2013 3rd Quarter Newsletter

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Club Meetings

July 28th

2nd Summer Meeting at

Jim and Judy Stockes

Please RSVP

August 25th

3rd

Summer Meeting at

Hines Drive Cruise

Please RSVP

Sepember 29th

Membership Meeting at

Gardner Westcott 5PM

Club Meetings are at 5 PM

Board Meetings are held at

7 PM the prior Monday to

the Club Meeting

(Except in the Summer)

www.motorstatestreetrods.org

Presidents ReportBy Bob Nash

Summers here! If you look at the MSSR activities calendar youll find some interesting events Im sure

youll also find you cant do it all, even though youd like to. For me, fitting the car activities in between

family activities and home chores takes some coordination. When the weather guessers as Don calls

them, upstage my plans, I dont like it. We lost a local cruise night to a premature weather cancellation

and yet the night turned out nice. Another plan to go to the races was aborted due to the weather

guessers only to have the night turn out nice. Do you find yourself in the same boat?

Thanks to those that took in Salem Flag Day to support Gardner-Westcott. Its a short parade, so not too

stressful on the cars or drivers. The day breaks up pretty early also. If you missed it, try it next year.

Back to Bricks (B2B) Promo Tour attended by the Nashs, Stockes and Wymans was a really nice cruise

across mid Michigan. Read about it in this issue. Think Hot Rod Power Tour on a lesser more personal

scale and youll have a pretty good idea of what its like.

To succeed in life you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone! Reba McIntire

Grandmother to Grandson: Are you in the top half of your class? Grandson: No, Im one of the students

who make the top half possible.

SEE YOU ON THE STREET OR AT ONE OF THE SUMMER MEETINGS

Bob

Inside thisEdition

Long Time Members 2

Speed Freaks 3

Billetproof Florida 5

Old is When 6

Billetproof Michiganl 7

Roush Open House 8

Cruise Nights 9

Back to Bricks Tour 10

Salem Flag Day 11

Bearing Burners 12

Swap Meet 13

Birthdays 13

Anniversarys 13

Ramblings 14

Coming Events 14

Officers 15

Featured Ride 15

Calendar of Events 16

Card CornerGet Well, Sympathy and Thank You Cards have been sent to the following

Get Well

Mary Berger --female surgery

Bob Steinhouse-- back surgery

Also please keep Jan Quills daughter Dawn in your prayers for a speedy recovery from a brain aneurysm.She is now home from the hospital working on her recovery. Get Well Dawn.

Please, either call me (517) 223-4882 or email at [email protected] if you know of someone we

need to send a card to.

July September 2013

MSSR News Briefs

Pete Deptula, Congratulations

Congratulation goes out to Pete Deptula on his

recent retirement for the everyday work life and

entering his new everyday work life. Only change

is the money, have fun and enjoy life Pete, you

deserve it.

Cruise Nights

Motor State has put these dates and location on th

calendar for a do not miss fun time with MSSR

Members. Please Plan on attending.July 24 MSSR Cruise Night to South Lyon

August 7 MSSR Cruise Event to the Gilmore Museu

in Hickory Corners MI

August 23 MSSR Cruise Night to Multi Lakes


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Long Time Members, Dwight and Millie Fackender

Winter Garage Crawls

Years and Years Ago, a Long Long Time

Ago, Way Way Back When, Before there

Was Even Dirt, In the Forgotten Past, Even

Before There Was Motor State Street Rods,

There were creatures out there that took Old

Cars and made their parents wonder, Whatthe !$#& did we raise. Fortunately for us,

some of these slightly right of center

individuals did us a favor and established

Motor State Street Rods and helped form it

to what we have today.

Just think, people like Dwight Fackender

along with his lovely companion; Millie (who

by the way must be an angel for putting up

with Dwight for all these years) helped shape

the direction of this great club. Dwight and

Millie were a part of this radical group who

did not like the direction of the former cluband broke away from them and founded

MSSR.

Dwight and Millie were among the first who

started Motor State in 1976. It all began in

Everett Rezendes basement with a simple

sign up. Dwight and Millie dedication to the

club is evident when you look at their service

record.

Dwight served as a Director from 1976

through 1980 and then moved to President

in 1981 and 1982, which is 7 straight years

of service to the club. Not to be outdone,Millie served as Director in 1980 and 1982

and Recording Secretary in 1981, another 3

years of dedication bringing the total to 10

years of club service.

Dwight also organized the club trip to

Memphis in 1980 and remember, travel in a

Hot Rod was not something everyone looked

forward to in those days. This trip alone took

a week of travel .

Most of the guys smile when Womens World

is mentioned or in some cases check the

wallet and you can blame Millie for most ofthe problem since she ran Womens World at

Nats North when it was in Detroit at the

Fairgrounds. Given that Millie is not a

shopper this is amazing, as a matter of fact

the best the ladies ever got her to shop

successfully for was a cheap on sale blouse

whereby the ladies officially gave her a

graduation to their world. Millie also started

the face painting at the games at Nats North,

a tradition still being done.

While we are giving away the real deal on

Dwight and Millie, it is a known fact that

they love CHEAP red wine and while Millie

will turn in early, Dwight is the absolute last

one to leave the party. In the past they

particularly enjoyed the Motor State Street

Rods Camping parties and they hostedmany of the summer meetings at their

home in Rockwood. These days the two

call Florida and Omstead their homes

where Dwight can still do some riding on

his Harley through the Michigans

countryside. One year, Millie took all the

ladies aside to teach them how to make

Cabbage Patch Dolls, most ended up

looking more like Chuckie and scared hell

out of any kids that were unlucky enough

to get one.

