Peter Gariepy

Arizona: https://azdor.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/BROCHURE_VUTCalculator_fs.pdf Q. I purchased my vehicle from a private party. Do I owe use tax? A. No. Casual sales between private parties are not taxable. When you register your vehicle at MVD, bring a copy of the bill of sale or any documentation that shows you purchased the vehicle from a private party. AUCTIONS I assume an auction company is like a dealer and has to collect sales tax. (Depending on the state) INCOME TAX As to income tax... thats a completely different can of beans. If I truly do the math, between original price, cost of restoration, and storage, I don't think I've ever really made a profile, so never had to report it. (regardless of the bravado I may tell others) I've never bought or sold a car at auction, but watch many who have. I find the trumpeting and the bidding create a false urgency and inflated price. My solution is simply: I don't buy at auction.

Dan, Welcome to the forum. A more complete description of your situation will help. (as would a better topic title, which I edited for you). Year, Make, Model and expected condition would be a good start.

I'm locking this topic until the AACA VP Legislation, Mel Carson, can respond.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1110243/ https://player.vimeo.com/video/899040546

Please post all scale automobile topics here. https://forums.aaca.org/forum/227-scale-automobiles-models

Come on Bob. I bet you already know the answer. Amazon bakes the shipping price into the product.

Did they let you keep the goggles?

1. Agreed, USPS success rate is remarkable considering the volume of packages. 2. "Hundreds of thousands" is a little short of the actual number. USPS delivered 127.3 billion pieces of mail in 2022. To put that in perspective, thats 350,000,000 packages per day or 250,000 per minute. FYI: USPS is completely self-supporting agency, and takes virtually no money from the federal government. The USA is lucky to have it!

Not sure "common" is accurate. Certainly the exception to the rule and only applies if you want to ship a large item overnight. MORE TYPICAL EXAMPLES: 20LBS, 18h*12w*12d dimensions - Tucson to New York FEDEX overnight priority = $350 FEDEX slow (week) = $60 USPS priority (2-3 days) = $80 USPS ground (week+) = $55 Smaller parts that will fit into a USPS priority box (11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2") and can wait a few days are still under $20 and including insurance and tracking. Seems like a deal to me. I habitually ship 25 packages a month using USPS priority mail without additional insurance but with tracking, and I can't remember the last time one wasn't delivered on time. Tracking has never been an issue. Although I seldom check as I never get anyone asking me where their package is.

I love a good laugh. :)

This definitely needs some fact checking. Nick, what the heck are you talking about?

