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1 O T E N G A M E TH Volume 52, Number 6 June 2009 Presidents Message Join in the Good Times Historic Fredericksburg Region AACA, Inc. c/o J. Gordon Brown 1725 Greenway Drive Fredericksburg, VA Inside this issue President s Message Page 1 Officers and committees 2 Club News 3 May Minutes 4 Show Supporters Car Show Show Winners 8-9 ODMA Meet 10 Classifieds 11 is the official monthly publication of the Historic Fredericksburg Region, Inc. AACA. Reproduction by other AACA Regions is authorized provided credit is given. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Fredericksburg Region or the AACA. Please address all correspondence to the editor. Since I ve been a member of the HFRAACA, the past month or so has been the best time I ve had. My experience with the club only goes back for a little over 6 years, but I doubt we ve had a good a streak as we are having now. The membership meetings have been brimming to capacity, and each event we have done lately has wildly exceeded anyone s expectations. We are coming off a historic win at the recent ODMA show in Woodbridge. The Fredericksburg Region carried all three major trophies and completely dominated the event with our participants. To our knowledge, this has never been done before in the history of the ODMA. It s even more special for our club since victories for these trophies have historically been dominated by the Richmond and Tidewater Regions. The following weekend, our club took a tour to the newly restored Montpelier Estate, home of James Madison, 4th President of the United States and father of the Constitution. This was one of the best tours I ve been on with the club. We had an excellent drive that allowed us to get our old cars on some open rural highways, there was plenty to see at Montpelier, and it was all followed by a fine lunch in Gordonsville. If you haven t seen Montpelier in a few years, you will be surprised at the magnificent restoration they have completed. Then on the first Saturday in June, we held our annual show, for the first time on Caroline Street, right in the heart of downtown Fredericksburg. It was successful beyond anyone s imagination. It was the largest show our club has had in recent memory with a little under 200 antique cars and few thousand spectators in attendance. The city, participants, spectators, and club members all seemed to be pleased with the day. There was a wide range of cars on display, with something for everyone to see, from the early brass era to antique cars from the 1980 s. Displays and events such as the take-apart Model T, antique fire engines, and an energetic radio show from 95.9 FM, kept the spectators engaged and at the event. We re already planning for next year. Even the weather has worked out for us. It seems like it has rained constantly this spring and early summer season, but we have pretty much escaped the rain with most of our events. So, if you re reading this and are not currently active with the club, get involved so you don t miss out on these great times. Andy Gotchel

2 Page 2 HISTORIC FREDERICKSBURG REGION AACA, Inc. OFFICERS 2009 Andy Gotchel J Gordon Brown Wayne DuBois Connie Brown President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 Andy Gotchel J Gordon Brown Wayne DuBois Connie Brown Jason Javaras Lloyd Scott Ron Rees President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Past President At-Large Member At-Large Member COMMITTEES 2009 Meet Chairman Chief Judge Flea Market Chairman Magneto Editor Webmaster Membership Chairman Legislative Representative Social Chairman Sunshine Chairman Club Chaplain J. Gordon Brown Wally Hunt Fred Whetzel Doug Makin Andy Gotchel Lauman Schooler Don Mohr Frances Schooler Jane Shelton Ben Schooler Safety Chairman

