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Next Meeting…
Friday, January 18th 2018 at Logan Uni-
versity
R eturning as the new “old’ President, I’ve got really big shoes to
fill. For three years, Joe Yochim did a superb job running this club as our be-
loved and esteemed President. I’ve been in these shoes before and it isn’t an
Cafeteria (Don’t Let Jack Frost nip at your easy job – not at all. It is doubly hard trying to do “The Brass Lamp” concur-
nose) - The coming year in review—ideas rently and write/research quality articles for this newsletter too. I hope to find
for the 75th Anniversary) some help when we have our first board meeting in 2019. This must change…it
isn’t fair to the organization either. I planned to do the newsletter only on a
temporary basis
until a more per-
manent Editor
could be found or a
team assembled. I’m already behind the curve for a “hit the
ground running” 2019 start because this has been an “out of
mind, out of sight” proposition for a lot of well-meaning
people who said they would send me articles and haven’t.
Some have come through and the articles have been great!
It is way too much for one person to take on. I don’t expect
a one-man band, but a team. I’ll detail what I think is re-
quired to achieve an even better newsletter.
I still remain in my day job at Boeing in an organization
called F/A-18 Fleet Systems Support and we are responsible
for all spare flight control surfaces on legacy Hornets in fleet service. It is most challenging. Visualize building a wing
or an aileron with 1976 technology. Therein lies the risks and issues because few remember how to do this. Back in
those days, designs were created on drafting boards and were two-dimensional – pencils, inking and a whole lot of hand
work on mylar and drafting paper. It was up to machinists to interpret those drawings and create tools and then, ulti-
mately real airworthy parts. Many were fabricated out of riveted together sheet
metal. The young engineers and technicians of today, emerging from a variety INSIDE THIS ISSUE
of schools and backgrounds from all over the world, expect to use Computer • President’s Column
Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and solid modeling techniques (rotatable • The Holiday Party at Glen Echo
three dimensional views). What I see emerging is something called Model • New President and Board—
based definition (MBD) that drives machines that cut Welcome
and mill parts out of solid billet stock…aluminum and
• Pictures from Schollmeyer’s
titanium and then there are the composite layups, bak-
ing in autoclaves under temperature and pressure simi- • Saying Good-Bye to Our Beloved
lar to what the finest chefs would do to create your Fred Summers
Beef-Wellington in a puff pastry. It is quite a bit more • Poster Car...1931 Cadillac
complex than that though, but a good analogy of dis- • Activity Calendar for 2019
continued on page 4
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Officers/Directors The President’s Column…
President By
Larry Hassel
(636) 391-8783 Joseph F. Yochim
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1st Vice-President/Programs
Joseph Yochim ow, where did the past three years
(314) 602-9498 go! Seems like just yesterday that
2nd Vice-President/Membership my dear friend, Val Kibens, nomi-
Al Mercer nated me for President of the
(636) 928-8672 HCCM. I often wonder if Val were
still here with us what he would have to say. I’m
Treasurer
hoping he would be pleased.
Jackie Allen
(314) 741-4158 So, with my dear friend’s spirit deep inside me here is my final heartfelt
President’s message to the HCCM membership.
Recording Secretary
Sandra Neal Holiday greetings everyone! So, now let’s first back up to October. HCCM,
(314) 368-1345
along with the AMC club, participated in a car cruise to Bob’s Gasoline Al-
Corresponding Secretary ley in Cuba Missouri. Sunday, October 14, 2018 was not a very good weath-
Russell Neal er day. However, we still had 35 vehicles for our cruise down old Route 66.
(314) 368-2001 It would not be a “Joe Event” is something did not go awry. Our caravan of
vehicles was within 1 mile of Bob’s facility and so far, everything was per-
Directors
John Hartman (2021) fect. At the very last moment, my GPS messed me up and I proceeded to
Dave Stephens (2021) lead 35 cars in a grand U-turn almost like a square dance maneuver. We
Andy Dorris (2020) ended up taking a dirty and unpaved gravel back road to get back. Everyone
Neal McIntyre (2020) (Acting) finally made it to Bob’s where we were treated to a delicious home-cooked
Kevin Williams (2019)
Sunday meal.
