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AROUND THE HOBBY
News and notes from the collector car world
N. Carolina club sets 48th annual show
The Mountaineer Antique Automobile Club will conduct its 48th annual
car show, swap meet, car corral and
collector car auction on July 3 and 4
at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center across from the Asheville
Regional Airport in Asheville. Gore’s
Corvette World & Southern Collectibles will conduct a two-day collector
car auction in conjunction with the car
show in the 48,000-sq. ft. Davis Event
Center. There will be more than 1,100
swap meet spaces available and 400 indoor and outdoor spaces available in the
car corral. For more information visit
www.mountaineerantiqueauto.com or
call 828-586-4517.
Duesenberg tops Mecum Houston sale
The Mecum Houston 2015 auction
held April 10-12 saw 645 vehicles sold
out of 934 offered and $25,285,163 in
total sales.
The top 10 sales featured a healthy
mix of prewar classics and muscle cars.
Top sales included a 1932 Duesenberg Model J Phaeton, which hammered
at $500,000, and a $480,000 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird.
A 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition
with just 13 miles sold for $475,000 and
a 1906 Packard S Touring, one of just
three known to exist, brought $300,000.
Two 1969 Boss 429 fastbacks also gaveled in the top 10, selling for $262,500
and $200,000, respectively, and a highly
optioned 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster
with just 20,790 miles came in at a
strong $225,000.
Mecum’s next collector car auction
will feature 700 cars in Kansas City,
Mo., April 23-25. Dana Mecum’s 28th
Annual Original Spring Classic auction
will follow May 12-17 with 2,000 cars
and 100 select motorcycles at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
For more information, visit Mecum.
com or call 262-275-5050.
Auburn next up for Auctions America
Auctions America has set its lineup
for its Auburn Spring Collector Car
Weekend May 7-9 at Auburn Auction
Park. Nearly 500 American muscle cars,
classics, exotic sports cars and hot rods,
along with a selection of memorabilia,
will cross the block.
Among the feature vehicles is a well8
equipped and immaculately restored
1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger R/T hardtop. The Lemon Twist Challenger is believed to be just one of 11 examples featuring the rare N96-Shaker Hood option
and four-speed manual transmission.
Other attractions include a rare 2006
Ford GTX1 TT Spyder, and a well-documented 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5
cabriolet. Also on the menu is a 1987
Buick Regal GNX with just 119 miles
from new.
Auburn Spring will also feature a
car corral and swap meet, along with the
return of the Antique Automobile Club
of America’s (AACA) Special National
Spring Meet, which is set to bring an additional 300 cars to the grounds of the
Auburn Auction Park. Every car entered
in the AACA meet will receive a special
commemorative Indiana license plate.
For more information visit auctions
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Saratoga Museum to outline
plans for distracted driving program
Details of the Saratoga (N.Y.) Automobile Museum’s newly developed
Distracted Driving Safety Initiative will
be revealed at a press conference set for
10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5, at the
museum. The event will also include the
unveiling of the museum’s new state-ofthe-art distracted driving simulators.
Congressman Paul Tonko and Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Yepsen will
join representatives of the museum to
outline the comprehensive program
designed to combat the dangers facing
drivers of all ages.
The Distracted Driving Simulators will be available to all museum
visitors that hold a driving permit or
driver’s license. The program simulates
interaction with law officers, judges,
ER personnel and physicians. The auto
museum’s comprehensive new program
will include first-person consequence
videos, interactive quizzes and advice
from experts along with the simulated
driving experience.
For more information, call 518-5871935 or visit www.saratogaautomuseum.org.
GAA accepting consignments
Greensboro Auction Auctions is collecting consignments for its next big
event — the 500-vehicle July 23-25 sale.
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For information, visit www.gaaclassics.
com, or call 855-862-2257.
VW Air-Cooled Funfest set June 5-7
Mid America Motorworks will once
again welcome thousands of air-cooled
and water-cooled VWs, and their enthusiastic owners to Effingham, Ill., June
5-7 for Funfest for Air-Cooled VW.
Country artist Drew Baldridge will
be taking the Funfest Amphitheater
Stage Saturday, June 6, for one of the
weekend’s many highlights.
With a “Cars & Stars” theme, the
weekend also includes a sneak peek of
the new VW documentary, “The Bug
Movie,” appearances by VW legend
Bruce Meyers and scores of Volkswagens.
Throughout the weekend, the MY
Garage Museum & Retail Store will be
open and available for self-guided tours.
Movie Volkswagens from Mike Yager’s
personal collection, including the “Herbie” cars, will be on display all weekend. The Fun Dome and Install Dome
will both be full of activity. Performance
Choice will also be in the Install Dome
with a wide variety of Volkswagen interior products.
To learn more, call 866-521-9922 or
visit www.mamotorworks.com.
Iola Old Car Show to hold logo contest
The Iola Old Car Show in Iola, Wis.,
is seeking the creative talents of hobbyists in designing a new logo to represent
the Iola Old Car Show organization.
Even if you are not interested in submitting a design, you can still be involved
in the process by voting for your favorite
new logo during the car show.
The Board of Directors and Car
Show Staff will select finalists. For consideration, the submitted design must
include the iconic car show tower. For
public viewing and voting, chosen designs will be displayed in the Team to
Learn/Exhibit Tent during the Iola ’15
weekend, July 9-11. The winning logo
design will be announced during Super Saturday and the designer will be
awarded $500. To enter a logo design,
submit your work by June 8. Entries can
be submitted electronically by emailing
julie@iolaoldcarshow.com or in person
at the Iola Old Car Show Office, located
at 160 N. Chet Krause Drive, Iola, WI
54945.
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The Mythological
Argonaut
Little-remembered car was intended
to bring back the coachbuilt era
The racy Argonaut “Texan” was apparently the only Argonaut automobile that
was ever completed. It was was finished in the early 1960s but has led a
mysterious life. It was on display at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, Calif.,
for about 10 years, ending in 1997, but its whereabouts are a secret these days.
Q By Jerry Falck
I
n Greek mythology, Argonaut was a
member of a band that sailed to Colchis with Jason on the ship Argo in
search of the Golden Fleece. In modern
dictionaries, an Argonaut is defined as
an adventurer in search of something
dangerous and rewarding.
The Argonaut name first appeared on
a motorized vehicle in 1877 when J.W.
Wilkins of San Francisco built a steam
10
carriage and named it the Argonaut.
This does have additional historical significance to the area in that the gold rush
49ers were called Argonauts.
The next time the Argonaut name
would appear on a motorized vehicle was in the late 1950s. On Aug.
25, 1957, the Argonaut Motor Machine Corp. was formed to produce a
sports car. Its principles were Harry C.
Hestor; Eli Goldstein; Frank E. Joseph
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Jr.; Richard S. Luntz; and John S. Parker. The address of the company was 710
Jefferson Ave S.W. in Cleveland, Ohio.
The address was not made public because of secrecy in the development of
the product.
The active officers were Richard S.
Luntz, president, and John S. Parker,
vice-president. In October 1957, drawings of the proposed car were shown to
a group of Detroit automotive engineers
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who felt it would become a trendsetter. The Cleveland Plain Statler-Hilton, Luntz introduced designs for a whole array of
Dealer stated that the proposed automobile “would when cars that Argonaut would be making. He also gave a speech
completed have the lowest center of gravity, the widest tread on how European development had been the major cause of
and the most powerful engine of any car ever produced.” No American cars becoming safer and more roadworthy.
On March 17, 1958, issued a press release stating that the
other specifics were given.
On Dec. 6, 1957, more information was made public. It two-seat roadster known as the Texan would be made of rewas stated that distribution of said vehicle was to be high- inforced plastic. It went on to list additional models such as
quality import dealers. Less than two weeks later, on Dec. 18, a four-assenger closed car, a four-passenger convertible and
the company stated production was to start on a yet-unnamed a nine-passenger limousine. Instead of a plastic body, these
roadster with front and rear shock absorbers that could be cars would have aluminum bodies hand-formed in Italy but
adjustable from the two-seat cockpit. The frame would be of designed in America. Cleveland-built chassis for these cars
tubular construction weighing 1,060 lbs. and made of 5-inch would be shipped to Italy for final assembly.
On March 23, 1958, the
cold-drawn steel tubing, which
company issued another press
made the car’s frame the strongest
release increasing the projected
in automotive history.
four models to six models. All
Its mystery V-8 engine was to
but the Texan would see final
have a displacement of 392 cubic
assembly in Italy. The company
inches and was said to be the most
reitereated that the Argonaut
powerful ever installed in an autoTexan was to be a classic roadmobile (Probably a Chrysler Hemi,
ster with custom-built body
which had the same displacement
made in this country out of fiin 1957). Projected production was
berglass.
to be 600 to 1,000 per year.
Specifications on the cars
In January 1958, Argonaut
were released at this time.
Motor Machine Corp. made pubWheelbases of the proposed
lic one of its suppliers: Mitchell
chassis were 126-1/2, 148 and
Metal Products at 6501 Cedar Ave.
154 inches. The company also
S.E. Cleveland, a manufacturer
stated quality control would be
of sheet metal components. This
so complete that the final checkcompany was to supply radiators,
out was a test in which stethoheader tanks, fan enclosures, oil
scopes were attached to each
radiator tanks and stainless-steel
car’s mechanisms. Other specigasoline tanks for the Argonaut.
fications released were a track
The gasoline tanks were to be of
width of 66.5 inches, which
polished stainless steel and honeywas said to be the widest in
combed into 20 compartments to
the industry. The company also
prevent fuel surge. Fan enclosures
claimed that, with the exception
required techniques accomplished
of the limousine, the models
only through a level of hand craftswould have the world’s lowest
manship that produced the finish
center of gravity.
of jewelry. All components made
The V-8 engine was to be
by Mitchell, as well as any supplier, were projected to bear the
built by the Marine Products
initials of the individual craftsman The “Smoke” model was supposed to top 200 mph Division of Chrysler Corp. A
Chrysler subsidiary was to build
who did the work. Every Argonaut with its V-12, air-cooled engine producing more
the transmissions, which were
contract with a supplier was to be than 1,000 hp. Newspapers ran preview stories at
to be standards with overdrive
written this way. (Talk about a me- the time, but the car was never born.
and automatic three-speeds.
morial on wheels!)
Horsepower of the engine was
John S. Parker, vice-president
of Argonaut, was owner of SPO Inc. at 7500 Grand Division not disclosed, but was to feature a hardened crankshaft, a
Avenue in Cleveland. Starting in 1946, he had become an high-speed valve mechanism and an oil cooler. The latter was
importer of European automobiles of a high quality or sport- to enable the engine to travel endless miles non-stop with oil
ing nature. Parker had long wanted an American sports car to temperatures remaining at the proper point.
The Argonaut frame was made of 5-inch cold drawn-steel
sell, and had indeed sold some Arnolts and Muntzes. When
Richard Luntz, a self-styled promoter came along, Parker was tubing with 3/16-inch walls, and attachments were to be 1/4already thinking of such a venture. Luntz was the person who inch steel plate. The company stated the Argonaut could negotiate sharp corners with dashboard-controlled shock absorbers
designed the projected models.
In January 1958, Parker took an extended vacation to in the soft position and would not lean. The frame also was to
Texas to set up dealers and promote investment in Argonaut provide greatly increased impact resistance.
Weight distribution of the car was 50-50. The front suspenMotor Machine Corp. The two-seat sports car under construction was now labeled the Texan. On Jan. 18, 1958, at the an- sion of the underslung Argonaut was by torsion bar, with the
nual meeting of the Sports Car Club of America at the Hotel lower suspension arms traveling above the tubular frame side
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rails. Rear suspension was by torsion bars with the lower suspension arms traveling above the tubular frame side rails. Rear
suspension was by semi-eliptic springs and featured the widest spring base of any automobile at the time. The limousine
chassis, of course, did not have underslung design.
Shock absorbers at the front and rear were individually adjustable from the cockpit. Pedal controls were of heat-treated
aluminum. Argonaut brakes were of large capacity drums with
flanges for air cooling with heated bronze linings. Twin-stage
master brake cylinders were used, giving the effect of power
brakes but with more constant feel and increased safety. Racing tires were to be used and to carry minimum of 35 lbs. of
pressure. The stainless-steel gas tank had an attached six-gallon reserve tank that gave a total fuel capacity of 32 gallons.
The two electric fuel pumps were to be mounted toward the
rear of the chassis. The exhaust and muffler system was also
of stainless steel.
In addition to the normal complement of instrument and
gauges. the Argonaut was to have a tachometer, chronometer,
altimeter, compass, oil temperature gauge and differential
temperature gauge. Chassis lubrication was automatic. Aircraft bolts were used throughout with stainless-steel nuts.
The company stated bucket seats were to be installed in
classic roadster an streamlined speedster models, and would
also be optionally available in the four-passenger models.
Complete hand tools were to be offered and included with
each car for the owner to do his own tuning. They still maintained that all components of the car were to bear the initials
of craftsman who created them. The exteriors of all models
were to be devoid of all chrome except for the bumpers. The
company now said it could make 750 cars per year. It was at
this time Motor Trend, Road and Track and Popular Mechanics featured articles about the Argonaut.
On April 1, 1958, the company stated the cars would be
sold factory direct in Cleveland and there would be a few select distributors around the nation, one being Inskip Inc., a
prominent New York importer. It now stated the aluminum
bodies would be made by two Italian designers —Touring
of Milan and Bertone of Turin. A customer would wait six to
seven months for a delivery after selecting one of now seven
body styles from a proposed catalog. Stated production was
now down to 500 units a year.
By October 1958, the company had a well-polished chassis which was shown in a small corner of the Hotel Cleveland lobby for investors and possible dealers. Employment at
the plant was now up to 20 people, according to Luntz. The
chassis shown was for the Texan, the proposed two-passenger
roadster made of fiberglass. It sported a 126-1/2-inch wheelbase and 218-inch overall length. It was proposed to be the
lowest-priced Argonaut at $17,900. At the other end of price
scale was the proposed limousine at $30,000.
During January 1959, the company announced a new engine was to be available: a V-12 air-cooled aluminum block
with an overhead-cam design. Its maker was not given, but
it was to be an American manufacturer, according to the announcement. The V-12 was to produce 1000 hp to propel the
car 240 mph and produce 30 mpg.
Sometime in 1959, the Texan chassis received its fiberglass
body. It was designed to look like the J. Gurney Nutting-bodied Duesenberg roadster. The Texan used sterling silver knobs
and Tiffany glass on the gauges and the windbreakers.
Occasional press releases on the car continued until 1963,
but only a single car was built. Its history from 1960 until recently is not known, but the only Argonaut built to completion
now resides at the Black Hawk Museum in Danville, Calif.
Luntz tied to build another car later, this time on his own,
with the 1970 Rhoades. He was going to power this vehicle
with a helicopter engine of a make not disclosed and did get
designs made and a chassis built with a 460-cid Ford engine.
He had fiberglass molds made, but he never got the body built.
The Rhoades material and chassis is now owned by Lou Fidanza in East Lake, Ohio.
When the
Argonaut never
materialized as
a production car,
Richard Luntz
dreamed up the
wild-looking
Rhoades
automobile in
1970. It never got
past the planning
stages, either.
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Time traveling in a...
1916 Jeffrey
By Seve Jansen
C
harles T. Jeffery was a bicycle
manufacturer in 1887 and sold
bikes under the name Rambler.
After apparently becoming bored with
the business, he sold his bicycle plant
but kept the Rambler name.
In 1898, he and his son Thomas designed their first automobile. In 1904
the first Model “L” went into production using the Rambler name. Following
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Oldsmobile, they were the second company to use the assembly line method.
(Ford didn’t use this method until 1908
with the Model T). The Jeffery Company was the first to replace the tiller with
a steering wheel. It also took the engine
and placed it in the front instead of under the seat.
In 1910, Charles Jeffery died, but
Thomas continued to build Rambler autos. In 1914, to honor his father, Thomas
introduced a new model and named it
the Jeffery. This model was produced
from 1914-1916 and it is estimated that
1,350 cars were built.
After Durant was rehired for the
third time by General Motors, the CEO
of GM decided to resign and buy his
own auto factory. His name was Charles
Nash. He purchased the factory in August of 1916. Since the Rambler name
came with the sale, he changed the Jeffery logo to what we know today. This
same model was continued under the
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Rambler logo until 1918, when a new
model was introduced.
We have all heard the stories about
“barn finds,” but this one is a little different. Judging from the VIN numbers,
it looks like this car was built sometime
in July of 1916. The history only dates
back to 1964 when it was purchased and
at that time the owner installed a new
top (it was never taken out of the tonneau). The owner who bought the car
after its barn stay had the jump seats redone and had the Speedo rebuilt. Since
he didn’t know how long it had been
broken he had it reset to zero. We know
it read 7,600 miles when it broke. The
man then took it on a short tour with
his neighbor, who also owned a 1914
Jeffery. This tour was just short of 100
miles. The next time was a parade when
the starter quit with a speedo reading of
103 miles.
It was determined that the starter
switch was bad. After trying to get it to
work, he gave up and pushed the car to
the back of his garage and it soon became his storage center. It had so much
piled on it that the car was virtually forgotten. After the owner’s death in 2005,
the car was sold. The new owner tried to
fix this switch, but gave up and also put
it into storage. This owner died in January 2013 and the car was hauled to the
California Auto Museum to be sold on
consignment. That’s when I purchased
it. The speedo still showed 103 miles.
This starter switch in question is a
Bijur. I had never seen one before. The
switch is the reason the car has so few
miles and probably why I have it today. It
is a heal-start switch, meaning you press
it down with your heal. It is both electrical and mechanical; as the button is
pressed, there is a resistor dropping the
6-volt system down to 3 volts, turning
the starter very slowly. The mechanical
arm engages the drive gear into the ring
gear to avoid a clash. At the same time
they mesh together, 6 volts are applied
to the starter. This is a 6-volt positive
ground system with voltage always applied to the starter, then a second cable
leaves the starter and terminates on the
switch to complete the circuit.
After my repairs were made, the
compression was checked and all cylinders had the same compression of about
15 lbs. I was then able to scope the cylinders and found the hone marks still on
the cylinders and no ring ridge. I scoped
the crank case and to my surprise everything was still shiney. I changed the still
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perfectly clean old oil and and put Marvel Mystery oil both in
the crank case and cylinders. I cranked her over a few times
for about three days and then again checked the compression.
It was up to 25 lbs. At that point, I filled the vacuum fuel pump
with gas and the old girl that sat for 50 years fired right up.
It took about three days to rebuild the fuel pump, clean the
gas tank and seal it. While doing this, I ran the car about 20
minutes using the old technique of the gas can on the seat with
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a hose to the carburetor. One year and almost 500 miles later,
the compression was sitting at 50-55 lbs.
The car came with three of the original Firestone non-skid
tires and two of them still had the red tubes. The 34 x 4 tires
are getting hard to find, so I switched to period correct Goodrich tires. With a few minor exceptions, the old girl has been
trouble free and starts right up every time.
Jeffery owned 50 percent of the Seaman body company
and Seaman supplied the body for
this car. When Nash purchased Jeffery he purchased the other half of
Seaman, which continued the Nash
bodies until the end of production.
The last time that I checked the
Nash roster, this is the only 1916
Jeffery listed. It sold new for $1,000
plus another $35 for the jump seats
that made it a “7 Passenger Touring.”
The engine and transmission were
built by Jeffery, which makes it a
manufactured and not an assembled
automobile.
I don’t know for sure that this is
the last 1916 Jeffery in the world, but
it sure sounds like it. Of course, you
don’t ever know what might show up
on eBay.
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The Fab
’57s
1957 Buick
Y
ou’re in for a barrel of thrills when you stand up close to
the car pictured here,” said the ad copy below the dramatic
low-level photo of a 1957 Buick Century Riviera Coupe.
“You’ll find it’s lower than you ever thought a full-size car could
be — four feet, 10 inches from road to roof — the lowest Buick
yet. Inside, there’s an even bigger surprise: You’ll discover that
while the 1957 Buick is up to 3.4 inches lower, the interior is
roomy as ever. ”
As a ’57 Century owner, the author of this book has to agree.
The ’57 Buick is a large car that looks ground-huggingly trim and
sporty. I’ve spent hours viewing the handsome styling lines. The
Century seems almost sports-car-like — until you slide inside and
stretch out — Lazy-Boy-style — and realize there’s oodles of interior roominess inside its streamlined body.
Buick’s styling changes from 1956 models were vast. A new
grille insert brought the look of an electric shaver back to the
Buick front end. Across the hood was the B-U-I-C-K name in
bold chrome letters. The grille looked much wider than before,
with its massive “bumper bombs” spread to the outer edges. The
headlights had neatly-visored chrome bezels like a custom car.
The portholes were again allocated by horsepower, three to Specials and four to other models.
Parallel ridges were seen on the roofs of all hardtops and sedans, except on cars in the Super series. These sculptured creases
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Big fins,
big chrome,
big appeal
— the cars
of 1957
had it all!
added a crisp, aircraft fuselage look. New rear window treatments
were seen, with rear window dividers in some Special, Century,
and Roadmaster models. Roadmasters and Supers had wide, rearslanting roof pillars.
A new design creation was the four-door Caballero station
wagon, which had hardtop styling with no “B” roof pillars. Ten
chrome bars decorated the ribs running down the Caballero’s
roof, from the top of the tailgate window to above the rear of the
front seat. In midyear the Roadmaster 75 series was added with
ultra-lavish versions of the Riviera coupe and sedan.
“No. 1 on the Zest-seller list,” is how Buick introduced its
best-selling series for 1957. The Special rode on the smaller
122-inch-wheelbase chassis and was a bit longer at 208.4 inches.
Power came from a larger 364-cid two-barrel V-8 with a 9.5:1
compression ratio and 250 hp. Decorations included a sweep
spear molding and a wide chrome trim panel between the rear
wheel openings and the back bumper. The Special name appeared outside on the trunk lid only. In addition to the same body
styles offered in 1956, a Caballero was offered. It was the priciest
($3,167) and rarest (6,817 built) model in this series.
“Take off in the dream car to drive!” was an advertising slogan
that summed up the ’57 Buick Century’s market appeal. It looked
lean and low and with the Roadmaster V-8 it could really go.
Although having the same 364 cubic inches, the Century
added a four-barrel carburetor and a 10.0:1 compression ratio to
get up to 300 hp. Buick said it had “the power-pack built right in
at no extra cost.”
The Century name was on the rear body sides (wagons said
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The 1957 Buick Century Caballero was a sporty four-door hardtop station wagon.
“Caballero”), above the sweep spear dip, and a chrome check
mark below the Century script.
The trunk also displayed the Century name. A four-door sedan was reinstated in the Century series, while the deluxe fourdoor hardtop was dropped. The most expensive Century—the
series’ only wagon—was the $3,831 Caballero. The convertible,
with 4,085 assemblies, had the lowest production of all Centurys.
“Two Nimble Tons of Fresh New Fashion,” was Buick’s description of the three-model Super lineup. Its selling point was good
value: Roadmaster size — leg room, hip room, shoulder room,
trunk room — with slightly less luxury and a lower price. The
wheelbase was127-1/2 inches and overall length was 215.3 inches.
The engine was the same used in Centurys. Two-door hardtops and convertibles had three chevrons above the dips in the
body side moldings. These were a direct “lift” from the 1956
Buick Centurion dream car. The Super name was spelled out in
block letters on the trunk. Chrome plates between the rear wheel
opening and bumper were also seen. The four-door hardtop (or
“Riviera sedan”) had the Super name in place of the chevrons.
Only 2,056 Super ragtops left the factory in 1957, the rarest of
1957 Buicks.
Chevron-style side trim was used on all 1957 Roadmasters
except for the Riviera sedan, which had the Roadmaster name
and a Buick crest in the same position. Only a convertible and
two- and four-door Rivieras were offered in this line. Two distinctive chrome ribs ran from the windshield post, along the length
of the roof, down the rear window dividers, and along and down
the trunk, and were optional on all Roadmaster Rivieras.
Some buyers didn’t like the three-section back window treat-
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ment, so Buick offered a one-piece rear window substitution. The
Roadmaster name was lettered across the trunk of all models.
Chrome plates between the rear wheel opening and bumper were
also seen on the top-series cars.
The midyear Roadmaster 75 series offered the Riviera coupe
and Riviera sedan with cloth-and-leather trim and virtually every option that one vehicle could carry, other than air conditioning. The Roadmaster 75 Riviera coupe was a rare closed-bodied
car — only 2,404 were ever built.
All 75 Series models had special “Roadmaster 75” nameplates
on the rear doors or fenders and on the rear deck lid. Some people
have referred to these cars as “75th Anniversary” models, but neither Buick or General Motors had a 75th anniversary in 1957. It
was not David Dunbar Buick’s 75th birthday. The “75” designation was simply the next number in Buick’s coding.
Buick introduced its 1957 models rather late, on Nov. 5,
1956, but it was clear almost from the start that holding the
number three position in industry sales was going to be a struggle. By Jan. 23, 1957, the division started a nationwide campaign of price advertising that was carried in 3,800 daily and
weekly newspapers.
By the time the year ended, Buick made 24 percent fewer
cars than it did in 1956, the greatest drop among all of the GM
marques. As the brand slid into fourth place on the sales charts,
its contract with the Kudner advertising agency was cancelled.
Model-year production of all Buicks totaled 405,086 cars, representing 6.4 percent of all U.S. car sales. This included some
220,700 Specials, 66,000 Centurys, 70,600 Supers, 33,000 Roadmasters and 15,000 Roadmaster 75s.
In 1956, GM design chief Harley J. Earl — who once
headed the Cadillac studio — made a statement suggesting
the company’s car designs were going to be less conservative.
“There was a time when we felt we had to hold back on
some of our design ideas because the public wasn’t ready for
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A popular 1957 Cadillac was the Series 60 Special Fleetwood four-door hardtop.
them yet,” Earl reportedly said.
“When a new Cadillac car is imminent on the American motoring scene, it is usually expected that the car will be dramatically advanced in every way,” boasted the division of its 1957
models. “But no one, not even Cadillac owners themselves, was
fully prepared for the magnificent new Cadillac.”
The ads again focused on beauty, luxury, rich interiors and
performance. “Its new power, responsiveness and ease of handling are without counterpart even in Cadillac’s glorious past,”
read one ad. “Car-of-the-future” styling updates made the ’57
models stand out.
Changes started with a completely redesigned and lower
body. The new front end look included rubber bumper guard
tips and dual, circular parking lights set into a lower bumper section. Hooded headlights were lifted directly from the 1954 Park
Avenue show car, as were the larger front wheel openings, the
curved rooflines and the notched-back roof pillars. New twinblade ornaments decorated the hood. There was new trim on the
body sides and a new, Eldorado-inspired dual taillight grouping.
Underlying the ’57 Cadillac’s closer-to-the ground appearance was a new tubular-center X-frame that gave the car greater
torsional rigidity. There were 10 body styles with the center post
eliminated on all models except the Series 75 seven-passenger
sedan. The majority of ’57s had broad, flat tail fins. The fins were
canted towards the front of the car. The 1957 Eldorados had new
“shark” fins. They were moved inboard of the rear body corners
and blended into a custom-car-like “rolled” (rounded) rear end.
The 365-cid V-8 was retained in all models. It now had a
10.0:1 compression ratio. The Eldorado version again ran dual
four-barrel carburetors, with horsepower upped to 325 at 4800
rpm. Standard in all other Cadillacs was the same engine with
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a single four-barrel carburetor and 300 hp at 4800 rpm. For all
Cadillacs to offer over 300 hp was big news. Features of the new
300-hp engine included a redesigned carburetor and larger combustion chambers.
There were no model changes in the base 62 Series, where
prices were in the $4,609 to $5,058 range. The regular 62s had
a vertical body molding with seven horizontal wind splits just
ahead of the rear wheel openings. This trim intersected the horizontal molding on the rear fender “projectile” bulges. The tail
fins carried a Cadillac crest medallion. Coupe de Villes and Sedan de Villes had special front fender nameplates. The 62 wheelbase grew by one-half inch. Overall lengths were 215.9 inches
for the sedan and Sedan de Ville and 220.9 inches for two-door
models.
The Eldorado sub-series was $7,286 for the Seville two-door
hardtop (2,100 built) and the Biarritz convertible (1,800 built).
It was possible to order an Eldorado Sedan de Ville, but only
four customers did. The Eldorado Seville and Biarritz shared the
62 wheelbase, but were 222.1 inches long with their larger rear
bumper.
Up front, a special tri-section built-in front bumper was a
unique touch. At the rear, the tail fins ran to a single round taillight. In the center was a V-emblem with the Eldorado name
above it. Below this was a chrome license plate recess surrounded
by rolled-under body-color body panels. The chrome bumpers
swept around each rear body corner and incorporated two pods
on either side. One pod held the round back-up light lens and
the other was an exit for the exhaust pipe on that side of the car.
Eldorados also carried special decorations including wide chrome
moldings around the rear wheel openings with chrome beauty
panels below them.
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The Fleetwood Sixty Special was now a long-deck four-door
hardtop, rather than a sedan. It now said “Cadillac” in script on
the front fenders, although the deck lid still carried the Fleetwood name above the V-emblem. A bright, ribbed beauty panel
decorated a section of the rear doors and the entire lower rear
body quarters. The rectangular back-up lights were built into the
rear deck lid. With a $5,539 price tag, the Sixty Special saw
production of a strong 24,000 units. The model continued the
recent tradition of appearing in many of Cadillac’s color advertisements.
The all-new Series 70 Eldorado Brougham was the “RollsRoyce” of Cadillacs. It came out in March, by which time the
price had climbed from the original $8,500 estimate to $13,074.
