LOOKING TOWARDS CLASSIC CAR REVIEW CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 2 THE FUTURE GILBERT 22 1971 PLYMOUTH Club President "Skovy" 14 CONTRERAS'S ROAD RUNNER 2 MEMBERS BIRTHDAY 1966 CHEVY C10 RUMBLER MINISTRY 25 2 ACTIVE MEMBERS GETS AN A+ Scott Block RUMBLER HUMOR CLASSIC CAR REVIEW CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 3 PONTIAC FIREBIRD Trust 16 27 1960 FORD COUNTRY 2016 JAMES VALLEY 1970-1981 2ND SQUIRE WAGON 4 STREET MACHINES GENERATION CLASSIC CAR REVIEW Christmas Extravaganza CLASSIC CAR REVIEW THIS GORGEOUS AND WHAT DRIVING A 1968 RARE 1970 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 29 1969 INTERNATIONAL 17 DODGE CHARGER R/T OLDSMOBILE 6 HARVESTER SCOUT TAUGHT ME ABOUT 442 WAS ONCE A Second Chance Scout BALD EAGLES BASKET CASE AROUND MILL HILL CLASSIC CAR REVIEW CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 18 DODGE CHALLENGER Movie - The Arrival MIKE LOOKNER 8 GETS AWD TO BEAT CLASSIC CAR REVIEW RAISES THE BAR 32 WITH THE CRAP OUT THE POLITICS BEHIND HIS A/FX-INSPIRED OF WINTER 19 GETTING A LONG STOLEN MUSCLE CAR 1965 COMET CLASSIC CAR REVIEW CYCLONE RETURNED 8 TOP 10 FASTEST 35 SWAP SHOP CLASSIC CAR REVIEW MUSCLE CARS 37 Upcoming Events 33 YEARS OF CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 21 CLUB APPLICATION MUSCLE OR SUPER? WAITING FINALLY 10 1969 FORD TORINO PAYS OFF GT R-CODE CLASSIC CAR REVIEW CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 21 GOAT SURVIVOR: 11 1939 BUICK 1968 PONTIAC GTO SPECIAL COUPE

P a g e | 2 LOOKING TOWARDS Huntington’s. Thank you all for THE FUTURE your support! Our Christmas Extravaganza had 103 attending and raised $5700.00 for the club. The Prime Rib was again excellent. With the success of the Christmas Extravaganza, leaves room for many more events in 2017. So far in the works for 2017 is a couple of extra tours, 70’s Costume Party, 40’s style swing concert, Mini Drag races, more MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS Story & Photos by Skovy spectacular Car Show in September and an even better Houge, Jason 12/05 Happy Holidays everybody! Christmas Extravaganza. Keep Lynn, Tyler 12/06 an eye on the “Events Calendar” Heinle, Audrey 12/12 I’m happy to report that 2016 was in every “RUMBLER”. Speckman, Dale 12/13 a fantastic success. Mathias, Bonnie 12/14 Kuss, Alex 12/20 All of our events went well and Ravely, Thomas 12/21 we again had a record turnout for Brandenburger, Max 12/23 our 2016 Blacktop Tour with Lulay, Bob 12/27 almost 50 cars taking part. We Mittleider, Cody 12/29 were able to see some wonders of North Dakota that not everyone has seen. The Pembina Gorge, even though our cars got a little dirty was spectacular and Lake Metigoshe, Thank you everybody for reading well what can one say? It was and enjoying the “RUMBLER” fantastic. The KISS concert was magazine. Our e-mail readers also a whole bunch of fun. have passed 21,324 issues.

I have to shoot this out to my Don’t be bashful. We are a very sister... What a pleasure it was active organization and want for you to take part of this year’s members. It’s only $25.00 for a Black Top Tour. I hope you plan regular membership & $50.00 if to go on the 2017 Blacktop Tour. you want the “RUMBLER” mailed ACTIVE MEMBERS A guy couldn’t have a better to you. sister. Tomboy? Oh heck yes. Allmer, Michael See the application on the back This year’s car show that we had Andersen, Jeff(Andy) & Shelly page, or email: Anderson, Roger & Meleia at Don Wilhelm Chevrolet Anderson, Scott & Kim brought in over $22,000.00 for [email protected]. the Huntington’s disease Anderson, Bruce & Kathy organization and even though Arth, Jesse & Kelly there was threat of storms over Bachmeier, Donovan & Karla 100 cars showed. In the 3 years Baker, Neil & Judi that we’ve included Huntington’s Balvitsch, Wayne disease of America (in memory of Dan Wilhelm), we’ve raised over Behm, Earl & Connie $52,000.00 for the fight against Bennefeld, Greg & Judy Bensch, Paul & Janis

P a g e | 3 Berg, Wayne & Tami Kapp, Dan & Jennifer Speckman, Dale & Pamela Beyer, James Karn, Dale & Sue Thoele, Kevin & Kim Block, Scott & Pat Keim, Lyman & Darlene Thomas, Troy & Tricia Bowen, Jason & Renee Kessler, Michael & Mary Timm, Curt Brandenburger, Max & Williams, Kiefer, Randy & Linda Titman, Nick Laura Kleinknecht, Delno & Phyllis Tracy, Dean & Martha Briese, Lee & Penny Krein, Larry & Kelly VanFleet, Jake Calheim, Clifford & Marla Kummer, Jeffrey & Erin Wegenast, Colin & Toni Carow, Billy & Candace Kuss, Alex Wegner, Donald & Marla Carpenter, Kent & Colleen Lang, John (JR) Wehling, Tim Corell, John Larson, Don & Bonnie Westerhausen, Leon & Mary Jane Curtis, Floyd & Carrie Layton, Viril & Mary Widmer, Dan Dewald, Joel & Della Loose, Larry & Bonita Wiest, J.P. & Judy Elhard, Dale Lubenow, Owen Wilhelm, Jeff Engquist, Merrill (Sparky) & Marcia Lulay, Bob & Alma Wilhelm, Jordan Erdahl, Shawn (Shady) & Dawn Lynn, Randy Wilhelm, Rod & Sandy Eslick, Larry Lynn, Tyler & Pauline Willman, Casey & Jessica Frueh, Darin Martin, Randy & Patti Wolf, Cameron Fuchs, Justin & Nichole Masters, George & Eileen Wonnenberg, Douglas & Robyn Gaier, Craig & Johnston, Ruth Mathias, Roger & Bonnie Zaun, Larry & Penny Gehring, Duane & Kathleen McCreedy, Terrance Geisler, David McCullough, Gary & Billie RUMBLER HUMOR Gibson, Teddy & Diane McIlonie, Bernie & Darlene Story & Pictures sent by Craig Gaier Gilbertson, Mike & Murray, Kim Meidinger, Jamie (James Valley Street Machines) Gilge, Larry & Cindy Meikle, Jack & Gloria Gray, JeriLynn & Andy Miller, Randy Greenlund, Ron & Darlene Miller, Jerry Gumke, Matt Miller, Aaron Gumke, Don & JoAnn Mischka, Kenneth & Judy Gums, Robert & Candace Mitzel, LeRoy Guthmiller, Neil & Linda Moser, Jeff Hallwachs, Loren & Renee Moser, LeRoy & Gloria Hansen, Michael & Angie Nelson, Troy & Lois Heinle, Larry & Audrey Nenow, Roger & Lois Hoggarth, Tim & Tiffanie Nogosek, Aaron & Amy Holzkamm, Al & Cindy Noot, Jay & Bryant Houge, Jason & Ann Marie Olson, David & Adele PURDUE UNIVERSITY Huber, Al & Sue Olson, Ryan Huber, Bruce Orness, Stan & Sharon NATURAL BORN CITIZENS Huber, Steve & Betty Patzner, Elroy Huber, Robert Ravely, Thomas & Rhonda Those of you who worry about Jangula, Duane Readel, Larry & Nadine Democrats versus Republicans -- Jaskoviak, Steven (Skovy) relax, here is our real problem. Redinger, Dale Jensen, Paul & Sue Rixen, Dennis In a Purdue University Johnson, Brandon & Sonia Sabir, Nam classroom, they were discussing Johnson, Rod W. Schauer, Ronald & Cindy the qualifications to be President Johnson, Irving & Marilyn Seckerson, Kelly & Tricia of the United States. It was Johnson, Spencer & Amee Seher, Jeff pretty simple. The candidate Kamlitz, Brian Specht, Gary & Margaret must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age.

P a g e | 4 However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair it was of the requirement to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president.

The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating...

"What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?"

Yep, these are the same kinds of 18-year-olds that are now voting in our elections!

They breed, and they walk among us.

Lord, we need more help than we realized!!! 2016 JAMES VALLEY STREET MACHINES 103 Members in attendance. Every year CHRISTMAS the party gets bigger & bigger. Fantastic! EXTRAVAGANZA Rock’n Ronnie & Cindy rocked the night with music from “School of Rock” Story & Photos by Thomas Ravely & Skovy

Skovy emceed the Extravaganza

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Vice President Tom Ravely received his 6 Again Prime Rib was on the docket. year coat award. Yummy!

Member Larry Gilge was also voted to A Smith & Wesson 9mm was sponsored receive his 6 year coat award. by Rod & Sandy Wilhelm for the Event

Secretary Craig Gaier received his 6 year coat award. Last man standing prize was sponsored by Casey Stoudt

A Henry 22 Golden Boy rifle was sponsored by Dale Redinger.

Member Dave Olson also received his 6 year coat award.

Dave Kindig from “Bitch’n Rides” donated a signed shirt.

P a g e | 6 had for pennies on the dollar and many of them, if they weren’t melted down for scrap found their way into a new, prospering middle class. At the time it was the Jeep, and then the civilian version of the Jeep – the Willys. Then in the late 1950’s International Harvester came up with an idea.

In 1960 the First International Harvester “Scout” rolled off the production line in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1960 to 1980 hundreds of thousands of vehicles designated as Scout‘s rolled out of Indiana and were sold all over the globe. Little did International Harvester know at

Down to 2 on the last man standing. the time, they amped up the early Aaron Nogosek and Jeri Gray. SUV craze, and American’s fell in love with utility vehicles that could not only get the groceries but could also climb a volcano.

How appropriate that when Scott Nixon first acquired this 1969 Scout, it had seen a lifetime of service as a forestry vehicle in the state of Washington. With five active volcanoes’ in the state, it is a very real possibility that Nixon’s Jeri wins the Mini Bike little Scout once climbed one of these smoldering giants. CLASSIC CAR REVIEW Purchased in 2005, 1969 INTERNATIONAL reconstruction of the Scout didn’t HARVESTER SCOUT begin until 2009 and was SECOND CHANCE SCOUT completed just days before the Story & Photos by Michael Harrington 29th Pacific Northwest Nationals (goodguys.com) where Nixon debuted the sliced Scout.

