The regional
Model A Club Meet was held September 9-11 in Westford Massachusetts. It was hosted by the Minuteman Model a Ford
Club, and we thank them so much for taking our turn in the hosting duties! Many of the members of Little Rhody were able
to attend the whole meeting this year.
Events included a State Fair themed dinner on Friday evening which
included an unforgettable dinner and games of skill all around the edges of the
dining room. Saturday we took off on the
Grand Tour - a ride of about 46 miles one way through the Massachusetts
countryside, and ending up at Kimball Farm.
While there, we had access to an ice cream shoppe, a restaurant, and
gift shop while the cars were judged in a large field. Everyone got to vote on the People's Choice
Awards in several classes of Model A vehicles.
Little Rhody did very well (again):
Ken Trudel won first in 1928-29 Closed
Domenic Mosca won first place in Commercial
andKen Trudel won first in 1928-29 Closed
Charlie
Howard taking first prize in 1930-31 Closed and the Overall or "People's Choice" Award,
formerly Best in Show
Saturday
evening included a very nice dinner and awarding prizes from the silent
auction. Sunday morning found the group
having a breakfast buffet at the hotel and the awarding of about 150 prizes
from the raffle room...Many of the Little Rhody group won - most notable was
the Lottery Basket to the Moscas, and a Motor Stand to Angel. Most of the pictures were taken by Bob Osborne. Thanks go out to Bruce Adams who took the formal photos of the winners in the judging at the meet. More are available on Facebook at NEM2016.
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| On arrival |
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| The Long Island group makes it to the meet |
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| Joe from TAMS makes his appearance |
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| Westford Regency Host Hotel |
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| Dennis and Dom |
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| The Raffle Room |
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| Products of RI - Our Basket |
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| She makes a mean malt... |
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| And that's not all... |
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| Our beautiful banner |
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| Outside the hospitality room |
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| State Fair Program |
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| Carol tries out pitching washers |
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| Sue plunks silver clothes pins in the bottle |
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| Domenic shows her a foolproof method |
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| Angel and Dottie pitch washers |
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| The State Fair food lineup.... |
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| At the State Fair |
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| Great Food.... |
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| Imagine that..... |
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| Lots of cars in the lot |
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| Off to the Grand Tour, going to Kimball Farm |
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| Judges work at the farm |
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| One of the "Originals" |
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| Some of our crew.... |
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| The Sunday Breakfast Buffet |
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| No prizes given for the Dancers |
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| Breakfast and Raffle Prizes |
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| Winners of the Hard Luck, SAD Award - their Model A hit a deer on the way to the meet |
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| Dom and Sue Receive Award for "Commercial" with their Woody |
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| Domenic Accepted Charlie Howard's Awards in Charlie's absence: First in 30-31 Closed and Peoples Choice |
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| Ken Trudel takes first place in 28-29 closed |
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| Angel wins a Motor Stand in the raffle (along with some Model A Ford Books) |
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| Dom and Sue win the lottery basket |
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| Getting ready to head home..... |
