December 2006 No. 154 HEADLINES Multi-Rod Mania in Epidemic Proportions Gidgegannup, December 2006 It appears while some people struggle to buy, build or rebuild just one hot rod, Multiple Rod-owneritis, while being around since the seventies, is now in epidemic proportions. Dave Krause has recently licensed his latest creation, a 37 Chev Coupe Utility (pictured above) bringing his quantity to three. Add this to Brian French’s four , Jeff Ewence’s two, Ralph Donovan’s pair, life member Vince Berriman’s two and Gibbys rod and custom duo, there is a lot. Consider that Lars, the Editor and others have also had pairs previously, there is still no proof to say that we are all mad.
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December 2006 No. 154
HEADLINESMulti-Rod Mania in Epidemic Proportions Gidgegannup, December 2006 It appears while some people struggle to buy, build or rebuild just one hot rod, Multiple Rod-owneritis, while being around since the seventies, is now in epidemic proportions. Dave Krause has recently licensed his latest creation, a 37 Chev Coupe Utility (pictured above) bringing his quantity to three. Add this to Brian French’s four , Jeff Ewence’s two, Ralph Donovan’s pair, life member Vince Berriman’s two and Gibbys rod and custom duo, there is a lot. Consider that Lars, the Editor and others have also had pairs previously, there is still no proof to say that we are all mad.
Address: Unit 1, 12 Cusack Rd, MALAGA. WA. Ph (08)9249 9632General meetings: 3rd Sunday of each month at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome.President: Bob Mulder Ph.0407040341 Vice Presidents: Brian French 9377 7837 Alan Barton 9448 0110 . Secretary: Garry Bryant 9257 1973 Treasurer: Ian Swinbourne 9300-8506ASRF Delegate: Jeff Ewence 9339 4337TAC Delegate: Peter Hunter 9445 2493WAHRP Delegate: Allan Rossi 9377 1932, & Garry BryantManagement Committee: Executive committee (above) and B. French, Dave Krause. All members welcome to meetings. Get involved. Or get left behind.Social Committee: D. Krause, A.Lawrence , Maurie Searle, Ian SwinbourneStrata Committee: Neil Gibb, Jeff Ewence, .Eric Warren Klaxon Editor: Eric Warren 9574 6440 or fax 9444 3299 or email on [email protected] Deadline is 7 days before the meeting. Klaxon Distribution: Peter Hunter 9445 2493.CONTRIBUTORS: Yvonne Mulder, Neil Gibb, Sarah Warren COVER: Dave Krause’s freshly licenced 37 Chev.
Club Merchandise. Phone 9249-8553. Call Andy Lawrence Clothiers for all
your club clobber.Jackets, T’s, Polos, Bowling shirts, caps, jocks
and socks.Be a part of the black and red army at any rodding function. Stand out like dogs’ things.
Don’t get caught by Yvonne without your uniform on.
FROM THE EDITORS BRAIN CELL Welcome back Rodders world wide. While gloating on past editorial achievements I was quickly brought back to earth with the realization that it is time to do it all again. This time with very little interference from stray contributions and the like. Although I must give Gibby credit for throwing a spanner in the works with several pix from the ASRF stand at the GM Day. GM=God’s Machinery. .At this stage I don’t even have Blossom’s monthly tripe to bore us to tears. I shall email him. It may appear just in time for publication. Just another thing to look forward to as you turn the pages slowly. Congratulations to Dave Krause for the completion of his unique 37 Chev ute. There are not many of these hot rods around. It is a great example of what can be achieved on a sensible budget and still be good looking and so individual. It is probably the best looking 37 Chev on Earth.. The light blue colour suits it perfectly. (I’m not sure if it was left overs knocked off from the King’s roadster , but it is very similar.) Elsewhere in hot rodville , Frenchie’s total rebuild of his stolen and trashed 35 Chev Coupe is almost complete. Kevin Best has checked out the work to finish off the front clip on my coupe and said it is the best car in the world. He would love to do it for nothing, after dropping his price from $2,500/hour. This will release Big Al from his nonbinding contract, but will leave Spanky’s Hot Rod Shop’s freezer full of lamb chops used as currency. At short notice, several members managed to attend my 51-Herewecome party at Tilden Hall. Unfortunately it clashed with other events which prevented some from making it. Like a daughter’s wedding. A week earlier and it would have been a son’s wedding. Jimbo even had a doctors certificate for an excuse. Any later and it would have been Jesus’s birthday. Ring-ins at the party included Archie Fullerton and Johnboy Barleycorn Barlow. Thanks to all who made it. See some pix in the social pages. Looking back over the past year, it would be easy if I had a diary, but from memory, it was another good year for the club and for rodding
in WA. New members Ralph Donovan and Warren Ellson introduced licensed rods into the club while Gary King, Ian Swinbourne and Dave Krause licensed new rods and Garry Curnow got his roadster back on the road since missing after the 1983 Mildura Nats. Yours truly, the goal setter, has at least kept working on the coupe. Soon boys. We have been blessed with several great new members that are getting involved. Keep at it guys. We had several 50th birthdays that we are aware of, including Yvonne’s, Eric’s, Steve’s and Rosmary’s. John Ferrier’s wife, Jane, moved to WA, Big Al is finally trapped in co-habitation with Carol, and yours truly decided to split. The Curnow’s daughter Shelley got hitched a week after the Anderson’s son Jake the Snake’s wedding. The normal big events were on again and well attended. MRCC run, Big Al’s Poker Run, Nostalgia Drags, Busselton run, Mini Nats in SA, Super Model Car Sunday, FathersDay Show, WAHRP show, Yanchep run and Christmas Lights Cruise as well as many other newer events that are getting good reputations. SummerSun Festival was a new retro multi function event on the calendar that included several rodding and rock-a-billy events. Allan Rossi again won ClubMan of the Year with Dave Krause again runner up. (Gardening and toilet duties must be worth a stack of oints.) Thanks to both for the huge contributions made to the club. The club has a healthy number of other contributors that also help during the year. Thanks to all of you too. As far as our facilities go, the club fences are as good as complete and we now have air conditioning in the rooms. AB’s garage nears completion and we will soon have our workshop space back. We have got a new pool table and swanky new meeting chairs, so the long held dreams and plans of our elder statesmen are slowly coming to fruition with the help of so many newer members over the last ten years. We broke theclub record for getting the DVD and TV running together and Allan Rossi (BL1) kept his Born Loser title almost unchallenged. Well that’s enough fluff and crystals for now. Please enjoy Christmas and take heaps of care with whatever you do. Have a healthy and fruitful 2007. Extreme E.
