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ON THE
ROAD,
AGAIN!
Volume 10
Number 2
June 2006
An AACA Master Editor Award
Winning Publication
BRASS-NICKELTOURING
REGION AACA
BRASS-NICKEL
TOURING REGION AACA
http://www.aaca.org/bntr/
1998 - 2005
PRESIDENT
Floyd Barnes, Jr.
VICE-PRESIDENT
Dan Fuccella
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The Brass-Nickel Touring Region is a nongeographical region of the AACA.
Membership is open to all members of the
AACA who have an interest in motor
vehicles 1931 or older. The main emphasis
and focus of the region is touring. Annual
dues are $10.00.
Cover illustration: taken from a REO Flying Cloud Ad. See
CARography on pages 7-8 on REO Motor Car Company
On The Road, Again!
Brass-Nickel Touring Region AACA
Volume 10
June 2006
Number 2
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
What a beautiful Saturday after the rain and the clouds for our
tour to Pittsboro and Sanford. It sure looked iffy when we left the
house but improved quickly. What a nice surprise in Pittsboro
when another car group from Greensboro stopped for lunch at S &
T's Soda Shoppe also and the street was parked full with old cars.
The Ole Gilliam Mill Park Ole Mill Crank-Up was interesting and a
lot going on. Thanks to Judy and Barker for all the planning!
We are having to make some changes due to problems we have
encountered for the next overnight tour and know you will
understand. A lot of planning had already gone into it.
Hope you have a great summer and that we see you on a tour.
Floyd Barnes
FROM THE BACK
SEAT WITH JUDY
IMPORTANT TOUR CHANGES!!!
Because of problems in obtaining a host hotel for the
West
Jefferson
tour,
we
have
switched the June
24th & August 5th
tours. For updated
tour info, please
refer to page 3.
AACA SPRING SOUTHEASTERN
DIVISION MEET
July 13– 15, 2006
http://local.aaca.org/gsmr/
Just a reminder that the deadline
for registering for the Asheville
Meet is quickly approaching. The
registration deadline is June 23. If
you have not mailed off for the
information, you can register online. Go to the AACA web page
(www.aaca.org) and click on Meets
and then Meet Registration. To
login, you will need to enter your
AACA Membership and Pin
number. Both can be found on your
AACA Membership card.
The pin number can also
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be found above your name
on the mailing label for Antique
Automobile magazine.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Several Brass-Nickel
members showed cars at the AACA
Eastern Division National Car Show
held at Virginia Beach on May 13,
2006.
• 1915 Buick owned by Fred and
Sue Harley. 1st Preservation
• 1928 Ford Model A owned by
Larry Rucker. Repeat Preservation.
• 1973 Buick owned by John and
Susan Baldwin. Drivers Participation.
2007 BEAUFORT TOUR
Tim Coyle from Charleston SC contacted me the other day and volunteered to put a tour together next
year in Beaufort (Byu-fert). Now
don’t make the mistake I did and
say Beaufort (BO-furt), which is in
NC. He is planning on taking us to
Beaufort (Byu-fert) SC.
Each year in Beaufort (Byu-fert),
the Parish Church of St. Helena
hosts an Annual Spring Tour of
Homes and Gardens. Historic properties, often dating back to the late
1700s, are open for the Friday night
Candlelight Tour. On Saturday a
drive through the Lowcountry takes
you to nearby plantations. A
delicious Lowcountry lunch set
among centuries old live oaks will
be held on the grounds of one of the
plantations. The date for next year’s
tour has not been
set yet but will
probably be the
last weekend in
March.
More
details to come ..
Tim, in his 1913 Franklin Touring,
enjoyed this year’s tour while
attending the 2006 national
Horseless Carriage Tour
and Convention.
IMPORTANT TOUR INFO!
Also on the tour were BNTR
members Jim and Edna Cross in
their 1913 Ford.
FROM THE GOOD NEWS DEPT.
Because of circumstances beyond
our control, we were forced to
switch the tour locations and time
of our scheduled June and August
tours. On June 24th, we will visit
Hamlet NC and on August 5th we
will visit West Jefferson NC. Please
make the changes to your calendar.
Sorry for any inconvenience the
changes might cause!
HAMLET TOUR
Date: June 24, 2006
1922 Maxwell
I recently heard from Max Morton
that his Maxwell is finally back on
the road after a two year absence.
He has been having some engine
troubles but hopefully that has been
fixed. He and Louise are looking
forward to touring with the BNR
this year. As he matter of fact, he
offered to do another tour in the
Swansboro area, which is great
news!
