Since1983

Olde News

Since1935

St. Augustine Since 1565 Ancient City Auto Club

Antique Automobile Club of America

March, 2016

DaveCameronwithhisLittleRedCorvette.

Dave grew up in Jacksonville and lived there until 2005 when he had his custom house built on the island in Grand Oakes Estates.

He worked in Duval County Public Schools for 37 yrs. and retired as a High School Principal in 2003.

In addition to the Corvette, he has a 2004 Goldwing and 1991 Jeep Wrangler.

Scuba diving, snow skiing, kayaking, bicycling, fishing, motorcycle riding, traveling, and the Corvette fill out his leisure hours. He joined ACAC in December of 2015. Here are the stats on the 1964 Corvette:

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Complete restomod restoration including 383 stroker crate engine 5 speed 425HPTremec trannie New electronic tach using stock housing and needle. Custom power amp Modern radio with iPod/ iPhone connection for music Custom Rear speaker box Front kick panels have front speakers added New steering wheel and custom IDIDIT tilt steering column Added front air dam Inside hood painted with corvette logo aluminum air intake and air filter New $15K paint job was sanded down to bare fiberglass & hand blocked the whole car about a dozen or so times. Totally hand finished the door jams and rear deck lid underside All new emblems New starter New floor mats New outside rear view mirrors Upgraded suspension Foose 17" wheel and custom redline tires. Added 3rd taillight on each rear light set with sequential signals and LED tail lights. HID headlights New dash, seats & top Purchased from a student I taught in 1968 when he was in the 8th grade who lives in Chesapeake, Va. Bought it Oct, 2015 for $44,500. Welcome to ACAC! Submitted by Dave Cameron-904-461-8747—Thanks, Dave!

STAUGUSTINECRUISERSCRUISENIGHT

FEBRUARY20,2016

Perfect cool clear weather brought outmorethan100carsforthemonthlycruise.With parking spots at a premium therewere cars parked where ever they couldshoehorn in.ACAChad19members that Icounted,withspousesetc.therewereover30 from our club with approximately 19cars displayed. That proves that evenwithoutthepromiseoffood,iftheweatherisnicewedobringourcarsout.Let’shopewecandothesamefornextmonth.Dewey

I’mnot surewho thegentleman inblack is, buthemustbeItalian.MaybeBobHubbardknows.

Pure,luminousgold.

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Itlightsupthenight..

Blacktoblackbacktoback.

Here’swhereallthefunis!

Sublime.Jawdropping!

JimandRitaArpaia’sLincolnshines.

RonLeonealwaysbringsalittlesomethingspecial.

Flameslightupthenight.

Beautifulwood;classyCorvette!Notice the luminosityof thephotographyprovidedby Joe Greeves.. The whole area seems beatific inthe hands of a skilled photographer. More tofollow—

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D’Agostino’sMr.Magoo

Sassy,sleekandsilver.

Long,lowandlovely-nonebetter.

KarenandTobyErwinenjoytheevening.

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Itdoesn’tgetbetterthanthis!Article by Dewey Porter—Photos by Joe Greevesexceptforafewattheend.–J

Meeting Thursday Night Special Speaker!

YoumightmentionthatwearehavingaguestpresentationThursdaybyBruceMarble.BruceiscreatinganautomobileandmotorcyclemuseumintheoldMontgomeryWardbuildinginRegencyShoppingCenteronAtlanticBlvd.Hewillbegivingusanupdateonhisprogress,whatisavailableandsomefeaturesthatmaybeofinterestandbenefittosomeofourmembers.Hecurrentlyhasabouta100carsonthefirstflooranda100motorcyclesontheupperfloor.Comeandlistenandaskquestions.

--DickSherrod

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Ancient City Auto Club Minutes: February 2016 Club Meeting Date/Time: Thursday, February 4th at 7:00 PM Location: Murray Brothers Caddy Shack Restaurant, 455 South Legacy Trail, St Augustine, FL Minutes:

• Dick Sherrod, President said that the revisions of the Bylaws have been completed. Jennifer Steinberger will have them ready to be handed out to the membership at the next open meeting.

• Dick Sherrod announced the next Board meeting will be held on February 18th at the Sherrod’s house.

• Dick Sherrod passed around to the membership an AACA publication that pictured various members’ cars.

• Dick Sherrod was contacted by a St. Augustine resident who needs a car for a wedding on May 1st. He asked that anyone who was interested to contact him.

