The BOYZ Connection

Volume 9, Issue 4Officers

Next Meeting is

Tuesday April 10th 7pm

Vets Hall, Benicia

President Jeff Singley

Vice-President Kerry Scott

Secretary Mike & Ana Gosney

Treasurer Darrell Henkel

Events Coordinator Larry Collins

Chairman of the Board Greg Conrad

Appointed Positions

New Members Gina Duncan

Social Director Mary Morrow

Newsletter Tom Morrow

Web Page Design Adolph Keyes

FaceBook Tom Duncan

Louis

Presidents Corner

Name that Movie:

Matthew Broderick borrows a Ferrari

Boyz and Girlz

Great to see the awesome start we are off to in 2018.

So many new and improved aspects for the club. Website - Facebook - Boyz N Coffee -Membership - Events .....and many more. Hope you all are enjoying and thanks to all who have been working on this.

Wanted to bring up the hot rod aftermarket situation. Seems like no matter how much better it is today as far as selection and pricing - we continue to experience and hear about issues.

My dad was totally against aftermarket speed parts - most likely because of his bad experiences with them in the 50's. So when I wanted to put a B&M shift kit in a Turbo 400 for my 67 Chevelle - I didn't tell him. Had a buddy install it in the middle of the night at the local Ford dealership he worked at (and funny he was a total Chevy guy working there). Took my dad on his first drive in the car - and of course it chirped the tires in every gear with normal acceleration - he looked over at me and said "what did you do?" - I told him - he kinda shrugged a bit and maybe even smiled. Mom and dad took that car to breakfast every Saturday and Sunday (while I was sleeping in as any good teenager is supposed to do) the entire time I had it - they loved it.

My point is - we as a club have a great brain trust and vast amount of experience in this hobby - we need to share what is working and what is not - share solutions we find with the rest of the club - so we all don't keep going through the same pain with some of this aftermarket stuff.

Adolph has a spot on the web page for Tech Tips - and also feel free to share at meetings -help your fellow rodders out😋😋😋😋😋.

Just some thoughts - Keep on Cruizin

Jeff

A year ago I replaced the headlights on the 65 Chevelle with HID lights. I never finished the story behind the lights that

I originally put on. So, I’m gonna finish that story now.

The lights I put on were purchased thru the internet from TopGearAutosport.com. When I got them I noticed that they

were made in China, not happy about that. Put them in and had issues right off the bat. Lenses fog over on the inside

and bulbs blacken and not bright at all. They sent me a new set of lights, same as the 1st set of lights. Same problem. I

sent them an email explaining the problem and want them to compensate me on my time and expense. Never heard a

word from them. Guess I won’t deal with them anymore.

Needing headlights for the 65 I called OPGI and asked them about theirs, being a little gun shy now. Asked who made

them, where were they made, what kind of response have they had with them. And are they glass or plastic. I was

assured that the lights were made in the USA, California to be exact, just don’t remember the city. They were made of

glass and nobody has written a complaint about them. Still feeling a little gun shy but better, I ordered the lights, 3X

the cost of the first set. So now I’ve paid $500+ for lights. Damn things better work!!

To this day the lights are bright (came with Sylvania blue dots), the lenses are clear and I’m happy that I can see in the

dark. When the 67 Chevelle is done it will light up the dark also, because I put those same lights on that car.

Do the research for the parts you buy. I now look at everything and anything about a part. Even speed parts that I’ve

bought in the past. Sometimes you just can’t get around cheap parts and all you can do is cross your fingers.

Thanks for listening

Tom

Notes from the VP:

I just bought a newer Dodge Challenger RT. It has the 5.7 hemi engine, a 6 speed manual

transmission, four wheel disc brakes and independent rear suspension. The thing is bad ass! And

there are two or three models hotter than this one..

On one hand this puts me back in the "is it a big block?" crap I've been getting for years. My

Chevelle is a Malibu, the Malibu is a small block car. The SS has the big block, I go through this over

and over and over. My Chevelle runs great and I'll romp it right next to an SS any day. So now I tell

people of my new RT and they ask is it a ??, NO.

The day I bought the RT I thought I'll take this one on the BOYZ cruise this summer. In truth I will

not, my Chevelle is the classic muscle car and she is the one who will go on the long journey,

Cinderella has been my baby for 23 years. the new one is really fun and is engineered in ways that

they had not even dreamed about in 1966 but my classic will always be the coolest one in the

stable.

Your VP

Kerry Scott

P.S.

Love all this rain but, I like summer more !

Kerry Scott

Scott Construction

Before After

2018 Sacramento AutoramaFebruary 16 – 18

Boyz Under The Hood had seven members participating in this year’s 68th Annual Autorama

Three showed-displayed in a show/Judged (assigned classes):

Jerry and Jan Harris showed their 70 Dodge Coronet.They won 1st Place in their class - Stock Restored 68-72

They also won Outstanding Overall Restored Award And Best Display Award.

