March 2025 | Volume 195

LAST CHANCE to Dual in the Desert!

By Roy Ireland, Tucson Region, rlireland@aol.com

May 1-3, 2025

Western Spring Nationals/

Special Grand Nationals

aka, Dual in the Desert III

Tucson, AZ

Registration Deadline: April 15

Click here for brochure

Click here to register online

Click here to register online to judge

Click here if you would like registration information mailed to you (please specify Western Spring Nationals or Special Grand Nationals)

Time is running out to register your vehicle(s) for the Dual Nationals in Tucson! Online vehicle registration is quick and easy. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your vehicle judged or displayed at a national event!

Plan to come early and stay later to take advantage of the many attractions and points of interest in Southern Arizona! Special group rates apply for 3 days before and 3 days after the event. Note: Extended stay dates CANNOT be booked online. They must be booked by calling the Reservation Desk at 855-765-7829.

Host Hotel:

Casino Del Sol Resort & Casino, 855-765-7829

5655 W. Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85757

www.casinodelsol.com

Special AACA Rates:

The Casino Tower features luxury deluxe king and queen rooms at a special group rate of $169/night. Rooms are also available in the Estrella Tower adjacent to the Casino for $149/night.

Contact the Resort at 855-765-7829 for reservations.

Online registration is also available.

See instructions at tucsonaaca.org/registration.html.

Group name: AACA National Meet/Grand National

Use group code: 8385

FREE car trailer parking is available at the hotel in certain areas. Please check with at the Tucson Region Registration table for instructions. No RV parking is allowed on the Casino grounds!

RV parking is available for a full-hookup rate of $50/night.

Click here to reserve your spot.

Questions?

Event Coordinator: Dave Green, 520-904-7325, alpgavegr@msn.com

Western Spring Nationals Chair: Andy Neal, 520-405-5490, nihoto560@gmail.com

Grand Nationals Chair: Tom Mulligan, 520-325-7247, tmulligansr@aol.com

Registration Chair: Roy Ireland, 520-591-1140, royireland802@gmail.com

Tucson Region Website: tucsonaaca.org

REMINDER: Your 2025 AACA membership dues must be paid

prior to registering for any 2025 National shows and tours.

Double Your Grand National Pleasure in 2025!!

Enter your Senior car in the show in Tucson and then in July head to Dayton, OH. This is a rare year with two Grand Nationals to serve the East and West. Conceivably you could get your First and Senior Grand National both in 2025! Plus, what a neat opportunity to see more of our great country.

Meet Your New 2025 AACA National Board of Directors

Your new 2025 AACA National Board of Directors was inducted during the Annual Convention in February. If you click the link above, it will take you to the page on the AACA website where the Board is listed. Each listing includes a Board member’s name, position, address and photo. If you click on their name, you can email them directly. These Board members are here to serve you and this organization, so please do not hesitate to contact them at any time.

ATTENTION ALL AACA JUDGES!!

What’s better than a sunny, cloudless, 75-degree day in February? How about a sunny, cloudless, 75-degree day with 70+ race cars from the 1000 Miglia Experience USA Florida road rally rolling through your hometown? That’s exactly what happened on Sunday, February 23, when the Venice Region AACA hosted the 1000 Miglia for a “stamp check” at Centennial Park in downtown Venice, FL. Centennial Park is a downtown park and parking lot where our club holds its annual classic car show on the last Sunday in March.

An offshoot of the famous Italian Mille Miglia race (Italian for 1,000 miles), this inaugural running of the 1000 Miglia in the U.S. traveled for 3 days from Miami to Naples to Tampa to Cape Canaveral and back to Miami. Running secondary roads, the route would take the race cars right by our hometown as they traveled north from Naples to Tampa along Florida’s Gulf Coast. With that information in hand, the Venice AACA club, the largest classic car club in South Florida, contacted race officials and sweet-talked them into considering a stop in Venice. An advance team of Italian race officials met with club and city officials a month before the race, and they fell in love with the name, architecture, and quaint hometown feel of historic downtown Venice. From there, the club and city took the reins to organize and promote the “stamp check” stop in Venice, which the race was now committed to making.

Historic Downtown Venice, Florida

1000 Miglia Venice Stamp

Below: The “stamp check” checkpoint

Squeezing through the estimated 10,000 spectators

By mid-afternoon on race day, downtown was packed! An estimated ten thousand spectators (four deep in many places) lined the race car route through the park and the surrounding streets. By the time the last car had left the park, a 1951 Bentley, more than an hour after the first car had arrived, 72 rare and exotic race cars had squeezed through the cheering and flag-waving crowds, got their stamp, and were on their way to the next checkpoint. What a spectacular event, and what a historic day for Venice!

