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Our Pride and Joy

Volume 13, Issue 4 April 1, 2013

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Feature Story 1 Directors Message 4

Club Information Page 2 North Star Board Meeting Minutes 5

Editors Message 3 Northstar Region Events Calendar 13

Trivia 3

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It was fifteen or so years ago, when for the first time, I was fortunate enough to find myself owning two classic Lincolns, both Mark V’s. Soon afterward, the family found that referring simply to “the Lincoln” wouldn’t work any longer; almost always followed by “Which one?” So we decided that the cars needed names, if just for convenience sake. But we also took the opportunity to have some fun with it, making the names meaningful in some way. This naming proc-ess sometimes had to do with features of the car itself, maybe where it was found, or some other circumstance around that car joining the family. They have been actual proper names, phrases, or just a word that works for some rea-son. This has been useful over the years as several more Lincolns have arrived and departed – mostly arrived, as the collection has now grown to six, all 1970’s, my favorite Lincoln decade. They are Whinnie (’78 Mark V, Diamond Jubilee Edition in blue, a winter driver), Vanessa (’77 Mark V, recently refreshed and converted to a vinyl-delete “slick top”), Bear (’79 Town Coupe, 20K mile survi-vor), Nuke (’73 Town Coupe, recently rescued from the junk yard, literally,

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Perry Bush is the proud owner of this 1977 Continental

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Members and guests are welcome to attend the Board Meetings which are held the first Thursday of every month except December at 7:00 PM at Culvers Restaurant, (dine with friends at 6:00PM) I-94 AND RUTH STREET, St. Paul. Articles and other information for the newsletter should be sent to David Gustafson, Editor, at 308 Brandywine Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337.

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Board Of Directors - 2013 Title Name Phone Numbers email & FAX

Regional Director Bob Johnson H(651)257-1715 [email protected]

Director at Large Tom Brace H(651)644-1716 [email protected]

Technical Consultant Ron Fenelon H(320)763-4197 [email protected]

Projects Director Bob Gavrilescu H(651)488-3878

Activities Director Jay White H(952)432-5939 [email protected]

Publications/Membership

Dave Gustafson

H(952)435-1919

Fax(952)898-5230 (home) [email protected]

Treasurer Harvey Oberg H(651)739-9754

Secretary Roger Wothe H(952)473-3038 O(952)583-5339

[email protected]

Director Bob Roth H(763)475-1429

Sunshine Secretary Faythe Oberg H(651)739-9754

Director at Large Dennis Owens H(612)269-6482

driver restoration underway), The Coupe (’70 Conti-nental Coupe, one of my all time, all cars, favorite designs, will be repainted black someday)…..and finally, Marilyn, the 1977 Continental convertible conversion, done by AHA (Andy Hotton Associ-ates). I believe the choice of “Marilyn” had some-thing to do with being blonde, beautiful.…special.

I thought I knew a few things about the ‘70s Lincolns in 2007 when I first came across an online

(Continued from page 1) advertisement for a convertible Continental, and my jaw dropped! I knew about the Mark V convertible conversions, but had never before seen a converted Continental nor even mention of such a thing. That particular car was “optimistically” priced, and not in a color combination that I personally cared for, but that chance discovery sparked a flame and the re-search (and search) began immediately. It seems there are two companies that did most of these con-versions, commissioned by some Lincoln dealer-ships (not the Ford Motor Company); AHA based in the Detroit area and SILCO from Florida. I’ve found that the soft top mechanism as well as the windshield frame and glass are taken from a 1972 LTD, the last full size convertible of that era from Ford. Production numbers are not definitively pub-lished as far as I have found, but I knew there had to be one out there somewhere for me. I searched for about a year and a half; and came across three cars in that time which would have done nicely, but for


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Francis Cabot Lowell was an American business-man for whom the city of Lowell, Massa-chusetts is named. He was instrumental in bringing the Indus-trial Revolution to the United States. Lowell was born in the city of New-buryport, Massachu-setts.[1] His father was John Lowell II, mem-ber of the Continen-tal Congress and judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. His mother was Susanna Cabot. In 1786, Lowell graduated from Phil-lips Academy. In 1793, he graduated from Harvard Col-lege. After graduation, Lowell set out on a


