CPPC'S Day at Beaches' Cruise-In at PIR!
September 28, 2011
After a couple of dubious days, the sun decided to come out for the last Beaches Cruise-In of the year on September 28.
Click on the picture at right to see the photo gallery. Phillip and Rose Ann Hall drove from Roseburg for this event, and Phillip was all over the place with his camera. There are lots of pictures!
CPPC was the featured club at the event. More club cars turned out for this event than anything else we have done this year. We had a good time. And two guys paid cash on the spot to join the club. What’s not to like?
The featured spot is coveted: one club is honored at each of the Wednesday Beaches events, June through September. We parked on the grass, in the shade, near the food, the picnic tables, and the rest rooms. Other folks didn’t have it so easy.
Jerry and Joanne Dixon got us on the Beaches calendar, and got us organized for the event.
Joanne is already in touch about doing it again next year. Admission is $5 per pre-1974 car with two people, or $8 per pedestrian or additional passenger. Beaches donates their profits to charities for local children.
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The Macleay Cruise-in, September 24, 2011
This cruise provides a chance to see a lot of historic Willamette Valley farmland, with no freeway driving whatsoever.
Gary Rusher hosted. Macleay is 42.8 miles from the clubhouse, due east of Salem and just north of the Santiam Highway.
The event was the Flywheels 25th Annual Macleay Cruise-Inn, brought to us by the Silverton Flywheels car club and the Macleay Country Inn. The cruise-in benefits a scholarship fund for students of the automotive trades, which was created in part to honor the memory of the late son of CPPC member Virginia Dunn.
Gary provided this account:
As it turned out only two “club cars” made the treck to Macleay of September 24th: Jerry and Joannne Dixon’s Baracuda and Bob Westphal’s coupe.
Others going along were Gary Rusher, (his 30 Coupe was not up for the trip) riding with Bob, and Don Ryan and Phillis VanCoelen.
We started out at Clackamette Park in Oregon City and made our way south through Woodburn and then south on Howell Prairie Road to Macleay. This is a very nice trip showing off a good part of the farmland east of Salem. If you have never seen the harvesting of onions, it was going strong. Really not that bad of a smell.
Once there we met up with Chris Chytke from Aumsville. who was there with his 38 Plymouth pickup and his son Taylor.
It ran from 8AM-3PM; there was a $15 entry fee; dash plaques were awarded for the first 150 cars, and raffle prizes all day long. Information is available at www.macleayinn.com, or on the Flywheels’ website at silvertonflywheels.org.
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15th annual Show and Shine at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Stevenson, WA, Sept. 3, 2011
The event is also a swap meet, so you might come back with one or two things to help you along with your car project!
Click on the picture at right to see the photo gallery.
Director at the Museum is our own Sharon Tiffany, and every year several CPPC members have made the 50-mile trek to Stevenson for the cars, concessions, music, door prizes, T-shirts . . . and sunshine.
The Show and Shine is a popular event in the Stevenson area, and it's an opportunity for CPPC members to see lots of cars that don't usually show up at Portland events.
Sharon provided these notes:
"In summary, the weather was perfect in a pristine setting. Nine car clubs participated including CPPC and several members volunteered helping with registration, food service and parking.
Much appreciated. There were 164 registered vehicles, 12 vendors in the swap meet (that has grown slowly!) and 1,176 spectators, a record number for us.
52 Gorge businesses provided either awards, items for the raffles and items for door prizes. At least one registered car never made it; Allen Tiffany’s 1928 Plymouth roadster. Ah, well.
He did finally get his 1937 Chrysler on the grounds with the help of one of the museum staff. A special thank you to Chuck Willis for flipping so many hamburgers for the record crowd."
Gates opened at 10AM. Activities begin at noon, and the event wrapped up at 4:00PM.
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Allure of the Automobile
Portland Art Museum, August 27, 2011
Three CPPC cars ended up with place of honor in the Museum Courtyard on Mopar Day at Portland Art Museum’s “Allure of the Automobile” event.
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Prizes weren’t awarded at Allure – the real focus was on the cars inside the museum. However, coordinators of “Cars in the Park,” the outside event, were on the lookout for excellent examples from different stages of Mopar history.