Tour Chairman: Barker and Judy
Time: Be ready to leave by 9:30 am
Agenda: Because late June in NC
can be hot and humid, this tour will
only be about 40 miles. However,
this will be an interesting tour.
In Hamlet NC, we will visit the
National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame
(Continued on page 26)
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2006 AACA
Car Shows and Tours
Abbreviations:
D- Division
N-National
Ch- Chapter
JUNE
3 San-Lee Ch, Sanford NC
15-17 Annual Grand National
Dover DE
17 Coastal Plains Ch,
Washington NC
JULY
13-15 Spring Southeastern DN
Meet, Asheville NC
19-22 Eastern D Tour
Northern PA
AUGUST
General
Greene Ch
5
Greensboro NC
19
24-26
Zooland Region
Asheboro NC
SEPTEMBER
Glidden Tour
South Dakota
(cars 1942 & earlier)
23 Sandhills Ch
Pinehurst NC
30 New River Ch,
Jacksonville NC
OCTOBER
4-7 Fall Eastern DN Meet
Hershey PA
22-27 AACA Sentimental Tour
Orlando FL
(Cars 1928 to 1958)
30 New River Ch
Jacksonville NC
14 NC Region Fall Meet
Spencer NC
NOVEMBER
3-4 Fall Southeastern DN
Meet, Montgomery AL
17-23
AACA SPRING
SOUTHEASTERN
DIVIVION MEET
Fall Central DN Meet
Rockford Il
31- Fall Western DN Meet
Sept 2
Sunnyvale CA
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10-14
14
16
SEPTEMBER
First Capital Ch
New Bern NC
AACA Reliability Tour
Meredith NH
(Cars 1915 or earlier)
Charlotte AutoFair
Charlotte NC
Morehead City Ch
Morehead NC
ASHEVILLE NC
JULY 13-15, 2006
NEWS FROM
NATIONAL
The AACA Museum’s newest exhibit, American Muscle Factory
Performance Cars, will be on
display from
May 20th to
October 8th.
With this exhibit, you experience the adrenaline
pumping thrill of America's growling, tire-screeching, street-worthy
muscle cars from 1964 to 1972. All
the major manufacturers will be
represented by some of their most
striking and potent offerings. Big
Block Chevrolets, Hemi-powered
Mopars and Cobra Jet equipped
Fords will all be present. However,
visitors will also see some of the
more garden variety performance
cars such as the Plymouth Road
Runner and Oldsmobile 442 that
helped bring muscle to the masses.
Collectible memorabilia, die cast
vehicles and reproduction advertising will also be included to
bring this exhibition to life.
The AACA Library now has part of
its vast collection online. This is
strictly a partial catalog of their
holdings, currently A - Mercedes. It
does not include the shop manuals,
parts books or periodicals at this
time; it mainly includes sales
literature, owner's manuals, photos
and clippings. Listings are being
added to the catalog on a daily basis
and over the course of the next
several years, they should have the
bulk of the collection listed. If you
find something in the catalog listing
that you would like to have copied,
please print out the Research
Request form, complete it and mail
or fax it to the library. They will
then let you know the cost to copy
the item(s) and if they have other
material on your car.
AACA RAFFLE
2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE
Over half of the 2,000 tickets have
been sold for the raffle of the 2006
Pontiac Solstice. Drawing takes
place on Oct 7, 2006 at the AACA
Eastern Division National Fall Meet
2006 in Hershey PA. Winner need
not be present to win and is
responsible for all taxes. Proceeds
will benefit all three AACA entities
equally- AACA, AACA Museum &
AACA Library & Research Center.
Tickets are only $50 and can be
purchased on-line, at all National
shows and tours, or
contact headquarters at
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(717) 534-1910.
PITTSBORO TOUR
MAY 20, 2006
We had a great turnout for the 1st
tour of the season. Participating on
the tour were 1915 Ford
Model T
Riley and
Sandra
Reiner
1925 Ford
Model T
Bob and
Lynda
Miller
1931 Ford
Model A
Chet
Butcher
1930
Franklin
Marvin and
Jeannette
Gage
1950 Willys
Jeep
Dan And
Jean
Fuccella
1957 Ford
T-Bird
Floyd and
Peggy
Barnes
Barker was on call so we were
forced to travel in the modern
Buick. Besides it was raining in
Clayton when we woke up and since
the top on the 1924 needs replacing,
we decided not to risk taking it out.
