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Roadside Chatter

with the

President

VALVE CHATTER SEPTEMBER, 2020 Newsletter, Volume 25, Issue 9Regional Group #148 of the Early Ford V-8 Club of

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Here we are in September and with any luck hopefully we will be able to have a meeting in October. I have called Parks and Recreations and they have gotten back to me and they have attentively reserved the park for a meeting as long as the status of Covid 19 allows it , they will call me and let me know for sure soon I hope. There is a caveat, the National organization has passed a Resolution prohibiting sanctioned club events

I will keep you informed of our progress. If it is possible we will send out an email to let you know that the date for October 6, 2020 will be our come back. The park in question will be” Live Oak Park in Fallbrook”. This is a good time for us to maintain our cars and have them sitting on ready when we can join up and meet again. Tom is doing a brake job on my 1946 Ford and I am also out in the shop helping out Soon I will be able to stop better for my car was pulling to left and was just a little scary. I thought there was someone trying to take the steering wheel away from me. That ended the outing for the day. (Cont: Pg. 2)

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We’re always looking for your stories. What travel’s have you done, what restorations have you done on your car? We would love to feature your story in the Valve Chatter!Please send them to: Bob [email protected]

(Cont. From Pg. 1) I have heard that some of the membership is our enjoying their cars by taking short trips around the country side and being one with their cars. Not only is it good for us to get out but our cars need the exercise as well. We all have to keep the fluids flowing,

Thank you,

Patsy Hamlin

September Birthdays 1 - Maryellen Huhn 1 – Robert McClelland 4 - Jim Hurlburt 7 - Rudy Perez 10 – Judith Spaid 12 – Merleen Magers 14 – Zip Zepede 16 – Carolyn Mears 17 – Tom Brumley 20 – Gary Walcher 23 – Len Barbieri 24 - Jim Hurlburt 25 – Ken Magers 29 – Linda Lowry

September Anniversaries 8 – Ron & Marty Hopwood 16 – Gregg & Linda Lowry 16 – Jack & Missi Kay 20 –Len & Jo Ann Barbieri 22 – David & Lisa Simard 24 – Ray & Jackie Ouellette

The Very First Labor Day September 5, 1882 If you could create a holiday, what would it be called? What date would you choose for your holiday? Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter and labor union leader, was the person who came up with the idea for Labor Day. He thought American workers should be honored with their own day. He proposed his idea to New York's Central Labor Union early in 1882, and they thought the holiday was a good idea, too. With four long months between Independence Day and Thanksgiving, Peter suggested a month halfway in between. But what date should they choose?

The very first Labor Day was held on a Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. The day was celebrated with a picnic, concert and speeches. Ten thousand workers marched in a parade from City Hall to Union Square.

Soon after that first celebration, the holiday was moved to the first Monday in September, the day we still honor. Congress passed legislation making Labor Day a national holiday in 1894. Labor Day is not just a day to celebrate the accomplishments of workers; for some people, it is also a day to talk about their concerns and to discuss ways to get better working conditions and salaries. How do you celebrate the last holiday of the summer?

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1957 Ford Fordmatic Trans, appears re-built $150.00 1941 Deluxe rear bumper, show chrome $350.00 Dave Louzek (858) 682-8585 [2]

Travel Scooter (make). 3 wheeled (folds up, weighs 35 lbs - lithium battery) $800. $2600 new Don Harwick (760).941-1933 [2]

1940 Ford dlx Coupe Built eng., 59A eng., Columbia, ready for touring, $34,000. Bud Williams (951) 440-1451 [2]

Fans, shocks, carbs, dist . Cleaning out the barn! 1937,38 and 1939 speedometers and gauge clusters. have several Dan Krehbiel (951)302-5922 [2]

1947 Ford Sedan Coupe Dearborn winner fresh R/B engine. Phil (971) 219-9624 (Portland area) BEST OFFER. Dan Krehbiel friend, call Dan for details Dan Krehbiel (951) 302-5922 [2]

1936 Ford Tudor Sedan Touring Street Rod project car. Over $12,000 in suspension and various other parts including new Bob Drake running boards. $8,000. Call for more detail and leave message if I don't answer. Jerry Otteson 909-518-5496.

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Submitted by Ken Magers Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn’t.

