Peter J.Heizmann

ChaplainLar... My advise is to do a "Search" of "towing". The subject has been discussed at length on this forum over the years. You will find an enormous amount of useful information submitted by the AACA Forum members. --Click on "Search" within the header. --Left column, "all forums". --Right column, search word "towing". "In subject". Newer than "5 years", older than "1 month". Click on submit. As for renting a tow vehicle, a deceased friend of mine once rented a tow package equipped Chevy Silverado from United Rentals here in PA. Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Way to go, Judy!!! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> (I'll gladly reimburse West for the $ .41 stamp.)

From what I recall since 9/11, it was plastered across all PA newspapers, radio stations, and, TV that the FOP & the PSP (PA State Police) campaigned for immediate clarity of PA Plates across-the-board. The law enforcement agencies cited the many "hard to read" vanity plates. (I can agree with one: The "Niagra" plate. Hard to read in stopped traffic, let alone highway speed.) I believe and concur that a quick decision was made Penndot. I also believe that many organizations (AACA included) had little time to due to the pressures of our law enforcement needs to make their job easier, not to mention Homeland Security pressures practically everywhere in our country. For the immediate, our police have plates they can read. Great!! Showing one of the new "Antique" plates is a small problem, in my opinion, when considering the overall scope of current events. PJH

Hi, Russ...Welcome to the AACA Forum. Beside responses received by forum participants, I highly recommend the AACA Library & Research Center. The Library may be able to provide photos and specifications on the two cars. Click on "Library" in the right column of the home page, or... 717-534-2082 E-Mail: kmiller@aacalibrary.org 501 W. Governor Road Hershey, PA 17033 Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hi, Craig...hope all is well. I phoned the Clarion on Wednesday of this week. Lady put me on hold briefly, then, said I would be staying at the Clarion, no need to switch hotels. Special Events contact is Tony Shroud. I would still contact him during the week. NOTE: I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE RENOVATING A PORTION OF THE HOTEL WITH SOME ROOMS OPEN, SO, BEST BET IS TO CONTACT THEM. Regards, PJH

Hi, Dick. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jim I agree with you on the nit picin,I have a frend with a 78 mopar. Was his aunts car. Low milage, under 20, absolutly beutiful. Puts it in dpc class because he refuses to detail the engine. Engine is spotless,but paint is mostly gone. All the judges I know say he wont stand a chance for a first without painting the engine. Dont hardly seem fair. </div></div> I do not think it is a matter of what is "fair", rather, what does your friend desire or hope to attain? AACA's mission statement: "As the vehicle left the factory". It is solely up to your friend's goals: Judging, DPC, or, HPOF. The paint run that Jim mentioned is a manufacturing by-product of as it left the factory. (Corvette overspray, crayon marks/manufacturing process numbering on the firewall, etc.) An un-painted engine block does not fall under "as it left the factory", however, he could still enter it for Class Judging...his choice. Regards, PJH

