own the Road SPIRIT of the JERSEYS Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey Special points of interest: 1800 Bay Avenue Point Pleasant, NJ.

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1 Riding with the D Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey own the Road Special points of interest: History Fair Display Meeting Location Hosting Information In the Media Fleet & Warehouse Calendar of Events Points of Interest Sunday 12:00 to 4:00 Monday & Tuesday Closed Wednesday Friday 12:00 to 4:00 SPIRIT of the JERSEYS On May 9, the museum joined some180 other participating organizations to put on an historical display at the NJ History Fair at Monmouth Battlefield Park. The Fair provided the visitors with a diverse look at New Jersey history including military reenactors, an old time baseball game, historical figures, period music, and numerous displays of life in centuries past. The museum presented a History on Wheels display with automobiles representing every decade from the 1920s through the 1970s including posters describing life and major events in each. It was also an opportunity to sell tickets on our Mustang raffle car. The AACA also had a display of several Mercers, the logo car for our museum. Unfortunately, the cool damp weather may have hampered attendance, but those that that did attend were treated to a very educational and diverse look at life in New Jersey in years past. Next year's Fair is scheduled for May 14th. The Battlefield Park is a beautiful location. Representing our Museum was John, Ken, Carl, Denny & Ellen, Ray & Ursula Weber, Ralph & Jean, Dave, Bill Cusick, Ray Liss and Ray Patnaude. Thank you Ken Stalgaitus and John Mahoney for selling raffle car ticket. Special thanks goes to Carl Wunschel for trailering the Model T and assorted accoutrements to the fair, John Morsa of the Citizen's Committee made a contribution to us for the fine display we presented. We delivered every car promised and Mr. Morsa requested more involvement with us. Submitted by Denny Derion, Dave DiEugenio, and John Mahoney. Saturday 10:00 to 4:00 Volume June 2015, Issue 1800 Bay Avenue Point Pleasant, NJ When you turn on to Bay Avenue, make a left on to Meadow Avenue and straight to the Museum at the end. We are in the Johnson Boat Works and our neighbor is the Boating Museum of NJ.

2 Page 2 Newsletter of the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey Volume, Issue Special Thanks to... Get your updates Monthly Meetings! Every 3rd Wednesday of the Month! ** NEW LOCATION ** NEW TIME ** NEW Time ~ Come at 7:15pm for social time, Meeting 7:30 Location ~ We will be back at the Museum for out Meetings! Due to an event conflict the August meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18th. Location: We have just installed a cooling/heating system for the museum to make it more comfortable not only for our meetings but for our visitors as well. Time: A couple of years ago, the monthly trustee board meeting was opened up to the membership at large. This change has been great in that it allows you all to be updated and better informed. This will continue to happen but the trustees will be having closed business meetings every other month to keep discussing and planning forward moving issues. This meeting will have no effect on the regular monthly meeting expect that the trustees will meet an hour before, from 6:30 to 7:30, the regular membership meeting. To keep confusion at a minimum, the membership meetings will now start at 7:30pm. Not only will this help in building momentum but the trustees also believe this allow the regular meetings to be more productive and...who knows even shorter! The next Trustee Momentum Meeting will be September The Pt. Boro Chamber 2015 Board of Trustees & Executive Board Gary Stabile Ann Stabile John Mahoney Saraphin Mahoney Salvatore Ferlise Stevan Zboyan Dave DiEugenio Ralph Voorhees Missy Ippolito Jean Voorhees Bill Cusick 2015 Executive Board of Directors Dave DiEugenio Executive Director John Mahoney Secretary Ann Stabile President Gary Stabile Vice President (Left to Right)

3 Page 3 Note from the President... I hope everyone is enjoying the summer with friends and family and antique cars! There are so many car shows and car displays to enjoy. Another fun event that you might be missing out on is Hosting the Museum. Our Hosts tell us exciting stories about the visitors, who come from all over the country, thanks to our website. The Museum may not be the reason they travel hundreds of miles, but it becomes a destination once they are in New Jersey. The Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 12 noon to 4 p.m., except Saturday, which has 2 shifts: 10 am to 1 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm. So we only have 6 Host shifts to fill per week. Sadly, sometimes we have to close the Museum because no one has volunteered for that day. Hosting is easy and enjoyable. Give it a try. Afraid you wouldn t know what to do? Not a problem. We ll let you host with one of our experienced Hosts a few times until you feel ready to do it on your own. You ll feel the pride of sharing our Museum with children, teens, adults, and seniors who love antique cars as much as we do. Please give me a call to get started. Even once or twice a month would help. Ann Stabile, President Phone: TheStabiles@comcast.net Ship Bottom Recap The annual Ship Bottom Car Show in July was a crowd pleaser. The day started off cloudy and breezy before the sun came out. It was a perfect day to wander around the bay front park. The well organized event was organized by Ralph Voorhees and Dave DiEugenio. Some of the many volunteers included Mel Van Pelt, Jean Voorhees, Missy Ippolito and Bill Cusick Thank you to all those came out for the event as both volunteers and spectators. Read the rest of the article on our website from the Beach Haven Times. Photos By: Marianne Ross. Correspondent with Beach Haven Times.

