Snapper’s Brass & Gas is a brass car touring region of the AACA uninhibited by geographic boundaries. The club was founded August 19, 1993 in the Snappers Saloon on the banks of the Ohio River in Ripley, Ohio. Club activities are restricted to cars manufactured before 1916.
Snapper’s is dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and enjoyment of Brass Era Automobiles. The club’s activities emphasize the enjoyment of old tyme automobile touring away from the hustle and bustle of our modern lives in some of the most beautiful parts of the United States and Canada.
The club presents four events annually to include the: Spring Tour, frequently a progressive tour of significant distance; Summer Tour, a family oriented hub tour providing fun and frolic for all ages, a 2-3 day Hershey Hangover Tour following the AACA annual fall meet, and an Annual Business Meeting held in late winter or early spring in a large city somewhere. We also cosponsor the Run to Lansing in September.
Membership is over 300 families in thirty-three states, Canada and New Zealand. Annual dues are $10.
Contact Bob Gairing at bobaudrey@aol.com for information.
All Listed Activities
2025 Tours
2026 Tours
2028 Tours
​Jan 21-24 Winter Meeting, Tampa, FL Russ & Donna Boyle 727-379-3072
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May 31-Jun 6 Spring Ohio River Progressive
Norma & Fred Davis 330-815-5897
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Jun 9-15 Harrah Homecoming, Reno, NV
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Jul 27-Aug 1 Summer Horseheads, NY
Bruce & Fran Hoffman
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Sept - Lansing to Dearborn 1& 2 Cyl Tour
John Grace 734-467-7802
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Oct SBG - Hershey Hangover XIV, PA
Jeff Lesher 610-639-1977
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2025
Winter Meeting Charleston, SC
Ralph Tolman
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Spring Tour Rambling in Arkansas
Bob Hargreaves
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Summer Tour Back Home Again in Indiana
Dave & Candi Staadt
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Sept - Lansing to Dearborn 1& 2 Cyl Tour
John Grace 734-467-7802
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Oct - Hershey Hangover XV, PA
Jeff Lesher 610-639-1977
2027 Tours
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Winter Meeting San Antonio, TX, Wade & Jeanie Smith
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Spring Tour Progressive Ithaca, Lake Placid, Montreal, Ottawa, Ithaca
Roger & Tilly Garnett
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Summer Tour Western, NY
Dan Gernatt Family 716-861-3000
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Sept - Lansing to Dearborn 1& 2 Cyl Tour
John Grace 734-467-7802
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Oct - Hershey Hangover XVI, PA
Jeff Lesher 610-639-1977
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Winter Meeting Chattanooga, TN
Corky Coker
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Spring Tour Cross Lanes, WVA
Sybil & Tom Meikle
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Summer Tour Woodstock, VT
Peter & Rita Lehtola
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Sept - Lansing to Dearborn 1& 2 Cyl Tour
John Grace 734-467-7802
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Oct - Hershey Hangover XVI, PA
Jeff Lesher 610-639-1977
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2029 Tours
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Winter Meeting - OPEN
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Spring Tour - OPEN
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Summer Tour N. Georgia
Jeff & Angie Chattin
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Sept - Lansing to Dearborn 1& 2 Cyl Tour
John Grace 734-467-7802
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Oct - Hershey Hangover XVII, PA
Jeff Lesher 610-639-1977
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CLUBS AND CONTACTS
Participating Clubs and Contacts
Snapper’s Brass & Gas, an AACA affiliated club for 1915 and earlier cars. Roger Garnett, President, rwgarnett@gmail.com
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ABC Tour (Awesome Brass Cars Tour), a HCCA for pre-1916 cars, Contact Jeff Lesher or Shawn Achtel at ottcmembership@yahoo.com
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North Jersey Region Group, HCCA (NJR)
Contact: vicepresident@hcca-nj.org
SNAPPER'S TOURING HISTORY
1993
AACA Granted chapter status to Snapper’s Brass & Gas, a non-geographic region formerly the Ohio Brass Chapter of the Ohio Region.
