ClassicistThe Colorado Photo, Jason Hatfield Autumn 2017 Volume 64 Issue 3 Published by the Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America Here are a couple of promotional photos for tires using the newly introduced Cord L-29, our featured marque in this issue. The top one is for Goodrich Silvertown airplane tires. The bottom one is for Vogue tires...definitely exotic, aren’t they? Photos, USC Libraries. Front Cover Back Cover Nellie Creek falls near A Cord ad Lake City, Colorado and Saoutchik Photo by Jason Hatfield artist’s renderings 2 The Colorado Classicist The Established 1954 Colorado Classicist Published by the Colorado Region of the Classic Car Club of America The Colorado Classicist is published by the Colorado Region, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of America as an informative Table of Contents publication for its membership. Message from the Director Page 4 The Colorado Region was chartered as a Message from the Editor Page 5 Region Member of the Classic Car Club of America in 1954. The Colorado Re- Regional and National Events Page 6 gion, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of Letters and Regional News Page 6 America was incorporated under Colora- do State law and granted a charter by the Colorado Concours d’Elegance Page 7 Classic Car Club of America in 1990. AACA Grand National Meet Page 9 The Classic Car Club of America is a non-profit organization incorporated in E.L. Cord Empire Part II, the Cord L-29 Page 11 the State of New York. The Club seeks to Davis Mc Cann’s Cord L-29 Page 14 further the restoration and preservation of distinctive motor cars manufactured from Nordic CARavan in the South Page 19 1915 through 1948, to provide a channel of communication for those interested in Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Page 23 such cars, and to bring together in good Morgan Adams and Vail Concours Page 28 fellowship all who own or admire these finest examples of automotive craftsman- Tech Tips Page 29 ship. The sole requirement for member- ship is a demonstrable interest in Classic Mystery Photos Page 31 cars. National Club membership is re- quired to become a Regional member. It should be noted that this publication is about the events and correspondence for 2017 Board of Managers Colorado Region CCCA the membership of the Colorado Region, Director Joe Pirrone 970 686-9291 [email protected] Inc., and may include some technical ar- ticles and other articles of automotive in- Assistant Director Davis McCann 303 841-9265 [email protected] terest. The correctness and applicability Secretary Frank Keller 303 972-6420 [email protected] of the information contained in the arti- Treasurer Phil Doty 303 798-1707 [email protected] cles is the sole responsibility of the au- thor of the article. The Colorado Region, Membership Chairman Davis McCann 303 841-9265 [email protected] Inc. is not responsible for the content of Web Site Master Shiela Koppenheffer 303 457-3821 [email protected] such articles or problems that may arise Classicist Editor Tom Goyne 303 478-0068 [email protected] from following the information in the ar- ticles. Collector Car Council of Colo Rep Bill Hunter 303 986-1458 [email protected] Ron Damiana 303 985-4149 [email protected] Full Classic® is a registered trademark of Lonnie Fallin 303 904-8080 [email protected] the Classic Car Club of America. In this publication a car named as Classic or Full Tony Ficco 303 431-6492 [email protected] Classic is a Full Classic® as recognized Terry Johnson 303 761-2444 [email protected] by the Classic Car Club of America, how- Tom Kostelecky 303 978-1777 [email protected] ever, some cars depicted herein may be non-Classic. Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 3 EDITORIAL COMMENTS Message from the DIRECTOR Joe Pirrone reetings to all of our members!! As we have just turned the corner on the fall season, we are now in the final stretches Gof 2017. Since my last message our club has participated in three memorable events. Many were able to attend the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours, which is the worldwide premier collector car event. A very special congratulations goes to Lou and Kathy Ficco for winning the Art Center Design Award in their 1933 Au- burn Speedster, and to our very own Classicist editor Tom Goyne for having his newly restored 1934 Packard Super-8 invited to participate. Tom has owned his Packard for almost 60 years so I am guessing that it is somewhat of a keeper. Our next event was a Board meeting