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March 2016
Plymouth Is Out To Win You Over!
President: Dean Yates
Vice President: Rockey Rozell
Secretary/Membership: Greg Errett
Treasurer: Joe Brown
Activities / Webpage / Newsletter: Dean Yates
[email protected] http://clubs.hemmings.com/carolinaplymouth
1928 Plymouth <-> 2001 Plymouth
A Note From The President
Spring has sprung and my allergies are here to give
me a fit. I love spring time and glad to see the winter
season long gone. It seems the pollen is much worse
this year or is it I’m just getting older and it affects
me more. Headaches, coughing, and sneezing; I love
it all because the warmth makes my bones feel good.
Since the last newsletter we have had two outings
(one official and one unofficial). The official one
with a Club meeting was held on February 27 at
StreetSide Classics in Charlotte, NC. StreetSide is
the nation’s top consignment dealer of classic and
collectible cars. Mr. John Gibson is the Consignment
Manager for the Charlotte location. He welcomed
our club and described their operations to us in some
detail, he also encouraged us to do business with
them in buying, storing, or putting a car up for
consignment with them to market and sell. They had
many very nice fine MOPARs on their showroom
floor and we all enjoyed viewing them. More
information on our meeting can be found in the
February Minute section in this newsletter. Below
are some fine examples of some very nice MOPARs
at their Charlotte location.
Nice 1965 Plymouth Satellite Convertible
Very Lovely 1966 Plymouth Hemi Belvedere
A Couple of Beautiful 1970 440 Plymouth Cudas
A Very Nice 1968 Dodge Dart
A Couple Of Nice Nash Metropolitans
And One Ford Being Worked On By Five Guys
Our unofficial outing (without a meeting) was held
on March 19th
at the RK Motors with the Carolina-
ScatPack Club. The Carolina-ScatPack Club is made
up of mostly newer MOPARs (Dodge Challengers
and Dodge Chargers) and the show field was made
up of mostly newer cars with a few older MOPARs
being shown. I feel the weather (morning rain) kept
the turnout of older MOPARs away. I was planning
to take one of my Plymouths to the show but the bad
morning weather had me driving my Dodge RAM.
Now on the inside of RK Motors there was a
beautiful assortment of MOPARs. Below are just a
few of the very nice cars inside the showroom.
Beautiful 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury
Beautiful 1969 Plymouth Road Runner
Forever Beautiful 1970 Plymouth Cuda AAR
Nice 1970 Plymouth Viper Cuda
Very Nice 1967 Plymouth GTX
Another Beautiful 1970 Plymouth Cuda
Very Unusual But Beautiful 1961 Plymouth SW
Very Nice 1971 Plymouth Cuda
Mike Bucket will be back with us again next month
as I have a special article written by an old friend that
I have known since childhood. He is a few years
younger than me, we went to the same church, and
lived only a block from each other. His name is Kent
Bernhardt, he works for Performance Racing
Network, he’s a radio DJ, he sings, he’s an actor, he
writes for the Salisbury Post; he does many things
very well. As you can see he is a very talented
person and I have his permission to use this article.
Our next Club outing will be the Spring AutoFair on
Saturday April 9th and Sunday April 10
th with a
meeting at 12 noon on Sunday. I still have a few
tickets left for Sunday.
Till we meet again, remember to keep those old
Plymouths running and on the road, and God Bless
you all.
Dean Yates, President
March/April Birthdays:
Shane Binkley
Cindy Bratton
Jonny Oliver
Toba Smith
Pat Weaver
Ginny Wells
Future Meetings & Activities:
Apr 9/10 Spring Charlotte AutoFair, (8am);
Concord, NC
May 14 MOPAR Fun Run, (10am);
Farmington, NC
Jun 4 Carolina Plymouth Club Car Show,
(8am); Spencer, NC
Jul 16 Farmers Day (10am);
China Grove, NC
Aug 13 Kannapolis Cruise-In, (2pm);
Kannapolis, NC
Sept 24/25 Fall Charlotte AutoFair, (8am);
Concord, NC
Oct 29 NC Zoo ???, (???);
Asheboro, NC
Dec 3 Appreciation Dinner, (5pm);
NC
Others: MOPARs At The Rock, Apr 2
Chrysler at Carlisle, Jul 15-17
Mopar Nationals, Aug 5-7
Don Garlits Show, Nov 4-6
1st Saturday, Mooresville Cruise-In
2nd
Saturday, Kannapolis Cruise-In
Future AutoFairs: 2017: 4/8-9; 9/23-24
2018: 4/7-8; 9/22-23
February Minutes – StreetSide Classics
The Club's meeting was held at StreetSide Classics in
Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday February 27,
2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Dean Yates welcomed everyone to the club meeting
and then introduced Mr. John Gibson, Consignment
Manager for the company. Mr. Gibson welcomed
our club and described their operations to us in some
detail and of course encouraged us to do business
with them in buying, storing, or putting a car up for
consignment with them to market and sell.