The Fackenders have also been membersof Motor City Modified Auto Club and the

Michigan Hot Rod Association since 1953

(I told you it was a long long time ago).

Dwight was part of the Michigan Hot Rod

Association and worked on the Rod Repair

Shop at events that a lot of us have used

over time.

Dwight is a little unusual in that he still has

the car that built in 1977, yes the 1935

Ford Coupe and he is proud to say he did

it mostly himself. It has been in Autorama

three times and driven to events all over

this county wearing out the original 350

engine replacing it 11 years ago. The car

has a 350 engine with a Turbo 350

transmission, power brakes, and A/C for

Millie to enjoy. The paint on the car is the

original 1977 paint Dwight put on the car

and he would do it again if the need arises.

For 20 years, this car has passed the

NSRA Safety 23 which Dwight is most

proud of.

One thing for certain, Dwight and Millie are

household words in the Motor World, if you

ever were at an event, swap meet or

cruise night then Dwight knows you, he

knows everybody in the car life and it is

nice to know Dwight too.

While Dwight has his original car, he is

missing his travel costume that he is mos

proud of, his Superman Suit that

consisted of a towel and a Speedobathing suit that he proudly wore at trave

events much to the _________ (fill in the

blank) of the ladies present. Rumor has

that the Speedo resides on the bed post

of one of our single lady members, we w

not mention names but it would be nice if

Dwight had his original Speedo back to

go with his original hot rod.

So above all, a shout out is due Dwight

and Millie for getting us on the road to

where we are and sticking with us on this

journey, we could not be what we are

today without your help and guidance

over the years.

Thank You, keep being who you are, as

long as you are around we will have Fu

with Friends


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MSSR Speed Freaks, Doing Their Thing in 2013By Rich Pickens

Last year several members experienced the

Ohio Mile in Wilmington Ohio at an airpark

that was originally a DHL facility. Two of our

MSSR members achieved some very fast

times in their categories. Al Piggott holds his

class record for propane powered cars andBob Carter ran at better than 180 in his

roadster. Well the pair are up and at it again

for 2013 and it looks like the bug has them

hooked because both spent this last winter

for an all out attempt to go faster. Bob,

completely reset with a new motor which he

hopes will be the answer to 200 plus. Al

Piggott decided he has gone as fast as the

Dart would go and built a new car for an

attempt at 200 plus himself. The foundation

of his car is a NSCAR racer that came out of

the Kieslowski family garage as in Brad of

NSCAR fame. Al has been friends with

Brads uncle for some time and got them

interested in having fun going in a straight

line really fast as they ran Bonneville last

year. Al spent the winter getting the former

circle track racer ready for the Ohio Mile.

With all the work done, it was now time to

head on down to Ohio and see if their efforts

were worth it. But hold on, a bad back and

under doctor orders not to get in the roadster;

Bob Carter had to put his first attempt of

2013 on hold. Bob and Judy made the trip

anyway, just to watch the action, help out Al

in his attempts and spend a day as a

volunteer for the East Coast Timing

Association assisting the spectators to

park and watch the action. And

spectators they had, the parking was

wall to wall and many people from Ohioand other states showed up to watch

the action as you can get up close and

personal with the cars in the staging

lanes to see what old time back garage

building can come up with. Some of the

spectators brought along some

interesting street rods and they added

to the eye candy for the day.

Friday was spent getting the cars

through tech inspection. Each car is

reviewed by a team of the ECTA for

every inch of maximum safety. Some

cars go through several times to get

passed and after they make changes.

Al Piggott only took one attempt to get

through inspection with just some minor

suggestion on changes. Signed off and

now ready to go, the balance of Friday was

spent getting the car ready and a very slow

pass down the track just to make sure all

the markers and the cars were ready for

the Saturday show.

Al was not use to the prep it takes to get

this monster ready and the crew worked a

couple of hours early on Saturday morning

getting the oil warm and the engine primed

to fire. Once fired, it was off the starting

line to wait the turn for a pass. Because

this is a new car to the Ohio Mile, you mus

make a 150 mile per hour pass and then a

175 mile per hour pass before getting sign

off and permission to go over 200 which

the car is certainly capable of. The first

pass resulted in a 133 mph run. Partners

in crime, the Kieslowski brothers Ron andBob made their first pass at 200 mph and

when Ron returned to the trailer, his voice

was a few octaves higher since he did not

see the finish line and then failed to pull

the chute resulting in a longer than wanted

stop before he went off the end. Since the

wind was directly coming north this was a

problem since the finish line flags were no

totally visible.

Cars were checked and put back in line for

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The second Ohio Mile seen success from allour driver owners. Al Piggott joined the 200MPH Club with a run of 202 setting a newclass record.

Al was also promoting our hobby to theyoungsters that weekend, as he broughtalong his granddaughter Payton Richardsonand his Propane Powered Dart to see if shecould handle the mile. Like a pro shepowered the car down on its first run to a 102MPH mark even though the car cut off close

to the finish line due to a issue with one of thepropane tanks. She marched to a 104 on hersecond run and on Sunday did one more runat 102. I think Al has got a partner nowbecause Payton was last seen taking theNASCAR to the line and trying to get a run init before Al had a chance to get there. GoodJob Payton.

Bob Carter aided by Judy Carter was alsoat the meet with a brand new motor in theroadster. Bob who is currently scheduledfor some further back surgery got thedoctors ok to make a few runs thisweekend. With sever back pain, Bob gotthe car down the mile 5 times with a bestof 178 and got in the record books

Bob Carter and Payton Richardson athe line ready to go

Continued from Prior Page

the second attempt and this time the

Keselowski brothers ran an impressive 217

which is just 3 mph short of what others in

the field are running in the class.

