September 17, 2003

Dear Model T’ers Everywhere,

"AFFORD OR A FORD – Two brothers inherited money, each received $3,500. Both purchased automobiles. One sunk his all in a hotfoot Six. The other bought a Ford. In races the Ford refused to be beaten. They held endurance tests, and the Ford was always there at the finish. "But," said the plunger, "what causes all that rattling I hear?" "Oh," replied the cautious one, "that’s the jingle of my three thousand dollars!" (Funabout Fords by J.J. White, The Howell Co., 1915).

Angie Schneider gave a brief report about the great time they all had while out with the Fun T’s on their trip with 10 other T’s to Cedar Key, Micanopey, and the visit to Don Garlits home. She also said that our club’s tour that will be leaving their come at 9:30 a.m. on September 27th for a tour of Deland and the Palm Coast area – approximately 100 miles round trip, and please call her at 386-738-5562 or email at angwal@mpinet.net She and Wally also reminded everyone they have plenty of room to park tow vehicles at their home.

Vince and Gayle Leffler, and Jack and Susie Whitt reported on their tour in Kentucky and how much fun they had – Jack had tough luck with a broken crankshaft, and Vince said he personally knows to make sure you haven’t gotten any grease on those Rocky Mountain brakes before you go down a mountain -- "IT CAN GET REAL EXCITING!" Vince and Gayle also reported on our 2 night trip to St. Augustine scheduled for January 2-4 – sign up soon, this is going to be a fun trip – you can go for just one night if you so desire. Contact Vince and Gayle at 407-322-2322 or email at glef2322@aol.com

At our next meeting Vince Leffler is going to give a little talk and demo on the Holley Vaporizer Carburetors. Be prepared for some interesting T tidbits.

Our club officer elections are coming up in January … so, if you would like to run for an office, please don’t be shy or sly … talk it up and expand the hobby with your participation!

Richard Fortner gave us his weekly Tinkering Tip. He presented us with a very mysterious metal box about half a foot square, and said everything that we needed to fix or tweak a Model T was inside of the box. There was some thoughts about pliers, screwdrivers, etc. – but after a little heehawing around Richard opened the box and presented us with his VISA card! It was noted that the print on the card was worn rather thin and I would have sworn their was some Model T parts suppliers name embedded on the card too!

Mike Bartlett reported that our Second Annual Model T car show has been scheduled for February 28th 2004 – more details to follow and volunteers are needed to help out with this too. So far we have John Dwyer, Judie Story, and Wally Schneider volunteered to help. Mike also brought and donated a copy of Model T Ford Service Bulletins to be auctioned off – there was a lot of spirited bidding for a while – me thinks someone tried to push up the price to much and bought it himself! Mike also suggested that we have each month a different member donate a little something for auction, proceeds to the club, everyone thought it was a great idea, and Jack Mahaffey volunteered to bring something next month.

Our very own John "Jack" Mahaffey has been greatly encouraged by our membership to through his hat in the ring for the upcoming board elections for the Model T Ford Club International. "JACK MAHAFFEY, HE’s OUR MAN, IF HE CAN’T FIX THAT T … NOBODY CAN!!! Vote for JACK MAHAFFEY

In light of our Christmas Party on December 7th – the December meeting has been cancelled. Additionally, six months out we are planning on changing our meeting nights to Tuesday instead of Wednesday – same place – same time.

MAKE a grea"T" day!

Mike Story, President, 407-678-5477, email: mjstory@quixnet.net

TRADE: 1992 Mercury Capri Convertible (the cute one) for T Model or what have you. Richard Fortner 407-892-8580 or email RfordT20@aol.com

FOR SALE: 1922 Model T Touring and a 1920 Model T Express Wagon. Gary Lawing, 1717 N Oregon Cir, Tampa, FL 33612 phone 813-932-5248

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