Volume 11 Issue 3 June 2011 - The Foothills Street Rod Association

Volume 11 Issue 3 June 2011
Kruisin News’ - June 2011 - Bill Matheson
Late one night in America . . . Drinking leads to
straying, and somewhere during 110 Coors (actual
next day body count), Geoff Carr falls for another.
Imagine how his pal of 30 years felt. She’d performed
rock-steady to provide Geoff with everything he ever
wanted, and made him look good too (a formidable
task). She didn’t complain even when Geoff often
pushed her too hard. Then, in front of her very eyes,
it suddenly all crashed down when Geoff fell hard for
a perfect-sittin’ black Fordy coupe. Imagine how his
old faithful blue ’33 five-window took the news.
Heartbroken, I expect. Me, I figure Geoff’s finally
showing some good taste.
Speaking of ol’ Turble Geoffy, he says
there’s too much music and not enough cars in the
Kruisin’ News these days. But he digs Leslie Gore,
and drives a Model A with a Hudson grille, so we
don’t listen to him much.
***
Asking questions is a good way to learn something.
Asking questions when you already know the answer
is even better because in that case you’ll get other
points of view. Consider those, along with your own,
and therein lies the potential of real knowledge.
***
Wannabe premier sportin’ Ted Morton is an avid
hunter. His wife’s name? Bambi. Shudder.
***
What a privilege to live in Harry Belefonte’s time.
***
Ugliest place in America: Mind you, I haven’t seen
the whole country but my choice so far would be the
freeway through Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s all yours,
Brig.
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Tambourine whackers never cease to amaze me.
W.D. Hoyle, misquoting S. Chambers’ poem written
in 1911, wrote to the Herald, “The devil made the
wind to blow the ladies’ skirts on high, but God made
the dust to blind the bad man’s eyes.” Hey, man, ever
hear of Mother Nature?
***
There is a new Calgary Tourism promotion called
“Wow! Calgary!” with all these geeks talking about
their Wow Calgary moments (the mountains, the
Husky Tower, the Flames). No problem for me:
heading to Palm Springs in January. Wow.
***
“Elvis was in fact quite a capable rhythm guitarist.”
Dick Boak, CF Martin Guitar Company
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Clark Gable wouldn’t appear in a movie with Errol
Flynn, saying, “That s.o.b. will make me look bad.”
He was right. Gable was a windbag while Errol Flynn
was loaded with natural charisma and leadership,
and would have blown Clark off the screen.
***
Basil Rathbone may have been the best actor to ever
portray Sherlock Holmes. That did not, however,
make him the best Sherlock Holmes. That honour
most certainly goes to Jeremy Brett.
***
On Classic Movies, a movie fan on TCM says, “If I
had seen this for the first time on television all of this
would have been lost.”
***
Ridin’ that train, high on cocaine…. The Cross-
Canada festival Express Rock n’ Roll tour was a wild
old train ride. Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Shanana,
Janis Joplin, Ian and Sylvia, The Band, and others. In
the book Pearl, Janis Joplin claims to have had sex
65 times in five days. Choo choo ch’ boogie.
***
Hockey and baseball seasons should not overlap.
The end of one should mean the start of the other.
Basketball doesn’t matter; play it whenever, or never.
Football should be played year-round; soccer should
be played in Europe. Sports gospel.
***
Never watch Critics’ Choice movies. They’re all
insecure morons. For good shows, watch Fans’
Choice, fans like you.
***
If you get the idea I have no regard for movie critics,
you’d be correct, for reasons like The King’s Speech.
A fine film, in which pompous critics describe
Geoffrey Rush’s most excellent portrayal of Lionel
Logue as “amusing.” The very idea!
***
A convicted sex offender dressed as a policeman
abducts a 10-year-old girl from a mall, gets caught,
and now lawyers say he’s a great guy because he
only wanted the girl’s money to buy drugs. Jeez, what
do we have here, citizen of the year? I mean the
abductor, not the lawyer.
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Japanese officials lied about nuclear dangers during
earthquakes in order to grow their economy. I can’t
be surprised. Makes me wonder what’s going on in
China. Lord, help us.
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The only shoot-out I’d like to see is Gary Bettman
and Dirty Harry. Do ya feel lucky, squirt?