The last race car to arrive…

a 1951 Bentley B Special

The Model T Roadster (Tony Miller) and 1925 Franklin (Sam Kern) were driven by members of TRAACA. The two Model Ts were from Colonial Virginia Model T Club. HVPR participants Carl and Karen Carlson brought their 1931 Ford Model A Phaeton and John Atkinson brought his 1930 Ford Model A Coupe. Members of the Colonial Virginia Model A Ford Club brought out their fine automobiles as well. What a great Day!! 

Your AACA membership runs on a calendar year

from January 1 through December 31.

If you have already renewed your membership for 2025, thank you!!

If you have not renewed your membership yet, please take a few minutes to do it now.

REMINDER: Your 2025 membership dues MUST be paid before you can receive registration information for any 2025 National Shows or Tours. Your 2025 membership dues MUST be paid to continue receiving your beloved Antique Automobile magazine. 

In case you did forget, we recently mailed you a brightly colored postcard as a reminder. Simply fill out the postcard and send it back to the office with a check or credit card information.

You can also pay your 2025 membership dues the quick and easy way – online!

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• Make changes or corrections if needed.
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Over the last several years, the library has taken in many documents, and we’ve built up a substantial backlog of items waiting to be cataloged into the collection. It’s easy to feel as though we’ve been simply treading water for a few years trying to keep up with it all, but with an additional full-time librarian added to the team, we are moving forward once more! 

The library staff has been digging into some projects since the start of the year, and we thought it would be fun to give you an update on how it’s going! Although we are far from finished (really, we’ve only just begun), we’re very excited about the momentum we’ve created and of the progress made so far. Here’s a quick look at a couple things we’ve been working on:

Bus Display

Thanks to a recent donation of assorted models, we have been able to fill in our bus display case with some additional items. We started the display with the four large models featured from one donor, then added the driver cap and some books that we acquired, and just this month received a few small models to incorporate. We are appreciative of all the donors who contributed items to this display and hope to see it grow more as time goes on (there’s a little space left!).  

Flat File Shift

We’re also about halfway through a complete reorganization of our Flat File Collection. Flat files are documents that are not specific to any make or model – topics such as: Clubs & Organizations, Events, Fluids, Media & Entertainment, Parts & Accessories, and Tools, are kept in this area of the archive.

This collection has outgrown its originally designated storage area by double since we moved into the new facility. Right now, library staff are interfiling donated documents that belong in this collection, and simultaneously expanding it into archive space that will be almost three times the size it was in before. This requires moving other parts of the collection in order to make room, box by box, file by file – if you thought librarians spent our time at desks working on computers, you should see us now! We’re heaving large portions of material from shelf to shelf and meeting all our exercise goals for the day while we’re at it! 

Rearranging an archive is often a lot of small moves that together add up to one, large overhaul of the collection. We hope to be finished with the flat file move by the end of May, at which point we will take up the next section of documents to be moved. With shifts in the collection like this one, we make the archives more organized, and are able to store material in a sequence that makes sense for retrieval and research. There is a lot of work to be done, but we’ve made a strong start during the first quarter of the year, and enthusiasm is high in the library – more to come soon!  

I like to reflect occasionally on my antique car past. I had some real good times with my family and antique cars. Recently, I was looking at a couple of pictures that my brother made up for me a couple of years ago. He had taken the photos many, many years ago. They were of me, as a teenager, sitting in my grandfather Walter’s (and now mine) 1928 Studebaker Dictator.

The author as a teenager sitting in the 1928 Studebaker

That car and I have a long, long association together. When I was a child, I always enjoyed going to meets with him in that car because I could ride up front. (My grandmother Irene said she preferred the back seat. I think, in retrospect, that she preferred it only because I liked the front seat so much, and she thoroughly enjoyed seeing me happy and enthused.) The front seat was where the action was! The shifting, the dashboard operations, the sounds of the engine, the “breathing” of the carburetor, and the whine of the transmission.

The author's nephew sitting

inside the 1928 Studebaker

That car and I have a long, long association together. When I was a child, I always enjoyed going to meets with him in that car because I could ride up front. (My grandmother Irene said she preferred the back seat. I think, in retrospect, that she preferred it only because I liked the front seat so much, and she thoroughly enjoyed seeing me happy and enthused.) The front seat was where the action was! The shifting, the dashboard operations, the sounds of the engine, the “breathing” of the carburetor, and the whine of the transmission.

