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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 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 Challenger on the market. Melissa Austin, 818-225-0466 transportation business can provide. It’s an assurance that [email protected] So it looks like — from the vantage point of great street warriors, at least — the good ol’ days are back. Since I own a 1967 , people might assume I’m a Ford man. My great-­grandfather Questions about our products and we will take the greatest of care with your car, truck, or motorcycle services? Call 800-922-4050. worked at the Lincoln plant, and we’ve had a long parade of Ford and trucks in my family. Still, Questions about the magazine? I’ve come to appreciate most things . 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. Complaints or inquiries should Given our belief that today’s hobby depends on tomorrow’s collectors, we hope Operation Ignite! Sbef`ibpq^hbkpboflrpiv+ be forwarded directly to the advertiser. All purchases are at the complete discre- spreads like — and gains some new fans for the Camaro and all other classic rides in the process. tion of the consumer.

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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 Ja m e s H ae f ne r 46 departments 3 Publisher’s Letter 16 Essential Collector 42 Gear Guide 6 Short Shifts 18 Your Turn 44 Great Resources 13 Car Counselor 20 Automobilia 46 Rearview Mirror

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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. Onsite Come August, there’s sure to be a traffic jam on Also slated for August 14 is newcomer La registration runs from 8 am Donation of $50.00 for Single Ticket or California’s Monterey Peninsula when thousands of Dolce Vita-Automobili (ladolcevitamontereybay. to 11 am. Visit hagerty.com/ C • 10 Additional Prizes of $500 auto aficionados make their annual trek to the area. com), which has designated the Collectors familycarshow09 for more. M $100.00 for Three! Purchase Online: • Winner need not be present For most, Pebble Beach and its collection Foundation as its official charity. The event, to Y www.bataviarotary.com or mail to: • Only 3600 Tickets Sold of happenings is the destination. This year, be held at Black Horse, will compete directly west coast action CM its anchor event, the annual Pebble Beach with Concorso Italiano (concorso.com), which Two weeks after Monterey Car PO Box 347, Batavia, NY 14021-0347 • Drawing Date: Sept. 19, 2009 Concours d’Elegance (pebblebeachconcours. moves to the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch. Week, Portland, Oregon, hosts MY

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Quirky Cars Here’s one mobile phone you’re not going to find at your local cellular store. This transformed 1975 VW Beetle has made Hagerty’s top 10 list of quirkiest, coolest and most Hagerty Marine Turns 25 unusual cars. See the rest at hagerty.com/quirkycars. Twenty-five years ago, Louise Hagerty saw a need for insurance in the collector boat world. Turns out, thousands agreed. What started as a business run of out the family’s basement has grown into Hagerty Marine, the country’s leading collector boat insurer. And without its introduction of Agree Value policies, there would be no Hagerty Collector Car Insurance today. In March, the company kicked off its silver anniversary at the Sunnyland Antique Boat Festival in Tavares, Florida, with a reception recognizing Riva and Chris-Craft owners. You can be part of Hagerty Marine’s main celebration to be held August 1 in Traverse City, Michigan, during the 22nd annual Classic Boats on the Boardwalk. Visit hagertymarine.com for details.

You Be the Judge Starting June 1, log on to hagerty.com/contest to vote for your favorites in this year’s Model-Building Contest and Young Designers Contest — both part of Operation H-E-T Club Honors Hudson Ignite!, Hagerty’s series of If you’re a fan of Hudsons, youth-focused programs. is the place to be The Heritage Motor Centre will be among the stops on Hagerty‘s tour. The Model-Building Contest this July 13–17. That’s when had kids ages 8 to 12 build members of the Hudson- Tour England With Hagerty plastic models, while the -Terraplane Club will Interested in spending 10 days visiting England’s most exciting Young Designers Contest convene in the city for its 2009 motoring destinations with us? Stops to include the Morgan fac- challenged teens ages 13 to National Meet, which will tory, the historic Brooklands race track, the British Motoring Industry 17 to draw a modern equiva-

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Trends continue at Block Parties a M e l i a I s l a n d S a l e With many deals to be had, now’s the time to buy if you’ve been thinking RM’s Automobiles of Amelia Island auction in March continued a trend of about adding to your the last year or so: Well-presented cars that are ready to enjoy did quite well, while collection. Here are a few upcoming Ajaw-dropping those with needs brought up to 20 percent less than they would have last year. sales where you can find a new ride: 18"long...truly Headlining the sale was a historic 1930 Model J Murphy that hammered $1.07 million. But despite this impressive sale, impressive! overall prices reflected the times. The conservative economic mood appeared to adjust prices on virtually everything, with the exception of rare and truly special- interest autos, including a multiple award-winning 1935 Auburn 851SC Boattail Speedster that went for $566,500, slightly above its pre-sale estimate. A Sale of Important Collectors’ Motor Cars June 7 Greenwich, Connecticut bonhams.com/greenwich

The annual Bonhams and Butterfields auction, held during the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, will feature celebrity- owned and “silver screen” cars from the collection of the late Ted Leonard. Shown much smaller than A 1930 Duesenberg (above left) and 1935 Auburn (above right) actual size of 18" in length. were among the top sales at RM‘s Amelia Island sale, held during March‘s Amelia Island Concours d‘Elegance (below). Ultra-large 1:12 scale!

Bloomington Gold Corvette Auction June 26–27 St. Charles, Illinois mecum.com

It's Corvettes only at this Mecum sale held at Bloomington Gold, the longest- running continuous Corvette show. Battery compartment door Joe Vaughn Removable Removable golf jack and tools Healey Highs in Palm Beach bag and clubs You’d think the collector car market would be in a recession Vintage Motor Cars of Meadow Brook Cadillac, all related Emblems and the vehicle Assorted 1:12 scale removable accessories like the rest of the economy. But a trio of Austin-Healeys sold MB0398 model body designs are August 1 trademarks used under license to MBI. at Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach Collector Car Auction proved Rochester, Michigan otherwise. The April sale saw three Healeys go for prices much rmauctions.com The many amazing features include: above those typically seen — even for top examples: A 1966 3000 Mark III BJ8 Phase II Sports convertible (top left) went for RM‘s highly anticipated auction is held • Illuminating headlights, taillights, dashboard and lights • Pivoting windshield made of real glass $128,700 (which included a 10-percent buyer’s premium), while in conjunction with the world-renowned • Removable real rubber tires and hubcaps • Working windshield wipers, fan blades and drive shaft a 1965 version of the same model (bottom left) and a 1960 3000 Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance, BN7 (middle left) both brought $110,000. celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. • An authentic cloth convertible top and boot cover that turn with the rear wheels, and much, much more… • Functional rumble seat • Available for $495 plus $15 total shipping and service, • Upholstered interior with a sliding bench seat payable in five monthly installments of just $102