On Als run he did another 130 mph on his

attempt to run the qualifying 150 and when

he returned to the trailer there was some

head scratching because he had plenty of

horsepower left and could not figure out

why he was short in the run.

Since these cars do not have a

speedometer you depend entirely on the

tachometer to determine the speed and the

rpm reading is used to determine the speed

calculations and on a review it was found

that a wrong rear end ratio was used which

made both runs come up short in the 150

attempt. Why is this important, well the

ECTA requires a 150 run and then a 175

run before a 200 attempt is allowed. To go

over or under requires a redo so in both

cases the 130 were well short even though

the car is capable. Since the math test wasa failure, the next attempt would be on

Sunday morning.

On Sunday we arrived to a wet track since

it rained during the night but by 10 AM the

runs were a go and as Al got in line for his

attempt, the sky opened up again and it

rained for some time causing all the racers

to start packing up and heading home. The

attempts will just have to wait till June for

the Second Ohio Mile in 2013.

Ohio Mile 2By Rich Pickens


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OCALA, FLORIDA, MARCH 23, 2013

The date is March 1, 2013 and Wayne

Penwarden, former MSSR member

extraordinaire, is lurking about his home in

Spring Hill, Florida. Suddenly, the phone

rings:

Hey Wayne, this is Jim Stocke back in the

sunny south for the month of March.

Cool Jim. Have you been looking forward

to some car events during your stay?

Absolutely, unequivocally and irrevocably I

am ready!

Wow! Okay. There is the Dade City Cruise

Saturday and several local cruises

including the one at Hardees on Highway

19. Aha, but, I saved the best for last:

Billetproof at Don Garlits place in Ocala on

the 23rd

.

Lets plan on going and I will contact GaryLazette and Jim Sabo too.

Okay. See you soon.

Yea, go ahead and Smile, it only sunny

and 70 in Florida, Michigan not so much

Time passes. and the date is now March

23, 2013. Wayne, Jim, Jim and Gary pile

into Jims car for the short trek to Garlits

place.

Hey, there it is. I can see it from I75! Jim

exclaims (Which Jim you ask? See if you

can tell.) I bet there are a million cars there.

Woopee! What a sight for car deprived

eyes!

Okay, okay, cool it Jim. Youre old you

know and we dont want your blood

pressure up too high. Dont want a heart

attack here.

Motor State Shirt in Sunny Florida

We all scramble out of the car after parkingin the handicap lot (How come handicap?

Well, seems the attendant asked if we had

a handicap tag and Jim said yes but, it was

his wifes. Okay the attendant says; park

right over there at the entrance. Who are

we to argue?). Free entry? Oh boy. So we

enter the nirvana of car enthusiasts.

Big Show

Ah, we stroll around the multiple rows of

reverse snobbery cars. Some really

creative and cool stuff out here. How abou

that nifty 59 Cadillac flanked by two

models dressed as 40s pinup girls no no

bathing suits but, period dresses and

makeup.

Just like the 50s, not

How often do you see eight yes eight

carburetors on an engine? Gobs and gobs

of flatheads with a few being V12s. Thelargest car butt ever is that Dodge busine

coupe we saw with its huge rear end. It

was a gibungous butt. Don McKinnon

would be envious. Okay, moving on here

we came across one guy who made his

views concerning trailer queens abundant

clear by sticking a label on his fuel manifo

block: F--- Trailer Queens. I understood

his point.

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Billetproof Florida at the Don Garlits Drag Racing MuseumBy Jim Stocke


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Continued from Prior Page

At this show, you get a double wowie of

things to see. The Garlits museums are a

must. Don has three buildings: Two have

the worlds greatest collection of

dragsters on the planet and one has a

knockout collection of mostly restoredcars with several customs and streetrods

too.

Big likes old cars too

And he likes a few hundred Dragsters

Ah, Jim Sabo became a teacher again.

He

educated Jim Stocke on the fine points of

Cabriolets, Phaetons and Convertibles.

Jim Sabo earned his keep. Wayne also

became an educator. Do you know the

fine points of the differences between 49

vs 50 Fords?

After walking around from about 10 in the

morning till about 4 in the afternoon, us

old guys were certainly feeling their aches

and pains, so time to call it quits and tool

back to Jim Stockes rental house for an

after show party. Audry, Sheila and Judy

(Sandy was out of town.) whipped up

some great eats for all of us. The

legendary MSSR eating skills are nowgetting back in shape for the upcoming

season.

The Man Himself, Big Daddy

This was one fun day. Billetproof

streetrods, multitudinous historical

dragsters, tons and tons of old restored

cars, race cars, an engine collection to die

for, great food and drink but, best of all,

the wonderful camaraderie we all

experienced.

The Maize and Blue in Florida

Old is When

'OLD' IS WHEN...

Your sweetie says, 'Let's go upstairs

And make love,' and you answer, 'Pick

one; I can't do both!'

'OLD' IS WHEN...

Your friends compliment you on your

new alligator shoes and you're

barefoot.

'OLD' IS WHEN...

Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles

out of your face.

'OLD' IS WHEN....

You don't care where your spouse

goes, just as long as you don't have togo along.

'OLD' IS WHEN...

You are cautioned to slow down by the

doctor instead of by the police.

'OLD' IS WHEN..

'Getting a little action' means you don'

need to take any fiber today.

'OLD' IS WHEN...

'Getting lucky' means you find your ca

in the parking lot.

'OLD' IS WHEN...

An 'all nighter' means not getting up to

use the bathroom.

