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features 18
Our Shop
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Mike’s Collection
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special sections 44
Concours d’Elegance Suisse Celebrates 90th Anniversary at Geneva Lake
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Electronics Showcase
Mendenhall’s Museum of Gasoline Pumps & Petroliana
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The Compound
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Hang ‘Em High
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On the Cover
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The 76 station that was designed for the Los Angeles International Airport, but ended up in Beverly Hills. Photo by Don Weberg
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departments 8
Publisher’s Note
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Lance Lambert’s Column
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Phil Berg’s Column
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Garage News
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Tales from the Garage
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Auction House Journal
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Fireball’s Column
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Books Reviews
Woodn’t it be Cool
Armory Impression
Private Car Condo Tracks Perfect for Racers
Full Serve
The Destination Unknown
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Buyer’s Guide
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Matt Stone’s Column
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Garage Bazaar
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Garage Meanings
Buy One Done
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t’s almost gospel with me that if you take care of the floors in your garage, the rest will fall into place. But the floors must be tended to first. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that in order to do the floors the garage must be empty, I don’t know… but whatever it is, once the floors are done, the rest of the garage looks absolutely fabulous. But I’ve always wanted wood. A likely impossibility, considering the havoc tires and fluids can wreak upon wooden surfaces. But, thanks to vinyl, not all is lost. BLT rollout vinyl floors in Kansas has some fabulous options. They can take a picture of your favorite pet and print it on a vinyl floor. As such, they also offer woodlook vinyl floors, which are proven durable under various conditions. On a trip back to Kansas several years back, Don Sneed, one of the co-founders of BLT, took me to his garage. Sitting in the car as the door rolled up out of the way, I was kind of shocked to see he had an epoxy floor with a granite look. Shocked, because here’s a guy who makes rollout vinyl flooring with an epoxy garage floor. Stranger things have happened, I thought. He asked what I thought, I said it looks great. We got out of the car, walked up and it hit me – it was rollout vinyl. The print was so convincing, it absolutely tricked me. I was floored. On a more recent trip, I got to see their Aquatred
floors and other patterns and, again, was stunned at how realistic they looked. So, that’s a great option. And then it came to my attention that Swisstrax introduced a slick, vinyl floor resembling wood earlier this year. Constructed in their signature, snap-together tile configuration, the floors are rated as durable as all their other products and yet lend the elegant, svelte look of wood. Woodn’t it be cool to have a wooden floor in the garage? Or is it just me? As the summer winds down, and fall begins to emerge, it’s interesting to me how many events are sprouting up in the cooler months. Something I’m a huge fan of, but was always told by so many that a fall or winter car event is just silly. Why, I’ll never understand – I guess the old idea was that warmer months provide longer days, warmer temperatures to be outside, who knows. Truth be told, summertime is just a little too hot for me. I was the kid you couldn’t have standing in line too long in the sun, I’d just pass out. I guess that’s why I always liked the idea of cooler-season events, like the Peekskill Vintage Grand Prix, Atlanta Concours, and, of course, staples like Hershey coming up. PVGP is brand new, happening in October in Peekskill, New York, and it’s not a race, like its name implies, but rather, a driving event, another thing I’m a huge fan of, hence our Garage Tour. The Atlanta Concours is a traditional event, but at least it’s held during cooler September and October. Hershey needs no introduction, and although I’ve never attended, I hope to this year. So, enjoy your cooler months and don’t be afraid to drive your car – or, at least just spend some time with it in the garage. - Don Weberg
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ld cars, rock & roll music and a building that looks like a castle—what do these three things have to do with each other? Let me explain: Hot rod and custom car clubs in Tacoma were a big thing when I was growing up. To my crowd, anyone who was a member of the Toppers, Drag-Ons, Capers, Rickshaws, Demonos, Stompers and a few other clubs was someone to be looked up to. These clubs were made up of the coolest guys in town; you could tell by the club jackets they wore and the club plaques that were displayed on their cars. They were selective in who they allowed in their clubs, and the member’s cars were usually fast and great looking. The music scene in Tacoma was also a source of pride. There were many bands and many dances, and at the top of the pecking order was the Fabulous Wailers, or to most people, just the Wailers. Many of the bands in Washington, Oregon and Idaho admitted to being Wailers “wannabees” and proved it by including most of the Wailers original music in their playlists. The band deserved the accolades and they assured