The Rocket Review
Spring Edition
To all Rocket lovers, First of all, our next busi-ness meeting is Sunday May 18th at 1:30 pm at the Hard Times Cafe in Rockville, MD. I will be bringing copies of our August show flyer for you to look at (I am still finishing it up) and an update on former secretary Richard Keyser's heart surgery in Florida. The Buick club will be fold-ing, stuffing, stamping and labeling some 360 plus flyers off of our mailing list to pro-mote our annual show, so be glad you don't have to help with that! I want to thank all of those that contributed to the discussion of the new "stock/modified" wording that we are incorporating into this year's show. This show is a team effort, and it helps to get anyone's opinion who wants to help. We are constantly trying to improve the show without sacrificing the fun we have.
Many folks love our show for the simplicity and fun and we want to keep it that way. We will be having a new food ven-dor this year that will be there in the morning with breakfast(!) as well as lunch! Last month CCR had a very successful "Spring Dust-Off" at the new venue, Star Pontiac /Buick/GMC in Lees-burg, VA. Despite the sur-rounding rain clouds we had a terrific turnout. There was even a new to the area Chev-elle owner couple who came to check us out and couldn't be-lieve how nice the "Oldsmobile folks" were. Many founding CCR faces popped up like Jeff Dorman and Burt Parker, which always nice to see. We were promised a front lot (right on Route 7) next time and Leesburg is a great town and a great place to start out the show season. I hope everyone caught the
Vice-President’s Message—Cory Correll
The Official Publication of The Capitol City Rockets
Mar/April 2008
Volume 19, Issue 2
Spring Dust Off High-lights
2-3
Local/National Calen- 4
Membership Directory 5-6
Classifieds/Directory and Membership Info
7-8
Inside this issue:
Club Events—Save the Dates:
Sun, May 18,
1:30 pm meeting
at Hard Times
Café in Rockville
June meeting
date and loca-
tion to be an-
nounced. This
will be our an-
nual joint
meeting with
the Metro
Buick Club.
Scott Phillips—Editor
Vern Parker Washington Times article a couple of weeks ago (4/18/08) that featured club member Steve White's newly restored 1953 Super 88 coupe. It is a stunning car that was to make it's show debut at our "Dust-off," but due to the threatening rain clouds stayed indoors. I hope to enjoy a look see at it in person soon. On a recent family wedding visit to Chattanooga, Tennes-see, I had to grab a short visit to the world's only antique tow truck museum that just opened a few years ago. If you are ever in the area it is more than worth the $8 donation to get in as much of the contents are pre-WWII restored vehicles with hundreds of toys as well. You can visit it online at www.internationaltowingmuseum.org. Hope to see as many of you
as can make it to our next meeting May 18th!---Cory
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a few reasons—first, we
would like to establish
positive reciprocal rela-
tionships with GM deal-
ers like we had in the
past, where the dealer
benefits by bringing traf-
fic and brand awareness
to those attending and
associated with the
show, while the club
gains a location to hold
the event. Second, we
wanted a more central
location for the majority
of our members both in
Maryland and Virginia.
We felt like the STAR
dealership accomplished
both of these goals.
Many thanks to
Ken Quincy, Mike Scott,
and Margaret Straubin-
ger for showing up early
to assist. We also would
like to express a great
thanks to STAR Pontiac,
Buick, GMC for their
time and effort to clear
the large lot for us and
accommodate all of the
cars that showed up.
A special thanks
goes to Mr. Ray Martin
and his sales staff for
making our event possible
and seamless. We en-
joyed the locale, many of
us checked out some
great vehicles on the lot,
and we hope that the rest
of you will patronize
STAR when you are
thinking about a new or
pre-owned vehicle. They
possess a wide inventory
of GM vehicles and there
were some stunning cars
and trucks on the lot at
great prices. We hope we
can return to STAR again
as we were very pleased
with the event.
The Dust Off
brought out over 40 cars
by my count, and some
terrific Oldsmobiles in
the area we hadn‟t seen
before. Many thanks,
too, to the folks at Capi-
talcruisin.com. Most of
the non-CCR crowd came
as a result of the ad we
ran there, including a pair
of GTO‟s, a „57 Vette, a
pair of Buick Grand Na-
tionals, and a tricked out
„39 Chevy Master Deluxe.
