“F“FEBRUARYEBRUARY”P”PRESIDENTRESIDENT’’SS MMESSAGEESSAGE Happy Honkers

Model A Club

President:

Louie Armendarez..784-5308

Vice President:

Bill Langton ..359-9003

Secretary:

Karen Bockman..732-

8242

Treasurer:

Cruz Huerta..804-1567

Board Member:

(Past President)

David Bockman..732-8242

CCRG Representatives:

David Bockman..732-8242

Phil Kneeland…..679-1980

Happy Cooker

Dee Lentine….535-4928

............... 535-5505

Historian:

Buzz Fisher..568-1680

Librarian:

Buzz Fisher..568-1680

Publicity:……..(no one)

Sunshine:

Glenda Langton..539-3064

CLUB CHAIRPERSONS

2019 OFFICERS

In This Issue

2….Calendar, Birthdays, Anniversaries

3….Minutes

4…. Minutes

5…..Buzz’s Potluck

6…...Stuff For Sale

7….Advertisers, Stuff For Sale

8..….Sunshine, Jims Tech Tips

9.......The Ladies Page, Refreshments

10…..Tours, Car For Sale, New Products

11….Tech Tips

12….Tech Seminar, Happy Cookers

13….What’s Happening Around, Where Are We Goi

Ing

14….Turlock Swap Meet

“HORNBLOWER” NEWSLETTER”

for February Ahooga!!!!

Happy Valentines Day

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year, so we can

get ready for the upcoming year. In our last meeting we again

had a great turn out even though we had at least 1/3 missing,

but that's still ok.

I am hoping we can get some interesting tours this year, even if

some of us have already been there. Keep in mind that we have

new members in our club. For those of you conducting a tour

remember we can invite other members from other clubs. I

would like to thank Larry and Maria for providing the January

refreshments.

At this point there are some Model-A's that are still in need of

repair. We will attempt to get them on the road very soon. We

also had a good turnout at Buzz's luncheon, everything tasted

delicious.

Don't forget the Turlock Swap Meet and the Farm Show com-

ing up. See you all

there.

Take Care Your President

Louis Armendarez.

“Henrietta’s Cluckings”

Wow! I never know where I’m going to be next.

Signed, Henrietta, ….“The Cute Lil Chick”

Editorial:

A friend had a small wreck and can’t find local talent

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1.

No Politics

Day

2

Ground Hog

Day

3

Superbowl

Sunday

4 5 6

Nita Mehl

7 8 9

10 11 12

World Ag

Expo

13

WAE

14

WAE

Valentine's Day

15

Marilyn

DeCarteret

16

Hanford

Auto Tour

17 18

President's

Day

19 20 21

JoAnn

Loewen

22

George Wash-

ington's Birth-

day

23

JoAnn Welter

24 25 26 27 28 March 2

Tech

Seminar on

Carburetors

Remember! Our Monthly Meetings are held at “The Pizza Factory”

897 W. Henderson Ave (behind Asian Gardens)

6:00pm for dinner, meeting starts at 7:00pm (you don’t have to order dinner)

American Heart

Month……….......Flower-Violet

2019

Happy Honker Model A Club

Meeting Minutes January 10, 2019

The meeting was called to order by President Louie Armendarez at 6:40 p.m. at the Pizza

Factory in Porterville. The Flag Salute was led by Larry Mase. The 50/50 Drawing was won

by Diana McTier. She won $15.00 and $15.00 went into the Club Treasury.

The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and David moved to approve them as read.

Phil seconded. Motion carried.

Correspondence

1. President Louie shared a flyer from the upcoming Turlock Swap Meet to be held on

January 26 and 27 at the Stanislaus county Fair Grounds in Turlock.

2. President Louie shared a flyer from another Model A club re: a 1929 Model A Road-

ster pickup for sale. The pickup did not have a top. Louie has the information about the

pickup if anyone is interested in it.

Treasurer's Report Cruz gave the Treasurer's Report. John Adams moved to accept the re-

port as presented, Bill Langton seconded, the motion carried.

Sunshine Report In Glenda's absence, Bill reported they had not been informed of any ill-

nesses or injuries. Glenda was home recuperating from her cataract surgery that had taken

place this morning in Fresno.

Cruz read a letter from long time members Bob and Dee Lentine. Their health has not

been good, they are both dealing with serious health issues. Bob informed the members that

he will no longer be raising deer and all the deer must be off his property by the end of

January. They wish to remain members and they asked for our prayers as they deal with

their health issues.

Tour Report Bill Langton reminded members that the date for the Potluck lunch at Buzz

Fisher's home has been changed to Saturday, Jan. 19th at 1:00 p.m.

Bill reviewed the scheduled tours for the year and reported that the months of February

and July were in need of someone to lead a tour.