***
Politicians are mostly liars and thieves. The last
honest one was Abe Lincoln; he was assassinated,
and his policies started the Civil War. Yikes.
***
What I couldn’t handle about the corporate world
was, they expected me to care. I never was much
good at faking sincerity. Went travelin’.
***
Great cowboy conversations:
“Do all cowboys swear as bad as Shorty?”
“No. Some of them are real good at it.”
. . . .
“Well, you’re smarter than you look.”
“I must be a genius, then.”
Cliff Kopas, No Path But My Own

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The original term for the popular line “No Fear” was
“Dreadnaught” used by military warships and later
acoustic guitar manufacturers like C.F. Martin.
***
The headline read: “Japan will review nuclear policy
after reactor damages.” Way too little, way too late.
Blow up your Honda.
***
Old habits are hard to break. Jeez, here I am, part of
the Early Bird Special gang, and I’m still snitchin’
magazines out of National Transmission’s waiting
room. I really enjoyed a recent issue of Popular
Mechanics, great variety. I can’t follow the street rod
stuff anymore, except on pavement. Check out
Popular Mechanics – every page will make you
smarter.
***
We’ll miss the Lone Wolves’ River Run this year.
Shirlee is on a book tour and we’ll be touring the
North. Hope to catch the Pipeline deal in Hinton on
the way home, and maybe the drags in Drayton.
***
Bad news from So-Cal’s Murray King at the Red Deer
Speed & Custom show in April. Some lowlife broke
into Bob Cantin’s digs and made off with some of his
best stuff. The posse is mounted, ropes are coiled.
On the bright side, Bob and his old buddy Fudd had a
swell couple months batching in Arizona. They met
on E-Harmony and found they both hated all the
same things. These cats are now known as The
Rodd Couple.
***
Computer hacks – is that what they used to call
thieves. And sex trade workers – is that what they
used to call wh…..wh, well, you know.
***
Keith Richards’ first guitar pickin’ stage appearance
was in a country and western band while in art
school. It shows in his good taste.
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“The first man to raise a fist is the man who has run
out of ideas.” HG Wells
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A new poll shows that Quebeckers don’t hate Alberta.
I guess not. Why would you hate someone who gives
you a million bucks an hour?
***
Every day in the news you learn of investment or
stock trading people caught stealing. No surprise.
Stealing is the basis of both those industries: fleece
somebody when you buy, and fleece somebody else
worse when you sell.
***
In the “scratch your head” department, three years
ago in Calgary a school bus driver with a history of
mental health problems, on medication, and cell
phone, crashed her bus into a parked gravel truck,
killing one and injuring three kids. Now, after an
inquiry a judge recommends “school bus drivers
should report mental problems; should not be on
medication; should not use cell phones.” Real rocket
science, judge. The cop at the scene of the
crime/accident told us all that in a one page report,
likely the same report you based your two-year
inquiry on.
***
I’m happy when fast food franchises fail. I prefer the
creativeness that individual real people bring to the
restaurant with their own name above the door. Why
should anybody have to pay millions of bucks to
some guy in New York in order to open up a cheapo
burger joint? So long KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut.
Take Ronald, Wendy, and Arby with you. We’ve got
the ‘dub and the DQ. Who needs more?
***
Midas offers a $29.95 oil change and free visual
brake check. The oil change is a good deal, if filter
and lube job are included, but the free brake check
might really hurt. It’s called The Midas Touch.
***
“Wherever man goes, men will pursue him with their
dirty institutions.”
Henry David Thoreau
***
A few years ago, Nick Nolte was voted “Hollywood’s
Sexiest Man.” His one-liner was priceless: “It must
have been that testicle tuck I had done.”
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Often, sequels outperform the original. “Hotrod Race”
and “Hotrod Lincoln”; “Wild Side of Life” and “It
Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”; Blues
Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 are examples.
From a different perspective, Little Richard’s rockin’
“Lucille,” and Kenny Rogers’ twanger “Lucille,”
although completely different songs, come out in a
tie: both fine stuff.
***
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world.
The man who listens to reason is lost. Therefore all
progress comes from the unreasonable man or
woman.”
George Bernard Shaw
***
The self-promoting electronic media called television
asks this question: “Who will the new Oprah be?” No
problem, dummy. It’ll be Oprah, on her own channel.