justlooking...Welcome to the AACA Forum. Below are listed the Florida Regions and Chapters of the AACA. Your choice. Some have websites with contact info. To check them out, within the header, click on "Community". Click on "Become a Member" within the header. You cannot go wrong. Regards, PJH Florida ANCIENT CITY REGION Robert W. Quackenbush 100 W Genung Street St. Augustine, FL 32086 AZALEA REGION Gail Gaynor 399 Turtle Dove Drive Orange Park, FL 32073 CAPE CANAVERAL REGION Robert L. Carpenter 3207 Rob Cay Drive Merritt Island, FL 32952 EDISON REGION Bob Crane 5220 SW 11th Avenue Cape Coral, FL 33914 FLORIDA REGION Darrell L. Davis 847 Old England Avenue Winter Park, FL 32789 FLORIDA WEST COAST REGION John Blackard 14968 Imperial Point Drive N Largo, FL 33774 FORT LAUDERDALE REGION Edward H. Brown 5708 NW 46th Drive Coral Springs, FL 33067 HIGHLAND LAKES REGION John Palermo 907 Hollyhock Court Lake Placid, FL 33852 HILLSBOROUGH REGION Richard A. Hall 714 Apollo Beach Blvd. Apollo Beach, FL 33572 INDIAN RIVER REGION Jim T Kastensmidt 866 34th Avenue Vero Beach, FL 32960 KINGDOM OF THE SUN REGION Bernard Laudando 3769 SW 57th Court Ocala, FL 34474 KUMQUAT REGION Tony Hanson 29334 Laughridge Place Wesley Chapel, FL 33544 LEMON BAY REGION George M. Burger 46 Sportsman Circle Rotonda West, FL 33947 LEMON BAY REGION ROYAL PALM CHAPTER Craig Weidner 5861 Battersea Drive North Port, FL 34286 LEMON BAY REGION VENICE CHAPTER Jon R. Buono PO Box 1064 Venice, FL 34284 MIRACLE STRIP REGION Walter J. Krauss 520 Bechrich Road GV-812 Panama City, FL 32407 NAPLES-MARCO ISLAND REGION Peter M. Blackford 251 Cypress Way W. Naples, FL 34110 NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA REGION Lawrence M. Galyean PO Box 425 Bronson, FL 32621 NORTH EAST FLORIDA REGION Fay Shute 10631 Beverly Nalle Road Jacksonville, FL 32225 ORANGE BLOSSOM REGION M. Paul Dimbath 1414 Longoak Drive N Lakeland, FL 33811 PEACE RIVER REGION Larry Kappauf 2386 Pappas Terrace Port Charlotte, FL 33981 RICHEY REGION Domenic Panuccio 12222 Magnolia Grove Lane Bayonet Point, FL 34667 SOUTH FLORIDA REGION George Zima 17123 SW 78th Place Palmetto Bay, FL 33157 SPACE COAST REGION Jesse Parramore 5275 Devon Street Cocoa, FL 32927 SUNSHINE REGION Benjamin I. Berman 4223 Mackay Falls Terrace Sarasota, FL 34243 SUWANNEE RIVER REGION Carl Kunze 131 NW Gaelic Court Lake City, FL 32055 TALLAHASSEE REGION Norman D. Madsen, Jr. 3233 Cranleigh Drive Tallahassee, FL 32309 TREASURE COAST REGION Steve Ash 711 SE Parkway Drive Stuart, FL 34996 VINTAGE AUTO CLUB PALM BEACH REGION Martin Zobel Sr 2659 SW 23rd Cranbrook Drive Boynton Beach, FL 33436 VINTAGE WHEELS OF MANATEE COUNTY REGION Donna A. Green 5010 34th Avenue E Bradenton, FL 34208 VOLUSIA REGION Ron Sautter 1818 Lindbergh Lane Port Orange, FL 32128 WEST FLORIDA REGION William A. Thomason 512 Birdie Circle Gulf Shores, AL 36542 WHEELS IN MOTION FLAGLER COUNTY REGION William Fulford 5 Florence Court Palm Coast, FL 32137

bowtie...Welcom to the AACA Forum. Extinguishers have been discussed at length over the years. I suggest the following: 1.--2007 Judges Manual is on-line. Within the header of this page, click on "Publications, Judges Manual (Takes about 4 minutes to download). In the Index, scroll down to page 16, General, Paragraph 4 Approved Extinguishers. 2.--To read past discussions on this Forum (very interesting): Click on Search within the header. Left Column: All Forums Right Column: Keyword Extinguishers, Click on In Subject and Body, Date Range: Newer than 5 Years, Older than 6 Months, Click on Submit. Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

VintageAuto, You may want to see if the AACA Library & Research Center retains info. May be worth a shot. Not hard to do. Click on Library on the home page, or, phone Kim Miller at 717-534-2082. Regards, PJH

GrayRider...Welcome to the AACA Forum and Club. I will send Peter Gariepy an e-mail to take a look at your post. (Not my place to give his phone number) Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Long time forum participant Ron Flory of Hummelstown, PA passed away on Friday, March 30th. His forum sign-on name: randjflo60 Ron was an extremely knowledgeable car guy, especially concerning Chevrolets. He had two identical 1960 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedans. Ron affectionately referred to them as "the twins". Additionally, he had a 1964 Allstate motorscooter. To Ron's credit, he worked very hard to form the Keystone Region of the VCCA based in Hummelstown. Ron served with dedication as the Region's Director. Ironically, in the March/April edition of the Antique Automobile Magazine is a wonderful Feature Car Member Portfolio article and photos of his wife Judy's Impala. This article certainly is a great tribute to one very dedicated person. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, April 4th at the Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, 114 W. Main St., Hummelstown, PA. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Memorial service will be at 8:00 in the funeral home. Ron is survived by his wife Judy, daughter Heather, and, two sons Jason and Christopher. Other survivors are his sister Valerie and three grandchildren. Lost a great friend, Peter J. Heizmann (PJH)

7776...Welcome to the AACA Forum. In the right hand column of the Home Page, click on "Library". A full explanation of our services is a click away. PJH

Hi, Mike. I would make one post and type in the best description of each emblem (Condition, etc.). Please do not make a "single post" for each item as it will innundate the forum. To do so would obscure a Buy/Sell post for a single item. List them as best you can... Regards, PJH

