Model A Ford automobile
and supports membership in the national organizations dedicated to the same purpose. Palmetto A's is
one of the oldest Model A Clubs in the nation, having been active for over 52 years. !
Monthly meetings are generally held the third Saturday of the month, time and location announced in !
The Spare Tire. !
Palmetto A‟s membership dues are $25 per year. !
Members are encouraged to join the Model A Ford Club of America (MAFCA) !
Annual dues are $40 and include a subscription to !
The Restorer Magazine from !
MAFCA, 250 South Cypress St., LaHabra, CA 90631 !
Members are encouraged to join the Model “A” Restorers Club (MARC). !
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Annual dues are $38 and include a subscription to the !
Model “A” News Magazine from!
MARC, 6721 Merriman Road, Garden City, MI
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In 1905, Henry Ford hired an ambitious
gears tough enough for the job. While
young woodworker with excellent pattern
cer tainl y inno vative, Henr y did not
making skills by the name of Charles E.
believe in novelty just for novelty’s sake. Part 25!
Sorensen. Henry wasn’t crazy about
So, he decided on a system of a tried and
by Danny Enos!
blueprints. He found it much easier to
true pre-automotive technology that used
work in three dimensions so he hired the
continuously circulating fabric bands as
young Dane at $3/day to bring his pattern
perfected and improved upon by
making expertise to the Ford Motor Company. !
Galamb. Thus was born the Model T’s memorable “planetary”
Henry came to rely on Sorensen quickly and in the winter of transmission. It had three foot pedals: one for forward, one
1906-07, he led Sorensen to one end of the top floor of the Piquet pedal for reverse, and a brake. The transmission made it possible
Avenue Plant building and gave him an assignment. “I’d like to to go directly from forward into reverse. This would make it
have a room finished off right here in this space,” he said. “Put up possible for many a driver to rock back and forth out of many a mud
a wall with a door in big enough to run a car in and out. Get a hole or sand pit.!
good lock for the door….We’re going to start a completely new Exceptional electrician Spider Huff took control of developing the
job.” The room would turn out to be the birthplace of the Model ignition system. He worked out a system using a heavy flywheel
T.!
studded with sixteen copper coils and magnets – a magneto - to
A gifted young Hungarian engineer named Joseph Galamb who had produce spark. Up until this time the vast majority of cars used
earlier worked at German car companies headed up to what dry cell batteries for ignition. The new “T”, when well tuned,
amounted to a think tank that operated inside the newly built could start and run without a battery at all. However, the device
room. Galamb would later say, “Mr. Ford first sketched out on the kept failing during road tests. Speaking to Sorensen, Henry said,
blackboard his idea of the design he wanted.” He “followed out “Charlie, the trouble with that plate (the magneto) is that we have
the design very closely and was there practically all the time. not insulated it properly.”!
There was a rocking chair in the room” (which had belonged to Henry then acquired some large maple syrup copper cooking kettles
Henry’s mother) “in which he used to sit for hours and hours at a from Dearborn and with Sorensen’s help turned them into pressure
time, discussing and following out the development of the cookers. He partially filled the kettles with a heavy impregnating
design.” !
fluid used for electrical insulation, added the magnetos and cooked
them for a while. They were then removed to a paint baking oven
Innovations began to pour forth.!
The Model N’s four cylinder engine had been inventive for such a for six hours then allowed to cool. The varnish totally hardened
low priced vehicle but it really wasn’t all that simple. Each cylinder around the coils similar to a modern plastic coating. This fixed the
was cast separately then bolted together as was typical for the insulation problems. !
times. Henry wanted a four cylinder engine based on a single For more than a year Henry Ford worked day and night with his
ca sting. After Sorensen and Galamb str ug gled with the crew in the room on the top floor in the Piquette Avenue Plant. practicalities of this, Henry came up with an idea. Why not slice As Sorensen and Galamb remembered it, he was involved in
the block off across the top? Thus wa s bor n the ba sic everything – the ignition, the transmission, the four cylinder block,
configuration of the modern internal combustion engine. Use a and the extensive use of vanadium steel.!
single block of cast metal with cylinders included, and bolt on a It was now spring of 1908. Henry would turn 45 in July. In a few
single cast head to form the combustion chambers. Being that the months after his birthday he would introduce a car to the world that
block was open at the top and bottom it could be manufactured and would change it dramatically.!
machined to closer tolerances, and made it easier to service. The
crankshaft was made from the new vanadium alloy steel. Some of
team thought it would be too spindly and weak because of its size. But when subjected to shock and load tests it easily withstood
Danny Enos is a member of the Queen City Model A Club and has
double the load that the engine was capable of putting on it. !
