OLDE NEWS ANCIENT CITY REGION

ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA FOUNDED 1935

ANCIENT CITY AUTO CLUB FOUNDED 1983 SAINT AUGUSTINE FLORIDA FOUNDED 1565

VOLUME 27 ISSUE 7 JULY 2010

2ND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH PROCLAIMED DRIVE YOUR OLD CAR DAY (DYOC)

To encourage getting those collector cars out of the garage and on the road again, the club has proclaimed this day to blow the dust off. Send a photo and a brief description and you can be a star

in the OLDE NEWS! The first time we had 4 cars driven that day. Not bad for a start. First DYOC Day First DYOC Day First DYOC Day First DYOC Day –––– June 9, 2010 ACAC June 9, 2010 ACAC June 9, 2010 ACAC June 9, 2010 ACAC by Jinny Q. by Jinny Q. by Jinny Q. by Jinny Q. Bob and Jinny Quackenbush took out the ’50 Chevy Wagon which was begging for release from its bay in the lunar module. First they went to be with Jack McDonald in sympathy at his wife’s passing. Sort of like a glimpse of heaven. Then with John and Lynda Guarnieri enjoyed supper at the Chinese Buffet. Upon arriving at home, an invitation to join children and

grandchildren at “The Cold Cow” for big ice cream meant they got to take out another lonely car, the ’39 Ford. If you haven’t tried “The Cold Cow”—it is pretty spectacular!—Servings are very generous and delicious. Editors note: anyone care to top this by driving 3 different cars on DYOC day?

What a great reason to celebrate "go for a ride" Wednesday.

The picture is of Emily Erwin as she leaves Otis Mason Elementary for the last time. She graduated 5th grade today and heads to Gamble Rogers in the

fall! We surprised her and picked her up from school in the Model A. The kids got a kick out of the horn. Karen

JOHN AND LYNDA GUARNIERI CRUISE IN STYLE

IN THE 1930 CHRYSLER JUNE 9 DYOC

ACTIVITIES

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July 9 Old Guys monthly breakfast 9 AM at Sluggers Grill Avenida Inn US 1 NO. & SR 16

July 9 Collector Car Appreciation Day is July 9

July is the perfect month to celebrate all-things American. This year, there's even more cause for celebration: The U.S. Senate in May passed a resolution declaring July 9, 2010, "Collector Car Appreciation Day."

July 10 ACAC Monthly Cruise night at Steak and Shake US 1 (by Home Depot) 5-8 PM meal discounts for drivers July 14 Drive Your Old Car Day, send a photo and description to Olde News editor July 15 ACAC Board meeting at Young’s house 7 PM July 17 St. Augustine Cruisers monthly cruise at the Ponce de Leon Mall 5 – 8 PM July 22 ACAC monthly Eat Out Night at the Riverview Grill, 950 US 1 Ormond Beach.

Phone 386 615 2004. Leave Publix on Wildwood Drive at 5 PM and drive together Aug 5 ACAC Monthly club meeting at Village Inn, US 1 No 6PM for dinner 7 PM meeting. Sept 18 24th Annual First Coast Car Council Car Show at Jacksonville Landing Sept 25 ANCIENT CITY AUTO CLUB ANNUAL SHOW AT THE FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND, ST AUGUSTINE, FL CAMPUS . Oct 2 Cruisin’ Mopars of Jax car show at Baymeadows and Phillips Hwy, hosted by Woody’s BarB Que. Open to all makes of cars and trucks and will be top 25 format with participant voting. $20 registration day of show with no pre registration. Oct 2 Cruisin Couples Car Show, Eustis Ferran Park by the lake. Live music with Elvis, 1985 & earlier, 80 trophies with cars judged. 8 AM – 3:30 PM info at www.cruisincouples.com or Kent 352 301 5368 We have fliers Oct 6-9 AACA Eastern Fall Meet Hershey Region Hershey, PA 717 834 9146 Oct 16 Six Flags Annual Car Show by Amelia Cruisers Fernandina Beach Oct 23-25 3 rd Annual Daytona Beach Dream Cruise info at Rick@DaytonaBeachDreamCruise.com Oct 28 Annual ACAC Halloween Costume Party at Sherrod’s house at the River. 6 PM Nov 25-27 Daytona Turkey Run at Daytona Speedway Nov 27 Volusia Region AACA annual Car Show at Fortunato Park

