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EDITOR Angelo Bogart To all the Chevys ([email protected]) ONLINE EDITOR Mike Eppinger ([email protected]) I’ve loved before EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Brian Earnest omehow, in the 20 years I have worked at Old Cars, we have nev- ([email protected]) er featured a story on a 1966 Chevelle or the second-generation of SENIOR DESIGNER Dave Hauser Chevy II. This issue aims to change that. These are popular Chev- VP GENERAL MANAGER rolets, and rightfully so. I’ve been fortunate to experience examples COLLECTIBLES Corinne Zielke S PRESIDENT HOME GROUP Peter H. Miller of each so I know these are “great size” Chevys, but we didn’t encounter the perfect examples for Old Cars until recently. Each of the examples in this issue was submitted by Old Cars readers and we’re thrilled to feature these cars in SUBSCRIPTIONS CUSTOMER SERVICE this Chevrolet issue. 877-300-0243 (U.S. & Canada) In working on this issue, I found myself looking back with regret on some 386-246-3431 (International) of the Chevys I sold. A few of them still appear in my dreams, leaving me with P.O. Box 421751 Palm Coast, FL 32142-1751 hope when I awake that they are still in the garage. Alas, they are long gone. (Note: Some issues may include a special, combined or expanded Among the Chevys whose memories still haunt me: issue that may count as two issues toward your subscription.) 2000 Silverado two-wheel drive: Bought PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD as a daily driver and parts hauler, and like a www.oldcarsweekly.com good friend, it never let me down. The 5.3-li- ADVERTISING ter V-8 was bullet-proof and powerful, and the ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVE long bed comfortably fi t a pair of 1955 Cadil- Michelle Kraemer - 715-318-0946 lac fenders. It was either fi x the rust or sell it, ([email protected]) and it was cheaper to sell. ADVERTISING SALES ASSISTANT Kathy Shanklin - 715-350-7090 2011 Camaro LT: It was just a six-cylin- ([email protected]) der, but it was a six-speed. With the windows SALES DIRECTOR down and classic rock on the radio, I could Heather Glynn Gniazdowski trick myself into feeling like I was back in ([email protected]) the ’70s. When we found out we were hav- ing twins, my wife cried, “We’re not selling the house and we’re not selling the Camaro.” We kept only one of those things and you can guess which one went away. 1985 Caprice Classic Landau: Exactly President & CEO, Andrew W. 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16 Third Oldest Surviving Buick 1905 Buick Model C still touring 18 A Trip Down Fifth Avenue Luxury was the name of the game with the ’86 Fifth Avenue 20 Make His a Malibu 1966 Chevelle Malibu is the perfect cruiser 23 Round 2 with a 20 Chevy II Larry Young has kept his 1967 DEPARTMENTS Nova SS for nearly 50 years 26 4 From the Editor 14 Q&A Son’s Surprise Chevy 8 16 1950 Chevrolet pickup bridges Sound Your Horn Brass Tracks three generations 8 Reader Wheels 18 Collecting 46 Rolling With Clyde 9 Club Clips/Vintage Ad 28 Auction Express 1926 Chevrolet is rebuilt, reborn 11 News/The Scoop 34 OC Show Calendar and living the good life 11 Weathered Wheels 37 OC Classifi ed Ads 50 ’81 Z: Last of the Legacy 12 Wreck of the Week 43 Vintage Muscle Last of the final muscle car-era Camaros 12 Reader Photo

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How the muscle years really were of the 1950s and ’60s, car sales generally fl uctuated around I’m sure your article “Pinpointing The First Muscle Car” these fi gures: General Motors sold around 50 percent, Ford in the Nov. 5 issue will bring a slew of responses and, as was products in the 25 percent range, MoPars around 15 percent written, there are many claims to the title. However, I believe and the remaining 10 percent of sales to AMC and a couple that most will agree that when the 1964 Pontiac Le Mans of foreign brands with VW beginning to make inroads. Back GTO was introduced, it began the real muscle car war with then, Chevys and Fords dominated and what is surprising all manufacturers then joining in. As we all know, that short today is that, at cruise nights and car shows, MoPars of the era lasted until the early 1970s, when the oil crisis and insur- 1960s have replaced the Fords in popularity. ance rates almost completely killed it. But, no matter the claims by opposing sides, we can all When Oldsmobile and Cadillac introduced the fi rst mod- agree that the ’50s and ’60s was the best era to grow up with ern and relatively powerful overhead-valve V-8s in 1949, the fast cars. Olds soon became the car and engine to have with the hot rod Louis Antonacci, via email bunch, because a Caddy was beyond their reach, but surely a used Olds was affordable. Our family was an Olds bunch. Keepsake from ’41 ‘pres’ parade Since I’ve owned several of those fast cars over the years I read with (Olds, Chevys, a GTO, Fords, a MoPar), I believe I can give considerable inter- a balanced remembrance. Growing up in the 1950s with my est the article in the high school years in Chicago, my dad had a 1953 Olds (in Oct. 15 issue of Old which I got my driver’s license in ’55) and a ’57, while my Cars regarding Ford’s brothers had two 1952s (one of which was totalled in a street “generosity” in sup- drag race with, fortunately, minor injuries), a 1955, and a plying cars for events 1950 coupe with a blown engine that a brother replaced with in 1941. a ’53 Olds mill in 1957. That was a very quick car. In those Enclosed is a photo of one of the black-and-white license years, the mid-’50s Chevys were the popular cars (still are — plates that were attached to the American Legion parade I’ve owned three), but an Olds could beat them every time. cars in Milwaukee. I wonder how many of them still exist — Claims of MoPars, and especially AMCs, as the fi rst probably several. Great magazine! Keep it up! muscle cars are laughable as they were seldom seen on the John Willoughby, Evansville, Wis. streets and fast food hangouts back then. During those years Reader Wheels

Old Cars reader Earl Gordo has no trouble attracting attention in his baby blue 1968 convertible. “Sometimes I wish for a 351 when the 289 is struggling up Tioga Pass [Calif.] in second gear,” Gordo jokes. “But the little guy runs so good I hate to change anything.”

8 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com Club Clips BY GERALD PERSCHBACHER Creative clubs have things ‘covered’ you, it would grab your immediate attention, so the technique overs by car clubs grab the attention of readers. gets results. It simply wants a member to open up and take a Some covers are splashed with colors, others are “seat” inside! designed for motion, and many of- The Vintage Ford by the Model T Ford Club of America Cfer creativity. recently depicted a marvelous group of Ford T’s Recently, a nearly psychedelic splash at an event, nicely staged in a summer-like set- of colors on Hoosier Horn, publication of ting. In the current era of car show cancellations the Classic Car Club of America’s Indiana and COVID-19 curtailments on club activities, the Region, made the publication stand apart cover virtually shouts, “We are still from that day’s mail. Fashioned around here!”Readers can take it as a sign a partially uncovered 1941 Cadillac, the of victory and pending hope for issue begged to be opened for the why- normalcy. and-whereof introduced by the cover. Automotive “pin-up” pictures of a Car clubs often stage the setting for fabulous car in a perfect outdoor set- the cover. So it is with an example of ting graced a recent cover of Woodie The Way of the Zephyr, publication of Times, flagship of the National Wood- the Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Club. Circa 1941 was ie Club. Although event cancellations reenacted with a uniformed gas station attendant duti- have afflicted the club’s schedule, as fully cleaning a windshield while the supposed driver has happened to most others, the club dashed for the station’s interior. The cover conveys an shakes off the temporary setback by image from a long-past era. presenting a cover that invitingly points An interesting perspective grabs the eyeballs on a slightly readers inside. Once there, the member is not alone in smaller magazine sent to the North American Singer Owners the hobby, for there is a series of friendly articles waiting to Club. Singer cars of various types are depicted in positions share the joys of collecting. heading right towards the reader. If a car were headed for

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Got news for us? Email us at Hobby News & Views [email protected] Carlisle to host Auto Mania for 2021 only CARLISLE, Pa. _ Auto Mania will move to the Carlisle Expo Center for 2021 only. The event has been held at the Al- lentown Fairgrounds since 1990 and organizers expect it will return there in 2022. The 2021 show is scheduled for Jan. 15- 17 and will offer buyers and sellers a chance to shop indoors for automotive pieces, parts, merchandise and collectibles. Carlisle Events expects the show to sell out. Vendors will be positioned indoors and outside space (weather permitting) Sotheby’s photo Sotheby’s

will also be available. Outside space will also allow for cars RM to be sold via a car corral. It’s anticipated that 150 vending Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 5, 7 and 9d concepts. spaces will be available for the three-day show. Complete details on the COVID plan can be found at www. Auction Oct. 28, selling for a combined $14,840,000. The CarlisleExpoCenter.com. Other information can be found at B.A.T. 5, 7, & 9d were produced by Bertone and presented www.CarlisleEvents.com or by calling 717-243-7855. individually to the public at the Turin auto salons over three consecutive years in 1953, 1954 and 1955. Despite their indi- Alfa Romeo concepts lead NYC auction vidual popularity and collective significance, the B.A.T.s were NEW YORK _ As expected, the renowned trio of Alfa never displayed together when new. Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica concept cars, B.A.T. 5, In all, the Contemporary Art Evening Sale brought a total 7 and 9d, topped RM Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening of $142.8 million with 95.1 percent of lots sold. Weathered Wheels

Nueske’s Meats of Wisconsin uses a small fleet of cool old delivery trucks to act as billboards for the company near its Wittenberg headquarters. The trucks are Grumann Olson-bodied Kurb-Side Van models from the late 1950s. Grumman Olson was founded in 1946 in Long Island, N.Y., and still exists under the Morgan Olson banner. The company offered aluminum walk-in delivery and eventually built a production facility in Sturgis, Mich. The company became a major supplier of vehicles for the United States Post Office in

the 1980s. Brian Earnest photos www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 11 The Scoop Reader Photo

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Previous Old Cars editor and oc- casional contributor Terry Boyce provides both our “Wreck of the Week” and “Reader Photo” features this week! Terry recently shared these photos he found “in an old photo album assembled by a Kansas family of four that traveled exten- sively in the mid-1930s. They were driving a 1937 Hudson and pulling a travel trailer when they took this unusual photo of what appears to be a wrecked car ‘west of Mexico City’ (as it is written on the back of the photo). The car is 1936 Ford Tudor, with its nose buried in the ground. We can see the rear seat cushion has fallen forward.”

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2 vehicles added to Historic Register WASHINGTON _ The Historic Vehicle Association SHOW US (HVA) has added the 1921 Duesenberg Straight Eight “Castle Duesenberg” and the 1970 R/T SE “Qualls YOUR WHEELS! Challenger” to the National Historic Vehicles Register. The pair are the 27th and 28th vehicles to become part of the reg- If you’ve got a cool collector car or truck you ister. really love, WE WANT TO SEE IT! Send photos of [email protected] Duesenberg’s fi rst-ever production car was custom-ordered your ride to . Include some information about the car and your contact by the Hawaiian industrialist Samuel Northrup Castle in 1919. info. We’ll show off your car in the pages of OLD After delayed production, Castle took possession in 1921 and CARS and online at www.oldc rsweekly.com. became the fi rst owner of a Duesenberg passenger car. Featuring custom coachwork by the Bender Body Co. of Cleveland, the vehicle’s ultra-spacious interior was produced specifi cally for Castle’s 7-foot-tall stature. A host of mechani- cal advances for the time included four-wheel hydraulic brakes and the industry’s fi rst overhead-cam straight-eight-cylinder passenger car engine. The Castle Duesenberg remained in Samuel Cas- tle’s possession until his death in 1959 when ownership was

HVA photo HVA transferred to 1921 “Castle Duesenberg” his nephew, James Chris- Qualls took delivery of the high-performance Challenger tian Castle, in December of 1969 and used it as his daily driver. When and the car was Qualls wasn’t on duty riding his police Harley-Davidson, he transported to put the Hemi to the test by street racing in Detroit. Rarely San Francisco bested, the traffi c cop by day maintained a low profi le and and placed into would seemingly disappear for months at a time between un- storage. James HVA photo HVA sanctioned drag runs down Woodward or Telegraph. Due to C. Castle Jr. 1970 “Qualls Duesenberg” his elusive antics, fellow Detroit street racers dubbed the sin- (Chris), and his ister and mysterious Challenger the “black ghost.” wife CyrAnn In 2016, after Godfrey Qualls’ passing, his son Gregory became owners of the car in 1994. In 2010, the couple com- worked with friends and family to bring the car back to life as missioned an intensive restoration of the car to its 1920s a tribute to his father. splendor. The 1921 Duesenberg remained in the Castle fam- — PR Newswire ily for a century until the decision was made in to entrust the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum with its future I-X Center closes, takes shows with it stewardship. CLEVELAND _ The Summit Piston Power Auto-Rama The Qualls Challenger has just over 45,000 original miles has been added to the list of COVID-19 victims after recent and remains iconic in muscle car circles. In 1969, 27-year-old news that its host venue, the International Exposition Center combat veteran, Purple Heart recipient and Detroit police of- (I-X Center), will be closing at the end of the year. The I-X fi cer Godfrey Qualls special-ordered the 1970 Dodge. Qualls Center, located adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International checked virtually every signifi cant option when confi guring Airport, is one of the largest exhibition centers in the United his ultimate muscle car; 426 Hemi engine, the “Super Track States, hosting the Cleveland Auto Show, a large boat show, Pak” featuring a four-speed manual transmission with a fl oor- trade shows and banquets, as well as the Summit Piston Power mounted Hurst pistol grip shifter, Dana 60 rear-end with 4.10 event. gears and Sure-Grip differential, the SE or “Special Edition” The building started in 1942 as a General Motors-operated trim and interior package, “bumble bee” white stripe on the Cleveland Bomber Plant, building bombers during World War tail, hood pins, houndstooth interior and a gator grain black II. The facility later built tanks before fi nally sitting vacant vinyl top. It is one of just 23 four-speed Hemi R/T SE Chal- for seven years in the 1970s. It re-opened in 1985 as the I-X lengers built in the model’s debut year and is likely the only Center. Future plans for the site and the building are unknown. Challenger with this unique confi guration of performance and trim options. www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 13 Q&A WITH KIT FOSTER

This is in response to a recent Thanks for this update on modern Q.Q&A (Aug. 20) regarding “fail- A.cars. I guess if your temperature safe” engine thermostats. As noted in gauge starts rising it’s worth trying the the article, ’stats powered by thermo- max-heater trick. I think the bottom line static actuators or “wax motors” can fail is still if you’re in doubt, turn off the closed and are defi nitely not fail-safe. engine! However, the precursor to the wax I once had a 1969 Buick with no motor design was the bellows thermo- temperature gauge, just a warning light. stat. This design could be considered The car had a slow coolant leak that I essentially fail-safe, due to the basic never did track down (it was totaled by a design. The metal bellows was evacuated Thanks for backfi lling the miss- distracted passing motorist while parked and backfi lled with a fl uid mixture that A.ing link in the quest for a fail- at the curb). As frustrating as it was to had a certain vapor pressure characteris- safe thermostat. not see actual engine temperature, the tic. Upon heating, the retracted bel- If you don’t mind me chiming in light at least alerted me when to top up lows would expand to open the ’stat in Q.on your response to Lane Kasen the radiator. response to the pressure produced by the (Q&A Sept. 24), the heater core on to- [Regarding degreasers (Sept. 3 expanding fl uid as it vaporized. The bel- day’s vehicles will help dissipate engine Q.and Oct. 15)] I used to get from lows (under vacuum) itself served as the heat if set on full blast if the engine is NAPA a quart can of Gunk. It was a “return spring” when cooled down as the starting to run hot. The only caveat is concentrate. Mixed with 2-1/2 gallons internal pressure lowered. If the bellows that the cooling system needs to be full of kerosene, it cleaned well and it left lost its fl uid charge and vacuum, the bel- of coolant. If the engine is running hot an anti-rust coating that cleaned off eas- lows, now unrestrained, would expand, due to heavy traffi c, electric cooling fans ily with lacquer thinner. Heavy grease thus opening the ’stat. not working, belt slippage, water pump would need scraping or a wire brush. I These types of thermostats worked issue, high load from the A/C system or see Gunk still makes it, but I couldn’t very well in the early days of non-pres- a clogged radiator, the heater core will fi nd a store that has it. I hope Fleet Farm surized cooling systems. However, with help dissipate that engine heat. If the has it. the advent of pressurized cooling sys- cooling system is low on coolant and — Grant Henderson, via e-mail tems, the bellows design soon became there is air in the system, it usually won’t I have used this Gunk product in obsolete because the bellows responds help. Shut the engine off at that point to A.the past. As I recall, it was rec- to both temperature AND pressure. The prevent engine damage. ommended to rinse off with hot water. I current wax motor (aka “power pill”) Many of today’s vehicles, 1990s and was able to connect a garden hose to my design, besides providing more accurate later, have the heater lines and heater washing machine hot water connection, service in pressurized systems, is much core as the highest point in the cooling as the machine was near a window. more economical to manufacture than system. If the system is low on coolant, I believe Fleet Farm stores are located the metal bellows design. The fabrica- it won’t make it into the heater core to mostly in the upper Midwest. Here in the tion of thin-walled metal bellows is help lower the engine temperature. Some Northeast we have Agway, and Tractor considerably more costly, not to mention of today’s engines have bleeder screws Supply has fairly wide distribution coun- the evacuation and backfi lling process of for the cooling system or require compli- try-wide. However, I don’t see Gunk precisely mixed fl uids. cated bleeding procedures to get the air Super Concentrate on their websites, nor The pictured example was manufac- removed from the cooling system. The those of AutoZone or Advance. I did fi nd tured by the pioneer in bellows ’stats, vehicles featured in Old Cars usually it on Amazon, however, in gallon jugs. It the former Fulton Sylphon Company in have the heater core and the feed lines was $34.99 the last time I looked. Knoxville, Tenn. The Model 76FHT fi ts much lower so some coolant will make it 1949 Lincoln. into the heater core. To submit questions to this column: E-mail — Frank Loucka, Vermilion, Ohio [email protected] or mail to: Q&A, Old Cars, — John Gurnig, Lake Forest, Ill. 5225 Joerns Drive, Suite 2, Stevens Point, WI 54481. AWARD WINNING RESTORATIONS We consider it our mission to provide you with the 1938 Steyr Roadster best restoration facility in the world. SINCE 1985 Partial or complete restorations by skilled craftsmen.