Editors Message April 2013 Trivia from the Internet April is here and can spring be far

behind. In Minnesota, it’s anyone’s guess. The winter of 2012 – 2013 has been tedious. At least for those of us who opt to spend winters in Minnesota. As I continue to report, the days con-tinue to get longer, with our beloved sun now setting at 7:41PM, here in Burnsville. For those who still may be gainfully employed, it means that you will have a little more time after work to spend a little time with your beloved Lincoln, getting it ready for the next North Star event. We have some fine events coming up in the months ahead. Our brunch at Kozlaks will be one of the best in a long while. While the price is slightly above average, the service and food are always top quality. Please check out the back page of the newsletter for more in-formation. The CCCA has invited us once again to join them on their annual garage tour. This is always a nice event and gives us the opportunity to see cars that we normally do not have a chance to see. The tours do take most of the day and there is always a lunch stop at some interesting place. I have been to many of these over the years and everyone has been fun. Also, at the end of May we will be having our annual Memorial weekend car show at Morrie’s Minnetonka Ford Lincoln. We look forward to seeing some of our members latest acquisitions and spend a nice day visiting with friends and ex-changing ideas. Please take a look at

some of the new Ford and Lincoln products that are on display at Morries. Remember, as a member of LCOC you do receive an additional discount when you buy or lease a new Ford or Lin-coln. Please take a look at the three Lin-colns and the Cadillac offered for sale on page 8. Last August at the Mid-

America in Blooming-ton, I visited with a very nice fellow and his wife who came to take a look at the Lincolns at the show. We visited for a while and he related that his father had passed and that he would like to find good homes for the four cars that were among his dad’s cher-ished possessions. As the ad relates, three of the cars are in very good condition and it would be nice if someone in the Lincoln club could acquire them. We also want to thank Perry Bush for authoring the nice article about his 1977 Conti-nental Custom Converti-ble. These are very

unique cars and we are lucky to have one in our region. Longtime member Milt Petersen had one for a number of years, sold it and it eventually found its way over to Norway. We hope to see Perry driving it this summer to a few of our North Star gatherings. We can al-ways use a story about your fine Lin-coln. Most of them have some inter-esting history and we would like you to help them tell their tale. Till next month.. David, Marion and the Very Sweet Faithie...

Sweet Faithie is looking at all the snow in her front yard. She went on line, using her dad’s ebay account to sell “Snowman Kits” Some as-sembly required, batteries un-necessary. She reports that sales are good, with a lot of orders going to Southern states

Francis Cabot Lowell

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The winter of 2013 is still here, now the hope is that in the last week of March, it will finally warm up. Both my shovel and back are worn out and I am having my neighbor plow our driveway. Any-body that went South for the winter, stay there till May. As you read this column, you will see that we have many activities planned. Our members that will be hosting these activities do really need to know who will be coming. It is very important that

you RSVP that you will be coming. Exact head count is very important at these events because most activities will be catered and food will be ordered for only those that RSVP’d, so please plan ahead. We had several members attend the CCCA Potluck and Auction, Saturday, Feb 23, from 4PM to 7PM, at Firefighters Museum, 664 22nd Ave NE, Min-neapolis. We received the information on this event too late for our February newsletter. For the ninety percent of our members that have email, information was sent out about a week before the event. The Firefighters Museum is a very special place full of history and a nice setting for a group gathering. We enjoyed our Sunday brunch, on March 10th at Emma Kumbees, Inver Grove Heights. The brunch featured special order omelets that were very good, and the blueberry pancakes were my favorite. We had 23 Members attend. We celebrated Bob Roth’s 80th birthday with a chocolate cake. Bob also won a Lincoln book which was one of the door prizes given out. Speaking for your North Star Region Board of Directors, we hope you will join other LCOC members and the other three Lincoln clubs by contributing now to the Lincoln Motor Car Museum building fund. 100,000 people visit the Gilmore complex each year. The Museum is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt foundation which makes your contribution tax deductible. Building construction will start about May 20th of this year with the first section of the center open by Decem-ber of this year. Our spring fling will be a Sunday Brunch on April 14th at11:30 AM. Join us at Kozlak’s Royal Oak Restaurant, 4785 Hodgson Rd, Shoreview. Kozlak’s has maintained it’s warm inviting atmosphere since 1977. Kozlak’s continues the family tradition with great food and hospitality. This is one of the best brunches in the twin city area. We have not been to Kozlak’s since 2002. We need to have a minimum of 35 persons attending or we have to pay cover charge. We are asking that you make a special effort to attend so that we can meet the cover charge. Kozlak’s New Orleans Jazz Brunch features a very wide assortment of some of the most delicious food available. Absolutely one of the finest brunches in the twin cities. The cost of this very special brunch is $25.00, which includes both tax and tip. Please RSVP to Jay White, 952.432.5939 or email [email protected] by Wednesday, April 3rd, if you plan to attend. We have been invited to join the CCCA on their spring garage tour, Satur-day April 27, 2013, gather at 8:00AM. departing at 9:00AM Sharp. We will meet at Classics' Plus Inc, 12557 Rhode Island Avenue S, Savage, MN. This is


