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On 5/14/2022 at 4:42 PM, Hudsy Wudsy said:
So... I'm wondering. Duluth isn't a common name. Why are there two Duluths – One in Minnesota and one in Georgia?
I put this question to Candace Morgan, head of the Duluth Historical Society, and she gave me the full story. The town in Minnesota came first and was named for Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (1636–1710), a French captain and explorer of the upper Midwest, who negotiated peace between the Chippewa and the Sioux nation.
The city's former name was Howell's Crossing, named for Evan P. Howell who operated a cottton gin in the area on the Chattahoochee River. It was renamed "Duluth" in 1871, after the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The Midwestern city had gotten its own Congress-funded railroad connection not long before, which had prompted Rep. J. Proctor Knott, a Kentucky Democrat, to make a speech in Congress mocking the project as wasteful. That speech drew national attention. According to contemporary reports, Evan P. Howell himself jokingly suggested the name change in a speech about the arrival of railroad service in the Georgia town and the suggestion was adopted.
BTW Candace says there are more than two Duluths in the US; five she thought.-
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Matt,
I'll go bonkers if we get a "few hundred ballots." LOL.
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Matt,
I have been ruminating on this aspect for a while, to the extent that I have asked my friends in the the local police department to hang around during the first part of the day.
I'll be the guy making the call as to whether a car goes on the show field or into the parking lot. One ameliorating factor (I hope!) is that the parking lot is alongside the show field. And it won't bother me one bit if we have adjacent areas with authentic cars in one and hot rods in the other.
One more concerning factor is that if someone wants to attend the event, they either have to bring a car that meets the show's criteria (and to make donation to the museum at any level) or they have to pay the museum admission fee, as this is an event being held to benefit the 501(c)3 Southeastern Railway Museum, which a largely run by volunteers. In the past, that has generated some friction during other car shows at SRM.As regards trophies, we're only doing a people's choice voting system, with a 'Best of Show" and a "Car I'd Like Really To Own." That's it...
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When I was contemplating buying a Model A in Oregon and driving it home to Atlanta in late 2014, I knew that if I needed assistance all I had to do was let the old car people know and they would come to help. It was a major factor in my crazy decision to make that trip.
There are both positive and negative aspects to the connected world we now live in. The internet clearly allows us to create communities of common interest without the traditional restrictions of geographical boundaries.
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13 minutes ago, Buffalowed Bill said:
The cars are out there. The people who appreciate these cars abide as well. It just takes this kind of event to put the two together.
Exactly! I know the cars are out there and I realize the problems in terms of traffic in this area.
For me, it's all about history, a subject that IMO is not being taught very well in most school systems, if at all.-
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24 minutes ago, Terry Bond said:
That would be great. If there is lots of interest in that kind of car for either show, exhibition, or touring, then it sounds like a natural.
And that's really what this inaugural CotAC show is all about... to determine if there is sufficient interest and support for shows for other than modified, custom, and hot rod cars in the greater Atlanta area.
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38 minutes ago, Paul Dobbin said:
If we can make it down there we'll bring our Glidden Tour car, a 1934 Ford Fordor.
Had a very nice chat with Paul a couple of hours ago. Sincerely hope he can attend the CotAC show.
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Terry,
Someone a few days ago suggested we discuss restarting the Southeastern AACA chapter. I'd be up for that.
1 hour ago, Hudsy Wudsy said:So... I'm wondering. Duluth isn't a common name. Why are there two Duluths – One in Minnesota and one in Georgia?
I don't know, but will try to find out.
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2 hours ago, Buffalowed Bill said:
I have plenty that qualify but the event is 3,000 miles away!
Sadly, I have heard the same thing from numerous people.
But your and their responses indicate that a car show using this criteria is of interest to a significant number of enthusiasts.-
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I struggled regarding what to call the gathering. Cribbed the name from the Celebration of the Brass Car event held at the Gilmore museum.
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The Celebration of the Authentic Car will occur next Saturday, May 21, at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, GA.