Sharon Mercer (2019)
On Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2018 myself, along with HCCM
The HCCM Publication Committee corresponding secretary, Russell Neal, Mark McCullough in the car, and
Larry Hassel (Lead) accompanied by about a dozen other members, made the trip down to a
646 Woodhill Estates Drive place called Schollmeyer’s Garage and Salvage Yard. This facility is near
Ellisville, MO 63021 Lynn Missouri near the junction of Highway 50 and 100. Several people had
636-484-0227 told me about this place. Never in a million years would I have believed that
tucked away in the foothills of Southwest Missouri is over 3500 antique rear
Webmaster
wheel drive cars (awaiting restoration or parting out)…somewhat forgotten,
Kevin Williams
but largely intact. That’s not a misprint…that is correct with these vehicles
(314) 481-9111
dating all away back into the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and all the way up
Special Events Coordinator
to the late 80s. Unfortunately, no sooner than we arrived, it started snowing
Neal McIntyre
even harder. The snow made it very difficult to be walking around as this
(314) 494-0346 terrain is very steep and rocky. They have several huge buildings on the
property and one of the buildings has over a dozen full-size Chevy converti-
Special Liaison and Parliamentarian bles from 1957 through 1965, including a 1959 Impala big block, just wait-
Gerald Perschbacher ing for someone to start their restoration. I’ve been to a lot of salvage yards
Easter Show Chairs in my day but this, by far, is probably one of the largest I’ve ever seen of
Michael Ebert older cars still reasonably intact. Rows and rows and rows of cars some of
Car Show and Swap Meet Chair which we would all love to have and restore. Some of you would ask your-
Elliott Cytron selves, why would you not even keep that car. With that said, everyone in
www.hccmo.com this club loves their cars and I’m sure there’s someone out there that loves
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all the types of cars that our group saw. Just to mention President for 2019. It’s been a privilege and an honor to
some of what we saw…we found AMC Gremlin’s, Chev- serve you as your President for the last three years. I’m
rolet Apaches, K5 Blazers, Bel Air, Biscayne, Corvair’s, looking forward to continuing to participate on the Board
Fleetsides, Impalas, and the infamous “No Go”Novas (an of Directors as 1st VP. Hope to see you in our first meeting
advertising blunder is Spanish speaking countries where in January at Logan University.
“No Va” translates to No Go. Some of those Chevys…
Sincerely Yours for One Last Time (Ed. Note…Never Say
most of these were the fancy high performance SS models.
Never Again)
This is the Holy Grail for an old Chevy man like me.
That’s not to mention Fords, Lincolns, and Mercurys. Joseph F Yochim, HCCM President
Why he’s even got some Nashes along with Studebakers
and Ramblers, Cadillacs, Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, GMC
trucks, Chryslers, Plymouths, Dodges. The variety of cars
seemed endless...homage to big Detroit iron when those
dinosaurs roamed the earth. For those who were unable to
attend, rest assured, we will do this again this Spring com-
ing up in the 2019 calendar year. This facility is so huge
and so immense you really cannot see every car they have
tucked away in one day.
For those members who were unable to attend this year’s
Christmas party on December 2, 2018, we officially kicked
off our 75th anniversary year celebration. As a special sur-
prise we had amazing magician, Terry Richison, perform-
ing before our membership. Several people were volun-
teered by Terry the magician. They included Ted Ham-
burg, Carl Roedel, Kathy Winters, Yolandea Wood and Al
Mercer. Without going into all whole lot of details about
the illusion. I truly believe that Carl Roedel thought for
sure that his crisp new $100 bill was gone for good. Much
to everyone’s amazement, that $100 bill was found inside
a lemon that Al Mercer had been holding the entire time.
I’m still trying to figure out how he pulled that illusion off.
Before I close out my Christmas party report, long time
HCCM member, Barb Knudson, was kind enough to do
the installation of the 2019 HCCM officers. The results are
as follows.