3 Page 3 Happy Birthday!!! The following members are celebrating their special day in June: Norma Blum John Castro Clift Hardin Robert Aftel Jessica Aftel Ruth Blankenship Mark Williams Herb Long Mary Long 2nd 6th 6th 8th 8th 12th 14th 22nd 26th Membership Welcome new members, James and Susan Graves. Web Site Club News Andy Gotchel, webmaster, continues to update the information on the club website. The annual show flyer and past issues of newsletters are online. This website will also be kept up to date with the latest club news and events. Put this website in your bookmarks and check it frequently to stay informed on what's happening with the club. Submissions To the Magneto We strongly encourage submissions by club members to the Magneto Newsletter. The newsletter is usually taken to the printers on the Friday before the meeting that the newsletter is distributed. We prefer submissions for an upcoming issue to be submitted one week before the Friday printing date or earlier. Send your submissions or contact, Doug Makin, the Magneto editor at: /dougmakin@msn.com Sunshine Report If any club member would like a card sent to anyone, please call me at If I m not home, just leave a message. Sign-up for Refreshments If you would like to contribute drinks or desert for an up coming HFR AACA meeting, please sign up for one of the open spots on the sign-up sheet at our monthly meeting. We would like to thank the following members for providing refreshments. June Beverages Cookies, Cakes, etc Andy Gotchel July Jason Javaras Suzanne Schooler Monthly Meetings Monthly meetings of the Historic Fredericksburg Region, Inc. AACA are held at 7:30 PM on the third Tuesday of each month except December at the Dorothy Hart Community Center, 408 Canal Street in Fredericksburg. All members will be notified of any changes. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 21st, Hope to see you there. Grand Opening Rescheduled Our club has been asked to bring our antique cars for a display at the grand opening of the Lej Caribbean & Soul Restaurant in Fredericksburg. It is located at 4-Mile Fork, right across from Bill Britt Motors. The event will take place on Saturday June 27th, from 4 to 8 PM. Free food will be provided to participants. For more details and to sign up, contact Andy Gotchel. This event was originally scheduled for June 13th. The American Pickup at the Heritage Festival Our Club has been asked to participate in a special display celebrating the American pickup truck at the Heritage Festival, on Saturday July 4th, in Downtown Fredericksburg. They are interested in antique American pickup trucks from our club. The display will be on Sophia Street in the parking lot across the street from the parking garage, from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Contact Andy Gotchel, if you would like to participate. A Sympathy card was sent to Wayne and Ruth Dubois. Wayne s brother passed away. A note was sent to Mary Long. She had had a fall. Jane Shelton Sunshine Chairman August Jane Shelton Frances Schooler September Wally Hunt Barbara Kendall October November Hank & Marjorie Mausolf Connie Brown Suzanne Schooler

4 Page 4 HISTORIC FREDERICKSBURG REGION, AACA May Monthly Meeting Minutes May 19, 2009 The president called the meeting to order at approximately 7:35 p.m. Thirty-eight members, one prospective member and one visitor (Wayne Burgess, Northern Neck Region) were present. A motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the April minutes. Wayne DuBois presented the treasurer s report. A motion was made, seconded and passed to pay bills to Copy Center Plus (meet expenses), Creative Signs (meet expenses), City of Fredericksburg (no-parking signs for meet), and J. and Connie Brown (meet expenses and mailing the Magneto). COMMITTEE REPORTS: Membership: Lauman Schooler presented the application of new member James Graves. He was welcomed to the club. Cards & Flowers: Cards were sent to Wayne DuBois and Lauman Schooler, as they had both been in the hospital; also a sympathy card was sent to J. and Connie Brown. Legislative: No report. Magneto: No report Website: No report. Keep checking for new information. Social: Saturday, May 23, there is a trip planned to Montpelier. Those planning to go along should meet at the Tractor Supply parking lot on Route 3 at 9 a.m Car Meet: J. Gordon Brown reported that as of tonight there are 85 registrations for the show. The insurance voucher for the show has been received. Shopping bags from various downtown shops were available for members to take to use as display in their car the day of the show. The windshield cards are being written up by Judi Hardin. We still need help with traffic control and parking. Meetings were scheduled as follows: Friday, May 22, 6:30 p.m. committee memebers meet at Visitors Center downtown to plan set-up for show; Tuesday, June 2, 7 p.m., volunteers meet at Visitor s Center downtown; Friday, June 5, 6 a.m., volunteers meet to help J. put up no-parking signs along Caroline Street. Old Business: The Old Dominion Meet was held on Saturday, May 16, There were 103 cars registered. Our club received the following awards: Aftel (1 st Jr., 64 Buick; 2 nd Jr., 67 Chevelle), Bareford (Sr., 66 Mustang), Brown (Sr., 57 T-Bird), Coppage (DPC, 72 Buick), DuBois (1 st, 66 Dodge; HPOF, 56 Ford), Garnett (Sr., 64 Plymouth), Gotchel (DPC, 69 Jaguar), Hardin (DPC, 71 Chevelle), Hunt (, 24 Model-T; 3 rd Jr., 66 Pontiac), Paquette (, Model A; Sr., 67 Mustang), Rees (2 nd, 55 Ford); B. Schooler (, 64 Ford; 1 st Jr., 60 Ford), L. Schooler (1 st Jr., 65 Mustang;, 73 Ford), Shelton (, 57 Chevrolet;, 48 Chrysler). The club also received the Edgar Rohr Award for the largest percentage of members participating. We will hold this award for one year. We received the Old Dominion Trophy, as well as the Best of Show (John Garnett). This is the first time that a region has won all three awards at one time. New Business: On Saturday, June 13, 4 8 p.m., Les Caribbean at Four-Mile Fork (across from Bill Britt) will be celebrating their opening. They have asked club members who are available to attend and bring their old cars. Ideas are needed for a book of interesting club stories being prepared for the AACA 75 th Anniversary. There is a June 30 deadline Raffle: New member Jim Graves won the raffle and generously donated his portion back to the club. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:30 p.m. Ben Schooler closed in prayer. Refreshments were served.

