The Vintage Motor Car Club of America

An update from the Publications VP, Ray Maxfield

- posted April 10, 2025

There are back roads and unique towns all across America. The Vintage Motor Car Club of America knows where they are and will take you there. I wrote this tagline a few years ago and used it in the Touring Chronicle for a year or so and forgot about it. Recently, the tagline has been used in The Bulb Horn..

On January 12, 2025, we received a card and note from our friends Ron and Carole Becker. They are thanking us for getting them into the NOCO chapter of the VMCCA. Carole recalled a conversation we had and asked if we had been in all 50 states. I didn’t think so—certainly not while on a VMCCA tour. The face of the card is a map of the 50 United States. Carole suggested that we check off where we have been. Honestly, with only five exceptions, we have visited them all. That is when I recalled the tagline. Our membership in the VMCCA has taken us to places we would not have visited on our own. That is surely the case with most of our members. We have seen and learned more about the United States than we could have ever imagined.

When we talk about the benefits of VMCCA membership, the top benefit is the members we meet and the friendships we have made. The second benefit is the back roads and unique towns we have visited. The original header to the tagline was “See America Again.”

I am not sure VMCCA would adopt the tagline or slogan, “See America Again.” However, I do believe that it is part of our purpose to plan and host tours in parts of America where our members want to visit. Actually, these places are in your area—your unique towns located on back roads. Please consider planning a national or regional tour in your area or in an area you would like to visit. It is really not that difficult. Invite and welcome everyone. If you aren’t ready to host a tour, attend some tours. Friends will be there, and new friends will be made. It will be fun!

Ray Maxfield
Vice President of Publications