This was the production version of the ultra-luxurious Park Avenue and Orleans Motorama show cars. It had a unique customcar front end treatment with quad headlights, round parking
lights below them and a disguised bumper. A sculptured body
side cove ended just ahead of the ribbed lower rear quarter beauty panels. The roof was made of brushed stainless steel. Cadil-
lac sold only 400 of these cars, missing its production target by
600 units.
For the first time, the big Fleetwood 75 sedans and limos
were not the priciest Cadillacs. The seven-passenger sedan was
$7,348 and the Imperial limousine was $7,586. Production of
the two models was 1,010 and 890 units, respectively. Cadillac
did construct 2,169 Fleetwood 75 chassis for ambulances and
funeral cars.
There was no Motorama show in 1957 but Cadillac had
Fleetwood craft a mood car named the Director from a SixtySpecial four-door hardtop. Designed to serve as an executive
suite on wheels, it incorporated a front passenger seat that swiveled 180 degrees so a secretary could ride and take dictation at
the same time. Other special features included a built-in desk, a
Dictaphone, a telephone and filing space.
Cadillac’s 1957 model year started Nov. 12, 1956, and saw the
assembly of 146,840 cars. Calendar-year output of 153,236 was
up nine percent from 1956 and only 98 cars short of the all-time
record set in 1955.
The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible stands out in the natural surroundings.
1957 Chevrolet
T
he youth movement was in motion and American was
getting “hipper” in 1957. “Wake Up Little Susie,” “That’ll
Be the Day,” and “Jailhouse Rock” were among the year’s
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be-bopping Top Ten hits. “American Bandstand” brought a jitter-bugging generation dancing into millions of homes every
afternoon. The term “Beatnik” was coined to identify counter-
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The 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop has been an iconic machine almost since the day it was new.
culture non-conformers. Brigitte Bardot starred in “And God
Created Woman” — a film banned by some and backed by
others. In literature, Jack Kerouac took America On the Road.
Chevrolet’s new-for-1957 models were in tune with their
times. They had a hipper, more youthful, tail-finned look that
was “radical” for America’s bread-and-butter “family” car. “’57
Chevrolet! Sweet, smooth and sassy,” said one advertisement.
“Chevy goes ‘em all one better for ’57 with a daring new
departure in design (looks longer and lower, and it is!), exclusive new Triple-Turbine Powerglide automatic drive, a new V8
and a bumper crop of new ideas including fuel injection!”
Revolutionary and sexy, the ’57 Chevy was “really built for the
road” claimed one advertising copywriter. Ads showed it on the
road, passing the Santa Fe Railroad’s famous Super Chief and
climbing a snow-covered mountain highway.
The ’57 Chevrolet seemed more modern and sportier. Its
oval-shaped front bumper grille featured “bomb-type” bumper
guards. A horizontal bar “floating” across the delicately crosshatched grille insert had a Chevy emblem at its center and
round parking lamps at each end. Wind split bulges with bombsight ornaments ran up both sides of the flat hood panel. The
headlights had grilles around them. The rear fenders were
shaped into broad, flat tail fins. This year the gas filler was
incorporated into the chrome molding at the rear edge of the
left-hand fin.
Special 150 models were trimmed much the same as in 1956
while Deluxe 210 models featured double side moldings on the
rear quarters with a painted contrast panel. Bel Airs had an
even richer look with gold radiator and headlight grilles, gold
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front fender chevrons and silver anodized inserts between the
twin body side moldings.
All V-8 models, except those with the standard three-speed
manual transmission, carried a new 283-cid V-8, which offered
up to 283 hp in “super” fuel-injected format. A new Turboglide
automatic transmission promised “Triple-Turbine Take-Off.” In
Chevy lingo, this meant an unbroken flow of power from standstill to cruising speed. Turboglide transmission was a running
production change, so some early cars may have had 265-cid
V-8s with Powerglide transmission. A new Grade Retarder
feature provided extra braking power going down steep hills.
Triple-Locking door latches and High-Volume ventilation
were listed as new selling features. All Chevrolets with V-8
power had large, V-shaped hood and deck lid ornaments, which
were bright metal on 150s and 210s and gold on Bel Airs.
Body styles offered in the low-rung, grocery-getter series
included two- and four-door six-passenger sedans, a three-passenger Utility Sedan and the “Handyman” two-door station
wagon. Prices began as low as $1,885 for the “business coupe”
with the base 235-cid 140-hp six-cylinder engine. The V-8powered wagon, at $2,407, was the highest-priced model in the
150 series.
This year’s Two-Ten followed the “sassier-for-’57” theme by
looking more Bel Air-like, especially with optional two-tone
paint. Three two-tone interior schemes, with cloth-and-vinyl
trim combinations, were available at standard prices. Rather
than a cheap one-seat coupe, this series offered the regular twodoor sedan, plus the dressier-inside Del Ray version. The fourdoor sedan was a must, but hardtops were also included, both
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two- and four-door versions. There was a Handyman wagon,
plus two-versions of the four-door Townsman wagon, one with
nine-passenger seating. The lowest-priced 210 cost $2,122 and
the highest was the three-seat Townsman at $2,663.
Extra rich in all ways, the Bel Airs carried rocker sill, roof,
window and tail fin outline moldings. Chevrolet scripts decorated the hood and trunk and gold Bel Air scripts and
Chevrolet bow tie crests were on the rear fenders. Distinctive
two-tone interiors were seen. The Nomad wagon with its hardtop styling, ribbed roof and tailgate slats returned. In addition
to the Nomad and two- and four-door sedans and hardtops, the
Bel Air line offered a convertible and a fancy Beauville fourdoor wagon. Prices started at $2,238 and climbed to $2,857
for a V-8-powered Nomad.
In addition to the “Blue Flame” six, seven V-8 options were
possible, although some were quite rare. The base V-8 was the
Turbo-Fire 265, a 162-hp version of the 265-cid small block
used only in stick-shift cars. With Powerglide, the base V-8
was a 283-cid small block with a two-barrel carburetor that
put out 185 hp. A four-barrel carburetor and dual exhausts
gave the Turbo-Fire 220 (220-hp) version of the 283-cid V-8
more muscles to flex.
Dual four-barrel carbs were featured on the Turbo-Fire 245
V-8. Fitted with a Rochester mechanical fuel-injection setup,
the Ramjet 250 version of the 283-cid engine was another
choice. Next in horsepower was the Super Turbo-Fire 270 V-8
which combined dual Quadrajet carbs with a higher 9.5:1
compression ratio. Chevy’s legendary Super Ramjet 283 V-8
was the top option combining the Rochester F.I. system with
a 10.5:1 compression ratio. Don’t tell a Chrysler 300 or
1957 Chrysler
T
he year 1957 was a “mighty” interesting season. The
“Eisenhower Doctrine” pledged the might of the United
States to defend Middle Eastern nations against Communism. In the World Series, the mighty bats of the Milwaukee
Braves won it, 4-games-to-3, over the New York Yankees. In Russia, mighty rocket engines launched Sputnik I, the world’s first
artificial satellite, into orbit.
In the automotive world, the mighty Chrysler took The Forward Look one step further with its towering tail fins and Flight
Sweep styling.
The 1957 Chryslers and Imperials looked totally different
from the 1956 models and nothing like each other. A third series,
which revived the old Saratoga name, was added to the Chrysler lineup between the Windsor and New Yorker. In addition to
the fins mentioned above, there was a new massive bumper grille
with wide, horizontal parking lights under wraparound bumper
wings. Dual headlights were options, but only were allowed in
a few states. All Chryslers looked longer, lower, and wider, although the wheelbase was unchanged and overall lengths were
slightly reduced.
“Torsion-Aire Ride” was Chrysler’s name for a new front
suspension system employing torsion bars instead of springs. It
was said to do a better job of absorbing road shocks and provide
more level stops, starts, and turns. Chrysler claimed improved
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DeSoto Adventurer fan the awesome engine was a “milestone.” Chevy promoted this solid-lifter fuel-injected V-8 as
the first American production car engine to provide one hp
per cubic inch of displacement.
Actually, Chevy was a bit conservative when it came to
hyping horsepower this season, and with good reason. On
April 10, a New Hampshire state senator made national news
with his charges that the auto industry was “engaged in a
ridiculous and dangerous horsepower race.” By June 6, the
Board of Directors of the Automobile Manufacturers
Association recommended to member companies that they
take no part in auto racing or other competitive events
involving tests of speed and that they refrain from suggesting
speed in passenger car advertising or publicity.
In most ads, Chevy mentioned “V-8s up to 245 hp” and
then footnoted information about the 270-hp high-performance engine and 283-hp Ramjet fuel-injection engine in
small print.
Dealer introductions for 1957 Chevrolets were held
October 1956. Model-year production peaked at 1,515,177
cars. Calendar-year sales were counted at 1,522,536 units, the
third best number in Chevrolet’s long history. Chevrolet outsold Ford by only 136 cars on a calendar-year basis, but Ford
actually built more 1957 models than Chevrolet. It was a
neck-and-neck battle between the two firms this season.
In 1957, Chevrolet produced its 38 millionth car of all
time, while the five millionth car with a Powerglide automatic transmission was made that November.
Chevy also said it had made more cars between 1946 and
1957 than it turned out in its entire prewar history.
handling. A new Torque-Flite automatic transmission was also
available in all series.
The entry-level Windsors carried a model name script on the
rear fenders. Body side moldings were not standard, but all Windsors were available with a bullet-shaped molding treatment on
the rear fenders and buyers had the option of a two-tone paint
treatment in which the area between the moldings was painted
a contrasting color. The same contrasting color was available on
the roof. Windsor body styles included two- and four-door hardtops, a sedan, and a Town & Country wagon at prices between
$3,033 and $3,520. Torque-Flite was $220 extra.
A new 285-hp version of the Spitfire V-8 was used in Windsors. As in 1956, this two-barrel engine had the same displacement as the previous year’s Hemi — 354 cubic inches.
“Saratoga” was written in script on the front fenders in Chrysler’s new line. A single, full-length body side molding sweeping
gently from the center of the headlights to the bottom of the
taillights was standard. An upper rear molding positioned parallel to the top of the fin was a trim option. Being the era of
two-toning, when this molding was added, the area between the
two chrome strips was often done in a contrasting color and the
same contrasting color was available for the roof. The Saratoga
line had the same body styles as the Windsor line, except for the
wagon. Prices were $3,658 to $3,772. The Saratoga used a 295-hp
version of the 354-cid Spitfire V-8 with a four-barrel carburetor.
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The Saratoga series, like this 1957 hardtop, was a mid-level Chrysler model.
On Chrysler’s upper series the “New Yorker” name, in script,
was carried on the front fenders. There were seven vertical louvers on the rear fenders and dual-sweep spear moldings were standard side trim. The New Yorker had a bored and stroked Hemi
with 392 cubic inches that put out 325 hp.
The third-edition Chrysler 300—called the 300-C—had a
unique trapezoid-shaped grille and a chrome molding on the rear
quarters that “speared” a circular medallion carrying a red-whiteand-blue 300 badge. Functional brake-cooling vents were incorporated below the headlights.
New this year was the Chrysler 300 convertible. The Hemi
V-8 used in the 300 had a high-lift camshaft, extra-stiff valve
springs and two four-barrel carburetors. It delivered 375 hp at 520
rpm. A special 390-hp version with solid valve lifters was made
available, on a limited basis, for racing. It had a 10.0:1 compression ratio and four-bolt cast-iron exhaust headers with a 2-1/2inch, low-back-pressure exhaust system. A Dodge three-speed
manual transmission was used in cars fitted with this engine.
The ’57 Imperial was called the “Finest expression of The Forward Look.” It was completely restyled with a new lower, wider
body carrying a new aluminum grille and massive, wraparound
front bumpers. The new upswept rear fenders had a distinctive
“fluid look” and carried taillights that seemed like the Statue of
Liberty’s torch laid on its side. Two- and four-door hardtops had a
1957 De Soto
R
ock and roll was sweeping the nation with songs like
“Peggy Sue,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Wake Up, Little
Susie” climbing high on the industry’s Top 10 charts. De
Soto had a long ways to go before becoming “the car” of the rockand-roll set, but the ’57 models were a stylishly big and successful step in the right direction. Model-year production climbed to
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new landau style roof treatment. Swept-back wheel openings and
optional dual headlights, where permitted, were other features.
There were three Imperial series, all constructed on a 129-inch
wheelbase. A four-door sedan and two- and four-door Southampton hardtops were offered in all, except the new top-of-the line
Imperial LeBaron series, which had only the four-door models.
An Imperial name script was on the front fenders. Crown Imperials had a crown emblem above it, eagle medallions at the base of
the windshield, and gold crowns on the front fenders just above
the headlights. LeBarons also had special “LeBaron” nameplates
on the front fenders. Prices ranged from $4,661 to $5,668.
Chrysler also produced 36 custom-built Ghia Crown Imperials
with custom body work by the Italian coachbuilder on a 149.5inch wheelbase chassis. These cars had 244.7-inch long 8-passenger limousine bodies and black leather roof trim. Purchasers of the
cars included the White House, King Saud of Saudia Arabia, the
rulers of Kuwait and Qatar, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and David Sarnoff of NBC. Prices started at $12,000.
On a calendar-year basis, Chrysler enjoyed a 45.8 percent increase in production to 156,679 cars (including 118,733 Chryslers
and 37,946 Imperials). Model-year production included 115,858
Chryslers and 35,734 Imperials.
117,326 cars and market share increased 1.9 percent.
“This baby can flick its tail at anything on the road!” said an
advertisement showing off De Soto’s new towering tail fins from
a dramatic rear three-quarter view angle. De Sotos were lower,
wider, and longer than ever before. A massive new combination
of chrome and bright metal served as bumper and grille in front.
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A unique color scheme was used on this 1957 DeSoto FireFlite Sportsman convertible.
Just below the lip of the hood was a flat, oval-shaped opening with wedge-shaped parking lamps tucked in each end.
Below it was a scoop-shaped opening filled with a grid of thin
vertical and horizontal bars. Some models had dual headlights
in states where this new feature was legal. (By late-1956, not every state legislature had agreed to law changes permitting dual
headlights.)
Vertical chrome tail fin inserts held three turret-shaped taillight lenses stacked on top of each other above a flat-oval bumpertip exhaust outlet. The center turret included a round white lens
that lit when the car was backing up. The bumper bar was in the
shape of a wide “U.” At the center of the rear deck was a recess that
housed the license plate and the De Soto name was spelled out
in chrome letters. Dual, tail fin-mounted radio antennas were
available.
The new Firesweep line (based on the 122-inch wheelbase
Dodge platform) included a four-door sedan, two- and four-door
Sportsman hardtops and a pair of station wagons (six- and nineseaters) priced from $2,732 to $3,265. In the Firedome series a
convertible was substituted for the wagons and prices ran from
$2,907 to $3,311. The regular Fireflite series contained all body
styles with prices from $3,432 to $4,069. Two months after its
regular model-year introductions, the special Fireflite Adventurer series was released. It contained a two-door hardtop for
$3,942 and a $4,217 convertible.
Firedome and Fireflite models shared a 126-inch wheelbase.
The new Firesweeps were 215.8 inches long, while the larger
series were 218 inches long. Station wagons in both lines were
1.5 inches longer than other models. Other measurements were
in proportion and smaller 8.00 x 14 tires were used on cars in
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the new series, while the carryover lines used size 8.50 x 14.
All three types of De Sotos were powered by V-8 engines with
10.0:1 compression. A new 325-cid V-8 was used in Firedome
models. It had an 8.5:1 compression ratio and Stromberg twobarrel carburetor giving 245 hp at 4400 rpm (260 hp with an
optional four-barrel carburetor).
The 341.1-cid Hemi V-8 was used in Firedome and regular
Fireflite models, both with 9.25:1 compression, but different
carburetors. The Firedome version utilized a Carter two-barrel
and was rated for 270 hp at 4600 rpm and 270 foot-pounds of
torque at 2400 rpm. The Fireflite’s engine had a Carter WCFB
four-barrel which boosted its output to 295 hp at 4600 rpm and
375 foot-pounds at 2800 rpm.
To make the Adventurer special, De Soto bored the Hemi
slightly to get to 344.8 cubic inches. With a single four-barrel carburetor, it generated 345 hp at 5200 rpm and 356 footpounds at 4000 rpm. This made the 1957 De Soto Adventurer
V-8 the first base engine to provide on horsepower per cubic
inch of displacement. (The ’57 Chrysler 300 and the ’57 Chevrolets were available with optional 1-hp-per-cubic-inch V-8s).
Cars in De Soto’s luxury line carried the Fireflite name on
their rear fenders. Round medallions were added to the upper
molding on the front fenders. Wind split moldings were standard on the top of the fenders. The headlights were separate
from the grille and sat in notches on each side of the hood.
Color sweep style trim in a contrasting color was standard on
hardtops and convertibles and optional on other models. Hardtops had “Sportsman” front fender scripts and station wagons
had “Shopper” or “Explorer” front fender scripts, depending on
their seating capacity.
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Adventurers had nameplates on special triangular-shaped
aluminum inserts on the rear fenders and special bright metal
strips on the rear deck lid. A host of optional features were standard.
As model-year 1957 progressed, an economic recession took
hold in America and many medium-priced cars went looking for
buyers. De Soto’s Firesweep accounted for 35 percent of the company’s output.
1957 Dodge
The Dodge Custom Royal convertible was one of the good-looking choices available in 1957.
I
t was 1957 — and the world was fascinated by jet aircraft
and the beginning of the Space Age. Despite the fact that 70
people died in six aircraft accidents during the year, there was
no stopping America’s “up, up and away” attitude.
No wonder the ’57 Dodge had everyone buzzing about its
“Swept-Wing” styling and “air-craft-type” engine. Even the hood
mascot was a representation of two jet planes — or were they
rocket ships?
One advertisement depicted a red-and-white ’57 Dodge
Royal Lancer Sport Coupe parked near an Air Force jet and two
fighter pilots discussing its “autodynamics.”
While such hyperbole was probably never uttered, there’s
little reason to doubt proud Dodge owners did brag up their ’57s,
since they were exciting-looking cars with lots of “juice” under
the hood. The completely new Swept-Wing design resulted in
long, low-slung bodies featuring upswept rear fender fins, new
side trim, a new “floating” gull-wing grille and hooded “Twin Set”
front lights. These were not dual headlights.
Some 1957 cars were sold with dual headlights (called “fourheadlight systems” at the time), but only in states that permitted
their use. Dodge’s Twin Set lights were different. The larger outer
lamp was a headlight and the inboard lamp was a kind of running light. Many states prohibited more than two headlights at
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this time because it was very difficult to correctly aim separate
low-beam lamps. During 1956, the Automobile Manufacturer’s
Association, the Lighting Manufacturers, and the American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators jointly promoted
four-headlight systems. A new mechanical aiming device corrected the aiming problem. Tests conducted in 1956 provided
evidence of the superiority of properly-aimed four-headlight systems. That evidence was needed to get the laws in all 48 states
changed by Jan. 1, 1958.
Other new features of ’57 Dodges included a torsion-bar front
suspension called Torsion-Aire Ride, smaller 14-inch wheels
and tires, a three-speed Torque-Flite automatic transmission,
a Swept-Back Broad-Horizon windshield, safety-recessed door
handles, total-contact Center-Plane brakes and “Super-Enamel”
body paint.
All Dodge models had a new 122-inch wheelbase and 212.2inch overall length They were 77.9 inches wide and the Coronet
hardtop was actually a tad over 4-1/2 feet tall at 54.1 inches. Royals, Custom Royals, all station wagons, and the Coronet convertible used 8.00 x 14 tires, while all other Coronets wore size 7.50 x
14. Larger 8.50 x 14 tires were an option.
Coronets had front fender series nameplates and painted
headlight trim. The lower grille bar was plain. The six-cylinder
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line included only a two-door Club Sedan for $2,335 and a fourdoor sedan for $2,416. The 230-cid six now had a 9.25:1 compression ratio and produced 138 hp at 4000 rpm. Two- and fourdoor Lancer hardtops and a convertible were additional body
styles available in the Coronet V-8 range. Models in this car-line
were priced between $2,443 and $2,807. Base engine was a new
325-cid Red Ram V-8 with 8.5:1 compression and a two-barrel
carburetor that put out 245 hp at 4400 rpm and 320 foot-pounds
of torque at 2400 rpm.
Dodge Royals included a four-door sedan and two-and fourdoor Lancers in the $2,677 to $2,783 price bracket, all using the
same standard V-8 as Coronets. Royals could be spotted by their
chrome-trimmed headlight hoods, the V-shaped emblems on rear
deck lid and the Royal front fender nameplates.
Custom Royals had a few distinguishing trim items, such as
the three “fins” on top of the lower grille bar at each side of the
car, gold-colored Dodge emblems on the hood and trunk, and
“Custom Royal series nameplates on the front fenders. There
were four body styles to choose from: four-door sedan at $2,846,
two-door Lancer hardtop at $2,885, four-door Lancer hardtop at
$2,956, and Lancer convertible at $3,111. A four-barrel carburetor, which upped horsepower to 260, was standard.
Dodge station wagons this year were lined up in two separate
series. The lower-priced D70 line included the two-door Suburban and both four-door Sierra versions.. Also new was a rear-
facing third seat in the nine-passenger wagon that was called a
“Spectator Seat. The pricier D71 Custom Sierras were around
$200 more expensive. They had the fancier grille with three
chrome fins at either end of the lower bar. On wagons, the front
fender scripts said “Suburban,” “Sierra” or “Custom Sierra.” The
D70s were trimmed similar to Royals and the D71s looked like
Custom Royals.
In addition to the 245- and 260-hp V-8s, there was a 285-hp
D-500 (double rocker shaft) version with a single four-barrel carburetor and a Super D-500 version with dual four-barrel carburetors. At midyear, an even more powerful D501 option became
available. It was a larger 354-cid Hemi with 10.0:1 compression
and dual four-barrel carburetors that was virtually identical to the
1956 Chrysler 300B engine.
The ’57 Dodge models – especially the dressy Custom Royals - were truly icons of the ’50s with their abundant bright metal
accents, their four-bladed “spinner” wheel covers, their optional
dual radio antennas mounted on the rear deck and, of course,
their wonderful two-tone paint treatments.
Dodge sales zipped upwards like a jet, too. Model-year production hit 281,359, making Dodge the source of 4.5 percent
of all of America’s new cars. The calendar-year number was
292,386 for a 4.78 percent share of market. That allowed Dodge
to take seventh position in January to December production. It
was a good year!
1957 Ford
A new design greeted buyers of the 1957 Thunderbird, all decked out in white.
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he Ford Show” remained popular in 1957 and most likely
the television program contributed a lot to Ford Division’s achievement of its long-time goal of out-producing
Chevrolet that year. It was the first time in decades Dearborn
built more cars than Flint did. For the model year, Ford produced
1,655,068 cars or 26.6 percent of the industry’s total. Chevrolet,
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in contrast, built 1,552,471 cars for a 25.5 percent share of industry. Chevrolet was still calendar-year king, but by just 130 units
or 1,522,536 of the Chevys versus 1,522,406 of the Fords. That
gave Chevrolet 24.90 percent to Ford’s 24.89 percent in “sales.”
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s televised pitches for T-Birds and Fairlanes hit home with his fans, and sold lots of cars for Ford that
year. In April 1957, his show became the Number 1 30-minute
variety show on TV, a status it maintained through 1961.
Ford—both the entertainer and the car company—“ruled”
Thursday night programming for four solid years. All that
changed in June 1961, when the man who had helped FoMoCo
make automotive history in 1957 surprised everyone by retiring
on a high note and becoming a part of television history.
The 1957 Fords were completely restyled and had several new
series designations. They bore only a slight resemblance to 1956
models.
Fairlanes were five inches lower than before. They had a twoand-one-half-inch longer wheelbase and were nine inches longer
in terms of overall length. Custom models were three inches longer overall and had a one-half-inch longer wheelbase. All Ford
models had 14-inch wheels for the first time. The smaller-diameter wheels also contributed to their low-slung lines.
Other design changes included a rear-opening hood, streamlined wheel openings and a wraparound windshield with posts
that sloped rearward at the bottom. All Fords also sported tail
fins, which the automaker described as “high-canted fenders.”
The big news was the Skyliner model. This car was the world’s
only true hardtop convertible—or retractable hardtop, depending on how you look at it. A push-button automatic folding
mechanism retracted the car’s roof into the trunk.
Fords in the base Custom car-line had no series nameplates
on their fenders. The body side moldings extended from the center side window pillar to the taillights, with a pointed dip on the
rear door or fender. Body style offerings consisted of three sedans
called the Business Tudor ($1,854), the Tudor ($1,965) and the
Fordor ($2,017). V-8 versions of each style were $100 additional.
The Custom 300 was a new, upper trim level in the shortwheelbase Custom series. Two body styles were available, the
Tudor ($2,080) and the Fordor ($2,132). They had added bright
work such as chrome window moldings and a chrome horn ring.
Inside there were two sun visors and armrests on all doors. The
word F-O-R-D was spelled out in block letters above the grille
and a small Ford crest appeared on the trunk lid. There were no
series nameplates on the sides of the body.
A full-length side molding came with an optional gold aluminum insert that made the smaller, less-expensive Custom 300
look somewhat like a Fairlane 500. The difference was on the
Custom 300 series, the rear portion of the molding behind the
door dip ran straight to the taillights instead of accenting the tops
1957 Hudson
H
istorians typically focus on “firsts” as highlights of past
years. In 1957, there were plenty of firsts, such as Tang
breakfast drink, frozen pizza, Velcro and the “AA” size
alkaline battery. It was also a year of famous “lasts.” Trolley cars
made their last appearance on New York City streets. Jackie Robinson played in his last baseball game. Brooklyn’s beloved Dodg-
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of the tail fins. This trim lured the author’s father into buying a
Custom 300 instead of a Fairlane 500, since he felt there wasn’t
enough difference in the two to justify the Fairlane’s higher price.
Ford’s trim upgrade obviously appealed to buyers of the less-expensive cars. For $100 extra, you could turn your Custom 300 Six
into an Eight. (Dad did at least get the V-8!)
Fairlane was the base trim level for the longer wheelbase Ford
series. There were four body styles in this car-line and each was
available as a six, at the base price, or as a V-8 for $100 additional.
Base prices were $2,210 for the two-door Club Sedan, $2,261 for
the four-door Town Sedan, $2,268 for the Club Victoria (twodoor hardtop) and $2,332 for the Town Victoria (four-door
hardtop). These cars had bright Fairlane nameplates on their
rear fenders, extra chrome around the roof “C” pillar and bulletshaped accent panels on the rear fenders (and rear doors of fourdoor models). The Fairlane name appeared in script on the side
of the fenders, above the grille and on the trunk lid.
A large, V-shaped Fairlane crest appeared on the trunk lid
whenever V-8 engines were added.
Fairlane 500 was the top trim level in the Fairlane series and
included all the trim used on the Fairlane models plus slightly
more chrome on the “C” pillars and different side trim. The side
trim was a modified version of the Fairlane sweep, which included a gold anodized insert between two chrome strips. It began on
the sides of the front fenders, dipping near the back of the front
doors, merging into a strip and following the crest of the fins to
the rear of the body.
Five Fairlane 500s could be had with a six-cylinder engine:
Club Sedan ($2,256), Town Sedan ($2,308), Club Victoria
($2,314), Town Victoria ($2,379) and Sunliner convertible
($2,480). All of these were available with V-8 power for $100
more, but a sixth V-8 model was also offered. This was the Skyliner convertible (retractable hardtop) priced at $2,917.
The Ranch Wagon was the base trim level 1957 Ford twodoor station wagon. Country Sedans were the intermediate level
with four-door styling. Country Squires were the top trim level,
also with four-door styling. The level of equipment paralleled
Custom, Custom 300 and Fairlane 500 models of passenger cars.
Wagon prices ran from $2,301 to $3,693.
The 1957 Thunderbird was the two-passenger sporty car’s first
major change. A longer rear section provided improved storage
space. Riding and handling qualities were greatly enhanced by
relocating the spare tire in the trunk. Tail fins and large round
taillights characterized the rear end. The new instrument panel
came from the full-size 1956 Ford with an engine-turned insert
added. The T-Bird was available with a soft top or a hardtop and
the fiberglass roof could be had with or without port hole windows. This year prices started at $3,408.
ers (a.k.a the “Brooklyn Bums”) played their last game at Ebbets
Field, before departing for the “Left Coast.”
Detroiters experienced somewhat similar emotions when the
last Hudson motor cars were built on Oct. 25, 1957. Everyone it
was the final chapter in a great automotive legend.
As the end approached in the fall of 1956, Hudson trimmed
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The 1957 American Motors-produced Hudson included the Hornet V-8 Super sedan.
its car-lines by an amazing 11 models and its roof lines by an
equally amazing two inches. The Hudson Rambler, Wasp and
Hornet Special series were all dropped. If you wanted a 1957
Hudson, you wanted the larger 121-1/4-inch-wheelbase Hornet.
New-for-1957 features included 14-inch wheels, a new
“Flashaway” Hydra-Matic transmission with a parking gear, a
standard 327-cid V-8 with dual exhaust, a ball-joint front suspension, restyled and modernized interior appointments and a
standard padded dashboard in all cars. Hudsons were available in
a choice of 32 eye-catching color combinations.
The annual styling changes included a new “V”medallion in
the center of the radiator grille, new dual-fin front fender ornaments, rear tail fin-style fenders with vertical taillights and a new
side trim treatment with front fender and door accent panels.