Marlo and Julie Ann Edman’s 1935 Dodge pickup, Allen and Sharon Tiffany’s 1938 Chrysler Convertible Sedan, and Tom and Phyllis Fox’ 1959 Plymouth Golden Fury were all offered parking spaces of honor in the Museum Courtyard.
There were 75 cars at the event, and 15 of them belonged to Cascade Pacific Plymouth Club members.
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Hot-Dogust Night!
CPPC's annual hot dog feed & parking lot party,
August 23, 2011
August 23 was Hot-Dogust Night, CPPC's own parking lot party and hot dog feed. The festivities included hot dogs, and lots and lots of desserts, plus BINGO with real prizes! Click on the picture and right to see all the rest of the party pictures.
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Sunbust! All-Mopar Show-n-Shine
Graham, WA • August 21, 2011
It went according to plan, Jerry Dixon reports: CPPC members met on the morning of August 20 at the airport Home Depot, and headed north for the Sunbust Show-and-Shine, an All-Mopar event in Graham, WA.
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Ed and Diana Parker from Omak, WA, who have a ’66 Fury Convertible, joined the group at the beginning of the tour.
The first stop was the LeMay Car Museum. The group toured the buildings for two and a half hours and then drove to the Best Western Hotel near Graham.
Many CPPC members brought home awards from the Sunday Car Show.
The award-winners were: Tom Fox, Mike and Donna Bade, Mick and Ruth DeSantis, George Haley, and Michael Sieg.
The journey home almost had some drama. Dennis and Barbara Rice made it home in spite of a suspicious sound that developed in their engine compartment on the drive up to Washington. Tom Fox’s return trip was prolonged by a problem wheel bearing on his trailer, but he got home safely as well.
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Rockin' Around the Block, Gresham, Oregon
August 13, 2011
Rockin' Around the Block takes up all of downtown Gresham for one Saturday every August for one of the Northwest's biggest car events. There's music, food, hobby-related vendors, and of course, the cars themselves, around every corner, for blocks in every direction.
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Tom Fox thought far enough ahead to reserve space so CPPC could set up our membership booth and park our cars nearby. Sam Stafford delivered the booth in the early morning, and picked it up again after the festivities were over.
In-between, a number of CPPC members took turns staffing the booth, making club information available to prospective members and generally chatting up everybody who walked by.
Tom Nachand, Gary Rusher, Mike Bade, Tom Fox, Bob Westphal, Lorraine Griffey, Don Hufschmid, Robin Will and Marlo Edman all took turns as proprietor of the booth, which made the "work" of the membership booth pretty manageable. Tom Fox took first in his class with the 1959 Golden Fury, and CPPC came away with a group award for member participation.
The pic of Marlo's truck on the right links to the rest of the pics from the event.
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Oregon Steam-Up, Brooks, Oregon
August 6, 2011
The Brooks Steam-Up spanned two weekends in late July-early August. It is the largest event at the Antique Powerland, involving all of the museums in the complex: the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum, Willow Creek Railroad, NW Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum, and the Oregon Electric Railway Museum.
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The neat – and pretty much unique – thing about Brooks is that most of the equipment is actually operating, and there is a parade at the Steam-Up each day that features all of it.
Some CPPC members got down to Brooks for the last day of the Steam-Up, and shared these pics. As usual, click on the pic at the right to link to the rest of them.
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Carlton Walk in the Park
July 23, 2011
CPPC members from Newberg, Don and Bonnie Turner have participated in Carlton’s Walk in the Park car show for the last several years. They have extended an invitation to other CPPC members who have also participated in the past and really enjoyed the event.
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This year the car show organizer has offered our club 15 free tickets to the event which takes place Saturday and Sunday July 23rd and 24th. The club tickets would be for the Saturday show.
This is an invitation only car show. This is a great laid back show on the grass in beautiful Wennerberg Park along a river in Carlton. Really this is a day to relax with your friends and a lot of nice old cars as well as partake in the other Walk in the Park Activities.
Activities include over 65 artists displaying and selling their art, a quilt show that lines the entrance to the park, live entertainment on the stage (watch the Turner’s cut a rug to the entertainment!), many of wine country’s local restaurants offer their fare as well as wine tasting from many of the local wineries and a beer garden provided by McMenamins.
