Show Report - 2008
Our 26th Annual Show & Shine enjoyed better
weather than last year's event, with less rain and warmer
temperatures, encouraging a bigger turnout!
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March 2008
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History
-About
Us...
The first meeting of Golden Age Automobile Club was held on April 7,1974 with 35 people in attendance.
Today we have  63 members and their spouses,
making us one of the largest and oldest antique car clubs in Nova Scotia.
Presentation to club founders: L-R Alex Varner, Burt
Filmore, Cecil Parker, Marshall Hutt, Lawson Green. Missing from photo: Wendell Brown, Rick Cox, John Davis, Bill Harvey, Charlie Hughes, Freeman Nieforth
Truro Parade - late '70's. Founding member
Marshall Hutt in his 1924 Star and yes, Colonel Saunders in the back
seat! 
GAAC offers a place for antique car collectors and restorers to share
their experiences, run a large annual Car Show, and provide many social
opportunities to meet and mix with fellow enthusiasts. We also
support the community through various events
and charitable donations.
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Club
Activities
 | Monthly Meetings |
| Parade Float Entries |
| Annual Summer Picnic |
| Annual "Show & Shine" |
| Monthly 50/50 Cash Draws |
| December Christmas Dance |
| Year-long Charitable Fundraising |
| Regular Newsletter with Classified Ads (now on-line!) |
GAAC meets the 2nd Sunday of each
month at Truro Police Services Building, Prince Street in the Community
Room at 7:00 pm.
Click
here for a printable
Member Application Form
2008 Executive Committee
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President -
Rick Hilliard
 | president@goldenageautoclub.com |
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| Vice
President - Lawrence Shipley |
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Treasurer -
Brent Nelson |
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Secretary -
Arlene Oatway
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secretary@goldenageautoclub.com |
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| Willy
Lynds, Director |
| Wayne
MacDonald, Director |
| Floyd
MacKenzie,
Director |
| Arnold
Neil,
Director |
| Ron
Stephens, Director |
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Newsletter Editor
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newsletter@goldenageautoclub.com |
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 Our
Annual Car Show
The first annual show was held inside at the
Truro Stadium in 1975, where they continued yearly until they outgrew the stadium by the early 80's.
By this time the numbers had reached approximately 40 cars. The club
then decided to try their first outdoor Show & Shine, which was held in 1983
at the Nova Scotia Agriculture College in Bible Hill. This show paved the
way to our successful outdoor shows we now have today. This first outdoor
event was held in conjunction with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters as we donated the
proceeds to them. We once again increased our numbers and with our second year
at the College reaching approximately 100 cars, we had to move to yet another location to handle these large groups.
In 1985 we moved to the  Scotia Pine Camp Ground but by 1993 we had
approached 500 cars and thus had to look once again for another facility that could handle our steady
growth! 1994 was the first year for our present day location at the Debert Airport
where we have had in excess of 1000 show cars, along with over 100 cars
for sale in our Car Corral. In 2005 we moved to the Truro
Exhibition Grounds, running for two years in conjunction with the Truro Tulip
Festival on the May Victoria Day long weekend. Visit our Events page for more
on this year's show on new dates! |
