The Rocket Review

Spring Edition

To all Rocket lovers, First of all, our next busi-ness meeting is Sunday May 18th at 1:30 pm at the Hard Times Cafe in Rockville, MD. I will be bringing copies of our August show flyer for you to look at (I am still finishing it up) and an update on former secretary Richard Keyser's heart surgery in Florida. The Buick club will be fold-ing, stuffing, stamping and labeling some 360 plus flyers off of our mailing list to pro-mote our annual show, so be glad you don't have to help with that! I want to thank all of those that contributed to the discussion of the new "stock/modified" wording that we are incorporating into this year's show. This show is a team effort, and it helps to get anyone's opinion who wants to help. We are constantly trying to improve the show without sacrificing the fun we have.

Many folks love our show for the simplicity and fun and we want to keep it that way. We will be having a new food ven-dor this year that will be there in the morning with breakfast(!) as well as lunch! Last month CCR had a very successful "Spring Dust-Off" at the new venue, Star Pontiac /Buick/GMC in Lees-burg, VA. Despite the sur-rounding rain clouds we had a terrific turnout. There was even a new to the area Chev-elle owner couple who came to check us out and couldn't be-lieve how nice the "Oldsmobile folks" were. Many founding CCR faces popped up like Jeff Dorman and Burt Parker, which always nice to see. We were promised a front lot (right on Route 7) next time and Leesburg is a great town and a great place to start out the show season. I hope everyone caught the

Vice-President’s Message—Cory Correll

The Official Publication of The Capitol City Rockets

Mar/April 2008

Volume 19, Issue 2

Spring Dust Off High-lights

2-3

Local/National Calen- 4

Membership Directory 5-6

Classifieds/Directory and Membership Info

7-8

Inside this issue:

Club Events—Save the Dates:

Sun, May 18,

1:30 pm meeting

at Hard Times

Café in Rockville

June meeting

date and loca-

tion to be an-

nounced. This

will be our an-

nual joint

meeting with

the Metro

Buick Club.

Scott Phillips—Editor

Vern Parker Washington Times article a couple of weeks ago (4/18/08) that featured club member Steve White's newly restored 1953 Super 88 coupe. It is a stunning car that was to make it's show debut at our "Dust-off," but due to the threatening rain clouds stayed indoors. I hope to enjoy a look see at it in person soon. On a recent family wedding visit to Chattanooga, Tennes-see, I had to grab a short visit to the world's only antique tow truck museum that just opened a few years ago. If you are ever in the area it is more than worth the $8 donation to get in as much of the contents are pre-WWII restored vehicles with hundreds of toys as well. You can visit it online at www.internationaltowingmuseum.org. Hope to see as many of you

as can make it to our next meeting May 18th!---Cory

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a few reasons—first, we

would like to establish

positive reciprocal rela-

tionships with GM deal-

ers like we had in the

past, where the dealer

benefits by bringing traf-

fic and brand awareness

to those attending and

associated with the

show, while the club

gains a location to hold

the event. Second, we

wanted a more central

location for the majority

of our members both in

Maryland and Virginia.

We felt like the STAR

dealership accomplished

both of these goals.

Many thanks to

Ken Quincy, Mike Scott,

and Margaret Straubin-

ger for showing up early

to assist. We also would

like to express a great

thanks to STAR Pontiac,

Buick, GMC for their

time and effort to clear

the large lot for us and

accommodate all of the

cars that showed up.

A special thanks

goes to Mr. Ray Martin

and his sales staff for

making our event possible

and seamless. We en-

joyed the locale, many of

us checked out some

great vehicles on the lot,

and we hope that the rest

of you will patronize

STAR when you are

thinking about a new or

pre-owned vehicle. They

possess a wide inventory

of GM vehicles and there

were some stunning cars

and trucks on the lot at

great prices. We hope we

can return to STAR again

as we were very pleased

with the event.

The Dust Off

brought out over 40 cars

by my count, and some

terrific Oldsmobiles in

the area we hadn‟t seen

before. Many thanks,

too, to the folks at Capi-

talcruisin.com. Most of

the non-CCR crowd came

as a result of the ad we

ran there, including a pair

of GTO‟s, a „57 Vette, a

pair of Buick Grand Na-

tionals, and a tricked out

„39 Chevy Master Deluxe.

