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May 2013 Official 1Newsletter of the 55Club of Victoria 55 -5656- 57 Chevrolet
Meet the Committee
President
Vice President
Greg Rowe
Karl Wakartschuk
I’m married to Phoebe, with two kids Payden and Gaige. I run a small transport business contracting to major Australian companies. I own and drive a 57 4dr Belair as my family cruiser, and my 3rd child is a 55 4dr sedan which I will sell one or both the kids before I ever get rid of it!
Karl has been a member for 24 years, and is married to Barbara and has 2 sons, Robert and Andrew, and 5 grandchildren. Karl gets about in his 57 Chev Handyman.
Contact Us Greg Rowe
0408 454 082
Karl Wakartschuk
0418 370 152
David Desira
0418 106 333
Jeff Wilson
0418 577 286
Public Relations Bob Stertern-Gill
Juli Stertern-Gill
0411 162 132
Lois Peterson
0417 017 990
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Bob SterternStertern-Gill
0411 862 955
Bob is married to Juli, and has 2 daughters, Carly and Stacey. He is kept busy running his home maintenance and renovations company. Keeping Juli’s SS company in the garage is a 1966 Impala .
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Meet the Committee
Secretary
Treasurer
David Desira
Jeff Wilson
David is married to Virginia and has two kids. We run our own company servicing medical and industrial instruments. Toys include a 57 Nomad & 4 door hardtop, dirt bike, quad bike...anything with a motor that goes fast makes me happy!
Jeff is married to Kaylene, and has 2 daughters and 1 grand daughter. Jeff is kept busy as National Op’s Mgr, and gets about in his first love, a ‘55, but also sneaks in time with his 56 4dr HT and 57 2dr post.
Newsletter and Web Editor
Memberships and
Juli SterternStertern-Gill
Merchandise
Juli is married to Bob, and runs her own boutique cake and dessert business. Juli’s vehicle of choice is her SS Commodore, but is just as happy to co-pilot Bob’s ‘66 Impala.
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Lois Peterson Lois is married to Steve, and they have 4 children and 5 grandchildren. Lois gets about in a Berlina, and loves travelling to the US ... Lois also looks after the social events for the Club May 2013
President’s Report I have to start by saying that these months are flying. I feel that I’m writing these reports every week not month! I’m going to keep this report short and brief.
Lois and myself are looking for suggestions and information for runs from members so we can put together a list for future runs. Juli needs more newsletter articles and the Mighty Hawks are doing well!
Well my phone calls have dropped off a little since the Convention and calls and e-mails amongst the committee have eased off a little as well. I’m busy around the house and trying to finish my shed before winter kicks in.
Don’t forget that membership fees have increased by $10.00.
We’ve got some great runs and events coming up and the Mighty Hawks look like having a great season (fingers crossed!). The club recently attended the all American Car Show at Flemington race course which is always a great day out with a reserved spot for our club. We have also had quite a few new members join up, so welcome to you all. We will make a new start on the club trailer soon so we can have it ready for summer.
We still have odd size shirts from the convention and stubbie holders for sale, and the Mighty Hawks beat Collingwood. Don’t forget about the May Mystery run and the Tatura run.
The last item I want to raise is congratulating the Kibblewhites for entering the Kids fun run for the Royal Children’s Hospital. Vicky, Dillon and matt for their second time and Michael for his first, completed the 5.5km run across the Westgate Bridge. What a great effort by the family and Michael didn’t even light The Cruden Park event would have up a ciggy halfway! Great effort guys and for a good cause. Well that’s been run and a few members enjoyed the gathering at the Manhattan about it for now, just like the cookHotel. I’m still getting great feedback short and sweet! from Convention entrants and every- Have a great month ahead. one seems to be liking the general email outputs (please don’t return a “Drive ‘em hard”, email with the general e-mails, can you please send me a new one if Greg Rowe. needed!). The Hot Ones
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The Hot Ones Membership Full membership to the 55-56-57 Chevrolet Club of Victoria requires that you own a Chevrolet vehicle (of any make or model), and attend three meetings or club outings per year (Country members need only attend one meeting or outing per year). New Membership currently cots $85- which entitles you to a club polo shirt, stubby cooler and car club sticker. Renewal Membership is currently $50 per year, with all membership fees due on the 1st of August each year. year Associate Membership is open to those who do not currently own a Chevrolet but would like to enjoy our Club and its activities.
Meetings Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month, starting at 8pm. There is no meeting in January. Meetings are held at The Pines Learning Centre, 520 Blackburn Road, Doncaster East. Melways 34/D5. (Behind The Pines S/Centre)
www.567chevclub.org.au
Were you at The Convention? Did you manage to score a hoodie or did you miss out but desperately want one? What do you think of it (If you managed to get one!)? Do you think hoodies would be a good option to add to the Club’s merchandise store? Personally I do - but voice your opinion too - as members, every voice counts... so Speak Up!
