THE LADY STILL SINGS 1973 Mustang Mach 1 Highway Earth/2015
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REARVIEW MIRROR / JAMES GARNER’S MOTORING LIFE / MYSTERION HIGHWAY ISSUE TWO / 2015 XR6 EARTH 1963 AMBER Winner AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Chariots of the50s THE LADY STILL SINGS 1973 Mustang Mach 1 Highway Earth/2015 — IS PROUD TO SUPPORT — The HIGHWAY EARTH Show 2015 Editor’s Letter HERE WE ARE AFTER A YEAR, Highway Earth is Paris, and Jim Hulls 1984 Renault R5 Turbo 2, a car doing it again! We’d like to thank everyone who came that just screams to be driven. We couldn’t be happier to our first show, without your support this wouldn’t to have them with us, thanks guys!! be possible. Walking the lake, seeing all the fabulous Of course we’ve got sponsors this year, and with- cars, everyone enjoying themselves made all our hard out our sponsors this wouldn’t be possible. Be sure to work prove worth while. I’m glad we’re able to do it thank Hagerty’s, they got up way too early today, the again. Please enjoy yourselves, this show is for you. Boy Scouts are placing cars and making ice cream, This years magazine has all new, never seen Autobooks helps spread the word, Its great to have before stories, and you’ll see those cars here at the Mr. Vintage Machine on our team too, they offer a full show today. The Petersen Museum has been a great rental service of classics for filming. They’ve brought supporter, this year The Petersen is bringing George a gorgeous green hot rod for today. Even Beverly Hills Barris’s XR6 show car. We spent a day at the museum Rent a Car has gotten in on the action, check out their Gentlemen, photographing every inch of it. That straight 6 with 73 Mach 1 convertible, this thing is America. start your triple Webers, bucket seats and original Firestones This beautiful magazine you’re seeing today is from 1963 make it a piece of living history. A special designed by my dear friend Lionel Bebbington, engines. The treat, joining us is The King of Kustoms himself, Lionel’s art direction has given our magazine a George Barris. Be sure to stop and say “Hi”. Our other style all its own. 2nd annual special guest is Galpin Auto Sports, Dave Shuten. Lionel has even flown from Toronto just to be with Highway Dave is a mad creator in his own right. Dave us today, Lionel deserves a giant Highway Earth hug!! re-created Big Daddy Ed Roth’s Mysterion. This was Franklin Canyon park has been extremely gracious Earth show no easy task. This is the crazy twin engine Hot Rod in allowing us gearheads back, so when you see the you see here today. I can’t thank them enough for Rangers today, please thank them, deep down they’re is here! believing in us. car lovers just like us. The very first person I called last year to be a part This show is more than just a parking lot, it’s a Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s of the show was Fred Roth, Fred has a great collection place to share our car stories, display our rides, make of American Sports cars from the 50’s. Only Fred new friends and be a part of the experience. My would have 2 Hudson Italia’s. As a special way of saying favorite part of the show is seeing everyone arrive in “thank you” I photographed Fred’s collection for this the morning, the giant group portrait, and being able Mysterion issue. We spent a day, organized to the minute, at 6 give everyone a little something back for spending PHOTOGRAPHY BY Evan Klein GALPIN’S DAVE SHUTEN, VAN NUYS, CA Re-created by: Contributors different locations capturing these timeless images of our Sunday together. automobilia. Fred you are my hero with your tireless Have a great time today, Evan Klein and Thomas energy and enthusiasm. Thank you for believing in us. Miltch, the Highway Earth team. You’ve probably seen the emails for our photo story CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT 15505 ROSCOE BLVD. contest, the 2 cars chosen were Steve Fosters 1966 GTO, an original European import delivered new to IN THE HEART OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY Evan Klein & Thomas Miltch 1-800-GO-GALPIN • GALPIN.COM HIGHWAY EARTH 3 Highway Earth/2015 Contributors 16 His publication expertise includes full-scale shoot production, including: assigning and liaising with photographers, location scouts, film boards, stylists and others, as well Lionel as managing the Bebbington process from concept Lionel is an development to Award-winning final design execution. Content Director, His real passion Art Director and though, is being