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2013 Tour Dates

Mar 7 – 10 Horse Park Antique Show - display cars in Alltech Arena (Brad and Reda)

Mar 23 Buffalo Trace Ghost Tour

- mid-afternoon driving tour and dinner - 7PM Ghost Tour at Buffalo Trace Distillery (Ray and Mary Anne)

April 19-21 Henderson, KY / overnight - John James Audubon

April 21, 22 French Lick, IN/Overlook Rest.

Jasper, IN - Clem Lange’s Collection of Cars By Mustang Sally

“Beauty” is the first word that comes to mind to describe the club’s car tour to French Lick, IN, on April 21-22. The beauty of nature, the beauty of architecture and the beauty of classic cars as pieces of art.

The weekend was rainy, so we went modern with five cars and 12 people for the weekend. Driving through Central Kentucky, we were treated to native dogwoods and redbuds in bloom all along the route as well as a sprinkling of lavender-colored royal paulownia trees and yellow seas of wild mustard blooms.

Our lunch destination was Overlook Restaurant in Leavenworth, IN, with gorgeous views of the winding Ohio River below. There’s not a bad seat in the house. The group enjoyed cod fish sandwiches and coconut cream pie piled high with meringue. Door prizes, courtesy of Domino’s Pizza, the Georgetown Peddler’s Mall and S&S Tire, were awarded to Jim Powell, Carolyn Simpson and Mary Anne Szeluga.

Left to right: Mary Anne Szeluga, Carolyn Simpson and Jim Powell

Before heading on to French Lick, we stopped at Stephenson’s General Store, where some had ice cream, and Our Antiques, where phone collector Bob Gresham found a rare treasure – an early 20th century phone that was a training device for installers. Bob says it’s very likely one of a kind and was very happy to add it to his collection.

After a great dinner at 33 Brick Street in French Lick, we went our own way with most of us ending up at the casino. Some won, some lost, but we all had fun playing the slots. We also had a great time walking around the French Lick Springs Hotel and the West Baden Hotel, both of which feature stunning architecture that is a must-see.

A rainy Saturday morning found the group heading to see Clem and Mary Lange’s classic car collection in the Huntington area. We soon realized that the term “classic car collection” just didn’t do justice to what we saw there, which really was both museum-quality works of art and a visual history of the early automobile industry.

The more than 60 cars collected over the past 50 years are mostly pre-World War II and date from as far back as the early 1900s. The vast majority are rare vehicles. Some of his cars are prototypes, some early racing vehicles, some have been in movies, several have won top awards in

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2017 Event Dates

May 20 The Country Store Restaurant in Bradfordsville, KY. Average speed 45mph. Anyone in the Model A club is also welcomed.

(Bob and Debbie Gresham)

June 24 Picnic Membership Meeting – Clay City, KY Jack Kubik to lead tour (Henry and Sandy Pettit will host again)

July 1 Lunch Tour to Hall’s on the River (Round Trip Event, average speeds 35 mph)

(Tony Dehner)

July 15 Concours d’Elegance at Keeneland - 7:30 am breakfast backside track kitchen - 9:00 am set up Ladies Luncheon – Gift Box Restaurant (Lo Arnold)

Aug 26 Progressive Dinner Tour (Phil Schneider and Lo Arnold)

Sept 22, 23 Greenville, TN / Jonesboro – (2 nights) (Mary Ellen Lutz and Diana Hanks) Phil Bachman Private Car Collection (Tony Dehner)

Oct 21 Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, KY (Brad and Reda Leasor)

Nov 11 Gibby’s Restaurant and Capitol Tour Frankfort, KY (Jack Garabedian and Janet Hoover)

Dec 2 Holiday Dinner and Auction Party Membership Meeting at Spring Valley Country Club

(Debbie Gresham)

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concours car shows and many are one of a kind. One example of a unique car is his 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Franany rumble seat convertible that took “The Best of Show” award at Lexington’s 2016 Keeneland Concours d’Elegance. Clem, whose family owns Best Home Furnishings in the Southern Indiana area, takes great pride in restoring the cars himself and enjoys telling visitors the history of each vehicle. He is a veteran of several Great Races. Among the many makes in the collection are Duesenberg, Hudson, Allard, Essex, Knox, Simplex, Rolls Royce, Terraplane, Bugatti, Ford and Buick.

The garage is lined with shelves showcasing awards, little cars, model cars and car-related memorabilia. Suspended from the ceiling is a small collection of pedal cars.

Photo by Janet Hoover

Photo by Janet Hoover

Clem and Mary’s son Joey has been collecting cars for about 15 years, mostly dating from the late 1960s to early 1970s with a few more modern cars sprinkled in. His 50+ cars all have one thing in common – muscle. His first buy was a 1968 Plymouth GTX Hemi. He has a pink 1970 Challenger displayed with a stuffed Pink Panther. He owns drag racers. His collection includes GTOs, Firebirds, Camaros, Ramblers/AMC. The first car you see when walking into his garage is a 1969 goldenrod yellow Pontiac GTO “The Judge.”

Like his father, Joey also has several rare and one of a kind cars. For example, he has one of only three 2009 Dodge Challengers with the Hoosier Scat Pack Performance option. His is sublime. By the way, his father and brother-in-law own the other two. Both collections are housed in enormous garages with climate- and humidity-controlled environments. They have dust collection systems that keep the cars, floors and memorabilia immaculate. The cars rarely have to be washed or even dusted. (Editor’s note: Do you think we can find something like this for our homes?)

