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News and Activities from the Tidewater Region—Antique Automobile Club of America Volume 61, Issue 10 October 2017 TRAACA Chili Cook-Off TRAACA Saturday, October 28, 2017 CALENDAR chili to share with your fellow TRAACA Check traaca.com/calendar.htm for members. (The club will provide bowls the latest info on upcoming events! and sampling cups.) Members not bringing chili are asked to bring a side OCTOBER 2017 dish or dessert. 13 TRAACA Board Meeting Please contact Wayne and Carol 6:30 PM (Friday) Milligan at [email protected] Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport or (757) 548-1242 to sign up to attend 19 TRAACA Dinner Meeting and let them know what you’re bringing: Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport chili, a side dish or dessert. The temperatures are dipping, the So start fall off right by joining your 28 TRAACA Chili Cook-Off leaves are changing color and dropping, fellow TRAACA members at the Dewey & Maxine Milligan’s Chesapeake, VA and car season is almost over. It’s that Milligans’ on Saturday, October 28th. If time of year again—time for the the weather cooperates, drive you antique NOVEMBER 2017 TRAACA Chili Cook-Off! vehicle and come prepared to share some 4 TRAACA Movie Night This year’s Chili Cook-Off is on delicious food and have a fun time with Virginia Special Events Ctr Saturday, October 28th. Dewey & some good friends, Portsmouth, VA Maxine have generously offered to host WHEN: Noon, Saturday, October 28th 10 TRAACA Board Meeting the Chili Cook-Off again at their home in WHERE: Dewey & Maxine Milligan 6:30 PM (Friday) Chesapeake, VA. Members are welcome 2000 Shillelagh Road Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport to arrive beginning at 12:00 noon and Chesapeake, VA 23323 16 TRAACA Dinner Meeting we’ll begin eating at 1:00 PM. (757) 436-7496 and Annual Silent Auction For those of you who want to enter the SIGN UP: RSVP by Monday, Oct 23rd, Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport chili cook-off, please bring a crockpot or by contacting Wayne and Carol Milligan large container with enough of your at [email protected] or at DECEMBER 2017 special, super top secret, family recipe (757) 548-1242. 6 TRAACA Holiday Lights Norfolk Botanical Gardens Norfolk, VA 8 TRAACA Board Meeting 6:30 PM (Friday) Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport 10 TRAACA Holiday Brunch Princess Anne Country Club Virginia Beach, VA JANUARY 2018 12 TRAACA Board Meeting 6:30 PM (Friday) Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport 20 TRAACA Annual Awards Banquet & Board Induction 5:00 PM (Saturday) Location: To be determined FEBRUARY 2018 9 TRAACA Board Meeting CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS—Ron Hartman’s 1947 Chrysler 6:30 PM (Friday) Windsor Highlander coupe. Read the story on Page 14. Holiday Inn—Norfolk Airport October 2017 THE MUDFLAP another 1,000 in the car corral, and over 9,000 vendors in the From the Driver’s Seat flea market, the Hershey Meet is almost sensory overload. Mark McAlpine But once you attend one, it’s almost impossible to resist TRAACA President returning again. [email protected] I know I’m probably not the first to offer this (757) 967-0074 recommendation, but if you’ve never been to the Hershey Meet, you need to go. You’ll see antique vehicles there that How about our 2017 Annual Meet? Beautiful old cars— you’ve never seen before and maybe never even heard of from a 1925 Franklin to a 1991 Corvette (with vehicles from before. And if you’re looking for a critical part to finish the every decade in between)—on the show field, picture-perfect restoration of your antique vehicle or that special piece of weather, a backdrop of vintage warbirds, and hundreds of automobilia, chances are great that you’ll find it at Hershey. people gathered together in a shared love of classic vehicles. Throw in the AACA Library (especially its annual Yard Most importantly, everyone had fun. By almost every Sale), the “AACA” Museum (although it’s not really the measure, this was a successful event. Credit for that, and AACA Museum), the many other things to do in the area if thanks, go to our many volunteers who contributed to the you tire of