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Press release by Dennis Holland, VMCCA Publications, February, 2006:

Chrome Glidden Tour, Horseheads, NY

June 23-28, 2006

                   Veteran Motor Car Club of America Announces

The Chrome Glidden Tour

For Cars Built in 1935 Through 1981

                Horseheads, New York -- The Veteran Motor Car Club of America announces that its 2006 Chrome GliddenTour is scheduled for June 23-28, 2006.  The tour is open to all makes and models of cars built in 1935 through 1981.   A five-day hub tour, it will be headquartered in Horseheads, NY, and is designed to bring the thrill of the Glidden experience to owners of more recent vintage cars.  This tour will be a slow paced, relaxed tour, primarily on back roads through some of the prettiest country in the United States.  We will be visiting the Corning Museum of Glass, Sapsucker Woods (Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology), National War Plane and Soaring museums, and have lunch and take a lap around the Watkins International Raceway. A luncheon cruise on one of New York's Finger Lakes will take us out of our cars for a few hours.  Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon will be our destination later in the week.  A bar-b-q at Turkey Trot Acres, the Northeast's Premier Hunting Lodge, will complete our week of travel. 

The host hotel is The Holiday Inn, Horseheads, NY.  Call 607-739-3681 for VMCCA rate of $75 plus tax.

 Tour participants may print registration forms online on the website, www.vmcca.org.    Tour participants must be members of The Veteran Motor Car Club of America.  VMCCA membership is open to anyone with an interest in cars 25 years or older.  For tour availability, information, and registration questions, call Jerry & Barbara Adams:  Ph. (607)
659-3134 or 06chromeglidden@usadatanet.net.  For questions regarding VMCCA membership, call 1-800-428-7327 or go to www.vmcca.org.

                Founded in 1938, The Veteran Motor Car Club of America is the touring club dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, restoration, and exhibition of antique and historically significant automobiles and related materials.  Articles about VMCCA tours, members’ cars, and technical articles are printed in the club’s award-winning  magazine, The Bulb Horn,  which has been published continuously  for 66 years.

                Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, VMCCA has chapters throughout the United States.   VMCCA national, regional, and local tours are held year round, encouraging members to drive old cars and providing fun for all who participate.  The Glidden Tour® is owned by VMCCA, with alternating years of sponsorship between VMCCA and AACA, the Antique Automobile Club of America.                                                                                                                                ####

Press release by Dennis Holland, VMCCA Publications, February, 2006

VMCCA hosts 61^st Annual AAA Glidden Tour Revival

                     Veteran Motor Car Club of America Announces

61^st Annual Revival AAA Glidden Tour, September 17-22, 2006

o        Rapid City, SD – The Veteran Motor Car Club of America hosts several major events and tours each year for its membership. The premier touring event is the AAA Glidden Revival Tour, sponsored in alternate years by the Veteran Motor Car Club of America and The Antique Automobile Club of America. This year the VMCCA is the sponsoring club. Since 20002 the Automobile Club of America has been the co-sponsor of the event.

o        This year, the Glidden Tour will be held Sep. 17-22 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Registration forms will be available at www.VMCCA.org after June 1. The event registrar is Joan Lemer, 605-255-4659, lemer@mt-rushmore.net.

o        The host hotel is the Best Western Ramkota, Rapid City, SD, 605-343-8550

o        Registration is limited to 200 cars, built in 1942 or earlier

o        Tour destinations include Rapid City, Deadwood, Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Hot Springs, Badlands National Park and more.

                Tour participants may print registration forms for events online on the website, www.vmcca.org.    Tour participants must be members of The Veteran Motor Car Club of America or of the Antique Automobile Club of America.   VMCCA membership is open to anyone with an interest in cars 25 years or older.         

  For questions regarding VMCCA membership or to join, call 1-800-428-7327 or go to www.vmcca.org.

                  Founded in 1938, The Veteran Motor Car Club of America is the touring club dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, restoration, and exhibition of antique and historically significant automobiles and related materials.  Articles about VMCCA tours, members’ cars, and technical articles are printed in the club’s award-winning magazine, The Bulb Horn, which has been published continuously for 66 years.

                  Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, VMCCA has chapters throughout the United States.   VMCCA national, regional, and local tours are held year round, encouraging  members to drive old cars and providing  fun for all who participate.  The Glidden Tour® is owned by VMCCA, with alternating years of sponsorship between VMCCA and AACA, the Antique Automobile Club of America.                                                                                                                          ####

Obituary from Dick and Jane Rigby, January 13,  2006:

We received word a couple of hours ago of the passing of George Kanaan and thought you might like to post it on our website as many, many people knew George.

George died Tuesday at a hospital in Berea, OH.  Services will be held in Berea on Saturday.  Those wishing may make contributions to the Berea Rotary Club, P.O. Box 55, Berea, OH 44017.  George was a long time member of VMCCA and was Publications VP and did The Bulb Horn for 19 years.

If you need more info just let us know;  anyone else wanting info can contact the Secretary's office.

