Monthly Newsletter of the Mother Lode Model T Club

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September 2018

Up Coming Activities ♦ Sept 10 - Board meeting, 6 pm, Round Table

Pizza, Elm Ave, Auburn.

♦ Sept 13 - Monthly Meeting, Auburn Sizzler. Dinner at 5:30- 7 pm. Meeting starts at 7 pm.

♦ Sept 18 - Tuesday, 11:30 AM LOL's (Ladies Out to

Lunch). Northridge Restaurant. Hwy 49 at Combie

Rd. Hostess: Toni Moore 530-823-5233. All Ladies in the club are invited.

♦ Sept 29 - Ice Cream Social - Bill & Debbie Bamber.

See details this issue.

♦ Oct 6 - FAST Hill Climb -Auburn Airport.

Let's watch the Wild Cherry II, Fastest Model T on the Earth.

♦ Oct 20 - Manifold Cook Out Tour to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Meet at Raley's at 8:30 am. We will leave at 9 am.

♦ Dec 8 - Holiday House Tour, Coloma. - Elliott.

♦ Dec 9 - Christmas Party at Auburn Valley Country Club.

Hi to All Members of the

Mother Lode Model T Club,

I would like to start out by

saying good bye to another one

of our Dear Friends, Vernell

Bunnell, also known as Miss

Brownie. I am sure God has a

special place in heaven for her, such a sweet lady

that will be missed by all that knew her.

Well, as August is coming to a close, kids are

starting back to school and the weather feels like it

is starting to change, at least nights are cooler. We

just had the Annual August Beat the Heat Breakfast

tour, hosted by Rich and Bertie Baughman. Nine

cars showed up with a short tour in the morning and

a trip over to Mel's Diner in

Rocklin. We had two special

guests join our group at Mel's

for breakfast, Grace Aldridge

and her daughter. Grace was as

beautiful as ever and we all

enjoyed visiting with her.

Again, I would like to thank

Rich and Bertie for hosting.

As we roll into September, we

have the Ice Cream Social on September 29 hosted

by Bill and Debbie Bamber. If you have not signed

up yet make sure to call the Bamber's to rsvp.

We can always use another tour in September, if

someone would be interested in hosting, call Susie

and she can get it put on the schedule. If you would

like to help with the 2019 Charter Picnic, be sure to

call Junette Avey, I am sure she would love to hear

from you.

It looks like the next Fall Hill Climb will be in

Auburn on Saturday October 6th at the Auburn

Airport. Let's get out there and support Bobby and

Erik in the Wild Cherry II, sounds like they are

doing pretty well.

There will be a Board Meeting at the Round Table

pizza in the Elm Center in Auburn. There will be

an email sent out as a reminder.

I would like to thank everyone for all your support

and help in keeping the Mother Lode Model T Club

active and I look forward to seeing you all at the

September monthly meeting.

Your President,

Gary Krezman T Diggins' Page 1

Ice Cream

Social

September 29th

Bill & Debbie Bamber will be hosting the annual Ice Cream social at their home. We will meet at Raley's at 10 am. There will be a short trip, approximately 16 miles, from Raley’s parking lot to our home. Directions will be provided Saturday morning,. Cars will leave at 10:30 to our home at: 15185 Chattering Pines Rd

Grass Valley, CA 95945. We will be serving hot dogs, chips, cold drinks and ice cream. If club members would like to bring additional items, please do. Please RSVP to Debbie for head count at 530 906-7343 or sign up at the meeting.

LOL's (Ladies Out to Lunch)

Sept 18 - Tuesday, 11:30 AM.

Northridge Restaurant. Hwy 49 at Combie Rd. by

the Service Station and Shopping Center, turn right.

Restaurant is located just beyond Station on the right.

Plenty of parking spaces. This Restaurant was

previously called The "Red Wagon" and a favorite

place for many years. It is about 25 minutes from

Auburn, just over the Placer County line and the start

of Nevada County. Hostess: Toni Moore 530-823-5233. All Ladies in the club are invited.

Address update for Grace Aldridge:

4905 El Don Dr. Rocklin, Ca 95677

Model T Parts Wanted I'm still looking for an early frame with the forged

running board brackets, and a 1917 block or complete

1917 engine/transmission assembly. Also would like to find a pair of early spindles (1911-1917) with or without

the arms. Call Phil Lawrence @ 530-559-1440

2019 - Our 50th Year Mark your calendars

♦ Feb 17-22 - MTFCA National Tour & Meeting, Sierra Vista, Az. See Vintage Ford for details.