After touring what can only be called “museums,” we left the Huntingburg area for Jasper where we had a big German lunch at The Schnitzelbank Restaurant. By the way – a bit of trivia – the movie “A League of Their Own,” which celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer, was partially filmed in Huntingburg in a stadium built by Columbia Pictures.

Thanks to the two couples who led the two-part tour – Jack Garabedian and Janet Hoover and Ray and Mary Anne Szeluga. A special recognition goes out to Roger Hatton, an AACA Bluegrass Region member who came from Florida for the tour, and his son Rob, who joined us as well.

We would like to graciously thank Dominos Pizza, S&S

Tire Beaumont Center and Peddler’s Mall in

Georgetown for donating the door prizes!

View from the Overlook Restaurant

Left to right: Jack Garabedian, Janet Hoover, Bob & Debbie Gresham,

Clem Lange, Carolyn & Charlie Simpson, Roger Hatton, Pattie Powell,

Rob Hatton, Jim Powell, Mary Anne Szeluga, Bruce Sickbert and Ray

Szeluga

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The AH-OOO-GAH is the official document of the Bluegrass Region Antique Automobile Club of

America, Lexington, Kentucky.

OFFICERS

President Jack Garabedian 859.619.5885 Vice Pres Jack Kubik 859.224.8050 Sec/Tres. Linda Kubik 859.224.8050

DIRECTORS

Brant Allen (1 yr) 954.562.0320

Tony Dehner (1 yr) 859.252.0290 Charlie Simpson (1 yr) 502.867.1560 Brent Owens (2 yrs) 678.346.0327 Lo Arnold (2 yrs) 859.619.6669 Jim Powell (2 yrs) 859.321.5388

PAST PRESIDENT Phil Schneider 859.223.4884

Editor: Newsletter/Website/Facebook

Jack Garabedian/Pat Powell 859.619.5885

President’s Column By Jack Garabedian

The April 21st and 22nd tour turned out to be very interesting and educational, I enjoyed it very much! The quarterly board meeting was held on April 5th at the Joseph Beth – Café Meeting Room. It was agreed and voted on that starting May 1st, 2017, all new paid membership member(s) will receive club membership Name Tags. This is something new that will help to promote our club and encourage new members to join the AACA Bluegrass Car Club. Other areas that were discussed are as follows:

1) “Hump day get a way” Wednesday evenings, once or twice a month during summer and fall we are calling this “A NIGHT ON THE TOWN.” To quote George Gershwin, these evening outings are geared to going back when “Summertime, and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.” Sorry to have digressed. They will have an “old fashioned” flair to them! Example, going as a group to the movies at the Kentucky Theater or to a Lexington Legends baseball game and or a simple dinner at one of Lexington’s older restaurants. No touring routes or collector cars for these outings just show up and simply enjoy.

2) “Dress-up and Drive Tour” Dressing to the style of your vehicle’s year, example, 1930s car dress like they did in the “roaring 20s,” a 1950s car dress “bebop” or “Grease the movie.” 1960s car dress like “hippies” etc…

3) “Bring-a-Friend” Bring someone you know who may be interested in going to one of our events.

Some of these are in the works so look for dates and times in future newsletters.

Also, we have been invited to display our collector cars at Centenary Church for food and fun. See back page for more info if you are interested in attending/participating.

May 20th

The Country Store Restaurant in

Bradfordsville, KY. By Bob and Debbie Gresham

Would you like to join the Antique Automobile Club for a tour to Bradfordsville, KY? You may be thinking to yourself, “Why go to Bradfordsville?” This unique little town has a great country restaurant and a museum. The whole town is planning a festival around our visit. Bradfordsville is an interesting place. It is the place where John Dillinger, the Depression-era outlaw, held out while evading the police. Visiting Bradfordsville is just like visiting Mayberry RFD. The streets are narrow and there is only one police car. The only restaurant in town has delicious homemade pies. You can choose what kind of pie you would like from these flavors: lemon, butterscotch, chocolate, coconut or custard. We want you to be a part of this tour! If you join us, we promise to not drive too fast. Our speed will not exceed 45 mph. All you need to do is meet us at McDonald’s at 3765 Palomar Centre Drive on Saturday, May 20th. The tour will leave at 9:30. If you would like to make sure you get a slice of one the restaurant’s delicious pies, call Debbie at 859-583-1477 by May 15th so we can make sure the restaurant has made up enough pies for all of us. Also, everyone in the Model A club is also welcomed. If you have any questions about the tour, call Bob Gresham at 859-239-8400.

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Restaurant’s delicious pies

“The Lone” Restaurant, Bradfordsville

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Antique Automobile Club of America Bluegrass Region 149 St. James Drive Lexington, KY 40502

May 6th Cars & Coffee Saturday, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. We will be meeting at the large parking lot in front of the Value City

Furniture store 2321 Sir Barton Way Lexington, KY in Hamburg

May 20th

The Country Store Restaurant in Bradfordsville, KY Meet at McDonald’s 3765 Palomar Centre Drive. The tour will leave at 9:30.

May 21

st Holy Smoke - Event at Centenary Church Car Display Sunday 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Date: May 21, 2017 (4-7pm) Location: Centenary United Methodist Church 2800 Tates Creek Road Lexington, KY 40502 Details: Holy Smoke is a family friendly community event featuring awesome BBQ, live music with the Twiggenburys Band (British rock and pop cover band), a magic show, inflatables and fun games for kids, and a classic car/hot rod viewing. Food Voucher: Participants in the car viewing will receive a voucher for a free BBQ sandwich, chips and drink (one voucher per car). Contact Info: If you are planning to bring your car, email or text Scott Heersche (lexworship@gmail.com, 859.227.3894) so we can get an idea of the car count and number of meals to prepare for.