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Reliable Service • Reasonable Prices Free Estimates senior Discounts 951-845-2146 Contractor's License #529601 formerly Pass air Conditioning & Heating 24 | sun lakes lIfestyles | July 2015 | soCIal Clubs & groups Cruzin' Cronies The popularity of hot rods and custom cars started before World War II. Teens who enjoyed tinkering with cars and making engines go faster raced Model T Fords on California streets and dry lakes even in the 1920s. The Harper, Muroc, and El Mirage dry lakes were popular and easy to reach. More often, races were held on back roads or deserted streets all over the country. Each hopped-up hot rod was timed with a stopwatch. Most of the cars were Model Ts or Model As. They were cheap, plentiful, lightweight, and easy to work on. They were easy to modify, with higher compression, ignition and timing adjustments, additional carburetors, and radical cam grinds. Teens would buy a nice roadster, and remove everything not needed for speed: fenders, headlights, hood, and top. That same spirit is still alive today, to which Cruzin' Cronies can attest. Don't miss our classic/antique cars that will be in the Main Clubhouse parking lot ready to participate in the Fourth of July parade. Regular meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month. We display our cars, have a short meeting in the Multipurpose Room, and go to breakfast at a local restaurant. Info., Sandra Glickman, 267-3187. Our car-of-the-month is TJ Moody's 1923 Model T Ford. It's loaded with chrome and "showy stuff," and has pearlescent white "ghost flames" under a candy-apple-red paint job, with Spiderman icons on the engine and side mirrors. The top is leather-lined tan canvas. TJ has won about 20 trophies with the car, which he's owned since 2010. He grew up in North Hollywood and became interested in cars when he was about seven. His dad was a fireman who learned to do brake jobs in his spare time. The family moved to Oregon when TJ was 19. His first car was a '54 Chevy Bel Air, which he bought in 1965. He met Sandy while working as a mechanic, married in 1966, and then moved to Sunland-Tujunga, where TJ worked as a mechanic. Later, he became a marshal in LA County, and when the two services merged, he became a sheriff, retiring after 23 years in law enforcement. Every summer, the Moodys take their motorhome and boat to Lake Powell, AZ to be camp hosts at Lone Rock Beach. TJ is a proud member of Cruzin' Cronies, and recently became the new EPAP Executive Director.