1994
February meeting at the Kirmans Restaurant in Dearborn Michigan the Ohio Brass Chapter was dissolved and Snapper’s Brass & Gas was formalized.
Summer Tour in London, Ky hosted by Tom & Mary Smith.
Frosty Tour in Marion, Ohio, Shirley & Lloyd Young.
1995
Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Randy Hall.
SpringTour in Waukesha Wisconsin, guests of Illinois Gas & Bras Region.
Summer Tour, a progressive in southern Nova Scotia, John & Barbara Gillette.
Frosty Tour in Wadsworth, Oh, the John’s Gillette & McAnlis.
1996
Annual Meeting in Hamburg, NY, Virginia & Henry Jansen.
Summer Tour in Collingwood, Ontario, John & Barbara Gillette.
Frosty Tour in Goshen, IN, the David’s, Staadt & Sell.
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1997
Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ernie & Peggy Mueller.
Spring Tour, a progressive from Libertyville, IL to the Black Hills, SD, John and Barbara Gillette.
Summer Tour in Canandaigua, NY, Gary & Barbara Churchill.
Frosty Tour in Edinboro, PA, Dave Kostansek.
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1998
Annual Meeting in Covington, KY, John & Joan McAnlis.
Spring Tour in Helen, GA, Ron & Irene Blanding.
Summer Tour, AACA Reliability Tour in Middletown, OH, Fred & Carol Collett.
Frosty Tour in Zanesville, OH, Bill & Lucille Thomas.
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1999
Annual Meeting in Kalamazoo, MI, Eldon & Bev Eby.
Spring Tour, a progressive Ithaca, NY to Montreal, Canada, Randy Marcus, Mike Berry & John McAnlis.
Summer Tour in Boyne City, MI. Bud & Lorene Jonas.
Frosty Tour in Mayville, NY, Henry Jansen, Bob Barrett, Walter Seeley.
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2000
Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN, Dave Staadt & Bill & Ester Castle.
Spring Tour, a progressive in Colorado Rockies, John & Barbara Gillette.
Summer Tour in Marietta, OH, Dave & Karen Stalnaker.
Frosty Tour in Milan, MI, Clem & Nancy Campbell.
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2001
Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, FL, Lucy & Manny Souza.
Spring Tour, a progressive in northern Nova Scotia, John & Barbara Gillette.
Summer Tour in Waukesha, WI, Tom & Donna Wall.
Frosty Tour in New Philadelphia, OH, Ernie & Peggy Mueller.
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2002
Annual Meeting in Utica, MI, Wayne & Marilyn Funk.
Spring Tour in Branson, MO, Jay & Gayle Arendt.
Summer Tour in Washington, PA, Randy Hall & Marge Salvatora.
Frosty Tour in Niagara Fall, Ontario, Canada, Bill & Ruby Chalmers.
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2003
Annul Meeting inn Columbus, OH, Dick & Wendy Figge, Chris & Joanne Figge and Dave & Karen Stalnaker.
Spring Tour in Keene, NH, Richard Schill.
Ohio Centennial Tour, Wadsworth to Marietta, OH, Joan & John McAnlis.
Summer Tour in Asheville, NC, Frank & Peggy Saylor
Frosty Tour in Grand Rapids, MI, Bud & Lorene Jonas
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2004
Annual Meeting in South Bend, IN, David & Betty Weishaar.
Spring Tour, a progressive tour in Mississippi & LA to The French Quarter in New Orleans, John & Barbara Gillette.
Summer Tour in Jasper, IN, Russ & Donna Boyle.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, Lansing to Dearborn, MI, John Grace, & Southern Michigan HCCA.
Frosty Tour in Cape Cod, MA, Jeff & Marion Warburton.
