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LOWER COLUMBIA CLASSIC CAR CLUB 1

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PRESIDENT FRED MESTRICH 503-440-9481/ VICE PRESIDENT DARRYL NIEMI 503-861-0484/

TREASURER BURT YOUNG 503-338-8719 / SECRETARY JUDY JORDAN 503-325-1807 / BACKFIRE EDITOR ROSS GETCHELL

503-440-3291 / WEBMASTER ROBI NELSON 360-623-3896 [email protected]

FEBRUARY 2019

From the Prez.

I am sure glad February is over.

Have had some medical issues and

surgery related to being older and

male. Things have turned out as

good as can be expected. Enough

of this and onto project news.

Haven’t’ been able to get started on

the 56 Chev Wagon project as it is

at home finally in my shop at home.

Tomorrow is Sunday and I hope to

get a little done by getting it up on

the lift and start removing the front

suspension. That will probably be it

for the day.

The weather hasn’t been exactly

cruising weather as my other cars

have been sitting ignored. The

Swap Meet preparation has been

going good. The spaces have been

filling up according to Dorothy. She

and Doug have been doing a lot of

the work, and doing a fantastic job.

Will see all of you next Saturday at

the Swap Meet. We do have a lot

of good staff for the club booth.

Looks like the number of sold spac-

es is up from last year which was

our best.

March 21, 2019 is our next sched-

uled club meeting and will hopefully

have a lot to report on the Swap

Meet. See you at the Swap Meet

and at the next meeting.

mailto:[email protected]


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The meeting of Lower Columbia Classic’s was held at Steve’s shop{35232 Helligso Ln{ on February 21, 2019. Present, Darryl

Niemi Vice president and Judy Jordan Secretary. Officers not in attendance were Fred Mestrich, President and Burt Young

Treasurer.

Introductions— no new members or guest present.

Approval of minutes

Motion was made and seconded to approve the January minutes as printed in the February newsletter. Motion carried.

Correspondence—letter read from Marion Olson Ralston.

Treasurers report— No report since Burt is on vacation.

Committee reports

:Out reach— Nothing to report

Sunshine—Phil Chamberlain is in a care center and can use your good thoughts. Send good thought to Darlene Langlo, Fred

Mestrich, Barb Niemi, Robbie Nelson and Ken and Linda Uphoff

.Membership— Dorothy printed some new membership rosters to pass out. We have lost a few members but have also gained

a few. Dorothy will be passing on the Membership chair to Dianne Matthews who has agreed to take over for Dorothy. Thank

both of you!!

Swap meet—Dorothy passed out a sign up sheet for helping at the swap meet, she asked for lots of help on Friday the 8th of

march and Saturday the 9th of march. Friday they will be opening at 7am and closing at 8pm. Saturday 6am to 3pm. She is

hoping for lots of help with set up and tear down!!

50’s Cruise—Dorothy reported the flyer registration will go out in the next month or so. She passed around a flyer for the mem-

bership to look at.. Things are going forward.

Tours— Steve reported on the Kool Deadwood nights tour in August, we will leave on the 17th of August and return on the 3rd

of September. There will be a meeting on the 3rd of March for all the members that are signed up to go, at 1 pm , Steve's

shop. If you want to be put on the waiting list let Steve or Ross Getchell know.

Don’t forget some of us are going to Joseph Oregon for the car show on June 7th & 8th. More information later.

Social—Patty reported on our Social for February, 39 in attendance , great time, great food and great service. Thank you Pat-

ty and Ross for all the work you did, you went way beyond!!!!

Historical—Patty needs pictures from the new years cruise if you have some please get them to her. Cindy’s shop{Young At

Heart} is open any day but Wed for people to come in to do a page or two.

Newsletter— Ross was not present but Patty says keep those articles coming.

New Business—-Coast guard will be putting on a community barbeque and car show on March 30,2019 to thank the communi-

ty for all the help during the government shut down. More details at the March meeting.

Don’t forget the roadster show coming up in Portland.

Old business—Darryl reported bids are in for the new shop building at Warrenton H.S. and will be chosen on this Friday. They

are hoping to have it finished by September of this year.. Auto shop, welding and woodshop will be in the building. When every

thing is up and ready, Darryl will let us know what kind of help they can use from our club, right now the auto program has 16

students, Seven additional students had to be turned down for lack of room.

