February 2014 - Volume 63 |
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A very special thank you to members who joined us for the 78th Annual Meeting!
 Almost 1,000 members braved the cold weather and came to enjoy awesome seminars, great trade show exhibits, and the company of fellow car enthusiasts. We would like to give a special thanks to the Annual Meeting Committee for making this event such a success! Be sure to check out the next issue of Antique Automobile for a full article and tons of great photographs. Congratulations to all of our 2013 National Awards Winners! |
Enter to Win a 2014 Camaro 2LS Coupe!
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Drawing will take place on October 11, 2014
Each $20 ticket will give you a chance to win the grand prize - a brand new 2014 Camaro (or $17,000 cash)! Second place will win $3,000 cash and third place will take home $1,000 cash. Proceeds from this charity raffle will benefit the AACA, The AACA Library and Research Center, and The AACA Museum. Winner need not be present to win and is responsible for all taxes. Click here to order a raffle ticket today.
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May 8 - 10, 2014 � Auburn, IN
 The AACA is excited to present the Special Meet in Auburn Indiana this year. Hosted on the grounds at the Auburn Auction Park, this meet is going to have a ton of awesome automotive activities. Auctions America will be conducting their Spring Sale, and you'll be their guest for free! There are event special discounts for AACA members at several fascinating automotive, truck, and military museums in the area. Just be sure to show your AACA Membership card to take advantage of the savings! Click here for more information.
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May 30 - 31, 2014 � Buffalo, NY
 Join the Lake Erie Region AACA for the Eastern Spring Meet and enjoy all that the Buffalo region has to offer - including great cars, great sites, and great food! In addition to the meet, attendees can enjoy a welcome party, tour to Fort Niagara & Niagara Falls, tour of the Buffalo Transportation Museum & Canalside (Buffalo's Waterfront), and eat some famous Buffalo fare. Click here for more information.
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Automotive Museum Partnership Pilot Program
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The Crawford Automobile Aviation Collection
An Elegant Display of Historical Transportation in Cleveland Ohio
By: Casey Hanna
 The Crawford Automobile Aviation Collection features a marvelous showcase of Northeast Ohio Transportation History consisting of more than 150 vehicles, 12 aircraft, in addition to motorcycles, horse-drawn carriages, and artifacts relating to transportation. This collection, donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1963, features a variety of authentic modes of transportation that paints a beautiful picture of the contributions and growth of Northeast Ohio culture.
The Crawford's Setting the World in Motion and REVolution exhibits relay the history of technologically important transportation and its significant relation to Northeast Ohio, The United States, and the world, through genuine artifacts and historical documents. Fascinating exhibits featuring automobile and aircraft contributions are both diverse and entertaining for all age groups.
Showcased automobiles range from the Ford Model T and early Baker models to late 1960s models of Chevy and Ferrari. The collection also features a dozen major airplanes including: the 1910 Curtiss Model E known as "Bumble Bee," the 1930 DGA-3, and the 1937 Chester Special NX 93-Y nicknamed "The Goon." Antique Automobile Club of America members can see these magnificently preserved forms of transportation at a reduced admission price courtesy of the newly established Automotive Museum Partnership Pilot Program as announced in the January issue of Speedster! Click here to visit the museum's website.
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Southeastern Spring Meet Deadline Approaching - March 3
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 Enjoy Charlotte, North Carolina this Spring while attending the Southeastern Spring Meet. This meet is being held during the Hornets Nest Region's Charlotte AutoFair, and free tickets will be given to every AACA Member registering a vehicle and every AACA Judge. You won't want to miss this great meet featuring thousands of beautiful and rare automobiles for sale and on display. Time is of the essence - be sure you register by March 3! For more information, click here.
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Model A Pickup
Submitted by: Walt Kostrzewa
 Although we have been proud owners of our 1928 Model A Roadster Pick-up for only six years now, my pride of ownership was born many years ago.
I've always been a "car guy" influenced by the long line of Fords in our family including many Model A's. This influence came from my Dad, an original "old car guy" who first introduced me to the Model A Ford about 65 years ago (I'll be 66 this year). Needless to say, it was at a very early age.
My first memory of a Model A was riding on the "tractor with two steering wheels." At the age of 18 my Dad built a tractor from old Model A parts and later on would use it for...(Click here for the full story.)
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Library & Research Center
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The Library now has a YouTube Channel
By: Mike Reilly
 If you couldn't make it to the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia earlier this month, you missed out on our presentation detailing the multimedia offerings of the library. The presentation primarily covered our 35mm still filmstrips and 16mm films that we have available for public viewing. All of these multimedia items are available on site to anyone who wants to view them, but what about those who can't make it out to Hershey? Well, we've come up with a solution...YouTube.
Over the course of the past month, I have been recording some of our 16mm films by setting up a video camera and running the sound directly from the film projector into the camera. Some touch ups to the audio were required as some of the films are in better condition than others (both in video and sound quality), but the end result is an ever growing YouTube Channel that allows everyone to view these films and videos from the comfort of their own home.
There are many different areas of interest covered on our channel. We have many Jam Handy films from the 1940's and 50's that were made for Chevrolet. There are also car specific videos on the 1965 Ford Mustang and another on the 1965 Lincoln Continental. Be sure to check out "The Car of Your Dreams," as it features an assortment of entertaining commercials and promotional clips of various automakers from the 40's on up to the early 1980's. Videos from past Fall Meets in Hershey have also been uploaded and contain some great looks into the history of AACA. These old club related films are a great watch and we are continuing our search for other films to record and upload for everyone to see.
