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PRSRT STD P.O. Box 87 | Traverse City, MI | 49685 U.S. POSTAGE PAID FUEL FOR THE MOTORING LIFESTYLE Milwaukee, WI Permit #4523 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2 | SUMMER 2009 chevrolet’s answer to the pony wars was a design and performance inside: phenom The schneiders’ shrine to streamlined style life on the auction block with dennis Wisbey larry smith’s path from shop floor to show judge camaro craze Publisher’s letter a word froM Mc keel QEFPFPELT?RVBOP>KAPBIIBOP>OB?LQETFKKBOP+ EDITORIAL STAFF Executive Publisher MCKEEL HAGErtY Associate Publisher JONATHAN A. STEIN Executive Editor JERRY BUrtON Managing Editor LORI BREMERKAMP McKeel Hagerty Art Director/Designer TOdd KRAEMER (second from right) Photo Research MOLLY JEAN gives some of the Copy Editor SHEILA WALSH DETTLOFF hobby’s youngest Art Production Manager JOE FERRARO Production Artist ROBIN COKER fans judging pointers Creative Director LAURA ROGERS at March’s Amelia Editorial Director DAN GRANTHAM Island Concours d’Elegance. PUBLISHING STAFF Managing Director JEREMY MORRIS Director of Publishing ANGELO ACORD Publication Manager DANIELLE POISSANT Project Manager SCOTT STANISLAV Account Coordinator NIK ARINI Production Manager KATHY COSGRO JOE VAUGHN CONTRIBUTORS PHIL BERG, CARL BOMSTEAD, BOB BUTZ, KEN GrOss, DAVE KINNEY, JOHN MAtrAS, MIKE MUELLER, DON SHERMAN ADVERTISING STAFF Camaros, Mustangs National Sales Manager East Coast Sales Office TOM KREMPEL, 586-558-4502 [email protected] and youth It’s more than a name; it’s a promise. Central Sales Office LISA KOLLANDER, 952-974-3880 WITH THE NEW Camaro debuting this spring after an absence of seven model years on the American A commitment to deliver your vehicle to its destination [email protected] scene, there couldn’t be a better time for us to cover Chevy’s pony car as part of our “World of” series using all the resources that almost 50 years in the automotive West Coast Sales Office (page 22). The Camaro joins the Mustang and the newly reincarnated Dodge Challenger on the market. MElissA AUstiN, 818-225-0466 [email protected] So it looks like — from the vantage point of great street warriors, at least — the good ol’ days are back. transportation business can provide. It’s an assurance that Since I own a 1967 Shelby Mustang, people might assume I’m a Ford man. My great- grandfather Questions about our products and services? Call 800-922-4050. worked at the Lincoln plant, and we’ve had a long parade of Ford cars and trucks in my family. Still, we will take the greatest of care with your car, truck, or motorcycle Questions about the magazine? I’ve come to appreciate most things Chevrolet. Between my ’63 Split-Window Corvette and my Call 866-922-9401 or e-mail us whether it’s a well-traveled daily driver or a legend sculpted in steel. It’s the at [email protected]. appreciation for the influence of some of the great Chevy models and the amazing Chevy small block V-8, I definitely “get it.” © 2009 HAGERTY. All rights reserved. peace of mind that comes with entrusting America’s largest fleet of specialty Printed in USA. No part of this magazine While the Mustang had a two-and-a-half-year head start, the Camaro brought a sophisticated may be reproduced without permission. design and balanced performance to the marketplace with cars like the small block–powered Z28 All unsolicited submissions, including transporters with the care of your vehicle and the comfort of knowing manuscripts, photographs and queries, and the muscular big block SS. That legendary rivalry extended from Main Street to the drag strip must be accompanied by adequate return and the racetrack. Certainly one of the highlights of American road racing was to watch Roger postage and an addressed return that our GPS tracking knows where our carriers are at all times. envelope. Submission implies right to edit Penske’s Camaros go up against the Mustangs and Challengers in the SCCA Trans-Am Series. and publish. Editorial correspondence: My interest in Fords as a kid — both on and off the track — spawned my interest in Shelby Hagerty’s magazine, P.O. Box 2120, Warren, MI 48090-2120. Publisher’s correspondence: Mustangs as an adult. Here at Hagerty, we’re busy sparking an interest in the collector car hobby This is more than a name. This is Reliable. [email protected]. Products for future generations with Operation Ignite! (page 8), a series of youth-focused programs we and services advertised in this issue are not necessarily endorsed by Hagerty or announced at March’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. affiliates. 