The Vintage Motor Car Club of America

An update from the Membership VP, Clare Oestreicher

- posted October 15, 2025

Touring season, the most wonderful time of the year, is at its peak. All around our country, we’ve enjoyed great driving during the summer months. September and October hold many more glorious days for excursions in old cars. There are even some great tours lined up for November, so keep those classic vehicles gassed up and out on the road!

My participation in old-car trips began years back with our annual Revival AAA Glidden Tour®. This year’s adventure, September 7–12, in Owensboro, Kentucky, will be my 20th Glidden! I love the vehicles, the venues, the traditions, the routes, the camaraderie, and the people who attend every year. And I especially enjoy dressing in vintage clothing for the closing banquet. Kentucky is a wonderful place for driving vintage cars, and our tour coordinators really know how to plan an event. I look forward to seeing many of you there. We’re sure to have a grand time.

Our VMCCA owes a great deal to those who give their time and effort to plan and carry out the events that earn us our nickname, “The Touring Club.” All of us benefit from the dedication and elbow grease of the local and national members who volunteer as club officers, event hosts, tour coordinators, and route planners. And what we value, we should take responsibility to maintain.

Like so many groups these days, our club is experiencing a reduction in membership. Long-time members aren’t getting any younger, and new generations of young people seem more interested in online socializing than in joining organizations and meeting in person.

We all need to take responsibility for continuing the traditions we treasure. Invite others to join us; one-on-one invitations mean the most. Line up a tour of your favorite part of the country. Share the sights and scenery around your neighborhood. Volunteer to run for office. You will learn so much about what it takes to keep us going.

Thank you for all you do—and for all I hope you’re going to do!

Clare Oestreicher
Membership VP