LOOKING TOWARDS BUFFALO CITY 40 SWAP SHOP

2 THE FUTURE 19 TOURISM 44 CLUB APPLICATION Club President "Skovy" Searle Swedlund

2 BIRTHDAYS (June) Around Jamestown 2 68 & 69 YENKO ACTIVE MEMBERS THE DIFFERENCE CAMARO SUPERCAR 20 3 Between California & &

North Dakota 69 427 YENKO NOVA JAMESTOWN ELKS MOPAR GRAVEYARD 995 4 Hidden in the 25 Craig Gaier Carolina hills CLASSIC CAR RUMBLER MINISTRY REVIEW 7 Pastor Scott Block 25 1941 Packard 120 Old & New JAMESTOWN NEWMAN DONATION CLASSIC

8 Largest one time gift 27 CAR CLUB in UJ history Craig Gaier HUGE RAT ROD REVIEW

9 STASH FOUND 27 A Statement made MOTORHEAD of Rust CENTRAL CLASSIC CAR 12 Brian Kamlitz REVIEW Motorsports Enthusiast 30 1959 Chevy Impala THIS IS FOR THE FAST PICKUPS

GUYS 32 These trucks prove 13 OVER 70 you can haul CHASING AROUND CLASSIC CAR 13 2nd Event REVIEW Aberdeen, S.Dak. 33 1958 Dodge D100 TREASURE TROVE FREEZE FRAME

15 Classic Cars at the Riding in a High 35 Bottom of the sea School friends 1981 Firebird MUSCLE CAR FOUND CLASSIC CAR

17 How did this 1970 REVIEW

Chevelle wind up on a 36 1956 VW Beetle

rooftop in Mexico? 38 Upcoming Events

P a g e | 2 LOOKING TOWARDS dam area. It should be a great THE FUTURE time. Story & Photos by Skovy I could go on and on. Better for all of you to show up to the cook out and find out what’s happening.

Until then ... Happy motoring!

Thank you everybody for reading and enjoying the “RUMBLER” magazine. Our e-mail subscriptions have passed 11,916 issues. MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS

Man-o-man, summer is here and Paul Bensch 06/02 Don’t be bashful. We are a very there are many events planned Roger Anderson 06/04 active organization and want for the summer. Take time to look Aaron Nogosek 06/09 members. It’s only $25.00 for a over the enclosed posters in this J.P. Wiest 06/14 regular membership & $50.00 if magazine and look over the David Olson 06/15 you want the “RUMBLER” mailed events towards the back of the Bryant Noot 06/16 to you. See the application on the “RUMBLER”. Elroy Patzner 06/20 back page, or email Nick Titman 06/20 th [email protected]. This Wednesday, June 17 we Brandon Johnson 06/22 st are having the 1 of our summer Elaine Mittleider 06/22 cookouts. These cookouts are Pamela Speckman 06/23 sponsored by local businesses Joel Dewald 06/24 that support the James Valley th Street Machines. On the 17 , Miss your birthday? Please

Dale Redinger, Billy Carow and contact me at 701-202-7067 the gang will be putting on their whereas I can update your cooking hats and whipping up records. hamburgers, brats, potato salad and nonalcoholic beverages. It’s ACTIVE MEMBERS free to all of us so, break out the hot rods and bikes and come on Allmer, Michael over to the S&R Truck Plaza. Gathering will be from 6:15 to Andersen, Jeff(Andy) & Shelly around 7:30. We will have a short Anderson, Bruce & Kathy meeting to let everybody know of Anderson, Roger & Meleia upcoming events. Anderson, Scott & Kim Bachmeier, Donovan & Karla I hope all of you have made hotel Balvitsch, Wayne reservations for the Blacktop Behm, Earl & Connie Tour. It sounds like we are going Bensch, Paul & Janis to have in excess of 30 cars going this year. Berg, Wayne & Tami Beyer, James “CHASE” around North Dakota is Block, Scott & Pat planned for the Sunday Brandenburger, Max & Williams, 06/27/2015. This month we are Laura cruising to the Garrison Dam. We Briese, Lee & Penny will have our pictures taken on Calheim, Clifford & Marla the dam and tour the fishery and Carow, Billy & Candace

P a g e | 3 Demarcy, Jared Meidinger, Jamie THE DIFFERENCE Dewald, Joel & Della Meyer, Ken & Annie BETWEEN CALIFORNIA & Dodd, Jim & Mary Jo Miller, Randy & Crystel NORTH DAKOTA Elhard, Dale & Cynthia Mischka, Kenneth & Judy Story sent by Dave Olson (James Valley Erdahl, Shawn (Shady) & Dawn Mittleider, Cody & Elaine Street Machines)

Frank, Tracy Mitzel, LeRoy California Gaier, Craig & Johnston, Ruth Moser, LeRoy & Gloria Gehring, Duane & Kathleen Nelson, Troy & Lois The Governor of California is Geisler, David Nenow, Roger & Lois jogging with his dog along a Gibson, Teddy & Diane Nogosek, Aaron & Amy nature trail. A coyote jumps out Gilbertson, Mike & Murray, Kim Noot, Jay & Bryant and attacks the Governor's dog, Gilge, Larry & Cindy Olson, David & Adele then bites the Governor. Godfrey, Collin Olson, Taylor The Governor starts to intervene, Gray, JeriLynn & Andy Orness, Stan & Sharon but reflects upon the movie Greenlund, Ron & Darlene Patzner, Elroy & Elayne "Bambi" and then realizes he Gumke, Matt Petrek, Gary should stop because the coyote Gums, Robert & Candace Poppe, Jerry & Ardie is only doing what is natural. Guthmiller, Neil & Linda Ravely, Thomas & Rhonda Heiman, Tyler Redinger, Dale He calls animal control. Animal Hoggarth, Scott Rixen, Dennis Control captures the coyote and Holzkamm, Al & Cindy Schauer, Ronald & Cindy bills the state $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating Houge, Jason & Ann Marie Schlenker, Mark it. Huber, Al & Sue Seckerson, Kelly & Tricia Jacobson, Verdell (Jake) & Linda Seher, Jeff He calls a veterinarian. The vet Jangula, Duane Specht, Gary & Margaret collects the dead dog and bills Jaskoviak, Steven (Skovy) Specht, Leslie & Debra the State $200 testing it for Jensen, Paul & Sue Speckman, Dale & Pamela diseases. Johnson, Brandon & Sonia Stromberg, Bryan The Governor goes to hospital Kamlitz, Brian Swedlund, Troy & Emmy and spends $3,500 getting Karn, Dale & Sue Thoele, Kevin & Kim checked for diseases from the Keim, Lyman & Darlene Thomas, Troy & Tricia coyote and on getting his bite Kessler, Michael & Mary Timm, Curt wound bandaged. Kleinknecht, Delno & Phyllis Titman, Nick Kolb, Dale & Nidia Tracy, Dean & Martha The running trail gets shut down Kummer, Jeffrey & Erin VanFleet, Richard for 6 months while Fish & Game Lade, Joshua Vining, Taylor conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of Lang, John (JR) Wegenast, Colin & Toni dangerous animals. Layton, Viril & Mary Westerhausen, Leon & Mary Jane Loose, Larry & Bonita Wiest, J.P. & Judy The Governor spends $50,000 in Lulay, Bob & Alma Wilhelm, Jeff state funds implementing a Lynn, Randy Wilhelm, Rod & Sandy "coyote awareness program" for Lynn, Tyler & Pauline Willman, Casey & Jessica residents of the area. Martin, Randy & Patti Willman, Dusty The State Legislature spends $2 Masters, George & Eileen Wolf, Cameron million to study how to better Mathias, Roger & Bonnie Wolff, Clayton & Beverly treat rabies and how to McCreedy, Terrance Wonnenberg, Douglas & Robyn permanently eradicate the McCullough, Gary & Billie disease throughout the world. McIlonie, Bernie & Darlene

P a g e | 4 The Governor's security agent is MOPAR GRAVEYARD than welcome to come see the fired for not stopping the attack. Hidden in the Carolina Hills car. The state spends $150,000 to Story & Photos by Ryan Brutt (Hot Rod hire and train a new agent with Magazine … hotrod.com) Once I got there, I was additional special training re the nature of coyotes. devastated

PETA protests the coyote's Whenever I drive to a location, I relocation and files a $5 million usually check out the area using suit against the state. Google Earth. I do this to see where I'm going so I don't get North Dakota lost, but also to check out the surroundings to see what else is The Governor of North Dakota is there. The image on my phone jogging with his dog along a showed a large junkyard that was nature trail. A coyote jumps out full of cars, but once I got there I and attacks his dog. You ever hear the story of how was devastated. From the small, Machu Picchu was found? Hiram one-lane driveway to the house, The Governor shoots the coyote Bingham was in the Andes you could see nothing—not a car with his state-issued pistol and Mountains looking for something or truck anywhere. keeps jogging. The Governor has else, but a guide knew of some ruins nearby. The guide took him spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow Once I pulled down the road, there, yet nothing could be seen point cartridge. things started to look up. I could until he came around a rock see a Challenger race car just The buzzards eat the dead outcropping. And there it was, over one hill, a truck on the other. coyote. Machu Picchu in all its jungle- As I came around a hill to the covered glory. This yard I house and barn where the And that, my friends, is why photographed in the hills of North owner's wife was meeting me, California is broke and North Carolina, while not to that level of then I understood. I felt like Dakota is not. discovery, had its own historically Bingham coming around that significant pieces in the ground. rock outcropping. There was grain silo on one side of the I was in North Carolina for the property and trees on the other, 2014 Hot Rod Power Tour but and everything else was in a got there a few days early to small depression. But there it all allow myself time to photograph was, row upon row of Mopars barn finds. A mutual friend hidden in the hills. relayed me a name and number to call about a few cool cars that The owner came out and we were sitting nearby. When I went into the barn where her called, a woman picked up. I office was. She told me how her asked for the gentleman who had husband had collected Mopars all the cars. She told me her for decades. He was well known husband had owned the cars and in the area for what he built and had died years ago. Apologizing raced. He was good friends with profusely, I explained that I the Petty’s. All the Petty’s were meant no disrespect, as I was over there at one point or just following up on a lead. another. They had collected a bunch of Petty memorabilia Before I hung up though, I asked through the years, and now it if a few of his old cars were still was scattered throughout the around. She told me that she had property. That collection included one of his old cars still there, a probably the largest collection of 1968 Road Runner. I was more Richard Petty Pepsi bottles in the

P a g e | 5 world. Case after case of Richard pushed into the famous (or As we opened that last Petty Pepsi. I have not and infamous) Petty junkyard out barn the strong scent of probably will never see anything behind the house. But as the like that again. story goes, when the Petty’s went dead something blasted to expand the facility, instead of out The barn was storage for many crushing the car, their friend individual parts for cars: rearend grabbed it and dumped it behind center sections, carbs, intakes, his barn. A real piece of drag and a wall of wheels. There were racing and NASCAR history just 426 Hemi parts scattered about. lying rusting in the weeds behind Around the corner I found what the barn. the owner's wife had meant when she said she had one of his cars While there was a handful of left. All the other cars outside Chevelle SS cars and a Ford or This is what remains of Richard Petty's 43 were just projects or junk. But the two, the overwhelming majority Jr. drag-racing Barracuda. vehicle in the side garage was were Mopars. You could tell that the car he drove and worked on. nobody had been out there in a It had his name painted right while. Many of the cars were just above the door, a 1968 Road left in the field. Some were Runner with a Petty prepped 426 complete or missing just a Wedge. handful of pieces.