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inning down the precise start rived at $1200, or more than $34,000 to- Q At 1740 pounds on an 85-in. wheelbase, of the antique-car hobby is im- day. Despite the price hike, things were the Model C isn’t a large car. It only seems possible, but since the Antique going well for Buick at that point. that way parked next to the Corvette. PAutomobile Club of America’s “Buick was formed in 1903 and they history mentions “early cars” invited to built one prototype,” said Steve Heald, Buick catalog quoted above notes that drive to the annual Philadelphia Auto- whose 1905 Model C is shown here. “In that fi gure “was generally discredited mobile Show beginning in 1931, the in- 1904, they built about 17 cars of which among our competitors.” Buick had the terest by then already existed. The trips none survive. In 1905, they built ap- last laugh, however, as the catalog gives to the show were open to cars at least 25 proximately 730 of which 14 survive the results of three observed tests show- years old, so the newest car eligible in and this is the third-oldest, so this would ing brake horsepower ranging from 23 1931 was built in 1906. be the third-oldest Buick in existence.” at 1152 rpm to 29 at 1320, adding (for The annual show invitations led to those who weren’t seeing it) that “it will the AACA’s 1935 formation, and the Buick builds a better car be noted that while we claim only 22 amazing part is that early cars survived At least some of the increase in pop- horsepower, these tests show an average in numbers large enough that the hobby ularity in those years was probably due of 27.7 brake horsepower.” And since became possible. Setting aside optimists to Buick’s operations from production “brake” horsepower is measured rather whose plans never got off the ground, to sales falling into place and becoming than calculated as is the ALAM fi gure, tinkerers who built cars for themselves more effi cient, but that wouldn’t have it should certainly be more accurate; us- and scoundrels who promoted big ideas mattered if its cars were of bad design or ing the ALAM chart, the Model C’s two- before walking away with their backers’ poor quality. With more than a little hy- cylinder would be rated at 16.2 hp. cash, every automaker in those early perbole, marketing announced that the years either dreamed of or counted on Model C “embodies every feature and A Buick that fi t the bill success. Buick was no different. every advantage of the best foreign and With all of that said, Heald’s car is The fi rst Buick was sold on May American inventions; has every desir- one of those that survived obsolescence 20, 1904, a Model B described in ad- able feature in the simplest form to meet and scrap drives. It might or might not vertising as “superior to all others in its the requirements of American and for- have been on the road at the time of class” and “the car that stands out.” Its eign roads and conditions … It has more those shows in Philadelphia — although 159-cid valve-in-head twin was rated at speed, more power, more room and style it would have been eligible to participate 15 hp and drove via a two-speed plan- and less vibration, and makes less noise — but it was actively being driven after etary transmission and chain to the rear and trouble than any other car in its class World War II. wheels. Available only as a four-pas- on the market.” “I have photographs that came with senger touring, it sold for $950 and in The reference to “more power” is it,” Heald said, “of this car on a tour in today’s dollars, that translates to a little important. The Association of Licensed the mid 1950s. At that time, it had had more than $27,000. It was affordable Automobile Manufacturers’ 1905 a body change. It didn’t have the rear rather than cheap, but it grew less so in Handbook of Gasoline Automobiles lists seat. It had been changed and there was 1905 when the very similar Model C ar- the Model C’s horsepower at 22 and the a deck on the back, but all indications

16 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com say that all Model Cs, all ’05 Model Cs, Q Beyond the un- were tourings. So it was on that premise deniable beauty that the rear body was constructed.” of its brass and For some perspective on his Buick woodwork, the touring in the mid 1950s, a boattail Riv- Buick offers practicality. Its iera being driven today would be rough- three pedals are ly comparable in terms of age. And that clearly labeled, Riviera hadn’t even been built when the an important Model C was already enjoying the good point for a life and the leisurely motoring that goes modern driver since they don’t with it. Touring was important to Heald correspond to when he bought the Buick about seven the three ped- years ago, but he’d seen a Model C like als he’d likely it more than 20 years earlier and that car expect to fi nd. had left an impression. “I was enamored with it,” he said. “In fact, I have a video of it. There’s some- thing about that that just does it and so when I learned about this one, I thought, ‘You know, maybe that’s the opportunity to have one of those.’” The car that he owns now had obvi- ously toured extensively and thus had actually been both restored and well cared for before he bought it. Not sur- prisingly, he said it needed little. “We had made our wishes known (to the owner),” he recalled, “that when it was available, we’d like to know about it, so we had the opportunity to ride in it one day and it performed very, very well on some quite challenging roads. That “Unique Alternative to the Standard Car Cover”™ kind of sealed it, that this would be a Indoor and Outdoor Versions Available good one to have. We wanted a two-cyl- inder tour car and we wanted something different. This certainly fi ts that bill.” His memory of the very good perfor- mance that day supports Buick’s claims that the Model C “will take any hill on Use high speed that we have been able to “CoverCar” [email protected] fi nd suitable or safe for automobiling” at checkout for www.covercarconcepts.com and that it’s “a car that can be operated 10% off (623) 337-6179 U.S. Patents: 9,765,545 almost exclusively on the high speed 10,513,865 gear. Range of speed on high gear fi ve to 45 miles per hour.” It also provides NEW! DAYTONA CARBURETOR one possible explanation for the Buick’s High Quality, alcohol resistant, single barrel replacement carburetors for survival, namely the fact that it’s a ca- and many other applications. pable car. That might mean less, though, CHEVROLET- FORD- DODGE- JEEP were the Buick a more complicated au- Tired of trying to rebuild your old original 1bbl carb, and have it last with modern alcohol laced fuel? tomobile to drive. Replace that old, worn out single barrel with this NEW “Very easy,” Heald observed. “It has Universal replacement, alcohol resistant DAYTONA carburetor. Perfect for Hot Rod, Performance, or a foot-pedal for low speed and a lever Nostalgia 6 cyl Dual and triple applications. Also for high speed … It’s cast right in the available for Industrial engine Fitment. plate where the pedals are. ‘Brake. Slow Phone us for application fi tment and pricing. 1191 Turnbull Bay Rd. speed. Reverse.’ You just look down. It New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 can’t get much easier than that.” Ph:386-427-7108 www.daytonaparts.com www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 17 Collecting Chryslers BY JOHN LEE A trip down Fifth Avenue

n a bright, sunny spring af- landau roof and red pinstripes along the seasons and two NCAA championships ternoon, I was working in my beltline. But as I drew close I knew it before giving up the head coaching po- home offi ce when the door- wasn’t mine. The interior was red with sition and becoming the Nebraska Ath- Obell rang. I answered it and regal-looking red button-tufted velour letic Director. opened the door to my neighbor, Scott, upholstery. His position and success with it saying excitedly, “Hey, come on out! About that time, the owner came brought many perks, one of which was You’ve got to see this!” out of the house and Scott introduced a new car to drive every year. That cour- He pointed across the corner to me to Fred Auman. He was doing some tesy was provided by DeBrown Auto a white 1986 Chrysler Fifth Avenue carpentry work inside and had actually Sales, the Chrysler-Dodge dealer in parked in the driveway. My fi rst thought brought all his tools and supplies in the Lincoln. I’ve never known exactly how was, “Wow! My old car has found its trunk of the Chrysler. (He said his van that was handled, but I imagine the cars way back home!” had broken down on the way to the job were leased, with someone other than Having sold another car and need- and since it was a nice day, his backup Bob Devaney paying the lease. ing something rather in a hurry, I had vehicle was fi lling in.) As Fred began to In 1965, I knew of a school teacher found and purchased a 1986 Chrysler relate the car’s history, his fi rst statement who owned a 1959 De Soto convertible, Fifth Avenue from a used car lot. It was told volumes: “It belonged to Bob Dev- and I just happened to fi nd out the day white with blue leather upholstery, fully aney when it was new.” she was going to trade it in at DeBrown’s equipped and everything worked well. for the 1964 880 con- The front suspension parts were about A sporting life vertible Devaney had just exchanged for worn out, so I had them replaced and This is Lincoln, Neb., home of the a new 1965 model. I went down a couple bought new tires. From there on, the University of Nebraska. Football is king, days later and bought the De Soto. car was mostly trouble-free, comfort- and Bob Devaney had been the head The story Fred Auman told me was able and dependable, but gas mileage coach, a position more revered than the that Devaney didn’t care much for the with the 318-cid V-8 and two-barrel was governor of the state. Devaney was hired Fifth Avenue he had in 1986. Possibly it terrible. What impressed me most was in 1962 and immediately turned the pro- was not large enough compared to the that in the seven years I owned it, the air gram from a loser to a winner. After the previous 20-foot-long New Yorkers or conditioning system always blew cold team had won three, lost six and tied Royal Monacos to which he was accus- air and never needed recharging. one in the 1961 season, Devaney got the tomed. It could hardly be that it wasn’t So, when I walked across the street, Cornhuskers on the right track in 1962, plush and comfortable enough inside! I knew pretty well what I was looking winning eight while losing only two in at. It was well maintained, the same the regular season and adding a ninth Downsizing the Fifth Avenue white fi nish was shiny as were the op- win over Miami in the Gotham Bowl. By the mid 1970s, downsizing was tional wire wheel covers, white vinyl He would go on to 10 more winning spreading through the Motor City. As

18 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com the result of the oil crisis a few short 225-cid. inline six. The 318 V-8 was an years earlier and gas prices of $4 per option but would become the base en- gallon or more, manufacturers had cut gine in following years. way back on high-performance engines Fred Auman’s white sedan and all and were trimming down the size of other 1986 Fifth Avenues came with their vehicles and developing smaller, TorqueFlite automatic transmission, more fuel-effi cient engines. Chrysler power steering and brakes and air con- axed the 2.5-ton, 20-foot-long Imperial ditioning as standard equipment, along after the 1975 model year and although with 205/75R15 steel-belted radial the New Yorker continued to be huge for whitewalls. Inside, red velvet covers the the next few years, the company headed 60/40 power front and rear bench seat. in a smaller, more effi cient direction in The deluxe AM/FM stereo system, tilt 1977. The new mid-size LeBaron line steering and wire wheel covers were op- had a wheelbase a foot shorter and over- tions added to the base price of $14,910. all length two feet shorter than the ’75 Production for 1986 was 104,744, Imperial. The downsizing would contin- down from the Fifth Avenue’s best sales ue for the next dozen years, along with a year in 1985 of 109,971 units. shuffl ing of models and names. Whatever wasn’t up to par for Bob What had been the 1975 Imperial Devaney in 1986, this Fifth Avenue became the New Yorker Brougham and, ended up in the garage of his neighbor, along with the Newport series, would an elderly lady who didn’t infl ict much continue through 1978 on the same 124- wear and tear on it over the next two in. wheelbase. Then, in 1979 through decades or so. When she passed away, Q ABOVE: Comfort took a front seat in the 1981, the New Yorkers and Newports Fred Auman’s uncle, Clyde Verhoef, was Fifth Avenue . came only as “pillared ” with there to take over the caretaking of this Q BELOW: Special Fifth Avenue Edition their wheelbase reduced to 118.5 in. The modern classic. He had been responsible emblems adorn the vinyl-clad C pillars. big-bodied Chryslers were gone in 1982, for any servicing and maintenance the but the New Yorker name continued as a previous owner required. Clyde garaged four-door sedan on a 112-in. wheelbase and pampered the car for a number of and was essentially the same car as the years. When it came time for him to previous year’s LeBaron. Along with the start downsizing, he sold it to Fred, who Cordoba and Imperial (reintroduced the is glad to continue caring for it, avoiding year before as a personal luxury coupe), rain, snow and gravel roads on the rare the New Yorkers were the only remain- times he takes it out for a joy ride — or ing rear-wheel-drive models in the line- an occasional job when his van breaks up. down. The St. Regis name was revived from earlier Chrysler and Dodge mod- els to designate the luxury option pack- THE LOUIS AND SHIRLEY RIHA COLLECTION age for the 1977 NewYorker Brougham. LIVE AND ONLINE AUCTION The following year, the same package SATURDAY, DEC. 5, 2020 - 10 A.M. CT including special metallic paint, vinyl 20404 S. HWY. 50, SPRINGFIELD, NE 68059 roof and road wheels was called the Salon. 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For this year only, the SCHRAM AUCTION, INC., GRETNA, NE • 402-332-3634 base engine was Chrysler’s venerable www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 19 1966 Chevelle Malibu is the perfect cruiser BY ANGELO VAN BOGART The original Chevrolet Chevelle was the perfect size at Super Sport. Now that a Chevelle Malibu has found him, the perfect time and for many today, it remains the perfect he’s pleased that it’s not of the muscle car variety. In fact, car. that’s what makes his car stand apart. Gary Pietraniec of Brighton, Mich., is one of those who “I have been involved in cars for several, several years, fell under the spell of the Chevelle early in the model’s life. and most Chevelles don’t have the original engine or trans- He said his fi rst ride in a true muscle car was a triple black mission, or they are SS clones or they have 502s in them. 1966 Chevelle SS 396 that a buddy had bought new when This one is nice and original,” Pietraniec said. “This one is they were just teenagers. just nicely optioned. It has the 327, the four-speed and it “My very fi rst muscle car that I ever rode in was a triple has the buckets and console. It has front and rear bumper back SS 396 with 375 hp and I left my mark on that pas- guards, tinted windows, it has the factory gauges with the senger seat — my buddy really got on it!” ‘knee knocker’ tach — all in a Malibu, not an SS.” That fast ride in an SS 396 set Pietraniec on a path to ownership of dozens of performance cars of his own: 1958- Chevy grows with an intermediate ’60 Corvettes, Mustangs with the 428 Cobra Jet, GTOs and By the time the Jake Gallegos of Denver, Colo., ordered a Road Runner. There were even a couple super this Chevelle Malibu on June 14, 1966, from Burt Chev- rare 1965 Ford Fairlanes with the high-performance 289. rolet (now Elway Chevrolet), Chevy’s Chevelle was only However, not one of them was the ever-popular Chevelle three years old but well-established. The Chevelle was part

20 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com Q The original 327 V-8 has 275 hp and has moved this 1966 Chevelle Malibu about 85,000 miles in its lifetime. The 275-hp 327 was the most powerful engine available in a Chevelle Malibu; a 230-cid six- cylinder or 283-cid V-8 were also available, however. of Chevrolet’s ever-expanding model range that just fi ve years earlier included only a full-size model in three trim levels and the two-seat Corvette . The compact, rear-engined Corvair followed for 1960, then the compact Chevy II debuted for 1962 on a more traditional rear-wheel-drive/front-engine platform to fi ght the Ford Falcon. When General Motors’ “fun size” 1961 Buick Special/Olds F-85/Pontiac Tempest models gained a bit of girth and each became a traditional front-en- gine/rear-drive intermediate for 1964, Chevrolet birthed the Chevelle. The Chevelle fi lled the size and price gap between the compact Nova and the full-size Impala/Bel Air/Biscayne. Ini- tially, Chevelle was offered in three series: Chevelle Malibu Super Sport, Chevelle Malibu and the entry-level Chevelle 300. Between the three Chevelle series, every popular body style of the day was available: , convertible, sedan, coupe and station wagon. The name “Chevelle” was simply dreamed up by Chevro- let and meant nothing, but at the 1963 press conference where the Chevelle was announced, Chevrolet General Manager S.E. “Bunkie” Knudson said, “we’ll make it mean something.” Mean something it did. First-year sales were a strong 338,286 Chevelles and in 1965, the number went up to 343,900 Chevelles. Things were even better in 1966 when Chevrolet built 412,155 Chevelles. The numbers weren’t far behind the headline-grabbing Ford Mustang, which received the lion’s share of public attention as one of the fi rst of the new “pony cars.” Chevrolet’s winning Chevelle formula included a 115-in. wheelbase, 196.6-in. overall length and a height of about 53 in. in a car that could be a six-cylinder station wagon or a V-8 convertible — or even a car-truck hybrid with the El Q The rear window and tail panel were concave and while they looked Camino. good, they created drag at speed. No matter on this Chevelle Malibu The new Chevelle also struck a chord with gear heads who — it was built for cruising. still admired the “Tri Five” Chevys of the previous decade. Among the earliest to acknowledge the Chevelle’s similar pro- portions to the 1955-1957 was Motor Trend, which said in March 1964 that, “Somehow, we couldn’t help feel- ing we’d driven the Chevelle before, about eight years ago. It’s basically very similar to the popular 1955 Chevrolet — a shade shorter in overall length and height, but with the same basic engine/chassis combination.” Indeed, while the full-size Chevrolet became longer, lower and more lithe after the Tri- Chevys, Chevelle was again short-and-stocky looking — and packing V-8s and six-cylinders that could be traced back to the Tri-Fives. While the 1964 Chevelle’s styling wasn’t revolutionary like that on the Mustang (it actually borrowed many styling ele- ments from the bigger 1964 Chevrolet), it was often described as clean and handsome. Today, Chevelle styling is considered timeless. During the full run of the first generation from 1964 to 1967, the Chevelle sported horizontally arranged quad , a hood and rear deck that looked to be of similar length, clean flanks with a slight muscle bulge in the beltline just aft the front door, and rather vertical grilles and tail pan- els. The rooflines of the popular Sport Coupes were elegantly swept back with a slight formality to them, adding to the car’s www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 21 overall “Coke bottle” shape that was so in vogue during the 1960s. During 1965, the Chevelle became a full-blown muscle car with the midyear availability of the Z16 396-cid V-8 to the Chevelle Malibu SS. Only 201 were built but in 1966, the Chevelle SS 396 was a full-fl edge model of which 72,272 were built. Pietraniec’s Chevelle was not one of them.