This is a great family event that would also be a great club activity. There are only 15 tickets (includes one car and two people and a nice parting gift at the end of the day) so I am sure they will go quickly. Please only request a ticket if you are serious about attending. Once we have a list of people we will provide further details as to where we will meet and caravan out to the park. The drive out to the park through wine country is an event in itself.
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Getting There Can Be Half the Fun:
Reminiscences of the Plymouth Owners Club
2011 National Summer Meet
in Pacific Grove, California
By Phil Hall
Although we have been retired for over three years now, Rose Ann and I are still in the process of learning to act retired. It seems that we continually take on ambitious projects both at home and for others and then carry them out as if we were on a payroll, punching in and punching out, and consistently putting in overtime.
Besides running ourselves ragged our retirement “To Do” list actually includes some more relaxing things such as becoming more active in the old car hobby after a lifetime of watching from a distance and reading about fun events in magazines such as the Plymouth Bulletin.
As part of learning to act retired and granting ourselves some time off from our self-inflicted busy schedule, we joined the Cascade Pacific Region of the Plymouth Owners Club. Although we need to drive 175 miles to attend meetings and activities, we have found the people, the meetings, and the activities to be quite enjoyable and worthwhile.
The 2010 National Summer Meet in Portland hosted by the Cascade Pacific Region was not only a great delight for Rose Ann and me, our daughter Christina and son Vince, but it was also a great learning experience. Even though our 1954 Plymouth is a “20-footer”, Mike Bade and others encouraged us to register our car at the meet, and so we did.
At the meet, I learned that club members and spectators treat all cars with respect and interest, even our 20-footer. We felt welcomed; everyone was so friendly and congenial, and we could not have had more fun. With this experience, we decided to register our 54 Plymouth for the 2011 National Summer Meet in Pacific Grove, California.
Registering our car at the 2011 National Meet motivated us to do work on the Plymouth that would likely not have otherwise made it to the top of the “To Do” list. I replaced a number of stainless steel trim pieces with new old stock that I had been collecting over the years. I sent the pieces out to be professionally polished and they came back gleaming like chrome. The big project, however, was the interior.
On one of the 2009 Mayflower tours, I learned from Pat Brost where we could find new old stock material for our Plymouth (SMS in Canby). We had only completed the inside panels of the front doors by the time of the 2010 National Meet.
With the 2011 Meet weeks away, we launched into the project with energy. We pulled the seats out and stripped them down to bare springs. We also stripped down the seats from our parts car. Combining the best with the best we repaired, cleaned the rust, and painted the springs. Although it was not possible to make complete patterns, Rose Ann was able to perform magic in cutting out the new material. A friend of ours from Reno bequeathed to Rose Ann an old commercial sewing machine for the project. The rear door panels along with the front and rear seat were installed less than 12 hours before we were to leave for Pacific Grove. After looking at the beautiful work, we both decided that we needed a seat cover to protect the front while driving. Rose Ann was able to buy the material, cut out and sew the temporary seat cover in a little over an hour.
In between helping Rose Ann with the reupholstering, I had removed, disassembled and cleaned the generator and installed new brushes. I had also removed and disassembled the distributor, repaired its wobbly shaft, its sticking centrifugal advance and its non-functioning vacuum advance, and of course replaced the points, condenser, rotor and cap.
With these things done, Rose Ann hastily packed our suitcases while I washed and loaded up the Plymouth. I test drove my mechanical work by running a last minute errand to the post office. Everything seemed to function just fine.
The next morning we happily set off for Pacific Grove but did not even get out of town before finding to our dismay that the Plymouth would not go over 50 miles per hour. The test drive to the post office had not exceeded 35 miles per hour, but who would have thought? Back home we went.
I quickly retraced my work in the distributor and found that the spring which makes the points close seemed weak. I tried an extra set of points which I had and Bingo! Suspicion confirmed. We were back on our way to Pacific Grove with only about an hour’s delay.
The Plymouth had no further trouble in our 1600 mile round trip to the National Meet. I have already written about our drive down to Pacific Grove in an article for the Cascade Pacific Newsletter and the Plymouth Bulletin, so I will pick up the story upon our reaching Pacific Grove.
Arriving Wednesday evening at the Sea Breeze Inn and Lodge in Pacific Grove, we knew we were at the right place the moment we saw the many old Plymouths which filled the parking lot. We discovered that the Golden State Region had picked a charming and pleasant place for us to stay.
