SPEED RACERS: Vintage Style

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P.O. Box 87 Traverse City, MI 49685 PLUS THE CONSUMMATE COLLECTOR Inside the garage of Rich Atwell PUBLISHER’S LETTER

Imagine owning a collection with more than 150 cars. Meet Rich Atwell. editorial staff page 26 Executive Publisher McKeel Hagerty Associate Publisher Jonathan A. Stein Managing Editor lori bremerkamp Executive Editor Jerry Burton Copy Editors SHEILA WALSH DETTLOFF, BOB ELLIS Designer MOLLY JEAN Associate Creative Director Kris Blumreich Art Production Manager JOE Ferraro Creative Director Laura Rogers Editorial Director Dan Grantham

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Contributors Richard Bak Racing into the Past Carl Bomstead Ken Gross Vintage racing is a visceral experience. Seeing, hearing and smelling decades of automotive Keith Martin history played out on great tracks like Lime Rock and Road America is definitely worth the price D. Randy Riggs Larry Webster of admission. The actual racing is just a bonus. I’ve been to my share of these events. Most of my experiences have been attending races advertising staff domestically at places like Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California. But I finally National Sales Manager Tom Krempel, 586-558-4502 attended the Goodwood Revival in England last year and developed a new appreciation for how [email protected] these great cars can be driven. East Coast Sales Office The mixed fields now seem mismatched, but that serves to highlight the uniqueness of each Tom Krempel, 586-558-4502 entrant. The actual current race-day competition is less important to me than imagining what it must [email protected] have been like seeing oil-spewing Bentleys in their day or hearing a hand-built Ferrari V-12 on song. Central Sales Office Lisa Kollander, 952-974-3880 The growing popularity of the sport can be attributed in part to organizers like Steve Earle at [email protected] Monterey and Lime Rock, Brian Redman at Road America and David George at Pittsburgh. These

West Coast Sales Office men have provided not only exciting venues for racing, but also a strong measure of safety for the Melissa Austin, 818-225-0466 cars, owners and spectators. [email protected] We love vintage racing here at Hagerty. But it’s important to note that while we insure vintage Questions about the magazine? racers, we do so for showing, transporting and collecting — everything but actual racing (see Call 866-922-9401 or e-mail us at [email protected]. related sidebar on page 16 for details). © 2008 HAGERTY. All rights reserved. Printed in Elsewhere in the issue you’ll find a retrospective by Richard Bak on drive-in movie theaters in USA. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission. All unsolicited submissions, this, the 75th anniversary of this American institution. Many of us can remember our own war including manuscripts, photographs and queries, must be accompanied by adequate return stories from those seemingly innocent days. The surviving drive-ins today are popular venues for postage and an addressed return envelope. Submission implies right to edit and publish. collector car owners, and we talk to a club that frequents a local drive-in for summer cruise-ins. Editorial correspondence: Hagerty’s magazine, P.O. Box 2120, Warren, MI 48090-2120. Publisher’s Finally, you’ll find a profile on Rich Atwell of San Antonio, written by Jonathan A. Stein. correspondence: [email protected]. Atwell, one of our first clients, has a dazzling collection of sports, classic and postwar American Products and services advertised in this issue are not necessarily endorsed by Hagerty or affiliates. cars. He’s a great friend, the consummate car guy and one of the many reasons this business is so Complaints or inquiries should be forwarded directly to the advertiser. All purchases are at the much fun. complete discretion of the consumer.

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The U.S. Postal Service will Classic Cars, Classic Venue pay tribute to America’s Popular Barrington Concours d’Elegance moves to Arlington Park love affair with the automobile this October when it issues the America on the Move: ’50s Fins and Chrome stamps. The collection features a 1957 Chrysler 300C, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado, 1957 ’61 Spyder Sets World Record Studebaker Golden A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder formerly owned by actor James Coburn stole Hawk, 1957 Lincoln the show at RM Auctions’ second annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event in Maranello, Italy, Premiere, and a 1957 in May, selling for an impressive $10.89 million — the most ever paid for a vintage car at auction. Pontiac Safari.

