We did it! We pulled off another successful National Meet!1986-2011 twenty-five year span between!

Inside This Issue;l Our National Show Coverage !l Agenda for 2012 Elections Newsletter of the Northern California Chapter

Oldsmobile Club of America

OldsletterThe

Sept/Oct 2011

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President Dan Haggerty(408) 268-7904 6208 Balderstone Drdnehaggerty@juno.com San Jose, CA 95120

Vice Pres & Newsletter Larry EwingTechnical Librarian 3330 Henriette Ct(408) 528-9770 San Jose, CA 95135Rkt88LL@earthlink.net

Treasurer/Membership Jeanie Marsden(209) 823-4349 556 Greenview Pl

marshrocks88@verizon.net Manteca, CA 95337-6601

Secretary Diane Kauffman(925) 938-6071 451 Turrin Dr.dianek9@att.net Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Car Show Chairman Ken Van Gundy III(916) 784-3271 100 Zien Ct.Lnk3@earthlink.net Roseville, CA 95661

Public Relations Jeff Stanish(408) 370-9142 2030 Anthony Dr.jeffandsherie1988@ Campbell, CA 95008att.net

Club Historian BobGriffith(209) 366-2807 2434 Grenoblerobert.griffith@GM.com Lodi,CA95242

Officers and Representatives 2011

Pacific S.W. Zone Directors Joe Varley, 14908 E. Dale LaneScottsdale, AZ 85262(480) 998-1449rocket88man@cox.netKarl Sup, 2355 S. Wildrose CircleMesa, AZ 85209-1526602-628-8866 cellkjsup@cox.net

Health and WelfareChairperson Linda Sutherland (209) 833-3413mlkprod@mac.com1460 Velasquez LaneTracy, CA 95377

Nor Cal Olds Club Website; www.norcalolds.com Webmaster; Don Sutherland

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Hi Olds Enthusiasts

First, I want to thank all the NCOC volunteers and the SoCal club volunteer support for making the 2011 Oldsmobile National Car Show and Swap Meet a Great success. The event was attended by over 800 guests signed up for our national show at the Grand Sierra Resort Reno, NV. Second,Iwanttoaskfornominationsforour2012NCOCOfficers,becausenoneofthepresentOfficerswillbereturningfor2012.WewillneedanewPresident,VicePresident, Treasurer/Membership Chairperson, and Secretary.

Your President, Dan HaggertyPS: If you have not held President office before I’d be willing to join you as VP

President’s Message

This issue is packed with our national event coverage. It has a ton of photos from MikePembertonandKerryWarrick,PresidentoftheArizonaClubwhoprovidedover400photosforouruse.WehaveothersfromDonSutherlandwhocoveredtheLadies Luncheon and tour photos. I was able to shoot drag race pictures and a few on theshowfieldbutKerrydeservesthelionsshareofcredit.JWOwillcoverthiseventandwillprobablynotfocusonNorCalbutrather,andfairly so, the overall show. IconcentratedonNorCalmemberscarsofwhichwehadover70entries.Wehad10cars in Best of Class! Special awards and cars are covered as well as some non-Nor Calcars.Wegottoseeabunchofourmembersandtheircarsatthiseventthatwehave not ever seen before. An example is Sandra Tell from Fort Bragg with her gor-geous 1954 98 Holiday.I know many of you took photos of this event so I encourage you to send them along withyourstorytotheOldsletterandorJWObecausewecancontinuetocoverthisspectacular event for issues to come.Regards,Larry EwingEditor

The covershowsanaerialshotoftheshowfieldandtheparkinglotfilledwithOlds-mobiles with the hotel in back ground. This just didn’t happen by itself!Ken VanGundy and Jon Manji deserve a ton of credit for masterfully laying out the showfieldandfollowingthroughwithjudgingandresultswithLoriVanGundysexpertise.

Editor’s Note

Please send your nominations to one of the election committee members(DanHaggerty,DaveKennedy,BobGriffith,KenVanGundy III) by October 1, 2011 so that elections can be held in November with winners announced in December.

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The Job Description for the post of Treasurer/ Membership should read, “willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done and keep smiling while you do it!” Just a prelude totheElections!Idonotplantorunforthisofficeagain.Ihavegiven10yearstotheclub and it is time the baton gets handed off to someone else. I have enjoyed being the Membership Chairperson and took the Treasurers job because it was just easier to handleallthemoneyinoneplace.TheNorCalOldsClubhasmanyfinemembersandwe have shown the world that we know how to run a National Show event and make itworklikeafinetunedmachine!Wehavebeengettinglotsoffeedbackfromallover,aboutwhatagreatshowwehad.Itmakesallthathardworkworthit!Wewishthenext years’ group good luck!