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what’s on Display Our Concierge Service answers your toughest questions. AACA Museum’s Speed Scenes Ask Hagerty The AACA Museum has two reasons you should make an early trip to Hershey: its to empty the water tray regularly or have a new exhibits devoted to speed. “The My 1978 has more than 200,000 miles on the engine plumber connect it directly to a fixed drain. Sports Car and is leaking oil. Can you recommend a reliable place that The Sports Car in America,” Q in America would be able to work on a classic import like this? Where can I find front and rear seat Two Seaters that traveled America’s roadways pays homage 1940’s – 1980’s! Q belts for a 1968 Chevelle? May 23 thru October 11, 2009 to two-seaters that traveled If you’re looking for factory-style the nation’s Check out our Resource Directory by With warmer months approaching, what seat belts, try ssnake-oyl.com or roads from the A Open Daily ".1. logging on to hagerty.com/resources. can I do to prevent mold in my car? seatbeltsolutions.com, which both handle Just o Rte. 39, 1 mile from Hersheypark A Q XXXBBDBNVTFVNPSHt ’40s to the ’80s, Once there, you can use the search function restored original seat belts and replacement and “Fast from Hobby heritage shrines, such as to type in your state to see if it lists any likely We suggest putting desiccants in your belts. Other good options include sourcing the Petersen Automotive Museum the Past” displays more than 40 Antique candidates. However, be sure to contact the A vehicle. They're small plastic containers good universal seat belts from seatbeltpros. (above) and Saratoga Automobile Motorcycle Club of America members’ shop and ask questions first. You should also that contain a drying agent. You usually need com or jcwhitney.com. Please note that restored Museum (right), need donor support. bikes. Visit aacamuseum.org for details. join the Porsche Club of America (pca.org) only remove the lid and place them in the original seat belts will be substantially more and ask people in your local chapter about enclosed car or perhaps the . They limit expensive than generic replacement seat belts. Ontario’s Vintage Rescue Vehicles shops near you. Although a business may moisture, which can greatly reduce the chance Help preserve The Canadian Transportation Museum & be on our list, or recommended by a club of mold. You can find them in Wal-Mart stores Heritage Village in Kingsville, Ontario, is member, it still pays to do your homework or online at sorbentsystems.com. You also may  Send your questions to askhagerty@hagerty. com. To see more concierge questions and auto Museums making ambulance chasing acceptable. and make sure you are comfortable with them want to consider running a dehumidifier in answers, go to hagerty.com/concierge. Its Emergency Medical Services Museum working on your car. your garage, although you must be prepared Seems now more than ever charities are is dedicated to ambulances and other clamoring for your donations to stay afloat. emergency medical vehicles from the And automotive museums are no exception. 1940s to the 1980s. Period switchboards, Without the continued help of The Petersen Automotive Museum, equipment, sirens, lights and uniforms also donors, many could be forced to Saratoga Automobile Museum and Auburn are featured. Get details at ctmhv.com. dramatically scale back their collections Duesenberg Automobile Museum or, worse yet, permanently close their have used funding to customize educational COVER YOUR doors. A shame considering these programs for school-aged children, and shrines to our automotive roots do more the Northwest Vintage Car and Motorcycle than house vintage vehicles — they’re Museum and Crawford Auto-Aviation valuable teaching tools for the next Museum have used grants for youth ASSETS generation of collectors. mentoring initiatives. Collectors Foundation is championing You can help, too, by designating a the cause, doling out more than contribution for museum educational HAGERTY PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR SPARE $370,000 to automobile and maritime programming at collectorsfoundation.org. Or Petersen’s Misfits of Motordom PARTS, AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS AND AUTOMOBILIA. museums across the United States and better yet, pay a visit to your local automotive Through September 20, Los Angeles’ Your homeowners policy won’t... not at what they’re worth to you, Canada in the last five years. museum. It could use your support. Petersen Automotive Museum is anyway. As the world’s leading provider of collector car insurance — as celebrating the best of bad car ideas with collectors ourselves — we understand. Hagerty knows that these assets its “What Were They Thinking?” exhibit, represent a major investment. So we let you cover them on your terms, Think your classic likely the only assembly of vehicles where with a variety of options. It’s easy. is museum- an is the “normal” one of the bunch. worthy? Turn to For more, visit petersen.org. Call us at 866-922-9402 to add spare parts, automotive tools page 16 for tips or automobilia coverage to your Hagerty collector car policy. from Ken Gross on how to submit your collector vehicle for display.

12 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Marketwatch brass-era classics

model 10 is back RM sold the Buick shown here at its Automobiles of Amelia Island BrassVehicles featuring this alloy are becoming solid investments auction in March. This 1908 — a for the savvy collector. by Dave Kinney Model 10 in its first production year — is a touring that There’s a revivaL going on in the old car world. A movement toward the brass-era vehicles carries four passengers, but with driven by our great- (and sometimes great-great) grandparents. cover for only the two sitting up Simplicity is the draw for most. These vehicles — roughly defined as autos built from the late front. It includes headlights, tail- 1800s to 1915 that generally used brass for brightwork on radiator shells, lights and trim — offer lights and a horn, and its 165-cid fairly uncomplicated designs made to function when few roads (and fewer repair points) existed. four-cylinder motor is rated at just Tracking recent trends, unrestored examples are the most coveted, but even cars restored three 22.5 hp. It was a top seller in the or more times are a hot commodity. On the value side, brass cars run the gamut from the exceed- 1908 lineup, listed for just $900. An ingly affordable to the millions of dollars. Why the price differences? One word: Horsepower. older restoration, but still looking From the most recognizable Ford to the obscure and nearly forgotten makes at the turn of the good, it sold for $39,600. past century, brass vehicles offer today’s collector car enthusiasts a glimpse into the pioneer days of Another Buick — a 1910 Toy motoring. They’re history in motion. Tonneau — that sold for $31,900 at RM’s Collector Cars of Fort Lau-  Dave Kinney is the publisher of Hagerty’s Cars That Matter. For more on what he has to say about brass, or to derdale auction in early February 1912 Pierce-Arrow see our index detailing the values of brass cars, go to hagerty.com/brass. attracted the same amount of pre- This 1912 Pierce-Arrow Model 66-QQ five-passenger had a pre-sale estimate of $450,000 to $650,000. Its massive 824.7-cubic-inch sale attention as many cars crossing T-head six-cylinder engine is complemented by a four-speed gearbox, and brakes have been upgraded to four-wheel discs. In the auction the block for two and three times catalog, a previous owner called the car — weighing in at just over 4,000 pounds — “a real steam roller and lots of fun.” Best described its price. In all white, right down to as a composite car, it rides on a lengthened Pierce Model 48 and features a body built in the style of period Pierce touring cars. It the tires and interior leather, the sold for a high bid of $308,000 at RM‘s Amelia Island sale and went to its new owner well under the estimated value. diminutive­ Brass Buick had a severe case of the cutes. This Model 10, one of a reported 10,998 (of all body styles) built that year, had a 1911 new list price of $1,150, and tipped This 1911 Ford Model T with a Runabout style body the scales at a bantamweight 1,730 was offered at RM’s Amelia Island auction in March. It features pounds. Good thing, as its motor curved fenders, an elongated hood, lower seats and a lower, still was rated at just 22.5 hp. longer steering column. Its 167-cid four-cylinder engine is mated to Ford’s legendary two-speed planetary transmission riding on a 100-inch wheelbase. In red with black fenders and matching leather, its shiny brass trim attracted a new owner at $33,000 (substantially more than its original price of $725).

1901 Dos-À-dos Runabout A recently restored 1901 Model C Dos-À-Dos Runabout — one of the earliest known to still exist and the first American car with a steering wheel — sold at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach auction in August 2008 for $214,500. This vehicle featured a 183.8-cid one-cylinder motor producing 12 hp. Its transmission, a three-speed, was also the first to have an “H” shift pattern, which still is familiar to today’s drivers.

