October 2008

Volume 45, Issue 8 SSMMOOKKEE SSIIGGNNAALLSS

In This Month’s Issue:

ANKOKAS Car Club

Member News 1

The Prez Says� 3

Looks and Personality 4

Events/For Sale 7

Sept Meeting Minutes 8

ANKOKAS Renewal

Form 11

The Official Publication of the ANKOKAS Region AACA

ANKOKAS Club Member News

Haddonfield 2008 – A Goodtime Was Had by All

What looked like a washout and a rain date turned out to be a beautiful day and a very successful show in the 22nd edition of the Haddonfield Antique, Classic and Collector Vehicle Show. Highlighted by a two hour show by the Geator with the Heator, Jerry Blavat, 203 vehicles registered including 30 day of show. A firetruck, motorcycle and a 1943 WWII Jeep in full battle dress were joined by a wide range of vehicles from a 1903 curved dash Olds, 30’s –40’s big classics, 50’s cruisers, 60’s and 70’s muscle cars and 80’s Stage One and Vettes. Great variety and quality. I received many compliments on the show throughout the day from operators and participants alike but the compliment that was particularly gratifying was from one of the two organizers of the Merchantville show who was quite impressed on the variety of the cars – “There are cars here I’ve never seen before” – as well as organization and smoothness of the how we carried it out. The Mayor’s trophy, selected by Mayor Trish Columbi of Haddonfield as well as the Best in Show award went to Andy Kavulich’s 1951 Studebaker Land Cruiser. It was superb. Our Hansen Memorial Award (named for Ankokas member Ella Hansen) went to Bill Breitweiser who brought a beautiful 1948 Lincoln convertible. The William Sutton Memorial Award (Bill’s love was early cars) went to Mike Priest’s 1935 Pontiac Doctor’s Coupe. Our six sponsors picked the following cars for their Sponsor’s Choice Awards – 1956 Pontiac 4 door hardtop owned by Dominick Simione, 1970 AMC Javelin owned by Steve Etres, 1963 ½ Ford Galaxie owned by Charlie Long, Mike Barazza’s 1963 Cadillac ambulance, Dr. James D’Amore’s 1932 Cadillac Imperial Sedan and last but not least, Jack Edmunds 1955 Studebaker Speedster (color – lemon and lime). The six Significant Vehicle Awards (and the reason they were

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thought to be significant) were a 1908 Baker Electric (what a concept – an electric car – look for the Cherry Volt, GM’s electric car to hit the streets a hundred years later in 2009. It’s owned by Rich Bulboff. Mike Sadsky’s 1954 Kaiser Darrin was picked as significant because - only 435 were built, it was fiberglass, had a 3 position type with landau top sideirons, the doors slid into the front fenders and it was designed by one of the great stylist’s of the golden era, Howard “Dutch” Darrin. The yellow 1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible of Jerry Parnes was selected because it was the first Eldorado, only 523 were produced, it was the Cadillac’s 50th anniversary car and one of the three anniversary cars that year, along with the Buick Skylark (1690 built) and the Oldsmobile Fiesta (432 made). Our new sponsor the Atlantic City Classic Car Event, sold the trio as one package several years ago. George Matteo Sr’s 1931 Chevy Coupe got the nod because its 6 cylinder engine sold when Ford’s famous Model A was a 4 banger. A pretty 1955 Chevrolet Belair got the award because it was the first of the “big three” (’55-’56 & ’57) that have become collectible icons and its styling was such a significant departure from prewar and postwar styling. Last but not least, Lou McCabe’s 1943 Ford Jeep in full dress was chosen because the vehicle, like Lou – the Sarge in fatigues - were both survivors. In all 101 trophies were available, an all time high and a dinner for two at Aldo Lamberti’s Café on Route 70 in Cherry Hill was raffled off. In closing, a special word of thanks - to Bob and Kathie Petters for their already great job of registration, supplemented this year by revising our judging forms and explaining them to the 26 gentlemen who answered my letter and volunteered to be judges (no peer judging, this year). They came to the rehearsal at the Vogelson house and showed up as promised. They are Peter Bull Joe Dougherty Mike Sisto Steve Poset Bob Schuman Jack Hotz Ed Mayberry Jere Duffett Dave Hann Jim Wickel Tom Amendola Chuck Heisler George Reinis Bernie Shuster Howard Steinberg Tom Giangiulio Bruce Prichard Bob Gundersen Steve Matlaga Carl Villone Tom Szymczyk Larry Lesiger Rich Hurff Jeff Schulte Dave Traino Ivan Avery Thanks too for their help (and that of others) in parking the cars and to Tom McLarney for being our Field Marshall and laying out the street and lastly for the folks at the desk for getting the registration materials in the hands of participants, Kathie Petters, Sue Gundersen, Sandee Vogelson, Carol McLarney, Judy Steinberg and Jim Wickel. Here’s to #23 next year and Cars on the Cooper in The Spring. Allan Vogelson Show Chairman

