Club enjoys summer touring in Model A

Summers flying by as usual, hopefully all our members are getting an opportunity to do a little touring in the Model A. The club schedule has provided several great tours with more to come in the months ahead.

Our club was well represented at the 2006 MARC National Meet with six couples making the long but fun-filled drive to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mary and Jeff Rhoades planned routes that included beautiful scenery with many interesting places to stop and visit along the way. For those who love old cars this was a dream trip with stops at the Auburn, Cord, Dusenburg Museum, the Studebaker Museum, the Gilmore Museum and a tour of the Ford Rouge factory where the Model A was built seventy-five years ago and now the F-150 Pickup. We also visited the James Dean Museum, Greenfield village, and a restoration of an old Texaco gas station. Mary did a super job guiding us away from city traffic and Jeff kept a sharp eye on everything of interest along the backloads.

Our old cars traveled around 1600 miles without letting us down. The Michigan weather was very pleasant and there was always more to see and do. The host club, The Grand “A’s” Region should be proud of the results from all their hard work.

Closer to home the July club tour to the many historic sites in Madison County was extremely popular. This area has played an important role in the development of our state and country. Allan and Gail Wickersham guided the group to a reenactment of the pioneer settlement of Daniel Boone, and after a lunch at Hall’s on the River, to the hopmeplace of Cassius Marcellus Clay, one of the key characters leading up to the civil war. Allan and Gail make wonderful tour guides. They know a lot about many things, especially concerning what Model A owners enjoy.

The club directors have made a few additions and changes for the remaining tours on the schedule. Read more about them in the tour sections. There is something for everyone and if you can’t drive the A, come anyway. You’ll have a good time exploring this incredible region with people who treasure your company. The calendar for 2006 is past the halfway point but there are several good tours left in the year, do your best to enjoy some of them.