Car Show Madness!!! - Mopar Club of San Diego

AUG 2015
Classifieds
As a tangible benefit to being a member of The
Mopar Club, you get free ads. Give Bob a fax
858/292-5344 or better e-mail [email protected]
For Sale: 1929 Chrysler model 75, runs
and drives, restoration or rod project, $18k.
Mopar parts manuals; truck 63-68, 69-71,
72-73, 74-77, 78-81; passenger car 76, 77,
78, 79, 80, 81. All in Mopar binders $25
each. 62-65 B-Body fuel tank, new unused.
$100. 440 source 66-72 bb engine brackets
with DynaTech mounts and hardware, new
in box. $150. Contact Carl Kessel 760-3155326 or [email protected]
For Sale: ‘72 340 engine, complete, not in
Dart that was totaled 10 yrs ago. All paper
work on build. I am presently out of state
but if interested I can arrange for you to see
it. $2,500 OBO. Dave
Mopars By Jack
vintage car & truck restoration, repair,
service 10% off labor to Club members
Mobile Service
Jack E. Henton
619-454-1396
For Sale: 2 CenterLine Wheels,15” x 8”, 5”
backspace x Mopar 4” bolt pattern, drilled
for set screws w/ Mickey Thompson ET
Drag slicks, 29.5”x10.5”x15”, $100 or B/O
for both wheels & slicks. See website classifieds for pictures. Paul, 619-840-8580 or
email [email protected].
Wanted: steering wheel, Dodge horn pad
& ring for ‘69 A-body in good shape. Tan
color preferred, Bill Andrews 928-821-4740
For Sale: ‘66 Hemi engine, see at
http://specialengines.com/project,
John Berrier, [email protected]
Mopar Club Newsletter Ad Rates
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Club members free
Non-members $10/mo*
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Club members $60/6 months, min*
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* OR like-value raffle prizes or 15% off
products/services to Club members
760-598-9809, or [email protected]
For Sale: 331 Chrysler Hemi 4 bbl & trans
Greg 760-717-1995
For Sale: ‘66 Plymouth Fury dark blue/blue
(5) Redline tires & Magnum 500’s, 318
Poly, nice condition, $12,500 obo; Stainless Steel Brakes 4-wheel disk kit for ‘66
B-Body, new $1500 Rodger 760-724-1960
For Sale: ‘73-74 B Body F & R Firm Feel
suspension kit: springs, sway bars, links,
torsion bars, all bushings, spring hangers,
Bilstein shocks, steering & Pitman arms,
upper control arms,
alum. body/K frame
mounts, & more, cost
$3991, asking $2650
Doug 619-851-1833
esa
Plumbing Company
619-276-5275
Clubmember Kerry Kohl Lic #515449
Ralph Vagnone, Realtor
15% Mopar Club Discount on all
Parts, Services & Labor To Clubmembers
8355 Hercules Drive, La Mesa
619/463-9321
Balboa Real Estate
301 W. Broadway, Suite 800 SD
619-823-2431
[email protected]
Steve Williams
Mobile Welding
Frame Connectors
Spring Relocating
Rear Axle Bracing & Narrowing
(619)988-0778
email: [email protected]
So, let’s say you’re driving up the Interstate for a nice vacation in the Pacific
Northwest. Suddenly, your radio jumps
stations and blares full blast. Your a/c
cranks up. And your car’s brakes go to
full lock. Just before you come to a complete stop, the steering wheel cranks
hard right, driving you into a ditch.
What do you do? You thank your lucky
stars you weren’t killed and call a tow
truck. And an exorcist.
So, what happened? As you know,
the big news among us owners of FCA
cars, formerly known as Mopars, is
that our on-board car computer can
be hacked. According to the nerds who
pulled this off on a Jeep Cherokee, they
were actually able to remotely take over
the controls for the radio and air conditioning. No big deal, right? They were
also able to honk the horn and yank on
the driver’s seatbelt. Still not worried?
Well, what would you say if the were
able to engage or disable the brakes.
Take over the steering. Dis-engage the
transmission or kill the engine.