Steve, (Clear from the start: These are "my personal" comments, "not the AACA's") To date, the AACA Forum will not be the venue for airing out complaints between Vendors & Customers. The reason is quite simple: Our club could stand to be included in any legal action instituted by one party, or, the other. Legal action could be with a "valued" club sponsor that provides financial backing to this forum, or, a "miriad of vendors...(Hershey alone has about 9-10,000 vendors)". Sitting here, I am thinking of a scenario: Suppose 500 people have a complaint about any one of 9-10,000 Hershey vendors. All of the complaints were aired-out on the AACA Forum. Law suits are filed. The way things are today, the AACA would be dragged into the proceedings as they provided the media for nasty posts. Again, the aforementioned is my "personal opinion". This AACA Forum is provided as a service to hobbyists, not a vehicle, or, media for complaints/compliments. My thoughts are that you could create a Website specifically dedicated to "Old Car Hobbyist" vendor satisfaction and rate them. At this point, I would give the AACA Management a chance to respond. Regards, PJH

Was thinking the same 2008 "schedule-to-date" in the AA Magazine was on-line. Sorry. JO BO... Schedule-to-date for 2008: Feb 7-9: Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Mar 14-15: AACA Grand National, Cape Canveral, FL May 15-17: AACA Eastern Spring, Cumberland, MD May 30-31: AACA Southeastern Spring, Charlotte, NC Jun 26-28: AACA Central Spring, Hastings, NE Jun 30-Jul 3: Divisional Tour (1983 & Earlier) North Dakota Aug 4-7: Divisional Tour (1983 & Earlier) Berkshires (Connecticut) Aug 21-23: AACA Fall, Central Division, Northern Iowa Sep 8-12: Reliability Tour (1915 & Earlier) Chattanooga, TN Oct 8-11: Eastern Fall, Hershey, PA PJH

JO BO...Within the "header" up top, click on "Calendar". PJH

You are quite welcome, RocketDude. Between the "AACA Library & Reasearch Center" and the "Search function on this AACA website" there is an enormous amount of information to assist. Hopefully, more folks will take advantage of these services to the hobbyist. Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Rocket... Within the "header", click on "SEARCH". Keyword: "Lifts" "In Subject". Newer than 4 years, Older than 6 months. Hit "Submit". Scroll down and there are quite a few of Car Lift posts. Regards, PJH

Wintson2...Welcome to the AACA Forum. To start your own "Post", you will notice within the General Discussion "header" the icon "Post"followed by Previous, Index, Next, Expand. Click on "Post". The screen will appear. Be certain to enter a "Subject" or it will not go through. Enter your context and click on "Submit". Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for posting, Steve. To those who watch the "Wheels on the Road" TV show on channel BCTV in the Reading, PA area, please, take note. Ralph is absolutely one great, down-to-earth "old car nut", of whom, never, never declined sharing his restoration knowledge with anyone that I know. He is deeply involved with the AACA Pottstown Region, the Boyertown Museum of Historical Vehicles, not to mention, a volunteer judge with the Concours 'd Elegance of the Eastern United States Burn Prevention Foundation. Many tout that we are a "family" when referring to the "old car hobby". Well, Ralph gave much to many. Now is the time to give back... My 2-cents... Peter J. Heizmann

Pat...Welcome to the AACA Forum. I would highly recommend the AACA Library & Research Center. The Library retains an enormous amount of original specs for the Plymouth. On the main page, click on "Library" in the right column. Regards, PJH... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I posted the following in the thread: "Speedster". <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Folks... I take full responsibility for any and all inconvenience to the Packard Forum partipants. Should Eric's posts have remained -- On hindsight, yes. For this, I apologize. The Packard Forum is not going anywhere, rest assured. -------------------------------------------------- Received the following request via PM from Eric on 2/13: -------------------------------------------------- Can you please delete my account here? Thanks, Eric -------------------------------------------------- Peter J. Heizmann </div></div>

Folks... I take full responsibility for any and all inconvenience to the Packard Forum partipants. Should Eric's posts have remained -- On hindsight, yes. For this, I apologize. The Packard Forum is not going anywhere, rest assured. -------------------------------------------------- Received the following request via PM from Eric on 2/13: -------------------------------------------------- Can you please delete my account here? Thanks, Eric -------------------------------------------------- Peter J. Heizmann

Rick, Turbopackman specifically requested that his "account" be cancelled completely. This deletes any posts he made, or, replies made to his posts.

Hi, Rick. Turbopackman requested of me, and, in his terminology, that, his "account be cancelled", meaning, "Deleted (Banned) from the AACA Forum, to include "all posts". Turbopackman did not mention any specific reason, only, that this action be taken. FYI: When you notice "blanks" within the "Last Post column" and only a date, it will appear as soon as someone makes a post within any given thread. Peter J...