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ClassicistThe Colorado Autumn 2018 Volume 65 Issue 3 Published by the Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America Featured Colorado’s best Concours Marmon Automobile Co Pebble Beach Highlights Photo, Emily Arden Wells Photo, Emily Here are two aspects of a less well-known Full Classic marque, Marmon. The top is from a 1917 ad for the Model 34. It featured a 74 HP 6-cylinder engine and cost $3,400. The lower ad is a fanciful rendition of a Marmon-Herrington Motor-Coach built after the Full Classic Marmon automobile ceased production. Lots more about Marmon is on the following pages. Front Cover Back Cover Aspens near Vail A 1922 photo by Emily Arden Wells Marmon ad www.gastronomista.com 2 The Colorado Classicist The Established 1954 Colorado Classicist Published by the Colorado Region of the Classic Car Club of America The Colorado Classicist is published by the Colorado Region, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of America as an informative Table of Contents publication for its membership. Message from the Director Page 4 The Colorado Region was chartered as a Message from the Editor Page 5 Region Member of the Classic Car Club of America in 1954. The Colorado Re- Regional and National Events Page 6 gion, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of Letters and Regional News Page 6 America was incorporated under Colora- do State law and granted a charter by the A Summer Picnic with Lou and Kathy Page 8 Classic Car Club of America in 1990. The Colorado Concours Page 10 The Classic Car Club of America is a non-profit organization incorporated in Morgan Adams Concours Page 12 the State of New York. The Club seeks to Castle Rock Cruise-in Page 13 further the restoration and preservation of distinctive motor cars manufactured from The Featured Marque: Marmon Page 14 1915 through 1948, to provide a channel of communication for those interested in Vail Automotive Classic Concours Page 22 such cars, and to bring together in good Pebble Beach Concours coverage Page 24 fellowship all who own or admire these finest examples of automotive craftsman- Tech Tips Page 28 ship. The sole requirement for member- ship is a demonstrable interest in Classic Mystery Photos Page 31 cars. National Club membership is re- quired to become a Regional member. It should be noted that this publication is about the events and correspondence for 2018 Board of Managers Colorado Region CCCA the membership of the Colorado Region, Director Joe Pirrone 970 686-9291 [email protected] Inc., and may include some technical ar- Assistant Director and Membership Chairman ticles and other articles of automotive in- Davis McCann 303 841-9265 [email protected] terest. The correctness and applicability of the information contained in the arti- Secretary Lonnie Fallin 303 904-8080 [email protected] cles is the sole responsibility of the au- Treasurer Phil Doty 303 798-1707 [email protected] thor of the article. The Colorado Region, Web Site Master Shiela Koppenheffer 303 457-3821 [email protected] Inc. is not responsible for the content of such articles or problems that may arise Classicist Editor Tom Goyne 303 478-0068 [email protected] from following the information in the ar- Collector Car Council of Colo Rep Don Leach 720 250-7450 ticles. Ron Damiana 303 985-4149 [email protected] Full Classic® is a registered trademark of Lou Ficco 303 887-4754 [email protected] the Classic Car Club of America. In this Tony Ficco 303 431-6492 [email protected] publication a car named as Classic or Full Tim Gilmartin 303 807-8397 [email protected] Classic is a Full Classic® as recognized by the Classic Car Club of America, how- Frank Keller 303 972-6420 [email protected] ever, some cars depicted herein may be Tom Kostelecky 303 978-1777 [email protected] non-Classic. Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 3 EDITORIAL COMMENTS Message from the DIRECTOR Joe Pirrone he hot weather is finally over, at least hope it is as you are reading the Autumn 2018 edition of the Colorado Region Taward winning Classicist. Our summer season got off to a good start with Lou and Kathy Ficco arranging a wonderful driving tour of some our most scenic local highways, a tour of their home and car collection and finally a catered lunch. Our thanks go out to Lou and Kathy for all of their time and effort on behalf of our club. Unfortunately, events planned for the balance of the summer season were overcome by other events and we were not able to meet as a group. Life does sometimes get in the way as we are busy planning other things. That being said our region did have good representation in many regional and national concours with members attending the ACC Colorado Concours at Arapahoe Community College, the Peb- ble Beach Concours in Monterey, the ACD Festival in Auburn, Indiana, Castle Rock automobile events, the Vail Automotive