Rick Lay

Many thanks to the Puerto Rico Region for a great Winter National last weekend! My wife Dawne, and my daughter Jordan went there as well and we had a blast touring Old San Juan and renewing friendships with the folks in the Puerto Rico Region. As our CEO said Saturday night at the closing banquet, these friends know the meaning of hospitality. I and my family were never treated so royally as we were by our hosts. I am looking forward to the next National in this great place! Pictured are myself (left) and my daughter Jordan (middle) receiving our special "Judge" shirts from Mario Guzman (far right), the Winter National Chairman.

Out of curiosity, about how may vehicles will we have on the field Saturday?

On a recent episode of "My Classic Car," host Dennis Gage is looking at the Horch Belonging to Judge Joseph Cassini and refers to it as a "Hork" to which Judge Cassini says "correct." I have been pronouncing it wrongly all these years as "Horsh."

I just went on his website and signed up! Thanks Steve so much for the head's up. Richard is indeed a great asset to the hobby - I like his writing style and he is just a very "down-to-earth" individual. I enjoyed a conversation with him in Gettysburg at the AGNM, where he served ably as one of our Zenith judges.

Registration for spaces arrived here in East Tennessee Saturday, January 2nd - mailed from Hershey on the 19th of December.

I first met Art Griffin in 1984 when he and Arlene were hosting a national meet of the Kaiser Frazer Owners Club in Pigeon Forge, TN. He saw I was registered and I lived nearby. He called me up and asked me to bring my barbeque grill. My first evening as a new member of the club was spent cooking 350 hot dogs. As Art said, it was a quick way to get acquainted with everyone in the club! It was also my introduction to Art Griffin and his "servant" attitude about everything he was involved in. I can honestly say that my life has been enriched greatly by knowing this man. We have had many adventures over the past 32 years and I have been a guest at his home and he at mine. I will miss him as a friend and as a mentor.

Got my mirror hanger for parking today. I am looking forward to Auburn!

I see the mysterious Binford has now appeared in the latest Hemmings under Pre-1916 for sale. And, it now has claims to being owned at one time by Austin Clark. Mr. Clark being one of the authors of the Standard Catalog of American Cars, I think that if it had any legitimacy, it certainly would have been included by him.

I almost bought a Monroe at Hershey some years ago. There is a great color article in an Automobile Quarterly from the early 90's featuring Lloyd & Shirley Young's Monroe in Ohio.

I am a member of the Jordan Club (Register). We have a quarterly newsletter and get together as a group at Hershey on the field on Saturday by one of the Jordans. The address listed above is correct and dues are $ 20.00 per year. There is also an excellent book on the history of the Jordan automobile that was written by Jim Lackey. It is available through almost any automotive bookseller.

I am very sorry to report that Charlie Adams, member of the AACA National Awards Team/Committee passed away suddenly last Thursday morning. Many of our AACA judges are very familiar with and have judged with Charlie. Charlie was also a past AACA National Director. His funeral will be tomorrow in Newnan, GA.

Many of you, especially those involved in judging, knew Charlie Adams. Charlie passed away suddenly last Thursday morning. Charlie was, at the time of his death, a member of the AACA National Awards Committee and was a past AACA National Director as well as past president of the Southeastern Region. He resided in Cleveland, GA. His funeral will be tomorrow in Newnan, GA at 2:00 PM.

I will echo that the auction driving was a lot of fun! I did not get to drive the Duesenberg, but I got to drive a 1931 Cadillac V-16 limousine - what a handfull that was. It was so quiet running that I had to do like Wayne and look at the gauges to see if it was still running.

1937 Chrysler Airflow C-17. Nice original, 43,761 miles. New fuel pump, tires, brakes, hoses and exhaust. Overdrive, HPOF certified. Asking $ 30,000 o.b.o. Call or email for in-depth description. Randy Rutherford 570-460-8395 or rrutherford@usa.net