Barn-fresh news from Hershey!

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Yesterday marked the opening of what must be the largest old car event in the world. The annual Antique Automobile Club of America Eastern Division Fall Meet, succinctly known as "Hershey," swung wide its gates for the 65th time at its original location, once open land but now a major attraction called "Hersheypark" in that chocolate-scented Pennsylvania town.

But my has it grown from its modest beginnings, to more than 9,000 vendor spaces of automobiles, parts and automobilia, much of it for prewar cars. You can buy lamps, solid western sheet metal, horns, jacks, tire pumps, and just about anything else you might be searching for. If you're looking for a prewar car of your own consider this 1912 Buick Model 35, which looks like it is not long out of the barn.

Hershey, the town, will be around forever, but Hershey, this year’s old car meet runs only through Saturday, when there will be a 1,200-car auto show. As they say on TV, c'mon down!

(Text & photos Kit Foster)

      

Aggiunga un commento...