Thursday morning we signed in at the hospitality room, met and talked with the folks there, wandered about looking at Plymouths and began to meet and get to know the many people who make the club so much fun. The Golden State Region had arranged for a place at the Sea Breeze where we could wash off the Plymouth’s bug collection and road grime. Later that afternoon we participated in a 36 mile tour down the wonderfully beautiful California Highway 1 to Big Sur. Highway 1 was built between 1919 and 1937. It winds down the coast, hugging cliffs and overlooking the spectacularly blue Pacific.
As we drove along, folks at viewpoints would turn to admire the Plymouths, waving and smiling at us as we drove by. Our tour stopped at several of the viewpoints including one near the magnificent Bixby Bridge built in 1932. The Nepenthe Restaurant which is perched high on a mountain overlooking the ocean and green forest below was the turnaround spot for the tour, and where we all had a relaxed lunch and conversed with our fellow travelers. Then, recharged and ready to go, we pointed the Plymouths back to Pacific Grove. That evening, the Golden State Region treated us to a delightful catered barbecue on the lawn and under the trees of the Sea Breeze Inn. The food was great and apparently Plymouth people never run out of entertaining things to talk about.
The next day, Rose Ann and I did a number of self-guided tours. We walked about downtown Pacific Grove, visiting some antique shops, and treating ourselves to a little ice cream. Robert Louis Stevenson, one of Rose Ann’s ancestors, wrote about Pacific Grove back in 1879, “I have never been in any place so dreamlike.” Well, it is still nice. Later, we walked along the shore; toured the nearby Pont Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast (1855); and strolled the famous Cannery Row. All of these places were within a few minutes’ drive from the Sea Breeze.
Saturday was the central event; the big Plymouth show which was held at the Pacific Grove High School. You know, I just cannot get used to, and never get tired of seeing all those beautiful old cars and talking with their owners. The Golden State Region had arranged for a professional photographer to take pictures. The Plymouth Store was set up at one end of the show field under a tent. (A guy can always use another Plymouth hat.) Many of the cars in attendance were familiar from the 2010 Summer Meet in Portland but the majority were new to us. What fun.
The awards banquet that evening was a nice mix of music, good food, interesting conversation and many presentations. Our table certainly had its share of car stories before the presentations began. Sitting next to us were a couple who had been married over 50 years and who told the most delightful stories of their time together.
Sunday morning as we loaded our car, we waved to the Plymouths leaving for home. It was a pleasant feeling as smiling club members kindly waved at us in turn when our 54 Plymouth departed the Sea Breeze parking lot headed home to Roseburg. With a couple of beats on the horn and a hand waving good-bye out the window, we left the 2011 National Summer Meet. What a pleasant week, what beautiful cars, what fine people, what an enjoyable experience. On the way home, Rose Ann and I wondered where next year’s meet would be and talked of how we would love to do this again.
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National Plymouth Owners Club Meet
Pacific Grove, CA, July 16, 2011
By Mike Bade
The 2011 Plymouth Owners Club National Meet in Pacific Grove, California is in the record books. Twelve Cascade Region members and there cars were in attendance, along with Plymouth owners from Califonia, Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Florida.
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CPPC members attending were: Gary and Arlene Peterson, Jerry and Joanne Dixon, Tom Nachand, Chuck Willis, Mick DeSantis and his son Geno, Phillip and Rose Ann Hall, and Mike and Donna Bade.
The meet was hosted by the Golden State region, Because the Golden State members are so far apart, the bulk of the work to plan for the event fell on the shoulders of Nick Desimone, the National Plymouth Club President, who attended our 2011 Meet in Clackamas Oregon. Nick did an out standing job pulling together a successful meet with despite the long distance between his home in the Los Angeles area and Pacific Grove.
There were many familiar faces in attendance, Plymouth club members who had come to Oregon last June for our meet were abundant and the opportunity to catch up with each made the meet even more enjoyable.
Pacific Grove is a very quaint place, with some rich history and beautiful scenery.
The two tours; one to Big Sur south for Pacific Grove and the second, to a local winery gave as chance to take in sights in the area. There were opportunities to see how the rich and famous live and shop driving through Carmel and the famous 17 mile drive along the ocean near Pebble Beach golf course.
