The Colorado Classicist Summer 2019 Volume 66 Issue 2 Published by the Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America Featured Garage Tour NY CARavan ACC Concours E L Cord Part IV Photo: Colorado.com GARAGE TOUR The first tour of the season stopped at Terry and Kay Johnson’s front lawn to see Terry’s collection, some of which are seen here. It was a picture-perfect Colorado day! An article on it starts on page 8. Front Cover Back Cover Columbines, the Colorado A Civil War monument state flower, along the at West Point Acadamy Alpine Loop Scenic Byway. on the NY Legends CARavan Photo from Colorado.com 2 The Colorado Classicist The Established 1954 Colorado Classicist Published by the Colorado Region of the Classic Car Club of America The Colorado Classicist is published by the Colorado Region, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of America as an informative Table of Contents publication for its membership. The Colorado Region was chartered as a Region of the Classic Car Club of Amer- Message from the Director Page 4 ica in 1954. The Colorado Region, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of America, a Message from the Editor Page 5 Colorado non-profit Corporation, was in- corporated and granted a charter by the Regional and National Events Page 6 Classic Car Club of America in 1990. Letters and Regional News Page 6 The Classic Car Club of America is a Spring Garage Tour Page 8 non-profit organization incorporated in the State of New York. The Club seeks to E. L. Cord Empire, Part IV Page 12 further the restoration and preservation of New York Legends CARavan Page 16 distinctive motor cars manufactured from 1915 through 1948, to provide a channel Ability Connection Colorado Concours Page 24 of communication for those interested in such cars, and to bring together in good Tech Tips Page 27 fellowship all who own or admire these Mystery Photo Page 31 finest examples of automotive craftsman- ship. The sole requirement for member- ship is a demonstrable interest in Classic cars. National Club membership is re- quired to become a Regional member. It should be noted that this publication is about the events and correspondence for 2019 Board of Managers Colorado Region CCCA the membership of the Colorado Region, Inc., and may include some technical ar- Director Tom Kostelecky 303 978-1777 [email protected] ticles and other articles of automotive in- Assistant Director and Membership Chairman terest. The correctness and applicability Davis McCann 303 841-9265 [email protected] of the information contained in the arti- Secretary Frank Keller 303 972-6420 [email protected] cles is the sole responsibility of the au- thor of the article. The Colorado Region, Treasurer Lonnie Fallin 303 904-8080 [email protected] Inc. is not responsible for the content of Web Site Master Shiela Koppenheffer 303 457-3821 [email protected] such articles or problems that may arise Classicist Editor Tom Goyne 303 478-0068 [email protected] from following the information in the ar- ticles. Collector Car Council of Colo Rep Don Leach 720 250-7450 Don Braden 303 744-8848 [email protected] Full Classic® is a registered trademark of Ron Damiana 303 985-4149 [email protected] the Classic Car Club of America. In this publication a car named as Classic or Full Lou Ficco 303 887-4754 [email protected] Classic is a Full Classic® as recognized Tony Ficco 303 431-6492 [email protected] by the Classic Car Club of America, how- Tim Gilmartin 303 807-8397 [email protected] ever, some cars depicted herein may be non-Classic. Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 3 EDITORIAL COMMENTS Message from the DIRECTOR Tom Kostelecky ur summer Classic driving tours are off to a good start to new destinations with new and old friends. On May 4th we Ohad a very successful garage tour through a collector car sales and restoration shop called Cars Remember When, then visit- ing the garages of Ron Damiana and Terry Johnson and viewing all of their cars and memorabilia. I want to sincerely thank Ron and Terry for opening up their garages to the club, and to Cars Remem- ber When for sharing their fine facility. We ended this tour with a delightful and delicious lunch at Scileppi’s restaurant in Castle Rock. While we were at Cars Remember When, Harry Lindsay from the Early Ford V-8 Club invited the Classic Car Club of Colorado to join them on their upcoming garage tour. Some of us did just that. Our first stop was at the John Metcalf Hot Rod Shop. John previ- ously worked with RCR, the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR facility in Charlotte, NC. Then we went to Pete Lansing’s unbe- lievable car collection of the 50s. These cars brought back many fond memories to us all. Thanks to Pete for allowing our club to tour his facility