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Victoria Vintage View

Newsletter of the Victoria Chapter

Bayview Roundhouse Party

We received our annual invitation to special event put on by Bayview Place, to tie in

with their golf tournament. Heinz Mueller and Murray Firth wrote up some brief com-

ments on their attendance. They had the good fortune of listening to The Jersey Boys.

These are a few of the comments.

It was an interesting and crowded affair and quite noisy. Lots of food of different types,

Wine and Beer was flowing freely and good company nearby. There were about seven

cars there and hundreds of people. All in all a very memorable affair.

It was a beautiful evening for a dance party and the music for the fifties and sixties had

people dancing in the aisle and as many dressed and acted like it was all sweet memo-

ries!

The music was great but LOUD, so Heinz and I exited before closing time due to our ad-

vanced age/eardrums but nobody noticed as the party was roaring and the GOOD

TIMES were rolling along.

A fantastic evening!!

July—August 2019 Bill Bouchard—Editor

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Father’s Day Car Shows – 2019 Monday, June 10th – Luther Court

We were invited to come for lunch in their Dining Room, which was rather nice! Members attending

include:

Jim Cain – 1950 Pontiac (Jim lives at Luther Court)

Kurt Hansen – 1937 Packard Roadster

Brent Morrison – 1966 Chevrolet Fleetside “Morrison Chevrolet Oldsmobile” Pickup

Reg Potts – 1938 Chevrolet Coupe

Harvey Sherman – 1956 Mercury

Don & Dolores Stevens – 1967 Ford Mustang

Paul Taylor – 1968 Olds Cutlass Convertible

Gordie & Jane Thomas – 1934 Oldsmobile Sedan

Ted & Janet Trotter – 1931 Ford Model A Roadster

After lunch, we went out into the sunshine. There was live entertainment, ice cream and refresh-

ments for the residents and for us too. Reg didn’t seem to appreciate the music that was being of-

fered but this was only temporary!

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Thursday, June 13th – Gorge Road Hospital We were parked out the back of the facility, near the Extended Care part of the building. Other Club or

Clubs were invited, too, as we found out by the cars that showed up.

Our members and their cars include:

Kurt Hansen – 1937 Packard Roadster

John King – 1948 Dodge Sedan

Brent Morrison - 1966 Chevrolet Fleetside “Morrison Chevrolet Oldsmobile” Pickup

Don & Dolores Stevens – 1967 Ford Mustang

Paul Taylor – 1968 Olds Cutlass Convertible

Refreshments and ice cream bars were served and many of the residents came out to see all of the cars.

Royal Oak Burial Park Summer So[u]lstice

Ten members came out to display their cars at this, the Tenth Annual So[u]lstice. It was

a top-down day!

Murray & Carol Firth – 1969 Mercury Cougar Convertible

Kurt Hansen – 1937 Packard Roadster Convertible

David & Karen Hilder – 1966 Beaumont Convertible

John King – 1948 Dodge Sedan

Richard Johnson – Jani’s Cadillac Convertible

Heinz Mueller – 1954 Chevrolet Sedan

Harvey & Sue Sherman – 1956 Mercury Sedan

Don & Evelyn Spencer – 1965 Mustang Convertible

Don & Dolores Stevens – 1967 Mustang

Paul Taylor – 1968 Olds Cutlass Convertible

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Continued from preceding page

We were acknowledged during the Opening Ceremonies, which also included the presentation of a

$7,000 cheque from The Saanich Legacy Foundation to Royal Oak Burial Park in support of the Little

Spirits Garden for stillborn and infant memorials. There were drinks, a cake (donated by Thrifty

Foods) and Root Beer and Coke floats. A brass band played in the background, the Ensemble Laude

women’s chorale group sang in the Mausoleum and local historians John Adams and Dave Obee were

on hand to give tours and talk about the history of the cemetery and the notable people buried there.