Yeah, that’s what I thought you’d say.
How was this possible, you ask? It has
to do with all automakers trying to add
value to experience of driving a vehicle
by turning it into a smartphone. They do
that by installing an entertainment system that is Wi-Fi based. The two “white
hat” hackers were hired by “Wired”
magazine to research the possibility of
remotely taking over a modern vehicle
by attacking its cellular connection.
This theory has been around for several years now, and, in fact, these guys
(and others, from UCSD) have hacked
into car computers years ago, including Toyota, Ford and GM systems they
say are just as vulnerable.
Interestingly, FCA announced a fix,
almost the day after this news story
broke. It’s a software fix, known to nerds
as a “patch”, that prevents your Jeep
from being hacked. The fix is available
on a thumb drive, or can be downloaded
at the dealership, free of charge. Since
FCA came up with this fix so quickly, it’s
pretty obvious that they’ve known about
the possibility for some time, but chose
to keep mum until the word got out. You
don’t come up with a fix like this overnight.
So, is there an upside to this problem?
Maybe. Say you’re blasting along in
your Viper at a buck 40. A CHP trooper
lights you up and gives chase. Yeah,
you could outrun him. But wouldn’t it be
easier to just pull over, and say “Officer,
my car’s been hacked. It wasn’t my
fault”.
Hey, it could work.
-Bob Gough, Y’r ‘umble Ed’tr
The Newsletter of the Mopar Club/San Diego
www.moparclubsandiego.net
Car Show Madness!!!
AUG 2015
Cruisin’ Grand Mopar Club Nite,
Escondido, Fri July 10 As usual,
Mopars over-filled the two city blocks
allotted for the marque. And the Club
had over two dozen of those spaces
occupied by our cars. Among those
attending in their vintage or modern
Mopars were John Joseph, Doug
Mace, Woody Widman, Kurt Bogdan,
Tom Ferreira, Larry & Debbie Johnson, Jeff & Julie Walker, Rodger & Jean Webb,
Bill Baugh, Steve VanderSchaaf, Leon & Lyndsey Rower (2 cars), Marv Reiser, Cliff Cunningham, Rick & Lynda Bobick, Dave Lancaster, Lee
and Marie De Tro, and Dave Russell.
JBA Speed Shop 30th Anniversary, Sun, July
Clubmember Doug Mace’s ‘71
12 J rolled out a big event as gracious host with
Hemi Charger
everything free from donuts
to dyno pulls. Showing their rides were Cliff Cunningham in his
Challenger, Leon Rower in his ‘67 big block Cuda, Bill “HemiCliff ‘s Challenger Boy” with his ‘66 Satellite, and Ed Koehler,
whose pal Denny showed their ‘64 Hemi
Dodge. The Dodge took a dyno pull, but the
rear tires wouldn’t hook to the rollers. Hemiboy demonstrated a couple of burnouts with his new SureHemiboy’s Sure
Grip, properly smoking both rear tires finally. J gave him Two
Grip burnout
Thumbs Up (see photo).
Greatest Show On Turf, Sat Aug 1
Leon’s ‘67 Cuda
Sponsored by the San Diego Association of Car Clubs, the show was held at
the South Clairemont Park in conjunction
with the Clairemont Family Day CelebraEd & Denny’s ‘64
tion. Lots of rides for the kiddies, (Hemiboy wanted to ride a pony, but they didn’t buy that he was five years old), a $5
pancake breakfast, vendor booths and trophies for the judged show. Worthy
Mopars were shown by Clubmembers Dave Russel, John Joseph, Rick Bobick,
Tom Ziarkowski and Bill Baugh. Clubmember Leon Rower
decided to show his beautiful De Tomaso Pantera instead
of his Cuda. But all Club cars were skunked out of trophy
awards, probably the first time that’s happened to John. Not
to worry, however, as our strong presence
John’s
Tom’s ‘67 Cuda
Charger
was awarded the Club Participation trophy.