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The Prez Says……. By Tom Amendola

Hello Everyone Here we are in October ---the Haddonfield Show is behind us, leaving us with great memories. Positive changes made for a great turn out with fantastic entertainment by Jerry Blavat the ‘Geator with the Heater.’ By all accounts it was a rousing success with 173 pre-registered cars and 26 ‘Day of Show’ entries. Many thanks to Ankokas Members who arrived in force to assist with judging. We couldn’t have had such a great show without you.

We want to welcome Jackie Flechtner back (after a long illness) resuming her position as Club Secretary. We certainly offer a huge Thank You to Carol McLarney for so capably filling in during Jackie’s absence.

Hats off to members Jack & Nancy Hotz for the extraordinary job they did as Chairpersons for the

Cadillac LaSalle Grand National in August. When this goes to print, we will have already attended the Cadbury Classic Car Show. They are putting

out the red carpet for us. Good weather is predicted and it should be an easy, fun, casual auto event. October 18th is the date set for the Bulgari Tour with only 2 or 3 spots left. We are really looking forward

to this in light of such positive feedback we received from the Cadillac Club who attended this summer. Also this is highly anticipated since it had to be cancelled last spring. We have the best tour guide for this also. In addition we will visit the brand new America on Wheels Museum. Call & check if we can squeeze you in! We have booked just about all 16 rooms for the Altoona/Swigart Museum Tour November 15 & 16th. Check quickly if there’s any space left. This fall brings our Ankokas election slate to the forefront. Tom McLarney heads up the Nominating Committee. If you have any interest in becoming an officer or Director, please contact Tom before the October 16th General Meeting. He also give an explanation of the positions and you’ll have a chance to be a part of a great group of people. October 24-26th is the VSCCA’s NJ Vintage Grand Prix at the Festival Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt Racetrack) in Millville. They are in need of Judges on Oct. 25th so contact Jeff Brown at 856/662-0813.www.njmotorsportspark.com or 856/327-8000 for more info. Great opportunity to see this up close and be involved. The Holiday Party will again be at the Adelphia on December 14th at 4:00pm. More details to come, but reserve the date. I think everyone enjoyed last year’s improved set up and we will enjoy seeing many membersfor the Holidays. If you are interested in a Club Shirt please contact Jeff Schulte. He is working on placing another order. The regular General Meeting is somewhat early this month----October 16th at Haddonfield Boro Hall at 8:00. Hope to see you there. Regards, Tom Amendola

