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The ARIZONA Classic

Roadrunner

Classic Car Club of America, Arizona Region—October-November 2015

TECH SESSION AT VINTAGE IRON, ANNUAL MEETING, ALAN TRAVIS GARAGE TOUR

Tom & Lynn Hamilton’s 1938 Cadillac At The Annual Regional Meeting At McCormick Ranch

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Arizona Region Classic Car Club of America 2014 Board of Managers Director Gary Capra 480-860-1610, email: [email protected] Asst. Dir. Dale Lillard 602-374-4979, email: [email protected] Secretary Sharon Briskman 480-948-6901, email: [email protected] Treasurer Steve Kreisman 480-907-5996, email: [email protected] Membership Ed Winkler 480-998-5437, email: [email protected] Steve Evans 602-214-1527, email: [email protected] Robert McAtee 602-368-9323, email: [email protected] John Ossenfort 928-913-0005, email: [email protected] Dee Pellegrini 480-419-1137, email: [email protected] Bill Podsedly 928-537-4608, email: [email protected] Rosemary Price 480-235-0420, email: [email protected] Dana Rapoport 508-207-5311, email: [email protected]

Committees of the Region: Publications/Web (John Ossenfort); Events Coordinator/Regalia (Dee Pellegrini)

In This Issue: Message from the Director ................................................................................ Page 3 AZ Region Events Calendar/National CCCA Events Calendar.. ...................... Page 4 New Member Profile: Mark Scalpone .................................................. …...…. Page 5 Tech Session: A Vist To Vintage Iron…………....….………….............. .. Pages 6-7 Annual Regional Meeting……………………………………………....…..Pages 8-9 Garage Tour: Alan Travis Collection….………………………….…….. Pages 10-12 Member News/Ads/Tech Tips…………………………………..….…….Pages 13-15

Mailing address: AZ Region CCCA, Gary Capra, 24163 N. 91st Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Contributors this issue: Gary Capra, Lisa Capra, Ken Denni-son, John Ossenfort, Ed Winkler

Purpose of the Classic Car Club of America, (CCCA): for the development, publication and interchange of technical, histori-cal and other information for and among members and other persons who own or are interested in fine or unusual foreign or do-mestic motor cars built between and including the years 1925 and 1948, and distinguished for their respective fine design, high engineering standards and superior workmanship, and to promote social intercourse and fellowship among the members; and to maintain references upon and encourage the maintenance, restoration and preservation of all such Classic cars.

On the front and back covers: Front: New member Tom Hamilton’s 1938 Cadillac V-16 Series 90 Sedan at the Annual Meeting at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. Back: Rear view of classic cars at the Annual Meeting (photos by John Ossenfort).

Four Roadrunner issues will be published in 2014: January-February , March-April, Summer, and October-November. Contact the edi-tor, John Ossenfort, at [email protected] or 928-913-0005.

Check out our website at: www.arizonaccca.org

What is a Full Classic® Car? A Full Classic® as defined by the Classic Car Club of America is a “fine” or “distinctive” auto-mobile, American or foreign built, produced between 1925 and 1948. Generally a CCCA Classic was high priced when new and was built in limited quantities. Other factors including engine displacement, custom coachwork and luxury accessories such as power brakes, power clutch, and automatic lubrication systems, help determine whether a car is considered to be a “Full Clas-sic®”. The complete list of recognized classics may be obtained from the Classic Car Club. of America, P.O. Box 346160, Chi-cago, IL 60634.


A Message from Region Director Gary Capra

Hello, fellow classic car enthusiasts – happy holi-days to you all! Wow, what a great fall we’ve had, filled with exciting car activities. Several of us “brushed up” on our painting technique (sorry about that!) at Vintage Iron. Then we had the usual great get-together of many of our members at the Annual Meeting. And finally we had one of the most fasci-nating garage tours ever at Alan Travis’s. You’ll find photos from all these wonderful events in the next few pages. As they say on late-night TV ads, “But wait, there’s more!” Our spring schedule is packed with exciting events too. Of course, there’s all the Janu-ary auction week activities: the 3rd Annual Arizona Concours (get your tickets now!), the annual Auc-tion Breakfast where we welcome some of our members from other Regions, and of course the auc-tions themselves. The previews seem to be leaning more toward 1950’s-70’s cars so classics might be bargains. So far, Alvis, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Chrysler, Duesenberg, Lincoln, Mercer and Rolls Royce, among others, are represented in our cate-gory of choice. In February we’ll have our annual Classics Under The Sun at The Pavilions, and a Poker Rally now being planned by myself and Ken Dennison. Ladies, don’t let your husband/significant other miss out on the Olive Mill Tour in March, and in April we’ll see the return of the Great Steak Burn (Fry). The season will close with another great overnighter to southern Arizona, touring Bisbee and Tombstone. Well, it’s that cheery time of year when we get together with friends and family… and eat too much. And while we’re sitting on the couch after that turkey or ham, watching football or listening to Christmas carols, why not get out your checkbook

and send in your CCCA dues. Remember that the dues now go to National, but don’t forget to check the box for Arizona Region and add that extra $35 so you can participate in the above activities. If you’ve lost the dues form, you can find it online at classiccarclub.org and “Click Here to Renew”. Once again, have a wonderful holiday season…I look forward to seeing you all again in the new year. All the best, Gary Capra

DON’T MISS ANY OF THE EXCITEMENT! SEE THE NEXT PAGE FOR ALL THE

UPCOMING EVENTS AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!

