mafca – Bakersfield Model A Club

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Monthly Meetings

First Monday of the Month. Check the Calendar for updates.

Time: New start time 6:45 PM

Location

Rasmussen Center
115 E Roberts Ln, Bakersfield

No Meeting in July and December

Standing rules MAFCA Bakersfield – Revised February 3, 2020

Change to the By-Laws of the Model A Ford Club of America, Bakersfield, Chapter. At the general monthly meeting held on Nov. 7th a vote was taken and passed to change Article V Section 2. Eligibility. The sentence “Only one member of a family may hold office in any one year” was removed.

Bakersfield Mafca By-Laws Revised Nov. 7th 2022

50 Year Chapter Award Program

September 21 – The MAFCA Board of Directors reached an agreement with MAFFI to begin recognizing our chapters that have achieved 50 years of continuous membership in MAFCA. An inscribed brick will be placed on behalf of MAFCA at the Model “A” Museum by MAFFI. This permanent enshrinement of this accomplishment will be on display 365 days a year to celebrate this high honor. Click on the link below to read more about this and the mention of our Bakersfield chapter.

https://www.mafca.com/documents/chapter_bricks.pdf

Tech Tip

Installing Spring Shackle
Bushings
Getting those new shackle bushings
installed can be a puzzle. They can be
pressed in, but the prospect of
removing the spring and perch bolts to
take them into a shop isn’t too
appealing.
Buy a piece of 1/2” NC threaded steel rod about a foot long,
with nuts and several flat washers. Put a nut and washer on
one end, and insert it through the perch and bushing. Apply a
little grease to help it slide in. Put two washers and another nut
on the other end and begin closing it up. Watch to see that the
bushing doesn’t get “cocked” when it first starts into the perch.
Continue to turn the nut until the bushing is in place.
—Rusty Houdaille, Pasadena, CA

An interesting article to read:

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/ford-by-the-part-numbers?oly_enc_id=4635H7716901H8A

running board protection

Battery Primer

Found this list on the internet and though it is a little more than needed for most of us , it can be modified for monthly checks.

Model A Maintenance Check List

Battery Tips for Summer Driving – Contributed by Gene Riddle (From the Okie “A’s” newsletter, The Headliner)

In the summertime you should check your battery often. Because of the hot, dry weather, check not only the water in the battery cells, but for corrosion on cable terminals. Corrosion prevents good contacts and causes loose cables which in turn prevents the generator from doing it’s job of keeping the battery “hot.” Take that extra minute or two and give your battery some attention next time you plan to take your “A” for a spin around the block or for a parade.

Click on the link below to learn about Model A jacks

http://modelabasics.com/jack_web/images/calendar_layout.png

Who Is In The Chicken Coop

The chicken sure has been busy the last few outings. First he caught up with Paula when her car started to overheat on the Presidents tour. She stopped to check it out and Rick added a quart or two of water to cool things down. The rest of the drive went well. This last Saturday on the Old Ridge Route tour Ron started to have overheating problems himself. The timing was a little too far advanced and the radiator started to foam up and overflow. A timing change and a couple of quarts of water allowed him to continue on this fantastic journey exploring the legendary road. Check out Ron’s make shift gasket.

Although the car started to act up again it made it home, some future repairs are in order. The last person the chicken visited was Debby who was on the same tour. On the way home her and Dawn stopped for some push water (gasoline), when Debby became so engrossed with some cute kids at the gas station that she forgot to screw the gas cap back on. Sure enough it fell off the car when she exited the station getting back on the freeway. While driving home a passing car wrote her a note telling her the gas cap was missing. We were about a half hour behind her so she called to ask if we would check at the gas station in case it was at the pump. Lucky for her I found it in the road with very little gravel rash on it. Like I said the chicken sure was busy.

The Bakersfield Model A Club

Ford passenger vehicles and small trucks built in 1928, 1929 1930 and 1931 are referred to as Model “A” Fords; the larger trucks of these years are “AA” (double-A) Fords.

The Model “A” Ford Club of America’s (MAFCA) oldest chapter – the Bakersfield Chapter – formed in 1957 when six people met to discover. explore and experience “Henry’s Lady.” Since then we have grown to over 120 members. We are proud of our history and look forward to our youth’s continuing enjoyment of these vehicles and their distinguished heritage.

Active with monthly meetings, tours, parades and other events, the Bakersfield Chapter is committed to supporting our community through active participation in a variety of activities.

Among our proudest achievements, the club was instrumental in obtaining and restoring a 1930’s gas station. We are currently working on a 1927 display of the Dust Bowl Days at the Kern County Museum.

Committed to the preservation and restoration of one of America’s great automobiles, the club looks forward as we help to bring a small bit of history to the citizens of the new millennium.

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