The group met at 9 am in Apex NC
and were on the road by 9:30 am.
We took Highway 64 straight into
Pittsboro, which was our first stop
of the day. We had made
arrangements to have lunch at the S
& T Soda Shoppe located on Main
Street. In 1912 this building was
1931
Franklin
Tim and
Nancy Coyle
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Inside the S & T Soda Shoppe
Greensboro NC
originally a drugstore and soda
fountain called Pilke’s and owned
Dr. George Pilkington.
year since that many old cars, not to
mention Model Ts, have been
downtown Pittsboro.
While we were enjoying lunch, the
Tarheel Ts, a chapter of the Model T
Ford Club of America from
Greensboro NC, also stopped by the
Soda Shoppe for lunch. They were
on an overnight camping trip to
Lake Jordan. They had 10 Ts and
one Model A participating on their
tour. Needless to say it has many a
After lunch, the Brass-Nickel
headed towards Sanford NC and
the 26th Annual Ole Gilliam Mill
Park Ole Mill Crank-Up. We spent
the rest of days taking in all the
exhibits of hit and miss engines, the
water-powered grist mill,
the operating saw mill,
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and steam engines.
SELMA CAR DISPLAY FUND RAISER
APRIL 15, 2006
Six Brass-Nickel members participated April 15 in the Selma car display fund raiser. At this point, the
amount of money earned is still
undetermined. Participating were:
1925 Ford Model T Pick-Up
Bob and Lynda Miller
1924 Ford Model T
Barker and Judy Edwards
1950 Willys Jeep
Dan and Jean Fuccella
1931 Ford Model A
Chet and Mary Butcher
Floyd and Peggy Barnes
1957 Ford Thunderbird
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1950 Ford Convertible
Art and Bobbi Fillyaw
Thanks to everyone who
brought a car!!
CAR-OGRAPHY
REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY
REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY
The REO Motor Car Company was a
United States-based company that
produced automobiles and trucks
from 1905 to 1975. At one point the
company manufactured buses from
truck platforms.
Ransom E Olds
REO was founded by Ransom E.
Olds in August 1904. Ransom held
52 percent of the stock and the titles
of president and general manager.
To ensure a reliable supply of parts,
he organized a number of subsidiary firms like the National Oil
Company, the Michigan Screw
Company, and the Atlas Drop Forge
Company.
A REO Speed-Wagon, from
1917 advertisement
By 1907 REO had gross sales of $4
million and the company was one of
the top four automobile manufacturers in the U.S. After 1908
however, despite the introduction of
improved cars designed by Olds,
REO's share of the automobile
market shrank due in part to
competition from giants like Ford
and General Motors.
The company's name is alternately
spelled in all capitals as REO or
with only an initial capital as Reo.
The company's own advertising is
inconsistent, with early advertising
using all capitals and later advertising using the "Reo" capitalization.
EARLY REO PRODUCTION
REO manufactured automobiles
from 1905 to 1936, including the
famous REO Speed Wagon, an
ancestor of the pickup truck, which
gave its name to the 1970s rock and
roll group REO Speedwagon.
A portion of REO's
1917 line of cars
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REO FLYING CLOUD
AND REO ROYALE
REO's two most memorable cars
were its REO Flying Cloud, introduced in 1927, and the REO Royale
8 of 1931.
Painting By Charles Vickery
REO Motor Car Company's Car
"The Flying Cloud", was named after the Clipper Ship of the same
name. You can find a silver emblem
of the Clipper Ship on the instrument panel of the "Flying Cloud"
cars.
The Flying Cloud was the first car to
use Lockheed's new internal expanding brake system and styling
by Fabio Segardi. While Ned Jordan
is credited with changing the way
advertising copy was written with
his "Somewhere West of Laramie"
ads for his Jordan Playboy, REO's
Flying Cloud-a name that provoked
evocative images of speed and lightness-name changed the way automobiles would be named in the
future. The final REO model in 1936
was a Flying Cloud.
The 1931 REO Royale was a trendsetting design, introducing design
elements that set the stage for true
automotive streamlining in the
American market. The model
continued to be made
until 1935. Beverly Kimes,
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editor of the Standard
1932 REO Royale
Catalog of American Cars calls the
Royale "the most fabulous REO of
all". In addition to its coachwork by
Murray, the Royale also provided
buyers with a 125 hp straight eight
with a nine bearing crankshaft, one
shot lubrication, thermostatically
controlled radiator shutters. The
Royale rode upon factory wheelbases of 131 and 135 inch wheelbase; a 1932 custom version rode
upon a 152 inch wheelbase. The
Royale also featured REO's attempt
at a semi-automatic transmission.