their local status when they recorded the #1 hit record, “Tall Cool One,” in 1959. Their fans in the Northwest were filled with pride when the Wailers appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand show. Another source of pride for the residents of The City of Destiny was the National Guard Armory. This enormous structure was built in 1908 and featured an architectural design that resembled a British castle. So what do you get when you combine car clubs, rock & roll music and a building that looks like a castle? The answer: you get one of the most impressive experiences in my life. In the 1950s indoor custom car shows were a rare occurrence in Tacoma, and in 1960 I was lucky enough to attend one of the most impressive of them all. The show was put on by the Toppers Car Club (founded in 1951 as the Tacoma Toppers Car Club, but always referred to as just the Toppers by everyone I knew) and was held at the National Guard Armory. The local rock & roll radio station was advertising the show, and there was a promotional poster in the window of the hobby shop where I purchased one AMT model car each month with my newspaper delivery money. I heard the advertisement and saw the poster, so there was no stopping me from going to the show. When the weekend of the show arrived, I dipped into my cigar box safe and removed the necessary $2 entry fee, walked one block to my friend Dan’s house, and then he and I walked the one mile to the car show. Approaching the Armory in itself was exciting. I’d seen it many times because it was so close to my home, but each time I was
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equally impressed. It would have been appropriate to see Sir Lancelot and the Knights of the Roundtable standing guard at the top of the corner turrets. The brick structure was huge to my young eyes, and my imagination was always on high alert when I was near the building. Now, visualize that building full of the best customs and hot rods from up and down the West Coast. I was prepared to be impressed, but I was not prepared for what I was about to see. I walked up the ramp and entered the huge castle-like entry doors. Directly in front of me was one of the most famous cars in the Northwest, a 1928 Ford roadster pickup. This beauty was built and owned by the Toppers Car Club, and was considered, at least by me and all my car loving friends, to be as cool as a custom car could be. I thought this moment could not get better, but it did. As I was admiring the Ford a drumbeat began filling the hall, accompanied by two guitars, a piano and an organ. There, beyond the bright colored and sparkling sea of hot rods and custom cars was the Wailers on stage! I did not know they were going to be performing at the show. The moment that I entered the Armory, saw the Toppers show car and heard Tacoma’s best band was overwhelming. Dan and I spent the next several hours gaping at the cars, swaying spellbound in front of the bandstand, and then exiting the glorious Armory as we excitedly shared opinions on what were the best cars on display and what were the best songs performed by the Wailers. I began my transition from small plastic model cars to fullsized metal cars a few years after that impressive Saturday. My appreciation for the Wailers continued and in 1966 I went on the road with the band as one of their roadies, or “band boys” as we were know n as back then.. My appreciation for the Armory also continued, and recently I talked to a local promoter about the possibility of hosting a car show in the structure. Yes, the Wailers are still performing, there are a few members of the Toppers Car Club still around and the Armory is available to rent. But if I do sponsor a car show there, I’ll have a hard time topping the experience I had more than 50 years ago. -Lance Lambert
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Phil Berg’s Dispatches from the Ultimate Garage Tour
Private Garage Condo Tracks Perfect For Racers I
f you find yourself in the middle of western Colorado, just off highway 141 between Grand Junction and Telluride, you likely got there because of a huge 50-car museum at a place called Gateway Canyons, a resort. There’s nothing else out there. Built by John Hendricks, founder of Discovery Channel, the resort has everything you can imagine except no golf course. No pastel Peter Millar golf shirts allowed here. So what do visitors do? Hendricks’ son runs an operation that rents Ferraris, Bentleys, Porsches and AMGs for folks to drive on the sparsely populated and supremely scenic state highways 90, 145, and U.S. 491 for a couple hundred miles, as well as a full-scale closed off-road course where guests can train for Baja races. Helicopter tours and horse rides are there for the non-car folks, but not a Callaway Big Bertha in sight. Other country clubs for car nuts have blossomed across the country, and they feature either full-size road-racing courses or car condos, garages where car nuts can store, service and restore their classics, and hang out with other car nuts. We’ve driven the amazing tracks at Thermal near Palm Springs, Monticello in rural New Jersey, and Autobahn in the prison town of Joliet, which don’t have private garages. We’ve also sampled the collector’s Mecca garage community at AutoMotorPlex near Minneapolis, which doesn’t have a track. The M1 Concourse car condo/racetrack near Detroit has both top-quality 1.5-mile road-race and drag race courses, as well as private garages that have sold for up to $500,000. When founder Brad Oleshansky first announced plans for the facility, located on a large abandoned General Motors truck building site, they included a small dragstrip and a simple wiggly asphalt return loop on the drawings for the garage condo complex. But the track that now opened takes up almost all 87 acres of the complex, surrounded by 250 private garage condos, with only 50 left for sale. Any way you measure it, the M1 Concourse is a huge success for car