Now, I am the owner of the car, and greatly enjoy having my son Andrew ride shotgun with me out to the car shows. Just last November, I had the distinct pleasure of being able to take my nephew out for a ride in the Studebaker. He really loved it and asked a lot of questions along the way. Well, after all, it doesn’t really operate like his mom’s 2018 Honda CR-V. The Honda doesn’t have to be shifted, doesn’t smell like burnt fossil fuels and oil, doesn’t “put on the show” like the Studebaker does. Yes, that’s it! It puts on a show! And I’ll buy a ticket any day of the week to that show!! As a bonus, that afternoon, my older son was in town for Thanksgiving, and had been out with his girlfriend. When they got to our house for dinner, my son comes in and says, “Dad, please go outside and give Mikaela a ride in the Studebaker. I can’t pry her away from it.” Well, she couldn’t stop talking about it! She was very observant regarding the clutch operations and shifting. Then you top it all off by stating that they are riding in a 96-year-old automobile, and the jaw hits the floor. The “WOW” factor indeed!

I had a tremendous amount of fun with my dad a couple of years ago, when I went over to his house to find out why his 1934 Nash Ambassador 8 was overheating. We pulled out “Big Bertha” as my dad and the whole family have affectionately called her through the years, and went through the cooling system, changed out the gas, and got her started and running! It has been many years since I really was involved in that car. The Nash was built in an era where we had just started coming out of the depression, and things were looking okay again. Opulence was once again a word. And a 133-inch wheelbase, 322 cu. in. full twin ignition, overhead valve straight eight automobile was born from the mind of Russian designer Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky. I stood there looking at this amazing and stunning piece of automotive engineering from the Bijour automatic chassis lubrication system to the two-barrel Stromberg UUR-2 carburetor to the super luxurious interior that you could easily host a good poker game for your friends in the expanse of the back seat area. All the time amazed that this incredible piece of engineering was right in front of me to enjoy.

Above: Paul Gramlich working on his

1934 Nash Ambassador

Below: Paul Gramlich sitting inside his

1934 Nash Ambassador

I grew up with these cars. I grew up antique. I was taught to appreciate them, but more importantly, I was taught with love and encouragement. I was taught to respect them. Enjoy them, but respect that this automobile has been around far longer than me, and still operates legally and safely because my dad and granddaddy, and now I, made sure of it. They showed me how to properly operate it. Well, all of this stuck with me, and here I am now enjoying them as my dad and granddaddy did. I love this hobby! To be able to drive these wonderful vehicles and experience the sights, smells and other sensory stimulators generated by them is awesome. To know what it’s like to use a rim spreader, to adjust the gap on a set of ignition points, to know the ignition timing positions for starting and running the car, and to be able to shift a ‘non-synchro’ transmission smoothly… this is what this hobby is all about.

A friend of mine once said that these antique cars are like a virus, and we must infect the youth of today with this virus for the continuance of the hobby. Many of today’s youth were not brought up in the hobby. They did not “grow up antique.” How will we ever know if they possibly have “the virus” in their system? My brother Scott, who has the family’s 1925 Model T Fordor, displays an old “Please Do Not Touch” sign, where he has crossed out the words “do not.” Please touch, smell, experience it. Sit in the car, blow the horn. If the time and place permits, I will gladly take you for a ride. I’ll even let you drive it, if you will allow me to show you how (just to make sure nothing gets broken!).

Many years ago, I was at a meeting of the Horseless Carriage Club at Sagamore Hill, the estate of President Theodore Roosevelt. I was enamored with the restoration and presentation of a member’s Royal Tourist. The owner, Evan Price, spent a great deal of time with me, showing me all about the car, its huge displacement 4-cylinder engine and the sheer size of the vehicle itself. He was interested in the fact that I was interested and made sure that my questions were answered and that I was spoken to as an equal, one old car guy to another, even though I was about 15 or 16 at the time. It meant a lot to me to be “included” in this group of aficionados. No change that… it meant the world to me!!

