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2017 OFFICERS President: Charles Spooner (505) 886-0336 e-mail: spoonernote@gmail.com Past President: Linden Griffee (505) 286-4148 e-mail: griffeekats@aol.com Vice Presidents: Lyle Anderson (505) 660-2314 e-mail: andacco@aol.com Melba Anderson (505) 892-4055 e-mail: motormeter30@aol.com Secretary: Delberta Nemitz (505) 865-6498 e-mail: delbertanemitz@q.com Treasurer: Dan Pyzel (505) 883-0291 e-mail: bndpyzel@yahoo.com Directors: Deane Arnold (2016-17) (505) 455-2092 e-mail: scubaarnolds@gmail.com Charlie Valerio (2017-18) (505) 884-5400 e-mail: cjvalerio@aol.com John Gibbs (2017-18) (505) 401-9459 e-mail: mcgyver30@comcast.net

2017 APPOINTED OFFICERS Newsletter Editors: Al Stanley; Richard McAvoy; Pat James Car Council Rep: Dan Pyzel Advertisements: Bill Capels Bookkeeping: Cindy James Historian: Melba Anderson Hospitality: Juanita Rohde Librarian: Melba Anderson State Fair Coord: John McDowell Tool Chest: Charlie Valerio Web Master Mike Knazovich Raffle Coord: Charles & Charlotte Ryff MAFCA Chapter Rep: Al Stanley Baristas: James & Virginia Chaves & Jerry Long

Newsletter: This Newsletter is the official publication of the Poco Quatros Chapter #10328 of the Model A Ford Club of America (MAFCA). Our web site is at http://www.pocoquatros.org. Club address is P.O. Box 21058, Albuquerque, NM 87154-1058. This newsletter is published monthly. Permission is given to reprint any portion of this newsletter if acknowledgment is given. Classified ads are free to Club members. A business card size ad is available annually for $40.00.

Membership: Club dues are $20.00 per year , payable by the fir st of the year . Membership in the National Club (MAFCA) is encour-aged. Address: MAFCA, 250 South Cypress Street, La Habra, CA 90631-5586. Phone: 1-562-697-2712. Visit MAFCA online at http://www.mafca.com.

Monthly Meetings: The general membership meeting is held the third Fr iday of each month except December , at Heights Cumber land Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Rd. NE, Albuquerque at 7:00 PM. All club members are always welcome at Club Board meetings held at 6:00 pm.

Any articles or wants ads must be submitted by the 25th of each month in order to be pr inted in the following month ’s newsletter. Send your request to Al Stanley at aldot29coupe@aol.com or Richard McAvoy at prplfish@aol.com.

CLASSIFIED ADS! Poco Quatros hats and shirts are available. Contact Dan Pyzel at 605-883-0291.

For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930's and '40's. Before there were interstates, when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields. They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each contain 1 line of a 4 line couplet ... And the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popu-lar shaving cream.

SPEED WAS HIGH WEATHER WAS NOT TIRES WERE THIN

X MARKS THE SPOT Burma Shave

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL FOR BEER LED TO A WARMER

HEMISPHERE Burma Shave

AT INTERSECTIONS

LOOK EACH WAY A HARP SOUNDS NICE

BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAY Burma Shave

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Poco Quatros Model A Ford Club - MAFCA Chapter # 10328