♦ April 12-13 - Bakersfield Swap Meet

♦ June 2 - Mother Lode Swap Meet

Birthdays and Anniversaries

September

Anniversaries

Mike & Pat Bashore 5

Russ & Nita Purvis 7

Kent & Kristy Keyser 11

Les & Sandy Silveira 11

Ken & Olivia Marriott 28

September Birthdays

Richard Instness 2

Eula Marriott 9

Maya Marriott 11

Vern Marriott 16

Paula Mikles 16

Al Stoll 17

Mark O'Connor 20

Bobbi Machado 22

Doug Avery 26

Kristy Keyser 27

Helen Johnson 28 T Diggins' Page 2

Meeting Minutes Mother Lode Model T Club - Meeting Minutes, Aug. 9th 2018. Sizzler Restaurant, Auburn, CA.

The Meeting was called to order at 7:03 PM by President Gary Krezman who opened the meeting with a Moment of Silence for the recent passing of Club Members Vernell Bunnell, and Lewis Burcher. Greeter Report - Junette noted the presence of Rob Williams, guest of Vern Marriott this evening. He is the

proud owner of a 1928 Model A car. Sunshine - Susie reported that she had sent Sympathy Cards to Kitty, Gordon, Paula, and Gina on the loss of

their Dad, Lewis Burcher. She also had sent cards to Toni Moore and Mary Ann Koch who were both recovering from recent surgery. Treasurer Report - Sherry Rodriquez reported the Club’s Revenue and Expenses for the months of July and

August. She also delivered a final Swap Meet Analysis and Summary of our June Event. The Club remains in a very sound financial position. Secretary Report - Steve Short reported that the June General Meeting minutes were published in the Club’s Monthly newsletter. Hearing no corrections, Steve Short declared the Minutes accepted as written. VP - Upcoming 2018 Activities Report - Susie Krezman provided the following overview:

Aug. 18th - Breakfast (beat the Heat) Tour, led by Richard and Bertie Baughman. Members will meet at

their home at 9:00 AM at 3771 Auburn Folsom Dr. and will be driving to Mel’s Dinner in Rocklin.

Aug. 21st - Tuesday, 11:30 AM, LOL's (Ladies Out to Lunch). Max's Restaurant, Auburn Hostess:

Maryellen Huff. 530 820-3649. All Ladies in the club are invited.

Sept. TBD - Ice Cream Social Hosted by the Bamber’s. (Date still pending). Sept. 23rd - 18th annual Antique Autos in History Park, San Jose. (Not a MLMTC Event). Oct. 6th - F.A.S.T. Hill Climb, Auburn Airport. .

Oct. 20th Fall Colors and Manifold Cook Out Tour to Uncle Tom's Cabin. - By John Saylor

Dec. 8th - Holiday House Tour, Coloma, to visit the historic homes in the Holiday Season. By Steve Elliot

Dec. 9th - Club Christmas Party, Auburn Valley Country Club, hosted by Eula Marriott

Gary Krezman announced that there will be another annual Charter Dinner Event sometime in 2019, but a date has not yet been established.

Recent Tour and Event Reports - Gary Krezman and Vern Marriott reported on a recent visit to the Brookdale Assisted Living Home, in Roseville where they displayed their 2 antique cars for the residents and enjoyed a BBQ Luncheon. Residents were all pleased to see some cars from their younger years. It was also noted that most of the ladies present all seemed to know Vern quite well !!! Old Business -

Community Services follow up: Gary Krezman again noted that we still have not found a satisfactory solution to developing a Scholarship Program. The Club will continue its search. 2019 Swap Meet: Gary Krezman reported that he had received our cleanup fee from the Fairground Staff,

and that he had paid our 2019 Fees thereby assuring our 2019 Event. Club T Shirts Purchasing: John Saylor is in the process of making arrangements for “on Line” shopping and purchasing of Club clothing options. (Details not yet established). MLMTC 50th Anniversary: Gary again reminded the Members that our Club’s 50th Anniversary is still

needing more volunteer’s to support this milestone event in 2019. Junette Avey-Brown and Sherry Rodriguez will be leading the way, so please step forward to help them, in any way possible!

New Business – (None was offered) Club Stories -

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MeetingMinutes - continued

Gary Krezman reported on his chance encounter with a Model T owner in Haines Alaska on his recent trip

with Susie. The gentleman asked for some advice on fixing some problems with his car, and Gary offered to help out with some advice or others to contact if possible. Steve Short offered a short family story of his Grandson, “Carson” who enjoyed a lunch in Carson City,

Nevada where he concluded that he should be the Mayor when he gets a bit older. He subsequently met the Governor of Nevada while touring the State House, and Steve encouraged him to shoot for the Governor’s Office instead! Eric Barrett & Robert Wetzel attended the 2018 Midnight Mass Car Show at the Yolo County Fairgrounds

in Woodland to display their 2 favorite Motor vehicles. Eric’s beloved Dump truck, and Roberts’ Wild Cherry Race Car both took “Best of Show” in their respective Classes! Who would have “thunk” it!

