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My daily driver is a T3.
In the USA (that's important) their value is all over the place. The fact yours is in Estonia I'm sure will have a huge impact on potential buyers and price.
So many variables. Water or Air cooled. Camper or Transport. Condition. Etc.
You've already posted your vehicle on the Samba. More exports on VWs there than here - trust their assessment.
But the only real way to find its true value is to put it on the market and see what the market will bear.
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1 hour ago, Restorer32 said:
Tough tough car to find parts for. Is The Handleman still around? Contact info?
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24 minutes ago, DFeeney said:
These were made at their factory in Plymouth Ohio.
Plymouth Locomotive Works was a US builder of small railroad locomotives. All Plymouth locomotives were built in a plant in Plymouth, Ohio until 1997 when the company was purchased by Ohio Locomotive Crane and production moved to Bucyrus, Ohio in 1999. Production of locomotives has now ceased, and rights to the spare parts business have been sold to Williams Distribution.
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3 hours ago, Drakeule said:
I have a 1960 Invicta in what I think is wonderful unrestored shape. I would like to enter it in the original unrestored class at Hershey. Is this possible?
The AACA judging guidebook reads like stereo instructions; likewise, much of the chatter I've seen is equally as confusing!
Awaiting attacks by people in the know....
Thanks in advance,
CD
If you want to show your car at the Hershey meet in October you need to do the following:
Join the AACA. (aaca.org)
Register to attend the meet. Registration packets will be available soon.
If you prefer just call the national office, they can walk you through it.
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i can speak from experience... car headlights were a safety issue for me. (I was unsafe driving)
Cataract surgery was a godsend. Not just for driving but for all vision. The world is brighter, more clear, more colorful... and all those starry headlights are gone.
Thank god.
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2 hours ago, Bill Sumer said:
looking to find value of a 1949 reo speedwagon d19x
Somewhere between $0 and $1BILLION!
(if you want a serious answer then provide photos, condition, completeness, location, etc. Otherwise, you're wasting everyone's time. (including your own)
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10 hours ago, hogpound said:
The post on the 1985 Astro van is correct but… The innner berring on the Buick is too big. What is the fix? Smaller berring? Machine the spindle? Machine the rotor to accommodate the factory berring?
You realize you posted to a topic from 4 years ago?
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Dee,
I know you're new, but details. Please.
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March 2024 | Volume 183
AACA National Staff
CEO
Membership & Merchandise
Accounting, IT & Website
Advertising & Marketing
Speedster Editor
Antique AutomobileMagazine Editor
Office Admin & Membership
Office Admin, Regions & Chapters, Insurance
Awards & Car Signs
AACA Library Staff
Director
Cataloger & Volunteer Coordinator
Reference Librarian
& Outreach Coordinator
QUICK LINKS:
AACA NationalHeadquarters address:800 W. Hersheypark Dr.Hershey, PA 17033Join Our Email List 
Springtime Rides Are the Best!
By Stacy Zimmerman, Speedster Editor, szimmerman@aaca.org
Spring has sprung and car show season is officially underway. I can’t believe that April will arrive on Monday – this year is going by way too fast! This year’s National Activities calendar has 13 events on it, and we’ve already had three of them. With another two happening next weekend, we will have hosted almost 40% of our events before mid-April. If you haven’t added any National Activities to your personal calendar yet, you better get on it!
With the arrival of spring, we see changes in the temperatures, buds on trees and flowers start to show themselves, and the daylight after work lasts just a little longer. Here at National Headquarters, we’ve even seen the arrival of tourists start because today is opening day for our local amusement park, Hersheypark, which those of you who come to Hershey in October can attest to is literally right next door to our building.
For many of us, springtime is the signal we’ve been waiting for all winter – the signal that it’s time to get our cars out. They have been waiting patiently in the garage for this time to arrive. You’ll head to the garage, turn on some tunes, uncover your precious baby, and roll him/her out into the sunshine and cool breeze. You’ll take a walk around the car just to check him/her out, and then pop open the hood to do a thorough inspection. Once you’ve taken care of any immediate concerns, it’s time for a hand-wash and wax and don’t forget to scrub the tires. It’s time to open the doors and air out the car a little while you do a wipe down inside and clean the windows. Now, you are both ready to take your first drive of the season.
I’m going to throw out a little challenge to all of you today… We did something similar a few years ago and got a great response, so I am hoping for the same results. During the month of April, get your car out of the garage and ready for the season. When you take your first springtime ride, be sure to snap a photo and email it to me with your name, year-make-model of the car and where the photo was taken. We don’t care if you are just driving to the grocery store or the bank or taking a day-drive to visit friends – all drives count! And if you are an early-bird or live in a much better climate than south central Pennsylvania and have already taken your first springtime ride, it’s ok – just snap a photo on your next drive and submit that one. Everyone who submits a photo will be put into a drawing for some fresh AACA gear.
Don’t let me down –
I want to see your
springtime rides to
anywhere and everywhere!
We Want to Hear Your Feedback on the 2024 Annual Convention
Last chance to take the survey!