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May Mystery Run
Sunday May 19th Join us for our annual May run This is our most popular run of the year! This year will see Steve and Lois Peterson as hosts, and will be run over the very scenic Mornington Peninsula.
Meeting at Frankston Foreshore for a 10:30am departure
Lunch Provided Lois must know if you will be attending (and how many of you) Please let her know via email to speterson@bigpond.com as soon as you can!
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Lois’ Lines The new entertainment book is now available. Save 100`s of $ with the many vouchers available. This is a fund raiser for the club so please think about purchasing a book this year. The cost is $65 & well worth every $
c There has been a suggestion that we have a fancy dress fun night this year so I need a bit of feedback on the idea. Please let me know if you would attend the night which would be held around July, August. We did have a fancy dress a few years ago & most of our active members attended with a wide range of costumes. It was a great night with a lot of laughs.
c We would like to welcome our new members Pauline Tregenza & Lenny from Cranbourne {`56 Sedan} Brian King & Josie from Kilsyth {`57 Bel Air Sedan} Stefan Del Papa & Julie from Bacchus Marsh {1977 El Camino} Joe Brockdorff & his daughter Eden from Dales Creek {`55 Nomad} Russell Dredge & Sharyn from Castlemaine {`55 sedan} Robert Dabonde & Rhonda from Daisy Hill {`57 sedan delivery} Stephen Schembri {sorry no details at time of print} We look forward to you joining us one of our club runs The Hot Ones
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April 2013 Minutes of Meeting held April 3rd 2013 Meeting Opened:
8:10 pm
Visitors:
Steve Schembri
Apologies:
Ross Anderson, Peter Liston, Bill Duyvestyn, Graeme & Judy Drew
Treasurer’s Report:
read by Jeff Wilson, accepted by Tim Perrin, Sec by Michael Kendall
Previous Minutes:
read by David Desira, accepted by Rohan Hutson, sec by Don Neal
Correspondence:
Newsletters The Bowtie | Chevolution SA | Belair Times | Chevroletter NSW Shoe Box Dreams | Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Letters / Emails David Burrell
Upcoming Events:
Rotary Club of Shepparton April 7 , Flemington All American Day, Mtg at Arden St Oval, 8:00am. th
April 14 , Lansfield Swap Meet, Mtg at Bunker Hill Servo at 8:30am th
April 28 , Cruise to Cruden Farm Classic, Mtg at Mitre 10 carpark, Cranbourne Rd at 9:00 to 9:30am th
May 19 , May Mystery Run see newsletter for details th
June 15 & 16 , Tatura weekend at Graeme & Judy Drew, Sat run to Motor Museum, Spit roast Sat night including the worlds biggest bonfire, Sunday cruise to Jeff Wilsons for a bbq lunch. A great weekend, don’t miss out! th
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Please RSVP to Jeff 0418 577 286 for catering.
Buy, Swap, Sell:
Wanted: Cable retractor for wagon tailgate. Bruce Hartley Std Chev diff centre 3.5’s Front guard moulding for 55 Chev, Rohan Hutson Sell: “CRUZN” plates, Tony Anastasio
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Meeting Minutes Convention:
Event was well received with great comments from many of the entrants. 73 entries with an additional 43 cars on the day. Spectators numbers were lower than hoped for, possibly due to the cold weather. The bus was a great idea used by many members, a bit of a wait but worth it. Last ride of the night was a bit squishy! Special thanks to Glenn Rulach for his support with the shirts for the Chev Convention. They looked excellent. Everyone loved them and they sold like hotcakes.
Run Reports:
David reported on the Wandin East midweek car show. Last one for the summer, it was huge with over 500 cars, great effort for a mid week event.
General
Convention shirts and polos for sale. Shirts $10.00, Polos $15.00 Stubbie coolers $5.00ea
Business:
Still have a few shirts from earlier conventions cheeeeep! Dates in the newsletters are all out of whack. .Can Buy, Swap & Sell from the minutes please be put in the back of the newsletter. Lois presented Karl with his 20 year membership award, Well done Karl! Raffle, won by: 1 Rohan Hutson, Bathurst Book st
2 Jeff Wilson, Stubbie coolers nd
3 Michael Kendall, Classic Car book rd
M Closed:
9:25pm
Next Meet:
May 1st 2013
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Chrome Bumper Report The Chrome Bumper Show to benefit the CFA was held at the Manhattan Hotel on 21 April 2013. I had heard about the show a couple of weeks earlier on a GMH internet forum and decided that it was sufficiently close to home to take my 56 for a look
and customised Beetles and KarmannGhias rowed up together. The hot rod Volksy is a growing trend, and why not, when for virtually the price of an original 32 Ford grill shell you can build a cool car based on a derelict Dak Dak.