The weather was cooler than anticipated, so all the warm weather close never made it out of the suitcase. Most days started out overcast and maybe a little sun in the afternoon, except the day of the car show, when the sun came out and most everyone came away with sunburn somewhere.
Of course there were some nice cars amongst the cars in attendance, there was plenty of opportunities to get technical advice, trade stories and make new acquaintances.
Saturday evening at the awards banquet, the Pacific Region had reason to be excited. Tom Nachand’s 1933 PD Convertible placed 3rd in it’s Class, Jerry and Joanne Dixon’s 1967 Barracuda placed 1st in it’s Class. Jerry and Joanne Dixon were recognized for the Long Distance award, having driven their car the furthest to come to the meet. Finally the Cascade Pacific region was presented the Regional Attendance Banner for having the most members out side the host region attending the meet; Mike Bade accepted the traveling banner on behalf of the Cascade Pacific region.
All in all the meet was a very fun event. Opportunities like this are what it is all about, getting the cars and people together to share and learn.
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Orphan Car Show, Clackamette Park
June 26, 2011
By Robin Will
On Sunday, June 26, 2011, the northwest chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club hosted their annual Orphan Car Meet in Clackamette Park, Oregon City. Sixty-six cars showed up.
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This is a good place to see cars you won’t ordinarily see. The Best of Show award went to a 1915 Kissel Kar. There was a 1929 Durant. Somebody brought a Crosley Hotshot. There was one Edsel, one Willys Aero, two DeSotos, and a Mercury.
Studebakers and AMC products showed up in large numbers.
The foreign entries included several Triumphs, a couple of Citroëns, and a Ford Consul.
Plymouths were well-represented: Tom Fox, Mike and Donna Bade, Jerry and Joanne Dixon, and Gary and Vera Rusher all brought their cars to show.
One CPPC member showed up in the winner’s circle, but not with a Plymouth: Bruce Kerslake’s ‘38 Studebaker Commander Coupe was honored. That's the car pictured above at right. Click on it to see pics of the show taken by the CPPC members who were there.
The Studebaker Drivers Club did a great job documenting the show on their own website. To see all of the cars go to http://www.sdc-nw.org and click on Recent Events.
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Stan & Shirley Adams’ Car Museum
June 12, 2011
By Mike Bade
What a good time was had by all at the recent Car Tour to visit Stan & Shirley Adams’ Car Museum on June 12th.
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Stan and Shirley have a collection of custom restored cars, Automobilia & Petrolina.
There are 16 Stock and Muscle cars, including a ’56 Thunderbird, ’69 Camaro, ’56 Chevy, ’40 Ford, ‘37 Ford, ’67 Nova, to mention a few. Each car is beautifully restored to beyond perfection.
For over thirty years this couple has worked together to accumulate an amazing collection: neon signs, gas pumps, gasoline related signs, bicycles, pedal cars … and more. In scope and quality, there is nothing quite like this collection. I felt like I was in the Smithsonian, in Washington D.C. with the quality and amount of items on display.
Stan and Shirley frequently have folks by to see their collection, if missed the tour we may be invited to go back again.
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Sherwood Cruise-In
June 11, 2011
By Robin Will
Sherwood was invaded on June 11, 2011 by custom cars, hot rods, and the occasional restored antique.
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Bill Call sponsored a CPPC membership booth at the event, and several club members showed up to help.
With many people rotating through the booth, “work shifts” were short and everybody had time to wander around the show. Plus we came away with the addresses of 19 people who want more information about CPPC!
There was an overall aura of organization that did Sherwood proud, and some of the crew at the event admitted their work day had started at 3:30AM!
I spotted one Plymouth from the ‘50s, and a couple from the ‘60s and ’70s, and Gary Rusher took home a trophy for his 1930 U.
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Papa's Toys Cruise-In
May 14, 2011
(Click on the group pic at right to see some of Mike and Robin's pics from the cruise to Papa's Toys.)
By Robin Will
The Papa's Toys Collection, in Cornelius, Oregon, is open to the public exactly one day a year. It still manages to be one of the biggest events on the collector-car scene in Oregon. The show benefits Doernbecher Childrens' Hospital.
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There are reportedly 167 cars in the Davis collection. The collection is eclectic: if John Davis liked it, he brought it home, spruced it up, and parked it in his enormous warehouse with murals on the walls. There are rare classics parked alongside of tough-looking hot rods and jaw-dropping customs. But there is nothing ordinary. (Papa's Toys has a website at http://www.papastoyscarcollection.com/).