Arizona car show to start 2016 concours season

The Arizona Concours will again serve as the signature event to commence the famed Arizona Collector Car Auction Week in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area. The Concours is held on the land-scaped inner lawns of the historic Arizona Bilt-more Hotel, providing an intimate setting during the typically warm and sunny winter season. The Arizona Concours d’Elegance benefits Make-A-Wish Arizona, the founding chapter of the national organization that grants wishes for children facing life-threatening medical condi-tions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - January 24, 2016 Arizona Biltmore Hotel

For tickets: www.arizonaconcours.com

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National CCCA 2016 Events CCCA Annual Meeting January 14-17, 2016 Novi (Detroit), Michigan Grand Classics:

February 21, 2016 Southern Florida Region (Boca Raton, FL) March 13, 2016 San Diego/Palm Springs Region (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) June 4, 2016 National Grand Classic (Hickory Corners, MI) July 10, 2016 Ohio Region September 10, 2016 Indiana Region (Kokomo, IN)

CARavans: Apr. 22-29, 2016 North Texas Region (Houston, TX area) Sept. 9-17, 2016 New England Region

EARLY NEWSLETTER ARRIVAL!

In case you’re wondering why this issue of the newsletter arrived a bit early this year: the

date of the former November-December issue has been changed to October-November from now on. This allows Gary Capra (who has the

task every issue of picking it up from the printer, inserting it in an envelope, and taking

it to the post office for mailing) to enjoy his Christmas holiday in relative peace.

Thanks, Gary!

Date Event Time Contact January 24, 2016 Arizona Concours D’Elegance 9 AM-4PM Winkler

January 31, 2016 Auction Breakfast Brunch 9:00AM Capra

February 13, 2016 Classics Under The Sun 3:00 PM S. Briskman

February 27, 2016 Poker Rally TBD Dennison/Capra

March 19, 2016 Olive Mill Tour TBD Lisa Capra April 9, 2016 Steak Fry TBD Podsedly/Pellegrini

April TBD Bisbee/Tombstone Overnighter TBD

Winter-Spring 2016 Regional Events


New Member Profile:

Mark Scalpone

Introduction by Ed Winkler

The first seeds for Mark Scalpone’s career in the automotive mechanical and restoration field were planted when he was a young teenager growing up in Illinois. It was there that he started working on lawn mowers and from that progressed to working on cars for various family members. Mark relocated from Illinois to Arizona in 1995 and continued working as a mechanic with several large national automotive repair companies. In January 2004, with about 30 years of automo-tive repair and restoration experience under his belt, Mark started Vintage Iron & Restoration in the east valley. Two years later he relocated his shop to a larger facility in the Scottsdale airpark area. And finally about four years ago Mark again relocated Vintage Iron to a larger 13,000 square foot facility where they are still doing business to-day. Mark is married to his wife Sachiko and they have 2 sons and 5 grandchildren. In his spare time (not that there is much of it), Mark enjoys working on his personal restoration projects as well as doing metalwork and making unique trophies for various car events.

The Arizona Region is continuing to grow and flourish. We do continue to lose our elderly mem-bership, mostly due to age-related problems, but our loyal Region members have brought new members into the CCCA and the Arizona Region. We fin-ished 2015 with 80 members; that was our goal, and the Board is very proud of our continued growth. If you know of anyone who is interested in our classic cars, please invite them to attend an event and join the Region.

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Please meet Mark Scalpone, our newest mem-ber. If you have been associated with the Arizona Concours or the Copperstate 1000 you probably al-ready know of Mark’s great contributions to both of these Arizona-based events.

Above: Marilyn Lillard chats with CCCA Ex-ecutive Director Jay Quail and his wife Dena at the Annual Regional Meeting in November. See page 8 for more photos.