nuts. I’m hoping it inspires similar complexes around the country, with both a track and extensive garage community. But keep in mind that Detroit (America’s first major city to need bankruptcy protection) is unique with its dirt-cheap real estate, proliferation of abandoned obsolete manufacturing sites, and home to more classic cars per capita than any place in the country. Detroit is America’s Cuba. Recently a survey by the University of Iowa’s My Car Does What safety campaign determined that about two-thirds of American drivers consider their cars merely appliances, while the remaining third--that’s 80 million--have an “emotional connection” with their cars, and about 12 million are car nuts. That’s only about half the number of people who play golf in the U.S., according to the National Golf Foundation, but it’s enough that maybe we should have far more country clubs for our kind of drivers. Recently Mazda introduced its latest Miata race car (generation four) for the masses, the MX-5 Cup car, a non-street legal turnkey $60,000 racer, at the M1 Concourse. Since it was introduced
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in October, 2015, Mazda has sold about 300 of these entry-level machines. Add about $100,000 for expenses and you can run with the pros in the Mazda series. Last I looked, that’s cheaper than the Tin Cup-style Masters tournament. Further, if you do well practicing at car condo country clubs like M1 Concourse, Mazda will let you drive in their F2000 pro series. Talk about king of the competence hierarchy, this is a car nut’s dream. Oleshansky says that garage owners at his M1 Concourse facility get eight hours of track time a week, which is long enough to practice your way to the top. Says Mazda’s motorsports boss John Doonan, the opportunity to start from scratch and build your ability as a pro racing driver “doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world” than on the MX-5 Cup series. So you know, 25 of the 33 starters at this year’s Indy 500 have raced Mazdas in some form or another during their careers. - Phil Berg
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Peekskill, New York announces vintage grand prix For the first time ever, the scenic town of Peekskill, New York will host a vintage grand prix on October 8, 2017. With a planned course through the villiage and along the waterfront, it promises to be one of those once-in-a-lifetime events, although Rich Pepe, co-founder of the event hopes otherwise. “Hopefully it will become an annual tradition, the first car event of a larger scale tradition known as Hudson Valley Car Week,” he said. Vehicles 50 years old and older will enjoy a leisurely run through town, beginning at a local spot and be released onto the planned course at timed intervals so as to prevent them from piling onto one another. “While we’ll time their entrances, this is not a race, there is no prize, no timed stops, no reason to drive fast,” Pepe said. “Instead, we want the participants to enjoy the sights and
locations while interacting with their car.” An avid car enthusiast, Pepe helped plan the Carmel Mission Classic, and works it each year during Monterey car week in August. Part of the idea behind the Peekskill Vintage Grand Prix is to get people into their cars, give them a chance to drive and enjoy. “So many car shows, car events involve very little interaction between owner and car,” said Pepe. “They park the car, pop up a chair behind it, and that’s that. While that’s been the mainstay of a car show for decades, a lot of enthusiasts and collectors would like the chance to enjoy an event that allows them to drive their car. This is that.” Pepe says he’s looking forward to seeing this event through and planning additional events for coming years. For more information, call Rich Pepe on 917.509.7704
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The 3,500-acre Chateau Elan Winery estate will provide an elegant backdrop for the second annual Atlanta Concours d’Elegance September 30-October 1, 2017. The judged event will benefit the Atlanta Tool Bank, a nonprofit that has loaned $1.6-million worth of tools to 800,000 volunteers to complete over 2,200 service projects in and around greater Atlanta. Tool Bank empowers other nonprofits to finish their projects without the overhead of purchasing and storing tools for the various jobs they work on. “We’re very excited about this event and are confident participants and spectators alike will enjoy it greatly,” said Bill Wallet, cochairman and chief operating officer. “Working with Chateau Elan Winery is a delight, it’s a fabulous venue with exceptional people, and the opportunity to help the Tool Bank is very exciting. We looked
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have always been interested in cars. My uncle was a car salesman, so my cousin and I spent a lot of time at the dealership browsing and dreaming about cars when we were young. My dad managed a grocery store in Montana and when I was 7 years old, his store gave away a 1959 Corvette gas-powered gocart at the end of a promotion. I wanted that go-cart so badly, and now they are an expensive collector’s item when they can be found. During high school, my family lived in Wyoming. When I got my driver’s license, I purchased my first car, a 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne for $350, money saved from my grocery store carry-out job. Since its body was less than pristine, I and several friends offered our cars to be “Velvatexed” by a local entrepreneur. He was experimenting with a technique spraying 1/8 -inch nylon fibers to anything accepting the positive and negative charges necessary for successful product application. People in my hometown had velvet refrigerators, walls, and cars! I proudly drove it to monthly Naval Reserve meetings and it caused many a head to turn. Often, people liked to touch the surface. My biggest mistake was washing it with soap, after which, no matter how often I rinsed
