1

The Official Publication of the Illinois Region AACA’s Oldest Region—established 1946

JULY 2017 Volume 69 Number 07

Region Car Show at Cantigny

69th ANNUAL SHOW Celebrating 50 years of Camaro & Firebird

Cantigny Park/ 1 S 151 Winfield Rd./ Wheaton Come to the car show and stay to visit the gardens and

the

museums.

Registration form

for

members on page

14.

Another of the beautiful cars from last year’s show.

2

NATIONAL NEWS For more information on National events see aaca.org

July 23 - Region ANNUAL CAR SHOW; this year featuring 50 years of Camaro & Firebird. Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Registration page 13-14

1969 CADILLAC DE VILLE 4 door hard top, blue/black, vinyl top, A.T.P.S., P.B, RgH, Power trunk release, new tires, - 3 yr., rebuilt A/C, trailer hitch, AACA certified “HPOF” original 48,000 miles $9995.00 Warren 630-766-3372

October 4-7 - Eastern Fall Meet Hosted by Hershey Region

July 9 — Blanchardville, WI. (about 147 miles )Blanchardville Community Pride. 31st Annual Cruis'n Wisconsin Car, Motorcycle & Truck Show. Judged show, 36 Classes, 50/50 Drawing. Food and Beverages, Swap Meet, Bake Sale, and more. Camping facilities are available in McKellar Park or at Yellowstone Lake State Park. For more in-formation contact Aaron Jorenby at 608-523-4338.

July 17 -21 - Wellsboro, PA • AACA Vintage Tour • hosted by the AACA Buzzard's Breath Region/ modi-fied Progressive Tour/ vehicles 1931 and older. Questions? Bob Giles/ divco100b@icloud.com/ 814-266-2780 Registration: Judy Fischer/ jrf49ford@comcast.net/ 732-421-6633

August 17-19 - Central Fall

Meet

In Bettendorf, IA.

Hosted by Mississippi Valley Re-

gion

For information contact:

Mary Bartemeyer, President

563-332-7326

July 15 — Wings of Mercy Car and Air Show. Contact Chris Schurrer if you want to go. Lots of activities for families. Charity benefit. See page 18.

July 29 - Waukegan-North Shore Chapter Summer Tour to Arlington Race Track. Contact Ed or Beverly Armatys: 815-344-6265 or ed-bev@comcast.net PAGE 14

August 6 - Illinois Railway Museum Transpor-tation Extravaganza. New items on display and trains to ride. Contact Chris Schurrer. Reserva-tion for show on page 15

August 6 - TOUR TO Illinois Railway Museum Transportation Extravaganza. ontact Chris Schurrer. Reservation for show on page 16

August 20 - Grand Dominion Car Show. Wau-kegan-North Shore event. Hosted by Dick Murray at his residence in Mundelein. Deadline for registration is July 15. Bring canned goods to donate to the Fremont Township Food Pantry.

August 13 - Antique Auto Show at on the grounds of Don Henry’s new residence; Windsor Park, 120 Windsor Park Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188. Lovely grassy area with a gazebo and pond. For more info, call Don Henry at 224-392-

September 23 & 24 — County Farm Heritage Show at Lake County Fairgrounds. Don Schreiber will have old farm equipment there..

3

THE ACTING PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Here we are mid year driving our cars on tours, to car shows, cruises, and picnics. The weather has been iffy at times but we have had fun. Check the upcoming region chapter activities for further fun with your hobby. I am going to discuss two characteristics of our Region. The 69th Annual Illinois Region Car Show at Cantigny Park is coming up on July 23rd. This is a great opportunity in a beautiful setting to converse with Region members as you show off your vehicle. You renew relationships with mem-bers or begin a new one with anther member. If you are a recent member this is a golden opportu-nity to meet fellow members. There is no looking or selling car parts or no touring the countryside with points of interest. Bring the family and friends as the park provides museum, gardens, and air conditioned snack bar and restaurant. Presently members sign up at a lower price than previous years. There is a need for members to assist in making this show successful. Members are needed for publishing, ob-taining sponsors, judging cars, attending club tab-lets and related areas. Contact me or your chap-ter President for details.

