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Sept 30, 20089
 

VINTAGE MOTOR CARS ROLL INTO HERSHEY
AS RM AUCTIONS ADDS SECOND DAY TO AUCTION PROGRAM
 
Hershey, Pennsylvania is THE place to be for motoring enthusiasts next week as the site of the annual Antique Automobile Club of America's (AACA) Eastern Division Fall Meet.  To coincide with the event, RM Auctions will return to Hershey Lodge for its annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event - a featured highlight of the week and popular fixture on the collector calendar.
 

Extended to two days this year - October 8th & 9th - and with close to 140 motor cars and over 450 lots of automotive themed memorabilia on offer, this year's auction line-up is headlined by a magnificent series of Pierce-Arrows, including a rare 1918 Pierce-Arrow Model 66-A-4 Four Passenger Roadster; an impressive 1932 Pierce-Arrow Model 54 Convertible Sedan; and a multi award-winning 1934 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Coupe.


 

Other notable highlights include consignments from two important US collections - a magnificent series of motor cars from Cleveland, Ohio's esteemed Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, a collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and over 400 lots of memorabilia from a prominent East Coast collector. Headlining the offering from the Crawford collection is a 1949 Belanger Special Indy Roadster, with some early Indianapolis racing history, and an extremely rare and desirable 1928 Front Wheel Drive Miller 91 Engine, arguably one of the most important Miller artifacts to come to market in decades.

 

The memorabilia offering also presents a range of exciting ownership opportunities for collectors. Carefully amassed over the past two decades, the collection includes everything from rare and iconic original neon and porcelain signs, through to automotive badges, mascots, specially commissioned artworks and a plethora of automotive models and toys.

In addition, the auction will also feature a series of unique, individually customized pedal cars that have been handcrafted specially for the event, with  proceeds from their sale supporting the AACA family.  From a tiny replica of the iconic 1967 Shelby GT 500 to a miniature Commemorative Corvette, these tiny treasures are set to prove that sometimes the most interesting objects come in small packages! 
 
RM's Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event will be held October 8th and 9th at the Hershey Lodge, West Chocolate Avenue & University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania.  The preview will commence on Thursday, October 8th from 9am, with all the auction action getting underway from 2pm. On Friday, doors open at 9am with the auction commencing at 2pm.
 
As a prelude to the auction, RM will again team up with the AACA and the AACA Museum as the presenting sponsor of this year's Night at the Museum event, to be held October 7th, 2009 at Hershey's AACA Museum. With all proceeds supporting the AACA family, this gala fundraising evening - featuring an exclusive charity auction and guest presentation by renowned automotive journalist, David E. Davis Jr. - will be an engaging celebration of the automobile and the collecting hobby, and a great start to this year's Hershey Meet week.
 
For further information on the Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event or to view RM's digital Hershey catalog, please visit www.rmauctions.com or call RM at +1 519 352 4575.
 


Antique Auto Museum at Hershey
AACA Museum

 

Printed with permission from Richard Lentinello, Hemmings Motor News.

Hemmings e-Weekly
Volume 4 - Issue 16 09/25/2008

Classic Cars

Studes take center stage
 
Studes take center stage
 
In conjunction with the Studebaker Drivers Club International Meet that was recently held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the AACA Museum in Hershey is holding a special Studebaker exhibit featuring not only its cars but Studebaker-built horse-drawn vehicles from the 1890s.

 

Vehicles to be displayed include a Doctor’s carriage from the 1890s, a 1911 Studebaker EMF, 1927 Erskine, 1931 President Convertible, 1941 President four-door sedan, a 1950 pick up truck, a 1952 convertible, a 1963 Avanti R-2, and a fresh barn-find 1941 President recently discovered in a barn less than 50 miles from the museum where it had been stored for over 50 years.

 

The 1931 Studebaker President Convertible used during the administration of Governor Gifford Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, is on display as well. These significant Studebakers will be on view until Sunday, October 12, which is the weekend of the Hershey Fall Meet held just down the road. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m..

