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Newsletter of the Fireball Chapter Buick Club of America v Buick Club of America

DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE NOVEMBER 2019 VOLUME 29, ISSUE 11 PLEASE VIST OUR WEB SITE: fireballchapterbca.com

IN THIS ISSUE

Director’s message, Fall tour photos, November meeting flyer, 2020 Regional registration form, Fireball renewal form, For sale

items, Fireball schedule and officers.

Congratulation to our Assistant

Director, Ed Gunyo. It was a hard

fought campaign and a close

election, but Ed is now the Director

of the Minnesota Cadillac Club.

Wish him well. He will continue to

be our Assistant Director and tour planner supreme.

2019 Heartland Regional. We have returned the

$1900 seed money to the regional treasurer. I will

closed out our bank account at the end of November

and project a profit around $1500 for the region.

Hope you have taken time to look at all the regional

photos on our web site. It is the only way I got to see

the show.

2020 Heartland Regional. The registration forms

are included in this newsletter plus a note on how to

do online hotel reservations. You will not find a

regional meeting with at a lower cost. They are

trying to make everything $20 since it is the year

2020. Great price on the hotel with breakfast.

Walt Carlson. Walt and Dee Carlson never missed

a February meeting since he proposed to her during

our 2005 Anniversary/Birthday gathering. They

missed last year. They were on their way and Walt

took a spill. Complications developed as a result of

the fall and last week Walt was rushed to St. Luke’s

hospital in Duluth for emergency surgery. They

removed one of his legs just below the knee. Please

drop him a card to let Dee and Walt know we are

thinking of them.

7204 Barrett Road

Brit, MN 55710

Earlier this year we had a meeting at Hooligans, we

were seated looking over the menu and the lights

went out. A driver took out the major power pole in

the area. Since the whole world runs on electricity

they had to close the doors and we had to cancel

our gathering. It is time again to try and do BARGO

at Hooligans.

Packing them away.

After many days of rain, the weather guessers

started talking about snow. I started the process of

putting our treasures away. Did not get to enjoy

them much this year. Spent much of the summer

planning the regional. I just got my 1956 Super

Sedan back from my grandson, who found out it

attracts girls, completed a bunch of repairs on the

1969 Electra convertible

and 1993 Roadmaster

wagon that I put off until

after the regional and

now snow is forecast just

when they are ready to

drive.

See you at BARGO

Jim

It Is BARGO Night

Time: 1:30 P.M.

Date: November 16, 2019

Location: Hooligans

Prior Lake

Newsletter of the Fireball Chapter Buick Club of America

NOTICE

FIREBALL CHAPTER RENEWALS

To assist Linda in preparing the club roster by the date of our annual banquet in February we did

send renewal notices out in September, with a January 1, 2020 cut off. Please—Please send in

your renewal in a timely manner. Also any updated photos, car changes or e-mail addresses. A

renewal form can be found in this newsletter.

Fireball Put them Away Tour

It rained and rained and rained and rained, but

the route Ed planned thorough the countryside

was beautiful. The fall colors were starting to

appear and the fields looked ready for

harvesting.

We met at the shopping mall in Rockford MN, a

very large empty parking area that some people

had a hard time finding. The gathering included

Buick Club, Cadillac/LaSalle club and Riviera

Club members. It was a cold and wet day, yet

some members appeared in shorts. Good old

Minnesota people do not notice the changing

seasons. Our tour guide led us through the

Minnesota countryside to the first of many

planned stops. Our first stop was to an

acquaintance of Pat Prom, which of course

means John Deere equipment. The very large

building held over two hundred pedal tractor and

pedal cars, some hand made by Pat, tractor

collection and a number of bikes including rare

ones sold by John Deere. The group was treated

to a discussion about the tractor collection. One

mystery was a very large earth moving piece of

equipment in a section of the building with no

incoming or out going doors. It appeared the

building was built around the equipment and Pat

says that could have been possible.

Next stop was up the road to the farm of the son

of the tractor collection owner where we had the

opportunity to see over 200 vintage snowmobiles

and a number of collector cars.