A real piece of drag It became almost hypnotic, row after row of cool cars. Duster 340 racing and NASCAR One of the only products on the history just lying rusting here, Super Bee over there, more property is this 1967 Chevelle SS396 GTXs than I've seen in one crushed by a tree. in the weeds place. It was an absolute honor to be allowed to walk around Outside were acres upon acres freely and document all the of Mopar muscle cars, with a vehicles that they had there. smattering of GMs and Fords for spice. The owner's wife decided After thoroughly walking the yard to stay at the house, but her photographing most of the brother walked the property with vehicles in it, I was about to me. As we walked around the depart when the owner's wife An original 1971 Plymouth Duster 340 sits barn I saw a rusted hulk of a car asked if I wanted to see the Hemi nose up. sitting there. He looked at me in the barn. She had mentioned it and asked, "Do you know what earlier, but did not go beyond this is?" I looked closely, and I saying that there was one knew I had seen the car before. It around. As we opened that last was the 1965 Barracuda drag car barn the strong scent of dead campaigned by Richard Petty. something blasted out. But there really was a real 426 Hemi When NASCAR banned the 426 tucked away on the side of the Hemi, Richard Petty decided to barn. Nice 1968 Barracuda convertible sitting in go drag racing. And he did a the yard. fairly good job at it. He had this Who would have thought that little 1965 Barracuda built with a hidden in the hills of North 426 Hemi and was having a Carolina would be a yard full of blast. Unfortunately, a piece Mopars, nearly untouched by broke on this car, sending him time? into the stands and killing a spectator. After that it was

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Real 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda sits with its While most of the cars were outside, the The owner meant what she said: This is own front end in the trunk! barn was used for parts storage. Here's a the Hemi in the barn. pile of aluminum intakes and center sections out of 8-3/4 rear-ends.

This is the Road Runner the owner was working on when he passed away.

One of many 1972-'74 Dodge

Challengers littering the area. Among the Petty parts in the barn was this original NASCAR Hemi intake.

A real 1970 Dodge Super Bee, a 383 Magnum car with "stinger" hood still attached.

The remains of a 1970 Dodge Coronet A wall of Richard Petty Pepsi bottles— R/T sitting among other Mopars. and this was just one of the walls.

P a g e | 7 RUMBLER MINISTRY wouldn’t you agree? The pride of delivering death notices, and the Story & Photos by Scott W. Block ownership, horsepower and like. However, it was a bit sad torque bragging rights that new though when the new buyer car smell, and simply just having drove it away and I watched the a cool car is simply beyond taillights disappear from view. compare. However, if you were to Until that moment, there had ask some of my friends whether been no one else’s butt in that or not I am excited about this in particular driver’s seat for 32 general, they would reply in the years! Oh man, 32 years. Wow, negative. In this regard, I am sort has it been that long already? of like a duck sitting calmly on top of the water, but underneath my It is somewhat of a guess, but I legs are paddling like crazy! In think the reason why I don’t feel my daily living and in my grief, or at the very least guilt, is profession, I practice something because I am truly excited about called a “non-anxious presence” the new “relationship” in my life. which keeps me looking calm on Now don’t get me wrong here, I the outside while something is don’t “love” my new car, or the actually going on and happening old car for that matter, but I sure in the inside. enjoy each of them in their many and unique ways! I realize that a vehicle is an inanimate object, a piece of metal, put together with nuts and bolts, and that it does not have feelings, a soul, nor does it even have a spark of life,

though it has spark plugs. It is Old and New quite certain that my new ride, or my old ride for that matter, is not It is with boundless anticipation an “auto-bot” or a “deception” and excitement that I await the and it is not Herbie, the love bug, delivery of my “new” “old” car. and therefore does not live. I am And finally, after what seems like not as fanatic about cars like an eternity, today (hopefully) is someone who very recently told the day! It is “new” to me but it is me they loved a specific car so an “old” car that has been “re- much they wanted to have sex newed”. In fact, because of the with it. Yuk! I do understand total and complete restoration it “loving” something inanimate, but could be thought of as “brand I think in this particular instance new”. (Are you tired of my play In order to purchase this “new” that would be crossing a line and on words yet? Haha!) I have ride, I was required to sell my crossing that line by a mile, been eagerly waiting its arrival “old” ride. And honestly, it wasn’t maybe even two miles! since April 24th of this year when I as hard as I thought it would be Let me know about your guess signed all the documents, paid to sell. In fact, it was a pleasant as to what my new ride is. You the money, and applied for the surprise that I did not feel grief can email Skovy with it….he said new vanity plate to the great when I thought that I may actually he loves getting state of North Dakota. The new experience and feel some kind of emails….hahahaha!! Who knows, plate reads, “6Block9”. Would a loss upon the transfer of the there may be pictures of it you care to venture a guess as to title to a second party. Due to my someday in the Rumbler. But for what I bought based solely on vocation as Pastor and a sure, I am excited and can’t wait that clue from the plate? Chaplain, I was grateful that I did not have those feelings as I have for my butt to be in that particular There is nothing like taking enough of them already working driver’s seat for the next 32 “possession” of a new ride, with imminently dying people, years. Perhaps I may even be

P a g e | 8 buried in my “new-old” car. Now The gift has been given in honor preparation for lives spent in that’s something to think about. of the late Harold Newman and service to family and community.” his wife, Mary, to further the So take care humble readers of mission of the University of the Rumbler. May the old storms Jamestown. A portion of the gift pass quickly in your life and you will be used to fund nursing emerge on the other side with scholarships and the rest will be new bright blue skies overhead. used to fund the building of the May God fill you with all good new athletic arena. Harold and things, bless you with all good the Newman family have been things, and grant you joy, peace, supporters of the University of and good health. Jamestown for the last 4 decades. From the 1970’s up to Keep on cruisin’, keep on his passing in February, 2014, laughing’, and keep on reading’ Harold was a Jimmie booster the Rumbler. Stay thirsty my club supporter and could often be friends! No, wait, oh sorry, wrong found at basketball games. commercial! Hahaha! Blessings everyone! Lawrie Paulson, Athletic Director at the University of Jamestown, Newman Donation expresses much pleasure at this Largest One-Time Gift in gift. “The projects to upgrade and UJ History add to the existing athletic and Story & Photos by The Jamestown Sun recreation facilities will have an immediate, positive impact on hundreds of current students, and thousands of future students, by providing modern space for practices, competitions, and recreational activities. A very large percentage of our students participate in athletic and

intramural activities, and On virtually every street sign and providing them with outstanding billboard in the Jamestown facilities is a major factor in community is the Newman enhancing the student stamp. Newman signs were experience. This generous gift founded in 1956. Shortly from the Newman family is a University of Jamestown and the thereafter Harold Newman was critical step in creating the Newman family are icons in the instrumental in the building of impetus to make this happen.” Jamestown community with a The World’s Largest Buffalo at shared goal of creating a brighter the Frontier Fort giving the city In a letter dated December 4th, future. University of Jamestown the title “The Buffalo City”. Today 2009, Harold wrote to University President Robert Badal Newman Signs, Inc. is one of the of Jamestown President Robert expresses gratitude on behalf of 10 largest sign manufacturers in Badal, “Jamestown College is a himself and the University, “We the nation and one of the largest shining example of Jamestown’s are grateful to Harold, Mary and employers in the city of best. Your campus is beautiful, the Newman family for their Jamestown. Harold Newman has your staff dedicated, and your enduring support over many left his mark on the Jamestown students fine examples of what years. It means a great deal to community in an unrivaled way. today’s youth have to offer. As a the University of Jamestown to The next Newman stamp is the resident of Jamestown I am have the Newman name on an largest one-time donation ever to proud of the work you do important new arena that will have been gifted to the University educating young people in benefit our students and of Jamestown. programs while enhancing

P a g e | 9 community involvement on our and used performance parts that him the foresight to realize that campus.” would make a Nickey Chevrolet someday, others would have just parts manager jealous, and as much interest in them. So The University of Jamestown was Fisette is not done cracking while he was working at his established in 1883 and is ranked trailers open. He’s also confident father’s John Deere dealership, as a top tier regional school in there’s more muscle hidden in Green Bay Implement, Schlag US News and World Report and the trailers. began buying the parts from the a top Midwestern school in The local Chevrolet dealer’s parts Princeton Review. The school counter in the 1960s and stored features development of the them at the John Deere whole person through its dealership. He also made annual distinctive Journey to Success trips to California, pulling a trailer experience. behind an RV for a month at a time in order to retrieve more HUGE MUSCLE CAR parts for his stash. When his STASH FOUND father died and the dealership Story & Photos by Angelo Van Bogart was liquidated in the early 1970s, (Old Cars Weekly) he tucked the parts and cars in semi-trailers.

Larry Fisette had no idea whether he was buying King Tut’s tomb or Al Capone’s vault when he agreed to buy 21 trailers said to be full of Corvettes and Chevrolet muscle cars and parts. Luckily, all of the rumors he had heard whispered around his northeast Wisconsin home turned out to be truer than he ever dreamed. So far, Fisette, a De Pere, But when the very people who Wisconsin, restorer and Schlag was saving parts for automotive repair shop betrayed him by stealing a part, proprietor, has opened 17 of the Schlag stopped sharing his

21 sealed trailers one-by-one and collection. He even went so far found a Yenko Camaro with How the trailers came to be full of as to completely seal the trailers 45,000 miles; a pair of low- new Corvette side exhaust off once they were full. By butting mileage 1970 LS-6 Chevelles; a systems, factory Corvette race the trailers up against each other, 1972 Camaro Z/28; two 1957 parts, and highly desirable not even he could go back in Corvettes, one a fuel-injected engines and parts is as them. Schlag also stopped car, the other a dual-four-barrel- interesting as the man who filled driving the cars he collected after equipped example; and several them. one of his Corvettes was keyed other Chevrolet performance in a parking lot. From that point cars. Filling in the space around Donald Schlag’s passion for on, he swapped the engines and the cars like water around Chevrolet performance cars, slipped the cars into the trailers, pebbles is an inventory of NOS even when they were new, gave never to be gazed upon again.

P a g e | 10 Many local car collectors believe being the local expert on fuel come back with stellar the reason why Schlag pulled the injection units and offering other credentials. engines from his cars and mechanical services, Schlag installed a different engine before became acquainted with cars in Once the deal was sealed, he put them away was to thwart the area, which also helped him Fisette was ready to break down thieves, since the cars wouldn’t feed his collection. the doors of the trailers to see be numbers-matching. Even rare what he bought, and the first parts, like a first-generation race “There was a rumor that Don trailer he opened didn’t let him Corvette gas tank, was separated would remove your big-block and down. from its two filler neck pieces and install a small-block [as a gas- its parts spread between three saving measure during the “I hadn’t seen inside any of the trailers. Another theory to explain second fuel crisis],” Fisette said. trailers. I did it all on Donny’s why Schlag swapped and This would explain why about reputation,” Fisette said. “The separated engines was because half of the engines Fisette has first trailer I opened had two he predicted the engines would uncovered are big-block [1970 Chevelle] LS-6s in it,” he be worth more than the cars, so Chevrolet engines. said. “It was absolutely total he pulled the hot engine from amazement.” The Chevelles most of the cars and put a slightly were parked bumper-to-bumper less desirable engine in its place. in the trailer, and the first he gazed upon was a gold four- Despite his unfortunate speed, bench-seat car that interaction with some of his fellow Fisette soon realized was the LS- hobbyists, Schlag remained 6 Chevelle his neighbor bought friendly. When scouring car new. Fisette even remembers the shows and swap meets around day the neighbor brought it home Chicago, Milwaukee, and Green from the dealership and showed Bay for more parts in his rusty El it to him. Regardless of his Camino, he could be found Upon learning that Schlag memory of the car, Fisette engaged in a conversation in passed away, Fisette took a prefers the Chevelle parked in which he would even mention if chance on acquiring the front of the gold, four-speed car: he had a part or a car. collection and contacted Schlag’s a blue Chevelle with bucket seats family. and an automatic transmission, which he considers more “I called her [Schlag’s sister’s] drivable. number, told her my name, and said I’d buy everything and told her I had the capability to buy and disperse it all,” Fisette said. After checking with other hobbyists, Schlag’s family decided that Fisette was the right person to buy the collection.