5 Page 5 Al's Garage & Auto Body Lane Auto Parts Morton's BMW Pulliam's Auto Center Precision Fiberglass & Body Repair LLC Graves Auto Service Refinish Solutions (Aquia Auto Parts, Inc.) Shorty's Garage Gautier's Auto Body & Glass, Inc. Crown Jewelers Milstead & Milstead Plumbing, Inc. Union Bank & Trust - King George B & M and King George Auto Parts, Inc. Andy Gotchel Jane R. Shelton Safford Dodge - David Blum Lin Bourne - Appraiser Garnett Refrigeration Covenant Funeral Service Louise Vincent Lancaster's Barber Shop JMW Settlements, Inc. Morton's Power Equipment The Jewel Box Chuck's Frame & Body Sal & Susan Fanelli Robert B. Payne, Inc. Dan Wallace Enterprises (Arby's) A-1 Speed & Custom General Store Restaurant Bumper to Bumper US Auto Plus Dutch's Mart - King George Robert Aftel King George Termite & Pest, Inc. Olde Town Paint & Glass Co. Purvis Ford Ronald & Rena Rees Merryman's Service Center All Foreign Used Auto Parts Dillard Alarm Company Jason & Dee Javaras Burton's Automotive, Inc.

6 Page 6 Caroline St, Fredericksburg, VA, June 6, 2009 WOW! By Sue Fanelli The day began a little bit cloudy, but overall the weather was perfect not too hot, a nice breeze, and of course lots of lovely shade trees to keep us cool. We arrived early to give us lots of time to unload the cars and get everything set up. As the mornining sun rose over Caroline Street, they started arriving. First it was a few at a time; but soon, the street was lined with beautiful and unique antique cars waiting for their turn to park along the historic boulevard. For the first time that the shop owners could remember, a big part of Caroline Street was closed for the day, allowing auto enthusiasts and tourists alike to enjoy the historic downtown area free of traffic. The 52nd annual Fredericksburg Region Antique Auto Club of America show was a HUGE (and I do mean huge) success! Over 175 antique cars lined Caroline and some of the adjacent side streets, and a few even showed up in the Visitor Center parking lot from time-to-time. People there were people EVERYWHERE strolled peacefully up and down the streets, gazing at the awesome cars and checking out the shops. An article on fredericksburg.com, written on June 4, stated that Brown is expecting between 500 and 700 people to come to downtown Fredericksburg on Saturday for the 52nd annual Antique Car Show. I can tell you that his estimate was off by at least an order of magnitude! As for the shopping I can tell you from personal experience that the line at the ice cream store was much longer than the line for the restrooms.

