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April, 2014 2nd Quarter Publication

BEST OF SHOW – ALL OLDS CAR SHOW – MARCH 22, 2014

Karl Sup took the top award at our Club Car show with his 69 Hurst Olds.

He won first in his class as well as Best of Show.

Congratulations Karl and Laura Sup.

This year’s show went off without a hitch.

The weather was great and all the usual volunteers put forth a great effort.

Congratulations to all the winners.

See everyone next year!

Oldsmobile Club of Arizona – April, 2014

President’s Message

Our annual car show was another success thanks to all the

volunteers and, of course, participants. We fell short of

last year’s total by 8 cars but still managed to have 77

cars registered. Our 50/50 raffle was another Club record

with a split of $1,368.00. One disappointing fact was that

over half of the cars registered were owned by non Club

members. With a paid membership in excess of 60, we

should have had more Club members supporting our only

fund raising event of the year.

The BOP show held the following weekend to our show

was also a success if measured by participation. I would

estimate over 160 cars. There were about 25

Oldsmobile’s there with Club members taking awards in

most of the classes.

Our Club Web Site is back in working order, and we are

making needed changes, updates and hopefully will be

able to keep it current.

It seems like summer is upon us with the warmer than

normal temperatures. As usual there will not be meetings

on Club night at the Pavilions during June, July and

August, but you can still park there on the 4th

Saturday if

you care to. Watch the Web Site and your e-mail for

announcements on events.

Art Soucek

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2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Art Soucek

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Vice President Jens Bruhaug

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Secretary Francine Serritella

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Treasurer Tony Serritella

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Membership Chairman Dennis Calik

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Chapter Representative to OCA Jim Schultz

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Past President Fred Mandrick

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COMMITTEE CHAIRMANS

Newsletter Marie Soucek

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Activities Director Terri Tang

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OLDSMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA

PACIFIC SOUTHWEST ZONE DIRECTORS

Karl Sup [email protected]

Joe Varley [email protected]

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NEXT MEETING SATURDAY, APRIL 26th The next meeting of the Oldsmobile Club of Arizona will be held on Saturday, April 26th at 5:00 p.m. The meeting place is the Club Row at the Scottsdale Pavilions Shopping Center, Loop 101 & Indian Bend Rd. In conjunction with our meeting, there is a

car show at the Rock ‘N Roll McDonalds. We also have a row reserved in the McDonalds parking lot exclusively for our club members on the 4th Saturday of every month. This is a great time to have a meal and talk with Olds friends. Come out and enjoy the fun.

JIM SCHULZ GARAGE TOUR The tour of Jim Schultz’s Rocket Ranch will be held on Saturday May 17, 2014 in Chino Valley, starting time is 2:00pm.

PIMA AIR MUSEUM TOUR The date will be announced as time gets closer. We will drive our classics to Tucson to visit the museum and have dinner.

Saturday, May 24th – Oldsmobile Night at Pavilions Car Show/Meeting

Saturday, June 28th – Oldsmobile Night at Pavilions Car Show

Saturday, July 26th – Oldsmobile Night at Pavilions Car Show

Saturday, August 23rd – 40th Annual Watson Lake Show – Pizza Party at Bob & Christine Ryback’s after show – Prescott Valley

Saturday, August 23rd – Oldsmobile Night at Pavilions Car Show/Meeting

Saturday, September 27th – Oldsmobile Night at Pavilions Car Show/Meeting

Saturday, October 25th – Oldsmobile Night at Pavilions Car Show/Meeting

Additional Car Related Items:

27th Historic Route Fun Run – Seligman/Kingman/Topock - May 2-4, 2014 NorCal Zone Meet, Sea Crest Oceanfront, Pismo Beach, CA – May 16-18, 2014 Annual Classics, 8am to 2pm, Prescott – June 14, 2014

NAOC, Carson Valley Inn, Minden, NV, June 25-28, 2014 OCA Nationals, Cincinnati, OH – July 30-August 2, 2014 Run to the Pines Car Show – Pinetop – September 26-28, 2014

Tucson Classic Car Show, Tucson – October 18, 2014

Events are subject to change. When new events are added they will be included on the club’s website and information will appear in email

updates from the club Secretary. www.azoldsclub.com

CLUB CALENDAR OF EVENTS

http://www.azoldsclub.com/


WELCOME DINNER, MARTIN AUTO MUSEUM, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2014 Thanks to Tom Ankeny for the photos.


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The Welcome Dinner was a huge success! Our out-of-state guests enjoyed seeing the Martin Auto

Museum and having a separate room to set up and eat dinner made socializing easy. The dessert table was a big hit and Joni Visser’s chocolate covered cherries were the hit of the night – Joni now has to bring

her cherries to every Club function. There was so much dessert left over, we had the goodies at the car show the next day. Thanks to all our volunteers and club members for bringing all the side dishes and

desserts; without your help we would not have gotten so many compliments of the dinner.


ANNUAL ALL OLDSMOBILE SHOW, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014

Pictures by Art Soucek


17th BUICK-OLDS-PONTIAC-GMC CAR SHOW SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH, 2012, Scottsdale Pavilions

Pictures by Art Soucek


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newsletter to [email protected]. Mail your payment to the Oldsmobile Club of Arizona, P.O. Box 15692, Scottsdale, AZ 85262.

