Vaeer Richard Spitzer Has a Project on His Hands with This 1960 Chevy Impala
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VAEer Richard Spitzer has a project on his hands with this 1960 Chevy Impala. Read the story on page 7 From our president, Duane Leach Hi Everyone, Another month has gone by and 2020 keeps getting stranger. First, the COVID-19, and every thing being Jan Sander-Chairwoman cancelled. Now all the violent protests. I 802-644-5487 [email protected] wish there was a giant reset button to Duane Leach - President restart the year. 802-849-6174 [email protected] Gary Fiske– 1st. Vice Hopefully everyone is finding a reason to 802-933-7780 [email protected] get their old ride out for a drive around Mike Felix— 2nd Vice town, at least, to let people know the old car people are still alive and 845-656-7260 [email protected] well. You might even get to talk old cars at the gas station! Better than Don Pierce- Treasurer nothing . 802-879-3087 [email protected] I would like to ask everyone to save the date of August 8th for a PO Box 1064, Montpelier, VT. 05602 fun social distancing, driving event being planned for old car Charlie Thompson- Recording Secretary enthusiasts; members and non members . Anyone who has an old 802-878-2536 [email protected] car, the more people the more fun it will be. Tom McHugh 802-862-1733...Term ends 12/31/2020 Judy Boardman 802-899-2260...Term ends I have been working on my long, to do list, at home and somehow got 12/31/2020 talked into helping to put up banners on telephone poles in Fairfax. The Dave Sander 802-434-8418… Term ends 12/31/2021 banners contained BFA 2020 senior photos. Only 58 this year, glad it was a small class . Education/ Outreach Committee Ed Hilbert– Chair Gary Fiske Tom McHugh V-Chair Charlie Thompson Wendell Noble– Sec. Don Pierce Gary Olney Nancy Olney John Malinowski Membership Secretary (Ex-Officio) Christina McCaffrey A plan is in the works 89 Ledge Road that does not even have a name yet, Burlington VT 05401-4140 but [email protected] [email protected] Some call it a “modified parade” others The Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet Call it a “flash parade”. Co-Chairs Bob Chase 802-253-4897 One old stager, wants to just call it Duane Leach 802-849-6174 “An old car get-together”. Wheel Tracks Editor Gary Fiske 802-933-7780 It might not even have a name [email protected] when we finish the plan, 2503 Duffy Hill Road but it will be lots of fun, Enosburg Falls, Vermont 05450 and hopefully it will let our part of the world know the VAE is still around. Edi Fiske—Wheel Tracks proof-reader Clark & Isabelle Wright- Burma Shave editors Justin Perdue - Webmaster Stay tuned for further instructions. Welcoming Committee David Hillman [email protected] Wheel Tracks printer- Messenger Marketing, St. Albans, Vermont Past VAE Presidents… Membership Only $30 1953 Ken Gypson 1954 Rod Rice $50 for 2 years 1955 Rod Rice From Your 1956 Walter Jones 1957 Walter Jones Editor… Wheel Tracks 1958 Lloyd Davis Gary Fiske 1959 James Mc Glaflin Monthly deadline to Dale Lake the editor is the 5th of each month 1960 Bob Jones 1961 Charles Arnholm 1962 Robert Slade Contact Us At… 1963 Don Brown I had some out-of-town visitors a few days ago. They were visiting 1964 Richard Evans family in the area who are friends of Sharon and mine. They wanted to [email protected] 1965 Willis Spaulding see some of my cars, but like many of us, didn’t quite know how to ask or 1966 Wesley Pope how to go about it. Or 1967 Bill Young Our Website at 1968 Leo Laferriere You see, they have a son who has a compromised immune system plus vtauto.org 1969 Adrian West they knew some of the 110,000 US citizens who have died from the 1970 Chuck Haynes virus, as I do. Many of us are frightened of doing any of our old “How to be 1971 Lloyd Davis activities that were safe just a few months ago, but could kill you today. a member” 1972 Wayne Martin 1973 Larry Johnson They did come by, and they did see my antique friends, but they were *Go to vtauto.org 1974 Tom McHugh on edge most of the time and it seemed when they returned to their 1975 Rod Dolliver *Click “Join VAE” 1976 Bob Gioria vehicle to depart, they were relieved. 