The ARIZONA Classic Roadrunner

The ARIZONA Classic

Roadrunner

Classic Car Club of America, Arizona Region—January-February 2018

Holiday Party, Auction Breakfast, Poker Run, Hotchkiss Automobiles

Classics at the Auction Breakfast at McCormick Ranch Golf Club

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Arizona Region Classic Car Club of America 2018 Board of Managers Director Dale Lillard 602-374-4979, email: [email protected] Asst. Dir. Dana Rapoport 508-207-5311, email: [email protected] Secretary Robert McAtee 602-368-9323, email: [email protected] Treasurer Steve Kreisman 480-907-5996, email: [email protected] Membership Gary Capra 480-860-1610, email: [email protected] Editor John Ossenfort 928-913-0005, email: [email protected] Club Store Dee Pellegrini 480-419-1137, email: [email protected] Ken Dennison 480-585-6747, email: [email protected] Steve Evans 602-214-1527, email: [email protected] Rosemary Price 480-235-0420, email: [email protected] Tom Hamilton 360-710-6516, email: [email protected] Ed Winkler 480-998-5437, email: [email protected] Committees of the Region: Publications (John Ossenfort); Web (Steve Evans); Events Coordina-tor/Regalia (Dee Pellegrini)

In This Issue: Message from the Director ................................................................................ Page 3 AZ Region Events Calendar/National CCCA Events Calendar.. ...................... Page 4 2017 Holiday Party……………………. …....…………..………….…............Page 5 Annual Auction Breakfast & Auction Tour..…….………...…………...…..Pages 6-7 Poker Run…………………………………….……………………………..Pages 8-9 European Classics A-Z: Hotchkiss……………………………………….Pages 10-11 Tech Tip: Protecting From Overspray……………………………………….....Page 3 RROC/CCCA Art Museum Tour Invitation…………….……………..……...Page 12 Ads…….…………………………………………………..…….…...….....Pages 4, 13

Mailing address: AZ Region CCCA, Gary Capra, 24163 N. 91st Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Contributors this issue: Dave Brand, Gary Capra, Ken Denni-son, Steve Evans, Dale Lillard

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 covers: Front: Members’ Classics at the Auction Breakfast at McCormick Ranch Golf Club in January (photo by John Ossenfort); Back: A 1931 Rolls-Royce P1 at the Bonhams Auction Preview (photo by John Ossenfort).

Four Roadrunner issues will be published in 2017: December-February , March-April, Summer, and October-November. Contact the editor, 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 Dale Lillard

Hi, Fellow Motorheads, I am writing this letter in Namibia, Africa on a photographic safari. We have also visited Bot-swana. Our main interest in Namibia is photograph-ing the Himba people in their native village environ-ment. It has been hot but fun. It does not compare to the fun I had in January at our car auctions in the Phoenix area. I must have viewed 3500 cars in a week and had a great time seeing many of you at our annual Auction Breakfast. I attended a few seminars regarding our hobby. In one presentation by Hagerty, we were told the sales activity in the high end Ferraris and million dollar classics is softening somewhat. The sales of all types of cars in the $100,000 range were actually improving. Their belief was that the improving economy and stock market is encouraging new col-lectors to step in or existing collectors to upgrade their collection. I have noticed fewer classics for sale in all of the auctions. I enjoy driving my 1936 Cord to all of them. The valets usually give me a great parking spot and watch over it for me. While I was here in Africa, our club also had fun with our annual Poker Run and the Classic Under the Stars car show (see next month’s Roadrunner), which we should rename “Under the Sun” since we take our classics and their dim lights home before nightfall.

TECH TIPS

This year’s activities are winding down for the summer. We are planning a garage tour in April. Stay tuned for the details. Our club is always interested in new activities and people to help us put them on. Please contact anyone on the board with ideas for events for next year. Have a great summer. Dale

Protect Components from Overspray I found an easy way to protect components from paint / undercoating overspray while you’re doing your winter season detailing pro-jects. This common household item is tin foil! Yes, also known as aluminum foil, it works great. Tape and paper in many applications just aren’t practical. Suspension parts, for instance, tend to be dirty or greasy and tape just won't stick. Paper can be too crunchy and big, and also usually requires large quantities of tape just to keep it in place. With tin foil you can simply mold it around the piece that you want to pro-tect...and spray away! When scraping and redoing the bottom of my collector car, I used tin foil to keep undercoat-ing off the exhaust system and the wiring har-ness. You can use it to cover everything from brake hoses to electrical components, and really create a look of detailing that usually requires a complete disassembly. But a word of caution in regard to electrical items: please make sure to disconnect your battery. No need to create a short circuit or fire. Glenn Markham, LBCarCo Tech Tips, 4/30/17


