Fall Hershey Meet 4th - 7th?

[leomara]

If I'm getting befuddled here please excuse my behavior.  The 4th to the 7th is a Tuesday thru Friday.  What happened to Saturday?  Has something regarding the dates changed? 

[John_S_in_Penna]

Nothing is happening on Saturday this year.

The actual car show is moved back to Friday.

 

I understand that the owners of the property (Herco)

wanted to use it on Saturday, so everything was moved

backward one day.  I believe it will be this way in future years,

too.

 

The club volunteers, and the office personnel we employ,

do a great job with that national meet.  It should be

just as good as ever.

[Gary56]

I hope to make it to the show with car on Wednesday thru Friday.  I do not have ID number or pin number.  I thought I joined the aaca club back in July but now I find I join gpca club.  Please advise me how I should register my car.  GR56

[TerryB]

8 minutes ago, Gary56 said:

I hope to make it to the show with car on Wednesday thru Friday.  I do not have ID number or pin number.  I thought I joined the aaca club back in July but now I find I join gpca club.  Please advise me how I should register my car.  GR56

I believe the registration for the 2022 Hershey meet closed on August 25th. 

[greenie]

You wonder how many people will arrive in Hershey early Saturday morning and wonder “what the heck?”

[John_S_in_Penna]

2 hours ago, Gary56 said:

Please advise me how I should register my car.  

Gary, it is too late to register your car for the 2022 Hershey show.

The deadline was August 15;  then--never done before--it was

extended a week to August 22.  The deadline has passed, because

a lot of work has to be done to prepare for the big event.

 

The car show itself is Friday only;  the flea market and car corral

run the entire length of the event, but in past years the flea

market was very sparse on show day.  So plan on Wednesday-

Thursday for the flea market, Friday for the show, and any of

those days for the car corral.

 

Bring your antique car in 2023.  People will want to see your car,

and you'll be making the show one car better!

Edited August 28, 2022 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[Gary56]

Thank you for getting back yo me.  I will try and make the next show and maybe the information I've been waiting will get to me.  I will also become a aaca member by then

 

[John_S_in_Penna]

10 hours ago, Gary56 said:

I will try and make the next show and maybe the information I've been waiting will get to me.  

What information are you awaiting?

The national office is efficient, so unless you

requested meet or tour information before it's

available, you can expect a prompt response!

 

Call the national office in Hershey, Penna. if you

are wondering.

[LI_BENTLEY]

Have the stickers been mailed out yet?

 

[ted sweet]

21 hours ago, Gary56 said:

Thank you for getting back yo me.  I will try and make the next show and maybe the information I've been waiting will get to me.  I will also become a aaca member by then

??

i believe registration info is only sent to active members ??

[John_S_in_Penna]

1 hour ago, ted sweet said:

I believe registration info is only sent to active members ??

Ted, you're right that one has to be a member of the

AACA before he can register for a national meet or 

national tour.

 

Note, though, that people aren't classified as "active"

or "inactive" members.  Pay your dues, and you're a member!

 

Gary, any national AACA event (meet or tour) is widely

publicized in the national magazine to every member. 

There is an insert in the magazine listing coming events,

and a member has to send in the card to request information

and a registration form.

 

Information is also available on the AACA internet site.

 

Edited August 29, 2022 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[Peter J.Heizmann]

Gary...have you contacted Steve Moskowitz?  Reference a previous reply from Steve to you to call him at AACA Headquarters wherein he advised you contact him?  Also, in order to receive the Antique Automobile magazine you must be a member thus you would not have known about sending in a registration request.

[Steve Moskowitz]

REGISTRATION STICKERS WENT OUT IN THE MAIL THIS WEEKEND.

[Walt G]

Note what Steve just let us know about on Monday morning ! Again the AACA administration, Hershey Region etc are on top of all of this. Give the mail a week to get the stickers to you before you get angry or worried, once they leave the Hershey Region it is in the hands of the USPS ! They can be magnificent or a bit sloooooow.

Remember to thank any and all AACA types who are working to make the 2022 Hershey World Class car show and flea market the best on earth that there is. It doesn't happen by a miracle.

[LI_BENTLEY]

Received my stickers yesterday on long island N Y.

[Durant Mike]

Has the packages gone out for the vendors, parking passes etc? Don't remember receiving mine yet.  Have to look through my stack of papers I guess.

[Steve Moskowitz]

As stated above Mike, they just went in the mail this weekend.

[K8096]

My Hershey packet & sticker came in the mail today.   Life is good.  

[Terry Bond]

5 hours ago, K8096 said:

My Hershey packet & sticker came in the mail today.   Life is good.  

Here today too!!!  Time to start sorting stuff out and counting the $.  Don't forget to bring old spark plugs for my collection!!!

Terry

[A Woolf]

Got my space stickers today.

[1937hd45]

I'm in the "Got my Stickers Club" too! 52 years in row, so many people I've meet, so many deserve a Thank You for all the good times. Even the friends we've lost over the years are at Hershey in spirit. 

 

Bob 

[Durant Mike]

21 hours ago, Steve Moskowitz said:

As stated above Mike, they just went in the mail this weekend.

Thanks Steve, as a matter of fact the package came in the afternoon mail.

 

[Walt G]

13 hours ago, 1937hd45 said:

so many people I've meet, so many deserve a Thank You for all the good times. Even the friends we've lost over the years are at Hershey in spirit. 

Bob

No truer words have ever been spoken my friend. thank you for saying that. One only has one "go around " in life , some of us have have been fortunate enough to get a restart physically in life when that is interrupted. Be thankful for every day and your friends who become your "real" family.