Immediately following WWII, America was rife with war surplus An old off-road, all steel vehicle vehicles. These vehicles could be built in 1969 will almost always

P a g e | 7 require rust removal and repair, the extended fenders was built by Richardson Custom Auto and this Scout was no exception. with an air inlet and fog lights. Body. And then it sat However, one advantage was the The mesh grill was ditched and in unassembled for a year while life fact that the Scout was in its place a simple and elegant U- and its priorities crept up. continual service as a fleet channeled bar with the IH logo Afterward, Nixon scheduled an vehicle, and for the most part dead center. The “Keep it Simple appointment with Ron “The taken care off. It had a pair of Stupid” idiom was applied to the Stitch” Mangus to finish off the saddle tanks on the front fenders front of this Scout and works interior. It was sewn with the where years of dirt, mud and crud wonders on the appearance. finest grass-fed, non-GMO, had collected — and turned into organic bovine leather hide that pitted rust. Nixon informs us it Texas was capable of producing. took a hammer and chisel to When coupled with an ultra-plush remove the solidified crud, and suede headliner, the cabin of the that’s when the first of the metal Scout is a work of art just like the work began. Once a person exterior. starts pulling a thread on a knit sweater, there’s no telling just For a few decades now we have how much of it can be unwound, all witnessed lowered trucks, and this is precisely how the lowered dually, lowered Broncos, and even lowered Jeeps. Scott Scout came to be what it is Cole also reworked the frame Nixon cannot ever recall seeing a today. One thing led to another essentially rebuilding a new one lowered Scout with real street and it became a full-tilt custom for the Scout. Supporting the cred. His just may be the first of car. frame is a narrowed Fatman MII its kind. front clip at the front and parallel Bret Cole took charge of the leaf springs in the back with majority of the metal work and traction bars. The 11-inch fabrication. Starting with a subtle Wilwood rotors and calipers 1 ½-inch chop off the top, the drip handle the stopping at the front rails were then removed, which while good old-fashioned drums took away another inch of metal are at the back. The anemic essentially pancaking the roof 196c.i. half V-8 slant four engine line. It was then decided to lean was immediately deep-sixed and the tailgate forward three inches. replaced with a stock 5.7-liter That act made it necessary to Chevy LS1 engine that backed slide the roof forward 4-inches by a 4L60E transmission. Power and remove 7-inches inches from to the rear wheels is directed its overall length. To hear Nixon through an 8-inch Ford rearend explain the construction process, running cruise-friendly 3:50 there was no grand blueprint to gears. Essentially, the Scout will the modifications, they just kind take Nixon anywhere the of happened. It was like a domino pavement goes. effect; once one piece was worked it just flowed into the next.

The original styling of the ’69 Scout had round headlights with square bezels, a square mesh grill, and a steel bumper sitting just below the turn signals. Cole and Nixon tried a few times to incorporate the bumper into the final design, but it “never quite After the metal work was worked out” says Nixon. In its completed, the body was painted place, a roll pan that blends into PPG Rally Blue with a white top

P a g e | 8 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW as a rear-drive V8 model, or CLASSIC CAR REVIEW THE DODGE about seven grand more than the TOP 10 FASTEST base Challenger’s MSRP. A CHALLENGER GETS Charger with AWD, by contrast, MUSCLE CARS Story & Photos by (musclecarclub.com) AWD TO BEAT THE CRAP is only a two grand premium over OUT OF WINTER its rear-drive equivalent, but I Story & Photos by (jalopnik.com) don’t know the differences in trim with this new Challenger GT. The GT gets, for instance, fancy 19- inch wheels, as well as fog lamps and heated and ventilated leather seats.

The big debut will be at the Detroit Auto Show in 2017 with I’ll be up front: Dodge finally put production starting not long after. all-wheel drive in a Challenger, #1 1966 427 Cobra 427 and it doesn’t get a V8 or a Even without a Hellcat engine or cubic V8 425 HP manual transmission. But even even any other Dodge V8, the Originally this car is British and with a V6 and an automatic only, Challenger GT sounds like a the Challenger GT sounds like it has history that dates from 60s. complete hoot machine. I guess it Due to Ford’s wish to compete is ready to beat the crap out of would also be good for ordinary snow-covered roads. Corvette, the British AC Cobra people who want to look cool in a was requested to be modified to Chally but don’t want to ever deal fit bigger engine. After a few tries, with oversteer, but that’s less fun. Cobra was equipped with 427 cubic [7 litre] Ford engine that delivered amazing 425 HP and had a top speed of 163 mph. In fact, while saving costs, some Cobra Mark III were actually fitted with Ford’s lower cost 428 cubic engine. Fiat Chrysler has some pretty powerful V6s in its lineup, and the Challenger GT gets the 3.6- liter Pentastar with 305 horsepower and 268 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is the ZF 8-speed Chrysler builds and calls the TorqueFlite. This is the same deal as with the AWD Charger. #2 1966 Corvette 427 cubic L72 425 HP 1966 was a year of Corvette’s big block engine extension. The legendary 427 cubic L36 [390 HP] and L72 [425HP] V8’s were introduced. 427 was simply bored and stroked 396 cubic version. L72 had 4 bolt mains, aluminium The Challenger GT starts at pistons, bigger camshaft, and $34,490, which is about as much Holly-780-CFM carburettor with

P a g e | 9 aluminium intake and option able #4 1970 Hemi Cuda 426 V8]. The factory quote was 430 K66 ignition. People say this HP, but it actually had over 500 engine has more power than cubic Hemi 425 HP HP. It was probably the most officially quoted – about 450 HP. The cars that were equipped with powerful Chevrolet engine 440 cubic or 426 Hemi engines offered to the market. received upgraded suspension and some reinforcements in order to help transfer the power to the road. Today, these rare Hemi engines have collectors’ interest and high price.

#3 1969 Road Runner 440

cubic Six BBL 390 HP 440 6 BBL engine was a #7 1968 Chevrolet equipped with 3 units of 2-barrel Corvette 427 cubic V8 435 carburettors. It was added to line HP up in order to qualify for the Super Stock Drag races. Road There were only 624 units of this Runners had no wheel covers or engine built – the L89 427 cubic hubcaps, but had functional hood V8 with 435 HP. It was identical scoop and… 390 HP under the #5 1970 Chevelle SS454 to the L72 [such as in position #2] hood. This engine was cheaper 454 cubic LS6 450 HP but had 3 units of 2-barrel that 426 Hemi, but had very carburetors [aka, Tri-Power]. similar performance. The 1969 Chevrolet’s 454 cubic V8 was a Road Runner was named a car response to GM’s 455 engine. of the year by Motor Trend The 454 LS6 had 4 barrel Holley magazine. carburettor mated with aluminium manifold, good compression, 4- bolt mains, forged steel cranks and pitons and…. barbaric 450 HP. The LS6 engine made Chevelle a real superstar.

#6 1969 Camaro 427 cubic ZL1 430 HP

Technically the ZL1 was a Camaro option package. This street legal engine was very similar to aluminum-head L88, but it also was the very first Chevy’s aluminum light-weight

block [it weighted just 500 pounds – as much as the 327

P a g e | 10 #8 1970 Plymouth Road #10 1968 Chevrolet CLASSIC CAR REVIEW Runner 426 cubic Hemi Corvette 427 cubic 425 MUSCLE OR SUPER? 425 HP HP 1969 FORD TORINO GT R-CODE The 426 Hemi was combined Story & Photos by (barnfinds.com) with low weight body and could run the quarter mile in 13.5 seconds @105 mph. This was one of the best muscle car era engines and the Road Runner one of the best engines to use it with.

As gearheads we sure have a lot of titles and classifications we use to distinguish groups of cars. We have hot rods, rat rods, muscle cars, imports, exotics and supercars. The most incredible part of our labels is how fiercely some will protect their genre of

interest. For example, if I were to #9 1970 Buick GS Stage I label this 1969 Ford Torino GT 428 Cobra Jet as a Supercar, I 455 cubic 360 HP have no doubt there would be The optional Gran Sport Stage 1 those that would call me various engine produced 360 HP in gross names for incorrectly classifying ratings, but the road tests show it. If we think about what really that engine had around 420 HP makes a supercar so super, it and a massive torque. It isn’t about origin (although that consisted of more aggressive seems to be a major part of the camshaft, better compression, label today), but about superior unique cylinder heads, 4-barrel performance. Well if you ask me, this Torino performs far better carburettor, faster ignition, etc. IN the 1980’s GS STAGE 1 engine than any standard street cars of was listed as faster than any of the era, so wouldn’t that make it the Chrysler’s Hemi. Very a super car. expensive, very rear, very worth the entire buzz.

Now just to be clear, I was one of those people that use to argue that a muscle car was a muscle car and a supercar was an exotic. That was until I did my

P a g e | 11 homework and discovered that at when did muscle cars cease to one time muscle cars were be supercars? referred to as supercars. There were even a number of American CLASSIC CAR REVIEW cars that received SC logos in 1939 BUICK SPECIAL reference to their supercar status COUPE (SC/Rambler for example). So Story & Photos by Brian Earnest what happened? When did the (oldcarsweekly.com) motor world decide all American supercars built between 1960 The interior of this one looks to and 1974 needed to be put into be in fantastic condition, but isn’t their own category? Most as sporty as one would think. importantly how did people forget That is probably because of the that at one time their beloved strike that took place at Ford muscle car was a supercar? This when the GT was first introduced isn’t meant to be a complaint in ’68. Originally Ford planned to about the division of the put bucket seats in every Torino category, but a genuine question GT leaving the factory, but cost from someone who didn’t get the cutting as a result of the strike chance to see the muscle car era meant making the bench seat If Jerry Allen’s brother hadn’t first hand. It is something that is standard equipment. Since most unknowingly blown a fan belt rarely spoken of, as if the split owners never took their Torino back when he was a teenager, was a nasty breakup that history around any curves, the bench Allen might not be having as simply wants to forget about. seat proved to be more than much fun in life as he’s having adequate for typical use. these days. Thankfully this one was at least optioned with the 4-speed The balky belt ultimately led to manual top loader transmission. Allen getting the keys to his sibling’s 1939 Buick, which has accompanied him through the past 55-plus years and turned into a permanent toy that the Omro, Wis., resident never grows tired of. Let’s get away from that rant for a minute to take a look at this It took many years for Allen to get Torino. It is in impressive the car into running condition and condition, especially if the seller’s ultimately to the beautiful shape claims of originality turn out to be it’s in today, but the time and true. The R-Code means this is effort have certainly paid off. The the top performing Torino, with sparkling ’39 coupe is a hit and the 428 Cobra Jet Ram Air and any weekend car show and a heavy duty suspension. With continuing source of joy for its fresh cool air being stuffed down owner — in part because so the intake, this V8 was good for This Torino looks to be in many people doubted that he’d 360 horsepower. The Cobra Jet amazing condition and the seller ever have the car back on the made the Torino a completely claims it is ready to be driven. road. different animal and allowed the Production number estimates for car to pull high 13 second quarter the R-Code Torino are all over the place, but some say it is as “My brother had the car he’d take miles. With the right upgrades, it down to the bar with the fellas these were a drag racer’s dream. low as just 500 cars for ’69, which would make this as rare as and proved to them and he’d win Sure they weren’t as fast as bets for a case of beer that he Superman, but they were dang most “supercars”. This gets me back to my original question, could do 85 [mph] in second close! gear!” laughs Allen. “And he did