WehadnewmembersjoinourclubattheNationals,theyare;TravisTerrellBlack,EdgarBrumfield,AlHausenreinstated,MattHewitt,DaveLipsky,Floyd(Steve)Sla-tonreinstated,AndrewTell,BrianSamson,BillStubbsandRoddyWilson.Welcomeaboard!Respectfully submitted, ever faithful and tenacious, toodle do, Jeanie Marsden

Membership / Treasurer Report

Here are some happenings throughout 2011 that you’ll want to mark your calendars for! October 2, 2011: Fall Swap Meet 6am - 2pm October 5-12, 2011: Fall Colors Tour --- California Automobile Museum’s main trip for the year in 2011 will be to the New England area including visits to: Portsmouth, NH,WellsAutoMuseum,KennebunkportME,LLBean,GoldenrodGarage,OwlsHead Transportation Museum, The Larz Anderson Museum and a drive across the KancamagusHighwayintheWhiteMountainsofNewHampshire.

October 28, 2011: Annual Fundraising Dinner WearethrilledtoannouncethatDennisGageof“MyClassicCar”willbeourguestspeaker! Tickets are only $75 for dinner, silent and live auctions and a night of enter-tainment to support the Museum. You won’t want to miss this, so save the date!

http://www.calautomuseum.org/

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August 26-28 GoodguysWestCoastNationals,PleasantonFairgrounds(925) 838-9876 August 28 Hillsborough Concours D’Elegance, Crystal Springs Golf CourseSept. 9-11 Roamin’ Angels Cruisin’ the Pines Car Show, Grass Valley, CASept 10 Castro Valley Classic Car Show, Bart Station lot in CV www.castrovalleycarshow.com.Sept 24 Ironstone Concours d’Elegance, Murphys, CA (100 years of Chevrolet)Oct 4 Horses to Horsepower car show Sequoia High School, Redwood City

Other Events

Oct 8 Club general meeting and election planning at Rare Parts, Stockton, details below

Dec 4 Annual Christmas party with election results, Cattlemen’s, Livermore. Flyer to be in next issue

Official Olds Club Events 2011

From Southbound #5; Take the Monte Diablo exit#474A, turn right onto Monte Diablo.TakethefirstrightontoCarltonAve.TakesecondrightontoWFremontSt.TakefirstleftontoWilshireAve.RarePartsisattheendonrightsidewithabigsign.From Northbound #5; Monte Diablo exit#474A, keep right at the fork and follow signs to Ballpark. Turn right at Monte Diablo. Take 1st left on Ryder stay to left and itbecomesWfremontSt.TurnrightonWilshireAve.Lyle at 209-200-2706, Danny at 209-200-2702 or Marshall at 209-200-2705

October 8, 2011 - 10am - 2pm General Meeting Withlunchprovidedat$8.00perpersonpayableatthemeeting,

Sandwiches, chips and drinks.Bring an Oldsmobile!

621 Wilshire Ave. Stockton, CA 95203

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From my perspective the show went very well.It started kind of bumpy in that the hotel had not cleared the show field area by Tuesday morning. They did make good and towed 80 plus cars to a different location and we began setting up. Another glitch was the registration room we counted on was being used up until Wednes-day by someone else. The hotel found us another room which was better but all of our pre-made signs were now incorrect as for location. Changes made, we did get the flow we wanted and things began to roll!

The first event was the tour to the Harrah Auto Collection which was followed with the Welcome Social Wednesday where we filled the room with happy Oldsmobile folks. The auto tour ran continuously Wednesday and Thursday and was enjoyed by all.

Thursday many got positioned on the show field that Ken Van Gundy and crew had masterfully set up. The weather was warm but not the blazing heat that could happen in Reno. Thursday afternoon around 275 people boarded busses for the Lake Tahoe Cruise/Dinner. We got nothing but thumbs up on the tour, many happy campers!

Friday was show/judging day which started with a Judges Clinic with Chief Judge Ed Konsmo moderator. A breakfast followed and judging began around 10 AM. Nearly 300 cars, judging lasted into mid afternoon. At the same time we had the swap meet which shared the outer edge of the show field. Set up was Wednesday for the swap and lasted through Saturday. The ladies luncheon/fashion show was also held on this day and another highly praised event went well.