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I really dug Steve Earle’s early country rock: “Hillbilly
Highway” and “Guitar Town”. Can’t handle the
message-laden social-worker stuff he does now. If I
need a message, I’ll ask Jesus. From pickers, I want
tunes.
***
Since I was single-digit, I loved hockey. In all this
time I’ve loved only two teams: The Montréal
Canadiens, and the Edmonton Oilers. I guess I can
say the same about cars: old Fords and new Chevs.
***
U.S. President Obama worries about the dangers the
Alberta tar sands. Better, sir, to worry about the
dangers of your offshore activity.
***
Q: What do you know when you’re shopping in a
store overrun with Asians?
A: You know you’re not paying too much.
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Our thanks to Sam at Nat Trans, 14 th Street, for the
pre-season prep on the Merc. Now she’s on the level,
stops straight, and sounds like a hotrod. This is my
kind of shop: good work, good deal, good guys.
***
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Duster movies usually begin with somebody going
some place. Only, if it’s a “Clint,” that somebody
usually doesn’t get there.
***
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
cannot change; the courage to change the things I
can; and the wisdom to know the difference.”
The old A.A. prayer might have been the motivation
for some early hotrodder to stick a hot new Chev
motor in a cool old Ford.
***
I always admired Ralph Klein. He’d say what he
would do, and then do it. If it was wrongheaded, he’d
say so and change his mind. No other politician ever
did that. It’s sad to learn of Ralph’s memory loss
problems, but if there’s a bright side to it maybe
Ralph won’t be able to recall the gang of lowlife
politicians who rode his coattails to international fame
and then backstabbed him first chance. One thing he
can be proud of: he never moved to Stettler. You may
not be able to remember us, Ralph, but we’ll sure
remember you. Thanks.
***
I heard the owner of Coker Tires from Alabamy or
somewhere down in Dixie tell a hotrod television
interviewer, “We’ve got a saying down here: That’s
coolern dang it.”
GGG A B C D C B
(picked on flat top guitar or banjo).
***
The Calgary Flames are no different than anybody
else; they’re loaded with knowledge, after the
season’s over.
***
April 10 th was the first day of spring. I know. Rockin’
Robin did his thing.
***
One hundred fifty years ago in Texas, bankers were
known as carpetbaggers. Much earlier in Biblical
days they were known as something else…and it
wasn’t sex trade workers, but close to it. The names
have changed, the goal remains the same.
***
The D-28 Martin guitar was to bluegrass music what
the small block Chev V-8 was to hotrodding.
***
Breaking Bad, real bad. Let’s see, on this t.v. show a
family man schoolteacher comes upon financial hard
times so he turns to cooking and distributing meth
and gang activity. Jeez, not exactly your Robert
Young version of Father Knows Best, is it?
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The worst movie theme song of all time was from
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, “Raindrops
Keep Falling on My Head.” I hated that song,
especially the dorky accent on the last word of every
line.
***
The best first line of any country song was from Ray
Price’s “Crazy Arms.”
“Now blue ain’t the word for the way that I feel.”
This great tune, by the way, was Jerry Lee Lewis’s
first release on Sun Records; “Whole Lotta Shakin’”
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Gary Paul: Thanks for the stuff. What’s IWO?
***
Wednesday a.m., A&W Foothills bunch getting
educational: how to get rid of a dickhead fire chief
(according to Jack); how to have fun with your
hearing aid (according to another Jack); the rest of us
on orders from “She Who Must Be Obeyed.”
***
The best missed shift excuse I ever heard was from
Dimebag Darryl at King-o-Matic: “I can’t come to work
today, I have to get my mom out of jail.”
***
Pickin’. Everybody with a flat top box can pick out the
intro to the Grateful Dead tune “Ripple,” now that
Jerry Garcia showed us how.
***
It’s sad to see what hockey teams have become,
one-star galaxies. Pittsburg has Sid the Kid,
Vancouver has some Sedins, Tampa Bay has Vinnie,
Philadelphia has Pronger, Washington has their
Russian monkey, and so on. This year I like the Oiler
kids, young nobodies, full of P&V, and lots to learn.
And the Flames, well, they shouldn’t have fired Terry
Crisp.