If you couldn‟t make it,
you missed a good one.,
so check out the pic-
tures—Rocket on, Scott
CCR Spring Dust Off a STAR Performance
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It threatened all week
to rain, and I suppose it
did in some places around
the area, but in Leesburg,
VA, the skies were clear
most of the day and the
Capitol City Rocket faith-
ful who stayed all after-
noon even left a little sun-
burnt. It was an unusu-
ally warm spring Satur-
day April 12th as we set
up shop in a new location
for the Annual Spring
Dust Off.
I had approached
our gracious hosts, STAR
Pontiac, Buick, GMC
Trucks in February to see
if they would be inter-
ested in hosting our
event. Working with Bob
Grouge, the sales man-
ager, and especially owner
Ray Martin, the STAR
dealership opened their
lot to us and gave us a
new home for the Dust
Off. The club decided to
relocate the Dust Off for
Steve Meyer’s ‘73 Cutlass
and Jeff Surdyk’s ‘61 Starfire
contemplate the cloudy
skies, but no rain.
As of 5-4-2008:
Balance as of 4-6-08:
$2,340.56
Income: -0-
Expenses:
Newsletter Postage: $66.42
Printer Cartridges: $114.00
Capitalcruisin.com Donation: $50.00
Total Expenses: $230.32
Balance 5-4-08: $2,110.14
Submitted by: Ken Quincy
Treasurer’s Report
This fine ‘84 Hurst Olds
slid in behind its sta-
blemates, a pair of (‘84 and
‘86) Buick Grand Nationals.
Carl Shaffer’s friend
brought this ‘64 1/2 442,
clean green with a white
convertible top and interior.
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Spring Dust Off Highlights
If you would like to see these and other Capitol City Rocket pictures, log on to Snapfish.com, put [email protected] in the
box on the right for “email” and rocketV8 in for the “password”. Once in, click on “go to photos”. There are 4 albums loaded now.
The lot at STAR was filled with a vari-
ety of old iron despite the forecast.
This fierce looking Chevy truck car-
ried its custom flame job inside the cab
Arlyn Black’s ‘39 Chevy Master Deluxe
2 door—highly modified and sharp!
The back line was chock full of incredi-
ble 60’s and 70’s GM.
Another of the West Virginians, this
Willy’s roared in, blower definitely
Roger and Sharon Williams drove out
their 1957 Super 88, a honey of a boat
This light yellow 1960 Super 88 con-
vertible sported charcoal trim and
Steve Meyer brought his ‘73 Cutlass
Supreme, after some tricky engine re-
Leesburg residents Michael and David
Stocks brought their father and son
2008 Capitol City Rockets Calendar
The following meeting dates and places were proposed at January 13, 2008 meeting. Meeting time will be 1:30 pm, Kil-
roys/Keyser rule in effect:
Sunday, May 18 - Hard Times Cafe in Rockville, MD (3rd Sunday due to Mother's Day May 11)
June meeting - Joint planning with Metro Buick Club for All-GM show, date, time location TBD
Sunday, July 13 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA
SATURDAY, August 9 - All GM Show, Montgomery College in Rockville, MD, 9am - 3pm
Sunday, Sept 14 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA
Saturday, Oct 18 - Rockville Antique and Classic Car Show, Rock-ville Civic Center, 11am - 4pm
Sunday, Nov 9 - Kilroy's Bar/Grille in Springfield, VA
OTHER DATES YOU MAY FIND OF INTEREST:
Saturday, May 17: Delaware Valley Olds BOPC show. Celebrating National Hurst/Olds Day.
Contact Tony at 610-637-2100. Held at Markley Elementary School in Frazer, PA, 9-3 pm.
Saturday, June 7: 22nd annual Leesburg Cruise-In. Over 200 Classics, Street Rods, and Muscle
Cars. Contact Carolyn Craig at 703-864-1665 or check novarodsnclassics.org
Sunday, June 8: “All GM Show” sponsored by Vintage Chevrolet Club of America. Catonsville
Community College (south of Baltimore). Call 410-922-5971 or go to [email protected]
Sunday, June 8: The 19th annual Orphan Car Tour will traverse scenic backroads in the vicinity
of Hampstead, Maryland. This year's Tour includes stops at two private antique car collections
along the route, and a late-afternoon buffet-style dinner (reservations required). Enjoy your
"orphan" (discontinued-make) car "on the road", and see other interesting "orphans" as well! For
more information see our website, www.orphancartour.org/ , phone Jon Battle at 703-392-6870,
or e-mail [email protected]
June 20-22: GM‟s at Carlisle.
