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March 2013 Newsletter
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past.
Tioga Region is
strong and other
clubs are looking to-
ward us to be a voice
to be heard in our
community. Your in-
volvement in the
community and our
organization is the
catalyst that will be a
strong influence in
making the hobby
more interesting to
the public.
Your attendance in
our meetings will aid
in the growth of our
hobby.
The March meeting
will be at the Tioga
County Office build-
ing in the Confer-
ence Room. The date
for this meeting will
be March 18, 2013 at
7:00 PM.. Yes this is
the day after our
Winter Flea Market.
We will be reviewing
the success or failure
of the flea market
but there will be so
much more that we
will be getting into.
Plans are well under
way for our first
tour , the trip to
Eastman House and
the Rochester Lilac
Festival. There will
also be two private
car collections that
we will tour on this
trip.
Several new ideas
were brought up at
the February meeting
about the car show
that we need to look
into.
More inter-club rela-
tions are also being
discussed and need
to be followed up on
with your input. We
hope to bring a
greater voice in local
events for the car
enthusiast than has
been evident in the
March Meeting
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
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Tioga Transmission
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Secretary’s Report
T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
The picture is from
Fred Brown’s collec-
tion and as you can
see shows the degree
of restoration that
went into the car.
I will be thrilled to see
this car again and feel
that it will go a long
way to remind the
At our February Meet-
ing we chose Jim
Meade’s 1908 Cadillac
Touring to be our fea-
tured car for the 2013
car show. The above
picture will most
probably be used as
the Dash Plaque for
the show.
public how beautiful
the cars were when
they were designed by
dreamers rather than
committees.
Our show will truly
tell the public how far
we have come in the
last hundred years!
Your 2013 Car Show Featured Car
P A G E 4
Winter Flea Market
An Historic Question Once again I have a
question for you to
ponder till the last
page of this news-
letter. Your grandfa-
ther knew of the
“Potter Trunk” as
he in all likelyhood
owned one.
What was this fea-
ture, and why
would it have been
so popular? Why
also has this item
disappeared from
our cars today?
While we are at it
what other feature
had to be on the
car in order for this
item to be installed
and used on the
automobile of it’s
era?
As usual the answer
will be found on
the last page of this
newsletter.
No Peeking
spaces.
We will be setting up
the room on Satur-
day March 16, 2013
at 10:00 AM.
The larger show
means we need to
have more in-
volvement from
our members not
only in set up but
also the day of the
show.
The set up will go
quickly as we only
have to divide one
room rather than
the several we have
had to work with in
the past.
Our younger members
have been busy finding
door prizes and raffle
items that will add to
the interest for the
public as well as our
vendors. We also will
have some freebees
that we have not had
in the past.
We will also have a
sound system to make
communication easier
throughout the day.
The Show will be
March 17, 2013 from
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
See you there!
With requests still
coming in we are well
on our way to seeing a
bigger market than the
one last year. We also
have a more favorable
location in the building
than we had in either
of the last two shows.
We will have the whole
gymnasium for our
sale. No more long car-
ries for our vendors!
The layout of our mar-
ket will be cleaner and
more cohesive than in
the past. We also will
have the ability to ac-
commodate up to 62
T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N
New Members
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
We welcome two new
member families this
month. The first is
Vince Calla and his
wife Gwen Rifenbury,
(Gwen pointed out
that she chose to keep
her maiden-name to
avoid some of the
problems inherent
with name changes)
Vince is more inter-
ested in Hot Rods and
owns a nicely modi-
fied 1990 Chevrolet
Silverado. Gwen on
the other hand is a
purist and her 1966
Ford Thunderbird
looks as if it just rolled
off the assembly line
yesterday. The couple
own Vince’s Garage in
Kirkwood, N.Y.
Two days after joining
us Gwen called to see
if we still had comple-
mentary memberships
left for a friend of the
couple. That took the
last of our free mem-
berships for this year.
The last one went to
Mike and Debbie Ko-
cik of Port Crane, N.Y.
who own a 1947 Buick
Special four door.
Mike tells me that the
Buick is in need of res-
toration work but is in
driving condition.
Both couples are look-
ing for a club that is
active and on the
move. Tours, shows,
and parades are of in-
terest to both couples
and we look forward
to seeing them at our
meetings as well as
our tours and the car
show.
Just because we have
used all the free mem-
berships from national
does not mean that
we will not be looking
for new members.
Keep them coming!
our first order of Ti-
oga Region clothing,
there would not be
that expense for those
who might choose to
order additional or
new shirts, hats, or
jackets. If you are in-
terested in ordering
clothing with the Tioga
Region logo contact
Joe at All Star Sports, 4
Delphine St. Owego,
N.Y.. Phone 687-5500
Due to the recent in-
flux of new members,
Joe Vaglica reminded
us that he still has the
logo on record. As this
was an extra expense
in the production of
Tioga Region Clothing
P A G E 6
The Ethanol Question In the past couple
of days I have re-
ceived no less than
three publications
that concerned E15
gasoline. All three
are adamant that
E15 would be
harmful to all cars
manufactured prior
to 2012.