***
For butt-kicking action movies, no one is better than
Chuck Norris; not Arnie, Stallone, Seagal, Clark Kent,
or Wonder Woman.
***
Political advice: don’t believe anything Gene
Zwozdesky says; and don’t make eye contact with
Ken Kowalski.
***
Great Dilbert line: “If you’d like a less honest answer,
I can recommend someone in Marketing.”
***
Imagine if in 1957 Elvis told RCA Victor execs,
“Okay, cats, here’s the deal: I’ll put a band together,
we’ll put the music down, and you guys can sell it.”
Scotty, Bill and DJ could have stayed, add James
Burton on Telecaster, good piano, hot sax,
harmonica, Elvis up front on D-28 Martin. Give Jerry
Lee the same freedom and there would have been no
British Invasion.
***
Michael Cammalleri goes like a Hutterite combine for
the Montreal Canadiens. Earlier this year, Sutter
swapped him for Oli the Joke. If Sutter was a car guy,
his yard would be full of Kaisers and Henry-Js.
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Casey Stengel was a hardnosed manager of the New
York Yankees in the 1950s-60s. One of his great
lines was, “My main job is to keep the guys who hate
me away from the guys who are undecided.”
***
Hockey Night in Canada – there’s a line you don’t
hear too much anymore. Dig it while you can
because like everything else, it’s going South.
***
Caught a swell folk music concert mid-April at the
Banff Trail hall, Barry Luft, banjo, guitar, autoharp.
Fine entertainer, folk singer. Catch him if you can.
***
For lovely talented ladies I dig Queen Latifah.
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Bloc Quebec party leader Gilles Duceppe says his
goal is to make Quebec a country. The sooner the
better, I reckon. Then, not being a Canadian
province, we’d owe them nothing. Vive la Quebec
FRO.
***
In mid-April I noticed the Phoenix temperature was
36 degrees and I phoned my big brother in Chandler,
Arizona, for a chat. Sez I to him, “Thirty-six, eh? Well,
it’s 36 here too.” He queries, “Really?” I go, “Yeah, 36
centimetres deep.”
***
In our political riding the PC party could tie a blue
ribbon on a penguin and it would get elected. The last
one was lawyer Jim Prentice. All he ever did was
walk around like a pelican and send out brochures
about how good he was doing, and asking for money.
Then, after two terms, he waddled off with a lifelong
pension. Well, I’m not helping to elect another fat
bluebird: this time I’m going green.
***
In the playground, a Catholic kid taunts a Protestant
kid: “Our priests know a lot more than your priests.”
The Protestant kid replies, “That’s because you tell
him everything.”
***
Holy smokes, NHRA goes four-wide drag racing at
Charlotte, North Carolina. The first and second cars
advance, three and four are eliminated. Warren
Johnson told a TSN interviewer he raced on a fourwide
track in Ohio forty years ago. It sounds like a
good idea but it’s not much to look at; there’s no
sense of a race going on. It’s more like a wild cow
milking event at the Stampede -- a desperate attempt
by NHRA to wow the fans, I guess.
***
“The folks who decided what sin was never walked
Gallatin Street in New Orleans in its wild days. Had
they done so, their catalogue of evil would have
stretched out a good bit, and we’d have a hundred
commandments instead of ten.”
Tell Sackett, Treasure Mountain, Louis L’Amour
***
Jim and Jesse McReynolds were a popular
bluegrass/Grand Ol Opry music duet until Jim’s
passing years back. Jesse carried on solo, and these
days, in his 80s, plays with the McReynolds family
band with his grandchildren. Jim and Jesse were
great fans of Jerry Garcia’s music. Jesse’s latest
release is Songs of the Grateful Dead, a collaboration
with Robert Hunter of The Grateful Dead, picker
David Nelson of the New Riders of the Purple Sage,
and Stu Allen of The Jerry Garcia Band.
I can just see ol’ Jerry sitting up there on that
sack of seeds, smiling man, and singing, “If my words
did glow with the gold of sunshine, and my tunes
were played on the harp unstrung.”
***
Beer: the original pregnancy test.
***
Easter weekend Foothills Saturday a.m. brekkie,
good fun. Bryan Long home from AZ with new Dodge
duds. Fast Eddie too, new biker suit, wired up like a
suicide bomber.
