May - Richmond Region AACA

Organized July 31, 1952
VOLUME 60, No. 3
MAY-JUNE 2012
BI-MONTHLY
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS
OUR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY
Gorgeous 1935 Auburn belonging to new members, Joe and Debbie Guckert.
Regional Website Address:
www.richmondaaca.com
United We Stand
Editor..............................................Bob Robb, 804-270-7760
11226 Fanwood Court, Richmond, VA 23233
E-mail: packrobb@verizon.net
Tour Correspondent...........................All Members Welcome
Photographers....................................All Members Welcome
MONTHLY MEETING REFRESHMENTS
Volunteers are always requested!!
RICHMOND REGION
ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF
AMERICA
OFFICERS
Andy Fuhrman, President
11434 Karen Drive,
Ashland, VA 23005
andyfuhrman@rocketmail.com
Budd Lacy, Vice-President
13294 Greenwood Road,
Glen Allen, VA 23059
Alice Cameron, Secretary
PO Box 588, Ashland, VA 23005
akameron@mindspring.com
Mert Fowlkes, Treasurer
106 Gaymont Road Richmond, VA 23229
fmfowlkes@aol.com
LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
Reggie Nash
10670 Cherokee Road
Richmond, VA 23235
reggienash@verizon.net
804-564-8399
804-252-2196
804-798-8125
804-288-4439
804-320-2636
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except October and January at the Belmont Recreation
Center, 1600 Hilliard Road, Richmond, VA.
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RICHMOND REGION PAST PRESIDENTS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Darlene Hatcher
YOUTH COORDINATORS
Andy Fuhrman
Kathy Duke
RAFFLE
Reggie Nash
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Doug Cole
Tommy Nolen
Jim Wilson
Morris Cameron ex officio
804-748-5656
804-586-2892
804-285-4486
804-798-8125
CAR SHOW
Andy Fuhrman, Chairman
Dick Ivey, Co-Chairman
804-564-8399
804-550-3586
SUNSHINE LADY
Connie Beatty
804-737-2676
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1952-1953--David Garraques
1954--Frantz Hershey
1955--Jerome Powell
1956--Kenneth Adelstein
1957--David Garriques
1958-1959--Warner Hall
1960--Harold Via/
*John Adams
1961--John Adams
1962--Charlie Kidd
1963--Ellis Walton/Jerome Powell
1964--Jerome Powell
1965--George Taylor
1966--Donroy Ober
1967--James Brannon/Fred Singleton
1968--John Glisson
1969--Gary Greene
1970--Reggie Nash
1971-1972--Hugh Hawthorne
1973--Bill Bowman
1974-5--Jimmy Jones
1976--Jim Whittne
1977--Hugh Hawthorne
1978-1979--John Puryear
1980--Hugh Hawthorne
1981--Lee Crenshaw
1982--Morris Cameron
1983--Robert Smith
1984--Morris Cameron
1985--Fred Phipps
1986--John Adams
1987--Fred Phipps
1988-1989--Morris Cameron
1990-1991--Dayton Leadbetter
1992--Morris Cameron
1993-Wendel Bowles
1994-1995-Dayton Leadbetter
1996-Richard (Dick) Ivey
1997-1998-Mert Fowlkes
1999-Alice Cameron
2000-Kenny Baker
2001-2002-Dayton Leadbetter
2003-2004-Tommy Nolen
2005-2006-George Duke
2007-2008-Peter Francisco
2009-2010-Morris Cameron
Andy’s Say
Spring is sprung, the grass is ris. I wonders where the birdies
is?
And what a great spring so far, car shows, cruise-ins and parades are everywhere. Two in particular I hope you catch are
Richmond Ford’s June 9th Cruise IN & Open House, 4600
West Broad St. (Remember how gracious Ron Kody was to
host our 60th anniversary banquet this past January?) Of
course next on the list is our own 43rd Annual Car Show and
Swap Meet – June 16th – Richmond International Raceway,
Gate #2 off Laburnum. We’ve had a good number of you sign
up to help this year – thank you! Please bring your old car to
display!
A little farther down the road we’ll have our Summer Picnic, Sunday, July 8 th at the Elmont
VFW Post on Cedar Lane in Ashland, (Rain or Shine.) Club will provide burgers, dogs, rolls &
drinks. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Drive your old car too and why
not bring a friend or potential new member along? Please RSVP to Alice so we can have a
head count. August 5th is our annual Ice Cream Social at the Nash’s. See our website for more
details on both these events.
