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2017 Hamilton Tour
Hi everyone,
A little change in our plans for Sunday. We will be leaving Rosauers at the same time (10:30AM), but we are going to visit “Ross and Dan Dutton” in Hamilton to see their cars and shops. They have been in business since the 1950’s. They have a lot of cars and things to see and it should be a good addition to our tour. Right after we leave the “Duttons”, we will travel to “Nap’s” for lunch.
Thanks,
Perry and Fred
Hi everyone,
Perry and I would like to remind all about the car tour to “Hamilton” on Sunday (9-10-17). We will meet at “Rosauers” at the lower end of the parking lot at 10:00 a.m. and plan to depart before 10:30 AM to “Hamilton”. Our destination is “Nap’s” new restaurant and we will park our cars in front of the restaurant while we are in eating. We will be getting a discount on whatever you might order and it should be a great time and perhaps the last one for the year.
If you have any questions, let us know.
Perry and Fred
Hi everyone,
In our last meeting, Perry and I briefly talked about the club tour for September. I would like to update all of you on some more details.
We are scheduling the tour on 9/10/17 (Sunday) and we will meet at “Rosauers” at the lower end of the parking lot at 10:00 A.M. and try to leave at 10:15 A.M. and cruise to “Hamilton”. We are planning on eating lunch at “Naps” new restaurant in “Hamilton” plus we are working on another stop that we will give you the details on a little later.
We are assuming the smoke won’t be a issue for us, but if it is, we may have to re-schedule later on in the month.
Meeting Minutes Hellgate Chapter, Sep. 18, 2017
Meeting Minutes — MP&CAC – Hellgate Chapter, Sep. 18, 2017
American Legion Hall
President Dave McIntosh called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm after a delicious potluck.
Members Present: 24
Minutes: Cathy read the minutes of the Aug. 23 meeting; approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report: Report appears in official minutes. Karen had one bill for the Legion Hall’s rent for $140.00.
No Correspondence
Old Business:
2018 Tours: Doug reported that the spring tour will be in Hamilton and the fall tour in Helena. He said that there was some discussion at state level on whether to change the usual spring tour time from Father’s Day weekend to the weekend before it…stay tuned.
Hellgate Logo/T-shirts: Vickie and Mike showed some design ideas for a new logo. Greg presented ideas on t-shirts, styles, logo placement, and colors. Discussion followed and continues.
Hamilton tour: Fred reported on the tour to Duttons and Napps. Twelve cars including some guests made the trip. Perry had maps with highlighted directions for participants, a good idea, we all agreed for future tours.
Christmas Party, Paradise Falls, Sunday, Dec, 3: Mary reviewed the arrangements: Happy Hour 5 and Dinner at 6; approximate cost including gratuity (to be set); and gift exchange. A signup sheet was started. Discussion continues.
Upcoming Events, Announcement:
Jeff announced the Mall Show is set for April 13-15, 2018.
Sam announced a Shifters tour to Townsend for a car show on Sat., Sept. 30. Leave from Town Pump in Bonner at 6 AM.
Greg noted that Bayern Brewery may host a car show next year.
Next Meeting/Halloween Potluck: Mon., Oct. 16, 6:30 pm, Legion Hall.
Hosts: Johnsons
50/50: Dave McIntosh ($15.00)
Adjourned: 7:50 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Smyers, Secy.
American Legion Hall
President Dave McIntosh called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm after a delicious potluck.
Members Present: 24
Minutes: Cathy read the minutes of the Aug. 23 meeting; approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report: Report appears in official minutes. Karen had one bill for the Legion Hall’s rent for $140.00.
No Correspondence
Old Business:
2018 Tours: Doug reported that the spring tour will be in Hamilton and the fall tour in Helena. He said that there was some discussion at state level on whether to change the usual spring tour time from Father’s Day weekend to the weekend before it…stay tuned.
Hellgate Logo/T-shirts: Vickie and Mike showed some design ideas for a new logo. Greg presented ideas on t-shirts, styles, logo placement, and colors. Discussion followed and continues.
Hamilton tour: Fred reported on the tour to Duttons and Napps. Twelve cars including some guests made the trip. Perry had maps with highlighted directions for participants, a good idea, we all agreed for future tours.