If you couldn‟t make it,

you missed a good one.,

so check out the pic-

tures—Rocket on, Scott

CCR Spring Dust Off a STAR Performance

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It threatened all week

to rain, and I suppose it

did in some places around

the area, but in Leesburg,

VA, the skies were clear

most of the day and the

Capitol City Rocket faith-

ful who stayed all after-

noon even left a little sun-

burnt. It was an unusu-

ally warm spring Satur-

day April 12th as we set

up shop in a new location

for the Annual Spring

Dust Off.

I had approached

our gracious hosts, STAR

Pontiac, Buick, GMC

Trucks in February to see

if they would be inter-

ested in hosting our

event. Working with Bob

Grouge, the sales man-

ager, and especially owner

Ray Martin, the STAR

dealership opened their

lot to us and gave us a

new home for the Dust

Off. The club decided to

relocate the Dust Off for

Steve Meyer’s ‘73 Cutlass

and Jeff Surdyk’s ‘61 Starfire

contemplate the cloudy

skies, but no rain.

As of 5-4-2008:

Balance as of 4-6-08:

$2,340.56

Income: -0-

Expenses:

Newsletter Postage: $66.42

Printer Cartridges: $114.00

Capitalcruisin.com Donation: $50.00

Total Expenses: $230.32

Balance 5-4-08: $2,110.14

Submitted by: Ken Quincy

Treasurer’s Report

This fine ‘84 Hurst Olds

slid in behind its sta-

blemates, a pair of (‘84 and

‘86) Buick Grand Nationals.

Carl Shaffer’s friend

brought this ‘64 1/2 442,

clean green with a white

convertible top and interior.

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Spring Dust Off Highlights

If you would like to see these and other Capitol City Rocket pictures, log on to Snapfish.com, put capcityrockets@hotmail.com in the

box on the right for “email” and rocketV8 in for the “password”. Once in, click on “go to photos”. There are 4 albums loaded now.

The lot at STAR was filled with a vari-

ety of old iron despite the forecast.

This fierce looking Chevy truck car-

ried its custom flame job inside the cab

Arlyn Black’s ‘39 Chevy Master Deluxe

2 door—highly modified and sharp!

The back line was chock full of incredi-

ble 60’s and 70’s GM.

Another of the West Virginians, this

Willy’s roared in, blower definitely

Roger and Sharon Williams drove out

their 1957 Super 88, a honey of a boat

This light yellow 1960 Super 88 con-

vertible sported charcoal trim and

Steve Meyer brought his ‘73 Cutlass

Supreme, after some tricky engine re-

Leesburg residents Michael and David

Stocks brought their father and son

2008 Capitol City Rockets Calendar

The following meeting dates and places were proposed at January 13, 2008 meeting. Meeting time will be 1:30 pm, Kil-

roys/Keyser rule in effect:

Sunday, May 18 - Hard Times Cafe in Rockville, MD (3rd Sunday due to Mother's Day May 11)

June meeting - Joint planning with Metro Buick Club for All-GM show, date, time location TBD

Sunday, July 13 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA

SATURDAY, August 9 - All GM Show, Montgomery College in Rockville, MD, 9am - 3pm

Sunday, Sept 14 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA

Saturday, Oct 18 - Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show, Rock-ville Civic Center, 11am - 4pm

Sunday, Nov 9 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA

OTHER DATES YOU MAY FIND OF INTEREST:

Saturday, May 17: Delaware Valley Olds BOPC show. Celebrating National Hurst/Olds Day.

Contact Tony at 610-637-2100. Held at Markley Elementary School in Frazer, PA, 9-3 pm.

Saturday, June 7: 22nd annual Leesburg Cruise-In. Over 200 Classics, Street Rods, and Muscle

Cars. Contact Carolyn Craig at 703-864-1665 or check novarodsnclassics.org

Sunday, June 8: “All GM Show” sponsored by Vintage Chevrolet Club of America. Catonsville

Community College (south of Baltimore). Call 410-922-5971 or go to grand1917@comcast.net

Sunday, June 8: The 19th annual Orphan Car Tour will traverse scenic backroads in the vicinity

of Hampstead, Maryland. This year's Tour includes stops at two private antique car collections

along the route, and a late-afternoon buffet-style dinner (reservations required). Enjoy your

"orphan" (discontinued-make) car "on the road", and see other interesting "orphans" as well! For

more information see our website, www.orphancartour.org/ , phone Jon Battle at 703-392-6870,

or e-mail TourDirector@orphancartour.org

June 20-22: GM‟s at Carlisle.

