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NUTMEG MOTOR NEWS
CONNECTICUT STREET ROD ASSOCIATION
Tom Keiser
SEPT 2018
NUTMEG MOTOR NEWS
CONNECTICUT STREET ROD ASSOCIATION
ESTABLISHED 1967 CSRA.ORG
If you would like to know what CSRA is about our regular meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month which
are held at CSRA Clubhouse on 316 Woodhouse Avenue Wallingford CT. 7pm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018
PRESIDENT: Steve VanBlarcom 203-641-3451
VICE PRESIDENT: Anthony Perrone 203-213-1641
TREASURER: Dennis Dagliere 203-239-3791
SECRETARY: Paul Benoit 860-568-7404
DIRECTOR: Armand Couture 203-634-0008
DIRECTOR: Bob Kesilewski 203-410-7744
NSRA
NSRA STATE REPRESENTATIVE: Sally Benoit 860-568-7404
NSRA SAFETY INSPECTOR: Armand Couture 203-634-0008
NSRA STATE ADVISER: Danielle Couture 203-634-0008
SWAP MEET CHAIRMAN
Bob Kesilewski 203-410-7744 - Rich Ronzello 860-828-8110
NEWSLETTER STAFF
NUTMEG NEWS EDITOR: Junie Barretta
NUTMEG NEWS COPY EDITOR: Gloria Veronesi
NUTMEG NEWS STAFF: Donna Barretta – Dennis & Moe Dagliere - Laura Falconieri
BIRTHDAY REMINDER: Bette Dybick
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Dennis Dagliere 203-239-3791 or Choppeda@aol.com
ALL MEETINGS ARE SMOKE FREE
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER CALL 203-697-9113
CLUB PICNIC – 2nd Remember 9/11 - RIP Brian Snell – 8th Dennis Dagliere – 14th Sherry Fisher – 14th Mike Campagnuolo – 19th Jason Fetterman – 20th Patti-Ann Jarush – 23rd Anthony Campagnuolo – 25th Danielle Couture – 26th Gerry Caliendo – 27th Michelle Fetterman – 30th
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These invitees do not have to meet any requirements
PREZ SEZ currently as this is experimental. We are dubbing it as the
next Generation. I for one think this is a big step in the right
direction for the future of CSRA. What requirements needed
will be established later and can be implemented in baby
steps.
Next weekend is our picnic. We will be at the
Steve Van Blarcom Clubhouse on Saturday cleaning, prepping, and setting up for
Hello everyone, the picnic on Sunday. See you all there, Steve
WOW! I can’t believe we are already at the end of
August. I thought time would slow down as I got older, but it DEAD LINE FOR NEWSLETTER IS AUG. 25TH
seems to have speeded up. I’m trying to pick up my pace to DATE TIME EVENT PLACE
keep up but that isn’t working so well either. LOL Sept 1st 8am Clean up Clubhouse
Right after our Hot Rods for Heroes show, I started Sept 23rd 9am Poker Run Clubhouse
packing and loading the coach and trailer for Bonneville. Dec 8 9am Blood Drive Clubhouse
Ronnie Roadster was packing as well but he seems to be more Dec 15 Christmas Party Clubhouse
organized than myself. Dennis Dag and I headed out August
4th for the four-day trip across the country. My Grandson,
Derek, and his girlfriend Jenna were following us out as they CLUB NEWS-
are embarking on their first big adventure in life. They are
going out to California to explore going to a Junior College out We are inviting younger auto enthusiasts to the
there. The first night we stopped in an Ohio rest area, only to
October club meeting to explore the idea of
find my on-board generator decided to quit working. You
kind of need that for A/C power when you cannot plug in. We having some sort of an interest in our club.