President: Larry Hassel
First vice president: Joseph Yochim
Second Vice President: Al Mercer
Corresponding secretary: Russell Neal
Recording secretary: Sandra Neal
Treasurer: Jackie Allen
Board of Directors: Dave Stephens, John Hartmann
(and filling an unexpired term—acting, Neal McIn-
tyre).
That makes it official!
Well everyone here we are into 2019. My good friend, and
sometimes mentor, Larry Hassel, is taking over as our
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similar ingredients coming together. We might see water- goes wrong. If all goes well…I’ll have a Brass 1913 Ford
jet cutters, chem-milling and all sorts of strange methods to Model T by sometime in January. I’m excited about that
make things. Just a few weeks ago I saw some “big bones” prospect. With that thinking in mind, we thought it might
parts emerge that were done with “Additive Manufactur-
ing.” Translated…we just printed a couple of landing gear
doors out of metal…much like your laser printer on your
desk prints a microfine layer of carbon on a piece of pa-
per…only you print layer-after-layer of metal or plastic
until your part is built. We’re printing titanium, Inconel
and even aluminum along with plastics (also used as forms
for investment castings). Why is this tangent important to
us as hobbyists? Think about that really rare part (perhaps
a casting or forging) needed to fit your 1915 Fiat (if you
had one). You either are headed to a very expensive ma-
chinist or better yet, you will probably be able to have the
part printed. This will be the way of the future. My friend,
Dan, who is the Guru of this technology might be able to be super cool to have a Brass and Nickel Day where you
come speak to us at a meeting and show some of this tech- learn to drive a brass car or at least get a ride in one (they
nology at work. He is at work on about 30 patents and has are all different). They are quite different from our semi-
modern day iron and are very much of a challenge to
drive…picture straight gears and not beveled gears
(nothing even resembling synchromesh – find em’ and
grind em’ eh). For instance, let’s look at how you drive a
Ford Model T as an example to understand the need to re-
arrange your thinking and realize the challenges to achieve
forward motion. First step is to turn on the fuel (the gas
tank is right below the front seat and gravity fed). Next,
you grab that crank handle in front of the car and pull the
choke ring…then you crank it about three times (it’ll make
a whoosh sound when it is primed). Now, go to the driv-
er’s side (no door) and make sure the spark lever is all of
the way up. Maybe pull down the throttle about a quarter
two already on his wall…one being a graphene based high- on the quadrant. You may have to adjust the mixture screw
ly conductive molecular wire structure to replace the hun- as well (kind of a guess until you get the tribal knowledge
dreds of miles of heavy and expensive copper wire used in down). Then you flip the switch on the dashboard (really a
aerospace. What is more fitting for our 75th Anniversary board) to “battery.” With an open hand, crank the crank
Year? We are looking to the future, as we should and often over the 1:00 clock position (good exercise and it can be
changes that occur in one industry impact another and I can PM or AM). It may take about two or three tries until it
see many of these things emerging in the automotive indus- fires. Then run around to the driver’s side and pull the
try too. The world has grown much smaller and it is a spark down slightly and adjust the throttle until the vehicle
global marketplace. That new 777-X you’ll be flying on is running smoothly. Switch off of battery power and over
soon…it was largely designed in Moscow by boys and to magneto power (pretend you’re flying a Spitfire instead
girls who built MiG fighters and Antonov transports. Our of a Model T) to run the car. Now you’re ready to drive.
new TX USAF Trainer gets its fuselage delivered from Push the hand brake about ½ to ¾ and press the left pedal
Sweden and Saab aboard an Illyushin-76 transport. What to the floor (yes left) while advancing the hand throttle.