merchant ship carry-ing cargo to the port of Bordeaux, France. De-spite the anxieties of his family, he spent a year touring France, gripped in its bloody revolution. In July 1796, he returned to Boston and with his fa-ther's financial sup-port, set up as a mer-chant on Long Wharf. From 1798 to 1808 Lowell was engaged in overseas trade, espe-cially importing silks and tea from China and hand-spun and hand-woven cotton tex-tiles from India. Start-ing in 1802, with Uriah Cotting, Harrison Gray Otis and others, Fran-cis Cabot Lowell devel-oped India Wharf and its warehouses on Bos-ton harbor, which be-came the center of the trade with the Orient. Later, the same group of investors developed the Broad Street area for the retail trade. To enlarge his fortune, Lowell bought a rum distillery, importing molasses from the Car-ibbean sugar-producing islands. Lowell spent months improving on the machinery of his rum distilling process. He also acquired many properties in and

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Directors Message by Bob Johnson April 2013

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around Boston, which he rented out or re-sold at a profit. Despite political independence, the United States re-mained dependent on imports for manufac-tured goods. The con-flicts between the European Powers and the Embargo of 1807 severely dis-rupted trade between the United States, Great Britain, France and the Ori-ent. Lowell reached the conclusion that to be truly independent, the United States needed to manufac-ture goods at home. On a two-year visit with his family to Scotland and Eng-land, starting June 1810, Lowell secretly studied the textile industries of Lanca-shire and Scotland, especially the spin-ning and weaving machines, operated by water power or steam power. His visit was not due to a decline in health as many have falsely claimed, but a result of a love for travel, trying to expose his four children to Europe, and a desire to copy a trip his



March Northstar Board Meeting

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

March 7, 2013

The meeting was called to order by Regional Director Bob Johnson at 6:55 PM at Culver’s Restaurant in Maplewood. Board members present were Bob Johnson, Harvey Oberg, Dave Gustafson, Bob Gavrilescu, Bob Roth and Dennis Owens. Other members present were Mary Johnson and Faye Oberg. The minutes of the previous meeting and the agenda of this meet-ing were approved.

DIRECTORS REPORTS

Regional Director Bob Johnson reported the next activity to be brunch at Emma Krumbee’s in Inver Grove Heights on Sunday, March 10, at 11:30 AM. The following activity will be brunch at Kozlak’s in Shoreview on Sunday, April 14, at 11:30 AM. He then led a discussion on the activity calendar. Treasurer Harvey Oberg reported the treasury balance to be $3,677.08 with all bills paid. Membership and Publications Director Dave Gustafson reported that the total paid membership renewal is one hundred four with forty-three not yet renewed. HE CONTINUES TO NEED “MY PRIDE AND JOY” ARTI-CLES. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PM. The next meeting will be Thursday, April 4. at Culver’s Restaurant in Ma-plewood. Respectfully submitted by Secretary Roger Wothe from notes from Bob Johnson.

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brother John Jr. went on in 1803 to 1805. He was not able to buy drawings or a model of a power loom, how-ever, he memorized the workings of Brit-ish power looms. As the War of 1812 be-gun, Lowell and his family left Europe. On their way home, the boat and all their personal belongings were searched at the Halifax port to en-sure that no manu-facturing plans were being smuggled out of Great Britain. Lucky for Francis Cabot Lowell that he memo-rized them. In 1813, he enlisted the support of his brothers-in-law, Charles, James and Patrick Tracy Jack-son, and obtained the financial backing of the merchant Na-than Appleton to es-tablish the Boston Manufacturing Com-pany at Waltham, Massachusetts, using the power of the Charles River. The BMC was the first "integrated" textile mill in America in which all operations for converting raw cotton into finished cloth could be per-



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various reasons did not work out. I was very disappointed, but not too discouraged, when I travelled some distance to look at one car in particu-lar advertised as rust-free and ready to drive anywhere. It was a lovely triple-white car, from perhaps 30 feet away. Any closer, and the signs of significant and poorly executed rust repair were evident. I kept looking anyway, until the thick blue smoke from the exhaust during idle made standing around and talking any fur-ther impossible. I offered some sug-gestions toward editing his advertise-ment, and went home to continue the search. Marilyn was first sighted shortly afterward in a Detroit Craig’s List post. The asking price was much higher than any of the others, but was reported to be 100% original, with un-der 19,000 miles. An email and tele-phone correspondence began, saw a lot of pictures which appeared to sup-port the described condition…but turns out the price was indeed firm. The owner had just purchased the car a couple months earlier from an estate sale, and was admittedly simply flipping the car with intentions of a big pay day. Now, I was discour-aged. I couldn’t pay that much and though the thought of being able to get in a car and enjoy it right away was very appealing, plans turned to finding a car to restore. I know, this never pays off in the end, financially, but I wasn’t afraid of some work, had collected a lot of parts for these cars, and figured well, this way I’ll have my choice of colors! Several months later, now summer of 2009, nothing else had appeared until Marilyn