“He’d talk about what he had, but “We were so lucky to find Larry,” he didn’t brag and he didn’t sell said Joanne Stepien, Don anything,” said Fisette, who met Schlag’s sister. “I received Schlag before his June, 2005, several phone calls [from people Unearthing the Yenko Camaro death on two occasions. Through interested in buying the shortly thereafter was obviously these brief interactions, people collection], so I took their names an exciting experience for began to piece together what he and numbers. I had about five Fisette, but it was opening a had hiding. different people to choose from.” trailer full of factory performance Stepien then researched the engines that made the hair on the And while no one knew exactly reputations of each party, and back of his neck stand up. what Schlag had, Schlag knew Fisette was the only person to what they had in their garage. By

P a g e | 11 “The most exciting moment was correct,” he said. One hobbyist One of those potential surprises when I opened up a trailer and has already contacted Fisette to may be another Yenko car. saw shiny engines up one side ask if he has the original engine Fisette has found a rust-free front and down the other, and then two to his Nova, which was sold to clip for a Nova in one trailer, a stacked shelves of them,” Fisette Schlag many years ago following hubcap center specific to a recalled. More than 150 high- an engine transplant. Although Yenko Nova in another trailer, performance engines have been Fisette plans to sell all of the and he’s heard that Schlag found, in addition to 14 nice, low- parts in one lot, he said he would owned a Yenko Nova with a mileage cars, but the bulk of try to reunite the Nova owner with damaged front clip. Combined trailers contain parts. And lots of his car’s original engine. with the fact he has a title and them. keys to a Nova, Fisette is For Fisette, the hunt was more confident he’ll soon uncover fun than the catch, and he wants another muscle car icon from the to share that experience with Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and fellow car collectors. Pointing to a dealership. “I’ve really got to 1958 Corvette radio, he said, know him through this puzzle,” “Imagine how happy this is going Fisette said. to make somebody.” Larry Fisette is a worthy A happy man himself, Fisette is caretaker to the cars and parts thoroughly enjoying the challenge collected by Donald Schlag, presented to him. “I’ve done because he’ll make sure that the nothing but empty trailers since cars and parts end up in the September,” Fisette said while hands Schlag was saving them surrounded by all the parts he’s for. organized in his warehouse. “I walk in here and feel like Scrooge McDuck. I can remember as a kid thinking, ‘I’d kill for a four-speed.’ Now look how many I have got!”

Finding such parts continues to be a treasure hunt in itself. Each Since finding the trailers, Fisette time he opens a trailer, Fisette has organized the parts in a doesn’t know if he’ll find it filled warehouse to best determine cars or SS wheels hanging from what he has. While looking down the ceiling, engines lining the the line of engines, Fisette smiled walls, and 55-gallon drums filled at a complete engine for a 1969 with performance heads and Camaro Z/28 engine and asked, crankshafts. And even when he “Isn’t that pretty? It’s a DZ-302 finds a trailer loaded with cars, that’s complete down to the he’s never sure if he’ll find breather!” The Camaro 302-cid another stash of fuel-injection engine is one of approximately units or Corvette knock-off six such engines he’s found, and wheels in the cars’ trunks as he he’s hopeful that it and many of has on several occasions. the other engines will land back in the cars they originally came Regardless of his few from, right down to the cast-iron interactions with Schlag, Fisette COPO 427-cid engine block he’s feels he’s come to understand found. the man, and if he’s right, there are more surprises great cars “I think it’s going to give people a and parts waiting to be found. chance to make their cars

P a g e | 12 MOTORHEAD CENTRAL vehicles. The Downtown we’ll start fundraisers so we can Story & Photos by Brian Kamlitz Association is working hard on get this show on the road and get making this event a huge the Dragstrip built! success with many area businesses sponsoring Best of car, Best of Bike, Best of club participation awards. This event is just 3 weeks away!

The Downtown Association is looking at having all the clubs participating or representatives here to promote their events and promote each of their

organizations. All of these clubs are always looking for new The month of July is full of area members. Motorsport events. Please look at the calendar in back of the The Corner Bar has a band “RUMBLER” for upcoming coming in that evening from events. Summer only has so Bismarck they are called Fully many weekends and we are Loaded. There will be local food cramming a slug of events into vendors present also. Please this year time. stop on over and say Hi to everybody. Rods & Hogs Jamestown James Valley Street Machines have the Blacktop tour July 31st, North Dakota It’s been 25 years since the Aug 1st, and Aug 2nd. They are James Valley Off Roaders also having their summer end big started their organization. What a car event where the team up with great accomplishment! Dean the Huntington’s Disease Tracy, Glenn Christianson, organization and Don Wilhelm Shawn Schumacher and Brian Chevrolet. Last year this event Kamlitz were the founding had 171 cars. This year is members. The James Valley Off planned to be a bigger event with Roaders is still going strong with more activities going on. . racing all over the state. The Off Roaders are looking for more Jamestown Classic car club has help and members so that the their huge car show July 11 in the next 25 years will be a success park. also. The James Valley Off Roaders have several events slated this summer. If you are looking some muddy fun please attend one of the events. Don’t be bashful and ask to be help out. They will be excited for you to help.

James Valley Motorsports June 27th 2015 is the date set for Foundation updates: We this event this year. Main Street received our State Certificate and will be closed for 12 hours that have a CPA locked in. We are day so that our local Motorsports still waiting for Federal papers. Jamestown Drag Racing enthusiast can show off all types’ When we receive their approval Association will have the tree on

P a g e | 13 Main Street for hands on drag THIS IS FOR ALL THE racing June 27 the Drags are GUYS OVER 70 July 18 and 19 here in Story sent by Dave Olson (James Valley Jamestown. Street Machines)

Get out and support your local speedway, car club or whatever type of Motorsport event you have in your community.

If you ever want to drop me a note please email me at [email protected]

Cowboy: "Give me 3 packets of JAMES VALLEY STREET condoms, please." Cashier: "Do MACHINES “CHASING” you need a paper bag with that, AROUND 2015 sir?" Cowboy: "Nah... She's purty 2nd of our monthly cruises good looking" was another success! Story & Photos by James Valley Street I was talking to a girl in the bar Machines

last night. She said, "If you lost a nd few pounds, had a shave and got Our 2 “Chasing” Around mini your hair cut, you'd look all right." tours was another great success. I said, "If I did that, I'd be talking For May we visited Aberdeen, to your friends over there instead South Dakota. The local car club of you." “Custom Cruisers” had a car

show for the afternoon so we I got caught taking a pee in the cruised on in. swimming pool today. The lifeguard shouted at me so loud, I I know we wanted to cruise to the nearly fell in. Garrison Dam in May, but maybe we’ll do that cruise in June. I went to the pub last night and Come to the meeting and we’ll saw a fat chick dancing on a talk about it. table. I said, "Good legs." The girl giggled and said, "Do you really think so." I said, "Definitely! Most tables would have collapsed by now."

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P a g e | 15 TREASURE TROVE OF that sank after it was bombed by two 'Down here, the twisted wreckage German planes in 1941 CLASSIC CARS AT THE and torn decks are still a good representation of how the vessel BOTTOM OF THE SEA was as she slipped beneath the Story sent by Leon Watson (Dailymail.co.uk) waves.' British Merchant Navy ship carrying military vehicles that was sunk in the Red Sea during the Second World War. British Merchant Navy ship the SS Thistlegorm sank after it

was bombed in 1941. The Loaded on the ship were a wide range of 128-metre-long vessel has military vehicles which were being lain 30m beneath the Red Sea transported by the ship from Glasgow to Alexandria, Egypt for 73 years. Still contained British Merchant Navy ship the SS within the rusting cargo hold Thistlegorm sank after it was bombed in are a wide range of military 1941 vehicles. They were being transported by the ship from Glasgow to Alexandria, Egypt.

This wreck may give vintage car enthusiasts a sinking feeling.

Trapped beneath the waves is a The vessel has lain 30 meters beneath trove of classic British vehicles the surface of the Red Sea for 73 years which were lost when the cargo vessel carrying them was sunk in Still contained within the rusting The wreck was lost to the depths of the sea until it was discovered in 1956 by the Second World War. cargo hold are a wide range of legendary aquatic explorer Jacques-Yves military vehicles which were Cousteau The SS Thistlegorm, a British being transported by the ship Merchant Navy ship, sank after it from Glasgow to Alexandria, was bombed by two German Egypt. planes in 1941. British diver Mark Harris, 53, The rusting 128-metre-long explored the popular site. vessel has lain 30 meters beneath the surface of the Red He said: 'This dive was a quiet Sea for 73 years. one, so it gave me some time for contemplation. Aquatic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau 'Shipwrecks like this, even wrote about diving the wreck in part of his though they are physically book, The Living Sea decaying in one sense, also preserve a moment in time - an Swathes of tropical fish swim act of war. around the remains of the well- preserved wreck which still contains historic vehicles such as 'You rarely see this on land. Bedford trucks, armored vehicles, Buildings damaged during wars Norton 16H and BSA are rebuilt and holes made by Motorbikes inside the hold of the SS Thistlegorm, a British Merchant Navy ship bombs are filled in.

P a g e | 16 motorcycles, Bren guns and cases of ammunition.

Also amongst the relics lying on the sea bed are aircraft parts, radio equipment, wellington boots and even two steam locomotives intended for use on the Egyptian railways. The SS Thistlegorm, built in 1940 in Mr. Harris, of Esher, Surrey, said: Sunderland, set sail for the last time from The ship sank following an explosion in Glasgow on June 2, 1941 'As divers, we feel the ship’s the main hold which was triggered when wounds. Most of us respect the ammunition on board ignited site. That is why that Wellington boot was still there after all this The SS Thistlegorm, built in 1940 time, and not looted. Here was in Sunderland, set sail for the last something easily removable that time from Glasgow on June 2, had been left to rest in peace.' 1941.

The crew of the ship, captained by William Ellis, was accompanied by nine Royal Navy personnel who manned the ship’s defensive guns. There were 41 crew members aboard in total.

The Thistlegorm was travelling as a part of a convoy, which offered protection against Italian and German warships which were

hunting cargo vessels in the Mediterranean at the time.

Two bombed were dropped on the Thistlegorm, which was the largest ship in the convoy

After the ship refueled in Cape Town, the convoy was supposed to continue on to Egypt via the The Thistlegorm was travelling as a part of a convoy, which offered protection Suez Canal. However, the ship There were 41 crew members aboard in against Italian and German warships could not pass through the canal total when the ship went down during the Second World War

P a g e | 17 as there was a collision further wrote about diving the wreck in ahead. part of his book, The Living Sea.

