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The Distributor January 2017
Director’s Corner January 2017
Happy New Year! The new year is always a good time to look back at what you have done and learned and
look forward to what can be done better because of it. If learning more about the mechanics of your Model A
is what you’re interested in, do we have a year in store for you! We have one very successful tech talk done and
two more on the calendar. If you are at all interested in learning, I hope you consider spending a Saturday
morning with us. The Illinois Region is a first-class club; not only do we have the world’s best volunteers to
help at a moment’s notice, but we are fortunate to have phenomenal and dedicated Model A mechanics in this
club who are willing to share their time and talents for the betterment of the hobby. January 28th will be on the
cooling system and on February 11th, we will have a basic training seminar. Please check your calendars and
email blasts. I hope you will be able to make it to a few of our tech talks!
On a National level, January is Dollars for Scholars month. The Model A scholarship program is asking for one
dollar from members who attend January’s monthly meeting. Last year our generous club raised over $1,200.00
for the scholarship fund with the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner and just last month, we were able to send in an
additional $200.00!
Our next event will be a fun one; the annual Awards Banquet, on January 7th. Deborah and Steve Sarasin have
once again pulled together a fabulous event with entertainment, a raffle, and of course, awards! We look forward
to seeing you at Moretti’s.
-Christine
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success -Henry Ford
2016 Officers and Staff
Director: Christine Rozny (847) 421-9895 Web Master: Mark Maron (847) 302-7900 [email protected] Official Photographer: Mike Giamari (773) 631-3903
Assistant Director: Steve Sarasin (847) 826-0992 Property Chairman: Ken Ehrenhofer (815) 337-4656
Treasurer: Don Morman (847) 825-5046 Raffle Coorinator: Jerry Tiesch (773) 405-5613
Secretary: Susan Holmes (847) 977-1381 Technical Coordinator Ron Ehrenhofer (815) 337-4656
Editor: Michael Goode (773) 407-1884 Winter Swap Committee:Mark Maron (847) 302-7900
[email protected] Val Maron (847) 951-5858
Assistant Editor Carl Hagland (224) 595-6587 Ron Ehrenhofer(847) 255-6758
Regional Correspondent Melinda Pritchett (630) 842-7065 Larry Rust (847) 913-9233
Activities Chairmen: Roger Halvorsen (847) 566-2846 Mike Sargis (773) 507-5144
Vince Scalbrino (847) 934-8167 Refreshments: Amy and John Rozny
Club Sales: Bob Friskics (847) 788-9272 (847) 823-7919
Mark Maron (847) 302-7900
Distributor Staff: Jim Dodaro (847) 398-1957 Youth Coordinator Amy Rozny (847) 823-7919
Membership Chairman: Mike Kochevar ( 847) 827-1555
Announcements: Susan Szymanski (847) 455-8815 Restoration Technical Advisors
Pay Car Show Chairperson:John Drengenberg (847) 272-7192 Judging Standards: Ron Ehrenhofer (815) 337-4656
New Member Coordinator: Dan Pritchett ( 847) 980-5076 Ken Ehrenhofer (847) 255-6758
Official Greeter John Holmes (847) 977-1380 Era Accessories Vince Scalabrino (847) 934-8167
MAFFI Liaison Mark Maron (847) 302-7900 License Plates/Tags Frank Smith (847) 942-0905
Fashion Marilyn Krenger (815) 338-4008
Electrical Marty Brown (847) 673-1157
www.illinoisregion.com
Illinois Region – Business Meeting December 6, 2016
Meeting was called to order at 7:34pm by Christine Rozny.
Christine welcomed everyone. The Pledge of Allegiance was
stated. Motion made and seconded to approve the November
Business Meeting Minutes as printed in The Distributor.
Old Business
Colin James presented a tech seminar on timing gear replacement on
Saturday, December 3 at Park Ridge Auto Repair. More than 30 people
attended the very informative seminar and were treated to coffee and
donuts in the morning, with a hot dog lunch after the seminar. There was
a swap meet table and Colin donated his sales to the Youth Scholarship
Fund. In all, $102 was collected at the seminar for the Youth Scholarship
Fund.