We all have heard
of Howard’s prob-
lem with his Cor-
vair that had been
stored over the
summer in Florida
with E10 in the
tank. All four of his
carburetors had to
be rebuilt due to
the corrosive na-
ture of the ethanol
in the fuel attract-
ing water from the
atmosphere.
How much more
destructive will E15
be not only to our
collector cars but
also to the cars we
depend on for our
daily driving?
I have reproduced
the SEMA article in
it’s entirety on page
seven for you to
see the effort that
organization is
making to make our
concerns known.
The March issue of
Generator And Dis-
tributor, the Vintage
Chevrolet Club of
America’s magazine
has an article writ-
ten by Erling Stor-
strom of Oslo,
Norway who is
afraid that with the
permission of E15
in America will in-
fluence the Euro-
pean market to fol-
low suit. Mr. Stor-
strom reports that
the fuel pumps in
Norway now de-
liver E05 in 95 oc-
tane and no ethanol
in 98 Octane. He
also reports that
the oil companies
have “By Mistake “
supplied E07 to sta-
tions without in-
forming them of
the change. In fact
the stations in Nor-
way are not re-
quired to label their
pumps with the
ethanol content of
any of their fuel.
Mr. Storstrom re-
ports there have
been many Reports
of damaged engine
parts, fuel lines,
tanks, and even
paint with “a link to
the ethanol as the
bad guy.”
The engines of our
25 year old cars as
well as all small en-
gines such as those
used in lawn mow-
ers and light trac-
tors were never in-
tended to be run
on fuel that con-
tains ethanol.
T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 3
SEMA Action Page
P A G E 8
Suggested Car Show Flyer
T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N
Our First Tour of The Season!
P A G E 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Yes the summer is that
close, it is time for us
to begin to plan for
our tours!
The first tour of the
summer is a two day
affair May 18-19, 2013.
We will be going to
Rochester, N.Y. to visit
Eastman House, the
Lilac Festival, and two
private car collections
belonging to members
of the Genesee Re-
gion.
Known cost factors at
this time are; Motel
$64.99 plus tax per
room, -Eastman House
$9.00 per person.
Meals from the menu
at the planned restau-
rants.
We will be opening
the tour to our sister
AACA Clubs so hope-
fully we will have a
strong representation
on this opening to
2013!
If you were at the Feb-
ruary meeting you re-
ceived a brochure on
the tour, if you were
not at the meeting and
would like to receive a
copy of this brochure
call me at 785-8867
and I will get it to you.
The sooner we know
how many plan to at-
tend, the sooner we
can make the reserva-
tions at the motel and
Eastman House.
As per usual you are
encouraged to drive
your collector car but
it is still open to your
modern driver if you
are concerned about
driving that far in your
collector.
We still have to make
one or two more
scouting trips to final-
ize the route and
stops, but we will be
going the whole way
on two lane roads. As
always we plan to keep
our tour together the
whole way.
Rods are sponsoring a Car
Cruise-in Italian Style. This
event is on May 9 2013
from 4:30 to 7:00 PM at
Sons of Italy Lodge, Endi-
cott, N.Y. $8.00 Adult 5 and
under Free Benefit Catho-
lic Charities Children's
Sumer Lunch Program
As usual there are many
events opening up as the
season approaches. Two
that have come to our
attention in the past few
days are;
1. Cruisin’ Buddies and
Triple Cities Street
2.Twin Tiers Vintage Car
Show Sunday June 2, 2013
Chemung County Fair-
grounds. “A non judged fun
event”
Early Registration by May 25
- $5.00. Info Ginny 607-594-
6331
Two Local Events
Potter Trunks In 1923 Clark Z. Potter took charge of an older manufacturing company that had
been trimming the interiors of Fisher Body cars. He renamed the company Potter
Manufacturing Company and began to manufacture trunks for cars of that era.
At the time of these trunks there were no integral trunks on the body of cars, but
most had fold down racks on the back for luggage. Potter Trunks fitted nicely on the
fold down racks and contained fitted luggage that matched the outer covering of the
trunk. Very fashionable and desirable for the discriminating traveler.
From a beginning production of 100 trunks a day, the output swelled to more than
10,000 a month in the hay day around 1927 when more than 100 workers were em-
ployed.
With the onset of the depression in the early 1930’s, coupled with more auto designs
with built in trunks, the Potter plant closed in 1937
The above information came from an article in Old Cars Weekly dated March 14,
2013.