Maryland member Frank S. Tremel succeeded John Gambs as SPAAMFAA President. The Society’s 1982 Winter Meeting held in Syracuse in February featured an indoor “mini-muster” featuring a large display of toy and scale model fire engines. The Central Pennsylvania Chapter hosted the spectacularly successful 1982 Summer Convention/Muster in Harrisburg, PA. The Fairfield-Westchester Chapter was forced to move its famed June muster from Valhalla, N.Y. to Croton-On-Hudson after the event literally outgrew the Kenisco Dam site.

Enjine!-Enjine! got its first color cover – a great shot of a Great Lakes Chapter Muster at Greenfield Village taken by Don Abrahamson. No fewer than three new chapters received their charters this year –Greater Dayton, South Jersey and the Texas Gulf Chapter.