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1 Whatcha Got.. Tri-five Chevies are iconically popular and Kurt Deisinger, like Tom Schmanski, is also ǁ ŽƌŬŝŶŐŽŶĂϭϵϱϲŚĞǀ ƌžůğƚ, ŝɛŝɛăƚǁ ŽĚŽŽƌƉŽƐƚƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚĨƌŽŵĂƐĞǇĂƌƌĞƩ h ŶĚĞƌĂ tarp it is hiding a 350; a 700R tranny, rack and pinion and electric seats. All rust repair has been completed and the chebbie is in primer. Kurt says he has no idea when he will get to drive it. He also stated that he was too old to do any more projects. Boy did he get fooled! Never say ŶĞǀ Ğƌ <Ƶƌƚ ŝđğ ŝɛăŵăɛƚğƌđƌăōɛŵăŷǁ ŚŽĐĂŶĚŽǁ ŽŶĚĞƌƐŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶĮ ŶĞƐŽĨĂƚǁ ŽŐĂƌĂŐĞ with four cars in it. This is where he accomplished did the majority of the work on my 34 Nash Nashional Debt several years ago. ĞĨŽƌĞĂŶĚĂŌĞƌƐŚŽƚƐŽĨƚŚĞŇŽŽƌƉĂŶƐŽŶ<Ƶƌƚ ƐϭϵϱϲŚĞǀ ŝğɖƌžũğđƚ &ƌžŵƚžăɛƚƚž ǇƵŵŵŝĞŝŶŽŶĞŵŽŶƚŚ ƐƟŵĞ ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ:ĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϴWĂŐĞϵ

Why did I say never say never? Because. In a weak moment Kurt agreed to build another car for me. This is a 51 Buick Riviera two door hardtop which I found in a field probably twenty years ago.

I had always thought that the Buick would be a cool custom back when it languished in my lot and was first to raise my hand.

2 Why did I say never say never? Because. In a weak moment Kurt agreed to build another car for me. This is a 51 Buick Riviera two door hardtop which I found in a field probably twenty years ago. I sold it to Paul Youngboy Kreun who later sold it to Steve Kroger who offered it to any Count who would move it out of his garage. I had always thought that the Buick would be a cool custom back when it languished in my lot and was first to raise my hand. The car went ďăđŭƚž^ƚğǀ ĞĨŽƌĂĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƐĂŶĚďůĂƐƟŶŐĂŶĚ<ƵƌƚŚĂƐĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞĚĚŽŝŶŐƚŚĞŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇŵĞƚĂů repair. Recently a 401 Buick nailhead engine and 400 Turbo from a 66 Wildcat fell into my hands and they are being rebuilt for the cruiser. There is no deadline and no projects in the future (unless I can t sell my 59 Kenworth.) Don t even think about it!! If you would share your project with ^ƚƌğğɵŷ E Ğǁ ƐůĞƚů^ŵŝƚŚŽƌ:ŝŵ Neuzil know. We all love to see other ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐƐŽĚŽŶ ƚďğɛɵŷőǉ We will feature some more Whatcha ' ŽƚŝŶĂĨƵƚƵƌĞŝƐƐƵĞŽĨ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ News Let us see them!! ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ:ĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϴWĂŐĞϭϬ

3 Steve Kroger cream of the crop STEVE IS NOT only one of my most favorite Counts. He is one of my most favorite people, period. I would say this even if he hadn t given me a project car recently (which he did). I am proud to have been instrumental (along with Skip Abell) in bringing Steve to the Counts some 17 years ago. We were ĂůůĂƩ ĞŶĚŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐŽī ĞƌĞĚďǇ' ĞŶĞĂƚĂŶĚ ZĞƐƚŽƌĂƟŽŶĂƚƚŚĞƟŵĞĂŶĚ^ƚĞǀ ĞŚĂƐƐƚĂƚĞĚŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶ ŽŶĐĞƚŚĂƚũŽŝŶŝŶŐƚŚĞŽƵŶƚƐǁ ĂƐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞďĞƐƚƚŚŝŶŐƐŚĞĂŶĚ ĞďĞǀ ĞƌĚŝĚ dśăƚ ƐƉƌĞƩ ǇŚŝŐŚƉƌĂŝƐĞ I SUPPOSE THAT Steve is best known for the work he did to build the new Counts Club House. When then ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƵƚĐŚZŽŵĞǇƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚƚŚĂƚǁ Ğǁ ĞƌĞŽƵƚŐƌŽǁ ŝŷőžƶƌůŝʃ ůğƌğĩƶƌďŝɛśğěƚǁ ŽĐĂƌ garage, Steve grabbed hold of the idea with both hands. With only the $50,00 which we received from selling the old club house, a group of hardworking Counts ramrodded by Steve built a facility now valued at a quarter of a million dollars. For sure, there were a lot of helping hands. I hesitate to start naming names but Erv Vogel, Rush Elliot, Bob MalůŽǁ ^ŬŝƉ ďğůů ĂƌĞĂŵŽŶŐƚŚĞŚĞĂǀ ǇŚŝƩ ĞƌƐ ^ds /^ĂůƐŽŬŶŽǁ ŶĨŽƌŚŽƐƟŶŐƚŚĞĂŶͲ ŶƵĂůE ^Z ƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĂǇǁ ŚŝĐŚŝƐŚĞůĚĂŶŶƵͲ ĂůůǇĂƚŚŝƐĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐƐŚŽƉĂŶĚŵƵƐĞƵŵŽĨĂƵƚŽͲ mobilia. STEVE WAS born in Madison, SD, but spent his childhood in Oregon. In 1969 he came back to South Dakota. It took 8 years for the 42 below zero temps of Eastern South Dakota to drive him to Rapid City in Though he picked fruit in Oregon Steve has been a brick layer since he was 16 years old, following in the footsteps of his Dad. STEVE takes pride in never having owned a four door automobile. That s either great discipline ŽƌŐƌĞĂƚůƵĐŬ, ŝɛį ƌɛƚđăƌǁ ĂƐĂϭϵϱϭ&ŽƌĚƵƐƚŽŵǁ ŚŝĐŚŚŝƐ ĂĚďŽƵŐŚƚĂƚĂŶĂƵĐƟŽŶĨŽƌΨϭϮϱ ^ƚğǀ Ğ had to make payments out of his $1.25 per hour wages. Later he owned a 68 Javelin, followed by a 1970 Road Runner with a 383 and 4-speed. In 1972 He married Deb and swapped the bird for a 73 Buick GS 455. THOUGH Steve always liked cars, the train really started running downhill in He bought a 35th anniversarydƌăŷɛŵ ĂƩ ĞŶĚĞĚĂĐŬƚŽƚŚĞϱϬ Ɛǁ ŝƚśd ŽŶƚĞ Stabnow and got the fire to build a hotrod. The purchase of a 1935 Plymouth coupe started a 4 year build by A&A. ďăďǉ;ϯϯ ϭđ ŝ ŚĞŵŝĂŶĚĂďůŽǁ ĞƌŵĂĚĞƚŚŝƐůŝƩ ůğǉğůůžǁ WůǇŵŽƵƚŚŐŽůŝŬĞƐĐĂƚ dśğŷğǆƚďƶŝůěŝŷđžŷũƶŷđɵžŷǁ ŝƚś ĂŶĚǁ ĂƐĂŵŝůĚĐƵƐƚŽŵϭϵϱϬŚĞǀ Ǉǁ ŝƚśă ϯ ϵϲ dśŝɛǁ ĂƐĂǀ ĞƌǇĐƵƫ ŶŐĞĚŐĞďƵŝůĚĂŶĚŝƐŶŽǁ Žǁ ŶĞĚďǇ^ĐŽƩ <ƌžőğƌ ^ƚğǀ Ğ ƐƐŽŶ ^ƚğǀ ĞĂůƐŽĮ ŶͲ ished a 1949 Studebaker pickup with a paint job which is more valuable than most of our street rods. ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ:ĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϴWĂŐĞϭϭ

Deb Kroger, Steve s wife, has a 1968 Roadrunner but Steve is allowed to drive it when they go out. Perfect, I would say! Deb and Steve are avid NASCAR fans.

4 Deb Kroger, Steve s wife, has a 1968 Roadrunner but Steve is allowed to drive it when they go out. Perfect, I would say! Deb and Steve are avid NASCAR fans. In fact the week I met Steve was a very down ƟŵĞĨŽƌŚŝŵ It was the week that Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona. Steve has been a ŚƵŐĞ/ŶƟŵŝĚĂƚŽƌĂŶĚ ĂůĞĂƌŶŚĂƌĚƚ:ƌ ĨĂŶ /ďğůŝğǀ ĞŚĞƚŽůĚŵĞƚŚĂƚƵƐƟŶ ŝůůžŷǁ ĂƐŚŝƐ ŐƵǇƐŝŶĐĞĂůĞ:ƌ ŚĂƐƌĞƟƌĞĚ ^ƚğǀ ĞŚĂƐďĞĞŶĮ ŐŚƟŶŐƐŽŵĞŵĞĚŝĐĂůŝƐƐƵĞƐĨŽƌĂǁ ŚŝůĞŶŽǁ, ĞŝƐĚŽŝŶŐǀ ĞƌǇǁ Ğůů but his immune system just doesn't allow him to be around groups of people. If he could ǇŽƵĐĂŶďĞƚŚĞǁ ŽƵůĚďĞĂƩ ĞŶĚŝŶŐŽƵŶƚƐŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ^ƚğǀ Ğǁ ĂƐĂďůĞƚŽĚƌŝǀ ĞƚŚĞ ƐĂĨĞƚǇ net tow pick up for the Rod Run cruise and it was really great to see him New Rod: John Stauffacher 2017 New Machine: Tommy Relf 2017 Car of the Year: Dennis Volmer CONGRATS! January 2018 Page 12 ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ

ĞůŽǁ ĂƌĞĂϭϵϮϵD ŽĚĞů Ăϭϵϯ ϬWŽŶƟĂĐϮ ^ĂŶĚĂϭϵϯ

ŶƉŚŽƚŽƐŝŶĨƵƚƵƌĞŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌƐ A couple rare birds

5 ĞůŽǁ ĂƌĞĂϭϵϮϵD ŽĚĞů Ăϭϵϯ ϬWŽŶƟĂĐϮ ^ĂŶĚĂϭϵϯ ϱwůǉŵžƶƚśđžƶɖğ &Žƌ^Ğǀ ĞƌĂůzĞĂƌƐ/ďŽƵŐŚƚĂŶĚƐŽůĚŽůĚŝƌŽŶĂƐĂŚŽďďǇ ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚŽƐĞƟŵĞƐĂůŽƚŽĨǀ ĞƌǇ ŝŷƚğƌğɛɵŷőǀ ĞŚŝĐůĞƐĐƌŽƐƐĞĚŵǇůŽƚ /ƚśžƶőśƚɖğƌśăɖɛƚśğƌğăěğƌɛžĩ^ƚƌğğɵŷ E Ğǁ Ɛǁ ŽƵůĚůŝŬĞ seeing some of them. Some may even dredge up memories of old rust that were a part of their own ƉĂƐƚ ŶũŽǇĂŶĚĨĞĞůĨƌĞĞƚŽƐŚĂƌĞƐŽŵĞŽĨǇŽƵƌŽǁ ŶƉŚŽƚŽƐŝŶĨƵƚƵƌĞŶĞǁ ƐůĞƩ ĞƌƐ A couple rare birds here A 1928 Stutz Victoria coupe and a 1918 Briscoe. The Stutz ǁ ĞŶƚƚŽĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂĂŶĚƚŚĞƌŝƐĐŽĞƚŽ' ĞƩ ǇƐďƵƌŐ W, Žǁ ĂďŽƵƚĂϭϵϯ ϳ >ĂĨĂǇĞƩ ĞŽƌĂϭϵϮϴdĞƌƌĂƉůĂŶĞ WƌŽũĞĐƚƐŶŽƚĨŽƌƚŚĞĨĂŝŶƚŽĨŚĞĂƌƚ ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ:ĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϴWĂŐĞϭϯ

6 ^ĞĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ dśğɛğ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ϭϵϱϭ ŵžěğůɛ > ƚž Z Ă ƵŝĐŬ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů, ƵĚƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĞǀ ƌžůğƚ Ϯ, d /ƚ ŶĞǀ Ğƌ ĐĞĂƐĞƐ ƚž ĂŵĂǌĞ ŵğ ǁ ŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞ ĐƌĂŌƐŵĞŶ ĐĂŶ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁ ŝƚś ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĞ ŽƵƚ ǁ ŝƚś Ă jewel at the end. We admire every one who resurrects iron like these 36 and 42 Fords. How about some Mopars; A 1938 Dodge, a 1930 Dodge and a 1937 Plymouth You are probably bored by now so we will ﬁnish oﬀ with a 1938 Oldsmobile and a 1935 Chevy coupe. ŽƵŶƚƐ ^ƚƌğğɵŷ E Ğǁ Ɛ WĂŐĞ ϭϰ

Peyton was diagnosed last fall with a malignant tumor on her knee. WĞǇƚŽŶďĞŐĂŶĐŚĞŵŽƚŚĞƌĂƉǇƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚƐŝŶD ŝŷŷğăɖžůŝɛďƶƚ ĂŌĞƌŝŶŝƟĂůƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚƐ ƚśğƚƶŵžƌǁ ĂƐŶŽƚƌĞƐƉŽŶĚͲ ing.