A Model T Ford is a bit of a different type of car to drive and needs to be taught and practiced. “Model T Eddie” was my teacher! “Model T Eddie” was a long-time member of our local AACA region. What a great guy! He took great pleasure in showing people how many times he could start his Model T under compression without the starter and would watch the fan to see what position it stopped at when he shut off the ignition. He would call out yep or nope if he thought the engine would fire or not. He was always right! He took an even bigger pleasure in showing people how to drive the car. I was at our big Spring Meet at Old Westbury Gardens (the former John S. Phipps estate) on Long Island and “Model T Eddie” made use of a large meadow in back of the meet field to take people for drives around the property and showed them how to operate and drive the car. When he came back from the last one, he looked at me and said, “Okay, you ready for your turn?” I was dumbfounded. I couldn’t have been more than 14 years old. I didn’t even have my learners permit yet. I looked back at him in astonishment. “Me?” I asked. “Yes, come on! No time like the present.” I hopped right up in the driver seat. Eddie took me out for a lesson in the Model T. I never forgot that lesson. More importantly, I never forgot the generosity of “Model T Eddie”. What an amazing opportunity! I was indeed blessed.

Be like these wonderful people! I know I am and will continue to be! Let’s make sure that more youth have the ability to grow up antique!

Paul Gramlich's 1934 Nash Ambassador

We are always looking to feature articles from AACA members in Speedster. We'd love to share your personal accounts of tours and shows you have attended, restoration projects, unique vehicle stories and history, and any other stories you think other AACA members would enjoy hearing about.

Stories should average about 500 words or less. And we love photos, so make sure to include some! Please send your photos and stories to Stacy Zimmerman at szimmerman@aaca.org. 

As a thank you for your longtime passion for and dedication to the automotive hobby, AACA awards members who have been in the club for 50 years or more with a beautiful 50-year pin. This stunning award can be bestowed upon a long-time member at an AACA Nationals or regional event, or simply by sending it to you in the mail.

To receive this pin, you must be a member for at least 50 years, which do not have to be consecutive. You (or your region/chapter) must then contact National Headquarters. We will research our archives to confirm your 50 years of membership.

AACA is proud of the many members who have already received this pin and who wear it equally as proud. If you believe you have been a member for 50 years or more, contact Jon Curtis at jcurtis@aaca.org for review of your membership history.

We were delighted to welcome Karen Bailey-Chapman, Senior Vice President, Public and Government Affairs of SEMA, to our Annual Convention in February. During her seminar, she spoke for about an hour describing SEMA’s outreach efforts. We were equally delighted to see prominently listed in their brochure of advocacy priorities Defense of Classic Vehicles and Collector Rights. Click here to take a look at SEMA’s 2025 Advocacy Agenda.

SEMA has done an excellent job making it easy for their members to comment directly to their legislators on important emerging issues. Click here to sign up to become part of the SEMA Action Network. 

Karen also informed us that they now allow private individuals to join the organization and attend the SEMA Convention in Las Vegas in November 4-7. One of the Legislation Committee members, Vince DeLisi, has attended this gathering and can attest to the fact that there is nothing like it anyplace in the world. It’s like Hershey on steroids for “new stuff,” including restoration parts and supplies.

We told Karen that we would do our best to lend a hand. If she believes that small car shows any place in the country could help them in their efforts, it is our hope that our members will be able to respond to our call for participants.

As a 501(C)(3) nonprofit corporation, AACA is limited in how we can lobby so our job is to keep our members informed about current legislative issues and events and encourage them to participate in any way they choose. Our intention going forward is to help encourage such participation by our membership to protect our rights to this wonderful hobby. A close working relationship with SEMA is part of this effort.

Please feel free to express your thoughts, suggestions, and concerns, including any topics of interest, to Fred Trusty at bearcamp1988@gmail.com.

We first told you about this special project in the December 2024 issue of Speedster…

The eight custom pedal cars hand crafted by the Collision Repair Technology Students at SUN Area Technical Institute are now complete and headed to the 2025 Spring Collector Car Auction April 24–25 at the Expo Center in Carlisle, PA.

These beautiful cars are set to cross the auction block at no reserve on Friday April 25 at 10 a.m. All proceeds from the sale of the pedal cars will go directly to the school to help the class of 2025 get off to a fresh start in their new careers, so raise your bidder badges to support a great cause!

Bidding can be done in person or over the phone. Please register to bid online here.

Use reference code “AACA” and save 50% on bidder registration.

Complete details as well as full feature photo arrays for each pedal car can be viewed on the Carlisle Auctions webpage.

The project began as a creative way for the Collision Repair Technology Students to gain course knowledge including paint work, metal fabrication, welding and more. Instructor Jonathan Reeder reached out to Carlisle Auctions asking if the completed pedal cars could be brought to auction to raise money for the students. 

