Page 5 CRUISIN’ with the Mass Cruisers Auto Club
Swap Season Begins (Continued from page 4)
are necessary for the following
(Continued from page 4) May 21 Cruise.
is advertised as open until 4 pm on • Dale Williams sounded the
Saturdays. Of course, we didn’t know meeting horn at 7:05 pm with
where it was, but a stop at the Sunoco 21 members present.
Station off Rte 146 for a telephone
book, the always handy GPS and a • Our guest speaker Jason
cell phone call were all we needed to Maille could not make to-
find it from there. They were only night’s meeting and will be
open til 2 that day due to the impend- rescheduled for our May 19
ing afternoon rain. They have a $5 per meeting.
person charge to roam the main yard
where the old timers are stored along • Tonight’s meeting was a good
memory row. one for our newest members
We weren’t disappointed at North to meet everyone. Gary and
Smithfield despite the rain that came Steve Huntington tries out this 39 Chevy for size at the Bates Carlene Woloski as well as
down heavily later on. They have a Auto Parts Junk Yard Junket. While is was dry during the Bates Tom Sousa who live in Frank-
good number of complete project Junket, the rain came later cutting short our trek through the lin were in attendance.
cars to look over in the parking areas North Smithfield Auto Recycling yard as Rich Armando, Ralph Chadsey and John Bloom demonstrate below. • Gary brought along project
by the office building if you want to photos of all the work he has
avoid paying the yard charge. This is done transforming his ’74
a well organized yard with storage Ford Custom 150 into a modi-
containers filled with dismantled en- fied street machine.
gines, trannys, steering columns and
other drive train parts. All the old iron • Tom on the other hand bought
is marked with identifying numbers his ’71 Buick GS 350 Converti-
for checking their asking prices. My ble last fall after searching
personal favorites were the 1935 Ford something else and became
pickup at North Smithfield and 1952 interested in joining the Mass
Studebaker at Bates. See the videos Cruisers after going to the
on Vimeo Bates Auto Parts and Bass Pro Shops Cruises.
North Smithfield Auto •
Doug Whitney, who has
The April 18 Dust-off cruise to the 39th helped us for the past two
Annual Ford V8 Car Show and Flea years with judging at our Car
Market is becoming a ritual for many
club members. Those that want to get Show as Dale Williams guest,
there shortly after the 8:00 AM start- recently bought the 1954
ing time meet at the Milford K-Mart parking lot and Chevy Bel Air from Dale that
leave at 7:00 AM with others leaving when they can. was going to be his next pro-
Early arrivals on a great weather day like we experi- ject. Because Doug’s excuse
enced get to park on one of the paved runways while for not joining the club in the
late arrivals parked on the grass field which can be past was that he didn’t have a
either wet or dusty. In addition to blowing out the mois- cruise or project car, it makes
ture in the tailpipes, this early show is a great opportu- one wonder if Dale’s strategy
nity to pass out our August car show and Bass Pro
Shops cruise night flyers while getting to look over a all along was to eliminate his
lot of cars that come to this show from all over New buddy’s excuse by finding and
England. Steve Huntington who led the Fitchburg selling the ‘54 to him. Regard-
cruise said there was a good turn out at the opening less, I suppose Doug could be
Wheels of Time Thursday night cruise. thought of as the old-timer
See the Fitchburg Dust-off Cruise by clicking the link: newest member.
39th Annual Fitchburg Spring Tune-Up
• Thanks were expressed to the
Those of you that want to enjoy the next double header
Rowley Auto Flea Market & Eliot ME Junk Yard Junket, Nyborn’s and Chadsey’s for
show up at Rich Armando’s office location 614 Chap- hosting the last two dinner
man St. in Canton at 7:00 AM on Saturday May 2nd. socials. The next social, the
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