P a g e | 12 that a number of times, and then blew my mind. It upset me,” he “All that time it was my therapy, one time he was coming back to says. I’ll put it that way. I was doing my the car and the car wasn’t thing. It was a challenge, and I running right, so he popped the enjoyed it.” hood and the manifold was cherry red. He broke the fan belt The fine ’39s and the engine got hot. The 1939 coupe was a well- traveled decade-old used car by the time Allen took a shine to his brother’s car, but it’s not hard to Not long after that Allen got understand why he was smitten. married and the car wound up The handsome Buick styling of sitting in and old garage out in the era has always held up well the country. The structure wasn’t and the cars were some of the much, but it was shelter at least best-looking machines on and it gave Allen a chance to American roadways. start a restoration project that “Well, he went into the service would eventually stretch all the and the car sat there at my dad’s way to 1991. place and I asked him what he wanted to do with it because I Guys would drive by and say, liked it. It’s an opera coupe and a “Geez, Jerry what are you doing sport coupe and the seats fold up out there at 1, 2 o’clock in the and I really liked it. He said, morning?’ Your wife must have ‘Jerry, the motor smokes since I kicked you out!” he chuckles. cooked it and it doesn’t run right, “Then when we built a new house in ’65… this was the first thing I and I won’t need a car so you Even a 40 Series Special bottom- put in my new garage.” can have it.’ I think I paid him like tier coupe — called a 39-46S in $65 back in 1959 or ’60. And I Buick nomenclature — was a covered it up and put a tarp over head turner. The ’39 Buicks it.” featured new body styling and a solid rounded and enclosed nose extending halfway down over the radiator. Harmonizing with the sweeping curves of the nose and fenders was an extra-wide radiator grille with vertical bars. The headlights were slightly The Allens went on to raise four recessed in the high skirts children and the old Buick got put midway between the fenders and on the “someday” list until the radiator. On Specials and Allen quickly found out that he late 1980s, when Jerry finally got Century’s the windshields were wasn’t the only one who liked the serious about getting it finished. considerable larger, as were the Buick. Some unwanted rodents “We had a boy and a girl and a front windows and rear window. also staked their claim to the idle boy and girl, and when the boys The floors on all models were coupe over that winter. got to high school they said, 2inches lower than in 1938. ‘Dad, we’ve got to get that car There were thinner front door “The next spring I wanted to go going!’ But the funds were slim at pillars and large hubcaps. In get it and get it running, but I that time, you know, so I wanted place of running boards, optional opened the door and the darn until ’91 I think it was and put it all narrow stream boards could be mice were in my ceiling. I back together. installed. slapped the ceiling and the mice were all in their squirming. It just

P a g e | 13 The Series 40 interior was Century series, but not in the you planning on going to finished in Walnut moldings. A 133-inch-wheelbase Roadmaster Nationals [and getting it judged] new dashboard arrangement and or 140-inch Limited lineup. and I said no way. You’d get a column-mounted “Handy-Shift” points off for it not being correct. I gear shifter were new. “Flash- went with this paint with clear Away” directional signals were coat on it and if you look close operated by the Handy-Shift you can see it’s got a metallic in lever. All gauges were positioned it.” directly in front of the driver, except for the clock, which was mounted on the passenger side.

The Series 40 cars were equipped with a 248-cubic inch overhead-valve eight-cylinder that produced 107 hp. The top three Buick lines all featured the bigger 320-cid 141-hp eight. Though it’s been done and back on the road for about 25 years, The Series 40 wheelbase was Back on the road the Buick remains in fantastic reduced 2 inches to 120. A new condition and the restoration still clutch was simpler than the Allen solved one of his biggest looks fresh. Allen says he rolls up previous unit and a new lighter, problems — a smoking engine plenty of miles heading to stronger transmission was that was probably going to weekend car shows around utilized. The full-coil suspension require a lot of work to fix — by Wisconsin, trying to make up for featured “Buicoil” torque-free swapping in a 1941 model came some lost time after the car was springs at the rear, as well as a from a car that had been in an in mothballs for so many years. coil spring “knee-action” setup in accident. Beyond that, he had to “I’ve been going to shows now for front. do very little parts chasing. a long time with it and I’ve got a shelf full of trophies. I don’t know The sport sedan was dropped what I’ll ever do with them, but from the Special lineup and the it’s been fun.” convertible coupe had rear opera seats instead of a rumble seat. Allen has had more than a few The sport phaeton was also admirers try to pry the car away discontinued. from him — with one suitor handing a blank check to his wife Model 39-46S was the four- and telling her to “give him passenger two-door sport coupe. whatever he wants for it!” Allen’s It had vent windows, front-hinged “It was time consuming, but it affection for the beautiful gray doors, roll-down door windows, went together good. The body coupe clearly hasn’t wavered, forward-slanting rear quarter didn’t have too much rust on it. however. “I’ve said no way; I’m windows and a front bench seat The interior is nylon and they not parting with it. It’s mine and with two individual opera seats didn’t have nylon at the time. The it’s my toy. That might have to behind it. old stuff didn’t wear as good…. wait until I die [laughs].” and the moths get in there and Only the Special business coupe make nests and stuff. ($849) was cheaper than the sport coupe ($950) for 1939. A “It was painted black before, but I total of 10,043 of the versatile thought it might show too many coupes were built I the Special marks if I had it repainted black, line. A sport coupe was also but they had a gray that was available in the next-step-up nice. [My painter] said, ‘Well are

P a g e | 14 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW pulled off the body from the undergone some well-done GILBERT CONTRERAZ’S frame, there was so much dry suspension upgrades. 1966 CHEVY C10 GETS mud built up it was as hard as a rock.” When the last piece of mud McGaughy’s 2-inch dropped AN A+ had been cleaned, Gilbert could spindles and four-corner Story & Photos by Tim Bernsau (hotrod.com) get busy with transforming the RideTech airbags, along with a truck into what he had always C-notch in the rear ’rails, give wanted, with help along the way Gilbert’s truck its down-to-the- from his father, Joe, and a few ground profile. Handling is professional shops. improved with Classic Performance Products antisway bars and steering. Reliable braking is guaranteed with McGaughy’s 12 1/2-inch front discs paired with rear drums to make sure those 22-inch Vision “When I handed him the cash to six-spokes are brought to a quick buy the truck, he asked me stop. The wheels are rolled in where the trailer was that I was 265/35R22 Lexani rubber. going to use to tow the truck back home. I told him there was no trailer. We were going to put the Getting the sheet metal to better- truck to the test.” than-new condition was accomplished by Daniel Gonzalez at Daniels Kreations in Gilbert Contreraz has been Montclair, California. Since involved with all kinds of cars nothing radical is needed to since he was a kid. He’d always make a 1966 C10 look good, wanted a classic truck and nothing radical was done. Holes decided a few years ago that the were filled, the front fender time had come to build one. He emblems were removed, the fuel found what he was looking for in On a classic truck like this one, filler neck was relocated to the the Northern California City of the engine has two jobs— bed, and hidden latches were Visalia—a 1966 Chevy C10 in provides power and provides added to the tailgate. The front the early stages of waking up good looks. The 1979 Chevy bumper is stock, but the grille from hibernation. small-block wins in both and rear bumper are replica categories. Don Veverka built the replacements from Brothers 350, topping it with an Edelbrock “The guy I bought the truck from Truck Parts. The Truck Shop in 600-cfm carburetor and manifold. had started trying to restore the Orange, California, supplied the The valve covers and air cleaner truck, but was having hard mirrors and glass. The oak bed are also Edelbrock parts, along times,” Gilbert says. “He had wood is from Brothers, installed with the ignition. Exhaust is sprayed a flat black paintjob and by Daniels Kreations. The PPG drawn by a set of BBK headers, did an engine swap. He had paint was mixed and sprayed by with MagnaFlow mufflers to picked it up from a neighbor of Daniel Gonzalez. The metal flake provide the perfect tone. The his who had it sitting in a corner and pearl finishes change with inner fenders and the firewall are of his farm. the sunlight. Wild Bill, the well- painted to match the body and known Southern California the engine and accessories were The truck passed its first test with pinstriper, loaded his brush to dressed up with plenty of an A+ by finishing the 200-mile add some perfect traditional style polished and chrome pieces to run from Visalia to Ontario, lines. catch attention whenever Gilbert California, under its own power. lifts the hood. A column-shifted Gilbert got a test of his own when The C10 still rolls on the factory 700-R4 transmission sends he started tearing the truck apart frame, but the suspension has power rearward to the Chevy 12- for a complete rebuild. “When we bolt with 3.73:1 gears.

P a g e | 15 truck also makes plenty of Grille: Brother Truck Parts appearances at Southern Bed floor: Brother Truck Parts, oak Headlights / Taillights: original / original California shows, including the Door handles: stock annual Brothers Truck Show ’n’ Bumpers: front stock, rear from Brother Shine in Anaheim, where we ran Truck Parts into it. Glass: The Truck Shop Mirrors: The Truck Shop Paint type / Color: PPG custom green, “Most of the shows I go to have custom cream, painted by Daniel more of a lowrider style,” Gilbert Gonzalez at Daniels Kreations Graphics: pinstriping by Wild Bill told us. “My family has been in When making plans for the the lowrider scene since the ’70s, interior, Gilbert decided he and that’s how my family’s cars INTERIOR wanted the traditional style of a are built. I just loved the look of a classic combined with the rest mod and chose to build my Dashboard: factory, smoothed with modern amenities on an up-do- Brothers six-gauge billet panel truck low rod style, but no matter Gauges: Auto Meter’s Arctic White date cruiser. The stock dash was where I go or what show I’m at, Steering wheel: Classic Performance shaved and modified with a the truck always receives lots of Products Pioneer in-dash screen stereo attention.” Steering column: ididit tilt shifter receiver, and a custom billet Seats: factory bench aluminum instrument panel from Upholstery: Meda’s Upholstery, Lupillo CHASSIS Meda Brothers filled with a set of Material / color: leather / brown, tan gauges from Auto Meter’s Arctic Carpet / color: loop style / gray White series. An under dash Frame: 1966 Chevy frame, C-notched Sound system: Pioneer in-dash screen Rearend / Ratio: stock Chevy 12-bolt with panel was added for the air stereo receiver, Rockford Fosgate amps, limited slip / 3.73:1 Image Dynamics subwoofers, Focal suspension gauges. Wild Bill Rear suspension: RideTech airbags speakers added a little more of his flawless Rear brakes: Factory drums Wiring: Painless Performance Products, pinstriping to the glovebox door. Front suspension: RideTech airbags, installed by Akram Auto Electric McGaughy’s 2-inch dropped spindles, A tilt steering column from ididit CPP antisway bars was topped with a billet steering Steering: Classic Performance Products wheel from CPP. Gilbert box delivered the truck to Meda’s Front brakes: McGaughys 12 1/2-inch front discs Upholstery in Montclair, where Front wheels: Vision Wheels 142 Legend Lupillo Meda covered the factory 6 series 22-inch bench seat in brown and tan Rear wheels: Vision Wheels 142 Legend leather, and built a pair of custom 6 series 22-inch Front tires: Vision LX-Nine 265/35R22 kick panels. The cab is also Rear tires: Vision LX-Nine 265/35R22 equipped with a pair of Rockford Fosgate amps, three Image DRIVETRAIN Dynamics subwoofers, and six Focal speakers to provide the Engine: 1979 Chevy 350, built by Don soundtrack for every trip. Veverka Heads: stock Valve covers: Edelbrock Carburetor: Edelbrock 600 cfm Intake: Edelbrock Air cleaner: Edelbrock Ignition: Edelbrock 3674 Headers: BBK Exhaust / Mufflers: custom / MagnaFlow Transmission: GM 700-R4

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Style: 1966 Chevy C10 custom pickup Those trips occur about twice a Modifications: holes filled, hidden tailgate month or as often as Gilbert gets latches a chance to drive the C10. The Hood: original