7 Page 7 The Model T take-apart and reassembly was a huge hit folks found it hard to find a spot from which to watch. The music (different music as you went from one end of the show to the other) was inviting and upbeat. I talked to a few of the shop owners as I wandered Caroline Street, and they all seemed very happy to have such a wonderful festival at their front doors. Very Special thanks to J. Gordon Brown, who had the foresight and fortitude to ask for the unthinkable. Without his tireless efforts, this show would not have been so successful. Thanks to ALL of the vehicle owners for bringing some incredible examples of antique automobiles and spending the time to talk to anyone interested in their vehicles. Congratulations to our prize winners you can be very proud of your accomplishments here we come! This was a wonderful venue for a wonderful show.

8 Page 8 52nd Annual HFR AACA Car Show Results Class Car# Owner Year/Make 1 All except Model T st 83 Nick Rein 1912 Willys 2nd 146 Brian Danzig 1927 Buick 2 Model T & Model A st 80 Leonard & Pat Paquette 1931 Model A 2nd 172 Dick Ivey 1930 Ford 4DR 3rd 150 Jim O Neale 1931 Ford 134 Ron Phillips 1930 Ford Roadster 3 Early Ford st 102 Robert Doudrick 1936 Ford 2nd 145 Mike Mote 1934 Ford 4 Early Ford (no entries) 5 Production Cars(not Ford) st 16 Jerry Hill 1940 Mercury 2nd 111 Ralph Lankford 1939 Chevrolet 3rd 68 Cecil Posey 1941 Chevy Coupe 6 Production Cars(not Ford) st 54 Jane Shelton 1948 Chrysler 7 Production Cars(not Ford) st 156 Ray Romero 1953 Chevy Spt Coupe 8 Production Cars st 171 Tommy Crabtree 1957 Chevrolet 2nd 55 Jane Shelton 1957 Chevrolet 3rd 123 Harold Cutright 1959 Ford 14 Ron Rees 1955 Ford 9 Production Cars st 137 Richard Hawkins 1960 Chevrolet 2DR 2nd 129 Mike Degen 1961 Ford Thunderbird 3rd 158 Steve Lowe 1962 Ford Thunderbird 10 Production Cars st 34 Ben Schooler 1964 Ford 2DR HT 2nd 131 Bob Swink 1963 Ford Galaxie 3rd 101 Tony Barrick 1964 Ford Custom 11 Production Cars st 70 Bob Gillespie 1967 Chevy Chevelle 2nd 119 Darryl Labbe 1967 Chevy Coupe 3rd 159 Don Bennett 1965 Plymouth 17 Paul Campbell 1965 Chevy