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it, suds would appear, even in a rain storm. When I went active duty in the Navy in 1971, I sold my cool car to my future brother-in-law. After my naval discharge, I married my high school sweetheart, and we entered the “married with children” phase of life, buying practical family cars for the next 20 years. Becoming empty-nesters, I checked out a local Corvette Club meeting and joined before I even owned a Corvette! My dreams of owning a Corvette became reality when I found a used (and abused) 1975 Red Coupe. It proved not all that reliable and had the lowest horsepower of any year Corvette manufactured due to federal regulations at that time. We sold it after a year and started planning for the next Corvette. For our 28th wedding anniversary, we took delivery of our special-ordered, brand new, 2000 Torch Red Coupe at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. What an experience that was! On a guided tour, the last car featured was ours, complete with flashing lights and a sign congratulating us. Our home, at the time, had a second, oversized two-stall garage in the alley entrance. We used that luxury to invest in a 1978
Full Serve Text by Rodney Kemerer Images By Don Weberg
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Mike’s Collection Lessons and stories from an old pro Text and Images by Ron Lampley
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met Mike in 1995 at a work meeting, and over the next few years we met off and on, but he never disclosed his collecting habit to me. His secret stash of lunch boxes and oil cans was something I would have loved to have learned about earlier because I too collect. Back then, it seemed we collectors were more in a world of our own; but, today, with all the television shows on hoarders and pickers and whatnot, it doesn’t seem out of the ordinary for anyone to have an amassment of something. One day at a car event we met, and he had been recovering from a health issue. It was then that Mike discussed his collecting habit, and it was much more aggressive than mine, having started with lunch boxes back in the late ’80s. “I acquired 60 to 70-percent of all the lunch boxes made,” said Mike. “A friend and I would go to Texas swap meets and petrol shows and that’s where it started.” And, in the spirit of all great collecting, it spread from lunchboxes. “In 1993 a friend and I went to a swap meet. We found a guy selling Power Gasoline signs, that’s the one with the race horse on it,” he said. “He must have taken them from a gas station, because some were beater signs and the prices were very reasonable so we thought maybe we should buy them. We ended up with around 12 or 14 signs, brought them back to California and sold them all. We thought were in the money, this is good. That’s how I got into the gas and oil signs. So, I changed “MO” and started looking for gas and oil signs.” Mike sold all his lunch boxes and he really didn’t make any money on them. He found he like oil cans and, once again, started a new collection. He related one story about an oil can he purchased a while back for a lot of money, at that time and just lately turned down a much higher offer. When asked which oil cans have the best return, a full can of oil or an empty can, he told me, “There are only about 10-percent of the oil can buyers who want them full. The problem is, the full cans will start to leak, and if you drop one, you will have damage where an empty can, in many cases, will go uninjured A vintage, single-car garage foror only a small amount of damage. If a full can starts leaking, a vintage house. Or is it? empty it as soon as possible, don’t open
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Mendenhall’s Museum of Gasoline Pumps & Petroliana Text by Matt Stone | Images Courtesy of MelStonephoto.com
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f you’ve ever heard of or visited Buellton, California, it’s likely as a highway traveler up and down US Route 101 and it’s equally likely that you pit stopped at the “World Famous” Andersen’s Pea Soup restaurant there. Buellton sits near the south edge of California’s rural and largely agricultural central valley, and isn’t known for a lot other than Andersen’s and being home base for a community of off-road racing enthusiasts and shops. Mark Mendenhall and his late father Jack stand tall in these parts as successful racers, having competed in the Baja 500 and 1000 (and other venues) many times in a variety of interesting machinery, and also in various forms of land speed record racing attempts, such as those held since 1949 at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover Utah. Jack became a Lifetime Member of Bonneville’s 200 MPH Club in 1991 after breaking the record with a speed of 207.015. Mark reached the speed of 210.114 in the same car in 1996. In 1993 Jack was inducted into the Land Speed Hall of Fame. Jack Mendenhall was a business owner in Buellton, running his own Atlantic Richfield gas and service station as well as a wrecking yard. After tiring of that business, he hit the road as a salesman selling signs; his travels around America brought him in direct
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Top, the exterior of the museum leaves little to the imagination, but keeps the eye searching for what’s hidden among the pieces. Race car is linked in the family history; Below, one of the racing support trucks used during the race days.
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rt Goldstrom started racing cars in the 1950s. At the time he owned two Fords, a 1939 and a 1941, which was slammed. It wasn’t long before his racing took him to the tracks and his reputation among racers and rodders grew well. “At one point in Vegas, there were only two cops you had to worry about,” he said. “We would race down Highland from Sahara to Spring Mountain in front of the Showboat Casino.” The racing never seems to have ended. Art, along with his friend, Wayne Jesel, and mechanic/driver, Ed Daniels, began racing for speed records in a 1932 Ford C Class Street Roadster. In May 2009, they set a record of 201.177 MPH with Jimmy Shine of So-Cal Speed Shop at the wheel. In 2012, at Bonneville Salt Flats for the World Finals, they set a record
