March 2013 Volume 37, Issue 3

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1 CLASSIC HEARTBEAT TEXAS LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE CAR CLUB EXCLUSIVELY FOR 55, 56 AND 57 CHEVY CARS, TRUCKS AND CORVETTES CHEVROLET S GOLDEN ERA! March 2013 Volume 37, Issue 3 PO Box Dallas, TX Current Membership -170 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President David Graves term expires 12/13 Vice Pres Greg Hedum term expires 12/14 Treasurer Tom Walker term expires 12/14 Secretary Larry Epperson term expires 12/13 Board Member Marvin Cowden term expires 12/12 Board Member - Alan Strong term expires 12/13 Board Member John Rogers term expires 12/14 Appointed Positions WRENCHES Rep Don Andre WRENCHES Rep Bill Preston Tech Advisor - Larry Rollow Membership Chairman Joe Ortega Ladies Group Chairwoman Vickie Penney Membership Information Dues are $25 per year, payable to Dallas Area Classic Chevys, mail to the club PO Box. To determine your renewal date, check your mailing label, the top right corner is the month/yr your membership expires. FAVORITE PICKS BY OUR CLUB SPONSORS! TUNES BY DAN THE MAN BUNCH! FREE HOT DOGS AND DRINKS THANKS TO RELIABLE! ALL TRI FIVE CHEVYS WELCOMED TO DISPLAY! AS ALWAYS IF WEATHER IS IN QUESTION CHECK YOUR INBOX OR CHECK THE CLUB WEBSITE! NEXT MONTH DACC DAY AT THE DRAGS! Sunday April 7 th North Star Dragway Come and race your Chevy at the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge drag racing series event representing the DACC! CLASSES FOR ALL CARS, Car Club vs Car Club, earn points for DACC! Club will provide burgers and dogs for lunch for all club members whether you re racing or watching!

2 Page 2 of 5 Classic Heartbeat Owned by Ken Burton, then Jeff Mouakket and now finally Mike Dodson, this month s Feature Car maybe should be titled the BURTON, MOUAKKET and DODSON Feature Car! This is Delray two-door Chevy Sedan has been around Dallas Area Classic Chevy Club for a long time, passing from member to member. Longtime DACC member, avid drag racer and classic-carbuilder Ken Burton purchased it about 1995 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was included in a deal to purchase another Classic Chevy. This one had been stored outside and was burned from the doors back in a grass fire. Ken added a hood and some other parts when he sold it to DACC member Jeff Mouakket in Jeff had been on the hunt for an old car to restore, when he came across DACC and decided he wanted a model Chevrolet, preferably a two door. February 2005, he found a two-door 56 for sale in the newspaper. It was already sold, but the seller knew of a friend with another one for sale Ken Burton. Jeff took Bill Preston with him to check out the car. It didn't look like the car had ever been repainted. The typical problems were there -- bad floors, rusty rocker panels, holes in the trunk. The transmission tunnel had been cut at one time for a 4-speed shifter. His wife and neighbors thought he was nuts when he brought it home. Work on the car was slow and his lack of experience led him to ask LOTS of questions on the Tri-Five forums. Plus he sold his house in Flower Mound and moved out to Double Oak and built a garage to work in. Over the course of five years, he replaced the trunk Continued on Page 4

