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Treasurer – Dean Schmidt

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Secretary – Larry Epperson

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Board Member – Marvin Cowden

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Board Member - Alan Strong

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Board Member – George Johnson

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Appointed Positions

Tech Advisor - Larry Rollow

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Tech Advisor - Don Andre

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Membership Chairman

Bill Preston

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Ladies Group Chairwoman

Vickie Penney

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June 2011

Volume 35, Issue 6

PO Box 814642

Dallas, TX 75381 www.DallasClassicChevy.com Current Membership -178

THIS SATURDAY!

JUNE 18th 11AM – 2PM

DACC TECH MEETING! at

WILSON AUTO REPAIR 3133 Saturn Rd, Garland

DACC will have a great ‘TECH MEETING’ on Saturday and one of our club’s biggest supporters Wilson Auto Repair will be the host! Wilson has not only been a club sponsor for over 4 years, they were also a big supporter as a sponsor of our recent Lone Star ‘29’ event last month. Barry Wilson, Bryan Greenfield and the gang at the shop are going to have HANDS ON opportunities for you to learn about 1) ‘how to’ bend tubing, 2) ‘how to’ make good electrical connections and 3) ‘how to’ MIG weld! ON TOP of this you will get LUNCH – all provided by Wilson Auto Repair! So plan to join us at the shop on Saturday in Garland at 11AM for a great opportunity to learn from some very experienced

pros and see what else is going on in the shop! www.WilsonAutoRepair.com

972 271-3579

NEXT MONTH! DACC will be center stage at two activities in July!

FIRST DACC TRI FIVE CHEVYS AT THE FT WORTH MOTORAMA

July 1-3 at the Amon Carter Exhibit Hall at the Will Rogers Complex in Ft. Worth. Bill Preston has lined up 8 of DACC’s finest for this big

display of ’55-’57 Chevys at this huge indoor show!

SECOND 2nd Annual National Collector Car Appreciation Day Cruise Night,

Friday July 8th, hosted by DACC for all makes and models of collector/classic cars 7pm-10pm at Keller’s Drive In, 6537 E Northwest

Highway, Dallas

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We were certainly pleasantly surprised to receive the Dallas Area Classic Chevy Club Choice Award at Lone Star ‘29’. There were so many beautiful tri-fives entered in the show, we were honored to be chosen as your club’s favorite. Although we have participated in the Lone Star shows in the past, this show was “over the top”. There were so many activities planned for participants and all for one registration fee. Don’t know how you did it but it was enjoyed by all. We purchased our first nomad in 1972 and have

owned several tri-fives over the years. The Nomad has always been our favorite and this particular Nomad is very special to us because it was a gift from our son and daughter (in-law), Eddie & Cindy Robertson. Our entire family has enjoyed the tri-five hobby. Eddie’s high school graduation gift from us in 1975 was a 1955 Nomad. He reminded us of that fact when he handed over the keys and clear title to this nomad on February 14, 2011. They had decided to give the Nomad to us on Ed’s birthday which was March 17. Once the decision was made

‘Lucky’ Larry & Darlene Freeman’s

’56 Convertible Frisco, Texas

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JUNE FEATURE CAR Lone Star ‘29’ DACC Favorite Tri Five Chevy Pick!

1955 Custom Nomad Ed and Mary Robertson - Pulaski, Mississippi

Editor’s Note – As DACC does at each Lone Star event each year, we pick our ‘Favorite’ Tri Five Chevy for a special award that is simply titled – FAVORITE ’55-’57 Chevy Presented by the Dallas Area Classic Chevys.

At this year’s Lone Star ‘29’, this beautiful ’55 Nomad was driven from Mississippi to Texas and was presented the club award for our ‘Favorite’ of the show! AND this Nomad won a ‘Platinum’ Award in the ’55 Driven Full Custom Class!

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LONE STAR ‘29’ GOES DOWN AS LARGEST AND BEST EVER!

Words can not describe this past Memorial Day weekend in Irving Texas when the 29th Annual

Lone Star Classic Chevy Convention was held at the Sheraton Grand DFW Hotel. 3 FANTASTIC days of events, cars and music took place with 250 registered participants coming from 11 states with 30 car clubs represented and a list of sponsors that would rival any big commercial car show production! The weekend was filled with events that were execution by our club members that seemed like we had practiced this like a professional sports team. We have likely put together a

Lone Star event that may NEVER be topped!

Things got started in a big way Friday morning when nearly 200 took part in the tours to Cowboys Stadium and Texas Motor Speedway. When the tour buses returned that afternoon, nothing but smiles and giggly Lone Star participants got off those buses! Things did not slow down or falter all the way to the ending when the fantastic one of a kind Awards Banquet place on Sunday evening. There, local talk radio personality Jon-David Wells served as MC of the banquet and made this affair a comedy show unlike anything every seen. American Graffiti star Candy Clark passed out

the awards and with everyone getting a great meal (FREE), this was not your typical boring Awards show! Having a photo displayed as each car winner was announced was another great

feature of this final event of Lone Star as everyone could see which cars were winning the awards!

A very SPECIAL THANKS to all of the Lone Star Committee heads, the DACC members who volunteered time no matter if it was hours on top of hours or just a small period of time, and for all the those who attended the Lone Star ‘29’ event. All of this made for a recipe that resulted in

event that was jam packed with things to do, cars to see and friends to meet!

A trailer parking snafu was the only thing that came close to making the weekend less than perfect. Two car trailers accidently damaged the covered awning of the remote parking lot where we had contracted to keep trailers, both were observed and noted. One admitted the accident and presented insurance papers to cover the damage. The other driver refused to accept responsibility

and that resulted in us not being able to utilize the remote parking as planned. However, we fortunately had a nearby empty parking lot and while it was crowded, all attendees were patient and make the best of this unfortunate situation. Thanks to these guys for their understanding!

