40th Annual Bay State Antique Auto Club Show Shines at Endicott Estate

On a warm sunny Sunday, Dedham residents packed the to see hundreds of antique cars glinting in the sun.  The event, hosted by the Bay State Antique Auto Club, is one of the largest in the northeast.

Show Chairman Bob Koch said this is the 40th year of the show, which began holding in the event in Dedham at the Endicott Estate on East Street in the early 1980s.

Koch said there were many contests and Dedham residents won many of them. He said it will take some time for the full list to be compiled and it will published on their website.

Keith Bailey, a resident of North Kingston, R.I., and his 1910 Oakland Model 24 Roadster won the BSAAC President’s Choice Award. Bailey said his Roadster has traveled all over the U.S. from Kentucky to New York. He said his father bought the car in 1930 and there are only three left in the world.

"It was my first time here. It was very well organized. These are great people," he said.