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For your auction needs please contact: Norm Elliott - 847-682-8414 - [email protected] Hagerty’s Magazine | 800-922-4050 3 Contents here’s what’s inside features 22 World of Camaro 34 Nice Guys 38 Raising the Barn The legacy is back. With Always Finish First How Chuck and Diane the spring launch of the all- Former concours chairman Schneider turned a big, new 2010 Chevy Camaro Larry Smith has learned a red barn (original silo reigniting the pony wars, thing or two about vintage included) into a new we take a look at how its cars over the years — and home for their extensive predecessors have battled has the collection to prove it. collection of streamlined it out for more than four Now he just needs to find the cars, trucks and tractors. decades both on the street time to play with all his toys. and on the track. 22 R NE F AE H S E M JA . GE ITV 46 F departments ON O 3 Publisher’s letter 16 Essential ColleCtor 42 Gear Guide RMISSI E 6 short shifts 18 Your turn 44 Great resourCes P H 13 Car Counselor 20 autoMobilia 46 Rearview Mirror WIT D E S U 14 MarketwatCh 30 ExPerienCe 4 Hagerty’s Magazine | HAGErtY.COM 290578-33_Meguiars_r1a.indd 1 4/20/09 10:24:10 AM Black Cyan Ultimate Quik Wax Trim: 8” x 10.5” Magenta Yellow Publication: Hagerty’s Bleed: 8.125” x 10.75” 1 3 5 e v e n t s 2 4 R short shifts Fans will flock to England’s annual Silverstone Classic this July to celebrate Hagerty’s Family Car Show the very best of sports car racing from the 1920s to the 1990s. Traverse City, Michigan All British Field Meet Portland, Oregon Granby International Granby, Quebec SURVIVOR Collector Car Show St. Charles, Illinois suMMer shows international draw Bloomington gold’s Silverstone Classic For granBy Monterey Car Week Northamptonshire, England Monterey, California survivors Can’t wait for Hershey? Head Some things are better left to Granby, Quebec, July untouched. And you’ll see plenty 31–August 2 for the Granby of examples at Bloomington International (vagi.qc.ca/ Gold’s SURVIVOR Collector Car gi.html). Similar to the famous Show (survivorcarshow.com) silverstone turns it up Pennsylvania flea market and June 28 in St. Charles, Illinois. show, the event features more Now in its second year, the You’ll bE hard pressed not to find something you like at the 2009 Silverstone Classic, a fusion of iconic rock than 100 classics for auction, show is devoted exclusively to and classic racing from the last 90 years that will run July 24–26 at its familiar stomping grounds, the Silverstone a car corral loaded with collector cars of all makes and Circuit, in Northamptonshire, England. This year’s celebrated marque is Jaguar, which first went racing at the 2,000-plus vehicles and a flea models that are more than 20 venue 60HP004043_Rotary years ago with its Club_2009 XK120. If you’re Corvette willing Raffle.pdf to ship your classic,4/17/09 you can12:11:12 join the PM world-record attempt to market you can scour for parts years old and have escaped get 1,000 classic road cars on the circuit at the same time. Get details at silverstoneclassic.com. and accessories. There‘s no shortage of restoration and modifications. automotive happenings during August‘s Monterey Car Week, which includes Hagerty’s Family sHow the Pebble Beach Concours Be part of the action when d‘Elegance (left). Hagerty hosts its Family Car Odds of Show July 5 in Traverse City, winning are Special displays will celebrate the 50th anniversary Michigan, during the National Monterey c a r of Daytona International Speedway and the 30th Cherry Festival. Class awards 1 in 328! week nears anniversary of BMW’s Motorsport division, and it for cars, cycles, tractors and will pay tribute to German racer Hans Stuck. trucks will be presented. 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