struggled through the next two weeks without it and I am
trying to repair it now that I am back home. It was very hot Our first challenge would be if they are
out on the salt every day we were there. One day saw over
interested in being a part of the club in some
105 degrees, but it is a very dry heat. Although it is still hot,
the lack of humidity makes it much more bearable than capacity (Right now the type of cars is not the
around here. We got our pit area all set up, the car teched in issue), we haven’t figured that out yet, but with
and fueled up before the start of racing on Saturday morning. the ones who do come and show interest, maybe
Ron Sr. was right up to the head of the line and was the third
car on course that morning. He went out and shattered his
they can help us with this problem and see what
old record of 192 MPH and bumped that up to 196 MPH. We it takes to keep this club going in the future. So,
went to impound to prep for the back up run the next members if you know a youngster who is car crazy
morning. Ron ran a 194 MPH the next day which cemented and might be interested, invite them to the Oct,
the XF/BGRMR record at 195 MPH. After locking in the
record, we went to the pits to prep the car for Ron Jr to run 3rd Club Meeting. Remember they don’t need a
the next day, which was Monday. While we were working on street rod to talk.
the car, the engine decided to drop a valve seat into the
piston. It was fortunate that it happened in the pits, but that
meant we had to do some serious scrambling to change the WE HEAR!!!
engine. We buttoned it back up around 7:00 PM. We were We hear Paul Buccheri was riding in Higganum and
back in line as early as we could Monday morning. needed gas really bad, but with all the
Anticipation was high. Ron Jr took off and the car ran out of controversary over their kneeling selectman
fuel within the first half mile. He pulled out and we found a
bad connection in a wire going to the fuel pump. Back in line Melissa Schlag who so far did it twice, decided it
we went after repairs. The average of Ron Jr’s next two runs was better to go to another town, ran out of gas!!!
was 186 MPH on his old record of 178 MPH in the XF/BFRMR I don’t have the heart to call him our next CSRA
class. We packed up after that and came home smiling. Gaskateer!!!
For club business, the Committee for the future of
CSRA reported to the membership at the last meeting that (I JUST WISH THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE LIKE PAUL!!!)
we would like to invite some younger people to our October We hear Garage Night at John Sabatucci, 3
meeting to continue exploring ideas of the future of CSRA. Westview Drive Wallingford, CT – 203-967-
The membership listened to our suggestions and voted to go
ahead and invite some younger people to our October 7290
meeting to get a feel for what we do and see if we can drum Tuesday Sept 11, 2018, 5pm to---The best
up some enthusiasm. coffee & donuts + pizza & drinks! Bring a chair!!!
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We hear When Junie brought his street rod to
church on Sunday, he hadn’t expected it wouldn’t
start for him to go home. The problem was a
module that gave no spark. With just one phone
call to Pat, can you believe a miracle happens! He
bought me one that had the spark I needed to go
home with!!! And it is a life time guarantee!!!
“Thanks PAT!!!” CAR AIR CONDITIONING SENT IN BY JERRY AUGUSTINE
(YOU CAN BET I’M BUYING ANOTHER ONE FOR TRAVELING!!!)
This one is for all to read and then share...might help save
a life.
Now this is very interesting! My car's manual says to roll
down the windows to let out all the hot air before turning
on the A/C. WHY?
No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever
before. We wonder where this stuff comes from, but here
is an example that explains a lot of the cancer-causing
incidents. Many people are in their cars the first thing in
the morning, and the last thing at night, 7 days a
week. Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter
the car. Open the windows after you enter your car and
then after a couple of minutes, turn ON the A/C.
Here's why: According to research, the car's dashboard,
seats, A/C ducts, in fact ALL of the plastic objects in your
vehicle, emit Benzene, a Cancer-causing toxin. A BIG
CARCINOGEN. Take the time to observe the smell of
heated plastic in your car when you open it, and BEFORE
you start it up.
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your
bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.
Prolonged exposure can cause Leukemia and increases
the risk of some cancers. It can also cause miscarriages in
pregnant women. The "acceptable" Benzene level indoors
is: 50 mg per sq. ft.
