Mark McAlpine

I spent 6th-8th grades in boarding school (another story and probably explains a lot about me) and every weekend it rained we spent the day inside building models and racing slot cars. I built more model cars, planes, and ships than I can remember. I have no idea what happened to them all. What I really miss is the 1/24th-scale Cheetah slot car and Cox pistol-grip controller I had.

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone have any information about the 1948 AACA Steam Meet? It's mentioned in a report on AACA national activities contained in the March 1949 issue of Antique Automobile, but there's no other information about when or where it was held. The best I can come up with is it may have been held in April of 1948. I appreciate any information that can be provided about the Steam Meet (including whether it was e

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know which AACA region(s) hosted the 1961 Eastern Spring Meet held in Ocean City, NJ? (The show was on 11-12 June 1960.) It's not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the show in Antique Automobile magazine. Does anyone have a program, dash plaque, or other info on the meet that says who hosted the show? Thank you very much!

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know who hosted the 1961 AACA National Tour Pennsylvania and Delaware--was it AACA National or one or more AACA regions? (The tour was on 8-13 October 1961.) It's not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the tour in Antique Automobile magazine and VMCCA doesn't have the info either. Does anyone have a tour book or other info on the tour that says who hosted the tour?

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know where in California the 1961 Western Division Fall Meet was held? (The show was held on 14-15 October 1961.) The actual location of the show is not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the show in Antique Automobile magazine. Does anyone have a program, dash plaque, or other info on the meet that says where it was held? Thank you very much!

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know which AACA region(s) hosted the 1962 Western Division Fall Meet held in South Gate, CA? (The show was held on 13-14 October 1962.) It's not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the show in Antique Automobile magazine. Does anyone have a program, dash plaque, or other info on the meet that says who hosted the show? Thank you very much!

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know which AACA region(s) hosted the 1963 Central Division Fall Meet held in Dearborn, MI? (The show was on 25-27 October 1963.) It's not mentioned in the calendars or ads in Antique Automobile magazine. (There was no article about the show.) Does anyone have a program, dash plaque, or other info on the meet that says who hosted the show? Thank you very much!

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know which AACA region(s) hosted the 1964 Western Division Fall Meet held in Santa Clara, CA? (The show was held on 20-21 June 1964.) It's not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the show in Antique Automobile magazine. Does anyone have a program, dash plaque, or other info on the meet that says who hosted the show? Thank you very much!

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know who hosted the 1965 AACA National Tour from York, PA, to Atlanta, GA--was it AACA National or one or more AACA regions? (The tour was on 8-11 June 1965.) It's not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the tour in Antique Automobile magazine (other than to say it was the "First National Tour") and VMCCA doesn't have the info either. Does anyone have a tour book or other info on the tour tha

I've compiled a list of all the national shows and tours the AACA has hosted since its founding in 1935, and I'm trying to fill in some missing details. Does anyone know which AACA region(s) hosted the 1965 Revival AAA Glidden Tour held in Staunton & Roanoke, VA, and Charleston, WV? (The tour was on 18-24 September 1965.) It's not mentioned in the calendars, ads, or article about the tour in Antique Automobile magazine and VMCCA doesn't have the info either. Does anyone have a tour book or other info on the tour that says who hosted the tour? Thank you

Great article. Marion & I don't have the same history with Hershey as many of you--this would've been our 14th--but it's something we look forward to every year now and it's usually the cap of the AACA car season. Cancellation of this year's Eastern Fall Nationals is disappointing, but we have our health and it will make next year's show & swap meet in Herhsey that much more special. (And it's another chapter for future stories about Hershey: "Remember when Hershey was cancelled in 2020?" It's not quite the same as slogging through mud, but from this point on it will be talked abo

This all just happened on Friday, Joe. Give it a couple days.

Like many other people, I was disappointed to hear that this year's ODMA Fall Tour (originally scheduled for October) had to be cancelled and now the ODMA Old Dominion Meet (originally scheduled for 7 November) now also has to be cancelled, but I understand the reasons. My thanks to both the Shenandoah Region and the Roanoke Valley Region, for all their work planning and organizing what would've been great activities. Marion & I look forward to attending the rescheduled events next year. For AACA members unfamiliar with the ODMA, it was established in 1953 and became a charte

Hello Paul. Both Coker and Universal offer reproduction radial tires from the pre-low profile/P-metric tires era--both early radial tires (e.g., 195R14) and letter-series radial tires (e.g., GR78x14). (As the AACA Official Judging Guidelines state, P-metric radial tires began appearing on domestic-manufactured vehicles in approximately 1979, although they were available earlier on foreign manufactured vehicles.) What size radial tires does the owner's manual for your Cutlass say were available from the factory for your car? If reproductions of those tires are available for sale,

Thank you very much--I appreciate the info!