rlington Park is the place to be and motorcycle classes. This 1937 Delahaye 135 M Cabriolet, owned by this fall, as the 2008 Barrington Festivities begin on Friday with a Malcolm Pray, of Greenwich, Connecticut, won the European Style Best in Class award at the TOP MODEL BUILDERS Concours d’Elegance, Legends “Celebration of Speed” in Joliet, Illinois, Turns out the next Hagerty “Car Guy” just A 2007 Barrington Concours d’ Elegance. & Legacies, takes place October 3–5. followed on Saturday by a road rally The top five youth model builders for the New happens to be a “Car Gal.” The show was moved to the famed horse- winding through the picturesque Barrington first commercial automobile, powered by national Hagerty Plus Model-Building Contest Meet Valerie Stabenow, owner of three col- racing facility about 40 miles northwest of countryside. The highlight of the weekend a four-stroke gasoline engine — and give were announced July 1 after the online Hagerty lector cars. She restores them for fun and also judging closed. Chicago to accommodate the large number however, will be Sunday’s car show. demonstrations of its performance. writes a tech column for Classic MG Magazine. In March, Hagerty provided 350 plastic of visitors expected to attend. More than The Collectors Foundation, a Hagerty will again be sponsoring its Car Gal Car Gal is the latest in a series of Hagerty “skill level 2” models to car clubs nationwide to 3,000 people attended last year’s premier Barrington Concours d’Elegance education youth judging program in which young be distributed to young people in their area. ads featuring real-life collector car owners. event at Makray Memorial Golf Club in partner, is bringing a team of McPherson judges are led by an adult guide through a The clubs then selected the best-constructed The ads were originally inspired by the idea Barrington. College Automotive Restoration students car show field and allowed to judge selected model from among their participants. of sharing clients’ stories with a bigger audi- The juried exhibition will be limited to to assemble a Model T — and have it cars and talk to the owners. The talented five traveled with a legal ence. The first two “CarG uy” ads featured 100 of the world’s most rare classic, historic up and running in under one hour. The For more about the Barrington Concours guardian to Monterey, California, in August for clients Bruce Weiner and Chic Kleptz. But final judging. We’ll announce the winner in the and sports cars, and will include newly students will also be bringing a replica of d’Elegance, including ticket information, in the midst of searching for a third cli- next issue of Hagerty’s. added Concours Couture (period dress) the 1885/86 Benz Motorwagen — the visit barringtonconcours.org. ent ad star, Hagerty noticed an interest- THE FINALISTS ARE: ing trend: Clients were beginning to send

• 1932 Ford Woody their own “Car Guy” stories in without any built by Tyler, 9, prompting. That’s how we found Valerie. In Memoriam Magic City Mustangs, Our thanks to everyone who sent us Miami, Florida. their Car Guy (or Gal) stories. Hagerty’s contributor and leading automotive historian • 1968 Shelby Cobra built by Justyn, 13, Beverly Rae Kimes passed away in May. Kimes, 69, editor for the Gulf Shore Mustangs, SHARING THEIR SUCCESS The Collectors Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) for the past 27 years and author Ft. Myers, Florida. Foundation has given out more than 2,000 of a wide range of books, was also a past president and board mem- • 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Collector Cars scholarships and grants over the years, and ber of the Society of Automobile Historians and served as commit- built by Willow, 10, now several recipients are sharing their tee chair for awards. In 1963, Kimes joined Automobile Quarterly as Suncoast British Car Club, & Chocolate Bars success stories. Look for a new story each editorial assistant. By the time she moved on in 1981, she’d estab- Sarasota, Florida. what more could you ask for? GUIDE to • month on hagerty.com in the Latest News lished herself as one of the truly great writers of automotive history 1958 Chevrolet Impala Heading to Pennsylvania in early October for the built by Christopher, 8, HERSHEY section of the Hobby Information Center. and was the recipient of many awards. For those who would like to Greater Omaha WPC Antique Automobile Club of America’s Regional Fall read more of Kimes’ characteristic blend of elegant prose and superior research, the CCCA has a Club, Omaha, Nebraska. Meet in Hershey? Download a copy of our insider’s limited number of copies of The Classic Era, which Kimes wrote and edited in 2001. The book, avail- • 1958 Chevrolet Corvette guide to the best places to visit, stay and eat while in the Correction In the Summer 2008 issue of able in both regular ($99 plus shipping) and signed, limited-edition ($149 plus shipping) versions, built by Rachal, 12, Hershey area. Go to hagerty.com/NewsStand/freebies. Download PDF Hagerty’s on page 17, a 426 Hemi engine can be ordered through the CCCA by calling 847-390-0443 or online at classiccarclub.org. Corvettes of Tyler, aspx and click on “Guide to Hershey.” was misidentified as a 440 CID six pack. Lindale, Texas.