CLASSIFIEDS

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Moving to Arizona By Chris and Bob Ryback After working 40 years (for the same company) installing elevators in the New York City area and looking retirement in the eye, we knew we were not staying in New Jersey. We lived in the highest taxed county in the highest taxed state in the union. At the time, I had a 5,000 sq. foot garage loaded with parts and 13 Oldsmobiles. Now the company and I had different ideas as to when I should retire but anyhow, it happened. Since I had to start cleaning out the attic, basement and garage and lowering the car count, my wife Chris started investigating various areas to relocate to. After garage sales, e-bay sales and selling a whole load of Olds parts to a collector in Michigan, I crated

up the rest and we were ready to go. I got rid of 5 Olds' including a nice '54 98 with factory air and a REAL nice '72 Toronado. It is a very long story of how we picked Prescott Valley, Az., but the day finally came in 2012, Super Bowl Sunday with my NY Giants in the game. First we had to arrange to move 8 Oldsmobiles. I hired a transport company to move 6

cars on an open trailer (big mistake). As luck would have it, the moving van and transporter showed up on the same day. So my darling wife had to handle the contents of the house while I loaded up the transporter. On board went a '34 three window coupe, a '49 88 club sedan, a '57 Fiesta wagon, a '58 x-wagon (a 4 door wagon converted to a pickup), a '64 Jetstar 1 and a '64 442 clone. After loading up the rig and watching it go down the road I realized that the driver did not give me any paperwork- I only had his cell

number. The following morning, we got in the '96 Cutlass Supreme and '97 Aurora (both also loaded to the max) and headed WEST. We actually passed the transporter sitting in a truck stop somewhere in Texas. The driver later told me that every time he stopped it drew a big crowd and lots of attention. It took us 4 days to make the cross country trip. Don't worry-

the transporter did show up and the Giants won! We won ourselves by moving to the beautiful state of Arizona.

CLUB MEMBER ARTICLES

How Old Are Your Tires by Art Soucek Most of us already know about this, but a reminder can’t hurt.

I recently read an article on tires and the danger of riding on tires beyond a certain age. There are varying opinions on when to replace tires, but all seem to agree tread depth is not the criteria to use. The article indicated that tires begin a deterioration process immediately after production which continues even if not in service, just sitting in a dealer’s inventory. The pace of deterioration is somewhat dependent on use, storage and atmospheric conditions with heat and exposure to sunlight big accelerants of that process.

It was suggested that annual inspections after five years be done, and absolutely ten years would be the longest time to keep any tire including the spare. There are codes on the tires which will give you the week and year of production. Look for the letters DOT followed by four digits (example-U2LL) than four more letters and three or

four numbers. If the tire was made before 2000 there will be three numbers, the first two are the week of the year, the third is the year (449 is the 44th week of 1999). If the tire was made in or after 2000, the number will be four digits (4409 is the 44th week of 2009). In most cases this is not an issue on our daily driver vehicles since we would be replacing tires long before age dictates so. But, for our Classic cars ten years will come up way before the tires are worn out. If you want more information on this google “Age of Tires”.


TECH CORNER Technical Tips

A LITTLE KNOWN QUADRAJET TUNING SECRET

By Harold Visser

With today’s gasoline formulations, adjusting a Quadrajet to manufacturer’s specifications

doesn’t always provide the desired results. Throw in some engine modifications and it soon

becomes obvious that the carburetor will need adjusting. One of the problems that can

occur is a hesitation or stumble right off idle or maybe a sluggish engine under light

acceleration, often accompanied by pinging or pre-detonation. This is usually a lean

running condition, a common problem, and can many times be cured by richening the

air/fuel ratio a bit in the off idle/ low RPM mode. This of course, requires partial

disassembly of the carb and often takes two or three tries before the correct size primary

metering rods or primary jets are installed. Changing jets and or rods also affects wide

open throttle and also the high speed cruising mode of the Quadrajet, all of which can be

undesirable side effects.

Another little known method, that once installed, does not require disassembly of the

carburetor when adjusting, is the external adjustment screw that limits the distance that

the power piston can travel down in its bore. The power piston is what moves the tapered

metering rods up and down into the jets, thus in effect making the jet hole smaller or

larger as needed. This power piston is controlled by vacuum which pulls it down and a

spring which tries to counter the vacuum and lift it up. Under heavy or full throttle

applications the engine vacuum is very low and the power valve and its accompanied

metering rods are lifted up by the spring. Under light or part throttle operation, the vacuum

pulls the power valve, and the metering rods that are connected to it, down so the engine

goes into lean air/fuel mixture mode. By preventing the metering rods from going down

into the jets to far, it will prevent the engine from running to lean off idle and light part

time throttle.

Now you carb tuners are probably thinking, where the heck is this adjustment screw? It’s

not easy to find, it’s hidden in the base plate right under the fuel inlet and covered by a

little ¼” in diameter pressed in cover. It’s right between the idle mixture screws. After

removing the carburetor, I drilled a small 1/8” hole into the cover and then pried it out,

which revealed the screw about a ½” down in the hole. Sometimes soaking with Liquid

Wrench or its equivalent is required to break it lose, be careful, its hardened steel and the

screw slot can snap off. I modified an old screwdriver to get it out. Count the number of

turns it takes to get it out so you have a baseline when installing the new screw. Once it is

out, a longer screw with the same thread count can be bought at Ace Hardware and the

end modified on a grinder or lathe to match the short original screw. A 1 ¼” or 1 ½” long

screw will work and it will also require a spring, from an old idle speed screw or equivalent,

to hold it in position after adjustment.

Screw the new adjustment screw the same number of turns in it took to get the old one

out, and then by turning the screw in a half a turn at a time, the engine will run a just a bit

richer off idle and just might cure the sluggish or lean run problem.

Now, on another note, to get a Qjet set up 100% correctly requires a wide band Oxygen

sensor in the exhaust stream and an air/fuel ratio gauge, which I have, but I’m still in the

learning stage with that project………

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