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02-12-2017, 01:29 PM | #1 |
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I joined MARC now what?
I paid in full and lost 1.5 months of membership since it renews on 1/1/2018.
I received a sticker with my acceptance letter, im certainly not going to stick it on my car Its hard to attend the events compared to AACA as they take place during the week I know ill receive the magazine so there is one plus I used to be a Marc member in 2011, but let it lapse for many of these reasons. Never received an ID card so what do u show at events? I guess any ole Tom, Dick, Harry or Jane can participate Maybe just being part of the brotherhood again will be cool: I do get a FREE classified ad . Should i join MAFCA Last edited by Mitch//pa; 02-12-2017 at 01:40 PM. |
02-12-2017, 03:03 PM | #2 |
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Yes it's winter in the northeast and snowing again today, bitch, bitch, bitch. If you put the window sticker on your head, I'm sure you'll be allowed in anywhere at the Gettysburg MARC National Meet. In what Area of Fine Point Judging do you wish to 'volunteer' ?? JB |
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02-12-2017, 03:19 PM | #3 |
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Well worth it and it supports the Model A hobby. Join MARC, too, if you are not a member already. The annual meet is in Gettysburg this year.
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02-12-2017, 03:26 PM | #4 |
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Join a Marc associated car club in your area ,your club gets an insurance benefits for people hosting event ,post some of those valuable car parts hanging in the garage ,the tech article are great and informative enjoy the experience
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I plan on getting the CD disc of the first fifty years of The Restorer soon. I've given away almost all of the magazines!! Had been a member since 1971 with a several year lapse in the late '90's. Tossed out at least 80 pounds of Mustang magazines, but will not throw away a Model A magazine I send them on to other hobbyists! Have even left them in hospital waiting rooms and the nursing home. The old guys love reading them. Marc Maron is an original Marc member by name association!!. Now Mitch is a Marc Mitch Say that ten times as fast as you can!! |
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02-12-2017, 04:26 PM | #9 |
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I belonged to MARC for quite a few years,from the mid-90's on.There is no advantage for me belonging to the clubs.Not interested in touring or shows,so not much reason to belong.I did stay for a few years because I like magazines.Then it got too expensive for 6 magazines a year with a few good articles,and a bunch of stories of people in parades.I don't believe there is a MARC chapter in N.H.anymore either.I did belong to one of the clubs in the early 70's,I don't remember which one,but I gave up after being treated pretty badly by some of the know-it-all old timers.I think the nearest club of any kind is 35 miles from me.
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02-12-2017, 04:37 PM | #10 |
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I was a Scout leader for many years, belonging is what you bring into it. Help is always best!!
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02-12-2017, 06:37 PM | #11 |
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Hey Bro!!! Was up!!!!!
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02-12-2017, 06:55 PM | #12 |
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[QUOTE=Keith True;1428668].I did belong to one of the clubs in the early 70's,I don't remember which one,but I gave up after being treated pretty badly by some of the know-it-all old timers/QUOTE]
Keith even though Illinois has to be a thousand miles away from N. Hampshire, we must have belonged to the same club back then. My little '29 Tudor was a honey, to me. I really liked that car but it had the wrong interior, wrong color paint, and 1930 headlight buckets. I didn't care, it was an extremely solid mostly original car but those same old-timers loved to point out those obvious 'flaws' I got pretty tired of it. Some of those same old suckers (they were WWII vets) really gave Vietnam vets a lot of sh-- when they came home here. About Vietnam vets were 'losing' the war, blah blah BUT by the late 1980's when they were getting to old to 'run' the American Legion they would come around and try to talk Vietnam vets into joining the Legion. I had to laugh at how they were talked down to and basically told to go to hell. Never forgot that. |
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I guess if one were to only look at how their dues benefit themselves then they don't view it as I do as a way of helping to finance some of the research and publication of various research and technical works that have helped this niche of a hobby to exist for so long.
I haven't been a MARC member for nearly 20 years because of what they do for me; I willingly pay my dues to support a club that has done so much for the hobby for some 60+ years. -Tim
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FWIW
This was published a number of years ago and it is appropriate today!!!
