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Sully Antique Car Show

It was a great show with excellent weather. What a way to cap off Fathers Day. The Sno*Cone booth ran out of water so you know it was a hot day. But it seemed that people really enjoyed the activites and the cars. A few pictures:
Sully 2016!

Calendar of Events

The non-GWC events are listed for your planning guidance only, and GWC can not guarantee accuracy. Please check with the appropriate source for updates and corrections and to verify that the events are still going to be held. Your comments are welcome; however, the GWC webmaster will not be able to respond to inquires for additional information regarding non-club events on this calendar.

2016 Events

January 15-17th, 2016 Cabin Fever Model Engineering Show and Auctions. Lebanon Valley Expo Center, 80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon, PA 17042 www.cabinfeverexpo.com
  
January 20, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome. Its our classic indoor swap meet!
  
January 22, 2016 Caffeine Double-Clutch (CDC) get-together at 9:30-11:30AM at the Fairfax Silver Diner at the intersection of West Ox Road and Fair Lakes Parkway (12251 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax,VA 22033
  
January 23, 2016 7:00 AM-3:00 PM; American Corner Automotive Classic Automotive Parts Swap Meet car Show & Auction. www.acurtisandrewauction.com
  
February 10, 2016 Caffeine Double-Clutch (CDC) get-together at 9:30-11:30AM at the Fairfax Silver Diner at the intersection of West Ox Road and Fair Lakes Parkway (12251 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax,VA 22033
  
February 17, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome.
  
February 21, 2016 Sandy & Clem's Old Car & Train Day, Noon to 5 PM
  
March 12, 2016 At 7AM is the Mason Dixon Gas Show. See masondixongas.com for more details.
  
March 16, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome.
  
March 20, 2016 South Jersey flea market (Cowtown). See www.sjraaca.com for more details.
  
March 25-26th, 2016 AACA - SMR 46th Annual Antique*Truck*Motorcycle Parts/Swap Meet FREE ADMISSION! Doors open at 8am (set-up 10:00am on Thursday 3/24/16 ).Carroll County AG Center, 706 Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster, MD 21157.For more information contact: Robert Clubb 301-829-2000, Email: smraaca@aol.com, Fax 301-831-5144
  
April 1,2016 James Kolody (your Club VP) is having a Car and Go-Cart Show on April 1st at the middle school where he is a teacher. The show will be for the kids to showcase the Go-carts they have built and see some classic cars that they could build one day. (Address listed below) I am asking, if you are available, that you bring your car to Gunston Middle School parked and be ready by 1:30 PM on April 1st. The event will start at 2:30 PM and finish promptly at 4:30 PM. The event will include a car show and "Soapbox" style race featuring my students cars. The plan is to have the students "Judge" the adult cars (ballot box) and have the Adults "Judge" the kids cars. Coffee and Snacks for the Adults who bring their cars. No Charge, this is a fun event for my students to show and see. Bring your car, knowledge, and wisdom to share. I hope you can make time to visit. Please let me know before March 28, and I will send you more details. Email: grubsworms1@verizon.net The Middle School address is 2700 S Lang St, Arlington, VA 22206 off Glebe Rd, behind Giant.
  
April 9,2016 Auction of Mike Torowus' Collection. This auction on R40 in South Jersey is gonna be a BIG deal. Everybody in the Model A world knew and loved Mike. The Auctioneer, Lee Fox, is a well know auctioneer in South Jersey and has done many farm, home and car sales.
Auction List
Auction List Facebook
  
April 16, 2016 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade.http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/ Sign up now with Jason Cunningham at jjcunningham@gmail.com Forms to be filled out and in Jason's hand by March 9th. One for each participant. I have included PDF versions to printout and sign. Adult Form Child Form
  
April 20, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome. Small Parts Day preparation: There will be tables set up to explain small parts repair. Anyone with a request for a discussion of repair of an unusual part should contact James. Table hosts will be Tom Terko, Luke Chaplin, Benny Leonard. Electric component testers for coils and condensers and perhaps armatures will be on hand.
  