Henry wanted strong and flexible gears for the car’s transmission, written this series on the life of Henry Ford. It is published in The
but even the company’s own metallurgists couldn’t come up with Spare Tire with the author’s permission.
Henry The Farmboy !
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Treasurer’s Report!
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February Birthdays !
December, 2013 !
We continue to maintain a balance in
line with the club budget as set and
approved by the Board of Directors.
All bills and receipts are processed
promptly. The checkbook is balanced
monthly with no discrepancies. The
club account balance is reported at each
General Membership meeting and is
available on the Club Website on the
Member Secure Page. * 2013 Palmetto
A’s Appro ved Budget is posted on
website on “Member Secure Page.”!
Chuck Lyons, Treasurer
Happy Birthday to al!!
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1 - Shirley Laingen!
13 - Tom Mack!
15 - Bobby Sox!
15 - Stephanie Petty!
22 - Harold Dye!
26 - Cheryl Austin!
26 - Kenneth Busbee!
28 - Susan Buff
February Anniversaries!
Happy Anniversary to al!!
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9 - David and Debbie Areheart!
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To read the latest MAFCA Board Meeting Highlights, Click here
50th Anniversary Model A Club
!
invites MAFCA
to Little Rock, Arkansas
for the
2014 National Awards Banquet
We have a great itinerary lined up
for you!
December 3-7, 2014
*
There will be technical seminars by Lee
Chatterton of Chatterton’s Model A Upholstery, and Doug Zahn of Doug’s Model A Parts and
Arkansas Brake and Clutch and a fabulous Fashion Seminar.
*
Trolley rides and tours of Little Rock and North Little Rock all decorated for Christmas!
*
Tour the Old State House Museum, the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Arkansas State
Capitol, the Clinton Presidential Library and The Arkansas Arts Center.
*
We will travel through North Little Rock to Petit Jean Mountain, visiting The Museum of
Automobiles.
*
Installation of the 2015 MAFCA Board of Directors and presentation of the 2014 MAFCA
National Awards.
For more information: Contact Sammye Harrill at 501-352-1877 or [email protected]
Come to Little Rock!
MAFCA National Tour
March 9-14, 2014!
Click here for more information
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more...
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!
OPEN
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IS HERE...
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!
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Benefits of National Club
Memberships
Membership in MAFCA includes the following:!
• A one year subscription to The Restorer, our
award-winning bi-monthly magazine including
free classified ads.!
• The right to register and participate in all
National and Regional MAFCA meets!
• Voting privileges in National elections of
officers and by-laws revisions!
• Free classified advertising on the MAFCA web
site and posting of photo of your car in the
Photo Album section!
• Technical advice to help restore your Model A
and keep it in top shape!
!
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• Six issues each calendar year of our awardwinning, international, bi-monthly!
• Model “A” News magazine. Includes detailed
technical and Era fashion articles, Model A
historical articles, coverage of National Meets
and Region News, classified ads, and vendor
ads - a great source of information for parts
and services. From 64 to 72 pages each issue.
Excellent quality coated paper with color, and
black and white photography.!
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Club Meetings & Tour Details . . .!
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February 18 - Tour to Shealy’s Barbecue and Meeting. !
We will leave from the Kmart in Lexington at 10:30 am. Please be ready to leave at 10:30 with a full
tank of gas. Danny Austin is working on a mystery tour for the afternoon.!
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March 22 - Annual Picnic in the Park
Saluda Shoals Park, Redbud Shelter. See page 2 for complete details.!
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April 19 - Tour
Planning is ongoing, details to come soon.!
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May 3 - Epworth Bluegrass and Barbecue Event
Please arrive at Epworth by 10:30AM. We will again park our cars on the Green in front of the Chapel. Remember to bring
If there is somewhere you would like to travel to or
a particular place where you would like to have lunch,
contact Michael Smith, VP & Tour Director at (803)356-6633 or
[email protected]
Repair Videos!
!
Did you know that Mike’s AFordable has a
YouTube Channel with repair videos?!
!
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Check them out today!!
Mike’s YouTube Channel
PALMETTO A’S SCHEDULE!
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2014
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February
15!
Tour to Shealy’s Barbecue!
March !
22!
Annual Picnic in the Park!
April !
19!
Tour!
May !
3!
Epworth Bluegrass and Barbecue Event!
Due Date for submissions!
March, 2014 Issue!
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February 15th
!!
See info on this page for details of all
meeting / tour activities.
OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST
(details on National Club Websites & in Magazines and on local club website)!
!
March, 2014
9-13 ! MAFCA National Tour - Texas Hill Country!
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April, 2014
3-6
MARC Membership Meet - St. Louis, MO!
July, 2014
14-18MAFCA National Convention - Puyallup, WA!
December, 2014
3-7! MAFCA National Awards Banquet - Little Rock, AK