Yesterdays Chevrolet
San Fernando Valley Region
EDITOR: Steve Rosenberg October 2008 www.sfvregionvcca.com
Well I guess the number one item is the 9/14 Car Show hosted by Fred Bell Jr. & Community Chevrolet. To say it was a success would be an understatement. We had 91 cars on the lots. Being that we had a large pre-registration, Fred made available more space in front of the dealerships main building that was put to good use.
Nova Row
Right in front of the main store was Nova “row”. There were I believe seven.
The front row, nearest the street in the used car lot, were about 20 cars lined up by year of manufacture starting with Ken Kaufman’s ’1918 ,eight cylinder 490.
I found out from him that there are only 20 of those cars still around worldwide. I also learned that the crank shaft has only 4 lobs and the there are two connecting rods to each lob.
The last in the front row was the ’39 sedan, August’s G&D cover car, owned and restored beautifully by Alonso Guerrero.
Of the 91 cars at the show about 35 were 1942 and older. As an older car lover, you HAVE to love that.
We had two cars the rocked the lot & rattled teeth when the engine was running. We got a call from Cal-Tech, seems we registered on the earthquake scale.
Teens through the 30’s row
We had original cars in perfect condition; we had four HPOCF class cars and four CDPC cars. That is the newest judged classification for the VCCA. It’s for a driver that’s still basically looks like a Chevy. It’s engine has to be year correct. NO 350 in a ’46 pick-up, it has to have six cylinder engine.
All in all it was a VERY successful show, a little on the hot side but manageable with all the food, water & beverages given for free from Fred Bell Jr. & Community Chevrolet.
If you know someone that is in the market for a Chevrolet, please think of Community Chevrolet & give them the chance to make you and them happy.
Meeting Minutes from Thursday 9/4/08
The meeting was called to order by Director Carl Jappe at 7:35pm with 15 members in attendance and one guest; Lou Pastel.
Minutes from the last meeting were approved as published in the monthly newsletter.
Motion to approve by Carmine Palazzo and seconded by Bob Dollenmayer.
The Treasurer’s report was delivered by Gloria Palazzo. Revenue was mainly derived from the Region’s car show and expenses were from the purchase of walky-talkies, the summer BBQ and car show raffle prizes. Motion to approve by Carmine Palazzo and seconded by Bob Everett.
Correspondence discussed: Orange County Region’s Classic Clatter – September 2008, Foothill Region’s Regionnaire – September 2008, The Orange Peel – August 2008.
Committee Reports: The Region’s car show. Steve Rosenberg gave a quick overview of the registrations and related pre-show information. Larry Pearson recapped the participation of the membership at his judging school and offered last minute advice. Rich Wisman summarized details of the pending car show raffle.
Old Business: Larry Pearson discussed the Region participating in the All Cal Meet and offering the So. Cal. Region assistance. Lompoc is the probable site for the event
. After much discussion on the Lee Iacoca Foundation Award. A motion was made by Steve Rosenberg and seconded by Carmine Palazzo, that in the future we should look at presenting the award to a person who shares the same ideals as Mr. Iacoca regarding the preservation of Antique Automobiles.
New Business: Gloria Palazzo handed out National’s new brochure, “Welcome All Chevy Enthusiasts!” This brochure will be distributed at the Region’s car show and is available for membership recruiting purposes.
Tours and activities: * Queen Mary car shows on Sept. 28th, Nov. 23rd and Dec. 14th 2008. For information call (951) 845-5916
Oct 12th, 2008 - 4th Annual All Chevrolet Car Show. VCCA National Judging. Held at Enderle Center, 14081 S. Yorba St, Tustin, CA. Hosted by the Orange County Region. (714) 622-8210. *
Nov. 2, 2008 - Last Chevrolet Show of the Year - All Chevrolet Car Show. Hosted by the Foothill Region.
Held at Team Chevrolet, 2003 Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA from 8:30am-3pm. For information, call (626) 963-7842. *
Larry Pearson discussed possible locations for the next shuttle run.
“What have you done in the last 30 days to or with your cars or are you having any problems?” Members present discussed their vehicles.
$ 0.50 badge money was collected.
Door Prize Winners: #1 Geoff Williamson-Flashlight, #2 Bob Everett-Tape, #3 Bob Dollenmayer-Belt Spray
Meeting adjourned at 8:27pm.