Inside Swap Meet The inside swap meet, held in the main hall, was the usual collection of vendors from past years. This

event is not a huge revenue source for our Chapter but it is important for the overall success of the

Swap Meet. While the space available is not all occupied, the 16 vendor booths were pleased with the

sales activity in the hall. In fact, in an exit survey of the vendors, all would return next year except

the one vendor who would defer due to an aging process.

Outside Swap Meet No sales figures were available at time of putting this article together but if we take the Inside Conces-

sion as a measure the revenue for the Outside part of the Swap Meet will be down.

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Father’s Day Model T Run

Nine Model T’s came out for this year’s competition, and about 40 people were on

hand. Our signature Ham’n Egger breakfasts were served at about 8:00 am, along

with fruit, muffins and coffee.

Model T’s lined up ready to go. Harvey waits for breakfast, made by Kurt and Paul.

Thanks to Marc Brown for getting the grill, muffins and fruit. Thanks to Liz and

Kurt for their help with the breakfast, and to James Kitchener for mapping out the

run. Thanks to sponsor Rob Oldfield for his continued support of this event.

The eventual winner was Pat

Meehan, who blamed navigator

Murray Firth for his win. Pat al-

ways says that the objective is to

come in second so he doesn’t have to

add another Model T part to the tro-

phy before next year’s run.

Run sponsor Rob Oldfield presents the tro-

phy to this year’s winner Pat Meehan

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2019 Swap Meet – Inside Concession News

Whilst the net proceeds from this year’s Inside Concession are down from previous

years, we still made a comfortable profit (just over $1,000.00). These funds help make

it possible for the Club to subsidize many annual events, for all members of our Chap-

ter – e.g. New Year’s Day Run, Ice Cream Run, Corn Roast, Member Appreciation

Night and of course, our Awards & Christmas Banquet.

A lot of dedicated volunteers worked very hard to make this happen ….. twenty-four

(24) individuals contributed their time and energy to the various jobs involved – from

helping with the purchase of the products, to the transportation of products and mate-

rials to the Fairgrounds, to the actual preparation and sale of products, to the final

clean-up and transportation of products and materials back home again, and the return

of unsold goods.

On Swap Meet day, the twenty-six 2-hour shifts were covered by club members, extend-

ed family members and members of the Telus Ambassadors group. We cannot say

enough about the support of the Telus volunteers – most of them keep coming back,

year after year, to lend a helping hand.

All of our volunteers are hard-working and positive – ready and willing to handle any-

thing that needs to be done.

If you have two hours to spare and want to be a part of this wonderful event, please

mark your calendar for Sunday, June 28th, 2020.

Submitted by: Liz Taylor

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The Victoria Chapter at the 2019 May Tour Paul Taylor

Chapter members and their cars attending the May Tour

Jamie & Sherrill Cox – 1963 Oldsmobile Starfire Convertible

Finn & Freida Eriksen – 1966 Buick Electra Convertible

Rudy Ewert & Norma Jee – modern

Murray & Carol Firth – 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442

Kurt & Darlene Hansen – 1988 Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance

John King – 1964 Chevrolet Convertible

Harvey & Sue Sherman – 1956 Mercury

Tom & Ann Tams – 1962 Buick Skylark Convertible

Paul & Liz Taylor – 1968 Cutlass Convertible

Gordie & Jane Thomas – modern

Darryl & Beth Watkins – 1992 Cadillac

We left home on the 9:00 am ferry on Thursday, May 16th, taking a backroads route to Chilliwack for

lunch at the Husky station. After lunch we continued on the road, into Hope for gas; then a stop in

Princeton to stretch our legs, and finally to Osoyoos to spend the night at the Best Western Sunrise

Inn.

Members of the Nanaimo Chapter were all staying there as well, and we all had dinner in the restau-

rant at the hotel.