National CCCA 2018 Events Grand Classics:

May 2-6 Gettysburg, PA, w. Stutz/Marmon Jubilee (Delaware Valley Region) June 3 Hickory Corners, MI (National Grand Classic) September 5-8 New England Region September 14-16 Indiana Region

CARavans: March 16-April 8 New Zealand Tour (w. Packard Club) May 2-12 Blue Ridge CARavan (Ohio Region) September Canada October 7-12 Post-Hershey Mini-CARavan

2018 Annual Meeting: April 11-15 Branson, MO

April 14 Phoenix Art Museum/Mercedes Tour with RROC See page 12 April 28 Garage or Auto Museum Tour Dennison Nov. 4 Annual Regional Meeting, McCormick Ranch Club McAtee Mar 9, 2019 Classics Under The Sun, Pavilions McDonald’s Winkler

2018 Regional Events

MEMBER ADS

Engine Stand for Cadillac 346 Flathead, FREE if you pick it up.

Ed Winkler 602-999-8184.


2017 Holiday Party A Big Success!

Photos By Gary Capra

& Dave Brand

Over 40 members and guests enjoyed hermosas* and Italian fare, catered by La Torretta Restaurant, at the annual holiday party this year. Beautiful weather was also on order for the afternoon at Gary and Lisa Capra’s home on December 16th. There was no funny gift exchange this year, but the lovely weather, delicious food, delightful Capra patio and great camaraderie easily made up for the missing goodies.

(* For non-bartenders, a hermosa is similar to a mi-mosa and is champagne-based, but uses guava juice instead of orange juice, and is therefore delightfully pink rather than orange). A nice car, but where are the classics? (Oh,

yes, I see the 1947 Cadillac peering over the shrubbery).

Attendees get a “Happy Holidays” wish from Director Dale Lillard on the Capra’s lovely patio. Ahh, December in Scottsdale!

A LITTLE HUMOR —————————————————————————————————————

A traffic cop pulled alongside a speeding car on the motorway. Glancing into the car, he was astounded to see that the young lady who was driving was also knitting. Realizing that she was oblivious to his flash-ing lights and siren, the policeman wound down his window, turned on his loudspeaker and yelled, 'PULL OVER!' 'NO', the young lady yelled back, 'IT'S A SCARF!'


2018 Auction Break-fast & Auction Tour

Photos By John Ossenfort

Following the breakfast, most of the group took a short drive to the Westin Kierland Resort, where we obtained an early-bird tour of the upcoming Bonhams Auction. Unfortunately, the selection of our kind of classics was somewhat limited this year—although there were some very nice cars to drool over, most were of more recent vintage. Some of the members assuaged their cravings by moving on to the RM Auction selections.

The traditional Scottsdale Auction Week sunrise breakfast was held again on the Wednesday preced-ing the main classic car auctions. This year, the date fell on January 17th, but the location was changed to the McCormick Ranch Golf Club. Also as usual, any CCCA member from any region who is in town to attend the auctions is invited. Some 64 members showed up to enjoy the excellent buffet breakfast and tell friends about their holiday pre-sents (either already acquired or hoped for that weekend!).

Above: Gary Capra mans the check-in desk. Below and right: Socializing and bragging: who’s gonna buy what?


OK, so it’s not a CCCA classic, but how often do you see a 1949 Kaiser Horizon in prime condition like Robert McAtee’s?

Above: Cars at the Breakfast: Dennisons’ 1935 Auburn, Lillards’ 1936 Cord, Capras’ 1937 Lincoln

Below: Classics at Bonhams Scottsdale Auc-tion, with subsequent sale price: 1930 Bentley Speed Six Replica Tourer ($1.46M); 1930 Packard 740 Deluxe Eight Dual Cowl Phaeton ($179,000); 1934 Packard 1101 Convertible Victoria, Dietrich ($96,000).


The Ever-Popular Poker Run Returns!

Photos By Gary Capra, Ken Dennison

& Steve Evans

The weather was brisk in Tempe on February 24th for the start of the 2018 Poker Run, so the CCCA classics were in short supply. Coordinator Ken Dennison bravely brought his 1935 Auburn 851 Cabriolet, but the next older car appeared to be a 1955 Buick Century 2-Door (Dana Rapoport), fol-lowed by a powder blue 1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible (Gary Capra) and a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 convertible (Bill Ingler). (Sorry, the ‘Vette and the Mercedes are too new to even mention - any-thing without a carburetor is an appliance, not a car!)