Club Auction - No offerings were presented for sale this Evening. Adjournment - With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PM, by President Krezman. Stephen Short, Club Secretary

Ryan Ramble Tour August 9-12

The 11th annual Ryan Ramble was another great one. This is an annual event planned by Matt Ryan, from the Norcal

region of the HCCA, with help from his brother Clay, and other family members. This year's tour was centered at the

Feather Falls Casino near Oroville, California.

Thursday was arrival and check in day. After cars were unloaded and we were settled, we checked in, received our tour bags, relaxed around the pool or hospitality in the hotel, and renewed acquaintances from previous tours. Attending from

the Mother Lode Model T Club were, Bill & Debbie Bamber, Mark O'Connor (modern car), John & Janice Saylor, and

Milt Webb with daughter Deanna (Modern Car) and Wendel & Michelle Waltz and Mike & Debbie Kostiv from the Sac Valley Club. Approximately 20 cars toured with us each day as well as a couple moderns. There were people from

Southern California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho on the tour.

Friday morning Matt conducted the usual drivers meeting. We would be touring through Paradise to Stirling City, 99 miles round trip. He reminded us there was an optional dirt-gravel road, marked in red on our instructions and

recommended that only speedsters take this route. (There was only one speedster). Mark was my navigator (his car had

engine trouble on the way up and Janice decided to stay in for the day) we were sort of just following the cars ahead of us

when several turned onto a road that was not paved. A quick check of the tour instructions indicated this was the optional dirt road (red text!). Well it didn't seem that bad so we continued and some even followed us. There were a few ruts and

bumps but we made it to the morning coffee & snack break at Table Mountain Ecological Reserve. I now had a very

dusty dirty car! After the break we toured on through Paradise to the Museum in Stirling City. There is lots of history of the area here. Also I remembered this is Jack Duncan's home town. We stopped here by his house on the Lassen Tour in

2004. Found out the Diamond Match Company had their mill here. After the museum and grounds we toured a short

distance to the Clotilde Merlo Park for a delicious catered lunch of hoagie sandwiches and sides. This was a beautiful park

with a small lake. This is the kind of park where after a big lunch, one could snooze away the day or go meandering through the trails and taking in all the beauty.

After lunch we left the park heading back towards Paradise looking for the Honey

Run Road and a "muffler car" landmark. Well Mark and I weren't finding the muffler car and the Honey Run street sign. After asking directions twice and

turning around, we finally found the very small street sign and headed down the

steep winding Honey Run Rd. Before long we came to a section where the locals had made multi color chalk drawings on the road. Some were very elaborate. Our

tour bags had 2 pieces of large white chalk with which we were to make our mark.

Neither of us had our chalk with us. We made it down the hill to the rest stop at the

Honey Run Covered Bridge. Built in 1886, crossing over Butte Creek, the Honey Run Bridge is the only surviving example of a three span timber Pratt-Type

covered bridge in the United States. It was in daily use until a truck crashed into it

in 1965 making the bridge unsafe for auto traffic. A new steel span was built upstream. The wooden bridge has been restored but it's only open to foot traffic. After we rest up we headed on to the

Casino via Chico. We were just a few miles from the Casino when I ran out of gas. Luckily the trouble truck was right

there within minutes with gas. T Diggins' Page 5

Ryan Ramble (cont't)

Back at the motel we filled up for the next day's run then relaxed in the hospitality area. Some went swimming while others headed for the Casino. Several of us had dinner at the Casino Buffet.

Saturday started off with Matt's Drivers meeting. It would be 101 miles today. There is also an optional gravel road

today but smoother than yesterday. Mark and I agreed that we would not do the dirt road today! Matt reiterated that there was no gas on the route once we left town and to gas up even if it only was a gallon or two at a station on route as we

leave town. Many of us did.

Our morning rest stop was in Forbes Town at the Yuba Feather Historical Association Museum. This is another neat

museum town. Many old buildings including a church, school house, Sheriff's office with a jail, and a barber shop that doubled as a dentist office. We left the museum heading towards Dobbins and Lake Francis. Here we had a sit down

lunch with chicken and all the fixins'. This was another beautiful spot with a lake and RV campground. Moving on, after

lunch, we toured on to Bullard's Bar Lake. We stopped for a bit near the Dark Day campground where some hiked down to the water's edge to dip their toes in the water. Then it was on to the Emerald Cove Marina. The floating Marina had a

store where some bought ice cream and viewed some giant friendly fish looking for a handout! Then there were those of

us that were low on gas, I only had 2 gallons left. The trouble truck had gas but we would probably deplete his supply.