• Dick Sherrod also asked if anyone was interested in placing a shirt, jacket, or sweatshirt order please contact Quartermaster, Mark Young.

• Brian Wirz, Vice President, is considering attending the National Street Rod Show in Louisville, KY on August 4-7th. He is pursuing renting a motorhome and driving out as a group.

• Donna Sherrod, Treasurer, reported on ACAC‘s financial status.

• Jennifer Steinberger, Secretary, is looking for a breakfast spot for a fun event. She will report her findings to Dewey Porter in the next few weeks.

• Jennifer Steinberger is developing “suggestion cards” to be distributed at next open meeting.

• Jennifer Steinberger approached Ring Power Corporation for promotional items to be placed in “goodie” bag for our Fall car show.

• Jim Weiss, Past President, was not in attendance; however, he wanted to know if anyone was interested in attending the Christ United Methodist Church’s 2nd

Annual Fund Raiser in Neptune Beach, FL on May 22nd. They would like to have photos shot with our ACAC member’s car for a fee. This money would be to support over 200 churches in Cuba, with a sister church in Florida.

• Dewey Porter, Activities Chairman, was not in attendance. He asked that all members send in their car roster form as soon as possible.

• Activities: o February 12th – Old Guys

Breakfast, Steak N’ Shake o February 25th – Dine Out –

Hoptinger Bier Garden & Sausage House (A1A)

o March 5th – AACA Palatka Riverfront Park Car Show

o March 12th – Rodehaver Boys Ranch Car & Truck Show, Palatka

o March 17th – 19th – AACA Winter Meet in Naples, FL (340 miles)

• Karen Erwin – Car Show Chairman, was

not in attendance. Asked that all members that secured a sponsor for the 2015 Florida School for the Deaf & Blind deliver a brochure to them as a thank you by next week. Also 2016 flyers will be ready as soon as FSDB contract is received, maybe in April.

• Dave Burrows, Membership Committee Chairman, reported that we now have 71 members. He introduced the Browns to our membership as new members.

• Jinny Quackenbush, Newsletter Publisher, asked members if they know any vendors that would like to be sponsors of the newsletter for 2016.

• Bob Quackenbush, Founder Member, reiterated how important it is for our members to fill out the car roster form so that our club has an exact listing of what type of cars our members have to date.

Meeting adjourned at 7:56 pm. Minutes prepared February 13, 2016 by Jennifer Steinberger, Secretary

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JOHN’SOLDGUYSBREAKFAST

JANUARY8,2016

With cloudy skies threatening rain, only afewOldGuysdrovecollectorcarsbuttherewere several there at Steak & Shake. We

did succeed in setting a new attendancerecord of 29. They were: Bob Hubbard,Dewey Porter, Jim Arpaia, Joe Greeves,

Brian Wirz, Gary Steinberger, TonyCastellano, Doug Nietzel, George Collins,JimWeiss, Carl Brilliant, CharlieWilliams,

Dave Burrows, Ray Emery, Clay Green,Stan Zwiercan, Mark Young, Bob Barton,John Battistini, Ray Cornett, BobQuackenbush, Bill Meyer, Tony Sopranzi,VinPellegrino,DickSherrod,RogerEwing,Mark Harvey, Bob Elkins, GeorgeHillenbrand.–DeweyPorternextonetoo!

JOHN’SOLDGUYSBREAKFAST

FEBRUARY12,2016

Once again we tied the record of 29 OldGuys even though some the regularswerenot there. Clear skies brought out 18collectorcarsandtruckstoSteak&Shake.Iknow the month of June will set a newrecord if theweathercooperates.Enjoyingthe get together were : George Collins 50FordpickuptruckSanford&Sonsduplicate

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completewithaloadofstuff,DeweyPorter68 Buick Skylark, Jim Weiss 65 Falconconvert, Charlie Williams 65 Cobra, VinPellegrino, Tony Sopranzi, GarySteinberger 70 Camaro Z28, TonyCastellano60CamaroZ28,BobbyGuice07Corvette,JoeGreevesAceCameraman,BobQuackenbush50 Chevwagon,FredBauer

67 Chev Pickup, Bob Hubbard 63 ChevImpala SS, JimArpaia 56 Lincoln 2 drHT,Ron Leone, James Salanitri, Cliff Williams,MaxMiller57Chevwagon,BobBarton08Chev HHR, Lee Harrington, Paul Beckman67 Corvette roadster, Dudley New, DaveBurrows 48 Merc Woody Wagon, JohnKaiser, Joe Rosell, Danny Stephens 69Camaro, Dick Sherrod 57 T Bird, Sidney

Hobbs57ChevBelairconvert,BobBoermaformerACACmemberfromyearsago.

