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Sat Jun 01 @ 8:15AM - 10:00AM
Pancake Breakfast & Mystery Tour

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TCMAFC Welcome Page

Monday, 07 February 2011 00:00

Greetings,
You found the Website home of the Twin Cities Model A Ford Club. We hope to have information posted on our web pages to be informative to those that have an interest in the Model A Ford like we do. You will be able to see upcoming events along with articles from our past events. As you can see we have a very vibrant and active club with many sorts of activities. In this area, we will have some of our most current updates so check back often. If you have an article, pictures, or items of interest that you would like on our website, please do not hesitiate to contact me This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Most Recent Updates:
* May Newsletter
* Spring Banquet
* Model A Core Country
* April Newsletter
* History Channel Pickup
* Circus Wagon Pedal Car
* Plainview Teen vows to restore Model A
* March Newsletter
* TCMAFC Scholarships

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:08 )

2013 Spring Banquet

Sunday, 28 April 2013 18:48

What a great EVENT!

The Spring Banquet was held on Sunday April 28, 2013. Our host was Barb Rousseau and she did a fantastic job of lining up a good venue and more importantly, a great ERA style show.

The Venue was the Chester Bird American Legion in Golden Valley, MN. We had a few of our members bring their Model A's to the Event. The day topped out at around 80 degrees but a week prior we had a snow storm. So, it was likely we would have had a few more Model A's out if there was a bit more time after our last snow and our Spring Banquet. Regardless, it was great to see the ones that showed up. We also had several of our members dres in era or era like clothing. It's great when we get together and we dress the part of our cars.

Dinner was good, very good with roast beef and chicken in our main course with brown gravy and milk gravy. MMMMM good.

With Dinner finished quickly, we had our fashion show. Barb had contacted the Goodwill / Easter Seals organization which collects era clothing. The get all of these items from donations and they are well cared for. The models for the fashion show are members of the organization and they are some of the benifactors of the funds that are collected from the fashion show. The clothing on display was from the early 1800's all the way through the 1930's. Ruby was the MC for the event and she was very qualified to talk about each item. Ruby has several degrees and she taught Home Economics for many years. She studies and reads about each of the garments in the collection and is very versed in the time period that the particular item was sold and used.

Our grand finally event was the door prizes raffle and everyone went home with something.

Thank you Barb Rousseau and the help of her Daughter Laura Trence for assisting.

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 April 2013 19:12 )

Model A Core Country

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 06:22

Article and Photos by Jerome Bokelmann

Last weekend (April 12 & 13, 2013), a couple of friends of mine left work early to travel to Iowa to attend the Hawk A Model A Club swap meet held at the Hawkeye Downs Race Track in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Along the way, one of the riders suggested that we stop in to see his friend in Shellsburg, Iowa. He promissed me that I would not be disappointed with this detour. The stop was at Randy Stallman's Core Country shop.

Randy Stallman of Core Country

Core Country was one of our featured Services Providors around this time last year and so it was a treat for me to see what Randy had to offer. As the following pictures show, Core Country has a lot of eye candy for anyone in the Model A hobby. There is just a lot to take in and enjoy. Randy purchased his first Model A (1930 Tudor) in 2002 and he started rebuilding it at that time. In that same year the local club was going on tour and one of the members had water pump failure. The member approached Randy to see if he could restore his water pump and he researched and restored the water pump. Before he knew it, Randy sold 5 water pumps and then another 5. Someone else asked if he could restore brake shoes and the response was "I suppose I could". Before he knew it, Randy was rebuilding several types of parts for the Model A. Some of the parts are rebuilt by his shop while others are done by some of the top Model A parts restorers available.

Speedos

Core Country Rebuilds:
Reline brake shoes, Reline emergency brake bands, New roller tracks on front and rear backing plates, Rebuilds rear ends, Brake cross shafts for service and emergency, Brass gas tank floats, Tranny rebuilds, complete front axle rebuilds, petal housings with petals, Rebuild emergency carriers, Front and rear springs, Distributor, Waterpumps for A and B, Seals gas tanks, Heads, Bare blocks, Shift Towers.

Services done by others for Core Country:
Powdered rims, Generators, Starters, 1 ball - 2 ball - Pitman arm, Carberators, Shocks, Speedometers.

Randy guarantees the work that Core Country provides even if it is more than 5 years old. He stands behind his work. He requires your core to do the work. You can supply him with your core and get your item returned or turn in your core for a new part.

Randy is open to questions and if you don't see something that he offers, just ask. He will either help you with your rebuild or he will point you to someone who can help.

Finished Rebuilt parts