and thank you Harry for inviting us on your garage tour. On June 1, Lonnie Fallin, Lou Ficco and Frank Keller put together a summer tour of two Denver-area manufacturing companies. First stop was Vieri Gaines’ companies, Winberg Crankshafts, GRP Connecting Rods, Western Motor Sports and Gibtec Pistons. They build high-end parts only for race cars and are the premier supplier of these components. Their reputation is enviable. Vieri Gaines has raced pro stock cars in the NHRA for over 20 years. Thank you Vieri for the wonderful tour! The next business we visited was Bye Aerospace near Centennial airport where Charlie Johnson, the COO, gave us a tour of their facility and showed us the electric airplane that they are developing. Their electric airplane has already flown and is now in the FAA certification process, and they have over 200 orders from different commercial airlines to date. It is to be used for training new pilots. Thank you so much Charlie for an interesting tour. Looking forward, Lou and Tony Ficco are planning a fall tour on Sept 5-8 which will give another great opportunity to drive our Classic cars and take part in an event that we believe is going to be outstanding. Some out-of-state members are already making their arrangements to come and be a part of this tour. We will be going to the Concours d’Elegance in downtown Vail where you will be able to show your car. You do need to register soon, however. Call Lou Ficco regard- ing hotel reservations and go to the Vail Concours website to register for the show at www.Vailautomotiveclassic.com. Other things we are going to do on this tour is a BBQ on the prairie and a beautiful drive to Steamboat ▶ Page 5 4 The Colorado Classicist EDITORIAL COMMENTS Message from the EDITOR Tom Goyne espite snow into late-April, we did have a relatively mild winter here in Denver. The flowers are now in full bloom Dand I, for one, am ready to smell the roses and for summer weather. That late snow was not to my liking. Our club tours this year have been good. Tom mentioned them in his column on the previous page and you can read full reports in this issue and in the next issue. The article on the garage tour starts on page 8. Along with our local tours, I attended the New York Legends CAR- avan on the east coast in May and enjoyed it greatly. We saw a lot of great car collections, some were really extraordinary, and visited interesting places as well. It was great fun charging around the Catskills and the Adirondacks in my Packard; the roads in that part of the country were made for our cars. The only negative was the rain. It rained every day but two, but that did give us an appreci- ation for the sun on those days. One good thing about the rain is that it proved out all the good work Jim at Auto Weave Upholstery did on my top...no leaks at all, would you believe. I’ve never had a leak-free top before! An article on the CARavan starts on page 16. I thought you might be interested in some statistics about the Full Classics in our region...There are 140 cars listed in the directory. The most common marque is Packard with 52, then comes Cadillac with 33, Cord with 9, Rolls-Royce with 6, Duesenberg and Lincoln with 5 each, and then 17 other makes with between 1 and 3 each. The most common year/ marque combination is 1937 Packard with 14, followed by 1941 Cadillac with 12 and 1934 Packard with 9. So now don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t know everything there is to know about our region. See you soon! Tom Goyne, Editor Proofreader: Joe Malaney Springs and along the way enjoy other activities with your fellow club members. Thanks for your participation in our tours. They take a lot of time and planning by your board members but provide a lot of great Classic Car Club memories. Hope to see you on the fall tour! Tom Kostelecky, Director Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 5 EVENTS AND NEWS Colorado and Regional Events If you are interested in attending a Board of Managers’ meeting, please call one of the board members for time and location. The Board generally meets on a Thursday at 7:00 PM. August 24 Morgan Adams Concours and Air Show, Centennial Airport September 5 - 8 Mini-CARavan to the Vail Automotive Classic Concours and Air Show September 26 - 29 Telluride Cars and Colors Concours November 7 Annual Meeting, Romano’s Restaurant December 8 Christmas Party, Rolling Hills Country Club National Events Check your Classic Car Bulletin or classiccarclub.org for the latest details August 18 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance September 9 - 17 Pacific Northwest Region CARavan September 14 Cobble Beach, Ontario, Canada Grand Classic Letters to the Editor and Regional News THE CORD EMPIRE-From the last issue can’t say where that came from.