And now the rest of the story! When Motorola went on sale in 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a time when you could buy a brand-new car for $650, and the country was sliding into the Great Depression (By that measure, a radio for a new car would cost about $3,000 today.) In 1930, it took two men several days to put in a car radio — The dashboard had to be taken apart so that the receiver and a single speaker could be installed, and the ceiling had to be cut open to install the antenna. These early radios ran on their own batteries, not on the car battery, so holes had to be cut into the floorboard to accommodate them. The installation manual had eight complete diagrams and 28 pages of instructions. Selling complicated car radios that cost 20 percent of the price of a brand-new car wouldn’t have been easy in the best of times, let alone during the Great Depression – Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled for a couple of years after that. But things picked up in 1933 when Ford began offering Motorola's pre-installed at the factory. In 1934 they got another boost when Galvin struck a deal with B.F. Goodrich tire company to sell and install them in its chain of tire stores. By then the price of the radio, with installation included, had dropped to $55 The Motorola car radio was off and running. (The name of the company would be officially changed from Galvin Manufacturing to “Motorola" in 1947.) In the meantime, Galvin continued to develop new uses for car radios. In 1936, the same year that it introduced push-button tuning, it also introduced the Motorola Police Cruiser, a standard car radio that was factory preset to a single frequency to pick up police broadcasts. In 1940 he developed the first handheld two-way radio -- The Handy-Talkie – for the U. S. Army. A lot of the communications technologies that we take for granted today were born in Motorola labs in the years that followed World War II.In 1947 they came out with the first television for under $200. In 1956 the company introduced the world's first pager; in 1969 came the radio and television equipment that was used to televise Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon.In 1973 it invented the world's first handheld cellular phone. Today Motorola is one of the largest cell phone manufacturers in the world. And it all started with the car radio.WHATEVER HAPPENED To the two men who installed the first radio in Paul Galvin's car? Elmer Wavering and William Lear, ended up taking very different paths in life. Wavering stayed with Motorola. In the 1950's he helped change the automobile experience again whehe developed the first automotive alternator, replacing inefficient and unreliable generators. The invention lead to such luxuries as power windows, power seats, and, eventually, air-conditioning. Lear also continued inventing.He holds more than 150 patents. Remember eight-track tape players? Lear invented that. But what he's really famous for are his contributions to the field of aviation. He invented radio direction finders for planes, aided in the invention of the autopilot, designed the first fully automatic aircraft landing system, and in 1963 introduced his most famous invention of all, the Lear Jet, the world's first mass-produced, affordable business jet.(Not bad for a guy who dropped out of school after the eighth grade.)

HISTORY OFTHE CAR RADIO

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DAN KREBIELTHE BIG WINNER

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1939 STANDARD COUPERestored, new paint, columbia, flat head! Asking 30K Sam Jeromin (760) 445-7441

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1951 Ford Victoria Root beer color, 350 Chev engine, 400 turbo trans,,

vintage air, disc brakes front, sway bar front & Rear, new glass & rubber

$28,000! Peggy Petrucci (951) 600-1266

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1937 FORD PICKUP DELUXE (original) INCLUDES: Dual Horns, duel side view mirrors, duel windshield wipers, duel visors. Turn indicators. Twin taillights. Dual exhaust. Hydraulic brakes, Engine rebuilt. Ground up restoration. Only 88,000 actual miles. Asking $20,000 Call Marilyn Rounds (760)702-1433

1936 Model 68 Convertible Sedan

All original, runs great! consider reasonable offer.

Chip Judd(323) 744-7060

[email protected]

 1936 Ford Standard 5 Window Coupe 4 timeEmeritus Winner Black with Tan LeBaron Bonney interior Trunk model with roll down back window Aluminum heads, Script battery, some extra parts $39,000 OBO  Ron Shedd   858-485-8967  (CA)

For Sale, 1950 Ford Convertible Casino Cream, nice straight car with overdrive, leather seats and fender skirts.  Price $27,000 Phone Vic Terrell 760-749-8337.

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History of the automobile From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Power sources The early history of the automobile was concentrated on the search for a reliable portable power unit to propel the vehicle.Steam-powered wheeled vehicles!Main article: History of steam road vehicles17th and 18th centuries[edit]

Cugnot's steam wagon, the second (1771) versionFerdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built a steam-powered vehicle around 1672 as a toy for the Kangxi Emperor. It was small-scale and could not carry a driver but it was, quite possibly, the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile').[5][6]

Steam-powered self-propelled vehicles large enough to transport people and cargo were first devised in the late 18th century. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrated his fardier à vapeur ("steam dray"), an experimental steam-driven artillery tractor, in 1770 and 1771. As Cugnot's design proved to be impractical, his invention was not developed in his native France. The center of innovation shifted to Great Britain. By 1784, William Murdoch had built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth [7] and in 1801 Richard Trevithick was running a full-sized vehicle on the roads in Camborne. (To be continued!)