April 30, 2016 Small Parts day at the Merkel's (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
  
May 7, 2016 The Shenandoah Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America invites you and your family to see over 500 vehicles! Enjoy seeing a 1913 band organ and the "Moxie" horse car. Free, family-oriented event. Jim Barnett Park - Winchester, VA
  
May 11, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
May 15, 2016 A club outing to the 'Aldie Man Cave' followed by shopping and tasting events in Middleburg. We will gather at John Leydon's garage on ALDIE HILL at 9:30 AM, and on to Middleburg for shopping and lunch, followed by some touring of the country roads in that neck of the woods. Parking has been arranged while we are in Middleburg. After lunch, a 60-minute 'loop' of the surrounding countryside will be offered to those who want to take advantage of the scenery and explore some back roads in horse country. Details will be in the Script leading up to the event.
  
May 18, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome.
  
May 19-21st, 2016 Mid-Atlantic Pre-War Swap Meet in Luray, VA http://www.mapwsm.com/
  
May 24th, 2016 SPEAKEASY IN LEESBURG! Speakeasy invitation from Cary Knor, a middle school teacher at the Harper Park Middle School located at 701 Potomac Station Drive, Leesburg, VA 20176 (just off of Route 7, about 1.5 miles southeast of the Leesburg bypass). We need to be there by 6:00 p.m. We can expect 250-300 people to see and enjoy our cars. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the event concludes at 8:30. Cary says he will have a choice of many types of desserts as an inducement to show our cars. Please RSVP to Doug Tomb (douglas.tomb@verizon.net; bnbtomb@gmail.com , with a cc to Tom Quigley tjquigley6@gmail.com) so we have an idea of who we can expect to be there; this will help Cary plan on how he wants to park us for his display.
  
May 30, 2016 National Memorial Day Parade. http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/avc-events/parade/ Sign up now with Jason Cunningham send him this completed form: Release Form which is due May 7th. Send it to his email at: jjcunningham@gmail.com or mailed to: 9812 Dellcastle Road, Mongomery Village, MD 20886
  
June 4, 2016 Mini meet at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. The time for each show will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Each car driver will get a comp meal. There are plans to have trophies for people's choice and best of show. We will have Model As, early V-8s, and "other": cars (Ts, rods, etc.) in attendance. The show will be fun with minimal effort for drivers - just show up. The Diner staff will arrange parking and judging - we will just have fun. There is no cost to us.
  
June 8, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
June 15, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome.
  
June 19, 2016 Sully Fathers Day Antique Car Show, 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly, Virginia.
  
June 19-24th, 2016 MAFCA 2016 National Convention in Loveland, Colorado. Hosted by: Model A Ford Club of Colorado
  
June 25, 2016 Annual Picnic at the Jaeger's Riverfront Home at: 811 Bay Street Woodbridge, VA. 10AM - 3PM
  
June 25, 2016 Great show, located right in Fairfax in front of Fairfax City Hall, at: 10455 Armstrong St, Fairfax, VA 22030. The NVRG was there at our show helping judge and showing their fine cars, if you are able, please support their show in return.
  
June 25-July 1st, 2016 The MARC 2016 National Meet will be hosted by the Sweet Sixteen Region. It will be in Perrysburg Ohio June 25th to July 1st.
  
July 4, 2016 Independence Day; National Independence Day Parade; http://www.july4thparade.com/ Sign up now with Jason Cunningham at jjcunningham@gmail.com and use this form: Release Form
  
July 4, 2016 City of Fairfax will be presenting their 50th Independence Day Parade. The deadline to return the parade application is April 1, 2016. Contact Katie MacCammon at 703/385-1710 or via email at katherine.maccammon@fairfaxva.gov
  
July 4, 2016 Shepherdstown Independence Day parade, which will be held on Monday, the 4th, starting at 11:00 a.m. There is no charge to participate. The parade will be followed by a community picnic at the town's Morgan's Grove Park from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. The entry form is at: Entry Form
Any questions, contact Peter Smith, Co-Chair pvsmith@frontiernet.net. Or at 304-876-1139.
  