Throughout the morning other tri five However, l first had to discover why the Chevys cruised in and out including Roengine was rocking over so savagely han in his newly acquired 55 family wagon when l got on the gas that it was hitting and Shane in the 55 sedan. There were the bonnet cut out. This problem had also a surprising number of cars which l emerged after the first run at the drags hadn’t seen before including a sweet 57 during the Convention weekend. Anyway; coupe in black and an Aussie 57 four after trying to wobble and rock a few door. things l couldn’t see any obvious issues, Plenty of Chrysler and Dodge muscle was but after jacking the car up the cause be- on display and a Batmobile recreation came evident. The two halves of the left based on a Valiant coupe was well done hand engine mount had parted company. and created plenty of interest, especially One new engine mount later and l was with the kids. ready for the car show. The final wash up was over 300 cars and The Manhattan car park is a couple of around $2,000 raised for the CFA. acres of bitumen and also the location of the American Muscle Car Show. I arrived Tim Perrin around 9:30 am at which time there were already 100 or so cars lined up including David with his 57 Nomad alongside Glenn with the 64. With a constant stream of cars driving in the numbers reached over 200 within the next hour. Being open to all chrome bumper cars there were a great variety of vehicles on display including hot rods, customs, muscle cars and American iron. Interestingly there were quite a number of slammed The Hot Ones
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Member’s Report - Tim Perrin
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Chrome Bumper Report
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Member’s Report - Tim Perrin
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Member’s Report - David Desira
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Tatura Run - 15+16 June 2013 Proposed Itinerary for the Northern Run to Tatura: Saturday Meet in Shepparton Saturday morning. Visit Shepparton Motor Museum. Lunch & shopping at SPC / Ardmona. Travel back to Tatura to book in at Accomodation. Visit JVs Paint & Panel Tatura. Drews for Camp Oven night and fire. Sunday Breakfast at Clubrooms, Tatura. Run to Benalla for BBQ lunch. Travel back to Melbourne.
Accomodation available in Tatura area: Tatura Caravan Park
5824 2155
Whimm – Inn Motel
5824 1155
Tatura Hotel Rodney Motor Inn – Mooroopna
5824 1891 5825 3188
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All American Day Flemington The club organise the normal meeting point at the Kangaroos oval at Arden street. We then all followed Karl to the Flemington Race Course car park to set up our normal club position inside. One problem there was 2 Oldsmobile’s parked in the way. After talking to one of the gentlemen (who almost got a blood nose) who refused to move from our club reserved spot we made a corporate decision to take up their club spot next to ours (there loss not ours). We set up the club marquee and bbq’s and lined the cars up for a great day (mustangs to be parked across the road hey Joe!). The weather was kind up until pack up time when it poured enough to heat things up a bit. Once again a another great day at Flemington as it always is with a full house attendance. Special thanks to the Girls Auxiliary for looking after merchandise and membership.
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Member’s Report - Greg Rowe
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Events Calendar May 8th
Club Meeting The Pines Learning Centre, Doncaster 8pm start (Committee Meeting 6:30pm)
May 19th
May Mystery Run Mornington Peninsula based Please book in with Lois for catering!
May 24 - 26th
Historic Racing, Winton
June 15 - 16th
Tatura Weekend with Graeme and Judy Drew Sat run to Motor Museum, Spit roast Sat night including the worlds biggest bonfire, Sunday cruise to Jeff Wilsons for a bbq lunch. A great weekend, don’t miss out! Please RSVP to Jeff 0418 577 286 for catering.
Classifieds WANTED
WANTED Std Chev diff centre 3.5’s Front guard moulding for 55 Chev, Rohan Hutson
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Cable retractor for wagon tailgate. Bruce Hartley
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Classifieds Used front bumper bar to suit ‘56 OK condition
‘56 original Dash cluster
Jeff
Peter Forbes
0418 577 286
0412 443 391
‘make an offer’
1957 210 Sedan $27,000 Rohan
1956 4dr sedan
0419 514 327
*reduced!* $35,000 350 chev, 9” diff, dual fuel, RHD Kevin 0403 287 957
VS Clubsport p Inj Manifold 355 Stroker motor Harro od condition 20” wheels, 5 speed, Go *unreg* $8,000 Jeff - 0418 577 286
1957 Chev Coupe , PS, LHD, 283ci, Powerglide
CRRUZN” plates, “C Tony Anastasio
Blue/W hite paint - W hite Interior $40,000 ONO Chris 0430 222 755 The Hot Ones
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Club Store CLUB MERCHANDISE. See Lois to purchase yours. Jackets - Navy with leather sleeves $140 (with name embroidery $150) Rugby tops Adults - Navy with Denim Collar $55 Rugby tops Kids - Navy or Red with Denim Collar $40 Polo Shirts - black with Bow Tie emblem on collar and sleeves $30 (some kids sizes available $25) Stubby Holders - $5
Club Jacket
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