Tech Session: A Visit to Vintage Iron

Photos by John Ossenfort & Ed Winkler

The Region’s first event for the fall was designed to get our cars cleaned up and out on the road. On October 17th, we visited the Vintage Iron auto shop in Scottsdale. Thanks to our newest member Mark Scarpone (see page 5), we had the opportunity to see how the pros clean up a neglected paint job. We received lots of “how-to” and “how-not-to” tips from the experts, and the pros and cons of different types of paint. In addition to the tech session proper, we wan-dered around some interesting cars, ranging from a 1940’s Hudson to 1980’s Corvettes, in various stages of refurbishment and reconstruction. The cover was pulled off Ed Winkler’s latest acquisi-tion, a 1932 Ford roadster (n/c) in classic 1950’s hot rod style—right off the cover of the old “Rod & Custom” digest-size magazine. Vintage Iron kindly ordered in pizza and Cokes to get us back on our feet after touring the shop.

Above: The Vintage Iron shop—lots of cars to drool over.

Above: Members listen attentively to our in-structor. Below & bottom: Being shown the proper way to wield a rotary polisher: let the tool do the work.


VINTAGE IRON TECH SESSION ATTENDEES

Julianne Berge Ken Dennison Tom Ferran Steven Kreisman Jim McDowell John Ossenfort Ed Winkler With guests: Chuck Schluter Mark Shaw

Above: After a tough day in the shop, what could be better than pizza? Below: A couple of members try their hand at paint polishing techniques —they weren’t hired!

Puns for Educated Minds 1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round ta-ble was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alas-kan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. 4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption. 5. No matter how much you push the enve-lope, it'll still be stationery. 6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering. 7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart. 8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. 9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it. 10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (Sorry! I had to fill this space with some-thing!...Ed.)


Annual Regional Meeting

Photos By John Ossenfort

The Arizona Region’s regular Annual Meeting was held at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club on November 15th. This event brings out a lot of the members, as it gives them a chance to see old friends after the summer recess. Some 50 Arizona Region members attended, as did special guest CCCA Executive Director Jay Quail and his wife Dena. Our own Director Gary Capra was absent due to a sudden illness, but Assistant Director Dale Lillard filled in ably. The usual business reports were read and the Region is in good shape as regards both membership and finances. Dale announced that the Region will be sponsoring another Arizona CARa-van in October 2017 and jobs are available. Sev-eral new people (and some old ones) were elected to our Board, although the Executive Committee remained the same—see page 2 for the list. The highlight of the meeting was undoubtedly the remarks by Jay Quail. He gave us an update on re-cent and upcoming changes at National, and de-scribed some of the challenges that we face. Inter-estingly, he said that the long-feared decrease in membership due to increasing membership age has not happened. We do lose many older members but these are being balanced by an increase in new younger members. Thanks again to Sharon Briskman for her usual superb organization in planning this great event. Even the light rain this year didn’t spoil it.

Top & Middle: Checking out the cars before the meeting is always an enjoyable part of the event. Above: Harry Clark now owns this lovely green 1941 Packard 160 Coupe, which we believe was formerly owned by the late and much-missed former editor Les Jackson.


ANNUAL MEETING ATTENDEES

Keith Ambs Ed Battershell Dave Brand Barry and Sharon Briskman Lisa Capra Harry Clark Kevin Cornish Mark and Joan Ellingson Steve Evans Ibby Flynn Duane and Debbie Gunn Lee and Sandi Gurvey Tom and Lynn Hamilton Bob and Joanne Hannay Dick and Joanne Hansen Bill and Nancy Ingler Raoul and Tutsie Jacques Newton and Brenda Johnson Shirley Johnson Ken Kenewell Steve Kreisman and Jane Billings Ray Levy Dale and Marilyn Lillard William Link Phil Lutfe Robert McAtee John and Cheryl Ossenfort Allen and Linda Pelletier Bill Podsedly Jay and Dena Quail Dana Rapoport Ray and Louise Short Phil and Sandi Terry Ed and Karen Winkler

Above: The Regional Board

Above: The chance to get together with old friends is the reason we get so many atten-dees at this event every year.


Alan Travis Garage Tour

Photos By Ed Winkler, Ken Dennison

& Lisa Capra

On November 29th, still full of turkey, some 15 Arizona Region members had the great privilege of touring Alan Travis’s garage/museum. Alan leans toward earlier cars than our usual interest, but his examples of 1915 and earlier cars and memorabilia is first-rate to say the least. Alan himself is a fascinating character. He does-n’t just collect, he drives, especially in long-distance runs. He has competed in the Great Race across the United States 15 times, and has won it twice. He drove his 1907 Renault in the 2012 Great Race and finished, then won the Director’s Choice award with the same car at the 2014 Arizona Con-cours. He has driven in the London-Brighton run for pre-1905 cars. He also collects 1915 and earlier motorcycles, and rides them in the 3300-mile coast-to –coast Cannonball rally. He even has one motor-cycle that runs on kerosene. Not restricting himself to road vehicles, his col-lection includes early bicycles, period clothing, books, Edison wax cylinders, photos...practically anything from the horseless carriage/Edwardian era. The approximately 20 cars and motorcycles that were on display ranged from 1898 to 1916. Alan knows the complete history of each: how it was made, who its previous owners were, subse-quent history. He restores all his vehicles to origi-nal condition. One of the highlights of the tour was the playing of a wax Edison cylinder entitled “How To Drive A Car” and narrated by Mark Twain. Alan also owns a 1912 Pierce Arrow motorcycle, seen at the 2015 Arizona Concours, that is on loan to the Smith-sonian. His 1907 Stevens-Duryea Model U was once owned by Winston Rockefeller. His rarest car, a one of one 1916 Scripps-Booth Vitesse speedster, boasts a hemi-head ohv V8 engine which was the