9 Page 9 12 Production Cars st 151 Marion & Mark McAlpine 1970 Chevy SS 2nd 135 Donnie Payne 1969 Dodge Swinger 3rd 95 William Kramer 1969 Pontiac GTO 13 Production Cars st 170 Jim McCormack 1974 Excalibur 2nd 24 Mary Halpin 1972 Buick 3rd 72 Kenneth Holloway 1973 Mercury 14 Production Cars Ray Franklin 1971 Pontiac 1st 42 Bill Hocker 1976 Chevrolet 2nd 22 Justin Coppage 1976 Chevrolet 3rd 100 Tommy Gatewood 1979 Lincoln 15 Production Cars st 46 Ryland Tedeton 1981 Chrysler 2nd 168 Wayne Burgess 1981 Oldsmobile 16 Thunderbirds st 115 Roger Hill 1956 Ford 2nd 25 Charlie Ford 1957 Ford 3rd 48 Gene Marianetti 1957 Ford 17 Mustang Bill Brown 1955 Ford 1st 9 Charles Buhl 1966 Ford Mustang 2nd 142 Wes Beaty 1970 Ford Mustang 3rd 128 Michael & Patsy Murray 1965 Ford Coupe 18 Mustang (no entries) 19 Corvette Ernest Bareford 1966 Ford Mustang 1st 144 Rodger Rowe 1967 Corvette 2nd 15 Freddy Ahearn 1967 Corvette 3rd 92 Wayne Burgess 1965 Corvette 20 Commercial (no entries) 21 Commercial st 45 Charles Smith 1947 Ford Pickup 2nd 104 Chance Charters 1946 Chevy Pickup 3rd 98 Bill Venable 1982 Chevy El Camino 22 Motorcycles(no entries) 23 Foreign st 84 Dallas Wyant 1974 MG B 2nd 27 Sal Fanelli 1982 Lotus Super 7 3rd 63 William Derryberry MG TD Best Ford 33 Ben Schooler 1960 Ford Starliner Best GM 97 Herb Jansen 1970 Chevy SS Coupe Best Chrysler 26 Sal Fanelli 1952 Willys M38 Best Independent 148 Ron Davis 1953 Porsche Coupe

10 Page 10 Old Dominion Meet Association May 16th, 2009 A Day to be Remembered by Lauman Schooler Saturday, May 16th, 2009! A day to be remembered by Historic Fredericksburg Region. 27 members showed 22 vehicles at the VFW on Minnieville Road in Woodbridge. There were 103 vehicles registered so we had one fourth of the total vehicles on the field. To rest easy the minds of those who showed their cars; all won something. It was a beautiful day! One little rain shower about 10:30! Judging began about 11 AM until about 1 PM. Best of show was then decided. Frances and I left and brought our cars home, freshened up a bit and returned to VFW for the banquet at 6:30. Ben and Suzanne also brought their cars home and returned for awards time. Unbelievable! Historic Fredericksburg seemed to get every other award called. Robert and Nora Aftel 1964 Buick Riviera 1st Junior Robert and Nora Aftel 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle 2nd Junior Ernest Bareford 1966 Ford Mustang Senior J. Gordon Brown 1957 Ford Thunderbird Senior Linnie Coppage 1972 Buick GS DPC Wayne DuBois 1966 Dodge Charger 1st Junior Wayne DuBois 1956 Ford Station Wagon HPOF John Garnett 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury Senior Andy Gotchell 1969 Jaguar E-type DPC Clift Hardin 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Conv DPC Wally and Liz Hunt 1924 Model T Ford Wally and Liz Hunt 1966 Pontiac Catalina 3rd Junior Leonard and Pat Paquette 1931 Model A Ford Leonard and Pat Paquette 1966 Ford Mustang Leonard and Pat Paquette 1967 Ford Mustang Senior Ronald Rees 1955 Ford Crown Victoria 2nd Junior Ben Schooler 1964 Ford Lauman and Frances Schooler 1973 Ford LTD Lauman and Frances Schooler 1965 Ford Mustang 1st Junior Ben Schooler 1960 Ford Starliner 1st Junior Jane Shelton 1957 Chevrolet BelAir Jane Shelton 1948 Chrysler New Yorker

11 Classified ads ADVERTISE IN THE MAGNETO. Nearly 100 Magneto newsletter copies are circulated each month. What better way to reach Fredericksburg s most active antique automotive enthusiasts. Yearly advertising rates are $2.00 per square inch, A typical business card is $16.00, $40.00 for a quarter page, $80.00 half page, and a full page is $ per year. This is a fraction of the price charged by other AACA newsletters. All types of ads accepted. Contact the Magneto editor to inquire about advertising. HFR AACA members are entitled to four months of free advertising for anything automotive re-

12 Doug Makin Magneto Editor P.O. Box 3022 Fredericksburg, VA Volume 52, Number 6