AND

'OLD' IS WHEN...

You are not sure if these are facts or

jokes?

Cool Picture - Danny &

Karen in the FOG


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BilletProof Michigan & Detroit Dragway ReunionBy Rich Pickens

Teaming up together to provide not only eye

candy but also some noise and action on

the drag strip, Billetproof which has

traditionally been held at Riverside Park in

Ypsilanti moved location to the Milan

Dragway where the Detroit DragwayReunion has become a yearly event. For a

mere $20 you could enter with your not so

fancy rod and take a trip down the drag

strip. That was the plan, however, as you all

know the weather in Michigan has not been

kind to us this year and it was only in May

did the summer start to arrive. After finally

putting a week of nice temps together,

someone upstairs did not want us to get use

to the 70s and sent along a day of 50s with

some wind and really turned us back into

bundled up creatures like we lived in Alaska.

The car show crowd still showed up and the

turnout was decent in count. Rules of no

billet on a car seemed to be relaxed this

year as several nice street rods where on

the grounds. A lot of customs filled out the

field as well as the normal amount of rat

rods. You know most of these cars are

driven and to know they survived the trip

down Plank Road from the Milan exit to the

Drag Strip was a feat the deserves an

award, this is one messed up Michigan

Road.

On the other side of the drag strip, the

Detroit Dragway Reunion assembled a

large field of cars for the day of racing fun.

One class had over 70 entries alone and

the old time gassers showed up in force

and a large field of early funny cars and

front engine dragsters was also on hand

for the show.

Well, if you survived the cold weather,

you enjoyed a really nice event, full of

activities, nitro, tire smoke and cool rides

plus drag race cars from the past as wel

as some very old drivers. And oh yes, if

you like rockabilly, they had that too. If

they do this in 2014, lets hope for some

nice weather.


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You can be sure of a good time and seeing

a lot of eye candy at the Roush Open

House events that happen three times this

year. The June open house may be the

best of all since Jack Roush arranges tohave his drivers on the property to sign

autographs for those so choosing. The

event is advertised to start at 5 PM but like

most cruise nights if you get there at that

time you may not be sure of a parking

place since the lot and surrounding

property fills quickly and this day was not

exception. I arrived to see the normal

Mustang armada lining both sides

of the street and wondered why it was so

full already but got lucky when directed to

a primo spot at the end of the lot where I

did not have to climb a curb to get there.

On the way down the street, I spotted Jack

and Shirley Millers Mustang convertible inspot number one.

After parking I soon found the reason why

the event was so full, there was around 25

Super Birds filling the parking area

normally taken by nothing but Ford Power.

Super Birds from Ohio, Illinois, North

Carolina and other places were proudly on

display. All types and conditions from fully

restored to barn fresh and a few in their

original race trim, one of the late country

western singing racing stars, Marty

Robbins required sun glasses to viewed.

Not to be outdone, Ford was well

represented by several Talledaga Torinos

which brought back a great car war era in

NASCAR.

When you went inside you were treated to

a great display of Jack Roush cars that is

you could see them due to the lines of

people lined up to get a autograph from

Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle on other wheel

men under contact at Roush Fenway

Racing. The line went on forever.

Back outside, there was an engine build

contest as well as a few old gassers and

funny cars to view.

Put the next Open House on your calenda

for a great time.

Roush Open House, June 2013By Rich Pickens


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MSSR Cruise Nights

Redford VFWWith a nice 67 degree day with the sun

shining strong, the Motor State Street

Rods invaded the Redford VFW cruise

night and brought along 17 cars to help

them achieve a full house, so full in fact

that they had to cut off entry into the facility

by 5:15 since every spot was filled.

Member of MSSR came from Gregory,

Pinckney, Livonia, Westland, Taylor,

Dearborn, Garden City, Brownstown Twp,

Farmington Hills, Ann Arbor, Southfield,

Dearborn Heights, and Detroit.

A few members arrived early to secure

spaces for as many as possible and we got

almost all parked in the same area.

Members gathered in one area and the

conversations started along with food

brought back to our area obtained from the

VFW workers. We were also blessed to

have Claudia Williams bring some great

lemon and chocolate squares in

celebration of John Schumonts birthday.

John keep the exact year to himself butlets just say our senior club keeps getting

larger.

With everyone full of cruise night cuisine

was time to walk for a bit and check out

our fellow cruisers and look at whats new

since last year. You did not have to go

far to see a cool Plymouth Coupe in blacsuede or a model A coupe not seen

before.

One benefit MSSR has is our own NSRA

Safety Inspection Team of Bob and

JoAnn Nash who did several inspections

at this cruise.

Everyone appeared to have a good time

at this event to kick off our 2013 cruise

season and this event did not let us down

good food, good company and a lot of

cars to see.

Just a view of the front isle

Old Cars and Young at Heart People


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Back to the Bricks Lakeshore to Lakeshore Promotion Tour - June 7-12, 2013By Jim Stocke

What the heck is a Promo Tour? Okay,

you all know about Flints Back to the

Bricks show on the same day as

Woodward (Why the hell do they plan it on

that day anyway?). Well, the folks who run

the B2B show decided a few years ago that

it would be fun and would advertise the

show if they set up a several day road trip

around Michigan. And, thus, the Promo

Tour was born.

There were about 75 cars on this trip. Its

not a rigid schedule. That is, you can join

and leave at any point of the trip and you

are on your own between planned stops. It

runs from Friday, June 7 through

Wednesday, June 12. Bob and Joanne and

Jim and Judy decided to join the tour to

experience something a little different in thecar enthusiasts world.