If you have a car that meets our criteria, I beg you to please bring it. If you don't, or have a car that doesn't meet the criteria to be placed on the show field, please attend the event to support the show and the Southeastern Railway Museum. Your non-authentic car will be parked just a few feet from the qualifying cars.
If we get a reasonable attendance, we'll do it again next year. If not, the event will not continue in the future.
So many of the people who have heard of this show have indicated that they want to attend more shows like this. Here's your opportunity to make sure that happens. -
A type of screw, used most famously on early Fords produced in Canada.
Robertson screwA Robertson screw, also known as a square screw or Scrulox, is a type of screw with a square-shaped socket in the screw head and a corresponding square protrusion on the tool. Both the tool and socket have a slight taper. -
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The late Don Peterson used to tell me the more cars he had, the harder a time he had finding one that would run... LOL!
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And I never noticed the RHD.
Because the step plate logo reads correctly, the picture is not 'flipped.' -
The step plate does say Buick...
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I met Randy in the early '70s when I was working for Tom Warth at the Classic Motorbooks tent at Hershey.
My strongest recollection of Randy in the hot tub at the Hershey Hotel with a libation in his hand. He invited the missus and I to join him, but alas we were unable to do so.
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While this is a nice video, I'm not all that impressed with idea that 700 miles in a newly-purchased Model A is a big deal, especially since in Oct 2014 I bought a 1930 Tudor sight-unseen in Oregon and drove it 2,700 miles home to Atlanta. I was 60 at the time time and the car had been restored over 40 years earlier.
Perhaps a few members might recall the story about my trip that appeared in the May/June 2015 issue of the Antique Automobile. Here's a link to scans of the article; see post #1. (Clicking on the scans will enlarge them for easier reading.)
Oregon to Georgia in a 1930 Model A Ford Tudor
Still, any publicity, especially in video format on such a popular platform, is never a bad thing. Wished I had documented my trip using video rather than still photos but I still don't mess with video.BTW, the 'close friend' mentioned in the first sentence at the post linked above was West's father, and my dear friend, the late Donald R. Peterson. I expect that any of you who knew Don well would not be surprised one bit to learn that he encouraged me to drive that Tudor home to Atlanta from Oregon.
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1 minute ago, Marty Roth said:
Far too many errors lately, and they've lost some good people lately.
Ditto on both counts.
That Pierce piece should be embarrassing to Hemmings on multiple levels, but they're probably are oblivious to that.-
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My question, because I don't know off the top of my head, is when PA stopped using cast aluminum main body panels.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they ever used cast aluminum fenders.
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Agree it is likely a Model A or B.
What is the number on the pad above the water outlet in your third pic?
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Didn't realize Dave had been married twice. It was Marian I met at the JCNA meet.
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FWIW, I recall his wife's name was not Mary, but something else... perhaps Marian or Miriam. I ran into her a number of years ago at the JCNA's Challenge Championship meet at Chateau Elan.
I wrote a couple of pieces for SIA in the early '80s and always enjoyed my interactions with him. Last time I saw him was at Amelia when he was working for Gooding and we spent a good bit of time time together walking the field and chewing the fat. He must have had the stroke not too long after that.
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3 hours ago, 8E45E said:
That is one magazine I do miss, and its predecessor, Car Classics.
Craig,
Car Collector bought Car Classics in, oh, 1979-80 or so. I was detailed to fly out and collect the Car Classics editorial files and back issues. Won't bore you with stories of my epic cross-country drive in a U-Haul, but John Meyer, a past editor of the HCCA Gazette, might remember rendering me much-needed assistance during that journey. He helped load the truck with the back issues, which were so numerous I couldn't take them all.
Celebration of the Authentic Car II - May 20, Duluth, GA
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My home town of Tullahoma, Tennessee, is the only existing town of that name as far as I know. There once was a second Tullahoma in Mississippi or Missouri, but it merged with another city IIRC and dropped the name.