 If you would like copies of any of these videos or others that have not been uploaded please contact us at the library and we can get it out to you as soon as possible. If you have AACA or car films of your own that you would like copied, we can digitally copy them as part of your 1.5 hours of free research that you get per membership year. A list of our films and videos can be found on the library home page.
We will continue to add videos to the channel so make sure you keep checking back and subscribe to us if you have a YouTube account of your own. You can find all of our videos by visiting us at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAACALibrary.
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The AACA Library's eBay Store!
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New Items in the AACA Library's eBay Store!
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite motor head? The Library's eBay store offers a wide variety to choose from, with everything from automobilia and photographs to books and sales literature.
We will also be holding our monthly eBay auction, with fifty unique listings! The auction began on Sunday, February 23 at 7:30 PM EST and will end on Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 PM.
To view our available selection, be sure to click the links below!
Items Available for Auction (Starts 1/19/2014):
* Books & Periodicals:
- Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader (1966)
- Doble Steam Cars by J. N. Walton (1970)
- Rudolf Caracciola by Ernst Rosemann (1935)
- Tuning & Maintenance of MG Cars by Philip H. Smith (1954)
- Various Ford Model A Guides
- Set of 15 1948 Thompson Repair & Tune-Up Guides
- And more!
* Sales Literature:
- 1950s - 1980s Rolls-Royce
- 1930s - 1960s Buick
- 1939 Pontiac
- 1940s - 1960s Cadillac
- 1930s Nash
- 1917 Ford Model T
- And more!
Items Available for General Sale:
* Reproduction Factory Photos
- More than 2,000 different vehicles!
* Books:
- Pre-War
- Racing
- Biographies & In-Depth Histories
- Car & Truck Reference Books
- And much more!
* Sales Literature
Check back often, as we will continue to add new items!
For more information, contact our Library Assistant,
Matthew Hocker, mhocker@aacalibrary.org or 717-534-2082.
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Who invented windshield wipers?
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Sirens of Chrome Exhibit Brings Automotive Sizzle to AACA Museum
for Women's History Month
 They've been called models, sex symbols and eye candy...as well as informative, knowledgeable and engaging automotive specialists. The fascinating women of the auto shows and the progression of their role in selling cars is the focus of a new exhibit, Sirens of Chrome, opening March 1st at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum in celebration of women's history month.
Sirens of Chrome takes visitors on a visual joyride through auto show history and features a treasure trove of rare images of turn-of-the-century goddesses, 1950s sex symbols and today's highly trained product specialists. The exhibit showcases posters and photographs of human hood ornaments, fast cars and vintage auto show fashions.
"The talent at auto shows throughout the past century have actually gone though as much of an evolution as the cars themselves," said Lock Haven, PA native Margery Krevsky, founder and owner of Productions Plus-The Talent Shop, a nationwide go-to company that recruits, outfits and trains talent for auto shows, and author of the award-winning book, Sirens of Chrome: The Enduring Allure of Auto Show Models, which served as the muse for the exhibition. "Auto show models truly morphed from 'plaster to poster to person' and now serve as ambassadors of their brand who entice customers with facts and vehicle comparison information."
 Following the format of the book, the Sirens of Chrome exhibit includes many historical photos that have been carefully culled from private collections, auto enthusiast portfolios and the National Automotive Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library that tell the larger story of auto show models and the timeless allure of automobiles.
Attendees of the "Sirens of Chrome" exhibit will discover whose "body" inspired the Rolls-Royce hood ornament and who sat in a "rumble seat" with 1930s silver-screen goddess Joan Blondell. They will see the depth of information included from the Dagmar Bumpers, gawk at the over-the-top opulence of the Somali leopard pelt-upholstered 1950 Cadillac Debutante and view in wonder at the fur-clad model atop a Soviet-built Lada.
In total, the exhibit features nearly 75 pieces, some of which are photographs, posters, auto show programs and automobile magazine covers. Also on display will be auto show apparel courtesy of Production Plus-The Talent Shop, which has its own wardrobe department with an in-house fashion design team that creates original fashions for its clients and often tours a collection of vintage auto show fashions.
 "Sirens of Chrome" Wine and Cheese Reception and Book Signing
Margery Krevsky will be appearing at the AACA Museum on Thursday, March 6th as part of a special event that runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. As visitors arrive they can enjoy a wine and cheese reception with wine tasting provided by Cullari Vineyards, along with a preview of spring fashions provided by ME Too Boutique. Susquehanna Style magazine also will be on hand with their style wall as a sponsor of the reception. Krevsky will discuss the exhibit, sign copies of her book and display a collection of vintage auto show fashions beginning at 6:30 p.m. Advance reservations and a $10 per person donation are requested to attend this reception via 717-566-7100 ext. 100 or AACAMuseum.org/Sirens-of-chrome. "Sirens of Chrome" the book is available online at SirensOfChrome.com, Amazon.com, MomentumBooks.com and at BarnesandNoble.com. The AACA Museum retail store will have a small quantity of books available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Who invented windshield wipers?
Mary Anderson who patented the windshield wiper in 1905
Source: Automotive Milestones, Trivia of a Most Unique Machine, edited by Clark Cassell and Charles Merritt, Braddock Publications.
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Calendar Spotlight
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April 3 - 5, 2014
May 8 - 10, 2014
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The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is the country's premier resource for the collectible vehicle community. Since its formation in 1935, the Club, through its national office, publications, and membership, aids individuals, museums, libraries, historians and collectors dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of automotive history.
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