The SS Thistlegorm moved to Mr. Harris explored the wreck in Safe Anchorage F, near Ras June this year. Muhammad in Egypt, in September. The ship remained MUSCLE CAR FOUND there until October 6 when it was HOW DID THIS 1970 bombed while still at anchor. CHEVELLE WIND UP ON A ROOFTOP IN MEXICO? The car has been on this At the time German intelligence Story & Photos by Jerry Heasley (Hot Rod believed that a ship carrying Magazine … hotrod.com) rooftop since the 1980s extra allied troops was approaching Egypt. Juarez is not a place for the weak of heart. Drug cartels have turned Two Henkel HE-111 aircraft were the town into a battle zone. In the dispatched by the Germans from last few years the violence has Crete with the mission to find and "lessened," but it is still risky. destroy the troop carrier. Two men appeared from out of nowhere talking excitedly in The search failed but on the way back the planes targeted the Spanish. A younger person vessels anchored at Safe wheeled up in a bicycle to see "Look, you can see the car from what was going on. I wondered Anchorage F, dropping two here," Chuy said. bombs on the Thistlegorm, which what they were saying. was the largest ship in the Sitting in the back of Michael convoy. Suddenly the street was alive Lightbourn’s four-door pickup, I with people. I could feel all eyes had to stick my head out the side on me. I slid my camera around The ship sank following an window and look up. I could explosion in the main hold which to my side in a vain attempt to barely see the shape of a car hide my photographic intentions. was triggered when ammunition wrapped in tarps and parked on a on board ignited. Michael and his friend Chuy had roof, but not a roof like we see in been here before. They knew this America. man. They were explaining to In total four members of the him what was going on. merchant crew perished, along We were in an old neighborhood with five members of the of Juarez, Mexico, where every The men began lifting heavy supplementary Navy crew building looked like it was made serving on the ship. cinderblocks then peeling back of concrete and there were no two tarps, one white and the yards with grass, just dirt streets other green. First I noticed an SS Captain Ellis was awarded an devoid of life. The area was not a badge on the black rubber OBE for his actions and another ghost town, but in the middle of bumper cover. crew member, Angus McLeary, the day I saw no people walking was awarded the George Medal around. and the Lloyd’s War Medal for "This is a real SS396," Chuy told me in English. Michael agreed. Bravery at Sea after he saved Chuy Gonzalez was our guide. another man’s life. Chuy had checked out the car He drove Michael’s truck up the previously. street until the flat roof, once very The wreck was lost to the depths high above us, was at eye level. I The animated man speaking of the sea until it was discovered stepped out of the pickup and Spanish, Michael told me, owned in 1956 by aquatic explorer was even with the roof. Jacques-Yves Cousteau who the Chevelle. I imagine he felt like he might be getting some

P a g e | 18 dollars this time and probably for a Ford Ranger pickup. I could When no deal was made, the from the gringo. see a floor shifter and an SS owner told us about the dash with the glovebox door whereabouts of a GTO Judge. missing. The trunk also held a plethora of trim pieces, plus a "He’ll take us there for $100," four-barrel carburetor. Michael said to me.

"He wants $3, 900," Michael said. The big-block 396 and automatic "He said he bought the car in transmission were gone. Montana and drove it back," Michael said.

"When?"

"I think in the 1970s, but the car has been on this rooftop, I The Chevelle was protected by a cyclone believe, since sometime in the fence and covered with tarps and 1980s." cinderblocks. There was no engine, no They look like battle scars The interior looked like a transmission, but the 1970 storage bin for trim Chevelle was a real SS. Chuy "Is the GTO for sale?" I asked. pieces crawled under the car to check out what appeared to be the "Don’t know. Maybe." The car appeared rust-free stock 12-bolt rearend. Disc except for the passenger-side brakes, larger sway bars, and the "Nah, I think I’ll pass on that. rear quarter. I opened the SS dash were more indications of What about this car?" passenger door. The interior a true SS. looked like a storage bin for trim For now, we wanted to drive on pieces, including a doorsill plate "He would take $3, 500," Michael and look at more cars Chuy had said. The price wasn’t real cheap, already found. As the owner of but not bad for a rust-free car. I Street Toys in Juarez, he got noticed cuts in the body. I pointed many leads on cars in the city. them out to Michael. Michael was one of his customers. "They look like battle scars from Juarez," he said with a laugh. I asked, "In the States, how much Scars caused by a big sharp would they want for a Chevelle in knife were what they looked like this condition?" to me. After 10 minutes and no deal made, I had a feeling the "Maybe eight or nine grand," owner would sell for even less. Michael guessed.

P a g e | 19 Chuy and several of the men began putting the tarp and the cinderblocks back on the body. Later, Michael would come back to buy the Chevelle. For now, we Story & Photos by Searle Swedlund pressed on to see more cars in Juarez, living dangerously and loving every minute of it. The interior had become a storage bin for trim pieces—and not all of them for this car.

Though the body was largely free of rust, it wore its share of bumps and scars. I had a couple from Jamestown in my office the other day looking for a good day trip around the area. There are many great things to see in North Dakota. It’s a full day, but these stops are full This real-deal Chevelle SS396 had been of wonder and great history. I hiding in plain sight on this rooftop hope you can get out in June and overlooking Juarez, Mexico, since the 1980s. enjoy them for yourself.

Wimbledon's Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum Featuring Peggy Lee www.midlandcontinentaldepot.com [email protected] 701-435-2875 or 701-320-1020

The Midland Continental was a Pulling the tarps revealed an SS396 that short line railroad that operated had a battle-scarred body but was pretty The car’s $3,900 asking price wasn’t between 1912 and 1970. much rust-free. cheap, but it wasn’t bad for a rust-free Originally intended to be a north- Chevelle SS. south transcontinental line linking grain markets from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Galveston, Texas, all that was ultimately constructed was 77 miles of track between Wimbledon and Edgeley, ND. The main floor of the building served as the depot, and this floor showcases the railroad’s The trunk was also full of car parts. history.

P a g e | 20 Peggy Lee (1920-2002) was an which once protected a missile, 1968 YENKO SUPER American jazz, and popular an imposing security fence, the CAMARO, 1969 YENKO music singer, songwriter and electronic security system, and actress who lived and worked in the ventilation systems that SUPER CAMARO & 1969 this very depot from 1934 to served the underground YENKO/SC 427 NOVA 1937. In 1934, Marvin Egstrom equipment buildings. GLORY DAYS! became the depot agent and Story & Photos by Arvid Svendsen (Hot Rod Magazine … hotrod.com) moved in with his family. His Barnes County Historical Society daughter, Norma Deloris in Valley City Egstrom, better known as Peggy Lee, helped him run it. The large living room upstairs in the depot is dedicated entirely to Peggy Lee’s life, career, and music.

Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site and Oscar Zero 701- 797-3691

www.history.nd.gov/historicsites/minutem The motivations behind collecting anmissile/ The Barnes County Historical muscle cars are many, ranging Society is a 20,000-square-foot from personal nostalgia to profit. This historic site consists of two facility dedicated to telling the For some collectors, the cars are sites telling the story of the Cold history of the area. It features a tribute to those who made a War years in North Dakota. They frequently changing exhibits and difference in automotive history. are the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert special traveling exhibits, lectures The classic example is the Facility and the November-33 and events over the course of the following enjoyed by Carroll Launch Facility. They are the last year. On display is an HO scale Shelby, whose contribution to remnants of the 321st Missile train model of the Hi-Line Bridge, Ford made him one of the Wing, a cluster of intercontinental the shoes of Christian Paetow greatest automotive legends of ballistic missile launch sites that known as the Largest Man in all time. Though the comparison were spread over a 6,500- Dakota Territory and the oldest might fall short of equivalency, it square-mile area around the registered car in North Dakota, a is reasonable to say that the Grand Forks Air Force Base. 1901 Oldsmobile. Currently on Chevrolet camp had its own These facilities played an integral loan is Bob the Triceratops. He’s Carroll Shelby, and his name was part in the Cold War. the largest and most complete . specimen of his type. At the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility, take a guided tour down In the early 1960s, both Don the elevator shaft to the Yenko and Carroll Shelby were underground Launch Control very good road racers, even Equipment Building and Launch rivals at certain events. Yenko Control Center, to see firsthand was also a fan of Shelby the front lines of the United American's business plan and States’ strategy of nuclear admired Shelby's success. deterrence. Step behind the Inspired by that model, Yenko concrete blast door and witness created Yenko Sports cars Inc. the equipment that could have with the intent of creating a been used by the missile crews Shelby-like offering for Chevrolet to launch nuclear missiles. enthusiasts and racers.

At November-33, see the topside By 1966, a Yenko was of a launch facility, including the converting pedestrian Corvairs massive launch closure door into Yenko Stingers by obtaining

P a g e | 21 special high performance Joe revels in his caretaker limited run in SCCA Trans-Am equipment from the factory via responsibility of his fine Yenko’s. racing, and even a few drag Central Office Production Orders, "I don't go near my Yenko’s racing events. Yenko's hands-on or COPO. In the years to come, without putting on Nitrile gloves, involvement would harvest a Yenko would use the same and neither does anyone else. It's loyal band of followers from both process to create the high- a privilege to share these cars the enthusiast and racing performance muscle cars that with other people." communities. have since earned him his legendary status. Don Yenko in Brief Yenko famously turned Corvairs, Camaros, Chevelles, and Nova’s The Chevrolet camp had into high-performance machines its own Carroll Shelby, during the height of the muscle car era. As that world changed, and his name was Don so too did his, with Chevy Vegas Yenko feeling the sting in 1971. The last Yenko Camaros, turbocharged Among those inspired by Yenko Z28s, were built in 1981. Sports cars is Joe Salvatore, a Toronto businessman and former 1968 Yenko Super professional boxer. To hear Joe Don Yenko and one of his Stinger Vegas, photographed for Sports Car Graphic Camaro describe it, his collection of magazine in February 1971. Yenko Super Cars and Yenko memorabilia is all about carrying Don Yenko's father, Frank, the torch of the passion and the started in 1947 legend of Don Yenko. in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania. Frank acquired a second "Don Yenko offered the franchise in Canonsburg, enthusiast more when Chevrolet Pennsylvania, which eventually was already offering a lot," Joe settled in a new building located explains. "Every person I talk to at the now legendary 575 West about Don Yenko instantly Pike Street Extension address. The 1968 Yenko Super Camaro came converts to seeing the equipped with this fiberglass twin-scoop Frank made the natural move to hood. Pontiac Rally II wheels gave the importance of both the man have his bright and talented son Camaro a different look and might have himself, and the Yenko Super Don shares the leadership at been installed because of their good Cars that came from Yenko. Yenko Chevrolet. looks and slightly wider size. There's no bait required for these cars. When people understand Don Yenko was truly a car guy, In seeking out engineering help the history of Don Yenko, they with a passion for road racing. for creating a 427 Camaro, Don get the cars. He was an Don participated in his first road Yenko initially spoke to Chevrolet artist...He left an indelible mark race at the 1957 Daytona Beach guru Bill Thomas for help on the on the automotive industry." Flying Mile Time Trials. After big-block installation. Thomas meeting Grady Davis from Gulf was doing some work of his own Joe's collection of Yenko Super Oil in 1958, Yenko and Davis on 427 conversions and is Cars includes a beautifully created the Gulf Oil Research credited with the first big-block restored 1968 427 Yenko Super and Development Racing Team. swap into a 1967 Camaro. Camaro, an original, unrestored Yenko would continue his road 1969 427 Yenko Super Camaro, racing involvement up to the When racer Dick Harrell left and a 1969 Yenko/SC 427 Nova. point of his untimely death in Nickey Chevrolet in Chicago and Joe also owns Don Yenko's 1987. His resume included opened his own shop in St. decal-plastered man cave driving Corvettes for the historic Louis, he called Yenko and refrigerator. Let's face it—anyone Sunray DX Racing Team, offered to do work for him. Yenko who owns Yenko's old fridge is a individual victories in various asked Harrell to build some of the bona fide Yenko fanatic. road racing sanctioning bodies, a 1967 Yenko Super Camaros. The

P a g e | 22 arrangement between Yenko and Joe Salvatore acquired the Harrell did not work out, and in Grotto Blue YS-8005 Super 1968 Yenko moved the Camaro from Wayne and Robin conversion work completely in Schmeeckle a few years ago. house to his dealership in The car is gorgeous, and Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. possesses rock-solid documentation.

