THE COLUMBIA OVERDRIVE

Newsletter for Columbia River Regional Group Early Ford V8 Club of America

The Columbia River

Regional Group is Chartered by the

Early Ford V8 Club of America

and is dedicated to the preservation

of Ford motor vehicles and related historical

materials from the era of the Flathead V8 engines (including all Ford,

Mercury and Lincoln vehicles) from 1932 through 1953.

Owning one of these vehicles is not a

requirement for club membership.

Club mailing address is: PO Box 8311

Portland, Or 97207

Website: www.earlyfordv8crrg10.com

Meetings are held the second Monday of the month at Abernethy Grange, Oregon City. Social hour begins at 7:00 PM and the meeting begins at 8:00 PM. Board Meetings are held each month, following the regular meetings unless a matter needing a lengthy discussion is necessary. Then the meeting time and place will be announced at the meeting. All members are invited to attend. Membership Dues for CRRG are $10 per calendar year. Membership in the national Early Ford V8 Club of America is a require-ment of the Columbia River Regional Group. Submitting Material to the Newsletter Please send all materials for publication in the Columbia Overdrive to Joanne Gornick at 13015 NE Brazee Street, Portland, OR 97230 or jggornick@q.com. The deadline is the fourth Monday of the month.

President’s Message for April 2016

Now official, there will be a 2016 Western National Meet. The Meet will be held in Bakersfield, California, October 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. Meet Chairmen: Ken Bounds and Phil Hall. Registration form can be downloaded by visiting the V-8 National web site

The annual Portland Swap Meet is now upon us. I am not quite ready, but getting there. Guess we can leave our rain-gear home. Prediction for blue skies and sunshine, a welcome change. We can only hope the weather persons are “spot on”. I trust you all had a happy Easter with family and friends. See you at the swap meet. Sharon

IN THIS ISSUE

Cover President’s Message Club Information Page 2 Officers & Board Tour Schedule Ladies’ Luncheon Schedule March Meeting Minutes Page 3 April Events & Celebration Calendar April Tour information Upcoming Events March Raffle Winners Page 4 Ladies’ Corner Club Shirts Info Page 5 FYI Article Page 6 For Sale/Want Ads New Sellwood Bridge Story Notice of Nat’l Western Meet Meeting 2016 Roster correction Page 7 Pics of the March Tour to Woodburn Page 8 Bulletin Board: Important Reminders

2016 Officers/Board Members President Sharon Criswell Vice President Alan Darr Secretary Barbara VanWinkle Treasurer Kathy Gende Sgt at Arms John Simerly Activities Kelhi Criswell Tour Director Frank McNatt Editor Joanne Gornick Past President Bob Eurick

2016 Non Board Members Historian Ron Clinton Librarian JoAnn Jackman Cookie Monster Dave Gende Club Shirts Windbreakers Rusty Medearis 503-636-6124 Pins/Hats/Etc. Doug Snook 503-255-6139 Sunshine Margaret Darr Road Cleanup John Laughlin Website Mark Nofziger Northwest Director Joe Reger National Chief Judge John McBurney