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The Volusia Region of AACA recently held a picnic on the grounds of The Agricultural Museum just

south of Pellicer Creek, near the Princess Place Preserve that we have been wanting to visit for a long

time. Our club members were invited and so Bob and Jinny Quackenbush elected to represent us.

Picnic – May 23, 2010

This beautiful ’49 Olds was shown by Dick and Carol

Hewett of the Wheels In Motion Club. They report that

it was a basket case that they have lovingly restored—It

is truly lovely. Dave Schull brought his

beautiful Pontiac 5L. It is a

good thing that there were

large areas in which to park

land yachts.

As you can see from the next photos the venue was lovely, very picturesque. There was a ride on a tractor provided that toured the Museum. Old tractors and beautiful old farm-type buildings graced the acreage and the open-sided barn afforded welcome shade from the sun.

After the picnic, Bob and I went over to the home of Dave and Nancy Schull, where we were treated to a “garage tour”. As you can see from the photos, Dave collects a lot more than cars.

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The beautiful “T” above was displayed by the

Schneiders of the Volusia Club. They tour all

over the place with this car and it is always fun

to see them.

We also got to see this lovely REO truck. We were tired when we got home, but we had a good time! ---Jinny Quackenbush

OLDE GUYS BREAKFAST JUNE 11 John Guarnieri, Bob Quackenbush, Dewey Porter, Daryl Parsons, Bob Barton, Mark Young, Ron Leone, a good turnout enjoyed good food and old car talk.

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Minutes of board meeting June 17,2010 At 7PM the meeting came to order at the Guarnieri's, with Dewey Porter, Bob Q, Mark Young, and Dick Sherrod in attendance. Treasury reports $3966 with $500 earmarked for the scholarship fund. It was also reported that new club shirts which were ordered but not picked up yet were mailed to four members last week but only one has returned a check to the club? Membership is holding at 38 with a new application sent to Glen C Klein of St Augustine, thanks to Ron Leone for the lead. The July 22nd dine out will be to the Riverview Grille at 950 North US 1, Ormand Beach FL (386-615-2004) a group will be leaving from Jinny's Publix at 5PM The July 15th Board meeting will be hosted by the Young's The clubs first venture into a cruise night with be Saturday night July 10th at 5PM. Mark Young will email the members as a reminder. The board also asks that member try to get the word out and invite other car enthusiasts. The location for the monthly meeting, again has been brought up, any member with any ideas as to where the club can hold its monthly meeting is asked to contact any board member with the suggestion. The board feels that a change of venue may or may not lead to better attendance! Dewey Porter is still looking for someone to assist him in mailing out the Olde News, please contact Dewey. The clubs annual scholarship awards was brought up and a motion was made by Mark Young, seconded by Dick Sherrod to continue with the awards and approved unanimously by the board . It is a good cause and has been generating a lot of good publicity and good will for the club *****************************THE CAR SHOW********** **************** Dewey presented the flyer for the Sept 25th car show, suggestions were made by board members including the addition of the AACA logo. It will be forwarded to Kathy Shelter & Michelle Love at FSDB, who will see have it printed, as part of their participation in the cost of the event. The dash plaque was also discussed and the board approved one of the designs formulated by Mark Young and Lynn Walker of Crown Trophy, all we need to do is make sure the AACA logo is added. John Guarnieri presented the 16 inch second place trophy made up by Lynn Walker, and explained that the first place trophy will be 20 inches and third place 12 inches. The board accepted the trophy and Lynn Walker will be advised as well as FSDB who will be paying for the trophies and dash plaques. The board is asking our web master Rob Daly to put the show flyer on our web site, with the registration part available to be down loaded from the computer. John G. also reports that Rob Daly is working on our own web site which will be able to be accessed directly without going to the AACA website. Rob is doing this and will be donating the web site to the club. Its nice to see new members becoming involved in the club. Mark Young will be checking with FSDB to see if they will make golf carts available to us on the day of the show. Dewey Porter reports that we do not have records from last years show? So anyone with knowledge as to where they might be is to contact Dewey. In connection with this we may or may not need addition windshield placards for the show, if any will be needed Bob Q has said he will make sure we will have them Show assignment were discussed and Dewey has asked John G to read the list of position as the next open meeting to solicit volunteers Show insurance was requested from the National by John G and he has already received the policy from the AACA and turned it over to Dewey Bob Q would like to have small prizes that he can give to children that attend the show as prizes for his trivia questions, the board agreed Dewey is going to contact Paul Williamson of the City and inform him of the clubs 26th annual show, Dewey feels it is important to stay on good terms with the city. The meeting was adjourned at 830PM John Guarnieri St Augustine, FL