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PASSIONS 1948 Indian Chief Motorcycle If you need a motorcycle restored, Dave Langlois is your man. He’s done about 35 of them over the last 20 for Many collectors, years. Langlois acquired this Indian Chief in early 1996. finding a classic In Twenty months of the nearly three-year project were need of repair is price- spent on the engine. After less. The following an all-night drive to retrieve are “before and after” the bike from the engine 1964 Ford looks at restoration rebuilder, Langlois’s Chief Mustang Convertible projects submitted by won best pre-1950 motor- Gail Wise and her father took delivery of this Hagerty’s readers. cycle at the 1998 Steam- Mustang convertible on April 17, 1964, the boat Springs Concours official first day of Mustang sales. Chicago- d’Elegance. Langlois enjoys area winters took their toll on the original 1949 Simca Berline what he restores and says, pony car until it was garaged in 1979. “I Two trips to France were necessary to “Since then I’ve ridden it planned on this being a retirement project,” find parts for Bob Baker’s Simca Ber- about 2,000 miles on the back explains Gail’s husband Tom, who spent a year line. Baker, whose attraction to French roads of western Colorado.” on the restoration. “It always starts, runs well cars stemmed from having lived there and has the original AM radio.” in his youth, found the Simca in Colo- rado. The Berline rides on a Triumph TR3 frame and drivetrain. “I drive the car all over the West to shows where it is appreciated by the general public,” Baker says. His collection includes two Renaults, two Citroëns and a Peugeot.

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MARKET WATCH Sleepers Affordable classics you may have missed. ••• By Keith Martin and the staff of Sports Car Market In spite of a looming recession and a the cars that everyone else seems to have remember, some you may not, but the tough real estate market, most areas of the forgotten, but still provide some cheap fun. five we have selected are all interesting, collector car market remain strong. In fact, There are a few of them still out there reasonably cheap to maintain and have a it’s getting tough to find the “sleepers”— waiting to be rediscovered. Some you may potential upside.

4 ••• 1967–85 Avanti II The Avanti was the car that just wouldn’t die. After Studebaker went under, a pair of South Bend Studebaker dealers, Nate Altman and Leo Newman, bought the rights and an old plant and went back into production with the car, substituting a Chevy V-8 for the old Stude 289. Essentially handmade and built to order, 3 ••• 1969–72 Pontiac Grand Prix they can be wonderful collector cars if you It’s a mystery why the muscle car crowd has largely overlooked the 1969–72 Grand Prix. can deal with the polarizing styling. Accord- The ’69 GP was a John DeLorean project with handsome styling, decent interior appoint- ing to Dave Kinney of Cars That Matter, the ments, some serious high horse engine options and an available manual transmission. The cars built by subsequent company owner base 400-cubic-inch V-8 put out a respectable 265 hp, but it was the 428 HO that was the Steven Blake from 1983 to 1985 are quite pavement ripper. With 370 hp, the 428 HO Grand Prix was capable of 14.1 quarter-mile good, too. Kinney ought to know: He’s times. Not particularly easy to find with the 428 OH or a manual transmission, the Grand owned more than 20 of them, including one Prix is a flat out steal at $15,000–$20,000 for a decent example. of the three convertibles. $12,000–$17,000.

1 ••• 1972–76 Jensen Interceptor III 5 ••• 1967 Cadillac Eldorado The Jensen Interceptor followed the well- Vignale, a big Chrysler 440 V-8 and a Brit- is rampant body rust, trim and small parts In terms of the swagger-to-cost ratio, this Eldo still languishes in the sleeper category. good today. The handling is predictably worn path of mating European coachwork ish interior that featured leather, lamb’s that are a bit hard to source, and single- may be the greatest bargain on the col- Like the Toronado, its big 429-cubic-inch V-8 mediocre, and they’re fuel hogs of the high- with reliable, easily serviced American wool and polished walnut. Unlike a lot digit gas mileage. $13,000–$16,000. lector car market. The ’67 Eldo’s sister, the drives the front wheels utilizing a heavy-duty est order, but it’s a Bill Mitchell classic and a power. The Interceptor was a classic of low-production cars, it all worked very Oldsmobile Toronado, has officially been chain in the transaxle. Its classic long hood/ reminder of when the General could design gentleman’s hot rod — Italian styling by well. The only downside to an Interceptor “discovered” over the last few years, but the short rear deck proportions look particularly cars with the best of them. $9,000–$15,000.