John also talked about the market and their firm
moving into a new larger building in Concord
because they are simply running out of space. He
mentioned they have other locations of the company
in Atlanta, Dallas, and Tampa as well.
Greg Errett read the minutes from the January
meeting and they were approved as read.
Joe Brown gave the club's Treasury report and told us
the Club's account was holding steady. Joe also
mentioned the club received a new member's
application from Reidsville.
Dean asked for a ‘Sick Call’ of anyone who is injured
or sick at this time. Joe said he is still going to the
doctor about twice a week. Sherry Deliso talked
about her aunt in New York having surgery and the
issues going on there.
Dean then went over the Old Business items
including distributing the club's business cards with
our Mopar Car Show date on them; club t-shirts still
for sale at various sizes; review of the club's activities
for 2016; and the list of organizations the club will be
making charitable donations to this year. A
discussion ensued as some of the organizations were
not statewide groups but more locally oriented. The
Salvation Army and Hospice were set up as local
organizations. Dean suggested we then increase the
$500 pledge to $600 and divide it three ways among
3 counties in the general area of the club's active
membership, or $200 for each county. Greg
suggested keeping it at $500 total and dividing it up 5
ways at $100 each for these counties: Guilford,
Forsyth, Rowan, Mecklenburg and Union Counties.
This idea was approved through a motion and vote.
We continued the discussion on the club's activities
for 2016. Sherry will check into a trip to the NC
Zoo, discussed the August event being the
Kannapolis Cruise-In on August 13th, and our
Appreciation Dinner on December 3rd. Some
comments were made as to where the dinner should
take place.
Dean then led a discussion about the club's Facebook
page and its need for updates. Keith Mitchem's son
had been doing it for awhile but is no longer active in
the club's activities.
Dean began discussing new business. He went over
the logistics for the spring AutoFair and discussed the
rules set down by the Charlotte Motor Speedway
running the show. As usual there will be two tickets
per person per day for entering the speedway as well
as a car pass for each day of participating in the fair.
Someone asked Dean about leaving cars overnight at
the Fair and he said he has had no problems with
vandalism in the past.
Dean also reminded club members it is time to renew
club memberships which are due in April each year.
Regarding our annual MOPAR Car show in June at
the North Carolina Transportation Museum, we will
need door prizes donated. There will be no goody
bags this year. The show will be set up to evaluate
club member's cars separately from outside
participants to avoid the conflict of interest
complaints from the past.
Dean announced our next club outing will be March
19th at the ScatPak Club car show at RK Motors,
5527 Lakeview Drive in Charlotte at 12:00 p.m.
There was no other new business, the meeting was
adjourned, and members decided to meet at
Showmars for dinner; located on US 29 in Charlotte.
Respectfully Submitted
Greg Errett, Secretary
Toys & Stuff
Back in the 1990’s when the Plymouth automobile was
still being produced like all automotive companies they
would make items to sale with their names on it (shirts,
coats, pins, etc). Well that year Chrysler Motors made
watches for their Plymouth line of cars. It was the
end of the year so they had a fire sale on their
merchandize and I purchased the Plymouth watch
pictured above. As you can see it is still new in the box
and has never been used. It is in a tin container and
the watch is: Quartz Accuracy, Water Resistant, 3
Year Warranty (expired), and Long Life Battery (dead
I’m sure).
If you have any toys or unusual stuff just send me a
picture and a few lines on what it is and I will try to
get it in our newsletter.
Dean
Just call me Mr. Fix-It
Give a man a tool, and you feed his handyman
fantasy for a day. Teach a man to use that tool and
you keep legitimate repairmen gainfully employed
repairing his damage for a lifetime. — Abraham
Lincoln
OK, I’m not sure Abraham Lincoln actually said that,
but he should’ve. It’s just as true as other things he
said.