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Essential Collector museum exhibits

Both the Gilmore Car Museum (left) and the Saratoga Automobile Museum (above) have featured pri- vately owned cars in their exhibits.

exhibit ends, thoroughly inspect your car to make sure no damage has occurred. If you’re not pres- ent, ask the shipper to inspect it. If your vehicle is selected, a museum may pay transportation expenses, but since most are 501(c)3 nonprofits, don’t count on it — or any other compen- Be an exhibitionist sation. Transporting your car, Tips for showing your collector car in a museum. by Ken gross however, can be considered a charitable deduction. Be sure to select an experienced transport Not long ago, only automobile museums photographs, a detailed description and company, as in most cases you’re responsible displayed collector cars. But that’s changed documented history. Send it to the museum for insurance when your car is in transit. You’ll in recent years. director or curator and follow up with a phone also need to check with the museum to see if Ralph Lauren’s collection was featured call. If your car qualifies, you’ve taken the first they’ll be providing coverage to ensure that at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2005. step toward being selected. your car is always insured.

Two years later, the Phoenix Art Museum dis- Fine art museums are just beginning to If there’s a battery cutoff switch, be sure © The Klemantaski Collection played streamlined cars in “Curves of Steel.” appreciate “rolling sculpture.” If you have a the museum staff knows its location. As your And next year, the High Museum of Art in classic or sports car that’s a candidate for an car will be static, overinflate its tires by 10 Atlanta will present “Allure of the Auto­ exhibit, and an institution in your area has to 15 psi. Most museums will not move your mobile, 1935–1965,” which will display pre- not yet presented historic automobiles, try to car during the display period. That said, pro- war classics and postwar performance cars. schedule an appointment with the director. vide starting instructions and check with the FedEx, for Your Fast Cars, So how do you get your collector car into Point out the growing popularity of automotive museum to see how much fuel is allowed to an exhibit? The answer differs by museum exhibits in fine art museums. Volunteer to help remain in the tank. Any remaining gas should Not Just Your Freight. type. Automobile museums often present with the selection of a suitable theme and offer be treated with a fuel stabilizer before the car FedEx® Auto Transport is the choice for car people. We think about overhead themed exhibits, which typically last three to to work with collectors and locate eligible cars. is put on display. cams more than overnight packages. Our specialized equipment includes air-ride four months and usually are announced well If you keep a permanent information suspension and lift gates for safe, horizontal loading. From moving vintage in advance of final vehicle selections. When Prepping for display file on your collector car (and you should) racers to caring for classic collectibles, we’re the leaders of fully enclosed that occurs, individual owners can apply to Before it goes on display, detail your car include a copy of the museum catalog and transport for fine vehicles, with the reliability you expect from FedEx. see if their cars are eligible. thoroughly, and make sure the battery is fully photographs of the car when it was on dis- If you’re interested in having your car dis- charged. If possible, be present when it’s play. That could help increase its value when Call for your Hagerty’s discount. played, determine whether the institution has inspected or photographed by the curator you decide to sell. Value aside, displaying FedEx® Auto Transport customcritical.fedex.com/auto 1.800.734.2496 exhibited vehicles like yours. To be consid- or registrar. Museums will have a check-in your car in a museum is a great way to share ered, assemble a proposal with professional inspection sheet. Save a copy, and when the it with fellow enthusiasts and the public.

© 2009 FedEx 16 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Your Turn Phil Hale’s Fairlane Coupe — Before and After affectionately known as “the little red 1965 Ford Fairlane N Using modern technology to bring horsepower to all makes money pit” — became his first project of■ muscle Using cars modern technology to bring 500 Sport Coupe N Pontiachorsepower engines built toin all makes of muscle cars after retiring. The car spent five months -53#,%cooperation with Milt Schornack#!2%.').% in the body shop after he found it in a Price range for 1965 Ford Fairlanes: N■ Over 40 years’ engines built in cooperation Some have a family connection. 2%experience-!.5&!#452).'Milt Schornack’s 1966 Royal Pontiac Race Car relative’s garage in the spring of 2007. $8,000–$23,600 with Milt Schornack Replica Powered by MOTOR CITY MUSCLE Others are cars they just had Division of D & S Engines Hale tackled the engine and running gear ■ Over 40 years’ experience1-800-373-9239 to have. Here are a few before- www.motor-city-muscle.com ide R Redos himself, but enlisted professional help for By Chuck Arehart and-after looks at restorations the interior, which now includes a 10-disc submitted by Hagerty’s readers. CD changer for summer cruising.

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Milt Schornack’s 1966 Royal Pontiac Race Car Replica Powered by MOTOR CITY MUSCLE 1966 Pontiac GTO 1-800-373-9239 Rhonda Geiger-Long had wanted a Pontiac GTO since she was 16, and www.motor-city-muscle.com eventually convinced a local rancher to sell her this 1966. Its restoration became a family effort, employing her father’s expertise to help fix a badly dented rear 1969 MGB B0E4"! quarter panel. “While my dad heated the !8BBD4B9DBC%( 1930 Ford Model A Boattail outside of the panel, I was in the trunk Mark Eilers’ father icing down the other side to prevent and brother both F74=H>DBD1B2A814 stretching the metal when he pulled it owned British sports cars, which out,” she explains. When the rancher influenced his decision to buy this 1948 Divco passed away last summer, Geiger-Long MGB. He began a partial restoration drove the GTO to his funeral as a tribute. while in college, but a traffic accident Milk Truck and the responsibilities of starting a family delayed work for 10 years. He Former mechanic Nick Tisch restored Price range for acquired many parts in the meantime, this classic as a tribute to his milkman 1966 Pontiac GTOs: and much of it is new old stock. “My father. It took two years for him to find $12,700–$54,200 mechanic strongly recommended Dan and Liz Fitzgerald found this Ford the truck and another two years of replacing the wiring harness — and Model A disassembled in a barn with most restoration work for it to resemble the I’m glad I did because now everything of its parts wrapped in oily newspapers one his father drove. “I had to learn how works perfectly,” Eilers says. dated 1930. Fruit crates doubled as seats to do a lot of my own fabricating and =4F during its six-month restoration, which welding because no body shop would Price range for 1969 MGBs: ;>>: included building the boattail bodywork, touch it,” Tisch says. “They all said it was $4,800–$24,800 painting and finishing the interior. The too far gone.” The truck has won best-of- Boattail was chosen as a special feature at show honors at two Michigan events. >A34A>=;8=40C the 2008 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. fffcWT\PVPiX]TbW^_R^\D706( Price range for 1948 Divco Trucks:  Send your best ”before and after” photos, along with a short description of the project, to Price range for 1930 Model A Fords: $20,000–$30,000 [email protected] and you might see it featured on these pages. Haven’t seen your >A20;; $7,200–$36,000 submission in the magazine? Check the Hagerty Web site at hagerty.com/yourturn. ## ! '#($#%!!0=3@D>C4D706(