 

For additional information, call 717-566-7100 or visit www.aacamuseum.org.
- By Richard Lentinello

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AACA museum helps Tinseltown at holidays
The holiday movie season will include some old cars, as the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey, Pa.,

 has supplied several vehicles to Universal Studio’s “The Good Shepherd,” due out Dec. 22. The movie chronicles the birth

of the Central Intelligence Agency from the 1930s to the 1950s.

The AACA museum supplied about 10 cars for the filming, and several of them will be on display at the museum beginning

Dec. 22, including a 1936 Ford Cabriolet convertible coupe, a 1936 Packard convertible sedan, a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan

and a 1954 Chevy Wagon.

 

 

 

 

 

 



For more information on the museum and the exhibit, log onto www.aacamuseum.org

 

With permission from AutoWeek Magazine click on the link below.

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061002/FREE/60920006/1026/FREE

This will take you directly to AutoWeek's article on the American Muscle exhibit at the

AACA Museum.  Executive director Pat Foltz has a lot to say about American Muscle then

and now.  Click to find out.

 

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Special Announcement

AACA Museum Turns Three!


 

Dear Jim,

The AACA Museum was a dream for many years before it became a reality on June 29th, 2003.

Join us for the celebration of our third birthday on Thursday, June 29th. Birthday cake will be served

at 11 AM courtesy of Giant Food Stores.

It may be our birthday, but you get the gift! All visitors will receive $2.00 off admission on

Thursday, June 29th as we celebrate three great years of sharing the motoring hobby with

thousands of visitors from all over the world! I hope you can join us.

Sincerely,

Pat Foltz – Executive Director
AACA Museum

email: speed@aacamuseum.org
phone: (717) 566-7100
web: http://www.aacamuseum.org
 

Solstice Raffle Is A Winner!

And the Winner Is...

Solstice WinnerCongratulations to Art Griffin of Melbourne, Florida! Art was the winner of the

2006 Solstice Raffle benefiting the AACA, AACA Library and the AACA Museum! Thank you to all who

participated in the raffle! We appreciate your continued support of the AACA organizations.

 

Used with permission from Krause Publications

Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program Logo

Thanks to our friends from The Wisconsin Region we have some great pictures of the AACA Museum

inside and outside.  The Illinois Region, along with all six Chapters, got together to donate to the

AACA Museum Brick Program.  The Illinois Region grouping of bricks include The Region brick

surrounded by all six Chapter bricks.  Click on the pictures to get a bigger view.

Here is a more recent picture of our Bricks taken by Pat Foltz with the latest addition to the Illinois Region

group of Bricks.  You too can have a Brick located where you want it. Call the AACA Museum and

request to be placed by the Illinois Region group of Bricks.  Call 717-566-7100 today to learn more!!

For the past couple years The Illinois Region has made a contribution to the AACA Museum in the form of a check. This was made possible by donations from Cross Roads Chevrolet & Buick which the Illinois Region matched and presented at the National Meetings in Philadelphia.  This past year our President, Laura McDonald, wanted to see if we could contribute in a different way.  A call was made to Patrick Foltz,  Executive Director of the AACA Museum, and the opportunity had just presented itself to frame some prints for the Museum.  They needed a Sponsor! 

Arrangements were made, Laura gave one of her memorable presentations at the National Meeting which had everyone rolling in the aisles, and within a few months, as you can see, the prints are on the wall!!

Pat Foltz has gone out of his way to help us with the Brick Program and more recently has given us the

opportunity to sponsor the Ken Dallison prints.  Pat took a photograph of the Prints in the Museum Board

 Room and as you can see they will be a fine addition to that room for years to come. Four of the thirteen

prints bear commemorative plaques identifying the Illinois Region as the sponsor.  We are the only

 Region/Chapter to sponsor these awesome looking prints!!  The other prints are sponsored by Board

 Members.  Thanks again Pat!!

The AACA Museum is located off Route 39 West, one mile from the Hersheypark Drive intersection.

The Museum currently displays over 90 historic automobiles and buses, many in dramatic settings

that recall the period of their use. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Admission is charged. For additional information call 717-566-7100.

 

 Contact: Jim McDonald  ilregionaaca@aol.com with comments or suggestions on our web site.

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