On Supers, the accent panel was painted. There were Hornet
and Hollywood nameplates inside the accent panel on the hardtops, as well as front fender medallions. The Super Sedan had
Hornet front door nameplates and no “H” medallions.
Only two models comprised the entire Super Hornet V-8
lineup. The four-door sedan, which listed for $2,821 weighed
3,631 pounds. Even though it was the year’s second-most popular
Hudson model, only 1,103 examples were built. The Super Hollywood two-door hardtop was much rarer. Hudson built only 266
of these $2,911 cars. They tipped the scale at 3,655 pounds.
Hornet Customs could be identified by the textured aluminum insert panels used on the front fenders, between the trim
moldings. Nameplate and medallion placements on Customs
were the same as on comparable Super styles. The same two body
1957 Lincoln
T
he bigger the better” was the thinking of most Americans
in 1957. In California, the San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merged to form a larger entity. Nationally, the Gaither report suggested the United States could
win the cold war with larger stocks of guided missiles and more
fallout shelters.
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styles were offered in the Custom V-8 series. The window sticker
for the four-door sedan read $3,011 and 1,256 left the assembly
line.
The two-door hardtop was at $3,101 and rarer, with just 483
assemblies. The coupe weighed 3,693 pounds. Total Hornet series
production, including exports, was 4,108 units. An additional 72
Hudson Sixes were shipped overseas in “knocked down” form.
Other than the cars sent overseas, Hudsons used the 327-cid
AMC V-8. This overhead-valve V-8 incorporated five main bearings and hydraulic valve lifters. It had a 4.00 x 3.25 inch bore and
stroke, a 9.0:1 compression ratio and a four-barrel carburetor that
helped it produce 255 hp at 4700 rpm.
All of the ’57 Hudsons were perched on a 121.25-inch
wheelbase and strteched 209.25 inches overall. They had a
59-1/16-inches front tread width. The rear tread was 60-1/2
inches.
Equally mysterious was the fact Hudson was “slim outside for
easy maneuvering” and “wider inside than any other car.” Standard tires were size 8.00 x 14 blackwalls.
Outstanding selling features this year included single-unit
body construction, a 12-volt electrical system, Torque-Tube drive,
14-inch wheels, duo-servo brakes and the famous Nash WeatherEye heating and ventilating system. Power brakes were standard
on Custom models. Power assists like Hydra-Matic Drive and a
heater were optional, as were the popular Airliner reclining seats.
Three-speed manual transmission was standard and overdrive
was $110 extra. Hydra-Matic automatic transmission cost $232.
Available rear axle gear ratios were 3.15:1 and 4.10:1.
In one of the year’s top films, moviegoers marveled as British
POWs built a bigger-and-better bamboo bridge over the River
Kwai for their Japanese captors. In Michigan, American engineers were stretching miles of cable and tons of concrete to
make a five-mile-long bridge over the Straights of Mackinaw.
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The ’57 Lincoln Premiere convertible was a sweet droptop with class and luxury.
suspension span between cable anchorages.
structed. The pillared four-door sedan carried the same base price.
Automotively, the 1957 Lincolns expressed the bigger-is- It weighed 4,540 pounds and had a production run of just 1,476
better philosophy to the max. While all models retained a 126- units. The $4,589 two-door hardtop weighed in at 4,373 pounds
inch wheelbase, the overall length of Capris and Premieres grew and was the most popular Capri with 2,973 assemblies.
nearly two inches to 224.6 inches.
Except for the “Premiere” block lettering and star medallion
“No other car is so Lincoln long . . . Lincoln low . . . and Lin- on the front fenders, exterior differences between the Premiere
coln lovely!” said one advertisement. It wasn’t only a few extra and the Capri were very minor. Power seats, power steering, elecinches that made the cars look larger than life-size, they also had tric windows, and power brakes were standard equipment on the
a pair of towering, canted, pointy tail fins that added to their im- four-car upper series. The Premiere line also gained a four-door
mense image.
Landau Hardtop Sedan priced at $5,233 and weighing 4,538
The unchanged Continental Mark II remained a smaller, pounds. It was bought by 11,223 customers.
more sophisticated-looking car, but only 587 were made as 1957
The $5,088 two-door hardtop was even more popular. This
models. Apparently, a national economic downturn kept buyers 4,451-pound Sport Coupe saw 15,185 assemblies. The fourout of Lincoln showrooms.
door sedan, priced the same as the four-door hardtop, had a
The Capri and Premiere models received a facelift that was 4,527-pound weigh-in and 5,139 were produced. The rarest big
unpopular with new-car buyers of the day, although today’s col- Lincoln continued to be the convertible. In 1957, it sold for
lectors love its “fabulous ’50s” flamboyance. Styling changes $5,321, weighed 4,676 pounds and only 3,676 examples were
included a new Quadra-Lite grille, massive new front and rear turned out.
bumpers, new rear deck lid trim and new series nameplate.
This was the second and last year for the beautiful Mark II.
The Lincoln name, in block letters, was still spelled out across Outside of a slightly lighter frame, it was identical to the previous
the front of the car. Wider parking and signal lights were seen. year’s model. Two convertibles were specially built. Power steerA full-length mid-body side molding blended with a piece of ing, power brakes, carpeting, radio, heater, power seats, power
chrome below the rear windows that curved up to trim an air windows and white sidewall tires were standard. The price was
vent at the front of the canted tail fins. All 1957 Lincolns wore increased to $9,891. It tipped the scales at 4,800 pounds. As menbright rocker panel moldings.
tioned earlier, model-year production was 587 units.
At the rear of the car, above the wraparound bumper ends,
Lincoln retained the 368-cid engine for all of its 1957 models,
the body side moldings dipped down to accommodate V-shaped emblems. Continuation moldings outlined a ribbed beauty
panel that ran across the rear end of the
car. For the first time in years, the Lincoln’s
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but the output was boosted to Mark II V-8 specs (300 hp at
4800 rpm and 415 foot-pounds of torque at 3000 rpm). This
matched the power of the base Cadillac V-8, but the 325-hp
Eldorado with twin four-barrel carburetors was still more powerful, as was the Hemi-powered 345-hp Chrysler Imperial.
Still, there was no doubt the Lincolns and Continentals had
plenty of “juice” for highway cruising.
Although it was bigger in size, bigger in power and bigger
in luxury, the 1957 Lincoln had a much smaller production
total than its predecessor. Model-year production came to
41,123 Lincolns and 587 Continentals. Calendar-year output
declined from 47,670 in 1956 to 37,426 in 1957.
A year of memorable events in 1957 included the first
electric watch, America’s first underground nuclear test and
13-year-old U.S. chess whiz Bobby Fischer, who took the world
championship. At Mercury, it was the year of “Dream-Car Design For ’57.” Highlights included a jazzy new Turnpike Cruiser
one of which was used as the year’s Indy 500 Official Pace Car.
1957 Mercury
Long fender skirts and continental kit were Mercury options on this ’57 Montclair convertible.
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hile Mercury advertisements described Dream-Car
Design as: “…a clean break with the plump, bulging
lines of many of today’s cars” and “…a sleek, clean-cut,
dynamic look,” the overall appearance was not what we would
think of as a “clean” car design today.
It had plenty of the gold-finished and chrome-finished bright
work we love on the cars of this era, as well as a few styling gimmicks designed to make it stand out in the crowd. The basic lines
were very straight and square. They followed the longer, lower,
wider theme that characterized almost all cars of this era.
The front bumper jutted out and looked like the front of a jet
with big air intakes on either side of the center. The full-width
grille, no longer integrated with the bumper, featured multiple
concave vertical louvers. The hood was hinged at the front and
lifted from the rear. The cowl had vent intakes. Dual headlights
were standard on the Turnpike Cruisers and optional on other
models.
Concave, guided-missile-shaped spears were seen on the rear
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fenders (and rear doors of four-door models). The sculptured rear
deck had a depressed center section. The rear bumper resembled
the front dummy jet-plane-like “exhaust pods.” Other decorative
touches included unique V-shaped taillights and a chrome “M”
placed between the grille and the bumper.
There were five car-lines for 1957: the Monterey, the Montclair, the Turnpike Cruiser, station wagons and the one-model
Convertible Cruiser series.
Monterey offerings included two- and four-door sedans, twoand four-door Phaetons (hardtops), and the Phaeton Convertible. These were priced between $2,352 and $2,752. The Montclair line offered all of the same models except the two-door
sedan at prices from $2,922 to $3,147. The Turnpike Cruiser line
included two- and four-door hardtops at $3,452 and $3,537, respectively. Trim-wise, the station wagons roughly corresponded
to each series.
The Monterey-like Commuter wagon offered two- and fourdoor models with two seats and a four-door three-seat version as
well. The Montclair-like Voyager wagons came in two-door six-
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passenger and four-door nine-passenger
editions. The Colony Park was Mercury’s
wood-grained nine-passenger four-door
wagon. Station wagon retails ranged from
$2,657 to $3,377. The Convertible Cruiser listed for $3,773.
Cars in the bottom series had the Monterey name in script on their front fenders. The headlight “cylinders” on these
cars were painted (often in a contrasting
color on two-tone cars). The bright metal
panels inside the rear bumper pods had
a horizontally-textured finish. The body
side molding was the same width from
headlight to rear of the car. There was no
package shelf ornament. Production in
this series came to 157,498 cars and the
rarest was the convertible, of which 5,003
were built.
Chrome headlight cylinders, nameplates on the upper front fenders, an ornament on the rear shelf of sedans and
hardtops and a rectangular grid design in
the rear bumper pods were some of the
differences between Montclairs and Montereys. Convertibles in both series had a
Plexiglas wraparound rear window. The
front section of the body side molding was
wider than the section on the rear doors
and fenders. Total production of the four
Montclair models was 75,351, including
just 4,248 ragtops.
The Turnpike Cruiser was one of the
most gadget-laden cars ever built. Mercury
said that it was based on the XM-Turnpike
Cruiser, although the opposite was the
case. All power items were standard. Other special features included an overhanging roof with a retractable rear window,
streamlined air ducts mounted on top of
the windshield (with fake aerials sticking
out from them), a power seat with a memory dial, rubber instrument bezels, a special starter button, a clock and odometer,
sliding door locks, a rear deck lid “hood
ornament,” a special interior with a perforated vinyl headliner, and a gold anodized
insert in the upper rear fender concave
section that led to the taillights.
The Convertible Cruiser was, technically, in a separate series. These collectible
cars had a production run of 7,291 twodoor hardtops, 8,305 four-door hardtops,
and only 1,265 convertibles.
Station wagons also were a separate
series this year. The top-of-the-line model
was the Colony Park. It featured four-door
hardtop styling and fake wood trim. The
mid-priced wagon was the Voyager. It had a
rear vent window like the Colony Park, but
did not have wood trim. The lowest priced
wagon, the Commuter, looked about the
same as the Voyager but lacked a rear vent
window. With six models to sell, Mercury still built only 35,792 station wagons.
The rarest (2,283 made) was the two-door
Voyager.
Base engine in the Monterey, Mont-
clair and Voyager models was a single fourbarrel-carburetor version of the 312-cid
V-8 with a 9.70:1 compression ratio and
255 hp at 4600 rpm. This was promoted
as the “Safety-Surge” V-8. The Turnpike
Cruiser and Colony Park models came
standard with a larger V-8 that was optional in other models. This was a bored
and stroked version with 368 cubic inches. It had a 9.75:1 compression ratio and a
Carter or Holley four-barrel carburetor. It
put out 290 hp at 4600 rpm and 405 footpounds of torque at 2600 rpm. An M-335
power package with two four-barrel carburetors (368-cid/335-hp) was optional for
Montereys.
Model-year 1957 was not a great selling season for Mercury, although the
calendar year saw an improvement. The
model-year production total was 286,163
units (4.6 percent market share). For the
calendar year, output peaked at 274,820
vehicles.
With the exception of the Turnpike
Cruiser, the 1957 Mercurys with two
headlights had model names at the front
of the front fenders, above the side trim.
The models with four headlights had their
model names on the front fenders behind
the wheel wells and below the side trim.
About one-third (32.6 percent) of 1957
Mercurys came with four headlights.
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to New York in less than 3-1/2 hours, setting a new transcontinental speed record
in the process.
As far as new cars went, the 1957
Nash was advertised as “The World’s
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The final year for the large Nash was 1957 with models like this Ambassador Custom sedan.
AMC claimed that its Rambler 6 Cross-Country, with overdrive, could travel “coast-to-coast (at) 1-cent a mile for gas.”
(This claim was based on a Rambler wagon getting 32.09 mpg
on a NASCAR economy run.)
Promoting the cars to travelers had a lot to do with the
famous (or infamous) Airliner reclining seats and Twin Travel
Beds featured in the Nashes. Other outstanding features of
the ’57s included their double-coat baked enamel finish, 12volt electrical system, torque-tube drive, big 11-inch diameter
brakes and the optional Weather-Eye heating and ventilating
system. Power brakes were standard on Custom models.
The Ambassador for 1957 was available only with a 327cid AMC V-8 engine in two-door hardtops and four-door sedans. Super and Custom trim levels were provided. The Nash
Ambassador six and Statesman six were discontinued. The
new Ambassador received a major facelift incorporating the
first four-beam headlight system used on any American car.
Also seen was completely new front end styling, including
a new cellular grille, front parking lights on top of the front
fenders, and new “lightning streak” side trim.
The Ambassador Super had its name on the front fenders in
script, small hubcaps and single lightning streak side trim with
no upper beltline molding. Ambassador Customs had script
with that name on the fenders, dual molding lightning streak
trim, and full wheel covers. This was the last year for Nash
production.
The Nash Ambassador 8 four-door Super sedan listed for
$2,821. It tipped the scale at 3,639 pounds and 3,098 were
built. The Nash Ambassador 8 four-door Custom sedan listed
for $190 additional. It weighed 3,701 pounds and had a run of
5,627 units. Prices for the Super two-door hardtop started at
$2,910. Only 608 of these 3,655-pound cars were made. The
priciest model in the Nash lineup was the Custom two-door
hardtop. With a $3,101 suggested retail price, the 3,722-pound
Nash found just 997 buyers.
The Rambler six for 1957 continued the 108-inch wheelbase with a few minor changes. Included were new vertical
front running lights with horizontal bright metal dividers that
were positioned below the headlights. A new wing-shaped ornament was positioned on top of the rectangular grille section.
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The side color accent trim running over the roof was discontinued. Three series were again available. Deluxe models had
the lowest level of trim and equipment and were essentially
built for fleet customers. Deluxe models came with no series
name or side moldings.
The Deluxe four-door sedan listed for $1,961 and weighed
2,911 pounds. The Deluxe four-door wagon was more expensive and heavier at $2,292 and 3,034 pounds. Series production included 9,402 sedans and 75 wagons. Super series models
carried a single, full-length side molding with the word
“Super,” in script, on the rear fenders. This car-line offered the
same body styles as the Deluxe series, as well as a four-door
hardtop. The sedan sold for $2,123, weighed 2,914 pounds,
and had a 16,300-unit run. The wagon sold for $2,410, weighed
3,042 pounds, and had a 14,083-unit run. The four-door hardtop sold for $2,208, weighed 2,936 pounds, and only 612
were built.
The Custom series models came with Rambler Custom
script on the front fenders and dual side moldings, with a
round medallion at the forward end. The $2,213 sedan was a
2,938-pound vehicles, of which 10,520 were made. The
$2,500, 3,076-pound wagon was more popular. With a
17,745-vehicle run.
The Rambler, for 1957, was also available with a 250-cid
V-8. The same four-door station wagon and sedan styles were
offered with this brand new Rambler power plant. Super and
Custom trim levels were provided. Super series models carried a single, full-length side molding with the word Super, in
script, on the rear fenders. Deluxe models came with no series
name or side moldings.
The Custom series models came with Rambler Custom
script on the front fenders and dual side moldings, with a
round medallion at the forward end. Prices ranged from
$2,253 to $2,715. Production totals included 3,555 Super sedans, 2,461 Super wagons, 3,199 Custom sedans, 485 Custom
four-door hardtops, 4,560 Custom station wagons, and 182
Custom hardtop station wagons.
The 1957 Rambler Rebel used the Ambassador 327-cid engine in a Rambler V-8 body. This limited-production car was
available exclusively in light silver-gray metallic finish. It had
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black nylon and silver-gray vinyl upholstery. However, many
of the cars were later repainted by dealers, due to excessive
fading of the silver-gray paint. The 1957 Rebel featured a side
molding of bronze/gold anodized aluminum, which ran the full
length of the car. The four-door hardtop body style was the
only one available and the Rebel version sold for $2,786.
The 3,353-pound Rebel was the first attempt by American
Motors to build a high-performance car. In fact, this was the
first time a large engine had been placed in a true intermediate-size chassis (an idea Pontiac would find great success with
in the GTO) by any automaker. In an April 1957 Motor Trend
test, it was found that the only car capable of a faster 0-to60 mph time than the Rebel was the fuel-injected Corvette.
Fuel-injection had actually been planned for the 1957 Rebel
with 288-hp possible. However, problems with the electric
control unit prevented its production.
1957 Oldsmobile
The 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 Fiesta wagon offered sporty hardtop styling.
L
ittle League Baseball was catching on across America in
the late 1950s. Carl Stotz, of Williamsport, Pa., had founded the Little League in 1939, when a $30 donation bought
uniforms for the first three local teams. By 1957, Little League
teams existed in all 48 states, including Texas, where young
George W. Bush played his third year as a catcher for the Cubs
team, in the Central Little League of Midland, Texas. It was also
the first year that a non-U.S. team won the Little League World
Series. Angel Macias, of Monterrey, Mexico, pitched the first
perfect game in a Little League championship final.
Oldsmobile paid homage to youth baseball in an advertisement for its Golden Rocket 88 Holiday Sedan. The illustration
of the yellow-and-white four-door hardtop at a sandlot challenge
promised Olds buyers “extra innings of fun” and stated “from
hooded headlamps to swept-back rear deck, the Golden Rocket
is strictly ‘big league.’”
New lower and longer Oldsmobile bodies were highlighted
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by a new, deep-recessed grille with circular parking lights. New
“side-notched” headlight hoods were seen and chrome rocket ornaments sat above the single, round headlights.
An “Accent Stripe,” exclusive to Oldsmobile, highlighted
the rear body side moldings. A higher, wider Span-A-Ramic
windshield gave drivers a new slant on style and visibility and
the rear window now had divider bars. Also new were the body
side trim, a redesigned rear deck, new rear fenders and a new rear
bumper.
Oldsmobile’s Wide-Stance chassis gave it better cornering
ability and sure-footed stability and a new Pivot-Poise suspension
system with Counter-Dive provided smooth, level stops. Other
new technical features included an L-Bow propeller shaft for a
lower center of gravity and new Hi-Lo bumpers. Inside, Oldsmobile buyers found new Tech-Style interiors, a new Strut-Mounted
instrument panel (good for easier accessibility and visibility) and a
new Dual-Range Power Heater that warmed the car quicker. Sta-
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tion wagons were re-introduced for the first time since 1950 and
all were called Fiestas, although sedan and hardtop styles were offered. A new 371-cid Rocket T-400 V-8 (400 foot pounds of torque)
was used in all 1957 Oldsmobile models. It had a 9.5:1 compression ratio and a Quadri-Jet carburetor to help it develop 277 hp at
4400 rpm.
To honor GM’s upcoming 50th anniversary, Olds named its
entry series the Golden Rocket 88 line. No series nameplates or
rocker panel moldings were used on these cars. The curved sideaccent moldings started near the center of the front door on twodoor models and at the front edge of the rear door on four-door
models. With two four-door Fiesta station wagons (sedan style
and hardtop style) and a convertible added to this line, the model
count stood at seven.
Standard equipment included armrests, bumper guards, turn
signals, rubber floor mats and sun visors. Upholstery choices included a variety of colors and fabrics. Standard tire size was 8.50
x 14 inches. Prices for the seven models started at $2,478 and
ran as high as $3,017. With the United States in an economic
recession, production of the low-priced Olds dropped to 172,659
cars, despite the fact that the product had some great improvements. All three new models had production under 10,000 units
— 6,423 ragtops, 5,052 regular Fiesta wagons and 5,767 Fiesta
Holiday wagons.
The middle Oldsmobile series was the popular Super 88.
Wheelbase and body shells were shared with the Golden Rocket
88s. Six body styles were offered including the Fiesta Holiday station wagon (the sedan-style Fiesta was not offered in this series,
but all other 88 bodies were). Super 88 prices began at $2,687
and topped out at $3,220.
Standard equipment included all items from the Golden
Rocket 88, plus front fender model nameplates, exposed chrome
1957 Plymouth
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t was 1957 and more than ever before the hit songs of the
year reflected the American culture’s swing towards being
young or “young at heart.” Among the leaders on the charts
were “Young Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” and “That’ll Be the
Day.” Although the brand was nearing age 30, Plymouths seemed
to be getting “younger.” Plymouth used the slogan “Suddenly, It’s
1960” to get this concept across.
According to the copywriter, the ’57 Plymouth was: “…the
only car that dares to break the time barrier…the car you might
have expected in 1960.”
The updated Flight-Sweep (that meant “tail-finned”) styling was supported by a number of technical innovations from a
revolutionary Torsion-Aire suspension, to a Fury “301” V-8 and
new Total Contact brakes. Traditional Plymouth buyers weren’t
neglected and other ads stressed low price and value.
Styling on all 1957 models was completely redone. New
touches included a wraparound aluminum grid-style grille with
a vertical air slot bumper, tower-type tail fin rear fenders, a dartshaped body profile, and parking lamps set alongside the headlights.
The Plaza/Deluxe Suburban models featured front fender
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roof bows and side interior courtesy lights. The side window trim
was bright metal on hardtops and painted on sedans. A variety of
colored cloth-and-leather upholstery combinations could be ordered. Standard tire size was 8.50 x 14 inches. A total of 132,105
Super 88s were built. The lowest body-style production totals
were 2,983 for the two-door sedan, 7,128 for the convertible and
8,981 for the Fiesta.
The top-of-the-line Oldsmobile was renamed the Starfire.
The same four models were offered in this series. These cars had
“Ninety-Eight” nameplates on the front fenders and rear deck
lid and bright metal rocker panel moldings. Both hardtops and
the four-door sedan had bright metal trim around the side windows and on the center window pillars. Prices started at $3,396
and went to $3,649. Only the convertible — 8,278 built — was
somewhat low in production. Standard equipment included all
items standard on the Super 88, plus electric windows, power
steering, power brakes and Jetaway Hydra-Matic Drive. Upholstery choices included a variety of cloth, morocceen and leather.
As in 1956, both Olds 88s were on a 122-inch wheelbase and
98s had a 126-inch stance. Overall lengths were 208.2 and 216.7
inches, in the same respective order. Tread width was 59 inches
up front and 58 inches in the rear. A special J-2 induction system
with (300 hp) with three two-barrel carburetors was offered in
two versions. The 300-hp version ($83 extra) was for street use.
A 312-hp J-2 setup was not recommended for street use. This
$395 option was offered only to drag racers and stock car racers
for off-road use.
The 1957 Oldsmobiles were introduced Nov. 9, 1956. Modelyear production was 384,390 units and calendar-year sales were
390,091 cars. This made Oldsmobile the fifth best-selling American automaker with a 6.2 percent share of market. J.F. Wolfram
was the chief executive officer of the division.
model nameplates, untrimmed body sides, small hubcaps, painted roof gutter rails, and V-shaped front fender tip emblems on
V-8 models. Tapered “Sport Tone” side moldings were available
at extra cost. Standard equipment and body style offerings were
the same as in 1956. Prices for sixes were $1,874 to $2,174. The
base V-8 was $100 extra. Series production jumped to 142,370.
The rarest model was again the Business Coupe, which dropped
slightly to 2,874 assemblies. A Taxi Special version was offered
to fleet buyers at $2,174 and could also be ordered with the V-8.
The economical 230-cid 132-hp flathead, with its one-barrel carburetor, did have some advantages to offer cabbies.
Savoys and Custom Suburbans shared the same general level
of trim and appointments, which was much the same as in 1956.
The Suburbans had slightly different rear fenders than other
models. Dual, tapering “Sport Tone” molding treatments were
an option available at extra cost. This series grew with the addition of a midyear Savoy Sport Sedan (four-door hardtop) that
came out in March 1957. Available in the Savoy series were a
two-door Club Sedan ($2,122), four-door sedan ($2,169), twodoor Sport Coupe ($2,204), four-door Sport Sedan ($2,292),
two-door Custom Suburban ($2,415), six-passenger four-door
Custom Suburban ($2,469), and the latter with nine-passenger
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“Suddenly it’s 1960” was the slogan for 1957 Plymouths like the Belvedere Club Sedan.
seating ($2,624). Series production was
208,439 units.
The Belvedere/Sport Suburban group
was as good as it got. Belvederes had single
side moldings as standard equipment and
tapering dual side moldings, with “Sport
Tone” contrast panels were an option.
Belvedere block letters were positioned at
the middle sides of the rear tail fins, just
above the moldings. Standard equipment
included full wheel covers, rear quarter
stone shields, an electric clock, and a locking glove box. The Sport Suburban had a
special thick pillar roof treatment. Model
offerings were mostly the same as in the
Savoy lineup. A convertible replaced the
two-door station wagon. Prices for sixes
were $2,239 to $2,752.
The convertible again came only with
the V-8 and had a $2,613 list price. Plymouth built 204,016 Belvederes, not counting Fury versions. The Sport Suburban,
with 7,988 assemblies, was rarest, followed
by the convertible, of which 9,866 were
built.
The Fury was re-introduced in January 1957 as a midyear high-performance
model. With the 318-cid/290-hp engine,
it could do 0-to-60 mph in 8.6 seconds
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and cover the quarter-mile in 16.5 seconds. The Fury had many
standard extras. It came only as a two-door hardtop with “Fury”
rear fender nameplates. Standard features included Sand Dune
White finish with gold anodized aluminum Sport Tone trim inserts and a 290-hp V-8. The Fury hardtop listed for $2,900 and
7,438 were assembled.
A 197-hp version of the 277-cid engine was Plymouth’s base
V-8. The heavy Deluxe Suburban used the Fury “301” engine
(actually a 299.6-cid V-8) as standard equipment. The standard
version of this motor had an 8.5:1 compression ratio and a Carter
two-barrel carburetor. It produced 215 hp at 4700 rpm. A “SuperPak” version with a four-barrel carburetor was optional.
“One of the great thrills in driving your new Plymouth is discovering you’re the master of where it’s going . . . not the road!”
said an advertisement promoting the 1957 model’s smoother,
more level ride and improved handling.
1957 Pontiac
The mid-level Pontiac series in 1957 was the Super Chief like this Catalina hardtop.
T
he stars were out again in 1957 and what a lineup. Rita
Hayworth in “Pal Joey,” Tyrone Power in “Abandon
Ship,” Audrey Hepburn in “Funny Face,” Cary Grant in
“An Affair to Remember,” and Burt Lancaster in “Gunfight at
the O.K. Corral.”
The stars were out at Pontiac, with three stars decorating the
sides of the new Super Chief model was aimed at enthusiasts. The
Tri-Power Catalina hardtop that Hot Rod’s Ray Brock tested in
June 1957 was a “stock rod.” As Brock put it near the end of his
article, “...we’d say that the Pontiac is no longer grandma’s car,
because we don’t think that granny could stand the acceleration
built into this torpedo without blacking out.”
As soon as “Bunkie” Knudsen took over in the summer of
1956, he attacked the late-pre-production ’57 model parked in
the styling studio. Its side trim and twin Silver Streaks quickly
wound up in the trash bin (that’s “recycling container” today).
The Chieftain 860 became the Chieftain, the Chieftain 870 became the Super Chief, the Star Chief name was retained and in
the middle of the year, the limited edition, fuel-injected Custom
Star Chief Bonneville blasted onto the scene. The Tri-Power Super Chief may have been faster than the “fuelie.”
Knudsen believed an old man would buy a young man’s car,
but it didn’t work the other way. His goal was to sell a car that
both would be interested in. So, Pontiac’s new “Star Flight” styled
bodies had guide-missile-shaped side trim and optional light-up
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front fender rockets instead of illuminated Indian heads. A more
massive bumper grille crossed the ’57 Pontiac’s front end. The
rear fenders were flatter and taller and ended in V-shaped tips
above horizontal-oval taillights. The use of 14-inch wheels and
tires made the whole car look lower. The basic body was the same
used in 1955 and 1956, but the plain, lower hood line produced
an entirely new image.
Even the Chieftains in Pontiac’s new entry-level series—with
prices starting below $2,500—looked cleaner and more modern.
This line included six cars with “bottle cap” style hubcaps, three
stars on their rear fenders and “Chieftain” front fender scripts.
There were six body styles in this series, two- and four-door sedans
and hardtops and a pair of station wagons, one with two doors and
two seats and one with four doors and three seats. Prices varied
from a low of $2,463 to $2,898. Series production totaled 162,575
cars, including just 2,934 of the “Colony” station wagons with
two doors.
The new Super Chief line replaced the old Chieftain 870. It
was on Pontiac’s smaller 122-inch wheelbase, but carried deluxe
body trim. There were four 1957 Super Chiefs and they came
with full wheel discs, upper belt moldings, three stars on the rear
fenders and “Super Chief” front fender scripts.
This series included just four models, which were the fourdoor sedan, two- and four-door Catalina hardtops and a six-passenger station wagon with four doors. They were priced in the
$,2664 to $3,021 range and series output was 64,500 units. This
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was pretty much evenly distributed among the four body styles,
suggesting that Knudsen’s plan worked. The Super Chief was the
car aimed most directly at the youth market and Pontiac was selling as many “old man” versions (sedans and wagons) as “young
man” versions (hardtops). The 1957 Pontiac Super Chief twodoor Sedan with the 290-hp V-8 was capable of doing 0-to-60
mph in 8.5 seconds and the quarter-mile in 16.8 seconds.
