The Ford Barn

Bob Bidonde · 05-20-2026, 10:06 AM

I attended the MARC Finger Lakes Tour in Penn Yan, New York. Driving my Victoria, I went a total of 685 miles from Long Island to Penn Yan plus tours to the Curtis Museum, the Boat Museum, and joy riding around the town. The countryside is fantastically scenic! It was thrilling to ride "Shot Gun" in a friend's 1930 Coupe around the Glenn Falls Raceway in a thunder storm. I discovered that the right front wheel on my Victoria is out of balance and it tamps at speeds of 52 to 55 MPH. The Victoria's gas mileage was consistently +20.
I attended the MARC Membership Meeting and the big news items to me are: >The MARC office building has been sold and replaced by a new digital website; >There is no national plan to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Model "A" yet. The Ford Motor Company is unresponsive. No MARC Region has region has volunteered to host the 2028 National Meet highlighting the 100th Anniversary; Dearborn Village has been unresponsive. In my opinion, MAFFI should be the prime mover for the 100th Anniversary!
The MARC meet was primarily a self-guided tour event that I hope will not be repeated as a "modus operandi."

05-20-2026, 10:06 AM	#1
Bob Bidonde Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,379	Finger Lakes Tour I attended the MARC Finger Lakes Tour in Penn Yan, New York. Driving my Victoria, I went a total of 685 miles from Long Island to Penn Yan plus tours to the Curtis Museum, the Boat Museum, and joy riding around the town. The countryside is fantastically scenic! It was thrilling to ride "Shot Gun" in a friend's 1930 Coupe around the Glenn Falls Raceway in a thunder storm. I discovered that the right front wheel on my Victoria is out of balance and it tamps at speeds of 52 to 55 MPH. The Victoria's gas mileage was consistently +20. I attended the MARC Membership Meeting and the big news items to me are: >The MARC office building has been sold and replaced by a new digital website; >There is no national plan to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Model "A" yet. The Ford Motor Company is unresponsive. No MARC Region has region has volunteered to host the 2028 National Meet highlighting the 100th Anniversary; Dearborn Village has been unresponsive. In my opinion, MAFFI should be the prime mover for the 100th Anniversary! The MARC meet was primarily a self-guided tour event that I hope will not be repeated as a "modus operandi." __________________ Bob Bidonde