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Vintage license plates are more than for motorcycles, ham radio operators, deal- issued a 1905 plate made of zinc with the old tags — they’re some of the most afford- ers or police vehicles. number riveted on. able automotive collectibles out there. If you’re just starting out, the Automo- Most states now allow — with some In recent years, acquiring them has bile License Plate Collectors Association restrictions — a collector car to be licensed become both a popular and serious hobby (alpca.org) — which has about 2,800 members with a plate from the year of its origin, so low — and makes for an impressive display and hosts numerous regional meets across number plates or those with a unique numer- mounted across the garage or den. How- the country — can be a great resource. Also ical combination have a more practical use. ever, there are so many different varieties check online auction sites, which can offer In Europe — particularly Great Britain — that collecting them all would be an impos- hundreds of plates at any one time. license plates are highly sought after, with sible task. That’s why most people look for The majority of early plates you’ll come some trading for hundreds of thousands of those close to their hearts. across are made of tin, steel or aluminum. dollars. Restored plates, however, are not as The most common trend is for a collec- However, there are several notable excep- highly valued as those in excellent original tor to complete a run of state plates from tions. For example, Arizona issued unique condition. Value is directly proportionate to the year of his or her birth. Others look for copper plates (which are very desirable condition, rarity and the issued number. And unique types of plates, such as those issued today) from 1932 to 1934, and Wisconsin if a plate meets all three criteria, the price can quickly escalate. For example, a No. 6 Delaware plate recently sold for $675,000, which may be a record for a U.S. plate. The world record, however, was set by at a 2008 charity auction when a member of a prominent Abu Dhabi family paid $14 million for a vanity plate with just the number “1” on it. On the flip side, an impressive collection for your car area can be acquired for as little as a couple dollars each — and you never have to worry about paying renewal fees. Color FREE Catalog Call 24 National Parts Depot is proud to be a major sponsor Hours 352-387-0021 of The Iacocca Foundation and The Award, “Given for Dedication to t e d P r ss OR SHOP ON-LINE excellence in perpetuating an Checkout our New interactive catalog American Automotive Tradition.” Ass o ci a www.nationalpartsdepot.com www.iacoccafoundation.org Above: Delaware Right: A member plate No. 6 set a of a wealthy Abu U.S. record, selling Dhabi family for $675,000 at purchased a plate a February 2008 with the No. 1 for auction. $14 million at a charity auction last year with plans to Wisconsin’s 1905 zinc plate (top) put it on one of the and the 1934 Arizona copper plate family cars. (above) are both highly desirable FLORIDA CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN N. CAROLINA Ocala Ventura Canton Charlotte G e tt y among collectors today. 800-874-7595 800-235-3445 800-521-6104 800-368-6451 Local 352-861-8700 - 900 SW 38th Ave. Local 805-654-0468 - 1376 Walter St. #1 Local 734-397-4569 - 2435 S. Haggerty Rd. Local 704-331-0900 - 7000 MacFarlane Blvd. Copyright © 2008 by National Parts Depot. All Rights Reserved.

20 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Chevrolet’s once-popular compact cruiser surely qualified as an American A world automotive icon, but that didn’t stop General Motors execs from axing without their venerable rear-drive F-body legacy in August 2002, killing off both the World of Camaro and its corporate cousin, the . Camaros? Word of this execution had circulated well in advance, but such fore- bodings did little to ease the shock, certainly among diehard enthusiasts Say it who never have been able to get enough of their favorite four-wheeled fun ain’t so. machine dating back to its introduction. Like Ford’s still-popular Mustang, wasn’t Chevy’s seemingly invincible supposed to run forever? Mustang owners were left to gallop on alone — but not for long. In August 2006, then–GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that Camaro would a be born again. The announcement came after visitors to Detroit’s North American International Auto Show had gone gaga over the sensational Camaro concept vehicle the previous January. “Camaro is much more than a car; it symbolizes r America’s spirit and its love affair with the automobile,” Wagoner said. cChevy’s “pony car” streaked out of the making its debut gate three years after the Mustang, The all-new 2010 Camaro finally debuted this spring, making it five generations for the bloodline. The second ran from 1970 to 1981, the third from 1982 to 1992 and but has captured its own loyal legions the fourth from 1993 to 2002. in the decades since. The first Camaro debuted before the automotive press on September 12, 1966, m obviously in direct response to the wildly successful Mustang, itself introduced in by Mike Mueller >> photography by James Haefner o April two years prior. Many at GM, including Styling vice president Bill Mitchell and Chevy chief designer Irv Rybicki, had at first poked fun at Detroit’s first pony a car, but smiles faded when they started eating Mustang’s dust.

22 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Hagerty’s Magazine | 800-922-4050 23 Fortunately, others took the Mustang seriously from put their heads together and came up with “Camaro,” a big block V-8 between Camaro fenders in 1967, as did Dana Collectible highlights back in the ’s heyday the get-go. Recognizing a new sensation when he saw it, word that means “friend,” “comrade” or “pal” in French. Chevrolet in South Gate, California. Berger Chevrolet, in included the rare 375-horsepower L78 renditions of the Henry Haga in Chevrolet Number Two Studio already Pete Estes, Chevy’s general manager at the time, offi- Grand Rapids, Michigan, also offered various tuner Camaros SS 396, offered from 1967 to 1970, and the even more had various sketches done when Chevy general manager cially announced his company’s new pony car on June 29, during the 1960s and 1970s, and Joel Rosen’s Baldwin- scarce L89 aluminum-head option, sold along with the Bunkie Knudsen got the go-ahead to add yet another new 1966. Like the Mustang, the 1967 Camaro was meant to ­Motion shop in Baldwin, New York, started swapping in L78 in 1969 only. A complete aluminum big block, the model to an already crowded lineup. M ik e Mue ll r represent various cars to various drivers, with a budget- 454-cubic-inch Mk IV big blocks in 1970. But, arguably, Corvette’s ZL-1 427, also appeared as a Camaro option Curiously, a few years earlier Knudsen had shot down conscious six-cylinder starting things off in the basic the most noted Camaro tuner was a former Chevrolet racer in 1969, along with a cast-iron counterpart. Both were Rybicki’s idea for a relatively upscale “personal coupe” package. But a flair for fun was still the prime attraction, who operated a dealership in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. created with perform­ance products guru Vince Piggins’ based on the Chevy II, claiming that he liked the pro- a fact Estes wasn’t about to overlook when he said, “The Don Yenko, winner of four Sports Car Club of America help, using the clandestine COPO pipeline.

posal a lot but that the company didn’t need another new Camaro is aimed at the fast-growing personal sports–type national championships, began marketing 427-powered G M Me di a (2) First-generation Camaro paced the Indian­ model with Chevrolet’s fifth, the Chevelle, being readied market that was pioneered by Chevrolet’s Corvette in 1953 Camaros in 1967. Called “S/C” models (for Super Car), apolis­ 500 in 1967 and 1969, with the latter made into rep- Top: The 1974 Z28 repre- then for its 1964 debut. As Rybicki later recalled, his pro- Top: Easily the king of and further defined by the Corvair Monza in the 1960s.” Yenko Camaros were at first shop swaps, and then along came sented a temporary end licas sold to the public. The original Super Sport model was posal mimicked much of the Mustang’s makeup at a time the collectible Camaros is Vince Piggins’ Corporate Office Production Order (COPO) to a fabled bloodline born retired after 1972, as was the second-generation Z28 two years when no one at GM even knew Ford’s world-shaker was the 1969 ZL-1, powered Camaros in 1969. Iron-block COPOs were shipped directly in 1967. Above: Another later. And a convertible Camaro didn’t return when the second in the works. But it was not to be. by Chevrolet’s exotic all- quite the performer to Canonsburg that year, making the job of building a Super popular performance vari- generation showed up (albeit a little late) in February 1970. ant, the IROC-Z, debuted Attitudes at GM changed after Mustangs started hit- aluminum 427 V-8. Above: Camaro impressed witnesses with its wide-ranging sporting Car considerably less troublesome. Minor milestone moments came in 1977 when the Also hot on today’s in 1985 and remained ting the streets during the summer of 1964. Knudsen was auction scene is the 1969 potential, which created quite a dilemma for Chevy custom- Save for a brief rest from 1975 to midyear 1977, and a available through 1990. Z28 returned and in 1982 as a Camaro again paced the instructed in August 1964 to have Chevrolet’s response . ers. The question wasn’t whether to buy the Camaro, rather transformation into the “IROC-Z” from 1988 to 1990, the Indianapolis 500. The impressive IROC Z28 debuted — called the F-car — up and running by the fall of 1966, what kind, for it wore more faces than any other car made at Z/28 (or “Z28” as the moniker morphed into along the way) in 1985, and a convertible Camaro reappeared in 1987 a tight deadline for sure. Haga’s studio then wasted little the time. Widening the scope further was the SS 396 model rolled on almost uninterrupted into the new millennium. after an 18-year hiatus. As in 1982, another race-day time sculpting a prototype, code-named XP-836. and the fabled Z/28, both introduced in November 1966. appearance at Indy in 1993 marked the arrival of another As for a marketable name, company insiders at first Several tuners jumped into the fray in the late 1960s. Chi- preferred “Panther,” a moniker also picked up by the press cago’s Nickey Chevrolet began dropping the Corvette’s 427 early on. But this tag didn’t stick — after all, it didn’t begin with a “C.” Merchandising manager Bob Lund and GM Car and Truck Group vice president Ed Rollert reportedly