Judy Jordan

Secretary



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Ramblin `Round With Steve



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By Jim Wood

I found this month’s victim quite by accident and luck. While my pickup was being re-paired at Jerry Harmon's shop, a friend of his happened to look under my dashboard at the rats nest of old wiring. He asked Jer-ry, "do you think this guy would let me re-wire his truck?" I couldn't get an auto-wire kit to him fast enough. Unlike me, turns out he loves this kind of thing. Jerry says he is very meticulous and likes the chal-lenge. Man did I get lucky. First Jerry and now this guy! He did an excellent job and got things working that didn't work when I bought this truck 40 years ago. A few days later I sat down to try and find a club mem-ber to do this month’s story. I just received a new member roster from Dorothy. As I'm checking the list I see a notation on the bot-tom of the list that shows an asterisk next to the new members names. Two new mem-bers, one of them is the guy that just re-wired my truck! This too easy, he's it. Da-vid Gilmore is the guy I’m referring to. Some of you may know David as he was a member some ten years ago. I'm not sure what kind of car he was driving back then, but I'm going to guess it was a Chevelle. He's on his 4th one now. David's latest ride is a '69 Chevelle that checks all the boxes for an awesome restoration. I found this car to be absolutely perfect. It looks like a Detroit Steel street rac-er. Bright competition yellow and the origi-nal black vinyl top in perfect condition. Pe-riod correct American Wheels and wide tires. If you were a street cruiser or racer back in the day, you would recognize this car as a serious contender. It has that

stance that looks like it's ready to pounce. Remember back in '69 a 396 Chevelle was hard to beat! This one is stronger than it's original version with head-ers and new technology, like carburation and ignition upgrades. This car has been off the frame and every piece that wears out has been replaced or upgraded. Sus-pension front and rear has been rebuilt. He added disc brakes to help slow this thing down. The 396 was originally pushing a TH400 tranny. David decided to swap it out for a 700R. Nice upgrade with longer legs. It makes a great combo with the 373 geared posi. The latest thing he has done to the car was to add 3" exhaust through Flow-Masters. Oh yeah, you can hear him coming. The interior is all new and stock. Jerry Harmon painted this car re-cently and it looks awesome. I don't know if I've ever seen a neater or cleaner car be-fore. I mean this thing is immaculate out-side, inside and upside down. David seems to be a perfectionist and it shows in his work. On behalf of the LCCCC I would



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like to welcome David and his partner Julie back into the club. I almost forgot to men-tion that David is retired, but he does some automotive jobs on the side. Like my wir-ing, yeah!!s

Here is some of his other cars he has had...

By Jim Wood



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Club Members who need a little Sunshine The names below have been

submitted by the Sunshine Committee. Those listed are our fellow members and need you.

Phil Chamberlain, Fred Mestrich, Darlene Langlo,

Robbie Nelson, Ken & Linda Uphoff Someone not up to “speed”

let Judy Jordan, Sunshine Committee Chair know. Judy’s Phone number is: (503)

325-1807

FROM THE BACK SEAT “THE GAL’S PAGE”

BACKSEAT ARTICLES:

MARCH—MARION OLSON RALSTON, APRIL—JUL GRANDBOIS, MAY—SONIA WOOD, JUNE—JUDY ATKINSON, JULY—JUDY

TONTZ, AUGUST—CHARLENE LARSEN, SEPTEMBER—TRACEY PELLETIER, OCTOBER—GAIL PENUEL, NOVEMBER—

DIANE MATTHEWS, DECEMBER—CAROL WEBSTER

By

Marion

Olson

Ralston



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FOR SALE LOT & ANNOUCEMENTS

TREATS FOR THE MEETINGS

HERE IS THE CURRENT LIST... PLEASE LET JUDY KNOW WHAT MONTH YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT

March-Patty Getchell, April-Judy Jordan, May-Oliver Yackley , June? July? Aug? Sept? October-Gail Penuel, and Nov-Jul Grandbois

This Hot Rod is For Sale

Give Mark Gittins a call if your interested

503-298-3014

BACKSEAT ARTICLES:

MARCH—MARION OLSON RALSTON. APRIL—JUL GRANDBOIS. MAY—SONIA WOOD. JUNE—JUDY ATKINSON. JULY—JUDY

TONTZ. AUGUST—CHARLENE LARSEN. SEPTEMBER—TRACEY PELLETIER. OCTOBER—GAIL PENUEL. NOVEMBER—DIANE

MATTHEWS. DECEMBER—CAROL WEBSTER.

THANK YOU JUDY JORDAN



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GAIL MAYER 3/23

BRYAN CORKILL 3/26

MARK GITTINS 3/27

KATHY HYNEN 3/27

MIKI JOHNSON 3/25

FRANK KOSSAK 3/20

FRED MESTRICH 3/27

KATE SCARBOROURH 3/20

ENGLAND 3/28

PERRY 3/11



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