A ’66 keeper “The thing that is really nice about this car is it’s a [code] 136 car — just a plain Chevelle Malibu, but it has so many options on it,” Pietraniec said. “It’s a loaded car. The gauge package and ‘knee knocker’ tach is really nice. There’s just a lot to it, but it’s not a SS. It’s more drivable than a 396. You don’t have to put premium gas in it and you don’t have to baby it. You can still kick it in the butt and it will still put you back in the seat. It’s just a great, great little car.” Being from Colorado, the Chevelle Malibu has always been a really clean speci- men. Pietraniec said it was repainted in Colorado but it’s largely original and well- documented with its original Protecto-Plate, order sheet, build sheet and numerous other original papers. The original dealer order form shows a red 1959 Chevrolet four-door was traded for the new Chevelle Malibu. Even the name of the salesman who took the ’59 Chevy in trade remains on the inside of the glove box door. Pietraniec wasn’t on the look out for such a car, but he was impressed with the Chevelle Malibu when he fi rst saw it and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to buy it when it became available about three years ago. “Back in 1998, my best friend bought the car from a dealership in Colorado and he had it shipped back sight-unseen,” Pietraniec said. “He has more guts than I do Q The covers on the bucket seats have been re- placed, but the rest of the interior is original. Note — I will not buy a car sight-unseen. But it was a really nice car. I was at his house the Chevrolet-installed shift handle and ball — when it was delivered. most were replaced by Hurst components on day “He kept it for 12 years or so and then another friend talked my buddy out of it. two. Hidden by the steering wheel is the “knee And he had it for seven six, seven years and he was thinning out his collection so knocker” tach. he said, “Gary, I know you have always liked the Malibu — I will give it to you for Q BELOW: This Chevelle was sold new by Burt Chev- a friend’s price.” I thought, ‘I don’t need it — I am thinning out, too,’ but I said I rolet of Englewood, Colo. Note the optional and will buy it. I bought it mainly because I knew the history and my buddies are both uncommonly seen rear bumper guard. meticulous.” Aside from simply keeping the ’66 Chevelle Malibu in nice shape and adding a few miles here and there, one of Pietraniec’s friends added power disc brakes. The car also sports muscle car-era Cragar mags now, but Pietraniec is very proud that the car retains so many of its other original features. “It has the original 327 it was born with, it has the matching numbers transmis- sion and original shifter and shifter ball and correct rear end,” he says. Inside the Marina Blue car’s matching blue interior, only the covers for the front bucket seats have been replaced. The rest is original, including the working clock and cigarette lighter. Pietraniec said the Chevelle Malibu’s performance doesn’t compare to any of the muscle cars he’s owned before, and he considers that a good thing. He’s put about 2500 miles on it in the last three years, which he probably wouldn’t have done with a temperamental big-block. “It still has a lot of power and it’s fun to get on it, but it is nothing like the hi-po muscle cars. It’s more streetable and that’s the fun part. It doesn’t break as much as a big-block or overheat. The Road Runner with a 440 and a 6 Pack, it would always overheat. I have never had any problems with [the Chevelle Malibu].” After years of judged shows and concours, the 275-hp 327 in Pietraniec’s Chev- elle Malibu is more his speed than his muscle cars of yesterday. He says he doesn’t enter it in shows because it has a few minor blemishes in its 20-some-year-old paint, but he does take it to a lot of local cruises. “It has a few little dings that you can barely see and I don’t cry about a new scratch,” he said. “I take it to Kroger’s. I drive it almost daily in the summer time. I have had cars in major magazines, at concours, and now it’s just a matter of been there, done that. Now let’s have some fun.” Pietraniec doesn’t seem to miss those muscle cars in his rearview mirror and for where he is today, the small-block Chevelle Malibu is perfect. “I sure didn’t need it, but it would be hard to part with now.”

22 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com Larry Young has been driving this 1967 Nova SS for nearly 50 years BY ANGELO VAN BOGART

arry Young of Ventura, Calif., probably shouldn’t be ground it got...it would just hug the ground.” a Nova man, but for 50 years, there’s always been a When Young went to his local Chevy dealership in Grass Chevy II Nova titled in his name. Valley, Calif., in search of a new transmission mount for that L “My dad’s work car was a Chevy II and he hated ’65 Nova, he laid eyes on his next and last Nova: the 1967 it,” Young said. Despite his dad’s negative experience with an Super Sport featured here. example of Chevy’s famous compact, one of Young’s earliest “I drove down to Meier Chevrolet and there was a 1967 cars was a 1965 Chevy II Nova. Nova SS on the corner of their lot on an elevated ramp, angled “I had a 1965 Nova Special which was a little blue car with upwards so the car appeared to be climbing, and I came home more chrome trim on it than any other ’65 I had seen. It had a with it. My dad was furious,” he said. 283 and I loved that car,” he said. “Novas in the ’60s and early Young saw very few Nova Super Sports and said the car ’70s, and Novas in general, were considered an economy car was an uncommon sight in his corner of California, which and an old folks’ car. The ’65 I had belonged to a mortician made it further stand out. With about 53,000 miles on the and his wife.” odometer, its fi ne condition also helped Young quickly built a fondness for that ’65, the 5-year-old used car probably because he found it to be anything but stand apart. an old fogie’s car. “All of the “With that two-speed and 283, I chrome was could outrun real Z/28s and my top end would exceed theirs. The fast- er that car went, the closer to the

Q Just 10,069 Nova SS models with six-cylinder (1856 cars) and V-8 power (8213 cars) were built in 1967. That was almost 10 percent of 1967 Chevy II production, which totaled only 106,430 cars. www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 23 covered with cigarette smoke residue, which preserved it,” he said. “The interior was in great condition. There was a lot of sand in it, in the carpet. I have wondered off and on if it had gotten submerged — it’s a mystery.” Everything but the Nova’s clock worked, and he said after he and his dad rebuilt it 10 times, it still didn’t work. To this day, the clock still doesn’t tic-toc. Included with the Nova SS was its Protecto-Plate showing the original owners’ names, so Young called them to learn the car’s his- tory. He found out the car had been bought new at Carrell Chevrolet in San Fernando, Calif., by the Machado family. “They had retired from Pacoima in Southern California and they moved to Nevada City and they traded this Nova in on a Chevy Vega,” Young said. “When I called the Machados, Mrs. Machado answered the phone and she was furious that her husband had sold Q The 275-hp 327-cid V-8 has been rebuilt once in its 190,000 that car. She called him an ‘absolute idiot.’” miles. Young bought the aluminum Corvette valve covers at Regardless of Mrs. Machado’s judgment of her husband, Young a Chevy dealership years ago since the original steel valve was certainly wise to hang onto this 1967 Nova SS for nearly 50 covers leaked oil. years. Today, it’s a rare and highly desirable example from Chevro- let’s romp through the muscle car era. Building another compact Even though Chevrolet intended the Chevy II Nova to be an eco- nomical , it’s now remembered as a muscle car. In truth, most Chevy II Novas were economy cars and relatively few were built by Chevrolet with a performance twist. When the Chevy II made its debut for the 1962 model year, it was aimed at combatting Ford’s little Falcon. While the unconventional rear-engined, air-cooled Corvair that hit the market in 1960 was an admirable foe to the Volkswagen Beetle, the Ford Falcon that also hit the streets for 1960 was more readily accepted by Americans. It turns out American car buyers were ready for a little car as long as the engine was in front and it required coolant. In 1960, the fi rst model year for the Falcon and the Corvair, Falcon handily outsold the Corvair, 435,676 to 250,007. Chevrolet immediately went to the Q The 1967 Nova SS featured Strato-buckets and a console, drawing board to create a more conventional compact to get a bigger along with a three-spoke steering wheel. bite of the growing compact car market. In doing so, it created the Chevy II Nova. In less than just two years, the Chevy II Nova went from drawing board to production. Apparently the Nova name was preferred until shortly before production and in the end, it was christened “Chevy II” to continue Chevrolet’s line of “C” names. (After all, Ford was sticking with “F” names and, well, “marketing see, marketing do.”) The Nova name was used, but it was reserved for the dressiest Chevy II 400 models, not the base Chevy II 100 or midline Chevy II 300. Power was initially a four- or six-cylinder in the Chevy II 100 and Chevy II 300 series, but the Chevy II 400 Nova was available only with six-cylinder motivation. The fi rst generation of Nova would last through the 1965 model year. Styling of these cars was clean, crisp and simple with only a forward-leaning grille borrowed from the full-size Chevys. The clean fl anks had a horizontal peak below the beltline much like on the forthcoming 1963 Sting Ray Corvette, and the bottom of the side body panels featured a fl are stamped into them. In keeping with the economy car theme and construction, single headlamps were used. Chevy II followed the Corvair with unitized construction with the Q The lug nut holes in the original wheels have been enlarged Chevy II’s front suspension being a stub bolted to the body shell. from the miles, so Young can no longer run the original Like the Falcon, a full line of body styles was offered for the Chevy wheels, but he’s kept them and the original SS wheel covers. II from convertible to coupe to sedan to station wagon.

24 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com First-year sales were solid with 326,607 Chevy IIs sold for gas and you go. It’s not a dog car — it’s a blast to drive.” 1962, besting Corvair by about 20,000 cars that year, but still And drive he does. Young said the Nova SS was his daily around 70,000 units shy of 1962 Ford Falcon sales. driver from 1972 to 1980 and it’s been to every state from In 1963, a Nova Super Sport model joined the Chevy II Kansas westward. Today, the car has around 190,000 miles line, but even Super Sport versions would have to wait un- and while it hasn’t been completely restored, it’s always re- til 1964 for a V-8 as Chevy II engines were still limited to ceived attention when it needed it. four- and six-cylinder. However, during this period, a full-size “At 75,000 miles, I had to have the engine overhauled and Impala SS could also be built with a six-cylinder. By 1964, a it was 10.5-to-1 compression,” he said. “The wisdom of the 283-cid V-8 could fi nally be factory-installed in a Chevy II. day by the shop was to put it down to 9.5-to-1 compression, For 1966, the Chevy II received a full makeover. Its pro- because of the unleaded gasoline,” Young said. “Even at the fi le and roofl ine, especially on the Sport Coupe, mimicked 10.5-to-1 compression, I would have dieseling issues or knock the slightly bigger Chevelle. Like other Chevrolets, the 1966 issues when climbing a grade unless I was running the 110 Chevy II was decorated with a front grille treatment that ap- grade. That was in 1977, and that engine is still going.” peared to thrust forward. Single headlamps returned, and new In 1984, Young had the car repainted its original Mountain vertical taillamps capped off the back end of the restyled rear Green Metallic paint using original GM paint. He’s worked to fenders. The overall Chevy II look was still clean but more keep the car as original as possible, even sourcing correct (and slab-sided than the 1962-’65 models with a new, more simple rare) exhaust manifolds for his air conditioned car when the horizontal character line below the beltline. The 1966 Chevy passenger side exhaust manifold cracked. (Young blames heat II was the perfect alternative to a Malibu for Chevy buyers from the original smog equipment, which has since been re- looking for a little less car or to moved and stored.) The original spend a little less money, or both. steel valve covers were replaced Since the Chevy II Nova con- with aluminum Corvette valve vertible was dropped for 1965, covers sourced from a Chevro- it’s not surprising that one didn’t let dealership when the originals reappear with the 1966 redesign. wouldn’t stop leaking. Chevy II buyers with a penchant The car does have an after- for sport could still get the Nova market MSD electronic ignition Super Sport, however, and the system since it’s become diffi cult small platform gave the best bang for Young to adjust points, and to for Chevy’s small-block. The Su- fi nd someone else to properly do per Sport package in the Chevy II it, and he installed aftermarket model line-up was only available wheels. Young kept the original on the Nova Sport Coupe and cre- wheels and SS wheel covers, but ated the best-dressed Chevy II. the lug nut holes have become In 1966, the exterior of the Nova enlarged and the original wheels SS featured color-accented wide are now unsafe. body sill moldings; front and rear wheel opening moldings In its nearly 200,000 miles of use, Young has had the origi- with extensions on both lower fenders; door and rear quar- nal Powerglide transmission rebuilt twice and the front end ter upper body side moldings; an SS grille emblem; “Super rebuilt fi ve times. The black interior is largely original and res- Sport” rear fender scripts; a full-width ribbed rear deck panel; toration has been limited to new carpet, package shelf, glove and 14-in. Super Sport-only wheel covers. Nova SS interiors box insert and some front seat padding from National Parts featured all-vinyl front bucket seats, a console on Powerglide Depot. He has a newer exhaust system on the car, which he and four-speed models, and most of the other features found says sounds pretty close to the original. on the Nova models. SS engine choices in 1966 ranged from a “I put a dual exhaust system on it that is aluminized steel six-cylinder to a 283 or one of two 327 V-8s, the top dog being with a cross over and that system sounds original,” he says. the L79 327 with 350 hp. “It doesn’t gurgle or glug like the other exhaust systems will The styling of the 1967 Nova was carried over from the sometimes sound. If you don’t take it out of fi rst gear, it sounds 1966 model, as were essentially all the Nova SS goodies. For like a Ferrari!” 1967, Chevy blacked out the Nova SS’s grille and the lower Thanks in part to the tune of the exhaust and the hum of the portion of its rocker moldings, and also changed the rear tail 327, what Young enjoys most about his Nova SS after nearly panel. The SS wheel covers were new, but the L79 327 with 50 years is seat time. 350 hp ceased being offered almost after day one of 1967 pro- “I have only been to one car show in my life and I enjoyed duction and just a handful were built. That left the six-cyl- meeting people there, but I didn’t like it. I just like being on inder, the 195-hp 283 and the L30 327 with 275 hp, which the road and the sound of that 327 in my Nova. I tell people powers Young’s Nova SS. To him, the 275-hp 327 is more than it’s orgasmic.” adequate. Although he’s had other interesting cars come and go, in- cluding a modern Porsche Carrera S, the Nova SS will always A Chevy II that’s number one be “the” keeper. “This Nova SS is a performance car,” he said. “It says 275 “I kept the car because it was unusual, it performed well horsepower, but I am telling you it’s 300-plus. You step on the and it’s just a great automobile.” www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 25 Son’s

Q Advance-Design Chevrolets were a major break from the past when they arrived for 1947.

