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OCTOBER, 2020OCTOBER, 2020 OCTOBER, 2020 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF RICHMOND REGION ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA. — OCTOBER, 2020 — OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF RICHMOND REGION, AACA See page 6-7 Joys and Humor in the Car Hobby: Finding Goldilocks By Lisa and Brian Munsey Thank You to all who have submitted stories, ideas, and photographs to the Gaslight, don’t stop! It makes the newsletter more interesting and a lot easier on the editor. Your first car, your first experience with an old car, family observations, etc. all of this makes great reading for club members. We can all relate to the problems of antique car ownership, let’s take the next few issues and concentrate on the fun we have had over the years. Once 2020 is over maybe we can return to outings and fun runs that will refresh us all. Keep the wheels turning and the drivers smiling, it will get better! Clif Edwards, Editor, Gaslight. 2 - OCTOBER, 2020 — Aging gracefully is like the nice way of saying you're slowly looking worse. Fall is here! A few club functions have occurred and what a great turnout we had for the Thursday, September 3rd club meeting 7:30 pm at Belmont Recrea- tion Center with around 25 masked members present in the socially dis- tanced ballroom, enjoying each other’s company. After status reports, we enjoyed a competitive Automobile Jeopardy Game and had a lot of laughs! Unfortunately, COVID has hit again, and the Fall ODMA tour in Winchester was cancelled. As most of you may have heard today, Hershey Region had to Debbie Nolen cancel the Hershey show on October 10th due to restrictive COVID measures in place by the PA governor. However, the great news is that National AACA has stepped in an negotiated a return to Gettysburg, PA as the location for a Special Fall Meet on November 7th. As you all may remember, a very successful Annual Grand National was held in the same location on August 22! National AACA deserves huge kudos for going the extra mile to make it happen once again! Because the site is contained, it was easy to put effective COVID controls in place with no reported issues after the fact due to exposure and is sure to be the case for this meet too. On the other hand, I am putting on my ODMA president’s hat because the reschedule of the Fall Meet is currently the same weekend as the RV Region ODMA Meet at Natural Bridge. We are working on a solution to the second conflict as we speak that I think will work well of everyone involved! You’ll be the first to know the outcome! Bob and Judy Richmon and their 1908 Curved Dash Oldsmobile and Tommy & I with our 1961 Ford Galaxie Starliner both received Springhouse Awards at the recent Greenbrier Concours de Elegance in White Sulphur Springs, WVA held on September 6th. So many beautiful and unusual examples of automo- biles were present and quite the sight to see in such a beautiful setting. May other local cruise arounds have been happening as well. "Saturday, what a day, to cruise 'round with you!" On October 3, 2020 Join Hanover, Henrico, Chester- field and Colonial Heights Recreation Departments for a Classic Car Cruise ‘Round! Based on the poker run theory (but this is sponsored by Governmental agencies LOL) classic car owners will go to each stop, receive a swag bag of goodies and the antique participants that cruise into all four (4) stops by the arrival times, will be entered into the prize drawings to be held at the end of the Classic Car Cruise 'round. Participation is limited to pre-1995 vehicles. Free event but pre-registration is required. Limited number of spaces available. For more information and/or to register: https://tinyurl.com/Cruise-round (Begins 9 am-( Hanover) Hanover High School (10307 Chamberlayne Rd, Mechanicsville), travel to 10 am - (Henrico) VA Center Commons (10101 Brook Rd, Henrico), travel to 11 am - (Colonial Heights) Life Christian Academy (1221 Boulevard, Co- lonial Heights) ends 12 N at (Chesterfield) LC Bird High School (10301 Courthouse Rd, Chesterfield)). Brian Munsey and the Nomination Committee (George Duke and Jim Wilson) will also still be receiving nominations through October 15th for next evolution of leadership for Richmond Region! Our next club meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 1st, 7:30 pm at Belmont Recre- ation Center. Maybe we’ll have the most creative mask contest as we socially distance! LOL. We look forward to seeing you all then! Stay safe and enjoy the beginnings of the fall season!!! Debbie The older I get, the earlier