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Minutes of monthly meeting July 1, 2010 By John Guarnieri, sec/treas Meeting at the Village Inn called to order by Dewey Porter at 715PM

John Guarnieri reports that we have 38 members, with 3 applications in the mail Treasury report of $4155.33 with $500 due to be paid for a scholarship, leaving a true balance of $3655.33 John would like to thanks the Tompkins for including postage in payment for their new club shirts Dick Sherrod went over the clubs upcoming activities, please refer to the Olde News for details. Dewey Porter went over the upcoming car show and reports that the trophies, dash plaques and fliers have been ordered. He further states that all printing, except for the windshield placards, are being printed by the FSDB. Dewey will be making arrangements for Bill Soman to gain entrance to the FSDB to go over the layout of the show field. All members are urged to contact Dewey or Bob Q to see what area they may volunteer to help with at the show Mark Young gave a demonstration on various shop tools and how their use far exceeds the normal decibel levels needed to keep ones hearing from being permanently damaged. He demonstrated a cutoff tool made by "Air Cat" which is available through Northern Tools, like the TV ads for motor oils, pay a little more now or invest in hearing aids later on. It was a great demonstration and one I wish I had seen 20 years ago! The 50/50 of $15 was won by Bob Barton and $15 going to the club.

AACA GRAND NATIONAL NEW BERN SHOW IS A DISPLAY OF PERFECT ENTRIES Story & photos by Dewey Porter

Although I have been an AACA member over 50 years, I had never attended a show that was exclusively a Grand National. I have been to dual meets wherein both Grand National cars and cars competing for Junior and Senior were on the show field. In a Grand National, all of the entries have to have won a national AACA Senior award to qualify. This results in every entry entered being a perfect restoration With 517 cars, trucks and motor scooters to look at it was sensory overload. I spent most of my time with pre war cars as you just don’t have the time or stamina to view every entry in detail. A complete

list of winners is available on the AACA web site. We were close enough to John at the awards banquet to share the tension which was finally broken when his name was called.. Would I go again to a Grand National, absolutely !

96 degrees, a record for that date in New Bern N.C.

All entries were parked in downtown streets

31 Chrysler roadster my favorite car of the show

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STEAK & SHAKE CRUISE IN LOCATION ST. AUGUSTINE ON US 1 SO. BY HOME DEPOT

SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH STARTING JULY 5 PM TO 8 PM

SPONSORED BY THE ANCIENT CITY AUTO CLUB

DJ SPINNING THOSE

50’S TUNES

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FROM STEAK AND

SHAKE FOR PARTICIPANTS

RESERVED PARKING FOR CRUISE IN CARS

YES, IT WILL BE HOT OUTSIDE

BUT IT WILL BE COOL INSIDE

BRING YOUR HONEY

EVERYONE WELCOME BRING THAT SPECIAL VEHICLE OR

JUST COME TO WATCH

OLDE NEWS FLORIDA

ANCIENT CITY REGION AACA

DEWEY PORTER, EDITOR

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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL. 32086

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