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1 TIMES Volume 3, Number 1 Official Publication of the HAPPY NEW YEAR! CONTENTS December Events.. 1 New Members... 2 Jones Cruise-In winners Events Message from Rick. 4 Club Holiday Party.. 4 Club News Member Spotlights. 6 Recap: Jones Cruise-In 7 Our Sponsors... 8 Our Charities... 8 OUR NEXT CLUB MEETING: Saturday, January 31 2:00 PM The Varsity Gwinnett 6045 Dawson Blvd Norcross, GA (Exit 99 off I-85 North) Happy New Year to all the Cool Cruisers! We have just ended a GREAT 2014, and look forward to an even better 2015! We will have a very short off season, ending in mid December and kicking off on February 14th with our I m sick of Winter Sweetheart Cruise-In at the Old Hickory House in Tucker. In 2014, we raised over $32,000 for our charities: Toys for Tots (2 events) Susan G. Komen for the Cure (3 events) USO Georgia (3 events) Hot Rodders Children s Charity Fighting for Dawn Planned PEThood The Factory Church GracePointe Marietta Church Furkids Fisher House Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

2 Page 2 TIMES Roy Jones Memorial Cruise-In Winners Welcome to Our New Members! Ron & Carolyn Tracz Our Membership is now 123! Contact Info: Club President Rick Ellis RNE680@mindspring.com Volunteer Coordinator Terry Mell Tmell@windstream.net Mailing Address: Georgia Cool Cruisers P. O. Box Atlanta, GA Congratulations to all our Winners! Best in Show: Chris & Krys Street, 1970 Plymouth Superbird TOP 10: Roy Jones, 1965 Buick Skylark Eddie Seagraves, 1969 Pontiac GTO Paul Wentz, 1967 Chevy Impala James Dorsey, 1934 Ford Tudor J.C. Conway, 1969 Chevy Kingswood Estate wagon *Kevin Watkins, 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser Joy Hicks, 1938 Ford Pick-up Billy Poore, 1953 Ford Deluxe *Alan & Rochelle Ziglin, 1961 Plymouth Fury Joan & James Porter, 1940 Lincoln K Ladies Choice: Jerry McIntosh, 1951 Ford Country Squire Woody Roy Jones Memorial Award: Steve Ashby, 1957 Chevy Convertible Coolest Cruiser Award: Bill Elder, 1969 Plymouth Barracuda * Denotes GCC Member Get ready for the 9th Season of Galaxy Diner Cruise-Ins! We kick off on Saturday, March 7th 3:00-6:00 PM with March Madness

3 Page 3 TIMES The I m Sick of Winter Sweetheart Cruise-In at the Old Hickory House Saturday, February 14th / 11 AM to 3 PM 2201 Northlake Parkway Tucker, GA March Madness at the Galaxy Diner Saturday, March 7th / 3 PM to 6 PM 3320 Henderson Mill Rd Chamblee, GA Atlanta International Auto Show Wednesday, March 25th thru Sunday, March 29th Georgia World Congress Center Hall C 235 Northside Drive, Atlanta, GA Hot Rods at Hayes of Baldwin Saturday, May 23th / 10 AM to 2 PM Hayes Family Dealerships 3660 Georgia Hwy 365 Baldwin, GA Galaxy Diner Cruise-Ins First Saturdays April thru October 4 PM to 7 PM 3320 Henderson Mill Rd Chamblee, GA in the works... St. David's Episcopal Church Saturday, April 11th 1015 Old Roswell Road, Roswell, GA (Time and Details TBA) The Factory Church 2 Shows in 15 May & October 10th (Locations & Times TBA) GracePointe Marietta Church Open Car Show 505 Atlanta Street SE, Marietta, GA (Date & Time TBA) Horsepower at the Pony The Pink Pony 1837 Corporate Blvd, Atlanta, GA (Date & Time TBA) Cool Cars at Coolray Field Saturday, September 26th / 10 AM - 2 PM Coolray Field (Gwinnett Braves Stadium) 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, GA Two of the BEST ways to find Car Events... Online at: SoutheastWheelsEvents.com Club Member Mike Thies Website! Printed publication (Subscription): Ragtops & Runningboards 5956 Kemp Dr, Acworth, GA RagtopsRunningboards@hotmail.com Local Cruise-Ins Romeo Club Retired Old Men Eating Out Meets every 8 AM Marietta Diner 306 S. Cobb Pkwy, Marietta, GA Caffeine & Octane First Sundays - 8:00 to 11:00 AM Deerfield Office Park Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA Atlanta Doughnut Derelicts Every Saturday - 8:30-11:00 AM The Donut Shop 3677 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road Chamblee, GA 30341