2 ••• 1972–77 TVR 2500M Like the Jensen, TVRs don’t exactly grow on trees, but they’re out there. At least two or three seem to pop up on eBay every month or so. In a 2500M, you get a nice-looking small coupe (generally with a sunroof), a light but strong tube chassis and a husky Tri- umph TR6–sourced straight six. They’re fiberglass and the bodies don’t rust (although the chassis can and do rust). Handling is astonishing and the 2.5-liter six provides decent straight-line urge. While the Triumph parts are easy to source, some of the other items are a bit obscure, but there’s an active club to help you find almost anything you need. $8,000–$12,000.

JENSEN: BOB ADAMS. TVR: Jonathan A. Stein. PONTIAC GRAND PRIX AND CADILLAC ELDORADO: AUTOMOBILE QUARTERLY. AVANTI II: JOHN AND BARB ANDRAS.

18 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com 19 If you remember drive-ins, you’re smiling already. And the best news is they are not all gone and definitely not forgotten.

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Honor, Michigan, which opened in 1953 and Wherever its location, whatever movies it may is still going strong. be showing, it’s clear that a principal driving force Club member Vicki Sager says the meets bring in any successful drive-in is nostalgia. They’re a back memories of being in high school. piece of the past that we long for, took for granted “The guy I dated at the time had a ’56 Pontiac and now strive to recreate. and my good friend dated a guy with a ’61 Buick “I think the owners and customers are all The Cherry Bowl Drive-in in Honor, — one of those big, old boats,” she says. “We’d yearning for a happier time,” Sanders says. “That Michigan, hosts the Cherry Bowl Cruisers every summer. always go on ‘Buck Night,’ when it was only a mix of nostalgia and affordable entertainment dollar per car — no matter how many people were will probably always keep drive-ins part of our crammed in the car.” cultural landscape.” Encouragingly, more than 20 of the operating drive-ins have actually added screens since 1990. Like the aforementioned meal of hot dogs and beans, they offer a cheap, but filling, night out, with varying expenditures of gas. Carl and Ruth Stewart operated the Starlite Drive-In (starlitebloomington.com) in Blooming- ton, Indiana, for nearly a half-century. “The formula for a successful drive-in really hasn’t changed,” says Carl, who sold the business six years ago. “Back when we started in 1955, our bread and butter were young families with small children. It’s still America’s increasingly mobile society. “a culinary adventure because my dad thought true today.” As proof, the single-screen Starlite According to an article posted on Drive-ins. it would be neat to give my mom the night off continues to thrive under new ownership, offering com, which features an online searchable data- from preparing a meal by filling a Thermos with family fare at reasonable prices. base of almost 5,000 drive-ins, Hollingshead’s beans and wrapping a few hot dogs in tin foil Many drive-ins that closed have been torn down. motive was to sell more automotive products. and putting them on the manifold of the engine Part of the reason is that, from an architectural After all, that is what he did for a living back to cook them.” perspective, the typical drive-ins built in the later in the 1930s. The article theorized the best way Unfortunately, it was a short trip and the hot decades were not terribly interesting or attractive to accomplish this was to establish a place where dogs were only lukewarm. or thought to be historically significant. There are PhantomPark people could park their cars, enjoy a meal and exceptions, however. watch a movie outdoors. Reliving the heyday One must-see theater is the completely restored Double your space by parking two vehicles in Outdoor movie theaters remained a novelty Drive-ins suffered a dramatic decline in the 1970s 66 Drive-In (66drivein.com), located on old Route the footprint of one parking stall. through World War II, with only about 100 in and 1980s, as the sudden convergence of several 66 in Carthage, Missouri, which retains its original Many options available for your safety operation. An entertainment magazine referred challenges overwhelmed many operators. neon sign and glass-block ticket booth. Another and convenience. to them — and their customers — as “ozoners,” Urban sprawl caused real estate prices to is Hull’s Drive-In Theatre (hullsdrivein.com) in a slang term used to describe an outdoor movie explode, and the introduction of daylight saving Lexington, Virginia, which is the only nonprofit, PhantomPark is code compliant in every city in theater in which the patrons view a film from their time took away a precious hour of darkness. Rental community-owned outdoor theater in the country. the USA and is American made. automobile. But the postwar baby boom and cheap fees for first-run films soared, while the advent of As they have been doing ever since the place opened land prices fueled a surge in drive-ins, with the the VCR allowed many former customers to watch in 1950, customers still flock to the neatly trimmed American Custom Lifts industry reaching its peak of nearly 5,000 facilities a new release in the comfort and convenience of grassy slope that gives everyone a wonderful view in 1958. By then the ozoners were being called their living room. of that night’s feature. www.aclifts.com (From top) The Over-the-Hill Gang “passion pits,” a testament to the ubiquitous Although the heyday of the drive-in has passed, According to Sanders, Becky’s Drive-In Theatre at San Diego’s South Bay drive-in; steamed windows parents and preachers loved to there are still about 400 operating in the United (beckysdi.com) in Berlinsville, Pennsylvania, is