On May 4th George Duke, George Field and I made a quick trip to my home town of Dansville,
New York to pick up a 1940 Oldsmobile, Series 60 coupe given to me by a family friend. I’ve
known the car for nearly my whole life. I had the pleasure of working on it and driving it for several years in the late 1980s early 1990s. Rumor has it my Grandfather may have sold it new to
the Vogt family. It passed down their family tree and after nearly 95,000 miles to me. It was a
good trip apart from two flat tires on the trailer and one traffic ticket issued to a member of our
party. I won’t say who. We paid visits to Bennett Buick-Chevrolet, (celebrating 90 years as a
GM dealership this year,) and Hopkins’ Farms. Both places played large parts in my past life
and I was glad to introduce a couple of my new friends to them. They also carry good supplies
of used tires. Hopefully you’ll all see the Olds later this summer.
On May 3rd we tried something new – our regular meeting was held at Lakeside Farmer’s Market thanks to Peter Francisco. It was a nice evening outdoors and several of our members arrived early to eat at Virginia Barbecue or Cousin Vinny’s Pizza or wherever else. A real highlight was Joe Guckert’s magnificent 1935 Auburn. (I’m going to call it a convertible coupe, correct me if I’m wrong.) It is also supercharged with those neat pipes out the side and all. His
wife Debbie says it was always his dream car now it’s a dream come true! Joe, if you’re not
using the Porsche as much now maybe????
Well that’s all for me – see you at the shows and further along the way.
Andy Fuhrman
President – but the clock is ticking!
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EDITOR’S RANT
garage after a 5-year professional restoration.
Although all went fairly well it’s just been such a long
Get ready, get set, it’s almost SHOW- time and the details are maddening. We are fairly certain, mind you, this has been our very first and last proTIME. Yes, you are encouraged to
fessional restoration, not only because of the time inbring your car to YOUR own car
show. As a matter of fact you can bring volved, but for the seemingly endless invoices.
it on the cheap and if your nice, you
might not even have to fill out a regis- We note with sadness the passing of Bill Stewart, long
tration form. However, we historically time member of the Crater AACA club whom some of
don’t include our own members’ cars you may know.
in the judging competition so that our
paying guest attendees can walk away Coming up in 2013 is the Lincoln Highway tour that
smiling with their hot hands wrapped has been long awaited by some of our members. Sponsored by the Lincoln Highway Association the tour will
around precious metal symbolizing
their hard labor restoring or maintain- have two groups. The two groups will leave Times
ing their prize possession. We, howev- Square, NY on June 22 and San Francisco on June 23,
er do get to enjoy the usual comradeship of our fellow 2013. Both groups will arrive in Kearny, Nebraska on
June 30 for the arrival ceremony and parade, followed
members and drink soft drinks and Alice and Morris
by the Official LHA Centennial Celebration on July
Cameron’s sandwiches.
1. The annual LHA meeting will be in Kearny July 1.
Well, it’s happened. The Robbs 1956 Packard Carib4. Here’s the schedule.
bean convertible “Pendy” has arrived back in its own
Eastern Tour
Western Tour
Sat. June 22nd Times Square, NYC to Malvern, PA
--------------rd
Sun. June 23 Malvern, PA to Gettysburg, PA
Lincoln Park, San Francisco to Sacramento, CA
Mon..
Gettysburg, PA to Greensburg, PA
Sacramento, CA to Fallon, NV
Tues.
Greensburg, PA to Mansfield, OH
Fallon, NV to Ely, NV
Wed.
Mansfield, OH to South Bend, IN
Ely, NV to Tooele, UT
Thu.
South Bend, IN to Dixon, IL
Tooele, UT to Rock Springs, WY
Fri.
Dixon, IL to Ames, IA
Rock Springs, WY to Cheyenne, WY
Sat.
Ames, IA to Grand Island, NE
Cheyenne, WY to Lexington, NE
Sun. Jun 30th &
Both tours will merge for the short trip to Kearny, NE and the Great Arch Festival,
Mon. July 1st to
Centennial Celebration Car Show and Lincoln Highway Association Conference to
Thu July 4th
which participants are welcome to attend as well as local 4 th of July celebrations.
At the Centennial Celebration there will be a re-creation of a “tourist camp”. Participants with pre ‘32 cars are
invited to set up camp.
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NEWS FROM
NATIONAL
While most clubs continue to worry
about surviving, AACA is positioned to
thrive. We have great members, a great
headquarters staff and leadership, a tremendous
Board and, of course, great
friends.
Let me share with you some thoughts
Hello
and goals I presented at the 75th Annual
Everyone!
Meeting in Philadelphia this past February:
Focus on our Strategic PlanningBy
We have made some great progress
Joe Gagliano
in this area, now is the time to distill it
down to a reasonable and attainable
2011 AACA
list of deliverables. It is now time to
President
implement.