Main Street America, Embarcadero
North Park, Sun July 19 The host
Corvette Owner’s Club scheduled their
show the day after our own All-American
Car
Dave’s ‘66 Cuda
Show. This meant that only 2 Corvettes attended our event, although the Saturday rain may have kept
many of the plastic cars inside. Consequently, Y’r ‘umble
Ed’tr chose not to attend their event, so no report. But
word has it they also got drenched. So there.
Rick’s 5.7 Hemi
Dodge
ProFile
AUG 2015
All-American
Car Show
XVII...
Club memhaving a good time in
bers. Most
spite of the weather.
of all, thanks
Turns out the AACS
go out to the XVII was a great testaCarl Burger
ment to the indomidealertable spirit shown by the
Jonathon Gbenekama drys his ‘66 Fury
ship and
Club’s membership.
Clubmember Mike
HemiBoy, Steve & Y’r ‘umble
Ed’tr bailng out the parking lot
Mattern’s
new shop,
Progressive Race
Concepts,
for stepping
Best Chevy: the Mopar Hemi in
up as major
Mike Miller’s ‘56 Chev
sponsors.
We also had
several more
vendors than in years past, and the
Clubmember
entry crowd made their day worthJim Howerton’s ‘65 5.7 Hemi Dart
while. Our dj, as usual, did a terrific
Best Of Show
job, and they
‘49 Buick Super owned by David Lewis
tried to stay dry
under a pop-up
on the trailer of
the Gravel n’
Grit big rig that
Staying dry, sorta, at the Reg Desk, Steve
again served
VanderSchaff , Marie De Tro, HemiBoy,
as our stage. It
Ann Giangiulio & Debbie Johnson
was amazing to
Left: Top 10 ‘64 Fury of
Top 10 ‘29 Ford p/u of Charles Tuck &
Clubmember Winfield
see all the car
Above:
Best Ford ‘29 roadster of Andy Korbacher
Wood
Best 50’s winner
show entrants
...and Great Flood of 2015. Yeah, we
had cars lined up at 0630 waiting to
get parked, just as the first of several
storms blew in. Along with lots of rain,
we also had lots of lightning. In spite
of on-off rain, mostly “on”, we had
nearly 140 cars attend with very few
leaving. In fact, the first car to arrive,
a car worthy of a Riddler, was David
Lewis in his ‘49 Buick Super. He took
Best Of Show. Also in line getting
Top 10 Winner Mike Loftus’
‘64 Falcon Sprint
soaked, were two red ‘29 Ford hot
rods. The pick up, owned by Charles
Tuck, had no side windows. The roadster, owned by Andy Korbacher and
wife in the passenger seat, has no top
by definition. Charles took a Top 10,
JBA Speed Shop sponsored a booth
and Andy and his wife took Best Ford.
What troopers! But the pre-reg noshows and dayof-event entries Our Club at KUSI on Fri the 17th,
hawking the Show
Marie & Ann drying out
that stayed
garaged hurt
our raffle and
50/50 income.
In spite of that,
the show was a
Best Mopar: Clubmember
great success
Paul Polentz’ ‘69 RR
with well over
four thousand dollar donations going
to USO of San Diego & Homefront
of San Diego. Helping that donation were the over 50 paid entries by
Club members. We were generously
supported by entries from the Inland
Mopar Club who had a long and perilous drive, and a sponsored trophy by
Clubmembers Steve Ashcroft & Jim
the Mopar Knights. Of the 33 trophies,
Signorelli check out the raffle table run
by Carolyn Mooney and sister Marilyn
all but six were sponsored, many by
Below:Top 10 ‘67 Vette
by Dale Vermillion
The Inland Mopar Club
‘53 Hudson
Hollywood of
Greg Metzger
Our stage, the Grit n’ Gravel big rig
Above Right:
Clubmember Mark
Stoneking & his
‘68 440 RR
Left: Best Import, ‘59
VW by Mike Johnson
Right: Top 10 winner
‘37 Slantback by Jess
Van Deventer
Left:
Clubmember
John Halpin & his
SRT Challenger
Left: just part of the over 50 Club cars
that entered the Show.
