PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Hi folks, We had another very nice lunch tour to the Watering Hole Restaurant at Hartman's Deep Valley Golf Course on July 15. The weather was perfect, the food was good and a stop at Bruster's Ice Cream near Zelienople topped off our day. Thanks to Clara and Joe Dresbach for hosting this event. Speaking of events, it's time to start thinking about the club picnic. The picnic is scheduled for September 13th at 1 P.M. A catered meal will be served at 3 P.M. with our regular monthly meeting to follow. The location will once again be at the residence of Chuck Glenz on Leslie Road in Valencia. Jan Smith will be our DJ. Jack Swaney has volunteered to handle the tables and chairs, the soft drinks, table settings and the caterer. I will handle the rest of the details. Here's what you need to do. If your last name begins with the letter A through J please bring a dessert. If your last name begins with the letter K through Z please bring a side dish. Most importantly please notify the Stauffers by September 1st as to the number of people who will be attending. By phone 412-486-7977 or email [email protected]if you plan to attend. You can't just show up as we need to know how much food to order from the caterer. A sign-up sheet will also be available at the August meeting. Bob Stauffer On the Cover Antoinette Quinn and Cindy Cook go for a spin in the hot rod NEXT MEETING Sunday August 9 7:00 pm St. Alphonsus Cafeteria In this issue: July Minutes 3 Member Profile Herb Scott 4-7 Happenings 8-9 Annual Picnic 10 For Sale 11 August 2009 August 2009 August 2009 August 2009 North Hills Historic North Hills Historic North Hills Historic North Hills Historic Auto Club Auto Club Auto Club Auto Club Visit us at http://clubs.hemmings.com/nhhac
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Hi folks, We had another very nice lunch tour to the Watering Hole Restaurant at Hartman's Deep Valley Golf Course on July 15. The weather was perfect, the food was good and a stop at Bruster's Ice Cream near Zelienople topped off our day. Thanks to Clara and Joe Dresbach for hosting this event. Speaking of events, it's time to start thinking about the club picnic. The picnic is scheduled for September 13th at 1 P.M. A catered meal will be served at 3 P.M. with our regular monthly meeting to follow. The location will once again be at the residence of Chuck Glenz on Leslie Road in Valencia. Jan Smith will be our DJ. Jack Swaney has volunteered to handle the tables and chairs, the soft drinks, table settings and the caterer. I will handle the rest of the details. Here's what you need to do. If your last name begins with the letter A through J please bring a dessert. If your last name begins with the letter K through Z please bring a side dish. Most importantly please notify the Stauffers by September 1st as to the number of people who will be attending. By phone 412-486-7977 or email [email protected] if you plan to attend. You can't just show up as we need to know how much food to order from the caterer. A sign-up sheet will also be available at the August meeting.
Bob Stauffer
On the Cover Antoinette Quinn and Cindy Cook go for a spin
in the hot rod
NEXT MEETING
Sunday August 9
7:00 pm St. Alphonsus Cafeteria
In this issue:
July
Minutes
3
Member Profile
Herb Scott
4-7
Happenings 8-9
Annual Picnic 10
For Sale 11
August 2009August 2009August 2009August 2009
North Hills Historic North Hills Historic North Hills Historic North Hills Historic
Auto ClubAuto ClubAuto ClubAuto Club
Visit us at http://clubs.hemmings.com/nhhac
NORTH HILLS HISTORIC AUTO CLUB
2008 OFFICERS
President: Bob Stauffer Vice President: Jan Smith Treasurer: Jack Swaney 724-625-1442 Secretary: Antoinette Quinn
Directors Clara Dresbach Past President Frank Pribanic Term 2009 Jennie Barker Term 2010 Randy Fusco Term 2011
Carol Vivaldi Term 2012
Appointive Positions Historian: Ed Sipp Flea Market Chairman: Bill Sheerer Car Show Chairman: Joe Somerville Car Show Prog. Book Joe DiSalvo Newsletter Editor: Mary Jo Phillips 724-898-9661
The North Hills Historic Auto Club was founded in August of 1971. Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month in the school cafeteria of St. Alphonsus Church located on Church Road (Rt. 19 & Rt. 910) in Wex-ford, unless otherwise noted in the monthly newsletter. The newsletter is published monthly. All articles for publication must be received no later than the 20th of each month to MJ Phillips 263 Forsythe Rd., Valencia, PA 16059 or [email protected]. Any car or club-related news from the membership is greatly appreciated.
