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The Quad Cities only website for those who spent their youthful weekends
cruising "The Ones"
in Davenport, Rock Island and "The Avenue" in Moline,Il.
while listening to The Big #1 KSTT 1170
on their a.m. radio.
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Check your old
car value here
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Where did you
get your Hot
Rod parts?
Da-Mar
Nelsons
L&M Speed
Strums
Lohse
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Get Ready to Store that Classic
for the Winter
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Time to put the toys in to storage. Winter weather is on the way. When you properly prepare your classic
for storage, it will be ready for you to spend countless hours of pleasure filled driving in the spring.
Here is a list of tips that may be of some help:
1. Put the car on jackstands. It will keep the
tires from developing flat spots.
2. Put dryer sheets in the car. Or mothballs. Some people use baking
soda. It will help keep the rodents away. You might even stuff some steel wool in the exhaust pipes and
any other holes in your classic. Just remember to take it out in the spring!
3. Wash your car and
give it a fresh coat of polish or wax. This will remove any stains or bird droppings that could stain
your paint!
4. Change your oil. You dont want to start your engine in 2012 with dirty oil in it.
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Fill the gas tank and add some StaBil. A full tank will keep the moisture out. God only knows what the
price of gas will be next summer!
6. Cover your car. If you do not have a nice cover, use old blankets.
7. Start the car every 2 weeks. If that isn't possible, hook up a trickle charger. They have inexpensive
ones at Harbor Freight.
8. Fill the universal joints, ball joints and any other lube points with grease.
9. Now may be a good time to check the anti- freeze and see if your car may need more to keep the block
from freezing.
10. Depress the clutch and hold it in place with a 2x4. Your clutch disk may stick
to the pressure plate while in storage.
11. Lubricate all rubber, and vacuum and clean the upholstery.
You dont want any hidden food crumbs to entice the critters.
12. I have known some people who drain
their brake system of old fluid, install fresh fluid and bleed the brakes.
I am sure there
are more things that you could add to the list, but the above suggestions will give you a good start
on prepping your favorite street machine before tucking it away for the winter. Next up will be the Rod
and Custom show at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island. I know thats in January, but that will be here
before you know it! God Bless you all and have a safe and happy Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Shane
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click below to visit Captain Ernie
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Tune in to
AM 1170 playing your favorite oldies from the 50's, 60's and 70's
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click below for
WLS Oldies Feed
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Click here for the QC Thunder
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Click below to visit American Graffiti
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Check out this link
Where have all the Good Guys Gone?
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picture compliments of Tim Leslie
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KSTT Mug
Someplace Special
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KSTT "Tooth Fairy"
membership card
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Click the pic on the left to take you to the greatest crimefighter the world has ever known
Chickenman
"he's everywhere, he's everywhere"
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click the KSTT top 40 survey to see the top 40 list
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Click the link below for more KSTT pictures
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The history of our beloved KSTT
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Radio station KSTT was a large part of the lives of baby boomers in the Quad Cities years ago. KSTT
AM 1170 was on the air from 1946 until the late 80's. The station was located on east river drive in
Davenport, across from Hostess Bakeries. The studio had a large window in the northwest corner where
listeners could watch their favorite on air jock spin records. KSTT was "The Big #1", rated the #1 station
in the Quad Cities for over 3 decades. No one else even came close during their record run at the top.
. People who listened to the station would remember such jocks as Spike O'Dell, Lou Gutenberger, Lee
Shannon, Jay Gregory, Mark Stevens, Bobby Rich, Ruth and Fred, and Jim O'Hara, each of them spinning
top 40 hits in their own style. Booty Bottles, Top 40 surveys, Chicken Man and Big Red were also part
of "the station you've grown up with". KSTT listeners participated in many on air contests, calling in
on the Ruth and Fred show, calling in song requests, and phoning in news tips. KSTT sponsored hootenannys
and hops, ballgames, Good Guy a Go Go dances, picnics, and had listeners search for "Bootie Bottles,
filled with gift certificates, and keys to motorcycles. Quad City area seviceman had tapes sent to
them in Vietnam. Dick Orkins famous "Chickenman show and Toothfairy episodes were heard daily. As fm
radio began to gain popularity in the seventies, KSTT's audience began to shrink. People were now listening
to KIIK 104 fm. by the eighties, KSTT was simulcasting with its sister station WXLP fm 97X. By 1992 they
had switched their call letters to KJOC and had become an all sports talk station. The KSTT building
at 1111 East river drive is now a law firm. But out of respect for the radio station, it is named KSTT
Place. The interior still has the KSTT station memorabilia hanging on the walls. The picture window the
jocks spun records in is still there. Former KSTT newsman Jim Orr summed it up "The radio station was
a really special thing. We've been a lot of places. But nothing compares to KSTT."
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clic one of the buttons below to listen to music while browsing our site
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Webmaster Shane Davis
creative input Bill Enlow
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