For more photos and a complete
winner’s list, go to our website
http://www.moparclubsandiego.net
Upcoming Events
Next meeting @ Casa Machado Sept 9 7p
•RaceLegal @ The Q, Aug 28, Sept 11, 18
•Barona Drags Aug 22-23, Sept 5, 19
•Charger Steve’s Wild Rides Aug 16, 6am
Pacific Beach, www.chargersteve.com
•Harbor Fest, Chula Vista, Sat Aug 22 10am
999 Bayside Parkway Bayside Park
[email protected]
•Picnic by the Bay, Sun Aug 23 Seaport Village Embarcadero Marine Park North
www.classicchevysofsandiego.com
•ANRA Summer Nationals, Aug 28-30 Auto
Club Famoso Raceway www.anra.com
•16th Christian Rods & Customs, Sat Aug
29, 9am Faith Chapel 9400 Campo Rd.
Spring Valley www.Cracsd.com
•RB Tastings! Bernardo Winery Aug 29 1pm
Classic car & driver free if you RSVP.
858-679-8000 Karen@PowayTransmissions.
com Additional Attendees $30 Advance $40
Day of Show
•San Diego Harley Scrabble Ride & Car
Show Aug 29, 8a, 5555 Kearny Villa Rd
858-450-1443 www.caldiegopva.org
•Al Bahr Shrine Car Show 9/4 Cruise 4pm &
Chicken Pie Diner, Sock Hop 6pm.
9/5 Car Show and Shine at the Al Bahr Shrine
5440 Kearny Mesa Road (619) 9906197
•Ray Taylor’s Auto Swap Mon 9/7 The Q
858-484-9342 www.sandiegoautoswap.com
•3rd Ramona Rod Roundup 9/12 10am
Calvary Chapel 114 14th St #D 760-787-9432
•Coronado Speed Festival 9/19-20 Buy your
tickets now & enter the Car Show!
www.fleetweek.org
•Fallbrook Rods & Relics, 7a every Sat,
Sunrise Cafe, Hwy 76 @ Mission, Bonsall.
•La Jolla Classic Cruise, every Sun 7am,
7300 Girard Ave
•In & Out Burger Poway 11am 12890 Gregg
Ct. (Kohl’s Parking lot) 1st Sat
•East County Cruisers 6:30p Tuesdays,
Tyler’s Taste of Texas 576 N. 2nd, El Cajon
•Ramona Cruise, Sun 4p-8, on Main St in
Albertson’s pkg lot
•Gearhead Gathering, 1st Sat 10-noon & 3rd
Sat 6-8p behind Chevron & Foster’s Freeze
off Waring Rd, .sdmustangs.com
•Cruisin’ Italian Style, Pernicano’s, 1588 E.
Main, El Cajon, ea. Thur nite
•The Classic Malt Shop every Friday, 5p,
3615 Midway Dr.
•Home Town Buffet 1st Sat each month
9am, 2nd/4th Tues 5:30pm, Main St, E.C.
•Good Ole Boys Breakfast 10am
2nd & 4th Wed, Denny’s 2642 Jamacha
•Coco’s Restaurant 11a-3p, 3rd Sun
16759 Bernardo Center Dr, R’cho B’rdo
•Ruby’s Diner Carlsbad Company Stores,
7- 9:30am last Sat 5620 Paseo Del Norte
•Fred’s Old Fashioned Burgers Alpine,
1st, 3rd, 5th Sat, 5pm
NOTICE!!! The Club has window
stickers (inside & outside) for your
Mopar(s). They are available at
Club meetings, or email bobgough@
san.rr.com with your address.
Stickers are available to all members
for 1 buck each. What a deal!
AUG 2015
Classifieds
As a tangible benefit to being a member of The
Mopar Club, you get free ads. Give Bob a fax
858/292-5344 or better e-mail [email protected]
For Sale: 1929 Chrysler model 75, runs
and drives, restoration or rod project, $18k.
Mopar parts manuals; truck 63-68, 69-71,
72-73, 74-77, 78-81; passenger car 76, 77,
78, 79, 80, 81. All in Mopar binders $25
each. 62-65 B-Body fuel tank, new unused.
