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Box 196, Bennington, VT 05201 RDERED BEFORE 12 NOON EST UNIVERSALTIRE.COM American City Business Journals, Inc., 120 West Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28202 Ray Shaw, Chairman (1989-2009) Whitney Shaw, CEO 4 HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR SEPTEMBER 2018 I Hemmings.com HYATT REGENCY MONTEREY HOTEL & SPA • DEL MONTE GOLF COURSE • MONTEREY, CA 1940 Lincoln Zephyr • S/N H96459 CONSIGN OR REGISTER TO BID THE EXPERIENCE BEGINS AT MECUM.COM CA License 81410 For Complete Auction Consignment or Bidding Information go to Mecum.com or call 262-275-5050 richardlentinello Ventura Venture fteralong,drearywinter,whenthatfirst This Pontiac had my name on it, and it’s warm,sunnyweekendhitinlateMarch, almost as if this car was waiting for me to come A my wife and I couldn’t get out of the alongandrescueitfromtheownerwhowasno house fast enough. We spent the day in longer interested in completing its restoration nearby Sturbridge, in south-central Massachusetts, becauseit’stheonecolorthatIlikebestfor1961 lookingforvintagefurnitureatthemanyantique Venturas—Richelieu Blue. While its 389-cu.in. shopsthere.Bytheend V-8 is only equipped of the day, I bought withatwo-barrel not only a Hitchcock Rochester carburetor nightstand that I’ve andbackedbya long been looking for, column-shifted but, unexpectedly, a automatic, the 267 1961 Pontiac Ventura horsepower that it “bubbletop.” puts out is nothing So, there I was, to sneeze at. Other head deep in a vendor’s added features stall looking at old stuff include Pontiac’s when a voice behind unique and highly As soon as me said, “Don’t bother desirable eight-lug looking for Pontiac parts; wheels and bucket Ialreadychecked.” seatswiththetri-tone I laid eyes Turningaround,itwasPaulMenin,awell-known blueupholstery.Inmyeyes,it’stheperfectcolor GTO restorer here in Massachusetts whom I’ve combination. beenacquaintedwithformanyyears.“Hey,I’ve Backintheday,totalproductionamounted on it—even beenmeaningtocallyouabouta’61Ventura to just 13,297 examples; how many remain today bubbletopIfound,”Paulsaid.“Iknowyoulike is anyone’s guess, but I’m sure it’s probably just a thosecars.Youwanttogoseeit?” few hundred at best. And that makes finding parts, though the A few days later, I found myself driving with especiallybodypanels,abitdifficult.I’vealready Paul down scenic country backroads to Copake, started searching for a passenger-side door (same New York, to look at this Ventura. Walking into doorwasusedonthe1962hardtopmodel,albeit front clip had this dark warehouse, I saw the Pontiac parked up with different trim), and a pair of front fenders. againstthewall,hemmedinbyallsortsofoldcars. Everything else is there. AssoonasIlaideyesonit—eventhoughthefront As I wrote in last month’s column, I recently been removed cliphadbeenremovedandtherewasnointerior—I purchaseda1969Camarofrommyneighbor’s knewIwasgoingtobuyit.Afterall,1961Ventura estate,andsoonbothPontiacandChevroletwill Sports Coupes are few and far between, nowadays, besittingside-by-sideinmygarage.Ialways and there was so when a situation like this presents itself, I firmly preferred working on more than one project car at believe you need to jump on it. atimebecausewhenyoureacharoadblockwith Thefull1961lineupofGeneralMotors’ onecar,youcanresumeworkontheother.And Sports Coupes contains some of the most althoughI’malsoknee-deepperformingabody-off no interior— beautifully styled automobiles of the postwar restorationona1960TriumphTR3A,I’vealready era,withtheVenturabeingmyfavorite.Their started removing the trim that remains on the proportions look so right, and the design of