After that warm day of judging there was the Oldsmobile drag race in Fallon, NV at Top Gun Raceway. Unfortunately not many went to this event. Joe Donnelly did what he

could to get out the word but distance away and weather kept the turn out low, less than a dozen cars and only a few dozen specta-tors. But those who went got a spectacular show. Mostly Cutlass cars with Grant Warner running in the11s, Donnelly in the 12s. OCA President Jerry Wilson was there enjoying every moment. The weather was stormy but let up enough to let the cars run.

Back at the hotel that same storm had blown through the swap and show field causing a mini panic with many folks moving their cars to a safer place. Saturday AM, after the blow out, found few cars on the show field but some diehard ‘48-’50 Futuramic fans gathered over 2 dozen of these beauties for a group photo shoot.

Saturday morning was the tour to Virginia City which included lunch and a train ride. When back from that tour folks needed to check their awards and raffle results at regis-tration then get ready for the banquet, High action!

Over 400 attended the banquet which was held in a larger room with a dozen Oldsmobiles from 1903 to 2003 surrounding the edge. The colors were presented by the Reno Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, Invocation by Daylene DeLong and the festivities began. Dan Haggerty, Chairman of the National Event, opened and introduced everyone con-nected. Between Jerry Wilson, OCA President, Ed Konsmo, OCA Chief Judge and Ken Van-Gundy Event Head Judge we sailed through the awards. Jeanie Marsden and Larry Ewing held the 50/50 raffle toward the end and raffled off 5 event hats and all the professional sinage. Gary Hinman from our club won the 50/50 cash. Mike Griva, also from our club, donated 40 bottles of fine wine which was given away 1 per table. We all should be proud of a suc-cessful show! A good time was had by all.Larry Ewing, photo by Kerry Warrick

2011 OCA Nationals, a Successful Show! by Larry Ewing

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2011 Oldsmobile Club of America National Meet July 29, 2011 Reno, NevadaBest of Class Awards

