Happy Fall !

You Colonial members living East of the Berkshires are lucky, most likely you will be able to drive

your antique longer into the fall. The temperatures here are hovering near freezing and the state loves to cover the road with salt at the first sign of freezing.

Don Whitman was going through some old Plymouth Bulletins and came across a report in the

May/June Bulletin from 2002. The Colonial Region news includes our club organizing the starting leg of the National Plymouth Club Cross Country Tour. We were organizing the tour from Plymouth, Mass to Port Jervis, PA. in 2003. From there another club would take over. The tour ended in Oregon. Don Palmer had posted some pictures he took on the tour , which they completed.

Also in that issue was our acquisition of the diagnostic computer (aka Sun Tester). It was donated to

our Region by the Dutchess County Board of Coop Education after Bob Butler (deceased member) who did some teaching on it’s use, persuaded the Board to gift it to us. It was originally used by the Texaco Research Laboratory. We are still trying to move it to Hancock, Mass and sell it.

The P15 annual tour took place in mid September. 6 Colonial Region members enjoyed joining part of the tour. Don has posted some pictures with more to come. This was different than a National POC meet: very relaxing, great weather, no judging, flexibility in the schedule and fun events. All the ingredients to keep the hobby afloat. With excellent organization, a huge appreciation goes to those that put the tour together.

The September meet at the IOKA Farm, HVFD car show was perfect. 5 Plymouth’s parked together, 3

club cars, 1 guest and one from NH who belonged to the National POC. Plus Jane Palmer got a ride on Don’s ’25 Dodge Bros fire truck. She couldn’t resist cranking the siren and clanking the bell.

The October meet will be at the Waters Farm Festival and Bruce Nichols Memorial Car Show on

October 16th in Sutton, Mass. Jane Palmer will be at the registration desk at noon. Please show yourself as a club member and we may eat together.

There will not be a November meeting, but the Palmer’s have agreed to host our annual Christmas party on Sunday December 4. More details to follow. Enjoy fall.

Judy