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There are a few prerequisites to joining the Model A Touring Club, MATC for short. First, you must own a Model A capable of participating in the tours of the type we sponsor. Next you must love to tour in your Model A. If you pass this test, then you should consider joining us.

To make the most of our club, you will need to have the ability to devote a period of about four weeks to one of our foreign tours. Members who are still working sometimes have difficulty getting this much vacation at one time.

While it is always helpful for our members to be self sufficient in the matter of Model A mechanics, this is not a strict prerequisite. Our members are friendly and so cooperative that when the occasional mechanical difficulty arises, a car owner has difficulty getting close enough to his or her car to work on it!

Being scattered around the country as we are, we do not have frequent meetings. We do meet annually at the MAFCA Annual Meeting and Banquet. At those times when a tour has complexities and/or a number of new members, we may have a pre-tour gathering to meet, socialize and brief members on the tour.

Tours are our main event and they turn out to be like family reunions where we see friends we have made on previous tours and we enjoy catching up on the news.

We have capped the number of Regular members at 100 families in order to make the chances of getting on a tour reasonable for all. Too many members gives rise to much competition for spaces and too few can result in not enough interest to make the tour economical. Some members, after taking a tour, revert to an Inactive status. They don’t anticipate touring with us in the near future, but they want to stay associated with the club and our other activities. Inactive members cannot vote or hold office. Should they desire to tour with us, they are permitted to do so, but must wait to sign up for a tour after all the Regular members have had first choice to do so. At this time, there are openings for Regular Membership.

We invite you to explore our web site and learn about us. Ask us questions and if you think that we have something to offer you, then please click on “Application” under the club badge for a PDF file copy of the form. Make a copy and after filling it out, mail it with your check to the address shown on the application.

If you have questions, please contact our MEMBERSHIP CHAIR for answers. Thank you for your interest in MATC.