7 TEAM K ŶĞŽĨŽƵƌǀ ĞƌǇŽǁ ŶŝƐŚƵƌƟŶŐďƵƚ ůŝŭğƚśğĩăŵžƶɛƌƶăƌƚğƌďăđŭɛśğǁ ĂƐƉƌŽďĂďůǇŶĂŵĞĚĂŌĞƌ ƐŚĞǁ ŝůůğŵğƌőğă champion. Nine year old Peyton Raterman is the daughter of Counts past president Chad Raterman and the granddaughter of Counts member Larry Raterman. Peyton was diagnosed last fall with a malignant tumor on her knee. WĞǇƚŽŶďĞŐĂŶĐŚĞŵŽƚŚĞƌĂƉǇƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚƐŝŶD ŝŷŷğăɖžůŝɛďƶƚ ĂŌĞƌŝŶŝƟĂůƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚƐ ƚśğƚƶŵžƌǁ ĂƐŶŽƚƌĞƐƉŽŶĚͲ ing. At that point her doctors elected to try a more aggressive chemo therapy. These treatments proved to be too much ĂŶĚŝŶĚƵĐĞĚƚŽǆŝĐƉŽŝƐŽŶŝŶŐŝŶƚŚĞůŝƩ ůğőŝƌů ƚžŷğɖžŝŷƚɛśğđžƶůěŷğŝƚśğƌɛɖğăŭŷžƌŵžǀ ĞďƵƚ ĂƐŚĂĚƚŽůĚƵƐĂƚĂƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĐůƵďŵĞĞƟŶŐ t ĞŬŶĞǁ ƐŚĞǁ ĂƐŐŽŝŶŐƚŽďĞK <ǁ ŚĞŶƐŚĞƚŽůĚŚĞƌƐŝƐƚĞƌƚŽŐĞƚƚŚĞŚĞůůŽƵƚŽĨŚĞƌƌŽŽŵ WƌĞƐĞŶƚůǇWĞǇƚŽŶŝƐƵŶĚĞƌŐŽŝŶŐŵŽƌĞĐŚĞŵŽŽǀ ĞƌƚŚĞŶĞǆƚƐŝǆǁ ĞĞŬƐĂƐƚŚĞĚŽĐƚŽƌƐƐƟůůĂƌĞĐĞƌƚĂŝŶƚŚĞǇĐĂŶŬĞĞƉ ĨƌŽŵƌĞƐŽƌƟŶŐƚŽƐƵƌŐĞƌǇ K ŶĂŚĂƉƉǇŶŽƚĞWĞǇƚŽŶǁ ĂƐŐŝǀ ĞŶĞŶĚǌŽŶĞƟĐŬĞƚƐƚŽĂƌĞĐĞŶƚD ŝŷŷğɛžƚăs ŝŭŝŷőɛɖůăǉžī ŐĂŵĞ dśŝɛőăŵğśăě ŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŵŽƐƚĞǆĐŝƟŶŐĞŶĚŝŶŐƐŝŶE &>ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇĂŶĚ/ĂŵƐƵƌĞWĞǇƚŽŶǁ ŝůůƚğůůɖğžɖůğ /ǁ ĂƐƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌƚŚĞƌĞƐƚŽĨŚĞƌůŝĨĞ ŽŶĂƟŽŶƐƚŽƚŚĞWĞǇƚŽŶZĂƚĞƌŵĂŶƐĂǀ ŝŷőɛăđđžƶŷƚŵăǉďğŵăěğăƚăŷǉůăđŭ, ŝůůɛ&ğěğƌăůƌğěŝƚh ŶŝŽŶ /ĨǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ Őŝǀ ĞĂĨĞǁ ĚŽůůĂƌƐƚŽŚĞůƉŽƵƚǁ ŝƚśƚśğƚƌğŵğŷěžƶɛğǆɖğŷɛğžĩwğǉƚžŷăŷěśğƌd ŽŵƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐĂůůƚŚŝƐƟŵĞŝŶD ŝŷŷğăɖͳ olis. If you can t, at least put in a Good Word with God to make Peyton 100 percent again very soon., Z/^WĞǇƚŽŶǁ ŝƚśs ŝŭŝŷőɛůŝŷğɛŵăŷ:ğƌğŵŝăś^ŝƌůğɛăŷěăɖśžƚžŝŷśğƌɛžōďăůůƶŷŝĩžƌŵ ^ŚĞůŽŽŬƐƌĞĂĚǇƚŽ knock down whatever stands in her way, doesn t she? ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ:ĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϴWĂŐĞϭϱ

THANK YOU, Lynn, for the photos on this page, Above is

Sickies was glad to see us and thanked us for coming

8 THANK YOU, Lynn, for the photos on this page, Above is a shot from the Counts January Garage Tour at Whipple Racing. The shots below come from family night at Sickie s Garage. S Hey, Food and fun was had by all at Sickie s Garage family night January 16th. Over 50 people showed up for the event. Sickies was glad to see us and thanked us for coming in. It was mentioned that they were considering having a weekly Car Night next summer. That would be cool! We need to revisit them soon. Drive em. Your VP Lynn ŽƵŶƚƐ^ƚƌĞĞƟŶ E Ğǁ Ɛ:ĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϴWĂŐĞϭϲ

The Counts Streetin News

The Counts Streetin News Inc. National Street Rod Assn. Charter Club since 1975 Volume 47 Number 2 March /April /May 2017 The COUNTS are in their 59th year Fun With Cars Since 1957 Feature Al Smith and