State/ # In First Name Last Name City Province Year Model This Class

Class 1 Junior 1897-1925 ALL Bill Gularte Soledad CA 1913 53 1Class 2 Junior 1926-1939 ALL Willy Cooper Livermore CA 1931 Business Coupe 3Class 3 Junior 1940-1948 ALL Kerry Warrick Scottsdale AZ 1948 98 4Class 4 Junior 1949-1950 ALL Dave Runyan Granada Hills CA 1950 0 8Class 5 Junior 1951-1954 ALL Fred La Corte Poway CA 1951 98 2 dr Hardtop 5Class 6 Junior 1955-1956 ALL Murrill Conley Lincoln CA 1956 Super88 9Class 7 Junior 1957-1960 ALL David Soball Delta BC, Canada 1957 Fiesta 7Class 8a Junior 1961-1970 Full Size & Jet Star 88 Ed Landman Petaluma CA 1961 Jet Star 88 8Class 8b Junior 1961-1965 ALL (other than full size and perf.) & Jet Fire Bruce Murdock Salem UT 1962 Cutlass closed 4Class 8c Junior 1961-1966 Starfire & JetStar 1 David Holt Colorado Springs CO 1961 Starfire Conv. 4Class 9 Junior 1966-1969 ALL (other than full size and performance) John Eilers Mesa AZ 1967 Cutlass Supreme 2Class 10a Junior 1971-1976 Full Size David Braganini Paw Paw MI 1975 Delta Conv. 1Class 10b Junior 1970-1975 ALL (other than full size & performance) Dan Anderson Gilbert AZ 1970 Cutlass SX 11Class 11a Junior 1977-1988 Full Size Lyle Lefever Lexington OH 1983 98 3Class 11b Junior 1976-1988 RWD (other than full size & perf.) Michael Van Auken Mission Viejo CA 1979 Starfire 2Class 12a Junior 1968-1972 Hurst Todd Hood Tucson AZ 1969 H/O 8Class 12b Junior 1973-1979 Hurst Frank Byrd Camarillo CA 1975 H/O 3Class 12c Junior 1983-1988 ALL Hurst & Aero Hurst Kristine Buchholz Danville CA 1984 H/O 2Class 13a Junior 1964-1967 ALL Performance Ron Torland Battle Ground WA 1967 442 Conv. 8Class 13b Junior 1968-1969 Performance (open) Randal Corrigan Olympia WA 1968 442 2Class 13c Junior 1968-1969 Performance (closed) Ron Thomas Houston TX 1969 442 W30 1Class 13d Junior 1970-1972 Performance (open) Lee Pearl Moreno Valley CA 1970 442 7Class 13e Junior 1970-1972 Performance (closed) Fred Mandrick Scottsdale AZ 1970 442 8Class 13f Junior 1973-1980 ALL Performance Gary Campbell Arvada CO 1973 442 1Class 13g Junior 1981-1992 ALL Performance - - - - - - 2Class 14a Junior 1966-1970 Toronado John Bock Dallas TX 1969 Toronado 3Class 14b Junior 1971-1978 Toronado Larry Simon Jr Campbell CA 1971 Toronado 2Class 14c Junior 1979-1992 Toronado Donna/Dave Huggins Tyler TX 1988 Toronado 4Class 14d Junior 1995-2003 Aurora Ken Van Gundy III Roseville CA 2003 Aurora 4Class 15a Junior 1989-2004 ALL (models not listed elsewhere) Ron Pierpoint Lincoln CA 1991 88 Royale 5Class 15b Junior 1990-2004 SUVs & VANS Anthony De Rose Castro Valley CA 2000 Silhouette van 1Class 16a Junior 1900-1967 Modified Marvin Landon Hidden Hills CA 1949 53 33Class 16b Junior 1968-2004 Modified Ed Nagel Richmond TX 1970 Cutlass 12Class 17a Junior 1900-2004 Street Stock David Munyon El Cajon CA 1950 98 Conv. 15Class 17b Junior 1964-1991 Street Stock 442s Anthony La Centra Hayward CA 1969 442 4Class 19 Junior Race Car Class John Pilcher El Cajon CA 1964 442 6Class 20e Senior 1941-1950 ALL Harley Berg Long Beach CA 1950 Holiday 2Class 20f Senior 1951-1960 ALL Robert Patterson Redmond OR 1955 Super 88 open 1Class 20g Senior 1961-1970 ALL Ray Schriver Vermontville MI 1968 H/O 0Class 20h Senior 1971-1980 ALL Harry Patterson Cincinnati OH 1973 Delta Royale 1Class 20i Senior 1981-1990 ALL John Liconte Plano TX 1983 H/O 1Class 20k Senior 2001-2004 ALL Ron Gilson Eugene OR 2004 Bravada 2Class 20L3 Senior Race Car Joseph Donnelly Albuquerque NM 1966 442 W30 1

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2011 OCA Nationals Official Results of Best of Class

The above list has 10 Nor Cal Olds members that won Best of Class (BOC). Congratulations!We had over 200 cars to judge and the cars not listed here won either 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.I have attempted to show all our BOC cars with a photo and as many Nor Cal cars I recognize with various lists I have. I have sent over 400 photos to JWO with the above list keyed the pho-tos. Brad may show all BOC cars but I plan to concentrate on our local contribution. The next 10 cars are our Nor Cals BOC. ed LEE

Class 1, Bill Gularte, 1913 Mdl 53 Class 2, Willy Cooper, 1931 Business Coupe

Class 6, Murill Conley, 1956 S88 Class 8A, Ed Landman, 1961 Jet Star 88

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Class 11B, Michael Van Auken, 1979 Starfire Class 12C, Kristine Buchholz, 1984 H/O

Class 14D, Lori Van Gundy, 2003 Aurora Class 15A, Ron Pierpoint, 1991 88 Royale

Class 17B, Anthony De Rose, 2000 Van Class 17B, Anthony La Centra, 1969 442

Best of Show, Terry Henry, Sacramento CA. 1948 Radically Modified Convertible

We had over 30 of these Futuramics (‘48-’50) Above is a group shoot with 26 pictured

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The Pre-War REO Award, Bill Gularte, 1913 from Salinas, CA, Nor Cal Club

Post-War REO Award, David Soball, 1957 Pil-larless Fiesta Wagon. From British Columbia

Helen Earley Award, Giulio Dedini, ‘58 88 Sedan, only 12K actual mileage! From San

Luis Obispo, CA, Nor Cal Club

Dale Smith Award, Bob Stokes, ‘70 442 W-30From Buellton, CA, So Cal Club

Long distance travelers, Barry and Lorraine Bywater, Gawler East, SA, Australia

Ken Van Gundy III, Event Head Judge and Ed Konsmo, OCA Chief Judge at work on show field

Hu Vandervort Award, Dave Runyon, ‘50 88 Holiday which was also BOC in class 4. From

Granada Hills, CA, So Cal Club

BOC Modified Class 16A, Marvin Landon, from Hidden Hills, CA, 1949 88 Coupe

33 cars in the class!