you read in the news is not necessarily the truth…yes, that That is low gear. We’re planetary (no space alien invaders)
fake news stuff. Now take the brake lever on the left and push it all of the
way forward as you move the left pedal to center and then
Speaking of the 75th Anniversary of HCCM, we need to
when you slowly release the pedal (not losing forward mo-
come up with some very special event ideas. I’d like to get
mentum), you’re in high gear. Of course your speed is ad-
your ideas – not my ideas! As President, I’m just the facili-
justed by that hand throttle (and spark lever). Steering is
tator and the guy who takes the blame when something
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like that of a go-kart with a 4:1 ratio. That creates prob- Kudos to Jim Schild – Proud Grandpa!…
lems and one must be aware of the effects of such on rough
Project X Calibur…
roads even though your speed won’t go over 35 mph
(without a good strong tailwind). So, what about those Over the holiday break, we’ve been avidly following the
other two pedals? I find they are somewhat useful…the adventures of Jim Schild’s granddaughter, Lindsey Lisal-
right pedal is your brake pedal. Brakes..what brakes – da. Lindsey is an Astro-Physicist studying and teaching
barely there? Center pedal is reverse (equates to full after- at Washington University here in St. Louis. While this is
burner in the wrong direction…hang on). not automotive related, it is a cool story and makes for a
proud grandpa in our midst.
What we need is some great brainstorming to get us out of
the rut of doing usual things. Let’s find ways to time trav- An international team of scientists and engineers from
el. We want your ideas…really!!! Think about how we Washington University, University of New Hampshire,
can celebrate 75 years and have fun doing so. I would like Wallops Flight Facility, Goddard Space Flight Center,
to team with other clubs…maybe not even antique car Brookhaven National Lab, the Hiroshima University,
clubs. I have been on really great tours with Jaguar, Clas- Osaka University, Riken, and the Kungliga Tekniska
sic Car Club and Miata Club combined. Well, I know the Högskolan is preparing the X-Calibur telescope for a
President of the BMW Club and she would love to team stratospheric balloon flight launched from McMurdo
with us for some events. Let’s think outside of that box. I (Antarctic) in December 2018. The telescope will be used
want to hear your ideas…so does the board. We need to observe the X-Ray emission from a sample of black
teamwork to make it happen. holes, neutron stars, and pulsars in our Milky Way galaxy.
Larry Hassel X-Calibur will measure the polarization (the plane in
which the electric field of the X-rays oscillates) of the
President for 2019 high-energy X-ray emission. The polarization holds infor-
mation about how and where the X-Ray emission origi-
nates. The team hopes to gain new insights into how black
holes in a binary orbit with stars grow by gobbling up
stellar matter. Furthermore, they will observe X-rays from
neutron stars – 12-km-radius objects with masses exceed-
ing the mass of our sun.
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A Man of Many Hats…
Fred Summers, October 30, 2018
C herished husband and beloved life companion of Sha-
ron Summers. Dear son-in-law of Alvin Stern. Be-
loved brother-in-law of Michael Stern and Sandra (Brent)
Richbrook. Loving uncle of Jacob Stern. Dear son of the late
Lewis and Ethel Summers of Squirrel Hill, PA.
Fred was a superb salesman, raconteur, author, a lover of music
and art, and a gourmet whose curiosity, enthusiasm and logic
were endless. A good friend to so many in our community, Fred
hosted many large gatherings, earning the sobriquet of Fred Par-
ty and amateur shadkan status. A classic car maven, Fred was a
prolific author for the vintage automotive press. Many articles
were translated into several foreign languages. His closet was
filled with numerous car show trophies.
His Long March is now over, and will lovingly be remembered.
O ne can read the standard lines in the published obituary as above, but Fred Summers was certainly a charis-
matic complex character and truly bigger than life. He loved his “Kubbelwagen” as he called it…really a very nicely
restored “Volkswagen Thing.” Fred was famous for his many hats and they all had a story. If you believed Fred, he was
this “Walter Mittylike” character…could have been a CIA operative. Hard to say, but he was clearly a man shrouded in
mystery. He had this French Foreign Legion Kepi (hat) he would wear…as the story goes, Fred supposedly somehow
bought this hat from a rather intoxicated French Foreign Legionnaire in the islands someplace when the guy didn’t have
all of the money for his bar tab…I think he had told me Martinique. I remember one Easter Sunday in Forest Park. Here
came Fred in the yellowish campaign helmet. My first question was about the hat…looks vintage, where do you get that
one. Well, it was an original Afrika Corps helmet (those were the bad guys) and here is the Jewish guy wearing a Ger-
man WWII hat…it epitomized the irony that was Fred. I asked him a few more questions and he hinted he was Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel…the famed Desert Fox. I asked him how he was going to help out at the Easter Concours and
he said he was already working security detail…and then he trundled off in the opposite direction on a long march. I
somehow think he made up those stories just for me…my eyes would always get bigger and I think he believed he was
really spoofing me. He probably was.