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24 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com the ou never have too many cars,”says Texas collector Rich Atwell, let it go until his father reminded him “your word is your bond.” Next came “you just don’t have a big enough garage.” An authority on a 1934 Aston Martin, which Rich drove while he attended the University of too little garage space, Atwell has more than 150 cars scattered Houston. After working at Coastal full-time for a year, he joined the Marines among four locations. He even lives in what is essentially a in 1966. garage with an adjoining apartment. As his books and auto- Bob Atwell also returned to the old-car world in 1960 with several Model Ymobilia attest, Atwell collects more than cars. Hunting trophies adorn the A’s, including the one he had when he went on his honeymooned. Before long, walls, as do concours posters and photos of his cars. He’s also a collector of fine a Pierce-Arrow coupe came along, and, finally, in 1964 his Duesenberg dream shotguns, while his 24-year-old musician son Blake prefers fine guitars, which was fulfilled with a 1932 Model J Rollston-Window Victoria Coupe. Virtually Legacy share vault space with the guns. every car an Atwell bought involved father and son — from the chase through TExAs collector the restoration process. Rich Atwell Like fAther, like son Rich Atwell still follows his father’s restoration model: He and several Rich Atwell inherited his love of cars from his dad, who left seventh grade employees tear down a vehicle and rebuild the chassis and mechanical compo- expAnds upon during the Great Depression to work at a drug store lunch counter. As Rich nents. Then the car goes out for metal work, paint, upholstery and final assem- the collection recounts, “A lady would come by in a Duesenberg, park out front and send bly because: “The chassis, suspension and engine are our thing. Final assembly her chauffeur in because my dad made great ice cream sodas. Dad would take is better with someone else.” estAblished by one out to the car and she’d tip him a dollar.” That car made such an impres- his fAther. sion on Robert Atwell, he vowed that someday he’d have a Duesenberg. work And fun When Rich was nine years old, he and his older brother learned to drive From an early age, the Atwell boys worked at Coastal Transport. They a Jeep on a friend’s ranch. A few years later, the first collector car joined the swept floors, repaired trucks, learned dispatching, earned CDL licenses and family — a Cord 812 Beverly that Bob Atwell found in Cleveland. Unfor- took to the road. When they weren’t putting in “100 hours a week” at Coastal tunately, the Cord had to go when the family moved to Corpus Christi for Transport, father and son were working together on cars. Remembering his the elder Atwell’s newly acquired fuel transport business — Coastal Transport father, who died in 1991, Atwell reminisces: “He wanted to have fun but he Co. However, old cars were never far from the Atwells’ thoughts. didn’t know how. The cars were 24/7, just like work. But then, Dad thought In 1960, 15-year-old Rich Atwell bought his work was fun.” Rich Atwell (left) with first car — a Model A. He and his father collected Years of rising at 4 a.m. and working alongside his father taught Atwell the his 1952 Oldsmobile 88 the old Ford, loaded it and took it home, where meaning of hard work. But he also knows how to have fun. According to close coupe and 1947 Ford Atwell proceeded to restore it. He drove it to school, friend John Groendyke, “We go to a lot of car auctions. We take his Motorhome Sportsman convertible. eventually selling it to a man who had pressed him to Arizona for the Gooding, RM and Barrett-Jackson. He loves the shows, too, The Atwell warehouse (below) is packed with for it even though the car wasn’t for sale. Rich finally and every year we go to Amelia Island, Meadow Brook and Pebble Beach.” postwar cars of nearly suggested $12,000 for the $5,500 car. When his Atwell admits to loving the shows and cars, but says he values “the friendships every nameplate. outrageous price was accepted, he was reluctant to and relationships” the most.