4 Page Bay Ave. Building #13 PO Box 606 Point Pleasant Boro, New Jersey In the Media: Museum s Marketing ~ Getting Notice State Wide! Positive Earth Tim O Rouorke and Ray Patnaude attended the July meeting for Positive Earth Drivers Club.** Ray s presentation was outstanding. I think it would be appropriate to say he "nailed it". Listening to Ray talk about the Museum and its partnership with "Shore Dreams" set the tone for his presentation. I sat in attendance last night feeling extremely proud to be a museum member and realized how blessed we are to be in a position to put a smile on the faces of so many people. We are truly fortunate to have people like Ray on the museum s "TEAM" - Submitted by Tim O Rourke. **Positive Earth Drivers Club was founded in 1990 by a small group of British car owners and drivers to enjoy British automobiles through the quest of finding, restoring, collecting and most importantly driving our cars. Their club is made up of men and women with a common love of the road. Check out their website ( for more information on their club and their upcoming car show on Saturday September 19th, Brits on the Beach. Radio Interview On June 27th, Ray Patnaude did a one hour radio interview on Americas Web Radio.com. The interview has been posted so if you wish to hear it, you can listen on Americaswebradio.com. In the interview I gave a little plug in for the Museum of Boating and the Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club. The one interviewer was very interested in Auto Racing so there was conversation abut racing in NJ. It is good that the web has been updated, because a lot of the questions came from it. Submitted by Ray Patnaude Go to Select Programs Saturday Classic Cars Under Archives Select 6/27/15 Guest with Ray Patnaude. Recorded Interview In June, John Mahoney and Ray Patnaude did a live interview with Joel Strasser of Greenbrair Television. They highlighted the current display My Other Car and talked about what we have done and what is to come. We will be posting the interview to the website soon but if you can t wait that long...come over to the museum and we can play on the TV for you! Asbury Park Press Interview In June, John Mahoney and Ann Stabile, (in the Mercer) was interviewed by the APP and we received a full page spread in the Events Selection. If you didn t catch it in the paper...check it out online at -big-seaside-car-food-fest/ / (APP Staff Photo) Funded in part by these New Jersey Organizations. Thank you for selecting us as recipients of your grants.

5 Page vammembership@gmail.com Museum s Fleet & Warehouse You may already be aware that VAM has a warehouse and rents it out for car storage in Whiting; which is usually always full and the guys have a smooth operation over there. But, did you know that we also have a warehouse of cars owned by us and that are for sale? We have vehicles donated to us for various reasons; some we do keep and others we sell. This is something done more on the side as we don t have a designated person to expand this aspect of the museum; plus not to mention the automobilia and another items that get donated to us. Even though this is a side project, we usually sell a car or two a year. This year, we have already sold 3 cars! 1947 Cadillac. Gentleman who bought the car also donated several trophies and other items to the Museum. Sold by Steve Zboyan, Curator 1967 Dodge Coronet. Sold by Dave DiEugenio, Executive Director 1974 Chrysler Newport. Sold by Dave DiEugenio So if you re looking for a classic car, come see what we have in the fleet; here are just a few pictures we even have a fire truck!! If our side project has peeked your interest and you would like to see this become a more active revenue stream for the Museum then YES! Please! We would love your help!! Speaker s Bureau on the educational front: History on Wheels Central Regional Middle School 8 am to 1pm. TBD Scheduled for end of September or the beginning of October. What is HOW Initially working with the Humanities Department at Southern Regional High School, History On Wheels brings samples of automobiles from each decade from the teens through the 1970 s. As small groups move through the historical timeline, representing seven decades, the owners take 5-8 minutes explaining how the automotive industry impacted society and government at that time. The owners also talk about their specific automobile, which provides a very tangible exhibit of how automotive technology progressed over the years. As the small groups conclude the presentation of each decade, they move on to the next. Even though this educational display is created for schools, it can be modified to your own event. This May, we participated in the NJ State Historical Fair in which they asked us to not only have a small display for viewing but also to showcase how the automotive effected history. That s what we do! So...keep us in mind as you are planning events and activities for your clubs, organizations, scouting programs and such. There is no charge for this program, but we appreciate having some coffee and donuts or bagels etc. when we arrive and set up and some lunch/dinner; depending on the time of your event. If you are interested in availing your students/group of this opportunity, please contact the undersigned to arrange a date. We suggest sometime in the late spring or early fall when the weather is nice and that a rain date also be considered. Dennis Derion at derions@comcast.net David DiEugenio at ddieugenio@comcast.net

