PRESIDENT
Judy Webb
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TREASURER
Jane
Hart
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MEMBERSHIP
Jessie Buckley
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VICE
PRESIDENT
Tay
Everett |
DIRECTORS
Allen
Carpenter
Bobby
Clark
Wayne Hart
Tommy
Hudson
Newt
Mason |
NEWSLETTER
EDITOR
Wayne Hart |
SECRETARY
JoAnn
Barbuto
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MS State Rep for
ECKLER'S
CCC
John Davis |
WEB SITE
Wayne Hart
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From the
President's
Pen
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Hello once
again Big River members!!
Hope all
are doing well!
First I
would like to thank all that came out Saturday to go to
Harrisville to support our fellow club member, John Sanders,
for a benefit to help the firefighters of Harrisville. We
had a great showing and the fellowship was like going back
to the past. I, for one, really enjoyed the day with the
other members!
October 13th
meeting has been moved to the Golden Corral 988 Top Street,
Flowood. At this meeting we will take nominations for
officers, please consider taking one of these positions.
November we
will have our
Grand
Gulf picnic. If
you have never attended you need to make plans to do so. We
have a great time and
Wayne is always
cooking up delicious burgers and dogs. We will finalize
plans for this gathering at the October meeting.
See you all soon!!
Judy
Some fancy
poetry, by
Wayne:
Spring done sprang and summer done gone,
Fall’s finally here, you can stop mowing the lawn!
Well, you
can just about stop the mowing. I really can’t complain much
about having to cut grass all summer because as hot and dry
as it was the grass was struggling to grow and survive
anyway. The kid next door cut our grass a few times this
year before his mower conked out but there were a few times
Jane and I had to do it ourselves. I know we all are glad to
see an end to the heat wave and ready for this fall weather
to arrive. I have heard of an old wife’s tale that says when
an oak tree has an abundance of acorns in the fall, then the
winter will be cold and wet. If there is anything to this
tale, then I am afraid we are in for a cold wet one because
one of our oaks is loaded to the max with acorns! I guess
time will tell.
There are
reminders on down in the newsletter about membership
renewals this month and also about the beginning of
nominations for Board of Directors positions. Please make
sure you read them. Let me make this perfectly clear
right now. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT even think
about nominating me for a Hoover dam thing unless someone
else wants the job of taking over this web site and
newsletter!
Even though the Prez has reminded you, I would like to
double remind you to not forget about our 4th Annual cookout at the
Grand Gulf Military Park down at Port Gibson next month on
Saturday November 5th. It is still a month down
the road, but it would be nice for you to
mark your calendars so you will not make plans to do something else this day. There will be burgers and dogs for
sure and probably all kind of other goodies, if you bring
them! We came out on the losing end with our plans for the
Labor Day picnic outing last month because of a rainy
morning. Hopefully the Grand Gulf outing will make up for
it. We will have our November meeting after we eat, continue
with nominations (if any) and then members present will vote
on our new board.
It is also about time to be planning our annual Christmas party! Yes
CHRISTMAS PARTY! Halloween is at the end of the month,
which means THANKSGIVING is next in line.
Oh, I about forgot! Check
out brother Dale Holloways' member page. I took a picture of
his '57 while we were at Harrisville and have it posted. Now
if I could only get a picture of him with his lovely bride
Ann, their member page would be complete.
In God We Trust!
Happy HalloWayne!
Next
meeting will be on Thursday October
13th at the Golden Coral in Flowood.
The address is
988 Top Street. Here’s some simple directions. Drive east down
Lakeland Drive and go past the
Pearl River
Bridge and past
the first traffic signal at River Bend Place. The next street is
Lakeland Square. Turn right on
Lakeland Square. After you make the turn you should see a
Krystal
Restaurant on
the left. After you pass the Krystal turn left on
Top Street and
you will immediately see the Golden Coral on your right.
All members are
encouraged to:
Attend the monthly
meetings.
Arrive a little early and eat before
the meeting is called to order at 7:00.