3 Classic Heartbeat Page 3 of 5 THE HOT ONE Chevys HUGE HIT at 53 rd Annual Dallas Autorama! The Hot One a Chevy sales slogan used during those fabulous mid fifties when our Chevys were being born and later used by author Pat Chappell for the title of her book about the Chevrolet. That was the theme for the DACC display at this year s Autorama display as 7 of the club s finest Tri Five Chevys made the statement that the HOT ONE is STILL THE HOT ONE! Thanks to our members who displayed at the show in the club display Michael Brown 55 Bel Air, Joe Sanders 57 Bel Air, Jim Leinart , John Rogers 56 Nomad, Terry Sealock - 57 Convertible, Don Andre 57 Bel Air and Mike Reeves 55 Bel Air. Special thanks to Marvin Cowden, Joe Ortega for volunteering to assist in the set up and tear down of the club display and then last but not least these members for signing up to work our display during the show Joe Sanders, John & Dena Rogers, Joe Ortega, David & Marlene Graves, Marvin Cowden and Don Andre. Without the commitment of those who displayed their cars, worked the booth and assisted in the setup and teardown the DACC would not have had this display! We signed up several new members to the club, talked to MANY new faces and invited them all to the SPRING CLASSIC CHEVY SHOW at Reliable! THANKS TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED! Be sure and check out the photos from the Autorama and especially our HOT ONE display now posted on the club website! WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! 940 Cort & Lorane Rea 7117 Corona Drive N Richland Hills, TX Dr Sedan 941 Art Rodriguez 3205 N University Dr, #0407 Nacogdoches, TX dr Bel Air Sedan 942 Gary & Denise Lackey 16 Rancho Dr Frisco, TX Chevy dr CONGRATS TO THESE DACC WINNERS FROM THE 53 rd Annual Dallas Autorama! apologies if we missed someone! Tri Five Chevys Art Rodriguez 57 Chevy Best In Class, Cons Hdtp Joe Sanders 57 Chevy Outstanding In Class, Street Achievement (Best Interior) John Rogers 56 Nomad Best In Class, Custom Wagon Jon Ellison Rising Star Award for Best Interior and Outstanding in Class Cort Rea 55 Chevy Outstanding In Class Cons Hdtp, Don Andre 57 Chevy Outstanding In Class, Mild Hardtop Jack Stewart 55 Convertible Outstanding In Class and Street Achievement Restoration Award Don Sebert 56 Corvette Outstanding In Class, Domestic Sports Class Doug Pedersen 55 Chevy Best In Class, Cons Hdtp Other Cars Michael Brown 64 Chevy Impala Best In Class Mark Baker 2000/1967 Vette 1 st Place, Hand Built Sports Class Jack Ellison 37 Chevy Drag Roadster Best in Class, Competition Roadster

4 Page 4 of 5 Classic Heartbeat Feature Car continued from Page 2 floor, installed complete floor pan halves, new inner and outer rockers, and replaced one of the doors with one found on Craigslist in San Antonio. They shipped the door via Greyhound bus! For the engine, he wanted a modern, fuel-injected engine and focused on a LS1. He put in a low bid on an engine/tranny combo on ebay and unexpectedly won. The combo came out of a 2004 GTO. It was nice and supposedly had 15k miles on it... believable because it was very clean, but after the first few starts, the engine began making an awful knocking noise. Turns out, three rods were broken and the engine was full of water. Bad luck. The warranty was long gone and he replaced it with a 5.3L out of a Chevy truck. He took the body to a small body shop in Lewisville. It was a bit of a nightmare but the guy charged with painting the car was really talented. It took much longer than promised, cost more money than planned. Jeff also had the pleasure of being attacked and suffering from a bad bite by their dog one day while there checking things out. Fortunately, when he got the car back, the paint looked fantastic. Being his first restoration and car build, he needed a little help with putting it back together, so it went back to Ken Burton's for some of the finishing touches. Modifications: 5.3L (327 cu) Chevrolet, fuel injected engine LS6 intake manifold 4L60e transmission Chevy 10-bolt rear Mini-tub rear wheel wells American Racing Torq-Thrust wheels, 17x10 rear, 17x9 front American Autowire harness Cadillac DTS shifter Autometer gauges 1999 Honda Accord front seats Custom matched interior - matching seats, visors, headliner, console, door panels and custom console by Larry Hankins One-piece side glass conversion (eliminates the vent window) Vintage Air a/c kit Ididit tilt column 4-wheel disc brakes In 2010 Mike and Vickie Dodson had sold their beautiful black and white Nomad to Mike and Sandy Reeves, also DACC members, and were looking for a nice Classic Chevy to take to parking lot car shows. A friend sent pictures of Mouakket s 56 and they went to see it at the El Chico Show in Flower Mound. He and Vickie liked it and just bought it. Mike had his painter, Donnie Bright, wet sand and buff the paint, put in a new back glass, and build a custom radiator shroud. Fuller Upholstery in Keller made new door panels for it. The transmission went out after Mike bought it and Tim Brown at T&T Automotive repaired the 4L60E transmission. Otherwise Mike just keeps it clean in his own outstanding way. The Dodsons love this car and they ve had LOTS of cars. You can find them all over the place at car shows and sometimes even on TV! The car was featured on My Ride Rules. P.S. Jeff Mouakket is currently finishing up a '59 Chevy Fleetside Big Window pickup! More photos at DACC will caravan to San Angelo for Lone Star XXXI leaving on Friday morning May 24 th plan to join us! Details coming soon! MORE INFO ON THE LONE STAR CONVENTION AT