No Ed Gunyo tour is complete without a stop at a

winery. The winery was jumping with a number of

outdoor exhibits.

It was at this point we had to leave. Mary’s great

grandchildren were arriving from Phoenix. Yet for

the tour to do were stops at a local meat market

and then off to Mom’s for good old country

cooking.

Despite the weather everyone seemed to have a

good time and it was home to pack the Buicks

away.


As we started to gather, a member of the Cadillac club appeared wearing shorts. It was raining and 40

degrees. The heater in our ‘93 Roadmaster stopped during the tour. It was cold.

Room for a lot of stuff

One of Pat Prom’s

creations, it runs.

John Deere bikes. Most were black, but a few were

painted white and gray. It took the owner many

years to find the off colored ones to complete the

collection.

Shorts???


From tractors we went to see a vintage

collection of snowmobiles and cars.

Then it was off

to wine and

food.


Passing of Hellen Marshall A stable of Buick meetings was finding Lyle and Hellen Marshall at the gathering. They drove everywhere in their 1941 Phaeton. It must have had over 300000 miles on the odometer. Lyle was a BCA board member and founder of the Hawkeye chapter in Iowa plus being a world expert in 1941 Buicks. He passed away many years ago and his wife Hellen recently died. There are a world of stories about them. Here is one. So many wonderful memories of our Buick club shows and outings and most involved Lyle and Hellen Marshall. One Sunday, we ended up going with them to see their daughter in Nebraska City, NE and while there, Lyle found an ad for a ‘55 Buick, which Lyle and Gary went to see and Lyle purchased. On the way home, Hellen and I followed as Lyle and Gary drove the ‘55 Buick, when out of the dark we saw a large deer that leaped like it would jump over the ‘55. A sudden cloud of dust momentarily blocked our view and we were sure that the deer had hit them and damaged the ‘55. Hellen stewed about how much damage there was. When we finally stopped in the next town, we were relieved to see that the deer hoof had hit the back fender and knocked the dirt and dust out of it, but hadn't damaged it at all. We had a good laugh at how well the Buick had been built. Ginny and Gary Walker

One of Linda Paul’s friends had the opportunity to

be in Havana. She asked him to send her photos of

any Buicks he saw. Here is a great shot of a 1954

and 1955.

Update on the car collection at Lake Mills Iowa. The Hawkeye chapter recently did a visit and as you

can see, the collection of Buicks has grown plus tractors. We are discussing a spring trip there.


How I got interested in Buicks by Norman Veness #1069 In 1941 a friend of my dad's from South St. Paul said he was trading in his 1939 model 41 and buying a new 1941 Buick ! He said he traded every 2 years, and stored them in the winter and flew to AZ. Well my dad was interested in replacing his 1936 Chev, and the next thing we were going North on Concord St. for a test drive. I remember this guy taking a sharp left turn and going up a very steep hill and left the Buick in high gear, increasing speed all the way to show the ‘39's powerful motor ! In the 1940's when we went to the state fair, the first thing we did was head to the Buick display on machinery hill, to get our free little yellow Buick flag. Well the ‘39 made it through my older brother's dating years, although he did burn the rod bearings out, this was right before my dad was headed up to the North Shore to go deer hunting ! My dad took the ‘39 down to Win Stevens Buick and him and a mechanic worked on the car all night installing a new crate motor. About this time I got my license and this is the car Marian and I first dated in. I was a good driver in those days and I treated the ‘39 with respect, I do remember the heater didn't give out much heat at -20 degrees !! My dad kept this car until he went down to Swanberg & Shaffe & traded for a new 1950 model 52, my sister also bought a new 1950 model 51. He didn't think I needed my own car yet so when he got home to show my mother her new car, I walked out the door ready to go on a date - this car was Broke - in FAST!! No dynaflow here ! Both these new ‘50s had straight stick transmissions. Long story short - these memories kicked in years later when on my way to work one morning I spotted a 1939 Buick convertible coupe along side the road with a For Sale sign $60.00. That's another story for another time - that is still on going !!!!!!!! This is the 1939 That Norman made reference to. He has owned the car for 60 plus years.