Spoonnote: Newsletter Vol 55. No. 5,

Good meeting. John Gibbs did a good job on the program of “magnafluxing” cast iron items to locate cracks. Rumor has it that the tour to Canyon De Chelly was wonderful. Cars averaged 1100 miles traveled. 2755 miles driven in one day total was submitted to MAFCA for the Club for their “National Challenge.” The Power Ford Show & Tell had 19 “A”s and 14 “T”s. Happy Trails. C Spooner _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Poco Quatros Model A Ford Club. Board Meeting, May 19, 2017 Board Meeting called to order by President Charlie Spooner at 6:05pm. Present were: Charlie Spooner, Linden Griffee, Lyle Anderson, Melba Anderson, Al Stanley, John Gibbs, Charlie Valerio and Dean Arnold. Absent were: Dan Pyzel and Delberta Nemitz. Minutes from last meeting were approved. Re-Cap of last events: After breakfast at Owl Cafe on May 6th five cars went to the Crest of San-dia Mountains. The tour to Canyon de Chelly will leave on Saturday, May 20th and return on Wednesday, May 24th. There will be 11 cars and 21 people going. Saturday, June 10th will be the clubs Breakfast at Los Ranchos Market. Price will be $5.00 per person. There will not be a Club breakfast on June 3rd. New name tags were received and will be given to the new members. The By Laws were reviewed by President Spooner and Al Stanley. No need for change of By Laws at this time. Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm. Submitted by Melba Anderson (in absence of Secretary Delberta Nemitz)_____________________________________________________________________________

POCO QUATROS - GENERAL MEETING, Friday, May 19, 2017

Meeting called to order at 7:04 pm by President Charlie Spooner. There were two guests present. James & Kim Lightfoot who are Melba's cousins and will also be going on the Canyon de Chelly tour with the club. Motion to accept minutes of last meeting was approved. Financial statement reviewed also. May birthdays and anniversaries were recognized. Since T.J. & Melba were having their 66th an-niversary Melba read "Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage." This is "My Car" feature at each meeting tonight highlighted Jim Butterbaugh. He has a 1930 Model AA truck and a 1929 two door sedan. Charlie announced he would like Wednesday, May 24th to be the National Drive Day for the club. So be sure and drive your "A" and turn in the mileage for this day and he will turn it in to MAFCA. Don't forget May 28th we will display our cars at Power Ford at 1221 Renaissance Blvd.NE start-ing at 9:00am to 3:00pm. We need as many cars on display as possible. There will be no Club breakfast on Saturday June 3rd. There will be a club breakfast on Saturday June 10th at the Los Ranchos Market. Price will be $5.00 per person. Be there by 7:00am & no later than 7:30am. July 1st meet at 8:00am at Smith's for a 4th of July parade in Mountainair. July 4th Corrales Parade. Meet at school at 9:00am. Program tonight was a presentation by John Gibbs on " Magnafluxing for Heads & Blocks". The 50-50 raffle tonight was won by Floyd Gentry and Juanita Rohde. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm. Submitted by Melba Anderson (in absence of secretary Delberta Nemitz)

Upcoming Events Month Date Day Event Time Location

June 10 16 16

Sat Fri Fri

Breakfast at Los Ranchos Market Board Mtg General Mtg

7:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Los Ranchos Market, Rio Grande Ave HCPC 8600 Academy NE, Abq HCPC 8600 Academy NE, Abq

July 1 4 21 21

Sat Tue Fri Fri

Parade in Mountainair Parade - Corrales Board Mtg General Mtg

8:00am 9:00 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Meet @ Smiths (Tram & Central) Corrales, meet at school North of town. HCPC 8600 Academy NE, Abq HCPC 8600 Academy NE, Abq

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Sat Fri Fri

Breakfast at Los Ranchos Market Board Mtg General Mtg

8:00am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

TBD HCPC 8600 Academy NE, Abq HCPC 8600 Academy NE, Abq

Happy Anniversary!

6/1 Bobby & Melvonna Roy 6/3 Scott & Alicia Stuart 6/6 Charlie & Doreen Valerio 6/7 Roland & Gayle DeRose 6/13 John & Lorilee McDowell 6/29 John & Gerry Douglass

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Meeting Refreshments:

June meeting snacks are provided by Lea & Jerry Long and Charlotte & Chuck Ryff.

Thanks to Delberta & Dick Nemitz and Juanita Rohde

For the May meeting snacks.

6/6 Evonna Joiner 6/11 Darlene Tuschhoff 6/14 Juanita Rohde 6/25 Lou Fuchs 6/25 Floyd Gentry 6/25 Pat Young 6/27 Lea Long 6/30 Joe Maese

A few ideas to keep in mind. A free turning front wheel hub makes an excellent wheel balancer.

