CONNERSVILLE REGIONAL MEET

AUGUST 26-28, 2022

CONNERSVILLE: E.L. CORD’S LEGACY-MORE THAN AUTOMOBILES

 

Let us begin with the introduction of Connersville’s ACD MiniMeet’s new calendar date, August 26th-28th, 2022. An introduction suggests a purpose and a plan.  Our purpose is to highlight the shared histories of E.L. Cord’s automotive empire with an emphasis on their similarities as well as the unique features of each.  The plan centers around all the activities of the weekend that focus on each member’s ACD passion and “The Cars”.  Randy Ema, the featured speaker for our banquet is an internationally known ACD historian and speaker, as well as a collector and restorer of these wonderful cars. 

WEEKEND ACTIVITIES

Friday:

12 -5 Check-in, registration and hospitality

         5:30 Cookout  at Robinson’s Whitewater River Campground

               (meal provided)

Saturday:

Breakfast on your own.

        9:00-1:00 Tour of remains of Central Manufacturing

        11:00-12:00 Tour of Dwayne Robinson’s building displaying his Lexington

        12:00-1:30 Lunch and Cruise-In at Kunkel’s Drive In (food on your own)

        2:00-4:00 Tour of Indiana Ordinance, once the AVCO Proving Grounds

                   ( Hors d’oeuvres provided)

         4:00-5:30 Break

         5:30-6:30 Tour of Historic Elmhurst

         6:30 Banquet with Randy Ema

               (Meal provided)

Sunday:

         9:30 Brunch at the Fayette County Historical Museum (meal provided)

        Public viewing of cars.

1:00 Trolley ride to historical points of interest and conclude at Rummel’s home for a tour  

         4:00 Pizza get together with Randy Ema and/or some entertainment at the Park Pavilion(Meal provided)

We hope you plan to attend the Connersville meet and then motor up to Auburn with the option of traveling on Indiana Highway #1, the same “path”used to exercise the cars when they were manufactured in Connersville.  So, there you have it!  We would like to call this your “2-2-4-Event” - - - 2meets, 2 weekends, 4 you!

Lodging Options 

HOTELS/MOTELS/B And B’s

1. The Woodridge Inn( Block of 20 rooms reserved here)

3700 Western Avenue, Connersville, IN 47331, United States

+1(765) 825-4800

2. COBBLESTONE INN & SUITES - BROOKVILLE  

9135 U.S. 101 , BROOKVILLE, INDIANA 47012

+1(844)-684-9427

3.   Quality Inn Near Amish Country

320 Conrad Harcourt Way, Rushville, IN 46173

+1(765) 570-4137

4. Indiana Ordnance Innovations

901 W 21ST ST Connersville IN 47331 USA

Bed & Breakfast

+1(765) 825-7527

5.   Newhouse Family Inn

603 E Main St, Lewisville, IN 47352

1(765) 465-3050

6. Woodland Retreat Lodge

25124 Kokomo Hill Rd, Laurel, IN 47024

+1(765) 698-2294

7. Rosie Kay Cottage

765-265-4133

8. The Hidden Gem(see listing on Airbnb for Connersville)

Airbnb - Google “stays in Connersville, Aug. 26-28,  2022”.    78 places within easy driving distance of Connersville.  There is one in Connersville( see Indiana Ordnance Innovations)  and three others between Cambridge City and Connersville.

 Pre-Register for Connersville 2022

There are several ways to register for the Connersville Mini-meet:

1.  Go to Connersville ACD Club-Regional Meet or Connersville, Indiana “Little Detroit” Facebook pages and fill out the registration form in the article advertising the meet.
2. Go to the ACD Club - Boattail Digital Newsletter, find the article on the Connersville 2022 meet, and fill out the form at the end of the article.  Copy and email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
3. Go to the ACD Club’s website:  https://acdclub.org/.  Find the article on the Connersville 2022 meet.  Make a copy of the form at the end of the article, complete and email or print and send a copy to: Brain Durham, 124 E 6th Street, Connersville, Indiana 47331.   Email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For any questions or concerns please use the following contact information: 

Event Address: 124 E 6th Street, Connersville, Indiana

Contact us at 765-825-2561 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Connersville Regional ACD Meet will be held August 26-28 in 2022.  The activities planned are worth the wait after the past two years’ cancellations due to Covid; but more on all activities in the next issue.  Your Connersville Meet will end in time for the annual Auburn festivities.  Auburn is a little over a two hour drive from Conersville and can be driven on Indiana Highway #1, where the Connersville Cars were tested.  During this year’s meet, we are going to tell you about Cord’s little known AVCO holdings in Connersville, his work with the war effort and production during WWII, and how a young man, Lloyd “Slim” Davidson became one of Cord’s “right hand men”.  Slim was a man unknown by most club members and not recognized in Cord’s history.

We will present this fascinating piece of automobile history as if we are opening a time capsule.  But, with this time capsule, you will be standing where the events actually happened.  Slim Davidson was a creative genius and would take Cord and his AVCO Corporation into areas few have ever heard of.  As a tease, the culmination of many of the early events in Connersville led to the AVCO banner flying over a facility that was responsible for ICBM parts on the first nuclear submarine, the Polaris, as well as many other military achievements.  It is a wild and untold tale lost in history.

Oh, and did I mention anything about auto air conditioning? 

So, bring your Sherlock Holmes deerslayer cap, your favorite pipe, and join us to investigate more of Connersville’s automotive history.  Who knows–maybe Dr. Watson will show up!.

For further information contact:

Chris Friend    (765)265-4910

Sam Harvery   (765)827-0230

Jim Robinson   (765)825-9402

Event Address: 124 E 6th Street, Connersville, Indiana

Contact us at 765-825-2561 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Lodging:  Connersville Hotel(formerly Woodridge Inn), (765)825-5118

Bed and Breakfast–The Lodge at Indiana Ordnance, (765)825-7527, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For additional lodging suggestions, contact meet personnel.

June 2- 5, 2022

Hotel Corque, Solvang, CA

Organizers - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (805) 478-1231

REGISTRATION FORM HERE