(Continued from page 2) showed up again on Craig’s List. It was still with the same owner who now had a much more realistic view of the value. An offer was made, ac-cepted, and my wife Jenny and I started our drive to Detroit the next weekend. I felt like a kid, so excited, with a grin on my face the whole way. You likely know this feeling well, also. Marilyn was everything she was reported to be. I believe only the tires and battery had ever been re-placed. Every belt, hose, and even the spark plugs were absolutely origi-nal. No rust, nothing close, even the undercarriage is beautiful. Everything worked including the factory CB ra-dio! I was so pleased with the ex-tended test drive, that I suggested in-stead of going straight home, we go north instead through mainland Michi-gan and take the scenic route home, which we did. Crossed the Mackinac Bridge which I had not seen before (impressive), and then into the Upper Peninsula and hugged the north and western shores of Lake Michigan all the way home, near Appleton, WI. What a great trip. Yes, I think I did enjoy the attention and especially saying, “Yep, just bought it, we’re on our first road trip together!” We’ve added about 1000 miles a year since then. The lower radiator hose blew in 2010, and I replaced all the belts and hoses at that time. She also started to idle rough or at very low speeds and found that the intake manifold gasket had developed leaks. Replaced the gasket and also replaced the original carb at that time with a Holley. Super smooth sailing ever since, and looking very forward to the next driving season.

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formed in one mill building. Lowell hired the gifted machinist Paul Moody to assist him in designing effi-cient cotton spinning and weaving machines, based on the British models, but with many technological improve-ments suited to the con-ditions of New Eng-land. To raise capital for their mills, Lowell and partners Aidan and Merquack pioneered a basic tool of modern corporate finance by selling $1000 shares of stock to a select group of wealthy investors, such as Senators James Lloyd Jr. and Christo-pher Gore, Israel Thorndike Sr. and Har-rison Gray Otis. This form of shareholder corporation quickly be-came the method of choice for structuring new American busi-nesses, and endures to this day in the well-known form of public stock offerings. In 1814, the Boston Manufacturing Com-pany built its first mill beside the Charles River in Waltham, housing an integrated set of technologies that converted raw cotton all the way to finished



a chance to tour several car collec-tions and cruise in your favorite Lincoln. In May we will have our 5th An-nual Lincoln Car Show, at Morries, Minnetonka Ford Lincoln, on Memo-rial Weekend on Saturday, May 25th, 10:00 AM till 2:00 PM Put this date on your calendar and bring your Lin-coln to Morries. If you know of any Lincoln owners not in LCOC please invite them to this Lincoln Car Show. June 8th we will have a picnic at John & Cheryl McDowall’s, St Au-gusta, MN, on Saturday, at 11:30 AM. More information in next news-letter. More June events: LCOC Eastern National Meet, Dover, Delaware, June 12 -16. Driving tour- Lincoln Highway 100th Annv, Kearney NE, July 1- 4, All car clubs. are invited Two tours start Saturday, June 22 from New York and San Francisco. Back to the 50’s, June 21,22, 23 at Fairgrounds. Our 11th Annual Outstate Classic Lincoln Car Show will be at Lunde Auto Center, Fargo, North Dakota, on Saturday July 27th. General Manager Todd Vetsch is our contact person. John and Lydia Trandem will be our hosts for Friday and Saturday nights. The current plan is to leave for Fargo Friday morning July 26th and return on Sunday, July 28th. There is a national wrestling tournament the previous weekend so rooms were hard to find, in fact other hotels had no rooms for most of July and we had to move this show out one week from the July 19th. The current plan is to take Highway 10, with several planned stops, we may stop at Ken


More Director’s Message

Sampson’s in Ottertail, MN and see his phantom 1955 Capri Hardtop. The Holiday Inn-Fargo is where we will have reservations for Friday and Saturday at $119 per night. Please call and reserve your rooms now at 877-272-2700. When making reser-vations ask for the North Star LCOC room block, Reservations must be made before 6/19/2013, please call now. We will have more information in future issues. Gary Birk, National Executive Vice President LCOC has requested your help if you are planning on at-tending the Western National Meet in Phoenix, AZ, October 23-27, 2013. He needs to know if you will be stay-ing in a hotel and for how many nights. Hotel room forecasting is needed for hotel contract. Please let me know and I will pass the informa-tion on to Gary. Friday, August 16th, we will be traveling to Jack and Marilyn Fletcher’s at Popular Grove, IL. We will meet in Hudson, WI and take Highway 35 to Lacrosse and hope-fully stop at the Harry Dahl Collec-tion for a short tour. We will con-tinue on to Rockford. On Saturday morning, we will tour several local classic car collections. This will be a joint Lake Shore Region, North Star Region and Mid-America Region event, also open to other local car clubs too. Saturday afternoon, at 4:00PM we wll be the guests of the Fletchers, 222 Jones Way, Poplar Grove, IL for a nice old fashioned pig roast. On Sunday morning August 18th , we will attend the Antique Air-craft Fly-In, at the Poplar Grove Air-