Paul Levine from Hagerty Insurance was at the seminar as well to discuss
the benefits of Hagerty Insurance for your Model A, and to answer any
questions. If any members who did not attend the seminar have questions
for him, he will be available for questions tonight after our meeting.
New Business
Treasurer’s Report-Don Mormon reported that we have a balance of
$9,890.96. The financials are printed in the magazine.
Editor-Mike Goode thanked everyone for sending in all the pictures and
contributions for the Distributor. He will be placing ads for our swap meet
in Hemmings and Ledfoot News, January and February issues. He also
discussed the article in December’s Distributor about Model A theft.
Activities Report-Roger reported on the following upcoming activities:
*The Brookfield Zoo Holiday Magic, which is scheduled for December
10, does not currently have enough members planning to attend to receive
the discount senior price of $10. The regular price would be $17. Any
interested members can still attend.
*Deb Sarasin talked about the Awards Banquet on January 7 at Moretti’s
in Edison Park, Chicago. Everything is going well and there will be many
great raffle gifts. They are collecting money now and payment for the
dinner must be received by December 24. There is still time to sign up if
you would like to attend.
*Roger reminded everyone that our Swap Meet will be March 19 at
Friendly Ford in Roselle.
*Ken will present a Tech Talk concentrating on basic training on February
11 (rain date is February 18) at his barn at 9:00am. Lunch will be served
at the seminar.
*Our events were very successful this year and the club is planning to offer
many more next year. Jerry Lyons will be taking over as Activities
Director next year so contact him if you have any ideas for events.
*Steve and Colin will also offer a Tech Talk on cooling systems on January
28 at Park Ridge Auto Repair. In order to make sure that all members are
advised of upcoming Tech Talks, a sign-up sheet was passed around for
members who do not currently receive email blasts, to list their email
address and give the club permission to send them email blasts in the
future.
National News-Ron Ehrenhofer reported that the National Meet will be
taking place in Gettysburg and the host hotel is completely booked. There
are still rooms available in nearby hotels, but he recommends that you
make your reservations ASAP.
Ron also spoke about the Membership Meet in Shipshewana on March 23-
26. There will be something for everyone to enjoy.
Club Sales/Mini Swap-Mark reported that they have many great items for
sale. If you need to place a special order, the orders will arrive in February
or March.
Announcements-Sue Symanski mentioned that Dan had visited Dick
Peterson and that he was very appreciative of the card that the club sent
him last month. Sue passed around another card for Dick and asked
everyone to sign the card and include a personal note if possible. Don
Englemann recently fell and Sue asked members to send him a card as
well. Sadly, longtime member Larry Weaver passed away on December 5
due to a heart attack. A memorial service will take place after the holidays.
Guests/New Members-Roger announced that 40 members signed in
although it appeared that there were closer to twice that amount due to the
Cookie Exchange. We had one guest in attendance.
Awards-Steve distributed dash plaques to several participants of the
Cemetery Tour.
Membership- Kelly Rozny collected membership dues in Mike’s absence.
Director’s Comments: Chris began her comments by reading the letter the
club received from the Youth Scholarship Fund Committee concerning
“Dollars for Scholars”. During our January meeting, there will be a box in
front and all members are asked to donate $1.00 each for the fund.
She also discussed a letter she received from MARC offering an incentive
for new members to join MARC for only $22.50. Chris had application
forms for both MARC and MAFCA for any interested members.
Rent is now due for the VFW Hall where are meetings have been held for
over 40 years. Because of an increase in the rent, the club needs to do
fundraising for the extra funds needed. Last year, Mike Keeting was kind
enough to pay for the increase. Chris announced that Jerri Tiesch will be
generously paying for the increase this year. Thank you, Jerry!
Chris ended her comments by thanking everyone for such a successful
year. We have a very special club which is very active and has a lot of fun
together.
Comments from membership-Members commented that Chris is doing a
great job as the Director.
Jerry Tiesch held the 50/50 Raffle. Blanche told a joke.
