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VCCC – Kamloops Chapter Newsletter Box 239 Kamloops, BC V2C 5K6

Email kamshafteditor@gmail.com Editor: Dave Dickinson

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Vol. 41 No.6

Calendar of Events *Kamloops Chapter Events

* Every Thursday June to August is a Cruise Night {Hope you can make some of them}

*Jun 26th

BBQ Potluck 6 pm & General Meeting to follow

*Jul 1st Cars needed for Canada Day Riverside Park {if you can go call Bruce 250 573 2344}

Jul 6th

Vernon VCCC Car Rodeo, S &S @ O’Keefe Ranch {10-4}{250 306 6377}

Jul 12-14th

100 Mile House S n’ S Weekend (www.hotjulynights.ca)

Jul 27th

KSRA “Chrome on the Grass” {Prince Charles Park Kamloops} {10-3}{Bill 250 573 4966}

Jul 28th

Nicola Valley Cruisers S&S also Swap Meet Merritt 9 am (Jack 250 378 2662}

Aug 10th

Kamloops 19th

Hot Nite In The City {250 377 3190}

It is recommended that if you do not have a spare key for your Vintage Car you rush out immediately and get

one and carry it with you. You may never need it however if you do you are prepared. For a number years as Noella and I have travel down the Coke to the Coastal Swap Meet we have met

between 12 and 15 T-Birds heading for the Annual Thunderbird Meet in Kelowna. This year we only saw two. I

wonder why!

Cruise Nights are fun and interesting as they take you places you probably would not go on your own.

Besides it is a time to socialize and drive your Vintage.

Thanks to Joy & Marlene for their Back Road Articles and those that supplied pictures of the tour.

LETTERS to the EDITOR In regards to the picture on June calendar: - Many years ago in Hot Rod magazine there was a photo of a ‘34

coupe in a field with a tree growing out the roof...2 fellows where talking to the farmer and the caption said you can have

the car for free...the tree is $200 dollars Good memories..I was about 18 then. Don L.

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Four Amigos plus One

For many years now the four amigo’s Dick Parkes, Jake Surline, Virgil Lysgaard & Julian Slotylak have

traveled to the Coastal Swap Meet. Now that John Rostron is living in Merritt he gets picked up on the way.

Jake just doing some looking while Virgil must be planning on working as he said he needed new coveralls.

Dick and John also just looking and had not found anything at the time of the picture.

Rumour had it that with the quantity and size of Julian’s articles

Jake was going to have to ride back to Kamloops on the roof of Dick’s

van. Maybe only a rumour!

When talking to Al Paulsen before I left for the Swap Meet he said he was going to have

a stall for selling. He must have done OK as when I got there only thing left at the stall was

the marker. Roving Reporter

What Make & Year? To enter you must e mail

your answer to kamshafteditor@gmail.com before it is

given in the next Kamshaft. Mike Collings was Last Month’s Winner

{1956 Desoto Fire Flite}

Wednesday June 26th

Annual BBQ Meeting

Starts at 6:00 pm. Meeting to follow

The cook trailer will be there so bring

something to cook {please no sausages} and a

pot luck dish or dessert to share.

You also need to bring you own plates, cutlery

and cold drinks.

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WOW did we do it!!! Our “Meet The Dean in 2013” May Tour is over and boy, did

we 'do it' well!!

With the incredible Team effort by all of the Kamloops Chapter Members, our Tour

was a total success and you, the volunteers, were the Foundation of this success.

Everyone that came from all over British Columbia thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Each and every one of you that volunteered during the past 3 years, helped to

make “OUR” Tour what people are claiming was “the best tour ever”! Over and over we

are being told

-what an organized team we were

–how happy our members were even under the stress of our event

–how delicious all the meals were (and no lack of food!!)

–what splendid accommodations we organized

–how ideal the location was

–the goody bags were more than they had ever received!

–the doors prizes were HUGE

–how unique the tours were

-our registration team

-our super MC

– ...and the entertainment probably will start a whole new trend!

And on and on and on!!!

Those of you that donated towards the fund raising such as the silent auction items, also assisted the club in

presenting and delivering a resounding success.

The Committee Organizers outdid themselves, each of you were so organized and competent.

How do we thank each and every one of you for your support in your Vintage Car Club? It is impossible to thank

each of you individually. We want you to know what a great team you are and how proud we were to Chair this tour.