6 Page 6 Current News Posted on Facebook Page Name: Vintage Automobile Museum Special Thanks of NJ to... Cruise Schedule: Growing NJ Car Events... Each year VAM is invited to attend hundreds of car shows, car cruises, beach fairs, car displays and special business events you all know this...just take a look at our calendar of events! We try to attend as many as we can or at least send a representative or two but even then...we miss a lot. However that doesn t mean you, as an individual, can t attend them! So, as we are the VAM of NEW JERSEY...what better way to help out with these events then to help spread the word! If you have an upcoming event, please send us a flyer for us to consider posting on our website. For example: There has to be car cruises down in Vineland that VAM members in that area maybe unaware of but would like to attend. And who knows...the Museum just maybe able to attend one of them! Quaker Steak and Lube 1036 Cedar Bridge Ave., Bricktown 11 am to 2 pm - Every Sunday 5/31 to 9/6 Circus Drive-in, Rt. 35 Wall 4:30 to 8:30 pm 2 nd & 4 th Tuesdays in July & Aug. Sandy s Country Gifts & Thrift Shop 22 Union Ave., Lakehurst 4 to 7 pm Every Sunday American Legion 2025 Church Rd. TR 5 to 8 pm 1st Tuesday May thru Aug. Outcast Cruiser of Jersey Shore South TR Cruise Night, Mathis Veterans Mem. Park 2nd & 4th Saturdays July, Aug, Sept Stewards Root Beer Cruise 63 Broadway, Pt. Pleasant Beach Last Thursday, Monthly; Jul 30, Aug 27, Sept 25th Outcast Cruisers Old Food Town, Fisher Blvd. TR Thursday Nights Calendar of Events! Up to October Car Show/Raffle Sales West End Cruise Night, Long Branch 5 to 10 pm Aug. 15 Car Show / Raffle Sales Rolling Iron at Allaire State Park. 8 am to 3 pm Aug. 16 (RD 8/23) Car Cruise Pt. Pleasant Beach on Arnold Ave. 5 to 9 pm Sept.1 (No RD) Lead East Cruise Hilton Hotel Parsippany, NJ 9 am to 9 pm Sept. 2 to Sept. 6 Car Display/Raffle Sales OC Hist. Soc. Antiques Fair on Hadley Ave. TR 9-3 Sept. 5 Cruising Downtown Toms River on Washington St. 5 to 9 pm Sept. 9 (RD 9/10) Raffle Sales Lavallette Founder s Day 10 am - 4 pm Sept. 12 Car Display NJ Maritime Museum LBI Annual Dinner 5 to 9 pm Sept. 12 Car Show / Raffle Sales VACOC Car Show, Bay Ave. Seaside Heights Sept. 13 VAMNJ Car Show VAMNJ Show at Tuckerton Seaport 10 to 2 pm Sept. 19 Car Display Delicious Orchards Apple Fest Colts Neck 9am-4pm Sept. 19 & 20 Raffle Sales Pt. Pleasant Beach Festival of Sea 10 am to 7 pm Sept. 19 (RD 9/20) VAMNJ Open House Hosting Pt Pleasant Boro Chamber After-Hours 5p to 7pm TBD Free Car Show/Raffle Sale Rose Garden Nursing Old Freehold Rd, T.R pm Sept. 26 (RD 9/27) Car Display Wooden Boat Show at VAMNJ/NJ Boating Museum TBD For updated information and full list of events call or visit our website! vintageautomuseum.org Our mission is to provide an educational and entertaining family attraction, preserving, sharing and taking pride in an automotive heritage that truly encouraged and shaped the growth of New Jersey and this country, and its impact on our society.