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cloth. Patrick Tracy Jackson was the first manager of the BMC with Paul Moody in charge of the machin-ery. The Waltham mill, where raw cotton was processed into finished cloth, was the forerun-ner of the 19th century American factory. Lowell also pioneered the employment of women, from the age of 15-35 from New Eng-land farming families, as textile workers, in what became known as the Lowell system. He paid these "mill girls"(also known as Lowell girls) lower wages than men, but offered attractive bene-fits including well-run company boarding-houses with chaper-ones, cash wages, and benevolent religious and educational activi-ties. The Waltham Ma-chine Shop attached to the BMC made power looms for sale to other American cotton mills Nathan Appleton es-tablished a region-wide system to sell the cloth manufactured by the BMC. The end of the War of 1812 was a severe threat to the budding domestic textile indus-try as the British



port. The Lyons Club will be serving a pancake breakfast. We can also tour the Wings and Wheels Museum and take in the Quilt Show at the Mu-seum. Please plan ahead for this great tour, RSVP to Bob Johnson, by July 1. Fletchers need to know how many people plan to attend the pig roast so the proper amount of food can be ordered. We have rooms re-served for Friday and Saturday nights at the Holiday Inn.7550 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Rooms cost is $106 per night. When calling the hotel (815.398.2200) for room reservations, please ask for the North

Star Lincoln Club rate, Group Code

EG4. We will have more detailed information next month.


For Sale

1979 Continental Town Car. White with blue velour interior. 34,943 miles, in excellent condition. Always stored indoors, never driven in win-ter. 400 cu in engine.

1976 Continental Town Car. Brown with brown interior. 29,140 miles, in excellent condition, always stored indoors. Never driven in winter. 400 cu in engine.

1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car. 119,311 Miles, Driven year around, but stored inside till this winter. Needs a new fuel line and some other minor work. Would make a very good parts or project car for a collec-tor.

More Bob Johnson

1974 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible. Very well cared for, in good running conditioned. Only driven in good weather, never during the winter months. Always stored inside. These fine automobiles were owned by a collector, and they should remain with another collector who will value these fine cars. For more information, please call John Reik at 651.646.5580, or email [email protected].

Editors note: The 70’s Lincolns were great tour cars. These cars would make a nice addition to anyone’s col-lection. Reliable, and very easy to maintain.

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dumped cheap cotton cloth on the American market. In 1816, Fran-cis Cabot Lowell trav-eled to Washington to lobby for protective tariffs on cotton prod-ucts that they were in-cluded in the Tariff of 1816. Although he died early at age 42, only three years after build-ing his first mill, Lowell left the Boston Manu-facturing Company in superb financial health. In 1821, dividends were paid out at an astound-ing 27.5% to sharehold-ers. The success of the BMC at Waltham ex-hausted the water power of the Charles River. To expand the enterprise, in 1822, Lowell's partners moved north to the more powerful Merri-mack River and named their new mill town at the Pawtucket Falls on the Merrimack River "Lowell," after their vi-sionary leader. Many textiles mills were built in Lowell, using the power of the fast-flowing Merrimack River. The Lowell Ma-chine Shop built power looms for sale, and later expanded to build locomotives. With the introduction of steam



Story courtesy of the Shafer Daily Bugle, Bob Woodward reporting.

Surrounded by Shafer city digni-taries, Robert (Bob) Johnson unveiled his proposal for a planned residential community, dedicated for those fami-lies who hold membership in the Lin-coln and Continental Owners Club. Situated on 200 acres of pastoral land overlooking the beautiful St. Croix river, residents can expect to see deer, llamas and other wildlife wandering through the complex of trails that surround Lincoln Acres. With only twenty-four hours in a day, too much of our time is spent mowing grass, watering flowers and maintain-ing our abode. This time could be well spent socializing with our friends, touring the countryside in our beloved Lincolns and enjoying the well cultivated fruits of our hard work. The Lincoln Acres will take care of all these tedious chores for you. In addition, should you not care to drive to the Shafer Mall, or even the Mall of America, Lincoln Acres provides a fleet of Town Cars, along with your personal chauffer to whisk you anywhere you want to go. Also, there is a light rail stop with hourly runs to the Twin Cities for a day at the ball game or a night on the town. All of your medical needs are fully addressed. The world renown