Thanking each of you for a “job well done” Ken Hoshowski and Jan Surline

WANT TO SEE AN AD ABOUT YOUR FIRST CAR? Thought you might enjoy seeing your first car ad. This is really cool. Find your first car

or the one you drove to high school or college; hopefully your car brochure is available.

This has to be one of the neatest web sites whether you have gasoline in your veins or

not. This is a website featuring the original factory brochures for nearly every

American car you have ever owned. Pick the manufacturer, the year and the model.

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html {Sent in by Ken Finnigan}

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Annual Back Roads ‘N’ Byways Tour {June 7

th - 9

th 2013} organized by John and Linda Rostron

There were 32 people (16 vehicles) that attended this great tour that took

us from Kamloops via back roads past Merritt and Princeton and into Hedley

and Keremeos to the Oliver and Osoyoos areas and back to Kamloops.

The weather was very pleasant -- sunny, warm and dry with a few

evenings of light breezes.

Starting on Friday, we had a great lunch at the Hitching Post Restaurant in

Hedley with some of the South Okanagan Chapter members. After lunch we

were able to wander around the town site to burn off a “tiny” bit of the

calories we all consumed before heading on to the Twin Lakes Store (only 20

minutes away) for ice cream. After we continued on to the Dominion Radio

Astrophysical Observatory off of White Lake Road for a very informative

and interesting tour by guide “Ken” about radio and solar waves. We finally

reached our Oliver destination, the Cactus Tree Inn, were we all settled in for

our stay. The motel had a great patio area for our social hours before and

after dinner where we got to know each other better through great

conversation and banter.

Saturday morning we went to the Desert Center located between Oliver

and Osoyoos for a boardwalk tour about the flora and fauna of the area. After

lunch at the Fire hall Pub in Oliver, Fiona and Irv Wood escorted us on a tour

to Glenn Stephen’s place to see all his treasures--some missed the turn and

did their own tour to Tickleberry’s Ice Cream in Okanagan Falls. A number

of the ladies went shopping on their own to find other treasures in Oliver and

Osoyoos. We all met back at the motel for social hour prior to going for

dinner at the Fairview Golf & Country Club for a buffet dinner of chicken

and ribs and then returned to the motel for further socializing.

Sunday started with breakfast at the Golf and Country Club before we

headed on the back roads through beautiful countryside to the Sunkeya

Alpaca Farm where we had a hosted farm tour by owners Linda and Clay

Schultz .

They even had a couple of baby alpacas for us to see within their herd of

approximately 15. Also, there were some wonderfully crafted items made

from alpaca fibre and many of us purchased these. Those of us that were not

staying for the extra day left for Kamloops. Those of us staying, continued

on with our adventure. From here, about 7 vehicles went with Fiona and Irv

Wood to Osoyoos via the Black Sage back road to Susie Q’s diner for lunch

and then on to a winery for samples and purchases and viewing of local

artists’ works. The others that did not follow, did their own tour either out to

Tickleberry’s Ice Cream in Okanagan Falls or went back to the garage of

Glenn Stephen’s to review the tin treasures or whatever else they found to

do. We all met back at the motel for social hour before heading for dinner at

the “Ye Old Welcome Inn” at Gallagher Lake. After stuffing ourselves, it

was back to the motel for more socializing.

Monday brought a close to the extended version of the tour with everyone

that remained heading back home. It was a very fun-filled, relaxing, and

entertaining event. Written by Marlene Beddie.

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More Back Road Pictures

Photos by Don Potts, Jan Surline, Jim Carroll, John Rostron, Joy Parkes, Marlene Beddie & Simon Bawtree

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Relaxing & Socializing after a hard day of touring.

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THURSDAY NIGHTS First Cruise Night: - Pine Grove Care Center

It was too bad that the weather did not co-operate for this years’ 1st Cruise Night. We

had 8 cars make the trip over to Pine Grove Center. As the residents could not come outside we were treated

inside to coffee, tea and cake along with a Karoke sing along. We were asked to sing but had not takers. If you

have not been on a Cruise Night mark your calendar as they are fun.

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Annual Swap Meet

The 2013 Swap Meet was very successful. We had a strong group of volunteers that put in two good days

work. Unfortunately, as in all good events, there were a few volunteers that were not kept busy. A challenge for

the future is to make sure when people make the effort to volunteer that they are put to work and go home

satisfied.