Ancient City Auto Club Eats Again—February 25, 2016

Hoptzingers—ontheisland.

Jinny&BobQ.withDonnaSherrodandKarenErwin

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HopeandRayEmery—thelightsmakefunnyeffects.

NicephotoofDeeSomanwithElaineGedeiko.

InterestinglightingeffectsonDonnaandKaren,too.

Lightsattheroundtablesaboveandbelow.

Rare selfie of photographerJoeGreeves.

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AncientCityAutoClubBoardMeetingMinutes: February2016BoardMeetingDate/Time: Thursday,February18,2016,7:00PMLocation: Sherrod’sResidenceAttendees: DickSherrod,President,

DonnaSherrod,Treasurer,BrianWirz,VicePresident,JenniferSteinberger,Secretary,JimWeiss,PastPresident,BobQuackenbush,Founder,JinnyQuackenbush,Newsletter,DeweyPorter,ActivitiesCommittee,DaveBurrows,MembershipCommittee

AgendaItem: Miscellaneous• DickSherrodasked that20copiesbe

made of the revised By-laws to begiven to Dave Burrows for hismembershippackets.ACACmemberswill receive the revised By-laws byemail.

• No Board meeting will be held inMarch.

• Next Board meeting will be held onApril21statWirz’sresidence.

• DickSherrodaskedthatDeweyPorterstop distributing membershipinformation to members that havenotrenewedtheirmembership.

ActionItems:• JenniferSteinbergervolunteeredto

havetheBy-lawsprintedandemailedtoDeweyfordistribution.JenniferSteinbergertoprovideDaveBurrowswithrevisedBy-lawstobeinsertedintomembershippackets.

• DeweyPortertosendoutBy-lawsbyemail.

AgendaItem: Secretary• Jennifer Steinberger presented

“suggestion cards” that she designedto the Board. Cards will be handedout at all open meetings to getmember feedback regarding futurecaractivities.

ActionItems:• DeweyPortertopassoutsuggestion

cardsatopenmeetings.AgendaItem: Activities

• Dewey Porter, Activities Chairman,provided the Board with proposednew car classes for the upcomingACAC Car Show in November. Therewillbe36classesintotal.Class17willinclude Years 2005 – 2013 and Class18willincludeYears2014toPresent.A motorcycle class will be addedalongwithamodifiedMustangclass.

• Dewey reported that as of this datehehadonlyreceived19responsesforupdatingourpresentcarroster.

• Dewey Porter announced thefollowingupcomingactivities:

o March 5th – AACA Azalea CarShow–Palatka

o March12th–RodehaeverBoysRanchCarShow

o April 16th – Fruit Cove BaptistChurchCarShow

o May7th–Cruiser’sD&BSchoolCarShow

o May29th–Hubbard’sHouse–lunch at 1:30 pm (rain date:May30th)

ActionItems:• Jennifer Steinberger to provide date

forOasisbreakfast.Ongoing• DeweyPorter to send reminderemail

out to members to update our carroster.Ongoing

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AgendaItem: TreasurerReport• Donna Sherrod provided a detailed

reportof theClub’s financial status–solvent.

AgendaItem: Membership• Dave Burrows, Membership

Committee, reported 71members todate.

AgendaItem: PastPresidentItems• Past President, JimWeiss, presented

several car club activities for futureevents:

o Christ United MethodistChurch–May22nd–charitytoraise money for the Cubanpeople–Boarddecidednottosupport this event due toliability insurance issues forourclub.