Lincoln Acres - A Planned Community

Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN has decided to open a branch clinic just a few miles away from Lincoln Acres. It is anticipated that all types of ex-pert practioners will be available to care for our aging members, ranging from geriatric specialists to ophthal-mologists to experts in flatulence control. Several restaurants will be situ-ated in the complex, with menu choices to satisfy the most particular palettes. Southern style barbeque, family comfort food, eat in or take out wood fire baked pizza, whatever you want, it will be available to enjoy in a very comfortable atmosphere with great service and at reasonable prices. Most fine dining will also be available for delivery right to your doorstep.

Bob also has plans for an old fash-ioned German ratskeller type bar, where almost any type of draft and bottled beer (even the hard to find Fat Tire brand) along with your favorite mixed beverage will be served to make for a pleasant way to spend a late afternoon or evening with friends and family. There will also be a well stocked


Main complex of Lincoln Acres

The Ratskeller, serving fine bever-ages and good food at Lincoln Acres

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power, the importance of a river site for the mills began to decline. The Lowell System, first introduced at Waltham, was expanded to the new industrial city of Lowell and soon spread to the Midwest and the South. The mechanized textile system, intro-duced by Francis Cabot Lowell, remained domi-nant in New England for a century until the industry shifted to the Midwest and the South. By the close of the nine-teenth-century the United States had a thriving textile indus-try for home consump-tion and for export. In 1798, Lowell mar-ried Hannah Jackson, daughter of Jonathan Jackson and Hannah Tracy. They had four children: John Lowell Jr., benefactor of Lowell Institute, businessman Francis Cabot Lowell Jr., Edward Lowell, a lawyer, and Susanna Lowell, who married her first cousin John Amory Lowell. Francis Cabot Lowell was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1978. From the internet.


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bottle shop featuring your favorite spirits, beer and wine for in store pickup or delivery. A well lubricated Lincoln and it’s owner is a joy to all. The management is planning monthly wine tasting parties for all Lincoln Acre residents.

The community will feature indi-vidual homes, condominiums, town homes and apartments. Sizes will rage from about 1,200 square feet all the way up to 6,500 square feet. For the most part, floor plans will be open and can be individually configured to fit the needs of the buyers. Most will feature ADA compliant designs for the comfort and safety of our older model Lincoln owners. Each housing unit will have garage space for a minimum of 5 vehicles, 2 of which must be Lincolns. Garage space, at the option of the owner can have heating and humidity control equip-ment installed to help maintain your classic Lincolns to the best condition. There will be a Lincoln Acres club house, where classic Lincolns can be displayed in a comfortable and well appointed environment. Owners will be invited to house their classics in this area and can come with their relatives and friends to spend time


More Lincoln Acres

with all these fine automobiles. A fully equipped Library will be avail-able for those interested in doing re-search on their particular model, or just learning more about the brand. Periodically, dealer representatives will stop by with new models for the residents to schedule test drives and find out about all the many features the latest Lincolns have to offer. Bob Johnson plans to scout the area for mechanics that have experience working on these older models and employ them at Shafer Motors to as-sist residents in keeping their classics roadworthy and running as a Lincoln should. Hard to find parts such as muffler bearings and clutch transduc-ers are readily available at Shafer mo-tors. Bob will do his best to make sure that his service department keeps your Lincoln in touring condition.

There has been much interest in this development. Reservations are now being taken for fall occupancy. Visit the Lincoln Acres sales office, at 79 Wistful Vista, just off St. Croix Trail, just South of Shafer, MN. Phone 201.555.2368 for further direc-tions. For the most favorable pricing, call or stop by before April 1, 2013. Take the road less traveled to Lin-coln Acres, 79 Wistful Vista, at St. Croix Trail, Shafer, Minnesota

One of the high speed light rail cars approaching Lincoln Acres.

One of the many custom garage de-signs available for your classics.

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WANTED: 1938 or 1939 Zephyr “donor” car. Preferably a Sedan or Coupe Sedan. Price that I will pay will

be determined by the condition of the car. I now have another ‘39 Zephyr donor car with the engine and

drive train that I would use to make one complete car. I need inside window frames, dash, skirts, hood,

right front fender and other misc. parts. If you have one or know of one please call Karl Flick at

612.961.9705.

