REBELS AUTO CLUB NEWSLETTER

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1 REBELS AUTO CLUB NEWSLETTER APRIL 2012 President s Message Choices always have to be made during this time of year. Should I work in the yard or work on my car to have it ready for the first car show of the year? There's work to be done on both, so set your priorities. I hope you have time for both. I was fortunate to have my Army son and his family here from Maryland. This is their second trip here this year and both for funerals. The first was Crystal's maternal grandpa and then her mother. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family. It was also a great time to see the grandkids again. They're fun, but can really wear you out. If any of you missed the chance to get to the World of Wheels show in Omaha, you missed a good one. It was good to see several Rebels and their entries. Everyone should try to enter your car at least once. We had several awards presented and hopefully they are listed elsewhere in the newsletter. Check the newsletter for upcoming shows and events. May seems to be the first, big car show month. Please try to support the high school shows this year. Both are struggling to stay alive. I was glad to see the Rebels contribute to the Northeast and Southeast shows. It's a great way to support Lincoln's youth and their interest in cars and trucks. Let's all get out and help with the troop packaging this month. Bake cookies and check the list of items that we like to send them. Even though the deployments are down, we still have a few soldiers to send them to. The car council book shows Cruisin' night at Culver's doesn't start until May, but the weather has been very cooperative and Officers: President: Cary Petersen cary_petersen@hotmail.com V.P.: Renee Morrison rmpackers@juno.com Secretary: Margaret Otley lo25307@windstream.net Treasurer: Wanda Holstein wrh0824@earthlink.net Coordinator: Scott Wuethrich Large: Sheryl Wright sherylw7@windstream.net Lydell Otley mroatsz-28@hotmail.com Newsletter Editor: Tracee Bougger 2702 South Street Lincoln, NE traceejean@yahoo.com PH: NEXT MEETING April 25 Parker s Smokehouse several cars have been seen there. Hope to see you on the road soon! Cary Petersen President

2 Meeting Minutes March 28 th Meeting at the VFW Club 50 members and guests were in attendance. The meeting was called to order by Cary Petersen at 7:30 pm Cary asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes from the February meeting, there were none. A motion was made and seconded and approved to accept the minutes from the last meeting. We had one guest in attendance, Jeff Maas, who is the automotive instructor for Northeast HS. We also have 2 new members, Rob Ellis and Gary Weyent, in attendance. Renee gave the vice presidents report: Next Meeting April 25 th at Parker s Rib Ranch on O street. Troop Packaging Event at The Garage set for Sunday April 29 th The time has not been set yet. Cars and Coffee at 58 th and Pine Lake Scooter s coffee. Every other Saturday starting April 28 th 8 am-10am.. Just a meet and greet event for all car enthusiasts. Cruise to Kearney Car Museum will