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Contact us HERE, or send a message to the Webmaster at alamance.aaca@gmail.com
Alamance Region Members Page – (Club contacts, By Laws, Show guidelines, etc)
2024 Sponsors – Be sure to thank our sponsors!
Upcoming Events
Alamance Region Next Meeting:
November 9 – Annual Business Meeting – We will vote for our 2025 officers and board members, as well as our budget for the upcoming year. We will meet at the Shiloh Presbyterian Church’s Scout Hut at 6:30 for a potluck meal, followed by the business meeting.
AACA National Events (see aaca.org for details)
October 8-11, 2024 – Hershey, Pennsylvania – Eastern Fall Nationals, sponsored by AACA Hershey Region
October 23-26, 2024 – Huntsville, Alabama – Southeastern Fall Nationals, sponsored by AACA North Alabama Region
February 6 – 8, 2025 – 2025 Annual Convention, Charlotte (Concord), NC
Local Events:
RECENT ACTIVITIES
October 12 – We met at the Alamance County Battleground for our monthly meeting. We had a picnic lunch followed by an overview of the Battle of Alamance, and a visit to the log cabin on the site. The docent had a cobbler cooking in the dutch oven to whet our appetites for dessert! We followed up with a tour to Homeland Creamery for a tasty ice cream treat before making our way back home.
September 14 – Club Meeting at Shiloh Presbyterian Scout Hut. Presentation was shown of a post and beam barn construction in Haw River some of our members worked on.
August 10 – Regular club meeting at Shiloh Presbyterian Scout Hut. 2638 Grand Oaks Blvd #8143, Burlington, NC 27215
Judy Holmes
May 3, 1940 – June 28, 2024
Judy Kay Owens Holmes (84 years old) was born on May 4, 1940 and passed on June 28, 2024 surrounded by her family. She was a founding member of our Alamance Chapter/Region, and served the club in many ways over the years. Full Obituary
June 1: Club meeting was at Perry Nichols’ shop, with hamburgers provided by the club, hosted by the Kluttz’s and Wickers. Club members provided the sides and desserts. Perry has added several different cars to his collection, and we enjoyed seeing the them!
2024 Alamance Region Antique Auto Show – May 18, 2024
We had an absolutely wonderful show for a day with a questionable weather forecast! We actually did get the 75 degrees and (partially) sunny skies before the rain hit just after our show concluded. Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed great fellowship and beautiful cars! Pictures will be uploaded soon.
May 11: The May meeting was held at the Shiloh Pres. Scout Hut. Preparations were finalized for our May 18 Antique Auto Show, and updates were made for progress on our land and clubhouse planning. Ande Shoe was appointed as Project Manager for the clubhouse project, and the contractor for the building was selected. Problematic trees were removed on May 13, and clearing of the building site is being managed by Butch McKenzie.
April 13: Monthly meeting was held at the Leland Little Auction facility in Hillsborough for the Carbs & Carburetors cruise-in, followed by our monthly meeting, and a tour of the Leland Little facility and inventory. The address is 620 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough, NC 27278
March 9: Our monthly meeting was held at the Shiloh Presbyterian Church Scout Hut. We discussed our upcoming show in May, as well as our recent purchase of land to build a new clubhouse on. Exciting times ahead!
March 1: We close on the purchase of the new club property in the Village of Alamance!
February 10 at Kimber’s Steakhouse. We had our monthly meeting at Kimber’s Steakhouse (230 W. Main St, Gibsonville). Great meal, great fellowship
AACA National Convention was Feb 8 – 10 in Chantilly, VA. Seminars, trade show, AACA Library and AACA Merchandise, plus all of the annual special awards! What a great time!
January 12 & 13 NC Region Annual Meeting & Seminars, Raleigh, NC. Several Alamance Region members attended, including Elizabeth and Larry Coble, Rick, Richard, Judy, and Hannah Holmes, Stuart Brandt, and Bill Cox (pulling double duty!). Our own Stuart Brandt presented “When is a Jeep not a Jeep?” (When it is a Ford GPW of course!). Hannah Holmes won the ladies division of the popular “What Is It?” contest, identifying several automotive related items. We all enjoyed the National Judging Class and CJE classes put on by Dain King.
Rick’s Model A update: Engine is out! Richard Holmes shows Rick and Matt how to determine if it needs honing or boring… Needs boring, of course!
December 16 Cruise in at Holly Hill Mall benefiting Sam’s Wish Kids Fund at Authoracare.
October 14 – Scavenger hunt, with a sweet ending! We had a great time chasing down the history trivia in and around Burlington and Alamance County! We all made it to Homeland Creamery for our meeting (and ice cream!).
Henry gives instructions for the Scavenger Hunt
Sept 16 – NC Region Fall Meet – NC Transportation Museum, Spencer NC
51st Alamance Region Antique Auto Show
2023 Web Sponsors
2023 Show Sponsor Poster
May 13, 2023 This was our last regular meeting at our Clubhouse. We had a great turnout, and enjoyed a slideshow of some of the early days of the club and the clubhouse and shows.
March 11, 2023 Our March meeting took place at Butch McKenzie’s garage, where we enjoyed seeing his collection and checking out his benchtop electroplating process. We had a great turnout, and enjoyed each others company. Looking forward to more garage tours this summer!
5/21- Alamance Region 50th Annual Car Show.
Our 50th Annual Antique Car Show was held on May 21, 2022 in Downtown Burlington, NC. We had a great time checking out all of the beautiful vehicles at the show, and the weather was fantastic!
We would like to thank all of the sponsors that made our show possible! Please take visit our sponsors and mention that you saw their ad on our website. Sponsorship supports the show and club expenses, as well as a $1000 scholarship to the Automotive Program at Alamance Community College each year!
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2019 Hospice Car Show
2019 Alamance Region Car Show
May 18, 2019, Downtown Burlington/Historic Depot
2019 Zooland Car Show
Aug 3, 2019, Downtown Asheboro
Join us on the second Saturday of the month (typically) with a covered dish dinner. Afterwards we have a program related to cars and plenty of fellowship and car stories!