July 11-12: Musclecar Madness at the York Farigrounds, York, PA. This year featuring a Tribute

to Oldsmobile with Linda Vaughn and others in attendance. Check www.yorknostalgia.com or

call 717-757-2720. Nostalgia Nationals Racing on Sunday, July 13 at Beaver Springs Dragway.

The Blue Gray OCA chapter is making this a club event.

July 18-20: Olds Powered Race Nationals, Norwalk, OH. Go to DickMillerRacing.com for info.

July 30—Aug 3: OCA Nationals “Rocket Reunion” in Dearborn, MI. Hosted by Motor City

Rockets. Go to www.oldsclub.org for more info.

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Want to know more about local car

cruises and upcoming shows?

Check out www.capitalcruisin.com

CCR Classifieds Classified ads are free to chapter members. We take cars, parts,

services, anything. Submit your typed or printed ad to the Chapter

PO box, marking it ATTN: ROCKET REVIEW, or simply email the

editor at sphillips16@msn.com You may run your ad for up to 3

issues at a time. Ads must be resubmitted for reprinting after that

time, and please let Scott know if you wish to discontinue the classi-

fied ad due to sale of the parts or car.

CARS/PARTS FOR SALE:

1979 Olds Toronado. 165 k miles. One owner since 1988. Carefully driven and maintained. Complete service records, all manuals (owner, electrical, mechanical), build sheet. Many cus-tom features: Delco ETC radio w/CB, Cad. Soft touch trunk pull-down, Cad. door lock acti-vated gas cap lock, autochromatic rear view mir-ror. Range of Olds accessories, incl. fiber-optic light indicators, full gauge set, outside ther-mometer, etc. Michelin XH4 premium radials. $3,000. Contact Herbert Koudry at (301) 593 2997 or h.Koudry@verizon.net.

SS Rims dated April ‘73. Burgundy Color, Snap Center. New 235 60 R15 BF Goodrich GT tires on rims. Contact Michael Stocks at 571-246-4474.

1966 442 from Tuscon, AZ. Hardtop, bought at Barrett Jackson. Invested 28K, sell for 19K. Buckets, Auto, White w/Red interior. Power windows, seat, tilt wheel, vacuum gauge, stock tach, numbers matching. Call Mark McAlpine at 703-341-6363 or email mmmcalpine@earthlink.net

1988 Buick Electra Park Avenue (pictured be-low) 4 door, 3.8 L engine. 67K one owner miles. Very gently used, all comfort luxury se-dan. Deluxe velour padded interior, excellent vinyl roof. Near perfect condition. $6988 on windshield, but STAR salesman said significant deal for club members. Contact Brian Rossell at 703-478-1355.

THE CAPITOL CITY ROCKETS is a chartered chapter of the

Oldsmobile Club of America, Lansing, MI. Chapter dues are

$15.00 per year. Current OCA membership is required.

Chapter Officials

President .................................................... VACANT

Vice-President ........................................... Cory Correll

Treasurer ...................................................... Ken Quincy

………………………………ken_quincy@hotmail.com

Secretary ........................ Mike Stillwell (703) 799-2904

............................................................ fleetsuper@msn.com

Newsletter Editor……….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752

…………………………………sphillips16@msn.com

Events Coordinator ................................. VACANT

Chapter Advisors

Toronado………….Ask Ken Quincy or Cory Correll

1961-63 A-Body…………….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752

1964-65 A-Body…………... Mike Stilwell (703) 799-2904

1973-77 A-Body……………..Denney Keys (301) 390-1577

1978-80 A-Body....................Michael Coxen (301) 251-8666

PerformanceV8 Tech Dick Miller Racing, (901) 794-2834

dmracing1@aol.com

Bevan Allen Memorial Service Award Recipient

2000: Denney Keys

2001: Michael Coxen

2002: Mike Stilwell

2003: Dick Brown

2004: Cory Correll

2005: Scott Phillips

2006: Mike “Hitch” Stillwell

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