be April 22 nd. If we have 15 or more attending the admission price will be $5. There will be more information in the newsletter. Please pass out Rebel s car show flyers at all shows and events you might attend this spring and summer before our show. Jim McNeil has flyers. Northeast High car show changed to May 5 th. Jeff Maas was in attendance, seeking any assistance or sponsorship we can give. Southeast High show May 19 th, also need sponsorships. Berean Car show on May 12 th. The May meeting will be May 30 at the Isles Pub and Pizza, $8.95 pizza buffet June meeting will be June 20 th at Pioneers Park. It will be a picnic and a walk through for the car show. We did not have a treasurers report Wanda was out of town. Scott was also not in attendance. Jim McNeil talked about some upcoming car events. May 5 th car show in Ashland May 12 th Show and shine at Gramercy Hill May 12 th Berean Car Show May 19 Southeast Car Show May 20 th Forever Angels Car Show in Antelope Park May 19 th Mopar Show in the Paypal Lot. There is also more information on some of these shows in the new car council book. Old Business: Boyd Ready reported on World of Wheels. The Rebels had nine entries. Rod Phelps received a Best of Class, Larry Sovereign received a Place Award, Roger Schwab received a Best of Class, Marv Schwab received a Place Award, Butch Rohren received a Best of Class Award, Tom Drbl received an Outstanding in Class Award, Bill Dick received a Best in Class award, Boyd Ready received an Outstanding in Class Award and Brian Hagelgantz received an Outstanding in Class Award. Brian Hagelgantz also received a Master Builder Award for his 67 Mustang Fastback. New Business: Linda Masters made a motion for the Rebels to sponsor a class for both the Northeast and Southeast car shows. The motion was seconded and approved for the Rebels to sponsor both car shows. Jeff Maas spoke about the Northeast Car Show which has been changed to May 5 th. Jeff has registration forms. Chris West spoke about the Southeast car show which is May 19 th. They are requesting help with sponsorship, donations to goodie bags or any other help the Rebels may be able to provide to them. Craig Foster presented Car Facts. This month,s was in what year was a front wheel drive, hybrid car first built. The answer is 1900 by Lorner Porsche. He asked if the members would be interested in a trivia question each month and it was decided that he would present at next months meeting a Mopar trivia question. Each month will be a different brand of car. Eric Tepley talked about Ethan s car show. This will be the 4 th Annual and it will be on June 10 th at Piedmont Shopping Center parking lot. Some of the proceeds will go to Relay for Life but this year much of it will go to a local oncology fund to help provide for local people going through cancer treatment. See Eric for entry forms. The meeting was adjourned by Cary at 8:15pm., Respectfully submitted, Margaret Otley, Secretary Tuesday, April 17 Vincenzo's Ristorante 6pm Contact either Jody White or Margaret Otley to let us know you're coming. Jody White Margaret Otley via , lo25307@windstream.net or Facebook.