FOR SALE: Automobile Quarterly Collection. Super complete at 205 books - 52 volumes and 11 indexes, 2

executive planners, total 218 books, all in slipcases with gold script. Appraised at $2,500.00. Price to sell at

$1,900.00. Harvey V. Oberg Phone 651-739-9754 (Minnesota)

FOR SALE: I am really anxious to sell my 1948 Continental Coupe. Has had a complete engine rebuild 400

miles ago by Adelman engines.. New brakes, battery, chrome has been re-plated, new dark green paint,

new tires, good working overdrive. Needs upholstery. Reduced to $15,000 or make a good offer. Call

Ted Anderson, 763.561.8143.

FOR SALE:

1982 Mark VI 2dr with Sun Roof. 132,000 miles $1,000; 1983 Lincoln Continental 4dr, no title and doesn’t

run $500. Parts cars: 1956 Lincoln Capri Sedan, 1955 Custom Sedan, 1954 Lincoln Front Clip, 1953 Lin-

coln Cosmopolitan Sedan. Contact Elrod Kaufman, 27951 440 Avenue, Freeman, SD 57029 Call after 6PM

for more details 605.925.4986

FOR SALE:

1989 Lincoln Town Car, Black exterior, Grey Leather interior, 60,100 miles. One owner, Excellent Condi-

tion, 5.0 V8 Engine, Automatic Overdrive Transmission. Michelin Tires, Power Glass Moon Roof, Duel

Power Heater Mirrors. Keyless Entry, Power Everything, Listed new for $32,938, Asking $5,695.00

Del at 608.837.5990 Great car with a Great price

FOR SALE:

1981 Mark VI Signature Series. White, moon roof, padded trunk lid, lots of extras. All interior features

work. Red cloth interior. Mileage on high side, 161,700. Started recently after long term storage. Call

Karl Westenfield (C) 763-229-2183

FOR SALE:

1971 Continental Mark III, white, blue leather interior, clean car. $2,500obo.

1975 Continental, four door, yellow with gold-white leather interior. $2,500 obo Nice original condition.

Call Rodney at 701-252-2222 or 252-4149.

FOR SALE:

I need a new home. I am a 1969 MK III with only 103,000 miles and I am green with a like new green inte-

rior. Front windows need some work. Call Rich at 715.321.1938 $4,900/Best offer will own me.

FOR SALE:

1980 Mark VI Givenchy Coupe, New FoMoCo 302 V8 has 40,000 miles; car needs a little TLC, $2500/offer.

320-429-0139

FOR SALE:

1979 Mark V. Car is very nice, 78,000 miles. No rust and has been very well maintained over the years.

Has all the usual Mark V options. I really want to sell this fine car. $3,900 or best offer.

Please call Walter Ranua at 763.458.6053.

You May Be Interested in these Items for Sale

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For Sale

For Sale:

1988 Town Car. Signature Series, Arctic White, Power Glass Moon Roof, electronic message center,

turbine aluminum wheels, brand new WSW tires. White leather interior, keyless entry, owners man-

ual. Mint condition with 94,648 actual miles. $4500 and well worth it. Call North Star member Pete

St. Peter at 507.454.1634, Winona, MN.

For Sale?

1984 Mercury Colony Park wagon. White with “wood trim” and nice dark brown velour interior.

Fully equipped with 41 options, no rust ever, turbine wheels and complete service history. 181,000

miles, but doesn’t show it. Please give me a call for more information. Roald and Rosalee Storvick,

Austin, MN Call 507.433.3944 or cell, 507.438.1016.

For Sale:

1961 through 1967 Lincoln Continentals, complete and mostly complete cars, Sedans and Converti-

bles. I need to thin out my collection and if you need one of these cars either to restore or to use in

your existing restoration project, please give me a call. Gordy Jensen 612.819.2107

For Sale:

1966 Lincoln four door sedan. 121K miles, runs, but needs some carburetor work, green with black

vinyl top. Nice interior. Call Craig Brenner, 320.262.1043, Bird Island, MN

HELP: If you know of anyone parting out a 1989 Lincoln Signature Town Car, I need to find out some

parts. I have a nice 1989 Town Car, Signature series, and to it make even better, I am in need of a

Digital Information Circuit Board and an Actuator for the drivers side door lock. If only someone will

come to my aid and make me happy man once again. If you know where these two items might be,

please contact Shell Watson, PO Box 451 Buffalo, MN 55313 or phone 763.286.4416 or email:

[email protected] Thanks for your help.

For Sale:

1972 Mark IV $2,000 - 60K Miles. Rebuild Carb, Pertronics Ignition system (old system goes with car),

Crager spoke wheels, complete set of service manuals, Personalized “Lincoln” plates good through

2011. Some other new parts go with car. Needs some Tender Loving Care, but the car is basically

sound and a good value at the price. Call Dave Breault at 612-722-2075 and leave a message. Come

take a look at this Lincoln Mark IV soon.