With SO MANY comments at the show and after of compliment after compliment, it was obvious that our club hit the home run with this Lone Star Convention. Every member of the DALLAS AREA CLASSIC CHEVYS should be proud of our accomplishment and should be proud to be a

member of such an outstanding group of car enthusiasts! There is no better car club in Texas than the DACC!

You can now see complete show results and drag racing results at www.LoneStarChevys.com. Look for complete photo coverage online soon at both the DACC website and Lone Star website along with coverage at MaxChevy.com and in print in Chevy Classics Magazine. Photos can be seen at MaxCacklePhotos.com, TexPic.net among others. More coverage on Lone Star ‘29’ will

be coming in future issues of the DACC Classic Heartbeat newsletter!

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DRAG RACING Jim Baughan ’55 Nomad - Runner up

Eliminator 2 Tom Walker ’56 Sedan Delivery – Runner up

Eliminator 1 Sonny Poteet ’55 Bel Air – Winner

Eliminator 1

SHOW N SHINE JUDGING COMPETITION

’55 Driven Restored Class Steve Pratt ’55 Bel Air – Platinum Award

’55 Driven Contemporary Class Jim Baughan ’55 Convertible – Silver Award

’55 Driven Custom Class Leroyce Jones ’55 Bel Air – Silver Award Kenneth Taylor ’55 Bel Air – Silver Award

Terry Box ’55 Bel Air – Silver Award Jim Conkle ’55 Bel Air – Silver Award Mike Jones ’55 Bel Air – Silver Award

Pete Herrera ‘55 210 Handyman Wag – Gold Geoff Clark ‘55 150 Handyman Wag – Gold Doug Pedersen ’55 Bel Air – Gold Award Bud Fowlkes ’55 Bel Air – Gold Award

Rich Purvis ’55 Nomad – Platinum Award Mark Baker ’55 210 – Platinum Award

’55 Trailered Custom Class Jim Truitt ’55 Bel Air – Platinum Award

’56 Driven Restored Class Jim Castleberry ’56 210 – Gold Award Loren Baxter ’56 Bel Air – Gold Award

’56 Driven Custom Class Bryan Greenfield ’56 210 – Silver Award Mike Reeves ’56 Nomad – Platinum Award

’56 Driven Full Custom Class Mike Dodson ’56 Bel Air – Platinum

’57 Driven Restored Class Terry Sealock ’57 Convertible – Silver Award

Joe Mason ’57 210 – Gold Award

’57 Driven Contemporary Class Chuck Rader ’57 Bel Air – Gold Award

Mike Reeves ’57 Convertible – Gold Award

’57 Driven Modified Terry Hitch ’57 Nomad – Platinum Award

’57 Driven Custom Class Ernie Guido ’57 Bel Air – Silver Award Larry Rogers Sr ’57 210 – Silver Award Carl Mitcham ’57 Bel Air – Silver Award Joe Sanders ’57 Bel Air – Platinum Award

’57 Trailered Custom Class Joe Ortega ’57 Bel Air – Gold Award

’56 Driven Custom Corvette Class David Graves ’56 Corvette – Silver Award

’57 Driven Contemporary Corvette Class

Jim Johnston – ’57 Corvette – Platinum Award

Best Interior – Non Original Pete Herrera ’55 210 Handyman Wagon

Candy Clark ‘Peel Out’ Contest Winner

Alan Strong ’57 150

Houston Classic Chevy Club Favorite

Mike Reeves ’56 Nomad

CONGRATS TO THESE DACC WINNERS AT LONE STAR ‘29’!

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THIS MONTH DACC TECH MEETING AT WILSON AUTO!

Saturday June 13th at 11:30

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Josh Hart’s ’55 Chevy Feature Car Continued from page 2

(apparently they had been talking about it since Christmas), they decided not to wait so they gave it to us on Valentine’s Day. We joined the “old” National Nomad Club in 1972 after purchasing our very first Nomad and are charter members of the present Chevrolet Nomad Association (Member #150). We have attended every Nomad National Convention since 1973; we now consider that show more like a family reunion than a car show and hope we never have to miss that annual event. We joined the Classic Chevy Club (Member #3682) shortly after it’s formation and currently serve as Mississippi State Representative for Eckler’s Classic Chevy. We also joined the Bow Tie Chevy Club (Member #118) when it was formed. Yes, the tri-five Chevrolets have been a big part of our lives for many years. We have certainly enjoyed “seeing the USA in our Chevrolets”. Some of our very best friends are people we’ve met through this hobby and some are friends we only see once a year. We have been blessed by the association and friendship of all our “car buddies”. Our current Nomad was built for fellow “Nomaders”, Mike & Pat Harvey of Ramona, California. We can remember the first time Eddie saw this Nomad shortly after it was completed. It was 2004 at the Chevy Classic’s Winter Nationals in Orlando, FL. He said then “if I had the money to build a Nomad any way I wanted, it would be just like this one.” We never dreamed that one day, he would purchase that very Nomad and give it to us. We still can’t believe that he gave us his “dream car”. We want to make sure that everyone who admires the car knows why it means so much to us. We think that Eddie & Cindy were just as excited when they gave us the keys to this ’55 Nomad in February of 2011 as we were when we presented him the keys to that ’55 Nomad back in 1975. Again, thanks for picking our Nomad as your Favorite of Lone Star ‘29’ and thank you for such a wonderful weekend in Irving!

MORE PHOTOS OF THE ROBERTSON’S ’55 NOMAD AT www.DallasClassicChevy.com

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