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(Last updated Sunday, 22 August 10)
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September 9-18, 2010 |
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Get your copy of the tour descriptions and sign-up form, as featured in the July Bulletin! (2 pages - PDF) |
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Because of the wilderness area, we will be providing for most of your meals – 10 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 8 dinners. Fascinating museums, antique boats, a private car collection, touring a Rhineland style castle and viewing Olympic athletes perform are just a few of the exciting events we have planned for you. This is a semi-hub tour, staying at two hotels – 3 days at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid, 2 days at the Riveredge Resort in Alexandria Bay and then back to Lake Placid at the High Peaks for 5 days. The size of our CARavan is limited to 100 rooms at the High Peaks Resort which, if utilized, will give us sole occupancy of the hotel. Our activity fee of $1,000 per person includes most events plus many extras; our hotel costs will be $198.24 for the High Peaks Resort, single or double and $173.41 double and $152.60 single for the Riveredge Resort. These figures include all taxes. Excellent trailer parking is available. The Adirondack Regional Airport is only 16 miles from Lake Placid. The detailed itinerary is provided here; if you would like further information, please email or give us a call. We hope you will be able to join us on this great adventure – we guarantee a fantastic time and look forward to seeing you then! Bob and Grace Gluck – Coordinators ggluck@metroccca.org ~ 908-876-3565 Visit our CARavan Itinerary webpage Get your copy of the tour descriptions and sign-up form, as featured in the July Bulletin! (2 pages - PDF) |
| We've added a great new feature to the Metro Region Website - an electronic archive of the Technical articles, featured in the Metropolitan Skyline. The articles are in handy PDF format and in COLOR! |
| Our archive stretches back to the Winter of 2006. Technical Editor, Chris Wantuck, has provided a plethora of articles on a wide variety of topics. Why not take a look? You might refresh your memory - or find something you missed the first time around..... |
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The 2010 Concours season is off to a great start - with Metro members taking top honors! A BIG Metro Thank-You to JIM SPADAFORA for his efforts keeping your webmaster informed of the latest 2010 Concours News. Jim's updates made it very easy to track down the latest info. Click here for the latest 2010 news - and come back often for more updates! |
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Changes to The Metro Region Bylaws |
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 Check
out the N-E-W website for the
National CCCA! It's chock full of great Classic info! |
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As
part of the Region's efforts to become a 501c(7) entity, we were advised
to add a section to the bylaws regarding the disbursement of the Region's
funds, should the Region ever dissolve. To that end, Article XI has
been officially approved by the Metro Board and added to the Region's
By-Laws. 
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At the request of Norm Arbour, our club historian, we would like information about two subjects. We are trying to gather as many historical documents, stories and photos relating to the club and its cars to put in one place for people to enjoy, research and appreciate. Thank you very much. |
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1. – The Wallis Bird Auction in 1962 conducted on his estate in Old Westbury, Long Island, NY. At the time it was billed as the “Auction of the “Century” where a Duesenberg was sold for $10,000, the most expensive car sold at auction at the time. Jim Hoe was the agent who bought it for the owner, Dieter Holterbach. Norm Arbour, as a young man, was present at the auction and remembers George Tissen (CCCA President, 1965-1968) climbing the rafters of the building to photograph the proceedings. Wallis Bird was a wealthy heir to part of the Standard Oil fortune. He had a great collection of Classic Cars that were rarely driven, stored at his estate in Old Westbury. He died in a plane crash in 1941 in the Thousand Islands area where he had a summer estate on Hill Island. His wife died in 1962 after which the auction was held to dispose of the cars. We would appreciate as much information and as many photographs of the event as possible. It not only has wonderful memories for Norm, but is a fascinating event and part of the history of our Classic Cars. |
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2. – The Metropolitan Activities Committee (MAC) events at the Stud Farm in northern New Jersey. In the early days of the Classic car Club, the headquarters were in Madison, NJ and this precluded having a local region. Because people in the area wanted to have events, the MAC was formed. After the Metropolitan Region, now called the Metro Region, was formed in 1979 the CCCA National headquarters was moved to Des Plaines, IL to become more centrally located. During these early days with MAC some events were held at the Stud Farm and it about these events that we are requesting photos and information. Of course if you have information about other early events that you would like to donate to Metro, that would be greatly appreciated as well. |
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Donations or loans of material (magazines, stories, recollections, photos, etc..) to the Metro Region Archive can be addressed to our Region Historian, Norman Arbour. (All loaned material will be copied and returned.) |
| Automotive Restorations, c/o Norman Arbour, Jr. |
| 1050 Rt 22 W Bldg B ~ Lebanon, NJ 08833 |
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Have a question for our Historian? Contact him through the webmaster by e-mail at Webmaster@metroccca.org |
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Classic Car Wallpaper |
| Plus we are featuring two books by Beverly Rae Kimes: | |
| The Classic Era | |
| Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels | |
We've kept the
factory working overtime to provide you with a great selection of Region
Merchandise, and then some!