P a g e | 16 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW HP] while the 455 cubic one anniversaries Trans Am was PONTIAC FIREBIRD produced 215-250 HP and SD- released featuring black colour ND 455 – 290 HP. with some gold elements – it was 1970-1981 2 the first time for Firebird’s special GENERATION edition. Pontiac offered 6.6 litre Story & Photos by (musclecarclub.com) 400 cubic engines for the T/A model in 1977. It had 200 HP while the regular 400-one had 180 HP. In 1978 Pontiac engineers installed smaller combustion chambers instead of increasing compression rate. This helped to get extra 10% of The second generation Pontiac power for the 400 cubic blocks Firebird was delayed until the [up to 220 HP]. They were two end of February, 1970 because more engine options available for of some engineering problems. the 1979 models – 400 cubic V8 Second generation changed which was available only in 4- Bird’s styling from Coke bottle speed Trans Ams and Formulas like to swoopy one which was and 6.6 litre Oldsmobile V8s [403 characterized with large C-pillar cubic]. The 400s were actually until 1975. Later rear window was from 1978. enlarged and pillar got smaller. The second Firebird also had 1979 was a big day for Firebird – quite a big deal of engine range – it was the 10th anniversary year it varied from inline-6 to 7.5 litre for the Bird, so special package [455 cubic] V8. Most of them was made – silver paint and were Pontiac’s, but there were 5 interior leather, special hood litre [305 cubic] Chevrolet and 6.6 decal. Sadly, Pontiac had to cut litre [400 cubic] Oldsmobile V8s. large displacement engines in 1980, because of increasing So, 1970 next gen Pontiac emission regulations. It also was Firebird started with old engines the biggest engine change for the from 1969: 6.5 litre Ram Air III Trans Am – the credit-option [in 400 [335 HP] and Ram Air IV 400 1979] 4.9 litre [301 cubic] V8 [345 HP]. During the next year became standard in 1980 with 455 cubic engines came up – the turbocharge option or Chevy 5 7.5 litre monster which is litre [305 cubic] small block. The probably one of the last high only chance for the last year of performance engines of the the 2nd generation was addition original muscle car generation. of the new electronic carburettor This engine started as 455-HO in system. 1971 and then became SD-455 special version for the 1973-1974 period [SD stands for “Super Duty“]. SD-455 had reinforced cylinder block, forged rods and aluminium pistons, high flow cylinder-heads. Pontiac offered this engine for a few more years, but emission restrictions killed it Trans Am and Formula model in 1976 when only 7100 units of featured 400/455/SD-455 cubic 455 were built. The engine range engines in 1974 and 400/455 in for the 1974 model was inline-6, 1975-1976 models. 1976 was a 350 V8 [185 HP], 400 V8 [225 special year for Pontiac – 50th

P a g e | 17 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 340 horsepower, so we weren't WHAT DRIVING A 1968 asking for more juice. Mated to Chrysler's well known three- DODGE CHARGER R/T speed TorqueFlite that I had the TAUGHT ME ABOUT fortune to use earlier in a 1973 BALD EAGLES Aston Martin V8 S3, it was the Story & Photos by (jalopnik.com) perfect tool for crawling in the slow New York traffic gathering countless smiles and thumbs ups along our way. As the Charger was standing in front of the club's Lower Brakes? Well, you sort of think Manhattan headquarters with the ahead. But who needs brakes police car behind it that's always anyway? It's America! Nobody stationed at that corner, I just was allowed to step between us couldn't get Bullitt out of my and the freedom that only a As a European, apart from eating head. You know, the world's most torquey V8 can provide. Not even double bacon cheeseburgers and boring movie that hides the the impossible New York traffic. drinking more filter coffee than greatest car chase ever made if ever before in your life, the best you have the patience to wait it way to really get the feel of the out. United States in to drive iconic American cars. Like a '68 Dodge That famous '68 Charger R/T Charger R/T. might be worth upwards of a million dollars nowadays, but our Driving the 2014 Corvette around example was no beater either. It New Jersey was great fun, but was perfect in fact, with a new my US trip wouldn't have been exhaust to give us even more complete if I didn't drive a proper grunt. A glorious noise from the muscle car. Nothing modern, of past was about to start echoing As the roads started to clear on course, but a true classic with a between the skyscrapers of our way up North on the hairy-chested, no-replacement- Manhattan. Manhattan Loop, we could finally for-displacement attitude and unleash the beast. It's a sinister possibly a few dozen starring car, and while I'm sure it looks roles in famous movies behind its scary in a rearview mirror getting tail. And that's where the guys closer and closer, we were more from Classic Car Club Manhattan terrified inside it at full throttle. stepped in with a shiny key to a car with a full tank of gas. The Charger goes, and then starts wobbling. And since it's as The club has all sorts of wide as a van, when that big American goodies, and while Like I said, we're driving a body begins to float around, you their 1966 Mustang Convertible Charger R/T, which stands for really have to be on your toes to was off the insurance for the Road and Track. I was curious to keep it together. The steering has winter, luckily for us their '68 see what that meant in America nothing to do with the road and Charger R/T wasn't. They only in the late 1960s. A V8 with lots because you don't want to needed the number of my of power was a fair guess, and overload the system by braking embarrassingly pink EU driver's we certainly got that covered. and steering at the same time in license, and I got the car for the a corner, the best way to enjoy whole afternoon. Patrick joined While this car didn't have the top the Charger is to floor it in the party, being the proper of the range Hemi that could straights and let it run without too American muscle-loving Texan generate "more wheel spin than a much interference as long as you he is. Vegas roulette table", it did have can. a 383 cubic inch engine rated at

P a g e | 18 It never gets boring.

It prompts the question though: If this is how an R/T handles, how bad was the standard Charger? Like a bowl of angry pudding? Then again, I had to remind myself that it was designed half a century ago. It's an old car that wasn't exactly cutting edge in terms of handling back in its day either. The time when political correctness hasn't been invited AROUND MILL HILL yet, when gas was cheap and Story & Photos by JVSM Evaluation Team cheeseburgers didn't make you feel guilty.

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P a g e | 19 Evaluations from members were: discrepancy with the Vehicle decoding the VIN. The owner Identification Number. The oddity decided to look into the matter “Great Storyline!” led authorities to discover the car and brought the Corvette to the was stolen decades earlier. The local police department and “Kind of boring. Really made you current "owner" was forced to asked them for help. They quickly think.” return the car to its rightful owner. located the proper VIN and And a couple years ago, a man traced it, revealing that the car ‘Good surprise. Took till the end whose car was stolen–again, had been stolen in 1976 from its to figure out the plot.” many years earlier–found that a owner in Anaheim. Someone man nearby had it but claimed he swapped out the VIN tag and “Very interesting. Easy to watch.” had bought it legally and would resold it. Eventually, the car was not give it back. After some legal bought for the current "owner" by “I thought it very intense. What wrangling, he surrendered the his wife from a now-defunct would we do if we were visited by car but not before it was stripped. dealer. The police broke the species from another planet?” news to the man that the car had I have represented a man caught to be returned to its rightful owner CLASSIC CAR REVIEW in the middle of something like who had since moved to Arizona THE POLITICS BEHIND this: The car he had bought was and had long since given up all GETTING A LONG "cloned." That is, someone had hope of ever seeing her car put the VIN tag from a wrecked again. STOLEN MUSCLE CAR vehicle onto a stolen car and RETURNED then sold it to him. The car's title Story & Photos by Steve Lehto matched the VIN you could see (roadandtrack.com) through the windshield, but it did not match the VINs stashed We hear a lot of stories about elsewhere on the car. First stolen muscle cars being important note: the VIN can returned to the owner decades always be found in more than later. Here's how it happens one spot on a car these days. and how to protect yourself. When in doubt, check the other VINs.

One day my client found a state trooper on his doorstep and another under his car who announced, "This is the one we're looking for." They took his car away and we were forced to The muscle car world has seen sue the seller, an action in which quite a few stories involving we were successful. But not all stolen classics. Specifically, cars ugly stories have happy endings. that were stolen long ago have Let's examine the two stories been getting returned to the from the first paragraph. That story reminded me of Rick owners they were taken from, but White, a man whose 1970 at the expense of an owner that The 1964 Corvette was brought Plymouth 'Cuda had been stolen purchased the stolen car legally to a car show by its purported from his garage in 2001. He was and had no involvement in the owner from Red Bluff, California. the original owner of the car and original robbery. It's a sticky Someone noticed that the VIN had used it for drag racing. That situation. was not correct for a Corvette. is, until it was stolen. In 2014, he One wonders how this had received a cryptic letter saying his car's storage bill was unpaid. Most recently, a man brought his escaped the attention of the He quickly followed up but found Corvette to a car show only to owner since most classic car out that whoever had his car had have someone point out a folks know how VINs work and all of the great info you can get from paid the bill, retrieved the car,

P a g e | 20 and it was gone again. He called transferred to you." Simply selling own garage deserves a spot in a the police but they told him they you the car means that I am very dark corner of Hell. could not intervene because the warranting–guaranteeing–that I statute of limitations had run on had legal ownership and that I How to avoid such a situation? the theft claim. To make the story was transferring that to you. But, Easy. Before you buy a collector weirder, the man who had the car if I do not own what I am selling car of this sort, do your was contacted by local media (i.e., it is stolen) then I cannot homework. If you are not an outlets and he gave strange give you a good warrantable title. expert on the car you are buying, statements to them about how he All you are getting from me when find someone who is and ask "owned" the car because he had I give you the car is possession. them to check the car out for you. a bill of sale. After White filed And good luck with that. It's called an "inspection." Some another police report, someone attorneys on the internet mention realized the police COULD act. But wait, you ask. Isn't this from time to time. Most Even if the theft was outdated, possession nine-tenths of the people assume the inspection is the car was still stolen property. law? The adage, which is not a for mechanical issues but part of The police seized the car but by law, speaks to situations where it should always involve checking this point, it had been stripped. there is little or no evidence other the VINs under the car against than two bickering parties fighting the one under the windshield. There are a couple of takeaways over who owns something. He here. First: A thief cannot transfer said–she said, but neither party title to a car he has stolen. If I can prove ownership. stole it, I do not own it. So, if you "buy" a car from a thief, you are In the two cases above, each of not acquiring title to the car even the original owners of the cars if you gain possession of it. And, could prove their ownership. even if you get a Certificate of They had Certificates of Title Title to the car, you still do not and, presumably, other evidence have "legal" title to the car. This of how they had acquired the title point confuses many people but and so on when they first got the the Certificate of Title is merely a cars. The later possessors of the piece of paper showing you who cars in question had shaky the state THINKS are the owner arguments at best. The Corvette of the car. But the state did not "owner" had a title with the wrong investigate the claim made by the VIN on it. The 'Cuda guy claimed title applicant. They merely saw he had a "Bill of Sale" but an application for title and issued admitted he had no title. And why a piece of paper. In Michigan, didn't the 'Cuda's guy have a and most states, the Certificate of title? Because the 'Cuda was My client did not inspect his Title is merely "evidence of stolen. cloned vehicle because he was ownership." It might help you in buying from one of the largest dealers in Metropolitan Detroit. It proving ownership but it is not The Corvette "owner" who had to was also a late-model vehicle definitive. And if you did not have give up the car got shafted here. good title to the car when you with no other warning flags so I Not by the original owner and not applied for your title, the am not sure how many people by the police but by the defunct Certificate of Title gives you would have caught it in that dealer who appeared to miss or nothing. instance. But the Corvette buyer ignore the miss-matched VIN. should certainly have checked The 'Cuda owner–at best–should the VIN to see that if it was This goes back to a concept have been on notice that he had correct for a Corvette. And the called Warranty of Title. A seller a problem when someone offered buyer of the 'Cuda? We don't who sells a car (or any good for to sell him a 1970 'Cuda without know enough about his story to that matter) to a buyer does not a title. Or, for all we know, he is feel sorry for him. need to say, "I own this and the one who stole it. And anyone guarantee that my ownership who steals a Mopar from a man's rights are good and are

P a g e | 21 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW but I can’t begin to imagine the 33 YEARS OF WAITING excitement John felt as his Camaro saw daylight again! And FINALLY PAYS OFF! I bet it will be a great day when Story & Photos by (barnfinds.com) he takes it for its first spin around the block. CLASSIC CAR REVIEW GOAT SURVIVOR: 1968 PONTIAC GTO Story & Photos by (barnfinds.com)

It took 33 years of patiently It’s a bit difficult to see here, waiting, but reader John P finally but this ’69 is clad with the got to buy the classic that’s been houndstooth upholstery! No word hiding in this barn for much of the yet on if it’s original or was added last 3 decades. For whatever at a later time, but I’m a sucker reason the original owner for houndstooth and would want wouldn’t part with it, rather seeing it regardless if it’s original or it deteriorate. It took a lot of aftermarket. John told me to be a patience, but the car is finally his GTO’s are iconic and well- top notch car it is going to need a remembered when it comes to and it’s now on its way to being new interior, as well as a new resurrected. I guess it goes to discussions of the 1960’s and paint job. He’s already set to muscle cars. This 1968 GTO show, good things come to those work on cleaning it up though who wait! coupe is listed as being a true and has the engine running survivor in fantastic condition. already. To actually get it back on Taking a closer look at this GTO the road he knows it needs the reveals either a secret following items: brakes, vacuum restoration, or an extremely well lines, new exhaust and tires. taken care of muscle car.