AFTER PASSENGER CARS
Although World War II truck orders
enabled it to make something of a
comeback, the company remained
unstable in the postwar era. In 1954
the company was sold to the Bohn
Aluminum and Brass Company of
Detroit, and in 1957 became a subsidiary of the White Motor
Company. White merged REO with
Diamond T Trucks in 1967 to form
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. In 1975,
this firm filed for bankruptcy and
most of its assets were liquidated.
Meanwhile, the corporate shell
reorganized in the 1930s after a
bankruptcy and the end of automobile manufacturing went through a
series of transmutations into the
nuclear medicine and prefabricated
housing businesses before
becoming today's steel company
Nucor.
Car on cover: REO Flying Cloud.
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN 1926
The following information was taken from Facts and Figures of the
Automobile Industry –1927 edition.
Production (US & Canada) ...................................... 4,428,286
Number Cars ............................................................. 3,936,933
Number Trucks ......................................................... 491,353
Open Cars ................................................................. 1,116,265
Closed Cars .............................................................. 2,820,668
Per cent closed .................................................................. 72%
Wholesale Value, Motor Vehicles and Parts .... $4,696,945,620
Cars (US and Canada) .........................................2,730,385,507
Trucks (US and Canada) .........................................433,371,169
Parts sold by the motor vehicle manufacturers .....308,251,944
Replacement parts and tires............................... 1,224.937,000
Exports of Motor Vehicles (US and Canada)................. 487,289
Registration (US) .....................................................22,001,393
Cars ............................................................................ 19,237,171
Trucks .........................................................................2,764,222
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Business (US)
Capital invested (Tangible assets)................... $2,089,498,325
Wages and Salaries ................................................ 657,724,859
Number Employed in car and truck factories............... 375,281
Number employed directly in the industry................ 3,365,281
Number employed directly and indirectly ................ 3,743,781
Number of Motor Vehicle Dealers ...................................52,592
Increase in personal transportation, which
means an automobile for every adult, is one of
the major trends of the year.
Total motor car registrations..................................................... 19,237,000
Cars owned by business houses................................................... 1,140,000
Private family motor cars .......................................................... 18,097,000
Number of families in the US .................................................... 27,500,000
Percentage of families owning motor cars ..........................................55.7%
Number of families owning motor cars ...................................... 15,317,500
Estimated number of tw0-car families, after allowing for cases where
several cars are owned ................................................................ 2,700,000
10% of all families own more than one car
18% of car owning families have more than one car
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NC
VA
SC
NC
VA
SC
Total Motor Vehicle Registration 1921-1926
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
148,627
182,550
246,812
302,232 340,287
139,200 168,000
218,896
261,945 282,650
89,836
95,239
127,467
161,753
168,496
Passenger Cars Registrations 1921-1926
134,884 163,600
225,488
274,752
311,384
122,000 145,000
187,977
220,302 246,950
82,993
88,018
115,892
146,639 153,343
1926
385,047
322,614
181,189
352,217
273,764
163,551
Standings of States in Registrations, 1926
Registration
Numerical
Increase
Persons Per
Motor Car
Percentage
Increase
1. NY 1,815,434
1. NY ..189,851
1. CA .........3.11
1. FL........ 40.2
18. NC 385,047
15. NC ...44,760
39. NC .......8.11
10. VA........ 14.1
21. VA..322,614
17. VA ...39,864
41 VA......... 9.19
13. NC........ 13.1
34. SC.. 181,189
33. SC ... 12,693
47. SC....... 11.16
40. SC .........7.5
49. NV...24,014
49. SD........ 202
49. GA..... 12.97
49. SD .........0.1
Total US
....... 22,001,393
Total US
......... 2,064,119
Total US ...... 6.1
Total US.....10.3
