Bob Hollister gave a report on the tech meeting at his home during March. Everyone had a good time and another T is almost ready to start touring. The next tech meeting was set for 9:30 am 4/26/03 at Bill Phillips home in Findlay. The project was to be "get his coupe running".
The idea of some summer touring was brought up by Bob Torbet. There has been an island tour suggested for sometime in September or October. This will be after the active tourist season on Kelly's Island; so, we shouldn't have much traffic.
The MTFCI application has been accepted and confirmed. As noted at the top of this page, the Model T Club of Northwest Ohio is now affiliated with both the MTFCA and the MTFCI. We will make a formal presentation of the documents at the May meeting.
The Ford Motor Company has contacted me about our club helping out with a part of the Ford 100 Year Anniversary celebration that is to be held in Toledo, Ohio. They are celebrating the Anniversary in 100 different cities around the country and will be in Toledo on May 16th at the Toledo Botanical Garden. They are, of course, interested in seeing our cars; but, would also be interested in any type of display that we could come up with to show the history of the Ford Motor Company. The event is to run from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm with special consideration given to old car owners. We will discuss details at the meeting. Questions can be directed to Jim Cook.
Another upcoming event is a Ford celebration at Findlay Ford. Stan would like us to come to Findlay to help celebrate the 100 Year Anniversary instead of going all of the way to Detroit. He will provide lunch and Ford Memorabilia to those who participate. The date is Saturday, June 14th at Findlay Ford Lincoln-Mercury.
His website is www.autodolly.net
I've also worked on Herb Neal's 1925 couple during the last month. Herb uses his car as a chick magnet. The older ladies just love to go for rides with him in his 1925 green wheeled coupe. This car hasn't run on magneto for some time. A rag tied onto the magnet and turned through the oil sump revealed all sorts of junk, including copper windings from two coils and a few pieces of ring from a blown cylinder. Michael Koumas has a touring that has been refurbished this winter from the engine, transmission, rear end, and Rocky Mountain Brakes.
Jack has been working on a brass era chassis for some time now and has been waiting for just the right body to finish off the project. When we were working on the T-100 project, I could see the sparkle in Jack's eye as he watched Sven putting bodies together in Livonia, MI. At that time, Don Lang told us that they'd be importing the bodies for sale in the states, but the price was a little high. Now that Snyder's has a few bodies in a different style, a deal was made to finally get one of Sven's bodies. Everyone should take a look at the new Snyder's catalog. There is a new spare tire mount for a Model T Truck that mounts like the original between the driver's side running board and the top bracket.
Remember, our club was formed to preserve and maintain Model T Fords of ancient age and historical value and to serve as an accurate and technical source of information concerning Model T Fords for the benefit of its members as well as the general public.
I would like to talk to you about an event that we are planning to celebrate Ford's 100th anniversary and we would like your club to be part of it. I see that Ford Motor Co. has contacted you for this month's event in Toledo. Our sales manager, Mr. Joe Cajka has also contacted Mr. Hollister as well as Mr. Mack about this. Naturally, all Ford enthusiasts wish that they could be in Dearborn to commemorate the company's 100th anniversary in June. For those unable to travel to Michigan this spring, Findlay Ford Lincoln-Mercury will host a smaller scale celebration. We will have commemorative anniversary buttons to give to all your club members who participate and we are thinking of other ideas. such as trophies or plaques, or better yet centennial memorabilia. We have chosen Saturday, June 14th for our event date, here in our dealership. We will provide lunch for your club members, Stan himself may be out there grilling hamburgers and hot dogs.
Will your club be interested in something like that? We are open to any suggestions you might have, since you have been involved with more events of such nature(car shows, etc). What will be appealing to your club in order to assist us in this event and to give the opportunity for the public to see the club's preservation of the Model T? We had floods of calls last year, after you stopped by for a short while in our dealership, people were hoping that you will be here longer so they can see this amazing vehicle. I have been working on our dealership's newsletter for quite some time now and been doing articles on the Ford Motor Co. since April 2002 and I'm amazed by Henry Ford and his wisdom. Looking forward to hearing back from you.