7 Page 7 Jack Aaronson with 33 East Car Wash At 33 East Car Wash we strive to bring you the best in modern car care. We are constantly keeping up with the industry to ensure your vehicle gets the best attention by regularly attending car wash conventions, monthly meetings and being proud members of the Car Wash Operators of NJ organization which always notifies us of the most up to date techniques. We are continuously testing new procedures and products to keep our customers, and our harshest critic, ourselves, satisfied. Freehold Location: 711 Route 33 (Park Ave) Old Bridge Location: 2521 Route 516 Marlboro Location: 190 Route 9 North Ocean Location: 1712 Highway 35 South, Oakhurst, NJ Shout Out in the Old Cars Weekly... A shout out from a guest about the museum in the Old Cars Weekly edition of April 23, "After reading about the Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey most recently in the March 5, 2015 issue of Old Cars Weekly, a group of us visited the museum in Point Pleasant on March 24. We had arranged the visit a week ahead of time and Dave DiEugenio, the director, welcomed us warmly. We received a full tour of the facilities for over an hour. Of particular note, it has a sign on the wall showing the 52-inch water line from hurricane Sandy. The museum has since recovered from the flood and very little damage remains. Other visitors should know the museum is actually located on Meadow Ave, a side road. The 1800 Bay Avenue address is its office for mailing purposes and a sign clearly points visitors to the correct building. When we were there, the theme in the museum was mostly race cars, which were very photogenic. We had a great time." -- Edward L., Jessup, Maryland Edward, we are glad you had a great time at the museum and are telling all your friends about us! Thank you to all our knowledgeable and friendly hosts! We wouldn t have glowing reviews without you! Hello Museum Friends! Welcome New Life Member To All, Even after 6 years in Massachusetts we still miss everyone in the VACOC and the VAMNJ. After 28 years of owning our 1960 De Soto we sold our car to an individual in Australia. It was picked up in December 17, 2014 and finally reached the buyer in March 22, It missed the first boat because they did not realize that the car is 19 feet long and did not have a container to put it in. The buyer is very happy with the car and for the members who have never seen it, it was the result of an 11 year restoration. Anyone who has worked on that car remarked that it is a museum quality vehicle. We miss our De Soto child (lucky) which was a Trophy winner at the National Desoto Club (NDC) and local shows, but it was time to let it go to someone who would appreciate it and use it as much as we used to. Best regards to all. Sincerely, Ralph and MaryAnn Simon (Ralph & Mary Ann Simon are life members. They were active within both VAC and VAM until they moved to Massachusetts to be near their daughter and granddaughters. Thank you for keeping in touch with us!)

8 Page 8 Points of Interest... Taking VAM to Arnold Avenue in Pt. Pleasant! For a week in June, we had a window display at the Pt Pleasant Beach Chamber of Commerce! Thank you to Stanley Serzan for helping set it up and John Mahoney for the Esso items, and Ray P. for the extra signs. This is a perk for being a chamber member. Another perk is that we can do a display on the Jenkinson Boardwalk we can t have cars up there but we can do anything else who s with me! Who wants to promote the Museum on the beach.!?! Our sponsor Brookdale Assisted Living, formally Emeritis Assisted Living, is honoring National Assisted Living Week (Sept. 6 to 11) on Tuesday Sept. 8 from 4 to 6 PM. They have asked if we can please come with a car display. Please check your calendars and let us know if you will be coming out. Thanks, Dave DiEugenio SAVE the DATE Oct 10th for the Columbus Day Festival in Spring Lake. We have been invited to come and have an American Vintage display to go with the cars provided by the Italian Car club. Please let us know if you are interested so we can have enough space is available for everyone. We have been invited to attend the Ocean Breeze Car Show in Manahawkin on 10/24/15. They asked for as many cars as we can for a display. Their rep, Mary Beth said a sponsorship is possible or at least a donation and our raffle car is welcome. They have invited three others clubs and expects over 100 cars. So mark your calendar to attend this event and have a good showing of the Museum. - Submitted by Gary Stabile (Please contact us if you are interested in attending) The Vintage Automobile was treated royally at the Englishtown Raceway Park. We may be able to attend the other weekend events there this year. Thank You. - Submitted by Ralph Voorhees. Jersey Late Greats come out on June 13th. They enjoyed a day cruising with 12 cars and about 25 people. A good day was had by all. On June 26th, we had 12 visitors with many compliments on our display. We sold several raffle car tickets and having the raffle car at the Museum really makes a different with onsite sales. - Submitted by Dave DiEugenio On June 30th, we were invited to Emeritis Assisted Living for their Grand Reopening in the new name of Brookdale A L. Ken, Stosh & I represented VAMNJ and received a warm greeting. The ribbon cutting ceremony was very nice and the party enjoyable. They asked to renew their sponsorship under their new name. We networked with Stafford Mayor John Spodofora (He loves antique cars); Stafford Council Woman McKenna; Congressman MacArthur's representative; Lori Papinella, Director of LBI Chamber of Commerce; and the Brookdale Administration. It was a very good night. - Submitted by Dave DiEugenio In May...did you notice a little PINK decor...paint the Town Pink is an annual community-wide effort organized by Meridian Health to raise awareness of the importance of annual mammography and this year we joined their mission. Paint the Town Pink merges a breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment campaign with a fundraising component that raises funds to provide screening mammography to underserved women in our community.

