[ihc] Re: NW Binders May Tech Talk and Scout Raffle

[Colin M Rush <salmineo@xxxxxxxx>]

Some thoughts:
        Since you have a Loadstar with a car carrier body, why not make
that a vehicle that the club members can use to haul projects home with,
or to move undriveable vehicles around if they get sold, owner moves, and
the like?  We have that problem now, that whenever someone gets a new
rig, they end up borrowing a car trailer and truck from the same 2 or 3
guys in our club, or prevailing upon them to haul the rig for them. 
Scouts are everywhere, but tow rigs are the hard thing to find when you
need them.  If we actually had a car hauler, it would be a real boon, but
nobody wants to donate one to our club, and none of our members have a
spare thou or two laying about to spend on a club rig.  Since you already
have one that you are willing to donate, why not keep it for club
functions, and just fix it up?  Loan it out to club members with the
premise they insure it for the time they use it, and fix whatever breaks
while they are using it.  It would also make a nice rolling billboard for
the club at events, parades, et cetera.
        Regarding the club donating parts for the club project vehicles,
do not bet on members giving up parts of their collections for these
projects.  We have a project Scout II that was given to us, for use as we
saw fit.  We had decided we would do a mild restoration on it to keep
costs down, and then maybe modify it over the years.  We were going to
take it to club functions, use it as the People Mover at the Truck Show,
run it in the Tulip Festival Parade, and whatever else we wanted to do. 
While many parts were donated to the cause, they were again from the same
3 or 5 people that seem to do everything in the club, while everyone else
kept mum.  Granite Motorsports did some frame repairs and added a few
gussets here and there, while I rebuilt the transmission with donated
parts, including a donated low gear set by A&A. (Special thanks to Rick
Allison, we all heartily recommend you call him with your tranny needs). 
We needed donations of some parts and/or money to pay for a few certain
things, but due to lack of enthusiasm, we have had the Scout stored in a
barn for the last 1 1/2 years, waiting for us to get back to it.  We may
get back to it after the summer is over, and hopefully things will
change.  
-Colin Rush

Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 21:40:16 -0700
From: "Christine N. Gust" <dukkha@domain.elided>
Subject: [ihc] NW Binders May Tech Talk and Scout Raffle
 
Sorry to blurb here, I am trying to reach all our members in a hurry
 
Tech Talk is on May 15th at 10:00AM
 
I have always felt a little weird about having technical sessions on my
rigs, feeling like I am getting all this free help.  So, with the club
appointing me as Technical Officer, I thought long and hard about how I
would make this successful, and make the Northwest Binders a club that
has a
lot to offer to all of its members.
 
 
I have four vehicles at my place to start with outside of my SSII and
Project Expedition:
 
'          A 1972 4x2 Postal Scout II with a 266 6-Cylinder that I need
some
body parts from for Expedition when it returns -- but it runs.
 
'          A 1971 800B 4x4 345 that was a runner and just had an overhaul
and threw a rod and has sat since then.
 
'          A 1965 Scout 80 Fulltop that is complete except for Engine and
Transmission.
 
'          A 1965 Loadstar 1600 Beavertail Flatbed Car Carrier with a 345
and a good body but no floor.
 
 
 
Well, here it is:
 
We are just over two years from the 15th Anniversary Roundup.  I propose
that we take these four vehicles, make them the focus of the technical
classes, and build one very nice Scout II and possibly a Scout 80 on a
Scout
II frame that we raffle off at the 15th Annual Roundup.  What to do with
these new trucks?  A Daily Driver?  A restored Postal Scout? A Trail Rig?
That will be the subject of our first tech class this year, to be held on
Saturday, May  15th at 10:00AM.  We need to inventory what we have, what
we
think of what we can come up with, and determine what we can do in the
time
before the Roundup.  Rebuild sessions will be potluck in terms of eats.
 
 
 
There are a few details to work out.  Christine and I will donate the
vehicles to the club and cover the cost of the vehicles.  We will also
insure them and put them in suspension so they are fully covered as
non-street driven vehicles during the rebuild, and, of course, they will
be
at our place to work on.  Mark Ashford will be heading over here this
month
to move these Scouts up to the garage area out of the lower fields.  The
club Secretary/Treasurer will need to set up a separate ledger for the
raffle. The current thought is to sell tickets at $20.00 apiece between
now
and the 15th Roundup so that everyone can buy tickets over the course of
the
rebuild, instead of just a few tickets at the Roundup.  The Ledger would
record all purchases, so if something goes wrong, the money can be
refunded.
If just 12 tickets (average attendance) were sold only at the club
meetings
between now and then, we would raise $6,240.00.  Subtract from this any
costs for parts that cannot be covered from club members stockpiles and
scrounging around, and possible vendor donations, and we would have a
nice
boost to the clubs treasury.
 
 
 
Wed hone our IHC Restoration Skills, wed save a Scout, wed add funds
to
the treasury and someone gets a free Scout (Minus Licensing, Title and
Taxes).  Added bonus, your Technical Officer has no guilt.
 
Yes, Digest Members can buy Tickets once they go on sale
 
Please send mail to dukkha@domain.elided requesting directions
 
Robert Eggleston
 
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