Drive
to meetings in their classic Chevys when time and weather
permits.
Please wear your club shirt or other
form of clothing bearing the BRC logo for public
recognition and to show club loyalty.
Please remember that our
meetings are always on the second Thursday of each month,
unless you are otherwise notified!
Please keep Bobby Buckley
and Bobby Clark in your thoughts & prayers as
they both continue to fight their health problems.
To my knowledge all other members and their families are
doing well. Jack Brown's daughter Kathy received great news
on one of her tests but please keep her in your prayers that
she will soon get good news on other health issues.
If you run out of folks to pray for then please pray for our
Country.
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Birthdays |
Anniversaries |
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Patricia Hudson - October 5
Tay Everett - October 11
Judy
Webb - October 14
Rachael
Davis- October 30
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Bobby & Jessie Buckley - October 15
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THE LORD'S
PRAYER
Our Fat her, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses,
As we forgive those
who trespass
against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
AMEN! |
OUR PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
I pledge
allegiance
to the flag
of the
UNITED STATES
of AMERICA,
and to the
Republic
for which it stands:
One nation
under
GOD,
Indivisible, with Liberty
and Justice
for
all.
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It is
October and time for
BRC membership
renewals.
Everyone is
encouraged to renew and pay your
dues at the meeting this month. If you can not make this
meeting and know that you will not be able to attend the
November and December meetings then it would be perfectly all right and
wise to just write a $25 check and mail it to:
Big
River Classics
P.O. Box 821225
Vicksburg, MS 39182
You have
until December 31 to renew. Those who fail to do so will
find their valuable membership with BRC automatically
suspended. We don’t want this to be enforced on anyone, but
if you don’t pay, you just can’t stay......
It
is also time for the beginning of
nominations for 2012 Officers and Board of Directors during
the October meeting. If you would like to be an
officer or would like to throw in a nomination for someone
to be an officer then please feel free to so.
Big River
Classics Monthly Meeting
September 8,
2011
Wayne Hart
Reporting
Big River
Classics’ annual picnic at River Bend on Labor Day was canceled because of rain but just getting long needed
rain was a welcome excuse for the cancellation. Since our
September meeting was to be held during the picnic, the
meeting was rescheduled and held once again at the Western
“Cistern”, in Flowood. Members present included JoAnn
Barbuto, Bobby Buckley, Jessie Buckley, Bobby Clark, Diane
Clark, Tay Everett, Dot Everett, Wayne Hart, Dale Holloway,
Ann Holloway, Tommy Hudson, Patricia Hudson, John Sanders,
Paul Webb, and Judy Webb. Nikki also sat in on the meeting
with her daughter Bailey along with another Webb family
member, Lauren.
Thanks to all who attended!
Red Carpet
Classic Auto and Bike Show
September 17, 2011
Vicksburg,
MS
Reported by Dot
Everett
The
day began nice and cool, but heated up quickly. There were
51 vehicles registered, plus the bikes. It was a nice show
with lots of sightseers. Elvis even showed up and sang
mostly to the ladies. I was honored with a scarf from him,
it was even wet with his sweat.
Tay received a
nice creeper and gift certificate for an oil change as door
prizes. His '55 was voted one of the "Sweet 16".
Sad
story--one of the guys from Vicksburg, who has participated
in our O'Reilly Show, was driving his Camaro to the show and
hit a deer. It did quite a bit of damage.
Magee Crazy
Day
September 17, 2011
Magee, MS
Reported by Jessie Buckley (by way of Bobby Buckley)
I can only
report about the
BRC members that Bobby said he saw. Bobby rode with Newton Mason in his ‘55
Chevy down to Magee. Bobby Clark, Charles Bullock, John Davis and John
Sanders were also there. Bobby said he thought John Davis
won some kind of award with his SSR.