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September 30 – October 1, 2017 Chateau Elan Winery & Resort Media Review, Oct. 2016: “The quality of cars at this all-new event was extraordinarily high in each and every class. The cars that won the top two awards were world-class cars that would be eligible for top awards at any concours in the world.” Saturday “Drivers at the Chateau” • Ride and Drive Experience • Food Pavilion • Merchant Walkway Auto Manufacturer & Trade Exhibitors • Celebrity Presentations • Restoration Corner Entrant Driving Tour to Road Atlanta • Atlanta Concours “Shifting Through Time” Celebration
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hen my brother Phil and I registered our 1930 Aston attack) by altering the length and location of the wires. I have been to several garages that have full size planes displayed Martin in the Mille Miglia it came as no surprise that we were handed two ID badges with the bold word PILOTA hanging from the ceiling. If a full scale plane is something you under our photos. For the next one thousand miles we were can envision it certainly is a possibility (providing you have the hopefully going to “pilot” this green contraption to a safe landing room and the structural integrity to support it). Some planes can be purchased inexpensively. You can buy someone’s “it was a good back in Brescia. Cars and airplanes have a long history of shared DNA. Ancient idea at the time” unfinished homebuilt airplane kit for as little as mythology has long reflected the dream of flying long before a few hundred dollars. You can sit it in for a few hours and make believe you’re the Red Baron before getting the dream of driving. The legacy of the out the rattle cans and hanging chains (be airplane has been long demonstrated in sure the chains and/or wires are sufficiently auto design (radiator mascots depicted “The airplane stays up rated to support the plane….have to include airplanes and flying goddess, the origin of the Ferrari emblem), mechanics (safety because it doesn’t have the that statement to appease Capt Don Weberg, the pilot and publisher of GSM). wiring, aerodynamics, rivets, cockpit time to fall.” Resources to find these full scale “models” instruments, seat belts) and accessories include AeroTrader.com, Findaircraft.com, (leather helmets and goggles and the – Orville Wright aso.com and eBay. “thumbs up.” sign). Much of the legacy Like displaying car models, displaying came from combat airplanes (the British model airplanes is a matter of taste, threw behemoth airplane engines in “aerocars,” the Yanks took World War II surplus aviation gas imagination, budget and space. The same orientation applies. You tanks and converted them to land speed racing cars). Still many can collect specifically by scale, by category (combat, experimental, auto companies had their roots or dabbled in aviation. Marques commercial aviation, historical) or whatever strikes your tastes. like Bristol, SAAB, Mitsubishi, Franklin, Messerschmitt, Voisin, Rickenbacker, Ford, Rolls Royce and Bugatti all had tributaries into aviation. Many cars were named after airplanes (Spitfire, Mustang, Thunderbird (P47), Buick Wildcat (F4F), Dodge Dakota (C-47), Dodge Hellcat, Mercury Marauder (B26), Plymouth Barracuda and even the Chevy Vega (Lockheed UC-101 Vega). Go to any Cars and Coffee gathering and you are sure to see a number of ignition keys connected to a red safety tag that says, “Remove Before Flight.” The same guys, er, “pilots” are probably also wearing aviation themed watches (Breitling, Bell and Ross, Vulcain, Panerai etc.) If you need any more convincing….“I don’t think I’m a celebrity. I’m just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.” – Carroll Shelby It’s no wonder that GSMers who display model cars in their offices, dens and garages might also have a fascination and attraction to model airplanes. The same guys who spent much of their youth biting off the residue of plastic glue from their fingers building Lindberg, Monogram and Revell model cars probably had a go at building a Mustang, Corsair, or a B-52. Like model cars, model planes come in a variety of scales, from large scales like 1:18 to those as small as 1:1250. They are available in plastic, resin, balsa, metal and reflect the full spectrum of modeling skills. I prefer the large ones that require inserting the wings, as a kid my modeling patience and skills were limited to applying the decals. Certainly for the small scales models they are best left for display cases, desk tops and bookshelves. The airplane models that work best in garages are large scale ones that can be hung from the ceiling. Most planes can be attached with small wires to give the impression that they are in flight. You can control the position of the planes (just cruising, landing or coming in for an
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Concours d’Elégance Suisse celebrates 90th Anniversary at Geneva Lake Text and Images by Yves Souvenir
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he big, rare selection of spectacular classic automobiles on display at the Chateau de Coppet for the Concours d’Elegance Suisse was overwhelming, set upon such scenic pastures beneath an exquisite sky. Geneva Lake was sparkling under the sun, much like the cars, with wonderful people and exhibits in attendance. What a fabulous celebration of motoring. 44
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With cooler weather closing in, it’ll be imperative to have some nice entertainment in the garage, and it’s an investment that will sustain for years. Here are a few pieces to whet your appetite.
