The Accelerator Monthly Newsletter
2025 Club officers and committee members.
I would like to acknowledge everyone who had made a donation to MAYRA – Model A Youth Restoration Award – at our last meeting. Our club members were very generous and the MAYRA scholarship must be successful so our hobby can stay strong for years to come. These young people are our future Model A club members. Thank you to all involved. The fire truck is coming along. Most of the sheet-metal is mounted and is starting to look like…
We had a beautiful day for our tour which began at the Dunkin donuts in Denville on Sunday, May 18th. Eight Model A’s and one Pontiac departed, traveling through Parsippany, Mor-ris Plains and Morristown. The route took us along the quiet country roads of Harding Township and then downtown Madison making our first stop at Rusty King’s, a past member of our club. Rusty has an overwhelming collection of player pianos and juke boxes. The pianos are coin operated for…
I am happy to report there has been lots of progress on the continued project of restoring our club fire truck. We are about ¾ of the way to its completion. We were able to get the engine started and running last week, what a sweet sound and there was quite a round of applause. There are many finishing touches that still need to be done, but the majority of the reassembly is finished. There is still wiring, mounting the…