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02-13-2017, 12:59 AM | #18 |
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Mitch,
Welcome to MARC and thank you for joining. Please attend part or all of the 2017 meet in Gettysburg. Please stop by to see me there. I'll be the one stopped the side of the road with a malfunctioning carburetor, or lost between the hotel and the ice cream social, or under the car trying to correct the tailpipe clamp for the third time, only to fail that item in touring class judging for the third time. Perhaps MARC needs you more than you need MARC. What a contribution you can make! What Tim said above. For me, I have been a member of the local club since 1965 and of MARC National since 1968. The local club is the reason I enjoy my Model A so much. I wouldn't have it any other way. Your reasons for joining and your experience may be different from mine, but I'm still glad you've joined and I hope you find it worthwhile for you. Again, thanks for joining, and WELCOME! W. Michael |
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Basically why I joined both, plus AACA. Just for the magazines. Added benefit is the insurance provided to the MAFCA & AACA clubs I belong to. No MARC club in Alaska. Add to that, I subscribe to John Lavoy's magazine, again, just for the magazine.
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02-13-2017, 08:55 AM | #20 |
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I agree pretty much with Keith True above. My situation is that the local club is 45 miles away more or less and hold their meetings at night. At 80 years old I can't drive at night or shouldn't. I drive my A locally and like to rebuild stuff on them such as the motor that I am doing now, but I do not have a local model A guy to go to for support. My loss I guess but I like the hobby and see no reason to join any club. Jack
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02-13-2017, 09:01 AM | #21 |
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This comment below is so true. Both MARC & MAFCA, along with their local Chapteers, are make up of volunteers. It is more about belonging and contributing to the Model A Hobby,'than what have you done for me lately. There are many good members in all clubs, and some that may not be as friendly. Like everything else, it is what you make it.
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And your membership card will be included with your Jan-Feb issue of the Model A News. I received mine today. At national meets, those who register receive a name badge that is your admission ticket to club events and venues, although we don't normally have armed guards at the doors anyway!
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MitchPA, Post 31: "I joined MARC, now what?"
------------------------------------- Now you join MAFCA - The Model A Ford Club of America ! ! ! -"An art piece has no value - if no one looks at it." - Plato Mitch, like art, a Club is like a tool - if you use it, it has value - if you do not use it, it has no value. Both national clubs have value. Just how much value depends on how much you use (or don't use) it. For the last twenty-five years I only continued MAFCA because of the RESTORER magazine. Being in a remote area, I used the RESTORER magazine just to keep 'connected' to the outside world of like-minded Model A owners. I stopped MARC twenty-five years ago because like many, I could not find value in TWO clubs. |
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Do MARC members have a special secret hand shake i should know about
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If you put the window sticker on your head,
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Now you will have reading material for your "Waiting Room". You can now get rid of all those 1982-85 Sport's Illustrated Swimsuit issues.
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I have Cosmopolitan and those tabloid magazines in the waiting room...
lots of woman come and wait.... There not interested in the car dreck |
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The stick it on your arse!!!!
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I have that same problem, especially today. My sitting room is the waiting room!!!
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Nope, we just don't wash our hands after a trip to the thrown room!!!!
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Now that your a memmber of MARC, you are welcome to join a club that may be close to you. One could be the Lehigh Valley Model A Club. We are located in the Allentown,PA area. Please stop by our tent at the Hellertown show and we can talk. Joining a local club can be very benificial for everyone, but you can only get out of a club, by how much you put into it. We are turning into a very active club with great comradery. Steve Ryan - club secretary 610-967-5027
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Mitch,
You are certainly welcome to join or attend the Delaware Valley Model A Club. We meet at Daly's Garage in Bensalem at 7:30 PM the the first Thursday of every month. It's not far from your shop at all. Supergnat. |
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By joining the club (better yet both clubs ) you help differ the costs of the publications. RG&JS FOR EXAMPLE. The cost of producing the RG&JS is astronomically more than the price of $55. I spent some time on the JSC of MAFCA assisting the revision. I was flown, and lodged at club expense so I could sit in two 8 to 10 hour meetings. 2-3 times per year for a number of years. I took vacation days to get away from work. i also spent numerous hours at home on reasearch & on typing. Every member did the same. Also, consider the volunteer time in research, secretarial, clerical and many other duties. So, thank you for your contribution. Anyone who gets benifit from the publications of the clubs should also thank you.
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