$100. 440 source 66-72 bb engine brackets
with DynaTech mounts and hardware, new
in box. $150. Contact Carl Kessel 760-3155326 or [email protected]
For Sale: ‘72 340 engine, complete, not in
Dart that was totaled 10 yrs ago. All paper
work on build. I am presently out of state
but if interested I can arrange for you to see
it. $2,500 OBO. Dave
Mopars By Jack
vintage car & truck restoration, repair,
service 10% off labor to Club members
Mobile Service
Jack E. Henton
619-454-1396
For Sale: 2 CenterLine Wheels,15” x 8”, 5”
backspace x Mopar 4” bolt pattern, drilled
for set screws w/ Mickey Thompson ET
Drag slicks, 29.5”x10.5”x15”, $100 or B/O
for both wheels & slicks. See website classifieds for pictures. Paul, 619-840-8580 or
email [email protected].
Wanted: steering wheel, Dodge horn pad
& ring for ‘69 A-body in good shape. Tan
color preferred, Bill Andrews 928-821-4740
For Sale: ‘66 Hemi engine, see at
http://specialengines.com/project,
John Berrier, [email protected]
Mopar Club Newsletter Ad Rates
•Classified Ads
Club members free
Non-members $10/mo*
•Club Sponsor Ads
Club members $60/6 months, min*
Non-members $100/6 months, min*
* OR like-value raffle prizes or 15% off
products/services to Club members
760-598-9809, or [email protected]
For Sale: 331 Chrysler Hemi 4 bbl & trans
Greg 760-717-1995
For Sale: ‘66 Plymouth Fury dark blue/blue
(5) Redline tires & Magnum 500’s, 318
Poly, nice condition, $12,500 obo; Stainless Steel Brakes 4-wheel disk kit for ‘66
B-Body, new $1500 Rodger 760-724-1960
For Sale: ‘73-74 B Body F & R Firm Feel
suspension kit: springs, sway bars, links,
torsion bars, all bushings, spring hangers,
Bilstein shocks, steering & Pitman arms,
upper control arms,
alum. body/K frame
mounts, & more, cost
$3991, asking $2650
Doug 619-851-1833
esa
Plumbing Company
619-276-5275
Clubmember Kerry Kohl Lic #515449
Ralph Vagnone, Realtor
15% Mopar Club Discount on all
Parts, Services & Labor To Clubmembers
8355 Hercules Drive, La Mesa
619/463-9321
Balboa Real Estate
301 W. Broadway, Suite 800 SD
619-823-2431
[email protected]
Steve Williams
Mobile Welding
Frame Connectors
Spring Relocating
Rear Axle Bracing & Narrowing
(619)988-0778
email: [email protected]
So, let’s say you’re driving up the Interstate for a nice vacation in the Pacific
Northwest. Suddenly, your radio jumps
stations and blares full blast. Your a/c
cranks up. And your car’s brakes go to
full lock. Just before you come to a complete stop, the steering wheel cranks
hard right, driving you into a ditch.
What do you do? You thank your lucky
stars you weren’t killed and call a tow
truck. And an exorcist.
So, what happened? As you know,
the big news among us owners of FCA
cars, formerly known as Mopars, is
that our on-board car computer can
be hacked. According to the nerds who
pulled this off on a Jeep Cherokee, they
were actually able to remotely take over
the controls for the radio and air conditioning. No big deal, right? They were
also able to honk the horn and yank on
the driver’s seatbelt. Still not worried?
Well, what would you say if the were
able to engage or disable the brakes.
Take over the steering. Dis-engage the
transmission or kill the engine.
Yeah, that’s what I thought you’d say.
How was this possible, you ask? It has
to do with all automakers trying to add
value to experience of driving a vehicle
by turning it into a smartphone. They do
that by installing an entertainment system that is Wi-Fi based. The two “white
hat” hackers were hired by “Wired”
magazine to research the possibility of
remotely taking over a modern vehicle
by attacking its cellular connection.