I’ll never forget meeting Fred one morning in Lafayette Square…it was one of those ill-fated HCCM “Spirit” type
meetups…Let’s get breakfast and go to a museum…drive your old cars. Fred was the only one who showed up and we
had a wonderful conversation. After a Bloody Mary, the stories got bigger and better. Fred was the most whimsical guy
with this sparkle in his eye…you loved his stories and you loved him – such a kind soul. I never visited his house, but
someone said he had a full suit of armor in the foyer. Why do I think that if he could, he would have come out to the
Easter Concours in Medieval Armor to ensure we had a good security detail.
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Preparing for 2019...The Poster Car Shoot…
When we began this endeavor...we had completely different intentions and wanted to feature Brass Era Cars
(specifically some of the St. Louis Cars). Unfortunately, I had some minor surgery and we let Fall colors escape us. At
least one of the cars we wanted to use was being balky. Peter Bitzer suggested we feature my old 1931 Cadillac...a bit
biased perhaps, but why not...four HCCM owners from the Schilds, to Larry Hassel to Jack Folluo and now Todd and
Amber Tobiasz...each step of the way it gets better!!! Here is what went on...three locations to get the best image
(which we’re still thinking about).
Please recognize that these imag- The car on the rack, which is
es were quick snapshots with the covered is a McLaren Super-
iPhone 8S...the real images which car...so, OK...the garage to die
will be selected for the poster will for here...Bentley, souped up
be the ones I took with the VW and a Porsche 911 Carrera
fullframe Nikon using a 24-80mm which is in the shop...climate
Nikon ED Zoom and an 85mm 1.4 controlled and polished aggre-
fixed focal length Nikon lens. gate concrete floor. He also
has a 1934 Lincoln 12 KA 522
Larry Hassel
Coupe.
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The Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri Calendar for 2019
(Dates, Places and Times in the future may be tentative and subject to change
or weather condition limited)
January
(Audit and Budget Committee Convene Early – TBD)
15th- Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
18th – General Meeting – Logan University – 7:30 PM
24th – 27th St. Louis Auto Show (HCCM Display)
February
12th – Board Meeting. – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
14th – Valentine’s Day
15th – General Meeting – Logan University – 7:30 PM
March
12th – Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
15th – EARLY General Meeting – St. Patrick’s Day Festivities – Logan University 6:30 PM
16th – St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Downtown St. Louis at Noon. (HCCM Participation)
(24th - Easter Concours Judging Seminar – TBD -tentative)
April
16th - Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
18th – Easter Prep. “Stuffing Party.”
19th – General Meeting – Logan University 7:30 PM
21st - Easter Sunday in Forest Park – Concours d’Elegance
May
Board Mtg. – Skip Date
17th – General Meeting – Logan University 7:30 PM
Tour – Tentative Planning (Weekend in May) – Schollmeyer’s Garage and “Junqueyard”…Chamois, MO with lunch
along the way. Other club invitational…
June
16th – Father’s Day Show (Museum of Transportation)
18th – Board Mtg. Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
21st – EARLY General Meeting – Logan University 6:30 PM (Strawberry/Ice cream Social)
July
16th – Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
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19th – EARLY General Meeting – Logan University 6:30 PM – “The Ice Cream Tour” – (Maybe Serendipity Ice
Cream in Webster Groves)
(Convene Nominating Committee – Start)
August
13 – Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
(NO GENERAL MEETING)
18 – HCCM Annual Picnic (Paul Schroeder Park – Manchester, MO) – Noon
September
8 September - Wheels in Motion – HCCM Participation
15 – Car Show and Swap Meet (Hollywood Casino, P.O.C. is Elliott Cytron)
17th – Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
20th – General Meeting – Logan University – 7:30 PM
28-Brass and Nickel Show at Museum of Transportation
October
15th – Board Meeting – Overland Recreation Complex – 7:00 PM
18th – EARLYGeneral Meeting (White Elephant Auction) – 6:30 PM
20th – Tour (Might be Brass and Nickel “Low Speed” Fall Color).