Per Cent Closed and Open Cars by Years
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Year
Open
Closed
% Closed
1919
1,496,652
161,000
10.3%
1920
1,581,610
323,950
17.0%
1921
1,179,000
335,000
22.1%
1922
1,691,368
715,028
30.0%
1923
2,434,360
1,259,877
34.0%
1924
1,845,803
1.397,482
43.0%
1925
1,676,171
2,163,131
56.5%
1926
1,116,265
2,820,668
72.0%
Miles of Highway in US
Indiana has most surfaced roads; Delaware the least
Total Rural Mileage
Miles Surfaced Roads
State
Tot Rural
State
Local
Total
State
Local
Roads Highways Roads
Surfaced Highways Roads
Indiana
73,131
3,936
69,195
48,125
3,860
44,265
North
Carolina
68,148
6,432
61,716
20,016
5,311
14,705
Virginia
59,081
4,921
54,160
9,782
3,560
6,222
South
Carolina
64,634
4,951
59,683
10,061
3,221
6,840
Delaware
3,796
506
3,290
782
506
276
State
Registered in US in 1926
2,764,000 Commercial Vehicles
Year’s Increase
# of
Number of Licenses
Motor Vehicle
Persons
or Permits (Auto)
Registration
to each
Dealers Operators Chauffeurs Number Per Cent Pass Car
PA
28,167
1,637,188
-
124,751
9.4
7.60
NC
8,157
-
-
44,760
13.1
8.11
VA
3,915
-
8,700
39,964
14.1
9.19
SC
519
152
-
12.693
7.5
11.16
Tot
137,064
7,258,831
10.3
6.1
1,007,295 2,064,119
52,592 Motor Vehicle Dealers
Tot
Car
NC 810
792
426
444
18
749
1,309
950
VA 790
757
402
435
33
558
1,131
908
SC
343
208
213
5
318
588
396
348
Truck
Garage Repair
Truck (Exclusive) (Storage) Shops
Retail
Supply
Store
Car &
Truck
LET’S GO TOURING!
SUPER T TOUR
www.antiqueautoranch.com/
superttour/index.html
This summer there will be the ultimate T tour traversing across the
United States. In forty days, the
tour will travel 8,771 miles from
Portland Oregon to Portland Maine
and through all of the lower 48
states.
be on their own as to the exact route
and pace that they wish to travel.
The tour is open to anyone driving a
car powered by an engine that uses
a Model T Ford block. If you can’t
take 40 days to do the whole trip,
they are encouraging people to join
them on the way for as many days
as you want.
For a tour fee of $25.00, you will
receive route information and
maps. There will be no official
"trouble trailers" (although the organizers hope that of the local clubs
along the way may provide some).
There will be no official hotels.
Everybody will be on their own.
On the 19th day Sunday, July 23rd
they will be driving from Augusta,
GA to Greensboro, NC for a total of
260 miles. They will have a rest day
on Monday, July, 24th and then on
Tuesday, July, 25th will drive 268
miles from Greensboro NC to Front
Royal, Virginia. This is the only
time that will be traveling in NC.
You can check their web page for
the complete tour route and dates.
The route will be planned in such a
way that a model T traveling at 35
miles per hour can do the
route in 8 or so hours of
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driving time. Each car will
If you are not quite up to making
the trip in person, they plan to post
a blog while on the trip. You can
follow along atwww.myspace.com/superttour
loaded on May 6th and arrived in
New York on May 18th. Their
adventure begins on June 6 in
Chicago Illinois and ends at the
Peterson Auto Museum in Los
Angeles on June 25th.
CRUISE 66
http://www.cruise66.com/
This is another tour of a lifetime
taking place this summer. This time
17 American classic cars dating from
1946 to 1966 will be shipped from
Norway and will spend the month of
June driving 2,448 miles from
Chicago to Los Angeles along the
historic Route 66.
All 17 participating cars were delivered at the Wallenius Lines RORO
freight terminal in Gothenburg,
Sweden on May 2nd. They were
Participating on the tour are:
• 1950 Mercury Coupe
• 1953 Cadillac Eldorado
• 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air
• 1955 Pontiac Starchief Convertible
• 1956 Ford Thunderbird
• 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
• 1957 Mercury Monterey Convertible
• 1958 Buick Limited Convertible
• 1958 Packard Clipper Stationwagon
• 1959 Chevrolet Impala
• 1960 Chrysler Imperial Convertible
• 1960 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible
• 1960 Chevrolet Kingswood Station
Wagon
• 1963 Ford Thunderbird
• 1964 Ford Thunderbird
• 1964 Cadillac DeVille Convertible
• 1966 Cadillac Fleetwood
Brougham
You can also follow along their
adventure by checking
their web page.
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IN THE
KIDS KORNER
Q1 Why did the crook drive away
from the robbery in a laundry
truck?
Q2 What do you call a ice cream
truck operator?
Q3 What driver doesn’t have a license?
Q4 What can you always
find in the middle of a
taxicab?