Denon
The HEOS line of speakers from Denon offers an ideal solution for smaller areas. The featured product is the HEOS 3, a compact speaker that plays cloud music, music stored on a phone or tablet, plus music from USB, NAS, and Bluetooth sources. Featuring two custom full-range drivers and a twochannel class D amplifier, recording studio state-of-the-art digital signal processing technology controls it all. Denon produces a large array of sound reproduction products that will serve the home, office, den, or garage very well. www.Denon.com
McIntosh
Long in the game of producing outstanding stereo equipment, the McIntosh RS100 wireless speaker allows music to stream from any room. Using DTS Play-Fi technology, it uses an exisiting Wi-Fi network to wirelessly play music from a mobile device. With Play-Fi Apple or Android mobile app, or Windows desktop app installed, the RS100 connects to a Wi-Fi network and is ready to stream music. McIntosh has been a forerunner in advancing sound reproduction for decades and their signature design compliments any room. The compact size of the RS100 makes it perfect for the den, office, bar or garage. www.McIntoshLabs.com
Innovative Technology
Specializing in retro designs with modern technology, Innovative Technology, or IT, has a host of fun products from jukeboxes to period-styled home stereos such as this wooden CD stereo system. Known as the ITCDS-5000W, the wooden finish offers a great authentic, classic feel but the Bluetooth, CD player, FM stereo, aux-in, and headphone jack nod to the 21rst century. The LCD displays with two working VU meters and removable speaker cloth blend modern and vintage. The remote control is wireless too – we wonder if a corded remote control might be too retro. www.ITHomeProducts.com
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Jensen
Jensen has produced entertainment products for a variety of uses ranging from automotive to RV to industrial to home and much more for many years. Their history is very diverse and their products have always been of an exceptional nature with conservative styling and design that resonates very well in any environment. The JTA-980 is a unique breath of fresh air providing listeners with a 3-speed, belt driven turntable, two CD players, a cassette player, and an AM/FM stereo radio. The front-loading CD player is also a recorder so music can be recorded onto a CD from the cassette, record, or CD. Bluetooth connectivity also allows streaming from iPod, MP3, or other digital audio players. wwwSpectraIntl.com
Bose
No one can argue the breadth of Bose entertainment products, but the SoundTouch 300 soundbar is a fabulous way to enhance your viewing or listening experience. Compact, it’s perfect for almost any place in the home, but don’t let its smaller size deceive its capabilities. It is filled with technologies like custom drivers, QuietPort,
and PhaseGuide technology, all working together to bring massive sound reproduction. Featuring a glass top and perforated wraparound metal grille, the soundbar is attractive and conservative, blending into the local environment. Bose claims the glass is as tough as aluminum, which is comforting. www.Bose.com
Sceptre
One of the leading technological research and development companies, Sceptre has been at the forefront of many innovations such as the monochrome/color display for PC introduced in 1984, the LCD display for the industry released in 1993, and much more. Measuring 43-inches, this LED 4k UHD TV offers a 3840x2160, 8-million pixel High Resolution picture creating extraordinary reproduction. Connect up to four devices at once allowing streaming, browsing, and listening to your favorite multimedia. View pictures through the USB port and explore apps by connecting to a smartphone or tablet to the Mobile High-Definition Link port. The technology goes on and on. A little large for the garage, but perfect for many other rooms. www.Sceptre.com
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Automotive Books for your Favorite Car Enthusiast
By author, photographer, broadcaster, emcee • Matt Stone
McQueen’s Machines, the Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon The cars, and bikes that Steve McQueen owned, drove, rode, raced, or put into his films. Available at Motorbooks.com, Amazon.com or autobooksaerobooks.com
Winning! The Racing Life of Paul Newman History’s Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed Co-authored with Preston Lerner Some of these stories are even true! Great fun and mythbusting.
Co-authored with Preston Lerner With Foreword by Mario Andretti America’s other favorite blueeyed racing actor; his cars and car films Motorbooks.com, Amazon.com or autobooks-aerobooks.com
The Ferrari Phenomenon Co-authored with Luca Dal Monte No boring serial numbers or camshaft specs; just all the stories you’ve never heard and photos you’ve maybe never seen. BullPublishing.com, Amazon.com or autobooks-aerobooks.com
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Exotic Barnfinds Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Ferraris Exotic cars lost and found CarTechbooks.com, Amazon. com or autobooks-aerobooks. com
James Garner’s Motoring Life From Baja to Daytona, the movie Grand Prix, The Rockford Files and more. CarTechbooks.com, Amazon. com or autobooks-aerobooks. com
Isky The life story of The Camfather himself, Ed Iskenderian, among the original pioneers of the speed equipment industry more than 70 years ago. CarTechBooks.com, autobooksaerobooks.com, or Amazon.com
McQueen’s Motorcycles — Racing and Riding with the King of Cool. Steve McQueen was as much into bikes as he was into cars. Learn about most of his great machines, racing efforts, and motorcycles in his films. Motorbooks.com, autobooksaerobooks.com, or Amazon.com
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Las Vegas, NV - May 27-28, 2017 Lot 1327 – “Wayne Gas Pump for Poly Gasoline” Restored, excellent condition, looks new. Exceptional body, filling tube, and globe. Includes 76-inch cord and two keys. Sold: $$7,200