••• by Jonathan A. Stein ••• photography by A.J. Mueller GRV875-04_7x10.qxd:SGS_V01.qxd 7/18/08 12:50 PM Page 1

(Left) A 1939 Talbot-Lago by everything from A to Z Figoni & Falaschi and a 1937 As longtime friend Jay Kaufman says in reference Cord 812. (Below) Atwell’s 1947 to Rich Atwell’s taste: “Talk about an eclectic col- Ford Sportsman, 1952 Olds lection!” A private museum replete with backdrops 88 mild custom and a slightly and wax figures houses the “heavy iron” that was modified 1935A uburn coupe. Bob Atwell’s passion and is thick with Rolls-Royce Phantoms and Marmon V-16s. It also includes cars from Bentley, Delahaye, Delage, Duesenberg, Franklin, Isotta-Fraschini, Lagonda, Minerva and Talbot Lago, along with a Chrysler Newport parade car and Rich Atwell’s trusty Aston Martin. A building a few miles from Atwell’s home is packed with an eclectic array of vehicles from Hill country. He insists that he’ll limit Amphicar to Lincoln Zephyr, including an ex- his collection so that any car can be McArthur Packard that Kaufman once battled pulled out at any time. Meanwhile, Atwell for at a Scottsdale Auction. There are plenty he plans to enjoy the cars he already of 1950s American cars, but unlike many, Atwell has, follow his son’s budding music enjoys coupes and sedans. There are also Buick career and share his love of cars with and Chrysler woodies, a fuel truck from the 1930s, both Blake and the many friends he’s a Pierce-Arrow Travel Lodge trailer, Jaguars and collected over 40 years. Mercedes and the MG TFs favored by his late brother. Most are stock, but there’s a slightly modified Studebaker Lark that son Blake drove to Cleaning up Pebble Beach school, along with Blake’s modified ’53 Cadillac The Atwells have won time and again at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: and a compact show truck. 1979 1ST IN CLASS 1930 ROLLS-ROYCE WINDBLOWN COUPÉ World’s Most Valuable Another building holds cars in various states GWENN GRAHAM TROPHY 1938 LAGONDA V-12 JAMES YOUNG SEDANCA COUPÉ of undress, while Atwell’s home garage houses four FOR MOST ELEGANT cars, which he rotates with others “when I can get 1980 2ND IN CLASS 1932 ISOTTA FRASCHINI CASTAGNA CABRIOLET 2ND IN CLASS 1937 TALBOT-LAGO T-150C FIGONI & FALASCHI Timepiece Disappears them out.” On one day, they were a tube-chassis TEARDROP COUPÉ 1963 Corvette with an LS6 engine, a resto-mod 1981 2ND IN CLASS 1930 DELAGE D8S CHAPRON COUPÉ ack in 1933, the single most important assembled entirely by hand and then tested price. Many fine 27-jewel straight-eight 1935 Auburn built by friend Dee 1982 2ND IN CLASS 1932 DELAGE D8SS 100 FERNANDEZ & DARRIN CABRIOLET watch ever built was engineered for a for over 15 days on Swiss calibrators to ensure automatics that are on the Howard, a mild custom 1952 Olds and a 1947 1ST IN CLASS 1933 ROLLS-ROYCE PII BREWSTER CONVERTIBLE SEDAN Bquiet millionaire collector named Henry accuracy. The watches are then reinspected in market today are usually Ford Sportsman with 12-volt electrics. These four 1984 1ST IN CLASS 1930 MINERVA AM MURPHY CONVERTIBLE SEDAN Graves. It took over three years and the most the United States upon their arrival. priced well over $2,000 dollars, 3RD IN CLASS 1937 TALBOT-LAGO T-150C FIGONI & FALASCHI cars clearly show Atwell’s interest in machines that advanced horological technique to create the What makes rare watches rare? but you can enter the rarified The face of the TEARDROP COUPÉ multifunction masterpiece. This one-of-a-kind world of fine watch collecting can be driven and parked anywhere. Business Week states it best…“It’s the complica- original 1930’s 1986 1ST IN CLASS 1930 ROLLS-ROYCE PI BREWSTER ASCOT TOURER watch was to become the most coveted piece for under $100. You can now Graves timepiece Cars that can be used regularly appeal to Atwell, tions that can have the biggest impact on price.” 