The Annual Convention Committee is always looking to improve your experience at convention. For those of you who attended the Annual Convention in Chantilly, Virginia, this year, we are looking for your feedback to help us continue to develop and elevate this event.
What did you like? What didn't you like? Which seminar was your favorite? What would you like to see at future conventions? The Annual Convention Survey is where you can voice your opinions about the event and know that it will be reviewed by the committee.
Attention All Attendees: Please click here to take a quick 10-minute survey online.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey. Your valuable feedback will help us continue to improve this event. The survey will close on April 15, 2024.
Meet Your New 2024 AACA National Board of Directors
Your new 2024 AACA National Board of Directors was inducted during the Annual Convention in February. If you click the link above, it will take you to the page on the AACA website where the Board is listed. Each listing includes a Board member’s name, position, address and photo. If you click on their name, you can email them directly. These Board members are here to serve you and this organization, so please do not hesitate to contact them at any time.
Library Update
By Jen Wolfe, AACA Library Director, jwolfe@aaca.org
Newly Updated Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Display!
We’re more than just books and sales literature here at the AACA Library, and one of our most unique display spaces has just gotten a total spring refresh! Thanks to some generous donations over the past year, our collection of Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild models and memorabilia has nearly doubled. The Guild was a national program sponsored by General Motors that ran from the 1930s through the 1960s for youth and college-aged boys. The boys competed to win scholarships for college by constructing models of Fisher Body’s emblematic Napoleonic Coach, and eventually concept car models. GM, for their part, benefited from the opportunity to identify young design talent across the country. The AACA library thanks all of the Guild alumni who have donated to the collection over the years – this exhibit is diverse and dynamic because of the wide array of items and documents that have been entrusted to us.
If you subscribe to Hagerty Drivers Club magazine, you may have seen their feature story in the March/April issue on the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild. The AACA Library was listed as one of the locations where people can visit to see original model car examples on display. Our exhibit space is comprised of 4 glass cases and an exhibition wall, and features storyboards on the history of the program, model cars and Napoleonic coaches, drawings/sketches and tools, a variety of literature and articles, correspondence to and from Guild participants, and associated memorabilia. While the Drivers Club article stated our collection consisted of 26 cars and 1 coach – we actually have 31 model cars and 2 coaches!
Library staff have worked over the last few months to incorporate some of the newest additions and revamp the exhibit to show the history of the Guild program and the process used to create the models by the boys who participated. Whether you’re a long-time fan of the Guild program (or an alumnus!), or are hearing about it for the first time, it’s a display you won’t want to miss the next time you’re at AACA National Headquarters.
Call Out for Pictures
If you attended either of the library’s 2024 convention seminars (The Library & You or Preserve & Protect) we’re hoping you took some pictures! Library staff did not get any of our own, but we’d love it if you could share any photographs you might have taken. Please send images to Jen Wolfe at jwolfe@aaca.org. Thank you in advance!
“Driving, Designing, and Defying: Women Paving the Way in Automotive History” Exhibition NOW OPEN
The AACA Library and Madlyn L. Hanes Library (MLH) at Penn State – Harrisburg present a new exhibition showcasing women and their many contributions to automotive history as documented in the AACA Library's extensive collections as well as in the Alice K. Marshall Women's History Collection in Archives and Special Collections at the Hanes Library. A combination of original materials and facsimiles from the 1880s through the 2020s will be on display, as well as a rare woman's vintage driving coat and dress from the early 1900s, and other artifacts. For more information on visiting the display, please see the library’s column in the March/April issue of Antique Automobile, or the library’s website. The exhibition is now open to the public through December 20, 2024.
Interested in becoming a volunteer with the AACA Library?
Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Matthew Hocker,
at mhocker@aaca.org or 717-534-2082.
Interested in doing research with the AACA Library?
More information is available on our website.
Visit AACA Library or contact our Reference Librarian, Amoi Goldman,
at agoldman@aaca.org or 717-534-2082.
Visit our Booth at Black Swan Antiquities
New AACA Membership Brochure Available
Car show season is upon us. Are you prepared?
When your region or chapter holds a local car show, that is your best opportunity to recruit new members. The people attending your show are there because they already have an interest in antique cars. If your event is open to non-members, those who have registered and are showing their cars are already willing to participate. These are the folks you should be engaging about how much you enjoy being an AACA member and that they should think about joining.
Now, don’t be caught empty-handed at this point! Make sure your region has something to hand out to potential new members. When you are planning your event, be sure to reach out to National Headquarters to get a supply of materials to help you.
All of these items are available to you at no charge:
-- NEW! AACA National Membership Brochure
-- AACA National Membership Application
-- Mustang Car Cutouts
-- AACA Region Membership Brochure
-- AACA National Military Membership Program
Brochure & Application
To request a supply of these items, please email Karenand include your region, address where you would like the items mailed to and the date of your event.
Now, go out there and get those members!
Attention Regions & Chapters:
Have You Read the Latest Rummage Box?