General Meeting Minutes C.R.R.G. #10 3/14/16

President: Sharon Cr iswell called the meeting to order at 8:01 Vice President: John Simer ly repor ted that we had 72 members present. Guests Speakers: Sharon introduced Lynn Kirwin to speak to us about a car show/cruise-in that the Salvation Army is sponsoring to help veterans. The proceeds are used to help the homeless veterans and their families. They have room for 80 vets at the facility. They are given housing for up to 9 months, help with finding jobs and placing the children in local schools. The cruise-in will be held Saturday July 9th. This year they will be paying special tribute to the Viet Nam Veterans . To this point they have raised $104,000 and her goal for this year is $50,000. She has brought registration forms. Next Sharon introduced Bruce DeFord and Jim Schoffstoll from the Portland Swap Meet. They gave an overview of the different duty positions and what is expected from each person responsible for that duty. They also explained how the duty parking worked and where it is located. It was also suggested that it is best if you check in for your duty ½ hour to 15 minutes before it begins at the duty office in the back of building D. Treasurers Report: The repor t was given by treasurer Kathy Gende Minutes: Being no additions or cor rections to the minutes M/S Steve Lemmons/Don Blatchford to accept the minutes as printed in the newsletter. Barb Van Winkle reminded members that she had events calendars for sale for $5.00. Activities: Kelhi Cr iswell reminded members to buy raffle tickets Editor: Joanne Gornick told members that the newsletter s that were mailed out would not be in color. The printer made a mistake and we were not charged for it. Sunshine: Margaret Dar r received a thank you note from Linda Eur ick, and sent flowers to Gloria Adams. Sherien Jeager had hand surgery. Tours: Frank McNatt reported that Sunday’s tour didn’t get rained on. (Amazing) They had a nice tour and a good lunch at the Country Cottage where he gave members primros-es. They were unable to go to the Settlemeir house because of an over-booking problem. Portland Swap Meet: Bill Barnell told us that the poster s were available for pick up and to be sure to see him to get your duty packets. Randy Downs stated that the meet was 98-99% sold out and we had sold about 400 of the vendor parking stalls and that the pro-grams for this year had arrived. Old Business: Sharon handed out par ticipation awards to Mike Bostwick, Al Johnson, Dennis Leedom, Ray Means, Dennis Thun, Bob Osborn, Marc Luce and Steve Lemmons. New Business: Marc Luce said that the April tour will be to Fort Vancouver. We will meet at the Safeway in Jantzen beach at 10:00 leaving at 10:30 on April 23. Carol Carocci announced that Ladies Luncheon would be at Kathy Yoder’s home, tomor-row, March 14th Please let her know if you are coming. It will be a St. Patrick’s Day theme with our usual salad bar plus baked potatoes. Steve Lemmons gave a brief recap about the face-to-face National Board Meeting. This year there will be a Central Meet in Tulsa and an Eastern Meet in Gettysburg. The Grand National meet in 2018 will be in Dearborn. There is also a possibility of a Western Meet Oct 17-20 this year in Bakersfield, CA. It is still in the works. The Board would be putting it on. Check the website for more updates. Steve Lemmons is willing to be the Chairman of a Western Meet in Sept. 2017. Possible locations could be Redmond, McMinnville/Air Museum, Salem/Antique Powerland. Announcements from the floor: Dale Newcomb said that Duncan Scotland was having a moving sale. He also spoke about the restoration of a WWII –LCI-713 ship. John Jaeger: Marcie and Doug were invited to drive their 40 Ford over the new Sellwood bridge. John Jeager was also there with his 37 and drove over it also. Jack Cole told us that the original bridge was built in 1937. Meeting adjourned at 9:10pm Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Van Winkle, Secretary

2016 Tours/ Leaders

April23rd—Marc Luce/Ft Vancouver May 15th—John Jaeger/Concert June 19th—Andrew & JoAnn Jackman July—Bob & Linda Eurick August—Kelhi & Sharon Criswell/All- Ford Picnic September– Rick Chroninger Terry Tindle & Gary Blodgett/Jordan Valley Chicken Dinner October 13th-16th—Sharon Criswell/ Nehalem Bay Campout November— December—Sharon Criswell/ Christmas Party

2016 Ladies’ Luncheons

April 19th-Carol Fay Petersen & Rosemary Bostwick May 17—20th Beach Get-Away hosted by Margret Short June 21st—Jenny Delano July 19th—Lois Freeman August 16th—Joan Linden September 20th—Linda Nye October 15th—Beth Horine/ Campout Luncheon November 15th—Linda Eurick December 13th—Carol Carocci

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CRRG Meeting

Board Meeting

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Frank McNatt

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Ladies’ Luncheon

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Doug & Marcie Snook

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Gary Shoepe

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Les & Nancy Conner

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Dave & Karen Johnson

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Iram Mendez

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Marty Boehme

FEBRUARY RAFFLE WINNERS

APRIL EVENTS 1st-3rd—Portland Swap Meet 11th—CRRG Meeting followed by Board Meeting 19th—Ladies’ Luncheon (See Page 4) 23rd—Tour to Fort Vancouver 23rd—The Dalles KODL/KOOL Classic Car Show 24th—Corvallis Corvallis Swap Meet 30th—Warrenton Lower Columbia Classics 50s Cruz

MAY EVENTS 1st—Issaquah, WA Pre-1970 Vintage Travel Trailers 6th—Silverton Silverton First Friday Cruise In 7th—Portland Portland Transmission Spring Classic 9th—CRRG Meeting followed by Board Meeting

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APRIL CALENDAR OF CRRG EVENTS & CELEBRATIONS

Golden Jubilee Book Don Williams Dale Heisler John Jaeger Roar with Gilmore Book John Simerly Club Gift Card Jack Cole

To Fort Vancouver - Vancouver, WA

We’ll meet at the Jantzen Beach Safeway Store parking lot at 10:00 AM and leave at 10:30 AM

to tour to Fort Vancouver. After the visit, we’ll have lunch at

BJ’s Restaurant & Brew House, also at Jantzen Beach shopping center.

