S V A E C

Scantic Valley Antique Eng Club Meeting Notice

 

Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings and events.

 

Monday June 10 2019 7:00pm meeting at Duane McDuffee's 27 Hopyard Rd Stafford Springs CT. Discussion of results of the show.

 

Monday July 8 2019 7:00 pm meeting at Mark Fonicello's 4 Handle Rd Stafford, CT.

 

Saturday August 11 2019 from 12pm to 4pm the East Windsor Historical Society Ice Cream Social 115 Scantic Rd East Windsor.

 

Monday August 12 2019 7:00pm meeting at Dick Pippin's 37 Woolam Rd East Windsor CT.

 

Saturday September 29 2019 9:00am SVAEC 10th Annual Fall Fling Tractor Ride & Engine Show for Charity 1032 Tolland Stage Rd, Tolland, CT, To sign up call Archie 860-871-7373 or e-mail archie.tanner@gmail.com

Link to Hartford Courant Arcticle on Plow Day

https://www.courant.com/community/ellington/hc-rr-ellington-scantic-valley-antique-engine-club-plow-day-0509-20190503-knq7jmcbl5fo3fnf3iq3u3cbqm-story.html

Album of pictures and the video from plow day.   

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SMHfVvKFfFh9TY4a7

Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club

May 2019 Newsletter

Club Officers

President

Hickory Lake 3 Slater Rd Stafford Springs Ct 06076 774-462-2945 hickoryl4@gmail.com

Vice President

Glenn Reichle 27 Harrington Rd Broad Brook CT 06016 860-930-4331

Treasurer

Archie Tanner 693 Buff Cap Rd Tolland Ct 06084 860-871-7373 archie.tanner@gmail.com 

Secretary and Newsletter

John Bajumpaa 13 Mullen Rd East Windsor CT 06088 860-623-3906 johnbajumpaa@att.net  

Club Website http://svaec.com/ 

Email svaec.com@gmail.com  

Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/257052221148643/ ; 

Upcoming Meetings  

Monday May 13 2019 7:00pm meeting at Tolland Agricultural Center  

Monday June 10 2019 7:00 pm meeting at Duane McDuffees 27 Hopyard Rd Stafford CT  

Monday July 8 2019 7:00 pm meeting at Mark Fonicello's 4 Handle Rd Stafford, CT. 

Monday August 12 2019 7:00pm meeting at Dick Pippin's 37 Woolam Rd East Windsor CT.  

Months of September thru December are still available If you would like to host a meeting see John Bajumpaa at a meeting or call 860-623-3906 or email johnbajumpaa@att.net . 

Dates to Remember  

Saturday May 18 2019 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club 42th Annual Show & Swap Meet

Tolland County Agricultural Center 24 Hyde Ave. (Rt 30) Vernon, CT 06066 860-558-3043

I-84 exit 67 onto Rt 31 toward intersection of Rt 30 & Rt 31, 150yards EAST on Rt 30 toward Tolland on right

This is our clubs biggest event of the year everyone's help is needed see the task at our next meeting at TAC, Monday May 13 2019. 

Saturday August 11 2019 from 1pm to 4pm the East Windsor Historical Society Ice Cream Social 115 Scantic Rd East Windsor. It will give us a chance to show of our engines and tractors and promote our club. More info to follow this is East Windsor's 250th Anniversary. 

Saturday September 29 2019 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club

10th Annual Fall Tractor Ride & Engine Show for Charity

9am registration (includes meal) – call Archie 860-871-7373 or e-mail archie.tanner@gmail.com

President’s Message

With spring in full swing things have been a little crazy. Things at the Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club are no different. 

We ended winter with a work day there were 10-12 members that got together in my shop to put a 1912 Christensen Engine back together and attempt to run it. We learned some things that day, not all old hardware is good, and Jerry’s donuts are better than any other. That aside I have always believed that old hardware is usually much better than today’s. This project proved that theory wrong, we had a connecting rod bolt brake with no effort at all and a wrist pin retainer bolt break deep in the piston with little to no force on it. Upon closer inspection the connecting rod bolts were obviously over tightened and stretched, but the wrist pin retainer bolt showed no signs of trouble. With some time drilling, easy-outs and determination these issues were overcome and the engine came to life a few weeks after with the help of a couple of members that did some intricate machining to make a new mixture needle and throttle/ needle valve for the carburetor. A good time was had by all and we will do another one of these next winter.

Plow Day was held on a rainy 4/27/19 at the Rothe Farm. Many thanks to the Rothe family for hosting us and the Winn team for cooking. We had a fraction of the tractors as we normally do and operators ranging from 10 years old to 85 but we still managed to plow almost the entire field. (if there were a couple of Ford instead of Olivers on the field we would have finished.) We had Farmalls, Allis Chalmers, and Olivers this year ranging from 1938 to 1966, single bottoms to four or five bottoms. It was a wet and chilly day but everyone who attended had a good time. 