The vendors that I spoke with all were happy with the event and willing to

return next year. All of our groups did an excellent job, as I personally did not

handle a single complaint. The rain held off until late in the day and no one

seemed concerned about a short shower. The sun came out and made cleanup

a pleasant exercise which went very smoothly with the large cleanup crew we

had this year. Next year after the renovations at the Rec Centre we will again

have a new layout and an improved kitchen. Our 2013 revenue will be down

slightly when all the invoices are in, but considering the uncertainty of the

weather I think this is to be expected. To all the Committee members and the

host of volunteers. Thank You for your efforts in making 2013 Swap Meet a

successful event and hope everyone has a very enjoyable summer. Swap Meet Chair John Foley

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Glenn Gallagher [May 28th

, 2013] [Kamloops Charter Member 1972]

At Glenn’s Celebration Of Life there were 60 Vintage Car members driving 24

Vintage Cars attended the service at the Colombo Hall on Thursday June 6th.

Glenn was a Charter member of the Kamloops Chapter when the club was formed

in 1972, this was because his love for the restoration of vintage cars.

Glenn was not much for holding a position on the Executive however he was always

there to help out with his ideas and was there to make them work. He has helped many club

members over the years and many can attest to that-- if you needed a part or piece

for your car or even needed a vintage car he always seemed to know of a guy, who

knows a guy, who knows a guy, who has the right thing. The Gallagher’s have

always been great hosts for Vintage Car Members both at their home and at their

Motel hosting many Bar B Qs and Christmas parties.

Last year in 2012 the club held its 40th

Anniversary party and to celebrate it, Glenn with the Clubs permission, had a 40 year pin made up, he paid for the first

200 pins---they are now a collector item. Pictured on the pin was Glenn’s 1938

Chev that was in the 1st Easter Parade. There never has been an Easter Parade without a Gallagher car in attendance.

We are truly going to miss him. Bob Gieselman

Brian Roberts [June 8th

, 2013] [Member since 1997] Our Chapter has lost another veteran member with the passing of Brian last weekend.

Brian joined our Chapter in 1997 after moving to Kamloops with his partner, Maxine

Jensen from Williams Lake and establishing a second Central Equipment Tractor sales

and service business on the KIB Reserve. A few years later he built a new building in the

Campbell Creek Industrial Park and moved his business and residence to that location.

Although he continued to be occupied running his business right up until the end, Brian and

Maxine used to be regulars at our events driving one of his many vintage automobiles including the Chrysler Airflow,

Oldsmobile Luxury Sedan or one of his Internationals. Unfortunately, Maxine has severe Alzheimer’s Disease and now

resides in Bedford Manor. Our condolences go out to Maxine and to Brian’s family. { I understand the service will be in

Williams Lake}

Ken Littlejohns [June 9th

, 2013] [Member since 2002]

Ken joined the Kamloops

Chapter in 2002. He served on

the Executive and enjoyed

driving his 1964 Mercury Comet

convertible. During Cruise Nights

he did not always get the top down

as Lynn like to have it up as she said it was too hot with it

down. You could see Ken and his car parked in the 200

block during Hot Nite In The City.

No matter where he went with or without his car he took the time to talk to someone whether he knew them

or not.

Ken was quite well known around the Kamloops soft ball parks as he really knew how to hit those home

runs. Sorry to see you leave us Ken.

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1937 Lincoln-Zephyr Emblem please contact

………………… *Ernie McNaughton 250 573 5965

A Name of a person or business that can check the

output and adjust a 6 volt 3 brush generator system

……… *Dave hupdave@gmail.com or 250 578 8884

1974 Chevy Caprice Rear Tail Light

……………………………………….. *250 579 9936

1939-41 Chev Bell Housing with Kick stating mounts

……………………………………….. *Bob 372 0469

Small Travel Trailer road worthy condition

……………… *Audrey Bouwmeester 250 573 556 or

…………………………. Desiree Wells 250 320 1029

Wine Makers 4 or 5 others to join me in making a

batch of wine. We each pick a wine then we split

giving each 5 or 6 of each variety. {30 bottles

approximately $185}…. *Dave hupdave@gmail.com

Cars for July 1st ……… contact Bruce 250 573 2344

Free Goodyear Arriva tire. 205-75-R15” 1 ½” W.W. It

is on a 5 on 4 ½” rim. 90% Tred.

*Don @ 250-374-1972 or email @ dolip52@gmail.com

1993 Ford $10,000 8 passenger van

………………. *Audrey Bouwmeester 250 573 5556

A Thought to Remember Until Next Time: -

If everything is coming your way, you’re probably in the wrong lane.