P r i c e p o i n t s 1969 Z/28 1970 Z28 1977 Z28 1969 ZL-1 1969 Yenko 1969 ss 396 l78 $3,200 (then) $3,500 (then) $5,170 (then) $7,100 (then) $3,800 (then) $3,100 (then) $77,200 (now) $44,000 (now) $13,700 (now) $346,000 (now) $215,000 (now) $51,4000 (now)

Source: Hagerty’s Cars That Matter, May–August 2009 (excellent condition) Hagerty’s Magazine | 800-922-4050 25 next-generation Camaro. And of even more interest that bad thing — as long as you’re not one who bought high year was the installation of the Corvette’s LT1 small block, and now has to sell low. T h e c a m a r o G u i d e introduced the year before, into the fourth-gen Z28. Purists still love what many agree is the most popular Year One Mustang GT drivers didn’t stand a chance up against Camaro of all time. “The 1969 Z/28 is a legend, one of Books Web Sites Restoration, Camaro: A Legend Reborn camaros.net Parts & Service Braselton, Georgia the top two or three icons from the performance era,” the 275-horse Z, even after Ford’s latest next-generation By Larry Edsall camaroz28.com National Parts Depot 800-932-7663 pony car made the scene in 1994. Chevrolet then turned Kraman says. “Is it the fastest? No. Is it the most rare? No. z28.com Ocala, Florida yearone.com up the heat again in 1996, teaming with SLP Engineering But it still has developed its own mystique.” Collector’s Originality Guide: camaro5.com 800-874-7595 in Troy, Michigan, to bring back the Camaro SS, powered As for what collectors down the road will have to have, 1970–1981 camaropacecars.com nationalpartsdepot.com Eckler’s Camaro Parts Titusville, Florida by a tweaked LT1 rated at 305 horsepower. Musclecar Enthusiast editor Steve Statham predicts one By Jim Schild camaros.org camarosource.ca CARS Inc. 800-283-0691 particularly major player. “Just for sheer performance, the Camaro: Forty Years 5thgen.org Rochester Hills, Michigan ecklerscamaro.com 1996–2002 SS should gain in popularity,” he says. By Darwin Holmstrom 800-227-7462 price brings options G M Me di a (2) Statham also is quick to point out that the Camaro events carsinc.com Jerry MacNeish’s Camaro Hi-Performance A collector certainly has a lot to choose from today, with Top: Chevrolet honored still stands as an “everyman’s” car. “I also see a little grow- The Story of Camaro 11th Annual Camaro Eldersburg, Maryland prices ranging from affordable to unworldly. Presently the 35 years of Camaro ing collector activity involving the 1980s cars because By John Gunnell Nationals Harmons Carlisle, Pennsylvania Geneva, Indiana 410-781-0418 history with a special prices are so low,” he adds. “People who owned these cars world record tag is $800,000 for a 1969 ZL-1 hammered The Complete Book of June 26–28, 2009 800-851-2433 z28camaro.com out during a Mecum auction in the spring of 2008. anniversary model in originally are going back and buying them. You can find 2002, just in time to also GM Muscle americancamaro.org harmons.com Classic Industries Various other ZL-1 examples — called “the ultimate send the breed out with a nice one for $4,000 or $5,000. For people priced out of By Mike Mueller Huntington Beach, California Camaro” by Mecum Auctions’ John Kraman — have brought a bang. Above: A reborn the muscle car market, that’s noteworthy.” clubs Jeff Lilly Restorations 714-847-6887 from $480,000 to $575,000 at auction in recent years. More Camaro is on sale today. With the legacy back, who knows what interest may be Camaro American Camaro Association San Antonio, Texas By Steve Statham americancamaro.org 210-695-5151 classicindustries.com rekindled in Camaros of the past. As much fun as enthusi- to a mere mortal’s liking, the way-cool 1969 Z/28 brought jefflilly.com as much as $100,000 during the market’s boom a few years asts have had with the 1960s models over the years, there’s Worldwide Camaro Club American Restoration Parts back but has since come back down to earth. nothing saying later models can’t offer the same rewards. (formerly U.S. Camaro Club) Camaro Restorations City of Industry, California “The 1969 Z/28s have plummeted, have tumbled,” “Many companies are now offering restoration parts for worldwidecamaroclub.com Roseville, California 800-804-9550 americanrestorationparts.com Kraman adds. “Cars that used to run from $90,000 to 1970s models, and, in that regard, we are seeing revived 916-837-1860 camaro-restorations.com $125,000 are now going for $50,000 to $75,000. The ’69 activity in the Camaro market,” Statham says. Z/28 peaked with the market in 2005 and 2006 along with Perhaps everything that goes around really does come all first-generation Camaros.” But that’s not necessarily a back around.

