March 2015 by Tioga Region AACA

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March Events

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The events for March are March 14 2015 set up for the Winter Flea Market at Cole Auction Barn Route 17C Tioga Center N.Y. at 10:00AM. March 15 2015 Winter Flea Market Cole Auction Barn 7:00AM to 3:00PM. The flea market needs 8 to 10 members to be present in order to make it a

success. Hope to see a good turn out for this event.

we might appear in as a club.

Summer is not that The March meeting far away if you think is March 16, 2015 of the steps we need at the Tioga County to go through to preOffice Building at pare our cars for 7:00PM in the Con- service. I would like ference Room. to have ideas from the members for our We will be entering activities as I want to into discussions see as many of you about tours for this attending as can be coming summer as encouraged. well as parades that

SEMA Reports SEMA reports that New York once again has introduced a bill to provide for a one time Historic Vehicle Registration Fee. This is a bill that has been repeated every year for the past

seven years that I have been in office. The bill once again suggests that there be a one time registration fee of $100.00 for antique automobiles. This is a serious savings for

those of us who keep our collector car for more than 4 years. Contact your assemblyman to support this bill!

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ARE WE FOR REAL? YES!!! On Saturday February 7th I was listening to the CBS Morning program on television. one of the segments that aired that morning was the evaluation that the American fascination with the automobile was on the decline! The commentator pointed out that in the past ten years American car ownership had decreased from 1.8 cars per licensed driver to 1.1 cars per licensed driver. They also pointed out that there was once a time when the different makes of automobile were an indicator of the status of the owner. When Buick runs an advertisement on television where people look at their car and are unable to recognize that they were looking at a Buick we just might have reached a point where we no longer do appreciate the automobile we now are offered by American automobile manufacturers.

I do find it more than a little disconcerting that one has to look closely at the new cars to find the brand and model of that car setting beside you at the traffic light. What happened to the thrill of seeing the different body style of a new car that was definitely a 1957 Chevy or a 1936 Packard? When did we stop looking at a car and know that the owner was probably employed in upper management or maybe the owner of the local bank? When did we stop thinking that American automobiles were the best rides for our long distance travel on our superhighways? We still are the one country in the world where we can begin a tour from one end of the country and travel to the other end taking a week or longer to reach our desti-

nation! People who live in New York City or Los Angeles might not need to own a car for their everyday commute and most of them also do not have the space to store their car on property that costs more than the national debt for the land needed for a one car garage, but those of us who live where we can look out our window in the morning and see the horizon still understand the value of a privately owned car We, the members of the car hobby community, know that our vehicles are a symbol of the freedom that was found in the introduction of the automobile to the world, a freedom that helped to build the worlds greatest nation! Yes we are the real American car owners!

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A CONFESSION

All right I admit it, there was probably no student in the history of Washington Township High School who deserved less to graduate than Robert F. Klingensmith. As my father later stated, “You were so car crazy that I knew I could not let you have a drivers license until you finished school.” The frustration that developed from my father’s attitude about my driving has been hard to ignore even today. I really have no idea why my father got the idea that I was car crazy. I am not sure that those of you who grew up in the state of New York ever received the gift at the beginning of each semester of a brand new tablet and pencil but that was the norm for us from Pennsylvania. The receipt of that gift was the signal for me to work diligently for the NEWSLETTER

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next several days at filling all the open spaces on the front of the tablet with the name of every automobile make I could think of.

still refused to enter my steps in solving the equations. The fact that the numbers on my paper and the numbers at the end of the problem were identical Granted there were had nothing to do with few of my fellow stuthe fact that I had dents who knew that solved the problem in there was a car called the Zis another the Zil my head to a proper conclusion. and still another the Zim all manufactured “I need to know that behind the Iron Curyou are properly solvtain, but they all were ing the problem in a listed faithfully on my logical progression.” tablet. Mr. Hartman would patiently explain while Then there was the time that Mr. Hartman I belligerently insisted that all that mattered assigned his class to complete a test in Alge- was that the final answer tallied with that bra and ten minutes of the proper solution. after the beginning of the test walked up behind me to find that I was busy modifying the picture of a 1952 Plymouth hot rod in a copy of Car Craft. Of course when I handed him the completed test, all he could do was throw up his hands as I

The factor that Mr. Hartman continued to teach long after I was gone from his classes only attest to the dedication of a good teacher. I guess dad was right, I am car crazy!!!

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OUR NEW VENDOR APPLICATION The above copy of our new vendor application is for our members to see how we now are presenting a more modern look to the public. Look closely at the logo and you will see that we include the O_WE_GO in the more modern representation of our traditional logo. The front and back of this new flyer is displayed.

Other Input *Don Salisbury reports that the Vestal Museum would like to plan a car show for their Path Through History Weekend June 20,2015. If you are interested in attending call Don at 607-658-3340 so he can tell the museum what interest there is for this event. *Gabe The Gear Reports the Port Crane Fire Company plans to put on a car show with chicken BBQ May 16,2015 if you are interested call Gabe at 607-723-0656 for more information. *SEMA reports a bill (HR900 and S228) has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to curtail the Presidents power to unilaterally designate National Monuments. Roads and trails for motorized vehicles are frequently closed as a result of such designations. The bills would require such designations be approved by Congress and the impacted state legislature. *Ginny Bruckner reports the Twin Tiers Vintage car Club 38th annual car show June 14, 2015. at Chemung County Fairgrounds. Contact Dave Dietterich at 607-796-2343 for information. *SEMA reports Pennsylvania proposes elimination of Ethanol Requirement in gasoline. HB471 recognizes Ethanol fuels cause problems in automobiles.