All 1957 Pontiac station wagons used the name Safari, but
the two-door Star Chief Custom Safari was the only one with the
special “hardtop” styling. It remained on the smaller chassis, but
had upscale upholstery and a V-8 with a four-barrel carburetor.
With prices starting at $3,636, this model was the priciest of all
122-inch wheelbase Pontiacs.
A $3,481 companion model with four doors and sedan roof
styling came out in January, the same day that the Bonneville
arrived. It was dubbed the Custom Safari “Transcontinental.”
Pontiac built only 1,292 Custom Safaris and 1,894 Transcontinentals.
Star Chiefs other than Safaris had a 124-inch wheelbase.
They carried added bright work and equipment such as “Star
Chief” front fender scripts, four rear fender stars, chrome semicylindrical bulges on the “guided-missile” trim and full wheel
discs. The four-door sedan cost a bit under $3,000 and the convertible was a bit above $3,000. There was also a Custom Star
Chief line featuring a four-door sedan with special “off-shoulder”
interior patterns, a Catalina sedan, a Catalina Sports Coupe and
the new Bonneville. Series production (except Bonneville) came
to 102,582 cars and the rarest was the four-door sedan, of which
only 3,774 were made.
The first news of the $5,782 Star Chief Custom Bonneville
convertible was heard on Dec. 2, 1956. General sales manager
Frank V. Bridge announced the car in a Jan. 11, 1957 letter.
Bonneville’s availability was limited to 630 production versions
and three prototypes. Two pre-production prototypes were convertibles with four bucket seats and small trim differences. The
third was a two-door hardtop with a floor-mounted four-speed
gearbox.
The base Pontiac engine was a 347-cid V-8 with 227 hp or
252 hp depending on whether the transmission was a “stick” or
automatic. The four-barrel carburetor on the Super Chief-Star
Chief version of the engine boosted output to 244 hp and 270
hp, respectively. The fuel-injected Bonneville version was rated
315 hp.
In December 1956, three triple two-barrel engines were released. The first was an option for the standard Hydra-Matic V-8.
The others were options for the “extra-horsepower” (NASCARcertified) V-8s with either synchromesh or Hydra-Matic transmissions. The “standard” Tri-Power engine produced 290 hp. A
The fuel-injected 1957 Bonneville convertible is a rare collector prize today.
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Super Chief two-door sedan with this engine went 0-to-60 mph
in 8.5 seconds and did the quarter-mile in 16.8 seconds. Both
extra-horsepower jobs were rated 317 hp. They shared 10.0:1
compression ratios, hydraulic lifters and three Rochester carburetors, but the stick-shift engine had a dual-breaker-point ignition
system.
Bunkie Knudsen made some personnel changes after he
took over at Pontiac Motor Division. In early September 1956,
he convinced body engineer Elliott “Pete” Estes to move from
Oldsmobile and replace George Delaney as Pontiac chief engineer. He brought in John Z. DeLorean from Studebaker-Packard
as his advanced engineering director.
Production of 1957 Pontiacs started Oct. 17, 1956. They were
introduced Nov. 19, 1956. Model-year output was 334,041 cars.
Calendar-year output was 343,298 cars. Pontiac was ranked the
sixth largest automaker.
1957 Studebaker
The 1957 Studebaker President V-8 sedan offers a dignified profile.
C
omedy was a big part of television history again in 1957.
“The Phil Silvers Show,” “Father Knows Best,” and
“Leave it to Beaver’ put smiles on the faces of millions
of viewers. Silver’s boisterous Sgt. Ernie Bilko and his sidekick
Private Duane Doberman were a laugh a minute, while Jim Anderson (Robert Young) and “The Beav” (Jerry Mathers) blended
their homespun brand of light-hearted humor with tidbits of family wisdom. Rumor has it the beleaguered Studebaker executives
were big fans of such shows—they needed all the comic relief
they could get, as sales figures continued to race down the chart.
In the Studebaker product lineup, changes from 1956 models included new canted-fin fenders on Hawks and a new wraparound cellular grille on Champion, Commander, and President
models. A new “maximum-economy” model called the Scotsman
was released as part of the Champion series. All Studebakers had
new side trim treatments.
All Studebaker Champions had six-cylinder engines and the
“Champion” name on the front fenders. Scotsman models had
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no nameplates or side trim. They had the cheap-style black rubber moldings around the windshield and rear window. Customtrim Champions had a three-quarter-length body side molding
running from the front of the car to a point below the rear side
window and black rubber windshield and rear window moldings.
Champion Deluxe models were the fanciest version of the sixcylinder Studebaker. They carried full-length body side moldings
and had bright metal moldings around the windshield and rear
window.
There was a super-economy Scotsman station wagon and a
sporty Pelham two-door station wagon in the official model listings for the Champion series. However, a small run of 25 station
wagons with Custom-level trim were produced, along with one
Deluxe station wagon.
Scotsman, Champion, and Pelham models were all on a
116.5-inch wheelbase and 202.4 inches long. The Champion
in-line six-cylinder engine was still the 186-cid flathead type fitted with a Carter one-barrel carburetor. It had a 7.8:1 compres-
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sion ratio and generated 101 hp at 4000 rpm. The Scotsman,
Custom, and Deluxe lines all offered three models: two-door sedan, four-door sedan, and four-door station wagon. The Pelham
station wagon added a 10th six-cylinder model and Studebaker
also turned out 247 Regal four-door sedans. Prices on all 11 nonHawk six-cylinder models ranged from $1,776 to $2,382. Total
production of the 11 cars was only 29,121 units.
The Silver Hawk was the six-cylinder version of Studebaker’s
“sports car” using the same basic body that Raymond Loewy designed in 1953 with tail fins grafted on the rear. Hawks rode a
longer 120.5-inch wheelbase and measured 204 inches long. At
71.3 inches wide, they were considerably narrower than the sedans and wagons, which were all 75.8 inches wide. Where they
really differed from other models was in height. The Hawks were
55 inches high, compared to 59.8 inches for sedans and 61.7
inches for wagons.
Officially, the only Silver Hawk model available was the pillared coupe, which had a $2,142 list price and a production run
of 4,163 units. However, factory production records indicate that
120 six-cylinder Silver Hawk hardtops were also made. The sixcylinder mill in these cars was the same one used in Champions.
The main difference between Studebaker Champions and
Commanders was under the hood, where the Commander models housed a V-8 engine. Otherwise, styling changes were the
same, as were the Custom and Deluxe trim features. There was
no Scotsman V-8 and there were no Custom or Deluxe Commander station wagons. Instead, a separate series included the
two-door Parkview wagon and the four-door Provincial wagon.
Both of these carried Deluxe-level trim features.
Commander sedans, Parkview wagons, and Provincial wagons had the same wheelbase and length as comparable Cham-
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pion models. The Commander’s two-barrel overhead-valve V-8
was the 259 with an 8.3:1 compression ratio and 180 hp at 4500
rpm. Available models included the Custom and Deluxe twoand four-door sedans and the two- and four-door station wagons.
Prices ran from $2,124 to $2,561. Production of the six models
totaled 18,448 vehicles.
Certain Silver Hawk models were limited to sales outside the
United States. For instance, though not listed in all contemporary sources, factory production records show that Studebaker
built 1,180 Silver Hawk coupes and 248 Silver Hawk hardtops
with the Commander V-8 for the Canadian market. All 1957 Silver Hawk models used the engine-turned instrument panel insert
introduced on the 1955 President Speedster.
The 1957 Studebaker President models had “President”
nameplates on the front fenders and guided-missile shaped rear
side moldings. The Custom, Deluxe, and Regal sedans made in
this series rode the smaller wheelbase, but there was a fancier
Classic four-door sedan that continued the old Land Cruiser concept. This car used the longer Hawk wheelbase. The Classic sedan had five bright metal chevrons on the rear fenders and a rear
vent window. President type moldings were used on the Broadmoor four-door station wagon, along with the President V-8.
Two Hawk series models were offered with the President V-8.
The Silver Hawk came only as a $2,263 pillared coupe. The
$3,182 Golden Hawk came only as a hardtop. Standard on the
Golden Hawk engine was a belt-driven supercharger. Factory records show that 9,607 President Silver Hawks and 4,356 Golden
Hawks were made.
Studebaker’s 1957 model-year sales totaled only 63,101 units.
For the third year in a row, Studebaker was ranked 13th on the
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CALENDAR
SHOWS
ALABAMA
Apr 25 AL, Huntsville. Orphan Car
Show. Senior Center, 2200 Drake
Ave. SP: North Alabama Chapter of
the Studebaker Driver’s Club. F: $10.
George Cagle, PH: 256-898-5691 or
37dictator@gmail.com.
May 15-17 AL, Birmingham. Barber
Historics. Barber Motorsports Park.
Ext. 179, PH: 205- 967-4745 or www.
barbermotorsports.com; www.brunoeventteam.com.
May 16 AL, Huntsville. Annual Antique
Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show. Boy
Scouts of America Goodloe Scout
Center/Scout Shop, 2211 Drake Ave.
SW. F: $20. Gene Moran, PH: 859327-0083 or www.naraaca.org.
May 29-30 AL, Columbiana. Shelby
Show & Go. F: $15. PH: 205- 6691877 or erinb@safehouse.org or
https://shelbyshowandgo15.eventbrite.com.
ARIZONA
May 3 AZ, Glendale. JUST SELL IT
Automotive Swap Meet. Glendale
Community College, 6000 W. Olive
Ave. SH: Sun. only 5am-2pm. F: $30
per 18×20 space. Scott Jordan, PH:
623- 628-0364 or PH: 602- 828-4865
or quickaztruck@aol.com or justsellitautomotiveswapmeet.com.
Jun 7 AZ, Glendale. JUST SELL IT
Automotive Swap Meet. Glendale
Community College, 6000 W. Olive
Ave. SH: Sun. only 5am-2pm. F: $30
per 18×20 space. Scott Jordan, PH:
623- 628-0364 or PH: 602- 828-4865
or quickaztruck@aol.com or justsellitautomotiveswapmeet.com.
ARKANSAS
Apr 22-25 AK, Bentonville. Chrysler 300
International Club Meet. Visit http://
www.chrysler300club.com/ and look
under the Events section. Contact:
Ray and Jo Ann Jones, 479-394-5738,
or 1970hurst@gmail.com.
May 24 AR, Morrilton. Mustangs On
The Mountain Show & Shine. Museum
of Automobiles, 8 Jones Ln. Schelley
Francis, PH: 318- 423-0192 or iluvoldcars@yahoo.com or www.museumofautos.com.
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May 30 AR, Alma. Crawford County
High School Hawghunters Spring Car
Show & Swap Meet. Alma Primary
School, 1600 US Hwy 64,. F: First
vehicle $25, second vehicle $15.
Candi Hopp, PH: 479- 276-7274 or
Lori Garrett, PH: 479- 259-4848 or
cchsbassmasters.com.
CALIFORNIA
Apr 25 CA, Menifee. Annual Big Barn
Classic Car Show. Motte Historical
Museum, 28380 Hwy 74. Motte Historical Museum, 28380 Hwy 74, #15,
Menifee, CA, 92585. PH: 951- 9283210 or maria@mottemuseum.com or
www.mottemuseum.com.
Apr 26 CA, Half Moon Bay. Annual
Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show.
Airport, on Hwy. 1, 20 mi. S. of San
Francisco & 5 mi. N. of Hwy. 92. SH:
10am-4pm. Mike Hennessy, PH: 408615-1454 or coolcars55@sbcglobal.
net or www.dreammachines.miramarevents.com.
Apr 26 CA, Rancho Cucamonga. 7th
Annual Chaffey College Car Show.
Chaffey College Campus, 5885 Haven
Ave.,. SH: 10am-2pm. A: Free. F: $20.
Sherm, PH: 909- 652-6860 or www.
chaffeycollegecarclub.com.
May 2 CA, San Rafael. May Madness
28th Annual Rock & Rollin’ Car Show
& Parade. Fourth St. downtown between Lincoln & D. PH: 415- 383-3470
or marinpublicity@gmail.com or www.
teamproevent.com.
May 2 CA, Torrance. Car, Truck & Bike
Show. Vic’s Garage, 510 Madrid Ave.
. SH: 9am-4pm. Nikki Vasquez, ext
2900, PH: 310- 781-2222 or www.
edelbrock.com/carshow.
May 3 CA, Reedley. Street Faire & Car
Show. downtown. Ken Peters, PH:
559- 859-5134.
May 3 CA, Perris. Antique Truck Show
& Swap Meet. Orange Empire Railway
Museum, 2201 S “A” St. off the 215
Fwy. Approx. 10 mi. S. of Riverside.
SH: 9am-3pm. SP: Southern CA
Chapter of American Truck Historical
Society. A: Adults $7, $5 ages 5-11,
under 5 free. Dennis Martinez, PH:
951- 588-6007 or Ray Delpino, PH:
626- 391-2167 or Orange Empire
Railway Museum, PH: 951- 943-3020
or www.oerm.org.
To get your event
on our calendar,
e-mail us at
oldcars@krause.com
Walgreens Drug Store, Cleveland Ave.
SH: 6pm-9pm. “Catfish”, PH: 559706-1699 or Don, PH: 559- 201-9565
or Ron, PH: 559- 871-6487.
May 17 CA, West Hills. Classic Car Sunday. Justice Street Academy Charter
School, 23350 Justice St. F: $30.
Phuong Tri, PH: 818- 929-3495.
May 17 CA, Red Bluff. 41st Annual Red
Bluff River Car Show. River Park, 100
River Park Way. F: $15. Vince Dunn,
PH: 530- 347-3109 or sylviarakes@sbcglobal.net or www.motortopia.com.
May 17 CA, Petaluma. 41st Annual
Petaluma Swap Meet. Fairgrounds,
Hwy. 101 & Washington St. SH: 5am.
SP: Redwood Empire Regional GroupEarly Ford V8 Club. F: 20×20 space
$25. Dave Peterson, PH: 707- 5279183 or 1davepete@comcast.net.
May 17 CA, West Hills. Classic Car
Sunday. Justice Street Academy
Charter School, 23350 Justice St. SH:
9am-4pm. Contact: Phuong Tri, 818929-3495.
May 22 CA, Madera. Car Show 2015.
Walgreens Drug Store, Cleveland Ave.
SH: 6pm-9pm. “Catfish”, PH: 559706-1699 or Don, PH: 559- 201-9565
or Ron, PH: 559- 871-6487.
May 23 CA, Bakersfield. Bakersfield
Rock & Country Music & Art Festival.
3801 Chester Ave. A: $165. F: $150.
PH: 661- 371-2207 or richard@bakersfieldmusicfestival.com or www.bakersfieldmusicfestival.com/carshowreg.
May 24 CA, Anaheim. 41st Annual La
Palma Car Show. La Palma Park.
Harbor Blvd. & La Palma So. Of 91
Fwy. SH: 8am-3pm. BCO+I Empire,
James Gillen, 2271 Via Puerta #Q,
Laguna Woods, CA, 92637. PH: 949280-4952.
May 24 CA, Fallbrook. Fallbrook Antique
Car Show. Palm Mesa Resort, 2001
Old Hwy. 395. Fallbrook Vintage Car
Club Region of the AACA, PO Box
714, Fallbrook, CA, 92088. carshowchair@fallbrookvintagecarclub.org
May 25 CA, Sacramento. Vettes for Vets
& American Muscle Car Show. CA
Automobile Museum. SH: 10am-3pm.
A: $8, $7 Vintage & AAA Members,
$4 Students. Natalie Minas, PH: 916442-6802 or pr@calautomuseum.org
or www.calautomuseum.org.
May 8 CA, Madera. Car Show 2015.
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May 30 CA, Montclair. 2015 All AMC Car
Show. 5505 Moreno St. F: $30. Mark
Melvin, 1517 McCabe Way, West Covina, CA, 91791. PH: 626- 638-3251
or mightpilot@gmail.com or www.
socalamx.net.
May 30-31 CA, Pleasanton. 22nd Summer Get-Together. Fairgrounds. PH:
925- 838-9876 or www.good-guys.
com.
May 31 CA, Auburn. Mother Lode
Model T Club 39th Annual Swap
Meet. Gold Country Fairgrounds, 200
Fairgate Rd. Gary, PH: 530- 823-7957
or John, PH: 916- 202-5842 or www.
motherlodemodelt.com.
Jun 6 CA, Yorba Linda. OES Summer
Festival & Car Show. 16850 Bastanchury Rd. SH: 9am-4pm. F: $35. PH:
714- 577-9281 or eclark@easterntarhomes.org.
Jun 7 CA, Anaheim Hills. 22nd Annual
Canyon Cruise Car Show. 91 Freway &
Gypsum Canyon Rd. Bob Kirkpatrick,
PH: 714- 624-0203 or Mike Mauer,
PH: 714- 906-4308 or www.classiccruisersnoc.com.
Jun 12 CA, Madera. Car Show 2015.
Walgreens Drug Store, Cleveland Ave.
SH: 6pm-9pm. “Catfish”, PH: 559706-1699 or Don, PH: 559- 201-9565
or Ron, PH: 559- 871-6487.
Jun 14 CA, Escondido. 28th Annual
Fords & Friends Picnic. Grape Day
Park, 321 N. Broadway. F: Pre-reg.
$25, after 6/1 $30. PUL – SD, PO Box
710846, Santee, CA, 92072. John
Kidwell, PH: 619- 928-8415 or Larry
Krause, PH: 858- 342-0714.
Jun 14 CA, San Marino. San Marino
Motor Classic & CCCA Grand Classic. Lacy Park, 1485 Virginia Rd. A:
$30, chldren under 12 free. F: $25, VIP
$125. www.sanmarinomotorclassic.
com
COLORADO
May 9 CO, Wheat Ridge. Free Car
Show. Pep Boys Parking Lot, 44th &
Wadsworth. Mike, PH: 303- 754-0010.
May 16 CO, Canon City. 33rd Annual
Antique & Special Interest Car Show.
Holy Cross Abbey, 2951 E. Hwy. 50.
SP: Royal Gorge Chapter-VMCCA. F:
Pre-reg. $20, $30 at gate. RGVMCCA,
Kathy Kunselman, 2650 E. Main
St., Canon City, CO, 81212. Ralph
Kunselman, PH: 719- 275-3561 or
Dan Guernsey, PH: 719- 276-0540 or
Eli Atchinson, PH: 719- 275-7493 or
carshow_31@hotmail.com.
May 16 CO, Lone Tree. Littleton Grand
Opening. 7469 Park Meadows Dr.
Mike, PH: 303- 754-0010.
May 17 CO, Denver. Broadway Grand
www.oldcarsweekly.com
Opening. 487 S. Broadway. Patrick,
PH: 303- 778-0440.
swap meet $10. PH: 321- 948-7553 or
pennsboro1j@cfl.rr.com.
May 30 CO, Aurora. Aurora Grand
Opening. 12820 E. Mississippi Ave.
BC, PH: 303- 338-8080.
Dec 5-7 FL, Grande Lakes. Festivals of
Speed. Ritz-Carlton Orlando. PH: 352385-9450. www.festivalsofspeed.com.
May 31 CO, Colorado Springs. South
Academy Car Show. 135 N. Academy
Blvd. Aaron, PH: 719- 380-0003.
GEORGIA
Jun 7 CO, Lakewood. S. Wadsworth
Grand Opening. 5134 S. Wadsworth
Ave. Jared, PH: 303- 932-0606.
CONNECTICUT
May 17 CT, East Hartford. Carl Maratta
Auto Swap Meet. Rentschler Field,
615 Silver Lane. SH: 6am-3pm. A:
$10. Carl Maratta. PH: 860- 680-6878
or Bob Beaulieu, PH: 781- 378-1742
or maratttapro@yahoo.com or www.cmaratta-swap.com.
Jun 14 CT, Manchester. 38th Annual
Mustang Spring Round-Up. Mustangs
Unlimited, 440 Adams St. SP: Mustang Car Club of New England. A:
Free. F: $15, MCCNE members $10.
PH: 508- 674-5462 or www.mccne.
com.
DELAWARE
May 9 DE, Wilmington. Beers & Gears.
Casino at Delaware Park, 777 Delaware Park Blvd. SH: 11am-4pm. F:
Pre-registration $10, day of show
$15. Scott Wolynetz, 429 Corato
Ct., Bear, DE, 19701. PH: 800- 4175687 or Scott, PH: 302- 983-0588 or
cruisindp@gmail.com or delawarepark.
com.
FLORIDA
Apr 24-26 FL, Kissimmee. 2nd Florida
Nationals. Osceola Heritage Park,
1875 Silver Spur Lane,. PH: 925- 8389876 or www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.
com.
Apr 24-26 FL, Leesburg. Leesburg 19th
Annual Bikefest. Downtown Leesburg,
510 W. Mainstreet. Florida Hot Rods
& Hogs, PO Box 60203, Ft. Myers,
FL, 33906. PH: 239- 229-8526 or PH:
800- 997-8478 or tony@flhrh.com or
www.leesburgbikefest.com or www.
flhrh.com.
Apr 25 FL, Jacksonville. 1st Avonlea
Antique & Classic Car Show 2015.
8101 Philips Highway. SH: 8:30am3pm. A: Free. F: $20. PH: 904-6368785. carshow@avonleamall.com.
www.facebook.com/avonleacarshow.
Apr 26 FL, Miami. Festivals of Speed.
Downtown Museum Park. PH: 352385-9450. www.festivalsofspeed.com.
May 3 FL, Palm Bay. 5th Annual Cinco
De Mayo Car, Truck & Bike Show.
Space Coast Harley-Davidson, 1440
Executive Circle NE. SP: High Performance Productions. F: $10, vendor &
Apr 25 GA, Sugar Hill. Classic & Volkswagen Car Show. The Bowl at Sugar
Hill, 5039 West Broad St. SP: Held in
conj. with the Classic Rock Concert. F:
$20. Steve Soucie, PH: 770- 967-2934
or ssoucie1@charter.net.
Apr 26 GA, Athens. Cruisin For a Cure
Car & Bike Show. The Varsity, 1000
W. Broad St. Benefit Breast Cancer
Awareness. SH: 1pm-4:30pm. SP:
Easy L Quarter Horses. F: $10 donation. Lisa Lee, PH: 706- 201-6724 or
gotemtalkin@bellsouth.net.
May 2 GA, Cleveland. Cruise’n For A
Cause. TCB Diner, 4404 Helen Hwy.
SH: 1pm-4pm. F: $10. Cruise’n For A
Cause, Stephanie Westbrooks, 6699
Duncan Bridge Rd., Cleveland, GA,
30528. PH: 706- 969-2503 or cruiseinforacause@gmail.com.
May 16 GA, Helen. 2nd Annual Appalachian Mountain Rod Run. Unicoi State
Park & Lodge, 1788 Hwy 356. Cruise’n
For A Cause, Stephanie Westbrooks,
6699 Duncan Bridge Rd., Cleveland,
GA, 30528. PH: 706- 969-2503.
Jun 6 GA, Cleveland. Cruise’n For A
Cause. TCB Diner, 4404 Helen Hwy.
SH: 1pm-4pm. F: $10. Cruise’n For A
Cause, Stephanie Westbrooks, 6699
Duncan Bridge Rd., Cleveland, GA,
30528. PH: 706- 969-2503 or cruiseinforacause@gmail.com.
Jun 12-14 GA, Savannah. NOPI Nationals Supershow. The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. NOPI
Motorwerkz LLC, 486 Main St., Forest
Park, GA. x204, PH: 404- 366-4700 or
nopiman@nopi.com or NOPINationals.
com.
Jun 13 GA, Cleveland. White Co. Warriors Cross Country Car Show Fundraiser. City Electric Supply, 5530 Hwy.
129 South. SH: 12pm-5pm. Cruise’n
For A Cause, Stephanie Westbrooks,
6699 Duncan Bridge Rd., Cleveland,
GA, 30528. PH: 706- 969-2503 or
cruiseinforacause@gmail.com.
ILLINOIS
Apr 26 IL, Gilberts. 10th Annual Gilberts
Spring Car & Cycle Show. 11 Galligan
Rd. #C. F: $10. PH: 847- 836-7272 or
www.cruisingilberts.com.
Apr 26 IL, St. Charles. Chicago Toy
Show. Kane County Fairgrounds, 525
S. Randall Road. SH: 8am-3pm. PH:
847-772-6760. www.chicagotoyshow.
com.
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Apr 26 IL, Waterloo. Lions Eye Care Car
Show. Main & Mill Streets. F: $10. Ken
Jackson, PH: 314- 605-9907 or John
W. Ford, PH: 618- 978-3659 or nickelsoni@yahoo.com or jwford_5614@
hotmail.com.
Jun 7 IL, Montgomery. Skip’s Fiesta
Swap Meet, Car Show, Car Sale. Lake
Co. Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Rd.
A: Adults $8, Ages 6-11 $2. Skip’s, PO
Box 411, Montgomery, il, 60538. PH:
630- 340-4744 or www.lcfair.com.
May 2-3 IL, Braceville. Route 66 Godley
Red Carpet Cruise. K-Mine Museum.
Cruise, junk-in-the-trunk, craft/flea
market. Dash plaques for show cars.
K-Mine Museum hours: 8am-4pm. PH:
815-955-9070 or digginrt66@yahoo.
com
Jun 7 IL, Woodstock. Skip’s USA Swap
Meet & Car Show. New location:
McHenry County Fairgrounds. Info:
630-340-4744 or www.skipsusa.net
May 3 IL, Villa Park. Model A’s To Z’s.
Strat’s Diner, 231 E. North Ave. PH:
630- 832-0435.
Jun 14 IL, Peotone. TRI Chevy Association 43rd Annual Swap Meet and Car
Show Display. Will County Fairgrounds, 710 West St. peotoneswap@
hotmail.com. peotoneswapmeet.com
or trichevy.org.
May 16 IL, Mechanicsburg. 10th Annual
Mechanicsburg Magic Car and Truck
Show and All-Town Garage Sale.
Uptown Village Park. A: Free. F: $10
advance, $12 day of show. Larry &
Beverly Wake, 10345 Bell Fountain
Rd, Dawson, IL, 62520-3095. PH:
217- 364-4888 or Day of show, PH:
217- 622-4888 or galaxieguyandgal@
ctiwireless.com.
Jun 28 IL, Yorkville. Gears & Ears 38
Swap Meet presented by Midwest
Street Rod Association of Illinois. Kendall County Fairgrounds. Gates open
@ 7am. Call Wayne: 773-775-4696 or
www.gearsandears.com.
May 16-17 IL, Belvidere. Little Hershey
50th Annual Swap Meet & Car Show.
Boone Cty. Fairgrounds, 8791 Rt. 76.
SH: 6am-4pm. SP: Rockford Chapter
Model T Ford International. A: $7,
under 12 free. Dave Lantz, Swap meet,
PH: 815- 979-4544 or Duane Bunton, Car show, PH: 815- 543-4935 or
www.3dsound.org/flyers/belvidere.pdf.
Sep 6 IL, Woodstock. Skip’s USA Swap
Meet & Car Show. New location:
McHenry County Fairgrounds. Info:
630-340-4744 or www.skipsusa.net
May 24 IL, Volo. 50th Annual Car Show,
Car Corral & Swap Meet. Auto Museum Showgrounds. F: Car corral $20,
Swap vendor $25, Show car $10. PH:
847- 295-6996 or PH: 815- 385-3644
or bob.grutza@yahoo.com or volocars.
com.
INDIANA
May 25 IL, Palestine. 34th Memorial
Day Car Show. Leaverton Park. Jesse
Hock, PH: 618- 553-0688 or www.
robinsoncarclub.com.
Jun 3-5 IL, Chicago. Concours
d’Elegance of Chicago. Northerly
Island. SP: Legends & Legacies Foundation. PH: 312- 733-4700 or amanda@cooperTechnica.com or www.
concourschicago.net.
Jun 5-7 IL, Effingham. Funfest for AirCooled VW. Mid America Motorworks,
17082 N US Hwy 45. Funfest Events,
PO Box 1368, 17082 N. US Hwy 45,
Effingham, IL, 62401. PH: 866- 3504539 or funfest@mamotorworks.com
or www.funfestacvw.com.
Jun 6-12 IL, Madison. Hot Rod Legendary Power Tour – 7 Cities in 7 Days. Alliant Energy Center. PH: 310- 363-4231
or Martha Carrasco vendor info, PH:
949- 705-3135 or Andy Wilson, PH:
317- 602-7137 or powertour@hotrod.
com; awilson@bohlsengroup.com.
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Jul 19 IL, Woodstock. Skip’s USA Swap
Meet & Car Show. New location:
McHenry County Fairgrounds. Info:
630-340-4744 or www.skipsusa.net
Nov 8 IL, Woodstock. Skip’s USA Swap
Meet & Car Show. New location:
McHenry County Fairgrounds. Info:
630-340-4744 or www.skipsusa.net
Annual Car Show. Summer Place,
4190 N. State Road 19. A: $5, under
12 free. F: $15. PH: 765- 963-5943 or
www.asummerplace.org.
Jun 5-7 IN, Indianapolis. 2nd Indiana
Nationals. Indiana State Fairgrounds,
West Pavilion, 1202 E. 38th St. PH:
925- 838-9876 or www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.com.
IOWA
May 3 IA, Monticello. 31st Auto Parts
Swap Meet. Fairgrounds . parking lot.
SH: 7:30am-1pm. Galen Muller, 853
Southhaven Dr., Monticello, IA, 523102041. PH: 319- 465-5119 or PH:
319- 465-5380 or www.autopartsswapmeet.net.