3 Upcoming Events: MAKE SURE AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR Monthly Meeting(s): 7:30pm. If you would like to eat prior come around 6:00pm. Wednesday, April 25 th -Parker s Smokehouse 64 th & O St. Wednesday, May 30 th -The Isles Pub & Pizza Social Hall 6232 Havelock Ave Wednesday, June 20 th (one week early) (walk thru for upcoming car show and goodie bags assembly) Pioneers Park. Potluck-Please bring a covered dish to share. Board meetings are open to all members. Meetings are held the 2 nd Tuesday of each month. Board Meeting 7:00pm: Tuesday, April 10 th - The Garage 48 th & Hwy 2 Ladies Night Out- Tuesday, April 17 Vincenzo s Ristorante. See newsletter for details. Car Council meetings: 7:30pm Golden Corral 3940 N 27 th St. See the ENWI Car Council Book for dates when held in Lincoln. Weekly Cruises: Starting in May. Fridays: Sonic Drive-In 84 th & Holdrege, Culver s 4940 N. 27 th St. Tuesdays: Culver s 1500 Old Cheney Rd Wednesdays, fourth Wed. Don & Millie s 5200 S. 56 th St. 4pm-8pm April: Sundays: Culver s 70 th & Pioneers Sunday, April 22 nd. Kearney, NE Road trip to tour the museum. See newsletter for details. Sunday, April 29 th Rebels Troop Packages: 4pm at the Garage. See newsletter for details. May: LNE High School Car Show: Saturday, May 5 th 9am-3pm N 63 rd St. Contact: Jeff Automotive Instructor or northeastcarshow@gmail.com Berean Car Show: Saturday, May 12 th 70 th & Hwy 2. 9am- 4pm, Contact Gary All proceeds go to single family mothers who need help with car repairs. Gramercy Hill Show N Shine: May 12 th Contact Jim NcNeil for more information. LSE High School Car Show: Saturday May 19tb 9am- 3:30pm S 37 th St. Proceeds to pediatric cancer research in memory of Josh Grimes. Contact Tommy Bender , or tbender@lps.org Forever Angels Carnival: Sunday, May 20 th, 12pm- 4pm. 84 th & Pioneers (Peak Performance & Tiger Rock Academy parking lot) Contact: Scott rd Annual O Reilly Auto Parts Hot Rod Super Nationals: May 26 th -27th. Lancaster Event Center. Rebels Sock Hop: Friday, May 26 th 6:00-? Jims Shop: 1948 SW 5 th St. Suite 8. Drive over after the hot rod nationals and have great food and fun. Karaoke provided by Chubby Bills Karaoke. Please bring our own special beverage to fuel up and a dish to share. Get your 50 s -80 s costumes out of the closet and come have fun. June: NRCA Tour Nebraska: June 2-3 rd. Based out of Norfolk this year, the tour will end at York, just 50 miles from home. Registration deadline is May 15 th. Contact Rod Phelps, VP NRCA Dare to Share Car Show: June 3 rd Waverly High School 9-3pm, Proceeds to benefit Waverly School District Backpack Program. Cruzin for a Cure Car Show: Saturday, June 10 th 8am-4pm. Piedmont Shopping Center. 50 th & A St. Contact Eric or Ethan Formula Indy Races: June rd AirPark Contact Jim NcNeil for more information. Rebels Auto Club Car Show: June 24 th 8am-5pm Pioneers Park. Members are not eligible to participate in our show, but do bring yours out to show off in the designated area and please consider to volunteer as this is a big event for our club. July: 2 nd Annual Rollin Against Hunger: July 14 t h 4pm. Poker run sign-up starts at 1pm.@ Frontier Harley- Davidson 205 NW 40 th St. Sponsored by the City of Lincoln Dept of Public Works. Co-sponsored by The Rebels Auto Club & Frontier Harley owners group. Beer Garden & Food-5pm, Band 6pm. Contact: Ron or Nick Brown. 10 th Annual Midwest MCA Mustang and All Ford Show: July 14 th 8am-4pm. 27 th St & I-80. Contact: Bruce Kennedy *Information on all upcoming car events are posted in the ENWI Car Council Book. Check it out. Your current membership card can benefit you for a discount on purchases at The Auto Zone at 2904 Cornhusker Hwy and A Street Auto Parts.

