January – MVR will once again have a booth at the Annual Rod & Custom Show. Come visit us at the XPO in east Moline! Friday, January 17 – 1pm-8pm, Saturday, January 18 – 10am-8pm, Sunday, January 19 – 10am-3pm
FEBRUARY – Show and Tell, February 15th, Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the Hickory Garden Restaurant, 3311 Hickory Grove Rd, Davenport. We will be ordering from the menu. Please bring along and share something that is special, interesting, or just fun to share. It does not have to be car related as we all have other interests and hobbies. Hope to see a nice turnout and an enjoy a delicious lunch in the warmth of friendship! Any questions, call Jan Brewer 563-340-8516.
MARCH – March 29 Saturday 10:00am Meet at Dahl’s Antique Garage Collection 5215 Grand Ave, Davenport. (East of Brady, south of 53rd.) We will be there for about an hour with Al Longmire who keeps all the cars in top shape ready to go at any time.
Then we will leave as a group on a drive thru the Village of East Davenport and end up at the Klemme Collection. We will be there for about an hour with Kraig Klemme in the old Firestone Building. (Pershing and 3rd St., Dav.)
From there we will caravan to Rob Wolfe’s Antique Petroleum & Car collection (America Pickers). There will be a vendor there selling Hot Dogs. Chips and lemonade will be furnished. (5th St. West of Brady, Dav.) Parking east and west of his building.
Time to get the old cars out for this first drive. Our hosts are interested in seeing our rides! Please stay as a group so we arrive when our hosts expect us.
Note: The Quad Cities Ford Club has invited us to join them for Breakfast at the Cracker Barrel at 8:30 on Brady Street in Davenport before meeting at Dahl.
Questions call John Brewer 563-370-6902 jwbrew15@aol.com
APRIL – We have a spot reserved on KWQC’s QCL show Tuesday, at 3pm to promote AACA and our event with Railroading Heritage of Midwest America taking place at their facility (1101 2nd Ave. N, Silvis, IL 61282) April 25th-April 26th.
Check out the Railroading Heritage website https://rrhma.com/ or facebook
https://www.facebook.com/RailroadingHeritage to see what they are all about.
Their mission is to promote public understanding of the history of railroading by preserving, restoring, operating, and interpreting historic locomotives and rail cars – they strive to educate the public about the importance of railroading in shaping the history of the Midwest. This is closely connected to our mission to preserve and promote the enjoyment of automotive history.
I need the following:
The dinner Friday, April 25th at 6pm is $126/person (I may be able to get this fee waived if you’re interested in bringing a car to the night photo shoot from 8-10pm).
On Saturday, April 26th, the $5 entry/parking fee is waived for any AACA member.
Information on the event is attached and available at the RRHM website.
May 7 – A tour is to Aledo high school auto class where the boys learn how to work on automobiles. You will see their last year’s project that was raffled off, see this year’s, and hear about their next project.
The funding for their project is through raffles and fundraising.
The young men that are in this class are there because they want to be. The class is held on Wednesday evenings at 5:30 in the high school Industrial and Ag Building. This is the opportunity for you to meet one on one to talk about your cars as well as see what their projects are.
Anyone interested in this tour we will meet at Hy-Vee parking lot in Milan at 4:00 p.m. will leave at 4:15. Caravan to Aledo.
They are so pleased that we’re interested in meeting them that they will be serving us pork chop sandwiches. So I will need a headcount and what cars will be coming. Please contact me if you have any questions.
You will need to RSVP me, Stuart Etheridge at 309-781-5585 or text with the number of individuals so I can let them know how many pork chops are needed.
We should be driving home in daylight so please drive your old cars. They are fully aware if the weather is bad, this event will be canceled the day before.
We will Caravan home as well. Safety in numbers for any problems. 😉
May 10 –Quad City Cruisers Club Invite NOTE: UPDATE!!! The Cruisers have scheduled us as a featured car club along with the Quad Cities Antique Ford Club on Saturday May 10th at Isle of Capri 5-8. Let’s figure on gathering in the WEST parking lot at 4:40 and drive in together at 5. As you come across the overpass turn RIGHT. It should be a good opportunity to meet more Ford Club members.
May 18 – Sunday tour to Windmill Park in Fulton Grab your sack lunch, we’re going on another picnic tour like we did last year.
We are taking a tour SUNDAY morn, leaving Geneseo Park at 10 AM. We wanted Saturday but none of the board was able to make that day. We understand Sunday is not great (we also hate missing church but Mother’s Day and Memorial Day Weekend were breathing down our necks and we were running out of “May Days”!)
Our roads will be Rt. 82, 92, CR1, CR3 all east of Geneseo, to towns Spring Hill and then Prophetstown. Then 78 to Morrison, 30, 136 into Fulton. Looking at the map, we are making a nice loop away from the river (the river will always be there just not on this tour. 😁) Our packed lunch will be at Morrison Rockwood State Park before we head for the windmill..
As you can see we are clear away from busy 84 alongside the river.
Now here’s the deal. We need to know if you are coming because if there’s not enough to make a tour, we will cancel until some other month, probably infringing on another board member’s month but those may have more room to have 2 tours.
So let us know. Kathy and Stu
Click the button to see a video of the tour
Jun 7 – MVR Family Day Breakfast. Breakfast )pancakes, sausages, coffee and juice) will be served from 8:30 to 10:30. Free for club members, $5.00 for all others. Please check in with Kathy Etheridge when arriving. Lake view shelter capacity is 200. Club meeting at 10:45 with updates upcoming events. Country drive planned to start at around 10:45 and last for about an hour. If you dont bring an antique car ask if you can ride along with someone else. Some car games are planned.
Jul 12 – Visit to McCarthy’s Alpaca Farm. Please see June Autograph for Details.
Aug 9 – Velie Reliability Tour. Please see Homepage for Details at the top.
Sep 21 – Butterworth Porch Party.
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