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JULY, 2021 J UJU LY, LY, 2 0 212 0 2 1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF RICHMOND REGION ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA. From the President .. 3 Upcoming Events ..... 4 Lost to Progress ....... 5 Minutes .................... 6 AACA CEO............... 7 Glass Car ................. 12 Sofie turns 70 ........... 14 Where is Wyatt ........ 15 From the Editor ....... 16 Annual Picnic, July 3, 2021, Armour House — JULY, 2021- OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF RICHMOND REGION, AACA 1951 Ford Victoria “Queen” is owned by Gay & Gary Green 1951 Ford anything, let alone a Victoria was Except for an old repaint and reupholstery, the nowhere on the radar prior to March 8, 2021. I “Queen,” with 96,024 miles, is and original CA car (the A saw it on FB Marketplace, thought it could pos- cars are even getting out) that is loaded with accesso- sibly work as a trade. I called the guy who had inherited it, ries: dual fog lights, dual spotlights, dual mirrors, direc- asked if he’d be interested in swapping for an ’11 Esca- tional signals, first year Ford O Matic, Radio, fender lade, he was, so I drove it to his place. While he drove the skirts, and backup lights. On eBay I found original NIB Escalade, I looked at the Ford. He came back and said curb finders and a NOS neckers (suicide) knob. I have a he’d like to trade straight across. He got a car he likes, and pair of headlight eyebrows to install so all I need now is I didn’t like, and Gay and I have one with which we are the Continental Kit that I’m sure one of you have in your having a lot of fun. flea-market pile, I’ll wait for your call. 2 - JULY, 2021— What kind of noise does a witch's vehicle make? Brrrooom summer is kicking into high gear, so are our club activities. As Looking back, Richmond Ford brought a hybrid F-150 and an e-Mustang to view at our June club meeting (Thanks Andy!). Many of our members attended the ODMA meet at Natural Bridge, while others en- Joe Guckert joyed an AACA tour through Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Later in the month, several members took their cars for a presentation to the residents of Beth Shalom Senior Living Facility (Thanks Bruce!). Looking forward, our Independence Day picnic will be held under the pavilion at the Ar- mour House, located at 4001 Clarendon Road in Henrico, on Saturday, July 3rd starting at 12 noon. The club will provide fried chicken and hot dogs, along with iced tea, lemonade and water. Please bring a side dish to share with others or if you prefer, feel free to bring food for your family. Please RSVP to Joe by Tuesday, June 29th. In addition, Clif and Budd have planned a fun run to the Richland Dairy Farm on Saturday, July 10th. There is a great article with more details in this newsletter. Please note that we will not have our monthly club meeting on Thursday, July 1. In early August, Cindi and Reggie will be hosting our annual Ice Cream Social on the 1st. Later in the week, our monthly club meeting will be held at St. Joseph’s Villa on Thursday, August 5th. At this meeting, we will be able to tour their new Sarah Dooley Center for Autism building and learn more about their community programs. Hope you can join us at these events!! Joe 3 — Annual July Picnic, Armour House, Noon-until. Davidson honoring our fallen heroes who made 10 — Fun Run to Richlands Dairy, see page 5 the ultimate sacrifice to keep us a free people. 10 — Street Dreams Cruisers 6th Annual Car, Truck Hosted by Richmond Harley Davidson, 12200 and Bike Show. Strosnider Chevrolet. $15, $20 Club Dr. Ashland. 10 am-3 pm. $15 at gate. day of show. Streetdreamscruisers.net. 24 — It’s COOL JAZZ NIGHT for the Chesterfield Sat- 10 —”Hot-Rod/Muscle Car Night” for the Chester- urday Night Cruise-In. 5-8 pm. At Cracker Barrel field Night Cruise-In. 5-8 pm. At Crave Coney Is- Restaurant. land Restaurant) 31 — It’s CAR-TUNES NIGHT, for Chesterfield Satur- 17 — LIVE SUMMER CONCERT NIGHT for Chester- day Night Cruise-In. 5-8 pm. TGI Fridays. Special field Saturday Night Cruise-In. 5-9 pm. River City music program about car music. Diner, Music by Brenda & Parick and Key West Aug 1 — Ice Cream Social, see page 8 Band. 5 — Club Meeting at St. Joseph’s Villa, Aug. 5. 