4 Page 4 TIMES By Rick Ellis, Club Founder As 2014 ends, and we are looking forward to another fun-filled year, I have to take a minute or two to reflect on the past year and a half. I can t believe how the club has grown in that short time! It has been a real joy to be a part of this group... the friendships that have been formed, the participation at club events and the AMAZING group of volunteers that show up at every event and make the set-up, running and tear down not only easy but fun! Our club has gotten SO MUCH exposure in its short history! In March we showed off in front of hundreds of thousands at the Atlanta International Auto Show, with our displays of 40 classic and muscle cars, then a nice club showing at the 1st annual Motorama at Atlanta Motor Speedway. We jumped in with the Gwinnett County Department of Public Safety to make the car show part of the Safety Fair an Amazing event, complete with some Cool event T-shirts! We raised money for a variety of charities and churches, had fun with two shows at the Pink Pony and ended up with a Toys for Tots cruise-in that took in an unbelievable $12,500 in toys and cash. Our total charity collections for the year was over $32,000, thanks to YOU, our fantastic members! We head into 2015 with a huge task... Make it bigger and better than I know we can, with the participation of the members and support of our sponsors. Please plan to come out to as many events as your busy schedule will allow, and help promote our group to your friends Cool Cruisers Holiday Party Our second annual Club Holiday party was another fun one! Thanks to the staff of the Greater Good BBQ in Tucker for once again taking excellent care of us. We appreciate all the club members that came out to celebrate our FANTASTIC year! Far left: Jim & Connie Front Flowers, Design Donna Wilson and Thomas Carroll Left: Dennis & Amber Behnken Back Design Below Left: Alan & Rochelle Ziglin and Sharon Ellis Below: Spencer Ecklund, Claude Tilly Lanier and Stephen Rice.

5 TIMES Page 5 Next Club Meeting Saturday, January 31 2:00 PM The Varsity Gwinnett 6045 Dawson Blvd Norcross, GA January Birthdays Ed Siragusa 5th Barry Sikes 7th Jack Mobley 7th Doug Bailey 12th Sweetheart Cruise-In! We know you LOVE your cars and we also know we are ALL sick of Old Man Winter, so we decided to kick off our 2015 Season with the I m Sick of Winter Sweetheart Cruise-In at the Old Hickory House in Tucker. The show will run from 11 AM to 3 PM and will benefit Furkids, an animal rescue group. Atlanta Auto Show The BIG ONE is coming up soon (March 25-29) at the Georgia World Congress Center. If you are interested in putting your car in the show, please contact Rick at for details. NOTE: If you have moved or changed your address, please let us know! Advisory Board Members The following members will make up the club s new Advisory Board: Spencer Ecklund Jim Flowers Dennis Behnken Dennis Williams Alan Ziglin Leigh Fragnoli Terry Mell Bill Good Larry Vaitkus Claude Lanier The first meeting will be held on Saturday, January 10 at 2:00 PM at the Galaxy Diner. All club members are welcome to attend. December Charity Collections We had another GREAT month for our charities! We collected $2,000 for Fisher House and $175 for our Secret Santa Fund. The Secret Santa went to help two local families. Thanks to everyone for their generosity! Club Jackets Cold weather is here, and if you don t have one of our cool club jackets, then you aren t styling! We can fix that problem though, just call or Rick and get your s ordered today. We have 2 styles available, the Satin Coaches style with quilted lining (for $110) and the lightweight (from $70). We also have caps ($20) and t-shirts (sale $12). In Our Prayers... Greg Talbott in the loss of his niece Lizzie. Floyd Farabaugh is recovering from major surgery. Dennis Behnken s brother John. Tim Bower s brother Tom is recovering from heart surgery Lincoln Mark V Always garaged, Ice cold A/C, Low mileage, Fully loaded, Leather interior,forged wheels and sunroof from the factory. Cost in 1977 $22, CID V8, Heated mirror, Hidden headlights and the famous opera windows. The metallic burgundy paint is stunning in the sunlight. This car has won several trophies at local car shows. Looks & runs great, $13,500. Mike or mbc40@comcast.net 2014 Member Appreciation Gift If you didn t get your Cool Cruiser key chain at one of the December club events, make sure you ask for it at an upcoming one. Limit one per member, and supplies are limited.

