Hershey, PA (September 16, 2010). If you’re a car lover there’s only one place to be in early October and that’s the AACA Fall Meet in Hershey, PA. One of many special happenings over Meet Week in Hershey is an exhibit of Willys-Knights Great Six Plaidside Cars from the Al Giddings Collection. Both from 1930, these rare cars will be on display for a limited time at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum (AACA) in Hershey.
I was taking a walk last month and noticed in a ditch alongside the road several hubcaps looking lonely and forlorn. It reminded me of a car experience I had many years ago with a Pontiac I owned. As fate and a big bump in the road had their way with my car I lost a hubcap and thus began the process of finding a replacement. This was prior to web buying. My pocketbook could not handle a brand new one from a dealership so I began the quest of finding one by classic networking.
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No one ever accused the brilliant and eccentric auto man, William Billy Durant of thinking small. Through his Durant-Dort company, he helped make Flint the carriage capital of the nation, he founded one of the largest corporations in the world in General Motors in 1908 and, after being booted out of control of GM for a second time, he founded his own car company, appropriately named Durant Motors in the 1920s.
So it was no surprise that in 1919, while still making the major decisions at GM, that Durant commissioned renowned architect, Albert Kahn, to build the largest office building in the world. He had to settle for second largest, but the GM Building is a tribute not only to the man who did things large, but the promise that the automobile business held for the future of Detroit “ the Motor City.
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The year was 1994 and a Ferndale plumber, Nelson House, being community minded, decided the city needed a children’s soccer field. So he enlisted the support of the community to make this happen. The idea was a fund raiser focusing on a “remembrance time” when classic cars cruised the strip of Woodward Avenue. The idea was original, it focused on the heartbeat of “The Motor City” and everyone knew car enthusiasts or was one themselves. So the community organizations voted to make it happen. The premise was to recreate the nostalgic heydays of the 50’s and 60’s, when music, youth, food and Motor City steel dominated Woodward Avenue.
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For those of us who have our black belt in shopping we know every season there are changes in fashion design and what the stores are showing; there is the Fall Fashion Collection and the Spring Fashion Collection. The change is meant to resurge our wardrobes, and increase the bottom line of designers and stores. The automobile industry has the same concept; change the design of the car and people will buy the new model. Due to the American automobile market reaching a saturation point a decision in 1924 to create annual model-year design changes came about. This meant a new styling development or change in a vehicle’s appearance and to some extent the ergonomics. Yes, it was primarily changing the looks of a car in a strategy planned to create “classic” cars and create the obsolescence factor in those vehicles with “ho-hum” value in the looks department.
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Published on 09-01-2010 08:22 AM
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4th Annual Night At The Museum Gala & Auction at the AACA Museum presented by RM Auctions Featuring Pumps on Parade – Wednesday, October 6th
Hershey, PA (August 26). If you’re a car lover there’s only one place to be in early October and that’s the AACA Fall Meet in Hershey, PA. Get pumped with the AACA Family for a fully fueled and unforgettable Night at the Museum presented by the world’s largest collector auction house – RM Auctions, featuring Pumps on Parade as we jump start another great Meet Week in Hershey!
Published on 09-01-2010 08:05 AM
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With the approach of the annual “Speedway Season” here at Goodguys (5 of the next 6 events on the schedule are held at Super Speedways) there’s lots to look forward to especially for those that like to Autocross! The autocross action begins in earnest this weekend in Kansas City and continues right through Halloween weekend in Charlotte!
Four classes of autocross competition will be offered in Kansas City, Joliet, Pocono, Texas and Charlotte including the Street Machine (‘55 & newer), Street Rod (‘54 & older), Trucks (all years through ‘72) and the Vendor class (all years through ’72).
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April 17, 1964 was a major mark in history for the Ford Motor Company. On that day the first generation Ford “Mustang” was introduced at the New York World’s Fair. The suggested retail price was $2,368. This was the automakers most successful launch since Henry Ford’s Model A. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. The “Mustang” created the “pony car” class of American cars – sports car like coupes with long hoods and short rear decks. Keeping proven engineering: much of the chassis, suspension and drive train components were derived from the Ford Falcon and North American Ford Fairlane.
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Pleasanton, CA - The Goodguys Racing Pro Mod ’69 Camaro driven by Marc Meadors is hitting the road this month with high hopes and big dreams. The first stop on the team’s inner mountain west mini tour will be at Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho this weekend for the 39th annual Pepsi Nightfire Nationals. Idaho’s premier racing event runs Thursday, August 12th through Sunday, August 15th. Meadors will take the Tim McAmis-built bright silver ’69 Camaro into battle in the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod class, taking on the likes of Brett Williamson, Jay Diedrich, Rod Pearce, Rod Burbage, Dennis Radford and many other Pro Mod hitters.
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Car show details: Gates will open at 9am for registration and the entry fee is $10 per car (includes two complimentary passes to the Museum). Pre-register online click here.
Pre-register using the form below or print the application and send in with payment.
This event is free for spectators and will also include an awards ceremony, raffle, a Huey helicopter and traveling helicopter museum on display, booths from Veterans organizations, Corvette Care and other vendors, and more!
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