Harrisville
Day Car Show
September 24, 2011
Reported by Wayne Hart
Saturday
September 24th was Harrisville Day and BRC club member John Sanders put together a car show down there to help
raise money for the Harrisville Fire Department. Bill &
JoAnn Barbuto, Bobby & Jessie Buckley, Charles Bullock,
Bobby Clark, Wayne & Jane Hart, Larry Holder, Dale Holloway,
Newt & Carolyn Mason, and Paul & Judy Webb met up in
Florence at the Quest Community Church on Highway 469 before
driving down to Harrisville. Instead of awards, all car show
participants were given tickets for a free meal over at the
fire department. Participants were encouraged to donate
money In lieu of registration fees. There was a turnout of
around 25 vehicles in the show and $300 in donations were
raised. Big River Classics donated another $100 dollars to
help bring the car show proceeds to a total of $400. There were other
activities such as live singing and a few vendor booths. It
was a fun relaxing day for a small town car show!
Project
Nomad
Barbuto '55 Nomad
Reported by Bill Barbuto
The week of September 12th Larry Holder was pushing me to get
the nomad running. Everyday we did a little bit more. We put
in the radiator, a/c condenser, electric fan, hoses, and
filled all fluids. We found a couple of leaks and corrected
them. We had to replace the water pump due to a defect where
the nipple for the heater hose was split.
On Saturday, September 17, Wayne came by to help wire the ignition. Larry was determined the
engine was going to run that day. With many prayers, (under
our breath) and a few hail Marys', with our fingers crossed,
at
2:00 PM the Nomad fired up for the first time in at least 17 years!
There were Hi-Fives, hand shaking, phone calls, and hugging
going on. Jo-Ann received most of the sweaty, dirty hugs.
This was a great moment ! The engine sounded real nice. Not
a skip, cough or backfire. The engine ran smooth. It was
loud because of open pipes.
Most know we have owned this car for 10 1/2 years. The car
came from
Maine in 2001. It was stored in a barn there for at least 7 years
prior. The engine came out of a 1974 Nova and put into a
1989 S-10 pickup in 1998. It came out of the truck 2 years
later and has not been fired up since until now.
The next day , the 18th the brakes were bled and the Nomad
took its first cruise out of the garage, across the
driveway, and back and forth a couple of times before
backing back into the garage........all under an idle speed
because the throttle cable wasn't hooked up. What a
feeling!!!! I’m cruizin’ now. I can't wait to take it down
the road.
Thanks to Larry, Paul, Wayne and everyone else who has
helped me with either hands on or even advise, I see this
car making progress. Waahhhhoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steering
Wheel & Speedometer Repair
Holder’s 57 Chevy Belair
Reported by Larry Holder (The
Peg)
Well, I
just finished installing my pod and new electrical gauges in
the front speaker location and they work! I must admit it
wasn't on the first try. They look great and seem to be more
accurate than the old gauges. With the old gauges out I can
now use the emergency brake and it also works. If you have
never seen a one legged man under the dash of a car before,
you have missed a funny treat. Do not look for pictures. All
the other work on the front end is finished and I now hope
to put some miles on the ole '57!
Monthly report
on Project
"W"
Wayne's 57 Chevy Truck
Reported by Wayne
Hart
Well, I do
not have an abundance of progress to report on this time
around, but here is what little I managed to accomplish in
September. Parts of my weekends have been spent trying to
tidy up my cluttered shop. It is amazing how things get when
you don’t put tools and stuff back where you got them from.
When your counter tops and tables finally fill up then the
floor is the next catch-all! I have at least got the shop
where I can get around it once again.
The first
thing I had to do was return one of the rear brake calipers
because the piston would not recess far enough in for the
brake pads and go over the rotor. Of course when I got the
replacement, I had to clean, prime, paint and install it for
the second time. It was just a minor thing but aggravating
just the same.