Lot 1136 – “Riva Aqurama Scale Model” Scale model of a vintage speed boat by Riva. Red mohagony body with lighter colored decks. High attention to detail including leather-upholstered seats, real-looking controls, miniature Italian flag, and stand to hold the boat. Sold: $1,353
Lot 1323 –“Buddy L. Pressed Steel City Firetruck” Painted red firetruck with front bell and extendable ladder. Minor paint loss. Sold: $522.75
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Lot N069 – “New York to Paris” A bronze sculpture by Stanley Wanlass, circa 1982. Sold: $21,850
Lot N025 – “4 ½-Litre Blower Bentley” Scale model by Paul Jacobsen. Sold: $7,475
Lot N023 – “American Steering Wheels” Each circa 1900, four-spoke wheels with wooden wheel. Sold: $805 Garage Style Magazine Fall 2017
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The Destination Unknown T
he other day I was asked why I love cars so much. And although it would seem like I’d have a pretty clear answer to this, it took a while for me to think about it. I’m not a collector, although I’ve had many cars. I’m not professional racer, although I can keep up with many who are. I am a car designer and have worked for many companies over the years, but still, design wasn’t the true essence of love for me. When I was a kid, just about every weekend my parents would put all five of us in a 1973 Chrysler Imperial Station Wagon and head out somewhere. One of us was allowed to sit shotgun, while the rest (including my Mom) sat in the back. Most times we knew where we were going, but other times it was a surprise. We did this a lot and loved it. I mean, really loved it. And on certain weekends and Birthdays, one of the kids even got to pick his or her favorite place to go. We’d feed the ducks at a pond, go to Westwood to see a movie and have dinner or head to a Nursery to buy plants and play hide n’ seek among the begonias. We’d even hit Bob’s Big Boy in Torrance for the double. Now, this was in the early 70’s and that station wagon took us everywhere. Literally. Without realizing it and over time, I built up a love of the journey. The excitement of getting in the car and going somewhere unique and exciting. It almost didn’t matter what kind of car or where we went, just that we were together as a family, and headed somewhere cool. Over the years, when my son was growing up, we did the same thing but slightly modified. We called them Hat Trick Trips. Three places in one day. My wife (Kathie) and I took him everywhere and he got the same experience I got. Day Camp, 2-week camp, camping, cities and foods. Cut to today... My life is now an explosion of the same ideals and excursions. I have a TV Show called Fireball Malibu Vlog where we take you (the viewer) on the same journey I took as a kid. Although now, each week (or sometimes daily thanks to El Segundo’s Automobile Driving Museum or The Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard), I’ll drive a cool classic car or truck. I may drive a brand new car from the 12 cars companies I have deals with or
maybe a $350K Mercedes GWagon from Silverstar Mercedes in Thousand Oaks. I even drive friend’s Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars and Exotics. We take you surfing, to car shows, car museums, shops, custom builders, socal beaches, restaurants, theme parks, lakes, streams, hikes and more. You never know where we’ll be going next and with millions of viewers everywhere, people seem to be enjoying the ride worldwide. I never imagined that my love for cars would take me so many places. We’ve been across the world and back and met car culture at it’s best. And after all this time, I can finally say that my love of cars isn’t about owning them, fixing them up or even driving them. It’s about life’s journey. If you’ll allow it, these vehicular contraptions will take you places to expand your mind, increase the love in your heart and rock your world. I’m grateful to be living my dream and sharing it with those you want to watch. My copilots are you guys... and my job is to get us to a destination unknown. But the beauty, sites and sounds along the way are just as important as the destination. Sometimes more so. So thank you for allowing me to take you all in my digital station wagon. I never knew I could fit so many people in this thing, but together, we’ll explore the world in one cool car at a time. - Fireball (Yes, my legal name) FIREBALL MALIBU VLOG http://www.fireballtim.com
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PORSCHE THE ESSENTIALS Arnaud Séné PORSCHE the Essentials covers the 1950/1998 period, from the first 356 to the 993, last air cooled model. Each model is treated with precision in order to give the reader the main elements to help him choose, identify and authenticate every version. All the chassis VIN sequences, engine numbers, production data and technical characteristics are detailed for all models and all versions. Photos for every member of the PORSCHE family. A great number of high quality, all new photos have been chosen to illustrate the book. General views, important details, photos of the chassis cold stampings, engine number and Vin plates are present to enable and guide the reader in the identification or the choice of his PORSCHE.
COBRA PILOTE: The ED Hugus Story Robert D. Walker This book primarily takes a close look at the Hugus-Shelby Cobra connection. In the early 1960s James Edward (Ed) Hugus personally financed the first seven production Cobras built since Carroll Shelby did not have the money or facilities for the project. Hugus ordered the first modified but unfinished Aces from the A.C. Cars factory in England, and had his service department mechanics at European Cars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania install the Ford 260 engines and Galaxie transmissions, completing the cars for sale. Once Ford signed a contract for Shelby American Cobra production in Venice, California, Hugus still completed Cobras for distribution and sales to all points east of the Mississippi River. In his capacity as a driver, Hugus piloted the first racing Cobra (CSX 2001) in competition, and in 1963, the first Cobra (CSX 2142) to appear at Le Mans. Carroll Shelby may have had the Cobra dream but it was Hugus who stepped forward and made Shelby’s venture a reality.
