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o Old Timers7 Club Is New Valley Organization If you are on of those per sons who can become as ex cited over a 1915 Ford or a Stanley Steamer as the latest news about the 1958 automo bile models, perhaps you can qualify for the Rogue valley's newest organization, The Old Timers' club. These few men$ who have been (greeting to gether for the past three months, may own modern cars, but their first loves are the "Tin Lizzies" they have restored or the "classics" they have been fortunate enough to find. O Efcrl Kurz, Talent, is presi dent of the new group. So far the men and their families have confined their activitifl to picnics and outings, but a "rally" and other events are in the offing. . Anyone inter ested mayQpntact Mr. Kurz, or the club secretary, Jack Milhoan. Most of the mcnn early day cars which they have re stored themselves although some have been lucsy enough to be able to buy old timers which were in fair or good condition. A car must not be newer than 1931 to be classed as an "ok timer." "Classics" include D. J. Clifford's 1930 Packard and' the 1S23 Dort owned by Lowell Reavis. Some of the men are mem bers of the Horseless Carriage Club of America, arg this or ganization rules that to be a "classic" a car must be con sidered one of the finest ex amples of an automobile pro duced during a given era. The Mercede? Benz, Hispana Sutq za, JStutz, Lincoln ana uusen berg. Not All Classics Not all old timer cars are classics, but the men who own the Fords and Chevrolets and Nashes are consoled by one thought these cars are mrgje readily available and so are the parts and pieces needed for restoring them. Many of the old timer en thusiasts start with the re mains of a car which is little . better than "junk." Restorers follow a thorough and pains taking course that has become standard procedure in bring ; ing "old hulks" back to "mint condition." The old car is dis assembled, down to the last nut and bolt, and every pt is cleaned. Rusted parts are cut out and replaced, and this replacement sometimes involves a long search. The owner may be lucky enough to find a usable part in a junk ; yard or old barn, he may al so be able to buy or more likely swap with another col lector, or he may be forced to have a machinist make the part, or make it himself if he has the rftht material and equipment. , O "Mint" Is Best Alwjys he strives to put the car in "mint" or the very best condition. The Model T isow in its fiftieth year since its intro duction, and it is the car most often restored because it is the most plentiful and avail Able. It is estimated that well over 50,000 Model T Fords are now in the hands of col lectors of old cars or in mu seurgs. The constant search for parts and pieces takes the col- lector to auanauuea luwiio, IV. isolated farms, to junk yards and heaps and unlikely spots. Members of the Rogue valley Old jrners' club made a trip to Shale City, abandoned set tlement in Jackson county, and found considerable mate- rial. The road, no longer maintained, was so rough that the men took a tractor in. Body parts, horns, hoods, lights, fenders, set springs, wheels any of these may turn up in an unexpected spot, or may have to be or dered, as a last resort, from a parts house. These are do ing a booming business, it is said, since more and more persons are becoming inter ested in the hobby of restor ing "the horseless carriage." Sometimes a friend tells a friend who tells Another friend who tells a collector that man in Dorris, Calif., oc Hillsboro, Ore., or some other towns, has a klaxon, or a fen der or some other sought after piece and the collector then writes, tr goes calling. Corre spondence sometimes leads to lasting firendships. Such articles as tires and tubes aje usually ordered.. Upholstery presents one of the most difficult restoration problems, and usually must be custom-jnade by an expert. The old wooden parts usually must be replaced; fir usually is substituted for the original oak. Assemble Wardrobe Wives and families of the collectors soon become inter ested. One of the projects un dertaken by the wives and daughters is the assembling of a wardrobe which matches, more or less, the period of the car. Few of these articles can be purchased, to the women do research on the period and make the needed garments. Mrs. Lowell Reavis has assembled a wardrobe lor the four members of their family which is of the 1923 period, and the Jack Milhoans also are ready with clothing of the 1915 time. Sometimes the wives be come interested in other Americana, and end up by acquiring various antiques. One of the problems which arise is the matte of title. If a man owns an . automobile made up of pieces acquired in six or eight different places and from several persons, what can he do for a bill of sale? Sometimes he uses one from the person supplying the largest portion of the car. Some of the cars have "old timer" licenses issued by Ore gon, and other states, for the old cars which are not in gen eral usage but taken out on the road only for display or special purposes. Members of the new group are hopeful that other per sons in the valley interested in preserving early-day cars, not only for the pleasure of the owners, but as a contribu- Mushroom Meat Loaf Good Hot or Cold . New York (UPI) Mush room meat loaf is a real treat, served hot or cold. 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