The address is 12105 N. Center Ave. Portland. Tour Host—Marc Luce

(A sign-up sheet will be at the April Meeting.)

April Tour Saturday, April 23, 2016

LADIES’ CORNER

March Luncheon

Fourteen ladies, mostly wearing something green, met at Kathy Yoder’s for a great lunch with an Irish menu of potatoes and green salad with a variety of toppings and condiments. Everything was so tasty and fun. Kathy’s daughter, Cindy, was the acting “hostess with the mostest” giving Kathy time to enjoy her guests while not expending all her energy, as she was recovering from a bout of pneumonia. We were treated with small green Leprechaun hats filled with goodies at each place setting. Thank you Kathy and Cindy for a lovely day!!!

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CRRG Club Shirts Available

Blue Denim Shirt Short or long sleeve Sizes XS to XXXL Grey Sweatshirt with 1/4 front zipper Sizes S to XXL Blue Polo Shirt Short sleeves with pocket Sizes XS to XXL Men’s White Tee Shirt with pocket Sizes S to XXL Women’s White Tank Top Sizes S to XXL

For more information or to place an order, please contact: Sharon Criswell 502-824-3673

LADIES’ GETAWAY Soon Approaching Dates are May 17, 18, 19, returning on the morning of the 20th. There are still a couple of spots left. Don't miss out on the fun. Call Margret Short for details and to secure your reservation. 503-652-2749

Anne meets up with Dana while she is picking up her from the mechanic.

Anne asks, "Everything ok with your car now?"

Dana replies, "Yes, thank goodness. I was worried that my mechanic might try to rip me off, so I was relieved when he told me all I needed was $12 worth of blinker fluid."

Jeff Mio

These lemon balls are good for snacks and are very

healthy. Mmmmmmm.

Lemon Balls

10 oz of macadamia nuts (I suspect other nuts will do)

1/2 Tablespoon of coconut oil

1 Tablespoon of lemon zest

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 teaspoon of vanilla

5 pitted medjool dates

1/2 cup of shredded coconut (do not place in

processor with other ingredients)

Add everything to a food processor. Blend together

until finely mixed. Form into balls and roll in shredded

coconut.

Keep refrigerated.

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How to Identify a 1942 to 1947 Ford Pickup Written by floyd drake iii

Early Ford pickups, like this 1935 model, use many of the same components from year to year.

American vintage truck image by Pierrette Guertin from Fotolia.com

Early Ford pickups, or those of the flathead V8 era, do not have standardized vehicle identification numbers like the

vehicles of today. Identification depends on visual methods as well as engine and frame numbers. Due to their age,

many of these vehicles are restored with parts from a variety of sources -- many components were interchangeable

from year to year. You can use three methods to identify the vehicle. In doing so, you can also verify that both the

frame and engine are from the same vehicle.

Things you need: Wire brush Cleaning solution

Instructions

Find the engine date code casting. Telusplanet.net puts it on top of the bellhousing at the rear of the engine, just

before the transmission. It is a three-position code -- "69A," for example. Some codes are preceded with the

letter "C," designating Canadian-manufactured engines. This number must be referenced to a listing similar to

the one found on the Telusplant.net. The code "69A" identifies a 1946 engine. Locate the frame serial number and write it down. According to Van Pelt Sales' Early Ford Serial Number Web page,

it is stamped in three locations -- the front, middle and back of the frame rail on the driver's side. The only visi-

ble stamping is the forward one, visible when looking down into the engine compartment, between the front

cross-member and the firewall.

Compare the serial number to an identification listing. The serial number is a sequential vehicle production number

carried over from the previous year -- 1GA-326,417, for example. Match it to the chart found on Van Pelt Sales'

Early Ford Serial Numbers page, which lists beginning-to-end serial numbers for each particular year.