The other show is outside in the parking lot. Visitors who are driving old cars are ushered into the 20+ acre parking lot in this complex which once was the terminal for a trucking company. Might still be, for all that I know. I have seen cars in the lot at Papa's Toys that I have never seen anywhere else: hotrods, customs, restorations . . . and lots of works-in-progress that look pretty danged interesting. (New, non-custom rigs are forced to find parking on the street, possibly taking up every available parking space in the town of Cornelius!)
Gary Rusher gathered a CPPC group in Tualatin, and we drove through the boonies of Washington County to get to the Cornelius site.
Inside Papa’s Toys, May 14, Mike Bade lined up the usual suspects next to some attractive Plymouths, then managed to get in the pictures himself.
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Portland Transmission Cruise-In
May 7, 2011
(Click on the pictures of Les' car to see the Mopar gleanings from the Portland Transmission show.)
It looked like rain all day at the Portland Transmission Cruise-in, May 7, and it frequently felt like rain as well. Marlo and Julianne Edmon were there with Sarah-the-truck; Gary Blodgett was there with his ’48 Club Coupe; and Les Conner was somewhere trying to stay warm when we photographed his ’46 Special Deluxe sedan. Les took home a trophy for the best restoration for his ’46. There was one non-club Plymouth, a ’50 Deluxe looking for somebody to go home with, and one non-Plymouth Mopar product: a glorious, really, really red 1960 DeSoto Adventurer hardtop.
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Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm,
Saturday, April 23
Pat and Patti Brost coordinated this tour, set for the day before Easter, and invited HACO along. The drive to Woodburn-and-beyond was pleasant, and the cars looked wonderful in the fields of tulips. A good time was had by all, but some members reported that other visitors to the event apparently thought the cars were props provided by the management, and there was some concern about uninvited visitors in, on and around the cars. Pat says they’ll probably try to go midweek next time. Photos are by Mike Bade.
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2011 Portland Swap Meet
April 1-2-3, 2011
(click on the picture at right to view the other Swap Meet pics)
By Vicki Williams
Perhaps we need to call this year’s Portland Swap meet a “fun” raiser and not a fund raiser because we did have fun but didn’t raise a lot of funds.
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That sentiment was echoed by many vendors this year so perhaps it was just a reflection of the economy.
The CPPC booths were in a different location this year, same building just two rows over but no longer on the end where people couldn’t help but pass by. We did fill 13 tables this year and our booth looked really nice after setting up on Thursday. We also had a designated area for membership information that looked really impressive and got lots of activity and resulted in five new paid members. There were also three current members who paid their past dues so those areas were quite successful.
We may have been lacking in revenue but we weren’t lacking in enthusiastic CPPC members helping out. Allen Tiffany had stored last year’s leftovers at his business in Camas and a group of members went there on March 26th to price and tag everything for this year’s meet.
We had some great donations from members and all was loaded into Allen’s trailer and he kindly brought the trailer out to the Swap Meet on Thursday after Gary Rusher arrived in his truck with the tables which were set up and ready to fill with the trailer contents. Thank you CPPC members who were there on Thursday to set everything up. We were done in record time this year.
Dave and Vicki Williams “camped” on site for the four days again this year and were able to coordinate opening and closing the booth each day. They have announced this was their last year doing this.
Thanks to all the members who volunteered to work the 2 hour time slots in the booths. A special thanks to Bob Westphal who was there three days in a row and signed up for almost the entire day each day.
Another special thanks to Joann Dixon who provided the workers her wonderful homemade chocolate chip cookies!
Tear down on Sunday went really smoothly. It’s always a challenge with every vendor doing it at the same time and jockeying rigs around. Gary Rusher had kept Allen’s trailer and generously donated his time and effort to get the trailer back to Camas loaded with all the leftover parts. Thanks to all that showed up on Sunday to help with this process.
We may end up with our old booths for next year if they were available after the meet, otherwise we will be in the same place as we were this year. So it’s not too early to start looking for your unwanted goodies to donate to next year’s cause.
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March 2, 2011 –
The Curtis Family's collection of
horse-drawn carriages
By Gary Rusher
(Click on the pic at right to see the photo gallery.)