Respectfully submitted: G. Williamson
After 16 years HE’s DONEEEEEEEEE Bob & Dee Manko’s ’30 - 2dr Coach, Well Done Bob
I recently bought 1933 California license plates on line from eBay. While looking for the 1933 plates I saw other 1933 plates with “strange” alpha notations. They were two letter one on top of the other. I was puzzled to what they meant. I went online and could not find an information source. I did find some information that the Los Angeles Times had a 702 word article on that exact subject. BUT to get a copy of that item would only cost me $89.95, a bargain. So what to do? I called my son Paul, you saw/met him at our car show, and he suggested I call my library. I called the Thousand Oaks Library and spoke to a lady at the reference desk. She explained to me that they had the Los Angeles Times back to 1886 available on their website. She walked me through the simple procedure to find it and this internet maven was able to find it in a matter of less than a minute. I printed it to add to my 1933 collection of literature. The information below is what I found.
The E (exempt) in a diamond State Owned Vehicle
E" " Oval County " "
E " "Square City " "
P over C Pneumatic-tired Comml Veh
Sover C Solid-tired CommlVeh
P over T Pneumatic-tire for a trailer
S over T Solid-tired for a trailer
P over S a veh owned by a franchised public carrier or corporation paying franchise tax inlieuofallothertaxes
DLR Auto dealer
BE overPC, SC, PT or STpneumatic or solid-tired truck or trailer operating under State Board of Equalization permit.
While in the Los Angeles Times archives I was able to find MANY other 1933 Chevrolet items including the press release article on the new 1933 Chevrolet Standard and many advertisements for the 1933 Chevrolet. A side note. I know my 1933 Standard is called the Mercury model. In ALL my 1933 literature I can not find that word used. I even contacted Dave Sylvain the VCCA tech advisor for ‘33’s, he also looked and found NONE. Anyone know how/were it started?
This is a first copy of the car show I am going to send to the G&D with MANY more pictures. If you have any suggestions for improvement or additions, PLEASE comment.
Car show Continued
One long street from beautiful downtown Burbank, Fred Bell Jr. & Community hosted our ALL-Chevrolet 9/14/2008 Division I Car Show. To say it was a success would be an understatement. We had 91 cars on the lot. Being that we had a large pre-registration, Fred made available more space in front of the dealerships main building that was put to good use. The twenty-six region members in attendance manned the check in table, raffle booth, assigned cars to their spots and did the judging. Many VCCA members from other regions also helped with the judging.
Having a car show with a second purpose is always good for the community. This year as in the past Fred Bell Jr. once again invited PADRES Contra El Cancer (Parents Against Cancer) as the selected charity to benefit from the sale of donated Community Chevrolet car show T-Shirts and lunch tickets. Dean Leamy of Budweiser donated holiday themed beer steins once again (same as last year) and this year he also included some Budweiser collectable bottles. 100% of the proceeds raised from the sale of all of these items went to PADRES. PADRES is a support organization devoted to assisting families with children battling cancer. You may learn more about their work at www.IamHope.org From their web site. “Our programs, activities and services play a critical role in the patient’s chances for recovery because we assist the family in overcoming barriers that interfere with strict adherence to the recommended treatment regimen, we have developed and perfected our program model over many years and have observed its profound impact on the lives of our participants.”
Turns out we had three cover cars at our show, mine from July 2008 & George & Jeanette Aust’s ’41, and as Jeanette said, “a long time ago”. Between the ’18 & the ’39 were 18 other cars in the 20’s & 30’s. We had FIVE 1936 models, all different. If we were able to move those five cars into Fred’s show room, you would have thought you were back in 1936 in a new car dealer
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Right in front of the main store was Nova “row”. There was seven of this name plate on display. The Chevelle’s were also well represented. They look powerful and fast standing still.
Commercial vehicles took up the back row and even overflowed it. One of our members Michael Dellagala has a 1951 Ambulance that comes from his home town in upstate New York. He knew that car as a child and while back “home” visiting his parents he inquired about the car from an old friend that owned the car. The friend said you want it, it’s yours. The car was transported to California & Michael had the car made beautiful. He won 2nd place in his class for entrant’s choice. His 1st award.
The 1951 Ambulance
All in all we judged 35 cars by VCCA standards. There were twenty seven original cars in junior, senior and preservation. As we hold a judged show every year, we are getting more and more preservation winners. Four HPOCF class cars and four CDPC cars. CDPC is the newest judged classification for the VCCA. It’s for a driver that’s still basically looks like a Chevy. The engine has to be year correct. NO 350’s in a ’46 pick-up. That has to have a six cylinder engine.
Next Meeting
Thursday October 2nd 2008 @ 17015 Burbank Blvd, Encino 7:30 –9:30 PM