An application for membership is located on the club website at http://clubs.hemmings.com/nhhac. Application for membership and annual dues should be sent to Jack Swaney P.O. Box 152 Mars, PA 16046-0152. Membership dues are $20.00 per year, payable by the first day of January. Any change of address or any roster changes should be submitted to Pat O’Neill, 4077 Branding Place, Allison Park, PA 15101 or [email protected]. Frank & Judy Pribanic are the chairpersons of our “Get Well and Condolences” committee for the members and their immediate families. Please notify them at 100 Cherrington Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237 or call 412-487-2094 or email at [email protected]
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MINUTES OF THE NHHAC MEETING July 12, 2009 The meeting was called to order by President Robert Stauffer. After the Pledge of Allegiance, it was noted that there were no additions and/or corrections to the Minutes of the June 14, 2009 meeting. Treasurer Jack Swaney was not present at the meeting and no Treasurer’s Report was offered to the membership. Present for their first review for membership were Shawn Fenk and his wife, Sunnie Fenk. It was noted that 300-400 people and 150 cars were in attendance at Dave Colette’s picnic. Loretta Fusco informed the Club that today (July 12, 2009) was the last day to sign up for the Kalamazoo tour. Joe Somerville thanked everyone who helped at the Car Show this year. There were sign-up sheets at the meeting for the upcoming Wednesday lunch tours. Steve Illsley reminded everyone about the A chili dog tour on July 25, 2009. Meet at Target on 228 at 5:00 p.m. Bob Stauffer then read a thank you from Jan Hall’s family. It was noted that Krebs Dodge will be available for next year’s annual Flea Market. Ken Barker invited everyone to the Mustang Club’s cruises at King’s in Harmarville at 6:00 P.M. the third Wednesday of each month. Bob Stauffer asked for volunteers to chair the summer picnic. The picnic can be held again at Chuck Glenz’s home. No one stepped up to accept this position. If interested, please call Bob Stauffer. Michael J. Quinn then moved to adjourn the meeting. Respectfully submitted, Antoinette S. Quinn Secretary
Member Profile By: Joe Acker
HERB SCOTT
This month we feature a fairly new member in our club, Herb Scott. Club member Joe Dresbach has been going to club lunches and other events with Herb and invited him to join us, which he did a year ago on July 13. Herb is certainly a welcome member as he has been associated with automobiles all of his life in the business of auto repair, auto racing and the old car hobby. He brings a wealth of knowledge with his experience in the auto interest. Herb grew up loving old cars, worked on them, restored them and raced them. He really never had time for the old car hobby while he was active in racing. His first interest in old cars was “souping” them up. His real interest in the antique car hobby came about 20 years ago when his friend Bud Baer in Washington, Pa. was thinning out his big collection of cars. Herb’s favorite car in Bud’s collection was a 1940 Ford Convertible. As you might expect, the 1940 Ford was one car Bud wanted to keep. Herb kept pestering Bud for a long time until he finally sold him the car. Herb said he has always liked the forty vintage Ford and this car was somewhat restored when he got it. Through the years however, Herb has updated the brake system, changed the engine to a 59 AB and had a Columbia rear end in it for a while. (this rear end is currently getting rebuilt) Herb still has the original engine which is fully operable. Herb and the guys in their garage business did all of the work with exception of some paint work done at an outside source. Fords have always sparked Herb’s interest and he adds they are the easiest cars to find parts. Herb started his auto repair business in 1960, so has seen nearly 50 years of changes in auto-mobile technology. Today a mechanic has to not only carry a wench and a large complement of tools including metric, but has to have computer access to solve problems and find parts. It might appear as though the engineers who build the mechanical systems, especially the electrical and computerized portion, have never had to repair them.
Herb’s son Deek has been running the business since 1983 when Herb had triple bypass surgery. Being in the auto repair business, Herb has had customers offer old cars that they wanted to get rid of. Unfortunately none of these were gems and were purchased for resale. In addition to his Ford he had a 1957 Oldsmobile hardtop and a 48 Chevy convertible and others. Herb has a 31 year career in racing from 1948 through 1979. Highlights include: 1951— Pittsburgh Roadster Association Champion 1956—1960, 1962—1965, 1967 Ten-time Pittsburgh Racing Association Champion 1958 -Tri-State Championship Winner, Heidelberg, Pa. 1970—First winner of the Johnny Appleseed Classic in Mansfield, Ohio 1974—Inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame 1979—Inducted into the Race of Champions Hall of Fame, Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania 1984—Inducted into the Pittsburgh Circle Track Hall of Fame 2007—Inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame And last but not least, an impressive winner of 520 Feature Events during his career.
1972—owned by Herb Scott
Hardly a driver
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Remember When by Don Gamble
Herb started racing in 1948 and he won his first feature that year at the New Kensington race
track. His 500th feature victory came at Don Martin’s Lernerville Speedway on May 30, 1975 and he won the
last feature, number 520 at Latrobe Speedway in 1979.
Other honors which he has accumulated during his many years of facing included: the Pittsburgh Road-
ster Association title in 1951, twelve consecutive feature wins at Clarksburg, West Virginia in 1952, twenty
one feature wins at Heidelberg in 1956 with a total of 45 feature wins for the year. Herb won the Pittsburgh
Racing Association title from 1956 through 1960, 1962, 1965, and again in 1967.
