The 70th Annual Texas Tour will take place in Granbury May 16 – 19, 2024
Dear Fellow AACA member, past Tour participant, and/ or car enthusiast-
Greetings from the Texas Region! We hope that you are all doing well and getting ready to take these beautiful cars out for some spring tune up tours!
This year is the 70th Annual Texas Tour. It’ll be hosted May 16-19, 2024, in Granbury for the first time EVER! Our Tour is jam packed with activities for touring, enjoying the sites, and fraternizing with fellow enthusiasts. To play up the 70th anniversary, we are going to roll back the clock and celebrate the 70s! We had so much fun with our shirt designs, we picked two options this year- only available pre ordered!
We have several private car collections, Comanche Peak, Glen Rose and a trip around the racetrack in Cresson on our agenda. Other fun spots, judging, and themed nights will round out our yearly adventure. Silent auction and raffle items are welcome. This year the quilt is a red, white, and blue delight.
Kids and grandkids are ALWAYS welcome. We are a family friendly tour and offer a lot to the next generation! Our son Charles was 11 months old on his first Texas Tour in Nacogdoches and now he’s 6. Charlie Sr. is 93 and still coming. We want everyone young and old to enjoy the tour when and how you can. There’s always someone who has an open seat, if you want to ride.
We look forward to seeing you in May!
Charlie & Nichole Gambulos II
Charlie 214-924-3086
Nichole 713-402-8418
Email TexasRegionAACA@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheTexasTour
https://www.facebook.com/AACATexasRegion
ONLINE REGISTRATION HIGHLY ENCOURAGED- 4/29/2024
Tentative Schedule
Thursday – Join the ladies for a trolley ride early for lunch on the square followed by a presentation by one of our club members on crafting your own memories at a local art gallery with optional shopping to follow and a return ride on the trolley to the host hotel. Gents can kick the tires and get their cars shined up for judging which will continue Friday as well. More optional excursions will be available in your tour book.
Thursday evening – Join us for a social event with beverages and a light snack, car judging
Friday – Tour participants will have a light continental breakfast at the Comfort hotel or can purchase a full breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn. Please see the judging form for some new updates for this year! All are welcome to check out the cars or peruse the downtown. Participants will then travel to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, petrified gas station, followed by a trip around the racetrack in Cresson and late lunch (TBD).
Friday evening – Dinner and fun at the convention center. Wear your best 70s attire for this flashback to Texas Tours of year’s past! Are you still groovy? Can you sport some fringe and tie dye? We want to see your best Charlie’s Angels and the Partridge Family for our own informal style show!
Saturday – Tour participants will have a light continental breakfast at the Comfort hotel or can purchase a full breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn. Cars will then tour to several private car collections with catered lunch at one of our stops.
Saturday evening – Dinner and awards at the convention center. Wear your most patriotic red, white, and blue screaming eagle and Old Glory gear!
Sunday morning – wrap up meeting
Hotel Information
| Host Hotel | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|
| Hilton Garden Inn | Comfort Suites | |
| Address | 635 E Pearl St | 903 Harbor Lakes Dr |
| Phone Number | 817-579-3800 | 817-579-5559 |
| Single | $169/Thurs, Fri, Sat | $149/Thurs, $169/Fri,Sat |
| Double | $169/Thurs, Fri, Sat | $149/Thurs, $169/Fri,Sat |
Registration Information
The deadline for registration is April 19, 2024. Those who register by this date will be guaranteed their shirt order, commemorative swag, and inclusion in the Tour Book. Because of the lead time needed on tie dye shirts, we will not have extras available. Late registration, please add $10 per person after April 20, 2024. Please let us know of dietary restrictions and we will do our best to accommodate with the caterers.
Why register asap? Because the first 50 registered cars will receive a collectible canvas tote
Full refund granted if requested prior to May 1, 2024. After May 1, refunds will be subjected to the discretion of the Texas Tour Committee.
Updates will be posted online across resources. Please forward info to your friends!
https://www.facebook.com/TheTexasTour
Texas Region Information: https://www.facebook.com/AACATexasRegion/
Car Judging Information
The previously used 24 classes are being consolidated into the following categories. Class may be further combined, modified, or eliminated based on the number of entries in each, or at the discretion of the Chief Judge. In addition to the first, second, and third place class awards, more than a dozen special trophies.
