The New York Times Covers the Antique Automobile Club of America Fall Hershey Meet

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[Joe Grippo]

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Cool article. Hershey is one of my most anticipated events of the year. During the weeks leading up to it my brother and I get giddy like little kids before a trip to Disney World. And it never disappoints.....

[SpiderGearsMan]

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you had to see it in 80s

[Schtauffer]

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I was there Saturday, and touched the stainless car. It's pretty incredible. And straight. How the heck did they get the metal that straight? No paint, just polish. I thought it was chrome at first glance, then realized it was one of the stainless cars I read about a few years ago. Wild stuff.

[mustang13]

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I read on another site about the stainless 36's, that the dies that the sheetmetal was stamped in were ruined after making these from the hardness of the metal. That should make them the last 36 two sedans ever built then, no?

Now we know where John Delorean got his idea from.

Hershey is awesome. Went to the car museum two summers ago, very, very nice. Between the Park, Chocolate Factory, and Car museum, you can fill a week with fun.

[ksj1]

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Heres some photos from the AACA Western National held here in Topeka last month

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc61/moparnocar/?start=0

[CountryGal]

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Car shows are definitely cool--I don't get to see many. In fact, I seem to find out about them after it's over! Agh.

I have noticed that when driving on the interstate antique vehicles are often moving much slower than the rest of the traffic. Is this because the engine wasn't designed to go fast? thanks.

~CountryGal

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[Loren]

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Yep.

Also, old cars get scary at higher speeds. I once drove a stock '39 Mercury through Shadow Hills in L.A. where everybody was going 70 and I thought we were all gonna die... :D

[vert1940]

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that 36 that was at hershey belongs to leo gebhardt.he was the local boy from dayton ohio,that started buying and selling classic cars.kept moving up to more and more expensive cars and moved to arizona.word is that he had not been back to hershey in 7-8 yrs and the only reason he went this time was he was supposed to have a buyer for that 36.still has relatives in the dayton area and word is that car was supposed to bring upwards of 2 milion.don't know if he sold it or not

[mrphatblogger]

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I go to this event every year and I have seldom been able to cover the whole event even while walking for 4 days. It's just too big. Cars that never come out for anything else, come out for Hershey. You see things that you never see anywhere else. I also read that the Flajole on display was sold for more than a hundred thousand dollars. It was quite a good sum for such a beautiful car.