The most recent "Cover Shot" from our Bi-Monthly Newsletter
One Piece At A Time
This photo captures one of the happiest moments of an antique car owners restoration process. I rolled the car out of the garage and paid a hauler to take it to Ralph Baldwin’s restoration shop. This bare bones skeleton of a 1929 60-C Model-A Fordor has been media-blasted, repaired, primered, painted, and lastly wet sanded. It has been sitting in the garage for over 5 years waiting for this day. After following it to the shop in New Milford, I returned home to start cleaning out the garage of all the disassembled parts, doors, fenders, running boards, splash aprons etc. After several trips in my pick-up, all the parts were delivered to the shop. Ralph has since chemically hand stripped each one & then had them sent out to American Dry Stripping for media blasting. The parts have been returned to the shop, sanded, & painted with an epoxy primer. Ralph has begun to do some minor sheet metal repair to the fenders and splash aprons so he can assemble them onto the car and check the alignment. Once that is confirmed, he will complete the repairs, then re-primer and paint all the parts prior to final assembly. He has told me this is one of the best preserved cars of its age he has ever seen. Prior to purchasing it, I brought my fellow car club member George Gereg with me to see the car. George owns three antique vehicles and has been in the hobby for over 3 decades. He called the car a “Survivor Car”. It apparently had been in dry storage for it’s entire life since there was very little sheet metal rot and NO Wood Rot! Not a single piece of wood needs to be replaced in this vehicle during the restoration. One roof support cracked and needs to be glued & clamped, but not replaced. I have been in touch with a member of the Model-A Restorers Club who is very interested in this car as well. The body tag is the earliest he has heard of and therefore of particular interest to him.
Paul Tanski/ NL Editor
WHEELS AND WINGS 2010 SHOW AT CANDLELIGHT AIRPORT
We have our 2010 Date
We are planning our 2010 show for JUNE 27th 2010 with a rain date of July 11th 2010. Hopefully, with this change, we won't have the trouble we have had with weather in the past.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
THE HVR CAR CLUB WAS FOUNDED TO EXPAND AND PROMOTE THE HOBBY OF ANTIQUE CAR OWNERSHIP, ENJOYMENT, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION:
"ONE PIECE AT A TIME"
CONTACT INFORMATION ***ATTENTION ALL CLUB MEMBERS***
HVR CHAPTER OF THE AACA Setup for Wheels and Wings 2010 will take place at 9:00am
Telephone (203) 270-1811 on Saturday, June 26th. Please inform show co-coordinators
Paul Tanski John and/or Mark if you are planning on attending.
paul_tanski@HVRCARCLUB.org