Paul Levine from Hagerty Insurance asked a trivia question which was
answered quickly by Mike Goode.
Motion was made and seconded for adjournment at 8:22pm.
Everyone enjoyed the cookie exchange.
The Tech Talk was a video on the World Land Speed Record, shown by
Ken Ehrenhofer.
Respectfully Submitted,
-Susan Holmes
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
(RIGHT-Actress Clary Bow helps say good-bye to 1927)
Tech Talk-Headlight Adjustment
Thank you to Willie Krash from Fordbarn.com
Willie Krash, Senior member of the popular early Ford Website,
Fordbarn.com, credits an article by Walt Langill on headlight
alignment. First, use a straight 2 x 4 and put it across the lights and
make them parallel. Make sure the car is level using a carpenter’s
spirit level on each headlight face and cock them down until they
are ½ bubble off plumb or ½ bubble on the level.
Other contributors to the fordbarn seem to agree that this an easy,
fairly accurate way to adjust the headlights on a Model A, but some
did offer some suggestions, including the use of a 48-inch level
instead of a 2 x 4, ensuring that the surface your car is on when
setting up this adjustment is level, and that you will still want to
adjust the focus of the beam of light.
(Right)- a family travels to the west
Coast via Model A in hopes of find-
ing work during the depression.
Fashion: Men and Women’s Hair early 1930s
Submission by Dan and Melinda Pritchett
photos and story about their visits to some fellow Model
A’ers. Thank you to Dan and Melinda Pritchett for sharing
the
Story 1: This past July, Dan and Melinda visited Nancy and
Dave Fritz in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin. Nancy’s late husband
Dave Sr. was Director of the Illinois Region in 1977. Most
of the Fritz family has relocated to Wisconsin and live near
Nancy. The family has approximately 10 Model A’s in their
barn, including a very original 1930 Fordor (pictured), which
is for sale.
Story 2: Longtime members Alan and Lois Wall have retired
to Kingsford, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula area. They
purchased a large storage garage many years ago, and began
moving their collection of 1932 Ford and 1962 Pontiac cars
and parts there. Kingsford and the Iron Mountain area is
where Henry Ford built his station wagon factory. Kingsford
Charcoal was an offshoot of that industry, a product that we
still use today. Pictured here (below) is a rare 1932 Model B
Cabriolet, part of Alan and Lois’ collection.
HAPPY NEW YEARS! Celebrating in the Era of
Henry’s Lady
Chicago’s original
Blackhawk Restaurant
opened in 1920 to
much celebration at
139 N. Wabash,
featuring a dance
orchestra with music
that was nationally
broadcast over WGN
Radio and the Mutual
Network. Chico Marx
played at the
Blackhawk, as did Mel
Torme-who played his
first playing gig here in
1929. To the right is
the Blackhawk’s
special menu from
New Year’s Eve 1931. The fun slowed down in
1952 when the orchestras were removed, but the Blackhawk kept
going until 1984. (A second location, in the suburbs, would remain
open until a final New Year’s party in 2009). YES, prohibition WAS still
effect in the U.S. during the
entire time the Model A was
in production (and then
some), but that didn’t stop
folks from trying, certainly
around New Years, and
certainly considering the
Great Depression began
during this era- Manhattans,
Shebas, Old Fashioneds,
and many home-made
cocktails, wines-and surely
some very questionable
alcoholic beverages were
poured on New Year’s Eve
during the days of the A.
The two films the immensely popular
Marx Brothers released during the
Model A era came out in the May 1929
and August 1930, but they have long
been a tradition on New Year’s Eve for
millions of families, and therefore
deserve mention for this January issue.
If you haven’t seen a Marx Brothers
film, they are very much worthwhile.
Both The Cocoanuts and Animal
Crackers were very successful when
released at the theatre, with box office
results tripling or quadrupling their
original budgets.
Our December Meeting, Cookie Exchange,
and Clothing Sales
ON THE COVER: John and Susan Holmes
We are John and Susan Holmes of Williams bay, Wisconsin, a small town on Geneva Lake which is approximately 75
miles from our club meeting. A long way to travel, but worth it! We were members of the club some 30 years ago, and
rejoined two years-ago at the urging of our good friends, John and Christine Rozny.