being immersed in old car-related things for a success of our meet and to the many people who brought week (that’s not possible, is it?), and the many friends you’ll their vehicles to the show. Special kudos go to our Meet see (and make) at the meet, and it’s a very special occasion. Chairman, Tony Scarpelli (who’s retiring from that If you haven’t attended the Hershey Meet before and can’t responsibility after five consecutive years), Chief Judge Jim make it this year, put it on your calendar for next year. (It’s Elliott, AACA Registration Chairpersons Jerry & Ellen October 10-13, 2018. Make your hotel reservations now to Adams, Mods & Rods Chairpersons John & Marie Gancel, get the best rates and ensure you get a room.) Judging Admin Chair Sandy Hall, Show Field Marshall Jim Our Activities Committee has several fun events lined up Villers, AACA Parking Chair Matt Doscher, Mods & Rods for us before the weather changes and the local car season Parking Chair Travis Berry, Car Corral & Flea Market Chair ends for the year. First on the calendar (besides our Monthly Bill Treadwell, Program Chair Dot Parrish, Trophy Chair Dinner Meeting on Thursday, October 19th) is our Annual Dick Chipchak, and our Liaison to the Museum Sam Kern. Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, October 28th, generously hosted If I have any mild disappointments with our meet, they’re again by Dewey & Maxine Milligan at their beautiful home in two areas: 1) TRAACA member participation was down: in Chesapeake. I’m salivating already thinking of the only 55 TRAACA members had cars on the show field. We delicious selection of chili, side dishes, and desserts. need to figure out why participation was down and what we Next is our “Movie Night” on Saturday, November 4th, can do to improve it next year. We open our annual meet to being generously hosted again this year by Bob Hanbury at everyone and hope to attract people from across southeast his Virginia Special Events operations center in Portsmouth. Virginia and northern North Carolina as participants and Bob is providing a delicious barbecue meal with all the spectators (and to our hobby), but first and foremost this is a trimmings, entertainment by a magician, and, if we ask show for our members. 2) There was a last-minute issue with nicely, a tour of his facility. After dinner we’ll watch the the museum over spectator parking. We will engage with the classic 1973 movie “American Graffiti” on the big screen museum and resolve this issue before next year’s meet. (complete with freshly popped popcorn!). This event is free As I type this message, many TRAACA members are to TRAACA members, so bring your favorite date. packing their comfortable shoes, loading their antique (Everyone who attended last year raved about it.) vehicles into car trailers, and preparing for the annual Marion & I look forward to seeing you at these activities. pilgrimage to Hershey, Pennsylvania, for the AACA’s And remember—you can never have too much horsepower! Eastern Fall Meet. With over 1,300 cars on the show field, 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 Board - Bill Treadwell whether or not you will be attending (yes or no) and how President Emeritus - Jim Villers many will be attending. It is critical that you respond 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 food. www.traaca.com 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 October 2017 C O N T E N T S From the Running Board Article Page Sept 8, 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 ...................................... 3 & 15 TRAACA 44th Annual Meet - Marion McAlpine ......... 4-7 Officers Present: Mark McAlpine (President), Matt Doscher 64th Annual Franklin Trek - Marty Sugermeyer ......... 8-9 (Vice President), Vickie Doscher (Secretary), and Charlie Still Collecting—Auto Humor on Plates - T. Bond .. 10-11 Dawson (Treasurer). Board Members present: Jerry Adams, R.E. Olds Trans. Museum - Marion McAlpine ....... 12-13 Wayne Milligan, and Bill Treadwell. Members present: Caught in the Headlights—Ron Hartman.................... 14 Ellen Adams, Bill Blair, Scott Hancox, Frank Lagana, AACA Calendar ........................................................... 15 Marion McAlpine, and Linda Treadwell.