9 NEW Feature! Business Card Advertising. In addition to our full sponsor program, we now offer this opportunity that is just for the newsletter. For $25, for the year, your business can be highlighted here as well. Full sponsorship benefits is a little different in that the business/individual is listed on our website and posted on our sponsor board, starting at $100. See your business card here! Craig Slater Lifetime Business Member Manakawin Discount Tire 985 N. Main St., Manahawkin, NJ; Lacey Tire & Auto Center Old Shore Rd., Forked River, NJ; State Tire & Auto Center 2040 Highway 35, Wall, NJ; Lakes Corvette Club Lifetime Club Member PO Box 2104, Medford Lakes, NJ Car Show in Moorestown on October 11, *Horizon Funeral & Cremation Service 1329 Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ *Pt. Pleasant Boro Rotary Foundation PO Box 496, Pt Pleasant Boro, NJ Beaver Valley Rd, Wilmington, DE Vassar Ave, Lakewood, NJ Jack Aronson PO Box 6333, Freehold, NJ River Pointe Homeowners Assoc 100 Retreat Dr, Manchester, NJ

10 THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS *At Home Elder Care 500 Butler Ave.,Pt. Pleasant, NJ Brandywine Senior Living at Toms River 1587 Old Freehold Rd.,Toms River, NJ *Brandywine Senior Living, LLC 525 Fellowship Rd.,Ste 360,Mt.Laurel,NJ Charlies Pizza Restaurant & Pub 1980 Route 37 W.,Manchester,NJ *"Delicious Orchards" 320 Route 34, Colts Neck, NJ Assisted Living 1275 Route 72 West,Manahawkin, NJ *Frank & Barbara Moore VAM Member *Rose Garden Nursing & Rehab Ctr 1579 Old Freehold Rd.,Toms River, NJ *Rotary of LBI-Ship Bottom P.O. Box 500, Ship Bottom, NJ *Shelter Cove Embroidery Co Bay Ave.,Toms River, NJ Spring Oak Assisted Living 2145 Whitesville Rd.,Toms River, NJ *Gary M. Wheeler, DMD 525 Route 70 W., Ste A-7,Lakewood,NJ Brandywine Senior Living, LLC 100 Meridan Pl.,Rt 9, Howell, NJ *Carol A. Chojnacki VAM Member *Compact Kars, Inc/ Cars & Coffee (Tom Elder) 3 Trenton Lakewood Rd.,Clarksburg, NJ Computer Care by G. Neaves Craig & Lisa's Auto Repair Ctr 1520 Rt.37W,Unit 2,Toms River, NJ *Bill Cusick VAM Member *John & Marge Cusack VAM Member CV Transport 460 Rt 530, Whiting, NJ First Choice Auto (FCA) 1014 Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ Mike Feldman VAM Member Green Acres Manor 1931 Lakewood Rd.,Toms River, NJ *J&B Entertainment (John J. Harvey) 238 Barbados Dr.N, Toms River, NJ Lacey Christian Assembly 2206 Lacey Rd.,Forked River, NJ Magnolia Gardens 1955 Lakewood Rd(Rt 9),Toms River, NJ *Robert Meyer Plumbing 476 Meadow Rd.,Bridgewater, NJ New Jersey Natural Gas 1415 Wyckoff Rd.,PO Box 164, Wall, NJ Ocean County Cremation 206 Lacey Rd.,Forked River, NJ *Russ Patterson, PLS 61 Bonita Road, Waretown, NJ The Pines at Whiting Men's Club 509 Route 530, Whiting, NJ The River 2145 Whitesville Rd.,Toms River, NJ Senior Helpers 100 Craig Rd., Manalapan, NJ Sonny's Recycling 531 Route 9, Waretown, NJ Strang's Tree Service & Firewood *Whiting Foot Care 75 Lacey Rd.,Suite 3, Whiting, NJ Atlantic Printing & Design ASAP Printing 775 N. Main St.,Manahawkin, NJ *Sedge Island Decoys/ Bill & Barbara Doggart *Greenbriar Oceanair Car Club (Frank Fonanta) 25 Bradley Beach Way, Waretown NJ *Douglas Tilton VAM Museum Member *Dr. John Major VAM Museum Member *Harold & Rebecca Lohse VAM Museum Member *Thomas Hillmann VAM Museum Member *Lee Mercy VAM Museum Member In Memory of Harry Yeager * New/Renewal for 2015.