1ST IN CLASS 1931 ROLLS-ROYCE PI BREWSTER CONVERTIBLE COUPÉ in the collection of the Museum of Time near wear a millionaire’s watch but from the (Business Week, July, 2003). The four interior Museum of Time. although he’s not lost sight of the cars he and his 1987 1ST IN CLASS 1930 ROLLS-ROYCE PI BREWSTER YORK TYPE Chicago. Recently this ultra-rare innovation still keep your millions in your 1988 3RD IN CLASS 1931 MARMON 16 LIMOUSINE complications on our Graves™ watch display father shared. Every year, he shows cars at Pebble was auctioned off for the record price of vest pocket. Try the handsome Graves ‘33 time- 1989 2ND IN CLASS 1938 LAGONDA V-12 JAMES YOUNG SEDANCA COUPÉ the month, day, date and the 24 hour clock Beach. During the summer of 2008, he and his $11,030,000 by Sotheby’s to a secretive piece risk free for 30 days. If you are not thrilled 3RD IN CLASS 1938 ROLLS-ROYCE PIII BARKER SEDANCA DeVILLE graphically depicts the sun and the moon. The anonymous collector. Now the watch is with the quality and rare design, please send it team were preparing to return for his 30th con- 1990 LUCIUS BEEBE AWARD 1933 ROLLS-ROYCE PII CASTAGNA LANDAULET innovative engine for this timepiece is powered locked away in a private vault in an unknown back for a full refund of the purchase price. secutive year, this time with a Lagonda V-12 James 1992 2ND IN CLASS 1933 MARMON V-12 DE SAKHNOFFSKY by the movement of the body as the automatic location. We believe that a classic Young Sedanca Coupe judged the most elegant COUPÉ RECREATION rotor winds the mainspring. It never like this should be available to Not Available in Stores car nearly 30 years ago and a 1904 Northern. 1995 PEBBLE BEACH TOUR RIBBON 1935 FORD KELLNER PANEL BROUGHAM needs batteries and never needs to be 1996 3RD IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1931 ROLLS-ROYCE BREWSTER SPECIAL DOVER SEDAN true watch aficionados, so Stauer Call now to take advantage of this Cars have played a huge part in Atwell’s life for manually wound. The precision limited offer. 1997 2ND IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1933 MARMON V-12 DE SAKHNOFFSKY replicated the exact Graves design crafted gears are “lubricated” by 27 ™ decades, but he also spent years working to build COUPÉ RECREATION in the limited edition Graves ‘33. Stauer Graves ‘33 Wristwatch • $99 +S&H rubies that give the hands a smooth up Coastal Transport. Along the way, he served with 1998 2ND IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1930 MINERVA AM MURPHY CONVERTIBLE SEDAN or 3 Credit Card Payments of $33 +S&H The antique enameled face sweeping movement. And the watch a variety of trucking industry trade organizations 1999 1ST IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1930 BENTLEY SPEED SIX TOURER and Bruguet hands are true to is tough enough to stay water resistant 800-859-1736 and is proud of a program that provides children 1ST IN CLASS 1938 PACKARD BARKER SEDANCA DeVILLE 2001 2ND IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1939 DELAHAYE 135MS CHAPRON ROADSTER the original. But the real beauty to 5 atmospheres. The movement is Promotional Code GRV875-04 of Coastal employees with four years of tuition at 2002 ELEGANCE IN MOTION TROPHY 1933 DUESENBERG SJ BRUNN RIVIERA PHAETON of this watch is on the inside. We covered by a 2-year warranty. Please mention this code when you call. a trade school, state college or university. 2ND IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1933 DUESENBERG SJ BRUNN RIVIERA PHAETON replicated an extremely complicated 27 jewels and 210 Not only have we emulated this To order by mail, please call for details. hand-assembled These days, Atwell no longer goes into Coastal 2003 3RD IN CLASS & TOUR RIBBON 1931 MARMON 16 COUPÉ automatic movement with 27 stunning watch of the 1930s but just 14101 Southcross Drive W., daily. He’s busy with his many cars and restora- 2005 PEBBLE BEACH TOUR RIBBON 1930 ROLLS-ROYCE PI CONTINENTAL COUPÉ jewels and seven hands. There are parts drive this as surprising, we’ve been able to build Dept. GRV875-04 tions, as well as a project to build a 48,000-square- 2007 PEBBLE BEACH TOUR RIBBON 1933 ROLLS ROYCE PII BREWSTER CONVERTIBLE SEDAN over 210 individual parts that are classic masterpiece. this luxury timepiece for a spectacular Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 foot car building on his property in the Texas For fastest service, call toll-free 24 hours a day 800-859-1736 28 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com Visit us online at www.Stauer.com for the complete line of Stauer Watches, Jewelry and Collectibles GREAT RESOURCES