The Three Tortoises
Three tortoises, Bloss, MS and Allan, decide to go on a vintage tin hunt. Bloss packs the picnic basket with beer and sandwiches. The trouble is that the vintage tin site is ten miles away. So, it takes them ten days to get there in their ford shells. When they get there, Bloss unpacks the food and beer. "Ok MS give me the bottle opener." "I didn't bring it," says MS "I thought you packed it." Bloss gets worried, he turns to Allan, "Did you bring the bottle opener?" Naturally Allan didn't bring it. He only had some melted wiring harness. So they're stuck ten miles from home without a bottle opener. Bloss and Allan beg MS to go back for it. But he refuses as he says they will eat all the sandwiches. After two hours, and after they have sworn on their tortoise lives that they will not eat the sandwiches, he finally agrees. So MS sets off down the road at a steady pace. 20 days pass and he still isn't back and Bloss and Allan are starving, but a promise is a promise. Another 5 days and he still isn't back, but a promise is a promise. Finally they can't take it any longer so they take out a sandwich each, and just as they are about to eat it, MS pops up from behind a rock and shouts, "I KNEW IT.....I'M NOT F**KING GOING!"
NEW CONTEST Who can you photo-graph in or with your hot rod? Big Al has Charlie Court in the tourer, Eric has had the Phantom with the Willys, Gibby can only manage Father Christmas. (pathetic) Who can you do?
2006 HOT ROD & STREET MACHINE SPECTACULAR AWARDSTOP STANDARD PAINT Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
TOP CUSTOM PAINT Grace Linfoot1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe
TOP UNDERCARRIAGE STREET MACHINE David & Roger Williams 1961Holden EK TOP UNDERCARRIAGE HOT ROD Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
TOP ENGINE STREET MACHINE Joe Fogliani 1964½ Mustang Convetible
TOP ENGINE HOT ROD Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
TOP INTERIOR STREET MACHINE Carlo Cocciolone 1955 Chev Bel Air Coupe
TOP INTERIOR HOT ROD Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
TOP TRADE STAND Real Steel Rod & Custom
BEST DISPLAYED VEHICLE Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
BEST INDIVIDUAL DISPLAY Tony Princi 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe
THIRD CLUB DISPLAY Bikes Unlimited
SECOND CLUB DISPLAY Cranksters Rod & Kustom‘Cranksters’
BEST CLUB DISPLAY Combined Torana Club
BEST SHOW THEME DISPLAY West Coast Trikers ‘Happy 10th Anniversary’
STREET MACHINE AWARDSSECOND UTILITY/PICKUP Eddie Mir 1954 Holden FJ Utility
TOP UTILITY/PICKUP Lloyd Collier 1955 Chevrolet Pickup
SECOND STREET MACHINE AUTHENTIC Giuseppe Nibali 1966 Mustang Convertible TOP STREET MACHINE AUTHENTIC Joe Fogliani 1964½ Mustang Convertible
TOP STREET MACHINE MUSCLE CAR Tony Fragomeni 1974 Holden Torana GTR XU1 THIRD STREET MACHINE 2 DOOR 49-70 Tony Princi 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe
SECOND STREET MACHINE 2 DOOR 49-70 Grace Linfoot1955 Chev Bel Air Coupe TOP STREET MACHINE 2 DOOR 49-70 Carlo Cocciolone 1955 Chev Bel Air Coupe SECOND STREET MACHINE SEDAN 49-70 Barbara England 1968 Ford XT Falcon
TOP STREET MACHINE SEDAN 49-70 David & Roger Williams1961 Holden EK Sedan TOP STREET MACHINE 2 DOOR 71 ON Ashley Surman1976 Holden LX Torana
TOP STREET MACHINE SEDAN 71 ON Lance Williamson 1978 Holden HZ GTS
TOP MILD CUSTOM Graham Bruce1958 Morris Utility
TOP CUSTOM CLASSIC Craig Cooper 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop
TOP SHOW CAR Rob O’Garr 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan
HOT ROD AWARDS
TOP JUNIOR ROD Peter Hahn 1923 Ford T Bucket Junior Rod
TOP UNFINISHED Jan Klucznik 1933 Chevrolet 5-window Coupe
TOP HOT ROD TOURER Warren Ellson 1927 Chevrolet Tourer
TOP HOT ROD PICKUP Charlie Vinci 1923 Ford T Pickup
TOP BUCKET Garry Ritson 1923 Ford T Bucket
TOP HOT ROD TUDOR Steve Clark1934 Ford Tudor
TOP HOT ROD COUPE Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
TOP HOT ROD ROADSTER Andrew Cooke 1934 Ford Roadster
\OP STREET MACHINE OVERALL Carlo Cocciolone 1955 Chev Bel Air Coupe
TOP HOT ROD OVERALL Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe
PEOPLES’ CHOICE 1st Chris Bitmead 1932 Ford 3-window Coupe 2nd Carlo Cocciolone 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air CoupeLast month, an avid Klaxon reader pointed out that the word “Willys” did not appear once in the November edition. So not to make the same mistake again......... Willys Willys Willys