May 29-31 IA, Clarinda. Ed Norland
Collection Auction. Page County
Fairgrounds, 112 E. Main St. PH: 319291-6688 or www.richpennauctions.
com.
KANSAS
May 8 KS, Topeka. Car Show. Wasburn
Tech Campus, 5724 SW Huntoon St.
Mike Evenson, PH: 785- 228-6313.
Jun 11-13 KS, Wichita. North Central
VTCI Convention. Doubletree by Hilton
@ Dwight D. Eisenhower Intl. Airport.
SP: Mid-Kansas Vintage Thunderbird
Club, Inc. VTCI NC Regional Convention, Beverly Wake, 1316 N. Fieldcrest
Ct., Wichita, KS, 67212. PH: 316722-2028 or jrwake1316@cox.net,
b.a.wake@cox.net.
Apr 25 IN, Richmond. 22nd Annual Ivy
Tech Car Show. Ivy Tech Community
College, I-70 & US 27. April 26. SH:
9am-1pm. F: $15. ext 2344, PH: 765966-2656 or chomkomp@ivytech.edu
or www.ivytech.edu/richmond/news/
carshow.html.
KENTUCKY
Apr 26 IN, South Bend. 52nd Annual
Swap Meet & Car Show. St. Joseph
Cty. 4-H Fairgrounds. SH: 6:30am3pm. SP: Pioneer Auto Association. A:
Adults $5, 8-15 $1. F: Pre-reg. swap &
car corral $15, $20 at gate; car s. Max,
PH: 574- 674-6111 or www.pioneerautoassn.com.
May 2 MD, Edgewater. AMC & Orphan
Car Dusting-off Meeet. Greene Turtle
Restaurant, 3231A Solomons Island
Rd. SP: Potomac Ramblers AMC
Club. F: $15. Potomac Car Events,
Harley Smith, 367 Friar Trail, Annaplis,
MD, 21401. PH: 410- 849-8756 or
adoptedup@verizon.net.
May 1-2 IN, South Bend. StudebakerPackard Concours d’Elegance. St.
Joseph Cty. Fairgrounds, 5117 S.
Ironwood Rd. www.michiana-chaptersdc.net
May 3 MD, Greenbelt. Annual Spring
Cadillac & LaSalle Show. Capitol Cadillac Company, 6500 Capitol Dr. Exit
23 S. (Kenilworth Ave) off the Capital
Beltway (Rt. 495) first exit, turn L. onto
Rt. 193 E. (Greenbelt Rd.). SH: 9am.
A: Free. Dan Ruby, PH: 301- 894-8026
or danruby@clcpotomacregion.org or
www.clcpotomacregion.org.
May 9 IN, Lafayette. Harrison High
School Annual Car & Bike Show.
Oerlikon Fairfield Manufacturing,
2400 Sagamore Pkwy. S. SH: 10am2pm. SP: Harrison High School
Car & Bike Club. F: $10. gsond20@
tscstudents.net www.facebook.com/
events/839531512773651
May 23 IN, Sharpsville. Summer Place
Old Cars Weekly News & Marketplace EXPRESS / May 14, 2015
Sep 12 KY, Murray. Kentuckiana Model
A Day hosted by West Kentucky
Region of the Model A Restorers Club
(MARC). wkymarc.freeforums.org
MARYLAND
May 17 MD, West Friendship. West
Friendship 1st Annual Car Show.
Howard Cty. Living Farm Heritage
Museum, 12985 Frederick Rd. SP:
National Capitol Region 36 Early Ford
V8 Club of America. F: Before 5/3
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$12, day of event $15. NCR Early Ford
Club, Al Zimmermann, 12887 Eagles
View Rd., Phoenix, MD, 21131. PH:
410- 560-0237 or zimmco1@comcast.
net or www.ncr36.com.
Jun 6 MD, West Friendship. 26th
Orphan Car Tour. Howard Cty.
Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Rd.
tourdirector@orphancartour.org www.
orphancartour.org
Jun 13 MD, Boonsboro. East Coast
AMC Day. Mason-Dixon Dragway. SP:
Potomac Ramblers. A: $29. F: $20.
Kirby England, PH: 443- 547-4708 or
hassyformat@aol.com.
MASSACHUSETTS
May 16 MA, Marlborough. 4th Annual
MCCNE American Iron Cruise. Solomon Pond Mall, 601 Donald Lynch
BLvd. SH: 3pm-8pm. SP: Mustang
Car Club of New England. F: $15,
MCCNE members $10. PH: 508- 6745462 or www.mccne.com.
May 17 MA, Ashland. MassBay All
Vehicle Show. 250 Eliot St. SH: 9am2pm. SP: MassBay Automotive Alumni
Association. F: $10. John Gallagher,
PH: 781-239-3045 or jgallagher@
massbay.edu.
May 17 MA, Wilmington. Annual SONIC
Breakfast Blast & Cruise. SONIC, 220
Main St. SH: 8am. SP: Dominators Hot
Rod Club. Clay Eastman, PH: 781860-0074 or www.dominatorshotrodclub.com/events/meetings_sched.
Jun 12-14 MA, Springfield. 223rd Grundy Worldwide Insurance East Coast
Nationals. Eastern States Exposition,
1305 Memorial Ave. PH: 925- 8389876 or www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.
com.
Jun 13 MA, Sandwich. Heritage Auto
Show. Judith Goetz, PH: 508- 4205566 or cell, PH: 587- 201-1798 or
igoetz@regancomm.com or heritagemuseumandgardens.org.
Jun 14 MA, Maynard. 27th Annual
Autofest. Rod & Gun Club, 45 Old Mill
Rd. SH: 8am-1pm. SP: Maynard Area
Auto Club. A: $3 walk-ins. F: $10 car
load. Maynard Area Auto Club, PO
Box 633, Maynard, MA, 01754. Jack
Malcolm, PH: 978- 897-3445 or John
Erb, PH: 978- 897-7953 or jfmalcolm@
aol.com or http://clubs.hemmings.
com/maynardaac.
MICHIGAN
May 2-3 MI, Fowlerville. Annual Swap
Meet. Fairgrounds, 8800 W Grand
River. A: $4. Gary McIntyre, 2200
Pleasant Valley Rd., Brighton, MI,
48114. PH: 248- 684-8955.
May 6 MI, South Haven. 10th Annual
Classic & Muscle Car Show. 11628
48
M-140 Hwy. SH: 5pm-8pm. SP:
McFadden Friendly Motors. F: $10.
Rusty McFadden Ext 1314, PH: 866637-8558 or Raceen Buck Ext 1316
pre-reg., PH: 866- 637-8558 or www.
mcfaddenfriendly.com.
Jun 7 MI, Hickory Corners. 2015 CCCA
Museum Experience. Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 W Hickory Rd. Classic Car
Club of Americ Museum, Inc., PO Box
2113, Dearborn, MI, 48123. PH: 269353-4672 or www.CCCAMuseum.org.
Jun 14 MI, Shelby Township. 6th Annual
Cars ‘R’ Stars Show & Swap. Old
Packard Proving Grounds, 49965 Van
Dyke. A: $5. Tom Mitchell, PH: 586247-5921 or Bruce (Car show), PH:
810- 287-7722 or Dave (Swap), PH:
248- 252-2067 or info@carsrstars.com
or www.carsrstars.com.
Jul 11 MI, Attica. Team Attica Auto
Show. Attica Township Park, 4350
Peppermill Road. SH: 10am. Contact:
Angie, 810-459-4996 or soulcatgirl@
gmail.com
MINNESOTA
May 3 MN, St. Paul. 39th Northland
Antique, Doll, Toy and Advertising
Show. Progress Center, Minnesota
State Fairgrounds. SH: 9am-3pm. PH:
763-560-4290
May 24 MN, Rogers. 5th Annual Classic
Car Club Car Show & Swap Meet.
Miller Chevrolet, 21150 John Milless
Dr. A: $3. F: $10 Cars, $5 Swap space.
Al Longley, PH: 763- 421-6953.
Jun 7 MN, St. Paul. 33rd Annual All
GM Car, Truck Show & Swap Meet.
State Fairgrounds, Machinery Hill. SP:
General Motors Car Club Assn. A:
$5, under 12 free. F: Show cars $15,
Vendor $15, Car corral $20. Milo Falk,
9632 Wyoming Terrace, Bloomington,
MN, 55438. PH: 952- 545-0134 or
milouise86@icloud.com.
Jun 21 MN, Red Wing. Phantoms
America Works Groovy ’60s Car Show.
Downtown Red Wing. SH: 10am-3pm.
PH: 651-388-1800. Vollan@redwing.
net
662- 728-4130.
May 2-3 MS, Tupelo. Blue Suede Cruise
Antique & Classic Car Corral, Flea
Market, Cruise. Bancorp Arena. PH:
205-426-5256 or www.alantiqueclassic.com.
MISSOURI
May 9 MO, Jefferson City. Rods For
Ramps Car Show. Capital Mall, 3600
Country Club Dr. F: Pre-reg. $10, day
of show $15. ILRC, 1760 Southridge,
Jefferson City, MO, 65109. Melinda,
PH: 573- 556-0400 or melinda@
ilrcjcmo.org.
May 21-23 MO, Hermann. Midwest Blue
Oval Club Annual Rally.
May 30 MO, Branson. 16th Annual
Mopars In Branson. Presley’s Country Jubilee, 2920 W 76 Country Blvd.
SP: Rte 66 Mopar Club. F: $25 in
advane, $30 at gate. Steve Brown or
417-268-7376, PH: 417- 887-1280 or
Larry Vejraska, PH: 417- 331-0175 or
Clifton Gladden, PH: 417- 849-8489 or
route66moparclub.com.
Jun 13 MO, West Plains. Wheels &
Deals 2015 Car Show. West Plains
Civic Center, 110 St. Louis St. SP:
West Plains Car Club. F: $15. John,
PH: 417- 256-1579 or Danny, PH: 417256-2900 or jrburgdorf@centurytel.
net or gbr@centurytel.net or www.
wesplainscarclub.net.
Jun 21 MO, St. Clair. 26th Annual Father’s Day Classic Car Show, hosted
by Rt. 66 Car Club & St. Clair Elks
Lodge. Orchard Park. Registration:
8am-noon. Contacts: Steve Cook,
314-795-4700, or Del Cokley, 636266-1479.
MONTANA
May 16 MT, Kalispell. Glacier St. Rod
Assoc. Annual Swap Meet & Car
Show. Mile marker 120, Hwy 93 N.
A: $1. Ken, PH: 406- 249-3372 or
Bill, PH: 406- 250-2967 or ezsam@
optimum.net or www.glacierstreetrodassoc.org.
NEVADA
Aug 8 MN, New London. 29th Annual
New London to New Brighton Antique
Car Run, starting at Peace Lutheran
Church. Contact: Bill Dubats, 763757-4143 or www.antiquecarrun.org.
Aug 6-8 NV, Reno, NV. Reno Swap
Meet, Reno Livestock Event Center,
1340 Wells Ave. Info: Western Pacific
Events 530-307-9999. www.westernpacificevents.com
MISSISSIPPI
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Apr 25 MS, Houston. Cruisin Houston
Car Show. Southern Cruisers Car Club
of Mississippi. Alan Moore, PH: 662794-0169 or gwenr46@gmail.com.
May 9 NH, Salem. Golden Oldies Classic Car Show. Rockingham Park. A:
$5, under 12 free. F: Adnavce $20,
at gate $25. PH: 603- 625-7025 or
carshowpucc@gmail.com or www.
pelhamoldhomeday.org.
May 2 MS, Booneville. Booneville
Hometown Heritage Car Show. Downtown Booneville. Greg Smart, PH:
662- 882-9468 or Main St. Assoc., PH:
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May 24 NH, Littleton. 3rd Annual
Hagan’s Mfg. Homes Car Show. Sear’s
Field, 831 Meadow St. SH: 10amwww.oldcarsweekly.com
2pm. F: $10. White Mountain Cruisers,
David Ash. PH: 603- 444-2652 or PH:
603- 991-3969 or davidash280@gmail.
com or www.whitemountaincruisers.
mysite.com.
Jun 7 NH, Littleton. 1st Annual Relay
For Life. Sear’s Field, 831 Meadow
St. SH: 10am-2pm. White Mountain Cruisers, David Ash. PH: 603444-2652 or PH: 603- 991-3969 or
davidash280@gmail.com or www.
whitemountaincruisers.mysite.com.
NEW JERSEY
Apr 25 NJ, Mount Ephraim. Annual
Mt. Ephraim Car Show & Craft Fair.
Kings Hwy & Black Horse Pike. SH:
9am-3pm. SP: Rotary Club of Mount
Ephraim. F: Pre-reg. $15 before 4/21;
day of show $20. Tom, PH: 856- 2172147 or Sam, PH: 856- 816-3767 or
thomas.crehan02@gmail.com or www.
mountephraim-nj.com/news.html.
Apr 25 NJ, Red Bank. Garden State
Region Mustang Club (GSRMC.org)
and George Wall Ford & Lincoln Spring
Car Show “Fords at Wall”. George
Wall Ford & Lincoln, 700 Shrewsbury
Aveon. Registration 9-11am. Contact:
Mike D, 201-933-6915, or Carol R,
201-377-4876. www.gsrmc.org.
May 2 NJ, Palmyra. Palmyra Community
Day Classic Car Show. 30 W. Broad
St. SH: 10am-3pm. F: $20 day of
show. Phil Androvett, PH: 609- 4240531 or devalvairs.com or boroughofpalmyra.com.
May 3 NJ, Florham Park. NJ Region
AACA’s 64th Annual Spring Meet Car
Show. Automatic Switch, 50 Hanover Road. SH: 9am-3pm. Contact:
Vince DeLisi at 908-755-4266, email
njaaca@outlook.com or www.njaaca.
org.
May 24 NJ, North Haledon. Motorama
Car Show & Flea Market. North Haledon High School, 515 High Mountain
Rd. SH: 8am-4pm. SP: Jersey Lakeland Region VCCA. A: $4. F: Pre-reg
$15, at gate $20. Vendors: Pre-reg
$20, at. http://clubs.hemmings.com/
jlrvcca
Jun 6-7 NJ, Mahway. Rampo Concours
d’Elegance. 505 Rampo Valley Rd.
info@rampoconcours.com www.rampoconcours.com
Jun 14 NJ, Wayne. Tri-County Cruisers 22nd Annual Car Show. Municipal
Complex, 475 Valley Rd. SH: 9am4pm. F: Pre-registration $10, Day of
show $15. PH: 973- 882-0288 or solutions@wegmanassociates.com.
Jun 14 NJ, Dunellen. 29th Annual Car
Show. Skinner Plaza, Dunellen Train
Station. SH: 10am-4pm. SP: Unforgettable Autos of Mid-Jersey. F: Pre-reg.
www.oldcarsweekly.com
$10, day of $20. Miles Yengst, PH:
732- 752-1551 or unforgettablemj@
yahoo.com.
Jun 27 NJ, Newton. Garden State
Region Mustang Club and Home
Depot “Summer Kickoff Car Show.”
The Home Depot, 7 North Park Drive.
Registration: 9-11am. Contact: Tom
A., 973-229-7735, or Bill C, 973-2144060. www.gsrmc.org.
Sep 19 NJ, Dover. Garden State Region
Mustang Club and Home Depot “End
of Sumer Car Show.” The Home
Depot, 7530 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Registration: 9-11am. Contact: Bill C at
973-214-4060. www.gsrmc.org.
Sep 24-27 NJ, Wildwood. Boardwalk
Classic Car Auction and Show. Wildwoods Convention Center. Contact:
Gary, 609-377-2131. www.wildwoodmotorevents.com
NEW MEXICO
Jun 5-7 NM, Red River. 20th Annual Red
River Classic Car Show.
Jun 6 NM, Tucumcari. 3rd Annual
Rockabilly On The Route Fextival –
Wheels On 66 Classic Car & Vintage
Motorcycle Show & Burn-out. Convention Center, 1500 Route 66. F: $15.
Simon Canton, PH: 310- 801-2727 or
rockabillyontheroute@gmail.com or
www.rockabillyontheroute.com.
NEW YORK
Apr 26 NY, Smithtown. 10th Annual
Spring Car Show Fundraiser. 280 E.
Main St. SH: 9am-4pm. A: $5. F: Cars
$15, motorcycles $5. John Forlenza,
PH: 631- 588-2696 or www.stpats.
americanhotrods.com.
May 10 NY, Oceanside. Mother’s Day
Car Show to Benefit Animal Rescue.
School House Green, Foxhurst Rd, &
Long Beach Rd. F: $5. Dave or Holly,
PH: 516- 889-1089.
May 15-16 NY, Saratoga Springs. Collector’s Tour and Spring Auto Show.
Saratoga Automobile Museum.
Collector’s Tour on May 15, with this
year’s drive taking participants to New
Hartford, NY Reservations for the tour,
can be made online at www.saratogaautomuseum.org. The cost is $85 per
person. Spring Auto Show and Family
Fun Day take place May 16. Info: at
www.saratogaautomuseum.org.
May 16 NY, Saratoga Springs. Spring
Invitational Auto Show. Saratoga
Automobile Museum, 110 Avenue of
the Pines (in Spa State Park). A: Adults
$10, teens $5. F: Pre-reg $15, day of
$20. Saratoga Auto Museum, 110 Avenue of The Pines, Saratoga Springs,
NY, 12866. Ext. 16,Heidi Shull, PH:
518- 587-1935 or Dennis Kipp, PH:
518- 306-4168 or info@saratogaauto-
museum.org or www.saratogaautomuseum.org.
May 17 NY, Sylvan Beach. 45th Annual Antique Car Show. Village Park.
SH: 11am-5pm. SP: Co-sponsored
by Mohican Model A Ford Club, Inc.
mohicanmodela@gmail.com www.
mohicanmodela.org
May 17-22 NY, New Paltz. Annual New
England 1000. Mohonk Mountain
House, I-84 & I-87 short drive from
Stewart Int’l Airport in Newburgh, NY.
PH: 800- 645-6069 or www.vintagerallies.com.
May 23-24 NY, Norwich. 50th Anniversary Antique Auto Show & Flea Market,
presented by Rolling Antiquer’s Old
Car Club, Norwich AACA. Chenango
County Fairgrounds, 168 East Main St.
SH: 8am-5pm.Contacts: Muscle Cars
(2001 & Older): Barb 607-334-8549;
Antique & Classic Cars (1990 & Older):
Maurice 607-829-6268. www.raocc.
org.
Jun 14 NY, Bainbridge. AACA 35th
Annual Algonkin Antique Car Show.
Fairgrounds at Clinton Park, Route 7.
Contact: Gerald 607-244-1822.
Jun 14 NY, Lynbrook. Funday Car Show.
100 Peninsula Blvd. F: $10. Dave or
Holly, PH: 516- 889-1089 or hpraaca@hotmail.com or www.freewebs.
com/hempsteadplainsregion-aaca.
Jun 14 NY, St. James. 3rd Annual
Mustang Round-up. Ford Lincoln of
Smithtown, Jericho Turnpike. PH: 631371-1432 or vp1@mscli.com or www.
mscli.com.
Jun 28 NY, Hicksville (Long Island).
AutoMat Customizing & Restoration’s
59th Anniversary Car Show. 69 Hazel
St. SH: 8am-2pm. http://www.autointeriors.biz/AutoMat_Show.html, call
516-938-7373 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm or
Sat 8am-1pm) or email rogerautomat@
icloud.com
Jul 26 NY, Montgomery. 42nd Annual
Orange County Antique Auto Show.
Thomas Bull Memorial Park, 211
Route 416. Registration by noon. PH:
Bob Hull at 845-856-2970. OCAACNY@gmail.com. www.OCANTIQUEAUTOCLUB.COM
NORTH CAROLINA
Apr 9-12 NC, Charlotte. Charlotte
AutoFair Spring Meet. Charlotte Motor
Speedway. SP: Hornets Nest Region
AACA. PH: 925- 838-9876 or www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.com. http://www.
charlotte-autofair.com/
April 11 NC, Charlotte. National AACA
Spring Meet. http://www.charlotteautofair.com/
Apr 17-19 NC, Raleigh. North Caro-
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lina Nationals. North Carolina State
Fairgrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Blvd.
just off I-40/440. PH: 925- 838-9876 or
www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.com.
Apr 25 NC, Old Fort. Mountain Thunder
Car Show. SH: 9am-2pm. Route 70
Cruisers, PO Box 1057, Old Fort, NC,
28762. Janet Spake, PH: 828- 3179563 or Phillip Poe, PH: 281- 7984805 or route70cruisers@yahoo.com
or www.route70cruisers.com.
Apr 25 NC, Louisburg. Franklin Co.
Camtwisters 2nd Annual Car Show.
Louisburg Motors, corner of 56 W &
401 S. SP: O’Reilly Auto Parts & Louisburg Motors. A: Free. F: $20. Steve
Zobel, PH: 919- 495-7710 or Candy,
PH: 252- 478-7568 or franklincountycamtwisters.com.
Apr 25-26 NC, Charlotte. Toy, Hobby,
Sports, & NASCAR. Metrolina Expo
Ctr., 7100 Statesville Rd. SH: Sat.
9am-4pm, Sun. 10am-4pm. A: $5
daily, weekend pass $7, 15 & under
free. Wes Starkey, PH: 540- 593-3736
or wes@swva.net or insidepitchpromotions.com.
330- 253-5151 or dderreberry@akronrubberducks.com.
May 22-24 OH, Springfield. Springfield
AMC Family Meet. Clark Cty. Fairgrounds, 4401 S. Charleston Pike. or
937-206-4087 Bob Childs, PH: 937828-1727 or Tony Gill, PH: 937- 8690955 or tlgill66@aol.com or marlinautoclub.com.
May 22-24 OH, Springfield. Springfield
Car Show & Swap Meet. Clark Cty.
Fairgrounds, 4401 S. Charleston Pike.
SH: Fri.-Sat. 7am-6pm, Sun.7am3pm. PH: 937- 376-0111 or www.
ohioswapmeet.com.
May 24 OH, Wapakoneta. Antique Car,
Truck & Motorcycle Show. Auglaize
Cty. Fairgrounds. SH: 11am-4pm. SP:
Buckeye Farm Antiques Inc. A: $2, 12
& under free. PH: 419- 738-6622 or
during the show, PH: 419- 738-6390.
Jun 7 OH, Middletown. Annual ACE Car
Show. Warren Co. Armco Park, State
Rt 741. SP: Ace Car Club. Charlie
Rouster, PH: 513- 422-6166.
May 29-31 NC, Charlotte. NOPI Nationals Supershow. Concord Speedway.
NOPI Motorwerkz LLC, 486 Main
St., Forest Park, GA. x204, PH: 404366-4700 or nopiman@nopi.com or
NOPINationals.com.
Jun 12-14 OH, Cleveland. Cleveland All
Stars – Homecoming Car Show, hosted by AACA Northern Ohio Chapter
and Crawford Auto Aviation Museum.
Contact: Bernie Golias, 330-635-2784
or berniegolias@aol.com.
Jun 6 NC, Greensboro. Toy, Hobby,
Sports & NASCAR Show. Greensboro
Coliseum Complex Special Event
Center. SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun.
10am-4pm. A: $6 daily, $7 weekend
pass, under 15 free. Wes Starkey, PH:
540- 593-3736 or wes@swva.net or
insidepitchpromotions.com.
Jun 14 OH, Cincinnati. Ault Park Concours d’Elgegance. Ault Park. A: Presale $20 single or 4/$60; at gate $25,
students w/ID $15, 12 and under free.
PH: 513- 321-1951 or www.ohioconcours.com.
OHIO
May 1-3 OH, Canfield. Swap Meet,
Car Corral & Sunday Only Car Show.
Mahoning Cty. Fairgrounds, 7265
Columbiana Canfield Rd. Dave & Ed’s
Super Auto Events, 1630 Perry Dr. SW
Ste. 1, Canton, OH, 44706. PH: 330477-8506 or www.autoevents.com.
May 15-17 OH, Columbus. Chrysler
Power Classic Car Show, Swap Meet
& Drag Race & Car Corral. National
Trail Raceway, 2650 National Rd. SW,
Hebron, OH. A: $15. F: Swap or show
$25. PH: 614- 268-1181 or jeffjohnsonmotorsports.com.
May 16 OH, Columbus. Armed Forces
Day Car Show. Hilliard Memorial VFW
Post 4931, 2436 Walcutt Rd. F: $8.
Charles Self, PH: 614- 774-0831 or
emptypocketscruisers@aol.com.
May 19 OH, Akron. 2015 Akron Rubber
Ducks Salute to Autos Night. Canal
Park, 300 S. Main St. SH: 5pm-10pm.
A: $6. David Derreberry ext. 294, PH:
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Jul 9-11 OH, Dublin. 33rd Annual Arthritis Foundation Classic Auto Show and
Cruise In presented by CoughlinCars.
com. Metro Center. Contact: Stephanie Perry @ 614-503-5597 or Sperry@
arthritis.org. www.ArthritisAutoShow.
com.
OKLAHOMA
Apr 24-25 OK, Sapulpa. Tulsa Area
Swap Meet by the Tulsa Chapter Early
Ford V-8 Club. Creek County Fairgrounds. Contact: Lynda Strode, 918371-2437. www.tulsaearlyfordv8.com
Apr 25 OK, Tulsa. Hale on Wheels. Nathan Hale High School, 6960 E. 21st
St. info@nathanhalealumni.org
May 7-9 OK, Chickasha. Spring Swap
Meet. 712 Choctaw Ave., Hwy 62 E.
adj. to the Grady Cty. Fairgrounds. SH:
7:30am til dusk daily. A: Free; Parking
$5. F: Before Apr.15 $40, $50 after
Apr. 15. Chickasha Antique Auto Club,
PO Box 271, Chickasha, OK, 73023.
M-W-F, PH: 405- 224-6552 or PH:
516-335-7663 or www.chickashaautoswapmeet.com.
Old Cars Weekly News & Marketplace EXPRESS / May 14, 2015
Oct 15-17 OK, Chickasha. Chickasha
Swap Meet, hosted by Chickasha Antique Auto Club. 712 E Choctaw Ave.
SH: 7:30am-dusk. PH: 405-224-4700.
OREGON
Apr 10-12 OR, Portland. Portland Swap
Meet, The Expo Center. 2060 N Marine
Dr. PH: 503- 230-8959 or cell, PH:
971- 244-3667 or kathy@eastbankads.
com. facebook.com/pdxswapmeet.
Jul 19 OR, Forest Grove. 43rd Annual
Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance,
Pacific University. www.forestgroveconcours.org.
PENNSYLVANIA
Apr 22-26 PA, Carlisle. Spring Carlisle, Carlisle PA Fairgrounds. PH:
717.243.7855. www.carlisleevents.
com.
Apr 25 PA, Hershey. 5th Annual “Cool
Cars For Cats & Canines”. AACA Museum Grounds, 161 Museum Dr. SH:
10am-4pm. A: $5. F: $20 donation.
Nancy Gates, PH: 717-566-7100 or
www.coolcarsforcatsandcanines.com.
Apr 26 PA, Hellertown. Hellertown
Model A Ford Day. Grist Mill Park,
West Walnut St. & Main St. SH: 9am3pm. SP: Hellertown Historical Society
& Leigh Valley Model A Ford Club. F:
$10 donation. Nelson Chegezy, PH:
610-867-4395 or nsc0646@verizon.net
or lvmodelaclub@gmail.com.
May 15-17 PA, Carlisle. Import & Kit
Nationals, Carlisle PA Fairgrounds. PH:
717.243.7855. www.carlisleevents.
com.
May 16 PA, Ambler. 19th Annual Auto
Show. on Butler Ave. SP: Main Street
Ass’n. F: Pre-reg. $15, Day of show
$20. Ambler Main Street, PO Box 36,
Ambler, PA, 19002. Ron Ross, PH:
215- 654-9663 or Glenn Winans, PH:
215- 643-3088 or www.amblerautoshow.org.
May 16 PA, Philadelphia. 12th annual
98.1 WOGL/AMHFCU Car Show.
American Heritage Federal Credit
Union Campus, 2068 Red Lion Rd.
SH: 10am-3pm. F: Pre-reg. $15, day of
show $20. Nikki Hafner, PH: 215- 9690777 or www.kidshope.org.
May 17 PA, Morgantown. Pre-1942 Flea
Market. Holiday Inn, 6170 Morgantown
Rd. SP: Brass In Berks County. Jim
Dix, PH: 607- 562-3501 or brassinbucks@aol.com.
May 31 PA, Zullinger. 25th Annual
Benefit Car & Truck Show. Zullinger
Community Center. F: $12. Bobby Etter, PH: 717- 762-2446 or Greg Kugler,
PH: 717- 765-4471.
Jun 5-7 PA, Carlisle. All-Ford Nationals. Carlisle PA Fairgrounds. PH:
www.oldcarsweekly.com
717.243.7855. www.carlisleevents.
com.
Jun 6 PA, Hershey. Museum of Bus
Transportatin Spring Fling. AACA
Museum Grounds, 161 Museum Dr. A:
$7. Alyssa Zimmerman, PH: 717- 5667100 or thebusmuseum@yahoo.com.
Jun 6-7 PA, Lancaster. 52nd Annual
Spring Festival Car Show & Swap
Meet. Fairfield County Fairgrounds
157 E. Fair Ave. SH: Sat. 8am-5pm,
Cruise-in 1pm-4pm; Sun. 8am-5pm.
SP: Lancaster Old Car Club. A: Parking $5. F: Pre-reg. $8, $10 at gate;
Swap meeet $40; Car corral.