1977 Alden Chapman *Print form, fill it 1978 Richard Turner One heck of a way to live, right? Some might say my visitors were out and mail it with 1979 Genevieve Morgan over-reacting. I say, they were going by the only information they knew, your $$ to our 1980 Al Ward to keep everyone safe. secretary 1981 Russ Snow 1982 John F. Gray My point here is, we will not be out of the virus-woods for a while yet, If you want your 1983 Mike Hayden some say it will be mid-2021. If we can stay patient we will be safe. latest 1984 Bob Groves Very much harder to do, than to say. Wheel Tracks 1985 Dave Gonyon earlier…. go to 1986 Peter Crosby Please keep sending Wheel Tracks your little “Staying Home” stories. vtauto.org then to our 1987 Bonnie Groves We want to know how you are doing. Member Only Page. 1988 Tom Maclay 1989 Tom McHugh A second benefit in reading your stories is, we might learn from your The new issue can 1990 Bill Dexter initiatives. usually be found 1991 Avery Hall This house has transformed. You can not believe the gourmet meals that there, around the 25th 1992 Jan Sander have come from our kitchen the last few months! Our flower and veggie of the month 1993 Bob Jones gardens are much more fun this year. Even getting Wheel Tracks out 1994 Bill Fagan the door has become less stressful, mainly because I am unable to pile a 1995 Frank Mazur hundred tasks on top. 1996 Don Rayta 1997 Bill Sander So, Wheel Tracks would like to hear from you, write. Wheel Tracks 1998 Bill Erskine is a monthly 1999 Joe Paradis newsletter published 2000 Mary Mazur in print and Page 4… Musings from Anne, in the 2001 Fred Cook electronically for the 2002 James Willett Softer Side. public, and for the 2003 Gael Boardman VAE membership. 2004 Ray Tomlinson Page 5… The sixteen high school The VAE is a 501c3 2005 Conception Conti recipients of the VAE Golden a not-for-profit Inc. 2006 Bob Chase Wrench Award. 2007 Andy Barnett 2008 Nancy Willett Page 6… a few jokes from the 1971 2009 Gene Fodor Wheel Tracks, that you 2010 Don Rayta might not use today. 2011 Wendell Noble 2012 Dave Sander Page 8….Chris Barbieri on the days we used “Road Maps”. 2013 Jim Sears 2014 Robert Lalancette Page 10… Wendell stiches his engine head. 2015 Dan Noyes 2016 Dan Noyes Page 11… Michael Storrs’ first car was a VDub. 2017 Dave Stone 2018 Dave Stone Page 14...Johnny’s “One Piece at a Time, from Don Tenerowicz. 2019 Jan Sander 2020 Duane Leach “The Softer Side” A Column Shared by Anne Pierce (Left), Judy Boardman (Center) & Nancy Olney (Right) “My musings from the past six months…………….from Anne Happy 4th of July! This day and, not eating in the car or take-out. really, the past six months have I’d like to eat at Zachary’s seated in probably been for you and me the a booth, have someone to cook for most challenging in our day-to-day me, wait on me, and do the dishes lives. We’re all self-distancing after I’ve eaten. My husband calls except for family and close me a “cheap date,” and I’m proud of friends. What, the Governor has it! said we can be in groups of 25 now? At least that gives us the chance My biggest joy the last few months to enjoy family and those friends has been my gardens. With the who you know well, and trust they weather so cooperative, I managed have taken the same precautions. to get into the soil the first of We will get through this and hope- April, and what a difference it’s fully come out the better for it! made. One flower bed that I had decided last year to take apart and So what have you been doing these grass-in has instead flourished, and last six months? After pondering I’ve been weeding like crazy, then the question, you can probably hubby and I have been bordering it rattle off some answers: doing with stone. That’s where my gor- nothing!, cleaning out closets with geous burgundy red lilies live! To bags and boxes for Goodwill, puzzle think I was going to cause their de- -making, working from home, taking mise. And the new 30-by-4-foot care of your children/ piece of landscape in front of the grandchildren, maybe working on porch that had god-ugly shrubs has that old junker you never had time for, cooking up a storm. now been replaced with new perennials. The answers are endless…………… Lastly, I gave my hubby Don a flag and flagpole for Christmas. It’s proudly installed next to the front island flower bed. It By the time you read this article, my family will have grown by even has a solar light that beams downward to the ground. two! The end of June my niece, who lives in Maine, will have So what have you been doing these last six months? And delivered baby girl Morgan, and my nephew and his wife, who Happy 4th of July! are local, will have delivered baby girl Blair.