A car parked indoors, with windows closed, will contain
400-800 mg of Benzene - 8 times the acceptable level. If
parked outdoors in the sun, at a temperature above 60
degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg,
40 times the acceptable level. People who get into the car,
keeping the windows closed, will eventually inhale
excessive amounts of the BENZENE toxin.Benzene is a
toxin that affects your kidneys and liver. What's worse, it
is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic
stuff. So, friends, please open the windows and doors of
your car - give it some time for the interior to air out -
(dispel the deadly stuff) - before you enter the vehicle.
PETE TREATS
THE LEG MUSCLES of a locust are about 1000 times
more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
THE COSMOS contains approximately 50,000,000,000
galaxies.
THERE ARE between 100,000,000,000 and
100,000,000,000 stars in a normal galaxy.
SOUND TRAVELS about 4 times faster in water than
air.
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200MPH FLATHEAD RUNS 200.9MPH IN 1.5
MILES AT LORING, MAINE
We admire guys who find their calling and stick to it. In
the case of Connecticut’s Ron San Giovanni that calling
has been flathead Ford engines. He’s hot rodder
extraordinaire and he has really made his mark with
Henry’s Ford’s
beloved valve
in block V8
engine. We’re
talking about a
guy who has cruised an open top, Ardun powered roadster
clear across the country with his wife Laura, we’re talking
about a guy who set multiple records at the ECTA over
the years, at Bonneville over the years, and who is still
working to make his stuff faster and faster with the
beautifully arcane engine platform.
For years Ron ran a lakester configuration car but he’s
since changed it to a rear
engine modified roadster.
Last year at Bonneville he
was hauling the mail with
an Ardun headed OHV
conversion engine but this
year he’s back to running
with the valves in the block like Henry intended.
Earlier in July Ron ran the car at the Loring Timing
Association event in Loring, Maine and ran 200.9mph
with his blown, valve-in-block Flathead. To say that this
guy knows these engines is an understatement of epic
proportions. Check the tach out on this run. The engine is
singing (for a flattie) to 6,000 RPM and pulling all the
way down the 1.5-mile course. What’s the top speed on a
much longer salt course? We’ll find out in a few weeks
and boy does that make us happy!
Well Ronnie made it through tech, now all we have to do
is wait to hear what he does on Saturday. Ronnie’s first
pass was 196.8 mph. They are in impound to get the
record certified. To have average of 200 mph he has to do
204. Then they were off to the pits making some small
changes. After checking motor, they found the valve seat
broke and had to change to the second motor which gave
him a record of 195.650mph. It didn’t look like Laura had
any problem with speed when she was stopped by the
Ranger for speeding in the pits, but she was able to
winked her way out. Ronnie Jr. set a record at
186.852mph.
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6/1/2018 FOR SALE ’34 Plymouth 4 dr, with matching
trailer, built to
drive, Chevy
350 fully
chrome.