Special Awards

10Carmen and Gerald Nickles, 1970 Cutlass SX Bruce and Juana Wagner, 1961 S88 Sedan

Tom and Gaylene Hoshiyama, 1950 88 FB Dan and Elaine Haggerty, 1957 88 Holiday

Mike and Deborah Pemberton, 1966 442 Mike and Deborah Pemberton, 1957 88 Mod.

Len Trout, 1975 Hurst Olds Paul Turkovich, 1956 88 Holiday Sedan

Ken and Lori Van Gundy, 1983 H/O Larry and Joan Shuyler, 1955 88 Holiday

Nor Cal Members Cars, Next 7 Pages

11John and Janet Rowan, 1949 88 Mod. Coupe Noel and Penny Vestbie, 1950 88 Mod. 2 dr

Larry and Linda Ewing, 1950 88 FB Larry and Linda Ewing, 1950 88 4 Dr

Larry and Linda Ewing, 1950 88 Mod. Coupe Hayden and Joanne Long, 1950 88 Mod. Sedan

Dave and Betty Foster, 1949 Mod. Coupe Galen and Bea Klokkenvold, ‘50 88 Convertible

Albert and Vicki Esquivel ‘50 88 Convertible Jim and Debbie Alloway, 1950 88 Mod. FB

12Jeff and Shari Stanish, 1969 Hurst Olds Jeff and Shari Stanish, 1979 Hurst Olds

George Ledger, 1955 98 Holiday Tom and Joanne Miller, 1956 98 Convertible

Jon Manji, 1986 442 Steve and Sonia Spatola, 1978 Salon Brougham

Scot Taylor, 1959 98 Holiday Sedan John and Margi Smith, ‘57 Golden 88 Holiday

Rick and Karen Rayos, 1975 Cutlass Supreme Mario and Cleila Targio, 1955 98 Convert.

13Bob Clingman, 1968 Hurst Olds Arnie Schweer, 1949 98 Convertible

Sandra Tell, 1954 98 Holiday Ed and Sharon Bennett, 1953 88 Convertible

Craig Baldwin, 1955 S88 Holiday Ted and Janice Thompson, 1955 S88 Convert.

Owen and Louise Wilson, 1957 88 Holiday 2 dr Al Wilson, Mr Olds, 1970 98 Convertible

Jim & Gloria Barron, 1970 442 W-30 Convert. Robert & Marilyn Kaufman, 1970 442 Convert.

14Mark Gorton 1964 F-85 Cutlass Convertible Larry Camuso, 1941 Convertible Sedan

Les & Gail Russell, 1949 Convertible Gary & Sally Hinman, 1966 Toronado

The Erion’s ‘49 Modified 88 Coupe Dominic Spinetta, 1965 Delta 88

The Overholtzer’s ‘94 Cutlass Convertible Lyle & Vicki Burgess 1933 F-33 Touring Sedan

Dan & Jacki Flanagan, 1949 98 Club Sedan Bob & Janette Griffith, 1955 Starfire Convert.

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Marshall and Nancy Kraus, 1950 88 Coupe John & Mary D’Attilio, 1949 98 Sedan

Cliff & Terri Cortright, 1950 88 Modified Coupe Andy and Jan Lundback, 1950 88 Holiday

Bud and Diane Brown, 1956 98 Holiday Sedan Harv & Barbara Goldhammer, 1970 442

Beau and Jody Brown, 1970 Cutlass Pace Car Dennis & Ginger Baker 1972 Cutlass Convert-

Diane Kauffman, 1970 Cutlass SX Jack and Camille Tognetti, 1970 442 W-30

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Willy Roland, 1965 442 Convertible Bill and Brenda Crockett, 1971 Cutlass S

Donald & D’Riece Gundred, 1970 442 Conv Jeff And Cara Peck, 1973 Cutlass Supreme

Mike Carney, 1985 442 Pete & Kristine Clayton, 1957 98 Holiday

Jim and Judy Jensen, 1955 Mod. 88 Holiday Ron Moe, 1950 88 Coupe

Ron Bennett, 1957 98 Holiday Mike and Collette White, 1950 88 SS Coupe

OCA Members in N. California we would like to have as Nor Cal members below;