November
(Board Meeting – Skip Date)
15th – EARLY General Meeting – Logan University – Chili
Cookoff – 6:30 PM
December
(Board Meeting – Skip Date)
December 7 or 8th (tentative arrangements):
75th Annual HCCM Holiday Party Festivities (Invitational) –
M.O.T. -Lindberg Bldg.
Antique Photos Courtesy of John Groll. Do you recognize
these places? They are in the St. Louis Metro area.
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The Adventure to Schollmeyer’s Garage and Salvage
Yard...Braving the Snow to Find Buried Treasure…
A Photo Essay by Joseph Yochim
10The 2018 Holiday Party for HCCM was held again at Glen Echo Country
Club...Terry Richeson, Magician, provided some superb entertainment and a festive
time was had by all….Enjoy the pictures!
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So why are you seeing this??? The National HCCA organization has pointed out to us that they identify HCCM as a region...but
there has been little participation. We’re all in this hobby together so have agreed to promote the National Membership on a volun-
tary basis. There is even a special intro. offer….believe it is $19.95 to join for the first year. Those who have joined have been
enjoying a great publication. A lot of focus is on Brass Era, but history buffs will enjoy this. Larry Hassel
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THE PUBLICATION OF THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE CLUB
OF MISSOURI, INC.
Activities Calendar
2019 “90 Day” Club Events Calendar
January
Jan 15 Board Mtg.—Overland Rec. Ctr.—7:00 PM
Jan 18 General Meeting—Logan U.—7:30 PM
Jan 24-27 Greater St. Louis Auto Show (HCCM Booth)
February
Feb 12 Board Mtg.—Overland Rec. Ctr.—7:00 PM
Feb 15 General Meeting—Logan U.—7:30 PM
March
Mar 12 Board Mtg.—Overland Rec. Ctr.—7:00 PM
Mar 15 EARLY General Mtg. St. Pat’s Party—Logan 6:30 PM
Mar 16 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Downtown—Noon
Mar 24 Easter Judging Seminar (Tentative)
Alert!!! Please check the club website For Sale…
periodically at www.hccmo.com for up-
dates to notice of club event cancella-
1969 Buick Skylark Convertible
tions or changes in times or location due 44,000 original miles have owned over15 years
to weather or other circumstances. Purchased from Fast Lane Cars…nice car - runs good and looks
good
Volunteer Reminder and Benefits…
Won a few trophies!
Remember, volunteering to work at the 350 2 barrel—automatic
Easter Concours and /or the September $14,000 Mike Halamicek
Swap Meet and Car Show earns credit
(314) 973-1519
towards free admission to the annual
Or...Clark Deeken
Holiday Dinner and Party.
The Brass Lamp is a monthly publication of The Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri, Inc. Copyright—2019
All Rights Reserved. Material from this newsletter may be reprinted or shared by our club members with
proper citation and written consent from the Publications Committee.
15This 1931 Cadillac Series 355 Fisher bodied 4 door Sedan was built in Detroit and designed by
Harley Earl, legendary Cadillac Designer. This car is now owned by Todd and Amber Tobiasz and
has been chosen to represent our Easter Poster Car for 2019. It has been passed down through
the club...owned previously by Jim and Myrna Schild, Larry Hassel and Jack Folluo. (photo by
Larry Hassel)
The Brass Lamp A Publication of the Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri, Inc.
www.hccmo.com (314) 991-HONK
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