Second point: The Illinois Region Board of Directors election will be in the late fall. Now is the time to consider being a candidate. New can-didates with different ideas are needed. Many of the present Directors have been serving for many years and would like to step down. This is your opportunity to help direct the region with your wants and needs. For more de-tails about the director positions and what it in-volves, contact your Chapter President and/or Region Board members as listed in Sidelights and the Region Roster. Hope to see you on the 2018 Board.

Bob

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK. . .

Hi All, Well, we have successfully finished an-other tour for the club - the Illinois Region’s Spring Tour to the Rockford area. It was good to see members that I had not seen for some time. It got me to wondering why more people don’t participate in the car tours.

It seems to me that tours are exactly why one would join a car club - to get out in our an-tique babies and drive up and down scenic roads and enjoy feeling of pride and freedom these mo-ments evoke.

So how come we have 30 members attend-ing instead of 130? Why is it that some members never have joined a Region multiple day tour? Good question.

Who has the answer? YOU DO.

So I am asking those of you who have never attended a tour or those of you who rarely attend, what is keeping you home?

This year the Region decided to try reduc-ing the Spring tour to an overnight jaunt. We had several thoughts on this. We thought that an overnight tour would make it easier for those members who still work to attend. We thought it would reduce the cost of the tour since it would only be one night in a hotel. Still, only about 35 people came.

So now I am just plain asking flat out. Tell me what keeps you away from the Spring and Fall tours?

You can email me at aacapat@aol.com or send me a snail mail to 4600 Stonewall Ave., Downers Grove, IL 60515.

Thank you for all your help. I really enjoy hearing from you.

Pat

4

SPRING TOUR ROCKS AROUND ROCKFORD BY Dan Helgren/pictures by Ed Armatys, Bob Markert & Dan Sobczyk The Illinois Region Spring Toyr on June 3 and 4 was to the Rockford area. This was another great tour planned by the team of Dan Sobczyk and Cheris Schurrer which in-cluded a stop at John Sanders res-toration shop. The car I found most inter-esting was a 1930s Fiat Topolin, which is Italian for little mouse and was re-ceiving a total restoration. Everything on that car was tiny, looking more like a model than a real car. An original Mini would dwarf this car.

Warren Lauridsen enjoyed the tour accaomanied by his daughter Cheryl.

Despite the 95° temperatures, the Japanese Gardens were peaceful and lovely. L to R: Jim Wiltse, Mar Robinson, Harold & Carroll Flood, Dick & Joan Murray and Bev Armatys.

These gar-dens are considered among the best Japa-nese gar-dens in en-tire coun-try.

Even though the Angel Mu-seum is normally not open on Sunday, they did open for us. The docent told wonderful tales about how the collection came to be.

Some of the 20,000 angels in the collection. Pat Markert was hoping the gift shop would have an angel holding a kitty to add to her collection of 3. Among all these angels, not one was holding a cat.

The second stop on the way home was another car collection. This gentleman is a member of the Studebaker’s Drivers Club and some of the mem-bers brought their cars to show us.

More of the cars at this second stop. It was a lovely tour.

5

Trip to Grand National By Jerry Bodden Several Illinois Region members: Ed & Bev Armatys, Dan & Darlene Sobczyk, Bob & Sue Wenderski, Jerry & Joan Bodden attended the AACA Annual Grand National Meet, held June 14-17th at the Silverstein Arena in Independence, MO, a suburb of Kansas City. The meet was hosted by the Kansas City Region, who did a great job of organizing the various tours and other ac-tivities: a Friday evening BBQ, the awards ban-quet, trailer parking, and the car show location. This event also hosted the inaugural of the AACA Zenith Award, 20 magnificently restored vehicles se-lected in 2016 by a team of AACA and other distin-guished judges. The “Restoration of the Year” was a 1928 Auburn 8 Speedster. All twenty Zenith vehicles were on display in the Silverstein Arena.

IL Region members were honored to re-ceive the following AGNM awards: Ed Armatys, 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air conv. First Grand Na-tional; Sue Wenderski, 1957 Jaguar XK 140, Sen-ior Grand National; Jerry Bodden, 1941 Buick Su-per conv. Repeat Sen-ior Grand National. Bev Ar-matys & Darlene Sobczyk worked in Judges Ad-ministration on Satur-day; Dan Sobczyk & Jerry Bodden were class judges at the meet. Jerry reached Fifty judging credits at the AACA National meet in Auburn, IN this past May.