Our first stop was Saturday in Hart located

on the western shore of Lower Michigan.

We arrived too late to join any tour

activities but not too late to savor broasted

chicken served at the famous Brown Bear

Bar in Pentwater, a short distance from

Hart. They serve the best broasted chicken

on the planet made even better after being

washed down with a pint of Blue Moon.

After spending the night at Stockes

Sandcastle on nearby Silver Lake, Sunday

morning we met the tour at the Oceana

County Airport for a great pancakebreakfast. Seems that the famous Oceana

Asparagus Festival was going on at the

same time, which swelled the attendance

to several hundred people. Enjoyable, and

you could walk off the food on the airport

apron to view several vintage aircraft that

had flown in for the event. But, it was cold,

windy and looked like rain at any second.

That stopped no one though. Us car folks

are tough.

We left the airport to travel to Ludington

where we parked in a bank lot next to a

short street blocked off for the local car

club. Nice area, friendly folks and lots of

classy street rods, muscle cars, classics

and other assorted cool cars. Even Elvis

was present. At 1 PM we moseyed onto

the roads to head to Cadillac where we

were treated to closed streets and local

cars to compliment our 75 cars on the tour.

Of the top 15 (There were 243 entries.)

trophies awarded, the B2B cars won 10 of

them! Says something about the quality of

the cars on the tour doesnt it? And, ta da,

guess what? Jim Stockes world famous

Stocke Mobile was one of them. Yea!

(Can I toot my own horn?) Okay, toot, toot.

Monday already? Wow time flies and all

that. On to West Branch in the cool, drizzly,

overcast weather, the home area for theMSSR northern contingent. But first, we

meet at McQuires Resort before taking off.

Six participants were interviewed in the

parking lot by a TV reporter for a local

Channel 5 station. Cool. Those six

included Jim and Judy but, alas, we never

saw ourselves on TV. The interviews were

fun though. After the TV excitement we

take off for the first of two stops: The

House of Moses Museum in Vogel Center

and the second in Prudenville for, yes!,

coffee and donuts. The museum was a

tribute to Kevin Moses, a motorcycleenthusiast who had died of cancer a few

years ago. The museum was tiny but very

interesting from the four door, dual four

barrel 56 Cadillac to the seven vintage

Harleys plus lots of memorabilia.

On to the donuts guys, Im hungry.

Prudenville was a charming little berg

dominated by Eddies bar. Man O Man,

were these good donuts. Rumor had it that

they bought 60 dozen for us! Thats 720

donuts for about 100 people. Duh, I

wonder if they intended to pass them out to

the town residents after we left.

All this activity was great fun and quite

interesting. On this type of trip you meet

many new people making many new

friends along the way. So far, we were

enjoying this trip immensely. It is great to

be among friendly people who share a

common interest.

Bob and Joanne and Jim and Judy get

back on the road to travel to West Branch

after gorfing down those fabulous donuts

and after considerable gum flapping with

all our new friends. It was a little hike to

West Branch the last part of which was on

I75. So, Bob and Jim exit the X-way only t

be greeted at the bottom of the ramp by a

police car with its light flashing away. Oh,

oh. Were we speeding? The cop, in civilia

clothes, comes over to announce that he to escort the tour into town and where

were the rest of the cars? At that moment,

about 10 more cars showed up and off we

went with sirens wailing and lights flashing

to Team Hodges, a car dealer just outside

of town. It was very cool to watch all the

traffic part ways and stop to let us go by.

What power we car people have. Ha!

We were warmly welcomed by the crew at

the dealership. They ran a very well

organized event going all out for us. This

was an interesting place: The left half of

the main building housed Ram, Chrysler,

Jeep and Dodge. The right half housedChevrolet. I bet there was considerable

negotiating with both manufacturers to pu

that one off. A free lunch was served

consisting of the ever present hot dogs

along with homemade potato salads, chip

and pop. Like I said, they treated us well.

After the requisite gum flapping, we drove

to our hotel for a brief rest before the

evening planned car show in the town

center.

Line up guys, lets get this tour moving.

Continued Next Page


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Salem Flag Day Celebration June 8, 2013By Jim Stocke

Ominous, gray skies greet us as we

meander up to the clubhouse in Salem at

10 AM to gather for the second annual

participation of MSSR in the Salem Flag

Day celebration. But those gray skies did

not deter us from joining the festivities. And,

as it turned out, the weather held eventhough all day it looked like it would rain

any minute.

Good club turnout 11 cars and about 16

club members showed up to pay tribute to

our countrys flag, to honor our veterans

and to thank the community of Salem and

the Gardner Westcott company for our

beautiful clubhouse in this quaint town. The

parade is the kickoff for the event and they

really put out a great effort to make it a

success. There were fire trucks, tractors, a

huge youth band with flag twirlers and, of

course, our contingent bolstered by several

local cool cars.

Maurice Alexander was the Grand

Marshall. I talked one on one with Maurice

who related his fascinating War II

experiences with me. He landed on Utah

beach during the Normandy invasion on

June 6, 1944 almost exactly 69 years

ago. He travelled through France going into

many cities along the way culminating in

the rescue of the 101st

Airborne Division,

which had been surrounded by the

Germans in the town of Bastogne. This

incident gained international attention

when, before General Patton arrived, the

commander of the 101s ,

General McAuliffe

responded to a very formal German

request for surrender with the answer,

Nuts. - America at its best! But, I digress

We were given bags of candy to toss to the

kids while we drove the parade through

town. It was great fun as the entire town

seemed to turn out for us making us feel

good about participating is their

celebration. Many families with lots of kids

scrambling to pick up the candy lined theroute. Salem, which looks tiny, looked huge

during this fun parade.

