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Niemi, McCurdy and Harris! You men had your way in the kitchen with the exception of one item that an unnamed chef admitted came from Costco. Perhaps his kitchen efforts failed? Or maybe... We’ll

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VOLUME 19, NO. 12 CHAPTER 81 CTCI DECEMBER 2012

GREAT CHEFS, GREAT FGREAT CHEFS, GREAT FOOD!OOD!

2007, 2009 & 2012 Gold Award

2008, 2010 & 2011 Gold Medallion International Award

PUGET SOUND EARLY BIRDS DECEMBER 2012

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Ed is on vacation, so your editor is helping out.

The Great Chefs of the North-west started before I returned from my marathon. So, here I am the only one not dressed for the 50’s. That’s okay because we all had a great time.

Remember, Toys for Tots at the Harris’ Christmas brunch. Accord-ing to several members, they would rather have a monetary donation this year. So, if you wish to donate, let Der know and send him a check to be forwarded to Toys for Tots. If you make the check out to Toys for Tots and send to Der, you will still get the tax deduction.

The slate that was nominated for 2013 includes Duane Niemi as president, Jim Stott as vice president, Darleen Rohwein as Secretary and Der Roupe as treasurer. If you would like to run for an office, please let me know as soon as possible. We will need your name before the December meeting at Harris’.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you at Harris’ on the 16th.

Bob Callard for Ed Johnson

President’s Message

OFFICERS AND CHAIRMEN

President: Ed Johnson

360-598-4262 - [email protected]

Vice President: Doug Cook 253-857-4756 - [email protected]

Secretary: Darleen Rohwein 360-692-5199 - [email protected]

Treasurer: Der Roupe

360-638-2571 - [email protected]

Immediate Past Pres.: Bob Callard 206-932-3236 - [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Bob Callard 206-932-3236 - [email protected]

Membership: Gordon Thorne 253-857-0066 -- [email protected]

Amenities: Carol Weiler 360.452-3096 - [email protected]

Webmaster: Bob Callard 206-932-3236 - [email protected]

THE MOTOR MOUTH

www.pugetsoundearlybirds.org

Vol. 19, No. 12 -- December 2012

Gold Medallion International Award Winning publication of the

Puget Sound Early Birds, Chapter 81

Classic Thunderbird Club International.

Members are encouraged to submit articles written by themselves or others. All submissions are subject to editing and

space available.

Deadline: 20th of the preceding month

[email protected]

Our Mission:

To encourage and promote the preservation, admiration, ownership, enjoyment and restoration of the 1955, 1956 and 1957 Ford

Thunderbirds.

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never know!

The setting, The Dock Street Garage, lends itself to 50’s dress and some of the group came in period garb from poodle skirt to a convincing outfit from “Grease” to a more sedate American Bandstand look. The music from the juke box

was playing all evening, but no one was seen do-ing the jitterbug. But who were those ladies “twisting the night away?”

Mostly we just enjoyed each other’s compa-ny, chatting through the late afternoon and evening, eating way too much good food, and commenting that those who weren’t able to make it missed a really fun time!

Although Dave Demory came without his gal friend, he was able to snuggle up to a pretty blonde. Some of the pictures couldn’t be pub-lished because this is a family newsletter.

Dave Demory brought friends, Joyce and Bill Toren, a delightful couple we hope to see more

of. Some of us urged Dave to set up another poker run for a 2013 activity. Although no com-mitment was made, he seemed to be considering the notion. After some ‘intense’ pressure, he



did end up volunteering. So, we’ll be off search-

ing for the winning poker hand while we get buzzed on Seattle’s drug of choice, caffeine. Thank you Dave!

Speaking of Dave, he had some words of wis-dom for the evening meal suggesting that his plan for the meal was to achieve “Eloquent Suf-ficiency,” instead of “Elephant’s Capacity.” Words to live by, perhaps?

Ed Johnson called a brief business meeting to order. The first item on the agenda was to present Bob Callard with the CTCI Gold Medal

Award in the annual CTCI newsletter contest for our own Motor Mouth.

The meeting continued with a request for suggestions for next year’s activities. Carol

Weiler asked if the group might be interested in a February Wine and Chocolate run (see Secre-tary’s Notes). Contact Duane Niemi with your ideas for 2013 activities or come to the January meeting, which is being held at The Cedars in In-dianola this year, with your suggestions.

