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News and Activities from the Tidewater Region—Antique Automobile Club of America Volume 61, Issue 7 July 2017 Two Activities This Month! TRAACA TRAACA Tour of Chesapeake Bay CALENDAR Foundation Brock Environmental Check traaca.com/calendar.htm for the latest info on upcoming events! Center on Saturday, July 8, 2017 JULY 2017 and 7 TRAACA Board Meeting 6:30 PM (Friday) Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport Route 17 Antique Store “Crawl” 8 TRAACA Tour of Brock on Saturday, July 22, 2017 Environmental Center Virginia Beach, VA Join your TRAACA family on November 14, 2014, the 10,500-square 20 TRAACA Dinner Meeting Saturday, July 8th, as we tour the foot Brock Center is the first-ever U.S. Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock commercial building to make all its Environmental Center in Virginia drinking water from rainwater. It also 22 TRAACA Route 17 Antique Beach, VA. The Chesapeake Bay generates all of its own electricity from Store “Crawl” and Lunch Gloucester, VA Foundation was founded in 1967 and is solar panels and wind turbines, and is — Joint TRAACA & HVPR activity — the largest independent conservation the 10th building in the world to AUGUST 2017 organization dedicated solely to achieve full Living Building Challenge 11 TRAACA Board Meeting preserving the Chesapeake Bay. The certification, meaning it has zero 6:30 PM (Friday) Foundation built the Brock impact to the environment. So, join us Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport Environmental Center to engage, on Saturday, July 8th, at 10 AM, as we inform, and inspire generations about tour this impressive facility (3663 12 TRAACA Ice Cream Run Doumar’s Barbecue the environment and how we can all Marlin Bay Drive, Virginia Beach). Norfolk, VA help save the Chesapeake Bay. The Our tour will last about an hour, and Center is an innovative example of an afterward we have lunch reservations at 17 TRAACA Dinner Meeting Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport environmentally sensitive and smart noon at the Dockside Restaurant in building. Opened to the public on (continued on Page 14) 19 Norfolk Tides baseball game Norfolk, VA SEPTEMBER 2017 8 TRAACA Board Meeting 6:30 PM (Friday) Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport 21 TRAACA Dinner Meeting Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport 23 TRAACA Annual Meet Military Aviation Museum Virginia Beach, VA OCTOBER 2017 13 TRAACA Board Meeting 6:30 PM (Friday) Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport 19 TRAACA Dinner Meeting Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport 28 TRAACA Chili Cook-Off CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS—Bruce Sedel and his 1949 Dewey & Maxine Milligan’s Studebaker Commander Starlight Coupe. Read the story on Pgs. 12-13. Chesapeake, VA July 2017 THE MUDFLAP Peninsula Region—and Donna Elliott and Marion McAlpine From the Driver’s Seat have put a lot of work into planning what promises to be a Mark McAlpine fun activity. Even if you’re not an “antiqueer,” stick close to TRAACA President some experienced pros like Terry & Susan Bond or Neil & [email protected] Marty Sugermeyer and you’ll learn a few things. And, who (757) 967-0074 knows, you may find a hidden treasure at an unbelievable Summer is always a busy time of the year: kids of all ages price (but you’ll have to beat Terry and Neil to it). are out of school, many families schedule their family - The third is the 8th annual National Collector Car reunions or vacations in the summer, some move to new Appreciation Day cruise-in being held at Daniels homes, other people have summer weddings, and believe it Performance Group in Smithfield on Friday, July 14th. or not some people actually have to work. (I haven’t figured While this is not an official TRAAA activity, it is being held out yet how to stay home and get paid for it.) So, it’s always at fellow TRAACA member Charlie Daniels’ facility and is a challenge to schedule a weekend tour for the club during the only NCCAD event in Virginia listed on the Speciality the summer. That explains, at least partially, why we had Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA—sponsor of such a low turnout for our Summer Tour to Richmond on NCCAD) website. The AACA National is also strongly Saturday & Sunday, 24-25 July. Not to rub it in, but for encouraging all AACA regions to host or at least participate those of you that weren’t able to go on the tour, you missed a in one of these cruise-ins. The U.S. Senate has passed a great weekend. Matt & Vickie Doscher did a great job bipartisan resolution every year designating the second planning and organizing the tour. You can read more about it Friday in July as NCCAD (see—our politicians can agree on in Sally Hartman’s article on Pages 4-5, but I have to admit I some things), and this is an opportunity for us to raise