Humour... The Ski TripJack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up in Jack's minivan and headed north.After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night."I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house.""Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light."The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend.He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, "Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the ski trip ..... "Yes, I do.""Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?""Yes," Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. "I have to admit that I did.""And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?"Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?"
"She just died and left me everything."
Not to be out done, Extreme E held two 50th parties just to make sure he made the milestone. The second one was co-hosted by sister-in-law St Rose who turned 50 that week too. The Klaxon photographer was sent to the “51 Herewecome” party to catch the glamour and glitz of the event. Unfortunately he lost control of his mission after finding a bath tub full of beer and this is all we got.
The Social Pages
Above: Extreme E with some cheerful local chics.
Co-hosts for the 50ths, sister-in-law Rose and Extreme E.Left: Rose laughing as Eric loses his head in the photo frame.Right: Eric prepared for the drunken camera man this time
Left: Extreme E, out of uniform, sucking up to the Fashion Police Commissioner. Yvonne Mulder, also of the very good ‘56 vintage.
Above: l-r: It is great to see Debbie Fullerton out and about after her stroke a few years ago. Archie Fullerton looked resplendent coming out in Chesty Bond’s new summer style singlet based upon the trendy pear shape. Big Al resembling a gate-crashing bear that has walked in out of the dark. AB with a glass of wine!
The Social Pages
The Social Pages Eric’s 50th mkII.Left: Beef roll Catering Manageress Wizzie with Sarah The Reluctant Klaxon Folder (Ret.It seems the new Uni degree is not compatible with Klaxon folding!
Murray Reynolds
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John Barlow
Frenchie
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The boys discussing Murray’s gut
ASRF display at the GM Day.
Above: Pottsy found that the GM Day entry fee was cheaper than a caravan park, so he moved in. Caravan is full of pottsy’s craftmanship. He can even stand full height in it after some Chassis and floor modifications.
Mel and Terry (?) (I could be sure if Bloss had sent the minutes!) had their new acquisition on display.. It recently Won Top Tourer at the State Title Show!
Neil Gibb organised an ASRF stand at the GM Day for the continuing promotion he does for hot rodding in WA. Here a few photos of cars on the stand and elsewhere. Right: When things apparently got desperate and rodders had to start using ugly cars for hot rod material, you would be amazed at the beautiful results that rodders can achieve. The 38 Chev tourer and Dave K’s 37 Chev ute are such examples.. Right & below: Gibby had his Pontiac Custom and Brian French had his 56 Chevy Pickup also on display.
What a beautiful day. Not a ford in sight!
ASRF display at the GM Day.
Re-released by popular demand just in time for Christmas. See Nev live, unplugged and
unwound at Moora next Easter.
Nev’s best CD yet including the SMASH HITS
“The Diamond Collecter” , “Super chargin’ is not for my my credit card”, “Hard Core 34” , “Gout
Gotcha Blues”,& “ Nothings for sale”Available from any good music store. Limited Edition. RRP $29.99.
Coming EventsDecember. Unstoppable Rosmary Curnow clicks over 50.Dec 10: Wanderer’s Ronald McDonald Picnic.Dec 31: Vintage Rod & Custom. NYE & Trevor Breeze’s 40th. Band, sleepover etc Book now.Call Trevor 9419 6001Jan 28: Mandurah Rod CC. Annual Cruise Call Steve 95816024Feb 11: Big Al’s Poker Run.Feb 17: Nostalgia drags.TAC Inspections. 3rd Saturday .of month. Call Chris if you need an inspection done 9240 1500. Regular :Wanderer’s Pizza night. Mark Gryska 9418 3668. At Brandi Pizza, Rockingham Rd , Munster. 6pm. Dec 14.
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