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(Last updated Monday, 13 August 07)

Lester Senior Housing ~ Hanover Township

  SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2007 

 

The gentle breeze on Sunday was accompanied by the constant milling about of spectators, as the NJ Region AACA and RRR-CLC co-hosted a car show for the residents of Lester Senior Housing, in Hanover Township.  It wasn't long before comments of "I had one of those" could be heard.  I had the pleasure of speaking with one gentleman, a Newark resident from way-back-when, who used to be in the used car business.  He laughed when he recounted the time he bought five used Packards and a Cadillac V-16....for $150.  They were taking up too much room on the Packard dealers lot!  Before our conversation concluded, he showed me a picture of himself as a handsome 20-year old, in a suit, leaning against the fender of a Pierce Arrow.  As he continued admiring the cars he thanked me for keeping this part of our past intact.

 
Nineteen cars, spanning fifty-two years, were on display!
Pre-war represented a THIRD of the field!
 

Throughout the show, we distributed a Peoples' Choice ballot - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies were donated by Bernie Cooney.  A few residents asked for extra ballots since they couldn't pick only one favorite - they were happily obliged!

Many thanks to Lester Senior Housing for a generous invitation.  And special thanks to our host, Barbara, who coordinated the event with the Event Chairman, Bernie Cooney.  The beautiful facility, delicious lunch, and receptive audience made this a rewarding afternoon for the very deserving residents of Lester.

 

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PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD

FIRST PLACE

1930 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster

Bob Martin

PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD

SECOND PLACE

1941 Cadillac Four-Door Convertible Sedan

Julie Levine & Steve Rose

PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD

THIRD PLACE

1964 Cadillac deVille Convertible

Chris Pozarycki, Darren Muso, Demi Muso, Arthur Metcalf

1929 Ford Model A Roadster

Larry & Marie Littman

1930 Ford Model A Sedan

Arthur & Belle Schwartz

1936 Ford Four-Door Sedan

LeRoy & Marlene Gearhart

1937 Ford Coupe

Ken Miller

1941 Chevrolet Special Delux

Don & Pauline Symonds

1949 Cadillac Sedan

Bev Kern

1953 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan

Bernie Cooney

1958 MG ZB-Magnette

Earle Genge

1961 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible

Bernie Cooney with Pat Caruso

1963 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe

Bob Rankin

1965 Ford Mustang Convertible

Bob Grub with Larry & Lillian Anderson

1967 Pontiac Firebird 326 Convertible

Peter Cullen

1968 Chevrolet Malibu Two-Door Hardtop

Bill & Bette Pritchett

1971 Buick Boattail Riviera

Chris & Doris Werndly

1973 Alfa Romeo Montreal

Ed & Shayna Geller

1981 Datsun 280ZX Turbo

Matt Verzi and Bill Thonebe

 
Our Peoples' Choice Trophy Recipients (left to right)
Chris (3rd place), Julie (2nd Place), and Bob (1st Place)
 
Photos courtesy of Pat Caruso & Bill Pritchett, NJ Region AACA
For additional photos, please visit the NJ Region's website, here.

 

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