The evening of Wednesday March 2nd found members of the club meeting at a warehouse at Curtis Trailer Sales on East Powell in Portland. Retha Harden had heard that they had a building with a collection of horse drawn wagons and arranged for the club to tour the facility. Nobody could have envisioned what was to be found when we arrived.
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The collection included an "Express" wagon form 1905, a huge "Connestoga" wagon, a mail wagon built by Studebaker Bros, in South Bend, Indiana in1903, and a milk wagon built by the Winkler Bros. in 1915. Besides this beautiful collection of original unrestored wagons, buggies, coaches and hearses there was even an original Vardo Romani Gypsy Wagon circa 1885. The one restored carriage was done so it could be used by one of the family members in their wedding. The wall areas added to the display with all kinds of horse related transportation and farming equipment.
There is also a good representation of WWII vehicles, most of which looked like they had just been delivered new. Everything from a Command Vehicle to a DUYK and all kinds of related supplies.
For those of you like me, with a fire background, there was a very unusual collection of fire engines. From an old horse drawn steam engine, with a ton of chrome,, to a 1913-14 American LaFrance wooden aerial ladder truck. The collection includes several old hand pumpers and hose wagons. Hundreds of pieces of early firefighting equipment from leather water buckets to pompier ladders were on display.
Everything from old baby buggies to Cushman Scooters were there, if you looked for them. And yes, there were four old vintage campers as well. But, it appears that they have another large building that houses the true collection of campers and other goodies. Maybe another tour for another day.
Cammie Pierson and Mylo Curtis, two of the children of Myron Curtis, Sr., the founder and collector were our guides and did an amazing job showing us around and explaining what the items were and how their father had come by them. It was a great opportunity to see history in the raw.
Leaving the Curtis's we went to Elmer's just off I-205 for a great dinner. Retha had arranged for us to have the meeting room area so we could just socialize with fellow members.
All in all it was a great evening, and a wonderful tour that was enjoyed by all.
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February 26, 2011 –
Garage tour to Roy Asbahr's & Jack Corley's
By Mike Bade
(Click on the image at right to see pics from the garage tour.)
Saturday, February 26th, Garage Tour to Roy Asbahr’s and then to Jack Corley’s Parts Warehouse in Gresham.
Tour hosts Pat and Patty Brost made the arrangements for the tours and lunch. Approx 26 CPPC members met early in the Bi-Mark parking lot off of Powell Blvd., on one of the coldest mornings of the year. Several members drove their Plymouths despite the record cool weather.
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At the stroke of 10:15am Pat Brost led the way (in his 1933 Plymouth Roadster) to Roy and Bev Asbahr’s. Hidden from plain site just off the main road on 17 acres, the first thing you see when arriving is a replica Associated Gas Station and a car dealership. Bev and Roy greeted the Plymouth Club faithful with coffee, hot chocolate and cookies.
Roy’s car collection consists mainly of GM products, a Model A Ford and a 1932 Studebaker Coupe he inherited from his uncle. Some of these cars he has owned since high school and some were owned by his parents.
Roy gave a brief history of how he acquired his many cars over the years and the work that he did to restore them to the condition that they are in today. There is nothing half way about Roy and Bev’s collection, which consists of Oldsmobile’s, Buick’s, Cadillac’s, a Chevy, a classic truck and a few vintage bikes.
In on corner of the room was a 1950 Oldsmobile Tribute Car, to Oregon native, Hershel McGriff. According to the Legends of NASCAR web site, his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West (previously Winston West) career includes 37 wins, 105 top fives, 156 top 10s and 43 pole positions over 32 years (1971-2010) and 236 starts. He has been inducted in the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame and Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Before leaving we had a chance to see a couple of Roy’s new project cars in a separate garage area, which were also a hit with everyone.
If you have been to Roy and Bev’s previously, they have added additional space for their car collection, so don’t miss a chance to go and see the added displays if you get the chance.
It was time for a little lunch so Pat and Patty lead the group to Billy Bob’s restaurant at S.E. 257th & Division St. A special treat for the group, the owner of Billy Bob’s came out to talk with us and told us that during the summer months, they will be having weekly car shows on Wednesdays starting at 4:00pm.