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26 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Counterpoint ’re A mustang man We fires Back life My family sold and raced Ford Still the One Mustangs out of our Providence, in the Rhode Island, dealership, Tasca Ford. And it was my dad, Bob Tasca, who conceived the idea for the Ford Fast Lane Cobra Jet 428 Mustang. So we have a Like its Mustang rival, the to 1989. But hands down the of 13 Trans-Am races in 1968, The Boss Mustang closed the long history of tangling with Camaros. Camaro is no stranger to a greatest glory came on the with Donahue himself taking gap, but it couldn’t quite catch We were naturally concerned racetrack. Especially the drag Sports Car Club of America’s eight straight checkered flags. A Chevy’s Z/28, which won eight when the Camaro debuted in 1967. strip, where Chevy’s pony (SCCA) Trans-Am circuit, which Shelby Racing Mustang was the of 12 Trans-Am races in 1969. It was a good-looking, great- ForFor 2525 yearsyears wewe havehave setset thethe standardstandard forfor autoauto car has long been a popular opened for business in 1966. Daytona winner, but Ford’s pony As predicted, Bud Moore performing car — and a lot easier transport,transport, andand we’rewe’re stillstill thethe one...one...raisingraising thethe barbar.. weapon of choice for grassroots Ford’s Mustang led the way car stumbled badly from there, Engineering’s two Mustangs to work on than the Mustang. Plus, ground-pounders, due to various during the SCCA’s inaugural allowing Chevrolet to clinch its returned for the 1970 Trans-Am the Chevy small block ran the ass Fully enclosed transporters, liftgate loading, factors: It’s always been plentiful, Trans-American Champion­ first SCCA title upon completion season, but Shelby Racing’s cars off the Ford 390 big block that sophisticated QUALCOMM satellite relatively cheap (to both own ship season and made it back- of the season’s ninth event. didn’t, due to Henry Ford II’s debuted in the 1967 Mustang. tracking, insurance coverage, and door- and build) and possessed mucho to-back championships in 1967. Ford retaliated with its decision to slash spending at the But we knew how to race. One performance potential. Then along came the Z/28, . Facing track. Meanwhile, Roger Penske night in 1968, we went to Jolly to-door service. We deliver anywhere On the professional side, created entirely with Trans-Am off this time against Penske’s jumped from GM to American Charlies, a drive-in frequented by in the continental United States. Camaros were especially racing in mind. Chevy had formidable Sunoco cars were Motors, leaving Jim Hall to run street racers in North Attlelboro, competitive in 1969 in Super entered the Trans-Am fray in two Ford teams, the existing Chevrolet’s Trans-Am program. Massachusetts. We ran a 1968 Please Call or E-mail for a FREE QUOTE. Stock drag racing, thanks to February 1967 at Daytona, where Shelby Racing group and a Moore’s Mustangs battled Mustang Cobra Jet in a couple 1-800-221-3936 sintercitylines.com the creation of the awesome a 302-powered Camaro finished second shepherded by Bud Penske’s Javelins closely — not match races on nearby roads FAX 413-436-9422‹ 552 Old West Brookfield RoaK‹>arren, MA 01083 ZL-1 rendition with its all- second to a . Mark Moore. Driven by Hall’s Camaros — before finally against a ’55 Chevy, a Chevelle and aluminum 427 big block V-8. Donahue, driving for Roger and , the two clinching the 1970 Trans-Am a 427 Camaro — and beat them all. They remained popular in the Penske, managed three wins Bud Moore Engineering Boss championship at Kent, Wash­ Thing was, our Cobra Jet looked less restrictive Pro Stock class, that year at the wheel of a Z/28, Mustangs made the most hay ington, in September. like a six cylinder. The Chevys, which superseded old-school including the season’s last two in 1969, and by year’s end, it By April 1971, Detroit’s Big meanwhile, looked like street racers. S/S racing during the 1970s. races. Ford may have won the was relatively clear that Shelby’s Three players had withdrawn So when the cops came along, they Camaro also was the official car war in 1967, but Chevrolet was time in Trans-Am competition from Trans-Am competition, locked up all the Chevys and we (and the first American model) clearly gaining battle experience. was coming to a close. Too bad leaving the heady days of 1970 were left to go whistling into the used in the International Race Penske Racing’s beautiful the same couldn’t be said for and 1971 as a climax many road night. — Bob Tasca II of Champions series from 1975 blue Sunoco Camaros won 10 Penske Racing’s dominance. racing fans still haven’t forgotten.

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The lights are bright, the PA system blares and the audience sits events.” The brash approach worked, and Wisbey called Dennis Wisbey high in bleachers. If not for the sparkling collector cars, it would be the company’s next auction, too. (shown here at Russo easy to mistake Russo and Steele’s Scottsdale, Arizona, auction for and Steele’s January a professional boxing match or wrestling bout. Working the crowd sale in Arizona) is Company principal Drew Alcazar works the arena floor, but the The job looks glamorous, but it can be grueling, even for responsible for set- ting the pace at each pace and emotion come from a catwalk above, where freelance someone as energetic as Wisbey. He generally makes 40 auction he calls. If auctioneer Dennis Wisbey calls the sale in rapid fire. “I’m bid to 45 work trips a year and has called auctions on five con- his energy falters, so $40,000,” he says. “Will you give me 41? I’ve got 41, now two, now tinents. With only about 10 days a month at home in Hono- could a sale. three, now four. I’ve got $44,000.” It’s fast, it’s fun and, surprisingly, lulu, he has little time to enjoy the fruits of his labor. you can understand every word that comes out of his mouth. At most auctions, wisbey works solo, From the tips of his blue suede shoes easily logging four to eight hours straight. to the diamond stud in one ear, Wisbey virtually crackles with energy. His positive At most auctions, Wisbey works solo, easily logging demeanor and ever-present good humor entice people to buy four to eight hours straight. However, at Russo and collector automobiles, motorcycles, antiques and commercial real Steele’s home sale in Scottsdale, each of three auction- estate. Those same qualities have propelled him to the top of his eers is on for just 30 minutes at a stretch. profession and allow him to live in Hawaii, travel extensively and Wisbey insists that the key to any successful auc- enjoy a six-figure income. tion is to put the correct product in front of the right people. “It’s also important to have the right frame of Finding his calling mind and always keep my energy up,” he says. “I’ve After high school, Wisbey worked for a used-car dealer, a job that worked with a sore throat and a 104-degree tempera- exposed him to the world of auctions. “I was fascinated at my first ture, but it is just mind over matter.” one,” he says. “I watched the auctioneers and thought to myself, If Wisbey’s energy falters, so will the sale. To keep the ‘I could do this.’” momentum going, he’ll give each lot two to four minutes Wisbey’s first step toward a career came from listening to auc- before moving on. “The technique is to get bidding tion recordings and practicing the calls. He then enrolled in formal going and build excitement,” Wisbey says. “If I can get training at the Missouri Auction School in Kansas City, which offers two people bidding, I can play them against each other.” a two-week diploma program. What’s Wisbey’s advice for aspiring auctioneers? Today, Wisbey uses the American calling style derived from “If you’re interested in becoming an auctioneer, get in livestock auctions. But no matter how fast he rattles off the sales front of a mirror and see if you can do it,” he says. “It’s patter, every word is clear. “I find the slower pace ofE nglish auc- essential to attend an accredited auction school. It also tions less engaging,” says Wisbey, who currently is licensed in 14 doesn’t hurt to emulate a particular auctioneer.” states. “Conversely, if an auctioneer talks too fast and rushes along, Despite the growing popularity of online auctions, bidders won’t be able to follow the auction.” Wisbey isn’t worried about his future. He believes so He adds that Scottsdale is the toughest place for licensing since strongly in his craft and business that he’s adamant it requires fingerprints and an FBI background check annually. when he says, “Nothing has the excitement or can But even with the right credentials, it’s tough to get started, take the place of a live auction.” something Wisbey experienced when he approached a new auction in Atlanta. “The promoter wanted experience, but I said I’d call the  See exclusive video of Dennis Wisbey in action at auction for free if he’d pay my expenses,” he says. “But I told him if hagerty.com/wisbey. he liked me enough to use me again, he’d have to pay me for both