This theory has been around for several years now, and, in fact, these guys
(and others, from UCSD) have hacked
into car computers years ago, including Toyota, Ford and GM systems they
say are just as vulnerable.
Interestingly, FCA announced a fix,
almost the day after this news story
broke. It’s a software fix, known to nerds
as a “patch”, that prevents your Jeep
from being hacked. The fix is available
on a thumb drive, or can be downloaded
at the dealership, free of charge. Since
FCA came up with this fix so quickly, it’s
pretty obvious that they’ve known about
the possibility for some time, but chose
to keep mum until the word got out. You
don’t come up with a fix like this overnight.
So, is there an upside to this problem?
Maybe. Say you’re blasting along in
your Viper at a buck 40. A CHP trooper
lights you up and gives chase. Yeah,
you could outrun him. But wouldn’t it be
easier to just pull over, and say “Officer,
my car’s been hacked. It wasn’t my
fault”.
Hey, it could work.
-Bob Gough, Y’r ‘umble Ed’tr
The Newsletter of the Mopar Club/San Diego
www.moparclubsandiego.net
Car Show Madness!!!
AUG 2015
Cruisin’ Grand Mopar Club Nite,
Escondido, Fri July 10 As usual,
Mopars over-filled the two city blocks
allotted for the marque. And the Club
had over two dozen of those spaces
occupied by our cars. Among those
attending in their vintage or modern
Mopars were John Joseph, Doug
Mace, Woody Widman, Kurt Bogdan,
Tom Ferreira, Larry & Debbie Johnson, Jeff & Julie Walker, Rodger & Jean Webb,
Bill Baugh, Steve VanderSchaaf, Leon & Lyndsey Rower (2 cars), Marv Reiser, Cliff Cunningham, Rick & Lynda Bobick, Dave Lancaster, Lee
and Marie De Tro, and Dave Russell.
JBA Speed Shop 30th Anniversary, Sun, July
Clubmember Doug Mace’s ‘71
12 J rolled out a big event as gracious host with
Hemi Charger
everything free from donuts
to dyno pulls. Showing their rides were Cliff Cunningham in his
Challenger, Leon Rower in his ‘67 big block Cuda, Bill “HemiCliff ‘s Challenger Boy” with his ‘66 Satellite, and Ed Koehler,
whose pal Denny showed their ‘64 Hemi
Dodge. The Dodge took a dyno pull, but the
rear tires wouldn’t hook to the rollers. Hemiboy demonstrated a couple of burnouts with his new SureHemiboy’s Sure
Grip, properly smoking both rear tires finally. J gave him Two
Grip burnout
Thumbs Up (see photo).
Greatest Show On Turf, Sat Aug 1
Leon’s ‘67 Cuda
Sponsored by the San Diego Association of Car Clubs, the show was held at
the South Clairemont Park in conjunction
with the Clairemont Family Day CelebraEd & Denny’s ‘64
tion. Lots of rides for the kiddies, (Hemiboy wanted to ride a pony, but they didn’t buy that he was five years old), a $5
pancake breakfast, vendor booths and trophies for the judged show. Worthy
Mopars were shown by Clubmembers Dave Russel, John Joseph, Rick Bobick,
Tom Ziarkowski and Bill Baugh. Clubmember Leon Rower
decided to show his beautiful De Tomaso Pantera instead
of his Cuda. But all Club cars were skunked out of trophy
awards, probably the first time that’s happened to John. Not
to worry, however, as our strong presence
John’s
Tom’s ‘67 Cuda
Charger
was awarded the Club Participation trophy.
Main Street America, Embarcadero
North Park, Sun July 19 The host
Corvette Owner’s Club scheduled their
show the day after our own All-American
Car
Dave’s ‘66 Cuda
Show. This meant that only 2 Corvettes attended our event, although the Saturday rain may have kept
many of the plastic cars inside. Consequently, Y’r ‘umble
Ed’tr chose not to attend their event, so no report. But
word has it they also got drenched. So there.
Rick’s 5.7 Hemi
Dodge