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view it online. December 2023 | Volume 180   AACA National Staff CEO Steve Moskowitz Membership & Merchandise Karen White Accounting, IT & Website Pat Buckley Advertising & Marketing Speedster Editor Stacy Zimmerman Antique AutomobileMagazine Editor West Peterson Office Administration Lori Shetter - membership/merchandise Susan Eitnier - regions & chapters, insurance Jon Curtis - awards AACA Library Staff Director Jen Wolfe Cataloger & Volunteer Coordinator Matthew Hocker Reference Librarian & Outreach Coordinator Amoi Goldman QUICK LINKS: AACA Website AACA Library AACA Forums AACA Merchandise AACA Judging Guidelines AACA National Headquarters address: 800 W. Hersheypark Dr. Hershey, PA 17033   Join Our Email List Taking a Look Back at 2023 By Stacy Zimmerman, Speedster Editor, szimmerman@aaca.org As 2023 comes to a close over the next few days, this is the time when many of us choose to take a look back at the year behind us and reflect on all of the positive things that happened. The year started off with the hiring of a brand new AACA Library Director, Jen Wolfe. Jen came to us with a public library background, but very quickly adjusted to her new duties as the head of the largest research library of its kind in the world. She led her library team through the year conquering a backlog of research requests, hosting the library’s first National tour, creating a brand-new library website and putting on a super-successful yard sale event during Hershey week. AACA was once again the belle of the ball at the Philadelphia Auto Show with a fantastic display of 25 antique cars in the Grand Hall. The cars ranged from a 1912 Ford Model T Torpedo to a 1994 Ford Mustang Convertible and included a 1931 Ford Model AA Fire Truck. By participating in events like the Philadelphia Auto Show, we create the best opportunity to reach a massive audience and show off our passion to people who may have no interaction with the antique car hobby whatsoever. Hopefully, a few of them catch the “bug” and join us! With help from several of our Regions and Chapters, the National Activities calendar was once again full for 2023. We estimate that we had about 2,450 participants in our National shows and tours this year. There were 6 awesome National shows from New York to Florida and lots of places in between. We held 7 adventurous National tours from Ontario, Canada, to the California Central Coast to Georgia. Our Grand Nationals was held in Iowa and from what I hear it was a wonderful time. We could never host so many great events without the extra hours and dedication from our Regions, Chapters and volunteers, so we’d like to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all of you! Hershey was once again the best show of the year. Mother Nature complied with our good weather requests for about 95% of the 4 days. All 9,000 vendor spaces in the flea market were sold out and the car corral hosted about 700 cars for sale. On the Friday show field, almost 1,000 antique cars showed off for the judges and guests. The cars ranged from an 1899 Reese 3-Wheel Roadster and a 1901 Locomobile to a 1997 Harley-Davidson Softail Motorcycle and a 1998 Porsche Boxster Convertible, and everything in between. We even saw 84 vehicles that were 100 years old or older! Finally, the AACA National website had a major facelift and revamp to bring it in to the 21st century. There was also a lot of work and new coding put into the back end of the website to make it function better and meet today’s search engine requirements. The biggest change was the new, totally easy join and renewal system added to the website. One of the major hurdles the IT company had to figure out was how to make the website, the database and the credit card processing systems all work together properly and sync automatically. Both the online join and renewal systems are working perfectly and have been getting rave reviews by those members who have used them. Looking ahead just a little to 2024, we cannot hide our excitement about the Annual Convention in February. We’ve been working on all of the details for the convention for months now and just know that this will be one of the best conventions we’ve ever held! Other National Activities planned for 2024 include 6 National shows, 1 Grand Nationals and 4 National tours, with the potential for more events to still be added to the calendar. We expect to see each and every one of you at either a National event this year or more involved with your local Region or Chapter and attending one of their local events. We all need to support the car events happening both near and far from us because that means we are supporting this club and our beloved hobby fully. It’s the start of a new year and a fresh beginning for everyone. Let’s leave the should of, would of, could of behind and say yes to absolutely and completely participating in 2024! If we all show up, this hobby will never disappear. Here’s to a great 2024… Happy New Year, everyone! 2024 AACA Annual Convention – Register Today! Chantilly, Virginia February 8-10 This year’s Annual Convention is gearing up to be one of the best ones we’ve ever had, and you do not want to miss it! Registrations are flowing into AACA National Headquarters at a steady pace and the hotel rooms are being booked even faster. If you are still debating on whether or not you want to go to the convention, you need to make a decision ASAP because we do not want you to have any regrets later. Highlights for the 2024 convention include:  Pre-Convention Excursion to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: On Thursday, February 8, we have planned a trip to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s annex located at Washington Dulles International Airport. The first 200 attendees to register for this activity will be treated to a wonderful luncheon overlooking the restoration shop and the Space Shuttle Discovery, plus guided tours afterwards. Free bus transportation to the museum will be available to all attendees from the hotel from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., so even if you don’t get a seat at the luncheon, you can still go and enjoy the museum (free entry and onsite food options available). Pizza Party Welcome Reception: Your AACA Board of Directors will be hosting the Thursday evening event to officially open the convention. Enjoy some good pizza, fun conversations and meet your Board members in a relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is invited, but you must pre-register to attend. Luncheon hosted by AACA’s First Lady: There will be no seminars or activities scheduled during this Friday luncheon, so that everyone may join us for a wonderful Italian buffet and get a lesson in “Horse Power” from AACA First Lady Marcia Trusty and some of her friends. Everyone is invited, but you must pre-register to attend. Friday Evening Dinner Buffet: This dinner is a tradition during the convention and hosted by our AACA Regions and Chapters. This is our time to celebrate and honor all of our amazing Regions and Chapters for everything they do locally to promote this great hobby but also for everything they do to support and raise up this club. Everyone is invited, but you must pre-register to attend. Casino Night: Friday evening is for FUN! One of the ballrooms at the hotel will be transformed into our very own casino complete with all kinds of table games and even NASCAR-style racing – all of which will be played with “funny money.” At the end of the evening, players will be able to use their remaining “funny money” to win some awesome prizes including a lifetime AACA membership. Everyone is invited to attend this event, but you must pre-register to be a player at the casino night. National Awards Banquet: Also referred to as the “Oscars of the Antique Automobile World,” this is the grand finale of the convention. This is the evening when we honor all of our 2023 National Award winners and shine the brightest spotlight on this hobby and our dedicated members. Everyone is invited, but you must pre-register to attend. Educational Seminars: The complete seminar schedule will be available very soon – we are just working on some final touches. To get you excited, here are just a few of the seminars planned for convention… Restoration Q & A, The Automobile in Art, The Incurable Collector, Everything Prewar Tires, Intro to the AACA Library, Why Does Medicare Cover AACA Membership?, How to Get Your Car Published in Antique Automobile Magazine, Carburetor Basics 102, and many more! For more information and details, click here for the convention brochure. To download a registration form, click here. If you have any questions or issues, please call AACA National Headquarters at 717-534-1910. If you decide at the last minute that you would like to attend the convention for one or both of the days, we will gladly take onsite registrations. It only costs $45 to attend and enjoy the seminars, trade show and camaraderie! If you register onsite, you will NOT be able to attend any of the meal functions because those counts must be given to the hotel ahead of time. Don’t forget to book your hotel room! Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles 14750 Conference Center Drive Chantilly, VA 20151 Less than 10 miles from the Washington Dulles International Airport Room Rates: $129 per night; $149 per night includes breakfast for one person; $169 per night includes breakfast for two people Reservation Link:https://book.passkey.com/e/50584547 Reservation Phone: (800) 266-9432 (mention Antique Automobile Club of America) Reservation Deadline: January 16, 2024 Get your trade show booth now! The trade show is starting to fill up, but there are still plenty of booths available. If you have a business that AACA members should know about, then you should have a trade show booth. Do you use a service or have a friend who owns a company that AACA members should be using, a trade show booth is the answer. At only $200, this is the most cost-effective target marketing you could ever do! Click here for more information about the benefits of being a trade show vendor at the convention and a registration form. Thank You to the 2023 AACA National Awards Committee Every year in December, the AACA National Awards Committee makes the trek to Hershey, PA, to meet for a long weekend at your National Headquarters to choose your National Award winners for that year. Once this dedicated group of volunteers has done its work, all of the National Award winners are notified that they have won an award which will be presented to them at the Annual Convention in February. They are not told what award they have won, just that they have won one. This is our way of still keeping some surprise and mystery about the awards. Many thanks to the 2023 AACA National Awards Committee! We are looking very forward to honoring our 2023 National Award winners in Chantilly, Virginia, at the 2024 Annual Convention. (L to R moving up the stairs) Mike Petersen, Sonny Sain, Tom Howard, Hulon McCraw, Bob Parrish, Terry Bond, Mike Jones, Kelly Adams, John McCarthy, Jim Elliott, Tom Cox, Randy Rutherford, John Harvey, Rick Lay, Doc Stanley Stratton, Wayne Tuck, Eric Marsh, Dain King, Stan Kulikowski You Are Running Out of Time 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. A renewal form was included with your November/December issue of Antique Automobilemagazine. Simply fill out the form 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. Your membership number and PIN can be found on your membership card. You can also 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. REMINDER: Your 2024 membership dues MUST be paid before you can receive registration information for any 2024 National Shows or Tours, including the Annual Convention. Membership Corner: It All Started with Matchbox and Hot Wheels Cars By Michael S. Kissinger, Editor, Hershey Region Chuck Wagon News, Mkissinger07@embarqmail.com This is a member submitted article. My love for this hobby started during my childhood. My grandfather would always bring my brother and I a Matchbox car when he visited. We later moved on to miles of Hot Wheels orange track in my parent’s basement. In my teenage years, I started to assemble model cars. My grandfather always drove Chevrolet full size cars. I collected as many different years of Chevrolet 1/24 scale models as I could find in the 1970s. The 1973 George Lucas film, American Graffiti, was influential in my choice of the 1958 Chevrolet Impala as my favorite car. In high school, I took Automotive Technology in the afternoon at our local vocational school, and this gave me the skills to do most of my own work on cars. Then, my toys just got bigger. My brother, a friend and I playing with Matchbox cars about 1,000 years ago. If I knew what these little cars would cost now, I never would have played with them outside! After high school, I built a modified 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop and joined my first official car club – the Classic Chevy Club. Soon after I joined two newly formed clubs that included the ‘58 to ‘64 Chevrolets – the Late Great Chevy Club and the National Impala Association. I then attended a few of their annual conventions that were close to home. I am still a member of the National Impala Association today. Living in the Central Pennsylvania area, I am a 25-minute drive from the Carlisle Events flea market and AACA Fall Meet at Hershey. I was aware of the AACA, but my cars were either not quite 25 years old or modified when I started going to shows. I always thought a car needed spokes to be a real antique. Many years later, a friend of mine convinced me to join the National AACA and the Hershey Region AACA. I joined National in 2003 and got on the waiting list for the Hershey Region. My taste in cars changed and I found I was more interested in cars in their original condition, which aligned with the AACA. For many years, my wife and I worked in the show field souvenir tent during the Fall Meet at Hershey. Being part of the Hershey Region, I found the experience was as much the relationships with fellow members as it was about the cars. In 2012, I finished restoring a 1958 Chevrolet Impala I had started working on in 1997. It took a few Fall Meets and some borrowed tires from another member to get my Senior award. Our hobby faces many challenges when trying to inspire interest in the younger generations. Today many are occupied with technology (video games, phones, etc.), trying to make ends meet, and just have no interest in preserving items from the past. With that said, technology and social media is here to stay. The National AACA has made a great step forward in offering more online services to its current and prospective members. The Hershey Region will, also, be moving our newsletter and other correspondence online in 2024. The future of our hobby is dependent on the interest of the next generations. I believe accommodating the youth with more inclusivity and respect for their interests while adhering to our core mission of preserving automotive history can be a win win for all. Not everyone in this hobby is going to start out with a six-figure restored award-winning marvel. Each of us have different reasons for our choice of an antique car. Promoting the camaraderie and relationships with other likeminded people that have the same passion for cars is one of the best reasons to join the AACA. It can be very intimidating to prospective new members looking at the AACA from the outside. Invite them to your meetings and activities. Letting the prospective new members join in your club events relieves some of their fear of the unknown. When attending our region events, the cars do not need to meet any judging guidelines. There is always time to work towards building a car to compete in an AACA Nationals show. Some of the Hershey Region members do not even have an antique car, however, still attend most of the club’s events. So why wait, join us and have fun with our club now. Bringing a Positive End to 2023 By Steve Moskowitz, AACA National CEO, aaca1@aaca.org 2023 is about to come to a close, and while it was certainly better than the pandemic days it has been anything but an easy year for non-profits. AACA did not get away unscathed either. This year brought many challenges due to the economy, inflation, gas prices, supply chain issues and all the turmoil in the world. As you consider your year-end taxes and philanthropy, hopefully you will consider making a special tax-deductible gift to your club. We hope that those who are required to take a mandatory distribution from their retirement accounts will consider AACA as part of your tax savings plans. Please discuss this with your accountant. Many of you have already given, some have not. Our sincerest THANK YOU to everyone who has continued to support this club with your time and donations! We hate to ask again as we truly realize there are many deserving charities you can choose from for your charitable donations. However, the club is continuing its quest to become stronger each year and your generosity helps us to maintain and grow our member services. So, we are asking you to please seriously consider making a tax-deductible contribution before the end of the year – it will make all the difference for the future of this club. You can make a general donation to the club, or you can specify your donation to go to the library endowment or the building fund endowment. You can make your donation one of three ways: Click here to donate online – easy and fast! Call us at 717-534-1910 and we will take a donation via credit card over the phone. Mail a check off to us right away. Send to: AACA, 800 W. Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 Remember, you do not have to itemize to take this deduction and any donation amount is appreciated! We will send you an acknowledgement letter for your records. ATTENTION REGIONS & CHAPTERS: Your Reporting Forms Are Due January 31 Just a reminder that your Region/Chapter Officer Reporting Forms and Roster Reporting Forms are due by January 31. These forms were mailed to your President back in the fall. If you need another copy of the forms, you can click here to download them from our website, or we can mail you another set if need be. Please return the forms to Sue Eitnier at seitnier@aaca.org. You can also mail them to AACA, 800 W. Hersheypark Dr., Hershey, PA 17033.