Since
installing the rear end and now having a rolling chassis I
have been concentrating on plumbing a brake system. For
now I have decided to go with a manual dual reservoir master
cylinder to work the 4 wheel disc brake setup. I am keeping
the master cylinder in the stock position on the frame under
the cab. I bought a bracket from CPP to accommodate
a dual
reservoir master cylinder. I am using one for a ’67
Corvette. I have both bracket and master
cylinder temporarily mounted for pre-fitting the brake
lines. I wanted to run hard lines out of the rear brake
calipers but had no luck finding 90 degree adaptors. I wound
up using some overpriced flexible banjo brake hoses made by
Russell that the Jegs salesman recommended. Oh yeah, he sent
me the wrong size banjo bolts too, which I will be sending
back to him. Annoyed? Nooooo, not me.
I have also
been experimenting with the correct mounting location of a
V-8 on the frame. Found out that there were special brackets
to mount a V-8 and that those holes in the frames for the 6
cylinder are not for correct V-8 mounting of any sort. I
have been offered a free engine which I am going to go get
this month and hope to have a good report on it next month.
Sorry, no progress pictures
this month, but please stay tuned for more
progress next month.
AND THAT’S WHEN THE FIGHT STARTED
One year, I
decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a
Christmas gift...
The next year, I didn't buy her a gift.
When she asked me why, I replied,
"Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last
year!"
And that's when the fight started.....
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My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
while we were in bed.
I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?'
'No,' she answered. I then said,
'Is that your final answer?'
She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..'
So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."
And that's when the fight started...
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I took my wife to a restaurant.
The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.
"I'll have the rump steak, rare, please."
He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?"
"Nah, she can order for herself."
And that's when the fight started.....
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My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school
reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his
drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed,
"He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking
right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he
hasn't been sober since."
"My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on
celebrating that long?"
And that's when the fight started.....
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My wife sat
down next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, "What's on TV?"
I said, "Dust."
And that's when the fight started.....
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My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming
anniversary.
She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in
about 3 seconds."
I bought her a bathroom scale.
And that's when the fight started.....
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My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.
She was not happy with what she saw and said to me,
I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you
to pay me a compliment.'
I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."
And that's when the fight started.....
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2011 Shows & Events of
Interest |
For
a full listing and details on 2011 car shows please
visit:
Classic Car Bug at http://www.classiccarbug.com/
and
Gulf Coast Motorsports
Magazine at
http://www.gulfcoastmotorsports.com/
NOTE: Clicking on the Flyer hyperlink
at the end of some listings will allow you to open and print
a flyer for that particular event. Most require Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
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OCT 1 |
Hazlehurst, MS |
Rockin’ Railroad Festival car show
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OCT
2-9 |
Jackson, MS |
15th Annual Curisin the
Coast on the Mississippi Gulf Coast |
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OCT
5-16 |
Jackson, MS |
State Fair Antique Car
Show hosted by AVCM |
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OCT 15 |
Poplarville, MS |
St. Jospeh's Fall Classic
Car & Truck Show |
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OCT 15 |
Hattiesburg, MS |
Wheels in Eatonville North
Forrest High School |
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OCT 15 |
Raymond, MS |
2nd
Annual Ride Thru the Woods, Little Big Store’s 30th
Anniversary and Motorama Jamboree |
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OCT 21-22 |
Madison, MS |
8th Annual Scarecrow
Cruise and Car Show - Flyer
www.msclassiccruisers.com |
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OCT 22 |
Wiggins, MS |
3rd Annual Antique Car
Show |
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OCT 22 |
Jackson, MS |
Mississippi Film Festival / Hot Rod Display /
Elvis spectacular downtown Jackson at Planetarium |
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NOV
5 |
Picayune, MS |
Fall Open Show in
conjunction with the Picayune Street
Fair - host Boulevard
Cruisers |
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NOV
5 |
Taylorsville, MS |
Chillin’ & Grillin’ car show |
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NOV
7-12 |
Panama
City, FL |
"Emerald Coast Cruizin'
at
Panama City Beach |
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DEC 3 |
Pearl,
MS |
Christmas parade at Whitfield State Hospital |
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DEC 4 |
Byram,
MS |
Byram
Christmas parade |
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TO OUR BIG RIVER
CLASSICS SPONSORS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT!
Man Thinks-----God Directs
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