LiL ke t rest of the American auto industry, Cheh vy had set asideid productiond io li vehicleshi l ini earlyl11942942 to focusf on defense contracts ranging from trucks to aircraft engines. When the fighting stopped and vehicles that had been driven Chevy almost into the ground on the homefront needed replacement, the solution across the board was to resume production with the 1942 models in mildly updated form. That helped to meet 1950 Chevrolet 3600 pickups the immediate demand, but manufacturers knew that true postwar cars and trucks would soon be necessary. across three generations At Chevrolet, 1947 brought the all-new Advance-Design STORY AND PHOTOS BY BOB TOMAINE models. While continuing to rely on a basically unchanged drivetrain, the styling was completely modern. Its cab was f Jim Hoinsky had been serious about the Chevy pickup “roomy, safe, comfortable, convenient” and “provides the he was looking at on the internet, he could have ended truck driver with the best working conditions ever offered in up with two of them. commercial vehicles.” It included “observation-car vision” I “My father died when I was seven years old,” said and in Deluxe trim, “smart-looking curved windows in the Hoinsky, whose 1950 Chevy 3600 is shown here. “He had a rear corners (that) eliminate blind spots and enable the driver truck like this and I remember sitting on his lap and this brings to handle his truck with greater sureness and safety.” back the memories of it … I was sitting at the computer in the Advertising called the truck “an all-round value” and wintertime one evening and my son was home. I had a truck told potential owners that “whatever the hauling job, here like this from California on the screen and my son said, ‘What are trucks made with a mind to working comfort and conve- are you doing with that?’ nience, power and economy.” Beyond its practicality, the Ad- “Joking around, I said, ‘I’m buying it’ and about 10 min- vance-Design Chevy looked good. The high, pointed hood of utes later, my other son called me from Rochester and he said, the prewar truck was replaced by a smoothly rounded design, ‘What are you doing? Buying a truck?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ I told the headlights were no longer perched atop the fenders and the Taylor I was buying a truck and he said, ‘Don’t buy it. I got simplifi ed grille was now based on a horizontal theme. one for you.’” Anyone who saw it recognized that it was something new, Obviously, the truck his son had bought for him in southern but it took a certain kind of vision on Hoinsky’s part to rec- New Jersey was a surprise and so in that sense, it was a good ognize his truck for what it was when he fi rst saw it in 2015. thing that he’d only been joking when he told his other son that The Chevy was partly disassembled and not complete, but he was buying one in California. Still, there are worse things he remembered his father’s truck and so he came up with a than ending up with two Advance-Design Chevrolet pickups. plan. Once the Chevy was at his Scott Township, Pa., home,

26 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com Q “Chevy” and “six” had gone together for decades by 1950. It would be Chevrolet’s sole engine until 1955 introduced the 265-cid V-8. For 1950, the overhead-valve six displaced 216 cubic inches and provided 92 hp.

he searched out a parts truck. A one-ton said, “we might go 40 miles in it. We went for a ride. It’s a tight fi t with three panel was available several hours away probably never leave Lackawanna or people.” in Shamokin, and it would provide what Susquehanna County. That’s far from a fatal fl aw, and the was necessary for his three-quarter-ton “Nowhere to go to, really. My broth- fi rst bonus to offset it is that while the pickup. er-in-law wanted me to take it to Wil- Chevy’s not an economy car, it returns “It had belonged to a Sunoco service kes-Barre for a parade, but that’s a long about 18 miles per gallon. The second station,” Hoinsky said, “and it was rot- ride down there. You can’t really go on is that it’s easy to drive. Its four-speed ted out really badly. (The owner) hated (Interstate Route) 81 with it because it’s transmission is synchronized in all but to see it go so she kept it for three or four not fast.” fi rst gear and in the real world, there’s years and she was moving to Florida. The 40- or 50-mile trip itself little reason to use fi rst anyway. In fi rst She said, ‘I’ve got to do something with wouldn’t be a challenge, he said, and gear, Hoinsky said, it would be possible it’ and nobody wanted it. at the right speed, would actually be a to step out, walk alongside of it and steer “It was everything I needed. Rather pleasant one. it through the window. than buying piece by piece, looking here “It has very comfortable seats,” he “From what I’ve been reading on- and there for it, I said I’d go down with a said. “It has the original seat springs in line,” he said, “a lot of farmers out in trailer. We picked it up and we had to go it and the upholstery I put in. I put one- the Midwest used to put it in fi rst gear, on the back roads coming home because inch foam over the original springs and set the throttle, lock the steering straight there were pieces falling off of it.” it’s really nice. It’s not bad to ride in.” ahead and get in the back and throw the With the pickup and its parts truck The driving position and the seat feed out for the cows.” both safely in place, the restoration be- itself can easily accommodate a tall Clearly, his truck won’t be doing gan that October and by July 2016, the driver, but legroom and headroom aren’t anything like that, as he has a plan that’s Chevy had been assembled and was everything. specifi c to what his truck will be doing. driveable, but not fi nished. “With the Advance-Design trucks,” “I enjoy driving it,” Hoinsky said. “It “We drove it that summer in primer,” Hoinsky explained, “they say it’s a brings back a lot of memories. Hoinsky said, “and the next year, we three-person cab compared to the series “I’ll probably hand it down to my took it back apart again and painted it before this. My son and my cousin and I son.” piece by piece and this is where it is now.” That was in the spring of 2017 and he said that the truck’s fi rst trip in its new paint was simply a few miles in the area around his home. It was a matter of being smart, as he said going too far in the beginning could present a problem if trouble developed and it couldn’t be addressed at the side of the road. Even now, it doesn’t travel much distance, but that’s not out of fear that it’s not capable of more. “On a trip on a Sunday,” Hoinsky

Q The gauges are simple with just a hint of art deco styling. www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 27 Auction Express

The W. Yoder sale featured this 1963 Chevrolet Corvette “barn fi nd” con- vertible with hardtop. It sold for $24,100.

Buyers fi nd plenty to like at Wisconsin’s Yoder sale Q By John Gunnell was two-tone Dust-and-Black and had a four-speed to stir the gears. It had been sitting in a barn for 40 years and was WAUTOMA, Wis. _ Wayne Yoder held his Fall 2020 car brought to the auction on a trailer, which was sold sepa- auction at his headquarters in Wautoma, Wis., on Sept. 20. rately. The “window sticker” had 18 bad boxes checked. The The sale offered automobilia items and vehicles. There were drivetrain was changed from OEM specs, so forget “num- 72 cars and trucks crossing the block and 60 of them were bers-matching Corvette.” Still, Corvettes are relatively easy sold for an 83.33 percent sell-through ratio. (though costly) to take apart and restore, so this one should Yoder’s sales system is buyer-friendly. Before the auc- be a great deal for a handy buyer who can do it himself. tion, its website shows many photos of each entry including exterior views, interior views, engine shots and often photos 1997 Pontiac Firebird of the underside of the vehicle with it on a lift. Since Yoder T-top coupe. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition #4, is a licensed car dealer, each car carries a Wisconsin Buyer’s sold for $2300. This was a 50-footer; up close there were Guide disclosure form taped to the window. signs of 127,770 miles of hard use. The 3.8-liter V-6 was a These forms are designed for modern cars, so if a col- surprise. At least the car was red, even if all panels weren’t lector vehicle doesn’t have a catalytic converter, the “illegal the same shade exhaust” box might be checked. Even though using this form of red. It had an doesn’t always work for an older car, it is sure helpful for automatic and bidders at these sales. You always have a pretty good idea ran, drove and about the condition of a vehicle you would like to own. braked like it At this particular sale, the highest price paid was $31,500 should. T-tops for a fi berglass ’32 Ford street rod. In normal times, Wayne were included, Yoder does spring and fall auctions and normally there are but so were leaks a couple of six-fi gure hopefuls crossing the block. This sale and issues with was well attended, but the pandemic probably discouraged the lights. Still, some sellers from making consignments. some people overheard at the auction thought this Firebird was “a steal.” 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Convertible with hardtop. Old Cars Report Price Guide 1967 Cadillac deVille Condition #5, sold for $24,100. – This ’Vette was promoted Convertible. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition #3, as a headline attraction to draw people to the auction. It had sold for $11,000. This 76,165-mile ragtop had a couple of 72,058 miles showing on its odometer. The 327-cid V-8 car