You know us primarily by Susan’s active role as Secretary of the club for the last year and again for the upcoming year.
We try to balance our time between Wisconsin and Florida, and running our business in Chicago. We arrange our
travels around club meetings so that Susan can take the minutes.
We also belong to a great club in Bradenton, Florida, the Sara-Mana region of MARC. Another long distance to travel,
approximately 1,400 miles! They have the good fortune of being able to drive their cars year-round and plan a lot of
fun activities. We plan on transporting out 1929 Station Wagon (150A) back and forth to Florida next year so that we
can enjoy it in that club as well.
We own two Model A’s-the Station Wagon and a 1930 Tudor. They are not show cars, but are great drivers. We are
the forth documented owners of the Station Wagon, which was restored in 1962. As John Rozny puts it, the restoration
is now older than the car was when it was restored. An interesting thought.
I am not a very good mechanic, so next year’s tech talks based on keeping the Model A running will be very helpful to
people like us. We look forward to seeing you all in 2017!
Coming Events
The Membership Application may be smaller in this issue, but if you haven’t renewed, that just means it is even more important
to fill it out and get it back to us! We love having you as part of our Model A Family, so please remember to send it in with your
dues.
CLASSIFIED ADS
For sale: 1930 Coupe. All steel, rebuilt engine, new interior and tires. Everything has been rebuilt or replaced. Asking $15,000
obo. Mike Logan (224) 578-1532
For Sale: Model A Fordor, ready to go condition, runs and drives well. $15,000 obo (630) 816-1932
For Sale: 1930 Model A Station Wagon. New wood, tires. Lots of extra parts, fun parade car that needs to be finished.
Asking $5,000. Chuck (708) 307-9725
For Sale: 1929 Model A Sport Coupe. Blue Ribbon winner in 2009, Rose Beige/Black exterior with Tan interior and
top, comes with extra tools, spares. Also included is the correct Henry Ford tool kit that came with car when new. Asking
$15,000.00. Steve (630) 860-1280
For Sale: 1949 Packard Stretch Limousine, 25-year old restoration. Andrew Wingage (219) 775-2577
For Sale: 1930 Model A Briggs 170B sedan, restoration started. Larry (847) 913-9233
For Sale: 10-gallon visible gas pump, original glass cylinder, with hose and extra brass nozzle. Partially restored. Larry
(847) 913-9233
For Sale: 1929 Model A front fenders. Chuck (708) 307-9725
For Sale: 1946 Wizzer motor-bike, 1948 Wizzer motor-bike, 1960 Cushman Super Eagle w /electric starter. All are in
running condition. Vince (847) 934-8167
For Sale: 1930 Model A Frame. Carter Hendricks (847) 639-9030 or (312) 925-7144
Wanted: Tech/hobby book donations for club raffle use. Jim Patterson (910) 619-3293
Wanted: Free, used transmission gears for craft project. Can be rusty, etc. Christine (847) 421-9895
Wanted: 1931 drivers side front fender. Chuck (708) 307-9725
AVAILABLE FOR CLUB USE:
Cylinder head removal tool, steering wheel removal tool, rear spring spreader, distributor removal tool (to be used when
distributor is rusted to the head). Please contact Ken at [email protected] or (815) 33-4656 home or (630) 697-
3907 mobile.
Editor’s Notes-
Business card ads continue to be available for $25.00 per year. Your comments and suggestions for anything pertaining
to The Distributor are always welcome. If you have sold an item, or no longer need for your ad to appear in the
magazine, please let me know. I can be reached at [email protected] or (773) 407-1884. Be sure to
check out the New Members section as well. These folks and anyone else just joining the club will receive a New
Members Package, which will include information on the club’s history, a club decal, and more, not to mention many
new friends! SUBMISSONS ARE WELCOME and ENCOURAGED – We are looking for cover features, photos,
tech, suggestions, etc. If you sell your item or no longer need ad space, please let me know as well. -Michael Goode
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED AND NEEDED! KEEP
OUR FAMILY STRONG BY PASSING THE WORD ABOUT THE
ILLINOIS REGION MODEL A RESTORERS CLUB. ENCOURAGE
FOLKS WHO ASK ABOUT YOUR CAR TO JOIN THE FUN!