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I didn’t have anything in mind to write about today, and I was thumbing through a magazine, whne there was a picture of a Mack truck, you know the old Bull Dog type with its driver leaning against the front fender. He looked just like his truck, heavy jaws, sort of pushed in nose, with a low forehead and grubby little body. How many time have you seen a car and its owner would have a physical appearance or personality fitting the vehicle? Usually a sexy looking convertible, especially French or Italian, will be owned by a slim attractive person. Their hair never gets messed up, at speed it will blow straight back perfectly combed, when they stop it falls back in place. Sedan owners with the windows open cannot do this. Convertible drivers are always at ease behind the wheel even when their car is totally out of control. The safety factors of a convertible are good hair, nice smile and teeth. Rules are to always look relaxed and happy, even while skidding backwards at 60 miles per hour. Economy cars are owned by serious, business like people who seem to rush about in and out of traffic, always late for something, but not quite sure what. They are always in your way. Economy cars always look old even when they are new, they are made this way on purpose so that when they stop running and block the road the owners have an excuse, “Oh this old car, I must get a new one.” Think about it! If you and your arthritis had to sit in that little space all day, wouldn’t you look serious and be in a hurry? Mercedes drivers are portly serious, verging on grumpy, very aggressive and assertive, they go fast in a forceful way, their cars have growling exhaust. Those who drive a Mercedes convertible large or small, are aggressive, they don’t smile, they lean forward challenging the very wind to slow them down. BMW drivers are pseudo Mercedes drivers with a bad attitude. In traffic the most important part of their car is the horn. I have heard that before you can take a BMW out of the dealer’s garage you must take a Horn 101, this is a comprehensive two hour course on when and how to blow your horn. It is a must when behind a Lincoln or Cadillac. Some foreign cars seem to float down the road and in traffic they are here, then there, they pass you, then stop, catch up, only to fall behind again, they turn off, and then on again. Saabs, Alfa Romeo, Talbots and Ranaults are a few like that. Their owners are relatively young, slim, wear glasses and seem to be very studious. I think these cars are bought out of indecision. Should I buy a Lexus, or a Lincoln, maybe a Honda, no a Dodge. Station wagons cross all lines, they usually are owned and driven by someone who really doesn’t like cars. They like boats, planes, summer homes, surfing, horses, stock car racing, anything that requires a lot of equipment to go from point A to point B. (More that four children also qualifies) The main point here is that they want to look good doing this or they would have bought a van. Foreign and domestic wagons all fall into the same group, owners have a stylized dress and appearance, many are tall and like to wear captain’s caps. Women are youthful and energetic no matter what age. When wagons get a few years old and no longer give the correct image they must be sold to house

Looks and Personality By James A. Wickel

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painters who put ladders on the roof and spill little splatters of paint all over them. They are driver over 200,000 miles or until they stop where they are left to melt into the ground usually behind a small building on in a field. Vans are small trucks dressed up like Snow White on the night of the Ball. We buy them when we have more than two children and have no more space for car seat number thee. Women like them because they sit up high and can easily look a six foot male police office right in the eye making the volume of tears more effective when stopped for a minor infraction. It also makes them more imposing to a standard size female officer. Men of moderate stature like being almost up in the world of the macho truck driver. Sitting high on his personal throne looking down on the occasional Jaguar or Ashton Martin. At stop lights he can also see some great legs in the car next to him. Van drivers are either agitated or almost asleep, going 70 miles per hour, or almost stopped, lurching all over a bumpy road, or meandering along. Women are young, busy on the go types with one or more children in tow, the van always edging out to make their move, gotta go, gotta go. Men van drivers come in all ages but most are the older retired guy on his way to nowhere, with all the time in the world to get there. Hardtops are enjoyed by everyone, they are the car the van driver would have if not for the children and if they would only make them again. Hardtop drivers are young at heart, happy non-threatening people who glide past you , radio playing, wind blowing their hair, smiling and very pleased with the car. Hardtops are rarely dirty or bet up and are never used by house painters or plumbers. I will lump coupes and two door sedans together since their drivers are the same. Business people, traveling sales people, professionals, an those who could not care less about a car. Those owners are very serious from the mid 30’s to the 60’s, a little overweight from too many burgers on the road, or very slim due to ulcers. Personally I always liked coupes, some of the best looking cars during the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s were coupes but they were cheaper and only carried two to three people. Doctors used to drive coupes when they made house calls, remember them?, you were sick in bed and the doctor came to your house with his magic black bag, big charge was $10, and it usually included the medicine. Always thought two door sedan people were kind of dull, dressed in dusty clothes or tweed suites. Sedans, what can be said, everyone had one, they were, are and will be everywhere. One picture is worth a thousand words. The driver is middle 50’s, white hair blowing (if he has any), his lady friend early 50’s, white hair blowing (if she has any), and in the back seat, head out the window, a large dog, white hair blowing, as they speed by� Up to fifteen years ago there weren’t many pickups on the road, and when you saw one 80% were business trucks owned by a carpenter, farmer, plumber, or other tradesman. The drivers were usually middle aged men, a little stout, wearing bib overalls and a serious business look, almost stern and always with some type of hat, even bowlers, ask your father what kind of hat that was. You did occasionally see one driven by some poor soul, with his family of four or five jammed into the cab, obviously using the truck as a daily driver. He would be pushed against the door window like a peach in a jar, with a cigarette dripping from his mouth, while his lady was trying to control the two kids who were doing their impression of a can of worms in the cab. His face would be haggard and drawn, and he was driving very slow. Many times the pickup would have flapping rear fenders and a dent or two in the front, it was tough driving in a crowded cab.