28 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com holes and stains in the “rag,” as well as some trouble getting solid, straight truck with very if any little rust. The big slide- it up once it was lowered. The power windows worked, but in camper didn’t win any points with collectors. Considering the button had to be pushed into “emergency” mode. Pitted how hot trucks are, this was well bought. chrome trim, paint chips and slight rocker panel rust were showing. The “bad” boxes were “X’d” for leaks, corrective 1950 Cadillac Coupe deVille welds, power accessory problems, parking brake, exhaust, Two-door hardtop. Old Cars Report Price Guide Con- lights and glass. Naturally, it came with a big V-8 and auto- dition #3, sold for $13,500. According to a copy of the matic and the late-Norbert J. Pudroski’s fi rst registration for this 94,933- auctioneers mile car, he obtained it in 1985. His wife says he restored said it ran, the car. In the process he had it painted and had the interior drove and redone. He replaced the original mechanical fuel pump with braked as it an electric fuel pump. The carburetor was rebuilt in 2016 should. The by noted Cadillac expert Eddie Walters. The Cadillac has front seat was Hydra-Matic Drive, power windows a factory heating and dirty and torn ventilating system, and the dash a factory radio and was pretty antenna, chrome grimy. The “Sombrero” buyer has little things to take care of, but the price was $7500 wheel discs, wind- below book value. shield washers, fog lamps, correct 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas white sidewall Four-door sedan. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condi- tires and other tion #3. Sold for $1700. This is a well-used 122,741-mile standard Cadillac Satin Beige-colored Jag with the 4.2-liter Series III double- accessories. The overhead-cam 24-valve inline six. If that sounds complicated, car drives very it is. (There’s a reason people put Chevy V-8s in Jags.) The nice, but needs minor brake work. It was driven 75 miles to Wisconsin Buyer’s the auction site. From a verbal description, Old Cars editor Guide (legally Angelo Van Bogart estimated this car’s value at “$25,000, required window +/- $5,000.” Ed Cholakian of Cadillacs of the ’40s and ’50s sticker) said the only said it was worth “at least $25,000.” At $13,500, it was an big problem with absolute steal. This low price seemed indicative of the gener- this car was leaks. It ally luke warm following this era of Cadillac has in this part had a bunch of rust of the country. “daffodils,” a big dent behind the right 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu rear wheel and some Two-door sport coupe. Old Cars Report Price Guide other “friendly” Condition #3, sold for $16,500. With 22,149 miles showing sheet metal waving on the odometer, this car attracted a lot of attention, but we at you. The interior looked nice and classy. Other positives think it is on its second time around the clock. It had a V-8 were leather seats, green “Jaguar” front fl oor mats, owners’ and M20 four-speed manual transmission. The window sign books, a factory tool kit, a fi rst-aid kit and dual fuel tanks. said that it was Recently installed new tires and a clean CARFAX report. painted in 2001 The price was low, but the collector potential is high. (it still looked nice) and 1979 GMC K2500 4x4 rebuilt three Wide-side pickup. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition years ago with #4, sold for $5600. Collectors usually go for Chevy trucks, front disc brake but they still like GMCs. This yellow-and-white GMC had conversion and 44,419 miles classic perfor- showing on the mance tubular odometer. It suspension was equipped components, with a V-8 and along with a 10-inch posi-traction rear with 3.73:1 gears. automatic and The window sticker noted it had fl uid leaks, heater issues and ran, drove and sound system and exhaust problems. It also had non-factory stopped like it mag wheels, non-OEM B.F. Goodrich Radial T/As, a passen- should. It was ger door scratch revealing Bondo, paint chips on the rocker actually a nice, panels and a bunch of aftermarket engine dress-up items. The www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 29 Auction Express engine bay was somewhat detailed, but the radiator surround how little was not. A cowl-induction hood was a plus. At the price, the people drove buyer won’t go wrong and the seller probably took a slight back in the beating. ’30s. The Wisconsin 1934 Chevrolet Master Buyer’s Guide Two-door coach. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition docked this #4, sold for $6000. Considering what we’re seeing in the pre- Chevy for war market these days, this car brought good money for its fl uid leaks, condition. It was one exhaust of fi ve 1934 Chevys problems from one collection. and starting/ The listing said that charging/ this 75,571-mile car ignition problems. We found rough paint on the front fend- “drives and stops ers; a noisy engine; numerous paint chips and paint issues the way it should,” throughout the car; an OK but non-original interior; worn but getting it to the interior and woodgrain moldings; yellowed whitewall tires; auctioneer’s podium and a rough-looking spare tire and wheel. This car was more took a lot of fi d- for restoration than hot rodding and the low miles was a nice dling. Negatives in- selling point. Considering market trends, we’d say it brought cluded rough paint, pretty good money for its condition. holes in the running board mats, a deteriorated windshield, paint scratches all over and fl uid leaks. The tires were bad. 2016 Dodge Inside it had homemade door panels, ill-fi tting sheepskin Challenger R/T front seat covers and a rear seat with the stuffi ng coming Scat Pack coupe. out. Being a two-door, chances are the buyer has a street rod Old Cars Report build in mind. Price Guide Condi- tion #3, sold for 1989 $21,500. This was Convertible pickup truck. Old Cars Report Price Guide built as a car with fu- Condition #3, sold for $11,750. With 159,228 miles on its ture collectability and 3.9-liter V-6, this red mini-hauler featured a very nice frame- with just 46,953 miles off restoration. Everything was brand new front to back, on its 5.7-liter Hemi including the inner and outer fenders; radiator and radiator V-8, the timing was just right to sell it to collectors. The Plum support; Crazy Purple color, six-speed manual gearbox and Scat Pack four-wheel option added to its appeal. Although not a pristine No. 1, it disc brakes was an extremely clean car inside and out with everything new; wind- operating like the day it was new. The exhaust may have been shield and a little loud, but some folks like that. It was one of fi ve cars roof; front in the 72-car auction that fetched more than $20,000. bumper ends; rocker 1934 panels; box Chevrolet sides; tires Standard and rims; Two-door all front- coach. Old end parts; Cars Report motor (with Price Guide less than Condition 100 miles on it); automatic; drive shaft; rear end; axles and #5, sold gears; and air conditioning system. The seller said he would for $5000. remove the decals at no charge, if desired. It likely belonged This was the to a body shop owner, because most of us couldn’t do all this roughest of work at standard rates and come out ahead. the auction’s fi ve ’34 1934 Chevrolet Master Chevrolets (three sold). When the auction bill says a car has Four-door sedan. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition a “makeshift gas tank under the hood” you just know it’s not #4, sold for $9,750. The speedometer on this car showed going to run very well on the next Vintage Chevrolet Club 35,963 miles of use, which was probably true, considering of America tour. But someone obviously thought this Chevy 30 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com would be a good project car and liked its 61,181 miles, mean the “Stovebolt” Chevy six and the fact that the brakes actually 500-cid worked. Cadillac V-8 matched the ‘1932’ Ford speedo. Its 3-Window coupe fi berglass-bodied street rod. Old Cars “goodies” Report Price Guide Condition #2, sold for $31,500. The included only car in a 700R4 the auction automatic; to crack custom red $30,000 was paint; hood this Rich stripes; a red cloth interior; power steering; power front disc Burgundy brakes; bucket seats; a console; tilt steering; an Auto Me- Metal- ter tachometer, a LeBra vinyl bed cover; a rubber bed mat; lic, Gib- a sliding rear window; and American Racing wheels with bons body Dunlop P275/60R15 radials. Considering what the owner coupe with must have laid out for all of this stuff, the buyer made a wise a 454-cid decision on this truck. big-block Chevy V-8, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS automatic Two-door and 7916 miles of use. It was well built with a Henry Ford coupe. Old Cars frame that was “boxed” on a jig, a Ford 9-inch rear with Report Price 3.25:1 gears, Boyd wheels, tan leather seats stitched at Rad Guide Condi- Rods by Troy, Stewart-Warner gauges, a fl oor shift, tilt steer- tion #3, sold for ing, power windows and a stereo system. We nitpicked very $25,800. Show- minor scratches on the radiator edge, passenger side front ing 29,480 miles and rear fenders, the driver’s side deck lid and the left front on a 350-cid fender, but you needed a magnifying glass to see them. In V-8, this green today’s market, probably a bargain. Camaro RS with automatic 1965 Ford Mustang featured Rally Two-door coupe. stripes; black Old Cars Re- bucket seats; port Price Guide console; horseshoe shifter; chrome outside mirrors; power Condition #3, sold steering and front disc brakes; MSD ignition; aluminum for $10,250. This radiator; dual exhaust; RS Hide-Away headlamps; front/rear car showed 11,555 spoilers, Rally rims with trim rings ;and BFGoodrich Radial miles, but is likely T/A RWL tires. Mechanical upgrades in 2019 included on its second spin shocks; tie rods; Holley fuel pump; AC Delco calipers and around the clock. It rear wheel cylinders; new brake hoses and fi ttings; mini- was well-detailed, torque racing starter; hood insulation; heater core; custom but there were door retro sound system; and repacked wheel bearings. The sale handle scratches, was driven by medical issues as the car had only been driven a poorly painted a few times since completed. Faults were noted with fl uid dashboard, a Sony sound system, a “small” steering wheel, leaks, service brakes, exhaust and horn, but the price was resprayed interior panels, sloppy interior door panels, a pit- third-highest at this auction. ted left taillight, no brake pedal pad and a small tear in the headliner. The driver’s door “popped” open and the black 2003 Chevrolet driver’s seat had red showing where the dye was worn off. Monte Carlo SS The car also had fl uid leaks (don’t they all?), brake issues, no Two-door coupe. horn, steering problems and tire issues noted. Ads said “Only Old Cars Report Mustang makes it happen!” and this one still offered a lot of Price Guide Condi- hobby fun potential at a fairly modest price. tion #3, sold for $4200. Some at the 1983 GMC C1500 auction thought Half-ton wide-side pickup. Old Cars Report Price Guide this was the “best buy” of the whole sale. It was a high No. Condition #3, sold for $10,450. The speedometer on this 3 condition-wise yet showed 119,559 miles. It was “Resale “Square Body” pickup showed 19,078 miles, but that didn’t Red” with a reliable 3.8-liter V-6 and automatic. The auction www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 31 Auction Express bill said it ran, drove and braked as it should. It even had a before work perfectly. This car made a throaty roar each time leather interior plus power windows, power locks, redundant it started and turned a lot of heads with its obvious high- steering wheel controls, a moon roof, fog lights and remote performance abilities and its subtle but noticeable styling keyless entry system. The tires will need replacing soon, enhancements. though. A nice thing about W. Yoder auctions is that they put lots of photos of each car on their website, sometimes includ- 1977 Chevrolet C10 ing under-car shots. They posted 45 photos of this car and Half-ton those taken with it on a lift showed that the underside of the Scottsdale car was as clean as the topside. The seller did well, but the Fleetside buyer also got a really nice machine. pickup. Old Cars Report 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Price Guide Two-door coupe. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition Condition #3, #3, sold for $19,000. With 73,960 likely original miles show- sold for $7600. ing on its 351-cid “Cleveland” V-8, this red Mach 1 with au- With 77,064 tomatic ran, drove miles showing and stopped like and a 305-cid it should. It had a V-8, this auto- very nice straight matic-shifting body. It had a black “Square Body” Chevy had lots going for it, but mostly as a deck lid spoiler, project vehicle. The blue paint was nice but not perfect and black window slats, had many scratches and panel-edge chips. The windshield dual exhausts with was cracked. The headlight chrome was pitted. The bumper chrome extensions, was also scuffed and there were holes drilled in the bed rails, a front spoiler, probably for a long-ago removed camper top. In some spots, chrome mags, fat the bright metal body moldings had plastic peeling off. The BFGoodrich RWL tires and eye-catching Mach 1 graph- interior had newer seat covers, but the vinyl dash and door ics. The red-and-black bucket seats and door panels did not parts were dirty. The whitewall tires accentuated the upscale match the solid black rear seat, but they were good-looking “Scottsdale” image. Brake work was needed. and nicely done. The engine bay was nicely detailed and the underside was clean and rust free. The window sticker noted 1952 Chevro- issues with fl uid leaks, the A/C, exhaust and wheel and tire let Model 1508 categories. Styleline Two-door sedan 1982 Chevrolet Corvette delivery. Old Cars Collectors Edition T-Top coupe with “Vendetta” upgrade. Report Price Old Cars Report Price Guide Condition #2, sold for Guide Condi- $26,000. tion #3, sold for The $17,000. The second- speedo on this highest truck had 18,324 price of miles showing, but the 350-cid Chevy small-block V-8 under the sale the hood could have had less or more use. It was attached to went to this a 700R-4 automatic. The truck had many modifi cations from modifi ed its Teal Blue paint to a Camaro sub-frame front suspension. Corvette It featured power steering; power front disc brakes; a dual with an master cylinder; a GM limited-slip rear; a custom dash; Incredible cruise control; seat and shoulder belts; Vintage A/C and heat; Customs electric wipers; a GM tilt steering column; a B&M shifter; (www. Porsche bucket seats; a moon roof; a nice interior; American incrediblecustoms.com) interior and a book-length list of up- Racing wire wheels; good tires; Frenched-in bumpers and grades from a nasty-sounding Dart-built 350-cid 750-hp V-8 license plate holders; matching taillamps; and a new parking to a coil-over suspension, Wilwood brakes, MSD ignition, brake. The window sticker noted fl uid leaks and non-legal a custom stainless-steel exhaust system, 18x10-inch Nitto exhausts. competition-rated tires and titanium suspension and driveline hardware. The project included changing out the basic black 1964 seats and door panels, adding a feature “trunk” area, rebuild- Four-door sedan. Old Cars Report Price Guide Condi- ing the center console, adding a new dash pad, changing the tion #4, sold for $3100. A straight-six, all-black, plain-Jane, rear lights to LEDs and making a few things that didn’t work “more-door” Chevy with 35,972 thought-to-be-original 32 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com miles. It had a 1965 Chevrolet C10 smooth-shifting Half-ton Fleetside pickup. Old Cars Report Price Guide automatic and did all Condition #5, sold for $8,200. It’s likely that the 24,165 the basics in good miles on this truck’s odometer was actually 124,165. It had order. The car had a Chevy overhead-valve six and three-speed manual trans- been stored for many mission. Painted “Resale Red” with lots of orange peel, the years with the origi- truck had a rust hole nal factory plastic in the right door and protective covers still on the seats. Wayne Yoder’s vehicle holes drilled in the inspectors noted on the Buyer’s Guide window sticker that door frame to attach there was evidence of corrective welds on structural parts of something. Both doors the car. This car sold well and high for its general look and had four holes drilled inspected condition. in them for long-gone mirrors. The wood 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 bed fl oor was replaced Two-door Sun- using cheap-looking liner convertible. boards and there were Old Cars Report paint scratches all over the bed. Dents in the rear wheel hous- Price Guide Condi- ings, paint lift, a rough interior that was tan (except on the tion #4, sold for passenger door) and rust-through in the left rear fender were $12,250. With added evidence of a non-pampered life. Not painting the 53,273 miles show- Chevrolet name on the tailgate white added to a bad impres- ing on its speedom- sion. Non-legal equipment items included the parking brake, eter and a 390-cid exhaust, steering, windshield, mirrors and tires. V-8, this car had top-down appeal, but enough detriments to make a collector 1960 Ford Thunderbird pause. The radio antenna was broken, the rear upholstery had Two-door hardtop. Old a tear and it was dirty. The dashboard had deteriorated and Cars Report Price Guide the windlace was bad. The vinyl tonneau cover was wavy Condition #3-4, sold for from the heat and sun. There was a hole in the carpet and $10,000. This Thunderbird electrical wires hanging from under the dash. The left rear had just 42,400 origi- fender had a minor dent, the rear stainless was scraped and nal miles on its 352-cid the nearby bumper was discolored. Gas stains on the fuel 300-hp four-barrel V-8 fi ller, paint scratches, rusty taillamp surrounds and dirty front and its original Royal seat tops were other issues. Pitted trim, sad-looking door Burgundy paint. The old panels and an ill-fi tting trunk lid were additional detractions. BFGoodrich tires were only the second set the car ever had The car would be worth over twice as much if restored, but (which suggests the buyer needs new ones). This T-Bird also would need twice that much spent to restore it. Just put the has the Cruise-O-Matic transmission. It had a very nice tan top down and maintain this Ford like it is. You’ll have lots of interior, an optional windshield washer bag, seat belts and a fun if you do. nice white, deep-dish steering wheel with only minor nicks. On the downside, there were paint chips, scratched or pitted 1972 Volkswagen Beetle chrome trim, pitted bumpers and a dirty driver’s door panel. Two-door sedan. Old The window sticker noted fl uid leaks, a parking brake issue Cars Report Price Guide and steering component problems. The T-Bird was adver- Condition #5, sold for tised as “The Distinguished 1960 Ford.” This example was $1700. We thought this distinguished by the fact that it was nice, but it needed lots of battered Beetle would sell expensive restoration work. for $800 and it brought more than twice that Need to know what a car is worth? Keep up on much. The speedometer the latest market pricing had rolled to 5,717 miles, with Old Cars Report Price probably for at least the second time. The car was faded Guide magazine, the most Red with the original air-cooled four-cylinder engine and comprehensive price guide a four-speed manual transmission. It was a barn fi nd and available. Visit www.old hadn’t been off the farm in a long, long time. A tow bar was carsweekly.com and click attached to the front end, suggesting that it had been pulled “subscribe” or call 877- to the auction. The auctioneers did not attempt to start it. The 300-0243 to get it delivered window sticker had 30 bad things checked off, which must to your mailbox! have been a record. www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 33 Calendar Attention Car Show Enthusiasts: We sometimes receive show information that is in error or changes at a later date. To avoid problems, call ahead to verify times and dates of events listed. 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36 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com 8960 1950’S CARS 9030 ANTIQUE PARTS 9092 CADILLAC-LASALLE PARTS FOR SALE 1950 Ford Coupe. Powered by a 290 ANTIQUE SALVAGE YARD FOR SALE- hp Chevy 350 crate engine that has CENTRAL, WI Near Highway 45. Ap- less than 2000 miles and an automatic prox 18.5 acres. 1,500+ cars dating transmission. Chopped top, shaved back to the 1920’s. Many parts. Build- door handles, louvered hood, low sus- ings include a 27x45 shop w/offi ce and pension, Color is Monte Carlo Magic hoist, 30x50 storage shed. $850,000 For more information, call Gerry at yellow with ghost fl ames on the front. 715-250-0744. [email protected] Cloth interior. Car was painted and oc1436 reupholstered in 2005. 3janetcheney@ 1947 Buick 4dr sedan, solid car, nice body gmail.com - 314-954-5329 oc1379 and paint, good original interior, straight 8cyl 3 speed, 60,xxx miles, runs and drives $12,850.00 9000 AMC-NASH CARS Can deliver FOR SALE over 600 cars in stock WANTED: NASH-HEALEY, any year, (618) 635-7056 any condition, top price paid. We will BATTLESHIP LINOLEUM pick up from anywhere in the U.S. www.countryclassiccars.com Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- for runningboards and allcads.com 9910. E-mail: peterkumar@gullwing- fl oorboards. Gray, black, 9090 CADILLAC-LASALLE motorcars.com 3970573 brown and green. Cut to size. (800) 808-1147 Call for free samples. CARS FOR SALE 9010 ANTIQUE CARS TO Tony Lauria WANTED: CADILLAC from 1900 to 1948 FOR SALE 511 Church Hill Rd 1960. Any model, any condition, top WANTED DELAHAYE, Landenberg, PA 19350 dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere any year, any 610-268-3441 model, any condition, top dollars paid, in the USA. Please call Peter Kumar, “Serving Cadillac - LaSalle www.battleshiplinoleum.com we will pickup anywhere in USA.Please 1-800-452-9910. E-mail:peterkumar@ Enthusiasts Worldwide” for over gullwingmotorcars.com 3970679 call Peter Kumar at 1-800-452-9910 or 20 years email: PeterKumar@GullwingMotor- Cars.com 3970563 9045 AUBURN CADILLAC & WANTED: SUNBEAM from 1900 to WANTED AUBURN from 1900 to 1936, WANTED 1968, Tigers only; any condition, top any model, any condition, top dollars OTHER GM dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere paid, we will pickup anywhere in USA. in USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- Please call Peter Kumar at 1-800-452- Speedometer 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- 9910 or email: at peterkumar@gull- CADILLAC wingMotorCars.com 3970644 wingmotorcars.com 3970556 Windshield WANTED: TRIUMPH TR2, TR3, TR4; 9070 BOOKS & LITERATURE Any Cadillac Washer Pump any condition, top price paid. We will pick up from anywhere in the USA. FOR SALE from Wiper Motor Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- Repair 9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gullwing- Original sales literature, 1900-1976 MotorCars.com 3970647 owner’s manuals and shop Our top notch technician, with manuals. US and Imports. FINDER’S FEE PAID 35 years experience can restore Very good mint condition. these vital components of your Mainly 1935-2010. Any Condition car to like new condition. Wanted Lanchester & Top Prices Paid Call for details Daimler sales literature. PH: 913.722.0707 • Fax: 913.722.1166 580-430-1341 Will Pick Up From www.mcveys.com PJ’S AUTO LITERATURE Anywhere in the USA Call Alex Manos 9100 CAMARO CARS 1948 Crosley Wagon, fun little car, nice HUGE SELECTION body and paint, good redone interior, 4cyl WANTED: CHEVROLET Camaro from 3 speed, fun to drive, sliding windows, BROCHURES, MANUALS BUY SELL 877-356-2365 1967 to 1969, any model, any condi- runs and drives TRADE REASONABLE PRICES tion, top dollars paid. We will pick up $7,950.00 [email protected] anywhere in the USA. Please call Pe- Can deliver PH: 319-345-6760 ter Kumar at 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: over 600 cars in stock E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] (618) 635-7056 3970589 www.countryclassiccars.com 9080 BUICK CARS FOR SALE 1950 Buick Special Deluxe Model 41 Western-No Rust, Straight, Nice 9015 ANTIQUE CARS Paint, Chrome & Trim, Excellent Inte- 1949-1966 FOR SALE rior, Trunk & Fender Skirt, 1100 Built, Runs Good $9450.00 OBO Must Sell WANTED DUALGHIA, any year, any or Trade-Can Deliver-847-823-0808 model, any condition, top dollars paid, oc1386 Any Cadillac From we will pickup anywhere in USA. Please 1902 Thru 1960 1999 Chevrolet Camaro call Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910 or Z/28 SS T-top Coupe email: PeterKumar@GullwingMotor- ANY CONDITION Only 6000+ actual miles from Cars.com 3970565 “TOP DOLLAR PAID” new. Fully documented with SS WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. paperwork. RPO Y2Y. 6-speed manual tran., Z/28 Preferred equipment group, Leather interior, 30 Years acceleration slip regulator, SS Experience perfomance package, 5.7 ltr SFI V8. $28,911 original sticker cost. 1971 Buick GS455 Convertible, red and Comes with Clean CarFax. white - Turbo400 transmission. Runs GULLWING 1950 Meteor, rare Canadian built Ford 2dr $22,995.00 well. All new: top, exhaust, front end, Motor Cars, Inc. Shipping and fi nancing available. sedan, mercury style grill, good body, nice springs, radiator, fuel and brake lines, redone interior, 58,xxx miles, Flathead V8 Tel: 1-800-452-9910 MOTORCAR PORTFOLIO, LLC. 3 speed, dual exhaust, Fulton Visor, cruiser bumpers, rugs, gas tank. 978-828- skirts, very unique, runs and drives 9044 oc1502 Email: [email protected] 730 Market Ave S., Canton, Ohio 44702 $14,750.00 Website: GullwingMotorCars.com www.motorcarportfolio.com Can deliver WANTED BUICK from 1900 to 1960, Ask for Peter Kumar or call 330-453-8900 any model, any condition, convertibles 9-5 Mon.-Sat. over 600 cars in stock only, top dollars paid, we will pickup anywhere in USA. Please call Peter (618) 635-7056 Kumar at 1-800-452-9910 or email: www.countryclassiccars.com [email protected] Old Car Classifi ed Ads 3970559 Friend us on Get Results!