Anyone with a passion for automobiles would agree that keeping the hobby alive for generations to come is very important and Carlisle Auctions couldn’t agree more. The students at SUN Tech represent the next generation coming up in the automotive hobby and we are honored to be a part of their project.

Carlisle Auctions has been with the SUN Tech Students from the very beginning documenting their pedal car builds in the series “The Next Generation” – Project Pedal Car. Get to know the students as the series takes you inside the school for a first-hand view of their pedal cars going from concept and design all the way through to completion.

To follow the series and see the highlights, please like and follow the Carlisle Auctions Facebook Page. Full episodes of “The Next Generation” – Project Pedal Car can also be viewed on the Carlisle Events YouTube Channel.

The students will be on hand at the auction for a “meet and greet” session prior to the sale of the pedal cars. If you plan to attend the auction, please be sure to stop by the display and visit with them to show your support. We hope all eight cars will go to a great home and generate a generous donation to the school. See you there!

This is the only official AACA recommended car show sign and is intended for use at AACA events. The AACA car sign format, styled similarly to other Concours signs, when properly weighted or staked would limit potential damage to vehicles if bumped or blown. Signs are 16.5" tall and 12" wide and are made of hard plastic to withstand the elements. These signs are only available to AACA members and are custom created to tell your vehicle's story and history.

AACA car signs cost $45 plus shipping and handling. Add an image or images for $5 each. PA residents also pay sales tax.

Please allow 4-5 weeks for the entire process from start to finish.

Click here for more information and instructions.

Email Jon Curtis at AACA Headquarters if you would like to have a sign made.

Vintage Tour SOLD OUT!

June 1-7, 2025

Vintage Tour

Lancaster, PA

Click here for brochure

This tour is currently SOLD OUT!

If you would like to be added to the wait list in case there is a cancellation, please email Tour Chairman Charlie Steffy.

REMINDER: Your 2025 AACA

membership dues must be paid

prior to registering for any 2025

National shows and tours.

Welcome Back to Beckley

June 19-21, 2025

Eastern Spring Nationals

Beckley, WV

Registration Deadline: May 18

Click here for brochure

Click here to register online

Click here to register online to judge

Click here if you would like registration information mailed to you (please specify Eastern Spring Nationals)

The WV Whitewater Region would like to welcome you back to Beckley! It’s been a few years, but we are ready and waiting to host our fellow AACA members again for a National show. Besides the Saturday car show, which is being held in Uptown Beckley, we have so many great activities planned for you. You will definitely want to join us early so you can experience everything that our fantastic town has to offer!

Event highlights include New River Gorge Bridge Tour, Golf at Historic Black Knight, Beckley Art Group Tour, Welcome Reception at Tamarack, Hawks Nest State Park, Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, membership roundtable, Judging School, Archie’s Cruisers “Cruise-in” at Leisure Lanes, Music on Main in Uptown Beckley, Judges Breakfast, Judges’ CJE, owners briefing, Eastern Spring Nationals car show, and Awards Banquet.

Host Hotel:

Fairfield Inn & Suites, 248 Harper Park Drive, Beckley, WV 25801

*Temporary reservation number: 304-923-6069

Hotel number after opening: 681-222-1153

Questions?

Registration Chairman: Sam Longanacre, selonganacre@hotmail.com, 304-410-3158

REMINDER: Your 2025 AACA membership dues must be paid

prior to registering for any 2025 National shows and tours.

Join Us in Auburn to Celebrate Independence Day

July 2-5, 2025

Central Spring Nationals

Auburn, IN

Registration Deadline: June 9

Click here for brochure

Click here to register online

Click here to register online to judge

Click here if you would like registration information mailed to you (please specify Central Spring Nationals)

The Crossroads of America Region welcomes you to Auburn as AACA returns to DeKalb County in 2025 for the Central Spring Nationals, July 2-5. The event showcases an impressive array of antique automobiles, offering a glimpse into automotive history. Held in the "Classic Car Capital of the World," it’s a perfect opportunity to admire meticulously restored vehicles, connect with fellow enthusiasts, and celebrate the rich heritage of classic cars.

Event highlights include historic home bus tours, Garrett Heritage Days Parade, Garrett Heritage Days Car Show, membership roundtable, Judging School, downtown Auburn cruise-in, Garrett fireworks, Judges Breakfast, Judges’ CJE, owners briefing, Central Spring Nationals car show, and the dinner/awards ceremony.

Hotel and lodging information can be found in the brochure.

