Winners
We’re compiling a list of Louisiana’s Award Winners. If you have an award not listed, please contact the webmaster.
This list starts with the earliest awards, but some members have multiple awards, so it might not be strictly chronological. Pictures of the individuals and/or cars are posted when available.
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1956 Ford Thunderbird
First Junior, 1981, Pensacola, FL
First Senior, 1981, San Antonio, TX
First Preservation, 1985, Jekyll Island, GA; Repeat Preservation, 1989, Grand Forks, ND; Repeat Preservation, 1992, Montgomery, AL, Repeat Preservation, 2003, Greenville, SC; Repeat Preservation, 2003, Paris, TX
Owners: Charlie & Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
1955 Ford Thunderbird
Second Junior, 1995, Panama City, FL
First Junior, 1999, Paris, TX
Owners: Charlie & Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
1957 Ford Fairlane
2002, Benny Bootle Memorial Award (outstanding V8 Ford Automobile which completed an AACA National Tour)
Owners: Charlie & Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
1952 Ford Victoria
2006, Benny Bootle Memorial Award (outstanding V8 Ford Automobile which completed an AACA National Tour)
Owners: Charlie & Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
1964 Ford Fairlane
2006, Historic Preservation of Original Features (HPOF), Mobile, AL
Owners: Charlie & Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
1957 Ford Thunderbird
2010, Driver Participation Class (DPC), Louisville, KY
Owners: Charlie & Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
Charlie Froehlich
The Division Tour Award (in recognition of outstanding contributions in hosting a Divisional Tour)
– 2001, Southeast Divisional Tour, Deep South Region, Mobile, AL
– 2005, Central Divisional Tour, Louisiana Region, Houma, LA
Charlie is also an AACA Senior Master Judge.
National Tour Chairman The Sentimental Tour 2018, Louisiana Region, centered in Natchez, MS
1981 DeLorean DMC-12
First Junior, Winter Meet, Melbourne, FL, March 2008
First Senior, Southeastern Fall Meet, Cleveland, TN, September 2008
AACA 75th Anniversary “Time Line” Car, July 2010
First and Multiple Repeat Preservation Awards since 2010
National Award Nominee, October 2013
National Award Nominee, October 2019
Owners: Fred and Debbie Duplechin, Lagniappe Chapter
1931 Ford Victoria “Leatherback”
First Junior, Southeastern Special Spring Meet, Lebanon, TN, June 2009
First Senior, Central Fall Meet, Topeka, KS, September 2009
Owners: Greg and Brenda Dobney, Lagniappe Chapter
1930 Packard 733 7-Passenger Phaeton
First Junior, AACA 75th Anniversary Meet, Louisville, KY, July 2010
First Senior, Central Fall Meet, Moline, IL, August 2010
First Preservation, Western Fall Meet, Cheyenne, Wyoming, September 2010
Owners: Marty and Dale Roth, Lagniappe Chapter
Fred Duplechin
Master Editor, Awarded at AACA Annual Meeting – Philadelphia, PA, February 2010
National Meet Chairman (in recognition of outstanding contributions in hosting a National Meet) for Central Fall Meet 2015
1934 Buick
First Junior, Eastern Spring Meet, Stowe, VT, May 21, 2011
First Senior, Bristol, TN, August 13, 2011
First Grand National, Shelbyville, TN, June 15, 2012, Preservation Awards
Owners: Marty and Dale Roth, Lagniappe Chapter
Marty is also Master Judge
John Copes
AACA National Judges Honor Society, 2012
1988 Avanti Sport Convertible
First Junior, 2015 Central Fall Meet, Houma, LA
First Senior, 2016 Winter Meet, Naples, FL
First Preservation, 2016 Central Fall Meet, Galveston, TX
Multiple Repeat Preservation Awards
Past Presidents Award, Louisiana AACA, 2015
Owners: Fred and Debbie Duplechin, Lagniappe Chapter
1930 Studebaker President
First Junior,
First Senior, Central Fall Meet, Houma, Louisiana, November 2015
First Preservation,
Owners: Ken and Linda Smart, Lagniappe Chapter
1937 Ford 1/2 Ton Pickup
Benny Bootle Award Winner for 2017, (outstanding V8 Ford Automobile which completed an AACA National Tour)
Awarded at the Annual Meeting, February 2018, Philadelphia
Owners, Charlie and Ardie Froehlich, Slidell Chapter
1958 Chevrolet Bel Air
From Barn Find to Zenith Award
The Zenith Award is AACA’s “Best of the Best”
November 2015 – 1st Junior, Houma, LA
December 2018 – 1st Senior, Mobile, AL
December 2018 Nominated for an AACA National Award
June 2019 – 1st Grand National and …Zenith Award, Auburn, IN
Multiple Preservation Awards
Owners, Russel and Teresa Huval, Breaux Bridge, LA, Evangeline Chapter