4 Rebels Auto Club Car Show June 24, 2012 Our Biggest Event of the Year! Car show flyers are now available for distribution. More volunteers are needed to help with the car show. You can get signed up at the next meeting (s) or contact Dave O'Melia As club members, we cannot compete in our own show, but we do bring our cars to show off in the designated area. Many Hands Make Work Light! English.Proverb. many hands make light work. A large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily. Don t forget to bring your canned goods to the next meeting. Margaret Otley is collecting them to take to the Food Pantry. CARDS OR FLOWERS Anyone who knows of a Rebels member who should have a card sent to someone in the hospital or flowers for a funeral, Contact John or Carol Danielson " Cars & History" ~by Craig Foster Who and when was a front wheel drive, gasoline engine/electric motor car offered to the public for sale? This hybrid car was designed by Ferdinand Porsche while he worked for a coach builder in Vienna called Jacob Lohner. This car was called the "Lohner-Porsche Mixte" and the year was NEW MEMBERS Rob Ellis 63 Chevy Nova, 69 Chevy C10, 64 Impala SS Gary Weyant 1950 Oldsmobile 88 Convertible

5 Well here we go, the start of April! Boy, these first months have sure passed by in a hurry. We have been really busy with moving and me being ill and a little depressed that my truck is going to be out of commission for a few weeks - looks like I spun a cam. I would like to thank all of you that have filled in for me at the meetings and thanks again to all that represented the Rebels during the World of Wheels. We had a great turn out. There really isn t a whole lot going on in the month of April which gives us all a little bit longer to get our hot rods ready for the shows in May. Don t forget that we have our Rebels show in June and if you have not signed up to volunteer please contact Linda Masters, Dave O Melia or me. If there are any rebels that have a business that would like to give stuff away for our car show please contact me or Dave. Every little bit helps make our show a success! April s Events th Lee Summit Mo. Ararat Shrine Swap Meet & Auto Coral (page 6 of Book) 22 nd Wahoo Swap Meet Saunders County Fairgrounds May Events 5 th Ashland 5 th Annual ROC Car & Truck show Greenwood High school 18 th & Furnace. Contact Rich Miller th Gramercy Hill Show N Shine Contact Jim McNeil 12 th Berean Car Show Contact Gary Weyer th Northeast High School Car Show TBA 19 th Southeast High School Car Southeast High parking lot Contact Tommy Bender th Forever Angels Carnival 84th & Pioneers (Peak Performance & Tiger Rock Academy parking lot 12-4 questions Contact Scott th & 27 th Hot Rod Nationals, Lancaster Event Center June Events MARK YOUR CALENDARS Coordinators Report 2 nd Open House and Car Show, J2 Speed & Custom, S.147 th St. Omaha Ne Info Contact Jeff Allen , 3 rd Waverly Dare to Share Car show Benefit the Back Pack Waverly High. Registration 9-11 Show 11-3 Contact Tom French th 4 th Annual Cruzin for a Cure, Piedmont Shopping Center, 50 th & A st. Reg. 9-Noon Show Noon to 3:30 Contact Eric th -23 rd Airpark More Info in Next Newsletter 24 th Rebels Auto Club Show Pioneers Park All Day If you have an event that would like to be posted in the newsletter please feel free to contact me or onefastbike2001@yahoo.com Scott THE TRUSTY GARDEN GNOME Did you know that in the 1800 s, German Phillip Griebel popularized ceramic garden gnomes based on a myth that gnomes helped in the garden at night and scared thieves away. Road Trip Kearney Classic Car Museum Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 The plan is to leave Lincoln as a group. We will meet at Shoemakers Truck stop around 9:45 a.m. and plan to be on the road at 10:00 a.m. We will stop in Kearney for Lunch and then go over to the Museum. Their hours are from Noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. The cost is $8, $7 for Seniors (55+), but if we have 15 or more in our group, the cost will be $5 per person. We currently have 11 signed up, so hopefully we can get at least 4 more people to join the group. To sign up, please call either Bruce or Sheryl Wright at If we are not available, you can leave us a message. Later this month we will provide additional information to those who have signed up for the cruise.

6 Save Tabs & Bring to Meetings Who s in the driver s seat of this1933 Chopped Ford Pickup? Picture taken around 1958 or That s a 1950 Olds engine with 3 two barrel carbs, Rebels, Thank you so much for making me an honorary member of the Rebels. I know how much Stuie loved his car clubs and all his friends. I d like to take the time to thank all those who went to see Stuie in the nursing home and to all of you who have helped me through all this. I ve never had such caring friends and I owe that all to Stuie. God Bless You All! Shirley Kirkbride