Our Show is the next big event and we need your help. Please come to show, work, or just support the club. Most needed are show workers, John Bajumpaa has the task list and we need some names on it. Exhibitors are just as important. Please consider bring some of your treasures down for the paying public to see. And don’t forget to talk your buddy into doing the same thing. Remember this is one of the events that you do not need to be a member of the club to participate in.

One final note, we are forming a Steering Committee to help our club survive and flourish in this modern world we are in. John Bajumpaa has been very busy and done a great job with the web site updates and posts to Facebook lately. However the leadership and others in the club have concerns about the future and frankly are unsure how to deal with it. We are asking for 5-6 positive minded thinkers to come together every couple of months to start brainstorming ideas that will help us continue to be a great little organization well into the future. Please if you have any interest in this contact me so we can start to work on this.

That’s all for now, thank you and be safe on the show trail

Hickory Lake Pres 2019

Please we need more help for the show contact John at 860-623-3906 or johnbajumpaa@att.net .

The task list will also be at the meeting at the TAC on Monday May 13. Please be sure to sign up.

As mentioned by our president's message more updated info is being added to our website. We have also added an email account to improve communications. The new email address is:

svaec.com @ gmail.com 

You can pay your dues for 2019 

Make Checks payable to SVAEC and mail to:

John Bajumpaa

13 Mullen Rd

East Windsor Ct 06088

or by seeing John Bajumpaa at any meeting or event.

The club meetings are on the second Monday of every month. 

Monday May 13 2019 7:00pm meeting at The Tolland Agricultural Center 24 Hyde Ave, Vernon, CT. 

Saturday May 18 2019 42nd Annual SVAEC Antique Machinery and Tractor Show “TAC” Tolland County Agricultural Center 24 Hyde Ave. (Rte. 30) Vernon, CT  We need everyones help on our biggest event,

To get on the task list contact:John Bajumpaa 860-623-3906 or johnbajumpaa@ .

Monday June 10 2019 7:00pm meeting at Duane McDuffee's 27 Hopyard Rd Stafford Springs CT.

Monday July 8 2019 7:00 pm meeting at Mark Fonicello's 4 Handle Rd Stafford, CT.

Saturday August 10 2019 from 12pm to 4pm the East Windsor Historical Society Ice Cream Social 115 Scantic Rd East Windsor. It will give us a chance to show of our engines and tractors and promote our club.

Monday August 12 2019 7:00pm meeting at Dick Pippin's 37 Woolam Rd East Windsor CT.

Saturday September 28 2019 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club 10th Annual Fall Tractor Ride & Engine Show for Charity 9am registration (includes meal) – call Archie 860-871-7373 or e-mail archie.tanner@gmail.com.

Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club LLC

April 2019 Secretaries Report

 

April 8 2019 club meeting was held at Osborn House in East Windsor

President Hickory Lake called the meeting to order:

Treasurers report was Accepted as read By Archie Tanner

Secretaries Report was accepted as read by John Bajumpaa

 

OLD BUISNESS

 

We spoke about the Spring Show will be Saturday May 16 2019 at the Tolland Agricultural Center 24 Hyde Ave, Vernon, CT. Working on filling out the task list, button and plaques are ready to go and fliers are being passed out.

 

NEW BUISNESS

 

We need to fill up the task list for the Engine Show preferably by plow day. This is the one major event that is run by the club and we need everyone's help to be able to put it on. We also spoke about a need for more ideas on how to improve our club and show. Looking for a steering committee to work on future plans for our club. A motion was made and passed for a new insurance policy for the show. We also voted to approve an ad in North Central News for our show.

 

FUTURE MEETINGS

 

Monday June 10 2019 7:00pm meeting at Duane McDuffee's 27 Hopyard Rd Stafford Springs CT

Monday July 8 2019 7:00 pm meeting at Mark Fonicello's 4 Handle Rd Stafford, CT.

Monday August 12 2019 7:00pm meeting at Dick Pippin's 37 Woolam Rd East Windsor CT.

Months of September thru December are still available contact us.

