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“I’ve got a cousin who lives in Houston and is in the oil industry — Houston has a lot of oil money — and they don’t see the kind of cars on the road for daily use as we see here,” said Ira Shapiro, 68, a past president of the local chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America.

“We did well,” said Steve Moskowitz, who was a dealer and is now chief executive of the Antique Automobile Club of America.

Abby Thomas soon grew accustomed to the reception she’d get when walking back to her family’s car after shopping in Durham, N.C., in the 1960s: two or three men standing around, eager to talk to whoever was driving that striking antique automobile.

Renken belonged to an antique automobile club, drove a Ford Model A and always volunteered to help.

Renken belonged to an antique automobile club, drove a Ford Model A and always volunteered to help.