Welcome!

OTHG-Logo Cars & Text

We are the Phoenix, Arizona chapter of the Over The Hill Gang.  Our club is dedicated to the promotion of the sport of street rodding and fellowship amongst our members. Our club meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of the month. If you are in the Phoenix area, please drop by and say hello!

If you wish more information on our club, please contact;

President – Russ Whitfeldt russnruth99@yahoo.com

Secretary – Teresa Way  wayteresa6@gmail.com

If you have any problems or would like to provide feedback about this website please contact:

Webmaster – Al Turley agt@telus.net

January Putt

January 18, 2026

Deer Valley, AZ

Pictures by: Helen Gwynn, Al Turley and Danise Cover

Our January Putt took us to an open house at John and Helen’s garage. We also invited the members of the Southwest Street Rods to join us for food and refreshments. It was a great chance for our clubs to get together and socialize. There were 41 members and 31 guests in attendance. There was a total of 71 cars. What a great turnout!

Spencer’s Place Check Presentation

January 12, 2026

Surprise, AZ

Pictures by: Margaret Maione, Mike Arney and Al Turley

Quite a few members took in the check presentation to Spencer’s Place. The money was raised at the silent auction during our annual Christmas Party.

The staff all came outside after the check presentation to view all the cars and George picked his favorite car, which turned out to be mine!

For those that don’t know:

“Spencer’s Place is a project created in partnership with Employed and Overjoyed Foundation to introduce equal employment opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

Spencer’s Place provides adults with disabilities job training and direct skill development to earn a paycheck, build relationships, gain a sense of purpose, and show the community the beauty of diversity and inclusion.”

2026 New Years Day Breakfast

Kimmyz’s on Greenway, Glendale, AZ

January 1, 2026

Writeup by Ron Boen

Pictures by Al Turley and Carol Aden

January 1, 2026 marked the date of John Logsdon and Ron Boen’s 100th annual breakfast cruise. Okay maybe 100 is a bit of an exaggeration, it was only the 25th Annual, oops that’s a lie too! It was actually our 11th annual (that’s the truth). The weather threatened rain but a few of us hardy souls dragged out our street rods for the event.
     The Cruise was held at Kimmyz On Greenway for the second or third year, I can’t remember. As always, the food and service were great.  We had 95 people attend from all over the valley. This event includes rodders from all over the Phoenix area not just specific clubs. It’s so much fun to gather with these folks that we don’t get to see that often.
     If you missed it mark your calendar now for next New Year’s Day.

2025 Christmas Party

Chef Peter’s Bistro, Surprise, AZ

December 6 , 2025

Writeup by Pat Gerber

Pictures by Helen Gwynn, Bonnie McDonald and Al Turley

Kudos to Chef Peter’s Bistro in Sun Village!  There were 42 of our members in attendance and I think a good time was had by all!  Chef Peter’s did an outstanding job with a delicious meal in the newly opened facility in Sun Village and the wait staff did an excellent job making sure we were happy.  We were entertained by Reboot the Band, an excellent 5 piece ensemble that played a great mix of oldies and country.  The highlight of the evening was the silent auction to benefit the Employed and Overjoyed Foundation which supports Spencer’s Place.  The auction was a huge success netting $4,470 to be donated to the foundation on January 12.

Many thanks to so many of our members who donated items to the auction, helped secure donations from the community, and certainly to the huge crew who showed up early to help set up and/or stay late to help clean up

October Putt

Surprise, AZ

October 7, 2025

Our October Putt took the Gang to Spencer’s Place in Surprise. Spencer’s Place was chosen as they will be receiving our annual charity proceeds from the Christmas Party Silent Auction. Spencer’s Place employs developmentally challenged individuals who otherwise would have nothing to do. Spencer’s is known for great coffee, tea and other beverage options. They also have great breakfast sandwiches as well as tasty pastry offerings. As it was a beautiful morning some members sat outside on the patio. Karin York, the owner, as well as numerous employees and customers enjoyed looking at the beautiful classic cars. Don and Andy gave a couple of employees rides which left everyone with smiles on their faces. For those members unable to join us, please stop by and check them out on your own. Everyone who participated had a great time!

Writeup by: Bonnie McDonald

Pictures by: Don McDonald

September Putt

Peoria, AZ

September 27, 2025

Our September Putt sponsored by Gary & Carol Aden was at Gateway Classic Auto Sales followed by breakfast at Brothers Restaurant. Gateway was having their monthly car show with coffee and donuts but the OTHG cars were the only ones to show up. I do believe the rain had a lot to do with that. We had 7 Hot Rods and a few regular cars. From there we went to Brothers for breakfast and like always we had a good time and good food.