hadn’t even heard of the Maymont Estate Park, Tredegar Iron awareness about our cars, our club, and our efforts to Works, or the Virginia Holocaust Museum before going on maintain and celebrate our country’s automotive history and the tour. Each was very interesting to visit. Maymont, in technology. I realize Smithfield is a long haul for many of particular, was outstanding—it’s truly a hidden treasure. The our members, but please, Please, PLEASE come out and mansion and grounds are beautiful. If you haven’t been there support our hobby, our club, and our fellow members. We before, I strongly encourage you to go visit it. The best part want to take photos and send them and a brief article to both of the tour was getting to spend time with some fellow SEMA and the AACA. TRAACA members and get to know them better. Finally, I want to thank everyone who attended our June July offers a number of fun car-related activities, but I Dinner Meeting and provided us a quorum to be able to vote want to highlight three in particular: on and approve the revisions to our Bylaws. (If you haven’t - The first is our guided tour of the Chesapeake Bay read them yet, they’re posted on the club webpage— Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center in Virginia www.traaca.com—under the Library page.) All you 40-yr Beach on Saturday, July 8th. Matt & Vickie Doscher have members of the TRAACA can look forward to not having to coordinated a visit to one of the most impressive pay annual TRAACA dues beginning next year—you can use environmentally friendly facilities in the country. Throw in the money to attend another club dinner meeting or activity. the beautiful location on the Chesapeake Bay, followed by a (Remember: you still need to pay your national AACA dues.) great lunch, this should be an interesting and fun morning. Drive safely and enjoy the summer. I look forward to - The second is our antique store “crawl” in Yorktown seeing you at a future TRAACA activity. And remember— and Gloucester on Saturday, July 22nd. This is a joint you can never have too much horsepower! activity with our sister AACA Region—the Historic Virginia Mark Mc 2017 TRAACA Officers & Board Call Captain's Corner President - Mark McAlpine: Chief Contact Captain: Skip Patnode [email protected] [email protected] / (757) 672-8495 Vice President - Matt Doscher: [email protected] We have changed how we contact members to obtain Secretary - Vickie Doscher their RSVPs for the monthly dinner meeting. To cut Treasurer - Charlie Dawson down on the work load, you will now be contacted via Board - Jerry Adams e-mail. (Members without e-mail will continue to be Board - Wayne Milligan contacted by phone.) Please respond to Skip Patnode’s Board - Hilary Pavlidis monthly e-mail by the requested date and let him know whether or not you will be attending (yes or no) and how Board - Bill Treadwell many will be attending. It is critical that you respond President Emeritus - Jim Villers to these e-mails so we can let the hotel know how many Visit the TRAACA on the Internet at: people will be attending & they can prepare enough www.traaca.com food. Thank you for your cooperation! THE MUDFLAP is the newsletter for the Tidewater Region of the Permission is granted to other AACA groups to reprint Antique Automobile Club of America, and is published monthly. Editors: Mark & Marion McAlpine articles from this newsletter (except copyrighted material) 3117 Summerhouse Dr, Suffolk, VA 23435 if credit is given to the author & newsletter. Permission is (757) 967-0074 / E-mail: [email protected] NOT granted for Internet publishing without preapproval. 2 THE MUDFLAP July 2017 C O N T E N T S From the Running Board Article Page June 9, 2017 TRAACA Board Meeting Minutes From the Driver’s Seat - Mark McAlpine ....................... 2 (final approved copy can be obtained from Secretary) From the Running Board - Vickie Doscher ................... 3 TRAACA Tour to Richmond - Sally Hartman ............. 4-5 Jim Lewis Celebration - Marion McAlpine .................. 6-7 Officers present: Mark McAlpine (President), Matt Doscher AACA Grand National Meet - Bob Parrish ................. 8-9 (Vice President), Vickie Doscher (Secretary), and Charlie Still Collecting—Stop the Presses - Terry Bond .... 10-11 Dawson (Treasurer). Board members present: Jerry Adams, 1949 Studebaker Commander - Bruce Sedel ........ 12-13 Wayne Milligan, and Hilary Pavlidis. Members present: Jim Civil War Shopping Quiz - Sally Hartman ................... 15 Villers (President Emeritus), Scott Davies, Frank Lagana, AACA Calendar ........................................................... 15 Marion McAlpine, and Bob Stein. AACA The Rummage Box Newsletter ....................... 16 Quorum: Board Meeting called to order at 6:26 PM. TRAACA Members’ Page ........................................... 17 President: Thanked Board and members for attending. Down the Road—Other Regional/Local Car Events ..