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A 40 coupe with a recently rebuilt 59AB with A heads.  Body is good - I replaced both floors, which had some rust.  Interior is partially done. Some of the details would not satisfy a purist, but the car is quite presentable. This was a great driver, perhaps the most fun to drive.  Price $18K

A 48 club coupe with perfect body, a rebuilt engine and complete upholstery.  A good driver. Price $10K

A 53 Sedan Delivery with a Merc engine (262 cu in),  and overdrive.  The only rust was the rockers, which I replaced. Interior is mostly done to my satisfaction.  It is painted Glacier Blue, the original color. It served me well as a driver and a workhorse. Price $8K

Anyone interested in the above three vehicles contact David Dwelley ([email protected]) or contact Dan Krehbiel for info (951) 302-5922

A 53 Sedan Delivery with a Merc engine (262 cu in),  and overdrive.  The only rust was the rockers, which I replaced. Interior is mostly done to my satisfaction.  It is painted Glacier Blue, the original color. It served me well as a driver and a workhorse. Price $8K

1940 Ford dlx Coupe Built eng., 59A eng., Columbia, ready for touring, $34,000. Bud Williams (951) 440-1451

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The Palomar Mountain V-8’s Regional Group of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America, Inc.,

Temecula, CA Organized November 8, 1996 Chartered January 18, 1997 RG #148

Incorporated August 7, 2001 2018 Board of Directors & Officers

President Patsy Hamlin Vice President Bob McClelland

Treasurer Gregg Lowry Secretary Linda Lowry Past Pres./Dir. Cliff Gustin

2019 Committee Chairpersons ACCESSORIES

Irene Griffin AUDIT COMMITTEE

Officers & Member at Large per By-laws ADVERTISING Peggy Petrucci

MEMBERSHIP, *BADGES, *ROSTER www.valvechatter.org

NEWSLETTER EDITOR Robert McClelland

Email: [email protected] DEADLINE: 20th of Each Month *SPECIAL DRAWINGS CHAIR

Kathy Ries—Shedd SUNSHINE CHAIR

Jackie Ouellette TOUR LEADERS

Volunteers on Monthly Basis WEBSITE CHAIR: OPEN/BOARD

AdHoc committees: President is Ex-Officio member on all committees

MEMBERSHIP Contact Dory Thompson (619) 889-3242 On-line:

www.valvechatter.org Initiation Fee: $15.00 (includes two Regional

Group Name Tags to wear to meetings & events.) Annual dues: $25 per year (Jan. thru December 31) Nat’l Membership also required Nat’l Dues:

$35/yr + $3 spouse Or optional $10/yr no magazine Www.efv8.org

ACCESSORIES FOR SEPTEMBER 2020

DEAR FRIENDS: NOT MUCH NEW. ANOTHER MONTH HAS GONE WITH US ALL IN QUARANTINE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT BY PURCHASING SHIRTS AND CAPS. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A SUPPLIER THAT WILL DO THE SMALL ORDERS WE HAVE HAD. THERE IS A SAD NOTE TO REPORT. OUR SUPPLIERS SOURCE FOR SCREEN PRINTING HAS QUIT AND WE CANNOT HAVE SHIRTS DONE AS IN THE PAST. EMBROIDERED ITEMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A SCREEN PRINTER THAT WILL ACCEPT VERY SMALL ORDERS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU AGAIN, IRENE AUGUST 2020

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DELIVER TO:

MONTHLY CLUB BUSINESS & BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETINGS First Tuesday Monthly

(January thru November) Breakfast @ 8:00 am Meeting @ 9:00 a.m. Broken Yolk Cafe 26495 Ynez Rd. Temecula, Ca. 92591

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

ALL MEETINGS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

UPDATES TO COME!

Palomar Mountain V-8’sVALVE CHATTER newsletterThe Palomar Mountain V-8’s Regional Groupof the Early Ford V-8 Club of America, IncA non-profit public benefit charitable California Corporation Regional Group No.148

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