Take Advantage of TechnologyI am truly honored to have been Move forward with the advances
elected President of AACA and to have
developed into our new web site and
received the confidence of the members
take advantage of this wonderful tool
and the Board of Directors.
and the advantages and benefits of the
It has been a great 75 years and last
web.
year was a truly memorable one for
Continue our Collaborative Efforts
Mary and me, particularly due to our direct
with other clubs and hobby groupsinvolvement with the 75th Anniversary
We are all in this environment together
event in Louisville, KY. We have
we need to leverage these relationships
always enjoyed our AACA experience
to everyone’s mutual benefit.
with national activities as well as having
Lastly, take a serious look at attracting
such a great time at region and chapter
and recruiting the next
events. National tours are our favorite
generation of club leadershipand we try to participate on them when
That means a system and process of
we can, especially the Reliability Tour.
interesting new leaders to come forward
As members since 1972 it has been a
and participate at the divisional
great journey.
and national levels of the club. We
Sometime in the past I read something
need to assess our expectations and
that stuck with me, it said:
requirements to enable talented and
“It’s not the journey that is important;
skilled members to seek and fill our
it’s the people you meet along the way!”
management roles within the club.
I think it is so true of this great hobby
The challenge is how do we make this
and especially AACA. We have seen,
doable with other family and work related
ridden in and owned many automobiles
obligations?
over the years, but it is the people we
It continues to be a great journey; we
remember and appreciate the most.
look forward to meeting new people and
The hobby is multi-faceted and so diverse,
making many more friends along the way!
but it is the people and members
that remain the life blood of the hobby,
while the friendships endure. We continue
to remember and reflect on the
most interesting, special moments and
experiences.
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RICHMOND
REGION
MARKETPLACE
DODGE TOURING FOR SALE
FOR SALE
1965 Ford Thunderbird 2 door Hardtop. Call
George & Beverley Field For details 804) 2722358
1957 FORD SKYLINER FOR SALE
1924 Dodge Brothers Touring. The car is
80% restored. Engine professionally rebuilt, Dodge Brothers Blue with black fenders, exhaust, radiator, chrome, tires, wheels,
silent starter/generator done. (Picture does
not show the black fenders.) Worth more
than what I am asking.. A give away price
of $7,000. Call Bob Smith at 804-272-6664
or 804-337-0676.
Rusty Beasley’s 1957 Ford Skyliner. The car was
restored ground-up in the early 1990s. Black with
ABC red and white interior. Correct engine has
been rebuilt and . Extra solenoid set also included.
$37,500. Car is currently in Tappahannock, Virginia. Julie Beasley, 804-380-0408
FORD PARTS FOR SALE
Hundreds of parts for 1955-57 Fords, door handles, side windows, radios, trim and a transmission, just to list a few. Buy one or make me an offer on the whole lot. Contact, Julie Beasley, 804380-0408
T-BIRD FOR SALE
PARTS FOR SALE
Antique car parts consisting of 140+ new
old stock lightbulbs still in box, shop manuals, exhaust whistles and horns, and some
boxes we have not opened yet. Interested
CHEVY APACHE PANEL TRUCK
I am a member of the Thunderbird Club. I bought
a 59 T-bird about 2 years ago and was promised
by all the guys at work they would help me restore
it, but no dice. I have bought a boat and I am looking to sell the car. Call Tim at (804) 640-2824.
Chevrolet Apache panel truck located in
Dinwiddie County. Owner, Walter Oley
(804) 350-9693, owner's nephew, Walter
Oley (also) (804) 869-3820.
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Getting There Is Half The Fun
By Buddy Lacy
As the club prepares for its 60th anniversary and
hosting the 2012 Reliability Tour, I got to thinking;
if getting there is half the fun we should have some
wonderful memories this time next year. As I’ve
had 24 years in this club, I think back on some of
the tours and outings I’ve been on and heard
about. So, as the Statler Brothers sang “Do you
remember these:” Riding to White Post Virginia in
mid-October in a member’s pickup with no heat;
while two former AT&T employees rode in a
Packard with a heater and said THEY were toasty;
A day tour over to the Aviation Museum, pushing
a member’s Pierce Arrow around the parking lot to
get started, then THEY realize they left the switch
off (As it turns out, it was good practice because I
got to do it again 20 years later.); A tour in NC
where a man who was born and raised in Ashland
knew a shortcut back to the motel, and they got
there about two hours after everyone else in 100+
degree heat; Day tours to a member’s house to see
his vast collection and hear the stories behind
them; Day tours where a Model T and bailing
twine are the official tow vehicle.
So as the 60 year mark approaches, those are some
of my memories of touring in our club. P.S. The
names were not used to protect the innocent, but
you know who you are.
Model T Fords at Beaverdam train
station
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