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Friends from the Great Northwest;Al Kvarme, 1950 88 Mod. Coupe with 1100 HP Dart Olds, Oregon Below; Bill Goodnight, 1958 88 Holiday, IdahoBelow right, Roy and Bev Asbahr, ‘49 Woddie,Gresham, Oregon

Randy Corrigan, 1968 442 Convertible and OCA Chief Judge Ed Konsmo with his rare 1950 98 Town Sedan both from the State of Washington. PS; I know there are more from up there so send some pictures and names please! editor

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Tahoe Dinner Cruise Photos by Don Sutherland, Kerry Warrick and friends

Above the crowd of over 270 await the buses at the hotel. No disappointments!All had a wonderful time.Bottom left; Kerry Warrick, Arizona Chapter President, took the lions share of photos on this trip as well as most in this newsletter. Next to him is Dave Howe from Riverside, CA enjoying every moment!

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The 2011 Nationals Ladies Luncheon was a great success. Audible sighs of pleasure were heard as ladies noticed the elegant Victorian decorations. Soft music serenad-ing lunch, paused for two tales of women who made their fame and fortune during the gold mining days. Music resumed as models circulated among the tables and interacted with the audience. The two raffle winners were delighted with their quilts. Following the luncheon, Casa Di Moda, the store donating the show fashions, was filled with shoppers. It was an event everyone enjoyed.

Nationals Ladies Luncheon Elaine Haggerty, Photos by Don Sutherland

Models from left, Vicki Burgess, Linda Ewing, Cleila Targio, Mary Parsons, and Diane Kauffman

Harv and Barbara Goldhammer taking a break in the shade across from their swap space

The swap meet shared the edge of the show field because each was down in expected attendance. It worked out well for both.

OCA National Swap Meet

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OCA Nationals Drag RaceHeld at Top Gun Raceway in Fallon, Nevada Friday night attendance was light because of weather, distance and lightly promoted. The sky was threatening but let up enough to run the cars.

Far left is Ray Angels 442 with Grant Warner at the line.Below is Jeff and Sean Stanish with a run for the first time in their immaculate and fresh 1969 H/O.

Above a Cutlass shoot out!Left, Grant Warner, far lane, squaring of with Jim Donnelly with his 1966 442 W-30. Grants ‘69 442 is quicker but lost to Jim in the finals.

Photos by Larry Ewing

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OCA Nationals Awards BanquetDan Haggerty, President of Nor Cal Club and Chairman of the 2011 OCA National stands before a crowd of over 400 Oldsmobile members fulfilling a wish he had over three years ago. That wish was to hold a Nationals like the one the club put on in 1986. With his determination and guidance it came to a success-ful conclusion on this night in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Great job Dan!!

The Silver State Pavilion Room was elegantly set up with a row of beautiful Oldsmobiles surrounding the outer edge

Jerry Wilson, OCA President enjoying the event as he wins wine donated by Nor Cal member Mike Griva.

Below is another view of the room as seen from the stage.Is that Jeanie Marsden selling Raffle tickets again?

Photos by Mike Pemberton and Kerry Warrick

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Hello Jeanie, Super congrats on a wonderful National meet. This is the second national meet I’ve attended but the first in which I entered a car. From my perspective, every aspect of the meet was abso-lutely perfect. I could not have asked for more! Thank you and best regards, Randy CorriganOlympia, WA 1968 4-4-2 convertible

Jeanie,You are listed as the point of contact for the Northern California Olds club in JWO. I would like to pass along to you and your members my thanks for hosting a very enjoyable National meet. It was a long boring drive for me – San Antonio, TX to Reno was 1725 miles of mostly nothing and the same on the way back home – but well worth the trip. The California flare was very evi-dent in the number of late 40’s – early 50’s cars, most of which seemed to have been modified. Now personally I am into restoring 68 – 72 442’s, but I do loving looking at those earlier cars and hot rods. I’d bet there were a lot of these high dollar restorers that came unglued with what was awarded Best of Show but personally I got a real kick out of it. There was another candy apple red 50’ I also just loved as well as a 57’ – both of which had been tricked out in a really cool fashion. Glad to see it wasn’t all about the purists. Again, GREAT JOB and thanks for a wonderful time.Ralph GainesPresident, South Texas Olds Club