The Rummage Box is published by the AACA National Publications Committee. The articles in the Rummage Box are provided by National Directors, officers and committee members, as well as pertinent articles submitted by members. The publication is to assist the operations and activities of Regions and Chapters by helping to keep them informed of the latest information about AACA changes in policy or values added. This publication is not copyrighted, and newsletter editors are encouraged to reprint Rummage Box articles in their Region/Chapter newsletters. In fact, an editor will receive additional credit for doing so when their newsletter is being evaluated for national recognition. Such articles may include those that the editor feels may be of reading interest to their members or may provide their members with more information and a better understanding of the benefits they receive from their AACA membership now or will receive in the future.
Attention All AACA Judges
You should be receiving your printed copy of the April issue of The Judge newsletter in your mailbox very soon. If you would like a sneak peak, click here for a digital copy. The issue includes registration forms for the following shows:
2024 Eastern Spring Nationals
Saratoga Springs, NY
2024 Special Eastern Fall Nationals
Hampton, VA
There is also an article from your 2024 VP of Judging, one from a Judging School instructor, a list of the approved changes to the Judging Guidelines for this year and the 2023 Judging Awards recognition list.
Just a reminder that you can also register to judge online on the AACA website.
Not a current judge, but interested in becoming one? Just attend one of the Judging Schools at any of the Nationals to get started.
OOPS! Did You Forget to Renew Your AACA Membership for 2024?
By Karen White, AACA Membership Department, kwhite@aaca.org
Your AACA membership runs on a calendar year
from January 1 through December 31.
If you have already renewed your membership for 2024, thank you!!
If you have not renewed your membership yet, please take a few minutes to do it now.
REMINDER: Your 2024 membership dues MUST be paid before you can receive registration information for any 2024 National Shows or Tours. Your 2024 membership dues MUST be paid to continue receiving your beloved Antique Automobile magazine.
In case you did forget, we recently mailed you a brightly colored postcard as a reminder. Simply fill out the postcard and send it back to the office with a check or credit card information.
You can also use our new and improved online renewal on our website. Renewing online is quick and easy! Just log in with your membership number and PIN, review the information currently listed on your membership record and make changes if necessary. Review your information one more time and choose your payment type. Payment options include Visa, MasterCard, Discover or PayPal. Your payment will automatically record to your membership record, and you will receive an email confirmation.
If you received an OOPS postcard, your membership number and PIN are printed on the postcard above your name and mailing address. Your membership number and PIN are also printed on your membership card. If the postcard or membership card isn’t available, you can call National Headquarters at 717-534-1910 or email kwhite@aaca.org to get your numbers. Please DON’T try to pay your dues by using the JOIN AACA tab. This WILL NOT renew your membership – instead, it will create a new one.
High Desert Classics Antelope Valley Region Honors John Knapp
By Ron Sheldon, Rosamond, CA, cr_brokeassranch@aol.com
This is a member submitted article.
John K
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On 12/12/2023 at 10:42 AM, Willy said:
I watch it often, but am disappointed, because most of it is hot rods and super cars. “Chasing Classic Cars” seems to be mostly about very expensive antiques. Most of us are not wealthy, restore various antique cars. I would like to see AACA members contact MT, and ask them to have some programs on restoring Fords, Dodges, Chevys and the like. Maybe shop talk, locating hard to get parts, before and after. Am I asking for too much?
Motor Trend isn't focused on antiques/restored. Their target market is elsewhere. Contacting them would seem fruitless.
Better to search other sources. YouTube is a great example. So much content there.
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11 hours ago, yachtflame said:
Guys, this isn’t my first rodeo. I’ve bought and sold many cars and have yet to be scammed. I haven’t given any form of deposit to hold the car. I figure if it were meant to be, it will happen. If the car is still available when I get home, I’ll fly out and take a look. If it’s not what I want, I’ll spend a couple days visiting friends on the “wrong coast”. I was just asking if anyone here has ever dealt with this outfit before. Kind of an easy question I thought.
I do appreciate all of you trying to protect me and you have all made very good suggestions. Just so you know, I’m not in the habit of buying anything much less a car in a mail order situation.
"I’m wondering if anyone here has heard of DVS Auto Transport Co in Spokane, WA? They are supposed to be a dealer in classic cars and a transport company. I haven’t been able to reach them by phone and am wondering if it’s a reputable company or a scam.
And info would be greatly appreciated."You asked for the help. You got it.
Seems strange you're now saying you didn't need it after all.
Good luck with your purchase.
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4 hours ago, Ronnie said:
earn a commission
Not offended they are trying to make money on the site.
Simply find it old and dated, and has limited value.
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Lots of broken links.
Search engines seem a better starting point IMHO.
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37 minutes ago, Ronnie said:
Even thought the alert to install the patch is gone, have you checked the AdminCP to see if it shows it still needs to be installed?
yup
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1 hour ago, Ronnie said:
Not me. Does Invision do the upgrades and patches for you since you're on their hosted plan?
Still need to do them myself. The most recent "patches" have been unique. wonder whats going on.
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