For more information, contact:

Cam Moore, 260-925-7410, or Keith Flesher, keiflesher@aol.com

REMINDER: Your 2025 AACA membership dues must be paid

prior to registering for any 2025 National shows and tours.

Ohio Hosts Second Grand Nationals in 2025

July 24-26, 2025

Grand Nationals

Dayton, OH

Registration Deadline: June 30

Click here for brochure

Click here to register online

Click here to register online to judge

Click here if you would like registration information mailed to you (please specify Dayton Grand Nationals)

AACA National is excited to welcome you to a new and spectacular venue for our Grand Nationals in the East this year. We have ramped up the quality of our show in the following ways in order to offer the best experience possible to attendees: reduced prices for meals and parking, thanks in part to a generous sponsorship; events at three unique locations in the Dayton area, including a newly renovated host hotel; and the opportunity to visit the stunning USAF Museum, as well as America’s Packard Museum. We can’t wait to treat you to a special and unforgettable weekend at our Grand Nationals and Zenith Competition – we’ll see you there!

Event highlights include a Welcome Reception at America’s Packard Museum, Zenith Display, membership roundtable, Judging School, Zenith Award Ceremony at the Packard Museum, Hawaiian Luau, Judges Breakfast, Grand Nationals car show, and Awards Dinner at the National Museum of US Air Force.

Host Hotel:

Doubletree by Hilton, 2800 Presidential Drive, Fairborn, OH 45324

$159 + tax, $5 discount for breakfast

937-426-7800 (Code AAC)

tinyurl.com/AACADoubletree

Questions?

Chairman: Steve Moskowitz, aaca1@aaca.org, 717-534-1910

Registration Chair: Pat Buckley, pbuckley@aaca.org, 717-534-1910

REMINDER: Your 2025 AACA membership dues must be paid

prior to registering for any 2025 National shows and tours.

79th Revival AAA Glidden Tour Explores Western Kentucky

September 7-12, 2025

79th Revival AAA Glidden Tour®

Hosted by VMCCA

Owensboro, KY

Registration Deadline: June 15

Click here for tour application

Remember: You must be a current AACA or VMCCA member to participate. Your application must be post-marked between March 15 and June 15, 2025.

The 79th Revival AAA Glidden Tour will take place in Owensboro, KY, September 7-12, and it will be the perfect setting for antique vehicles from 1942 and earlier. The western Kentucky terrain is brass car friendly with miles and miles of flat, rural roads. Owensboro is on the Ohio River, which separates the Bluegrass State from Indiana. Half of the tour will take place in the southern part of the Hoosier State.

Tour highlights include Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home, the John Audubon Museum, the Evansville Wartime Museum, the Santa Claus Museum, Squire Boone Caverns, Bill Monroe's Birthplace, and a world-class distillery.

For more information, call 423-385-4414 or email 2025gliddentourky@gmail.com.

REMINDER: Your 2025 AACA membership dues must be paid

prior to registering for any 2025 National shows and tours.

Last year, in conjunction with RM Sotheby’s, we were able to obtain a discounted rate at the Hershey Lodge during the Eastern Fall Nationals which most simply refer to as “Hershey.” Thanks to AACA members who took advantage of this deal, we were able to sell out the entire block of 900 room nights. Selling out this room block is the best way we can ensure that the auction remains a part of our event. The auction is back in 2025 and we already have the block set up to take reservations. Please consider making your reservation now clicking here. This year’s rate is $299 a night. Thank you all for your support last year!

Can't find something in the online store? You can always call AACA Headquarters to place your order as well (717-534-1910, M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

Below are several exclusive deals on live events including concerts, sports, shows and more. Check out these and more deals by clicking here.

Nickelodeon Universe at

Mall of America

Disney After Hours at

Magic Kingdom® Park

Discovery Cove

Bronx Zoo

World of Coca-Cola

The Edge at Hudson Yards

Lainey Wilson

Wrestlemania

Beyonce

Would your AACA region or chapter like to visit?

What about any of the other car clubs you belong to?

If you are planning a tour or day excursion for a group near the Hershey area, why not include a stop at our building as part of your itinerary?

If you would like to book a tour, please reach out to Amoi Goldman, AACA Reference Librarian & Outreach Coordinator, at 717-534-2082 or agoldman@aaca.org.

Antique Automobile Club of America

AACA.org | 717-534-1910

America’s Premiere Resource for the Collectible Vehicle Community

The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is the country's premier resource for the collectible vehicle community. Since its formation in 1935, the Club, through its national office, publications, and membership, aids individuals, museums, libraries, historians and collectors dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of automotive history.