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Beehive A’s - The Model A Ford Club of Northern Utah

Gents: Start Your Engines! We have a report through the Southerncommand --Kaysville to Bountiful NSAdivision--that there is talk flittering about of aTTT "Time Trial Tour" to be held out at theMiller Speedway Race Course. The origin ofthis chatter is still being pinned down tosomeone who might know and is out of town.Phone calls are not being returned, nor emailsanswered. As best as we can determine thatperson answers to "What the Hell Mel!" (youmight remember him from Tooele as that guy The Bachman “Bomb” at the Christmas party). He has some connection to the brothers at the Miller Group ofCompanies--Glen. (not the music man). Word is that Denny Sprecher thinks his "One Offy" is capable of 235 mph. on a straightlevel shot down the speedway. That and you throw in the "in line" double-Buick-engined 480's race car of Logan's Del Friedlie and the "the Bomb" race car and speedsters of theBachman's--Mike and Vic. and gents, we've got us a day at the races! The details are still being worked out. It seems there is some elbow room that the Millerscan fit us in on Saturday April 26, 2-4 in the afternoon. After the speed events have takenplace, we can all take to the raceway and mosey the course at our leisure, picnic, gawk, orblow our head gaskets if tempted to race. According to the Beehive A web site and last month’s newsletter Prez Cliff Betten hasplans this April for a "Poker Run" (to be announced) tour. Does he have this Miller Speedwayevent on his mind as a “Slow Poke/Poker Run?” As of press time, Cliff could not be reachedfor comment. Do however take some bucks along for betting. Be at the April meeting to seewhat Cliff has planned.

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The March “dust off” HAFB tour A respectable turn out of members and theirspouses met at the Layton City Golden Corralfor breakfast to begin this the year 2014touring season. A dozen “A” sedans, coupes,and trucks assembled in the parking lot alongwith a Shay reproduction “A” and a modernconvertible. A room was reserved for uswhere we ate and socialized prior to leavingfor the air base. A sitely string of A’s drew thehonks of admirers as we ventured up the oldMain Street of Layton, Clearfield, and Roy. Norm Leishman in his police “A” sedan wasflattered with a thumbs up from a Roy City The Hill Aerospace Museum Utahpolice officer. Better than a ticket for impersonating an officer. For an early spring tour theday was cool but acceptable. Again we lined the cars up at the Hill Air Force Base parkingfor a “selfie” show. The next couple of hours was spent viewing the fighter aircraft thatdefended our country and reading of their histories.

Out and About: Steve Sessions brought neighbor friend Eldon Flinders to the March meeting. Eldonhas a newly acquired 30 coupe that he is working on. Jim Brown has modified the BeehiveA web site with a password member log in to protect personal information. The widow ofArvil Parcell, 4656 Cherry St. SLC. 84123, is about to sell the machines, tools and Model Aparts and stuff of his estate. Contact Rosie, his wife, for sales information at 801-262-7141 or801-979-7141. Prez Cliff Betten will present us with more information about tee shirts withthe club’s emblem on it. Randy Christiansen and Mike Bachman are donating a generatorand a beehive to the raffle at MAFCA National Convention in Puyallup. New club member

3Chuck Carles of Logan gave the “meet-a-member”introduction. Chuck has a 1930 coupe, rides a Harley, andsurvived a run in crash with a dog. Craig Call provided therefreshments. Thanks to you. Norm Leishman was the onlyone to drive an “A” on a windy rainy night to last month’smeeting. Ray Wheelwright gave the “tech talk” about theflywheel and clutch, its repair, replacement of old parts, andreassembly.

Ray W. at the flywheel clutch plate assembly tech talk

Tentative Summer “A” tour calendar:April: Poker Run tour. To be announced.May: Golden Spike Monument. Sat. 10th. Keith Painter is host of the Soda Springs-Montpelier-Paris, Idaho tour 23-24. See explanation flyer page 7.June: RCWilley car show 7th. Harold Probasco swap meet and antique engine show. Huntsville. 6-7. 11th Annual Antique Power Show. Wallsburg, Ut. 20-22. Model T, A, & Ford Reunion. Wallsburg, 20-21.July: MAFA 2014 National Convention, Payslip, WA. 14-18. Ogden Pioneer Days Parade. 24th. Mike Bachman cabin stay over at Island Park, Ida. sometime during the... West Yellowstone Rod Run Show. 31st. through Aug. 3.August: Bear Lake Day tour. Jim Torghele host. 23rd.September: Peach Days car show Brigham City. 6th. Crystal Hot Springs. 20th. International Model A Days event. TBD.October: Bison Roundup Antelope Island. TBD.November: TBD.December: Christmas party and officer installation. Perry, Maddox. 9th.