Christmas Party, Paradise Falls, Sunday, Dec, 3: Mary reviewed the arrangements: Happy Hour 5 and Dinner at 6; approximate cost including gratuity (to be set); and gift exchange. A signup sheet was started. Discussion continues.
Upcoming Events, Announcement:
Jeff announced the Mall Show is set for April 13-15, 2018.
Sam announced a Shifters tour to Townsend for a car show on Sat., Sept. 30. Leave from Town Pump in Bonner at 6 AM.
Greg noted that Bayern Brewery may host a car show next year.
Next Meeting/Halloween Potluck: Mon., Oct. 16, 6:30 pm, Legion Hall.
Hosts: Johnsons
50/50: Dave McIntosh ($15.00)
Adjourned: 7:50 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
C. Smyers, Secy.
September Tour
In our last meeting, Perry and I briefly talked about the club tour for September. I would like to update all of you on some more details.
We are scheduling the tour on 9/10/17 (Sunday) and we will meet at “Rosauers” at the lower end of the parking lot at 10:00 A.M. and try to leave at 10:15 A.M. and cruise to “Hamilton”. We are planning on eating lunch at “Naps” new restaurant in “Hamilton” plus we are working on another stop that we will give you the details on a little later.
We are assuming the smoke won’t be a issue for us, but if it is, we may have to re-schedule later on in the month.
Thanks,
Fred Williams
We are scheduling the tour on 9/10/17 (Sunday) and we will meet at “Rosauers” at the lower end of the parking lot at 10:00 A.M. and try to leave at 10:15 A.M. and cruise to “Hamilton”. We are planning on eating lunch at “Naps” new restaurant in “Hamilton” plus we are working on another stop that we will give you the details on a little later.
We are assuming the smoke won’t be a issue for us, but if it is, we may have to re-schedule later on in the month.
Thanks,
Fred Williams
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Fun Car Stuff info
Who opened the first drive-in gas station?
A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
Q: What city was the first to use parking meters?
A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.
Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant?
A: Royce Hailey’s Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921
Q: True or False? The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black.
A: False. The 1953 ‘Vett’s were available in one color, Polo White.
Q: What was Ford’s answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960’s?
A: Carroll Shelby’s Mustang GT350.
Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?
A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant
Q: What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter?
A: The 1924 Chrysler.
Q: What was the first car to be offered with a “perpetual guarantee”?
A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911.
Q: What American luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels?
A: The George N. Pierce Co. Of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes.
Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible?
A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
Q: What car was the first to have it’s radio antenna embedded in the windshield?
A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?
A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16
Q: Where was the World’s first three-color traffic lights installed?
A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919.
Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.
Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM’s 100 millionth car built in the U.S.?
A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado rollout of Lansing, Michigan with that honor.
Q: Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when?
A: Camden, NJ in 1933
Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system?
A: The 1949 Chryslers
Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for?
A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.
Q: What car was the first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel?
A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches.
Q: What U.S. Production car had the quickest 0-60 mph time?
A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409.
Q: What’s the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek?
A: The Mustang
Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car?
A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout.
Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.
Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car?
A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested by Motor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph.
Q: What automaker’s first logo incorporated the Star of David?
A: The Dodge Brothers.
Q: Who wrote to Henry Ford, “I have drove fords exclusively when I could get away with one It has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn’t been strictly legal it don’t hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8”?
A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934.
Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons?
A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948.
Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats?
A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.
Q: Which of the Chrysler “letter cars” sold the fewest amount?
A: Only 400, 1963, 300J’s were sold
Q: What car company was originallyknown as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)?
A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately the whole company by 1945.
Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine?
A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard’s chief engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Six.
Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle?
A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph on Staten Island!
Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it’s V16 in a car named for a theatrical version of a 1920’s film seen by Harley Earl while designing the body,
What’s that name?
A: The “Madam X”, a custom coach designed by Earl and built by Fleetwood. The sedan featured a retractable landau top above the rear seat.
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI?
A: Bugatti, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule.
Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce the first electric sunroof?
A: 1969
Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine?
A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine.
Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and released on April Fool’s Day, 1970?
A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC)
Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy?
A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiators.
Also known as “Nellie in her nighty”.
Q: What was the inspiration for MG’s famed octagon-shaped badge?
A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber’s dining table. MG stands for Morris Garages.