Dan and Elaine, I am sure you have got many congatulations and thanks for puttiing on and hosting the Olds Nationals in Reno this year. Mary and I are two more votes you can chalk up to the Haggerty’s as winners and Olds celebrities of the year. And that is the truth. You did a wonderful job and it is a pleasure to have met you guys last year in Sturbridge. We have been going to the Nationals every year in a row since Texas in “06 where we met Kathy and JR Stender from Minnesota and have become close friends with them. Unfortunately, as you know, Kathy broke her upper arm in two places a week before the event and they could not attend. We were also present at the 100 year celebration in Lansing in 1997. Also a pleasure to have had lunch with you in the sandwich shop. Mary is still talking and tell-ing everyone about her modeling job at the ladies luncheon. Without a doubt this was the best Nationals we have been to, one of the reasons being that we got to take our ‘67 Delta 88 that we got two years ago and “Ruby”, as Mary calls her, made the trip without any trouble at all. We also have a 1955 2dr hdtp coupe that we have had since 1994. At our So Cal club meeting, praise went out to the Nor Cal club for all your efforts in putting on this show. Thanks again Dan and Elaine,Sincerely,The Parson’s, Donnie Rocket and Mary

To the Oldsmobile Club of America andThe Northern California Chapter Oldsmobile Club of America, I would like to thank the Oldsmobile Club of America for the great honor bestowed on my car and myself in winning the Best of Show. It was a thrill, a privilege and a surprise. The trophy is proudly displayed in the family room. I would also like to thank the Northern California Chapter Oldsmobile Club of America for all

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Senior Preservation Awards

their work and dedication to host a great 2011 National Meet. It was our 1st National Oldsmo-bile car show. We had a wonderful time and had the chance to see a variety of many beautiful Oldsmobiles. The accommodations, events and activities were outstanding. What a great group of people; everyone was so friendly. My wife Linda and I had an opportunity to forge new friendships, reunite with old friends and connect with many Oldsmobile owners and fans. I have always loved Oldsmobiles; owning four 1949-1950’s. My 1st Olds was a 1950 2door sedan (x highway patrol car) that I bought in high school for $100 and turned into a hot rod. I was an OCA member in the early 1990’s when I built a 1950 Olds coupe which I sold in 1995. I didn’t have and Olds on the road for 11 years while I built my current car and have recently rejoined the Club. Both my wife and I are looking forward to future OCA and NorCal events. Thank you again, Terry HenryOCA Member # 023051

24Available Early Sept, 2011 - Make checks payable to Nor Cal Olds Inc.

2011 Oldsmobile Club of America National Meet Items For Sale

National Event Show T-Shirts and Sport Shirts in various sizes available below. Please note, sizes notlisted are SOLD OUT. Straw Hats are available.

We are offering these items at a ~25% discount from show prices plus shipping costs (See notebelow)

T-Shirts…(with logo front and back)……….Small__, Large__, X-Large__ x $10 = $ ______

2XL __, 3XL __4X__ x $15 = $ ______

Sport Shirts ……..…………………….…………..…X-Small__, Small__, x $20 = $ ______

2XL __, 3XL __,4X__ x $25 = $ ______

Straw Hat with Brim….……………………….….(one size fits most) #___ x $20 = $ ______

Shipping shirt__x $5 = $ ______

Shipping straw hat__x $10 = $______

All funds must be paid in US Dollars Total Due $______

Make checks payable to Nor Cal Olds Club and

send order to:

Nor Cal Olds Club Inc.

556 Greenview Place

Manteca, CA 95337-6601

Sport Shirts

T-Shirts

Straw Hatwith Brim

Note: Please include $5 for shipping per item

Straw Hat requires $10 shipping

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1973 Cutlass Supreme. New paint, interior, & brakes. 72K org mi, 350 AT duals $8.5k OBO Paul 209-620-4997

1964 Starfire,neweng,trans,brakes,tires,great shape. $15K Bill 559-591-6577

1960 S88 Convert. Rblt eng/trans 500 mi ago. Many new parts, great car $19,500 (530) 273-5117 Joe, Grass Valley

1955 88 2 dr Holiday All Orig. Has been garaged for past 25 years. Needs resora-tion. Call Tom for info 510-541-7988

1950 88 4dr sedan Chevy 454/400, Camero clip, Seville rear end. Shaved handles New interior & chrome. $13K Peter 650-400-4071 cell 650-367-1534 office