John’s find is a 1969 Camaro RS with its numbers matching engine and transmission. It sadly has been repainted and not in its Looking under the hood of this original color. The original color GTO is like a fine art critic staring combo was the fantastic Red- I’m glad to see that John has it at a painting they have never Orange paint with a black vinyl out of the barn and that it’s seen before. Pure Art. The 400 4 top. It’s really too bad that the already on its way to being put barrel engine is beautiful, only original owner decided to have it back on the road. I’m wish him suffering minor discoloration near repainted, but if you aren’t the best of luck with it and want the exhaust manifold region. The wanting to draw a lot of attention thank him for sharing it with us! 4 barrel carb looks brand new everywhere you go, black is a And to those of you who have with no evidence of corrosion or much better color choice than been patiently waiting to get the discoloration. In fact everything in bright orange! car of your dreams, remember, the engine bay looks mint and patience pays off. I’m sure the brand new. past 30 years have been painful,

P a g e | 22 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW muscle car fanatic is still pinching 1971 PLYMOUTH ROAD himself after swapping cars with a friend recently and getting what RUNNER he viewed as the ideal car in Story & Photos by Brian Earnest (oldcarsweekly.com) return — a mint condition, low- production, low-mileage Road Runner 440 Six-Pack in purple. Stewart has owned and restored a laundry list of great muscle cars over the years, but it’s clear from With a lovely black on white the way he fawns over the Road interior, this GTO looks just as Runner that his current ride might nice from the outside as it does be his all-time favorite. from the inside. The interior looks excellent with no real signs “I just feel so fortunate to have of age or wear. Everything looks this car,” says Stewart, who as it should, but one thing we will For reasons unknown, Paul traded the 1970 Cuda 440 Six- point out is the carpet looks Stewart’s stellar 1971 Plymouth Pack he was restoring even-up slightly worn, and discolored, on Road Runner has always been for his purple Road Runner. “I the driver side door jamb area. sort of “the car that nobody love E bodies – Cuda’s and Something special about this wanted.” Challengers. But they rattle and already beautiful and immaculate they don’t drive very well. They GTO is the chrome front bumper Maybe it’s the car’s checkered make lots of noises. They don’t option. Only 2,108 chrome past — it was abandoned by both handle as well. Road Runners bumper GTO’s were sold in the man who first ordered it and are B body cars. They are a little 1968. Rare and unique, this the woman who wound up buying bigger, longer wheelbase. They option gives a Le Mans type of it, and stolen twice from the are more stable, they drive nicer, appearance. Classy, but dealership where it was originally and they sound nicer. It’s just a muscular, this GTO is a real sold. Later, it languished for more enjoyable experience to beauty with its red paint, vinyl years as a project car that never drive these cars… And purple top, and chrome bumper option. got finished until it changed and white and black is the best Rock chipping, rust, and hands several more times. color combination in my eyes. discoloration look to be Purple is my favorite color.” nonexistent on the exterior of this Even after it was completely Goat. restored and in shape for the showfield, its owner was still more of a “’Cuda guy” than a “Road Runner guy,” and the Plymouth was still a bit of a black sheep.

Stewart said he had grown tired of resurrecting his Cuda this past summer and had told friend and In fantastic survivor condition this fellow Mopar lover Dan is an excellent chance to get that Hodorowski that he planned to GTO of your dreams. Are you a sell the Plymouth. Stewart said fan of the chrome grill on this ’68 Hodorowski started to give him

GTO? some static about selling the Finally, it seems to have a Cuda, so Stewart jokingly replied

permanent home in Stewart’s that he’d trade him the Cuda for garage. The Greendale, Wis., the purple Road Runner. He was stunned when Hodorowski, who resident and longtime Mopar and had sold him the Cuda as a

P a g e | 23 project car nine years ago, took brainer at the time, but he’s a die- car, but took a liking to the purple him up on the offer. Shortly hard Cuda guy, not a Road Road Runner and allegedly wrote thereafter, the pair swapped Runner guy. And he’s really “MINE” on the dust-covered deck titles. happy because he got the car he lid before marching inside and loves, and I’m happy because I securing financing for the car and “It was kind of a joke and he took got a car that’s really unique and taking it home. me seriously,” laughs Stewart. rare, and it’s fun to drive and look “After 9 years of restoring the at, and my kids and my wife can The odometer showed 121 miles, Cuda, I came to the realization get it and we can go and have but Sarah never questioned it. that I wasn’t going to have any some memories together. “ She soon moved to Florida, but disposable income for a few returned home a few months years to even get started back on Runaway Road Runner later after she put blew a rod in the project. I know, this story has her new Plymouth and put a hole been told a million times before The trade between friends was in the block. The dealership gave by a lot of people. But I figured just the latest strange turn for the her a new engine and sent her on my 10-year-old would be purple Plymouth, which has led a her way, but when she returned a graduating high school by the star-crossed life since the while later for service, she found time I got that car to the point of beginning. It started when a out some previously unknown driving. I’d have no memories North Carolina man ordered the information about the car. with my kids … So I just traded car from his local dealer in the cars with Dan — who I had summer of 1971. He apparently originally gotten the car from — had straight line speed in mind for this done car and I’ve been because he chose the optional happy ever since. And I’ll still get 440 Six-Pack engine option with to see my old car when it’s FC7 In-Violet paint with a white finished. I’ll still get a chance to interior, bucket seats, no console, drive it. He can still see this car four-speed, Dana 60 rear end … He’s only 40 minutes away, with 4.10 gears, power brakes, and we still connect a lot. manual steering, a rear wing spoiler, dual painted mirrors, hood pins, 15-inch rims, no chrome exhaust tips and no radio. The car showed up at the dealership, but the man’s financing fell through and the car went out on the lot.

“She brought the car in for service because it needed an oil change and just wasn’t running right,” Stewart recounted. “The service tech said ‘I remember this car!’ Sarah asked, why do you say that? The service tech told her a story that the salespeople conveniently left out. He said a From there, the story gets pretty young man came into test drive colorful. Apparently a woman the car right after they put it out named Sarah Sweeley Stutts, “I think everybody is happy on the lot. [During] the test drive, who had become a Challenger he had a run-n with the law and because Dan is a Cuda guy. He fan after seeing the movie loves Cuda’s. He bought [the led them on a high-speed chase “Vanishing Point, showed up at of 100 to 120 mph. The car was Road Runner] because it was a the car lot looking for her own Six-Pack car and kind of a no- recovered and put back on the lot fast Mopar. She wanted a white and she bought it without

P a g e | 24 knowing anything about it. She The only body style returning for really didn’t want the car 1971 in Plymouth’s Road Runner anymore and she he walked into line was the two-door hardtop the finance office, dropped the version. Its new grille looked like keys and all her finance a big loop around the front of the paperwork on the desk and said, car. The Road Runner’s totally ‘You can have your car back. revised sheet metal was shared You lied to me and sold the car with the Sebring and Sebring as new under false pretenses Plus coupes. The sedan and and I don’t owe you a dime.'” convertible did not get translated A Rare Bird onto the newly designed Mopar mid-size body shell. One of the big reasons Stewart was so thrilled to acquire the Road Runner was the car’s scarcity. By 1971, sales of the muscular Plymouths were beginning to cool and only 14,218 of the hardtop coupes were built for the model year. Of those, only 246 came with a 440 The car went back on the lot and Six-Pack and only 137 of the 440 a week or so later it was cars had a four-speed suspiciously “stolen” a second transmission. The 383 engine With the more expensive GTX time and recovered later without was the most popular choice with still around, the Road Runner the engine and transmission. 7,952 assemblies. Only a scant again filled its low-priced muscle Those who know the car’s story 55 were built with the soon-to-be- car niche with its trick “beep- question if the dealership staged discontinued 426 Hemi. beep” horn, hot graphics and the second theft to help recoup other solid performance. its losses. Youth of all ages took a fancy to Standard in the Road Runner the Road Runner’s budget model was a 300-hp version of The Road Runner was eventually muscle car concept in the late the trusty 383-cid V-8. It had a sold as a body and chassis only. ‘60s and they had been beep- 4.25 x 3.38-inch bore and stroke A South Carolina man bought it beeping at each other ever since. and a single four-barrel with the intention of turning it into By 1971, the Coyote tormentor carburetor and developed 400 a race car, but the car wound up had bred its own cult of Road lbs.-ft. of torque at 2400 rpm. The sitting and collecting dust for Runner owners. “When the Road Runner listed for $3,120 several years. The Road Runner performance-minded think early in the year. Around May 31, was then sold again to a Plymouth they think Road the price increased to $3,147. Wisconsin enthusiast, who in turn Runner,” said Road Test dealt it to Hodorowski, who gave magazine, which selected the ’71 it a full rotisserie restoration that Road Runner as its “U.S. Car of included body and paint work by the Year.” Mopar restoration expert “Resto Rick” Kreuzinger of Wisconsin. High-performance cars of all sizes continued to be available in many models and with a long list of factory options during the 1971 model year. However, high insurance rates were keeping the buyers at bay. The low sales Motor Trend tested the 383 and numbers put several models on 440 Road Runners in March the endangered species list. 1971. The 383 version used a 3.91.1 rear, while the 440 version used the 4.10:1 axle. The cars

P a g e | 25 turned out to be evenly matched. a little more fun for me to drive – RUMBLER MINISTRY Both did 0 to 60 in 6.7 seconds. other than the lack of power Story & Photos by Scott W. Block Quarter-mile comparisons were steering.” 14.84 seconds at 94.5 mph for the 383 and 15.02 seconds at 96 Other than swapping on some mph for the 440. authentic rims, Stewart says he has no plans to change a thing Stewart isn’t planning to collect on the Road Runner. He figures many pink slips with his new it’s just about perfect the way it acquisition, but he swears he will is. Fate delivered him the right drive the Road Runner more than car at just the right time, and he’s any of the its previous owners going to enjoy every happy mile. have, and more than he has driven most of his other collector “I’ll never do another nut and bolt cars. He admits he has been restoration again. Never, never, more of a restorer and ever!” he chuckles. “Mark my “preserver” of cars than a road words! warrior in the past, but he plans to take a different approach in the “I just feel so lucky to have this future. car. I love Road Runners, it’s a great car, it’s done, and I can just “I have restored a lot of cars and jump in and go.” they’ve been show ponies and they sit in the garage and they only go out when it’s sunny,” he says. “One thing won’t change, and that’s if it’s crummy weather I won’t take it out, but this car I will The idea of “vocation” is central be driving. I have acquired this to the Christian belief. People car to drive it, have fun with it, believe that God has created throw my wife and kids in and go each and every person with to the drive-in, go out and see certain gifts and talents that are other cars and maybe get my oriented toward a specific kids involved. purpose and/or a specific way of life. The idea of vocation is especially associated with a divine call to service in the Church, which then flows into humanity all through particular life commitments. In a broad sense the idea of Christian vocation includes the use of a person’s gifts, talents, and desires, in their profession, family life, church, and even civic “And one other thing about this commitments for the sake of the car: All of the other cars I’ve greater common good for all of restored, the bottom was painted humanity. as nice as the top. And when you are driving a car like that and you As a pastor, we are repeatedly kick up rocks and stuff, you just asked about our sense of calling. feel a little guilty driving it. This Many theologians, indeed, many car is a full undercoat car, so it pastors appeal to the Old doesn’t bother me at all when I Testament Book of the Bible, hear a little rock jump up. So it’s entitled “Genesis” in regards to