Pictures by Danise Cover

August Putt

Fountain Hills, AZ

August 23, 2025

Pictures by Danise Cover

Writeup by Val Altgilbers

It was a bright, clear Saturday (8/23/25) morning when almost 30 OTHG members met a Phil”s Filling Station in Fountain Hills for breakfast scheduled for 9am. I got a kick out of driving down Shea along side other members in their club cars, and watching the heads turn for second looks.  That is what it is supposed to be all about–our old cars on the road!!  I thought I was getting there early (8:30) only to find that almost everyone was already there.  I greeted Phil and thanked him for having us at Phil’s  to meet and eat in  the room that fit our needs.  We had 2 members show up (Bob Duyck-back from Oregon, and Page Barnes) who had not RSVP’s, but they took the place of  Brenda and Larry Besore who had to cxl due to medical issues.  Diane and Chuck LaVetter took a scenic route but ended up finding Phil’s eventually.   My breakfast was very good, I thought the service was excellent , and I did not hear any complaints from anyone.  

Thanks to everyone for coming and promoting  the OTHG club by showing up in your  yellow shirts!!!!!

’til we meet and eat again…….Val

Trip to Oregon 2025

Grants Pass, Ore.

July 24 – July 30, 2025

Pictures By Danise Cover

Writeup by Debbie Thomas

4300 miles WOW!! Grants Pass Fabulous 50’s Car Show
here we come!  5 Hot Rods and 5 beautiful
Gals & 5 OTHG drivers head out for 8 days of driving cars meeting
people having fun,
did I say driving 4300 miles round trip. 1st stop Joshua Tree N.P. the desert at its finest and no traffic! Victorville had Molly Browns! Sparks NV. took some of our money, met Dave Bennett there, so now we are 11.  Car show in Grants Pass was great, nice swap meet, everyone got at least 1 piece of junk.. I mean treasure! Drove the Redwood highway, spectacular, heading out to Gold Beach to ride Jerry’s jet boat, Greg & Sherry’s recommendation. So much fun. Made a stop at the drive through tree, the cars just fit. Lassen N.P outstanding.  Back the same way we came, WHEW, what a trip oh and did I mention all 5 cars got awards, hooray!! Thank Charlie & Danise for the plan! Attended by Art & Debbie, Larry & Teresa, Paul & Judy, Greg & Sherry, Dave Bennett. 

June Putt

Cave Creek, AZ

June 20, 2025

The Over The Hill Gang June 20th putt was a tour of the Rick Cox Collection in Cave Creek.  We met at the CVS in Cave Creek and then went a short distance down the road to Rick’s estate.  We first gathered in the large room where he normally does his car displays but it was empty as he had hosted an event for Phoenix Children’s the night before.  He does a tremendous amount of charity work.  There were so many stuffed game animals in the alcove above (including an elephant) which he made sure we knew he had not shot.  We then toured his musical collection which was phenomenal.  He had mementos from every rock and roll musician we had ever heard of.

We them went to see his cars.  He only had around 10 but most of them were Kindig productions.  He has the first CF-1 (carbon fiber knockoff of a ’53 Vette) but Kindig had picked it up the night before so we did not get to see it. Anyway, it was a marvelous tour.  There were over 30 of us in attendance (30 OTHG plus about 7 or 8 folks that our tour facilitator brought along).  The tour was set up by Ernie Oakes, the Goodguys Rodders Rep from Phoenix.  Gary Aden had met him at Del Mar and he was more than happy to set this up.  We then went to Heart & Soul for a lunch that was almost as good as the tour.  A good time was had by all.

Writeup by: Gary Aden

Pictures by: Gary Aden, Russ Whitfeldt and Danise Cover

May Putt

Glendale, AZ

May 19, 2025

Larry and Teresa Way arranged the May breakfast putt to Ronnie’s Café in Glendale, AZ.  A total of 33 people attended. The food was excellent, the conversations cordial and our waitress, Kaylee, was outstanding! Everyone had a great time eating and socializing. After breakfast, 19 of the Gang set off for the Sanderson Ford Car Museum in Glendale, AZ. The museum was started to preserve the Sanderson family’s collection of vehicles and collectibles. We had a private tour led by Matt for us to view and walk through and celebrate the heritage of Sanderson Ford.

Writeup by: Teresa Way

Pictures by: Larry Way, Pat Gerber and Danise Cover