1949 1951 1955 Oldsmobile collection I may need to sell, all or part, if I don’t findstoragesoon.CarsfeaturedinMarApr 2009 Oldsletter. please call John Smith 415-586-0857 or cell 415-271-2213 in San Francisco

1950 88 Club Coupe. All tube chassis, all steel stock body, 598” Dart Olds motor, Coan TH 400, 4.88 Dana 60, street and strip wheels and tires, 3500 lbs.=9.0 150MPH times, streetable for cruises. Show winner. This car does it all! $ 75k (541) 447-6963 or (541) 280-3249 Al

(as seen at Nationals in Reno)1949 88 4 dr sedan. good engine and trans,

needs brakes and interior. body in prim-er. $2500 Roger at 916-290-2613 or see at 5025 El Parasio Ave Sac, CA 95824

1947 66 coupe AT, All orig, runs good, no rust, straight. Radio & all gauges work Needs resto. $3.5K.Tom (707)206-0747

1950 88 Deluxe grey, 4 Dr - Excel Cond, Freshly rebuilt AT runs great, $15,500

Call Bill (831) 458-25031937 “L” series “8 cylinder” coupe. this is

a project car well worth the restoration work. In Pinole CA, call Joaquin Mur-phy 510-367-1701, extra parts too

Cars For Sale

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1949/52, 1953/56, 1957-8 Front disk brake change over. Use stock spindles. All GM parts. Brackets and instructions from $189 inc UPS, Mike (510) 501-6299

1930-’80 Oldsobsolete has a large inven-tory of GM NOS parts from the 1930’s to the 1980’s. 100,000 parts shelved by part no. Ph 406-777-3221 (P.M. MT time) e-mail - parts@oldsobsolete.com

Parts; A web site dedicated to the sale of Classic Car parts. Small fee. Cliff Mierczynski Developer and Owner www.classiccarpartsclassifieds.com

Golden Gate T-shirts;$7member,$10non-member, add $1 for XXL to XXXL sizes. $4.60 shipping up to 4 shirts

Call Jeanie or Alan at (209) 823-4342 Oldsmobile restoration & performance

parts, 1930’s through 1970’s.: Tanson Ent Inc., P. O. Box 161942 Dept NC, Sac, CA 95816 (916) 448-2950 www.forwhatyouneed.com

CARS WANTED1962 F85 Cutlass Convertible (415) 731-

0127 murph55@sbcglobal.netPARTS WANTED1966 Starfiredriversideelectricwindow regulatorW.Pederson@Verizon.net1937-38 Olds, Buick or Pontiac 2 door

convertible top irons & bows or lead to a top set in California, Al Marsden 209-823-4349

1935 Olds hubcaps needed. Raul Melendez 323 251-5955

Parts For Sale1972 350 engine long block with intake

and pan + $250 510 889-1681196? Brand new 350-455 camshaft, specs

unknown. $30.Vibration damper with 4 pulleys $20 both $40 408-528-9770

1967,& 3 1966,425 engines. 3-1967 400 engines,11978diesel.Headpairs;J,C, G, B + misc pts. (916) 920-9306

1966 Toronadooriginaldealerflorescentsign. 48”x 18” 2 tube, red and white $900 obo (510) 794-8298

1959 Automatic Transmission. Excellent shape, $200. Tom (707) 206-0747

1956 Front fenders and doors off 88 HT, no rust, minor dings, $50 each, Located in Modesto. Call Chris (510) 388-6221

1950-1958 (303 to 371) Double roller timing chain set. Both gears and chain. $120+$13 S/H (580)658-3458 John

1938 “6” cyl grille w/emblem & hood ornament, Al Marsden 209-823-4349

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There is a new Auto History Preservation Society that is just starting up that I think you may enjoy being a member of. It has all to do with preservation of the auto industry’s history and records, much of which is being lost. There is no fee to join and no “hidden agendas”. The organizationisfoundedandbasedinMichiganbutitseekstobenefitmembersfromallovertheworld. For more information, please visit their website at www.ahpsoc.org . Feel free to pass this along to anyone on your email list that you think may be interested - even if you may not be interested yourself. And if you belong to car clubs, I encourage you to forward this to all of the members as well. If you have questions, you can send an e-mail to info@ahpsoc.org for more details or call me and I can give you phone numbers to talk directly to one of the board members.Thanks,Bob Bob Gerometta Wild About Cars www.wildaboutcars.com

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