Phil reported that Jason Deisman, Vice Pres. of the Charter Oak Club, is working on a

tour to Tim McMaster's Hanford Auto, in Hanford to be followed by a stop at Superior

Dairy for lunch, etc. There is no specific date for this tour. Phil will keep Bill informed of

when the tour will take place. Phil added that Tim is considering joining the Charter Oak

Chapter.

President Louie asked the Secretary to read an article in the Old Cars and Motorsports

newspaper which had been written by Phil and Linda Kneeland. The well written article

told of several of the tours our club had taken recently, accompanied with photos, and in-

vited any interested parties to contact them for meeting information. It was brought up that

Larry Mase has been paying for our club's information, meeting time and place, and a

phone number to call to be placed in The Old Cars and Motorsports newspaper for a couple

of years.

(Continued next page) 3

Our Secretary Says!!!

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(Minutes continued)

Several in the club offered to reimburse Larry the $55.00 a year he has been paying for the

advertisement, however, Larry declined. David suggested that both Charter Oak and Happy

Honkers go together to pay for an advertisement about each club, however, Larry said that,

according to the editor of the newspaper, each club would have to pay separately for an ad-

vertisement of their own. David moved to have the club split the cost of the Happy Honker

advertisement with Larry.

C.C.R.G. David reminded the members the Merced Jamboree Registration materials are

available on line on the MAFCA site. Members are urged to send in their registration as soon

as possible. Phil will publish the registration forms in the February Newsletter. The Jambo-

ree is March 29-30, 2019.

New Business:

Phil presented his progress on the new 2019 Club Rosters. He discussed printing costs,

asking the members to vote on the printer to be used. Larry Williams made a motion to let

Phil chose the best printer to do the job for us. Carson seconded, the motion carried, the

members present unanimously voted for Phil to use the printer of his choice.

Phil read a letter thanking us for our participation in the Christmas Party held for the people

of Paradise, Ca. The stuffed animals we brought to our Christmas Party were given to the

children of Paradise. Mr. and Mrs. Clause presented toys and each of the children were able

to pick out their favorites! Teenagers were given gift cards for food and clothing and adults

received food and gas cards. Each person received oranges, and several other gifts. All of the

gifts, gift cards, money were donated by people in the Visalia-Porterville-Exeter area. The

letter mentioned how many of the children feared Santa Clause would not be able to find

them because their houses and all they owned had been totally destroyed in the Camp Fire.

Needless to say, they were delighted to be able to see Santa and Mrs. Clause and the gifts they

had brought with them! The party was a great success!

Phil went on to mention the upcoming Antique Farm Equipment Show April 12th-14th, 2019.

Our club will have a display of cars, along with the Charter Oak Model A Club on Saturday,

April 13th. This year each car will need an entry form filled out and mailed to the Antique

Farm Equipment Show office at the Heritage Center in Tulare. The cost will be $10.00 per

car entered. They have a large area reserved for our cars, so let's fill up the space with our

cars!

Program: President Louie presented a list of suggested maintenance jobs to make sure our

Model A's are in tip top shape after sitting idly during the winter months. It was an extensive

list to which Dave added, "Mothballs will keep mice out of your car. Be sure to put them in a

shallow dish/cup and refresh them every month."

Phil mentioned that there would be another opportunity for Happy Honker members to par-

ticipate in a complementary photo shoot similar to the one held at the Bockman's this past

October. The time will be announced later, the place will probably be at the Bockman's

again.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. to delicious apple Pie and ice cream provided by

Larry and Maria Mase.

Respectively submitted,

Karen Bockman, Secretary

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A Great Time at Buzz’s Potluck

"MODEL A TRUNKS FORSALE",

handmade!

I can make you a custom hand made slant back or straight back trunk. Color and trim to match your car or your personal-ity. Color and trim to match your car or your personality

Model A “Stuff” For Sale & Wanted

Free MACFCA Restorer Magazines that

are most of the 1990s and the 2000s.

Call Dave Bockman 559-732-8242 or email:

carnut123@gmail.com

Contact: Bill Donhke (916) 849-2455 Terra Bella, CA

Dave Bockman’s Tire Distributorship

of “The European Classic, Model A Ford Tire”

European Classic Model “A” Tires at Discount Prices

Call now for your advanced order: (559) 732-8242

1930 Tudor Project, $600

What you see is what you get. All wood is bad but it

looks all there minus a gas tank. All garnish moldings

and Fordor specific parts. Firewall rough but sheet

metal looks decent.

Contact Jason at (559) 361-2599,

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Lots of model a parts for sale. 28-31

Parts,sheetmetal,Fenders, engine, trans-

missions, many more parts

please call Paul @ 925 872-0980

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Advertisers Please Buy From Our Sponsors

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Sunshine Report Or Clouds!

By Glenda Langton

JoAnn Loewen has been under the weather but is slowly feeling better.

Marilyn DeCarteret has been ill and

we’re hoping she is feeling better.