Afterwards, we had reserved parking

spaces along the street right in front of the

Veterans Park. The MC introduced Mauric

and many other dignitaries, the national

anthem was played and everyone hung

around jawing, gum flapping, laughing and

just plain enjoying themselves.

As club events go, this one is small and

short but what a great one. It left you with

that familiar warm fuzzy feeling all over. W

all were very glad and honored that we

were able to be a part of such a fine event.

B2B Continued from Prior Page

Again, a police escort into town. Wow, we

felt special. Every car was photographed

in front of the town mural painted on the

side of a building before we parked on the

main street for the show. Again, ta da, the

famous Stocke Mobile and, the famous

Nash Mobile received Just Because

awards. Jims 37 was chosen justbecause the judge like the Maize and

Blue color scheme and Bobs Nash was

chosen just because the judge liked

purple. Oh well, any award is an honor.

Bob and Jorayne Wyman, who live very

nearby, joined us on this leg of the tour

swelling MSSR participation to three cars.

We were a happy, compatible group who

enjoyed each others company. Isnt this

what its all about?

And now, exhausted, to sleep to prepare

for another day of excitement.

Tuesday, we head to Oscoda on the

eastern shore of Lower Michigan. But first,yes, yes, yes, donuts and coffee in Hale

supplied by Kochers Food Pride. Egad,

are these donuts good so, they must be

bad for your health, right? Is there a one

to one relation between tasting good and

bad for your health? Move on fellas and

gals. We have to get going. We pass up a

chocolate stop at Sherri Candies; looked

really dumpy but we stopped at the Rustic

Relics store which was closed. Okay,

move on to the Dam Store well, you

cant win them all.

Our next stop was a Car Quest store just

outside of Oscoda whose parking lot

became the venue for another car show.

We arrived around 11 AM, settled in, and

enjoyed the usual camaraderie for several

hours. Lunch was served right there in the

parking lot but none of us could face

another hot dog or pulled pork sandwich

so we opted for McDonalds a desperate

move. The tour slowed a bit at this point.

That was okay after a very active three

days. After the show, we checked in to the

Rest All motel and went to dinner at a local

joint. Sob, the tour is ending, for us at least,

tomorrow. All we have to look forward to is,

aha, coffee and donuts at the Depot, an old

train station, in Standish. Oh me, how many

donuts can the human body endure?

Millions, I would say.

The trip from Oscoda to Standish was kinda

nice because we hugged the Lake Huron

shoreline the whole way. But watch what you

are doing when driving in the significant fog

all around. Ah, the Depot looms up in the

distance, housing, yes, donuts ahhhhh.

This stop is the last before trekking home.

After, you know, gorfing and gum flapping,

Bob and Joanne and Jim and Judy, hop on

I75 and home.

We arrive safely at our respective abodes,

tired and happy after a great car tour of

Lower Michigan. Hooray for hot rods!


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Bearing Burners Show at the GM Tech CenterBy Jim Stocke

THE BEARING BURNERS SHOW

GM TECH CENTER, WARREN, MI.

May 5, 2013

The GM Tech Center is located on a one

square mile chunk of land in Warrenbounded by Van Dyke, Mound, Chicago

(13 Mile) and12 Mile. This huge complex

with its dozens of buildings is devoted to

the development of vehicles manufactured

by GM. On this complex, a very cool

annual car show is held early in the crusin

season.

The Bearing Burners, sponsors of the

show, is a car club out of Mt. Clemens.

These Burner guys put on a great show

that is exceptionally well organized. The

show area is long and relatively narrow

covering the parking lots along the east or

Van Dyke side of the Center. The car

count is a relatively modest at 470 but, it

seemed to be substantially bigger than

that number suggests probably because of

the enormous swap meet connected to it.

Wow, I mean there had to have been 300

vendors, maybe even more. You want to

swap, you came to the right place. (Have

you ever seen anyone actually swap at a

swap meet? I didnt think so. Maybe we

could call them stuff meets you know,

where you buy stuff.) Sorry, I digress.

Having the swap and vendors makes an all

day car show much more fun to attend as

these types of shows can get a little boring

without these neat distractions. So, was it

fun? Ah, yes. This was a great way to start

the car event season.

A very notable feature of the grounds is

worth mentioning. In the middle of one of

the parking lots where the show is held,

there a strange looking structure. Sitting on

top of some good sized round pillars was a

large rectangular roof set at a jaunty angle

under which were several car stalls. No

signs or labels were anywhere in sight to

tell what the heck this was. But, with my

fantastic mental acuteness, I deduced that

it was, walla, an electric car charging

station with some of the electricity suppliedby solar panels mounted on the roof. Right

up to the state of the art Id say.

While meandering up and down the car

and swap aisles while ogling all this great

metal, along comes a fellow MSSRer. And

I thought I was all alone, away from the

great companionship of my fellow club

members. And who was this soul?

Why, none other than Bill Ballard who

brought his magnificent 48 Cadillac limo.

Hey Bill, its me, remember? Aha, yes

and great to see you too. Good, now I ca

hang out with someone. Bill was with a

friend (Forgot his name senior moment.

who was driving a beautifully restored 57

Ford retractable. Much later, both Bill andhis friend won a well deserved award.

Ah, but, oh me, the World Famous Stock

Mobile did not win an award. Sob.