P a g e | 26 general work. Many people find they grow and mature. One, they that the idea of “work” is derived wonder what they should “do” there as Adam, the first person with and in, their life. Two, they created, was placed in the wonder if there is something they Garden of Eden and was told by should do that would benefit God “to work it and keep it.” In others while benefiting the modern world, some people themselves and those whom they say that work is the natural love. Sometimes, the goals get a exercise and function of humans. little mixed up. Yet, there still can In the Christian modern world a be emptiness or perhaps a statement is added citing that longing, for something worthwhile human beings were created in to “do” with their life. Christians the image of God. In addition, and non-Christians both begin to some think that work is a gift of realize, contrary to a popular creation, and it is a noble thing to bumper sticker, that the person do as it is mutual service in the with the most toys does not win. fellowship of Jesus Christ. The person with the most toys still dies, and they want their lives Once again, in modern times, the to be worth something, they want use of the term “vocation” has to leave their “mark” before they evolved. Today, it is not leave this world. necessarily linked solely to religious organizations or clergy For a Christian, the exact same type people. The emphasis can thoughts and ideas are present. now be shifted to ANY However the difference shows up individual’s development of with the sense of direction that talents and abilities in the choice comes to them from outside of and enjoyment of a career. themselves. That particular sense is attributed to God and Alright, so much for theological God’s direction and guiding in how it functions for the good of language. Perhaps it was getting their lives. people and the common good of boring reading this short column all humanity. All of these things and you were wondering what So matter what you “do” in life, if give you a sense of being part of the heck was I writing about you are a Christian or non- something that is bigger than anyway? Quite possibly a Christian, Christians believe all of yourself. After all, isn’t that what question was forming in your this is a call from God. Whether all of us want? mind while you were deciding you are an employee of a whether or not to keep reading company, or the CEO of that As a street rod owner (’69 this column. The question that company, you have a call. You Camaro, yeah baby!), a car club may be on your mind is “What have a call whether you member, and a pastor, I have does all this mean for me?” personally believe it comes from seen and heard so many different God or not. When you work as a things. In this column I have tried Well, in short, a lot! mechanic in a car dealership, you to talk about those things and to are serving people. You see appeal to you in the sense of If you are a non-Christian, this that’s a call. When you are a being helpful. I hope you have idea is still a very important teacher, you serve. That’s a call. found this little column to be that concept to life. Do you remember When you pick up garbage, you way and have discovered being asked when you were serve others. You are making a something useful for your call in young, “What do you want to be difference in other people’s lives what you do in life. when you grow up?” If you went and in the greater community. to college perhaps you took Pastor? Banker? Farmer? Blessings to all of you today! some “tests” which reveal gifts, Janitor? Nurse? Doctor? Merry Christmas and Happy New talents, or wants. You see, many Salesperson? Carpenter (my Year! May God grant you the people have two major things previous profession.)? You name answer of what to “do” in your life happening to them, especially as it, you can see the “callings” and and then give you great joy in

P a g e | 27 doing just that! May you have a was always in awe because it “He wouldn’t let any of the kids fantastic Christmas, enjoy family was yellow with the woodgrain,” pull the car into the garage — it and friends, and simply start the Murray said. had to be the owner or the New Year with a bang, street rod mechanic,” Murray said. “He was style! Take care my friends, may very fussy who he let drive the you flourish in all you “do.” car into the garage.”

So take care. Keep reading the Murray wasn’t the only one with Rumbler. Keep cruising. Keep on his eye on the Country Squire — keeping on. the station owner also knew a gem when he saw it, and he CLASSIC CAR REVIEW pestered the original owner to 1960 FORD COUNTRY sell it. By the time the banker and SQUIRE WAGON his wife parted with the Ford in Story & Photos by Angelo Van Bogart 1973 or ’74, Murray estimates it (oldcarsweekly.com) had just 7 or 8,000 miles.

The DX station owner drove the Ford a bit more and doubled the mileage to about 16,500 miles during his stewardship. Meanwhile, Murray was building a budding Ford collection and he wanted that wagon as badly as he had as a teenager. The Country Squire was bought new by a St. Paul banker who While nearly every other 1960s had the car serviced at the teenage boy was dreaming of Highland Village-area DX gas two-door muscle cars with mag station where Murray worked. He wheels and loud pipes, Tom was just a high school Murray was ogling cars with sophomore at the time. more doors and long roofs. The St. Paul, Minn., resident suggests “I knew the original owner,” that his early love for station Murray said. “It was his wife’s car wagons placed him in the uncool and she didn’t drive it very much. set, but in reality, maybe he was I know it was never driven in “Every time I would walk by the just ahead of the curve. snow.” station I would say, ‘When are you going to sell me that car?’ “I have always been a Ford Then one day he said, ‘I am station wagon fan,” Murray said. thinking about selling it; I want “My first car was a 1958 Ford my garage stall back.’ He said, ‘I station wagon. I was probably not have to ask my kids first’ and I cool, that is why I like station thought for sure they would want wagons.” it, but a half hour later he called back and he said it’s yours.” Today, that station wagon stigma is gone and Murray is one of the That fateful day came in coolest cats at car shows with his November 1991 and Murray was 1960 Ford Country Squire, a car The original owner of the Country so excited to have bought the he’s been drooling over since Squire was so particular, Murray car, he immediately drove it 1967. never had a chance to drive his home despite a snowstorm — dream car when it came into the lest the owner change his mind “I was just in love with the car station for service. once the snow melted. since I was 16 years old, and I

P a g e | 28 Once he got the Country Squire wagons that went back to 1929. That now meant wood plank- home, Murray had a chance to That year, Ford became the first looking decals trimmed around look it over more closely. He American manufacturer to the perimeter with real wood, all noticed it had a little bit of catalog its own mass-produced of which was fastened to the “hanger rash” because the station wagon. The bodies were steel body. The wood was now second owner wasn’t quite as constructed of wood from forests just for looks, rather than the careful as the first, yet Murray in Iron Mountain, Mich., and integral part of the station remained happy to finally own the assembled by body builder wagon’s body structure. wagon. After all, where would he Murray, which built many bodies Meanwhile, competing station ever find another, let alone one for Ford. wagons to Ford’s Country Squire with as few miles? Murray says in ditched the wood look. Woodies 40 years, he’s never seen were gone by 1951 at Plymouth another in his home state of and 1953 at Chevrolet. Minnesota. By 1960, the faux wood-trimmed The rarely seen ’60s Country Squire was about as “yesterday” as a station wagon For some inexplicable reason, could be trimmed, yet the body 1960 Fords are hard to come by was thoroughly tomorrow. Ford today. In the case of the 1960 touted its all-new 1960 models Country Squire, production were part of “a wonderful new accounted for a solid 22,237 of world of Fords” that had “Classic the total 171,824 full-size station Thunderbird elegance” and wagons built for the year, yet “spirited performance” from its they are rare as hen’s teeth. That line of engines, the only figure made the Country Squire significant component of the cars the second-least popular full-size carried over from 1959. When Ford wagon that year. The selling the Country Squire, which Country Squire’s low spot on the (Cleveland’s Baker-Raulang Co. Ford called “America’s most production totem pole was more also assembled some early Ford famous wagon,” the company due to its price rather than its station wagon bodies when said it hit a “new high in wagon beauty. For the V-8-equipped Murray could not keep up with elegance.” The features that 1960 Country Squire’s $3,080 demand.) All Ford station wagon made the “newest edition of the base price, buyers received bodies would be built of wood most distinctive station wagon woodgrain paneling that was through the 1930s and 1940s ever built” so popular were its exclusive to the model, as well as and even through 1951, the last simulated mahogany side nine-passenger seating. Base year for the wood body and the paneling and its “hardtop-thin prices for the other four V-8- first year for the Country Squire roofline.” powered Ford full-size wagons name on a Ford wagon. When for 1960 were each below the 1952 rolled around, Ford offered $3,000 mark and included the all-new all-steel station wagon nine-passenger Country Sedan bodies, but only the top-line four-door at $2,950; the six- Country Squires featured the passenger Country Sedan four- woodie treatment. door at $2,865; the four-door Ranch Wagon for six passengers at $2,769; and the two-door Ranch Wagon for six passengers at $2,699. For wagons with the base 223-cid six-cylinder, prices What Ford didn’t mention were were $113 less. the 1960 Ford’s new horizontal rear tailfins, its most notable All 1960 Ford station wagons design features that were clearly were the latest and greatest in a inspired by the wings of its long, proud line of Ford station Chevrolet competitor. The new

P a g e | 29 Fords (wagons included) could done that couldn’t be learned at a CLASSIC CAR REVIEW tout one thing Chevrolet could corner service station. THIS GORGEOUS AND not for 1960: no more dog legs from the windshield frame. “I had the woodgrain refreshed RARE 1970 OLDSMOBILE on it last summer, because it was 442 WAS ONCE A Ford wagons also touted “truck just starting to take away from BASKET CASE size brakes” that were 30 percent the appearance of the car,” he Story & Photos by Richard Truesdell larger than in 1959, making them said. “A fellow does air brushing, (hotrod.com) the biggest in Ford’s field, and a and he did a marvelous job new “no squat… no dive” rear refreshing it” by restriping the suspension. Using 5-foot-long paneling on the doors and the rear springs with the axle well fiberglass rails that surround it. forward to give a levelized, variable rate suspension, the Ford wagon anti-dive control and anti-squat control suspension “damps out bumps like magic and makes even ‘washboard’ roads seem smooth,” the The passion Bob Stokes has for company stated. cars been formed early. He drove his dad’s 1956 T-bird in high Caring for a Country Squire school, and he has owned a diverse array of classic and With so much to love, it’s hard to “I didn’t want to redo it because I wanted it original. Like a lot of the muscle cars since, from a 1963 believe Murray’s 1960 Ford Impala to a 1959 Rambler Cross station wagon was used so little Country Squires, the woodgrain, it just doesn’t have the resilience Country station wagon he used in its life. The effects of this as a hauler for his wife and two sedentary life had come to a of the new stuff, and you have to consider how old the car is….” children. His interest in head by the time he bought it, Oldsmobile muscle cars goes all and the wagon needed some Although the woodgrain was refreshed and the odometer may the way back to 1970, when a love despite the fact it had been friend going into the service previously been owned by a have changed, most things about this 21,000-mile original haven’t. needed to sell his 1967 Cutlass service station owner. The 4-4-2 Holiday Coupe. “He didn’t Cruise-O-Matic Drive three- Its stunning yellow paint and woodgrain trim are attracting a want to put it in storage, and I speed automatic transmission was in need of a good work car. was leaking from sitting, so he new generation of droolers who won’t stop asking if it’s for sale, He sold it to me for $1,200, and I had it rebuilt and overhauled. The have had the car ever since.” rear end also leaked and there much like Murray and the owner before him. were noisy bearings that also had The first time he took the car out to be addressed. The belts on the to test drive it, Bob says “I was “I have one fellow that every time wagon’s optional two-venturi 352- hooked. The power and torque I see him, he asks when I am cid V-8 and tires had been were way above the previous going to sell him that car,” Murray replaced at least once by cars I had owned, and it was very said. “I tell him, ‘It won’t happen, previous owners, but otherwise, comfortable to drive back and so don’t even think about it.’” the car remained original down to forth to work. This car was my After all, what’s cooler than a the paint and interior, and it daily driver for 15 years until gas vintage station wagon? remains so. price increases made it uneconomical to drive every day. Using skills he learned at the DX In 1985 I decided to do a frame- station where he drooled over up restoration, which was this wagon as a kid, Murray has completed in 1990.” kept the Country Squire working well over the last 25 years. He’s Bob has been driving and also had some maintenance showing that car at shows all up and down the West Coast. His