Jun 12 PA, Hershey. The Elegance At
Hershey – The Grand Ascent. The
Hotel Hershey, 100 Hotel Rd. SH:
9am-4pm. A: $25. The Elegance At
Hershey, 501 West Governor Rd., Hershey, PA, 17033. PH: 717- 566-7100
or aacamuseummarketing@gmail.com
or www.TheEleganceAtHershey.com.
Jun 12-14 PA, Hershey. The Elegance
At Hershey. The Hotel Hershey, 100
Hotel Rd. SH: 9am-5pm. A: $25. The
Elegance At Hershey, 501 West Governor Rd., Hershey, PA, 17033. PH: 717566-7100 or aacamuseummarketing@
gmail.com or www.TheEleganceAtHershey.com.
Jun 12-14 PA, Butler. Bantam Jeep
Heritage Festival. Downtown Butler & Coopers Lake Campground.
A: Adults $10, ages 3-12 $3. Butler
County Tourism & Convention Bureau,
Michellen Sneddon, 310 E. Grandview
Ave., Zelienople, PA, 16063. For more
information, PH: 724- 234-2291 or
msnedden@visitButlerCounty.com or
www.bantamjeepfestival.com.
Jun 13 PA, Hershey. Concorso Bizarro.
Parking field adjacent to Route 39 and
Boathouse Road. SH: 10am-3pm. PH:
717-534-1910.
Jun 13 PA, York Springs. 40th Annual
Antique & Classic Auto & Truck Show.
Latimore Valley Fairgrounds. SH:
7am-2:30pm. SP: Gettysburg RegionAntique Automobile Club of America.
Rick Engle, PH: 717- 451-0092 or Dale
Geiman, PH: 717- 637-0591 or amaybee@verizon.net or www.aacagettysburgregion.org.
Jun 13 PA, Essington. 5th Annual Governor Printz Antique Car Show. Governor Printz Park. F: $15. Ron McAllister.
PH: 610- 521-9002 or govprintzcarshow@yahoo.com.
Jun 14 PA, Hershey. The Elegance
Concours d’Elegance Garden Party.
The Hotel Hershey, 100 Hotel Rd. SH:
9am-4pm. A: $25. The Elegance At
Hershey, 501 West Governor Rd., Hershey, PA, 17033. PH: 717- 566-7100
www.oldcarsweekly.com
or aacamuseummarketing@gmail.com
or www.TheEleganceAtHershey.com.
Jun 20 PA, Hershey. 20th Annual AACA
Museum CARnival Car Show. AACA
Museum, 161 Museum Drive. SH: 9
am to 3 pm. www.aacamuseum.org.
Jun 26-28 PA, Carlisle. All-GM Nationals, Carlisle PA Fairgrounds. PH:
717.243.7855. www.carlisleevents.
com.
Jul 10-12 PA, Carlisle. Chrysler Nationals, Carlisle PA Fairgrounds. PH:
717.243.7855. www.carlisleevents.
com.
Jul 26 PA, Bridgeville. 35th Annual Steel
Town Corvette Club All Chevy Show.
Colussy Chevrolet, 3073 Washington
Pike. Contact: Mick Yarina, mickyar@
comcast.net, PH: 724-941-5824 or
724-554-5251, or www.steeltowncorvetteclub.com
SOUTH DAKOTA
June 27, 2015. Brandon, SD. Automania
Car Show & Car Auction. VanDerBrink
Auctions. PH: 605-201-7005 or 507673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.
com
TENNESSEE
May 9 TN, Shelbyville. Annual Open Car
Show. Horse Showgrounds Pavilion.
SP: Celebration City Region Car Club
AACA. Phyllis Clanton. jerryphillisjune@aol.com
May 15-17 TN, Nashville. 10th Nashville
Nationals. LP Field, Tennessee Titan
Stadium, 1 Titans Way. PH: 925- 8389876 or www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.
com.
May 30 TN, Dandridge. Cruisin’ & Groovin’. Main & Gay Streets. SH: 9am4pm. F: $10. Susan Ferguson, PH:
865- 323-6617 or www.mainstreetdandridge.com/carshow2015.html.
Jun 3-6 TN, Kingsport. 1949-53 Ford
Mercury Association National Convention. Marriott Meadowview Conference
and Resort. Contact:Tim Halter (614905-2151) or Barb S Halter (740-5035050). http://www.fordmercassociation.com/
TEXAS
Apr 25 TX, San Angelo. 8th Annual
Sunset Mall Motor Show. Sunset Mall,
4001 Sunset Dr. Cars, motorcycles &
boats. SH: 10am-5pm. Sabrina Tatsch,
4001 Sunset Drive, Ste. 1182, San
Antonio, TX, 76904. Sabrina, PH: 325949-1947 or sabrina.tatsch@am.jll.
com or www.sunsetmall.com.
May 2 TX, Ft. Worth. Panther City Classic Autos, 8400 West Fwy. SH: 10am.
RM Auctions, One Classic Dr., Bethlehem, N0P, 1A0. PH: 519- 352-4575
or clientservices@rmauctions.com or
rmauctions.com.
May 2-3 TX, Seabrook. 20th Annual
Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance.
Lskewood Yaght Club, 2425 NASA
Pky. PH: 713- 521-0105 or bfuller@4u.
com or www.keels-wheels.com.
May 16 TX, Ft. Worth. Sonic Classic
Car Show. Sonic, 5009 Trail Lake Dr.
F: $15. PH: 817- 797-1197 or www.
ddrockinrods.com.
May 17 TX, Rockwall. 10th Annual
CARS for CASA Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show. The Harbor, I-30 E. at
Horizon Shoreline Summer Lee. F:
$20. carsforcasa@lonestarcasa.org
www.lonestarcasa.org
May 23 TX, Ft. Worth. Ol’ South Pancake House Car Show. Ol’ South
Pancake House, 1509 S. University Dr.
F: $15. PH: 817- 797-1197 or www.
ddrockinrods.com.
May 25 TX, Burleson. Lynn Smith Memorial Day Car Show. 925 N. Burleson
Blvd. F: $15. PH: 817- 797-1197 or
www.ddrockinrods.com.
May 25 TX, Cresson. Bear Creek Community Church Annual Car Show. Bear
Creek Community Church, 18600 Hwy
377 S. F: $15. PH: 817- 797-1197 or
www.ddrockinrods.com.
May 25 TX, Alvarado. VFW Alvarado
classic Car Show. VFW, 6732 E Hwy
67. F: $15. PH: 917- 797-1197 or
www.ddrockinrods.com.
VIRGINIA
Apr 26 VA, Charlottesville. 41st Piedmont AACA Car Show. Behind Sam’s
Club. SH: 9am-3pm PH: 434-9814803. rickus@embarqmail.com.
May 8-10 VA, Front Royal. 52nd Annual
“Doc’s Apple Blossom Meet”, all-Hudson 3-day gathering. Car show May
10, Skyline Caverns, 10334 Stonewall Jackson Hwy. SH: 8am-noon.
Contact: Jon Battle, 540-364-1770,
terraplane@verizon.net. www.cbc.
hetclub.org
May 16-17 VA, Petersburg. Super Chevy
Show. Virginia Motorsports Park, 8018
Boydton Plank Rd. PH: 806- 862-3174
or www.virginiamotorsports.com;
www.superchevyshow.com.
May 23 VA, Galax. 22nd Memories
on Main Car Show. Felts Park. SH:
8am-3:30pm. SP: Twin County Region
AACA. F: $15. Tom Littrell, 209 Painter
St. Ste 1, Galax, VA, 24333. PH: 276236-6197 or luv2fly53p@centurylink.
net or clubs.hemmings.com/trcaaca.
Jun 13-14 VA, Petersburg. Fun Ford
Weekend. Virginia Motorsports Park,
8018 Boydton Plank Rd. PH: 806862-3174 or www.virginiamotorsports.
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com; www.superchevyshow.com.
May 9 WA, Tacoma. Lucky Silver’s Annual Car Show. 2605 S. Tacoma Way.
www.facebook.com/luckysilvertacoma.
May 7-9 WV, Pt. Pleasant. WV AutoFair,
Swap Meet, Car Show. Mason Cty.
Fairgrounds, 1277 Fairground Rd.,.
SH: Fri. 1pm-8pm, Sat. 9am-6pm,
Sun. 9am-3pm. SP: New Haven Road
Angels. F: $10. Sheldon, PH: 304674-0331 or nhra1953@yahoo.com or
www.facebook.com/WVAutoFair.
WISCONSIN
Apr 24-26 WI, Jefferson. 38th Annual
Spring Jefferson Auto Swap Meet &
Car Show. Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds.
SH: Fri. 10-6, Sat./Sun. 6-3. Info:
Madison Classics, P.O. Box 7414,
Madison, WI 53707 or call 608 2448416 or visit madisonclassics.com
May 2 WI, Eau Claire. Swap Meet. Chippewa Valley Technical College Auto
Club, main parking lot Clairemont Ave.
SH: 7am -2 pm. Free Adm. Contact:
Brian, 715-833-6313.
May 16 WI, Chippewa Falls. 2015 MCR
Open House. Muscle Car Restorations
Inc, 11371 20th Ave. SH: 10am-2pm.
PH: 715- 834-2223 or www.musclecarrestorations.com.
May 17 WI, King. Open House & Old
Car Show. WI Veterans Home, N2665
County RD QQ. SH: 10am-3pm. A:
Free. F: Free. Open House Car Show
– WI Veterans’ Home at King, N2665
County Rd QQ, King, WI, 54946-0600.
Laura Mays, PH: 715- 258-4247.
May 17 WI, Black River Falls. 11th Annual B.R.F. Fire Dept. Show & Shine
Car Show. Riverside Auto Sales,
N5856 Hwy. 54W. Riverside Auto
Sales, N5856 Hwy. 54W. A: Free. F:
$10. Mike or Tammy Zindrick, PH:
715- 284-4525 or zinny@riversideauto.
us.
May 17 WI, Cudahy. 33rd Annual All
Ford Show & Swap Meet. Ewald’s
Venus Ford, 2727 E. Layton Ave. SH:
8am-3pm. SP: Ewald’s Venus Ford.
F: $8 before May 1, $10 after May
1. Tom Miller, PH: 414- 764-6726 or
treasure65@hotmail.com or www.
wemustangers.com.
May 23 WI, Woodruff. Memorial Classic
Car Show. Town Hall, 1418 1st Ave.
SH: 9am-3pm. Brian Foelschow, PH:
175- 892-9965 or Town of Woodruff,
PH: 715- 356-9421.
May 24-25 WI, Neenah. American Legion Memorial Day Car Show & Cruise.
Mahler Park. S. of Bell St. on S. Park
Ave. A: $8. Gene, PH: 920- 725-6680
or emoran1967s@gmail.com.
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May 25 WI, Omro. 28th Annual Memorial
Day Car Show. SH: 9am-5pm. Omro
Area Chamber of Commerce, PH: 920685-6960 or www.omro-wi.com.
May 28-31 WI, Wisconsin Dells. 23rd
Annual Midwest Pontiac Fiero Regional/Dells Run. Chula Vista Resort Hotel
& Suites. SP: Northern Illinois Fiero
Enthusiasts, MN Fieros Forever, Heartland Fiero Club, Capital City Fieros. F:
$40. Jim Hallman, 2039 Yellow Daisy
Ct, Naperville, IL, 60563. Jim, PH:
630- 305-9806 or Tom, PH: 414- 2823577 or jjh93@comcast.net or www.
fierofanatics.com, www.fieros.us.
www.richpennauctions.com
May 2 GA, Byron. Spring “Peach Classic” Collector Car Auction. 660 Peavy
Road. 10 am. PH: 478-956-0910.
www.peachauctionsales.com
May 2 TX, Fort Worth. Andrew Collection Auction. PH: 800-211-4371. www.
rmauctions.com.
May 2 WI, Hustisford. Ford Collection
Auction. The Allan Engleser Collection.
N4186 County Rd. E. VanDerBrink
Auctions, LLC. PH: 605-201-7005 or
507-673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.com
Jun 6 WI, Oshkosh. 31st Annual All Pontiac & GMC Show. Bergstrom Automotive, 355 N. Washburn. SH: 10am3pm. SP: Badger State Chapter of
POCI & Bergstrom of Oshkosh. F: $10.
Dick Boneske, PH: 920- 450-1040 or
Larry Koeppen, PH: 920- 235-5280 or
bocoogto@charter.net or lkoeppen@
new.rr.com.
May 7-8 MO, Cuba. Estate Auction. A
Midwest Treasure Trove. J. Wood &
Company 352-795-8895. www.jwoodandcompany.com
Jun 7 WI, Jefferson. Graduation Car
Show. 892 N. Jackson Ave. SP: SEWI;
Jefferson Collectables. A: $5. T: 175.
F: $5. Mike Spangler, PH: 920- 6744482 or Cell, PH: 920- 988-3256 or
mspangler@jefnet.com.
May 7-9 TX, Nocona. Vicari Auction
Co. PH: 504-264-CARS (2277). www.
vicariauction.com
Jun 7 WI, Union Grove. 35th Annual Car
& Cycle Show. County Fairgrounds.
SH: 7am-3pm. SP: Lions Club. Tom
Spiering, PH: 262- 878-3623 or Harv
Read, PH: 262- 878-3557.
Jun 14 WI, Spooner. Badger Wheels
Car Show, Swap, Craft & Flea Market. County Fairgrounds,. SP: Badger
Wheels Chapter of Studebaker Drivers
Club. F: $6. PH: 715- 456-8450.
Jun 14 WI, Waupun. Just For Fun Car
Show. Dodge Park. Pete Kaczmarski,
PH: 920- 324-2213.
Aug 1-2 WI, Elkhorn. 30th Annual Summer Elkhorn Auto Swap Meet, Car
Corral & Car Show. SH: Sat./Sun. 6-3.
Info: Madison Classics, P.O. Box 7414,
Madison, WI 53707 or call 608 2448416 or visit madisonclassics.com
Sep 25-27 WI, Jefferson. 38th Annual
Fall Jefferson Auto Swap Meet & Car
Show. Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds. SH:
Fri. 10-6, Sat./Sun. 6-3. Info: Madison
Classics, P.O. Box 7414, Madison, WI
53707 or call 608 244-8416 or visit
madisonclassics.com.
AUCTIONS
MAY
May 1-3 IA, Des Moines. Auction. The
Collection of Earl Cheese & the late
Jim Gerchow. Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Rich Penn Auctions, 319-291-6688,
Old Cars Weekly News & Marketplace EXPRESS / May 14, 2015
May 7-9 IN, Auburn. Auburn Spring
Auction. Auburn Auction Park, 5536
County Rd. 11A. PH: 877-906-2437.
www.auctionsamerica.com
May 8-9 MN, Annandale. Auction in
conjunction with Classic Rides &
Rods. Spring Grove Auction Company.
Contact: Dave 507-450-3173 or JC
507-951-0379. www.springgroveauction.com
May 8-9 MT, Billings. Montana Classic
Car Auction. Metra Park Expo Center.
PH: 406- 698-7930.
May 12-17 IN, Indianapolis. Dana
Mecum’s 28th Original Spring Classic. Indiana State Fairgrounds 1202 E
38th St. PH: 262-275-5050 or www.
mecum.com.
May 14 IN, Indianapolis. Indy/100
Motorcycles. 1202 E 38th Street.PH:
262-275-5050 or www.mecum.com.
May 16 PA. Denver. Morphy Auctions
Auto Auction. PH: 877-968-8880.
www.morphyauctions.com
May 16 MN, Vining. Twin Oaks auction
#2. 16257 Cty Rd 65. VanDerBrink
Auctions, LLC. PH: 605-201-7005 or
507-673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.com
May 29-31 IA, Clarinda. Auction. The
Collection of Ed Nordland. Fairgrounds. Rich Penn Auctions, 319291-6688, www.richpennauctions.com
May 30 CO, Castle Rock. Auction.
Douglas County Fairgrounds. Specialty Auto Auctions. PH: 800-901-0022
or 970-266-9561. E-mail: saaasinc@
gmail.com or visit www.saaasinc.com.
May 30 OK, Cleveland. Estate auction.
Chupps Auction Co. PH: 918-6300495. www.chuppsauction.com
www.oldcarsweekly.com
May 30-31 MI, Midland. Antique Festival, Classic Car Show & Swap Meet.
Midland County Fairgrounds, 6905
Eastman Ave. A: $6. PH: 989- 6879001 or PH: 810- 724-4035 or PH:
877- 489-4777 office@rowleyauctions.
com or www.miantiquefestival.com;
www.rowleyauctions.com.
May 30-31 WA, Tacoma. Auction.
LeMay Marymount Event Center. For
more information: Lucky Collector Car
Auctions. PH: 206-467-6531. www.
luckyoldcar.com
JUNE
Jun 5-6 TN, Franklin. Gone Farmin’
Nashville. 4215 Long Lane. PH: 262275-5050 or www.mecum.com.
Jun 5-6 WA, Seattle. Vehicle Auction.800 Occidental Ave S. PH: 262275-5050 or www.mecum.com.
June 5-7 CA, Newport Beach. Newport
Beach Collector Automobile Auction.
Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort,
1131 Back Bay Dr. www.russoandsteele.com
Jun 5-7 OK, Tulsa. Leake Auction
Company. PH: 800-722-9942. www.
leakecar.com
Jun 6 IL, Spring Grove. Auto Gallery
Museum Liquidation. 2807 North US
Hwy 12. PH: 605-201-7005 or 507673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.
com
Jun 12 IN, Indianapolis. Indianapolis
Brickyard Auction in joint venture with
the SVRA Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational. Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Motostalgia Auctions D’Elegance.
PH: 512-813-0636. www.motostalgia.
com
Jun 26-27 CO, Denver. Vehicle Auction.
700 14th Street. PH: 262-275-5050 or
www.mecum.com.
Jun 27 MN, Winona, MN. Auction in
conjunction with Steamboat Days &
Show Your Ride.Spring Grove Auction
Company. Contact: Dave 507-4503173 or JC 507-951-0379. www.
springgroveauction.com
Jun 27 SD, Branson. Automania Classic
Vehicle Auction. VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC. PH: 605-201-7005 or 507673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.
com
JULY
Jul 10-11 KY, Paducah. Summer Collector Car Auction. Expo Center. http://
www.smithsauctioncompany.com/
Jul 10-11 LA, New Orleans. Vicari Auction Co. PH: 504-264-CARS (2277).
www.oldcarsweekly.com
www.vicariauction.com
Jul 18 GA, Byron. “Diamonds in the
Rough” Classic Car Auction. 660
Peavy Road. 10 am. PH: 478-9560910. www.peachauctionsales.com
July 18 MN, St. Paul. Spring Grove
Auction Company. JC 507-951-0379
or Dave 507-450-3173. www.springgroveauctions.com
Jul 23-25 NC, Greensboro. GAA Classic Cars Auction. PH: 855.862.2257.
www.gaaclassiccars.com
Jul 25 MI, Plymouth. Motorcity Auction.
Inn at St. John’s. PH: 800-211-4371.
www.rmauctions.com.
Jul 30-Aug 1 PA, Harrisburg. Vehicle
Auction. 2300 North Cameron Street.
PH: 262-275-5050 or www.mecum.
com.
AUGUST
Aug 2 PA, Harrisburg. Motorcycle Auction. 2300 North Cameron Street. PH:
262-275-5050 or www.mecum.com.
Aug 8 SD, Tea. The Boxdorfer Family
Collection. PH: 605-201-7005 or 507673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.
com
Aug 13-15 CA, Monterey. Vehicle Auction. 1 Old Golf Course Road. PH:
262-275-5050 or www.mecum.com.
Aug. 13-15 CA, Monterey. 15th Annual Collector Automobile Auction in
Monterey. On the waterfront by Fisherman’s Wharf, 290 Figueroa St. www.
russoandsteele.com
Aug 14-15 CA, Monterey. Monterey
Auction. The Portola Hotel & Spa. PH:
800-211-4371. www.rmauctions.com.
Aug 14-15 MN, Owatonna. Spring Grove
Auction Company. JC 507-951-0379
or Dave 507-450-3173. www.springgroveauctions.com
Aug 28-29 MO, Cape Girardeau. Summer Collector Car Auction. Show Me
Center http://www.smithsauctioncompany.com/
Aug 29 ND, Minot. The Roger Borkhuis Collection. Minot North Dakota
Fairgrounds. PH: 605-201-7005 or
507-673-2517. www.vanderbrinkauctions.com
Aug 29 WA, Tacoma. Auction held in coordination with the 38th Annual LeMay
Car Show Day. LeMay Marymount
Event Center. For more information:
Lucky Collector Car Auctions. PH:
206-467-6531. www.luckyoldcar.com
SEPTEMBER
Sep 16-19 TX, Dallas. Vehicle Auction.
650 S Griffin Street. PH: 262-275-5050
or www.mecum.com.
Sep 18 MN, Spring Grove. Spring Grove
Auction Company. JC 507-951-0379
or Dave 507-450-3173. www.springgroveauctions.com
Sep 24-27 NJ, Wildwood. Boardwalk
Classic Car Auction and Show. Wildwoods Convention Center. Contact:
Gary, 609-377-2131. www.wildwoodmotorevents.com
Sep 26 GA, Byron. Fall “Peach Classic” Collector Car Auction. 660 Peavy
Road. 10 am. PH: 478-956-0910.
www.peachauctionsales.com
Sep 26 MN, Spring Grove. Auction.
Spring Grove Auction Company.
Contact: Dave 507-450-3173 or JC
507-951-0379. www.springgroveauction.com
OCTOBER
Oct 3 NV, Las Vegas. Morphy Auctions
Auto Auction. PH: 877-968-8880.
www.morphyauctions.com
Oct 8-9 PA, Hershey. Official auction of
the AACA Eastern Fall Meet. Hershey
Lodge. PH: 800-211-4371. www.
rmauctions.com.
Oct 8-10 IL, Schaumburg. Chicago Vehicle Auction. 1551 Thoreau Dr N. PH:
262-275-5050 or www.mecum.com.
Oct 8-10 MS, Biloxi. Vicari Auction Co.
PH: 504-264-CARS (2277). www.
vicariauction.com
Oct 17 PA, Denver. Morphy Auctions
Auto Auction. PH: 877-968-8880.
www.morphyauctions.com
NOVEMBER
Nov 5-7 NC, Greensboro. GAA Classic Cars Auction. PH: 855.862.2257.
www.gaaclassiccars.com
Nov 6-7 IA, Davenport. Tractor Auction.
2815 W Locust Street. PH: 262-2755050. www.mecum.com.
Nov 7 KY, Paducah. Fall Collector Car
Auction. Expo Center. http://www.
smithsauctioncompany.com/
Nov 12-14 CA, Anaheim. Vehicle Auction. 800 West Katella Avenue. PH:
262-275-5050. www.mecum.com.
Nov 20-22 TX, Dallas. Dallas Fall Auction. Leake Auction Company. PH:
800-722-9942. www.leakecar.com
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RESTORATION SHOP STOP
This stunning fuel-injected
1964 coupe received a complete
restoration recently at Corvette
Sports in Sheboygan Falls, Wis.,
and was ticketed to be heading
home soon with a new owner.
All ’Vettes, all the time!
■ By Brian Earnest
Back in the 1970s, Dick Huibregtse
had come to a crossroads and had an interesting career choice to make: Toilet
seats or Corvettes.
Both had their pros and cons, and
Huibregtse was pretty good in both areas.
“I made toilet seats for 18 years at
Bemis before I did this full time. They
paid me so well to make toilet seats that
I was really hesitant to make this my
full-time job,” says Huibregtse who,
as you might have guessed eventually
chose sports cars over commodes. For
more than 30 years he has run Corvette
Sports, a successful and very respected
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parts, service and restoration operation
a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan in
Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Dick and his wife
Gail are low-key folks, and they run a
low-key operation, but the volume and
quality of their work speaks for itself,
and with “more than a 100” complete
ground-up Corvette restorations to their
credit over the years, the business has
certainly made its mark in a market
niche that’s not easy to crack.
Huibregtse admits he never saw this
career path coming for himself, but he
was just so darn fond of Corvettes to
begin with and so hard-wired to work
hard at everything he did, it probably
shouldn’t have been a surprise that his
hobby eventually became his livelihood.
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“I enjoyed owning a kind of car that
I could purchase and two, three or four
years down the road, if I kept it in reasonably good condition, it was worth at
least as much or more as I paid for it,”
Huibregtse says. “My Dutch heritage,
maybe that influenced my choice in cars.
“The first Corvette we ever owned
was a ’63 convertible. By today’s standards it wasn’t much of a Corvette, but
at the time it was a nice sports car —
among the best. That kind of got me
hooked and the economic end of it was
kind of a bonus. It was hard to get anybody that wanted to work on them, so I
had to learn myself how to keep the car
up and running.”
Soon, Huibregtse was buying a few
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used Corvettes here and there to clean
up and re-sell on the side. That led to
him accumulating a few parts and storing them in his basement. Eventually, he
began to buy and stock stainless-steelsleeved brake calipers for C2 and C3
Corvettes because he knew they were in
demand and figured if he had a bunch of
them, other Corvette owners and restorers would be buying some from him.
“Yeah, we started out basically just
selling brake calipers,” he chuckles.
“We came up with the name Corvette
Sports because it sounded cool, I guess.
It just came to us.
“At that time I was going to Autocross events and hauling parts around on
weekends to events and shows. People
found out through word of mouth …
And at the time dealers were a little hesitant to offer something that they didn’t
get from GM, and sleeved brake calipers
were one of those items. We sold parts
to dealers, too. Still to this day we still
sell a fair number of brake calipers to
Chevrolet dealers.
“That was our primary business for
about eight or nine years before we realized that there was enough service work
requested to justify a building.”
The plan at that stage was mainly to
offer parts and service work, but within a few years, the work load became
“about half and half ” between service
and full-blown restorations. Today the
company spreads out its business pretty
evenly between complete Corvette restorations, service work, the parts business and racing and performance modifications — many for Corvette guys who
want to pull hot laps at the nearby Road
America course in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Huibregtse likes to think his opera-
tion is known more for its expertise with
C2 Corvettes (1963-’67), but Corvette
Sports offers everything from groundup rebuilds on first-generation straightaxle ’Vettes to simple oil changes on
C4s, C5s and C6s. Whether you need a
transmission rebuild in your ’63 “split
window” or a carbon-fiber hood and
racing wing on your 2009, Huibregtse’s
shop will handle it.
After 36 years in business, there isn’t
much that Corvette Sports hasn’t done
when it comes to “The Great American
Sports Car.” Dick and Gail have been in
the game a long time and so has their
son Joel, who handles a lot of the me-
Second-generation “mid-year”
Corvettes are never in short supply
at Corvette Sports, including an “inprogress” 1963 coupe (below) and
1967 coupe (right) awaiting its turn.
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chanical work, research and racing stuff,
and shop technicians Randy Walter and
Dean Perronne, who have both been on
board for about two decades.
One look around the company’s
holding area, where cars of all vintages
are stacked bumper to bumper, and it’s
clear Corvette Sports has plenty of customers willing to drive or ship their cars
to Sheboygan Falls for work. One of
Dick’s favorite machines in-house at the
moment is a tattered, all-original 1967
coupe that he dragged out of a barn in
Wisconsin a few months ago. “A few
years ago, we thought that we were going to start seeing a downturn in the restoring of the C1s and especially the C2
Corvettes, but that hasn’t been the case,”
he said. “We know there are countless
cars in barns out there just like that one
that haven’t been discovered yet….
“As it’s turning out, we’re doing so
many of these cars now for the next
generation. We’re doing them for the
survivors and the family members who
are fulfilling the dream of the owner that
had wanted to restore a car.
“One advantage we have is we do our
own service on many unique-to-Corvette items like steering boxes, brakes,
differentials, and suspension components. It’s becoming more and more
unlikely that an independent [shop] or
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even a Chevrolet dealer is going to want
to get involved in those items.”
Corvette Sports farms out its painting and upholstery work to other speciality shops, but handles pretty much
everything else in-house. “As a rule, the
only bodywork we do is on cars we are
restoring,” Dick pointed out. “We do it
first of all for convenience, but second
of all for the result we need, the work
Chevrolet cranked out almost 23,000 Corvettes for the 1967 model year,
and two of them found their way to Corvette Sports. The Goodward Green
convertible above is almost ready to go home with the owner. The “barn find”
1967 Marlboro Maroon coupe below was just recently rescued, still wearing
its original sidepipes and four flat tires.
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A pair of red third-generation convertibles wait in line among a collection of earlier machines.
needs to happen the way we need it to
be done,” Dick says. “When we finish a
car, and the average restoration is somewhere north of $75,000, we don’t want
the owner in two or three years to find a
bonding strip that shrunk or other repair
work... It’s just not conducive to maintaining a good, lasting job.”
The shop is likely to have at least a
handful of C2 projects in progress at any
given time. They are still Dick and Gail’s
favorites — she drives a 1967 ’Vette
to work every day — and the need for
qualified shops to work on the mid-year
Corvettes never seems to dwindle. “At
any given time you may look back here
and there may be 15 mid-years alone –
just C2s. That’s what we’re really best
experienced at,” Dick says. “There’s not
that many shops willing to work on the
early fuel-injection systems, and that’s
just one of the areas that we’ve done for
so long that we have the experience to
restore them and keep them running.”
Of course, there may be just as many
2005-and-up Corvettes lined up for performance mods. There are stacks of racing tires piled high in the corners of the
shop and no shortage of weekend racers
lined up to spend money to save a few
seconds on their lap times.