Specialnotes:Meetingadjournedat8:21PM.MinutespreparedbyJenniferSteinberger,February24,2016.2016OfficersAncientCityAutoClubPresident — Dick Sherrod—904-940-1005cell 904-501-0100 j_sherrod@bellsouth.net8249ColeeCoveBranchRd., St.Augustine, FL32092Vice President – Brian Wirz—904-940-0110wirzbc@bellsouth.net 8161 Six Mile Way, St.Augustine,FL32092Treasurer—Donna Sherrod—904-940-1005cell—904-510-0100-8249ColeeCoveBranchRd., St. Augustine, FL 30292donnabeard8249@icloud.netSecretary – Jennifer Steinberger – 904-794-4162– jsteinberger@att.net - 904-806-6458–728CharmwoodDr.,St.Augustine,FL32086Activities – Dewey Porter -904-797-7732 –ddpnamp@aol.com - 904-806-4517 – 769CrestwoodDr.,St.Augustine,FL32086

Car Show – Karen Erwin – 904-794-1941 –staugwed@aug.com - 904-814-3011 – 513BrookesCt.,St.Augustine,FL32086Eat Out – Ron Leone – 904-471-0511 –rjleone111@yahoo.com - 904-671-4249 – 2ConteraDr.,St.Augustine,FL32080FoundingMember–BobQuackenbush–904-797-5191 – 100 West Genung St., St.Augustine, FL 32086 – 904-377-2886 -magaquack@aol.comOldeNewsEditor–JinnyQuackenbush–904-797-5191 – 100W. Genung St., St. Augustine,FL 32086 – 904-377-9000 –magaquack@aol.comMembership–DaveBurrows–904-940-8086– mgbman@sbcglobal.net - 231-675-4919 –620N.LegacyTrl.,St.Augustine,FL32092PresidentEmeritus–JimWeiss–904-540-5956–232BarcoRd.,St.Augustine,FL32080–jandts26@gmail.comScholarshipChairman–BillSoman–904-461-9595–billsoman54@gmail.com-904-501-849201186SanJoseForestDr.,St.Augustine,FL32080

Hoptzinger’sFebruary25,2016

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ACTIVITIESMarch5AACAAzaleaRegion17thAnnualCarShow,Palatka,FL.RiverfrontparkTop20trophies,Doorprizes,goodiebags,dashplaquestofirst100,50/50.$100toclubwithmostcars(min8)inforpmoneybag@yahoo.comIfyouwanttocaravanACACwilldepartRaceTracgasstationSR207&I95at9AM.Foodvendorsareonsite.Bringchairs.March52016AACACapeCanaveralRegioncarshowpastgas@att.netorphoneWalt3216360449March11John’sOldGuysBreakfastatSteak&Shake9AMlastmonthwetiedtherecordof29OldGuys,tryingtosetanewrecordinMarchsobethere.Weatherforecastissunnysodrivethatcollectorcar. March11-13AmeliaIslandConcoursd’Elegance,RitzCarltonAmeliaIsland,FLinfowww.AMELIACONCOURS.ORGBonham’sAuctionThursMarch10www.bonhams.com/ameliaOurmemberCarleyKingisinvitedtodisplayhernewlyrestored55PontiacstationwagonMarch12atFestivalofSpeed.March122016RodeheaverBoysRanch4thAnnualClassicCar,Truck&MotorcycleShow,380BoysRanchRoad,12MilesSouthofPalatka,Fl.AfundraiserfortheRanch,awards&doorprizes.ACACwillcaravanoverleavingtheRaceTracstationatSR207&I95at8:30AM.Foodisavailableonsite.Bringchairs.March13St.AmbroseCatholicChurchSpringFestival12Noonuntil4PM,MinorcanfoodandmusicbytheRedRiverBand.Bringchairs.Driveacollectorcarandgetpreferredparkingupfront.March16ACACBreakfastgettogetheratOasisrestaurantA1ASt.AugustineBeach8AM.Drivethatcollectorcar.JenniferSteinbergermadearrangements,theyexpectus.March17ACACMonthlyBoardMeetingiscancelledforthemonthofMarchMarch17-192016AACAWinterMeetNaples,FLMarcoIslandRegionapprox.340milesfromSt.Augustine,a6hourdrive.ThisistheclosestAACANationalis2016.Tohaveyourcarontheshowfieldandbejudgedyoumustpreregister.www.naplesmarcoaaca.org/2016nationalsMarch19-20AmeliaIslandVintageGranPrix,FernandinaBeachAirport,Car&Motorcycleshowonthegolfcourse.Vintageairplanes,classicracecarssponsoredbySVRA.RegistrationclosesMarch9/Phone863-698-8620ortc@svra.comMarch24ACACMonthlyDineOutLocationTBA6PMMarch25–27SpringTurkeyRunatDaytonaRaceTrack

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