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2005
Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, Ernie & Peggy Mueller
Spring Tour, a mini-progressive tour in Northern Minnesota, Tony & Pat Doughty
Summer Tour in Oley Valley, Becks Cty, PA, Bob & Carol Robinson.
Frosty Tour in Rockville, IN, Elder Kruses & the Elder Staadts.
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2006
Annual Meeting in Dayton, Oh, Glenn Hamilton
Spring Tour, a progressive tour in the Black Hills & Yellowstone from Valentine NE, John & Barbara Gillette.
Summer Tour in Warren, PA John McAnlis, Randy Hall & Bob Poole.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John Grace & Bob Nice.
Frosty Tour in Charlottesville, VA, Jim Keith.
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2007
Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canaca, Alfred & Karen Acres.
Spring Tour in New Philadelphia, OH, Ernie & Peggy Mueller.
Summer Tour in Jugville, MI, Don & Sally VanAtta.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John Grace with HHCA.
Frosty Tour in Williamstown, MA, Skip Carpenter & Don Rising.
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2008
Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Ron & Alice Wertz
Spring Tour with the Red Rock Group around Lake Superior, George & Nancy Haley.
Summer Tour in Kalamazoo, MI, David & Jane Lyon.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run , John & Dorothy Grace.
Frosty Tour in Ambridge, PA, Al & Mary Zamba.
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2009
Annual Meeting in New York City, Starr Hagenbring.
Spring Tour a progressive in Utah & Idaho, Merrill & Marlene Maxfield.
Summer Tour in Bardstown, KY, John & Jeaneete Tornquist.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John & Dorothy Grace.
Frosty Tour in Mt. Vernon, OH, Dick & Wendy Figge.
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2010
Annual Meeting in St Louis, MO, Jay & Gayla Arendt.
Spring Tour in Cumberland Gap, MD, Clem & Nancy Campbell.
Summer Tour in Cape May, NJ, Bob & Louise Nunnick.
Celebrate Summer in Marion, OH, John McAnlis.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John Grace & Don & Sally VanAtta.
Frosty Tour in Chautauqua, NY, Robert & Jill Barrett.
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2011
Annual Meeting in Cleveland,OH, Mike & Audrey Danzig.
Spring Tour, a progressive in “down east Maine” & Nova Scotia, John & Barbara Gillette.
Summer Tour in Lake Geneva, WI, Her & Bob Lederer.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John Grace & Don & Sally VanAtta.
Frosty Tour in Springfield, OH + Dawn Patrol @WPAFB, Tom & Linda Muth.
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2012
Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, Alex & Cayce Joyce.
Spring Tour, a progressive along the Ohio River, Pitt to Cincy, Fred & Norma Davis.
Summer Tour in Batavia NY, Gary & Barbara Churchill.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John Grace & Don & Sally VanAtta.
Frosty Tour in Leelanau Peninsula, MI, Leo & Joan Parnagian.
Hershey Hangover I, John McAnlis
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2013
Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, Art Bergstrom.
Spring Tour in Cranberry, PA, Pat & Jane O’Neill, Bob Cirilli.
Summer Tour in Matamoras, PA, Carol Storms, Ken Campbell, Fran & Bruce Hoffman.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run, John & Dorothy Grace.
Hershey Hangover II, John McAnlis.
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2014
Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. Rita Lethola and Marion Warburton.
Spring Tour, Jane Grove
Summer tour in Middlesex, PA, Glen & Margie Jugenheimer
Dawn Patrol, WPAFB, Dayton, Nora Schreel.
Lansing to Dearborn Run & Old Car Festival, John & Dorothy Grace.
Hershey Hangover III in Myerstown, PA, John McAnlis.
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2015
Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Drena and Jack Miller.
Spring Tour, Michigan Lake Views, Pam & Mike Nash.
Summer Tour, Fredrick Maryland, Jay & Carol Simpson.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run & Old Car Festival, John & Dorothy Grace.