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“It generally starts with air intake,
headers, exhaust… mostly just to get a
good pure sound out of the cars,” Dick
said. “If they do decide to track the car,
then the heads and cam package follow, along with usually an upgrade in
the brake system. When they get to that
point there is often a suspension upgrade. When they get to a certain point,
they go to a rear wing and air dam.
“A lot of the guys who are at a maturity level where they are a level of driving, and I hate to use this term, they are
familiar enough with the car and the features of the car that they are not going to
start turning better track times until they
get better equipment.”
Regardless of year or generation,
almost all Corvettes have one thing in
common, according to Huibregtse, beyond their performance: cool looks and
sports car pedigree. It’s the trait that has
endeared the most to him ever since he
owned his first ’63.
“In a word, value,” he says. “There
was probably a time in the late ’70s
and all the way through the early to late
’80s where maybe Corvettes weren’t
the best value, but certainly before that
and definitely since then, and especially
now, they’ve got to be the best sports car
value … There is no better value. The
new Corvettes today, they are simply an
amazing car for the money.
“Even those C2s, especially if they
are restored, can command a significant
amount of money, if they’re done to the
standard that would justify that money,
they’re a great car to own. They’re nice
to look at, the engineering is second to
none. The design is absolutely beautiful
for their time. And they are a great car
to drive.”
And while he is a big fan of original survivor cars, Huibregtse never gets
tired of seeing cars leave his shop in a
lot better condition than when they arrived. It even beats turning out the best
toilet seats.
“What I didn’t expect is that we
would be taking the cars that I drove
carelessly in my youth and making them
new again, and better than any that I
drove back then,” he laughs. “These
cars, when they are complete, it’s almost
like they are not like they were when
they were original. They are even better
than I remember.”
“By making them new of course we
don’t treat them like we did them, but
by making them last, these cars are even
nicer than I remember.”
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Plenty of racing enthusiasts get their competition upgrades and accessories in the Corvette Sports shop. This car
has already been fitted with a lot of pricey goodies, including carbon fiber hood, racing seats, roll cage and rear wing.
Gail’s “daily driver” 1967 coupe is a fixture outside the shop unless there is snow on the ground.
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AUCTION EXPRESS
Car Clubs
By OCW Staff
Old Cars Weekly provides the most comprehensive list of auto clubs on the web. Like
to see your club listed here? So would we...
Auto Club not listed? Incorrect contact person? If your club’s listing needs to be added,
changed, or even deleted, drop us a line at Old Cars at: 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990,
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The GENERAL INTEREST and SINGLE MARQUE clubs are listed below. Find REGIONAL and INTERNATIONAL listing st www.oldcarsweekly.com/club-directory
GENERAL INTEREST
Airflow Club of America, 14947
Leigh Ave., San Jose, CA 95124.
Dennis Pitchford, 408-559-7977.
American Built Classic Car Club,
837 Woodbine Blvd., Jackson, MI
49203. 517-787-1000, acme@
acd.net.
American Station Wagon Owners
Association, Box 914, Matthews,
NC 28106. Tim Cleary, 704-8477510 www.aswoa.com.
Antique Automobile Club of
America (AACA), 501 W. Governor Road, Box 417, Hershey,
PA 17033. 717-534-1910. www.
aaca.org
Antique Electric Vehicle Registry — Horseless Carriage Club
of America, Box 3675, Abilene,
TX 79604. Robert McDaniel, 915672-1307.
Antique Steam Touring Club, 48
Southern Blvd., Chatham, NJ
07928. Donald Davidson, 201635-1647.
Brighton Era Touring Affiliate
Registry, 20 Spencer Lane, Warwww.oldcarsweekly.com
ren, NJ 07059. Robert Losco,
908-647-5435.
British Sports Car Club, Box
43923, Louisville, KY 40253. Jim
French, 502-491-1517.
Cars of Yesteryear, R.F.D. #1, Box
320, Newport, VT 05855. Phil or
Theresa Drake, 802-334-6079.
Christian Rodders Association,
2862 W. Sunnyview Drive, Rialto,
CA 92377. R. Daly, 909-349-0524
Circle South Touring Registry,
4419 Chickering Lane, Nashville,
TN 37122. Alex Joyce, 615-4638880.
Classic Car Club Of America
(CCCA), 1645 Des Plaines River
Road, #7, Des Plaines, IL 60018.
847-390-0443.
Contemporary Historical Vehicle
Association, Box 493398, Redding, CA 96049. Charles Smith,
530-246-1797.
Drive, Roddin’ & Racin’ Association, 1300 Galaxy Way #15, Concord, CA 94520. Mike Calamusa,
800-764-6278.
Eastern Electric Vehicle Club,
Box 717, Valley Forge, PA 19482.
Oliver Perry, 609-268-0944.
Electric Vehicle Registry, 3165
Hayter Road, Abilene, TX 79603.
Robert McDaniel, 915-672-1307.
Great Autos of Yesteryear, Box
19018, Long Beach, CA 90807,
www.greatautos.org. Rob Ziegler,
562-428-8480.
Henry Ford Heritage Association,
Box 2313, Dearborn, MI 48123,
www.hfha.org.
Historic Police Car Honor Guard,
80 Village Way, Malvern, PA
19355. Donald Miller, 610-6471358, blufludon@aol.com.
Horseless Carriage Club of
America (HCCA), 40637 Hwy. 41,
Oakhurst, CA 93644, www.hcca.
org. Todd Miller, 559-658-8800.
Hybrid American Cars of the ’50s,
29 Forgedale Road, Fleetwood,
PA 19522. Paul Sable.
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Gerald Perschbacher LL.D.
CLASSIC CUSTOMS
International Antique Auto Club,
300 E. 20th Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783. John McDonald,
906-632-6359.
International Society for Vehicle
Preservation, Box 50046, Tucson,
AZ 85703. 520-622-2201.
International Station Wagon Club,
info@iswc.us. www.iswc.us
Kalamazoo Registry, Gilmore
Classic Car Club Museum, 6865
W. Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. Tom Kayser, 616671-5089. (Cars made in Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton,
AR 72110, www.motaa.com.
501-727-5427.
Motorvatin’ USA, Box 2222,
Braintree, Essex CM7 9TW, England. Jerry Staley (Texas-based
representative), 512-255-5651.
(American vehicles.)
National Muscle Car Association,
3404 Democrat Road, Memphis,
TN 38118. 901-365-3779.
National Woodie Club, Box 6134
OC, Lincoln, NE 68506. John Lee,
402-488-0990. Website: www.
nationalwoodieclub.com
Lambda Car Club International,
Box 2501, Columbus, OH 43216,
www.lambdacarclub.com. (For
gay and lesbian car enthusiasts.)
Pedal Pumpers Club of America,
Box 430, Needham Heights, MA
02194. (Hard-to-start cars from
1920s-’80s.)
Microcar and Minicar Club, Box
43137, Upper Montclair, NJ
07043. Rob Maselko, 973-3661410.
Restored Rusty Relics Antique
Auto Club, Paramus, NJ. Founded 1969. www.restoredrustyrelics.com
Mid-America Old Time Automobile Association, 8 Jones Lane,
Society of Automotive Historians,
1102 Long Cove Road, Gales
Ferry, CT 06335. Joseph Freeman.
Steam Automobile Club of America, Inc. P.O. Box 247, Berrien
Springs, MI 49103. Tom Kimmel,
269-471-7408. tkimmel@locallink.net. www.steamautomobile.
com.
Street Freaks Car Club. 7871
Gratiot, Saginaw, MI 48609;
Todd 989-781-3689; mistreetfreaks@yahoo.com; http://www.
myspace.com/streetfreaks
TC America, Box 211, Carmel,
CA 93921. B. Karleen Tarola,
831-624-7196.
Veteran Motor Car Club Of America (VMCCA), 7501 Manchester
Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64138.
www.vmcca.org. Mike Welsh,
816-298-6412.
Vintage Car Club of American
(VCCA), Southern Illinois Region.
403 W. Broadway, Johnston City,
IL, 62951. Bill Shubert: 618-8897377, www.soilvcca.com
SINGLE MARQUE: AUTOS
Western Gaslight 1 & 2 Cycle
Touring Register, 3015 Gibbons
Dr., Alameda, CA 94501. Doug
Durein, 510-523-4993.
Jolene Justus, 816-459-7462,
admin@aroc.org.
AlfaRomeoOwners.org (AR-O.org)
Club, 3515 7th St South, Arlington, VA 22204, www.AR-O.org.
AC
ALLARD
AC Owners Club, 11955 SW Faircrest St., Portland, OR 97225.
503-643-3225.
Allard Owners Club, Box 1378,
Marstons Mills, MA 02648. Andrew Picarello, 508-420-2914.
ALFA ROMEO
Alfa Romeo Owners Club, Box
12340, Kansas City, MO 64116.
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Allard Register, 1679 Broken
Rock Drive, Cottonwood, AZ
86326.
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ALVIS
Alvis Owners Club — North
American Alvis Owners Club, Box
46, 140 Race St., Bainbridge, PA
17502. Wayne Brooks, 717-4263842.
AMC
American Motors Owners Association, 892 North Jackson Avenue, Jefferson, WI 53549, www.
amonational.com.
www.oldcarsweekly.com
AMC Gremlin Club of America,
153 Camino Real, Toms River, NJ
08755. Peter Juras Jr., 732-3646243.
AMC World Clubs, 7963 Depew
St., Arvada, CO 80003. 303-4288760.
AMX “Deuce Coupe” Registry,
2781 Waterloo Road, Mogadore,
OH 44260. Mike Moneypenny,
330-325-7432.
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club,
536 McClean Ave., Staten Island,
NY 10305. Vincent or Barbara
Pietracatella, 718-981-0549, auburncars@aol.com.
Glenn Pray Auburn/Cord Group,
2011 South Cedar St., Broken
Arrow, OK 74012. Felix DeGeyter,
918-251-3500, felixdegeyter@yahoo.com.
lenback Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94087. Paul DeRousse.
BMW Car Club of America, 640
S. Main St., Suite 201, Greenville,
South Carolina 29601. 800-8789292.
BMW CS Registry, 5341 Gibson
Hill Road, Edinboro, PA 16412.
Art or Marilyn Wegweiser, 814734-5107.
AUSTIN-HEALEY
BREWSTER
Big Bad Colors Car Registry,
3728 Mayfair St., Pittsburgh, PA
15204. Bryan Meyer. (1969-’70
AMC cars with “Big Bad” paint
schemes.)
Classic AMX Registry, 961 Johnson Road, Salisbury, MD 21818.
Ross Peterson, 410-860-2015.
National American Motors Drivers & Racers Association, Box
987, Twin Lakes, WI 53181. Jock
Jocewicz, 262-843-4326, namdra@juno.com.
The Pacer Club, 39772 Village
Wood Circle, Novi, MI 48375. Don
Chero, cherod@earthlink.net.
Austin-Healey Club of America,
Box 3220, Monroe, NC 28111.
Edie Anderson, 704-877-5HEALEY.
Austin-Healey Club USA, Box
6197, San Jose, CA 95150.
888-4AHCUSA.
Austin-Healey Sports & Touring
Club, Box 3539, York, PA 17402.
Austin-Healey Sprite Registry,
1421 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey,
PA 17033. 717-534-2525.
Brewster Owners Club of America, 1628 Walnut St., Philadelphia,
PA 19103. 215-731-9200.
BRICKLIN
Bricklin International Owners
Club, 664 Hickory Hill Court,
Streetsboro, OH 44241, www.
bricklin.org. James Wajda, 734320-0599,
jameswajda@msn.
com.
BUGATTI
Golden Beige Metallic Healey Registry, John Heffron, 236
Moore Lane, Haddonfield, NJ
08033. 609-429-7673.
American Bugatti Club, 142
Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116.
Tom Clifford, 617-266-1217, tclifford@hoffmann.com.
AVANTI
BUICK/MARQUETTE
Avanti Owners Association International, P.O. Box 1743, Maple
Grove, MN 55311, 763-420-7829
www.aoai.org.
1916-’17 Buick & McLaughlin
Owners, 2516 Laurelford Lane,
Wake Forest, NC 27587. Dean
Tryon, 919-562-4660.
BERKELEY
1930 Marquette Auto Registry,
1911 N. Duncan Road, Champaign, IL 61822. Mike Balogh,
217-355-1704,
mbalogh@
balogh.com.
AMERICAN AUSTIN/BANTAM
American Austin/Bantam Club,
P.O. Box 63, Kirkville, NY 130820063. PH: 315-656-7568, www.
austinbantamclub.com
AMPHICAR
International Amphicar Owners
Club, Ron Green (IAOC President), 1926 Princeton Avenuem
Camp Hill, PA. 17011; www.amphicar.com
The Berkeley Newsletter, Box
1162282, Austin, TX 78716. Gerron Hite, 512-327-6231.
BMW
AUBURN/CORD/DUESENBERG
700 Owners Society, 1180 Holwww.oldcarsweekly.com
1953-’54 Buick Skylark Club, 51
Statesville Quarry Road, Lafayette, NJ 07848. Joanne DePep-
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po, 973-383-6035.
Buick Club of America, Box
360775, Columbus, OH 43236,
www.buickclub.org. Mike or Nancy Book, 614-472-3939.
Buick Club of America — Buick
Driving Enthusiasts,806 Murphy
Court, Linden, MI 48451. Ken
McClellan, 810-232-1769.
Buick Club of America — Reatta Division, 6030 Bloss Court,
Swartz Creek, MI 48473. Bob
Neumann, 810-655-4202.
75 Oriole Pkwy., Toronto, Ontario M4V 2E3, Canada. W.E.
McLaughlin.
'36-38 Buick Owners' Association. Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the
1936-1938 Buick. Contact: Gene
Phillips, treasurer at BuickN@yahoo.com.
2466.
1958 Cadillac Owners Association P.O. Box 850029 Braintree,
Massachusetts 02184.
LaSalle Appreciation Society,
Box 263, Haddonfield, NJ 08033.
Jack Hotz.
CASE
Two-Cylinder Buicks, Box 460,
Litchfield CT 06759. Robert Sahl,
860-567-4916.
J.I. Case Heritage Foundation,
Box 081156, Racine, WI 53408.
Ray Hoffman, 712-534-2644.
CADILLAC
CHALMERS
Buick Heritage Alliance, 13425
Bell Road, Marysville, Ohio 4304.
Jeffrey R. Brashares, 614-3617299.
www.BuickHeritageAlliance.org
Buick Street Rod Association,
824 Kay Circle, Chattanooga, TN
37421.
Compact Buick Club, Box 411,
Tustin, CA 92781. Bruce Andren,
714-544-1592, compactbc@iols.
net.
Allanté Appreciation Group, Box
225, Edgewood, IL 62426. 800664-5224.
Allanté Owners Association, 448
Ignacio Blvd., Novato, CA 94949,
www.allante.com. Mike Eggert,
415-382-1973.
Cadillac Country Club, P.O. Box
940711 Rockaway Park NY
11694 (917) 575-6570 vinny@
cadillaccountryclub.com http://
www.cadillaccountryclub.com
Chalmers Auto Registry, 908
2nd Ave., Royersford, PA 19468,
www.chalmersregistry.com. Joe
Alackness, chalmersregistry@aol.
com.
CHANDLER-CLEVELAND
Chandler-Cleveland Motor Club,
3725 Amherst Ave., Lorain OH
44052. Robert Kayle, 440-9601143. rmkayle@hotmail.com
CHECKER
Gran Sport Club of America, 625
Pine Point Circle, Valdosta, GA
31602,
www.buickgsca.com.
229-244-0577.
Marquette Owners Registry for
Enthusiasts, 803 Cedar St., Elmira, NY 14904. Don Holton, 607734-5340. topsdown@holtononline.com. www.marquetteregistry.
com
Riviera Owners Association P.O.
Box 261218 Denver, CO 802269218; ph.: 303-233-2987; fax:
303-238-0346; Office@rivowners.org; www.rivowners.org
Silver Anniversary Buicks (1929),
62
Cadillac Drivers Club, 5825 Vista
Road, Sacramento, CA 95824.
Wray Tubbs, 916-421-3193.
Cadillac and LaSalle Club, Box
360835, Columbus, OH 43236,
www.cadillaclasalleclub.org.
Mike or Nancy Book, 614-4784622, clcoffice@cadillaclasalleclub.org.
Cadillac Series 75 Registry, 259
Grand Blvd., Massapequa Park,
NY 11762. Mark Koenigsmann,
516-799-3354.
Cadillac Single-Cylinder Register,
76 Treaty Elm Lane, Stow, MA
01775. Donald Rising, 978-987-
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Checker Club of America. Ron
Leatz, President, 402 Main
Street, Dowagiac, MI, 490471709; PH: 269-782-0635; e-mail:
rleatz@checkercarclub.org; John
Weinhoeft, Secretary & Newsletter Editor, 2525 South Glenwood
Avenue, Springfield, IL, 627044535; PH: 217-744-2986; e-mail:
jweinhoeft@checkercarclub.org;
Tony Mattern, Treasurer & Membership, 160 Willard Drive, North
East, MD, 21901-1631 e-mail:
tmattern@checkercarclub.org.
Web Site: www.checkertaxistand.
com
CHEVROLET
www.oldcarsweekly.com
comcast.net
’57-’56-’55 Chevy Internet Club,
18091 Mark Circle, Villa Park, CA
92861. Bob Ford, 714-637-8877,
BOB_FORD@SBCGLOBAL.NET.
’65-’66 Full Size Chevy Club,
15615 S.R. 23, Granger, IN 46530.
Harold Foos, 574-272-6964.
American Camaro Assoc. 5786
Buckeye Road, Macungie, PA.
18062. Karl Scheffy, karlz28@
earthlink.net. 610.966.2492.
American Chevelle Enthusiasts
Society, 4636 Lebanon Pike
#195, Nashville, TN 37076, www.
chevelles.com. 615-773-ACES.
Chevrolet Nomad Association.
For owners and enthusiasts of
the 1955-57 Chevrolet Nomad.
Contact: CNA, PO Box 265, Davenport, NE 68335, e-mail: cnaclub@gmail.com, www.chevynomadclub.com
National Impala Association, PO
Box 111, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
07716. 732-291-7668. email:
info@nationalimpala.com. www.
Nationalimpala.com. We recognize and support the enjoyment
of all 1958-1970 Full Size Chevrolets. Membership dues are $35
yr. for periodical rate mailing.
National Nostalgic Nova, Box
2344, York, PA 17405. Wayne
Bushey, 717-252-4192.
Team Chevelle, Box 68, Porthill,
ID 83853. Al McKenzie.
Tri-Chevy Association, 1831 Roberts St., Wilmington, IL 60481.
Larry Shoemaker.
Turboglide Registry, 18091 Mark
Circle, Villa Park, CA 92861. Bob
Ford, 714-637-8877.
Chevytalk.com, www.chevy-talk.
com. Tony Schaefer, 949-2890269. (Web-only club.)
Vintage Chevrolet Club of America (VCCA), PO Box 609, Lemont,
IL 60439-0609, www.vcca.org.
708-455-VCCA (8222) Central
Time Zone.
Cosworth Vega Owners Association, Box 5864, Pittsburgh, PA
15209.
Worldwide Camaro Club, 5140 S.
Washington Ave., Titusville, FL.
32780. Ed Mills, 800-456-1957.
Eckler's Chevy Classics Club,
5200 S. Washington Ave. Titusville, FL 32780. www.chevyclassicsclub.com & www.eclkerscamaro.com
IROC-Z Club International, 114
Prince George Drive, Hampton,
VA 23669. Robert J. McKenzie,
757-838-2059.
National Chevelle Owners Association, 7343-J W. Friendly Ave.,
Greensboro, NC 27410. 336-8548935.
www.oldcarsweekly.com
CHRYSLER
Airflow Club of America, 14947
Leigh Ave., San Jose, CA 95124.
Dennis Pitchford, 408-559-7977.
Chrysler 300 Club, Box 1336,
Hereford, AZ 85615. 520-3783000.
Chrysler 300 Club International,
1046 Whittier, Grosse Pte Park,
MI 48230, www.chrysler300club.
com, contact: Jim Krausmann,
313-886-0118; email Kraus300@
Chrysler Product Owners Club,
Box 1605, Eldersburg, MD 21784.
Bill Loewy.
Chrysler Town & Country Owners
Registry-WPC Club, TandCregistry@cs.com
Daytona-Superbird Auto Club,
13717 W. Green Meadow Drive,
New Berlin, WI 53151. Doug
Schellinger, 414-328-1907.
Early Hemi Club, 19311 Laurel
Run, Nelsonville, OH 45764. Terry
McKelvey, 740-753-4364.
National
Club, P.O.
PA 17222.
Schwarze.
net.
Chrysler
Products
Box 64, Fayetteville,
215-674-9823. Terry
tcschwarze@verizon.
North East Imperial Owners Club,
228 Lathrop Lane, Manchester Center, VT 05255. Hamilton
Hayes, 802-362-1565, exner60@
home.com.
PT Cruiser Club, 315 S. 10th, Box
819, Long Beach, WA 98631. Michael Challis, 503-791-7280.
Slant 6 Club of America, Box
52273, Livonia, MI 48152. Tom
Shook, 248-866-1500, tom@
slant6club.com.
TC America, Box 211, Carmel,
CA 93921. B. Karleen Tarola,
831-624-7196.
Town and Country Woodies
Chapter National Woodie Club
(1941-1950 Town and Country
cars), P.O. Box 159 Morganville,
NJ 07751 Harold Marmel, 732536-2488, www.townandcountrywoodies.com.
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Walter P. Chrysler Club, Box
3504, Kalamazoo, MI 49003.
Richard Bowman, 616-375-5535.
CITROËN
Citroën Car Club of North America, Box 655, Inwood, CA 25428.
Lynn Gervase, 304-274-0668.
Cascabel Road, Atascadero, CA
93422. (Forward-control vans/
trucks.)
CORSA — V-8 Registry, 4361 St.
Dominic Drive, Cincinnati, OH
45238.
Group Ultra Van, 5537 Pioneer
Road, Boulder, CO 80301. W.
Christy Barden, 303-530-1288.
CLENET
Clenet Celebration, c/o TSI #224,
31255 Cedar Valley Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91362. Doug
Dickson, 818-400-3533.
Clenet Cluster. 818-679-5735.
Clenet Registry, 4062 San Massimo Drive, Punta Gorda, FL 33950.
Donald Royston, 941-575-0202.
The 1969 Corvair Group, 8322
Soft Wind Drive, Mechanicsville,
VA 23111.
CORVETTE
Corvette Club of America, Box
9879, Bowling Green, KY 42102.
Garnett Rogers, 270-737-6022.
Corvette Cruisers of Atlanta,
www.corvettecruisersofatlanta.
com
COLE
Cole Motor Car Club of America,
Box 183, Goodrich, MI 48438.
Leroy Cole, 810-636-7221.
COLUMBIA SIX
Columbia Six Vehicle Registry,
1701 Sterling Court, Columbia,
MO 65203. Bob Emery, 573-8754766, bobemery@mchsi.com.
CORVAIR
Air ’Vair Group, 5474 S.R. 19,
Galion, OH 44833.
Corvair Oil Filter Collectors Club,
560 Lindberg Blvd., Berea, OH
44017.
CORSA, Box 607, Lemont, IL
60439, www.corvair.org. Harry
Jensen, corsa@corvair.org.
CORSA — Corvanatics, 5000
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C5 Registry, Box 541023, Merritt
Island, FL 32954. 407-452-2743.
33021. John Browning 954-9636437.
renegadecorvetteclub@
yahoo.com. www.renegadecorvetteclub.com.
Solid Axle Corvette Club (1953’62 Corvettes), Box 2288, North
Highlands, CA 95660, www.solidaxle.org. Noland Adams, 916991-7040.
Stingrays Only ’63-’67 Corvette
Club, 825 W. Plantation Circle,
Plantation, FL 33324, http://
hometown.aol.com/corvetteclub.
com. Rick Saxner, 954-370-8708,
rixsix@aol.com.
ZR-1 Registry, 29 Lucille Drive,
Sayville, NY 11782. 516-5670603.
’53-’54-’55 Corvette Registry,
856 Iron City Hill Road, Belle Vernon, PA 15012. Ken Amrick, 724930-8404.
COUGAR
Lost Caravan Corvette Club,
6242 Woodland Road, Linthicum
Heights, MD, 21090. email: info@
lostcorvettes.org, www.lostcorvettes.org.
National Corvette Owners Association, 900 S. Washington St.
#G-13, Falls Church, VA 22046.
Donna Sandoval, 703-533-7222
www.ncoa-vettes.com.
National Corvette Restorers Society, 6291 Day Road, Cincinnati,
OH 45252. 513-385-8526.
National Council of Corvette
Clubs, 3701 S. 92nd St., Milwaukee, WI 53228, www.ncoa-vettes.
com. 800-245-VETT.
Cougar Club of America, 446
Rebecca Lane, Center Conway,
NH 03813. Dan Houde, 603-9865761.
CROSLEY
Crosley Auto Club, 307 Schaeffer
Road, Blandon, PA 19510. Dave
Anspach, 610-916-6050, CAC@
CrosleyAutoClub.com CrosleyAutoClub.com
Crosley Car Owners Club, 4526
29th Ave., Kenosha, WI 53140,
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/
Crosley. Louis Rugani, 262-6523034, x779@webtv.net.
DAF
Renegade Corvette Club, 4311
Van Buren St., Hollywood, FL.
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DAF Club of America, 293 Hudwww.oldcarsweekly.com
son St., Hackensack, NJ 07601.
Kaz Wysocki, 201-342-3685.
Ave., Avon, NY 14414. William
Barkley.
DEVIN
DAIMLER/LANCHESTER
Daimler & Lanchester Owners
Club of North America — Daimler
& Lanchester
Club of England, 5140 New St.,
Burlington, Ontario, L76 1V1,
Canada.
Devin Club, 2360 Fish Creek
Place, Danville, CA 94506.
DKW
DKW Club of America,260 Santa
Margarita Ave., Menlo Park, CA
94025. Byron Brill, 650-323-3913.
DATSUN/NISSAN
DOBLE
Datsun/Nissan Z Association,
13558 Cedar Road, Cleveland,
OH 44118. Bonnie Swirsky, 216932-7718.
Doble Associates,Box 588, Culver
City, CA 90230. 562-595-6721.
DODGE
EDSEL
The Edsel Club, 19296 Tuckaway Court, Fort Myers, FL 33903,
www.edselworld.com.
Robert
Mayer.
Edsel Owners Club of America,
Lois Roth 1740 N. W. 3rd St,
Gresham, OR 97030, 503-4920878. lois_roth97030@msn.com
International Edsel Club, 10014
Deerfield LN Brecksville, OH
44141. Jim & Maureen Lindway ,
eedselsecretary@yahoo.com.
ELGIN
Also see Walter P. Chrysler Club.
DELOREAN
DeLorean Owners Association,
879 Randolph Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. 805-964-5296.
Dodge Brothers Club, for people
interested in Dodge Brothers
from 1914 - 1938.www.dodgebrothersclub.org
Elgin Motorcar Owners Registry,
2226 E. Apache Lane, Vincennes,
IN 47591. Jay David Wolf, 812882-8666.
ELVA
DE SOTO
Airflow Club of America, 14947
Leigh Ave., San Jose, CA 95124.
Dennis Pitchford, 408-559-7977.
National De Soto Club, Membership Secretary, 1323 W. Beach
Road, Oak Harbor, WA 982778573,
360-720-2465,
penguin008@comcast.net
DETOMASO
Pantera Owners Club of America,
309 Playa Del Sur, La Jolla, CA
92037. Shane Ingate, 619-4544656.
DEUTSCH-BONNET (DB)
Les Amis de Panhard & DeutschBonnet USA, 461 Wadsworth
www.oldcarsweekly.com
Dodge Charger National Registry,
Box 184, Greenbay, VA 23942.
Wayne Wooten, 804-223-1305.
International Viper Registry, Box
914, Arkadelphia, AR 71923.
501-246-0015.
DUAL GHIA
Dual Ghia Enthusiasts Association, 29 Forgedale Road, Fleetwood, PA 19522. Dr. Paul Sable,
610-987-6923.
ELVA English sport cars, 19551968. Sportsracers; Formula Junior; Courier (production, street
cars). Registry of current and past
owners found on website http://
elleva.forumcircle.com. Contact:
Gary Cossaboon, gcssbn@aol.
com
E-M-F
E-M-F Registry, 5901 Azalea
Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93306. Paul
Anthony, 661-871-5043.
DURANT/STAR/FLINT/RUGBY/
DE VAUX
ESHELMAN
Durant Motors Automobile Club,
4845 Iris Terrace, Fremont, CA
94555. Rick Botti, 510-796-2252.
rick@durantmotors.org. www.durantmotors.com
Eshelman Owners of America,
5915 La Jolla Hermosa Ave., La
Jolla, CA 92037, www.groups.
yahoo.com/groups/Eshelman.
Howard Singer, 858-454-2628.
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EXCALIBUR
EXCALIBUR CAR CLUB NATIONAL, 120 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. 310-6664333. suite-a@earthlink.net.
FERRARI
Ferrari Club of America, Box
720597, Atlanta, GA 30358. 800328-0444.
Early Ford V-8 Club of Long Island, 212 Holy Lane, Smithtown,
NY 11787-4430. 631-265-2597
(covering Ford Flathead cars
1931-1953)
Early Ford V-8 Club of America
— St. Louis Regional Group, Box
623, Chesterfield, MO 630060623.
Early Galaxie Club, 3839 Staffanson Road, Bozeman, MT 59715.
(1960-’61 Fords.)
FORD
1949-53 Ford Mercury Association, 162 Broadmeadows Blvd,
Columbus, OH 43214. 614- 9052151. www.fordmercassociation.
com.