P a g e | 30 plan is to pass it on to his Phil reassembled it to the point white stripe, or a gold top to go children when he can’t drive when it could roll onto a trailer. with the gold interior, I would anymore. “We stuffed the car with the rest have returned to the original of the parts and shipped it to colors in a heartbeat,” he says. After finishing the 1967 4-4-2, Phil’s shop.” “But that wasn’t the case.” Bob was up for a new challenge. “I wanted to do another Cars like this don’t get restored restoration and decided it had to overnight, especially where Phil be on a rare 1970 Oldsmobile 4- LaChapelle is concerned. Phil is 4-2 W-30. The car had to be a a one-man band with a small numbers-matching four-speed shop in Ventura, California. car in need of restoration, as I Because of his reputation, didn’t want a completed car. It especially with GM muscle cars, took me five years of searching restorations move forward at a to find the exact car in Burke, methodical pace. Bob says it took Virginia.” nine years, off and on, to complete the car’s full frame-off, Bob flew to see the car in 2002 rotisserie restoration. Three of “with my Oldsmobile expert friend those years were spent acquiring Phil LaChapelle to verify that the replacement or missing parts car was as advertised,” he under Phil’s supervision. Since recalls. Which it was. Sort of. the car had been disassembled, many of the correct fasteners The Olds had been partially were no longer with the car. It disassembled when a previous also had an aftermarket HEI owner started to restore it, but he distributor and radio installed, so didn’t have the funds, time—or those had to be replaced with the desire—to take on such a project. correct, hard-to-find items. All in Phil checked the numbers on the all, it took three donor cars just to car and verified that it was a real get all the correct fasteners for W-30, and that “80 to 95 percent his car. of the parts were there,” says Bob. Once the body was separated from the frame, Bob took the But Bob was surprised at how the frame home to disassemble it car looked. From the photo in the while Phil performed the initial ad he answered he expected a body repair work and the priming gold 4-4-2 with a black vinyl top and painting of the car’s and white stripes. Instead, the underside. Bob had all of the top was a “hideous” chocolate suspension parts and the frame Phil was concerned that a color brown. bead blasted and returned to Phil change would put off purists, for painting, and then the two of especially since Bob’s eventual “I looked at Phil and said, ‘Is that them reassembled the chassis in plan was to sell the car. top for real? Do you think it was a Bob’s garage. While the car was mistake, or was it done on still on the rotisserie, Bob took it “But I told him I didn’t care. I’m purpose?’” Phil checked the build to Hot Rod Alley in Lompoc, the one who has to drive this sheet and said the code was, in California, where owner Bill thing, take it to shows and fact, for a chocolate brown top. Anderson performed the final explain why some idiot ordered it “So someone ordered it like that, body preparation and paint work. with a chocolate-brown top. I though I can’t imagine why.” wanted to enjoy the car, but I Bob just could not bring himself couldn’t enjoy it in its original Color scheme aside, the Olds to return the Olds to its original configuration.” was everything Bob was looking exterior of brown vinyl over for in a W-30 project. So he Burnished Gold. “Had that car He and Phil went to a 1970 Olds bought the car, and then he and had a white top to go with the dealer brochure to see what

P a g e | 31 options would have been favorite. “I generally show the car At a Glance available. Bob chose Ebony around eight to 10 times a year,” black with Gold Nugget stripes, a says Bob. “Since the car’s 1970 4-4-2 Holiday Coupe handsome scheme that would set completion in 2011 it has won Owned by: Robert Stokes, Buellton, CA Restored by: Phil LaChapelle, Oxnard, off the interior’s gold color nicely. numerous awards, including six CA “And since we weren’t going with Best of Show awards, four Engine: 455ci/370hp (rated) the original color, I didn’t want a concourses event awards Transmission: Muncie M21 close ratio 4- vinyl top either. I hate them. I [including First in the GM Class speed case fitted with 10-spline M22 gears took the vinyl top off my 1967 4- at the San Marino Motor Classic, Rearend: 12-bolt with 3.91 gears and 4-2, too. The flow of the car’s where we first saw the car. — Positraction lines looks so much better Ed.]. It was a 2012 Goodguys Interior: Gold vinyl bucket seats without the vinyl top.” Muscle Car of the Year finalist. It Wheels: 14×7 Super Stock I Tires: G70-14 Goodyear Polyglas also won the inaugural Joe The car’s gold interior was rare, Mondello/D. Dale Smith award at making replacement parts hard to the 2011 Oldsmobile Nationals in find. “I ended up having to Reno, Nevada. That award purchase correct original parts means a lot to me. It was picked that were a different color and by Joe Mondello’s wife as the car restore them to the correct gold,” that Joe would have thought was says Bob. “I spent many hours the best muscle car there.” restoring the replacement main plastic insert for the dash because the original had been Owner Bob Stokes and restorer Phil severely modified to install the LaChapelle worked for years to bring this 4-4-2 W-30 from basket case to show aftermarket radio. Repair and winner, including three years spent just seat cover installation for the collecting the correct parts. bucket seats and rear seat were performed by Todd Aho of Performance Interiors in Solvang, California. He also installed the custom made Legendary Interiors What’s it like to drive a muscle headliner. Final assembly and all car from a time acknowledged as the unique markings in the the apogee of the muscle car engine bay and undercarriage era? “Unlike normal muscle cars were done by Phil.” Bob’s 4-4-2 that are generally noisy and is one of only 1,032 1970 four- rough handling, this car is more The original motor was still with the car, speed Holiday Coupes produced. like driving a very powerful 1970s but it needed a complete restoration. That It is equipped with some rare luxury car. With the windows task was performed by Kris Ewing at Bel options, including the internal rolled up it is very quiet inside, Air Ranch in Buellton, California, who hood lock, electric trunk latch restored the 455 back to original and the ride is much softer than specifications. release, and AM/FM stereo with in other muscle cars. Most eight-track player, and day/night Oldsmobile owners during that rearview mirror with map light. period were ‘white collar’ “The car still has its original build workers, and Oldsmobile didn’t sheet, and a reproduction of the want their clients to experience original dealer window sticker excess noise or a harsh ride. was applied like it was at the That’s where the term dealership,” he says. Because of ‘Gentleman’s Muscle Car’ came the car’s rarity, and the fact that from regarding Oldsmobile 4-4- the 455-inch motor isn’t very 2s. Make no mistake though, if economical to drive great you decide to nail the throttle you Bob and Phil paid a lot of attention to distances, it is not often that Bob getting the assembly-line paint marks, better know what you are doing, dabs, and tags done right, inside and out. and Joanne drive it to shows. But or this car can get away from you when they do, the black 4-4-2 is very quickly.” usually a crowd and judges’

P a g e | 32 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW MIKE LOOKNER RAISES THE BAR WITH HIS A/FX- INSPIRED 1965 COMET CYCLONE Story & Photos by Chuck Vranas & Robert McGaffin (hotrod.com)

The gold interior is a rarity and presented some difficulty during restoration. Bob found himself buying parts in the wrong color and refinishing them to get the correct equipment on the car.

When the planets align in the world of hot rodding some wicked cool stuff can happen. From the start when the engineers in Detroit updated the design of the Here’s how Bob’s 4-4-2 looked when he 1965 Mercury Comet they had and Phil got it ready to ship from Virginia plenty of aces up their sleeves to California. While it was everything Bob since the lightweight model was a wanted mechanically, he just couldn’t perfect platform for bring himself to return it to its original exterior color scheme. transformation into both the street and drag racing world. Light weight deftly matched to searing horsepower meant for Bob has one of the 4-4-2’s build sheets, faster elapsed times at the track and he reproduced the car’s original and plenty of street domination if window sticker to display at shows. It is the right driveline combination interesting to see that the car’s stereo and eight-track player cost about the same as was dialed in. Such cars in 1965 the W-Machine performance equipment! as Dyno Don Nicholson’s A/FX Comet Cyclone and Spence Ford’s B/FX Cyanide Cyclone made themselves known on

plenty of quarter-mile tracks.

Growing up in a household packed with family members who also happen to be devout car enthusiasts seems like a perfect world for anyone drawn to the edginess a hopped-up V-8 packed with a lumpy cam. It all gets real interesting however when a friendly competitive Among the rarer options in Bob’s Olds is formula between cubic inches the AM/FM/eight track player. versus handling becomes a

regular spirited topic at the dinner table. For Mike Lookner of

P a g e | 33 Westwood, Massachusetts, Nova’s and Camaros featuring custom frame connectors as well experiencing a life of muscle cars either blown or multi-carb fed big- as mini-tubs to accommodate and European sports cars was as blocks, with one even having wider rubber to put down the close as walking into his family’s methanol injection. The really power. A stout 9-inch Ford was garage on any given day. His cool thing is that he was able to hung spinning Strange earliest memories revolve around satisfy the sports car part of the Engineering 31-spline axles tied his dad’s 1972 Porsche 911 and formula by being a Sales to a 4.10:1 gear set thanks to older brother Bob’s 1971 Ford Manager at the local Porsche Calvert Racing’s CalTracs Mustang packed with an dealer. traction bars along with aggressive Super Cobra Jet 429, complimenting split monoleaf talk about a wicked combination While searching for a base to springs and QA1 adjustable coil from opposite spectrums. start his current project with, overs. The original IFS gets a ideas for the build concept tweak from Total Control Seeing all this as a youngster revolved around his reminiscing Products well-balanced must have been larger than life, about the early years spent at the VariShock dual-adjustable coil and although he would get plenty dragstrip watching the ‘60s-era over shocks. The package, of seat time next to dad on A/FX cars. To dial in just the right combined with the killer wheel regular drives in the 911, he formula, he looked to his brother and tire combination of Radir wasn’t allowed to take any hot Andrew, owner of Extreme wheels and Mickey Thompson laps in the Mustang. Obviously, Machine Unlimited in Walpole, rubber, yields a nasty stance with his brother regularly searing the Massachusetts to sort out the an abundance of tires in the neighborhood didn’t fine details. The pair agreed on a aggressiveness. have any influence on this- yeah 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone right! There were also plenty of and started the quest to find a regular visits to RT1 in Norwood suitable starting point. to catch late night street racing, cruises at Nick’s Drive-in in Natick as well as plenty of long nitro-filled weekends at New England Dragways in Epping, New Hampshire where he was able to watch some of the hottest talents in the country tear up the ‘strip. This is where he first Mike felt that the bigger and encountered A/FX cars nastier the mill, the better it would competing for the win while he be when it came time to ruling watched wide-eyed from the There’s nothing better than the local streets. We’re here to stands. starting with a rock-solid car as it tell you first hand that with the will save countless hours in turn of a key the pavement shook pulling out your hair chasing with every cubic inch that Andy things like rust repair, especially wrenched into the 469ci big-block of you live in New England where under the hood. The dual road salt eats steel for a living. Edelbrock Thunder Series AVS Standing back and studying the 650cfm carbs feed a lumpy, solid fresh acquisition, Mike could see roller stick from Cam Motion a set the attitude that the car needed of massaged Edelbrock RPM to bring out its full potential and aluminum heads. Deep inside the immediately got started. If you’re block, power churns through a going to pack the ‘rails with gut- Scat crank linked to Eagle rods Upon finally getting his license, wrenching power you’d better and JE slugs dumping 650hp into he was drawn into the muscle car have a rock-solid base ready to a built C6 from Monster world starting out with a hot handle it. Turning to DMC Racing Transmission to lay it all down. small-block powered 1971 in Halifax, Massachusetts got the Camaro followed by a number of underbelly stiffened up with