Walt

[Larry Schramm]

I got mine yesterday.

[Marty Roth]

Still Waiting for my packet-

Always seems to arrive late,

Sometimes even after we have to leave for the long 2-day drive to get there in time to Load-In.

 

have been at Chocolate Field ever since it first opened in 1984

and attended every "HERSHEY" since then

CG-32, 33, 34

almost under Lamppost 58

 

Looking forward to seeing so many familiar and mostly smiling faces

Edited August 31, 2022 by Marty Roth (see edit history)

[alsancle]

Mine came yesterday.

[1937hd45]

1 hour ago, Marty Roth said:

 

 

have been at Chocolate Field ever since it first opened in 1984

and attended every "HERSHEY" since then

CG-32, 33, 34

almost under Lamppost 58

 

Looking forward to seeing so many familiar and mostly smiling faces

Directions by lamp post are the best, we're a few up from #41. New to Hershey or an Old Timer noting the lamp post number is a quick way to find yourself back to a spot. Buying the part NOW, is far better than leaving in hopes of a better price later, most times it is gone on the return trip. 

[TAKerry]

Is the show on Friday located in the same location behind the HQ where the big show was a month or so ago?

[Steve Moskowitz]

YES

[DrumBob]

I will be in Gettysburg from October 3-5. I would love to go to this event. It's only fifty miles from Gettysburg. I think it's do-able. 

 

I presume there are people there selling cars? 

[TerryB]

7 minutes ago, DrumBob said:

I will be in Gettysburg from October 3-5. I would love to go to this event. It's only fifty miles from Gettysburg. I think it's do-able. 

 

I presume there are people there selling cars? 

Bring your checkbook!

[John_S_in_Penna]

16 hours ago, DrumBob said:

I presume there are people there selling cars? 

I'm not sure of the count, but there will be many

hundreds of cars for sale.  They will be for sale both

by dealers and by private owners.  Some will be

reasonably priced;  some will be just as overpriced

as cars you see in ads.  It's the best "car corral"

that I know of.

 

There are also cars for sale scattered around the

flea market in vendors' spaces.

 

You might want to go the first day of the car corral,

for any cars that are realistically priced.  Then later

in the event as some overpriced cars will have their

prices lowered.  Regrettably, some cars remain

overpriced and go home without being sold.

 

But it's a good opportunity at least for first-hand shopping!

 

Edited September 3, 2022 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[greenie]

1 hour ago, TerryB said:

Bring your checkbook!

Checkbook? I don’t think so. In the past many transactions were straight cash. I saw a beautiful ‘57 Bel Air change hands for about $45,000. The husbands chatted while the wives sat in the trunk and counted the cash. I suppose most of the cars these days change hands after a wire transfer. 

[trimacar]

48 minutes ago, greenie said:

Checkbook? I don’t think so. In the past many transactions were straight cash. I saw a beautiful ‘57 Bel Air change hands for about $45,000. The husbands chatted while the wives sat in the trunk and counted the cash. I suppose most of the cars these days change hands after a wire transfer. 

I saw an early car change hands, after deal was made the buyer’s assistant opened a briefcase full of hundreds to close the deal.

 

The easiest transaction I’ve had when selling a car at Hershey, guy had an assistant, he got on his phone and in 15 minutes had funds in my bank account, verified.

 

Checks just don’t work at Hershey, unless it’s signed by a well known name, and even then some people want cash or no deal.

[TerryB]

52 minutes ago, greenie said:

Checkbook? I don’t think so. In the past many transactions were straight cash. I saw a beautiful ‘57 Bel Air change hands for about $45,000. The husbands chatted while the wives sat in the trunk and counted the cash. I suppose most of the cars these days change hands after a wire transfer. 

I’m showing my age😀.

[greenie]

33 minutes ago, TerryB said:

I’m showing my age😀.

You have company. I cringe to think that someday a guy will walk into my vendor spaces are ask me if I take Venmo, or zell, or worse yet- crypto.

I used to do PayPal, but that’s no fun anymore, lol 

[TerryB]

When I was a small time parts vendor it was cash and maybe a few checks.  Buyers knew cask talked best.  I always carried cash when I was flea market shopping. I hear today most younger people don’t carry cash at all, just the transfers you mention.  For me trying to navigate that would be a nightmare.  First off, I would have to get a real smart phone, the phone I have now isn’t very smart!

[TAKerry]

Im in a similar boat, only my phone is smarter than I am!

[1937hd45]

3 hours ago, TAKerry said:

Im in a similar boat, only my phone is smarter than I am!

I have a sliding scale of parts prices, if your cellphone conversation is your main interest, and asking for the price on something I have, is a conversation interruption,  the price will be a lot more than the price given to a cell less customer. Rude behavior has its price.

[Durant Mike]

18 hours ago, greenie said:

You have company. I cringe to think that someday a guy will walk into my vendor spaces are ask me if I take Venmo, or zell, or worse yet- crypto.

I used to do PayPal, but that’s no fun anymore, lol 

Funny you say Zell.  Was parking cars at our church on Thursday night for the football game at the University that is next door. Church makes extra money for letting cars park there at $30 a car.  Young guy pulls up in a loud Camaro and says to me "Zell", "Zell" I looked at him thinking he was from another country and did not speak English for gosh sakes.  I waved him on to the next person taking the money. I sure would have understood what he was saying if he had said "Do you take Zell"?  I had no idea what he was talking about. Then yesterday I saw an ad on TV for Zell and now know what it is.  I'm getting Old!

Edited September 3, 2022 by Durant Mike (see edit history)