July 13, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
July 16, 2016 Mini meet at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. The time for each show will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Each car driver will get a comp meal. There are plans to have trophies for people's choice and best of show. We will have Model As, early V-8s, and "other": cars (Ts, rods, etc.) in attendance. The show will be fun with minimal effort for drivers - just show up. The Diner staff will arrange parking and judging - we will just have fun. There is no cost to us.
  
July 20, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome.
  
July 31, 2016 Historic Marker Dedication and Reception. A historical marker will be dedicated at the former site of the Copperthite Race Track. Festivities begin at 9:30 am at the Burke Nursery, Burke Va. At the time this was declared one of the finest tracks of its kinds and folks from all over flocked to the fairs, races, exhibits, and events there, to have fun and escape the summer heat of Washington.
  
August 6, 2016 Mini meet at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. The time for each show will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Each car driver will get a comp meal. There are plans to have trophies for people's choice and best of show. We will have Model As, early V-8s, and "other": cars (Ts, rods, etc.) in attendance. The show will be fun with minimal effort for drivers - just show up. The Diner staff will arrange parking and judging - we will just have fun. There is no cost to us.
  
August 10, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
August 17, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome.
  
August 19-22, 2016 Club Trip to Model A Museum. Stan Johnson reported that the best option to accommodate various requests is for a multi-car trip to the Model A Museum. Individual cars could travel to the museum on August 19, stay overnight in Battle Creek and visit the museum on August 20th and 21st, then return on August 22nd. Individual decisions to extend the trip of any car to include the Early Ford V8 musuem or the Henry Ford Musuem in Dearbord would be an option for each car. More details to come.
  
August 27, 2016 National Park Service Day at Glen Echo Park. More info at: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/centennial/index.htm
  
September 5, 2016 Labor Day Show in Fairfax (not Clifton anymore)
  
September 10, 2016 International Model A Ford Day
  
September 11, 2016 Club Picnic at the Warhurst. More details to come.
  
September 14, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
September 16-19th, 2016 Model A Day at MAFFI! Info Link
  
September 16-18th, 2016 Field day of the past. Info Link
  
September 17, 2016 Bull Run AACA Edgar Rhor 40th Anniversary Car Show. Info Link
  
September 17, 2016 Gatsby on the Lawn at the National Cathedral; 11AM to 5PM. Wear period attire. Info Link
  
September 21, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome
  
September 28th - October 2, 2016 Fall Carlisle: http://www.carsatcarlisle.com
  
October 2nd, 2016 Fall Fest at the Armed Forces Retirement Home 9:00am to 12:00pm 333 Rock Creek Church Road, NW Washington District of Columbia
  
October 5-8, 2016 Hershey: http://www.hersheyaaca.org/
  
October 12, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
October 15, 2016 Rockville Car Show Info Link
  
October 19, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome
  
October 22, 2016 Annandale Parade: http://www.annandalechamber.com/theannandaleparade.rhtml
  
October 23, 2016 Willocroft Farm Vinyards Winery Tour - 38906 Mt Gilead Rd, Leesburg, VA. Since the tour of the Estate of James Monroe, in Aldie, VA has been postponed, we will do a winery tour instead. We will all meet at John Leydon's garage on Route 50 in Aldie, at 9:30 AM, and head out from there.
  
November 9, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
November 16, 2016 Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Visitors welcome
  
December 3, 2016 GWC Christmas Party. Details in the Script Newsletters leading upto the party.
  
December 3-4, 2016 Fairfax Station Old Car & Train Show, Fairfax Station, VA
  
December 14, 2016 Caffeine Double Clutch (CDC) held at the Silver Diner at Fair Oaks. Gathering will start at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately 2 hours. The Silver Diner will add this to their planning schedule and be prepared for us.
  
December 14, 2016 CHANGE IN DATE: Monthly Membership Meeting, 7:45 pm, American Legion Hall, 1355 Balls Hill Road, McLean, Virginia. Our annual brown bag gift exchange!