{"id":2217,"date":"2017-03-31T17:02:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T17:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modestoareamodelaclub.org\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2017-03-31T17:02:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T17:02:58","slug":"hank-welch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdesignjustforyou.org\/modelaclub\/hank-welch\/","title":{"rendered":"Hank Welch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hank with his favorite Model A – his red Roadster<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

Hank Welch<\/h2>\n

Hank Welch is one of the founding members of the Modesto Area A\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Hank was friends with Gene Jamison, the co-founder and first president of the Model A Club.\u00a0 Jess Blaker, Turlock Concrete and Pipe, had a big open shed where he allowed Hank to sand blast his vehicle parts at no cost if Hank paid for the sand.\u00a0 Around 1960, he invited Hank to go on an annual Model T run to the Mother Lode at the Twain Harte Lodge.\u00a0 Gene Jamison was on the run also.\u00a0 Gene and Hank started discussing the possibility of forming a Model A club in Modesto because they enjoyed the Model T run so much.<\/p>\n

When they returned to Modesto, they started contacting people who had Model A’s.\u00a0 Bill Jones, who was active in the National, came and met with them and was instrumental in helping them obtain their charter.<\/p>\n

Hank recalled that the first club name was Yosemite Area A’s.\u00a0 A businessman in town suggested the name because Modesto was the gateway to Yosemite.\u00a0 At a national convention in San Francisco in 1962, everyone commented “You are from Yosemite?”\u00a0 They came back and renamed the club.<\/p>\n

Hank recalled how the patches on the back of our jackets came about.\u00a0 He took a picture of a 1930 Coupe to Dell Colclaw to make the illustration.\u00a0 He requested that arches be on the patch.\u00a0 Joe Curry and Hank selected the illustration they wanted.<\/p>\n

Hank purchased his first Model A in 1958 from Gene Burcher for $35 in Ripon, California.\u00a0 It was a 1929 green Roadster pickup.\u00a0 He still owns the vehicle.\u00a0 He owns four Model A’s: A 29 roadster Pickup, 29 Roadster, 31 Deluxe Tudor, and a 31 Cabriolet 68C.<\/p>\n

His favorite vehicle is his red Roadster pickup which be built from scratch around 1977-78.\u00a0 After he retired, he started purchasing parts piece-by-piece until he had all the parts – it took him five years to acquire and complete the pickup.\u00a0 He estimates the cost was $5000.\u00a0 This pickup has been displayed in national magazines four or five times.<\/p>\n

When asked about tours he remembered, he related a tour to La Grange where all stopped for a break.\u00a0 Alex Leventini, who had only one eye, got into his car and left Ada behind when they started up again.\u00a0 She was picked up by another club member.<\/p>\n

Another Alex Leventini story.\u00a0 Bog Bell and Hank were traveling together about 4:00 in the afternoon on a hot day.\u00a0 They were looking for a motel with a pool.\u00a0 Bob and Hank lost Alex.\u00a0 They went looking for him and found him on the side of the road with the right front wheel off.\u00a0 Alex had taken it off because he had run over strips on the side of the road and thought something had happened to the car.\u00a0 They got the wheel back on as fast as possible and went back to the motel and the pool.<\/p>\n

Hank related that the first tour the club took was to Snelling on a cold, foggy day.\u00a0 He remembers Stan Braden in a 29 Roadster pickup with no top and no curtains – open air, but Stan drove it tall.<\/p>\n

When asked to recall fun times he had with his Model A, Hank cited two incidents that stood out the most in his mind.\u00a0 One was when the 1928 Roadster won the Best of Show at the 1971 Northwest Regional meet in Estes Park.<\/p>\n

The second occasion was on a trip a group of Model Aers made to Nashville.\u00a0 Marshall, Kenner, Curry and Hank attended the Grand Old Opry – that was special to him.\u00a0 This was his first long trip, around 1975 or 1976.<\/p>\n

Bill Jones recruited Hank for judging.\u00a0 Hank was the only certified Master Judge in the area.\u00a0 On a meet in Washington, D.C.,\u00a0 he was the National Board Technical Director.\u00a0 When he got to the meet, they did not have a judge.\u00a0 Hank was asked to find one.\u00a0 He put together a team consisting in part of Marshall Lewis.<\/p>\n

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Model A Truck. Hank’s wish is for the Model A truck to take him on his last ride to the cemetery when the time comes.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

Hank talked at length about the Club Truck.\u00a0 Braden bought the flatbed truck for $300.\u00a0 After about a year, nothing had been done to restore the truck.\u00a0 Several members worked at various work days, but the job was not progressing very fast.\u00a0 Hank and Joe Curry tore the truck down to the frame and started putting it back together.\u00a0 They charged the club $6 an hour.\u00a0 After it was finished, it won 1st place.<\/p>\n

During his years in the Model A Club, Hank served as president in 1968 and was in charge of the Almond Blossom parade and the Mother Lode Roundup for many years.\u00a0 Hank was also co-chairman, with Marshall Lewis of the Turlock Swap Meet for many years.
\nHank had three daughters: Linda Berlingeri, Debbie Travaille, and Gail Hilvers.\u00a0 Gail died about eight years ago from cancer.\u00a0 Hank has eight grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and soon two great, great grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Since his retirement, Hank has built a 1929 Speedster that he drives around his property in Sonora where he spends most of his time.\u00a0 His other property is in Ripon.\u00a0 Hank has always loved to dance and still does so whenever he gets a chance, but only to live country music!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hank traveled with Frank and Marge Nunes many times.\u00a0 Frank collected signs on these travels and Hank carried them in his pickup.\u00a0 The barn in Ripon belonged to Frank and Marge where there were many happy Model A get togethers according to older club members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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