This 1933 Master Eagle Phaeton Chevrolet now belongs to Gary and Nancy Olney. Some of us travel to the other side of our nation in search of our treasured antique auto. For the Olneys, the car had been hiding in a barn only 20 miles away, since 1954. From our president, Duane Leach Hi Everyone, I hope everyone is doing well. With the VAE Officers & Directors old car season coming to the end I'm hoping everyone has found some reason to take the old autos out for a ride. I have been doing Jan Sander-Chairwoman some work on my father-in-law’s 55 Ford 802-644-5487 [email protected] wagon, getting a list of small stuff fixed Duane Leach - President like heat. Its only been on the list for 20 802-849-6174 [email protected] years. With all the shows being cancelled we Gary Fiske– 1st. Vice did get a few good tours in, and Cars and 802-933-7780 [email protected] Coffee was a big success getting people out Mike Felix— 2nd Vice early in the morning . 845-656-7260 [email protected] Don Pierce- Treasurer Time does fly….. On the 2nd of November we had some snow, and that big orange state truck went by dumping lots of that nasty salt. Most of 802-879-3087 [email protected] the Golden Wrench Awards from last year have finally been presented PO Box 1064, Montpelier, VT. 05602 at the 16 high schools tech centers. That has been a challenge this year Charlie Thompson- Recording Secretary from handing them through windows to delivering them to the school 802-878-2536 [email protected] administrations in the middle of the parking lot. Thanks to everyone Tom McHugh 802-862-1733...Term ends 12/31/2020 involved, it was a real team effort. Judy Boardman 802-899-2260...Term ends Our Annual meeting is way different this year with election of officers 12/31/2020 and voting on the budget through the mail I'm hoping all goes well. One Dave Sander 802-434-8418… Term ends 12/31/2021 way or another we will get this all behind us. Please don’t forget to wash your hands and wear a mask. Education/ Outreach Committee Ed Hilbert– Chair Gary Fiske Tom McHugh V-Chair Charlie Thompson Vermont Auto Enthusiasts Wendell Noble– Sec. Don Pierce Membership Application Gary Olney Nancy Olney John Malinowski Membership fee…..$30 for yr.…..$50 for 2yrs. Please make payment payable to: Membership Secretary (Ex-Officio) VAE Secretary, Christina McCaffery Christina McCaffrey 89 Ledge Road 89 Ledge Road Burlington, VT 05401 Burlington VT 05401-4140 [email protected] [email protected] Your Name _____________________________________ The Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet Your Address ___________________________________ Co-Chairs ___________________________________ Bob Chase 802-253-4897 Duane Leach 802-849-6174 Your Phone # ___________________________________ Wheel Tracks Editor Gary Fiske 802-933-7780 Your Email Address_______________________________ [email protected] 2503 Duffy Hill Road What are your interests in old things? Circle some...or all! Enosburg Falls, Vermont 05450 Old cars, trucks, tractors, engines? Old maps & posters? Models, antique tools, gas pumps or memorabilia? How about Edi Fiske—Wheel Tracks proof-reader antique clothing? All and much more fall into our member’s in- Clark & Isabelle Wright- Burma Shave editors terests. Justin Perdue - Webmaster Do you have an old vehicle we can list on our website, under member vehicle? You can find the list by going to vtauto.org, then to “About Welcoming Committee VAE” and to member vehicles. David Hillman [email protected] Our online application can be found at vtauto.org, then “membership”. We have some great fun in our club and because we Wheel Tracks printer are a non-profit, we are able help our a communities in many ways. Messenger Marketing, St. Albans, Vermont Education is our main focus. We would like to have you as a VAE member. 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… 1958 Lloyd Davis Gary Fiske Wheel Tracks 1959 James Mc Glaflin Monthly deadline to Dale Lake the editor is the 1960 Bob Jones 5th of each month 1961 Charles Arnholm 1962 Robert Slade Good Morning to you, 1963 Don Brown Contact Us At… 1964 Richard Evans I can not believe the bad habits one can pick up, with a one month 1965 Willis Spaulding vacation from editoring! One good example…..I am just now sitting down [email protected] 1966 Wesley Pope to start this issue 5 days late. 1967 Bill Young Some of you have asked where I went on my “vacation’. Sitting here at Or 1968 Leo Laferriere the PC, looking out from my window, I can see the 100 foot path in the Our Website at 1969 Adrian West lawn to my shop, that is where I went most every day. Talk about the vtauto.org 1970 Chuck Haynes many shop adventures, I would need many pages to cover them and I 1971 Lloyd Davis could probably get really boring. 