Mary and I spent a week (July 24- 30) in Auburn, Indiana going to museums and getting our fill of cars.

We spent Wed. at the Auburn, Cord, Dusenberg Museum and had the most enjoyable time visiting with Mr. Meyers, a 94-year-old former employee of Auburn car manufacturer, E. L. Cord. He pointed out a museum

Display picture taken in 1929 of the Auburn assembly line with him at work. He still has his last check issued in 1929. He told of meeting and touring Jay Leno. And how Jay Leno keeps in touch with him, sending him articles and postcards. He said, “ I think I have something he wants.â€? (more…)

The August picnic meeting was another success. The weather was great and the food was wonderful. We also found out more details on the 2007 National Meet. It sound as though everything is in order and moving along nicely. The “Committee” will be asking for help from the general membership as they need it. Be ready to volunteer.

Those of you who did not make the tour to Chippewa Falls missed a great weekend. Gary Rosenberger (with help from Ron Goette) set up a wonderful tour route to get to Paul and Joan Oman’s “malt shop” and car display. Thanks to Paul and Joan for the burgers, fries and pop, and for the open garages full of cars in various stages of restoration. The Saturday night tour and the Sunday show and swap meet were great. Thanks, again to all who helped and to those who participated.

Our September meeting will be held at Broadway Pizza, 2025 NW River Road, in Minneapolis. For those who live on the south side of the metro area and would like to “tour” to the meeting, I have set up a simple route along west River Road. We will meet at the Lock & Dam #1 parking lot near the Ford Bridge at 6:15pm and leave at 6:30pm to travel to Broadway Pizza. To get to the starting point, take Minnehaha Ave to E 46th Street, turn east to 46th Ave S, Turn south (rt) one block to Godfrey Parkway, turn east (It) under the Ford Bridge. The Lock & Dam parking lot is about one block on the right.
Hope to see some of you there.

Duane Shuck

Saturday August 5th, 2006 is the date set for our overnighter Car Tour to Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. We will meet Saturday morning at the Perkins Restaurant in Hudson Wisconsin. Take I94 east from St. Paul and after entering Wisconsin take Exit 2 at the top of the hill which is Carmichael Rd. Take a right and go about two blocks and take a left onto Center Drive. The Perkins is set back off of that corner. For those who want to eat breakfast, be there at 8am and for those who want to pass on breakfast, be there by 9am. We will leave exactly at 9am for Chippewa Falls, as there are about 15 cars going on the tour so we need to be on time. I will have my cell phone on for any problems. Call Gary Rosenberger at 651-470-5992. Thank You

Saturday August 5th, 2006 is the date set for the overnighter to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. On Saturday morning we will meet in Hudson, Wisconsin at a location to be named at a later date. The group will travel the back roads to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin a distance of one hundred miles from the Twin Cities.

Club member Paul Oman has invited our club to tour his vast collection of Ford memorabilia, and his collection of fine automobiles. There are a few side trips that are available like the Leinenkugel Brewing Co. or the Cook Rutledge Mansion if time permits.

Saturday evening we will join the local group of car club members for a tour of the country side.

Sunday morning after Church we will attend the Car Show and Swap Meet at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Chippewa Falls. The club will return to the Twin Cities late Sunday afternoon.

If you are interested call Gary Rosenberger at 651-451-2937 for Motel info.

New Brighton Car Show and Swap Meet will be held on August 13th, 2007

Where does the summer go? It’s time to start thinking about the New Brighton Car Show. I had the sign-up sheet at the All Ford Picnic, and I saw most of you, if I missed you, and you want a particular time and duty please call me. We can always use more volunteers.

Tidbits about the Stockyard Days this year – it’s the 26th Annual Stockyard Days event, and they are raffling off a 2006 Mustang convertible. Only 3000 tickets are available, and if you would like a particular numbered ticket (like John Titus always wants number 1946) let me know. They are $20 each. Also it is the 20th Anniversary of the Antique Car Run and there will be special features this year to commemorate that.

I have talked to Ron Goette and he will be bringing the fencing to the Park at 9 am on Saturday August 12th. We could use a few more fence erectors.

On Sunday, August 13th, the usual early morning crew of BJ and Howie have signed up, but we still could us some help in the 8 – 11 time frame — always the busiest!

And the ladies — I already have the ballot tabulation sheets created in a beautiful pastel color this year.

So, pick up the phone and give me a call — now – before you set this down and slightly forget. And to deviate slightly from the All Ford Picnic slogan of MAKE ICE — just wish for nice weather! And as the Bartles and James Wine Cooler commercial said — ‘Thanks for your support’!

Bruce 651-482-8940

The Central National Meet Committee met on June 7th where we mapped out plans for the Meet. Each Committee Lead discussed where they were and the team agreed on plans going forward. Congratulations (and thanks!) Ron Long who found time in his busy schedule to create a terrific Meet logo. The committee voted unanimously to adopt the Logo and slogan “Great River Rendezvous”?. Glad that is behind us! Now we have an identity.

Enclosed in this month’s Rumble Sheet is a teaser advertisement written by Gordy Ditmanson, that includes Ron’s Logo. We are in the process of using this announcement to invite other Regional Groups to the Meet. Also, Bruce Nelson will be taking a stack of these to the Eastern National Meet in New York to solicit support for the Meet as well. Thanks Gordy, and great job!!! We have more of these available. Feel free to contact Bill, Mary or Mark if you would like some.
Our next meeting in July we will continue to add more detail to the plans, develop a legitimate budget, and figure out exactly where we need help from the Club membership. We look forward to getting as many members involved as possible, so nobody has to work too hard. Please contact any of the committee members if you would like to help. You won’t be turned away!

Friday 8:00 AM Mark, Denny, Bill Blood, Bruce and myself headed for Winona on a fact finding tour to see first hand what it was we were promoting for the 2007 Meet. After a very enjoyable 2 hour ride down the scenic highway 61 pacing Amtrack at 65MPH. We pulled into Winona and the Tourist Information Center.

We had a very nice chat with the volunteer lady and she in turn got us hooked up with 2 cases of “Visit Winona Minnesotaâ€? brochures and 200 maps of the area. We also loaded up on literature for all kinds of things to see and do in and around town. Denny was talking with her figuring out who they both knew. (more…)

Sunday, April 2, planned departure for Texas 7 AM. Reality, it is raining and severe storms are crossing the Midwest. We wait and watch the weather channel and by 9AM it looks like the storms are crossing Interstate 35, so we head out in the ‘48 Mercury.

Rain and 38 degrees makes for and unpleasant start of our trip. We stop south of the cities to turn the water on to the heater, Mary has been reading the Sunday paper and when she finished a section she would wrap it around her legs. With the heat on we can now use the paper to sop up the water coming in everywhere. The wind is really blowing and driving the rain in the car. We get to Des Moines and have to stop and shut the water off to the heater as it is roasting in the car but not drying out very fast. We reach Missouri, the rain stops, and we still have some paper towels remaining on the roll and a couple of sections of the paper that are dry. (more…)