GRAND NATIONAL - Two stories

Trip to Grand National By Ed and Beverly Armatys Having achieved the First place ‘Junior’ and ‘Senior’ awards levels of the AACA with our white 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible, we decided to make an attempt to obtain an award at an AACA Grand National event. The nearest a Grand National show would be, was in the Kansas City area, held June 15, 16, and 17, 2017. Because of the distance, and peculiar stormy weather lately, we chose to trailer our 57 Chevy. We arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn in Independence MO. on Friday and pulled the car out early on Saturday morning for the event, there were around 200 vehicles to be judged. As in most AACA events, there were numerous judging groups, each comprised of a chief judge and four other judges. The judges were each as-signed a 100 point work sheet for each car. The work sheets included the categories; Exterior, Interior, Engine area, and Chassis, all totaling 400 points. There were six Chevys in our class #33. It was a beautifully warm day for this well attended show. A beautiful black 57 Chevy con-vertible shown next to us was owed and restored by the technical adviser of the Classic Chevy Club and Magazine, Dave Fletcher. He has shown this car at several events in various stages of restora-tion. We met him in 2007, at Warren, Michigan for the 50th anniversary event at the GM Engi-neering Design Center. There were 375 1957 Chevys at this celebration. There has not been a celebration sponsored by GM since this date. The Grand National Awards Banquet, at the end of the day, was held at the Hilton, and was a very well attended and an excit-ing event. Both Dave and we re-ceived a First Place Grand National Award for Continued page 6

6

JUST FOR LAUGHS FOR SALE, 36-24-36 CANTERBURY, England (UPI) Ken Shaw is advertising his wife for sale. His wife Marie found her-self in the “for sale” columns of a local newspaper because she complained his be-loved sports car was cramped and drafty. “Car or wife must go,” the advertisement read. “Car - 1963 MGB, red, all extras. $1,200. Wife - 1944, blonde, 5 ft., 36-24-36, $60,000 or nearest offer.” Said Shaw; “For the sake of peace in the home, one of them has got to go.” THE ATLANTA JOURNAL—JUNE 4, 1969

36-24-36 WIFE GETS OFFERS —CAR DOESN’T CANTERBURY, England (UPI) Ken Shaw, who re-cently advertised in a newspaper “car or wife must go” and put a price tag on each, said he had three offers for his wife but no inquiries about the car. Shaw said he thought no one would take him seriously when he placed his ad, which said: “Car or wife must go. Car - 1963 MGB, red, all extras. $1,200. Wife - 1944, blonde, 5 ft., 36-24-36, $60,000 or nearest offer.” Shaw now says: “So far no one has inquired about my car but I’ve had three offers for my wife. One man wrote asking what condition she was in and did I think she was worth $60,000. Another man even tried to lower the price. He said she was too old to be worth that amount of money.” THE ATLANTA JOURNAL - June 12, 1969

FROM 1970 Sep—Oct Sidelights

In Memoriam:

BILL BAKER

William Joseph “Bill” Baker, age 84, of Bourbonnais, went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Bill was born May 15, 1933, in Eldorado, the son of Joseph & Mary Elsie Brinkley Baker. His work experience was varied ending with his retirement from Ford Motor Assembly Plant in Chicago in 1990, after 37 years of service. Bill was known as “Mr. Fit-it” and could fix almost anything. Bill is survived by his loving wife, Muriel Baker whom he married on October 5, 1952; his 4 children, his 7 grandchildren, his 9 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild. Bill and Muriel are long time members of the Momence Chapter.

Our condolences to his family. His gen-tle manner and sense of humor will be missed.