it gets late. — OCTOBER, 2020 — 3 Remember these? OCTOBER OCTOBER 1 - Club Meeting—7:30 pm., Belmont Rec. Center CLASSIC CAR CRUISE ‘ROUND-OCT. 3 Join Hanover, Henrico, Chesterfield and Colonial Heights Recreation departments as we host a Classic Car Cruise ‘round. As classic car owners make each stop, you will receive a swag bag of goodies and those classics that crise into all four (4) stops by the arrival times, will be entered into the prize drawings to be held at the end of the Classic Car Cruise ‘round. Participation is limited to pre-1995 vehicles. Free event but pre- registration is required. Limited to number of spaces available. For more information and/or to register: https://tinyurl.com/Cruise-round • Start—Arrive: 9 am (Hanover) Hanover High School. 10307 Cham- berlayne Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116. Instructions and check-in cards will be given to all pre-registered classic owners. travel time 14 minutes to . • Stop 1—Arrive: 10 am (Henrico) Virginia Center Commons, 10101 Brook Road, Henrio 23059 travel time 37 minutes to . • Stop 2—Arrive: 11:00 am (Colonial Heights) Life Christian Acade- my, 1221 Boulevard, Colonial Heights 23834. travel time 19 minutes to . • End—Arrive: 12 noon (Chesterfield) L. C. Bird High School, 10301 Courthouse Rd, Chesterfield 23832 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 6 & 7– 2020 Old Dominion Meet hosted by Roanoke Valley Region at Natural Bridge. Registration: contact: Maynard Keller, [email protected] or 540-537-4636. 4 - OCTOBER, 2020 — Everyone my age is older than me.. Clay Fuhrman has been Reggie’s right-hand-man throughout this restoration process. By Reggie Nash I bought this car about 50 years ago in Philadel- restored my 1911 Model T, 40 Nash phia, PA at the AACA national convention. It was Special and 2 Nash Healeys. He advertised in the local newspaper and Warren has also worked on everything I Malone saw the ad. Warren came running to my ho- have owned , as well as being a res- tel room with Gary Green and John Glisson, con- toration expert he is also an artist. Due to some vincing me to dial the number in the paper with the health problems, he gave up restoring cars. When I hotel operator (no cell phones in those days). We got asked him to restore and paint this car, he though a a connection and piled into John’s car and went to while and said that he liked the car because of the the address. The car was affordable, as it needed a unusual body style and this would be the last one. I complete restoration. I say affordable because the was delighted when he said he would. Now the pic- price was less than the amount in my meager bank ture shows the great results of his handy work in the account. “Midnight Blue” body color. He hammered and Well it has been a long time and a lot of water painted all the fenders, splash aprons and radiator over the dam. Gary’s son Randy was about 7 years shell in gloss black before the body was finished. old and lived in the north west. Fast forward many It was a long battle as the first thing was to find years when Randy and his daughter move to Rich- someone who could replace 80% of the old wood as mond. Randy worked with a restorer in Virginia and woodworm had taken its toll. A friend Cary Winston, later started to run his own business. He is great at cabinet maker, machinist and whatever he needs to knowing what to do and when, how much sanding is do came to the rescue and is still rescuing me as I needed and how things go together. He eventually keep falling. These 2 people have made it possible for this rare body style car to be on its way to competition. There are 3 of these cars left that we are aware of. (Upper left) Work begins. (Lower left) Chassis come together. (Right) Body arrives from paint shop. Clay Fuhrman and Reggie Nash work as a team on this project. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. — OCTOBER, 2020 — 5 Joys & Humor in the Car Hobby: Finding Goldilocks Our winding road through nearly 50 years of Hobby Cars have led us to many wonderful choices, and some spectacular mistakes. Due to limited storage space, we’ve always had to rotate our inventory. This has actually been a benefit; delivering great variety to us without needing a barn. The following pictures and text will walk you though some of the highlights of our ever-changing “collection.” Each vehicle is rated on our Goldilocks scale of satisfaction. We rescued our first Hobby Car from Brian’s family: a 1963 Studebaker Lark Daytona Wagonaire. This is the longest name of any car we’ve ever owned. It had a sliding roof, V8 engine, and luxury interior.