MARC Meet in Asheville
 

Today is the first day of the MARC meet in Asheville. A good turnout. Over 300 registrations, many with two people, so not sure of total attendance.

I went to a Burtz engine seminar this morning and a very interesting JSC session on Model A town cars. The flea market looked pretty good. Nice to have one with nothing but Model A parts. Pics to follow.

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Always based on Registrations.

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Tuesday, July 16. Not too hot but really high humidity. I attended the two seminars, one on engine compartments for the judged cars, and one on the nuances of restoring a differential. The first was interesting to me because of all the changes over the years and the second was interesting just on the technical information.

Lots of beautiful cars here. Two town cars (limousines), one restored and one original. Also a beautiful restored Yellow Cab taxi, complete with the meter. Maybe 270 cars total.

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Looking for a town car?

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It sold

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Good that the meet is on and didn't get cancelled like the MAFCA meet. :(

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It's hot, but no reason to cancel.

It's a shame that the MAFCA meet got cancelled. I suspect the club was out some money unless they had cancellation insurance of some kind.

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There was a nice collection of fine point cars there. Bob Martino had is Model A prototype there. A fascinating car.

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Thanks for the report, Milford.
Clem

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July 18, We toured to the Wheels Through Time motorcycle museum today. I am guessing that there were 200 cars on the tour. It was stop and slow for the tour.

There were two Model A's of interest at the museum. One was a dirt track racer capable of 120 mph in the straight away. The other held a land speed record of over 146 mph. Both had highly modified engines.

The motorcycles were all interesting. There is a Youtube video from the museum that goes through the collection.

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Here are some pics from the MARC meet in Asheville. First pic is ladies tour, some shots from the parking lot, Town Car, repair tent and the beginning of the fine point cars.

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Some more pics from the meet. Fine point cars.

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Some pics of Bob Martino's prototype Model A. I neglected to get a full front end shot. :confused:

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Take note that the Town Car pictured is a 1930 model. I spoke with the owner and he believes there may be only 3 of these in existence.

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mhsprecher - Thanks a lot for posting the pictures of the Fine Point Judging cars! I don't think I have seen that many AA at a meet!

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Cape Codder - there were four, as I recall. It was noted at one point. As always, the FP cars are remarkable. We had two members of our club who won Henry awards! Quite an accomplishment.

Kudos to the organizers. It was an excellent meet.

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Some of these are pretty cool.

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There were 4AA's Fine Point judged and two others (one inside and one outside) not part of the judging.

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The fine point cars (and trucks) are important to preserve the history of the Model A. Congratulations to all who make the effort to restore cars to this degree.

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Thank you for all the great photos!