GRAND NATIONAL Ccontinued each of our cars! (Since both of our restorations, our car has over 10,000 miles on it, Dave’s has 36 miles.) In addition, we also received a large plaque as an AACA Preservation Award. It was wonderful to be honored this way for our restoration project that took about 19 years. This meet also held the new ‘First Annual AACA Zenith Award’ presentation with twenty selected cars chosen from over 3300 from all of the last years meets. A 1928 Auburn 8-88 Boat Tail Speedster received the choice Zenith Award. The cars shown on the field were amazingly beau-tiful, everyone should try to attend an AACA Na-tional Meet.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

7

REGION MAKES 22nd TRIP TO UNION EXTRAVAGANZA By Chris Schurrer

August 6th, the first Sunday in August, marks the day for the Vintage Transportation Extravaganza at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, ILL. This one of a kind show brings not only all makes together is one location, but dif-ferent types of vehicles. Cars, Buses, Emergency & Military Vehicles, and trucks of all kinds. That is just one aspect of this show, as the railway mu-seum's equipment is out in full force. Ride the streetcars around to different areas of the sprawling car show, as well as larger trains on the main line. Participants get UNLIM-ITED rides at the show just for the price of en-try. Not only that, but one can stroll through the numerous train display buildings on site. Food is also available on site. This is a great venue for adults and kids alike! Bring the whole family for the same price to enter (1 driver and up to 3 passengers). This is the 27th year this show has taken place, and we have been attending the show for 22 consecutive years. Our parking area is in a tree lined area of the show field, which is a great place for shade on those sunny days. For those same 22 years, we have been touring to the show. We will be rerunning the tour from 20 years ago. The tour starts in Island Lake, meeting at the Mc Donald's at 8:00 A.M. and departing at 8:30 A.M. Sharp. We will have a pickup point available in Crystal Lake for people who are traveling in from the south at 9:00 A.M.. We should be at the show around 9:30 A.M. The tour itself is free. Hope to see everyone there! See pages 15-16

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

NEW: Edsall, Scott & Renee 838 Augusta Ave. Elgin, IL 60126 Phone: 630-915-0067 Email: scott.edsall@powellind.com Chapter: FV AACA#: 99446 J/ 2017 Cars: 1936 Chevrolet Master Deluxe sedan

1970 Buick Electra 225 conv.

Stashinov, Oleg & Julia 4007 Joe Willie Ct. Naperville, IL 60564 Phone: 630-420-9977 630-386-6773 Email: oleg@starshinov.com AACA#: / 2017 Car: 1972 Loda Model 210 / 4 dr. sedan

RENEWAL: Leigh Carlson 1924 Hitchcock Ave. Downers Grove, IL 60515 Phone: 630-969-3260 630-247-0098 Email: leightcar@yahoo.com Chapter: FV AACA#: 142790 J/ 1961 Cars: 1925 Model T Roadster 1971 Super Beetle Convertible 1973 VW Thing Convertible 1981 Chevy El Camino

Terry, Gonzo & Gloria P.O. Box 2313 Northbrook, IL 60065-2313 Phone: 847-630-7955 Email: gonzo5240@aol.com Chapter: WA/NS AACA#: 997930 J/ 2012 Cars: 1951 Buick Roadmaster 1976 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Wagon/ owns 3 1976 Buick Regal sedan 1977 Buick Century Custom 1982 Buick Park Avenue sedan 1984 Buick Park Avenue sedan 1985 Ford E 350 Starcraft Van 1988 Buick Park Avenue Sedan 1992 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Wagon