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When my father passed in 2002, he didn’t father. Maybe that’s why I suddenly thought of inspection trip, but scuttled the idea. What I leave behind much. Financial hardships had the Ford in early 2006. wanted had little to do with shiny chrome. forced him to “trim the fat,” so to speak. That It took almost a year to find the owners, In May 2007, an enclosed hauler arrived. meant selling the only thing I ever saw him J.J. and Mike Triebold, a Colorado couple who As the rear door opened, I got a peek of a covet: a 1955 Ford Country Squire wagon. owns a commercial fossil collections and prep- glistening rear bumper. Could that be the The wagon was originally purchased in arations company. When I called and intro- old Ford? New Pinetree Green paint and 1956 by my great uncle and passed to my dad duced myself, Mike joked that he “restores refinished chrome looked better than new. Dear fellow collector... January 1, 2008 in 1970, my birth year. Well-worn, it was our bones and old cars.” The Ford wasn’t for sale. The time-machine moment came when I Do you prefer Bias-ply or Radial? The fact is we have two loves.....We proudly offer the Vintage family’s RV and kid jungle gym. We loved it. However, when we moved to another New Jer- Bias Ply tires that make the seasoned show judge stare just a little too long or choose our authentic sey town in 1980, the Ford, which had been It’s been both freaky and satisfying to occupy Radial tires that are engineered, designed and manufactured from the start to be wide whitewall replaced by a used Suburban, was parked. the perch that my dad once did, hauling around Radials. If you have any questions or would like a free catalog please give our Tire and Wheel When I was 16, I tried coaxing my dad into my family in the ford as my father did his. a joint restoration by presenting junkyard parts specialist a call. as gifts. But he had bigger fish to fry — one kid Thanks for allowing us to serve you for 50 years. in college and two on their way. So the Ford I laid on the sob story to no effect and hung up sucked a houseful of the aroma that hadn’t rotted on its deflated tires. deflated. However, a week later, Mike called to changed in 20 years. Sincerely, I never asked why he kept it. I think there say they wanted me to have the car. It’s been both freaky and satisfying to were too many good memories to let it go. The $18,000 price was very fair. Jim O’Brien, occupy the perch that my dad once did, haul- It must have been a sad day in 1993 when, in the guy who bought the car from my dad, is ing around my family in the Ford as he did his. need of money, he sold it. a professional restoration man with Pebble This car is a more powerful link to him than The first of my two kids arrived three weeks Beach entrants on his résumé. He had restored anything else I can imagine. And while my after my dad died. It’s hectic with kids, and I the car to its original condition. Perfect, but uncommon connection to cars still mystifies 1-866-513-5633 or don’t think I ever had a chance to mourn my $18,000 is still serious coin. I thought about an me, I’m grateful for it all the same. of LIFE the A .J. Mu e ll r visit cokertire.com TREAD WARRANTY M-F / 8-9 EST. SAT. / 8-Noon EST. 34 Hagerty’s Magazine | hagerty.com