The factory blacked-out rear cove area was the perfect canvas for the Yenko and 427 emblems.

1969 Yenko Super Camaro

Yenko’s mechanics would start with the factory 396/375-horse L78 engine, The Yenko conversion included this remove the intake manifold and cylinder Stewart Warner 8,000-rpm tachometer. It heads, and swap the 396 short-block for was clocked around so the driver had an an L72 427ci GM CE-stamped short- optimal view of the higher rpm. block. The car possesses rock- Yenko's personal relationships at Chevrolet were strong, especially solid documentation his friendship with Chevrolet's For 1969, COPO 9737, the Sports Car Vince Piggins. Discussions with At a Glance Conversion package, added the 15x7 Chevrolet for help in building 1968 Yenko Super Camaro Rally wheels, the 140-mph speedo, a Yenko Super Camaros resulted Owned by: Joe Salvatore, 13/16-inch front sway bar, and a special ring-and-pinion for the 12-bolt 4.10 in the Chevrolet Central Office Toronto, Ontario, Canada Positraction rear. creating the COPO 9737 Sports Engine: 427ci/450hp L72 V-8 Car Conversion package for the Transmission: Muncie M21 4- Don Yenko convinced Vince 1968 Camaros. The COPO 9737 speed manual Piggins that Chevrolet could sell package added the 140-mph Rearend: 12-bolt with 4.10 gears at least 500 COPO 427 speedometer and heavy-duty and Positraction Camaros. As a result of meetings suspension to the 1968 L78 Interior: Blue vinyl bucket seat with Chevrolet, Yenko was able Camaros that were sent to Yenko Wheels: 14x6 Pontiac Rally II to order what are now termed and converted to L72 power. with Yenko centers double COPO cars. These About 65 Yenko Super Camaros Tires: F70-14 Firestone Wide Camaros would still be outfitted were produced by Yenko for Oval Super Sports with COPO 9737 and its 1968. suspension and speedometer upgrades. But a second COPO, 9561, resulted in the factory installing the 427ci/425hp L72 big-block. Yenko would no longer have to waste time tearing down L78 396 Camaros and swapping short-blocks. Yenko historian Stefano Bimbi believes that The factory blue interior is all business approximately 201 1969 Yenko with the 140-mph speedometer, N34 Super Camaros were built. Sport Styled Simulated Walnut Wheel, bucket seats, and no console. Joe Salvatore wanted a 1969

Yenko Super Camaro badly, so

P a g e | 23 he called Stefano at Nickey Ed Flowers, the original owner, original interior, and even the Chicago to help him locate a nice was looking for a smoking' hot original tires. This car is special, example. The car Stefano found muscle car back in the summer and Joe is going to keep it that was an unrestored original of '69. He first looked at a '67 big- way for generations to come. owned by Les Quam, a Camaro block Vette, and took a 428 Stefano believed was "the finest Cobra Jet Mustang for a test At a Glance unrestored original '69 Yenko drive. The salesman in the 1969 Yenko Super Camaro Super Camaro in existence." Mustang kept telling him to take it Owned by: Joe Salvatore, easy and was very nervous about Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ed driving the car too fast on the Engine: 427ci/450hp L72 V-8 test drive. Ed felt like the car was Transmission: Muncie M21 4- a dog. speed manual Rearend: 12-bolt with 4.10 gears and Positraction Interior: Black vinyl bucket seat Wheels: 15x7 Rally Tires: F70-15 Goodyear Wide As delivered from the factory, COPO Tread GT 9561 deleted the 396 L78 motor and added the L72 427 motor, ZL2 cowl hood, heavy duty four-core radiator, and F41 suspension. The COPO 9737 package included the 140-mph speedometer, which is somewhat obscured by the steering column-mounted Stewart Warner 8,000- rpm tachometer.

Ed then walked into Gates Chevrolet in Mishawaka, Indiana, The Yenko/SC stripe ran down the side of where there were a couple of '69 the car, tying in nicely to the rear spoiler. Yenko Camaros and a Yenko All 1969 Yenko Super Camaros had both front and rear spoilers. The Yenko and Chevelle just delivered from 427 emblems were part of the Yenko Yenko," continued the post. "The conversion. For most of the 1969 cars, Chevy salesman let Ed take the those emblems were located using the Yenko Camaro for a test drive two holes from the factory Chevy bowtie emblem, explaining the staggered and encouraged Ed to drive the locations. car like he stole it, to show what the car was capable of! Ed bought the car on the spot, noting 1969 Yenko/SC 427 Nova the Camaro was substantially Ed bought the car on the faster than the Ford. Ed kept the spot Camaro as a second car for seven years, only driving it in the The original owner was Ed summer. He was able to turn a Flowers. When Les Quam first 12.50 at 125 mph at the strip in acquired the car, he contacted stock configuration. Flowers was Flowers and posted some every bit the fanatic that Joe is fascinating history on The and carefully maintained the car's Supercar Registry (yenko.net) condition and documentation. Compared to the Yenko Deuce made a about Flower's experience in Today it remains a stellar year later, 1969 Yenko/SC 427 Nova’s example of Yenko's are incredibly rare. Though it is reported choosing the Yenko Super that Don Yenko ordered about 38 of the Camaro in 1969. The post read: workmanship, with mostly original cars to convert, fewer than 10 are known paint, the Yenko-installed engine to exist. and original drivetrain, the

P a g e | 24 In the Marvel Comics story of conversion to Yenko/SC 427 The temperamental beast Captain America, scrawny soldier status as customers stepped seems intense and ready Steve Rogers is transformed into forward. The Yenko/SC 427 Captain America by being Nova conversion involved the for battle injected with Super Soldier familiar process of replacing the Serum. Having started life as a 396 short-block with a 427 short- At a Glance 1969 Chevrolet L78 Nova SS, block and installing Yenko 1969 Yenko/SC 427 Nova this Fathom Green Nova striping, emblems, and other Owned by: Joe Salvatore, received a similar transformation performance equipment. Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the hands of Don Yenko. His Engine: 427ci/450hp L72 V-8 427 short-block swap Because accurate records are Transmission: Muncie M21 4- transformed this beast to a street not available, the actual number speed manual fighter. Yenko's drive to offer of Yenko/SC 427 Nova’s created Rearend: 12-bolt with 4.10 gears optimal performance had no is uncertain. Not all of the 38 and Positraction better canvas than the 1969 (give or take) L78 cars slated for Interior: Black vinyl bucket seat Nova. Considering that there are conversion were built; in fact, it's Wheels: 15x6 Atlas fewer than 10 remaining in the believed that fewer than 10 of the Tires: E70-15 Goodyear Wide world, to see this car in person is cars were actually converted. Tread GT staggering. Due to their rarity, if you're interested in buying one, be sure Why so few? Understand that to check with a Yenko expert, like 1969 was a busy year for Don Stefano Bimbi, as the Yenko. Not only was he establishment of provenance for converting Camaros, but these cars can be tricky, to say Chevrolet was also sending him the least. Chevelles with COPO 9562, which equipped the Chevelle with the 427-inch L72 motor. Bench seat, Muncie shifter, and Stewart Warner tach amount to simple, less-is- more beauty. Muncie shifters were inferior and were often replaced with Hurst shifters.

As they did with the 1968 Camaros, Yenko’s technicians pulled the L78 396 out of the Nova’s and transplanted a 427 short-block, to which they reinstalled the The Yenko/SC stripe nicely accented the L78’s heads, intake, and carburetor. A lines of the Nova. Atlas Wheels supplied Yenko tune then brought power up to a Yenko these 15x6 Torq-Thrust–style rated 450 hp. wheels mounting Goodyear Wide Tread GT rubber. The Yenko/SC hood striping pulled in the Joe acquired his 427 Yenko/SC faux hood vents and created a bold look Nova from fellow Canadian Dan for customers looking to set themselves But when Yenko requested a apart from the standard Nova SS. COPO package for his Yenko/SC Cupido. Each Yenko that Joe 427 Nova program, for whatever owns has personality, and this reason, Chevrolet Central Office Nova does not lack for it. Its turned him down. Undaunted, known war history is limited, but Yenko ordered at least 38 1969 the temperamental beast seems L78 396/375hp Nova’s, a number intense and ready for battle, based on historic records and Captain America style. inventory lists obtained from Yenko Chevrolet. Those 38 Nova’s’ were slated for

P a g e | 25 JAMESTOWN ELKS #995 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW around here love it,” Steele CLUB NEWS 1941 PACKARD 120 admits. “’Where’s the car? When Story & Photos by Craig Gaier (Past Exalted Story & Photos by Brian Earnest (Old Cars are you going to get that out?’ It’s Ruler) Weekly) s a small town and everybody knows about it, and everybody asks about it.”

That pretty much means Steele and his Packard are locked into every homecoming parade for the town’s high school and Central Methodist University, the Fourth of July parade and any holiday processions that get organized. Steele doesn’t charge THIS IS A TEST? Well I don't for his appearances, but he know how many of the Rumbler probably could. And when he readers this column read. We Jim Steele is a successful, active, gets tired of being seen in his haven't printed it for a couple affable and very connected guy. Packard, Steele jumps into his months and would like to find out He’s involved in many clubs and 1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster if anyone missed it? Do you want organizations in the small town of sedan, which he’s had for more me to keep writing the column or Fayette, Mo., used to own and than 30 years. doesn't it matter? Send your run the two local newspapers, responses about this by email to and have been plenty active in the Rumbler email address and the old car hobby over the years. we will decide if we permanently drop the column or start it up He probably didn’t need any again. Thank You, Craig! more friends and acquaintances in his life, but he acquired more The Lodge Clubroom/Tavern is than a couple a few years back open to "everyone" (non- when he decided to adopt a members welcome) Monday sweet 1941 Packard convertible. through Friday from late afternoons until the patrons leave Now he’s pretty much “on call” for “On days that are nice and the in the evening. So come on any parade or big social event weather is OK, I drive them as down and check us out and if you that happens in his corner of the much as I can,” he says. “Both like what you see and what we world. After owning the car for the Packard and Chevrolet are do, we're always seeking new more than seven years, Steele just good old No. 3 cars, and membership (no strings attached figures that pretty much every when you put them in local and low cost dues). one of Fayette’s 2,700-plus shows, people still like the them residents knows his Packard, and … [The Packard] looks pretty most of them know the guy good, but it’s not going to be a behind the wheel. 400-point car or anything.” Steele wasn’t looking for a trophy chaser when he traveled to St. Louis back in 2007 to check out the car at Hyman Classic Cars, a well-known dealer specializing in high-end machines. Steele had seen the car advertised and figured it might finally signal his chance to own the type of car he “The last two years I’ve really had been admiring since he was driven it quite a bit, and people a kid. “I can remember as a kid

P a g e | 26 loving those cars — just the way occupied Packard’s second tier, couple over in Boonville — which they looked,” he recalled. above the 110s, but below the is a little town about 15 miles “Obviously in those days I 160s and 180s. For 1941, the from here — and they had it early couldn’t afford one. Unless you convertible was one of in their married life,” he said. “I count the ‘42, that’s really the last eight body styles offered in the think it did spend some time in of that model with the traditional 120 line. Ohio. And of course it was made design, other than some in Detroit, but otherwise I don’t limousines that they made in ‘46 The 120s carried Packard’s know a whole lot about its … straight eight L-head 282-cid history.” power plant. The 120-hp engine was mated to a three-speed selective synchromesh transmission with a column shifter. The wheelbase stretched 127 inches and the 15-inch disc wheels were stopped by hydraulic brakes.