Look for visual characteristics of the 1942 to 1947 Ford pickup truck. 1942 to 1947 Fords are very similar, the ma-

jority being produced during World War II. Van Pelt Sales' model identification chart notes each year's charac-

teristics, especially concerning wheel and grille design. This page offers identification illustrations for each truck

under the respective year headings.

Tips and warning

Visual characteristics identify body particulars. By referencing the engine date code and the frame serial number,

however, you can determine if both are from the same year. This is an important step due to the possibility of an

Engineswap. A combination of all three methods ensures a positive identification.

Cleaning solution and a wire brush may be necessary to clean the number locations before viewing.

FOR SALE

WANTED

Steering work (Rebuilds) Greg Edwards 503-357-3980 ___________________________________

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Grand Opening of the new Sellwood Bridge

March 12, 2016

Below: Doug and Marcie were invited to bring their beautiful ‘40 Ford to help celebrate and participate in the Old Car Parade. They drove

Commissioner Amanda Fritz across the bridge.

From John Jaeger: Here are photos of the driving of our 1937 Ford, Saturday, at the MASSIVE Sellwood Bridge party event, where hundreds and hundreds of people were present. There were two VERY old cars in front of the 1937 Ford, thus I think the 1937 Ford is the THIRD personal (non business) vehicle to EVER drive over the brand new Sellwood Bridge !!! Some other old cars followed, in the Old Car Parade - with passengers of WELL know people. Note Mr. Jules Bailey (currently Multnomah County Commissioner. and now, running for MAYOR of the City of Portland), was the FRONT seat passenger, waving to all the people. It was quite a event, with me sitting next to, who may be the new MAYOR of the city of Portland !!! He and I BOTH have beards ……….. (Thanks for your news and photos, John!!!)

2016 Membership Roster

Correction PARADIS, George ‘06 (Casey) ‘40 Ford Deluxe ‘40 Truck 5401 Willow Grove Road Longview, WA 98632 253-740-0806 Email: gparadis1940@gmail.com

IMPORTANT NOTICE

There will be a meeting at 7:00 PM before our next

monthly meeting, April 11, to discuss a possible 2017

Western National Meet. If you have ideas, thoughts,

concerns please join us. If you cannot make the meeting

but would like to comment or volunteer to participate

contact me, Steve Lemmons, via e-mail:

ihateoldcars@hotmail.com

or call me at 360-430-3285.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Steve Lemmons

Thanks to John Jaeger for his Photography.

On the left are the two V8s. . Mike Bostwick being the nice guy he is.

March Tour, 2016

Hosted by Frank McNatt

Everything worked out in the end on the March tour. It was actually Sunday the 13th, not Friday the 13th, but one would not have known it. First of all, the scheduler at the Settlemeir House call three days before the tour and said they had over-booked and we could not see the house. I decided to just do the driving tour and go to a late lunch at the Country Cottage Restaurant. The second thing, the weather was nasty. We had everything from hail to sun. One of our members called to say he could not make it because the street was flooded. However, in the end, 28 brave souls braved the harsh March weather and showed with smiles on their faces. There were two of us that drove V8s—Don Blatchford and I. We went over the river and through the woods for about an hour and a half with one pit stop in Canby. We barely got rained on at all; more sun than rain. We arrived at the restaurant about 2:30 and had a very nice meal. The people at the restaurant were very accommodating. All who attended seemed to enjoy their food and received a primrose to plant to make up for the Settlemeir problem. There were 12 drawings for gifts and when it was over everyone got to leave with something in their hands and a smile on their face. So Sunday the 13th is still better than Friday the 13th. Frank McNatt

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Above outside and below inside—a very nice place for a “family” meal.

Below our host sets up his drawings

Found Bulletin Board

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Carol Fay Petersen collects children’s books,

gently used or new. Please call her at

503-866-0639 if you have books to donate

and she will see that they are given to

children who truly need them.

Carol Fay will pick up the books or you can

bring them to the CRRG meeting.

Our Sunshine person is

Margaret Darr. If you know of some news that

should be shared with the club,

please call her to let her know.

360-425-2463

Early ford V-8 club of America Columbia River Regional Group #10 PO Box 8311 Portland, OR 97207

See

“Important Notice”

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