Mount a wheel, turn and test for heavy point, add standard wheel weights on opposite side as needed (add weights on both sides of wheel if over 1 ounce). For 21" wheels, wrap ¼" lead wire around spokes. Lead wire can be found at most fishing supply stores.

A bit of STP or Lubriplate on surfaces of "force fit" gears, bearings and bushings will help to ease assembly. This includes crankshaft timing gear, steering worm, rear end carrier bearings, water pump, king pin bushings and similar items. A few Model B timing gear covers find their way to Model A's. "B" covers have a built-in advance and accurate Model A timing is impossible using the "pin-in-the-hole" method. Peep into # 1 with plug removed and top dead center on compression stroke. Retard spark and set distributor as usual. This will by-pass the pin method and ignore "B" cover. For the adventurous, speedometers can be adjusted to correct the

miles per hour portion. A shorting bar on the rotating magnet can vary the speed indication several miles per hour. Open the magnet gap to increase speed indication, close down the magnet gap to show less speed.

A tablespoonful of baking soda in a tuna can of water should be

handy as a finger dip when working on a battery. Saves clothes, tools and eyes.

Replacement fan belts always seem a bit short and present a testy

challenge to install. Do not force the belt over the pulleys or a dis-torted pulley or torn belt will result. Temporarily pull the generator mounting bolt, install belt and reinstall bolt and adjust tension. Belts about 1" longer are available and can be installed without fuss.

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NOTES - EVENTS

June 10 Breakfast at Los Ranchos, 7:00 am; Great food ($5) and growers market. June 16 PQ Club meeting July 1 Drive to Mountainair for a July 4 Parade July 4 Parade in Corrales, NM __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did you Know? I sent a question to the Restorer Technical Editor. Here is the result:

Problem: Differential oil is getting on the brake linings. To replace the rear axle grease seals, can each axle housing be unbolted from the center section then following seal replacement, replace the housings with the same gasket thickness and not mess up the pre-loads on the gears?

Answer: You can do that. However I would not go to all that trouble just to replace the seals. The seals are grease seals, not oil seals. There is a misunderstanding that oil from the differential can get on the brakes if the seals are shot. Not true. The only purpose of the seals is to direct the grease that is pumped in at the grease fitting on the backing plate flange on the axle housing to the rear wheel bearing. If you hand pack the bearings you won't have to worry about them until the next brake job. As long as you do not overfill your differential, the seals serve no other purpose. Jim Cannon, MAFCA 2017 Technical Director

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

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(Mostly Gossip) The group who traveled to Canyon De Chelly had a great trip. Folks got some extra exercise by pushing Pat James’ car each day since his starter quit. I’m told that Vic Padilla serenaded the folks each morning to start their day with a smile. Charlie V bragged a lot about his fuel mileage with air conditioning going full blast (in his modern car). Vic P was caught trying to bribe Charlie V, some-thing about an “overdrive.” Deane A was caught with his “A” along side the road. He was muttering about having a loose connection. Did he get reconnected yet? Joann F said she enjoyed getting wet on the Jeep ride up Canyon De Chelly. Mac somehow stayed dry. On the day the Club members left the Arizona Lodge, someone “dog napped” a brown dog from the parking lot. Folks are still looking for the culprit. Pat J, Al S, and Tom M were seen resurrecting a rebuilt Model A engine. They got dirty but did they get it going yet? ‘ Be careful, I’m watching you! The Sleuth

Sandia Crest Towers

Sandia Crest Cars + “A”s

Breakfast at the Owl Cafe

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Pat and Cindy Ready to roll.

Civil War Era Antique Navajo Red Rug

Photos of the visit to see the Ford Tri-Motor Airplane

2017 Model As - Trip to Canyon De Chelly

Navajo Gray Hills Master Rug Weaver - Navajo Gray Hills Antique Rug

Canyon De Chelly from top

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