18

8

Illinois Region Board Meeting Minutes

June 10, 2017 Host Chapter: Silver Springs Chapter Somonauk Library Welcome: President Bob Markert called the meeting to order at 11:04am. He thanked Silver Spring Chapter for arranging the use of the meeting room and lunch. Bob mentioned that the Somonauk Library had waived the $25.00 charge for clean-up. Rick Shaw mentioned they had to pay a $25.00 fee for room rental. Roll Call: Bob Markert, Dan Sobczyk, Darlene Sobczyk, Lee Nelson, Pat Markert, Nancy Nel-son, Jeanne Marcotte, Steve Kolish, Ernie Hart, Rick Shaw, Chris Schurrer, John Otto and Shirley Salm – all present. Al Matison - excused. Pat Markert subbing for Joe Dolezal . Guest – Carla Baxter and Andy Voss. Secretary’s Report: Correction to the March 2017 minutes – Rodger Johnston was subbing for Shirley Salem and Jeanne Marcotte was in atten-dance. Pat Hart moved to accept. Chris Schurrer seconded. Motion passed. Treasurer’s Report: Reported - beginning bal-ance $17,763.07. Income of $2,266.00. Ex-penses of $389.68.32, leaving an ending balance of $19,639.39. Chris Schurrer moved to accept the Treasurer’s report. Chris Rick Shaw sec-onded. Motion passed. Standing Committee Reports: Membership –Carla Baxter has decided to step down – Andy Voss will be taking her place through September, 2017. It was reported there are cur-rently 175 members – 11 taken off the 2017 ros-ter, 18 still in question and 2 new members. . A list was provided of the members still in question. Publications –Pat requested Chapter Presidents to keep her informed of events happening in their chapter for June, July, and August. She needs calendar updates plus stories and pictures from the events. She also requested receiving a copy of their newsletter, if a chapter has a newslet-ter. Legislation: Lee Nelson reported everything quiet. Website - Dan Sobczyk reported website cur-rently up to date but needs the same information from Chapter Presidents as Pat needs.

Archivist: Chris Schurrer reported mailing out data from past tours to a couple of members. He is currently working with 2 individuals on receiv-ing their collections of manuals and old Sidelights. Region Activities: Swap Meet – Chris Schurrer – Reported April 2017 went well. All but one spot was sold and there were five vendors outside. There was a new food vendor which worked well. This was the 2nd year the Swap Meet was in April – better weather, more attendance, and fewer other swap meets being held played a part in the show’s suc-cess. Spring Tour – Dan Sobczyk – There were 42 people in attendance. He asked the board if they liked the one day tour or not. There were mixed feelings, some liked the one day and some did not. It was pointed out that there were some issues with the host hotel. Region Car Show – Bob Markert Date is the third Sunday in July – July 23rd. Not too many have signed up so far. He had flyers for people to take. Cantigny is having a lot of work but our area will not be affected. As in the past, there will be food served. This year the show will be honoring Firebirds and Cameros both 50 years old. A question came up - “Why do the working members have to pay?” Answer: Each vehicle is charged a $10 entrance fee. As it is, the Region takes a loss of $2-$4 on each working member. Fall Tour - Lee Nelson - Looking at Michigan – around Gilmore since it is Gilmore’s 50th anniver-sary. Tentative Date: Oct 19th to 22nd. Chapter Reports: Des Plaines Valley: Lee Nelson reported that the weather was not the best for the fly-in. 10 cars attended and the planes were flying. Fox Valley: Dan Sobczyk reported FV toured Argonne National Labs – attendance good. The chapter stopped doing tours in July and August due to low attendance in the past. He would be attending the Grand National in Kansas and that all members should take advantage of the meets. Continued

9

Last month I published pictures from the Silver Springs Car Show. One of the pictures of a red and white truck, I commented that I didn’t know what it was, but that I loved the color. That gen-erated the following email. The red and white Studebaker truck has quite a his-tory. Dave and I found it in Sharon WI in pieces and Dave bought it from Tim Kehoe. Dave is very handy and restored it to like new, bolts, nuts and the works. At Union I ran across a guy named Tim Kehoe and I told him that we had a Tim Kehoe in our club that passed away. Found out that this was his son and told him Dave had bought the truck. He told me that this truck was his grand-fathers and he used drive it and went into its his-tory. I invited Tim to our Drive Your Studebaker Day and had Dave drive the red and white truck so that Tim, the son, could see it and a deal was made for Tim to own it. It got 399 points out of 400 at South Bend this year. Tim is at most Blackhawk Chapter events. Jack Willis Editor’s Note: Thanks for the information Jack. Enjoyed hearing from you.