Q: In what year did the “double-R” Rolls Royce
badge change from red to black?
A: 1933
Trivia..
Ford, who made the first pick-up trucks, shipped them to dealers in crates that the new owners had to assemble using the crates as the beds of the trucks. The new owners had to go to the dealers to get them, thus they had to “pick-up” the trucks.
A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
Q: What city was the first to use parking meters?
A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.
Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant?
A: Royce Hailey’s Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921
Q: True or False? The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black.
A: False. The 1953 ‘Vett’s were available in one color, Polo White.
Q: What was Ford’s answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960’s?
A: Carroll Shelby’s Mustang GT350.
Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?
A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant
Q: What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter?
A: The 1924 Chrysler.
Q: What was the first car to be offered with a “perpetual guarantee”?
A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911.
Q: What American luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels?
A: The George N. Pierce Co. Of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes.
Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible?
A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
Q: What car was the first to have it’s radio antenna embedded in the windshield?
A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?
A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16
Q: Where was the World’s first three-color traffic lights installed?
A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919.
Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.
Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM’s 100 millionth car built in the U.S.?
A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado rollout of Lansing, Michigan with that honor.
Q: Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when?
A: Camden, NJ in 1933
Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system?
A: The 1949 Chryslers
Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for?
A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.
Q: What car was the first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel?
A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches.
Q: What U.S. Production car had the quickest 0-60 mph time?
A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409.
Q: What’s the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek?
A: The Mustang
Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car?
A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout.
Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.
Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car?
A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested by Motor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph.
Q: What automaker’s first logo incorporated the Star of David?
A: The Dodge Brothers.
Q: Who wrote to Henry Ford, “I have drove fords exclusively when I could get away with one It has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn’t been strictly legal it don’t hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8”?
A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934.
Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons?
A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948.
Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats?
A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.
Q: Which of the Chrysler “letter cars” sold the fewest amount?
A: Only 400, 1963, 300J’s were sold
Q: What car company was originallyknown as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)?
A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately the whole company by 1945.
Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine?
A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard’s chief engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Six.
Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle?
A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph on Staten Island!
Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it’s V16 in a car named for a theatrical version of a 1920’s film seen by Harley Earl while designing the body,
What’s that name?
A: The “Madam X”, a custom coach designed by Earl and built by Fleetwood. The sedan featured a retractable landau top above the rear seat.
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI?
A: Bugatti, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule.
Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce the first electric sunroof?
A: 1969
Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine?
A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine.
Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and released on April Fool’s Day, 1970?
A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC)
Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy?
A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiators.
Also known as “Nellie in her nighty”.
Q: What was the inspiration for MG’s famed octagon-shaped badge?
A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber’s dining table. MG stands for Morris Garages.
Q: In what year did the “double-R” Rolls Royce
badge change from red to black?
A: 1933
Trivia..
Ford, who made the first pick-up trucks, shipped them to dealers in crates that the new owners had to assemble using the crates as the beds of the trucks. The new owners had to go to the dealers to get them, thus they had to “pick-up” the trucks.
Hellgate September Tour
Hi everyone,
In our last meeting, Perry and I briefly talked about the club tour for September. I would like to update all of you on some more details.
We are scheduling the tour on 9/10/17 (Sunday) and we will meet at “Rosauers” at the lower end of the parking lot at 10:00 A.M. and try to leave at 10:15 A.M. and cruise to “Hamilton”. We are planning on eating lunch at “Naps” new restaurant in “Hamilton” plus we are working on another stop that we will give you the details on a little later.
We are assuming the smoke won’t be a issue for us, but if it is, we may have to re-schedule later on in the month.
Thanks,
Fred Williams
In our last meeting, Perry and I briefly talked about the club tour for September. I would like to update all of you on some more details.
We are scheduling the tour on 9/10/17 (Sunday) and we will meet at “Rosauers” at the lower end of the parking lot at 10:00 A.M. and try to leave at 10:15 A.M. and cruise to “Hamilton”. We are planning on eating lunch at “Naps” new restaurant in “Hamilton” plus we are working on another stop that we will give you the details on a little later.
We are assuming the smoke won’t be a issue for us, but if it is, we may have to re-schedule later on in the month.
Thanks,
Fred Williams
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