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4251 Dry Creek Road
Paso Robles, CA 93446
November Dinner
September Volunteer of the Month: James Messineo
The man, the myth, the legend!
If any of you have ever seen James at the museum working, then you have seen perseverance, hard work and dedication in action! James is in charge of keeping all of Estrella Warbirds Museum's parade vehicles in "fighting form". This is sometimes a task within itself as older vehicles don't necessarily want to cooperate sometimes. But just like Captain Kirk asking Scotty to accomplish miracles to fix the engine room and the USS Enterprise in general, James does much the same, making junk into a workable device as if Leonardo Da Vinci himself touched it. James recently assisted in the Pfauter Building extension by creating a "Ouija Board" that mapped out where all the vehicles were to be placed. James is also adept at mentoring other volunteers on the inner workings of mechanisms to make for a stronger team.
James' favorite food is best described as "Most of Them". He hails from St.Clairsville, OH and has been known to enjoy going to Jamaica to relax.
Progress on the Type 97 Japanese Tankette
Sometimes, it's those little things that play a major role in restoration projects. Steve Foss and Keith Dekker are shown preparing the Japanese Tankette to accept castor wheels in order to be more easily rolled around this 5.2 ton tankette by any individuals aiding in the restoration. Done like experts! Awesome!
New From The Woodland Auto Display
A lot has been happening with the auto research library in the Woodland Auto Display. Since starting the project, we have received books from numerous individuals as well as from several museums that were closing. (A big thank you to Dave Wolin for his efforts.) With these numerous donations, the direction of the library has morphed a bit so it became a matter of somewhat regrouping and starting over. In other words, it is one of those projects where you have to take a big step backward in hopes of going two steps forward when finished.
Regarding the book portion, we now have over 1,000 books on hand that are organized in the following categories; American Automobile History, Foreign Automobile History, Special Interest, Motorcycles, Biographies, NASCAR, Indianapolis, Formula 1 & Sports Cars, Short Track Open Wheel Racing, Drag Racing, Hot Rod & Show Cars, and Race Tracks-Racing Circuits. A rough estimate is that it is split approximately 50% automobile racing related and 50% history and various other categories.
We now have to start organizing our large magazine collection. For instance, we have large inventory of Autoweek as well as National Speed Sport News. (NSSN was the racer's weekly go to newspaper prior to the internet, cell phones, etc..) We have complete collections of Circle Track, Open Wheel, Sprint Car and Midget magazines and much more.
With luck, and a lot of hours, the magazine portion should be nearing completion by the end of September.