1972 Wayne Martin “How to be 1973 Larry Johnson One adventure, outside the shop, a member” 1974 Tom McHugh 1975 Rod Dolliver involved taking my ‘27 T Roadster to Keene, NH for my daughter, *Go to vtauto.org 1976 Bob Gioria 1977 Alden Chapman Marie, to drive for a few years. *Click “Join VAE” 1978 Richard Turner That is her with a big after-a- 1979 Genevieve Morgan drive-with-no-mishaps smile. I am *Print form, fill it 1980 Al Ward not sure why she is tightly out and mail it with 1981 Russ Snow hugging that bottle of hooch in your $$ to our 1982 John F. Gray her arms. secretary 1983 Mike Hayden 1984 Bob Groves Another adventure was the happy 1985 Dave Gonyon end of a very long parts search If you want your 1986 Peter Crosby for my ‘33 Franklin, thanks to Ken Gypson. I purchased the car 10 latest 1987 Bonnie Groves years ago with a funky steering problem that I thought I could easily Wheel Tracks 1988 Tom Maclay fix. That did not happen and it was not for trying. This Ross steering earlier…. go to 1989 Tom McHugh box was super unique for about a 3 or 4 year period in the early 30s. vtauto.org then to our 1990 Bill Dexter Another small problem was the car itself. Other than the air-cooled, Member Only Page. 1991 Avery Hall 100HP engine, and a few chrome pieces, my Olympic is, really, a 100% 1992 Jan Sander REO, as in a 1933 REO Flying Cloud Model S2. Ken found a gent in Troy, The new issue can 1993 Bob Jones NY who found the new-old parts in a box….on a shelf….in the mid-West. usually be found 1994 Bill Fagan Next Olympic adventure; it slips out of 2nd gear. The transmission is there, around the 25th 1995 Frank Mazur now sitting on my bench, looking very anxious at me. You see, I have of the month 1996 Don Rayta never taken a transmission apart before and I am sure “it” has 1997 Bill Sander concerns about my abilities. 1998 Bill Erskine 1999 Joe Paradis Some VAE members 2000 Mary Mazur had a really nice Wheel Tracks 2001 Fred Cook outing a couple of is a monthly 2002 James Willett weeks ago, thanks to newsletter published 2003 Gael Boardman our 2nd Vice, Mike in print and 2004 Ray Tomlinson Felix. He arranged electronically for the 2005 Conception Conti visits to three senior public, and for the 2006 Bob Chase homes in the Burling- VAE membership. 2007 Andy Barnett ton area. I would say The VAE is a 501c3 2008 Nancy Willett a not-for-profit Inc. 2009 Gene Fodor it was a 100% 2010 Don Rayta success, even with the cool 2011 Wendell Noble 2012 Dave Sander temperatures. A day that will be used as a template next summer for other VAE senior homes visits. We hope to have visits throughout the 2013 Jim Sears 2014 Robert Lalancette state. Be ready to read more about our plans, as they develop. Seeing the 2015 Dan Noyes 2016 Dan Noyes lit-up faces and hearing their old-car stories made the day a huge 2017 Dave Stone reward for me. 2018 Dave Stone Do you have a senior home in your area, that you would like to have 2019 Jan Sander a VAE visit? Send me the contact information and I will pass it on 2020 Duane Leach to Mike for his planning book. “The Softer Side” A Column Shared by Anne Pierce (Left), Judy Boardman (Center) & Nancy Olney (Right) “My Gypson Tours ” …..….from Judy The other day I saw a photo of road in a closed car with windshield the car I rode in for the wipers and heat. Gypson tour this year. It was BJ The tour took us all over the back Gonet’s 1931 Chrysler, a beautiful roads of the neighboring towns car. It was a lovely but cool day and crossing over many railroad tracks. Cousin Hal and I rode in the back Here again, Bill Sander must have with the top down for better had something to do with the route visibility. I started out with my because a lot of questions were winter coat on and eventually put on railroad related. Because I was my hat and gloves. Filling out the trying to fill out the paperwork answers on the papers was a bit without much success, I happened to difficult but when I dropped the tell Jim about a dear friend of ours pencil for the umpteenth time, I Fred (driving) and BJ Gonet, in front.