Don’t let your Model A end up like the one below left-let it enjoy the road like the one on the right-join your fellow
Illinois Region members on the many fun events listed above! More events are coming, or let’s help make one of your
ideas for an event a reality!
2017 Official Illinois Region Events Calendar January
General Meeting 3
Awards and 60th Anniversary
Banquet 7
BOD Meeting 10
Saturday Seminar- 28
Cooling System Overhaul
With Colin/Steve @ PR Auto
February
General Meeting 7
Saturday Seminar- 11
Basic Training with Ken
@ 40 Horse Farm
Greater Milwaukee Swap 26
Vince Spaghetti Dinner TBD
March
General Meeting 7
33rd Annual Swap 19
(Friendly Ford)
MARC Membership 23-26
Meet (Shipshewana, IN)
April
General Meeting 4
Spring Jefferson Swap 28-30
(Jefferson, WI)
Garage Tour TBD
Mansion Tour TBD
May
General Meeting 2
Spring Tour on Route 66 6-7
“Red Carpet” to Pontiac, IL
Saturday Seminar TBD
June
Annual Sharon Model 4
A Day (Sharon, WI)
General Meeting 6
VooDoo Tour 18
July
Parades 4
General Meeting 11
Annual Picnic TBD
(Bull Valley, IL)
MARC National Meet 7/30-
(Gettysburg, PA) 8/4
August
General Meeting 1
And Dinner/Swap
Transport Extravaganza 7
(Union, IL)
Model T & A Swap TBD
September
General Meeting 5
Ford Model A Day 17
(Gilmore, MI)
Fall Jefferson Swap 22-24
(Jefferson, WI)
Newport Hill Climb 9/29-
(Newport, IN) 10/1
Saturday Seminar TBD
October
General Meeting 3
AACA Eastern Regional 4-7
Fall Meet (Hershey, PA)
Fall Tours TBD
(Various, WI)
November
General Meeting 7
Turkey Dinner TBD
(Hosted by Illinois Region)
Bristol Run TBD
(Bristol, WI)
December
General Meeting 5
The Illinois Region MARC holds its monthly business meetings at 7:30 PM the 1st Tuesday of every month (exceptions made for holidays) at the American Legion Hall, 9757 Pacific Avenue, Franklin Park Illinois.
(Corner of Ruby and Pacific) The meeting is open to all members and visitors.
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Financial Report (11/21/2016- 12/20/2016)
Intake $2,836.00 Exhaust $3,135.33
Awards Banquet (38) 1,330.00 Meeting Hall 2,100.00
Donation for Meeting Hall 600.00 Awards Banquet-Awards 491.30
Local Dues (9 @ $25, 10 @ $30) 525.00 Youth Scholarship Fund 122.00
Clothing 205.00 Distributor Printing 112.00
Youth Scholarship Fund 122.00 Refreshments for Seminar 79.95
50/50 Raffle 50.00 Officers Insurance (MAFCA) 75.00
Stickers 4.00 Distributor Postage 57.92
Dec. Meeting Refreshments 28.10
Prizes for 50/50 Raffle 22.05
Postage and Stamps 20.16
Renewal for MARC Region 10.00
Sec. of State (N.F.P. filing fee) 10.00
Greeting Cards 6.85
Total in Account 11/21/2016 $9,890.96
Total in Account 12/20/2016 $9,591.63
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If and when your name is used in articles and pictures on our club website, your full name (first and last name)
will appear unless you explicitly tell Mark Maron that you do not wish to have your full name on the website.
You can call Mark at (847) 302-7900 or email him at [email protected]. The Illinois Region bylaws require
that Illinois region members also have membership in one of the national clubs, MARC or MAFCA.
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