“And being a 120 it was The 110 and 120 series for 1941 The car has been restored at reasonably affordable. When you had a few minor revisions from least once. Steele figures it got get into the senior Packard’s and the previous year, most notably the full treatment sometime in the C.C.C.A stuff, they do get a little the head lamps, which were 1990s. “It’s an older restoration. I pricier… I still probably paid too sunken further into the front think it probably had a new paint much for it, but those are the fenders. The side mounts which job… and a new leather interior things we do.” were also more hidden. The that’s pretty well done,” he said. options list included deluxe The 120 Series was a landmark bumper guards, a factory- The Packard was a little finicky at model of sorts for Packard when optional “K” deluxe steering first, but Steele has gradually it was introduced in 1935. It wheel, dealer-installed “senior” replaced some of the problem marked Packard’s first big foray Deluxe hood ornament, a radio areas — plugs, points, wiring, into the crowded and competitive with its rare cowl-mounted fuel filter, distributor and fuel mid-priced field. The 120 line ran antenna, heater and defroster, pump among them — and it’s through 1941 with varying and running boards. running nicely these days. He still degrees of success with the has to be careful when exception of the 1938, when it The convertible tipped descending down through the was replaced by the Packard the scales at 3,585 lbs. and came gears, however. “The only real Eight. with a base price of about problem I’ve had is with the shift $1,400. Production fell to just mechanism,” he says. “I’ve tried The 120 was the company’s 1,700 for the entire 120 range. to replace all the parts and taken attempt to broaden its customer it to people who know more than base and help Packard weather Steele doesn’t have an extensive I do … You’ve just too got to be the final years of the Great knowledge of his car’s history. very careful downshifting into Depression. The 120 Series “We found out there was an older low. Otherwise you get stuck,

P a g e | 27 then you get to get out of the car, an extensive rare muscle car walk around, reach under there collection of vehicles. This was a and try to move that yoke down spectacular collection and some by hand. members got to ride and drive in a few rarities. Our next meeting will be held June 23rd; watch the Jamestown Sun for time and place. We will be making final plans for our "summer in the Park Car Show" to be held during "White Cloud Buffalo Days" on July 11th. We usually have around a 100 cars attend. See our poster in the Rumbler. “But it’s a good running car. It RAT ROD REVIEW starts right up. I drive it mostly on A STATEMENT MADE OF secondary roads. I certainly try to RUST stay off the Interstate. We have a Story & Photos by Tony Cenicola (New York number of rural paved roads Times) around here that don’t have a lot of traffic, so it’s mainly just driving in the countryside … It cruises very comfortably about 60. The Chevrolet is the same way, and they have a way of telling you ‘I really don’t want to go much faster.’ It’s got kind of that neat ‘putt-putt’ sound like the old cars had with the straight 8. It’s got kind of a neat sound to it.” HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. — The Steele says his only concession Storm King Highway, a twisting to non-originality came just a few two-lane ribbon carved into a months ago when he equipped JAMESTOWN CLASSIC mountainside here nine decades the Packard with radial tires. If he CAR CLUB NEWS ago, hardly seemed the place to gets to drive the venerable Story & Photos by Craig Gaier test the roadworthiness of a hot convertible as much as he hopes, rod that looked to have just it will be money well spent. “I escaped the junkyard. figure they ride better and handle better and they are safer,” he Of greater concern, perhaps, was says. that Peter Duvaloois had never traveled this road, some 50 miles “And I’m not too concerned about north of Manhattan, before winning some concourse bringing his 1946 Chevrolet “rat d’elegance.” rod” truck here to meet a reporter. On the Storm King Highway — a four-mile stretch of Last month the club got together Route 218 that snakes along and went on a road trip, by bus to 400-foot cliffs overlooking the Warroad, Minnesota to see "The Hudson River and passes the Shed". "The Shed" houses over Military Academy 100 classic cars from the early at West Point — drivers must 20th Century to present and has

P a g e | 28 resist staring into the “I was afraid to park it father, who worked on it for many breathtaking vistas, even while anywhere,” he said. “I wasn’t years before Alzheimer’s limited keeping their distance from the having any fun with it.” him. low stone wall that serves as a guardrail. He turned his skills to building rat “We finished it, and my father rods, a growing branch of the was able to see it completed To Mr. Duvaloois, 62, rat rods hobby that is as dedicated to before he died,” Mr. Duvaloois like his home-built pickup drivability as it is to individual said. “That’s something I’m really represent a return to the roots of expression. proud of.” hot-rodding. Rat rod builders embrace vehicles that display a “Rats are really back to basics,” From his father, he also picked rebellious attitude, along with he said. “You scrounge around or up his affection for cars. loud manners and an trade for parts, and what you intentionally distressed can’t find you make yourself. “As a kid, I’d be in the garage appearance, not necessarily the That’s a big part of the fun.” with my dad in middle of winter, qualities needed to deal with a working on engines,” he said. “He demanding road better suited to could build anything.” sports cars or motorcycles. Building a rat rod, Mr. Duvaloois But Mr. Duvaloois seemed said, begins with an inspiration, pleased, and possibly relieved, usually a favorite body style or that his hot rod had taken the even one part. curves so competently. “It can be just a grille or a “It handles well,” he said. headlight shape or taillight design you really like,” he said. “You The hot rod movement that create your vision around that.” emerged after World War II drew young men — it was Inspiration for the vehicle he was overwhelmingly a man’s pursuit driving this day, one of four that — who bought the hulks of he has built, came from the cab prewar cars out of scrapyards for of a derelict 1946 Chevrolet truck a few dollars and modified them that he bought locally for $200. for more speed. Fords from The floors had rusted out and 1932-40 were preferred, there was no chassis. That didn’t especially for their flathead V8 matter to Mr. Duvaloois, who engines, which were readily builds his own steel frames. tuned to increase power. The bodies were stripped of fenders and hoods for a leaner look. “It’s much stronger than the original chassis ever was, and it allows me to set the vehicle By the late 1950s, hot rods were stance and height to get the becoming elaborately customized particular look I’m after,” he vehicles, a trend that evolved to explained. the point that pristine machines costing six figures and up became commonplace — the The scavenger-hunt and hand- Mr. Duvaloois installed a 1937 antitheses of the genre’s origins. building aspects come naturally Ford front suspension and built to Mr. Duvaloois: With his wife, his own rear suspension. And he made just about everything else, Mr. Duvaloois is no stranger to Cathy, he restored their 308- always with an eye toward that kind of car. Several years year-old house in Saugerties and creating a certain vintage patina. ago, he built a show-quality hot built period-style furniture for it. rod — and then barely drove it. The house had belonged to his

P a g e | 29 “If you do it correctly, people affordability and vast availability because I drive a lot. My ’46 gets think you found it in a barn,” he of parts, Mr. Duvaloois prefers an 23 miles per gallon.” said. “You make it look like it’s engine noted mostly for its been around for 50 years.” brawn: Chrysler’s Hemi V8 of the 1950s. His truck uses a 241- Mr. Duvaloois, who worked for cubic-inch Dodge version called many years as a mechanic in a Red Ram. pharmaceutical packaging, lays out the chassis and body “You really have to look for these relationship using wood and things,” he said, reveling in the paper forms. challenge of the hunt. “It’s harder to find parts.” In his workshop, he altered the cab considerably, slicing it He also relishes the sound of old Grinning, he added: “And if lengthwise to take out 6 inches of Hemis, a distinctive dialect you’re going too fast, people width. He also narrowed the hood among American V8s, one that’s can’t see how cool you look.” and metal dashboard and especially memorable when lowered the roof by 4 inches. The blasted through his truck’s For reliability, Mr. Duvaloois welded seams were left exposed. minimalist mufflers. On the road, replaced the old-style generator The bed was fabricated from the unruly rappatta, rappatta, and weak 6-volt electrical system sheet steel, and then distressed rappatta at low speeds evened with a more modern alternator to match the cab. out to a baritone bellow at and 12-volt setup. The upgrades cruising speed, and then made it possible for him to install What little paint remains on the escalated to a peculiar warbling a later-model Chrysler electronic cab is original. Surface rust was snarl as speed increased. Mr. ignition and an electric windshield left untouched, per the rat Duvaloois wears earplugs on wiper, which covers only the rodder’s credo conveyed on a long highway drives. driver’s side. windshield decal: “In rust we trust.” While the racket might connote A key to the car’s relative 400 horsepower to passers-by, a frugality is the 5-speed manual Despite the truck’s deliberate more realistic figure would be transmission Mr. Duvaloois lack of polish, the builder’s more like 150, less than even the adapted from a 1980s-vintage attentive touch is revealed in typical 4-cylinder family sedan . Its overdrive various details. The taillights, for has today. That suits Mr. top-gear ratio reduces engine instance, come from a utility Duvaloois: His truck weighs just speed on the highway. A brief trailer, but their intricate spider- 2,500 pounds, and he feels it is test drive also revealed it to be web garnishment is Mr. quick enough. easy-shifting. Duvaloois’s own metalworking. He did add a later-model four- Ease of driving is important to Mr. “I see rats as works of art, and barrel carburetor for a bit more Duvaloois. He has put more than there’s a cartoonish aspect I power. The electric choke it came 35,000 miles on his pickup in really like,” he said. with helps the engine start recent years, much of that quicker in cold weather. Inside traveling to car shows, where he encourages people to enjoy his Mr. Duvaloois acknowledged that the original air cleaner housing, a truck up close. he and other rat Rodders took low-maintenance paper cartridge filter from a 1980s Mazda diesel inspiration from the exaggerated pickup replaces the original’s oil- forms of the Rat Fink cartoons of “Some cars have ‘Look but don’t bath filter. Ed Roth, known best by his Big touch’ signs, but I tell people, Daddy signature. ‘Get in, start it up, rev the “I don’t care much about speed,” engine,’ ” he said. he said. “I’m more interested in While many rat Rodders install reliability and gas mileage, Chevrolet V8s for their His participation at car shows is not always appreciated.

P a g e | 30 “Kids love the rats, and so do CLASSIC CAR REVIEW oil. The high suspect areas grandmas,” he said. “But I’ve 1959 CHEVROLET IMPALA received axle grease as a overheard comments like ‘Why SPORT SEDAN protective measure against would someone bring a piece of Story & Photos by Al Rogers (Old Cars corrosion. junk to a car show?’ ” Weekly)

Nothing like that is heard at the Rat’s Nest Run-In, a show he started four years ago. Word-of- mouth and Mr. Duvaloois’s recruiting helped bring 400 vehicles to last year’s show, one third of them rat rods.