7 Formula SAE began in 1981 in Michigan. The objective of the competition is to design, build and demonstrate a commercially viable mini-formula style racecar for the non-professional weekend autocross racer. The United States Competition has been held annually in Michigan and California for the past several years. Beginning this year the California event is moving to Lincoln for at least the next five years. The 2012 competition will take place at the Air Park Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) site on June cars and over 1,000 team members are signed up to compete in the Lincoln competition representing universities from the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India and Japan. The Lincoln Chamber of Commerce estimates that this event will bring $1.3M into Lincoln. It is a big deal! The competition consists of a technical inspection followed by three static and four dynamic events. Static events are Design Judging, a cost and manufacturing report and a business/marketing report and presentation. The dynamic events include acceleration, skid pad, autocross and endurance/fuel economy. The SCCA will be running the dynamic events. Benefits for the students include: Gaining project management & scheduling skills Coursework knowledge transferred directly to real-world applications Learning valuable skills needed for future employment Exposure to the mobility engineering industry Networking and establishing employment opportunities The UNL has established a team for the first time this year. The team, Husker Motorsports, has designed and is building their racer for the completion. The chassis is a TIG welded, Chromoly 4130 tubular frame design with fiberglass body panels. The power train is based on a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R motor cycle engine and 6-Speed slipper clutch transmission. The engine has a 13.1:1 compression ratio and runs on E-85 fuel. The rear wheel drive train includes a limited slip differential. The brakes and suspension were designed by the students. So, what is the potential role of the Rebels Car Club? The SAE is looking for volunteers to help run the competition. They are looking for people with training and/or experience in performance automobiles to help out with the judging. Over 100 community volunteers are needed to run this four day event. Areas where help is needed in addition to judging the static and dynamic events include helping the SCCA with the dynamic events and administrative activity such as registration, crowd control, parking and grounds clean-up. The SAE organizers of the event are already aware of the Rebels support of the SCCA Nationals and are anticipating that the Rebels will be available to help out in this event. Individuals interested in volunteering can contact the SAE directly by calling Kaley Zundel at or by her at kzundel@sae.org. Photo of two cars at the 2011 California Formula SAE event Troop Packages Sunday, April 29 th The Garage Come join the fun! Please bake and freeze your cookies and other goodies. Bill Masters will gladly accept items at his station, Parkway 66 at 48th & Normal. He pre-bags, seals and freezes them for packaging day. We will also take your frozen items on packing day. Quick & easy for soldiers: Nuts, Trail Mixes, Gum, Fruit Cups, Flavor sticks for water, Snack/breakfast/protein bars, Cheese/peanut butter & crackers, Hard Candies/breath mints Personal items: Deodorant, toothpaste (good tasting) Toothbrushes, shampoo, lotions, chap sticks, razors or any personal items. Wet ones/baby wipes to use for bathing/sanitation. Female items, plastic utensils and baggies., AA & AAA Batteries. Call or Sandy Francisco if your have questions. Home: gsfran68@gmail.com

8 Nine members of the Rebels traveled to Omaha to participate in the World of Wheels Car Show. We left Lincoln as a group on Thursday and arrived at the show at 2pm. As we entered the show some of our members were asked to allow show officials to check the gas gage of their car. If the tank was too full they were asked to drain some out and return. So while the rest of us were setting up our display Butch Rohren and Marv Schwab headed out to get rid of some motion lotion. Butch returned after a short while. Marv's Lincoln did not give up the gas as easily and he did not return until about 6pm. Marv had to go to a local Ford service shop where they drained 15 gallons from his tank. They told Marv no charge we will take your gas instead! After getting our cars set up we headed for the American GI Forum for dollar tacos. You can't beat dollar tacos! We arrived back home about 10pm World of Wheels Suzy's Truck For the next couple of days our guys attended the show and watched over the cars. On Friday I accompanied Roger and Patty Schwab and Tony Sanson to the show. After we left the show we headed over to the Quaker Steak and Lube for a bite of supper. You know you have to grease the machine some times. On Saturday My wife Sandy and I went back to the show with our grandson Brandon. Some of you know him from Tour Nebraska. He has been on seven Tours and is going with us this year. He had a great time checking out the cars. At the awards on Sunday our merry group of Rebels were rewarded with many awards. Mr Rod Phelps showed Suzy's truck and was awarded a Best of Class. Larry Sovereign's green Green Corvette received a Place Award. Marv Schwab's gas drained Lincoln received a Best of Class. Marv's big brother Roger got a Place Award for his beautiful white Chevelle. Butch Rohren's 31 Ford coupe received a Best of Class. Tom Drbal's 33 Ford five window coupe was presented an Outstanding in Class. Bill Dick's screaming yellow 05 Roush Mustang was awarded a Best in Class. The raffle car, The Silver Knight, presented by Boyd Ready got an Outstanding in Class. Brian Hagelgantz also received an Outstanding in class for his 67 Mustang fastback World of Wheels Tom Drbal When we entered the awards room an announcement was made that after the regular awards were presented the special awards would be handed out and everyone should remain for them as anyone might win one. Well one of our own Rebels did just that. Brian Hagelgantz was awarded the Master Builder Award for his work in building his 67 Mustang fastback in his garage out behind the house. I had a great time and enjoyed the camaraderie with my fellow Rebels World of Wheels Sharon next to her new red kitchen

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