The meeting was adjourned for our group

photo including everyone, thanks to Minty and Ben Carlson, young friends of the Johnsons, who stopped by just after we finished our din-ner to enjoy their own meal, thanks to the abun-dance of food.

And lastly, a big thank you to Ed and Tanya for hosting this event. It’s a lot of work to set up and take down the event, and we deeply appreciate your gener-osity. The Dock Street Garage just lends itself to real-ly fun, casual events. It’s a very special place!

(more pictures follow on page 5)



TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,

BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.

I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,

I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.

THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -

THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,

BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION

WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,

THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.

SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,

AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.

GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,

PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.

I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,

'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.

I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,

WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.

BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....

HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,

MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.

MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.

MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.

MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,

MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

Cheryl McCurdy



Hemmings Classic Car® commemorates its 100th issue (January 2013) by listing the top American collector cars ever made. Their cri-teria was:

� Most popular models among both enthusi-asts and collectors

� Each car was a production car, not a proto-type

� Price did not enter into the equation because a high price tag doesn’t mean it’s collectible

� Each car had to include the following attrib-utes: Collectability, Desirability, Hallmark Status, Distinctive Styling, and Popularity.

Listed with the 1955 Thunderbird, are the Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner, Chevy Bel Air and the Chrysler 300C.

Again in 1956 is the Chevy Bel Air and the Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner and the Conti-nental Mark 11. Hemmings commented that rarely do the same cars (the 1955 and 1956 Thun-

derbirds) attract different buyers. Purists prefer the basic ‘55 while others go for the ‘dolled up model’. In 1957, again the Chevy Bel Air, the Chrysler 300C and Ford Fairlane Skyliner re-tractable hardtop, the Pontiac Bonneville Con-

vertible (only 630 were made, one for each deal-er according to Pontiac Motor Division) and the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham were also included.

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Smokey Mountain Classic Thunderbird Club have issued a CHALLENGE to CTCI chapters that we exchange newsletters to see which chapter has the highest percentage of classic T-Birds of different official colors. Refer to the March /April `11 Early Bird article by Willy Busch & Dave

Tulowitzky in Norway [ pp.9-11 ] titled “T-Bird Colors”. Your T-Bird will not be counted if you are not a member of CTCI. NO, this is not an official CTCI sponsored event and there are NO prizes just BRAGGING RIGHTS ! But it is pretty simple to "compete".

If your car is painted the original color as indicated on the data plate and you’re CTCI mem-ber, send your editor your year and color. Remember it’s the percentage, not the number of cars!

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21672 P21672 P21672 PRESIDENTRESIDENTRESIDENT PPPOINTOINTOINT RRROADOADOAD NE, KNE, KNE, KINGSTONINGSTONINGSTON, WA, WA, WA

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From Kingston Ferry Terminal

Travel west on NE West Kingston Rd to South Kingston Rd NE

Then left on NE Jefferson Point Road and right on Jefferson Point Rd NE

Left on NE James Way and then right on President Point Rd NE

To 21672 President Point Rd NE

TOM AND SUSAN HARRIS ARE OPENING THEIR HOME TO THE PSEB CREW FOR A

FINE CHRISTMAS BRUNCH WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS, SUCH AS MIMOSAS, ETC.

AFTER BRUNCH THERE WILL BE A GIFT EXCHANGE. EACH PERSON SHOULD BRING

A GIFT FOR THEIR OWN GENDER BUT NOT COSTING MORE THAN $10.

As noted in the Secretary’s report, in lieu of toy donations for Toys For Tots, it was agreed, that, if you would like to donate to Toys for Tots, a cash donation is recommended.

An email outlining specifics will follow shortly.



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FORFORFOR 201320132013 The following are some ideas that may be of interest

1) Alpaca Farm, Poulsbo

2) Foss Maritime Museum, Tacoma

3) Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge

4) Overnight trip to Astoria, OR including Ft. Clatsop and Cape Disap-p0intment

5) Overnight trip to Foundry and Eastern Washington including tour of wind farm

6) Day trip to Sol Duc Hot Springs (micro rain forest on same road)

7) Poker Run (Dave Demory?)

8) Tulip Festival (April) Weekday, Callard Host?

9) New Naval Museum, Bremerton

10) Seabeck Private Garage Tour and Lunch (Rohwein and Schlie host?)