’54 Ford Club of America, 1400
W. Mayfield Road #340, Arlington, Texas 76015. Tom Hoskins,
817-466-8088, hoskinstom@yahoo.com.
Anglia News, 830 Second St.,
Snohomish, WA 98290. Phil Morris, 360-568-1709.
Crown Victoria Association, Box
6, Bryan, OH 43506, www.classicar.com/clubs/crownvictoria/
index.htm. Sandy Gorny, 419636-2475.
Early Ford V-8 Club of America,
Box 1715, Maple Grove, MN
55311,
www.earlyfordv8.org.
Cornerstone Registration, 866427-7583, registration@cornerstonereg.com.
Early Ford V-8 Foundation,
PO Box 31403, Rochester, NY
14603-1403. www.fordv8foundation.org. 888-229-1042. info@
fordv8foundation.org.
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Fairlane Club of America, 340
Clicktown Road, Church Hill, TN
37642. 423-245-6678, office@
fairlaneclubofamerica.com.
Falcon Club of America, Box 113,
Jacksonville, AR 72078, www.
falconclub.com. Ruby Throgmorton, 501-982-9721
Ford Owners Association, 662
Roxboro Trace, Lawrenceville,
GA 30044, www.fordowners.org.
Meghan O’Neal, 770-972-6603.
FoMoCo Collectors of America,
Box 31541, Independence, OH
44131. Gary Schiavoni, 216-5565599.
FoMoCo Owners Club, Box
19665, Denver, CO 80219. 303628-5330.
Ford Galaxie Club of America,
Box 178, Hollister, MO 65672.
870-429-8264.
Ford and Mercury Restorers
Club, 16291 Worden Road, Holly, MI 48442, www.fmrcoa.org.
Bob Guetschow, 248-328-9113,
rguetschow@comcast.net.
International Ford History Project,
Box 11415, Olympia, WA 98508.
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International Ford Retractable
Club, P.O. Box E, Claysville, PA
15323, 724-948-3661, gloriadudt@gmail.com, www.skyliner.
org.
LOVEfords, 2484 W. Genesee
Turnpike, Camillus, NY 13031,
www.lovefords.org. John Rotella,
315-672-5548, info@lovefords.
org.
Maverick/Comet Club International,421 E. State St., Albany,
IN 47320. Craig Selvey, 765-7896036.
National Ford Tool Collectors,
1042 Wagonwheel Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80526. Steve Thompson, 970-223-2413.
North American English & European Ford Registry, Box 11415,
Olympia, WA 98508, http://www.
enfostuff.com/forum/. 360-7549585.
Penn-Ohio A Ford Club, 79
Townhall Road E., Waterford, PA
16441. 814-866-9224, 814-8640198.
Secrets of Speed Society, 3860
Cain Run Road, Batavia, OH
45103,
www.secretsofspeed.
com. Charlie Yapp, 513-7240700, cy4fn@aol.com. (For highperformance Model A, B, and T
Fords.)
SHO Registry, Box 159, Carrollton, GA 30117. 770-836-1474.
Skyliners of America, 8524 S.
125th, Renton, WA 98055. Gerry
Smith, 206-772-5418.
Torino Registry, 19 Glyn Drive,
Newark, DE 19713. Rob Day,
www.oldcarsweekly.com
302-737-4252.
FL 32836. Paul LiCalsi, 407-3527309.
FORD MODEL A
Model A Ford Cabriolet Club, Box
1487, Conroe, TX 77305. Larry
Machacek, 936-441-8209. clubs.
hemmings.com/modelacabriolet/
membership.html
Model A Ford Club of America,
250 S. Cypress, La Habra, CA
90631, www.mafca.com. 562697-2712.
Model A Ford Club of America
— Model A Ford Touring Club,
14417 W. Colorado Place, Canyon Country, CA 91351. 661-2980625.
Model A Restorers Club (MARC),
6721 Merriman, Garden City, MI
48135,
www.modelaford.org.
Peggy Lenart, 734-427-9050.
FORD MODEL T
Mercury Body Register, Box
2245, Alderwood Manor, WA
98036. 425-776-2804. (Aftermarket Model T speedster bodies
made in Louisville, Ky., 1921-’26.)
Model T Ford Club International,
Box 276236, Boca Raton, FL
33427, www.modelt.org. Howard
Gustavson, 561-750-7170.
Model T Ford Club of America,
Box 126, Centerville, IN 47330,
www.mtfca.com. 765-855-5248.
National T-Bucket Association,
Box 1650, Branson, MO 65615.
800-443-1866.
FORD MUSTANG
First Generation Mustang Club,
8058 Marcella Drive, Orlando,
www.oldcarsweekly.com
Mustang Club of America, 4051
Barrancas Ave., PMB 102, Pensacola, FL 32507. 850-438-0626.
Vintage Thunderbird Club International, P.O. Box 75308, Wichita,
KS 67275. President, Rod Wake,
vtciprez10@gmail.com.
www.
vintagethunderbirdclub.net.
FRANKLIN
Mustang Owners Club International, 2720 Tennessee NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87110. Paul
McLaughlin, 505-296-2554.
Mustang Special-Order Paint
Registry, 6113 S. Cherry Court,
Littleton, CO 80121. Tony Popish,
720-489-1504.
FORD THUNDERBIRD
Classic Thunderbird Club International, 1308 E. 29th St., Signal
Hill, CA 90755-1842, 800-4882709, www.ctci.org.
Heartland Vintage Thunderbird
Club of America, 6711 Spokane
Drive, Huber Heights, OH 45424.
Ken Bender, 937-235-9343, webmaster@tbirdclub.com.
The H.H. Franklin Club, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
13035. Dan de Rusha.
GARDNER
Gardner Auto Owners Registry,
2060 Hoyt Ave E, St. Paul, MN
55119 Robert Gardner 651 7721565. Register online at www.
gardnermotorcars.com or email
rdg105@comcast.net
GRAHAM
Graham Owners Club International,, 4028 Empire Creek Circle,
Georgetown, CA 95634-9632.
Gloria Reid. www.graham-paige.
com.
HONDA
International Thunderbird Club, 1
Laurel Mountain Way, NJ 07830,
www.intl-tbirdclub.com. Malcolm
Green, 908-439-3432.
1958 Thunderbird Convertible
Registry, 6780 Kitson NE, Rockford, MI 49341. Bill Van Ess, 616874-1004, bilvaness@juno.com.
1961 Thunderbird Registry, 485
Shetland Drive, Williamsville, NY
14221. Gregg Zimmerman, 716633-1396.
Thunderbird Sport Roadster Society, 548 Mary Esther Cutoff #204,
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.
R.V. Bates, 360-871-4100. (1962’63 Sport Roadsters.)
Honda 600 Roster of Owners,
7518 Westbrook Ave., San Diego,
CA 92139. Bill Colford, 619-2670485.
HUDSON-ESSEX-TERRAPLANE
Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club,
2850 N. Meridian Ave., Wichita,
KS 67204. charlottesargent@cox.
net. www.hetclub.org.
Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club
— Modified Hudson Special Interest Group, 32705 Bellvine
Trail, Beverly Hills, MI 48025. Burt
Schwartz, 248-645-2357.
HUMMER
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The Hummer Club, 15392 Cobalt
St., Sylmar, CA 91342. 818-3625891.
HUPMOBILE
Kaiser-Frazer Owners Club International — Kaiser-Darrin Owners
Roster, 734 Antram Road, Somerset, PA 15501. Dave Antram,
814-443-6468.
KING MIDGET
Hupmobile Club, 158 Pond Road,
North Franklin, CT 06254. Steve
Christie, 860-642-6697. (Hupmobile, RCH, Hupp-Yeats.)
International King Midget Car
Club, 9409 W. S.R. 571, Laura,
OH 45337. 937-698-5144.
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
KISSEL
IH Collectors, 310 Busse Hwy.
#250, Park Ridge, IL 60068.
Kissel Kar Klub, 147 N. Rural St.,
Hartford, WI 53027. Dale Anderson, 262-673-7999.
Scout & International Truck Association, Box 313, New Palestine,
IN 46165.
INTER-STATE
LINCOLN
Inter-State Motor Car Registry,
13883 Tesson Ferry Road, St.
Louis, MO 63128. Jay Arendt,
314-849-3391.
Lincoln & Continental Owners
Club, Box 1715, Maple Grove,
MN 55311, www.lcoc.org. 866427-7583.
JAGUAR
Lincoln Owners Club (1920-’39),
Jim Riffenburgh, 7350 Santa Cruz
Rd. Atascadero, CA 93442. jimriff@charter.net. www.lincolnownersclub.com.
Jordan Register, 2099 Pheasant
Drive, Yuba City, CA 95993. Art
Worledge, 530-673-7382.
KAISER-FRAZER
Kaiser-Frazer Owners Club International, Box 1014, Dept. OCI,
Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Charlotte Dayton, 802-247-3337.
68
Manx Dune Buggy Club, Box
1491, Valley Center, CA 92082.
Winnie or Bruce Meyers, 760749-6321.
MARMON
The Marmon Club, 754 78th St S,
Birmingham, AL 35206. Sam Barnett, President. samdbarnett@
bellsouth.net. PH: 205-482-0165
MASERATI
Knox Motor Car Club of America, 6 Concord Drive, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Jack Hess,
413-525-6782.
JORDAN
MANX
KNOX
Scouts West, 1519 E. Chapman,
PMB 196, Fullerton, CA 92831.
Linda Papeilo, 714-992-5345.
Jaguar Clubs of North America,
8137 Zang St. Arvada, CO 80005.
www.jcna.com,
1-888-CLUBJAG. (258-2524).
IL 60447. L.R. Revisky, 815-4672287.
Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Club,
Box 422, Hazel Green, AL 35750.
Robert or Margo Mead, 931-4330065.
Road Race Lincoln Register, bigeasy3@msn.com. (1949-’57 Lincolns.)
LLOYD
Lloyd Friends in the U.S. Registry, 3205 Sherrill Road, Minooka,
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Maserati Club International, Box
1015, Mercer Island, WA 98040.
800-MASERATI.
Maserati Owner’s Club of North
America, 14220 Saddlebow
Court, Reno, NV 89511.
MAXWELL-BRISCOE
Maxwell-Briscoe Registry, 19005
Cone Road, Milan, MI 48160,
734-439-7727
MAZDA
Miata Club of America, Box 2635,
Alpharetta, CA 30023. 770-2058832.
MERCEDES-BENZ
Gull Wing Group International,
776 Cessna, Chico, CA 95928.
Gary Estep, 530-345-6701.
Mercedes-Benz Club of America, 1907 Lelaray St., Colorado
Springs, CO 80909. 800-6372360.
MERCURY
www.oldcarsweekly.com
608-825-1903.
’72-’73 Mercury Montego GT
Registry, 11715 Winterpock
Road, Chesterfield, VA 23838.
Joe Helbling, 804-639-7289.
Cougar Club of America, 1637
Skyline Drive, Norfolk, VA 23518.
Ron Crouch, 757-587-5498
Cyclone-Montego Registry, 19
Glyn Drive, Newark, DE 19713.
Rob Day, 302-737-4252. http://
clubs.hemmings.com/cyclonemontegotorinoregistry/
Ford and Mercury Restorers
Club, 16291 Worden Road, Holly, MI 48442, www.fmrcoa.org.
Bob Guetschow, 248-328-9113,
rguetschow@comcast.net.
International Mercury Owners
Association, P.O.Box 1245 Northbrook, IL 60065-1245. 847-9978624. FAX: 847-272-1850. www.
mercuryclub.com. info@mercuryclub.com.
Mercury Body Speedster Register, Box 2245, Lynnwood, WA.
98036. Jarvis, 425-776-2804.
modeltbug@aol.com.
Mid-Century Mercury Car Club,
1816 E. Elmwood Drive, Lindenhurst, IL 60046. Rusty Bethley,
847-356-2255.
MESSERSCHMITT
The Messerschmitt Owners Club,
Birches, Ashmores Lane, Rusper,
West Sussex, England. Eileen
Hallam.
MG
Morgan Three-Wheeler Racing,
138 Bridgeview Drive, San Francisco, CA 94124. Larry Ayers,
415-824-2508.
American MGB Association, Box
11401, Chicago, IL 60611. 773878-5055.
MORRIS MINOR
MG Drivers Club, 18 Georges
Place, Clinton, NJ 08809. Richard
Miller, 908-713-6251.
Morris Minor Registry of North
America, 318 Hampton Park,
Westerville, OH 43081. Tony
Burgess, 614-899-2394, minornews@aol.com.
The New England MG-T Register,
Drawer 220, Oneonta, NY 13820.
North American MGA Register,
8702 Taybrook Drive, Huntersville, NC 28078, www.namgar.
com. Dick Lunney, 704-9481746.
North American MGB Register (NAMGBR), P.O. Box 55.
Whittington, IL 62897-0055.
800-NAMGBR-1. www.namgbr.
org.
Z Magnette Group, 910 Hirsch,
Melrose Park, IL 60160. Jeff Powell.
MITCHELL
Mitchell Car Club, 717 N. Main
St., Port Byron, IL 61275. 309523-2888, missrvr@mchsi.com
MOLINE
Moline/Moline Knight/R&V Knight
Auto Registry, 1111 Hwy. 281,
Red Cloud, NE 68970. John
Nikodym, 402-746-3748, nikrcne@gpcom.net.
MORGAN
MULLINS
Mullins Owners Club, P.O. Box
387, Hardy, AR. 72542. Quarterly
newsletter for the owners of the
Mullins Red Cap all steel trailer
that was manufactured in Salem,
OH, in 1936 and 1937. Charles
Wilson, Editor, wilsonce@aol.
com.
Mullins Owners Club, Box 3102,
McKinney, TX 75070. Bob Parmelee, 972-562-5850.
MUNTZ JET
Muntz Jet Registry, 21303 NE
151st, Woodinville, WA 98077.
Victor Munsen, 425-788-6587,
bcmunsen@aol.com.
NASH
Nash Car Club of America, Box
80279 Dept. OC, Indianapolis, IN
46280.
NSU
NSU Enthusiasts USA, 2909
Utah Place, Alton, IL 62002. Terry
Stuchlik, 618-462-9195.
METROPOLITAN
Metropolitan Owners Club of
North America, 2308 Highway V, Sun Prairie, WI 53590.
www.oldcarsweekly.com
Morgan Motor Car Club, Box
50392, Dallas, TX 75250. 214321-1648.
OLDSMOBILE
’35-’36 Olds Registry, 3685
Lake Park Drive, Brecksville, OH
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44141. Rich Biering, 440-8388720.
Curved Dash Oldsmobile Club,
3455 Florida Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55427. Gary Hoonsbeen,
763-533-4280.
Hurst/Olds Club of America,
304 S. Clippert St., Lansing, MI
48912. www.hurstolds.com.
National Antique Oldsmobile
Club, 617 Mayflower Drive, Myerstown, PA 17067. membership.
naoc@yahoo.com. www.antiqueolds.org.
Oldsmobile Club of America, Box
80318, Lansing, MI 48908, www.
oldsclub.org. Marsha Nicholas,
517-663-1811.
’60 Oldsmobile Club, 10895 E.
Hibma Road, Tustin, MI 49688.
Dick Major, 616-825-2891.
OLDMOBILE-TORONADO
Toronado
Owners
Association, PO Box 373, Hubertus, WI
53033-0373. toa@toronado.org
www.toronado.org.
OWEN MAGNETIC
Owen Magnetic Owners Registry,
918 W. C.R. C-2, St. Paul, MN
55113. Jim Fredrick, 651-4841184.
PACKARD
Packard Automobile Classics,
Box 360806, Columbus, OH
43236,
www.packardclub.org.
Donald Taccone, 800-478-0012,
pacnatoffice@aol.com.
tion, 1196 Mountain Road, York
Springs, PA 17372. Dave Lockard, 717-528-4920, davidbl23@
earthlink.net
Packards International Car Club,
302 French St., Santa Ana, CA
92701, www.packards-international.com. 714-541-8431.
Packard Automobile Club de
France, email: jerome.hardy@
classiccarnetwork.eu; PH: +33
(6) 33 49 42 41; mail: Jerome Hardy, 2 rue Charles Alby, FR-92370
Chaville, France.
The Packard Club - North Texas.
David Flack, Directorolecarz@
clear.net.nz
Eastern Packard Club 127 Westerly Terrace, Rocky Hill CT 06067;
PH: (860) 335-2832; Email:
jtlepak@cox.net; Web site: http://
clubs.hemmings.com/easternpackard/.
Mid-America Packards, 8517
Ann, Kansas City, KS 66112; Ph:
913.299.6133
Packard Automobielclub Nederland, Walter Prinzhorn, J
Calsstraat 17, NL-1067 WE, Amsterdam, Nederland; Ph: +31 (20)
613.6594
PEERLESS
Peerless Motor Car Club, 5001
Femrite Drive, Madison, WI
53716. Richard Lichtfeld, 608222-4528.
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Owners Club, Box 416,
Cavalier, ND 58220. 701-5493746.
Golden Fin Society, 13765 S.
1300 W., Riverton, UT 84065.
Jack
Lewis,
801-254-6817.
(1956-’58 Plymouth Fury.)
Plymouth Valiant Club & Registry,
Box 52273, Livonia, MI 48152.
Tom Shook, 248-866-1500, humina11@yahoo.com.
Slant 6 Club of America, Box
52273, Livonia, MI 48152. Tom
Shook, 248-866-1500, tom@
slant6club.com
PONTIAC/OAKLAND
Fiero Owners Club of America,
7200 Hazard Ave., Westminster,
CA 92683.
Grand Am Registry, 192 Jerold
St., Rochester, NY 14609. Tim
Claremont, 716-467-2399. (1973’80 Grand Ams.)
GTO Association of America,
5829 Stroebel Road, Saginaw,
MI 48609, www.gtoaa.org. 800GTO-1964.
International Fiero Club, 829
Bethel Road #160, Columbus,
OH 43214. Ken Hand.
The Judge GTO International,
114 Prince George Drive, Hampton, VA 23669. Robert McKenzie,
757-838-2059.
PIERCE-ARROW
Pierce-Arrow Society, 135 Edgerton St., Rochester, NY 14607.
Bernard Weis.
National Firebird & T/A Club, Box
11238, Chicago, IL 60611, www.
firebirdtaclub.com.
773-7696262.
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Oakland Owners Club International, 767 McCoy Road, Franklin
Lakes, NJ 07417. Norman Hutton.
Royal Pontiac Club of America,
Box 252402, West Bloomfield,
MI 48325. Eric Schiffer, 248-8556291. (Pontiac drag racing.)
Original GTO Club, Box 320141,
Franklin, WI 53132. 414-4253072, jmogto@aol.com.
Sixty Owners Society (1960 models), Box 100333, Nashville, TN
37210.
Pontiac GTO Judge Convertible
Registry, 1165 C.R. 83, Independence, MN 55359. Paul Bergstrom, pcpvnews@ties2.net.
PORSCHE
Pontiac-Oakland Club International (POCI), Paul Bergstrom,
POCI Club Office Manager, P.O.
Box 68, Maple Plain, MN 55359.
pociworldhq@aol.com,
phone
877-368-3454, fax 763-4793571; www.poci.org
Pontiac-Oakland Club International — All-American Oakland
Chapter, 22 Washington St., Millinocket, ME 04462. Art Archie,
207-723-8759.
Pontiac-Oakland Club International — Grand Prix Chapter, 357
Marvin Place, Wheeling, IL 60090.
Mike Schaudek, 847-537-0345.
Pontiac-Oakland Club International — Pontiac Commercial
and Professional Vehicle Chapter, 1165 C.R. 83, Independence,
MN 55359. Paul Bergstrom,
ppcpvnews@ties2.net.
Pontiac Sedan Delivery Registry, 1165 C.R. 83, Independence,
MN 55359. Paul Bergstrom,
pcpvnews@ties2.net.
PontiacRegistry.com, Box 14059,
Bradenton, FL 34280. Larry Kummer, 941-792-7809, www.pontiacregistry.com, info@pontiacregistry.com.
www.oldcarsweekly.com
356 Registry, 27244 Ryan Road,
Warren, MI 48092.
Porsche Club of America, Box
30100, Alexandria, VA 22310,
www.pca.org. 703-922-9300.
PROFESSIONAL CARS
Classic Hearse Register, 117A
Everton Road, Hordle, Lymington Hants, SO41 0HA, England,
www.hearseclub.co.uk. Sandra
Mitchell, 44-1425-619-196, secretary@hearseclub.co.uk.
Professional Car Society, 64
Mudcut Rd., Lafayette, NJ 078484607. Jeff Hookway, 973-8626047, hookjch@ptd.net, www.
professionalcarsociety.org
Professional Car Society, BUICK
CHAPTER, John Ehmer, Pres.,
412 969 7240, vintagemotors811@yahoo.com, 1542 Princess Ave Wilkinsburg PA 15216
Professional Car Society, MOPAR
CHAPTER, Dawson Blackmore,
Pres.
203-933-1640,
Email:
ctemsi@snet.net, 39 Mohawk Dr.,
West Haven CT 06516
Professional Car Society, MILLER-METEOR CHAPTER, Jon
Wurm6709 Greenway Ln, Forest Lake MN 55025; Ph: 651 464
6524; Email: jonwurm@yahoo.
com
Professional Car Society, NEW
ENGLAND CHAPTER, PO Box
73, Southbridge MA 01550; Paul
Steinberg. 860 928 2233; noahsarkinc@earthlink.net
Professional Car Society, TRISTATE CHAPTER (The tri being
Penna., Ohio, and W. Va.). President: Francis Marasco, 4722 Brierly Dr W, W Mifflin, PA 15122.
Ph: 412 462 1588; email: marasco40@concast.net
PULLMAN
Pullman Owners Register, 14
Clearview Road, Willow Street,
PA 17584. Paul Vaughn Jr., 717464-4704.
REO
Horseless Carriage Club of America — 1- & 2-Cylinder Reo Registry, 1313 N. Gordon St., Wichita,
KS 67203. Garyl Turley, 316-9434513.
REO Club of America, 7971 Vernon Road, Cicero, NY 13039.
Karen Perkis, 315-458-4721.
RICKENBACKER
Rickenbacker Car Club of America, 10605 169th Ave. S.E.,
Renton, WA 98059. Roland Klix,
425-228-6376. www.rickenbackermotors.com.
ROLLS-ROYCE
Rolls-Royce Owners Club, 191
Hempt Road, Mechanicsburg,
PA 17055. T. Younes, 800-TRYRROC.
Rolls-Royce Owners Club —
Modern Car Society, 6 Pendulum
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Pass, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Michael Gaetano, 508-435-8007.
Henderson, Freeport, IL 61032.
Dick Farnsworth, 815-232-3825.
SAAB
STEVENS-DURYEA
Saab Club of North America,
7675 Bear Trap Junction, Saginaw, MN 55779. 218-729-0826.
Stevens-Duryea
Associates,
3565 Newhaven Road, Pasadena, CA 91107. Warwick Eastwood, 626-351-8237.
Subaru 360 Drivers Club, 1421 N.
Grady Ave., Tucson, AZ 85715.
Ed Parsil, 520-290-6492.
SURREY
SALEEN
STUDEBAKER
Team Saleen, 9 Whatney, Irvine,
CA 92718. 714-597-4911.
SAXON
Antique Studebaker Club, P.O.
Box 1743 Maple Grove, MN
55311. 763-420-7829.
Saxon Registry – Walter Prichard,
5250 NW Highland DR., Corvallis,
Oregon 97330. 541-752-6231.
prichard@proaxis.com.
Avanti Owners Association International, P.O. Box 1743, Maple
Grove, MN 55311, 763-420-7829
www.aoai.org.
SCRIPPS-BOOTH
Black Hawk Chapter of Studebaker Drivers Club, Don Juday,
726 Beach Ave., LaGrange Park,
IL 60526, 708-354-5095, ncjdlj@
aol.com.
Scripps-Booth Register, 735
W. Lemon Ave., Monrovia, CA
91016. Ken Kaufman, 626-3587327.
SHELBY
Shelby American Auto Club, Box
788, Sharon, CT 06069. 860-3640449.
Shelby Owners of America, Box
1429, Great Bend, KS 67530.
Brock McPherson, 620-7933420.
SINGER
North American Singer Owners
Club, 2113 S. Ave. Planeta, Tucson, AZ 85710, www.singercars.
com. David Green, 520-7472901.
1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk
Owners Register, 31654 Wekiva
River Road, Sorrento, FL 32776.
Frank Ambrogio.
Studebaker Drivers Club, P.O Box
1743 Maple Grove, MN 55311.
763-420-7829.www.studebakerdriversclub.com.
Toy Studebaker Collectors Club,
Box 70, 306 N. State, Atkinson, IL
61235. Gary Sanders, 309-9367526.
Surrey Registry, Box 98019, Las
Vegas, NV 89193. Bill Borton,
702-270-4688. (Curved Dash
Olds replicas, made by E.W. Bliss
Co., 1958-’60.)
TATRA
Tatra Enthusiasts Club, Box 93,
Littlestown, PA 17340. Bill McCoskey, 410-346-0660
TOYOTA
Toyota Owners and Restorers
Club, 2849 Long Beach Blvd.,
Long Beach, CA 90806, www.
toyotaclub.org. Robert New, 760753-8022.
Toyota 2000 GT Owner's Club,
Box 628, Biddeford, ME 04005.
Bob Tkacik, 207-286-9467.
TRIUMPH
Triumph Register of America,c/o
Joel Rosen, 833 Rampart Way,
Union Bridge, MD 21791. www.
triumphregister.com. jrosenii@lycos.com.
Vintage Triumph Register, 100
Pine Tree Lane, Riverwoods, IL
60015, www.vtr.org. Bill Lynn,
847-940-9347.
STUTZ
TUCKER
The Stutz Club, 7400 Lantern
Road Indianapolis, IN 46256,
www.stutzclub.org. William Greer.
STEPHENS
SUBARU
Tucker Auto Club of America,
9509 Hinton Drive, Santee, CA
92071, www.tuckerclub.org. Bill
Pommering, 619-596-3028.
Stephens Owners Registry, 1034
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TVR
TVR Car Club of North America,
12512 Great Park Circle #301,
Germantown, MD 20876. 301601-4945.
VANDEN PLAS
Vanden Plas Princess Registry,
16643 Route 144, Mount Airy,
MD 21771. Bill McCoskey, 301854-5900.
VEGA
Cosworth Vega Owners Association, Box 5864, Pittsburgh, PA
15209. Tim Morgan, 281-5890449, twincams@aol.com.
VELIE
Official Velie Register, Chuck
Hoaglund, 3641 8th St. Court,
East Moline, IL 61244. PH: 309755-4906; crhoal@mchsi.com.
Web: www.velieauto.net
Suicidal
V-Dubbers.Colorado
Springs, CO. www.suicidalvdubbers.com.
VOLVO
Volvo Club of America, Box 16,
Afton, NY 13730. 607-639-2279.
Volvo Enthusiasts Club/Jensen
1800 Register, 1902 Barber Drive,
Stoughton, WI 53589.
Volvo Sports America, P.O. Box
4181, Warren, NJ. 07059.www.
vsa.org
WHITE
White Steam Registry, Box 220,
Gates Mills, OH 44040. Henry
Merkel, 216-449-0260.
WHIPPET
Whippet Resource Center, 1241
23000 Road, Parsons, KS 67357.
John Olson, 316-421-0643.
Willys-Overland Jeepster Club,
255 Thompsonville Road, McMurray, PA 15317. Jim Sommer
724-942-5153. jeepsternews@
comcast.net. www.jeepsterclub.
com
Willys-Overland-Knight
Registry, 1341 Orion Road, Batavia, IL
60510. Duane Perrin, 4177 Spring
Hill Rd, Staunton, VA 24401, 703506-0909. WOKR@duaneperrin.
com
WINTON
Winton World Wide, 5449 N.
Woodson Ave., Fresno, CA
93711. Roger Allison, 209-4398529.
YALE
Yale Owners Group, R.R. 1, Box
148, New Prague, MN 56071.
Ron Aase, 953-758-3655.
YUGO
VESPA
WILLS SAINTE CLAIRE
Vespa 400 Registry, 100 Prince
St., Fairfield, CT 06432. Henry
Pinckney, 203-336-1505. (Vespa
autos.)
VOLKSWAGEN
Der Kafer Fahrer (The Beetle Driver), 10 Hardwood Road, Windham, NH 03087. Bill Collins, 603425-6129.
Vintage Volkswagen Club of
America, 5705 Gordon Drive,
Harrisburg, PA 17112.
Volkswagen Club of America,
Box 154, North Aurora, IL 60542.
www.oldcarsweekly.com
The Wills Club, 3546 Conger St.,
Port Huron, MI 48060. Terry Ernest, 810-987-8977.
WILLYS/ WILLYS-KNIGHT/
OVERLAND
Midstates Jeepster Association,
7721 Howick Rd., Celina, OH
45822. Barb Conrad, 419-3054355 or gconrad@bright.net.
www.midstatesjeepster.com.
Willys Aero Survival Count, 952
Ashbury Heights Court, Decatur,
GA 30030. Rick Kamen, 404288-8222.
The Yugo Club, 4526 29th Ave.,
Kenosha, WI 53140, www.
groups.yahoo.com/group/Yugoclub. Louis Rugani, 262-6523034, x779@webtv.net.
ZIMMER
Zimmer Motor Car Club, 1415
W. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY
13204. Art Zimmer, 315-4227011.
ZIMMERMAN
Zimmerman
Registry,
2081
Madelaine Court, Los Altos, CA
94024. Chet Zimmerman, 650967-2908.
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