The Stovebolt Page	New Stuff -- April 2007
It's a "Never-ending Newsletter"

In this issue: Spring Meet & Greets! ~~ Poster Contest ~~ Stovebolt Support ~~ Vintage Truck Subscription Winner ~~ New Tech Tips ~~ Mail Bag -- April Gallery Additions (Kind of a "short month" since Stovebolt HQ was shut down for a while with some bad news sickies)

The BC Bolters (British Columbia, Canada) have already begun their series of Meet and Greets! Here's a line-up of their trucks. For more pictures, see their " album."

Spring has come to STOVEBOLT LAND!

    For us, that doesn't necessarily mean flowers, landscaping and grass. It means CRUISE-INS, SWAP MEETS, STOVEBOLT GATHERINGS! And being able to work like gangbusters on the old 'Bolt!

    We have a lot of activity planned for this season, so read through the Events section of the Forums to find out about all the goings on around Stovebolt Land this year. We have gatherings scheduled for East Coast, Mid-West, West Coast, Canada and other places -- check 'em out and plan on joining us!

    For other old truck/car hobby events, Hemmings Motor News web site has an excellent on-line calendar for events from here to there. With that calendar, you can search and sort by location and date. Even chose the venue: auction, swap meet, tours, cruise, cruise-ins, and many others. We are hoping to get something similar for Stovebolt ... but it may take a little while yet.

    George Moniz has been busy keeping our Events forum up-to-date with as many Stovebolter listings as he can find. If you find an event of interest, and want to meet other 'Bolters there, post it in our Events forum and see what kind of interest you can generate.

    One last pitch ... don't forget to take your camera with you. We hope to capture as many of these events and the great Stovebolters as we can and compile them into a music DVD!! Since the BC Bolters have already met a BUNCH of times, we have a volunteer already piecing their's together. This should be fun and great to look at when winter starts rolling back in at the end of the year.

    And since you've got your camera, as you are coming / going to some of these gigs, you never know when you'll run into a candidate for the It Ran When I Parked It contest.

    In March last year, we had a Poster contest (little late this year). We thought it would be something to pull us through the last dregs of winter. Plus, we noticed many of our Stovebolters had a LOT more talent in this area than we do. This art piece to the left is something John did back in 1999. We survived Y2K and we came across this file in a folder called "old stuff." Wanna see it BIG?

    The first round of that contest was a lot of fun and we got some great art-work there. This year, we have some serious GOALS for the "Poster contest." Steve "KC Mongo" has suggested that we have the Stovebolters design the t-shirt for the 2007 Kansas City Stovebolt Reunion. Plus, we've been talking about a Stovebolt flag and banners for the site.

    Start dreaming and sketching. We'll have more details soon.

• Tim Bloom's 1952 Chevy Shortbed Update -- "SW Radial" still plugging along ... and had a neat find under some paint!
• Roland Warkentin's 1951 GMC 3/4-Ton and 1950 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- "Chevy Nut" has two good projects here
• Aaron Steffy's 1949 Chevy Panel -- Good project off to a good start
• Justin Minnich's 1959 Chevy 3100 Apache Task Force -- cleaning out the valley in Yakima, Washington (3 Bolts and a tractor so far)
• Raymond Rendina's 1947 Chevy Thriftmaster -- "Rayr1953" calls his a "Vintage Utility Vehicle (VUV)."
• Ivy Partridge's 1965 Chevy 1/2-Ton Short Fleetside Upate -- "janeyiv" send in the final photo -- good to see her back
• Bev T's 1964 GMC 1/2-Ton Fenderside -- "BevT" has an entire web site devoted to this restoration
• Wade Herod's 1952 Chevy 1/2-Ton 5-Window -- "Wade in NW FL" gets his first Bolt, and no instructions
• Rex James' 1966 Chevy 3/4-Ton LWB 4WD Stepside -- The Old Truck Dude adds his third truck here
• Jeff Mays' 1962 P-10 Ice Cream Truck -- "Superpieboy" has a "cool" truck to work on (lots of work, tho!)
• Steve Fein's 1966 Chevy C-20 -- "steves66c20" puts his second Stovebolt in the Gallery
• George Lee's 1958 GMC "Shorty" Update -- "backlater2" has some progress but he's been busy with other stuff
• Larry Wilke's 1952 GMC 101 -- Ooooo ... Robin Egg Blue ... oooo!
• Larry Canterbury's 1958 Chevrolet Spartan Firetruck -- "Cannonball" has a real score here!
• Grant Ensrud's 1946 GMC Dump Truck -- "HevyHauler" presents the next in his fleet
• Dean Meltz's 1927 Chevy 1-Ton Cattle Truck Update -- Dean provides Lurch's upcoming social calendar
• Daniel Soto's 1965 1/2-Ton SWB Custom Cab -- "meant to be in our family for years to come"
• Steve Felten's 1965 Chevy C-10 SWB -- "oldiron56" has some cash from selling the '57
• Andrew Douglas' 1955 Chevy 4400 1.5-Ton -- "asilverblazer" has retrieved the family truck
• Tammie Toney's 1954 GMC 1-Ton Flatbed -- "Tammierenee1" loves this truck
• Matt Droege's 1955 Second Series Chevy 1/2-Ton Short Box -- "tri5trucking" has gotten another cool one
• John Montana's 1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- This Bolter gets a "desire" of his heart
• Scott Campbell's 1952 and 1967 Chevy 1.5-Tons -- "jscott" has two bolts working in his timber biz
• Steve Stanton's 1952 Chevy 5-Window -- "Racer" plans to use this Bolt to promote his business
• Tony Parr's 1954 Chevrolet 3100 Update -- "teacher54" is nearing completion
• Zane Merrill's 1964 Chevy C-10 -- Good story. Another young Bolter hard at work.
• Brian Cooke's 1966 Chevy Panel -- Cookie Monster is an award-winning modified Stovebolt
• Tom Johnson's 1930 Chevy Universal LR 1.5-ton Truck -- "Cartunman" painting in the backyard (for now)
• Deborah B's 1951 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Had to get another old truck to to fill an ache in her soul

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