Classic Concours, the Telluride Festival of Colors (which was our Mini-CARavan destination last year) and the Morgan Adams Concours right here in our own backyard. Thanks to those members who made the effort by getting their Full Classics on the road to make sure that the CCCA and the Colorado Region presence was evident at these significant events. Congratulations are in order to those members who won some very significant prizes at the events! The annual membership meeting (with, as always, free pizza) will be held this year on November 15 and is being ar- ranged by Lonnie Fallin. Our annual Christmas party will be held this year on Sunday December 9 at the Lakewood Country Club, our earlier venue that everyone seemed to prefer. It is courtesy of Tony Ficco. Detailed information on both of these events will be sent out to all members well in advance so that you can add them to your calendars. I hope to see as many of you as possible as we close out 2018 and look forward to 2019. While on the subject of 2019 there will be openings on the board. This is a great opportunity to serve the Classic car hobby as well as our region. There are 8 – 10 board meetings a year and the term is for three years. If this is something that is of interest to you please feel free to contact me or any of the other board members for additional information on the process for joining the board. We would really enjoy your participation! Joe Pirrone, Director 4 The Colorado Classicist EDITORIAL COMMENTS Message from the EDITOR Tom Goyne y 1934 Packard and I had a very rewarding summer. The first event was the CARavan in Virginia and North MCarolina. Next was Lou and Kathy Ficco’s tour that Joe mentioned in his column. A report on it is in this issue. Following that was the ACC Colorado Concours at Arapahoe Community College, where quite a few awards were given to regional members including me. A full report on this show starts on page 10. Next for me was attendance at Monterey Week, which included not only the Pebble Beach Concours, but also vintage racing at Laguna Seca, the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance, and other fun events. I got a lot of good photos of this year’s spectacular array of cars, and have put these in an article, which starts on page 24. Four Colora- do region Classics attended, and all won ribbons. That is a major accomplishment, to put it mildly! I also attended, at member Terry Johnson’s invitation, the Rolls- Royce Club Annual Meeting, which was held in Squaw Valley, California, the week before Pebble Beach. It was an interesting meeting in a spectacular Sierra Nevada setting with some great cars. Then, the middle of September, Art Cutler and I each entered our cars in the Vail Automotive Classic Concours held at the Vail airport in Gypsum, Colorado. This was followed by an informal gathering of the concours cars in downtown Vail Village the following day in a setting reminiscent of a European concours. Both Art and I won nice prizes. The report on this starts on page 22. I want to echo Joe’s invitation for you (yes, YOU) to join the board. There are openings and those of us on the board feel that it is time for new blood and wider participation. If you feel that you can contribute in some way, we want to give you the chance. I think you will find it rewarding. We will discuss this further at the Annual Meeting in November, and then follow it up with a discussion at the Christmas Party. Incidentally, the election of Directors whose term will expire this year is coming up soon. The ballots are included with this issue’s mailing. The featured marque this quarter is Marmon, and the featured car is a 1923 Model 34B owned by North Carolina member Jim Aldrich. Marmon is certainly a car we don’t see much of. The history of the company is fascinating and I have put in some articles which I hope will fascinate you as they did me. Tom Goyne, Editor Proofreader: Joe Malaney Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 5 EVENTS AND NEWS Colorado and Regional Events The Board of Managers generally meets on the third Thursday of each month. If you are interested in attending please call one of the Board members for exact time and location. November 15 Annual meeting at Romano’s Italian Restaurant NOTE DATE CHANGE! December 9 Christmas party at the Lakewood Country Club April 2019 Annual Spring Garage Tour National Events Check your Classic Car Bulletin or classiccarclub.org for the latest details October 13-17 Post-Hershey Mini-CARavan, PA: Chocolate Bars and Classic Cars November 1-4 Grand Classic, Florida Region (In conjunction with the Hilton Head Concours) January 13-19, 2019 Annual National Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ Letters to the Editor and Regional News This is an excellent edition [Spring 2018] and I enjoyed changed it out overnight using a spare pump that I carried reading it very much! Very nice job! with me.