first V8 ever built in Detroit. As a final surprise, the car was built by Lisa Capra’s great grand-uncle, James Scripps Booth. All the attendees agreed that this was one of the most fascinating garage tours we have ever had. Many thanks to Alan Travis, and to Ken Dennison for arranging this great event.

Top: Host Alan Travis with his earliest vehicle, an 1898 Jeanperrin Voiturette, which he drove in the London To Brighton Run. This is the old-est gasoline production car in the US. Above:The 1907 Renault from the 2012 Great Race and the 2014 Arizona Concours.


Above: Some of Alan’s early motorcycles He regularly rides them in long-distance events.

Above: The 1915 8-cylinder Scripps-Booth Vitesse speedster built by Lisa Capra’s great grand-uncle.


GARAGE HOP ATTENDEES

Ed Battershell Dave Brand

Barry & Sharon Briskman Gary & Lisa Capra

Reg Collings Rose & Ken Dennison

James Felter Bill & Jane Podsedly

Rosemary Price Dana Rapoport

Alan Travis (Host) Ed Winkler

Above: A couple of cars you may have seen at the Arizona Concours: a 1904 Mitchell and a 1907 Stevens-Duryea. (Its precursor, Duryea Motor Wagon Company, founded in 1893, was the first US auto manufacturing company).


Welcome To The AZ Region CCCA Club Store

arizonaccca.org Please browse the store and select the items

you would like to purchase and Dee will be happy to order them for you. See page 15 for available items. All the apparel has an embroi-dered logo of the Arizona Region CCCA. Start

your shopping today and support our club!!

Roadrunner Advertising Non-commercial ads by Arizona Region mem-bers for classic cars or classic car parts or ac-cessories are free. Other ads per issue of the Roadrunner. Business card (3.5 x 2”) $6.00; quarter page $12; half page $20; full page $40. Ad fees pay-able in advance. Contact John Ossenfort, 928-913-0005 or [email protected]. The Road-runner is published 4 times per year.

CAR STORAGE SPACES AVAILABLE

Rosemary Price has a very large space for storage of about 20-21 cars at Hay-

den & Acoma. Please contact her at 480-235-0420, or email

[email protected].

SIGNS SEEN AROUND THE U.S.:

At a Towing Company: "We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows."

At a Car Dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."

Outside a Muffler Shop: "No appointment nec-essary. We hear you coming."

At a Radiator Shop: “Best place in town to take a leak.”

TECH TIPS

ALIGNING YOUR FRONT WHEELS BY YOURSELF

Here's a tip I learned at a car show from a fellow lonely car nut. To align the front wheels by yourself, all you need is a ruler, tape meas-ure, and some modeling clay. Put the car on a flat level surface. Put the clay in the inner groove of the tire at its forward-most position, approximately 4" from the ground depending on the size of your tire. Whatever height meas-urement you use, take the measurement pre-cisely and match it precisely on the other tire. Now, put the tang from the tape measure into the clay in the groove. This keeps the tape measure from popping out as you extend the tape measure. Measure across to the inside of the other tire's first inner groove, at the precise same height used for the first tire. Adjust as per manual and remeasure until you got it where you want it. Or buy your spouse/friend something nice for Christmas and use them instead of the clay. from Robert Guinness, LBCarCo Tech Tips, 6/2/14



Reversible Nylon/Fleece

Vest J749—$45.00

Brushed Twill Cap

CP77—$20.00

Fleece Blanket

With Strap BP10—$35.00

Fashion Sun Visor

C840—$20.00

Wind Jacket JST70—$50.00

V-Neck Sweater Vest

SW276—$50.00

Silk Touch Polo Shirt

Men’s K500 Ladies’ L500

$35.00

Ladies’ Silk Blend Camp Shirt

L533-$60.00

Long Sleeve Denim Shirt Men’s SP10

Ladies’ LSP10 $45.00

Welcome To The Arizona Region CCCA Club Store! Summer’s approaching! Go to arizonaccca.org to see our online store

and get our order form.

Arizona Region Classic Car Club of America 24163 N. 91st Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

Rear View of Classics At The Annual Regional Meeting At McCormick Ranch

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