facebook® Go to: www.oldcarsweekly.com www.facebook/oldcarsweekly www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 37 9130 CHEVROLET CARS 9132 CHEVROLET PARTS FOR SALE FOR SALE WANTED WANTED: ANY Chevy, any year before America’s Convertible & 1972, any model, any condition, top dollars paid, we will pick up anywhere Interior Headquarters in USA. Please call Peter Kumar at 1949 - 54 Chevy 1-800-452-9910. E-mail:PeterKumar@ GullwingMotorCars.com 3970597 NOS & Used CORVETTE WANTED: CHEVROLET Impala from 1958 to 1964, any model, any condi- Parts and Accessories tion, top dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere in USA. Please call Peter No list - Call/Email with needs 1953-1972 Kumar, 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: Pe- • Convertible Top Cylinders (815) 726-6455 [email protected] FINDER’S FEE PAID 3970584 • Top Motor, Latches [email protected] 1956 Chevrolet • Hose Set and Much More! Any Condition Belair Hydro-E-Lectric "RUCE &ALK s *OLIET ), Top Prices Paid 941-639-0437 Will Pick Up From www.hydroe.com 9152 CHRYSLER-MOPAR Anywhere in the USA PARTS FOR SALE 1949-1966 Largest Selection Call Alex Manos Chrysler Product BIG Anywhere 1949-54 CHEVY Parts For Sale One-Stop Shopping 877-356-2365 Frame up restored Sept. 2020 COMPLETE [email protected] 265 - Dual Quad - Bat Wing Air Cleaner, Powerglide, PS, PB, To be sold @ Mecum Auction AUTOMOTIVE Kansas City, MO COLLECTOR Nov. 21,2020 CAR PARTS & SERVICES Joe Grant • 563-349-8799 $1,595 SAVE $$$ 271 N. 7th St. INTERIOR KITS Williams, CA 95987 http://www.bigmauto.com CARPET, SEAT COVERS, e-mail: [email protected] DOOR PANELS, HEADLINER 530-473-2225 Any Corvette from MORE & MORE FAX: 530-473-5999 CLOTH, VINYL, Credit Cards 1953 Thru 1972 Accepted LEATHERETTE ANY CONDITION 1942 Chevy Business Coupe, rare car, good body and paint, nice redone interior, 7 STYLES + “TOP DOLLAR PAID” 12V, late 70’s Chevy 6cyl auto, nice 9167 CORD WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. chrome bumpers and hard to fi nd original CALL FOR FREE chrome grill, chrome reverse baby moon wheels, runs and drives SAMPLES & BROCHURE WANTED: CORD 812 model L29, $15,950.00 Westchester, Beverly, any year, any 30 Years 49-54nca.com condition, top price paid. We will pick Experience Can deliver up from anywhere in USA. Please call over 600 cars in stock (651) 778-9522 Peter Kumar, 1-800-452-9910. E- mail:PeterKumar@GullwingMotorCars. GULLWING (618) 635-7056 com 3970677 www.countryclassiccars.com Motor Cars, Inc. Chevs of the 40’s Tel: 1-800-452-9910 The World’s Most Complete Supplier of Email: [email protected] 1937–1954 Chevrolet Car & Truck Parts. Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Ask for Peter Kumar One Piece V-bent Windshield Glass 37-48 $400-$560. One Piece Curved Windshield 9190 DODGE-DESOTO CARS Glass 49-52 $400-$452. FOR SALE Windshield Glass 37-48 L29, 810, 812, Beverly, & 1986 Chevrolet Monte $64-$164.75, 49-52 $229- Westchester, Any Cord from Carlo T-top Coupe $297, 53-54 $382-$453. 1929 Thru 1937 Front Door Vent Glass ANY CONDITION Just obtained from estate of a 37-54 $28-$60. Front Door woman who bought it in 1987. “TOP DOLLAR PAID” Glass 37-54 $32-$104. WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Has barley traveled over 59k miles Rear Door Glass 37-54 since. Had a professional bare metal $39-$100. Rear Door Vent respray in the original black color 1949 2dr sedan, mild with new correct decals. A 6” thick Glass 41-52 $28-$94. 30 Years Quarter Glass 37-54 $30- custom, straight body, custom candy paint, book on the resto with photos and Experience old school pin striping, nice new vinyl bills to prove it. Peppy 305 ci./ 180 $110. Back Glass 37-54 interior, dual dummy spot lights, wheel hp 4 bbl. V8, 4-spd. auto. $32-$488. Free catalog with vintiques steel wheels, Flathead 6cyl fi rst order! Over 800,000 GULLWING 3 speed, runs and drives $24,995.00 parts in stock! $12,950.00 Shipping and fi nancing available. Motor Cars, Inc. Can deliver CHEVS OF THE 40’s over 600 cars in stock MOTORCAR PORTFOLIO, LLC. 1605 NE 112TH ST. Tel: 1-800-452-9910 730 Market Ave S., Canton, Ohio 44702 VANCOUVER, WA 98686 Email: [email protected] (618) 635-7056 www.motorcarportfolio.com PH: 800-952-2904 Website: GullwingMotorCars.com or call 330-453-8900 www.chevsofthe40s.com Ask for Peter Kumar www.countryclassiccars.com 9-5 Mon.-Sat. 9180 CORVETTE CARS Call Michelle Kraemer at: 9208 DUESENBERG CARS WANTED CORVETTES from 1953 to 1972 coupe and convertibles, any con- WANTED: DUESENBERG from 1900 715-318-0946 dition, top price paid, we will pickup to 1948, any model, any condition, to advertise in from anywhere in the US, please call top dollars paid. We will pick up any- Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910, email: where in USA. Please call Peter Kumar, [email protected] 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@ 3970561 GullwingMotorCars.com 3970668 WANTED: CORVETTES 1953-1969, WANTED: Duesenberg from 1900- [email protected] will pick up from anywhere in the USA, 1948, and model, any condition; top top price paid in any condition please dollar paid, will pick up from anywhere To place a classifi ed word ad, go to: call. Alex Manos, 877-356-2365, CA; in the USA, please call Alex Manos, www.oldcarsweekly.com Email: [email protected] 877-356-2365, CA; email: continen- FWC8039379 [email protected] FWC11447021 38 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com Model A - 2 1931 Model A’s, 2 door 9250 GTO CARS WANTED: JAGUARS, all XKEs, E-types running original, Needs restoration or and XK 120, XK 140, XK 150s, all as is, Nice body and fairly complete. WANTED: PONTIAC from 1964 to roadsters and coupes, dead or alive, Roadster, Restoration started. New 1970, GTO, any condition, top dollars any condition, barn fi nds, abandoned upholstery and top. rebuilt chassis and paid. We will pick up anywhere in USA. projects, anything considered, top dol- lots of new parts. very nice body. Call Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- lar paid; serious buyer will pick up from for more information. Prefer to sell 9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gullwing- anywhere in the USA, please call. Alex as a pair. 17,500. 507-720-9051 mn MotorCars.com 3970643 Manos, 877-912-0007, CA; Email: con- oc1384 [email protected] FWC8039416 Any Year, Any Model, WANTED ALL Fords, from 1900 to 9270 JAGUAR CARS 9300 LINCOLN CARS Any Condtion 1970, any condition, we pay top price of you car, we pickup from anywhere in WANTED: JAGUAR XKE S-I, S-II, S-III FOR SALE the US. Please call Peter Kumar 1-800- coupe and convertible; XK-120, 140, ANY CONDITION 452-9910 or email: PeterKumar@Gull- 150, MK-II, MK-IV, MK-V, SS; any year, WANTED: LINCOLN from 1900 to “TOP DOLLAR PAID” wingMotorCars.com 3970568 any model, any condition, top dollar 1957, any model, any condition. Top paid. We will pick up from anywhere in dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. in USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- 9232 FORD CAR PARTS the US. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- wingMotorCars.com 3970652 FOR SALE wingMotorCars.com 3970607 30 Years 9310 MG CARS Experience THE ULTIMATE SUPERCHARGER KIT WANTED GULLWING FOR FLATHEAD FORDS! Motor Cars, Inc. Tel: 1-800-452-9910 JAGUAR Email: [email protected] All XKE, E-Types, XK Website: GullwingMotorCars.com 1980 MGB convertible, beautiful little Ask for Peter Kumar 120, 140, 150, MK IV car. New Tires & Brakes. 52000 miles. Never any rust or body repairs. One & V, SSK, SS1, SS100, quality repaint in original burgundy color approximately 15 years ago. Still 9210 EDSEL CARS Coupes, Convertibles looks great. Runs & drives perfectly $6,950. Please call Gary at 414 745 EDSEL ENTHUSIASTS. Join the origi- and Roadsters 4015 oc1507 nal Edsel Owners Club, formed 1967. FINDER’S FEE PAID WANTED: MG-A, TA, VA, TD, TC, TF 6 issues of The Big E plus color calen- and any other classic British car, any dar, local chapters, annual convention. Any Condition condition, any MG s 1900-1962; top Contact Lois Roth 503-492-0878, OR. Top Prices Paid dollar paid. Please call Peter Kumar, Or email: [email protected] Single, Dual Will Pick Up From Any- 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@ FWC10507775 or 4 Carb Setups! where in the USA GullwingMotorCars.com 3970612 WANTED: MGA, TA, VA, TC, TD, TF. We buy British sports cars in any condition, 9230 FORD CARS FOR SALE Pricing & Instructions Call Alex Manos top dollar paid, serious buyer; will pick AVAILABLE ONLINE! up from anywhere in the United States, 1934 Ford Deluxe Tudor - Extremely www.tr-desi ns.com 877-912-0007 please call. Alex Manos, 877-356-2365, well maintained, unrestored car. Totally [email protected] CA; email: [email protected] original interior in pretty good shape. or call 805-644-8899 FWC8177198 Remanufactured 37 long block with few 9320 MERCEDES CARS miles runs better than new. A pleasure Reproduction Parts to drive. EFV8 Rouge Award. $29,500. WANTED: 190SL, 230SL, 280SL, John 501-622-9334. oc1441 For Early V8 Fords 250SL, 280SE coupes & convertibles, 220A cabrio & coupes, Gullwing, FOR SALE: 1928 Ford 4-Door, 1929 1932-1948 300SL, 300S convertibles & 300S Special Coupe, 1929 Sedan 2-Door, Cars coupes, all 300 Series coupes, convert- 1931 Ford Coupe, 1931 Ford Pickup, 1932-1947 ibles, sedans 500, 540K, 280SE coupes 1934 Ford Coupe, 1965 Ford Pickup Pickups & convertibles, any classic Mercedes in any condition, we will pick up from any- 1/2 Ton & 1932 Chevy Coupe- ALL where in the US, top dollar paid, please IN RUNNING CONDITION-SOME RE- SS-1, SS100, MK IV, MK V, call. Alex Manos, 877-912-0007, CA; STORED 515-238-1502 oc1341 XKE-I, II, III, XK120, Email: [email protected] XK140 & XK150 FWC8039402 Joe’s Antique Auto Parts ANY CONDITION “TOP DOLLAR PAID” 267 W Hartford Ave, Uxbridge, MA 01569 WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Order & Info line: WANTED 1-508-278-3980 30 Years Experience 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Business coupe, Toll free order line: 800-508-3980 MERCEDES BENZ same owner for years, nice restoration, See our catalog online at great body and paint, nice redone interior, www.joesantiqueauto.com 190SL, 280SL, 230SL, new www radial tires, great chrome, rebuilt GULLWING Flathead V8 3 speed, runs and drives Printed Catalog $5 or FREE with purchase 220A, 280SE, 220SE $19,950.00 Motor Cars, Inc. Fast Friendly 250SL, 300S, 300 Can deliver Service Tel: 1-800-452-9910 over 600 cars in stock & prompt Email: [email protected] Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Gullwing, 300SL shipping! (618) 635-7056 Ask for Peter Kumar 170, 220SE Coupes www.countryclassiccars.com and Cabriolets; BRAKE PARTS! 300 Series Coupes, Convertibles & Over 3 million vintage Sedans; 500K and mechanical parts in warehouses. 540K One of USA’s best sources. FINDER’S FEE PAID 1941 Ford Super Deluxe Convertible, nice Any Condition older restoration, good body and paint, All makes and models from 1910 to present. Top Prices Paid nice top and redone interior, Flathead V8 BRAKES, IGNITION, ENGINE, and CHASSIS. 3 speed, new exhaust, new coker classic Will Pick Up From www radial tires, runs and drives Sorry NO BODY or TRIM. Call us first. $25,650.00 Anywhere in the USA Can deliver over 600 cars in stock Grand Rapids, MI Call Alex Manos (618) 635-7056 www.northwesternautosupply.com 877-912-0007 www.countryclassiccars.com 1-800-704-1078 or Fax 1-616-241-0924 [email protected] www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 39 WANTED: MERCEDES 300 Gullwing, 9350 MOTORCYCLES & WANTED: PACKARD, any year, any 300SL, 300S convertibles and 300S BICYCLES FOR SALE condition, top dollars paid. We will coupes; 500, 540K, 280SE coupes and WANTED pick up anywhere in USA. Please call convertibles, 220A Cabrio and coupes; Peter Kumar, 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: 190SL, 280SL, 250SL, 230SL; any [email protected] classic Mercedes in any condition, all 3970650 300 Series coupes, convertibles, se- MUSTANG dans, any condition, top dollars paid. 9405 PIERCE ARROW We will pick up from anywhere in the USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- 1964-1970 WANTED: PIERCE-ARROW from 1900- 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- 1938, any model, any condition, top Convertibles & dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere wingMotorCars.com 3970680 in USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- Fastbacks wingMotorCars.com 3970667 Honda, 1999 Goldwing Aspencade. FINDER’S FEE PAID Beautiful bike... looks almost new. All 9410 PLYMOUTH CARS standard features plus reverse and Any Condition FOR SALE trailer hitch. Carefully driven and me- ticulously maintained by only two pre- Top Prices Paid vious owners.New front tire, battery, Will Pick Up From and brake pads. 102,000 easy highway miles. $3650.00 please call Gary at 414 Anywhere in the USA 745 4015 oc1512 9357 MULTI MAKE PARTS Call Alex Manos Any Classic Mercedes-Benz, Headlight Headquarters 300 Gullwing, 300 SL Roadster, - Original 877-356-2365 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4dr sedan, 300 S Convertibles, All 300 Equipment Headlights, Headlight [email protected] nice straight body, slick custom pearl paint, Series Coupes, Convertibles, Lenses , Headlight Parts ONLY No tail great redone interior, chrome reverse mag wheels, www tires, rear suicide doors, Sedans, 500 K, 540 K, 170, 220 lights Spotlights or Running lights Most American cars 1914 to 1939 No Flathead 6cyl 3 speed, runs and drives A Cabriolets & Coupes, 220 SE & Ford. Over 50 years experience The $12,950.00 280 SE Coupes & Convertibles, original Headlight Headquarters Email Can deliver 190 SL, 230 SL, 250 SL, 280 SL [email protected] PH 781-598-0523 over 600 cars in stock oc1486 ANY CONDITION (618) 635-7056 “TOP DOLLAR PAID” WIRING HARNESSES: Authen- www.countryclassiccars.com WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. tic reproductions thru 1954 (wire, terminals, construction 1964-70 Convertibles & 30 Years braiding) all with complete in- Fastback and all Shelbys Experience stallation listing. All vehicles except: Ford, Lincoln, Mercury. ANY CONDITION Also selling wiring supplies, “TOP DOLLAR PAID” GULLWING WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Motor Cars, Inc. braiding service. Please Call Peter Kumar www.harnessesunlimited.com 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4dr sedan, well kept original car, good body, good Catalog: Harnesses Unlimited, 30 Years original interior, shows 53,xxx miles 1-800-452-9910 Experience believed to be actual, Flathead 6cyl Email: [email protected] PO Box 435, Wayne, PA 19087. 3 speed, www tires, runs and drives GullwingMotorCars.com $11,550.00 Rhode Island Wiring GULLWING Can deliver 9330 MERCURY CARS Service, Inc Motor Cars, Inc. over 600 cars in stock FOR SALE Tel: 1-800-452-9910 (618) 635-7056 Email: [email protected] www.countryclassiccars.com Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Join the Int’l Mercury Ask for Peter Kumar Owner’s Assoc. 9370 OLDSMOBILE CARS • Quarterly 56-page Quicksilver magazine FOR SALE • Free classifi eds • Take part in our active online forums WANTED: OLDSMOBILE from 1900 to and more! Annual dues $45 U.S. 1957, any model, any condition, top $50 for Canada and $55 International Wiring harnesses - highest dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere 1941 Plymouth 4dr sedan, street rod, 2021 Show - Marriott Westminster, CO. quality reproductions, correct in USA. Please call Peter Kumar at nice crosier, good body and paint, nice Sat., June 26th gauge and color coded, fi re 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@ redone interior, nova sub frame, PS, GullwingMotorCars.com 3970642 power drum brakes, sbc V8 auto, 10 rear parking lot of Marriott Westminster resistant, braided or plastic end, mag wheels, frenched head lights, Watch for more details. wire (depending on originality). 9380 PACKARD CARS runs and drives IMOA Full installation instructions, $13,250.00 P.O. Box 1245 soldered connectors FOR SALE Can deliver Dept. OCW PO Box 434, 1954 Packard Caribbean Convertible over 600 cars in stock Northbrook, IL West Kingston, RI 02892 60065-1245 M-F - Only 400 Built-No Rust, Straight, Re- Phone: (401) 789-1955 stored, New Paint, Interior & Top, Ex. (618) 635-7056 Jerry Robbin at (847) 997-8624 Specify American Cars thru 1939 Chrome, Trim, Factory Wire Wheels, www.countryclassiccars.com [email protected] American Cars 1940-1959 (Cars A-K) Continental Kit, All Power Works, Runs www.mercuryclub.com American Cars 1940-1959 (Cars L-Z) & Drives Good-Must Sell or Trade-Can Visit our Facebook page Foreign Cars or Supplies Catalog Deliver-Possible Payments - 847-823- https://m.facebook.com/pages/ Catalogs $2.00 each (refundable on fi rst order) 0808 oc1385 9390 PARTS FOR SALE category/Motor-Vehicle-Company/ International-Mercury-Owners- Association-294552500651059/ 9360 MUSTANG CARS FOR SALE TRANSMISSIONS PARTS WANTED FORDS, Mustang from 1965 to 1970, Fastback and convertibles and Kits for Any Automatic Transmission Ever any other Ford from 1900-1960, any condition, we pay top price of your car, made in USA from 1940-1970. In stock. WHEN PLACING YOUR we pickup from anywhere in the US. Call Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910 or Standard Transmission Kits email: PeterKumar@GullwingMotor- CLASSIFIED AD Cars.com 3970566 from 1930-1970, Gears Shafts, WANTED: MUSTANGS from 1965 to Bearings Seals Gaskets, Etc. at www.oldcarsweekly.com, 1970, fastbacks and convertibles, in please include your any condition; top dollar paid, serious Northwest Transmission Parts buyer, will pick up from anywhere in the 937-442-2811 • 800-327-1955, OH contact information. US, please call. Alex Manos, 877-356- 2365, CA; Email: continental5000@ [email protected] • www.nwtparts.com gmail.com FWC8039420 40 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com 9426 PORSCHE CARS LEATHER FROM KELEEN LEATHERS WANTED PORSCHE 356A, B, C & SC, WANTED 911, Speedster, any condition, top price paid, we will pickup from anywhere in Let us WOW you with our impeccable customer service and fi nest the US. Please call Peter Kumar 1-800- quality drum-dyed leathers. 1000’s of leathers ready to ship OR let 452-9910, email: [email protected] us custom produce hides to match your color, grain, and sheen. We 3970557 ROLLS love custom show cars and know just what award-winners need! WANTED: PORSCHE 356, 356A, 356B, Family owned for over 45 years, owner is an avid car collector. 356C, 356SC, 911, dead or alive, any condition, barn fi nds, abandoned proj- ROYCE Budget leathers also available. ects, anything considered, top dollar Give us a call today 630-590-5300 and ask for Maggie, paid; serious buyer, will pick up from anywhere in the USA, please call. Alex our automotive specialist! Manos, 877-912-0007, CA; Email con- BENTLEY If you have a swatch to send us, please send it to: [email protected] FWC8041803 FINDER’S FEE PAID Keleen Leathers, 1010 Executive Drive, Suite 400 Any Condition Westmont, IL 60559 WANTED Top Prices Paid www.keleenleathers.com Will Pick Up From Anywhere in the USA “For all of Your Cadillac and Buick Interior Needs” PORSCHE Specializing in Leather & Cloth Interiors, Carpets, Mats, 356 A, B, C, SC & Call Alex Manos Trunks, Tops and Dynoc for Dashes Jenkins Interiors SPEEDSTERS 877-356-2365 P.O. Box 1509, 102 Chestnut St. 911 & 912 [email protected] N. Wilkesboro, NC 28659 [email protected] FINDER’S FEE PAID www.jenkins-interiors.com Any Condition Top Prices Paid Will Pick Up From Anywhere in the USA 336.902.0717 Silver Ghost, 20-25, 25-30, Phantom 336.667.4282 Call Alex Manos I, II, III, IV, V, VI, Wraith, Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn, Cloud I, II, III & Corniche, LET US DO IT, WE KNOW HOW! LET US DO IT, WE KNOW HOW! Any Rolls Royce From 1904 Thru 2007 877-912-0007 Bob’s Speedometer [email protected] ANY CONDITION “TOP DOLLAR PAID” Bob’s Speedometer WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. 1-800-592-9673 10123 Bergin Rd. Est. 1929 810-632-0400 Howell, MI 48843 FAX: 810-632-6587 30 Years Experience Clusters Automobiles -Speedometers GULLWING Trucks Motor Cars, Inc. -Tachometers 356 A, B, C, SC & Speedsters -Clocks Military Vehicles All pre-’73 911 & 912 Tel: 1-800-452-9910 Email: [email protected] -Gauges Boats Website: GullwingMotorCars.com ANY CONDITION Ask for Peter Kumar Fire Engines “TOP DOLLAR PAID” Gas Tank Sending Units WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Cables and Casings Motorcycles We’ll buy one car or complete collections! 9450 SERVICE & Cruise Controls Bicycles RESTORATION AIDS Ratio Boxes 30 Years Complete Repair, Restoration and Custom Experience AUTO CARPET Free Estimates Cut & Sewn GULLWING Front & Rear Press Molded www.bobsspeedometer.com • [email protected] From $49.99 From $89.99 LET US DO IT, WE KNOW HOW! LET US DO IT, WE KNOW HOW! Motor Cars, Inc. ALSO AVAILABLE: Tel: 1-800-452-9910 • Headliners • Trunk Mats • Convertible Tops Email: [email protected] MOST MAKES & MODELS SHOCK ABSORBERS Website: GullwingMotorCars.com FORD GM CHRYSLER Ask for Peter Kumar Cars & Trucks LEVER TYPE Finest Quality Auto Carpets 1940’s Thru 1990’s FORD, GM, CHRYSLER, 9440 ROLLS-ROYCE CARS • Original Colors • EZ To Install Quality Auto Carpet BRITISH, DELCO, WANTED BENTLEY from 1900 to 2005, (773) 622-7404 any condition, top price paid, we will Houdaille, Armstrong pickup from anywhere in the US, please [email protected] call Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910, P.O. BOX 390478 email: peterkumar@gullwingmotor- CHICAGO, IL 60639-0478 cars.com 3970560 www.qualityautocarpet.com $95 - $245 most WANTED: ROLLS Royce Silver Ghost, 20-25, 25-30, Wraith, Silver Wraith, Phantom-I, II, III, IV, & V; Cloud-I, II, 9454 SERVICES OFFERED BRAKES III and any Rolls Royce from 1900 to 2003, in any condition, top price paid. CASTINGS - H/C Alum/Iron Cylinder Master cyl sleeved (most) ...... $115.00 We will pick up from anywhere in the Heads, Inline 4’s, 6’s, 8’s, V-12, V-16. Wheel cyl sleeved (most) ...... $55.00 U.S. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- Exhaust Manifolds/Iron/Porcelain Fin- 452-9910. E-mail:PeterKumar@Gull- wingMotorCars.com 3970636 ish, Leans/Head & Tail Lights, Door Master Slv & Rebuild (most). $195.00 Handles, Brake Drums, Oil Pans, Water WANTED: Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Pumps, Rubber Trim, Hoses/Bellows. Wheel Slv & Rebuild (most)..... $85.00 I,II,II Silver Wraith, Corniche convert- Steering Wheels, Gears. Mfg’ed to, ible, Chinese Eye; any Rolls any con- dition; top dollar paid, serious buyer; Show Quality, in the USA. XL Mfg Inc- AppleHydraulics.com will pick up from anywhere in the USA, 13451 Montana Ave, El Paso, TX 79938 please call Alex Manos, 877-356-2365, ph. 915-856-9607 Fax 915-856-9637 1610 Middle Road, Calverton, NY 11933 CA; email: [email protected] email: [email protected] oc1440 1-800-882-7753, 631-369-9515 FWC11431303 www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 41 WANTED BANTAM, any year, any con- Complete Exhaust dition, top price paid, we will pickup Systems from anywhere in the US, please call Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910, email: Pre-bent Pipes, [email protected] Mufflers & Resonators 3970562 Custom Built Mufflers Aluminized Steel or WANTED Stainless Steel 100-4, 100-6, 3000 MK I, II, III Cars & Trucks: ASTON-MARTIN 1909 – 1980’s ANY CONDITION “TOP DOLLAR PAID” www.waldronexhaust.com DB2, DB4, DB5, WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Call us at: 1-800-503-9428 DB6 & DBS or 269-467-7185 30 Years Experience CHROME PLATING Complete Restoration ANY 1921-1998 QUAL KROM-GREAT LAKES PLANT Service FINDER’S FEE PAID GULLWING ERIE, PA Over 60 Years Experience Any Condition Motor Cars, Inc. 1-800-673-2427 Top Prices Paid www.qualkrom.com Will Pick Up From Any- Tel: 1-800-452-9910 Custom show quality plating. where in the USA Email: [email protected] Copper, Nickel, Chrome. Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Satisfaction Guaranteed Call Alex Manos Ask for Peter Kumar All State 877-912-0007 Title Service [email protected] WANTED