Like most men, I have a collection of tools. I’ve
assembled them throughout a lifetime of home
improvement projects.
And I actually know what a few of them do.
I have the mandatory hammers, screwdrivers, drills,
and even drill bits, most of which I store under my
washing machine because that’s where they rolled
when they fell out of my drill bit case. At least I
know where they are.
I also have drain snakes of various sizes. For you
home repair novices, a drain snake is a tool you use
on tough drain clogs just before you call a real
plumber.
Then he comes to your home, removes the jammed
snake from your drain, and pours some stuff in there
that makes your home smell like rotten eggs for the
rest of the day.
Yes, like all men I love roaming the aisles of Lowes
and Home Depot appearing to know exactly what I
need. I usually don’t, but according to the man code
I’m not allowed to tell anyone I don’t.
For me, shopping at Lowe’s is like looking for a
bathroom in the Vatican. I figure if I wander around
long enough, I’ll eventually find what I need.
Kind employees will approach me asking if they can
help me. I should say “Yes, I need you to come to my
home, take a look at my problem, buy the item I
need, and fix it for me.” But what I hear myself say
instead is “No thanks, I’m just looking.”
I’m just looking all right. I’m looking for the nerve to
tell them I’m a home repair idiot.
Being home repair challenged is nothing new to me.
It goes way back, really to my teen years.
Just before my senior year of high school, I had a
summer job at a local produce company. The first
day on the job, my boss asked me to go across the
street to an auto parts supply store and borrow their
skyhook.
There’s no such thing as a skyhook. But dutifully, I
sauntered over to the store and asked to borrow
theirs.
“Well, he knows we have them in different sizes,”
the guy told me with a twinkle in his eye. “Go back
and ask him which size he needs.”
I returned to my boss. “He needs to know the size
you need.”
“He knows what size I need!” he piped. “Tell him it’s
the same one I always use!”
Across the street I go again. “He says it’s the same
skyhook he always uses.”
This went on for a few more trips until I realized I
was getting the new employee treatment. I later had
the pleasure of watching a few other new hires fall
victim to the same joke.
We men are by nature “fixers.” We have a need to fix
things, and fix them quickly. When our wives come
to us complaining about the status of our relationship,
we want to put duct tape on it. Problem solved.
But I confess to you today that I’m no fixer. I’m the
guy who should just call someone who is. I’m not
really even a tool guy. Still, I love to flirt with my
fantasy, and on occasion I have been successful.
I can rebuild the inside of a toilet, and I successfully
replaced a drain trap once. It held for three full days.
Still, as Andy Griffith once said, I should just “call
the man” and save myself the time and agony of
another botched repair.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to run to Lowe’s.
They’re having a sale on skyhooks.
Kent Bernhardt lives in Salisbury.
Attention: The Carolina Region Has A New Return Address For Making Payment!
MOPAR Cars And Parts For Sale, And Want Ads
Members are free, all others are $3.00 per month ([email protected])
Club shirts and some show T-shirts for sale. Dean at: [email protected] or 704-223-1195.
For Sale: 1970-1976 A-Body AM Radio; late model MOPAR AM/FM/CD Radio; after market AM/FM/CD Radio.
Wanted: 1962 Plymouth Fury convertible trunk lid. Dean at: [email protected] or 704-223-1195.
For Sale: '73 (+/-) Challenger hood with nostrils and holes for hood pins and one spot of rust. Under-dash AC
package (all major parts $300); Mopar 8-3/4" differentials, various high gear, non-locking - $100, locking - $200,
4.89 Sure-Grip - $300 (only used on short trips); Dodge Mirada all aluminum 15x6 wheels, vgc $125; ‘63–‘65 "B"
body conv top frame (rust) $150, ‘63-‘65 pedals ass’y $75; ‘64 A727 trans $600, probably need seals; 383 low
block crank, turned 0.010"- $100. Barnes Daniels 336-765-0409, 9 to 9pm.
For Sale: 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe, 4 Dr, many accessories & rust free; asking $8,950. Also have many toy
cars & trucks, mostly antique and many MOPARS. Marty at 336-580-2513 or [email protected]
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Dean Yates
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