P a g e | 34 But what if you wanted to Engine/Transmission through a Ford C6 trans from complete the combination with a Monster Transmission, Inc. of jaw-dropping show car level of Nothing says I’m here to party Brooksville, Florida, built for detail? This is where you enlist better than a vintage big-block plenty of abuse featuring their Peter Newell of Competition Ford V-8 nailed to the ‘rails of signature converter with a Specialties in Walpole to make your hop-up. To make a 3,500prm stall speed. A 4-inch everything razor sharp with an statement worthy of ruling the custom aluminum driveshaft is eye on perfection. Working with streets Mike looked to his brother the final link. George Kouthouridis, the pair Andrew, owner of Extreme metal finished the body, set all Machine Unlimited in Walpole, Body the gaps, and prepared it for the Massachusetts, to get the job dazzle. Newell then loaded his done. To get started, he sourced Bringing 50-plus year-old sheet gun and laid down a dramatic a classic 1968 428ci FE block metal back to life takes someone hundred-mile deep coating of which was sent over to Boucher’s who has plenty of knowledge and House of Kolor Brandywine Racing Engines in Rowley to attention to detail. For this, Mike making the car a complete work their magic, punching the contacted Peter Newell of showstopper. Inside, it’s all displacement to 469ci while also Competition Specialties in business, with a factory-style gut massaging it to perfection. In Walpole, Massachusetts, to packing all the right dials to assembling a bottom-end, evaluate the project. Newell got monitor the engine, a Grant Lookner started with a Scat 4340 started by stripping the body and steering wheel, and a reverse forged crank with a 4.250-inch then worked with George manual valve body transmission stroke linked to Eagle H-beam Kouthouridis on the metal work from Precision Performance 4340 forged rods capped with and setting the panel gaps. They Products to pull the gears. DMC custom slugs from JE yielding an fitted a fiberglass Ram Air hood Racing completed it with a four- 11.25:1 compression ratio, while from Crites Performance was and point roll bar and Simpson a solid-roller stick from Cam modified the lower headlights for Racing racing harnesses. Motion sets a heavy beat. A set additional air intake. If there’s Whether the sun is gleaming of Edelbrock Performer RPM one thing that adds incredibly across the glowing candy body aluminum heads were built with memorable dazzle to a body it’s a while the Cyclone is parked on a valves from Ferrea Racing coating of candy gloss. To bring it show field, or if it’s thundering Components and springs from all to life Newell filled his spray down the street under the lights Extreme PSI accented by rockers gun first with House of Kolor at full throttle during a midnight by Harland Sharp. Cooling silver base and followed with a run, one thing for sure is that moves through an Edelbrock lustrous coating of candy Mike nailed it when it came time Victor-series water pump linked Brandywine vibe. He then to reliving his passion for vintage to a Concept One pulley system. completed the look by spraying A/FX style builds. We’re here to Up top is an Edelbrock RPM Air- the bumpers in an argent metallic tell you first hand that the car Gap aluminum dual-quad intake to seal the deal. hooks hard and leaves the line capped with a pair of Edelbrock with you pinned to the seats, and Thunder Series AVS 650cfm Interior to us that’s just plain bitchin’! carbs wearing classic K&N air cleaners. It all sparks to life thorough an ICE ignition system In keeping with a traditional and dumps spent gasses via 2- theme of the build, it was obvious inch headers from Crites that the business office would Performance to a custom, three- need to sport a look echoing an inch stainless exhaust with an X- era-correct tone. For plenty of pipe and Borla XR-1mufflers. The safety DMC Racing of Halifax combination is good for an installed a chromoly 4-point roll honest 650hp @7,200prm with bar to get it started. The stock 600ft/lbs. torque @5,500rpm, dash was updated with a satin making it a real contender on the black sheet metal face and street for any unsuspecting packed with a bevy of Sport challengers. The goods move Comp dials from Auto Meter to monitor the vitals while any

P a g e | 35 needed switches were placed at SWAP SHOP block. Dave 701-274-8975 an arm’s length. A Grant steering WANTED: ‘68 Chevy C10 Short wheel plots the course while wheel base pickup. Would prefer shifts fly through a reverse a project, but will consider manual valve body unit from anything. Nate 701-471-3350 Precision Performance Products. A custom wiring harness by Pat WANTED: ‘51 Cadillac 2 door O’Brien of Precision Industries in project car. Any condition will be Walpole ties everything together considered. Nate 701-471-3350 and delivers the juice to every WANTED: 1966 or 1967 Ford component. To complete the look Fairlane 2 door hard top In really a factory replacement interior in good condition. E-mail rolled black vinyl complimented [email protected] Phone 218- by Simpson Racing 4-point 207-8150 Ask for Dennis. harnesses and black loop carpet. WANTED: Left-rear fender for Chassis/Suspension 1955-59 Chevy 3100 step-side pickup. Am looking for one that Stance, attitude and handling are does not have the spare tire mounting indentation in it. If you everything when dialing-in the Swap Shop ads are taken from James Valley have one, please Jim @ 605- look of ferocity to your ride. To Street Machine members, NDSRA “Street 200-0366 or 701-455-2288. give the Comet a nasty A/FX feel Talking” magazine, “Cars for Sale in Jamestown” on Facebook. DMC Racing got started by FOR SALE: Set of 4 GR-60-15 adding mini-tubs as well as sub WANTED: ‘57 Cadillac body and Remington XT-120 Radials, frame connectors to stiffen up the interior parts. Mainly seats and Raised White Letters, bought underside. Out back a Ford 9- bumpers. Dallas 701-436-6399 new in ‘79. Only 4000 miles on inch rear was packed with 31- them. Good for car shows - not spline Strange Engineering axles WANTED: ‘53 Olds left fender 88 everyday driving. $500 OBO. linked to 4.10:1 gears and or 98 will work, complete. Green 701-208-0957 after 5:00. Tim suspended in place by a would be a bonus! Dallas 701- FOR SALE: Vintage Ford all- combination of Calvert Racing’s 436-6399 CalTracs traction bars combined purpose traveling light in original WANTED: 1955-59 step-side box. $25.00. New 1965 Mercury with their matching split monoleaf pickup. Must be all complete, Comet Speedometer in box springs and QA1 adjustable coil ready to drive. Prefer: Chevy C5MY-17255. $75.00 Two 1957 over shocks. Up front the factory Apache, 350 CU or less, no 6 cyl, Ford small hubcaps. $5.00 each. suspension was updated with a and color of red, white, and blue, Total Control Products coil over Early Pontiac hood scoop. auto trans, hwy gears. Call or text $100.00. 701-220-6771 Eldon shock conversion using their Duane 701-425-5358 exclusive VariShock dual- FOR SALE: 1964 Chevy II Nova, adjustable coil over shocks WANTED: Cruise control four door, survivor, 95% original, matched to stock spindles. To cut vacuum servo (350 engine) for a 6-cylinder, 3-speed, marlin blue the speed a dual master pushes 1974 Monte Carlo. Bill 701-720- with blue interior, 69,000 miles, juice to factory drums out back 7183 body - very good, interior - and 11-inch discs up front. WANTED: 1959 Impala steering excellent. Runs and drives good. wheel. (Good Condition) Horn $4,500. Kye 701-367-0157 Wheels/Tires ring also if possible. Myron 701- FOR SALE: 1951 Kaiser deluxe 367-9070 4dr, motor: 302; trans:C4; FoxII Want to keep it real and grab the WANTED: Running/good 392 front suspension; 8” Ford rear right era-correct attitude, nothing Hemi and a 1957/58 Chrysler end LOTS of extra parts; parts does the job better than a set of parts car. Mark #767, 701-799- car also available for extra. 15×4 front and 15×12-inch Radir 5090 $5000 obo Call Jerome at 701- wheels wrapped in Mickey 400-8381 or Thompson rubber. WANTED: 4.3 Chevy V-6 [email protected] carbureted w/ fuel pump on

P a g e | 36 FOR SALE: 1937 Chevy 2dr FOR SALE: 1935-36 Ford Patch FOR SALE: 1953 Chevrolet 2 Dr sedan builder ‘35 Ford straight Panels. Cowl, Rear Quarter and Post - Well-built unfinished rod axle; 9” rear end; body all there; Door Bottoms. Left and Right project. Chassis done with rebuilt no title, $1000 obo. Call Jerome sides. If you were to purchase Camaro clip and fresh 4 link rear; at 701-400-8381 or them from Mac’s Ford parts the set up for SBC. Body completely [email protected] price would $246.79 I’m asking done and in primer. Most parts to $200.00. Tom 701-258-4805 FOR SALE: 1961 Ford reassemble except windshield. Econoline; straight six; 3 on tree; Clear title $3500. 1940 Packard 2 FOR SALE: SBC 400 ci long- NOS carb; $1200 obo. Call Dr sedan, complete but rusty block that comes out of a ’74 El Jerome at 701-400-8381 or $1600. 51/52 F1, complete Camino w/ 79K miles on it. Runs [email protected] except tailgate. Nice cab and good, however the engine needs box, complete original drive train, complete gasket kit. $600 obo. FOR SALE: 49-51 Merc. parts. 3 front fenders and running boards Call Jim @ 605-200-0366 or 701- - 49/50 bumper cores, $100 ea. rusty $750. No title. Larry 218- 455-2288. Hood hinges (great condition), 463-2259 or $150.00. Pair NOS trunk hinges, FOR SALE: 1966 Chevrolet C20 [email protected] $125.00/pair. Keyed 50/51 w/ 283 ci V-8 engine. All original ignition switch, $35.00+Shipping. FOR SALE: 1957 Chevy 2 Door nice survivor w/ very few dings. Sterling 701-349-3913 Hardtop ZZ4 350, 700R, Posi- Many new parts. Wooden bed Rear, Dropped spindles, power floor is in pretty good shape. FOR SALE: 1940 Packard 110, disc brakes, power steering. $5500 obo. Call Jim @ 605-200- rare 2 door sedan. Complete but Maroon paint w/ white leather 0366 or 701-455-2288. rusty; challenging but buildable. interior. Dakota Digital, A/C, Have original title in previous INSPECTIONS: Vehicle cruise. $36,000 Dave 701-274- owner’s name. $1500. Larry 218- inspections done at Dallas 8975 463-4510 or Kustoms in Hillsboro, ND. Call [email protected] FOR SALE: 1 set (4) of 1956 701-436-6399 Chevy hub caps. Very good FOR SALE: 200-4R auto tranny shape. Any reasonable offer $300.00. Bill 701-720-7183 accepted. Arlen 701-741-5267 FOR SALE: Ford 2dr Sedan FOR SALE: Discounts on Griffin project with title $6,500.00 Kevin Radiators; Vintage Air Systems; 701-367-7762 Dakota Digital Instruments; FOR SALE: NASCAR tire, Budnik Wheels Call 218 238 certificate of authenticity, May 5581 or e-mail 2014, Charlotte $90.00 Kevin [email protected] 701-367-7762 FOR SALE: Over 1,500 Barbie’s FOR SALE: 1955 Chevy Belair 2 and 3,000 collector dolls & door sedan project or parts car. accessories (50 years of Also, 301 Chevy motor pair of collecting). $10,000 OBO Chris 327 heads. 701-680-1517 701-290-2763

FOR SALE: 49-52 Chevy Heater box, $15.00. 49-52 Chevy Hood, $100.00 Both very good shape. Myron 701-367-9070

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