So, we made several trips down the ramp to the marina with a 2 gallon can. I did not want to run out of gas again. I still had not figured out why I was using so much gas. Jim Ryan barrowed a 5 gallon can and a wheeled cart from the Marina

to top off the Hudson.

Leaving the Marina we had a leisurely drive back to the Casino. Again we serviced our cars as needed, relaxed in the hospitality area,

swapped a few stories of the days' adventure and some again went for a

dip in the pool. Mark had told us about the street fair event in the Casino main parking lot, so, several of us wandered over to see what

was going on and buy hot dogs for dinner. Janice went to the Casino

and had some more fun on the slots losing the rest of the "free money"

on our two cards. Sunday was the last day of the tour which would end after lunch. We

toured to the Oroville Dam Marina expecting to get a group picture

with the lake in the back ground. Matt had previously arranged with a ranger to allow us in for enough time to take the picture without paying

the day use fee. Well, when we got there, the "rangerette" on duty

knew nothing of the prior arrangement and was not going to allow us in unless we all paid the day use fee. Matt made a quick decision to

move on and find a different spot for the picture. He found a wide spot

with room to park us all. About six cars were running behind and

somehow were allowed into the marina and of course we weren't there. Then apparently one was experiencing some issues which further

delayed them catching up. So he took the picture without them and we

moved on. We toured back into Oroville to the State Theater. The theater is undergoing renovation while staying open for public and

private events. Local resident and antique car owner, David Dewey

gave us the run down on what was being done. David is the chief

technician restoring the Wurlitzer pipe organ. The organ is the one that used to be at the California Auto Museum. It is now operational and

we got to hear it play a few oldies. Several of the group was able to

play a few notes. David gave us a tour back stage, the pipe room and down stairs under the stage. We moved

on across the street to a Chinese restaurant for lunch.

After lunch some of us got to tour David's repair shop where he is restoring more parts for the organ. This

was the end to a fun three days touring, meeting new

friends, seeing some beautiful country side. And a big

thank you to Matt and his family for putting together this tour every year. For next year's tour Matt is

looking at Lake Tahoe. T Diggins' Page 5

Monthly Newsletter of the

Mother Lode Model T Club http://www.motherlodemodelt.com

2018 Officers

President ------------ Gary Krezman - 916-599-0059 Vice President ---- Susie Krezman - 530-823-7957 Treasurer --------Sherry Rodriguez 530-526-4405

Secretary----------------Steve Short - 916-791-7087

Board Members Phil Lawrence -----------(530)-273-2415 Edward Rodriguez----- (530) 888-8803 Erick Barrett------------- (530) 863-7579 Rich Baughman--------- (916) 652-7827

**** Sunshine --------------- Susie Krezman Website & Newsletter - John Saylor - 916-723-1613

***** Address all correspondence to: Mother Lode Model T Club P.O. Box 4901 Auburn, CA 95604

The Mother Lode Model T Club was organized and became a member of the Model T Ford Club of America in 1969. The club is a non-profit organization dedicated to the personal enjoyment of its members through the preservation and restoration of the Model T Ford and especially through activities involving the use of Model T Fords. Meetings at held on the second Thursday of each month with the exception of December, at the Sizzler, 13570 Lincoln Way, Auburn, Ca. 5:30 pm for dinner, 7 pm meeting. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in Model T Fords. Ownership of a Model T is not necessary. Dues - Annual Dues are $20 per family.

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Published monthly to keep members informed of club activities and to promote participation in club events. Publication copy should be sent to the editor by the 25th of the month to be included in the next issue. Send all copy to: 7304 Goldwood Way, Citrus Heights, Ca 95610 or email to j99saylor@gmail.com

Members are encouraged to join the Model T Ford Club of America. MTFCA members receive the bi-monthly publication The Vintage Ford, voting privileges in national club and can participate in the many national club tours and events. Annual dues

for the MTFCA is $40.00 payable to:

The Model T Ford Club of America P.O. Box 126 Centerville, IN 47330-0126 Telephone: (765) 855-5248 www.mtfca.com email: admin@mtfca.com

Club Website The Mother Lode Model T Club maintains a website at http://www.motherlodemodelt.com. The website keeps members

informed of club activities, photos of club events and members cars.

The website also provides

membership information an application and introduces those

new to the hobby to the club.

Stumpy Meadows, September 2017

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