President’s Message: Come on Summer! Our March meeting was a hoot. We had a great showing of membersand some prospective new ones. Ray talked clutches and went to a lot of work to includevisual aids. We had a great introduction to new members Chuck and Sally Carles. Wewrapped up details on a couple of tours, got the ball rolling faster toward our club shirts beinga reality and to end it all we had some great food complete with Saint Patty's Day decor. March's tour to Golden Corral and the Air Force Museum in Roy went perfectly. We had

4a great turnout including a lot of beautiful "A"s. Bachmaninsisted I lead the pack through town on the way to the museum. I have done this a great many times on motorcycles but that wasmy first turn as wagon master. I was dang proud. Then I stoppedat a light and a beautiful colored lady asked, "Where you allgoing?". Now any man in his right mind knows that the correctresponse to a question like that coming from a source like thatneeds to be something like, "wherever you want!" I've excludedmyself from the "right mind" category just by being president inthe first place, second the whole club was behind me so the best Icould come up with was a squeaked, "To the Air ForceMuseum." Heck I didn't even add "Wanna go?" In the Prez Betten on taskwords of the great Cheech Marin, "Responsibility is a heavy responsibility man." The museum itself was amazing. We drew a lot of attention (mostly positive). I thoughteveryone disappeared pretty fast but as it turned out the three generations of Betten missed awhole building. My defense is lingering shock from the traffic stop. The other two are ontheir own. Thanks to Richard Kotter for the lavish accommodations throughout and strategicplanning. I'm looking forward to our April meeting. Ray is going to educate us about transmissions,and Mike Nicholls will give us a detailed introduction to himself. Think about a couplethings. Do we want to escape the library for the summer months? Do we have any ideas foran April tour? Surely we can go smash some bugs at least? Okay see you at the library. Keep 'em rolling and stay safe! Cliff...

Model T club organized During these past few months there has been quite an effort to assemble “T” owners intoa club. The leg work has now been done. A new “Model T Ford Club of Utah” has beenorganized with our own president-elect Doug Jenkins as the “T” president. It is associatedwith the national MTFCA. The club is starting out with sixty-four state wide members. Theymeet monthly at the Larry H. Miller dealershipin SLC. on 13th South. Don Niederhauser is theV.P., Doug’s wife Holly is the sec./treasurer,and Andrew Deckman the newsletter editor. Area or regional directors have been appointedwith plans for activities, meets, and a breakoutbreakfast. Congratulations go out to ourbrother club what with a few more wrinklesand dents in their rusty colored skin than our“A’s.” As to a sibling rivalry–I don’ think so. We’ll look up to them. They seem to be a bitwiser. Doug’s “Celebrity” movie star T

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A.k.a. Geohawk George and Meriel Hawkins made it out to our breakfast and HAFB tour. George hassome health problems which slows him down a bit, but he and Meriel still get out and about. He is a very prolific writer with eight books on Kindle and six available at Amazon inpaperback. His latest book just went on sale in time for is eightieth birthday. It is “The Girlties a Knot.” George still has a few Model A parts for sale. Most are new or NOS. Ifinterested in car parts or a book give him a call at 801-295-0992 and drop by for a visit.

More March Meeting Pics:

Sec. Jim Brown doing the bookwork The connoitering duo: Dennis & Randy

Cliff Betten’s “A” P/U with B-17 at Ogden’sHinckley Airport–not at HAFB but veryappropriate what with our tour to the Hill.

HEY HEY BEEHIVE A SEE THE USA IN YOUR MODEL A Gene & Ray*

*as posted by Gene Briscoe and Ray Wheelwright on Mink Creek

PS/Quote: “Every success is the mother Rd. Southeast Idaho for theof countless others” Henry Ford Beehive A’s returning from Jackson.

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Build them cheap & stack’em deep

Keith Painter is the wagon master of the May 23-24 “A” Soda Springs, Montpelier, Paris, and, Model T Ranch Idaho tour. See the registration flyer next page for complete details.

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