- All cars through 1916
- 1909-1927 Model T Ford
- 1917-1927 4 cylinder, except Ford
- 1917-1927 More than 4 cylinders
- 1928-1931 Model A Fords
- 1928-1938 Open Cars
- 1928-1938 Closed Cars
- 1939-1948 Open Cars
- 1939-1948 Closed Cars
- 1925-1948 Classic Cars
- 1949-1958 Open Cars
- 1949-1958 Closed Cars
- 1959-1968 Open Cars
- 1959-1968 Closed Cars
- 1969-1993 Open Cars
- 1969-1993 Closed Cars
- All Commercial and Military Vehicles
- Special Interest, all through 1993 including motorcycles
JIM & JANE DAVIE MEMORIAL TROPHY
ENTRY FORM
For the Best Owner-Restored Car on the Texas Tour
YEAR___________ MAKE___________ JUDGING CLASS___________ OWNER_________________________CAR NUMBER ____________
An owner-restored car is one that was largely restored by its current owner and not by a professional. For the car to be eligible for this award it must be at least 25 years old, the owner must have personally performed at least 2/3 (67%) of the restoration, and must not be a professional in automotive restoration work. (A professional is a workman who is compensated in some manner for doing a particular type or phase of automotive repair or restoration work.)
The owner shall assess the percentage of work personally performed in the restoration of each category listed below. (Omit categories that do not pertain to your car’s restoration.) The average of the categories involved shall be added to the score from the class judging. The highest combined total will determine which car is the best restored with the greatest amount of work performed by the owner.
NOTE: Machine work is beyond the capability of the majority of owner-restorers. So, for example, if the owner did ALL of the disassembly and reassembly of, say, the transmission or the engine (which also may have required professional restoration machine work) he may consider that he has done 100% of that category restoration.
WORK PERFORMED BY: (Omit any category that doesn’t pertain to this car’s restoration)
PROFESSIONAL OWNER
ENGINE
Disassembled _____________ % ___________%
Reassembled ______________% ___________%
CHASSIS
Running Gear ______________% ___________%
Rear End & Transmission ______________% ___________%
BODY WORK
Wood Work ______________% ___________%
Metal Work ______________% ___________%
Painting ______________% ___________%
Striping ______________% ___________%
ELECTRICAL ______________% ___________%
UPHOLSTERING ______________% ___________%
TOP WORK ______________% ___________%
OWNER’S TOTAL ___________ (Add %’s above)
AVERAGE RESTORATION POINTS (Divide OWNER’S TOTAL by total number of categories restored by the OWNER AND/OR A PROFESSIONAL – 67 points minimum ____________.
Owner certifies the above is a true assessment: Signature: __________________________________________________
Chief Judge enter Class Judging Points: _______________
TOTAL of AVERAGE RESTORATION POINTS & JUDGING POINTS _______________
70th Texas Tour hosted by the Texas Region – AACA
Return completed form and a check
(Payable to “Texas Region AACA”) to:
Nichole Gambulos
3102 University Dr, Rowlett, TX 75088
*Online payment option through PayPal
Please put your name in the memo
@TreasurerAACATexReg
Driver: ___________________Home Phone:__________________
Add’l passenger(s)_____________________ Trailer parking ___Yes ___No
Address:____________________________ City: ________ State: ___ Zip:_____
E-Mail Address: __________________________ Cell Phone:_________________
My Car Club ___________________________________________________
Make of Car: __________________ Body Style: ______________ Year __________
To Be Judged? ___Yes ___No Judging Class Number ____ I can help judge ____Yes ____No
How many tours have you participated in? _______ What year was your first? ______
What’s your favorite groovy band of the 70s ? ___________________________
Thursday
____12 PM-3 PM (approx) Ladies meet up- trolley, lecture, light snacks at the art gallery
____ Afternoon driving tour
____ Evening park social
Friday
____ Tour day/Race Track/Lunch
____ Banquet- Groovy attire! Fringe and fun stylin’
Saturday
____ Private car collections/Catered lunch
____ Banquet- Wear your best red, white, and blue!
Option 1 shirt Smiley Face
Option 2 shirt Peace Sign
| Registrants (Each) | Cost Each | Total |
| Driver | 1 @ $155 | $155 |
| Adult Passenger | _____@ $150 | |
| Children Under 16 | _____@ $100 | |
| Thursday Trolley, Lecture, Art Gallery, Snacks | ______@ $5 | |
| Shirts: Black with Yellow Smiley Face | ||
| T-shirt (circle one) SM MED LG Xl | ______@ $20 | |
| T-shirt (circle one) 2XL 3XL | ______@ $21 | |
| Shirts: Tie Dye with Peace symbol | ||
| T-shirt (circle one) SM MED LG Xl | ______@ $20 | |
| T-shirt (circle one) 2XL 3XL | ______@ $21 | |
| Raffle Tickets Red, White, & Blue Quilt | ______@ $5 | |
| Additional 70th tour plaques | ______@ $5 | |
| Additional 70th car magnets (with peace sign logo) | ______@ $10 | |
| Total Due |
I (WE) RELEASE THE TEXAS REGION-AACA, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE TEXAS TOUR AND HOST VENUES FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES ARISING FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS TOUR. I HAVE PUBLIC LIABILITY AND OTHER ADEQUATE INSURANCE ON MY CAR, AND UNDERSTAND THAT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS REQUIRED IN ALL ANTIQUE VEHICLES.
SIGNATURE: __________________________________ DATE: ________________