***
Hey, think about this: if the Phoenix Coyotes move
back to Winnipeg as the Jets, the Flames will never
again get past Round One.
***
Jeremy Diamond is the director of development of the
Historica Dominion Institute, and takes it upon
himself to decide who is, and who ain’t, a Canadian
icon.
GTFOH!
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Today Councillor Druh Farrell jumped off the
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Calatrava Bridge.
Trash Cats “Greatest Hits”

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I read in the news that Lou Harris lives outside
Nashville and shelters any and all stray dogs that
need a home. Always loved Emmy Lou’s music; now
I love her. Also, she, like Joni Mitchell, had the
courage to play music they felt was important, not
what the “factory” wanted.
***
“The bear is gone now, because the Maker feels
there is no one left to respect him.”
Algonquin Legend
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Gary Savage’s Mechanics graduating class
A news article stated “China accused of backsliding
on human rights after a severe crackdown on critics.”
At first I thought I was reading about the Alberta
Progressive Conservative Party and health care
critics.
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Want to do something about the high price of
gasoline? Don’t buy it, really.
***
Recently in the Herald’s lifestyle magazine, Swerve, I
read an article about proper tipping procedures in
restaurants: 5%, 15%, 20%, more at Christmas.
Well, what do you do for a living? Bag groceries? Dig
ditches? Paint fences? Punch a computer? Drive a
truck? Does anyone ever tip you?
For over 30 years I worked as a salesman supplying
meat products to Calgary restaurants. Never got one
tip. Quite the opposite: usually the chiseling chef, or
the owner, would threaten me with lower prices
elsewhere: Super Store, Costco, or any number of
other suppliers. And that wouldn’t be the end of it. On
the next sales call I’d hear all about poor trim, not
tender, incorrect size, or even short weight.
You want a tip from me? Keep your fan belt tight.
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Got that green light, baby,
I got to be movin’ on.
Billy

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The Jade Prince
John Guenther and the Jade Prince
This is a short tale with a long history involving the
FSRA website, some great FSRA contacts and an
internet inquiry from Australia.
It started with a “can’t hurt to ask” email on May 25
from Stuart Rowe;
Hi Mike,
Here’s a long-shot ! But I have to try…
I’m in Sydney, Australia, and a mate of mine from
Calgary in the early 1970’s had a green 1934 (I’m
pretty sure) 3 window Ford coupe called, wait for it,
The Jade Princess. Nearly killed him once and he
sold it (fool). It has a Hemi in it, but that’s about all I
know.
Soooo…. What are the odds of you guys knowing if
this thing still exists ? It’s been the subject of recent
bench racing forums around the welding gear and I
thought I’d give it a try. It was a show car and was
apparently a real stunner so there’s every chance it
could have survived.
Thanks for any suggestions at all, I know the
chances are very slim……
Stuart Rowe
Classic Funeral Coaches
(+61) 403 701 940
www.funeralcoaches.com.au
I sent a response off to Stuart while copying it to Bill
Mathesson, Gary Savage, Bob Cantin and local
historian Roger Vickers I figured at best it would
cause the question to be discussed at a local
breakfast meeting and we might come up with some
ideas about the car in question.
Within hours Roger was in touch with an answer that
I forwarded on to Stuart
Hi Mike
Well, Stuart’s long shot has paid off and I’ve sent
along a couple of pictures of “The Jade Prince” (with
one beside The “Pineapple Princess”), taken on
Crescent Road overlooking downtown Calgary. I got
these pictures from my former business partner and
friend in Trojon Automotive, John Guenther, who
owned the Prince in the 60’s. John purchased it
from Lionel Power in pieces and put it back together
in “show condition.” There’s a story about the
reason Lionel disassembled the car; however, I
won’t go into details. I’ve copied John so you can
contact him directly for more information as to what
happened to this super rod.
Hope this is of some help!
Best to you…
Rog
John Guenther with The Jade Prince and Glen
Smyth with the Pinapple Princess
Needless to say Stuart was impressed, he sent back
an email that contained one short line “You guys are
incredible !!!!”
I couldn’t let this exchange go by without sharing it
with the club, so I followed up by asking Roger for
permission to include this exchange in our June
news. Graciously Roger agreed, and did John
Guenther. And together they supplied an email with
some more details of the Jade Prince and their own
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Mike
I called John Guenther as a friendly courtesy to him
since he owned the car, and that’s him in both
pictures along with Glen Smyth. As far as we’re
concerned we’d be honored to have this published in
the FSRA newsletter. I’ll provide you with some of
the details on the Prince.
