Peter Gariepy Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/09/28/reflecting-on-hershey-in-the-year-of-a-historic-cancellation Thanks Bill Pritchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Unfortunately just makes you miss it more. But still a good read. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 It really hit me hard this weekend that there's no Hershey. Usually we are gearing up for the trip right now, deciding which cars to bring, loading the trailer, and I it really bummed me out that it's not happening. It's really going to cast a pall over the shop this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Matt Harwood said: It really hit me hard this weekend that there's no Hershey. Usually we are gearing up for the trip right now, deciding which cars to bring, loading the trailer, and I it really bummed me out that it's not happening. It's really going to cast a pall over the shop this week. Matt.....hit me also......first time this past weekend I wasn’t loading parts, looking for extra cash, packing the truck and trailer.........A real bummer. Hershey to me and my family and friends is on par with Thanksgiving.......it was the last few days before cold set in, and the holidays were upon us. I think I shall buy something in the next week or two to chase the blues away..........what shall it be? 🤔 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) There goes the master of the “What did I buy” suspense again, teasing us. How many pages will this one be. I bet it won’t out do the “Great White” adventure! Edited September 28, 2020 by SC38DLS (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I’m trying to control myself. I have the White, the new other car getting picked up on Long Island this week, and I got one of those terrible things I don’t need........an itch to buy something else. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Scratch it ! Then tell us what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, SC38DLS said: Scratch it ! Then tell us what it is. Trouble maker! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 There is just something in the air at this time of year that tells us that HERSHEY is coming. Sadly as we all know, we won't be attending this year. This would have been number 52 for us, started in 1968, so you can imagine how we feel. Call me crazy, but I miss the mud. There were times that we took off our boots before walking into our motel. We were covered in mud up to our knees. I often wonder what the people that were staying in our motel, that didn't know about HERSHEY thought. Let's all pray that 2021 will be better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I’ve been called worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Yes, we'll miss it - but I'm going to Luray for the Pre-War swap meet! With the new date for the fall meet, the calendar can be adjusted to actually set up there with my "Hershey" wares. At least we'll get our fall swap meet "fix" even though it just won't be the same. Will we see you there? Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, 46 woodie said: There is just something in the air at this time of year that tells us that HERSHEY is coming. Sadly as we all know, we won't be attending this year. This would have been number 52 for us, started in 1968, so you can imagine how we feel. Call me crazy, but I miss the mud. There were times that we took off our boots before walking into our motel. We were covered in mud up to our knees. I often wonder what the people that were staying in our motel, that didn't know about HERSHEY thought. Let's all pray that 2021 will be better. Given that there is no Hershey this year, 2021 will be your 53rd. For those who keep count if you have consecutive attendance for x-number of years, you still will when it resumes in 2021 - you can't miss something that didn't happen. TG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Hershey 2021 will be a special week. In the meantime, I’ll be a vendor at Fall Carlisle October 1-3. I plan to have free Hershey kisses on my tables. On Sunday October 4, I plan to check out the EMMR Swap Meet at the Museum near Dillsburg, PA. Then at least one day to the Luray (VA) Pre-War Swap Meet October 6-8; and then the Maple Grove Raceway Swap Meet on Saturday October 17. Yeah, we can sit around and mourn the loss of Hershey, or grab our masks and get going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reicholzheimer Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 This would have been my 35th year. I really miss the Hershey of the 80's and 90's and the grass fields. The Car Corral at night in the Chocolate Field with all the fresh barn finds and all the activity. Kids running around with their wagons dragging parts back to cars. All the Million Dollar Motor homes lined up near all the Truck Transport Company. Hershey chocolate smell in the air with the sky filled with Helium Balloons. Whoever was the meet announcer was great. I bought many cars, parts, signs, gas pumps, leather hides from Hirsch and more. I had a business in Bird-in-Hand, Pa for years and my Amish neighbor once said to me "Why does everything always have to change". I'm sure the changes will always continue at Hershey but it's still the one of the Best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Wonder how tall their pile of little red wagons for sale at Hershey 2021 will be? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 12 hours ago, edinmass said: I think I shall buy something in the next week or two to chase the blues away..........what shall it be? 🤔 I actually justified buying a porcelain sign off ebay today, that I stumbled across, because I wasn't going to be able to shop at Hershey this year. The wife didn't even complain when I told her. For that matter with no car shows or swap meets at all in our area this year I haven't been to a swap meet since Hershey last year. Surprised I'm not going through worse withdrawl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 This year was going to be my first year attending. Next year... hopefully. Historically pandemics usually last three years so I'm not considering it a guarantee. I guess I can't miss what I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3makes Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Bob, Great picture of you and the grandchildren. Dick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I was hoping to make it this year for my 60th, to say I've "been there" at least ONCE, after reading about it in depth since 1973 in the old Car Classics magazine and then in Cars & Parts, Special Interest Autos/Hemmings after that! So next year it is!! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mark McAlpine Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 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 about in every story about Hershey.) On a positive note, kudos and thanks to everyone involved who scrambled on short notice to organize the Special Fall Nationals in Gettysburg. No, it won't be the same as Hershey, but at least we get to end the 2020 car season on a positive note and get to provide our members another opportunity to show their vehicles (and for the rest of us to enjoy seeing) and see AACA friends from around the country whom we only see at AACA events. As demonstrated by this year's Grand Nationals (and the 2018 Eastern Spring Nationals/Meet), the Gateway Gettysburg complex is a great location for a show--we're looking for to the show. Let's make it part of AACA history, too. Here's to a considerably better 2021! Be safe and stay healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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