STUFF FOR March pulley
SALE system, new
If you have stuff to sell you can e-mail me at Holley carb
Junietoons@AOL.com and please write in the subject 650cc, new alternator, power brakes, adjustable chrome
box “Stuff for Sale.” shocks, undercoated, Budnick wheels all new rubber,
6/1/2018 FOR SALE 1977 Olds Cutless Supreme 350 Budnick steering wheel, leather interior, new rugs, Ididit
Engine with tranny has 75k miles . . . . $500 or trans $250 steering column, hidden battery & kill switch, 3’ glass pac
1978 Nova 250 6 cylinders 125 k miles. . . . . . . . . . . $200 exhaust, stainless steel grill and hood ornament, LED tail
Please text Paul Cote 203-982-1529 lights & third brake light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$37,500
6/1/2018 FOR SALE 930 Model "A" coupe, 350 Crate Call 860-713-1854
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5/1/2018 FOR SALE 1973 Ford Thunderbird. 460 V8,
25k original miles. 2 extra wheel covers, original title,
original build sheet under passenger seat, California Car
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1963 Chevy Impala 2 dr, Hard Top 1 owner, 283 V8,
Auto P/S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 or OBO
Call Marty 203-668-4429
1950 Chevy Suburban 350, not running. . . . . $1,500 OBO
1967 Chevy 90 Van, runs, 6 cly, 3 speeds. . . $1,500 OBO
Call 860-342-5100
6/1/2018 FOR SALE 1933 Dodge Model DP, All steel,
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upgraded mechanicals, runs and looks great. . . . . $5000
Call Rob 860-628-5747-cherrob9@aol.com
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WHY ITS NOT NICE TO LIE Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal,
SENT IN BY JERRY AUGUSTINE eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes,
Father Norton woke up Sunday morning and realizing it ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but
was an exceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city
day, decided he just had to play golf. boys that live on coffee. Their food, plus yours, holds you
So... he told the Associate Pastor that he was feeling sick until noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these
and persuaded him to say Mass for him that day. city boys can't walk much.
As soon as the Associate Pastor left the room, We go on 'route marches,' which the platoon sergeant says
Father Norton headed out of town to a golf course about are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my
forty miles away. place to tell him different. A 'route march' is about as far
This way he knew he wouldn't accidentally meet anyone as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore
he knew from his parish. feet and we all ride back in trucks.
Setting up on the first tee, he was alone. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The
After all, it was Sunday morning and everyone else was Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels just
in church! ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.
At about this time, Saint Peter leaned over to the Lord This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep
while looking down from the heavens and exclaimed, getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The
"You're not going to let him get away with this, are you?" bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't
The Lord sighed, and said, "No, I guess not." move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at
Just then Father Norton hit the ball and it shot straight home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and
towards the pin, dropping just short of it, rolled up and fell hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They
into the hole. come in boxes.
IT WAS A 420 YARD HOLE IN ONE! Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat
St. Peter was astonished. He looked at the Lord and asked, training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have
"Why did you let him do that?" to be really careful though, they break really easy. It ain't
The Lord smiled and replied, "Who's he going to tell?" like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best
PEACE BE WITH YOU, they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in
THANK YOU NOTES Silver Lake. I only beat him once. He joined up the same
time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8"
Thank you for everything you have done for me the past and near 300 pounds dry.
four years. I remember receiving this award for the first
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before
time at the end of my freshman year at Wilcox Tech in
other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Meriden. You have helped me purchase so many tools
from wrenches to sockets and now a ½” drive electric Your loving daughter, Alice
impact. I am forever grateful. SWAP MEET FLYER
Ashley Gudrian Wilcox Tech Class of 2018 Graduate Our Spring Swap Meet will be our 50th Swap Meet
To the CSRA Members, thank you so much for thoughtful Anniversary. I am looking to do something special
gifts from Harry and David. It was a beautiful with our Swap Meet Poster. Anyone who would like
arrangement! Baby Cassandra will be looking forward to to have their car on the Poster, there is a sample of
meeting all of you! Love, The Brennan Family the angle in the newsletter (Ray Long’s new ride) I
NORTH DAKOTA FARM KID SENT IN BY TOMMY LAMBERT now need your car.
(PARRIS ISLAND MARINE CORPS RECRUIT TRAINING)
Dear Ma and Pa,
I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother
Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch
by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the
places are filled. Some of your cars are on our CSRA Member Rides
on our web site. I have a list of everyone’s car on the
I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed till
Web site. See me at the Club Picnic and I will let you
nearly 6 a.m. But I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell
know if your car is OK on the Web site. Also, if you
Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your
like, you can E-mail your pictures to:
cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch,
imageink@hotmail.com. If you do, let me know by
mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically
my E mail (my36chevycoupe@yahoo.com or text
nothing.
me 203-410-7744 you sent them to image ink.
Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water. Thanks
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