6 Page 6 TIMES Matt Podowitz & Sandy BACK DESIGN Matt with his son Max Sandy at the Roy Jones Memorial Cruise-In Georgia Cool Cruisers member Matt Podowitz and his sidekick Neil Feathers (aka Crash and Burn ) rescue old cars from behind barns and under woodpiles, get them running again, and drive them in crazy automotive events to raise money for charity. In the past five years their team, Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse, has run three cars and raised over $12,000 for charity. Sandy is the team s latest rescue/rally project. This 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook drowned in New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy hit in After sitting in four feet of water for several days Front Design and then rusting for nearly a year, the previous owner regretfully deemed this gorgeous midcentury sedan a total loss and was going to dispose of it. Crash s and Burn s friend Jim Thwaite (owner of road rally organizer Asphault Adventures) saw the car being offered for sale one last time online for its scrap value and knew that Crash and Burn would never let this car go to the crusher. He bought the car for $500 and had it towed to his garage while the team came up with a plan for putting the car back on the road. Sandy has proven to be the team s biggest build yet It took Your nearly Name a year of effort just to get the car sufficiently mobile to be loaded on an auto transporter for the trip to Crash s pad in Atlanta. The car now has a new drive train (leftovers from someone s 49 Dodge hotrod project), a partially-complete 12 volt electrical system conversion, new brakes, and new wheel bearings. The car made it eight miles to the Georgia Cool Cruisers Roy Jones Memorial show and five of the eight miles home under her own power. (Atlanta fans of the team, please call Ken Kianpour of Red Ivey s Express Towing for all your towing needs at definitely a friend of banger cars and those who drive them.) More work remains to be done before Sandy can drive her first rally (Asphault Adventures West Virginia to Key West Rally in May/June 2015), including rebuilding or replacing the 1949 transmission (1st and 2nd gear issues), rebuilding or replacing the differential (a seemingly never-ending Achilles Heel for the team s rally cars), and rebuilding the steering and suspension. But Sandy will drive again. Please follow Two Horsemen of the Carpocalypse on Facebook and on the team s website ( for updates. Thanks for reading, and see you on the road!

7 Page 7 TIMES A Perfect December Day to Honor Roy and His Family! We could not have asked for a better day in December (or for ANY month) for a Cruise-In, sunny and in the mid 60 s! That and the reason for the show brought out over 80 cars to honor Roy and his family. We filled the Diner parking lot and overflowed into the bank lot across the street. We got to see many of the Galaxy regulars, some just stopped by to make a donation to our charity, Fisher House. We collected $2,000 for this great charity that helps families of our military, plus another $125 for our Secret Santa fund. We changed our award format for Galaxy shows, with a Best in Show and Top 10 instead of various age category winners, and was a hit with the crowd (see page 2 for a list of the winners). Thanks to the North Georgia Mopar Club for their participation and the Atlanta Mopar Club that made a cameo appearance on their way to a Toys for Tots event. We are sure Roy was looking down on the event and was very impressed! Front Design Some of the SHOW WINNERS: Top Left: Steve Ashby s 57 Chevy (Roy Jones Award). Top Right: Roy s 65 Buick, presented by his family; Maria, Christina, Fabi and Luis (Top 10) Middle Left: Kevin Watkins 03 PT Cruiser (Top 10) Above: Chris & Krys Street s 70 Plymouth Superbird (Best in Show) Left: Alan & Rochelle Ziglin s 61 Plymouth (Top 10)

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