About
Vacationland Volkswagen Association was established in the spring of 1988. The club is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of primarily air-cooled VW’s in the state of Maine. The club was started with five core members, including real-estate mogul Paul Sasseville who served as President for our first three years. In March of 1990, Charlie Jordan of Jordan’s Foreign Auto was elected Vice President. Charlie has been a great help to many of us over the years and still serves on our Board of Directors today.
On July 22, 1990, we held our first annual All VW Car Show at Rowe VW of Auburn, with 67 registered show cars in attendance. In May of 1991, we looked into becoming a non-profit organization with twenty-four members on the club roster. After two years at Rowe on the hot blacktop of the sales lot, the VVA show was moved to the Auburn Lewiston Airport. Seven years passed at the airport, then this site was found to be too small for our crowd, which had tripled and spectator parking was becoming a problem.
The tenth anniversary show was consequently moved an hour north to the Windsor Fairgrounds, on Route 32, seven miles east of Augusta, our state capital. On a good weekend the show usually draws between 150 to 175 show cars and around 500 spectators. Part of our gate proceeds go to charity and money from our raffle, run by one of our major sponsors, Advance Auto Parts, goes to help fight juvenile diabetes. Our club roster has grown to over 75 members with a number of new members joining all the time.
Of course, we must give credit where credit is due, and it all would not be happening without the help of a dedicated group of VVA members under the direction of Dave Wallace, who has been our Car Show Chairman since 1992. We would like to thank all the folks who help out and send a special thanks to our actively participating VW dealer, O’Connor VW of Augusta, who has done more than most since becoming involved with our show.