5 Classic Heartbeat Page 5 of 5 DACC MEMBER S PHOTOS FROM THE PAST Another photo from back in the day Now your part is to guess WHO IS THAT PERSON? Take a good look, take your best guess, then check on the DACC website s Chat Board link under the MISC section and there you will find the answer of WHO IS THAT PERSON? HINT this is 1959 and this member has a 55 that has become legend for doing burnouts! 2013 TX Muscle Car Club Challenge Drag Racing Series Calendar Sunday March 10 Texas Raceway, Kennedale Sunday March 24 Texas Motorplex, Ennis Sunday April 7 North Star Dragway, Denton Sunday April 21 Dallas Raceway, Crandall Sunday May 5 North Star Dragway, Denton Sunday June 2 Texas Raceway, Kennedale Sunday September 8 Texas Motorplex, Ennis Sunday September 29 Ardmore Dragway, Ardmore Sunday October 13 Redline Raceway, Caddo Mills Sunday October 27 Texas Raceway, Kennedale Race with and support the DACC drag racers at these events! GO TEAM DC! more info and at the DACC Chat Board! Last Month This 1967 photo is Billie Walker, and her husband Billy was featured in this section the month before her. Both photos (Billy and Billie) were taken at the same time and believe it or not Billie (not Billy) is 8 months pregnant in this shot! AND if you enjoy nostalgia drag racing YOU can race your Tri Five Chevy in the new Southwest Heritage Racing Association (SHRA) series, running 3 times in 2013 all at North Star Dragway, April 6, July 6 and October 5! More info at Got a photo to share from the past? Send it to info@dallasclassicchevy.com No Name Cruise March 23rd If you like to DRIVE that Classic Chevy, then put Saturday March 23 rd on your calendar for the first NO-NAME CRUISE for DACC! This is a simple destination driving event for club members to take their Chevys on with other club members. This one, the destination is Cumby, TX and the group will depart at 10AM sharp from the Northern Tool parking lot at the southwest corner of Interstate 30 and Broadway in Garland. The plan is to cruise over to Cumby (about 55 miles) getting their for lunch and tour a rod shop there. Then head back to the metromess about 4ish. Need more info? Contact Marvin Cowden

6 PO Box Dallas, TX Name Address City, State Zip 1 st Class Mail RELIABLE CHEVROLET 800 N Central Expressway (Arapaho and Central) Richardson CONTACT GENERAL SALES MANAGER JEFF POWER FOR YOUR DACC DEAL ON A NEW OR USED CHEVROLET! March 9 th SATURDAY, 2013 SPRING CLASSIC CHEVY SHOW! CONTACT HERITAGE INSURANCE FOR YOUR DIRECT LINE TO THE BEST COLLECTOR CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR YOUR TRI FIVE CHEVY! Toll Free at or on the web at WE WERE CLUB MEMBERS BEFORE WE BECAME SPONSORS! WE REPRESENT ALL OF THE MAJOR COLLECTOR CAR INSURANCE FIRMS WE PROMISE TO GET YOU THE BEST RATE FROM THE BEST COMPANIES! PROUD SPONSOR OF THE DALLAS AREA CLASSIC CHEVYS!