Sept 2003 Newsletter
Montana 500 Newsletter
Sep-Oct 2003 Volume 3 No. 5
Montana Cross Country T Assn. 7516 E. Mission Spokane, WA 99212
www.montana500.com
2003 Officers and Directors:
President: Tom Carnegie
Vice President: Scott Stubbert
Sec. – Treasurer: Janet Cerovski
Directors:
Rick Carnegie 2003
Tom Carnegie 2005
Janet Cerovski 2005
Tony Cerovski 2004
Rob Flesner 2004
Mark Hutchinson 2004
Doug Langel 2003
Sam Nickol 2003
Scott Stubbert 2005
Meeting Secretary: Marjean Stubbert
Correspondence and newsletter: Tom Carnegie
Membership dues $10.00
Touring class: $25.00
Endurance runner: $35.00
Front cover: Reproduction of the dash plaques given out by Bozeman Ford for the 2003 run.
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General News, Editorial and Sermon.
The fall meeting will be held Oct 26th at noon in Eureka, MT at the Lincoln Electric building, 500 Osloski Rd. We will try to have signs set up to help out-of-towners find the place. We will provide lunch.
If you don’t read anything else, please read this!
We are going to handle rule changes a little differently this year. The proposed rule changes are in this newsletter. The final vote will be held at the fall meeting. If you can not attend the meeting, you may get someone who is to proxy your vote. Each person attending the fall meeting can proxy a vote for only one person and only on issues announced before the meeting.
Some of the reasons for handling the rule changes this way are:
1. We need to finalize changes sooner so people can begin working on their cars.
2. If the ideas are put into motion form before the meeting, it will save time at the meeting.
3. Sending out ballots, as we’ve done in the past, is in effect conducting business outside of a meeting which goes against our club charter. Having a vote outside of a meeting is too easy for the person counting the votes to manipulate.
Here is section 5 of our club by-laws explaining the proxy process.
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Members may be represented by proxy provided the authority to exercise the proxy is in writing and such writing is presented to the officers of the Association. Proxy authority is revocable. The proxy shall be used only to vote on items explicitly addressed in the notification of the Meeting of the Members. Only one proxy can be exercised by any representative.
Following are the rule change proposals from the rules committee. The exact wording of the motions presented may change, but the items are printed so as to be explicitly presented for discussion. The new rule proposals are presented as a motion. The rule changes have the rule as it is now followed by the changes proposed, followed by the rule as it would be if adopted.
A. Rule 25 as it exists: Only stock cast iron or aluminum intake manifolds with ports not to exceed 1 1/8″ diameter are allowed. New manufactured with ports not to exceed 1 1/8″ are allowed.
Motion to strike “or aluminum” and “New manufactured with ports not to exceed 1 1/8″ are allowed.”
New rule would read: Only stock cast iron intake manifolds with ports not to exceed 1 1/8″ diameter are allowed.
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B. Rule 33 as it exists: A restrictor plate with two gaskets provided by the Association, will be placed between the intake manifold and carburetor, supervised by the inspectors on the day of the inspection. Plate will be a thickness of 1/8 inch metal with an 11/16 inch diameter hole. Restrictor plates will not be used on engines with cast iron pistons.
Motion to strike rule 33 in its entirety.
C. Rule 7 as it exists: No tailgating of support or tour vehicles.
Motion to add “or any non-participating vehicles.”
Rule 7 would then read: No tailgating of support or tour vehicle or any non-participating vehicles.
D. Rule 32 as it exists: Only NH swayback and/or Ford “F” swayback carburetors allowed. Must be complete including choke butterfly. The Association’s 0.710 inch gauge MUST NOT go through the carburetor.
Motion to add “no altering” after word “allowed”.
Rule 32 would then read: Only NH swayback and/or Ford “F” swayback carburetors allowed, no altering. Must be complete including choke butterfly. The Association’s 0.710 inch gauge MUST NOT go through the carburetor.
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E. Motion to add new rule: The use of performance enhancing fuels or additives is not allowed. All cars must use straight pump gas as fuel.
F. Rule 52 as it exists: Any cam that doesn’t require modification of the block may be used. Bearing bores must be standard size, no relieving of the bearing bores. Camshaft bearings and seal optional.
Add “provided gross lift does not exceed .250″ ” after word “used”.
Rule 52 would then read: Any cam that doesn’t require modification of the block may be used, provided gross lift does not exceed .250″. Bearing bores must be standard size, no relieving of the bearing bores. Camshaft bearings and seal optional.
G. Motion to add new rule: Auxiliary rear pan supports are allowed.
H. Motion to add new rule: All drivers are required to adhere to posted speed limits.
I. Motion to add new rule: Are cars are required to have a working speed indicator.
J. Motion to add new rule: Balancing of rotating parts optional.
K. Motion to make new rule: Type of high speed clutch optional.
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L. Rule 27 as it exists: Only stock Ford roller type, New Day, Anderson flapper type timers or Crystal timers allowed. Ball or needle bearing rollers optional. Quick couplers NOT ALLOWED in timer wires.
Motion to add: “brush design optional” after words “Crystal timers allowed.”
New rule would read: Only stock Ford roller type, New Day, Anderson flapper type timers or Crystal timers allowed, brush design optional. Ball or needle bearing rollers optional. Quick couplers NOT ALLOWED in timer wires.
(end of rule change proposals
Notes on stories
About a year or so ago, I had some ideas for some short stories. They were to take place in a fictional town of Baton Noir, ID. The first story appeared in July of 2002. This story was set in July of 1919. The stories continued every other month, roughly corresponding to the equivalent time in 1919. That is, September’s newsletter would have a story from around September of 1919 and so on. I originally wrote one year’s worth of stories. These six have all made it into newsletters. I got such a load of flack last time for killing “Pete the Firehorse” that I decided to write another story that is “nice”. I have received some encouragement to continue writing stories, so there will be more in future newsletters. There wasn’t room for a story this time, but there will be one next newsletter, which should come out shortly after the fall meeting.
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