As you can see it attracted the eye of a very talented local artist. Norm, It was so nice to meet you a couple weeks ago at the Victoria Classic Car evening. I thought you might like to see an image of the finished painting. And here is one that my husband took that evening when I was working on it. I plan to be at the Cars and Caves event at the Chanhassen Autoplex tomorrow morning for their last “All classics, collector, exotics, muscle, antique, street rod and motorcycle” event. Is that something you attend? I plan to bring all four of the Classic Car paintings I did in Victoria. I have been invited to set up at Steve’s garage and paint.


2020 Heartland Regional – Hotel Registration On Line Please share the web link below with the members of your chapter: Your web page address is:https://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/S/STLSCDT-GCB-

20200910/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Group Name St Louis Gateway Chapter Buick Club of America

Group Code GCB

Checkin date: September 10, 2020

Chedkout date: September 13, 2020

Hotel Name

Double Tree by Hilton Hotel St Lousi—Chesterfeild

Hotel Address 16625 Swingley Rodge Road

Chesterfeild, Mo 63017

Please note: The $119.00 Room Rate also applies to the day before and after the dates shown.

To change the dates of your stay, simply click on the calendar and change them. Double Queen and Single King rooms are available at this rate. And remember, each room comes with a full breakfast buffet for two.

If you have any difficulty making your reservations, or have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for your help and support, and we look forward to seeing you in 2020. Chet Palumbo STL Gateway Chapter, BCA Director 636-443-5686 (call or text)

https://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/S/STLSCDT-GCB-20200910/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

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For Sale Very Interesting Buick Literature from 1964 to 2005

Show Room brochures - Owners Manuals - Accessories List Color Charts - Price Books includes all models & accessories Shop Manuals 48 - 49 51 52 73 74 75 76 78 +1959 Body Service Master Chassis Parts Book 1961 - 75 Master Body + Chassis Illustration book 1968 - 75 1930 Buick Master Body Book 1930 - 1956 All very reasonable let me know year & I will check inventories Buick Bugles 1972 to 2010 - $1 per year or Offer "Cheaper" if you buy them all Buick Neon Lights "all work" $150.00 each or buy all 3 - $400.00 Special 7”X4’ - Century 6"X3’ - Buick 10"X2’ Norman Veness 952-894-7193 or 952-500-1770 or normarven@aol

1926 Buick for sale. I received a call from this lady in the Kansas City area. Her father passed away and the family is trying to sell his 1926 Buick. This is a beautiful project car for someone. Please find some photos of the car attached. If you are interested or know someone who may be, please contact Debbie Dollar for more information at [email protected]. Her phone number is 816-914-9547. I have a friend who owns a warehouse where a previous tenant left behind a crated straight 8 Buick engine and transmission. Not sure about the history on the engine but best guess is that it was removed from the car to make either a rat rod or a street rod. No idea the condition of the engine. Engine Serial Number is 4-3818208, which (from the Team Buick database) is from a 1940 Model 40 (Special). It does also include the stick shift transmission. A couple hundred bucks will put it on the dock ready for your pickup. If you are interested, or know someone who would have a interest, contact: Sam Meller (314)374-3750 [email protected]

mailto:[email protected].

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Input for the Exhaust Valve needs to be in the editor’s hands by the 25th of each month.

Dates to Remember and Mark on your Calendar

2019 DATES EVENT

November 16 BARGO

December TBD Holiday Pizza meeting

2020 Schedule Looking for opportunities

February TBD Annual Birthday and Valentine Party.

TBD Lake Mills Iowa Dust them off run

TBD Potluck at Hudson collection

June 22-25 Riviera Owners National, Kalamazoo MI

July 15-18 BCA National, Strongsville Ohio

September 5 Fireball 30th Anniversary Buick show

September 10-12 2020 Heartland Regional Chesterfield MO

October 23-26 GS Nationals Bowling Green KY

Director Jim Jaeger

[email protected] 763-226-1193

Assistant Director Ed Gunyo


Past Director Rollie Toenges


Treasurer Carol Farmer


Membership Director Linda Paul


Website Administrator Linda Paul


Regional Director John McCarthy


2019/20 Fireball Board of Directors

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