24 — WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA. Richmond Harley Two guys walk into a bar, the third guy ducked. — JULY, 2021- 3 Annual Picnic, July 3 4001 Clarendon Rd, Richmond, VA 23223 Our Independence Day Picnic will be held on Saturday July 3rd un- der the Pavilion at the Armour House & Gardens at Meadowview Park, starting at 12 noon. The Ar- mour House is located at 4001 Clarendon Road | Henrico, VA (https://henrico.us/rec/places/ armour-house/). The Club will provide fried chicken and hot dogs, along with iced tea, lemon- ade and water. Please bring a side dish to share with others or if you prefer, feel free to bring food for 12:00 Noon your family. Joe. How many clowns does it take . to view a F150 Hybrid truck and Mach E electric Mustang brought to the at Belmont Recreation Cen- ter June meeting by Brad Baker of Richmond Ford, one of our car show sponsors. We appreciate the visit by Richmond Ford and were overwhelmed by the beautiful cars. 4 - JULY, 2021— How do you get a country girl’s attention? A tractor. Old Fashioned Fun Run - July 10 Now that I have your attention let me explain. After a year of ICE CREAM! limited club activities, we can finally get back to doing the things we were meant to do. That is drive old cars and eat ice cream. Budd and Clif have planned a nice tour to Richlands dairy farm just outside of Blackstone. Now for a small fee of only $8 per person you get the opportunity to tour the dairy, a hayride, and pet a cow. But wait there's more you also get the opportunity to hand milk a cow, sounds like a bargain to me. Now you're asking yourself why would I want to pet or milk a cow? I'll ask why wouldn't you, that could very well be a great once in a life experience. After all that fun and excitement we'll go to Richlands dairy store, which offers homemade BBQ, wraps, and sandwiches. They also have homemade ice cream (See there's that magic word again). If you chose not to eat there, you're only 10 minutes away from downtown Blackstone. Which has several restaurants, and a large antique mall. Now this is an older style fun run that I used to do. We will travel Looking together on roads less traveled. With the only difference is I do need RSVPs, to inform the Forward dairy. ([email protected]) I will need them by July 3rd, which is also the club’s 4th of July party at the Ar- To seeing mour house. We have also reached out to the Model A club and Crater region to see if they'll join us. You on So come on out with the club, go for a ride, eat some ice cream, and maybe see Cindi Nash milk a cow. Which that's worth July 10 $8 in itself. If nothing else get your tastebuds ready for the ice cream social in less than a month. DIRECTIONS: Meet at Hancock Village McDonald's (14540 Hancock Village St.) at 8:15 depart at 8:30, Turn right on Winterpock rd, Turn right at on Beach Rd at Crumps Store 2.8, Bear left on Coalboro Rd 4.1, Turn right on Beaver Bridge Rd at Winterpock Grocery 6.3, Turn left on Taylor Rd 8.6, Turn right on River Rd 12.3, Turn left on State Rt 153 19.9, Turn left on State Rt 460 33.8, Turn left into Richlands Dairy 34.7. A complete printout of directions will be available at the starting point. What is the most detailed ocean? the Pacific. — JULY, 2021- 5 6 - JULY, 2021— How can you tell a dogwood tree, by the bark. 1937 Buick Roadmaster Model BOC Convertible I recently purchased a 1937 Buick Luckily, through my member- cover photo. We positioned the Roadmaster Model 80C Converti- ship in AACA, I have a couple of car in several different locations in ble Phaeton. This model is rare out of state friends who also the park for photos. Both the edi- enough that I had never seen an- own 1937 Buick Model 80C’s. I tor and I were taking photos. I other in person previously. Over called Marty Roth in Louisiana. stepped up onto a short brick the past several months, I have Marty and I discussed the proce- wall to get a better photo angle. driven the car about 150 miles. I dure and he explained what I When I stepped down onto the was looking forward to even more needed to do. After the conversa- cobblestone path beside the wall, driving since Spring weather is tion, I was able to get the top my right ankle twisted outward more appropriate for top down mechanism to move a little bit. I and something snapped. We fin- cruising in a convertible. As soon then slightly loosened the nuts ished the photo shoot and I drove as the weather warmed up, I de- at various pivot points of the top the car home and put it in the gar- cided to put the convertible top mechanism and applied a bit of age.

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