Press Release by Dennis Holland, December, 2005

VMCCA National Event & Tour Schedule - 2006

Veteran Motor Car Club of America Announces it’s event and tour schedule for 2006

Phoenix, AZ – The Veteran Motor Car Club of America hosts several major events and tours each year for its members. Many are focused on specific vintages of cars. These events are in addition to the many regional and chapter events and tours held year around throughout the country. The following is the 2006 schedule of national events.

o        Annual Membership Meeting, January 5-7, 2006, Galveston, TX

o        Western Nickel Tour, 1934 cars and older, April 23-28, 2006, Auburn, CA

o        National Heritage Tour,  1949 cars and older, June 4-9, 2006, Springfield, IL

o        Chrome Glidden Tour, 25 years old or older to 1935, June 23-28, 2006, Horseheads, NY

o        One & Two Cylinder Tour, 1915 cars and earlier, July 16-21, 2006, Wooster, OH

o        61^st Revival, AAA Glidden Tour, 1942 cars and older, September 17-22, 2006, Rapid City, SD

o        1^st Annual VMCCA Muscle Car Tour, Cars 1955 to 1975, October 22-26, 2006, Guthrie OK

                Tour participants may register for events online on the website, www.vmcca.org.    Tour participants must be members of The Veteran Motor Car Club of America.   VMCCA membership is open to anyone with an interest in cars 25 years or older.             

  For questions regarding VMCCA membership or to join, call 1-800-428-7327 or go to www.vmcca.org.

                  Founded in 1938, The Veteran Motor Car Club of America is the touring club dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, restoration, and exhibition of antique and historically significant automobiles and related materials.  Articles about VMCCA tours, members’ cars, and technical articles are printed in the club’s award-winning magazine, The Bulb Horn, which has been published continuously for 66 years.

                  Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, VMCCA has chapters throughout the United States.   VMCCA national, regional, and local tours are held year round, encouraging  members to drive old cars and providing  fun for all who participate.  The Glidden Tour® is owned by VMCCA, with alternating years of sponsorship between VMCCA and AACA, the Antique Automobile Club of America.                                                                                    

Press Release, August 2005 by Dennis Holland, Publications Vice President:

Orange Blossom Nickel Tour of Central Florida

October 24 - 28

Veteran Motor Car Club of America Announces

The Eastern Nickel Vintage Tour

For Cars Built in or Before 1934

                Mount Dora, Florida -- The Veteran Motor Car Club of America announces that there is space remaining on its 2005 Eastern Nickel Vintage Tour.     Scheduled for October 24-28, the tour is open to all makes and models of cars built in or before 1934.   Tour destinations include Polk City and  Fantasy of Flight featuring WWI and WWII aircraft and antique planes, Homosassa Springs with it’s spectacular nature park, Ocala and the Don Garlits' car museum, and to Zellwood for a plantation lunch.  A hub tour called “The Orange Blossom Nickel Tour,” the tour is headquartered in Mount Dora, Florida, with day trips scheduled to destinations in central Florida.  The host hotel is Mount Dora’s 125 year old Lakeside Inn  on Lake Dora, a true time warp from the past.

                Tour participants may register online on the website, www.vmcca.org depending on remaining space available.    Tour participants must be members of Veteran Motor Car Club of America.   VMCCA membership is open to anyone with an interest in cars 25 years or older.  Currently VMCCA  has an introductory “Half Year Half Price” membership offer at www.vmcca.org.

                For tour availability, information, and registration questions, call 352-343-5767, cell 352-989-7007 or e-mail smwolf@usa.net.  For questions regarding VMCCA membership, call 1-800-428-7327 or go to www.vmcca.org.

                Founded in 1938, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America is the touring club dedicated to the acquisition, preservation, restoration, and exhibition of antique and historically significant automobiles and related materials.  Articles about VMCCA tours, members’ cars, and technical articles are printed in the club’s  award-winning  magazine, The Bulb Horn,  which has been published continuously  for 66 years.

                Headquartered  in Phoenix, Arizona, VMCCA has chapters throughout the United States.   VMCCA national, regional, and local tours are held year round, encouraging  members to drive old cars and providing  fun for all who participate.  The Glidden Tour® is owned by VMCCA, with alternating years of sponsorship between VMCCA and AACA, the Antique Automobile Club of America.

Press Release, July 2005 by Dennis Holland, Publications Vice President:

A hub tour called "Kanab Kapers," the tour is headquartered in Kanab, Utah, with day trips scheduled to each national park. The tour is hosted by the VMCCA Copper Classics Chapter in Utah. Tour participants may register online on the website, www.vmcca.org, depending on remaining space available. Tour participants must be members of Veteran Motor Car Club of America. VMCCA membership is open to anyone with an interest in cars 25 years or older. Currently VMCCA has an introductory "Half Year Half Price" membership offer at www.vmcca.org.  For tour availability, information, and registration questions, call 801-278-0206, or e-mail sparrermcd@aol.com. For questions regarding VMCCA membership, call 1-800-428-7327 or go to www.vmcca.org.