After lunch we drove to Jack Corley’s Parts warehouse in Gresham, just off Division street, at 909 N.E. Cleveland Ave. In his early years, Jack worked as a parts distributor for Neihoff and TRW. Jack is still in the parts business after all these years selling Specialty Parts for collector cars. Amongst the row and rows of parts you are sure to find the part you may be looking for.
The most interesting part of the tour was looking at his has vast collection of race car memorabilia. The walls of his warehouse and office area are a virtual museum of race car history. We spent most of the tour at Jack’s looking at the photos, memorabilia, models, trophies, pennants, etc, etc, almost too much to take in.
Starting in 1952 and ending 1973, Jack spent his leisure time on the race tracks of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana and Canada; driving Midget, Sprint and Super Modified Race Cars. His biggest claim to fame is winning the race in Meridian Speedway in Idaho, driving his Ford V-8 Series 60.
Many in the group reminisced about stories of going to see races at the Portland Speedway in their younger years, Jack seemed very pleased to share his history with everyone and invited us back to see more at a later time.
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First garage tour of 2011 -- Gary's Mustangs
& Bill's Place
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On February 5th, CPPC members gathered for the first garage tours of 2011.
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Gary’s Mustang’s in Clackamas, OR was the first stop of the day.
Gary Stevens specializes in the restoration of Mustangs. He has over 29 years of experience in the restoration of Mustangs and other classic cars.
Gary is skilled in all phases of restoration, including: cowl repair and replacement, floor pan replacement, complete interior refurbishing, glasswork, brakes and suspension He does high-end body and paintwork on all classic vehicles, collision repair, and insurance work. Gary is also an authorized distributor for Scott Drake Mustang parts, and TMI upholstery.
To contact Gary call: 503-667-2926, or email him at garysmustangs@msn.com.
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Visiting Santa at the Rices' home:
December 8, 2010
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Thirty CPPC members visited Santa Claus on December 8. No, it was not to tell Santa what they want for Christmas& it was to tour the home of fellow CPPC members: Dennis and Barbara Rice, and to view the Rices’ Santa Claus collection.
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The Rices’ collection includes over 200 Santas in a variety of sizes and costumes. There are Santas in costumes depicting them as fishermen, cooks, cowboys, golfers, a pirate, carpenters, and a biker not to mention the many traditional and old world-style Santas. There are singing Santas and dancing Santas. It is amazing that no two are alike.
According to Barbara, they started the collection less than ten years ago. She added that even though storage space and display space is nearly gone, the collection is probably not yet complete and will continue to grow.
In addition, to viewing the impressive Santa collection, touring CPPC members visited Dennis’ shop to see his national and international license plate collection. His collection consists of over 600 license plates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and over 25 foreign countries from North America, Central America, South America, Australia, Asia and Europe. The plates come in a variety of sizes, shapes and license material, including porcelain, plastic, copper, and some that were made of fiber to conserve metal during World War II. Dennis provided history about license plates, licensing in Oregon, and discussed plates for a number of vehicle types.
There were plates in the shape of states and plates with unique slogans on them. One set that caught many attendees’ interest was a pair with one plate marked ”Front” and the other ”Rear.” It makes you wonder, if a vehicle owner has to be told where to put each of two identical plates, should the person even be driving or is it a matter of some bureaucracy seemingly gone too far in regulating. Another interesting plate had slots across the face of the plate. This was an old plate that would have been mounted on the vehicle’s radiator. The slots allowed air to pass through the plate to cool the radiator. Comments heard after the tour indicated attendees found the plate presentation very interesting and informative.
While members expressed enjoyment with the two tours, they also savored the tasty treats Barbara served: cookies, hot apple cider, and coffee. Then, as if this wasn’t enough, the group went to a local pizza parlor for salads and pizza. The end to a pleasurable tour.
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2010 National Plymouth Owners Meet
With all due modesty, Cascade Pacific Plymouth Club produced quite possible the best meet the National Plymouth Owners Club has ever seen, in June of 2010.
Click here or on the link below to visit the pages from our 2010 National Meet.
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2009 Hot Dog-ust Day Cruise-In
Car people get up early. The flyers distinctly said 9AM-3PM, but by 8:00 on the morning of August 15, cars were already backed up into the street. Before it was over, we were parking cars between the rows, and visitors had taken up an extra row or two of Haggens parking lot. Click on the thumbnail to see pictures of the Cruise-In!
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