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� Suquamish Way NE becomes Miller Bay Rd NE

� Past the light at Gunderson and Right on Indianola Rd NE

� Left on South Kingston Rd NE

� About 1 mile on your Left. (1st driveway on left after Dew-berry Way on the right)

� 22429 South Kingston Road NE

From Poulsbo:

� Bond Rd NE to Right onto Gunderson Rd

� At “T” Left on Miller Bay and follow above directions



After the yum-my dinner, the ‘Great Chefs of the Northwest’ prepared, Ed Johnson, Presi-dent, convened the meeting. In attendance were: Ed & Tanya Johnson, Ray & Margaret Vingo, Duane Niemi, Ted & Charlene Austin, Phil & Cheryl McCurdy, Tom & Sue Harris, Jerry & Carol Weiler, Bob & Martha Callard, Dave Demory and his friends Bill & Joyce Thoren, Ray & Dar-leen Rohwein.

Ed outlined the slate for 2013: Duane Niemi, President; Jim Stott, Vice President; Darleen Rohwein, Secretary; and Der Roupe, Treasurer. He asked for any additional nominations, but there were none. The December Motor Mouth will also call for additional nominations. If there are none by the December meeting, the slate will be closed.

Ed Johnson presented Bob Callard, Editor of the Motor Mouth with a plaque for 2012 CTCI Newsletter Contest. He received a Gold Medal

this year.

Christmas Brunch will be Sunday Dec 16th 11:30 at Tom and Susan Harris’ home. More in-formation will be included our club newsletter, as will information on the gift exchange and do-nations to Toys for Tots.

Duane reminded people of next year’s events and how to get more people to attend and par-ticipate.

Carol Weiler asked for a newsletter poll for a February event in Port Angeles. Information will be in the newsletter [see below].

Ted Austin re-minded people about the A n n u a l New Year’s Day cruise at Shari's starting at 10:00 to 1:00. For more infor-mation contact Ted Austin.

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At the Great Chefs, Carol Weiler proposed a February Event that they would host should there be enough interest. She has pro-posed the Red Wine & Chocolate Tour . It is the weekend of Feb 11-12. The event would be similar to an event last year, except it would include Chocolate and only red wine. Although there is a tasting fee at each winery of $5.00, you can purchase a ticket for $30.00 for a sampling at all six wineries. The ticket price also in-cludes a commemorative wine glass.

Carol would like know how much interest there is before the “Planning Meeting”. Please contact Carol and let her know ‘Yea” or “Nay” at (360) 452-3096 or email [email protected]. Carol thanks you in advance.



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Dec 16, 2012 Christmas Brunch Harris

Jan 13, 2013 Planning Meeting Niemi

Feb Come Who?

Mar To Where?

Apr The You?

May January Date?

Jun Planning Time?

Jul Meeting Who?

Aug With Where?

Sep Your You?

Oct Ideas Date?

Nov Great Chefs of the Northwest Host

Dec Christmas Party Host

Special Thanks This month’s lead story was the work of Martha Callard

Proofreading courtesy of Cheryl McCurdy , Nancy Niemi and Nancy Wurst



Technical Stuff Technical Stuff —— Cigarette LighterCigarette Lighter

Many of the original cigarette lighters cease to work af-ter a number of years. Before you replace your non-working lighter, check for the safety circuit breaker on the back which can be reset. If your lighter doesn't work, look at the back of the socket. The circuit breaker has a small hole in the back. Push a small nail or wire into this hole until you hear the breaker reset with a snap. It will then be as good as new. Replacement sockets were supplied with a thermally activated fuse, and, unfortunately, these can't be reset.

CTCI CCTCI CCTCI CHRISTMASHRISTMASHRISTMAS IIIDEASDEASDEAS

Have you visited the CTCI Club Store re-cently? If not, your editor recommends a visit as soon as possible to pick out those cool T-Bird gifts for your friends and relatives. CTCI has very reasonable prices and quick shipments.

Besides tee shirts and polo shirts, CTCI offers hats, 50th

Anniversary shirts, logo jewelry, decals and a bunch of fun stuff like T-Bird Monopoly and coffee mugs.

For the ‘technical types,’ maybe a manual or two, or an unframed (you frame it) sales brochure or poster.

PSEB CPSEB CPSEB CHRISTMASHRISTMASHRISTMAS IIIDEASDEASDEAS Call Tanya Johnson 360-779-5067

PSEB has its own cool stuff, so don’t forget to call Tanya for their latest PSEB T-Bird ‘stuff’. Hats, Jackets, shirts, etc. Too much to outline. So please call Tanya!

