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Antique car club motors through Batavia, visits local collector

By Virginia Kropf

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Thirteen antique cars, members of the Canada Flivver Drivers, visited Batavia over the weekend, making a stop Sunday at the home of Dave Armitage and Dona LaValley on South Main Street in Batavia. Armitage has an extensive collection of old cars, three of which are pictured below. From left are a 1913 Model T Depot Hack (forerunner of the station wagon), a 1926 four-door Model T and a 1926 Marmon. The club is camping at Joe Baker’s in Albion while in the Western New York area.

Top photo: Three of the vintage autos which visited Dave Armitage on South Main Street Sunday are, from left, a 1928 Whippet, a 1926 Dodge Sports Roadster and a 1920 Model T Touring Car. While in the area, they also made a stop in Caledonia for ice cream, then to Davis Trailer World, where they were treated to a surprise lunch. Their first stop in Batavia was Oliver’s Candies.

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Carol Anne Stapley of Campbellford, Ontario, Canada, stands next to the 1912 Model T she and her husband, Steve, brought to Dave Armitage’s of South Main Street on Sunday. They are members of the Canada Flivver Drivers, a group affiliated with the Model T Club of America.

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