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Friday morning, we left Osoyoos at about 9:00 am and headed east. With only one stop, at the McRae

Creek Rest area, we arrived at the Prestige Lakeside Inn at Nelson just before 1:00 pm. It was rain-

ing lightly when we went out for the Heritage Walking Tour of Nelson. Following this most interest-

ing walk around downtown Nelson, the Valve Cover Races were held under cover at the Hotel. John

King represented our Chapter there, but unfortunately finished out of the money. On our own for

dinner, Liz & I went with our friends Ron & Linda Moon from Olympia WA to the historic Hume Ho-

tel for dinner.

By Saturday morning, the rain had stopped, but it was still not sunny enough for us to put the top

down. Today’s tour took us West back along Highway 3A for 23 km to the Playmore Junction. We

went up Highway 6 for 47 km to Winlaw, where we crossed the Slocan River and came back along the

scenic Slocan River Road. This led us to Passcreek Road, which goes all the way into Castlegar. After

a 5 mile drive up Robson Road, we drove across the Keenlyside Dam. Then we came back into Castle-

gar for lunch at the Castlegar Community Complex. After lunch, we headed back along Highway 3A

toward Nelson for 19 km, then we turned right onto Blewett Road. We crossed the Kootenay River in

two bridges, then came to a hairpin turn that must have been quite a challenge for some of the older

cars! Blewett climbs high up into the silver mining area above the valley, which gives you a panoram-

ic view of the Kootenay Valley. We came back down to the Highway and into Nelson and to the Hotel.

When they got just about to the Hotel, Finn & Freida ran over something sharp which blew a tire.

They had quite a challenge getting it repaired. The tire shop would not work on it because it was over

ten years old, and finding a replacement in that size wasn’t easy. With the help of the locals, a new

tire was found in time for the rest of the tour.

After dinner on our own, we all boarded the streetcar for a trip to Lakeside Park at the other end of

the line. We were told that during the late 60’s and early 70’s, much of the population of Nelson were

either “Rednecks” or “hippies (Vietnam draft dodgers). So it was suggested that we dress accordingly.

Hippie dress was fairly easy, and rednecks of that period were wearing “Salmo Dinner Jackets”.

Here are some Rednecks in their Salmo Dinner Jackets

John wore his favorite hat!

There was a wine and cheese party in the streetcar garage. A good time was had by all!

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Here’s a couple of Hippies with their VW van Hippie Wagon.

Don’t you think Norma and Rudy make a fine couple of hippies?

Sunday morning saw some sunshine, so we put the top

down for our cruise up to Kaslo for their May Day festival.

This event includes a car show, so our 100+ cars probably

tripled the size of that. We also had a tour of the SS Moyie

paddle wheeler museum and there were logger sports hap-

pening at the park.

Some of the cars at the car show.

We returned to the Hotel from Kaslo for a little

rest and relaxation, then it was off to the ban-

quet room for dinner and the awards

Our American friends Ron & Linda Moon

brought their 1926 Diana to the Tour. They won

the awards “Most Elegant Pre-War Car” and the

“Peoples’ Choice” award for that car.

Murray and Carol Firth received a First place Remember the Eriksen’s flat tire? That was enough to

for their 1970 Cutlass 442 win the Hard Luck trophy.

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Ice Cream Social July 2 An event that members look forward to every year, the ice cream drive and dine replaces

the July meeting and is very popular. This year the ice cream treats were served up on

Tuesday July 2 and the regular organizers and servers were up to the task. Paul and

Liz Taylor took charge of the driving arrangements and were at the Burnside Road de-

parture point with the run sheets, and registration sign up sheets. Our destination at

the end of the 30 minute drive was the Sherman property. Harvey and Sue Sherman

had the tables and coffee ready and Jane Thomas along with Sue had the ice cream,

cake and the trimmings available.

A sampling of the cars and the mem-

bers. It was difficult to capture all

of the members and vehicles but

these pictures give an idea of the

setup. Then there’s the picture of

Paul giving Jane his report on the

cake and ice cream.

The numbers were 30 cars (23 Vintage) and about 55 people enjoying the evening.