Dawn Patrol, WPAFB, Dayton, Nora Schreel.
Hershey Hangover IV, Lancaster, PA, John McAnlis.
Frosty Tour, Cairo, GA, Wayne & Rose Ann Hadden.
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2016
Annual Meeting in Punta Gorda, Randy & Marge Hall.
Spring Tour, Boulton/Davis collections & Kansas City Progressive, Chris Paulson.
Summer Tour, Ithaca NY, Randy & Terry Marcus.
Lansing to Dearborn MI, Run & Old Car Festival, John & Dorothy Grace.
Frosty Tour, Hidden Valley, PA, Vince & Janice Altieri.
Dawn Patrol, WPAFB Dayton, Nora Schreel.
Hershey Hangover V, Lancaster, PA, John McAnlis & Bob Ladd.
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2017
Annual Meeting in Dearborn, MI, Glenn & Jeanie Miller
Spring Tour, Indiana, Joe & Boni Goss
Summer Tour, Belfast Maine, Bruce & Fran Hoffman, et. al.
Lansing to Dearborn, MI Run & Old Car Festival, John Dorothy Grace.
Frosty Tour, Lehighton/Jim Thorpe PA, Bob Robinson
Hershey Hangover, Lancaster, PA, Jeff Lesher & John McAnlis
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2018
Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, Wade & Jeanne Smith
Spring Tour, Smithfield NC, Tommy & Donna Fitzgerald
Summer Tour, Ellicottville, NY Dan & Roseann Gernatt
Lansing to Dearborn MI Run & Old Car Festival, John Dorothy Grace.
Frosty Tour, Uncasville CT, Bill Blank
Hershey Hangover, Denver, PA, Jeff Lesher & John McAnlis
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2019
Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, Carol Storms
​Spring Tour in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, Tom & Joyce Edfors
Summer Tour w/ S. Ontario Region, Kingston Ontario, Deb & Sam Tzountzouris
Lansing to Dearborn, MI & Old Car Festival, John & Dorothy Grace
Hershey Hangover, Denver PA, Jeff Lesher & John McAnlis
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2020
Fall Tour, Port Clinton, OH, Fred & Norma Davis
Hershey Hangover, Denver PA, Jeff Lesher & John McAnlis
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2021
Spring Tour, Orange, Virginia, Doug Tomb ​
Lansing to Dearborn 1&2 Cylinder Tour, John Grace​
​Hershey Hangover X, Denver, PA, Jeff Lesher
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2022
Winter Meeting, Wichita, Kansas. Bruce & Fran Hoffman
Spring Progressive Tour, MI-WI Mike & Nancy Howard
Summer Tour, Princeton, NJ Bob & Louise Nunnink
Sep 8-9, Lansing to Dearborn Run, MI 1&2 Cylinder Tour, John Grace & Larry Schramm
Special Fall Tour, Chatham, Ontario Canada, Gary & Bev VanDyken
Lansing to Dearborn 1&2 Cylinder Tour, John Grace​
​Hershey Hangover XI, Morgantown, PA, Jeff Lesher
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2023
Winter Meeting, Williamsburg, VA. Carol Storms, Tim Bentley
Lansing to Dearborn Run, MI 1&2 Cylinder Tour, John Grace & Larry Schramm
Fall Tour, Batavia, NY, Gary & Barb Churchill
​​Hershey Hangover XII, Morgantown, PA, Jeff Lesher
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2024
Winter Meeting, Washington DC. Peter Jakab, Mike Zerega
Spring Tour, Thomasville, GA, Ed & Pam Prince
1&2 Cylinder Special Tour, Chatham, ON, Gary & Bev VanDyken
Summer Tour, Petosky, Mi, Pat Ainsley Family
Lansing to Dearborn Run, MI 1&2 Cylinder Tour, John Grace & Larry Schramm
​​Hershey Hangover XIII, Morgantown, PA, Jeff Lesher