Good for you, Ken! Braving the elements in his 1935 Auburn!

Above: Substitute classics—Dana Rapoport’s 1955 Buick Century, Gary Capra’s 1957 Thun-derbird, and Bill Ingler’s 1970 Oldsmobile 442


Many thanks to the Dennisons and Capras for or-ganizing this fun event again, and especially to Lisa, Rose and Ken for manning the stops.

Each car received instructions to get them to the next stop, where they received another card for their poker hand. After a drive around the southern envi-rons of Scottsdale, with 4 more stops and without losing a single member, the group finished up at the New York Bagels eatery at Skysong. A filling lunch finished the event, except for the big finish: showing your cards! Dee Pellegrini had drawn a pair of aces and split the pot with the Club.

POKER RUN ATTENDEES

Gary & Lisa Capra Ken & Rose Dennison Steve Evans & guests Lee & Sandi Gurvey Bill Ingler & guest Don & Dee Pellegrini Rosemary Price Dana Rapoport & guest Ray & Louise Short

Top: Some of the members ready to go Below: Lunch at the finish: Gurveys, Pelle-grinis, Dana Rapoport, the Evans’ guests

Above: The hardy ones—Louise & Ray Short, Bill Ingler & guest, Rosemary Price, Rose & Ken Dennison & Gary Capra ate outside! Below: Dee Pellegrini with the winning pair of aces!


Hotchkiss

Arms and Automobiles

By John Ossenfort

Hotchkiss 1908 16/20HP Type T Roi Des Belges, A. Descoins et Fils

Above: 1929 Hotchkiss AM80 Torpedo Sport Below: 1931 Hotchkiss AM80S Cabriolet Courtesy Flominator

The French car company Hotchkiss, with its Eng-lish name and crossed cannon badge, has an inter-esting background. Benjamin B. Hotchkiss was an American gunsmith working on Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles. Seeing an opportunity overseas, he set up Hotchkiss & Co. in Paris in 1875. The company achieved considerable success, selling their arms to many countries. They developed a “revolving cannon” and were famous for the Hotchkiss machine gun, widely used during WWI. Around the turn of the century, the company used its armaments profits to get into the auto business, but kept a reminder of their history in their badge. Originally building crankshafts and then engines for others, they built their first car in 1903, the 17CV 4-cylinder model, followed by the 6-cylinder Types L and O in 1906. These early Hotchkiss models competed well with the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost in the English market. During this time, the Hotchkiss drive, an exposed drive shaft with a uni-versal joint at each end, was developed and soon powered most 20th century cars, including the clas-sics that we own.

After World War I, in 1923 the model AM (n/c), a 2-litre side-valve four cylinder designed at their Coventry, England subsidiary, came out. In 1929, it was replaced by the AM80 3-litre 6-cylinder model, the first CCCA-recognized car. A new 4-cylinder model, the 413 (n/c), was introduced in 1933, fol-lowed by the 6-cylinder 615 and 617 (n/c) and the 620. The 1933 3.5 litre AM80S provided 100bhp and powered race cars that won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1932, 1933 and 1934.

Hotchkiss 1923 Model AM


In 1937 Hotchkiss merged with Amilcar and the noted designer J.A. Gregoire joined the company. The Model 680 and its variants remained their pri-mary and well-regarded product during the remain-der of the 1930’s. With the start of World War II, the factory converted to tank engine production un-til it was forced to evacuate. After the war, rebod-ied versions of the 1930’s models, as well as a few new luxury models such as the Anjou and the Hotchkiss-Gregoire, were built during the late 1940’s and 1950’s, but truck production primarily kept the company afloat, with several mergers and purchases, until 1971. All Hotchkiss 1929-1940 3-3 1/2 litre cars are recognized by the CCCA, including the AM80, AM80S, 620, 680, 686 Paris-Nice and 686 Grand Sport. There is one Hotchkiss car listed in the CCCA 2017 Handbook, a 686 Paris-Nice model.

The 1936 6-cylinder Model 680 with 3-litre engine became the basis for their future cars, with the Model 686 Grand Sport and 686 Paris-Nice being the luxury twin-carburetted high-performance ver-sions of the 680.

Above: 1937 Hotchkiss 680 Courtesy Alf van Beem

Below: 1939 Hotchkiss 686 Decapotable Bottom: 1939 Hotchkiss 686 GS Sport Coupe

Above: 1939 Hotchkiss 686 Paris-Nice Below: 1939 Hotchkiss Paris-Nice-Monte Carlo



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1931 Rolls-Royce P1 Regent Convertible Coupe, Brewster, at the Bonhams Scottsdale Auction

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