July 11-12: Musclecar Madness at the York Farigrounds, York, PA. This year featuring a Tribute
to Oldsmobile with Linda Vaughn and others in attendance. Check www.yorknostalgia.com or
call 717-757-2720. Nostalgia Nationals Racing on Sunday, July 13 at Beaver Springs Dragway.
The Blue Gray OCA chapter is making this a club event.
July 18-20: Olds Powered Race Nationals, Norwalk, OH. Go to DickMillerRacing.com for info.
July 30—Aug 3: OCA Nationals “Rocket Reunion” in Dearborn, MI. Hosted by Motor City
Rockets. Go to www.oldsclub.org for more info.
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Want to know more about local car
cruises and upcoming shows?
Check out www.capitalcruisin.com
CCR Classifieds Classified ads are free to chapter members. We take cars, parts,
services, anything. Submit your typed or printed ad to the Chapter
PO box, marking it ATTN: ROCKET REVIEW, or simply email the
editor at [email protected] You may run your ad for up to 3
issues at a time. Ads must be resubmitted for reprinting after that
time, and please let Scott know if you wish to discontinue the classi-
fied ad due to sale of the parts or car.
CARS/PARTS FOR SALE:
1979 Olds Toronado. 165 k miles. One owner since 1988. Carefully driven and maintained. Complete service records, all manuals (owner, electrical, mechanical), build sheet. Many cus-tom features: Delco ETC radio w/CB, Cad. Soft touch trunk pull-down, Cad. door lock acti-vated gas cap lock, autochromatic rear view mir-ror. Range of Olds accessories, incl. fiber-optic light indicators, full gauge set, outside ther-mometer, etc. Michelin XH4 premium radials. $3,000. Contact Herbert Koudry at (301) 593 2997 or [email protected].
SS Rims dated April ‘73. Burgundy Color, Snap Center. New 235 60 R15 BF Goodrich GT tires on rims. Contact Michael Stocks at 571-246-4474.
1966 442 from Tuscon, AZ. Hardtop, bought at Barrett Jackson. Invested 28K, sell for 19K. Buckets, Auto, White w/Red interior. Power windows, seat, tilt wheel, vacuum gauge, stock tach, numbers matching. Call Mark McAlpine at 703-341-6363 or email [email protected]
1988 Buick Electra Park Avenue (pictured be-low) 4 door, 3.8 L engine. 67K one owner miles. Very gently used, all comfort luxury se-dan. Deluxe velour padded interior, excellent vinyl roof. Near perfect condition. $6988 on windshield, but STAR salesman said significant deal for club members. Contact Brian Rossell at 703-478-1355.
THE CAPITOL CITY ROCKETS is a chartered chapter of the
Oldsmobile Club of America, Lansing, MI. Chapter dues are
$15.00 per year. Current OCA membership is required.
Chapter Officials
President .................................................... VACANT
Vice-President ........................................... Cory Correll
Treasurer ...................................................... Ken Quincy
………………………………[email protected]
Secretary ........................ Mike Stillwell (703) 799-2904
............................................................ [email protected]
Newsletter Editor……….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752
…………………………………[email protected]
Events Coordinator ................................. VACANT
Chapter Advisors
Toronado………….Ask Ken Quincy or Cory Correll
1961-63 A-Body…………….Scott Phillips (703) 858-5752
1964-65 A-Body…………... Mike Stilwell (703) 799-2904
1973-77 A-Body……………..Denney Keys (301) 390-1577
1978-80 A-Body....................Michael Coxen (301) 251-8666
PerformanceV8 Tech Dick Miller Racing, (901) 794-2834
Bevan Allen Memorial Service Award Recipient
2000: Denney Keys
2001: Michael Coxen
2002: Mike Stilwell
2003: Dick Brown
2004: Cory Correll
2005: Scott Phillips
2006: Mike “Hitch” Stillwell
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