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Any sold item is tagged as "sold". Feature not so much removed as new software used to generate the classified doesnt have that feature. I'll look into it. People can chose to add "featured" to their ad putting them at the top. Otherwise they are alway sorted in oldest to newest order. Is that not what you see?

Having built online registrations for car club events I can tell you it's complicated. Every event is different with vastly varying requirements. For the most part you need to start from scratch with each one including: Dealing with people, events, cars and judging registrations complexity of attaching it to existing management systems (member, cars, judges, and judging) region registration person's level of technical skills (or lack of) chief judge's level of technical skills (or lack of) money and security issues changes (like throwing a nut in an engine) Creating reports ... the list goes on I sympathize with the national office. It can be a complicated mess so forethought on how to do it right the first time is paramount.

nailed it.

I simply disagree. hershey region isn’t try to gouge us. Simply trying to cover their costs. as to prince and pal… I’m blushing ☺️🤗😚 Spell checkers are built in Windows, Mac and phone anymore. No need to inject into the forum. 🪄

Nope 2 separate organizations. Not sure how you got the impression they merged? Not sure what this means "I see the heading on this web page is Help! "

That's a new one to me. What does it mean? Fully aware of "Peter principle". "Peter principal" is a new one though. 🥴

I met them both by chance at an AACA event. They both were so charming and engaging. It wasn't until I read a placard on the car they were standing next to did I realize who they were. Surprising to me, they knew me by name from my days as an AACA director, and as the founder of these forums. They were so positive and thankful for my contributions to the hobby. I felt I was in the presence of antique automobile royalty. No matter. Just plain good people.

Let me get this right... Truck - $70,000 Trailer - $30,000 Gas - $250 Antique car(s) - $10,000-$1,000,000+ Garage filled with tools and parts - $100,000 Hotel room for the week - $1,000 Food for the week - $200 Now compare that to the cost of the swap meet space - $100. Before you nitpick my numbers: Even if I overstated the numbers by 5, the cost of the space is still trivial. As to the cost of AACA membership at $45. It's a steal, to complain about it seems unreasonable considering the benefits.