32 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Nice Guys always Finish First Former Concours chairman larry smith Has built a serious collection in his own right. by Jonathan A. Stein >> photography by Roy Ritchie

o to many concours in the United States and you’ll see a tall man with gray- ing hair and a neatly trimmed mustache. Sometimes he’ll be showing a car; possibly his Stout Scarab or supercharged Swiss-bodied Graham. Other times he’ll be judging cars or automotive art. If you’re at the Meadow Brook GConcours d’Elegance, Larry Smith is even more visible. Smith first became involved with the Rochester, Michigan–based event in the early 1980s as an advertiser. Soon, he joined as both a committee member and art show chair (he collects automotive art), ultimately assuming the show’s reins in 2007 when Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance founder and chair Don Sommer stepped down. Although Smith himself stepped down as chairman in late 2008, he remains committed to the event and the collector car hobby. He currently has more than 35 cars in his collection, many of which he keeps in a dedicated garage at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

learning the business When Smith was 6 months old, his family moved from Illinois to the modest part of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, so he could attend the area’s acclaimed schools. However, Smith didn’t have much interest in academics — and it showed in his grades. “For me, high school was a place to look at girls and think about cars,” he says. In his early teens, Smith had graduated from drawing cars to building plastic models, foreshadowing his future career. “I’d heat them up and push a couple together to simulate car crashes,” he says. “The models gave way to mini bikes and go carts, all of which I either built or modified.” Smith was 16 when he dragged home a 1957 Triumph TR3. “It was an old piece of junk,” he says. “I took it apart and rebuilt the engine. But it never ran until I became friends with Dan Hill, the mechanic at Eastern Sports Cars.” With Hill’s help, Smith secured a part-time position as a porter at the local dealership, although he still was fixing up old cars at home. He soon turned to body repairs, which he claims were “pretty ugly” until his boss, Ken Becker, took the time to teach him the proper techniques. After high school, Smith attended junior college for two years and went on to study anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit. “After a year, I realized I’d never be

Hagerty’s Magazine | 800-922-4050 35 Through his business, penchant for automo- happy unless I was doing something with cars,” Playing Favorites tive art and concours involvement, Larry Smith says. Before long he was back at Eastern Smith (seen here in his 1937 Graham with Sports Cars as a mechanic, soon transitioning to a We know that picking favorite cars from your collection can be like choosing between your body by Worblaufen) is connected to the kids, but we asked Larry Smith to do it anyway. Here they are — in no particular order. automotive world on many levels. full-fledged body technician. Realizing that there was no future for him at a 1936 Stout Scarab: “Simply a stunning design.” family-run shop, Smith made a bold move in Sep- 1939 Lincoln Zephyr: “Best of the late ’30s swoopy .” tember 1975 when he rented an old service station 1962 TR-3B: “This type of car got me into the car world.” in Center Line, Michigan. With just his tools and 1964 Facel Vega, Facel II: “Just a great-looking car.” $2,000, the 24-year-old opened a body repair shop 1972 Ferrari 246 GT Dino: “This design is truly impressive.” for foreign cars, naming it Autometric Collision. For years, Smith worked 16 to 18 hours, seven days a week. “My dog didn’t even recog- nize me because I was never home,” he says. Parts / Interiors / Accessories / Fiberglass / Gifts & Apparel Customers were lining up for Smith’s services, with some even waiting seven weeks. He opened additional shops to reduce waiting times and make room for Autometric’s best employees to grow within the company. Smith eventually left the shop floor and, with the help of many courses and the right advisors — most encountered through repairing and col- lecting cars — he learned how to manage what’s now a multimillion-dollar company with seven locations throughout metro Detroit.

The spoils of success These days, Smith’s busy schedule leaves him little time to tinker with his own cars. But one advantage of owning seven body shops is that Smith’s tastes are incredibly eclectic and include great marques, such as Alfa Romeo, Bugatti and Ferrari, as well as street rods, he never has a problem finding someone to help British sports cars of all stripes and some unusual pieces, such as the Stout Scarab. with a car restoration — although Smith’s cars are the only ones Autometric restores. “Resto- ration and collision work appear similar, but they really don’t mix,” Smith says. “It’s difficult to make a profit doing collision repairs and nearly impossible in the restoration business.” He dreams of taking off several months to restore one of his own cars, but knows it’s just not a reality. “I’m too busy with family commit- ments and running the business,” he says. Corvette America is the manufacturer of the world’s finest Corvette In fact, Smith has been so busy that he had no idea he’d gotten up to 35 cars until he recently interiors. At our manufacturing facility in Reedsville, Pennsylvania counted them. His collection includes great we’ve blended high-tech processes with hand-crafted quality marques like Bugatti, Ferrari, Jaguar and Porsche, but also , Chevrolet, Ford, Fiat and Triumph. so you can have the finest Corvette interior at the best prices. Drivability and proportion strongly influence his choices. He also likes cars he can actually use, Call or go online for your which is why he recently sold a Ferrari 275 GTB FREE Catalog! that had become “too valuable” to enjoy. Smith’s wish list includes a Riley MPH, Fer- Dealer inquiries welcome! rari Daytona, Maserati Ghibli and a 1940 Ford Coupe. “I’d also love some other Ferraris as well 800-458-3475 as something with Figoni & Falaschi coach- www.CorvetteAmerica.com work,” he says. “But before that happens, Auto- metric Collision will have to repair a lot more BMWs, Mercedes and Hondas.”

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Airflow affliction Four years ago, Diane Flis-Schneider and Sixteen years ago, after meeting at the National Street her husband, Chuck Schneider, bought Rod Association’s Nats North event in Kalamazoo, the farm — literally. Michigan, the couple became regulars at every major “We purchased everything — rusty farming equipment, classic car show. 30 head of Scottish highland cattle, all the furniture in the They shared a love for the sweeping lines and func- From the outside, you house, the hay in the barns, even the cats,” Diane says. tional elegance of the Machine Age. This post-Depression, likely wouldn’t guess this For the next year, fixing up the 240-acre spread out-  See exclusive video –inspired industrial movement produced now-rare classic red barn (above) side the tiny town of Hadley, Michigan, pretty much of Diane and Chuck’s and extremely sought-after collector cars and trucks, such as houses a unique collec- swallowed the newly retired couple whole. A construc- powerhouse collection the 1937 Hudson Terraplane “Big Boy,” 1937 tion honoring streamlined of classic cars, trucks and tion crew was on the scene. Painters, pavers and rattling Coupe Express Airflow sedan, 1935 Delage D8 85 and style, including a rare 1937 tractors — including a Studebaker Coupe Express cement trucks were coming and going. Locals began to glimpse of what a 1930s-era 1940 Fleetwood Convertible Coupe, which all now have a pickup (left). Opposite (left worry that a new housing development was going in. Kaywood orchard tractor place in Diane and Chuck’s jaw-dropping collection. to right): a 1935 Delage And then the train arrived — a genuine caboose. looks like before they get The couple soon channeled this passion for the old D8 85 shares space with a A team offloaded it on the hill beyond the white horse their hands on it — at fashion into the opening of a bed-and-breakfast-style 1940 Fleetwood Convert- hagerty.com/schneider. ible Coupe; a 1946 Hudson fence now surrounding the property, just through the pickup; a 1957 Dodge wrought iron gate with the words “Stonegate Farm.” by Bob Butz >> Sweptside D100. What were they up to? photography by Rex Roy and Bobby Alcott