Titles for Cars, Stiles Jct., Lena, WI Trucks, Motorcycles, 920-834-4447 AUSTIN-HEALEY 1910-1993 www.antique-automotive.com 100-4 10 Day FUEL PUMP Turnaround REBUILDING 100-6 & 3000 Call Randy Pitt Anytime DB2, DB2/4, DB4, DB5, FINDER’S FEE PAID DB6, DBS, Any Aston Martin 615-414-8063 We rebuild almost Any Condition PO Box 988 From 1921 thru 1989 Goodlettsville, TN 37070 any mechanical screw Top Prices Paid together pump, using ANY CONDITION “TOP DOLLAR PAID” Will Pick Up From modern material. WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Anywhere in the USA TERRILL MACHINE INC. CAST METAL 1000 CR 454 30 Years Call Alex Manos RESTORATION DeLeon, TX 76444 Experience In Business Since 1978 877-912-0007 Cracked, Broken or Eroded [email protected] Cast Iron and Aluminum Cylinder PH: 254-893-2610 GULLWING Heads, Blocks, Manifolds, etc. Motor Cars, Inc. All Applications. 9460 SPORTS & WANTED: AUSTIN-HEALEY 100- Complete Machine Shop Service Tel: 1-800-452-9910 4, 100-6 or 3000, MK I, II and III, in Available. 37 Years of Experience. IMPORTED CARS Email: [email protected] Website: GullwingMotorCars.com any condition; top dollar paid, serious CROW CUSTOM CAST WELDING WANTED AUSTIN Healey 100-4, 100- Ask for Peter Kumar buyer; will pick up from anywhere in 364 Ruthie Ln., Hudson, WI 54016 6 and 3000, Mk.I, II and III, any year, the United States, please call. Alex 888-425-6654 715-425-6653 any condition. Top dollar paid. We pick Manos, 877-912-0007, CA; Email: www.castmetalwelding.com WANTED BMW 502, 503, 507, 327, Mon. - Sat. 9-6 from anywhere in the US. Please call 328 and Isetta, any condition, top price [email protected] 0-1000 VISA/MC Accepted Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910, email: paid, we will pickup from anywhere in FWC8039513 [email protected] the US. Please call Peter Kumar 1-800- 3970553 452-9910, email: peterkumar@gull- wingmotorcars.com 3970558 WANTED: Alfa Romeos, from 1900- 1969 all classic and vintage cars, any condition, anywhere, top dollar paid; serious buyer; will pick up from any- www.oldcarlenses.com where in the USA, please call. Alex Ma- nos, 877-912-0007, CA; email: conti- Original NOS [email protected] FWC11431318 Headlight Lenses, We Buy Facel Vega in any WANTED: ALPHA Romeo, 1900 to year, any condition Tail-light Lenses, License 8 Litre, 6 Litre, 4 1/4 Litre, 3 1/2 Litre, 1969, any condition, top price paid. R Type, All Continental, S1, S2 & S3 We will pick up from anywhere in USA. Marker, Cowl, Fender Any Bentley From 1919 Thru 2007 ANY CONDITION Glass, Auxiliary lights, Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- “TOP DOLLAR PAID” ANY CONDITION 9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gullwing- WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Spotlights, Spotlight “TOP DOLLAR PAID” MotorCars.com 3970675 Glass, Dashboard Glass, WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. WANTED: Aston Martin DB2, DB4, DB5 Mirrors & Mirrorscopes, and DB6, any Aston Martin, any condi- 30 Years tion. Top dollar paid, serious buyer; Experience for Cars, Hot Rods, 30 Years will pick up from anywhere in the USA, Trucks, FireTrucks, & Experience please call. Alex Manos, 877-912-0007, Tractors CA; email: [email protected] GULLWING 1900’s-1960’s FWC11431306 Motor Cars, Inc. GULLWING WANTED: ASTON Martin, DB2, DB4, If it’s Glass or Plastic... we have it! Motor Cars, Inc. DB5, DB6, any other Aston Martin, any Tel: 1-800-452-9910 condition, top price paid, we will pickup Email: [email protected] (802) 362-4808 Tel: 1-800-452-9910 from anywhere in the US, please call Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Email: [email protected] Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910, email: Ask for Peter Kumar We Ship Worldwide Website: GullwingMotorCars.com [email protected] Ask for Peter Kumar 3970554

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Ordering the L84 engine option gave 1964 Corvette buyers a whopping 375 ponies under the hood. 1964 Corvette L84 ‘Fuelie’

he Corvette Sting Ray’s styling was cleaned up WCFB four-barrel carburetor. a bit for 1964. On coupes, the previous year’s The optional L75 V-8 ($53.80 extra) developed 300 hp distinctive rear window divider was replaced by at 5000 rpm and 360 lbs.-ft. of torque at 3200 rpm. It had a Ta single piece of glass. On all models, the fake Carter aluminum AFB four-barrel carburetor. hood vents were eliminated and the roof vents were restyled. Next came Chevrolet’s L76 V-8 with mechanical valve A three-speed fan was available in the coupe to aid in ventila- lifters, a high-lift camshaft and a Holley four-barrel carbure- tion. tor. It had an 11:1 compression ratio and developed 365 hp at Chevrolet made 8304 fuel-injected Sting Ray coupes. 6200 rpm and 350 lbs.-ft. of torque at 4000 rpm. They sold for $4252 and up and weighed 2945 lbs. The $4037 Of course, real muscle car fans had to order the L84 op- convertible weighed in at 2960 lbs. and had a 13,925-unit tion. This was basically the L75 V-8 fi tted with Ram-Jet fuel production run. injection. It was good for 375 hp at 6200 rpm and 350 lbs.-ft. Seven exterior colors were available for 1964: Tuxedo of torque at 4400 rpm. Black, Ermine White, Riverside Red, Satin Silver, Silver Only 3.2 percent of 1964 Corvettes were sold with the Blue, Daytona Blue and Saddle Tan. All body colors were standard three-speed manual transmission. Most — 85.7 per- available with a choice of black, white or beige soft tops. cent — were equipped with a four-speed manual transmis- All Corvettes built in 1964 had a 327-cid V-8 block with sion. An L84-powered 1964 Corvette could go from 0-to-60 a 4.00 x 3.25-inch bore and stroke. The base engine had a mph in 6.3 seconds and from 0 to 100 mph in 14.7 seconds. It 10.5:1 compression ratio and developed 250 hp at 4400 rpm had a top speed of 138 mph. and 350 lbs.-ft. of torque at 2800 rpm. It used a single Carter www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 43 WANTED: DETOMASO, any year, WANTED: Fiat, Jolly, Topolino, any WANTED: PEGASO, any year, any mod- Pantera, any condition, top prices paid. model top dollar paid in any condition, el, any condition, top dollars paid. We WANTED We will pick up from anywhere in USA. will pick up from anywhere in the USA, will pick up anywhere in USA. Please Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- please call Alex Manos, 877-356-2365, call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452-9910. E- 9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gullwing- CA; email: [email protected] mail:PeterKumar@GullwingMotorCars. MotorCars.com 3970673 FWC11446863 com 3970670 WANTED: Excalibur top dollar paid in WANTED: LAMBORGHINI from 1900 to 9480 STUDEBAKER CARS any condition, any model and will pick 1989, 400-GT, Mura, Espada, Jarama, FERRARI up from anywhere in the USA, please Countach, and any other Lamborghini, FOR SALE any condition, top dollars paid. We will call Alex Manos, 877-912-0007, CA; WANTED AVANTI, any year, any model, 246, 250, 275, 330, 365 email: [email protected] pick up anywhere in USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452-9910. E-mail: any condition, top dollars paid, we will FWC11446857 pick up anywhere in USA. Please call Any Ferraris [email protected] Peter Kumar at 1-800-452-9910 or 3970662 email:peterkumar@gullwingmotorcars. 1950-2015 WANTED: Lamborghini, Miura, Espa- com 3970555 da, Jarama, Countach, all other Lambo- FINDER’S FEE PAID rghini; top dollar paid, in any condition, 9482 STUDEBAKER PARTS Any Condition anywhere, serious buyer. Alex Manos, FOR SALE Top Prices Paid 877-912-0007, CA; email: continen- Will Pick Up From [email protected] FWC11446834 Myer’s Anywhere in the USA Lamborghini from 1900 to 1989, WANTED: MASERATI 3500 GT, Ghibli, StudebakerParts 400GT, Miura, Espada, Jarama, Mistral, Indy, Merak, Bora, Khamsin, Call Alex Manos Coutach and any other Lamborghini and any other Maserati, any year, any ANY CONDITION condition. We pay top dollar, and will pick up from anywhere in the USA. 877-912-0007 “TOP DOLLAR PAID” Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- [email protected] WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. 9910. E-mail:PeterKumar@Gullwing- Studebaker & Avanti parts & MotorCars.com 3970658 repair, rebuild, restoration. WANTED: MORGAN from 1900 to Specialize in High Performance 30 Years 1990, any model, any condition, top Experience dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere units and rebuilds. In business in USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- over 41 yrs. We seldom have to 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- say NO 24K sq. ft. full. wingMotorCars.com 3970641 GULLWING 740-674-4897 WANTED: Morgan Hrs. 10a-6p EST Motor Cars, Inc. top dollar paid, OH [email protected] in any condition, anywhere, serious www.myersstudebaker.com Tel: 1-800-452-9910 buyer. Alex Manos, 877-356-2365, CA; email: [email protected] 246, 250, 275, 330, Email: [email protected] Website: GullwingMotorCars.com FWC11446917 365, & 512. Any Ferrari Ask for Peter Kumar 9490 THUNDERBIRD CARS from 1947 Thru 2007 FOR SALE ANY CONDITION WANTED FORDS, T-Bird from 1955 to “TOP DOLLAR PAID” 1960, convertibles only, any condition, WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. WANTED we pay top price of your car, we pickup from anywhere in the US. Please call Peter Kumar 1-800-452-9910 or email: 30 Years [email protected] Experience LAMBORGHINI 3970567 3500GT, Sebring, Mistral, Mexico, 350GT, 400GT, Ghibli, Bora Khamsin. Any Maserati GULLWING Espada, Miura, from 1946 Thru 1978 WANTED ANY CONDITION Motor Cars, Inc. Jarama, Coutach “TOP DOLLAR PAID” Tel: 1-800-452-9910 WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. THUNDERBIRDS Email: [email protected] & any other Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Lamborghinis Ask for Peter Kumar 30 Years 1955 FINDER’S FEE PAID Experience WANTED: Bentley from 1900-2005, Any Condition 1956 any condition, top dollar paid; serious Top Prices Paid buyer; will pick up from anywhere in the Will Pick Up From GULLWING 1957 USA, please call. Alex Manos, 877-356- 2365, CA; email: continental5000@ Anywhere in the USA Motor Cars, Inc. FINDER’S FEE PAID gmail.com FWC11431308 Call Alex Manos Tel: 1-800-452-9910 Any Condition WANTED: BMW 502,503,507,327,328, Email: [email protected] Website: GullwingMotorCars.com Top Prices Paid Isetta, top dollar paid; in any condition, 877-912-0007 Ask for Peter Kumar serious buyer; will pick up from any- [email protected] Will Pick Up From where in the USA, please call. Alex Ma- nos, 877-356-2365, CA; email: conti- Anywhere in the USA [email protected] FWC11431311 WANTED: EXCALIBUR, any model, WANTED WANTED: BUGATTI from 1900 to 1957, any condition, top dollars paid. We will Call Alex Manos any model, any condition, top dollars pick up from anywhere in USA. Please paid. We will pick up anywhere in USA. call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452-9910. E- 877-356-2365 mail:PeterKumar@GullwingMotorCars. MASERATI Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800-452- [email protected] com 3970678 9910. E-mail:PeterKumar@Gullwing- MotorCars.com 3970666 WANTED: FERRARI 246, 250, 275, 330 Ghibli, Mistral, WANTED: DELOREAN, 365 Series, top price paid, any Ferrari any condition, from 1950 to 2006, any condition, will 3500GT, Bora, 9500 TOYS & MODELS running or not; top dollar paid; will pick pick up from anywhere in the USA, WANTED up from anywhere in the USA, please please call. Alex Manos, 877-912-0007, Khamsin, Mexico Franklin Mint & Danbury Mint call. Alex Manos, 877-912-0007, CA; CA; Email: continental5000@gmail. diecast collections in 1/24. or email: [email protected] com FWC8039533 FINDER’S FEE PAID Brooklin, Western, 0-1000 FWC9430365 Minimarque diecast cars in 1/43. WANTED: FERRARI- 246, 250, 275, Any Condition Pocher model kits. WANTED: DELOREAN, any year, any 330, 365 Series, all Ferrari s from 1950 Jim Crane Top Prices Paid 15 Clemson Ct., Newark, DE 19711 model, any condition, top dollars to 2005, any condition, top price paid. 302-738-6031 paid, we will pick up anywhere in USA. We will pick up from anywhere in the Will Pick Up From [email protected] Please call Peter Kumar at 1-800-452- USA. Please call Peter Kumar, 1-800- Anywhere in the USA 9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gullwing- 452-9910. E-mail: PeterKumar@Gull- MotorCars.com 3970591 wingMotorCars.com 3970671 WHEN PLACING YOUR WANTED: FIAT, Call Alex Manos WANTED: DeTomaso, any Pantera, any Jolly and Topolino, any CLASSIFIED AD condition, anywhere, top dollar paid, year, any model, any condition. Top please call. Alex Manos, 877-912-0007, dollars paid. We will pick up anywhere 877-912-0007 at www.oldcarsweekly.com, in U.S.A. Please call Peter Kumar at CA; email: [email protected] [email protected] please include your 1-800-452-9910. E-mail:PeterKumar@ contact information. FWC11446835 GullwingMotorCars.com 3970579 44 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com 9492 THUNDERBIRD PARTS 9492 THUNDERBIRD PARTS 9500 TOYS & MODELS 9580 FORD TRUCKS FOR SALE FOR SALE ‘For Sale’ 35 YR Die Cast Coll. & More. Cars,Trucks 125 Manf. 1/18-250,1/24- 500,1/32-80,1/43-400,1/64-2500 Brookin/Tru 50 DanMint 32, Frankin 13 Plus 25-1/43 Nice Amount Fire Equip & Some Mail,Taxi, Police. 25 Chevron Cars-9 Curious. Plus 11 Wall Cases 1/24 $18,000.00 Firm 321-722-0338 6-8 pm only Richard Laszlo 450 Buf- fum Ave NE Palm Bay, FL 32907-2543 1986 Ford F-150 Custom Truck w/ oc1509 sleeper cab - excellent condition, $14,000 772-215-1066 oc1519 TRUCK & 9590 OTHER TRUCKS TRUCK PARTS

