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Posted By Discussion Topic: 2024 Early Ford V-8 Club - AACA Hershey Fall Meet -- page: 1 2     nelsb01 10-11-2024 @ 4:30 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Alan, My pleasure. I have been attending since 1982. Back then there was little asphalt and lots of bumps and grass. Add in an ocassional rain remnant from a hurricane and you get the mud of Hershey. I alway said that one could figure out why Milton Hershey chose this area -- the mud looks just like liquid chocolate. (my apologies to Hershey). As I mentioned, this was year 28 for the EFV-8CA, and thanks to such great gentlemen as Dennis Carpenter and Charlie Gunn we are out and about -- making our presence known and informing the public about what a great organization and membership we have. nelsb01 10-11-2024 @ 4:25 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Friday Day 5 addendum... Just came back from dinner in downtown Hershey........... Drove by Hershey Park ... and what we know as the Red Field is completely filled with automobiles-- and ALL the roller coasters were doing their thing -- at 630 pm on a Friday. Guess HERCO knows something that we don't. Would have never expected that many people on a Friday night with the temps at 61 degrees. ford38v8 10-11-2024 @ 2:35 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2883 Joined: Oct 2009 Bruce, your blow-by-blow is very much appreciated! I've never been to Hershey, always wanted to go but never had the opportunity. Those days are gone for me now. Alan nelsb01 10-11-2024 @ 12:16 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Day 5 The best part of the Hershey (AACA) Car Show day is watching all the vehicles drive onto the field. They have to enter on the far side of the Giant Center (hockey/concert arena) and then drive about 1/2 mile to the field. This year they had a very knowledgeable announcer talking about the vehicles as they passed into the field. (I should note that the AACA has gone digital and their PA system is now Blue-tooth enabled so there is no delay in the transmission of messages). The temp was almost "frost on the pumpkin" this year so the grass was wet to walk through. Notables: Tucker #13 was driven onto the field. The AACA original/preservation class is growing. The early cars (one cylinder and brass era) draw the most spectators. There was a 1931 Lincoln Model K Limousine that had a custom body that made it look like you could accually stand up in it. And in my opinion the most interesting was a Crosley vehicle converted into an avaiation fuel despensing truck. So until next year (October 6-10) we will have to wait and see. We know that it currently is warmer back home than here in PA. This message was edited by nelsb01 on 10-11-24 @ 1:23 PM nelsb01 10-11-2024 @ 3:37 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Day 4. With all of the fields visited, we attended the race car run at the stadium. This is done to prove that the race cars run and that they can then be pushed onto the show field without problems. We also stayed to watch the high wheelers run around the track (vehicles with large wheels that are over 100 years old) The coolest day temp wise so far. We packed up around 4 pm and officially declared that another year was done. Friday we will head to the field, park and then walk over and watch the show cars drive to the show field. Always an interesting and wonderful event. nelsb01 10-09-2024 @ 2:13 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Day 3 is in the books. Another low 60 degree day with sun and blue sky, followed by some clouds. Walked about 4 miles and saw a lot of V-8 stuff, but nothing that I needed. Winds will pick up over night so we pulled the cover off of the canopy. More foot traffic than yesterday, but not like the old days were it was 'crowded'! Have 'officially' walked all of the fields and some of the car corral (lots of empty spaces there) and as stated before, lots of open asphalt. But......since all the spaces supposedly have been sold.............guess the AACA can not complain. nelsb01 10-08-2024 @ 2:22 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Day 2. Cooler as they said. About 66. Walked a little and found a few trinkets. Breeze came up and made it feel cooler than the temp. Interestingly, the PA system made an early announcement that stated that there were many cancelations because of the hurricane issues in the southeastern portion of the US. Traffic (walking) was lite. Tomorrow is suppose to be about the same weather wise. Hoping for more. nelsb01 10-07-2024 @ 3:01 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 According to the pedometer -- walked 6.22 miles today. Most of it was looking at asphalt. But did see some interesting items. Weather was great. 72 degrees with a steady breeze. Left around 2 pm after a manditory visit to Hershey Chocolate World. Supposed to be cooler tomorrow, but we will be on the field around 7:30 am. Nothing like watching the sun come up over the Sweetest Place on Earth. nelsb01 10-07-2024 @ 3:01 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 Set up day. Looks like the weather will be good all week. The booth officially opens on Tuesday morning. Be sure to stop by. South Chocolate Field -- space CV - 72. nelsb01 10-05-2024 @ 4:15 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1097 Joined: Oct 2009 On our way...............to the sweetest place on Earth............Hershey

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