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CLASSIC AMERICAN TRAVEL: Welcome to PENNSTLVANIA Hershey

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What enthusiasts usually call the swap/ car meet we know as ‘Hershey’ is really in actual fact the AACA Eastern Division, National Fall Meet, although this is a bit of a mouthful. Hershey is in Pennsylvania, not far from the State Capital – which incidentally is not Philadelphia as you might think, but the smaller and lesser-known Harrisburg.

The Antique Automobile Club of America, or AACA, has been running this event now for 62 years (the first one was in 1955) and I believe that it is easily the biggest event of its kind in the world. I have now been three times, but its sheer scale still amazes me. And incredibly admission is free – you only

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