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Q Story and photos by Brian Earnest Doug and his wife Linda affectionately refer to their red- ne thing you can defi nitely say about Doug Knuth: and-black Chevrolet as “Clyde,” and of course there is a story When it comes to his cars, he doesn’t get discour- behind the nickname. Doug’s longtime buddy and fellow car aged easily. lover Jon Gehrke bought a 1926 Chevrolet back in the late When he started disassembling his 1926 Chev- ’90s and dubbed his car “Bonnie.” Doug had been interest- O ed in buying the same car, which had been for sale near his rolet not long after he bought it as a project car in the winter of 1999, he began laying out all the parts and discovered just home, but instead went looking for another car so the pair how much work he had ahead of him. The Chevrolet basically would each have one. He found “Clyde” in the small town of needed everything, but Knuth’s optimism never wavered. Iron Ridge, Wis. The Chevy was rough at the time, but it was “I had looked at pictures of them in magazines and stuff mostly intact and Knuth knew he wasn’t likely to come across and thought, ‘This thing is going to be really cool when it’s too many other ’26s that he could restore. done,’” says Knuth, a resident of New London, Wis. “The only thing I knew about it was the guy said it ran. It

46 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com looked awful,” Knuth recalled. “It was all roller-brushed black and it had tape with plastic all over the windows and tape stuck everywhere. It was just horrible looking, but it ran. And it was all there. All the sheet metal was there and in fairly decent shape. I did have to fi nd better fenders in the front and it had a Dodge radiator in it and I had to spend a few years at the swap meet in Iola [Wis.] digging up parts and fi nding a radiator and a shell and getting it all back together. “The only [history] I know is that digging through the papers from the gentleman that sold it to me, it was registered in 1963, I believe. Somebody was still driving it in ’63. Other than that, I don’t know any history on it.” Knuth enlisted the help of his dad, Ronnie, when it came time to start tearing into the body of the ’26. As was the case with nearly all cars in the 1920s, the Fisher body used a wood skeleton under a skin of sheet metal. Knuth assumed a lot of the wood must have deteriorated over time, and he was right. “Luckily, my dad was a carpenter and I grew up as a carpenter’s son, so we had all the woodworking tools. We had it in his shed and [we laid] all the broken and rotten pieces out together and tried to sketch them and lay them back out and make some drawings of them and start fabricating them …. The one thing that my dad and I [found] is how much, even in ’26, they didn’t waste any lumber. There were fi nger joints all over this thing and they were putting pieces of lumber together and salvag- ing everything to make the car economical. But it’s not like that anymore. There are all solid ash and white oak pieces in it now.” Knuth also recruited some valuable help from another car buddy, Scott Ziemann, of Minnesota, who owned a ’25 Chevrolet. “Scott’s done a lot of work on aircraft in- teriors. He’s kind of an interior guy, and he helped me do a lot of pieces for the interior… It was all defi nitely a learn-as-you-go experience. But between working on Scott’s ’25 and Jon’s ’26 and this ’26, if something was missing, you’d look at one of the other ones and fi gure it out.” The Knuths will always fondly recall the infamous “Y2K” new year when the world was waiting to see if their computers were all going to crash. The couple cel- ebrated with Gehrke by taking their old Chevys out in the barren fi elds and joyriding away the fi nal hours of 1999. “We thought ours would be the only cars running after that!” Doug joked. The plan was for the restoration on the ’26 to com- mence shortly thereafter. Sadly, the project stalled in the early 2000s when Ronnie’s health began to fail. In 2006, he passed away and the ’26 Chevy went into mothballs.

THE ‘SUPERIOR’ CHEVROLET

Chevrolet named its 1923 line the “Superior” model and the name stuck for four years, with a different letter The smooth-running four-cylinder in Doug Knuth’s 1926 is actually from identifying each of the four models: 1923 was Series B; a 1927 Chevy — the original engine died a noble death on the road a 1924 was F; 1925 was K; and 1926 was V. The Series few years back. The two-door coach runs great today with the replace- V was introduced in mid-1926 and was marketed into ment engine, and the simple interior is a pleasant place to be, thanks to the fi rst part of the 1927 sales year. It was similar to the some nice upholstery work from a local woman. The do-it-yourself two- previous Series K, a notable change being a tie-bar con- tone paint job still looks great, with the red color continued inside on the necting the drum-shaped headlamps. dash and frames. Under all that sheet metal is a re-made wood skeleton that Knuth, his father, son and friends painstakingly recreated. www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 47 Like all cars of the era, the ’26 Chevrolet lacks turn signals, but it does have plenty of other nice touches for the time, including a Boyce MotoMeter atop the radiator shell, a sun visor and suspension and running gear that were a step up from the fi nal editions of the Model T Ford. Several years of parts hunting helped Doug Knuth complete a full and authentic restoration of this car back in 2006.

At the time, the Ford Model T was still king of the road The 103-in.-wheelbase chassis was unique among other in the U.S., but Chevrolet and others had begun to narrow the GM offerings of the day. Buicks, Cadillacs, GMCs, Oaklands sales gap and 1926 proved to be a big year for the bow-tie and Oldsmobiles were built on different platforms. brand — one that paved the way for the 1927 lineup that fi - Six different models were offered for ’26 and prices ranged nally overtook Ford as the top-selling brand in the country. By from $510 for the two-door roadster to $765 for the newly in- most measures, the Chevrolet was simply a better car by ’26, troduced four-door Landau sedan. A two-door, fi ve-passenger easier to operate with a simpler three-speed fl oor-shifted slid- coach such as the Knuths’ car would have carried a price of ing gear transmission, a better suspension and reliable 171- $645 before add-ons, which could have included step plates, cid four-cylinder engine that made 26 hp. A Carter carburetor mirrors, a spare tire cover, whitewall tires, Boyce MotoMeter, drank from a 10-gallon gas tank and the engine used a splash wood wheels and special-order paint. pump within the crankcase to keep the internals lubricated. It all added up to a vehicle that forced a seismic shift in the

48 ❘ November 26, 2020 www.oldcarsweekly.com automotive landscape for 1928. To keep up with Chevrolet, During his various show and salvage yard visits, Knuth Ford retired its beloved Tin Lizzie and introduced the land- found a 1927 Chevrolet engine and hauled it home “just in mark Model A. case.” That engine came in handy when the original power plant for the ’26 fi nally kicked the bucket. ‘CLYDE’ RIDES AGAIN “We were heading to the local Waupaca Fourth of July pa- rade and climbing up a hill on the way … and the valve keeper Knuth didn’t work on his ’26 Chevy for a year or so, but fell out and the valve fell down and just exploded a piston,” his son Tony convinced him that the car was worth fi nishing. Knuth chuckled. “That was the end of that engine. We had that “He was a little guy of about 13 maybe, and he started putting ’27 engine sitting here ready to go, and we just put that in. It’s his foot in my butt and saying we needed to fi nish the car, and the same four-cylinder engine, they just modernized the head we had all Grandpa’s work sitting there going to pot and not a little and enclosed the side covers over the push rods.” getting fi nished. He was putting on the guilt trip, no doubt!” Knuth says one of the biggest improvements he made was Along the way, Doug did a lot of parts chasing, fi nding something nobody will ever see, and only the driver will feel. bits and pieces that he either He wound up swap- needed, or fi gured he might ping in the old worn-out need some day. He eventually clutch disc and replaced wound up snatching a pair of it with a plate from, of wood-spoked wheels off a car all things, a 1971 Chevy that Gehrke wanted to sell. He Monza. “I found a guy did all the paint and bodywork online that had done it himself, settling on a dark and I was working at red-and-black combination he a machine shop .. and thought looked perfect on the I got one of the guys car. “I’d be lying to say I knew there to help me with what the actual colors were for it,” Knuth recalled. ’26, but anytime I saw an old “Now I can pull away antique car that was two-toned, from a stop sign nice it had that red-maroon in the and smooth. That was center with the black, and I just the only modernization fell in love with that back when done to the car — a the car was in pieces.” new clutch disc and a Knuth was willing to tackle little re-working of the pretty much any part of the fl ywheel. And the side project, but he wanted to fi nd “Everything that has been done mirrors are accessories, somebody else to do the uphol- of course, but I have stery work. He had an expert to it, we’ve done to it. We restore those on there so you nearby, but she was a little on our cars ourselves. Yeah, there can see better.” the eccentric side and needed are some fl aws, and things that I The Knuths have a plenty of convincing. small fl eet of nice col- “We had this lady we called missed when I was doing the body- lector vehicles that the ‘crazy upholstery lady,’ and work, and doing the paint, but we regularly get time on she stomped up and down that drive it like I drive all my cars.” the road, but it’s clear she would not do the seats,” he “Clyde” holds a spe- laughs. “But we kept talking to cial place of honor in her, and we wound up trading a roofi ng job on her garage for the four-wheeled hierarchy. The car has served as a wedding doing the seats. She lived in New London. I couldn’t even chariot for son Tony and daughter Amy’s weddings, and takes remember what her name is, I don’t think she’s around here a bow at local parades and car shows in the summer. anymore. She was a crazy old hippy in her sixties. She quit Chevrolet survivors from the era are anything but com- doing any auto seats. She hated working for auto customers mon, and ones that look and drive as nice as “Clyde” are spe- because they are just too picky. I said, ‘Well, these seats are cial treats. unbelievably simple.’ Of course it’s not the exact material, but “Everything that has been done to it, we’ve done to it. We it’s really close with the ribbing in there. restore our cars ourselves,” Doug says proudly. “Yeah, there “Everything we do on my cars, we do ourselves. And as are some fl aws, and things that I missed when I was doing the much as I would have liked to pony up for like the LeBaron bodywork, and doing the paint, but we drive it like I drive all Bonney interior kit for it, I just couldn’t come up with the my cars. I’m actually really impressed with how it does drive. scratch … And she did a really nice job on the seats the way It handles real nice down the road. I’ll cruise along at 40, 45 it is. with it even. It rolls right along and the engine isn’t laboring “When I pass on, it will be [Tony’s] car, and then when or screaming too hard. he passes on, it better be [grandson] Derek’s car,” chuckles “We drive it all over the place. A good friend of ours has a Knuth, “so there isn’t going to be anybody to pick on it and ’32 and we’ll go out for breakfast on Sunday mornings after say it doesn’t have the right interior in it!” church and we’ll take the old cars. It’s a lot of fun to go out and drive these old cars.” www.oldcarsweekly.com November 26, 2020 ❘ 49 Last of the fi nal muscle car-generation Camaros STORY AND PHOTOS BY BOB TOMAINE

bout 10 years ago, Frank Camaro takes on Mustang the “country-club Camaro. Rally Sport Lopatofsky replied to an ad The Camaro had appeared in 1967 with hideaway headlights and standard listing a 1981 Camaro Z28 as Chevrolet’s answer to Ford’s Mustang V8. 210 hp. Add custom interior, Power- Afor sale about 30 miles away. and on paper, at least, the two seemed glide,” etc. But there was also “Camaro What happened when he went to see it evenly matched. While the Camaro’s the Magnifi cent. SS convertible, now spoke well for the care the Camaro had look was curvy and the Mustang’s was available with 396 cu. in., 325 hp! Bulg- received. crisp, both relied on long-hood/short- ing hood, striped nose, red stripe tires all “She checked me out thoroughly,” deck proportions and both wore the look come. You order the 4-speed, front disc he recalled, “before she let me have the well on incredibly close measurements; brakes, Positraction and such.” car.” the Camaro’s 108.1-in. wheelbase was Still, the system wasn’t perfect and The fact that he owns the car today an unnoticeable 0.1-in. longer than that even with those three possibilities, there means that the seller approved of him of the Mustang, and its 184.6-in. overall was at least a chance that somebody and believed that her Camaro would length topped the Mustang’s by an even might be left out. At the same time, there continue to be properly cared for. If she inch. And to their dealers’ delight, each was also the Sports Car Club of Ameri- had any doubts, they must have been put was attractive enough to exert a strong ca’s Trans Am Series and it presented a to rest when Lopatofsky told her that he pull on potential owners who even casu- possibility that seemed made to order. planned to have it delivered to his home. ally walked into the showrooms. The series, naturally, had its rules and “It was in the middle of January,” he The Camaro, of course, followed one of them for the sedan class set an explained, “and I didn’t want to. I got a in the countless footsteps of General engine’s maximum displacement at fi ve rollback. Her question was, ‘Why are Motors cars optioned precisely as their liters, so the slide rules and pens came you getting a rollback? You can drive it drivers wanted, since GM had long ago out of their pocket protectors and Chevy home.’ I said, ‘It’s the middle of winter. I learned that a broad range of choices had its answer. Five liters equals 305 don’t want salt on it. It’s Pennsylvania.” translated to more sales and fewer loss- cubic inches, and it’s tough to imagine She’d used the car as transportation, es to the competition. An ad showing that the division could have come much but only in the summer, and it’s not hard three Camaros on a beach described the closer to that fi gure with existing parts to fi gure out why the Camaro had ap- “Camaro-about-town. The sport coupe. than the 302 it created by installing a pealed to her so strongly that she’d felt Buckets. Carpeting. Fully synchronized 283 crankshaft in a 327 block. With up- she had to protect it. 3-speed. Very civilized Six” as well as grades including the appropriate perfor-

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First, engines were generally producing It’s not easy to decide quite where Lopatofsky’s car fi ts in. fewer horsepower than they had in the recent past because of The 350 suggests that its original owner wanted to go fast and their early emissions equipment. Second, the horsepower they was willing to put up with the automatic to do so as the four- did produce was now stated differently than it had been at the speed was available only with the 305 that year. The fact that Z/28’s introduction because the industry had switched from it was sold new in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and survived without rust gross to net fi gures beginning in 1972. Gross fi gures represent indicates that it didn’t see the salt-covered winter roads for an engine’s maximum horsepower while net fi gures represent which New York is well known, just as it led a sheltered life its horsepower with all of its accessories in place and are thus with its second owner in northeastern Pennsylvania. She liked automatically lower. All in all, it was a diffi cult time for those the car so much, Lopatofsky recalled, that she almost backed who liked cars and it wasn’t about to get better in a hurry. out of the sale and then cried when it left for its new home less The muscle car era was over; the only bright spot being than an hour away in Clinton Township. those few examples that were squeezing out whatever perfor- The Camaro’s odometer showed about 115,000 miles when mance was still possible. The Z28 had lost the slash and was he bought it, Lopatofsky said, and he addressed some rust now “the Camaro for people who are sincerely interested in spots that had begun with stone chips on the lower body. He cars and really enjoy driving … If you want a little more than also took care of maintenance and minor accident damage. the next person in the way a car moves, move out in a Z.” “I put new tires on it and straightened things out,” he ex- Unfortunately, the Z28 itself moved out at the end of the year, plained. “On the fender that got bumped, I had to fi x the stripes but returned in 1977 as “our most exciting Camaro” and still down at the bottom … I had to change the hoses, antifreeze, on the basic 1970 body. It was a model rather than an option oil, belts, valve cover gaskets, tires. They had a set of Monte package and now relied on a 170-hp 350 with a four-speed. Carlo rims on it because she didn’t like these. These are the For 1980, its engine was “a potent 350” and while that might original rims for the car, but she liked the Monte Carlo rims have been a slight exaggeration, performance was gradually and she had her husband put them on it. I took them off and beginning to make its comeback and enthusiasts had reason to put these back on.” hope, as the 350 was now good for 190 hp. With the mileage just above 125,000 miles today, the car’s A year later marked the fi nal appearance of the basic 1970 been driven lightly in the decade that he’s owned it, but it’s met body as a brochure observed that the Z28 “sizzles” and point- his expectations. That’s notably important since he has a 1989 ed to “the feeling you get when you team up the standard four- IROC-Z that provides a comparison of the 1981 to a Camaro speed manual transmission with the 5.0-liter V8 engine and of another generation. The older car doesn’t need to worry. put it through the paces meant for a car such as this.” The bro- “I just like that old style,” Lopatofsky observed, “that old chure didn’t mention the horsepower of the 5.0-liter — or 305 feeling. You get the growl under the hood. Actually, I like this — which was 165, but the 350 with its 175 hp was optional. one. Even though the IROC is newer, I like this one better. With the numbers going down again, the comeback seemed to Even the ride I like in this. It’s got that old school feel … The have been a fl uke, but a totally new Camaro arrived in 1982 droning, the growling? Yeah, you get a little bit of that, but I and over the next several years, hope returned. Horsepower kind of like that growling noise.”

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