Q5 What age is important
to a car?
Q6 What do you call a
Spaniard who can't find
his car?
Q7 How do you top a car?
Q8 How can you tell that there are four elephants
in your refrigerator?
.Q9 What do you call a knight with a rotary
engine?
Q10 What goes best with a white
wall?
Q11 What is worse that raining
cat and dogs?
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Q12 Why don’t pigs drive cars?
COMING SOON
Movie: Cars
Release Date:
June 9
Synopsis: Lightning McQueen a
hotshot rookie race car driven to
succeed, discovers that life is about
the journey, not the finish line,
when he finds himself unexpectedly
detoured in the sleepy Route 66
town of Radiator Springs. On route
across the country to the big Piston
Cup Championship in California to
compete against two seasoned pros,
McQueen gets to know the town’s
offbeat characters –including Sally,
Doc Hudson, and Mater – who help
him realize that there are more
important things than trophies,
fame and sponsorship.
Cast:
Lightning McQueen
(Owen Wilson)
Original race car
Mater
(Larry the Cable
Guy)
1955 Tow Truck
Sally
(Bonnie Hunt)
2002 Porsche 911
Doc Hudson
(Paul Newman)
1951 Hudson Hornet
The King
(Richard Petty)
1970 Plymouth
Superbird
Chick
(Michael Keaton)
Race Car
Ramone
(Cheech Marin)
1959 Chevy Impala
Fillmore
(George Carlin)
1960 VW Bus
Luigi
(Tony Shalhoub)
1959 Abarth FIAT
500
Guido
(Guido Quaroni)
Fork Lift
Sarge
(Paul Dooley)
1942 Willys Jeep
Flo
(Jenifer Lewis)
50s Show car
Also Starring:
• Mack (John Ratzenberger)
1985 Mack Super-Liner
• Michael Wallis
• Bob Cutlass (Bob Costas) Buick
Cutlass
• Lizzie (Katherine Helmond)
Ford Model T
• Clink (Tom Magliozzi) Dodge
Dart
• Clunk (Ray Magliozzi )
Dodge Dart
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• Darrell Waltrip
Flivver Fever
CONGER STREET CLOCK
MUSEUM
http://conger-street-clockmuseum.com
1912 Ford Model T Torpedo
If you are ever in Eugene Oregon,
be sure and stop by the Conger
Street Clock Museum located at 730
Conger Street. Although the
museum is devoted to clocks, there
is one special room, The Ford room,
where you will find a 1912 Model T
Ford Torpedo. This quarter scale
Model T is solid brass and all the
parts work.
This solid brass Model T Ford is 35
inches long and 18 inches high. The
wheels are 8 inches in diameter.
There is also a working quarter
scale tire pump and a jack.
The engine is a four cylinder
gasoline engine with an updraft
carburetor. The bore is 7/8 inches
and the stroke is 1 inch. The engine
actually runs. And when you crank
the engine with the hand crank, the
old car rocks just as a full size would
do.
The headlights work off of the
carbide generator that is mounted
on the left side running board.
There are 100 rods in the radiator
just as in the full size car.
1912 brass Ford Model T
It took seventeen years to build this
car working five, six and even seven
days a week. Everything works, and
everything is perfect. Everything
was built by hand and if a part was
not "PERFECT", it was
discarded and another one
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made.
The parking lights and tail light
work off of kerosene. The hand
brake releases the authentic
working transmission. The door
latches, viberator coils, spark
advance and throttle are all just as
in the full size car. Just smaller!
The seat is genuine leather, tucked
and pleated, again just an in the
The rear end (differential) was build
from Ford blueprints and is true to
scale. The springs are made from
individual springs and flex just as
on a full size car.
original. The viberator box on the
dash is mitered, dovetailed and
contains four individual viberator
coils.
The wood
for the
wheel
spokes as
well as all
of the wood
on this
Model T,
came from an old school house
desk that was made in 1912.
the transmission
TINKERIN’ TIPS
DEVICE TO BRUSH THE TOP AUTOMATICALLY
Cleaning the top can be
a nuisance and so is
often neglected.
But if an old horse
blanket were attached
as shown, the job would
become automatic each
time you put the car in
the garage.
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COLLAPSIBLE 16”
SPORT AND SAFETY CONE
My mother gave
me one of these
16”
collapsible
cones for when
Barker and I have
one of the old cars
out on tour or
display. It collapses flat for easy
storage. Just right for the older car
with limited trunk space.