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Today pickups are everywhere you want to be and more. Old and young women and men drive them. They are one vehicle that does not lend itself to type casting. I am in my 60’s and so is my wife and we drive a pickup, our children are in their 20’s and 30’s and they drive pickups. The lady who delivers cosmetics to my wife is in her 70’s and she drives a pickup. You now see pickups as everyday drivers, and there are many types. The big change is the four door four wheel drive with the smiling driver, his family inside the heated truck with plenty of room, kid strapped in and as he goes down the covered road with snow he makes a right into a field just for the fun of it, some change from the guy driving the worm can! Last but not least are the recreational vehicles. Never had anything like these before Willys came out with their four wheel drive wagon in the late 40’s. I would guess some very rich people had some custom made before this, but you never saw any on the road. I call the recreational vehicles the land of the boring. They all look alike, neither fish nor fowl, not station wagon, not van, most have 4 wheel drive and never leave the paved road. The people that buy them are safeniks to barrow a 60’s term. The drivers also all look alike, very upscaled, fashionable, serious, with one or more children securely attached to the seats surrounded by guard beams, air bags, 4 wheel drive, power super duper brakes, super road clearance, all go to 7-Eleven or K-Mart. Someone, somewhere, must be having fun in one of these vehicles, maybe in Maine, or Texas, maybe in little Rhode Island, now we haven’t heard from that state in a long while! Yes, you are right. I have not said much about Japanese cars, and I will not. I don’t believe that Japanese cars have personality, in my opinion people who buy them don’t like cars, there is no passion involved, it had a coffee cup holder, and gets 35 miles to the gallon, takes you to work and back and they used to be cheap. This is commendable, but life must have some spice in it. To start to look like your car and to have the personality in keeping with your car, there must be a sense of ardor, in some cases infatuation. Japanese cars do not have a sense of individuality, we as Americans do not get a sense of history when looking at a Honda or Toyota as opposed to a Ford, Chevy and Plymouth. Some day this may happen. Now for the disclaimer! All of the characteristics and opinions stated do not represent the view of the writer, and his family, my typewriter made me do it. Next time you are out for a ride or going to work, look around at the other motorists, can you tell what type the are? They are looking at you!

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SMOKE SIGNALS EDITOR

Michael Sisto 20 Huckleberry Way

Turnersville, NJ 08012

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For Sale/Wanted

1978 Thunder Bird, new battery, shocks & tune up., 351 V8 110K miles. Call Alan – 609-801-1167

1948 Packard 2-DR, Club Sdn, have new rocker panels, needs partial floor, partially apart, misc new parts. $4,000 invested. One of 25 left. $2995 OBO Call Alan – 609-801-1167

2002 Magnetic Red Chevy Corvette convertible, 19000 miles, chrome wheels, 6 speed. Looking for $28,500.00 or B/O If you are interested please contact Joel Dean @ 1-610-533-2259 or hjdeanasso@aol.com.

Club members Joe Dougherty (856-435-6798) and Jim Wickel (856-478-4105) are our club Historians. Please contact them if you have any club memorabilia, pictures, documents etc. to pass on.

Club Historians

Meeting Programs

Any ideas for 2008, please

contact Bob Schuman.

Home: 856-810-8254

From the Former Editor

Dear Members,

It is hard to believe that summer is over and the car shows are slowing down. Time goes by quick.

On behalf of myself and all I want to thank the committee that set up the Haddonfield Show. The turn out of entries was good and even though it was warm it went well. It is really neat to see the motorcars and everyone has a story about what they used to own and should have kept. I could go down that road. So, thank you very much for your time and effort. It is mos appreciated.

On another note, the entry form for the Vintage Sports Car Club of America Race and Car Show on October 25

th at Thunderbolt Raceway does not have the address to

mail your application. It is Jack Gallagher, 293 Swedesboro Rd., Monroeville, NJ 08343. If you have any questions his home phone is 856-358-1777. My private line is 856-665-7134 and night time is a good time to call.

Take care and again, great car show summer. Jeff Brown

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SMOKE SIGNALS Michael Sisto, Editor 20 Huckleberry Way

Turnersville, NJ 08012

Your October Issue of ANKOKAS Region AACA Newsletter has arrived……

Next Club Meeting on October 16th, at 8:00pm – 2nd floor of the Haddonfield Municipal Building.