38 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Hagerty’s Magazine | 800-922-4050 39 white-collar buyers, which — at a recent show in Illinois — resulted in a vintage model Case selling for more than $400,000.” Pumps, signs and neon Stepping through the door of the barn at Stonegate Farm, visitors are immediately hit with a funky glow of neon gleaming off the chrome bumpers, grilles, mirror-polished doors and hoods of dozens of shiny vintage cars and trucks. Overhead the hot light pulses from scores of rare, two-sided tractor dealer signs. The sheer volume of stuff — car-related antiques and auto- mobilia occupying every square inch of wall, floor and ceiling space — renders most guests either speechless or playfully incredulous. “Everybody says either ‘whoa’ or ‘why,’” says Diane, pointing out the far walls where glass cases contain hundreds of die-cast model cars and trucks, board games, record albums, and car-related magazines and books. Not one, but two 1930s-era bars are set up along the perimeter, fully stocked and totally restored. Old gas pumps are scattered around the floor, and vintage metal gas station signs advertise everything from Coca-Cola to Red conference center with 12 bedrooms that each She adds that sometimes people simply call “We think we only need six, but seem to always find out about Man chewing tobacco. featured a different theme, showcasing a dizzy- to say they have an old tractor they want to a new make and model we didn’t know existed,” Diane says. “Like Diane has a story for everything in the ing array of collectibles. go to a good home. “One time, at a show in the Rumley Oil-Pull that we didn’t know about until we stum- room. There’s the vintage 1932 custom travel In addition to their streamlined Then, in 2005, they unceremoniously got Colorado, we met a guy through another col- bled upon a brochure at an auction last year.” With the help of trailer that she and Chuck bought in near mint vehicles, Diane and Chuck (shown out of the B&B business. Selling the confer- lector and ended up in Nebraska,” Diane says. a friend, the couple recently found one in Indiana and set about condition from the one-time chauffeur of a opposite) have amassed a spec- ence center meant they needed a unique and “We wound up looking at tractors and trucks having it restored. wealthy Canadian dairy owner. And the 1946 tacular collection of neon signs as well as shelves full of toy cars fitting place to showcase all their treasures — for two days, going into barns that hadn’t been Minneapolis Moline Z she plans on driving and trucks, nearly all of which are not to mention a growing fleet of classics, which unlocked in years.” Better than Factory across Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge this year at in original condition. included more than 15 cars and trucks, a hand- By the time the construction crews were These days, near constant flows of orchard tractor enthusiasts make the annual antique tractor crossing. ful of vintage travel trailers, and an astounding finished and packing up their tools, Diane and a pilgrimage to Stonegate Farm. Some just want to see the massive There were only 100 Moline UDLX collection of 45 tractors. Chuck had grown their amazing collection to collection that fills the three big red barns on the property. Others Photographer Rex Roy is tractors ever made, and they have two on the author of Motor City roughly 90 orchard tractors alone — a stun- come with their notebooks and cameras, looking to put the finish- Dream Garages: Amazing display — plus an even more sought-after Orchard Obsession ning display of models from Silver King, Oli- ing touches on their own restoration projects. Collections from America’s Moline UTLX Open. There’s a 1946 Hud- The farm was another in a long line of lucky ver, , Moline and more. “You never find an orchard tractor in complete condition,” Greatest Car City (motor- son pickup, a 1957 Dodge Sweptside D100 finds for Chuck and Diane — maybe even their They now own 140 tractors in all (believed Diane says. “The very things that make orchard tractors so coveted books.com). Personally and a 1934 Airflow. greatest acquisition and restoration project yet. to be the largest private collection of orchard and unique looking — namely those fenders over the tires and a inscribed copies are avail- “We own the only orchard trac- able at rexroy.net. Even before the renovation crews were tractors in America). Orchard tractors comprise steering column shield designed to deflect branches — are what tor in existence and a Sheppard Diesel, one of hard at work pounding nails and slinging most of the 74 that are completely restored. farmers typically took off and tossed in the scrap pile the first time only 12 ever made,” Diane says. red paint, Chuck and Diane were busy seek- “Our goal has always been to own every make they had to replace the bearings or fix a blown tire.” But why the devotion? “For me, the fun is ing out and restoring some of the most rare and model of orchard tractor made prior to the She adds that every person has a different definition of restored. sharing this all with people,” she says, adding orchard tractors in America. peak of the 1950s,” Diane says. “Ours is better than factory,” Diane says. that the only thing better than helping preserve “We do business the old-fashioned way,” By their account, they only need a handful of While it can be a relatively inexpensive collector hobby to get history is listening to people’s stories whenever Diane says. “We like to meet the people, so we orchard tractor models to complete their collec- into, Diane says classic tractors are becoming more popular. “Not they walk the floor of Stonegate Farm. seldom buy at auctions. It’s all word of mouth tion — tractors like the Waterloo Boy by John only farmers and the children of farmers are collecting anymore,” For Diane and Chuck, buying the farm came or through ads in club magazines.” Deere, a rare Huber B and the Moline Jet . she adds. “Shows and auctions are beginning to attract big money, with a few perks — and treasures without end.

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We sl ey Allis on manager, Johnny Goodman, ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO FOR YOU? told me how a buddy had seen HAGERTY PLUS MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION Enthusiasts come by their particular Then, too, there was the rescue impera- an exotic new sports car around town called a passions in different ways. For Bill Krzastek, it tive. Krzastek found the third Volvo 1800 used Volvo,” Krzastek says. “He sent Moore to the “ASK HAGERTY” CONCIERGE SERVICE was as a teen joining his father watching the during The Saint’s 1962 to 1969 run — a 1967 dealership for a look and the rest is history.” TV show The Saint. The show starred Roger model — on The Scotsman online. Moore owned Krzastek’s 1967 Volvo while it Moore as the show’s namesake, Simon “It was basically languishing in a damp was being used for the show, selling it in 1969. CLUB RESOURCES AND SUPPORT Templar, a bad guy gone warehouse,” says Krzastek, who recovered “I’ve fully traced the car’s ownership, which good. His costar? A the Volvo 1800S in 2004. “It had not been included a stint at Cars of the Stars Motor OPERATION IGNITE! YOUTH PROGRAMS Volvo 1800. started in several years. The body was full Museum in Keswick, England,” Krzastek says. Not surprisingly, of Bondo. It was literally rotting from the Originally called the P1800, the Volvo Krzastek’s car enthusiasm inside out. But it was sports car underwent several iterations COLLECTORS FOUNDATION turned to Volvo’s sports intact, and, from a over the years, becoming the 1800S in late specifications car. But it wasn’t just distance, it didn’t 1963, then 1800E (for fuel injection) in 1970 Built by Volvo LEGISLATIVE ISSUE ADVOCACY because of the show or Sweden look too bad.” and finally the 1800ES in 1972–73 — a sport how it connected him with Designed by Restoration was wagon that is reprised today as the Volvo Pelle Petterson his father. “Volvo 1800s completed in June C30. Sturdy, but heavy and somewhat under- HAGERTY’S MAGAZINE RIDE WITH THE LEADER are very usable, practical Built: 1964–1969 2005, with parts ven- powered for its four-cylinder engine, the classics for collectors,” he Quantity Produced: dors giving discounts, 1800 gained legions of fans. 23,993 says. “It has a unique style wanting to be part As Moore told a fan, “I have great affection HAGERTY’S CARS THAT MATTER PRICE GUIDE Original Price: that seems to get better $3,920 of The Saint’s Volvo for the Volvo P1800, as, of course, I owned one with time, like the E-type Current Price:* restoration. “Minilite as well as used one in the series. It’s a beautiful HAGERTY’S CLASSIC CAR AUCTION YEARBOOK and Big Healey.” $5,200–$21,000 even manufactured car, and I still drive a Volvo today.”

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* Values provided by Hagerty’s Cars That Matter, May–August 2009. 46 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Celebrity cars, such as Krzastek’s Volvo 1800S, are subject to higher values.

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