For Sale:

I have over 150 1960’s Lincolns now, mostly parts cars. More than I will ever use. I have now de-

cided to sell my extra parts; sheet metal, trim, whatever. If you are restoring a Lincoln of this era and

need parts, please contact me now. I may have what you need. Just Arrived! New windshields that

fit 1961 through 1969 Continentals. Available Now.

Please call Gordy Jensen at 612.819.2107

STORAGE AVAILABLE

Safe, Secure Storage for your classic now available Southwest Metro Location. Please call

952-412-1266

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April Sunday Brunch at Kozlak’s, Shoreview, April 14, at 11:30AM Salado, Texas - 25th Anniversary, show and meet, April 19 - 21, 2013 CCCA Spring Garage Tour, Saturday April 27, 2013, gather at 8:00AM. departing at 9:00AM Sharp. At Classics Plus Restorations, 12557 Rhode Island Avenue S, Savage, MN May 5th Annual Memorial Day weekend car show , Morries Ford Lincoln, Minnetonka, MN Saturday, May 25, 10:00AM to 2:00PM June Picnic hosted by John and Cheryl McDowall, St Augusta, MN, Saturday, June 8th. 11:30 AM . LCOC Eastern National Meet, Dover, Delaware, June 12 -16 . 10,000 Lakes Concours D'Elegance –Excelsior, Sunday June 2, 2013 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Lincoln Highway 100th Anniversary, Kearney NE, July 1- 4, All car clubs are invited Two tours start Saturday, June 22 from New York and San Francisco. Back to the 50’s, June 21,22, 23 at Fairgrounds July 11th Annual Outstate Classic Lincoln Car Show, Fargo/Morehead area, hosted by John and Lydia Trandem. July 26 -27 returning on July 28. Lincoln Highway 100th Anniversary, Kearney NE, July 4th, All car clubs are invited August Tour to Rockford IL, Friday August 16th Antique Airport and two Collections. Three day tour, Friday – Sunday. Saturday afternoon/evening pig roast hosted by Jack and Marilyn Fletcher. September 7th Annual Luther North Country Lincoln Car Show, Saturday, 9/21 10 to 2 PM Mid America National Meet, Tulsa, OK, September 4-7 October Annual North Star Potluck Picnic and Auction, Morries, Long Lake, Sunday October 13, 10 – 3 PM Western National Meet, Phoenix AZ October 23-27 November Year End Lunch, Vesico’s, Sunday11/10 at 11:30 AM

Preview of Coming Events

BACK ISSUES OF THE NORTHSTAR NEWS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON THE NORTHSTAR LCOC WEB SITE.

www.northstarlcoc.org Click on publications.

Issues are in PDF format and may be printed on your color printer.

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North Star Activities

Come Join the CCCA Spring Garage Tour, Saturday, April 27. Meet at 8:00AM

tour begins at 9:00AM. Be at Classics Plus Restorations, 12557 Rhode Island

Avenue South, Savage, MN. Just South of Highway 13/101 and East of Highway

13. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to see some great collections. This event

usually takes most of the day. We usually stop for lunch along the way.

Sunday, April 14, 2013, 11:30AM Brunch at Kozlak’s Royal Oak Café. 4785 Hodgson Road, Shoreview, MN This is one of the best places in town

for Sunday brunch. It’s been years since we have visited Kozlak’s… Far too

long. Now we can go back and enjoy fine Sunday dining once more. It will be

the perfect Spring day and a good time to properly kick off our 2013 driving

season. Drive your old Lincoln or take your new one. Just come and bring your appetite.

Only $25 per person and well worth it.

Please RSVP to Jay White by Wednesday, April 3, by calling 952-432-5939 or email:

[email protected].

Take either 35W or 35E to highway 96. From 35W go East on Hwy 96 to Hodgson Road,

then North to Kozlaks. From 35E go West on Hwy 96 to Hodgson Road, then North to

Kozlaks.

After a long winter come treat your self to a great brunch at Kozlaks and spend a couple of

hours with your friends talking about great cars and good times.

Morrie’s Minnetonka Ford Lincoln

Spring 2013 All Lincoln Show

Saturday, May 25, 2013

10:00AM to 2:00PM

Join us for our Northstar Spring car show. Bring your favorite

Lincoln, old or new and plan to spend a nice spring day visit-

ing with many of your old friends and making some new

ones too.

Again, All Lincolns are welcome, regardless of age or condition. We will even be glad to see a

Mercury or two. We are an equal opportunity Lincoln Club. Lunch is planned and the Northstar

club will be furnishing dash plaques and door prizes.

See you at Morrie’s Minnetonka Ford Lincoln Mercury on May 26, 13400 Wayzata Boulevard.

Just before Hwy 494. Invite anyone you know who owns a Lincoln to join us at this show.

Morrie’s

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