open to everyone, followed by a beautiful mountain driving tour and a lunch stop. Thanks goes out to Lonnie Fallin and Tony Ficco for their efforts in pulling this outing together for us. Last but not least is the Colorado Region’s annual Mini-CAR- avan. At the time of this writing members who were able to par- ticipate are motoring their way back home. Our appreciation and thanks go out to both Tony Ficco and Tom Kostelecky who put in a considerable amount of thought and spent an extraordinary amount of time and effort in organizing the tour and making it a memorable event. Before 2017 comes to a close we have two more club functions, the annual membership meeting, which will be held on November 14th, and the annual Christmas party which will be held on December 10th. All members will be receiving written notification of each event with complete details. Each of these events will be held at new venues compared to the recent past and we hope to see everyone at both events as we say goodbye to 2017. Your 2017 Board has been discussing the possibility of hosting a Grand Classic Meet either as a stand-alone event or in conjunction with an AACA National or Grand National Meet sometime in 2019 or beyond. I would like to get your thoughts on such an event, positive or negative, as everyone in the club should have their voice heard. Please feel free to call me at 970 686-9291 or email me at [email protected] with your ideas. Finally, I would like to recognize Betsy and Lonnie Fallin for having their 1934 Packard Twelve Dual Cowl Phaeton being nominated for the first ever AACA Zenith Award. Two cars from each of 10 AACA national meets are selected by a special team of judges to participate in the award ceremony held in conjunction with the Grand National Meet. Last year there were 3300 cars evaluated, mak- ing a nomination a very prestigious event. Each participant received a very elegant trophy for their efforts. This year’s winner was a Full Classic, a 1928 Auburn. In addition to receiving the Zenith Award nomination the Fallin’s Packard also received its first place Grand National award. It just does not get any better than this. Until next time……. Joe Pirrone, Director 4 The Colorado Classicist EDITORIAL COMMENTS Message from the EDITOR Tom Goyne e are just back from a Mini-CARavan to Telluride, which as Joe told you was organized by Tony Ficco Wand Tom Kostelecky. They really did a bang-up job on it! You will get a full report in the next issue, but let me tell a little about it here. It was eventful. The first thing that happened was a dire weather forecast...heavy rain and snow at Telluride and snow and ice at the Eisenhower tunnel approach on our way back. Because of this most of us wimped-out and drove modern cars. The exceptions were the Fallins, the Pumphreys and the St. Clairs. Then on the first day, the Pumphrey’s ‘37 Packard conked out and despite the best efforts of Larry and three others of us, we couldn’t get it going again. So Lonnie and Larry drove the 100 miles back to Denver in Lonnie’s Packard to get Larry’s trailer and both of their Classics had to drop out of the tour leaving the St. Clair’s ‘36 Packard the lone Classic on the tour. Bill won the People’s Choice voting in the Telluride concours, but because of a registration snafu, could not collect the $10,000 award, a real pity. More in the next issue This has been on my mind for a while...I want to acknowledge and formally thank those members who have helped me with the Colorado Classicist. First is Joe Malaney, who has proofread every one of the issues. Second is Art Cutler for his many Tech Tips articles and the series on his 1931 Cadillac restoration. Third is Lonnie Fallin for his many, many articles on meets and tours. Fourth is Terry Johnson for his Garage Tour reporting and the articles on his cars. Fifth is Frank Keller for the articles on meets and on his Cadillac. And then there are those who diligently wrote or helped me write articles on their cars, in particular Davis Mc Cann, Jim Hull, Steve Anderson, Tony Ficco, Don Braden, Kent Koppenheffer, Rod Brewer, Harvey Delockroy, Whit Otis, Gene and Justin Kerns, Joe Pirrone, Bill St. Clair. I thank you immensely! And, I have no doubt that you and others just like you will help me more in the future. (Hint, Hint.) I hope to eventually get every car in the region featured in the magazine, but by my calculation, it will take around 20 years to do that. So if you want to get your car featured sooner, call or email me. I guarantee to get it in the Classicist.