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Congratulations to all and

Gods Blessing for many,

many more birthdays and

anniversaries to come

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Swap Meet

CARS FOR SALE

ENGINES FOR SALE

GARAGE EQUIP FOR SALE

PARTS FOR SALE

MISCELLANOUS FOR SALE

49 Ford Club Coupe

Stock Flat Head V8,

Stick Shift, Overdrive,

New Radial Tires, New

Radiator and Wiring,

A Great Driver - $19,000 Vic 248-373-4356

-------------------------------------------------------------

Jim Laird's 1941 Ford Pickup (Old Blue)

The truck has a stock body with no rust (realsolid straight metal)/Straight axle / Small blockChevy w/ auto trans/NSRA Safety inspectionPriced at $14000 313-506-2439Call Jim's son Rob for details or to view truck.-------------------------------------------------------------1978 T-Bird, Dove Gray with Red Pinstripes,

400 CID, Automatic Trans, Like New, $7500.

See Jack Miller 313-383-4703

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1976 Lincoln 2 dr. 81k actual miles; one

owner $8,000. Original everything. Tim

Keenon is the original owner, 313-563-9235

1936 Pickup Truck, Hot Rod Project Call for

more information and a list of whats included

(too much to mention). Priced to sell,

$5,000.00. Call Jim Sabo, Highland, Mi.,

Newly rebuilt 1975 - 350 c.i. Police Interceptor

engine w/Tri-Power polished alum. intake & 3-

new Rochester carbs. w/progressive linkage

& fuel block. Plus a new Phoenix

transmission & chrome valve covers. Asking

$3,500. Contact Phil Lyon

Nothing Available at this time

46 Ford right and left front fenders, 2 hoods,

dash panel

4-OEM 4 Lug 13 Mag Wheel/Mustang II or

Pinto $100 Firm

4-13 Wire Hub Caps OEM Mustang II/Pinto

$80 Firm

Call Dan Plopan 248-477-6221

Set of 4 18:x8 Boyd Codington 5 Spoke

Wheels with new 60 Series Tires, $1400.

Pete Ballinger 313-534-0331------------------------------------------------------------

Ford OEM 15 inch wheels, Call Russ Demers

313-561-5579

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Baby Moons, 46 Ford Trim

John Schumont 734-377-4522

-------------------------------------------------------------

Various SUN Tachs, Al Piggott, 248-981-7532

-------------------------------------------------------------

HEI 65K Distributor for Chevy V6, 3.8 or 4.3

New in Box, $60 -Edelbrock Intake 2114

for Chevy 4.3 Vortex Head Motor new with

gaskets $180 -Small block Chevy Water

Pump new, $35 -Ford 351 W Ford Racing

Flywheel, New $200 Rich Pickens

4 grey leather bucket seats, both fronts are

power and they came out of a Windstar LS.

Looking for $200.00 Call for pictures Tim

Messer 248-446-1906

Hot Wheel Collection - 600 cars make offer

Bob Nash 517-223-4882

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Golf Clubs, $100 Call Jack Miller 313-383-

4703------------------------------------------------------------

For Sale License Plate Collection, Pete

Deptula 734-259-0691

-------------------------------------------------------------

Like new 33/34 Ford Fender Bra $60 Rich

Pickens 734 425 6676

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4-235x45 17 Pirelli Winter Tires $75

96 -98 Mustang Bumper Cover No Tears $20

Call Doug Smith 734-529-5166, Dundee MI

July

Ralph Simons July 9

Lou Paull July 16

Janet Ballard July 20

Rita Laird July 24

Gary Jefferson July 24

Alice Suthers July 27

August

Millie Fackender August 6

Roger Chapman August 7

Barbara Houchins August 7

Laurie Jefferson August 7

Jorayne Wyman August 10

Sandy Socher August 16

James Jelken August 18

Don McKinnon August 19

Joyce Peters August 20

Audrey Lazette August 22

Judy Stocke August 22

Kay Laskey August 23

Tom Zielke August 25

Vic Hollingshead August 26

September

Kurt Kiser September 11

Sandy Kiser September 13

Pete Deptula September 13

Jim Laird September 19

Nina Deptula September 21

Pat Ambroziak September 21Art Socher September 26

July

Jim and Judy Stocke July 8

Daryl and Mary Hart July 10

Don and Ann Prine July 14

Dan and Judy Murray July 31

August

Jim and Rita Laird August 6Art and Sandy Socher August 28

September

Bob and JoAnn Nash September 5

Dan and Kay Laskey September 5

Phil and Ann Reilly September 7

Dennis & Joyce Peters September 11

1946 Ford Coupe,

chopped, S10 Frame,

Full Custom, Satin

Yellow, $32.500.

John Schumont

734 377 4522

5-Signed NASCAR Hats, Mark Martin, Jack

Roush and Mark Martin, Wally Dalenback Jr.

Jeff Burton, Ted Musgrave. $6 each or all 5

for $25. Dwight Fackender

SOLD

Middle of June and HEAVY COATS - WT


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Cruisin and Other RamblingsBy the Editor

In case you missed the March Meeting, it

was announced that we have lost our

current newsletter printer. This loss is

substantial in respect that it was free of

charge to the club. The board has

generously approved that the last tworemaining issue for this year will be paid

for out of the operating fund to ensure that

those who have signed up for direct

mailing to your home continues this year.

Later this year, the Board will review the

situation to see what needs to be done to

continue the newsletter. Thanks for your

patience while we develop a plan for 2014

and beyond.

While we always introduce new members

to the club with an introduction in the

newsletter it has become apparent to me

that not everyone is aware of some of the

senior members and what they have

contributed to the success of MSSR. So

starting with this issue the plan will be todo an article on the longer term members

to make sure the old and new come

together.

There is a cruise night on the schedule to

the Gilmore Museum in August, if you did

not go last year put this one on the

calendar and go early so you can take in

the fantastic collection of cars, one of the

best in the country.