able Designer with to work with great 50 over 20 years of people with varied experience in backgrounds to tell both traditional stories that are mean- and custom ingful and engaging. publication design. lionelbebbington.com broadcaster, having written and published more than a dozen automotive books, and former Editor of Motor Trend Classic 38 magazine. A southern California native, he has yet to own and Matt Stone experience every Matt Stone is a classic car that’s 30 year veteran on his bucket list 32 automotive writer, -- there’s plenty of photographer, time left for that, if not concours judge and much garage space. /issue two gear. His kids are still mad at him for not keeping those Navigate 1960’s VW bugs and camper vans, Bel Air, T-Bird or that rare Rearview Mirror LAST YEARS CARS With a Little Spreading Lady Still Sings Chariots of James Garner’s Facel Vega. After a Over 110 cars came to long detour through 07 LAST YEAR’S GROUP 16 Help From 28 Her Wings 38 Its not always about 50 the 50s 60 Motoring Life our first show, combing the entertainment A Highway Earth My Friends Construction is hard at going fast, this 73 Mach Fred Roth has his own Hollywood has always Scott Martin industry, Scott is back our love for cars and tradition, if you bring I had the opportunity to work as the new Petersen 1 convertible has enough museum, put on car had its great car guys. For as long as he can in the middle of the remember, Scott car culture… writing a car, you’re in the the great outdoors. sit with the King George will become the crown cool make you want to shows, and has a Martin has played about anything with photo. Say “cheese” at his palace in Burbank, jewel of the Miracle go to church on Sunday. collection of fabulous with cars and cameras. wheels and attempting An American we talked about every- Mile when it re-opens 50’s sports cars. Whether it was toy to immortalize the 10 cars or gas powered limitless number of LAST YEARS in Paris thing from Sinatra to December 2015. Brigitte Bardot We spend a day with RAFFLE WINNERS This GTO started life in model Ferraris, amazing vehicles Starsky and Hutch. 44 Fred shooting his Brownie, 8mm film out there through his Quite an eclectic bunch, Lives in Malibu Paris eating Citroens for Mysterion Like any R5 Turbo she collection and or Polaroid cameras, photography. from Volvo’s to Fiats. breakfast, today she’s 32 everything has led XR6 Creativity never sleeps, like to graze at the ranch listening to the sounds returned to the USA for a 22 to a succession of @carshowaholic A collaboration of Dave Shuten the man and terrorize the hills of the 1950’s. collectable vehicles https://www.face diet of meat and potatoes. designers create the behind the Mystery of Malibu. and pro Canon book.com/sroscott 1963 AMBER winner. tells us all. 4 EVANKLEINFILMS.COM HIGHWAY EARTH 5 Highway Earth/2015 We dream of roaring engines of metal, rubber, the smell of exhaust of a car that does more than A to B Rearview Mirror Looking back WE REALLY WANTED TO CREATE A CAR SHOW where everyone gets involved so I thought it stirs the soul “giant group photo”, you did drive all the way here, it’s the least I could do, we had about at last year’s 110-120 cars at the show last year, now I haven’t counted all the heads but I’m guessing if someone counted…. So on Monday morning if someone ask you what you did this weekend, It’s not some pie-in-the-sky dream participants you could say, see, see that head right there next to the other head, yeah, that’s me! it’s the dream we earned the dream we live the dream we’ll pass on BECAUSE LIFE’S BETTER IN A CLASSIC We believe in keeping the dream of classics alive. That’s why we do everything we do: insurance and roadside service tailored to classics, classic vehicle valuation tools, Hagerty Classic Cars magazine and more. Do you dream of classics? Join us and learn more at Hagerty.com. CLASSIC CAR INSURANCE 800-922-4050 | LOCAL AGENT | HAGERTY.COM Hagerty is a registered trademark of The Hagerty Group, LLC© 2014 The Hagerty Group, LLC. 6 EVANKLEINFILMS.COM HIGHWAY EARTH 7 Rearview Mirror Highway Earth/2015 Looking back at last year’s cars WE ALL LOVE A CAR SHOW, for the Highway Earth show I really Looking wanted to engage our participants, so one of the ideas was a raffle, since back at last I’m a car photographer I thought it’d year’s show be a great way to treat our guest to portraits of their cars. This year is no THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE A SHOW different, everyone gets a raffle ticket where you can “Run what you Brung”.