Donna Williams was in the hospital for a short stay with elevated blood pressure but is doing much better

now.

"Good Wishes for everyone's

health and happiness in the New Please keep all of our members in your

thoughts and Prayers.

If you hear of any member who needs our

Prayers please contact:

Glenda Langton

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Refreshments

February………Bill & Glenda Langton

March………….Bill and Marilyn DeCarteret

April…………Karen & Dave/Larry & Donna

May……………..Renee & Randy Pratt

June…………….Rosie & Cruz Huerta

July……………..Linda Woodbury

August………….

September……...Louie & Ofelia Armendariz

October…………Linda & Phil Kneeland

November……….Veteran’s Parade

December……….Christmas Party 9

Tech

Tips For Your

Model A

Remember!!

The best way to get full enjoyment out of your membership in our Club is to get involved!

Please join us at meetings, volunteer for an Officer position,…………...or just attend our Tours

to different places every month.

Come to our Breakfast You will gain maximum enjoyment by being a part of this wonderful

Community of Model A Enthusiasts. 10

MAFCA’s Blue Oval Program This New program rewards each MAFCA member

for referring a new member. It features a window

sticker that you can proudly display on your Model

A Ford, a letter of appreciation for your efforts and

one entry for each new member you refer. This

goes into a special drawing for a $50 gift certificate

from MAFCA’s store.

Drawings are held just

prior to the printing of each

Restorer magazine.

New Product

http://www.logolites.com/?s=headlights&searchsubmit.x=0&searchsubmit.y=0

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1930 Ford Street Rod (2 Door

Sedan) $25,000 OBO

(price reduced) Lupe Marchello( 805) 478-6071

All steel body and fenders, 350 Chevy

engine, 350 Chevy transmission, Corvet-

tte rear end, 4" chop, tilt steering wheel,

air conditioning, electric windows, ste-

reo. (805) 478-6071, beautiful car.

“Happy

Cookers” From;

“Dee Lentine”

Happy Honkers and Charter Oak The Next Tech Seminar will be a very interesting event.

Saturday March 2nd, 2019

We will be delving into that “Unkown” region of

“Carburetor Overhaul”!!

We had a request from one of our

Members for this interesting,

“But Mysterious” subject.

You don’t have to be a “Carb” overhaul expert when you’re

done but you will know a lot more about that “Fuel Guzzler” that

hangs on the passenger side of your engine!! Call

Phil : (559) 679-1980

Or…….. Jason Deisman: (559) 361-2599

For more info

And to RSVP please

TECH SEMINAR # 2

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Model A Guys From All Around Meet

For Breakfast Every Tuesday

“Corner Café”

in Visalia,

@ Akers St and Goshen Ave,

6:15am “Come join us

for……..”

“Good Company”

“Good Conversation”

“& Good Food”

“What’s Happening Around”

Where Are We Going This Month

February……...Hanford Auto Tour

March 29-13…Merced CCRG Jamboree

April………….Antique Farm Equip. Show

May 11………..Carson Blaydes-D.O.G.

June…………..Larry Williams

July…………...none signed up

August 10……..Ice Cream Social (Bockman’s)

September 22….National Model A Tour Day

October-Exeter Parade, Bill Bennetts Open Hse

November……..Veteran’s Day Parade

December……...Christmas Party

“The Hornblower” is the official publication of the Happy Honker A’s. It is published once a month for the enjoyment of the members. Have all articles in for publication by the 20th of each month. Please submit articles to the Happy Honker A’s, c/o Phil Kneeland, 3801 W Country Ave, Visalia, CA 93277– email: lindannphil@sbcglobal.net- (559) 679-1980. The Happy Honker A’s is a chapter member of the MODEL A Ford Club of America. Although membership to MAFCA is not required, it is encouraged. The monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at The Pizza Factory, 897 W. Henderson Ave, Porterville, CA. We thank all of the Newsletter’s articles that we use from other Clubs. We thank the various clubs for the use of the many articles, jokes, fashion, and technical advice. 13

“February” Car Show &

Events Calendar “Around The Valley”

Courtesy, oldcarandmotorsports.com

February 16 Hanford Auto Tour

March

1 Rollin Relics Cruise Night,

Porterville

3 Sanger Blossom Trail

Festival and Car Show, Sanger

6 Small Town Cruizers Night,

Tulare

9 Woodies in the Valley, Visalia

559-967-1357

16 BCCC & Society for Disabled

Children, Bakersfield

16 Selma Swap, Mt. View Hwy 9

16 St Patrick Day Parade;

16 Car Show, Orcutt 805-878-1739

16 A & W Cruise Night, Visalia

29-31 CCRG Merced Jamboree

30 Karr Club @ Der Weiner-

schnitzel, Hanford

Turlock Swap Meet

We had a

Great Time!

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2019

P.O. Box 2623

93257

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