Don Henry asked me to mention that all IL Region and Waukegan /NS members are invited to his August 13, 2017 antique auto show on the grounds of his new residence Windsor Park, , 120 Windsor Park Drive, Carol Stream IL 60188 . It is a nice grassy area with a Gazebo and Pond. If there are no conflicts would you be kind enough to include this in the Klaxon and Side-lights. If you want more details feel free to call Don at 224-392-1644 Thank You James Rubenstein,

Momence: Ernie Hart reported their dust off tour was cancelled and no tours are currently planned due to illnesses. Silver Springs: Chris Schurrer reported on their tour to White Pines and other sites. They had weather problems due to the rainy days prior. The Sandwich Show had 260 cars and the swap area was bigger than ever. Waukegan/North Shore: Chris Schurrer re-ported May 21st dust off tour went well – they started with a presentation of a Stanley Steamer, then to a fish boil – in attendance were 30-35 cars. In July they have an airport tour on the 15th, a visit to Arlington Race Track on the 29th, In August – the 6th Union – he reported to use the application that will be a part of the Klaxon, 20th Car show at the Grand Dominion’s Lakeside Lodge in Mundelein. Old Business: Item (Term Limits for Executive Board) tabled. New Business: 1) A new membership form com-bining renewals and new members on one form has been designed by Carla Baxter. 2) One Chap-ter/Region event per date – It was suggested that Chapters follow rules and try not to host an event on the same day another Chapter is having an event. 3) Swap Meet Guidelines – need a com-mittee to revise guidelines since swap meet dates has been moved to April. Momence will be running the 2018 swap meet. Committee: Bob Market, Chris Schurrer and Dan Sobczyk. 34 The need for new individuals on Board – Current Board Members are serving double duties. It was sug-gested that the Chapter Presidents not run for a Director position. 5) A motion was made to have the board vote for the change of Membership chair – Andy Voss replacing Carla Baxter. All were in favor of change.

Next meeting to be held in September hosted by

Waukegan/North Shore, who will determine the

date. Chris Schurrer moved to adjourn. Rick

Shaw seconded.

Adjourned at 12:34 pm for lunch.

Respectfully submitted by Darlene Sobczyk

10

Please do business with our

sponsors and tell them you are

with the AACA.

11

CHAPTER CONTACTS Des Plaines Valley President: Lee Nelson 815-729-0366 l-n522@juno.com Fox Valley President: Dan Sobczyk 847-428-0247 djsobczyk@yahoo.com Momence President: Ernie Hart 815-472-6207 edgetown5@aol.com Silver Springs President: Al Matison 815-414-1239 almatison@hotmail.com Chapter meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month at member homes. Waukegan-North Shore President: Chris Schurrer 815-344-3775 hpdog259962@gmail.com Chapter meetings are held the second Friday of the month September through May (excepting December ) at State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Com-merce Dr., Grayslake, IL 60030

ILLINOIS REGION The Illinois Region serves northeastern Illinois. Meetings are held on the second Saturday of odd numbered months at various locations. MEMBERSHIP: Andy Voss 2588-B Rock Creek Rd. Plano, IL 60545. Phone: 630-552-7590 (cell) 630-605-8392 Email: andyjanevoss@aol.com Please contact Andy with questions about membership and/or address corrections. Annual dues are $23 for both individual and joint mem-berships. Membership in the National AACA is an absolute prerequisite for membership in the Illi-nois Region.

OFFICERS PRESIDENT: ? VICE-PRESIDENT & ACTIVITIES Dan Sobczyk 822 Bannock Road East Dundee, IL 60118 (H) 847-428-0247 Email: djsobczyk@yahoo.com SECRETARY: Darlene Sobczyk 822 Bannock Road East Dundee, IL 60118 (H) 847-428-0247 Email: djsobczyk@yahoo.com TREASURER: Joe Dolezal 5826 Bentley Ave. Clarendon Hill, IL 60514 (H) 630-986-1526 Email: jdolezal@sbcglobal.net ARCHIVIST: Chris Schurrer Email:hpdog259962@gmail.com (H) 815-344-3775.

WEBMASTER: Dan Sobczyk Email: djsobczyk@yahoo.com (H) 847-428-0247

EDITOR OF SIDELIGHTS: Pat Markert 4600 Stonewall Downers Grove, IL 60515 (H) 630-852-9893 Email: aacapat@aol.com All materials should be submitted by the 20th of the month. DIRECTORS:

Through 2017 Ernie Hart Chris Schurrer Rick Shaw Darlene Sobczyk

Through 2018 Joe Dolezal John Otto Shirley Salm Dan Sobczyk Through 2019 Steve Kolish Jeanne Marcotte Bob Markert Nancy Nelson

12

13

14

15

16

17

18