Interim Update Archie Project 10/09/14

This is an interim meeting on Archie.  Ray Pagliarini went to work on creating doors for Archie after the last meeting.  He did a great job!  On the 9th of October he and Bob got together along with Charlie to fit the new doors onto the body.  With a bit of adjustment, the hinges were screwed into the door frame on both sides.  Ray also brought a model of a handle and latch arrangement to see how to fit it onto the doors and frame.  After a bit of discussion and trial and error - the decisions necessary to finish the installation were made.  Ray will take the doors home, once again, and work out fitting the doors with the handles and making adjustments to assure that the door will not hit the tires.  The next and last meeting for the Archie Project Group is set for October 18th.

New England Meet 2014...Long Island

     The 2014 New England Meet was sponsored by the Long Island club members, and a great job they did!
     The host hotel was the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge, a great venue.
     The tour never got more tha 6 or 7 miles from the hotel, but covered 30 miles of scenic wandering roads.  There were beatiful milloin dollar plus homes, seashore, beaches, and woodland trails.  Most of it perfect "Model A roads".
     Most Little Rhody attendees took the ferry from New London to Orient Point, then back roads almost all the way to the hotel, a scenic route in itself.
     The weather cooperated as well, making this one of the best New England meets yet...but then I say that every year.
     Charlie Howards 31 slant window blindback took a best of show.  Considering there were about 200 "A's" there, not bad.

Attendees included:
John and Dawn Mennucci
Ken and Carol Trudel
Dennis and Ed Alsop
Pat and Charlie Howard
John and Dottie Cece
Dominic and Susan Moska
Franklin Barker

Enjoy the Pictures, and as always click on a picture to enlarge it.

Dennis, John and Franklin Waiting for the Next Ferry

Last Car On the Ferry

Near New London, What Could it Be??

In the Hotel Parking Lot

Pat and Charlie, Dominic and Susan

Susan, John, Pat, and Dawn

On Tour, Model A's Coming and Going

Charlie's Best of Show

Old Meets New

Field of Antiques

Field of Antiques

Hubley Races

Beatles Night

Charlie's Best of Show

Breakfast on the Way Home

Thanks for Looking

Archie Project Update Sept 17, 2014

This is week 13 on the project ...

Bob had built the truck body for Archie since the last session.  John Mennucci painted the frame with Rustoleum Black paint with gusto.  The floor board was strengthened  with additional wood by Charlie and Bob.  A gas leak was discovered along the inside firewall.  This was investigated and found to be due to a connection at the "bowl".  As usual, Charlie was able to come up with a replacement bowl!  Dennis and Ray  were able to do the replacement, and the connection was tightened up by John. The body was lifted off Bob's truck and gingerly placed onto the chassis - then bolted down.  Archie would not start.  A problem with the fuse holder was temporarily solved by shorting it with a nail.  Then Dennis and Al Bowder poured in "just a half cup of gas" to see if the gas leak problem was solved.  Bob took off in Archie to show off the new look to the women while the guys wondered if he would run out of gas....he didn't!  Sue shared with us that she was able to independently change her oil on her Model A at home!  The dinner was great - Pizza was supplemented by a tossed salad, and delicious marinated mushrooms.  Desserts included another apple pie made by Ray, a delicious sourcreme cinnamon cake, a fruited cheesecake ring, and whoopie pies.  

                                                  Check out the pictures below...:)

Archie Project week 13, Sept 17, 2014 -Pictures

Archie Project Week 12 Sept 3, 2014 Update

This is week 12 on the project
 During the past week ,  Ray Pagliarini fabricated an intricate piece to finish putting the hood into place - copying a piece to match one from his Model A.  Bob made some special parts to fit on the mangled old frame so new windshield mounts could be placed. He also drew up plans for building  a frame and truck body using angle iron and wood.  Before too long, Charlie and Ray had the hood going on.  John M was working on making the new pieces to support the windshield frame line up with the body.   Dennis was making a windshield mounting frame using torches and bending steel.  Gene, Ray, Al Bowder and Charlie as well as Sue all worked to get the angle iron frame cut to length and fastened to the body.  Ray and Gene went to work getting the rust off the framework, and Bob painted the angle iron.  The wood parts were cut to measure with some difficulty related to having to "make" a fence to run the saw along to assure straight cuts.  At the end of the session, the body frame was on Archie, the windshield is almost complete, the hood is on, and it was getting dark.
  Dinner was so amazing, the women are starting to talk about putting together  an Archie cookbook!
  Sandy Bowder was able to be with the group, and all the ladies were helping Pat out with preparations since she suffered a broken finger during the past day or so.
  Rosalie P brought veal with mushrooms and peppers, Dawn Mennucci brought eggplant in sauce, & Ruthi  brought  pasta & chicken.  Edie made a wonderful salad, Pat made her special bread and provided condiments.
As always we had desserts "galore" to enjoy... 
Check out the pictures below of the “crew at work”…  

Archie Project Pictures Sept 3, 2014