It’s a 32 Ford painted Jade Green Metalflake c/w a
392 cu. in. Chrysler Hemi engine with a Webber
Roller Cam, Offy Tri-Power manifold, and 3
Stromberg 97 carbs. The original Torqueflite auto
trany was replaced with a Chevy, (not a Muncie) 4
spd manual trany coupled to the engine with an Offy
adaptor. The rear end was also a Chevy. To the best
of our knowledge, the Prince was bought by a
collector from Saskatoon and went to his private
collection in California for an undisclosed price.
I’ve sent you another picture of John’s last rod he
built in the late 90’s. It’s a 32 Ford Roadster
appropriately named “Pekoe T”. Powered by a bored
n stroked 327 Chevy with lots of goodies and
blueprinted, c/w a Powerglide trany and Chev rear
end. Whenever John and I did a ‘speed test’ down
16th Avenue, it was difficult to stop as there weren’t
any front brakes. We put this Rod on display in the
front window of our shop with the help of 20 guys
that lifted it in after the window was removed and
replaced.
Some fellow from Lethbridge passed by Trojon on
his way home from holidays and stopped by to have
a look. He made John an offer to purchase the car
and John accepted. So, we removed the window, got
the same guys to lift it onto the sidewalk, and
replaced the window. Shortly thereafter, the new
owner showed up with a gas can, loaded the tank,
fired it up and drove off. We never heard from the
buyer again – and John got a certified cheque. This
picture was taken when the car was on a float in the
Stampede Parade – that’s the Stampede Queen
aboard the Pekoe T.
I don’t think that you were ever in Trojon Automotive,
so I’ve sent you a picture of our store as well. We
made many friends throughout those years, and it
was indeed our pleasure to be of service to the
Motorsport enthusiast.
Best Regards & Thanks!
Roger & John
And the last word goes to Stuart Rowe’s buddy Doug
Lemon
To all,
That is indeed "The Jade Prince" that I owned
around 1969 1970. It was a 1932 5 window coupe. I
bought it on a Sunday night off a tip from a friend
(Dave Geickie) who saw it in a garage near
Southland Drive or Heritage Drive. It was metal flake
green didn’t have the wheels as shown in the pics.. I
paid approx. $900.00 with a cheque (and no money
to cover that cheque) on the Sunday night got it
going and drove it home to Ogden. Went to the bank
at 2.00 on Monday to get the loan to cover the chq.
bank manager said the guy was in at 10.00 to cash
it.....He must of been sweating on that. I sold it for
about $1100.00 less then a year later. I sold a
magneto that was in the trunk for $5.00 to take my
now wife to the movies to Dennis (copied in here)
and he sold it for $50.00 to his brother in law. A fool
and his money are some party......
Thanks all
Doug Lemon

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Male Logic
This is a story which is perfectly logical to all males:
A wife asks her husband, "Could you please go to the
store for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they
have eggs, get 6."
A short time later the husband comes back with 6
cartons of milk.
The wife asks him, "Why the hell did you buy 6
cartons of milk?"
He replied, "They had eggs."
Women
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor
each morning the devil says``
"Oh Shit, She's up!"
Red Deer Swap Meet, first weekend, May.
This is one of the best car events of the year, right up
there with The River and the Hinton Pipeline deal.
This year was special -- more than the social event
we generally make of it. Arriving home from Palm
Springs in March I found a one-inch sheet of ice on
the garage floor. The cleanup involved moving a lot
of stuff: doors, bumpers, running board, grill, and on
and on. It seemed natural to pile it all in the Merc’s
box just to get it out of the way, but it didn’t end there.