MMMARKARKARK YYYOUROUROUR CCCALENDARALENDARALENDAR CTCI RCTCI RCTCI REGIONALEGIONALEGIONAL July 31 to Aug 4, 2013 CTCI Region 3 Convention, San Jose, CA

The Santa Clara Valley Thunderbird Club will be hosting the 2013 CTCI Region 3 Convention at the San Jose Airport Garden Hotel, 1740 N. First Street, San Jose, California. Save the date to participate in the convention, while enjoying the mild summer weather and fascinating regional ven-ues. For more information, visit their web site at http://santaclaravalleytbirds.com or call Conven-tion Co-Chairs Gene Cox, (408) 593-4307 or Larry Maness, (408) 219-7716. Future Early Bird and Motor Mouth issues will describe registration, events and tours.



December Birthdays December Anniversaries

Large Inventory of Thunderbird Parts For Sale Contact: Glenna Crawford, 972-618-4832 or 214-212-9268 or [email protected]

Inventory and some photos

http://www.pugetsoundearlybirds.org/Downloads_PDF/for_sale_parts.pdf

http://www.pugetsoundearlybirds.org/Downloads_PDF/copy_of_Tbird_inventory.xls

292 SHORT BLOCK AND AUTO TRANSMISSION FROM '55 T-BIRD.

CALL Jerry Weiler — 360-452-3096

Cool Early Bird Stuff

Visit the CTCI Store

http://www.ctci.org/store.php

Beulah, A Black 1957 Thunderbird Call Michael Perry — 360-275-3481

1955 Black Thunderbird

Call Mike Hartman — 253-851-8461

Gretchen Liebenberg -- Dec 11

Ron Helsley -- Dec 17

Stanley & Gretchen Liebenberg -- Dec 27

Tom & Susan Harris -- Dec 28

CCHROMEHROME SSMOOTHIESMOOTHIES CCOOPEROOPER TTIRESIRES

Fits Chevy and Ford

Less than 400 miles on Tires and Rims

205 R70 x 15

Contact Bob Callard 206 932 3236



In case any club member will be in the big city (Seattle) over the holidays, take a nostalgic trip through late ’50s and early ’60s musical style when the Marvelous Winter Wonderettes–Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy–are asked to entertain at the Holiday Party for Harper’s Hardware (Arts West, California Ave SW).

While the girls decorate the hardware store, turning it into a win-ter wonderland, Mr. Harper, dressed as Santa Claus, goes missing, and… the employees’ holiday bonus envelopes may bring surprises.

“The perfect Christmas revue! Crackles with energy and joy!” (LA Weekly). This show is appropriate for all ages. Absolutely a great show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU-o93eJBaE.

Arts West offers group discounts.

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support, maintenance and hosting for PSEB’s website since 2008 on a pro bono basis. In the last two years, your editor has purchased his La-serJet toner and Ink Jet color inks from Merit-Works at a substantial discount. As you can imagine, printing and proofing uses a fair amount of ink. After speaking with them to-day, they offer a 10% discount and free shipping on orders over $100 to PSEB & CTCI members (free shipping on orders over $50).

MeritWorks’ toner and ink cartridges are for numerous brands of copiers, printers, and

fax machines. Their products are refurbished cartridges, not the refilled kind you get at Cost-co, but are disassembled, cleaned and new com-puter chips are inserted, then reassembled and filled with the highest quality ink and toner made for your specific brand machine. They are 100% guaranteed.

Thank you MeritWorks, LLC for supporting the Puget Sound Early Birds’ Website!



Tanya Johnson, CAS

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form of flattery!

Representing the Geiger Company Tanya Johnson, C.A.S. 360-779-5067

[email protected]

15560 Sandy Hook Rd. NE

Poulsbo, Washington 98370

Thousands of marketing ideas &

products from Geiger! http://tjohnson.geigermall.com

Friends of the Puget Sound Early BirdsFriends of the Puget Sound Early Birds

McCurdy Restorations

Contact: Phil McCurdy @ (360) 394-3636

• CTCI Gold Award: First Place overall in the show. . . but wait, that’s not all . . .

• CTCI Gold Medallion Award: Her car re-ceived in excess of 290 points . . . but wait, there’s more .

• CTIC Excellence in Authenticity Award,: Her car received all 51 points for authenticity.

CAROL WEILER

Angeles Book Binding Restoration and Rebinding

Books, Bibles, Hard Bound Covers, Embossing

(360) 452-3096

366 Weiler Road Port Angeles, WA 98362

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