“I drive my rats all over, from The proof of preservation was Virginia to Vermont, to invite cars “You do the drive-train and I’ll do sitting before them in the form of to the show,” he said. “I’m looking the body work — together we’ll an extremely solid bare shell by for the hand-built cars, the old restore the ’59 Impala.” A 2003. Bob had started to racecars, the jalopies, things talented father and son join disassemble the Chevy years people put their heart and soul forces to restore the family earlier with plans to restore it. At into.” sedan. that time, much of the car had been taken apart, and the inner On such long drives, Mr. In an early 2003 conversation doors, quarter panels and Duvaloois occasionally runs into between father and son, Bob fenders were free of trim rainstorms, something old-car Huelsman of Ohio told his son, components. Under all of this owners typically try to avoid, not Tom, he was considering selling armor was a clean, rust-free wanting to incur rust damage on the family 1959 Chevrolet Impala structure. Having seen it unprotected metal parts. Sport Sedan to a friend. After firsthand, Tom knew the giving it some thought, Tom restoration would be easy offered his father another option. Mr. Duvaloois is not deterred by compared to non-protected “Dad, let’s restore the Chevy: you rain. bodies he’d worked on. do the drive-train and I’ll handle the body work. We can’t let it go.” Flooded with memories “I rustproofed the whole Sharing just a scant few words underside,” said the man whose that only a father would need to In February 1959, Chevrolet and windshield sticker, ironically change his mind, Tom had Oldsmobile dealer Bodman enough, declares his devotion to effectively convinced his dad to Motors of Van Wert, Ohio was rust. restore the Impala with him. flooded. The area had received nearly 4 inches of rain in a short The Impala was the family’s first period of time. As a precaution, new car and had remained solid. the dealership employees moved The secret to the Impala’s the inventory to higher ground on preservation was a process Bob the property, but within hours, the had used since the car was new: water crested much higher than he had applied used motor oil to anticipated and many cars were the Impala’s body and inner under water. structure. He’d follow each oil change by taking the used motor Thirty-five miles south of Van oil from the engine and put it in a Wert, in the small town of special sprayer to apply it to the Chickasaw, Bill Cavanaugh, an underside. Using manual oil can oil salesman for Lima Storage with a hand pump; he’d then load Battery who sold Willard batteries the inner doors with used motor and Pennzoil lubricants, stopped

P a g e | 31 at the Huelsman Garage, a small owned automotive repair auto repair shop. While there, he business, Huelsman Automotive, mentioned to the owner, Charlie which Bob’s father Charlie had Huelsman and his son Bob, that started in Chickasaw, Ohio, in there was a GM dealership in 1947. Van Wert having a flood sale. Interested buyers could make an Tom was responsible for offer on a new car with the price stripping the Impala body and being greatly reduced on the preparing it for paint. At that time, inventory. Several days later, son a susceptible area around the Bob — not overly concerned by Bob’s son, Tom, was 2 1/2 years lower windshield molding was the some water damage — told his old at the time of the Impala’s only area requiring corrosion father he was going to drive to purchase and recalls riding in the repair. After media blasting, Van Wert to check out the car as if it was yesterday. He prepping the bare metal and dealership. Upon his arrival, Bob recalls using the Impala during applying epoxy primer, the body noticed a Gothic Gold and Satin family vacations to Michigan, was ready for block sanding and Beige Impala Sport Sedan four- Wisconsin, and Florida and other then paint. door hardtop that had been destinations, as well as holiday parked nose up during the flood. trips to see his grandparents, Mechanically, the car was sound It had only received water jaunts to the grocery store and but regardless, the entire damage to its rear. even carrying his science project drivetrain was rebuilt: engine, to school in its large trunk. transmission and rear axle. Every nut, bolt and component received The Chevrolet was the family car hands-on attention and was until 1972 when Bob purchased a reconditioned or replaced with Chrysler New Yorker. He parked new-old-stock (NOS) parts Bob the Chevrolet in the garage and had collected at swap meets over used it as a spare vehicle until it the years. was moved to a warehouse with the intention of later restoring it.

On Feb. 24, Bob made a deal on the 283-cid V-8-powered Chevrolet. The car was purchased for $2,192, nearly $600 less than the sticker price. Father and son towed the car to Chickasaw and Bob began to remove and dry the interior. He disassembled and cleaned the Nearly six years later, in spring rear axle, drained the fuel tank Restoration reignited 2009, the restoration was and changed the transmission completed for the annual Motor fluid in the two-speed Bob has a passion for 1940s Muster Car Show held on Powerglide. Chryslers, especially straight- Father’s Day weekend at the eight models. He had purchased historic Henry Ford Green Field a 1950 Chrysler New Yorker in Village. 2002 to restore and enjoy, and it was not long after that purchase The title has remained in Bob’s that work stopped on the Impala. name for more than 55 years, but Then one day, Tom proposed the pair enjoys taking the Impala they restore the Impala. Not only to local car shows together. was it an opportunity to work together, it was a way for each to “Many people remember the use his expertise at the family- Impala as being the Huelsman

P a g e | 32 family car,” Tom said. “I think of Working folk wanted dependable, Lot 1242 was a matching- my mother, her picking me up tough and economical from their numbers 1970 El Camino SS from school and me sitting in the pickups. And that’s exactly what with a 375-horsepower 396 V-8 ‘Big Chevy’ with a big smile on the manufacturers sold. Very few and four-speed transmission, my face. After a hiatus for an truck buyers from the 1950s or power brakes and air extended time, like winter ’60s opted for much more than a conditioning. It sold for $41,800. storage, seeing it reminds me of heater and a radio in their pickup, You can either love or hate its her.” and the thought of today’s original Cranberry Red color, but leather-clad, Wi-Fi- and with the addition of the white If Bob continues to have any say, Bluetooth-enabled pickups was hood stripes and especially the it will remain the Huelsman family inconceivable. white roof, it’s got great visual car for many more years to appeal. come. While luxury was not on the plate early on, performance moved in fast as we exited the 1950s. By the 1960s, truck buyers realized that the big V-8 available on some coupes and sedans was also an option on a pickup, and instead of just hauling dirt or wood, they could haul, well, themselves. Enter the long, slow burn of the fast pickups. If you like your Chevy trucks a bit We found more than a few at more traditional, there’s nothing Barrett-Jackson in January. quite like the C-10. Almost the pure vision of what a 1970s In 1959, Chevrolet introduced the pickup is supposed to be a very El Camino. It was not the first clean example brought home the combination of car and truck, or goods; lot 872 sold for $51,700. “cruck,” but it was the cruck that This 400-cid V-8 Cheyenne stuck. In many ways, it was the Super 10 brought the big bucks dual use of the El Camino — and for a good reason: It was pristine, FAST PICKUPS its Ford cousin, the Ranchero — with just 36 miles on the clock THESE TRUCKS PROVE YOU that gave it permission to have a since a full restoration five years CAN HAUL EVEN WITH AN split personality for both ago. It looked great in red with chrome side trim, while black EMPTY BED practicality and performance. Story & Photos by Dave Kinney After putting in a full (if light) work bucket seats and all kinds of (hagerty.com) week, the El Camino owner could comfort options made this rare use it as a passenger car, and truck one of the ones to have. more than a few owners opted for some extra kick.

When your granddad — and Everyone comes away from an probably even your dad — bought a pickup, luxury and auction with a favorite or two, and speed were hardly an option. one of mine was a 1991 GMC Syclone that sold for $17,050 as

P a g e | 33 lot 905. Said to be a Saudi Arabia CLASSIC CAR REVIEW export that was returned unsold, 1958 DODGE D100 PICKUP this 280-horsepower, AWD Story & Photos by Trevor Yoho (Old Cars Syclone had a gray cloth interior Weekly) with red piping on the seats. With its 700R automatic transmission, the turbocharged V-6 Syclone was one of the fastest things on wheels in the early ’90s, hitting 60 mph in just 4.3 seconds.

As we entered the Car Corral area I spotted a “pink” 1958 Dodge D100 “Power Giant” pickup. I already owned too many vehicles, including a 1956 My wife, Marla, and I have long Chevrolet pickup, so buying been fans of the Iola Car Show in another truck was the last thing Wisconsin. We both have on my wish list (or my wife’s). displayed many cars there over the years, and I even brought As we got closer to the “pink” Remember the Dodge Li’l Red 1960 Plymouth with a matching truck I realized how straight and Express? Also a fast pickup and boat one year. Living in Brainerd, rust-free it was. Yes, the large this 1978 model sold for $23,100. Minn., we have always back window and the side- As lot 56, it was offered early on considered the Iola show to be a mounted tire were “okay”, but it the first day of vehicle sales. fun adventure, not only as our was still no big deal. Then it Offered only in red with gold mini summer vacation, but as a jumped out at me as I looked graphics and fantastic twin special opportunity to enjoy cars under the open hood! Original V- smoke stacks, these were we probably won’t see at home 8 motor. Push-button automatic limited-production trucks with a and to spend time with both old transmission. Factory power police-spec 360-cid V-8 and little and new friends at the steering. I was enchanted. in the way of smog equipment. campgrounds. As a result, they were among the As the owner of an older truck, I fastest vehicles available in their It really is a show any old car know the longer you own it and day. This was a great buy, and lover should attend. The swap the older you get, the tougher the also the perfect truck to park next meet is the perfect spot to find steering gets, especially when to your Bandit Firebird. that special item or part that you you’re maneuvering it into a “too need, especially if you’re full” garage. This is just a jumping-off point restoring an old car or truck. into the world of fast pickups. Just about every manufacturer Last summer, as usual, we had one — some more started our Thursday morning memorable than others — and with an invigorating ride from the they show up for sale often. Even campground on the shuttle. After better, you don't have to spend a whisking up and down the lot to get a lot in this segment of hillside, listening to the chugga- the market. chugga of the antique tractor that was pulling us, we were deposited at the Car Corral. We’ve never really been shopping for a car there, but it’s always fun look!

P a g e | 34 equipment and condition, I knew I figures, throughout its life. We had to have it. even have an original appraisal done in 1983 for collector insurance purposes when it turned 25 years old, again with the mileage confirmation. We can trace it from new and know that the mileage is correct.

The previous owner even sent us the original owners’ manual and Next, we looked into the cab and factory repair manual. realized the original seat cover was still in good condition and all After finally purchasing the truck the essential trim parts were still in September, we performed a there. Looking at the dash, I minor tune-up and some brake realized this truck was only work. I then shipped it to Florida showing 31,468 miles on the for my winter project. odometer. After looking over the entire truck, I started to feel pretty sure that the mileage was fairly accurate.

We talked to the fellow selling the truck and discovered that he also lives in northern Minnesota, not too far from us. He explained that First I had to tell my wife about he had just brought the Dodge my pending “affair”, and then I back from Curlew, Wash., and had to contact the seller to work had done nothing to it yet. He out a deal. He was able to assured us that it ran and provide me with the name of the stopped, and he was quite previous owner in Washington confident of the mileage, but was State, who I contacted not positive. immediately. He was a wealth of information and assured me that Now I was in love, but didn’t want the truck really had never been to show it. My wife and I came “barn stored,” however, it had back several times throughout had many owners around the the weekend and just looked. California and Washington area. There were always several show attendees standing around the Not only did he encourage us to I did a complete disassembly and truck so we never really had an restore and drive the truck, but opportunity to talk to the seller had the body professionally he asked if we wanted any of the painted by Insane Customs of again … but I remembered his old history? History? Really! phone number. I can’t remember Punta Gordo, Fla. I wanted to Send it on! We now have the keep the truck as close to original my own cell phone number, but I original dealer invoice and write- remembered his! as possible, but the paint had up sheet listing all the options faded to pink from the original included in the sale, as well as As I returned home and headed Ranch Brown. It was repainted in the VIN, engine number and authentic 1958 Dodge colors – back to work, I couldn’t get the selling price. We also have over “pink” Dodge Power Giant off my Sand Metallic and Sahara Beige 15 title renewals in various – adding the two-tone effect to mind. I know how rare Dodge names, parking permits, and pickups are in general. When I highlight the unique headlights, many service and repair orders front grill and bumpers. considered all the original with validating dates and mileage

P a g e | 35 The original engine and drive FREEZE FRAME player and crank it up. Freeze train are intact. I detailed it under RIDING IN A HIGH SCHOOL Frame and Centerfold were the hood, cut new oak bed FRIEND’S 1981 PONTIAC blaring. Nobody in our town had boards, refinished them in FIREBIRD TRANS AM MADE seen anything like it.” American Cherry with seven QUITE AN IMPRESSION coats of Spar Polyurethane then Story & Photos by Jeff Peek (hagerty.com) Kim says she was “star struck” by reassembled the bed and truck. the Trans Am’s T-tops and turned-aluminum dashboard, the sound of the engine and the pure joy of cruising with her friends. Jenny eventually married her Trans-Am driving boyfriend. Kim got married too, as did the rest of her posse. The women have remained close, and they never forgot those rides in the Trans Am.