I was inspired by this activity and went through
everything I had: boxes, bags, shelves, pails, and
loaded it all in the Merc’s box. At this stage I had no
plan but something was moving me forward. Fate
intervened days later at the Wednesday a.m. A&W
coffee rap session when I told the boys my harrowing
tale of treasure. Well, ol’ Swap Meet lifer Trevor
Landage latched right on to us. “Hey Billy, bring that
stuff to Red Deer and share our table.” We did, and
what a fun deal it turned out to be. Sold everything
except one small pail of assorted pieces – next year’s
seeds according to Trevor. Flogging our stuff over
two days was a gas. We tricked up our caps and
adopted Farmer Jones sales tactics. “Parts! Parts! I
love parts! I hate money!” Hey, let me tell you, it
worked like Leo’s meat grinder. Came home with an
empty truck and a full wallet, and had a high old time.
Lots of laughs. Thanks Trevor, and Jim.

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Glacier Street Rod Association Rod Run
2011
July 21‐ 24
The 2011 Rod Run is a joint venture with GSRA and
C.A.R.E. an organization to keep kids off drugs. Proceeds
from the rod run will go to C.A.R.E. Our goal is to
continue the tradition of the great Rod Runs of the past,
and make them better each year.
July 21nd Thursday: Arrive in Kalispell. Join us in Kalispell
5:00 PM on Main and 2nd street for the Kalispell Beer
Garden ‐ on the street. Join us at the Finish Line Bar (now
Paddys Touchdown Lounge) located on Meridian Road
south of Highway 2 East. Happy Hour is 5:00 PM to 6:00
PM. Camping available at Foys Lake.
July 22nd Friday:
9 AM ‐ 6 PM ‐ Hockaday Museum Arts in the Park
Festival at Depot Park
7 ‐ 9 AM ‐ GSRA Breakfast & Garage Tour beginning at
RTs Rod Shop (714 Center Street West). The event is
open to cars at least 40 years old.
4 ‐ 6:30 PM ‐ Cruise in at Dairy Queen (19 Hwy 2 E.) ‐
OPEN TO PUBLIC
6:30 ‐7 PM ‐ "American Graffiti" Cruise on Main Street
(then move to Street Dance location on 3rd Street E.)
7 ‐ 10 PM ‐ Glacier Rally in the Rockies Street Dance
(located on 3rd Street E., between Main & 151 Ave. W.) ‐
OPEN TO PUBLIC ,.
10 PM ‐ 2:00 AM ‐ No host party at Foys Lake ‐ enjoy
the sunset, campfire & socializing. BYOB or beverages
available for purchase.
July 23rd Saturday:
8:00 AM registration at First Interstate Bank parking lot
(next to Norms News and Eagles Club)
9:00 AM ‐ 6:00 PM Hockaday Museum Arts in the Park
Festival at Depot Park.
9:30 AM ‐ Parade Line‐up on 8th. Street & 5th. Ave. W.
(FHS Parking Lot)
10:00 AM Parade on Main Street from 89th Street to
Center Street ‐ OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
10:30 AM to 2:00 PM Show & Shine on 1st. Ave. W.
Between Center Street and 3rd. Ave. W. ‐ OPEN TO
PUBLIC ‐ no admission charge
11:00 AM ‐ 1:00 PM Poker Walk on Main Street
3:00 PM ‐ 6:00 PM ‐ Tribute to Elvis Presley party at Foys
Lake BYOB or beverages available for purchase.
6:00 PM ‐ 2:00 AM ‐ GSRA Tribute to Elvis Presley award
dinner (American Graffiti, Poker Run) and log burn at Foys
Lake. Elvis gear and poodle skirts and saddle shoes
encouraged. BYOB or beverages available for purchase.
Bring your chairs.
There will be a beer vendor on site. You are welcome to
bring your own beverages to the Lake as well. Please
drink responsibly and have a designated driver if you are
not staying at Foys Lake.
July 24th Sunday: Foys Lake ‐ Breakfast 9:00 AM. Join
GSRA members and other Rod Run participants for fun
and games. The volley ball net will be up, there is
swimming, boating.
10:00 AM ‐ 5:00 PM Hockaday Museum Arts in the Park
Festival at Depot Park (Free admission w/bracelet in
goody bag).
Registration: We would like to do most of the registration
by e‐mail. Please send an e‐mail to Brooke Eickert,
robnbrooke@excite.com or call Tom Abel (406) 752‐7665.
P.O. Box 1362, Kalispell, MT, 59903
Registration Form on the back of
this newsletter!

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Meanwhile in Don’s Garage….
Wes McRadu and Don are making steady progress.

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Vol.11, No 3 June 2011
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