Michael Preston showed his 70 Dodge Challenger. He won 2nd place in his class - Stock Restored 68-72

Michael and Ana Gosney showed their 58 Chevy Impala. They won 2nd place in their class - Conservative Hardtop 55-60

Vern Kornbrust brought out his 57 Chevy pro street pickup for the Saturday drive in event. He drove home with the best truck award.

Six members were there for the full three days of the show.Three were there in a show-display/non judged category:

Bob and Shari Morgan displayed their 55 Chevy Bel-AirDoug and Donna Knudson displayed their 32 Ford Highboy

Anji Ramsey displayed her 22 Ford Roadster

Bowling FUN!!!

On March 10th, we had 3 classic cars and 4 modern cars leave Vallejo for Paddock Bowl in

Pacheco. (We had 4 more cars meet us there.) It seems the threat of rain kept some away… You

missed out if you didn’t make it to the bowling alley.

We had 13 ½ bowlers and a pretty good cheering section! Everyone had a blast! There were

quite a few strikes thrown, some spares, a bunch of gutter balls and of course a bet here and

there. Everyone had a great time no matter how the bowling was going.

After they finished 3 games, we headed for DQ in Vallejo for a bite to eat. Traffic was a little

heavy and it was a tight “merge” getting onto Hwy 4 so Tom Morrow and Joe Gracie took

advantage of a small opening and “jumped on it”. Then an immediate merge onto Hwy 80.

Shortly after getting on Hwy 680 we see red & blue lights flashing back a bit behind us. Too

much traffic to see what is going on… We hope it isn’t one of the Boyz.

When we get to DQ we find out that Sharan Gracie got pulled over for speeding (in a new

Cadillac Escalade). The officer asked her why she was in such a hurry and she said “I was

speeding to catch up with my husband’s classic car group”. The office said “so was I, I was after

the blue and white one”. Thanks Sharan for running interference for Tom & Joe – I don’t think

they would have been let go without a ticket. (Too hard to hide the bright blue & white ’56… he

would have caught us for sure.) Curt & Stephanie and Dan & Cristy went home and got their

classics on the way to DQ making it 5 classics for lunch. Good burgers, fries and ice cream and

lots of fun with a great group of people!

Mary M.

April1 April Fools Day10 Club Meeting15 Cars & Coffee – Target/Starbucks parking lot 10am to 12pm19 PepBoys Vallejo 5pm to whenever Club Event

weather permitting21 Cars on the Quad –Bethel High School – CM – Mary Morrow21-29 Kool April Nights - Redding29 Benicia Car Show – CM -29 Dream Machines Show – Half Moon Bay

May4 Canyon Café Graffiti Night – American Canyon – first Fridays5 Grass Valley Downtown Car Show – Grass Valley8 Club Meeting11-13 Oroville Car Show – Oroville12 Dixon May Fair Car Show – Dixon Fairgrounds13 Cars & Coffee – Target/Starbucks parking lot 10am to 12pm17 PepBoys Vallejo 5pm to whenever Club Event17-19 American Graffiti Car Show – Petaluma19 Jackson Car Show – Jackson27 Mare Island Memorial Day Flags – Mare Island Cemetery

June1 Canyon Café Graffiti Night – American Canyon – first Fridays2 Lincoln Car Show (Saturday), No show at Thunder Valley Casino2-3 Good Guys – Pleasanton2 Historic race Car Festival – Sonoma Raceway9 Bay Meadows Race Track – Jay Fitch12 Club Meeting16 Father’s Day Cruise – Greg Trewin Production17 Cars & Coffee – Target/Starbucks parking lot Vallejo21 PepBoys Vallejo 5pm to whenever Club Event23 Burgiemen Car Show – River City Classic – Sacramento

On going eventsAmerican Canyon Café-1st Friday of the month May thru Oct

Pepboys Vallejo- 3rd Thursday of every month (weather permitting)

Cars & Coffee- First Sunday after Club Meeting, Target – Starbucks

Happy Birthday to all our

April Boyz and Girlz!

4-2 Jay Fitch

4-7 Ana Gosney

4-11 Bill Mason

4-12 Denise Keyes

4-13 Bill Rogers

4-13 Skip Michaud

4-19 Brenda DeLaMater

4-25 Greg Conrad

4-30 Chuck Johnson

Social Connections:

I joined the Boyz back in 2011 to find a mechanic for my 65 Malibu. My first event/meeting was at Sears Point. Yes, I found my mechanic that night.

But that’s not what this is about. I got involved with the club. Went to shows, volunteered on committees, went on cruises, etc. I even became the Social Director. My involvement resulted in making a LOT of great friends that are now family to me.

The point is… get involved in whatever you can. You will have a great time, meet great people and who knows where it will lead you. For me, well that mechanic became my husband – the love of my life! All because I “got involved with the Boyz Under the Hood”. Hope to see more of you at more functions.

Mary Crane-Morrow

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