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SPEAK TO A TIRE & WHEEL EXPERT SHOP ALL OF OUR BRANDS 866-922-0394 COKERTIRE.COM CONTENTS HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR • JUNE 2018 • VOLUME 14, ISSUE 9 22 DEPARTMENTS 08 NEWS REPORTS 10 LOST & FOUND 12 AUCTION NEWS 14 ART & AUTOMOBILIA 18 PRODUCTS & PARTS FEATURES 20 AUTOMOTIVE PIONEERS 48 42 RECAPS LETTERS 84 22 1927 La Salle Series 303 DETROIT UNDERDOGS 86 I WAS THERE Sport Phaeton 87 REARVIEW MIRROR 95 ODDIES BUT GOODIES 30 driveReport: 1941 Dodge COLUMNISTS Luxury Liner Deluxe 06 RICHARD LENTINELLO 52 36 PAT FOSTER 44 38 BOB PALMA Driveable Dream: 40 DAVID CONWILL 1957 Hudson Metropolitan 96 JIM RICHARDSON 64 History of CLASSIC TRUCK Automotive Design: 88 1935 FORD HALF-TON Prewar Interior Fabrics 64 48 72 Specialist Profi le: SPECIAL SECTION: CARS OF THE FIFTIES Automotive Fine Arts Society 50 ULTRA-RARE CONVERTIBLES 52 MOST POWERFUL ENGINES 76 Restoration Profi le: 54 MOST CHROMED MODELS 1931 Ford Model A 56 LIMITED-PRODUCTION STATION WAGONS Pickup—Part II 84 57 ODDBALL OPTIONS 60 1957 LINCOLN PREMIERE 2 HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR JUNE 2018 I Hemmings.com PUBLISHER Jim Menneto, President EDITORIAL Terry McGean, Editor-in-Chief Richard Lentinello, Executive Editor J. 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Box 196, Bennington, VT 05201 hk]^k^] [^_hk^ *+ ghhg >LM universaltire.com American City Business Journals, Inc., 120 West Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28202 Ray Shaw, Chairman (1989-2009) Whitney Shaw, CEO 4 HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR JUNE 2018 I Hemmings.com richardlentinello Preserving Four-Door Sedans ake a close look at any vintage photo- cars that they think will get them more attention; graphormagazinearticlefromthe1940s, and those are the cars that are better for their T ’50s, and throughout the ’60s, as well as “investment.”Atleastthat’swhatthey’vebeen any movie or television show that was ledtobelieve.Althoughthere’struthregarding setduringthatsametimeframe,andthemajority the four-door sedan’s lower investment potential, of cars shown will be four-door sedans. Even your its lesser value also means that this style is more family’s photo album will depict mostly four-door affordable to a greater number of enthusiasts, thus sedans lurking somewhere in the background. But, allowing more people to take part in this great go to any car show, concours, or cruise night today pastime of ours. andyou’llbehardpressedtobelievethatfour- Yet the most significant reason why we door sedans even existed; what you’ll see mainly needtopreserveandrestorefour-doorsedansis are hardtops, because they convertibles, and are intrinsically coupes. Even linkedtoour station wagons country’s seem to out- history. The number them. way we preserve So, where have Victorian houses, …no other body all the four-door brownstones, sedans gone? turn-of-the- Even century mills, style was more before the sawtooth 1940s—going buildings, and back to the late mid-century Teens and early 1920s—four-door sedans were the modern ranches—eachofwhichisanessentialand responsible for mainstay of Detroit’s bustling auto business. Built valuable part of our architectural heritage—the in the greatest numbers, far exceeding two-door four-door sedan is just as vital and notable to our models by a wide margin, four-door sedans were transportation heritage. helping make the models that everyone bought. They were the ThatiswhyIfelthonoredtohavehadthe carsofthecommonman,regardlessofwherein opportunity to photograph the 1941 Dodge in America you lived. They were always the most this issue. During the two days that I spent at the affordable, spacious, and readily available for NBCenterforAmericanAutomotiveHeritage, Detroit the purchase from dealers and used-car lots every- Iphotographed12automobiles,eightofwhich where.Itwasthemodelthatgrowingfamilies werefour-doorsedans.Noothercollectoror wanted and needed. And they were priced right. organization that I know of appreciates these manufacturing Outside of the 1930s and into the ’40s, when forgotten works of automotive art to the extent that Ford’s lower-priced two-door Tudor outsold the the NB Center does, or is willing to invest the time four-doorFordorrangebyahugemargin,four- andmoneyinfour-doorsedansandrestorethem powerhouse that door sedans have by and large been manufacturers’ toastandardthatisequaltoanyclassicfoundon bread-and-buttercars.Theywerethemodelsthat displayatPebbleBeach.TheNBCenter’spassion wereexpectedtosellbest,andselltheydid,in for these overlooked cars is unsurpassed, and I largequantities.Asaresult,nootherbodystyle applaudthemforit. it became than wasmoreresponsibleforhelpingmakeDetroitthe Through the years, I’ve owned six four-door manufacturing powerhouse that it became than the sedansofvaryingmakes,yetmyfavoritebyfarwas four-door sedan. my white 1978 Buick Electra. After my Saturn SL2 the four-door Sadly,carcollectorstodaydon’tfeelthesame sedan, that Buick was truly the best car I ever had. way about this endearing body style as the people The red interior with the silver-faced instruments who originally bought them when they were new. wasbothcomfortableandinviting,anditrode