• Heavy duty
• Durable
• Reflective safety bands
• Weighted base keeps
it in place
• Collapsible -stores
flat
Available: Big Lots, Ace Hardware, and many on-line automotive
sites.
Price: varies from $11.99—$15.49
‘LIZZIE’
With the release of Disney’s newest
movie Cars, there is a
whole bunch of character
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merchandise available.
Mattel is coming out with a
complete line of die-cast cars which
are good for children three and up.
All the characters are available (see
page 17 for complete cast) and the
cost is about $3 each. On a personal
note, it is great to see some
affordable dis-cast cars that not
hot-rodded.
My personal favorite is Lizzie—the
Ford Model T (wonder why)? Lizzie
runs the Curio Shop and is
somewhat of a “curio” herself.
Because she is the oldest resident in
Radiator Springs, all the townsfolk
like to joke that Lizzie was built
right after the invention on the
wheel.
TYFLOT
www.tyflot.com
This is perhaps the ideal touring
cap as it has a tether that attaches
the cap to your clothing. Although
they have a web site, unless you are
ordering a large quantity of hats,
FOR(D) SALE
the best place to buy a hat is on
EBay. They use the seller name of
Tyflot.
When I won the bid on a hat, I
emailed them and they allowed me
to buy as many as I wanted at the
auction price. I bought three.
Barker and I have both used the hat
while out in the ‘24. They work
great!
It simply operates by having one
end attached to the inside of the cap
using a low profile snap button. The
other end contains a low profile
suspender clip which clips to the
outside of the cap (when not in use)
to a loop positioned on the
adjustable strap located on the back
of the cap. When the use of the
tether is desired, one simply opens
the suspender clip and attaches it to
an outer garment of the user. If the
cap is blown off the users head
while the tether is deployed the cap
will remain attached to the users
outer clothing. When the user is
done with the tether it can be
retracted back into the brim of the
cap by the use of one finger. The
suspender clip is then reattached to
the loop for storage.
A good friend of ours from the
Greenville Radio club is down sizing
some of his stuff. His loss could be
your gain. He is selling -
1915 Touring
1926 Coupe
The touring last ran about six years
ago. He has new tires for the front.
The Coupe last ran in 1955 but
Hugh says that with new radiator
hoses and a tune-up and the ‘26 will
roll. He does have some extra
engines, transmissions, frames, and
axles. If interested, please contact
Hugh Maxwell at (252)
394-6677 or evenings at
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(252) 797-4964.
THINGS YOU AUTO KNOW
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
www.interstate50th.org/
June 29, 2006, will mark the 50th
anniversary of the day federal legislation was signed to begin one of the
biggest engineering projects ever
undertaken: the U.S. Interstate
Highway System.
The Interstate Highway System
changed America forever. Turning
the country from a country of rural
farms and small towns into a global
power. It put Americans within a
few days' drive of practically everyone else in our nation. It revved our
economy, forever changing the way
we move people and freight. It
stretched the link
between homes
and jobs and
redefined
the
relationship between urban &
rural America.
It all began with
the vision of a
young
army
officer, Dwight Eisenhower when he
personally witnessed the need for a
national highway system in 1919. As
a lieutenant colonel in the Army, he
helped staff a coast-to-coast convoy
of 81 military vehicles. The
1919 journey was a long
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and often lousy trip—62
days of heat, breakdowns, mud,
bridgeless river-crossings, and
rough roads. With 3,251 miles to
cover between Washington, D.C.
and San Francisco, the convoy set a
record pace—58 miles a day at about
6 mph. Eisenhower’s adventure
painted the picture that studies
would confirm: America needed a
much more complex, efficient
system of national highways.
The Federal Highway Act of 1956
launched the construction of super
highways with wider lanes designed
to accommodate higher speeds.
There would be
no intersections,
traffic signals, or
rail road crossings,
enabling
motorists
to
bypass clogged
two & four-lane
thoroughfares.
Eisenhower’s
vision would become a reality as
work on the interstate infrastructure
began on August 13, 1956. Today,
more than 46,000 highway miles
criss-cross the nation, along with
more than 55,000 bridges, 82
tunnels, and 14,000 interchanges.
