we might appear in

as a club.

Summer is not that

far away if you think

of the steps we need

to go through to pre-

pare our cars for

service. I would like

to have ideas from

the members for our

activities as I want to

see as many of you

attending as can be

encouraged.

The events for March

are March 14 2015

set up for the Winter

Flea Market at Cole

Auction Barn Route

17C Tioga Center

N.Y. at 10:00AM.

March 15 2015 Win-

ter Flea Market Cole

Auction Barn

7:00AM to 3:00PM.

The flea market

needs 8 to 10 mem-

bers to be present in

order to make it a

success. Hope to see

a good turn out for

this event.

The March meeting

is March 16, 2015

at the Tioga County

Office Building at

7:00PM in the Con-

ference Room.

We will be entering

into discussions

about tours for this

coming summer as

well as parades that

SEMA reports that

New York once again

has introduced a bill

to provide for a one

time Historic Vehicle

Registration Fee.

This is a bill that has

been repeated every

year for the past

seven years that I

have been in office.

The bill once again

suggests that there

be a one time regis-

tration fee of

$100.00 for antique

automobiles. This is a

serious savings for

those of us who

keep our collector

car for more than 4

years.

Contact your assem-

blyman to support

this bill!

March Events

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TIOGA TRANSMISSION The Official Newsletter of Tioga Region Antique Automobile Club of America

M A R C H 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 1 5 I S S U E 3

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SECRETARY’S REPORT

T I O G A T R A N S M I S S I O N

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 5 I S S U E 3

I do find it more than a

little disconcerting that

one has to look closely at

the new cars to find the

brand and model of that

car setting beside you at

the traffic light.

What happened to the

thrill of seeing the differ-

ent body style of a new

car that was definitely a

1957 Chevy or a 1936

Packard? When did we

stop looking at a car and

know that the owner was

probably employed in up-

per management or

maybe the owner of the

local bank?

When did we stop think-

ing that American automo-

biles were the best rides

for our long distance

travel on our superhigh-

ways? We still are the one

country in the world

where we can begin a tour

from one end of the coun-

try and travel to the other

end taking a week or

longer to reach our desti-

nation!

People who live in New

York City or Los Angeles

might not need to own a

car for their everyday

commute and most of

them also do not have the

space to store their car

on property that costs

more than the national

debt for the land needed

for a one car garage, but

those of us who live

where we can look out

our window in the morn-

ing and see the horizon

still understand the value

of a privately owned car

We, the members of the

car hobby community,

know that our vehicles

are a symbol of the free-

dom that was found in

the introduction of the

automobile to the world,

a freedom that helped to

build the worlds greatest

nation!

Yes we are the real

American car owners!

On Saturday February 7th I

was listening to the CBS

Morning program on televi-

sion. one of the segments

that aired that morning was

the evaluation that the

American fascination with

the automobile was on the

decline!

The commentator pointed

out that in the past ten years

American car ownership had

decreased from 1.8 cars per

licensed driver to 1.1 cars

per licensed driver. They also

pointed out that there was

once a time when the differ-

ent makes of automobile

were an indicator of the

status of the owner.

When Buick runs an adver-

tisement on television where

people look at their car and

are unable to recognize that

they were looking at a Buick

we just might have reached a

point where we no longer do

appreciate the automobile

we now are offered by

American automobile manu-

facturers.

ARE WE FOR REAL? YES!!!

P A G E 4

A CONFESSION All right I admit it, there

was probably no student

in the history of Wash-

ington Township High

School who deserved

less to graduate than

Robert F. Klingensmith.

As my father later stated,

“You were so car crazy

that I knew I could not

let you have a drivers li-

cense until you finished

school.”

The frustration that de-

veloped from my father’s

attitude about my driving

has been hard to ignore

even today. I really have

no idea why my father

got the idea that I was

car crazy.

I am not sure that those

of you who grew up in

the state of New York

ever received the gift at

the beginning of each se-

mester of a brand new

tablet and pencil but that

was the norm for us

from Pennsylvania. The

receipt of that gift was

the signal for me to

work diligently for the

next several days at fill-

ing all the open spaces

on the front of the tab-

let with the name of

every automobile make

I could think of.

Granted there were

few of my fellow stu-

dents who knew that

there was a car called

the Zis another the Zil

and still another the

Zim all manufactured

behind the Iron Cur-

tain, but they all were

listed faithfully on my

tablet.

Then there was the

time that Mr. Hartman

assigned his class to

complete a test in Alge-

bra and ten minutes

after the beginning of

the test walked up be-

hind me to find that I

was busy modifying the

picture of a 1952 Ply-

mouth hot rod in a

copy of Car Craft. Of

course when I handed

him the completed test,

all he could do was

throw up his hands as I

still refused to enter

my steps in solving the

equations. The fact that

the numbers on my

paper and the num-

bers at the end of the

problem were identical

had nothing to do with

the fact that I had

solved the problem in

my head to a proper

conclusion.

“I need to know that

you are properly solv-

ing the problem in a

logical progression.”

Mr. Hartman would

patiently explain while

I belligerently insisted

that all that mattered

was that the final an-

swer tallied with that

of the proper solution.

The factor that Mr.

Hartman continued to

teach long after I was

gone from his classes

only attest to the dedi-

cation of a good

teacher.

I guess dad was right, I

am car crazy!!!

N E W S L E T T E R T I T L E

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

The above copy of our new vendor application is for our members to see how we now are

presenting a more modern look to the public. Look closely at the logo and you will see that

we include the O_WE_GO in the more modern representation of our traditional logo. The

front and back of this new flyer is displayed.

OUR NEW VENDOR APPLICATION

Other Input *Don Salisbury reports that the Vestal Museum would like to plan a car show for

their Path Through History Weekend June 20,2015. If you are interested in attending

call Don at 607-658-3340 so he can tell the museum what interest there is for this

event.

*Gabe The Gear Reports the Port Crane Fire Company plans to put on a car show

with chicken BBQ May 16,2015 if you are interested call Gabe at 607-723-0656 for

more information.

*SEMA reports a bill (HR900 and S228) has been introduced in the U.S. House of

Representatives and Senate to curtail the Presidents power to unilaterally designate

National Monuments. Roads and trails for motorized vehicles are frequently closed as

a result of such designations. The bills would require such designations be approved

by Congress and the impacted state legislature.

*Ginny Bruckner reports the Twin Tiers Vintage car Club 38th annual car show June

14, 2015. at Chemung County Fairgrounds. Contact Dave Dietterich at 607-796-2343

for information.

*SEMA reports Pennsylvania proposes elimination of Ethanol Requirement in gaso-

line. HB471 recognizes Ethanol fuels cause problems in automobiles.