 

EVENTS

 

Saturday March 9 2019 9am Fellowship/Work Day Hickory Lake 3 Slater Rd Stafford CT

Saturday April 27 2019 8am Plow Day Rothe Farm 222 Windsorville Rd Ellington CT

Saturday May 18 2019 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club 42th Annual Show& Swap Meet

Saturday August 11 2019 from 1pm to 4pm the East Windsor Historical Society Ice Cream Social

Saturday September 29 2019 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club 10th Annual Fall Tractor Ride & Engine Show for Charity

 

Submitted by John Bajumpaa

2019 Antique Machinery Show List -- WWW.SVAEC.COM

April 6 The Yankee`s Picnic @ Zagray Farm - Rt 85, Hebron/Colchester town line, CT 860-639-1213

April 13 Friends of Haul of Fame Swap Meet - Rt 395 Exit 87, south on Rt 12, Plainfield, CT 860-564-8801

April 28 Belltown Gas and Steam Engine Show-Danaher Field, 26 Quarry Hill Rd, Haddam Neck , CT 860-267-4626

May 4-5 CT Antique Machinery Assoc. Spring PowerUp - Rt 7, Kent, CT 860-927-0050

May 5 NH Power of the Past Collectors Dunstable Show - Rt 3 & Rt 113 on Rt 113, Dunstable, MA 603-623-2217

May 4-5 QVEA/Zagray Farm Spring Swap Meet &Show - Rt 85, Hebron / Colchester town line, CT 860-982-5158

May 11 Hudson Valley Oldtime Power Assn Annual Auction - Finger Road, Off Rt 9 & Rt 23, Hudson, NY 518-828-6425

May 18 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club 42th Annual Show& Swap Meet

Tolland County Agricultural Center 24 Hyde Ave. (Rt 30) Vernon, CT 06066 860-519-7831

I-84 exit 67 onto Rt 31 toward intersection of Rt 30 & Rt 31, 150yards EAST on Rt 30 toward Tolland on Right

May 24-26 Bernardston Gas Engine Show and Flea Market- Pratt`s Field, South St off Rt 5, Bernardston, Mass 413-834-0103

June 1-2 Granite State Gas & Steam Engine Assn – JR Bristols, 80 Witches Spring Rd, Hollis, NH 603-899-5285

June 1 Cranberry Flywheelers - Plymouth Airport, Plymouth, MA (also July20 & Sept 14) 508-294-4216

June 1-2 Whatley Engine Museum - 33 Christian Lane, Whatley, MA – off Rt5&10 – NO SELLING 413-768-8832

June 2 Diebold Tractor Museum Show – 102 Painter Hill Rd. off Rt 317, Roxbury, CT 860-354-0649

June 7-9 Brooklyn Ag Days - Rt 169, Brooklyn Fairgrounds, Brooklyn, CT 860-617-6314

June 23 ATHS Brooklyn Truck Show & Flea Mkt - Rt 169, Brooklyn Fair grounds, Brooklyn, CT 860-608-5033

June 29-30 Central Mass. Steam, Gas, & Machinery Assn – 80 Airport Rd,, Orange Airport, Orange, MA 413-253-9574

July 7 Pepperell Crank-up - Town Field at Rt111 & Rt 113, Pepperell, MA 978-732-9378

July 20-21 QVEA/Zagray Farm Summer Show - Rt 85, Hebron / Colchester (town line), CT 860-982-5158

July 26-28 Eliot Antique Tractor and Engine Show-Rt 103, Eliot, Maine 207-748-3303

Aug 10 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club & East Windsor Historical Society 860-525-1417

2nd Annual Ice Cream Social & Tractor Show 12-4pm@155 Scantic Rd. East Windsor, CT (no selling)

Aug 10-11 Straw Hollow Engine Works Show - Pine Ridge Farm, Cross St, off Rt 70, Boylston, MA 508-869-2722

Aug 23-25 Connecticut River Antique Collectors Club - Rt 5, (south of Fairlee) Ely, VT 802-333-3243

Sept 6-8 Dublin Gas Engine Meet - Rt 101, Dublin, NH 603-563-8067

Sept 14-15 Tobacco Valley Flywheelers - Haddam Meadows State Park, Rt 154, Haddam, CT 860-301-6933

Sept 21 Granby Antique Tractor and Engine Show – Rt 10 & Rt 202, Granby, CT 860-549-6687

Sept 27-29 Connecticut Antique Machinery Assn Fall Festival - Rt 7, Kent, CT 860-354-1859

Sept 28 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club – 11th Annual Fall Tractor Ride & Engine Show

9am registration (includes meal) – call Archie 860-871-7373 or e-mail archie.tanner@gmail.com

Held at The Country Butcher, 1032 Tolland Stage Rd, Tolland, CT From I-84 take exit 69 then Rt 74 West for 2 miles, ride is on left

Oct 5-6 QVEA/Zagray Farm Fall Show & Auction -Rt 85, Hebron / Colchester (town line), CT 860-982-5158

Oct 12 Friends of Haul of Fame Swap Meet - Rt 395 Exit 87,south on Rt 12, Plainfield, CT 860-564-8801

Oct 12 Brooklyn Swap Meet-Brooklyn Fairgrounds,Rt 169, Brooklyn,CT 860-942-1129

Oct 19-20 Waters Farm Days – 53 Waters Rd, West Sutton, MA 508-832-6678

2020 May 16 Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club 43th Annual Show 860-519-7831

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We now also have a gmail acct  svaec.com@gmail.com  John