As always check before going, to make

sure us old people did not make a

mistake on the date or time

July

July 4th

, Independence Day in the USA

July 6 & 7, 3rd Ohio Mile, Wilmington OH

July 8th

Burger Autistic School Benefit Show

July 1214, Goodguys Nats Columbus OH

July 13th

, Jackson Road Cruise, Ann Arbor

July 13th

, All American Cruise, Wayne Road

Westland MI

July 19 21, Blue Suede Cruise, Norwalk OH

July 24 MSSR Cruise Night to South Lyon

Lake Street Cruise Night

July 27 Unofficial Telegraph Cruise

July 27 & 28, Dearborn 13 at Chelsea MI

Fairgrounds (New Location)

July 28th

, Second Summer MSSR Meeting a

Jim and Judy Stockes

August

August 1 4, NSRA Nats, Louisville KY

August 7 MSSR Cruise Event to the

Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners MI

August 15th

, Roush Open House Livonia MI

August 17th

, Woodward Dream Cruise

August 17th

, Back to the Bricks, Flint

August 23rd

, MSSR Cruise Night to Multi

Lakes

August 25th

, Summer Meeting at the Hines

Park Cruise, Westland MI

September

September 2nd

, Labor Day in the USA

September 6-8 Frankenmuth Autofest

September 13-15 NSRA Northern Nats,

Kalamazoo MI

September 20-22, Goodguys at INDY

September 28-29, 4th

Ohio Mile

September 29th

, MSSR Membership

Meeting at Garner Westcott 5PM

October

October 5th

, IDIDIT Open House

You will see some club members at

each of these events having

Fun with Cars, Family and Friends

Coming Events


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President Bob Nash

Vice President Jim Stocke

Treasurer Kurt Kiser

Director Dennis Peters

Director Don McKinnon

Director Rich Pickens

Photographer Jim Stocke

Clothing Mgrs Vic Hollingshead

Jan Quill

Card Lady JoAnn Nash

Web Master Gary Jefferson

Rod Connection

Editor Rich Pickens

Chief Reporter Jim Stocke

Womens World Help Wanted

Art Bill Carner

Historical Help All the old people who canStill remember anything

Others Welcome to Send in Articles and Reports

Send any comments/articles/swap meet

items/events/or general nonsense to the editor

Deadline for next edition August 1, 2013

The opinions and articles expressed in the MSSR Rod

Connection do not necessarily reflect the views and

opinions of the board of directors.

Officers and Staff

Rod Connection

Featured RideMotor State Street Rods

PO Box 2471

Dearborn Michigan 48123

www.motorstatestreetrods.org

Cruising since 1976FUN WITH CARS, FAMILY and FRIENDS

The Motor State Street Rod Car Club was founded in 1976

as a social club to promote safe, family enjoyment of

modified vehicles.

The club is a non-profit benevolent organization

established to promote the enjoyment of older vehicles

and protect the specialized interests of its members.

In addition, the club lives up to its motto of "Fun with Cars,

Family and Friends" with less structured activities that may

include casual cruising, picnics, dances, dinners, swapmeets, car shows, rod runs, cruise-ins, and monthly

meetings. Funds raised every year are donated to various

needy causes.

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41 Dodge Business Coupe

The development of the 1940 Dodge had its roots in the company'shistory. From the time of its absorption into Chrysler, the Dodgelineup began to change and evolve. The hard-drinking DodgeBrothers, John and Horace, who had set out to build a Ford-beaterin 1914, found their logical successors in the hard-driving Chryslerteam: Walter Percy Chrysler, K. T. Keller, and the engineeringtriumvirate of Fred Zeder, Owen Skelton, and Carl Breer.Stories abound of Chrysler's taking over Dodge in July 1928 fromthe New York banking firm of Dillon, Read & Company, which hadbought the Hamtramck, Michigan, carmaker three years earlier.The best one is how Keller had the factory signs changed overnightto read "Chrysler Corporation-Dodge Division."The next morning, Clarence Dillon, representing the sellers,phoned Walter Chrysler to assure him that Dodge was in goodshape, and would "run itself for three months." Chrysler replied,

"Hell, Clarence, our boys moved in yesterday." Still, Dillon musthave been delighted, since W.P. Chrysler had paid him $170million. Though the Dodge Brothers badge didn't disappear until1939, there was little doubt the business belonged to Chrysler from1928 forward -- and that it had been a good buy. Under John andHorace, Dodge would have considered a 100,000-car yearphenomenal. After weathering the Depression, Chrysler was ableto start producing more than 200,000 Dodges a year starting in thelate 1930s. But while Chrysler and DeSoto were occasionallyinnovative with products like the Airflow, Dodge remainedresolutely conservative. This was no less true of the 1940-1948models, which maintained the traditional Dodge virtues of practicaldurability and honest dollar value. There was no question of daringdesigners risking all on a radical styling departure, or madcapracing drivers trouncing the opposition, or a fervent "engineers' car

company" blowing everybody else away with some technicalbreakthrough. What we have here are good, solid cars, probablythe best Dodges built to that time, cars that made Dodge-Plymouthdealers rich beyond their imaginings. In those days, everyChrysler, DeSoto, and Dodge dealer sold Plymouths too, but theDodge-Plymouth stores easily did best because Dodge alwaysoutsold Chrysler and DeSoto. Even now, Dodge is a Chrysler --well, Daimler-Chrysler -- powerhouse, with annual sales volumethat would have been unbelievable in the 1940s. Plymouth,meanwhile, is vanishing after some seven decades, apparently inthe name of progress.


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