Kim finally bought a Firebird of her own in 2004, but she wasn’t

able to enjoy it for long. “Life was more complicated at 40 than it was at 18,” she says. “Health problems took their toll on my family, and I found myself a middle-aged single mom with Kim Derrenkamp walked to three kids, one income and a school most of her life, so mortgage.” One day, fighting catching a ride to class was a back tears, Kim was forced to rare treat — until May 1982, part with the Trans Am. when everything changed. But there is a happy ending. She “My posse of girlfriends and I had sold the car to a friend, and he been walking to school together and his father performed a since the second grade,” says complete frame-off restoration, Kim, who grew up in a close-knit bringing it back to factory neighborhood just blocks from showroom condition. Along the Our Lady of Angels High School, way they discovered that it was an all-girls school in Cincinnati, the actual caution car used in the Ohio. “Then, during the last 1980 Indianapolis 500. “I don’t month of my senior year, my have any regrets,” Kim says. friend Jenny started dating a boy “This wouldn’t have happened if I who drove a 1981 Pontiac hadn’t sold it to the right people Firebird Trans Am Daytona Pace at the right time. I feel great that Car. It must have been love, I’m part of the car's history and because he let her drive it to the road that it traveled.” school without him.” Kim and her posse spent last Jenny began picking up her year celebrating each other’s girlfriends for the short-but-sweet 50th birthdays, and Kim got a ride to school. “There were six of little nostalgic. It’s no wonder, us in that awesome T/A,” Kim then, that she bought another says. “We would put the J. Geils Trans Am, a 1979 model painted

Band into the stereo cassette Sundance Yellow.

P a g e | 36 Guettler then forced his business been replaced with a unit from a “Being with my friends, it’s like card on the salesman, telling him newer model. time stands still — ‘Freeze to use it to light the pilot light on Frame.’ The music, the their heater when winter came, camaraderie, the friendship is still and then he drove off. the same. The only thing missing besides our big hair was the car. It isn’t a special edition. It doesn't even have T-tops. But it’s so familiar ... the smell, the sound, the contour of the body, the bling. its true love again — just like in 1982.”

CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 1956 VOLKSWAGON BEETLE Story & Photos by John Bellah (Old Cars Weekly)

Once back at his office, Guettler’s secretary said the dealer had called and would

meet his offer half-way. Guettler Bill Guettler has had a love for called the dealer back and said if When Guettler checked the Volkswagen Bugs ever since he the 20-year-old VW Bug would cylinder compression, he found it was a teen. He bought his first start, move forward and wildly varied from 100-110 lbs. on oval-windowed Beetle when he backward under its own power two cylinders to a dismal 55 lbs. was a 14-year-old newsboy, and the stoplights worked, he on another. Guettler suspected using it to deliver papers in would buy it. His secretary drove the car had been sitting for a long Wichita, Kan. Over the years, he him back to the dealership and time and added a gallon of diesel has owned several Bugs, they agreed on $225, even fuel to the tank and at the next including a new 1969 and a 1971 though only one stop light refill, added another gallon. This Super Beetle that met its demise worked. helped free the stuck rings and while tangling with a transit bus. Although an inner tube from a big somewhat evened compression. earth mover served as a sunroof Guettler’s connection to his 1956 cover, the Bug was complete. The transmission was a different VW goes back to the mid-1970s story — first and second gears when he spotted the oval- Driving home, Guettler detected gave up the ghost one night on windowed Bug at a used some transmission issues among Guettler’s way home from work. Volkswagen lot in Downey, Calif. a slew of other items that needed He dropped the original gearbox He gave the Bug a cursory once- correcting. Once home, a closer and re-installed a rebuilt unit. over and in talking with a examination showed numerous salesman, a gulf of $50 existed other issues, such as a missing Primitive beginnings between the asking price and steering dampener and rear what Guettler was willing to pay. shock absorbers, crimped brake Early VW Bugs were somewhat Guettler offered the salesman his lines, and somewhere along the primitive, with the basic design business card, which the line, the front suspension had going back to the 1930s. First salesman initially refused. imported to the United States in

P a g e | 37 1949, these early Bugs had a and a later-vintage, fully system was installed. The split rear window which was later synchromesh transmission. He electrics were upgraded to a 12- changed to a slightly larger oval rebuilt the front end and replaced volt system with an alternator. window in 1953. For the 1958- the headliner and sunroof. During The front suspension was and-later models, Volkswagen that time, he was driving the Bug overhauled with upgraded shock considerably enlarged the rear 25,000 to 30,000 miles per year. absorbers. One of the really window. Mid-’50s VWs had tough items to replace was an 1192cc air-cooled four-cylinder Guettler completely restored the original-type outside rearview engines that developed 36 hp, Bug in 1982 and began allowing mirror for the right side. Other and first gear on the transmission his daughter, who lived in San upgrades include three-point was unsynchronized. These cars Francisco, to drive it a few years safety harnesses, soundproofing, didn’t even have a fuel gauge! until she purchased a new car. upgraded headlamps, radial tires, Drivers had to pop the hood, The Bug then went to another a rare Bendix Sapphire 1 radio open the gas cap and visually daughter for the next few years. and speaker, shift lock to prevent check the fuel level. Afterward, Guettler retook theft and a new speedometer. possession of the Bug and for the Inside, a new driver’s seat frame next 15 years it mostly sat in his was installed and decked in new garage, save for an occasional upholstery. The Bug was spin around the block. By then, repainted and new glass, where the old Bug was almost as rough needed, was installed. as when he first purchased it. In his 40 years of ownership, Guettler estimates he has put almost 300,000 miles on his Bug driving throughout California, and it has never let him down. He There was auxiliary fuel available says it has been a joy to drive by turning a lever near the and work on. throttle, which supplied extra 1- 1/2 gallons of fuel — usually enough to reach the next gas station. Improvements to later VWs produced more horsepower and added a fuel gauge and fully synchronized gearbox, plus incorporated emission controls, seat-belt/shoulder harnesses and other mandated safety features. While most of the auto industry had long changed over to 12-volt electrical systems, VW was one of the last 6-volt holdouts; it wasn’t until 1967 that the company changed over to 12-volt electrics, but still with a generator Three years ago, Guettler charging system. Alternators undertook another major would finally come to VWs in restoration and upgrading 1973. project. He drove all around southern California securing new A Bug with many lives running boards, doors, chrome, fenders and other body Over the years, Guettler components. A 1600cc, dual-port upgraded his Bug by installing a engine with electronic ignition 40-hp engine with a big-bore kit and high-performance exhaust

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P a g e | 40 Oahe Speedway Fort Worth, Texas SWAP SHOP 10/04 Fall Finali Class Races NASCAR Pierre, South Dakota Sprint Cup Series NASCAR 11/08 Texas Motor Speedway Camping World Truck Series Fort Worth, Texas 10/03 Las Vegas Motor Speedway NHRA Mello Yellow Las Vegas, Nevada 11/12 Drag Racing Series NASCAR to Auto Club Sprint Cup Series 11/15 NHRA Finals 10/04 Dover International Speedway Pomona, California Dover, Delaware NASCAR NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Sprint Cup Series 11/13 Phoenix International Raceway 10/10 Charlotte Motor Speedway Phoenix, Arizona Charlotte, North Carolina NASCAR 10/10 Top End Dragways Sprint Cup Series to Bracket Weekend 11/15 Phoenix International Raceway 10/11 Season Points Championship Phoenix, Arizona Sabin, Minnesota James Valley Street Machines James Valley Street Machines 11/18 Regular Meeting Swap Shop ads are taken from James Valley 10/14 Regular Meeting Jamestown, North Dakota Street Machine members, NDSRA “Street Jamestown, North Dakota NASCAR Talking” magazine, “Cars for Sale in NHRA Mello Yellow Camping World Truck Series Jamestown” on Facebook. 10/15 Drag Racing Series 11/20 Homestead-Miami Speedway to AAA Texas Homestead, Florida WANTED: 1980’s Jeep pickup 10/18 NHRA Fall Nationals NASCAR parts. I’m restoring a 1982 Jeep. Dallas, Texas Sprint Cup Series 701-845-3032 Ken 10/17 Top End Dragways 11/22 Homestead-Miami Speedway to Bracket Weekend Homestead, Florida WANTED: Looking for a hood for 10/18 Big Money Weekend James Valley Street Machines 1948 1-ton Chevy panel van. Sabin, Minnesota Awards Banquet 7:00 Also need speedometer and any NASCAR 12/10 Prime Rib & Potato. Sprint Cup Series Live Auction @ the KC's other odd parts. Kern Shull 701- 10/18 Kansas Speedway Jamestown, North Dakota 341-7174 Kansas City, Kansas NASCAR WANTED: ‘57 Cadillac body and Camping World Truck Series interior parts. Mainly the seats 10/24 Talladega Superspeedway and bumpers. Dallas 701-436- Talladega, Alabama 6399 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series WANTED: ‘53 Olds left fender 88 10/25 Talladega Superspeedway or 98 will work, complete. Green Talladega, Alabama NHRA Mello Yellow would be a bonus! Dallas 701- 10/29 Drag Racing Series 436-6399 to NHRA 11/01 Toyota Nationals WANTED: 1955-59 step-side Las Vegas, Nevada pickups. Must be all complete NASCAR and ready to drive. Prefer: Chevy Camping World Truck Series Apache, 350 V8 or less, no 6 10/31 Martinsville Speedway cylinder, and color of red, white, Ridgeway, Virginia and blue, auto Trans, highway NASCAR gears. Call or text 701-425-5358 Sprint Cup Series 11/01 Martinsville Speedway Duane Ridgeway, Virginia NASCAR WANTED: Looking for a decent Camping World Truck Series set of Doors and a Drivers front 11/06 Texas Motor Speedway fender for a 60-63 Chevy Pickup.

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INSPECTIONS: Vehicle inspections done at Dallas Kustoms in Hillsboro, ND. Call 701-436-6399-6399

FOR SALE: 1948 IH Metro Snap On van. Needs total Resto very cool. 701-436-6399

FOR SALE: 1941 Ford gas truck. Needs total Resto. 701-436- 63993

FOR SALE: 49-51 Merc. Parts. 3 - 49/50 bumper cores, $100 ea. Hood hinges (great condition), $150.00 for all 6 pieces. One pair NOS trunk hinges, $125.00/pair. A keyed 50/51 ignition switch, $35.00. +Shipping Sterling 701- 349 -3913

FOR SALE: ‘34 Plymouth Sedan hot rod. Ready to cruise. Info: 701-678-2908 Bugs

FOR SALE: 1950 Chevy. “Lavender Lady”. Custom in ‘Watson’ style. 235/350 combo, power steering and brakes. $25,000 Call Myron Dybing for more details - 701-367-9070

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