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FAST FACTS
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Official Name: Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways
Total Miles: 46,837 (2004) with 14,750 interchanges, 55,512 bridges,
and 82 (104 bores) tunnels
Highest Elevation: Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel, Clear Creek/Summit
counties, Colorado 11,012 feet (east) and 11,158 (west)
Lowest Elevation: Interstate 8, El Centro, California, 52 feet below sea
level
Longest Interstate Route: I-90, Seattle, Washington to Boston,
Massachusetts, 3,020.54 miles
Shortest Two-Digit Interstate Route: I-73, Emery to Greensboro,
North Carolina, 12.27 miles
State with Most Interstate Miles: Texas, 17 routes, totaling 3,233.45
miles
State with Most Interstate Routes: New York, 1,674.73 miles, 29
routes
Route Traversing the Most States: I-95, 16 states (including
Washington D.C.): Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Maine
Directions:
Even Numbers travel east-west (I-4, I-8, I-10, I-12, etc.)
Odd Numbers travel north-south (I-5, I-15, I-17, I-19, etc.)
Numbering: Interstate Highways were intentionally numbered so that
they would not conflict with the preexisting U.S. Numbered System; in
fact, the intent was that no Interstate Highway and U.S. Highway would
share the same number within the same state. Exception: I-24 and U.S.
24 currently both exist in Illinois.
NC FAST FACTS
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There are more than 1,000 miles of interstate in North Carolina.
The first section of completed interstate, the East-West Expressway in
Winston-Salem was opened to traffic in 1958.
Asheville was the first Noth Carolina city to have an interstate loop,
Interstate 240.
Both I-73 and I-74 are being developed.
SC FAST FACTS:
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Travel and tourism is South Carolina’s number one industry, generating
$15 billion dollars annually and making up 8.8% of the gross state
product in South Carolina/ Many of those visitors travel I-95, I-77, or I85.
There are 844 miles of interstate in South Carolina.
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SAFETY BANNERS
The Brass-Nickel is selling individual tour banners for your car. All
banners have flannel backing and have tie strings. Measurement of the
banner is 16” by 16”. Each banner has a bright orange surface with a large
AACA emblem on the bottom.
They will be silk-screened with
the name Brass-Nickel Touring
Region.
Cost: $15.00 per banner
Reservation: These are preorder only because of the small
quantity we will be ordering
from National. Do NOT send
in your money now. Contact
Judy by email or phone
(information on inside cover).
(Continued
from page 5)
and the historic
depot, which was
built in 1900 and
was the home of
the NC Division
of
Seaboard
Airline Railway. A prime example
of Victorian architecture, it is one of
the most photographed stations in
the eastern United States.
We will also visit Ellerbe NC and
the Rankin Museum of American
Heritage, whose emphasis is on the
history and cultures of Early
American life - beginning with the
Native American occupation and
continuing to the present.
Admission: $4
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Lunch
and
trailer
parking: will be at Ellerbe Springs
Inn and Restaurant, circa 1857. The
present Inn was built in 1906 and is
listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. The Inn is located
at 2537 N Us Highway 220.
Phone:910-652-5600. If you prefer
to spend the night they have 13
rooms ranging in price from $79 to
The Ellerbe Inn
$114/night.
RSVP: Please let Judy know by by
June 17th by either phone or email
(contact information is on the
inside front cover) if you plan on
attending .
LOOKING BACK
This advertisement for the "Genius of Escape Who Will Startle and Amaze,"
recalls Houdini in one of his earlier and most famous challenge events. On
the evening of April 10, 1908, Houdini overcame six padlocked Weed
Chains. On Friday evening, May 22, 1908--challenged to outdo himself--he
performed an even more amazing version of this escape by liberating himself from eight padlocked Weed Chains used in combination with two steelrimmed automobile wheels. For added excitement, handcuffs and leg irons
were also employed. Release demanded extreme effort, but Houdini
emerged triumphant.
Answers to
IN THE ‘KIDS KORNER’
A1. He wanted to make a clean
getaway!
A2. A sundae driver
A3. A screwdriver
A4. The letter I
A5. Mileage
A6: Carlos It's pronounced
"carless" (meaning without
a car)
A7: You tep on the brake, silly!
A8. There's a Sports Car parked
out front
A9. Don Quixote de la Mazda
A10 A hub cap
A11. Hailing busses
A12. They would become road
hogs
EXTRA, EXTRA!!
We had to make some changes in
the previously advertised tours!
Please refer to page 3 for details!
2006 BNTR Tour Dates
June 24—Hamlet NC Tour
August 5—West Jefferson NC Tour
September 23—Locust NC Tour
November ?? (TBA) - Murfreesboro NC Tour
Brass-Nickel Touring Region AACA
Judy L Edwards, Editor
116 East Front Street
Clayton NC 27520