His driving accomplishments came in several types of race cars including roadsters, modifieds, sprints,
and late models. Herb ran at Langhorne and won the 1958 Tri-State Championship at Heidelberg. He also
won the first Johnny Apple Seed Classic in 1970 at Mansfield, Ohio.
Other honors which he has received include: The Dapper Dan Club of Pittsburgh sports award 1957,
1960, and 1963. In 1974 Herb was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. In 1977, the
Hall of Fame at Pocono was established by the staff of the Race of Champions and Herb became a member.
During his many years of racing, Herb drove for several car owners. The list sounds like the “Who’s
Who” of car owners. Some of the owners were: Bill “Pappy” Kessler, Doc Frawley, Hoot Martin, Art Munch,
Tom Kennedy, Ziggy, and George Leon. Herb won his first trophy driving for Pappy Kessler. It is ironic that
some twenty years later Herb’s son Deek won his first trophy also driving for Pappy. When Herb drove for
Doc Frawley he was teamed up with Bill Webster. Bill built and maintained the cars that he and Herb drove.
One of the most interesting owner-driver teams that Herb drove for was in 1971. Herb and teammate
Bob Wearing drove the 8-ball cars of George Leon. On race nights each car would be racing at a different
track. The idea was if they raced together they would have one first and one second. If they split, they could
possibly, and usually did, win two events. In 1971 the Leon-Scott-Wearing team won an unheard of seventy
features between them that year.
During the early years, Dick Linder was the driver Herb liked to watch in action. Later, Herb’s favorite
driver was his son Deek. Deek cut his teeth in the claimers and semi late divisions and later moved into the
modified and late model ranks.
Herb Scott #7 leads Tye Long #55 at St. Clairsville Ohio Speedway in 1975.
Photo sent by Roger Warrick
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Remember When by Don Gamble continued
People often wonder why Herb retired while he was still at the top of his game. According to Herb he
was getting light headed from time to time. He was racing at Schmucker’s Speedway in Latrobe in 1979. Scott
was leading the feature and there was a caution at the half way point for an accident. The race was stopped
with all the cars lined up on the front straightaway. The drivers got out of their cars and Herb was leaning
against the number 7. He began to get light headed again. Herb said “I looked up and made a deal with the
Lord. I said if you let me finish this race I will quit. I won the race and sold the car the next day”. That was the
final race of a very successful career that includes a record 520 feature wins. The name Herb Scott is synony-
mous with winner.
Herb and his wife Pat have been married 55 years and they live in Wexford, Pa. In addition to their son
Deek, they have two lovely granddaughters. He enjoys retirement while driving around in his street rod and
going to car cruises with his son Deek.
http://www.speedwayproductions.biz/ Amazing what you can find on the internet!
Are they trying to keep Dick Lowe and Joe Acker in, or Ken Barker out at
the Vintage Grand Prix car show?
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
AUGUST 5 LUNCH TOUR
Destination: Shakespeare’s Restaurant Meeting Time: 11 AM leaving 11:30 AM Pine Tree Shoppes Parking Lot Wexford Reservation: By Tuesday August 4 only those signed up will be included on the tour Contact: Clara Dresbach 724-935-8351
Destination: Downtown New Castle, PA Registration: 10 am—1 pm Music, food and beverage available 10 am to 8 pm Meet: If there is enough interest we will meet as a group at Fusco’s and travel to the cruise together Questions: Randy and Loretta Fusco 724-656-1353 or [email protected]
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
OCTOBER 16 AND 17 FALL TOUR
Destination: Caboose Motel, Titusville 15 rooms reserved for NHHAC members and guaranteed by Frank Rate: $89 per night Reservation: Call the motel toll free 1-800-827-0690 or 1-814-827-5730 and say you are
with NHHAC Reservation: Call Frank Pribanic after you make your reservation 412-487-2094
The following is info on the excursion train trip on Saturday, 10/17. The train leaves the Perry Street station at 11:00 AM. For October tours they recommend that tickets be purchased in advance. The phone number is (814) 676-1733. Tickets are $17 each for adults, and $15 for seniors (60+)..The round trip takes 3 hours. Their web site is at octrr.org. *As a motel guest, it is less expensive to order the tickets for the OCT railroad from the motel. They will hold the tickets for the guest's arrival. This results in about a $4.00 savings per ticket. Alternative activities will be planned for those not wishing to take the train ride. Details will be published in the September newsletter. There will be a dinner at the Cross Creek Resort on Saturday evening.
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Bill Sheerer hanging out at the Vintage Grand Prix car show.
Who let that 2000 Electric Ford Ranger in the show?
Carol Vivaldi displays her
Vintage Grand Prix
pin collection.
September 13 Starts at 1 p.m. with the meal scheduled for 3 p.m.
Regular monthly meeting following dinner Chuck Glenz residence Leslie Road Valencia, PA
Music by Jan Smith
PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING!
If your last name begins with the letter A through J
bring a dessert If your last name begins with the letter K through Z
bring a side dish
YOU MUST MAKE A RESERVATION TO ATTEND NO RESERVATION, NO SHOW