WARBABY: The True Story of the Original Jeep William Spear On September 21, 1940 in Butler, Pennsylvania an awkward looking miniature truck emerged from the tool room of the American Bantam Car Company. Stunning even its creators with its performance it was delivered for Army testing two days later, where it was recognized immediately as a tactics changing weapon of enormous significance and was dubbed a “jeep” by its testers. It went on to become one of the most decisive weapons of WWII, and the Army was not to be without one for decades to come. Displayed in some of the world’s most famous art museums the jeep is considered one of the most elegant American industrial designs of the 20th century and some regard it as the most significant and influential automobile in American history. Despite all this, in the 76 intervening years which have been filled with thousands of books and articles, internet sites, and films extolling the virtues of the jeep, the complete story of the jeep’s origins have remained largely a mystery, shrouded by fragmentary, conflicting and incomplete evidence, conjecture, supposition or outright guessing. At long last in William Spear’s definitive new book WARBABY is set out the true story of how the jeep came to be. The history is not only revealed in full, but emerges as one of the most interesting and exciting stories in automotive history, from beginning to end filled with dozens of compelling characters in dramatic, high risk situations. Whether your interest is in industrial design, history, politics, biography, research, simple curiosity about the cars themselves or just interest in an old fashioned good story, WARBABY covers the territory.
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very one of us has had the hankering to buy a well-used up (or “barnfind” level) collector vehicle, back it into our garage, and tear it apart down to the last nut and washer, then restore it “our way.” What better thing to do with our fully set up, clean, brightly lighted, well equipped garage right? I get the appeal, and it’s struck me more than a time or ten. Although a scene that’s taken place just a block away from me has tempered my view of that particular fantasy. The guy down the street is obviously a car guy at some level; he’s got a really handsome red Porsche 356B coupe in his garage, and a few years back I noticed, backed in next to appeared an early 50s Chevrolet pickup. What a nice combination of classics; an old school sports car, and an iconic American truck. While the Porsche was beautiful, and driven often, it was clear the truck was a project. It looked largely complete, but rode hard and put away. Not long after acquisition, he began tearing it down and I mean down to the frame rails. Obviously prepping for a full on hard core restoration. Every time I drove by, and the garage door was open, I’d swipe a look to see what all he’d done so far. Then the garage door closed. For a long time. I went by recently, the door was open, and the truck was fully disassembled with the cab still sitting on the chassis, and the rest of the body panels loosely piled on top. The garage floor is littered with all the bits and bobs that came off this so far hapless Chevy. The engine over there, the trans on the other side, the wheels and tires in a stack. You know the scene. My point is that resurrecting, from the tires up, a vehicle even as mechanically simple and straightforward as an old Chevy pickup is a major undertaking. And know that many, many resto projects die at this stage. Unless you have a plethora of time, mechanical skill, tools, room, friends willing to help, a patient sig other, solid subcontractors, and money (the biggest of the plethoras), my advice is to buy one done. If you analyze the costs of purchasing a “project” level collector car, the investment in properly restoring it (whether done in house by an owner, or farmed out to shops), and what it’s worth when complete, it is often a better proposition financially to let that previous owner spend all the blood, sweat, gears, and tears to restore the car, just in time to be sick of it, and sell it to you for your use and enjoyment. We all watch collector car auction coverage on television, and so many times when the hammer falls, the TV analyst says (or we think to ourselves) “sure couldn’t build or restore it for that.” Often true. I’m not saying your own home restoration can’t be accomplished, or that you can’t do it – we’ve all had this dream. But you need lots of the things I mentioned above to pull it off with any success and a quality job when done. It is true that the less complex the vehicle is, the easier it is to get it done. But even something as simple as a Ford Model A, a VW Beetle, or yes, an old Chevy truck, is still a
major physical, mental, and expensive undertaking that can stall out at any stage. And just think how much sooner you can enjoy a car that’s been well restored and thoroughly sorted out by someone else– looks great, fresh mechanically, and road ready, instead of a pile of parts in the garage and/or your living room. Again I’m not saying don’t or you can’t, but encourage you to think it over carefully. If you buy smartly, a car that appeals to you and has been done well at every level, you’ll be driving down the road much sooner and likely with less money spent, waving at your neighbors instead of having to keep your garage door closed. -Matt Stone
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In the Garage with Cindy Meitle
Dave Woody, Owner of Woody Financial Realty Corporation
Dave Woody is the owner of Woody Financial Realty Corporation. He has been a real estate broker since 1977 and currently arranges private money real estate equity loans from his office in the Naples area of Long Beach, California where he has been for 27 years. He purchased his 1948 Woodie wagon at the same time he moved into his office and it has been restored twice since then. He’s a member of the So Cal Woodie Club and the National Woodie Club as well. What is your favorite item in the garage space and why? My collection of auto-related original neon clocks. I have twentyfive and just love neon as it is artwork and memories of times gone by. It makes me feel good to sit back with a good cigar and a glass of Limoncello and just admire them while chatting with my car buddies, talking about car show we just got back from. I also have several larger neon auto and oil signs, a porcelain gas pump and several auto-related signs that I have collected over the years. They have proven to be great investments as the prices keep going up. What is the strangest item in your garage? I don’t have anything too unusual, but I’d like to think my collection is a bit more unique than your average garage. I bought my 2800 sq. ft. industrial warehouse building in Huntington Beach, CA last year, and it houses my 6 restored collectible cars; a 1954 Sunbeam Alpine Roadster, a 1948 Hillman Minx drophead coupe, a 1968 Chevelle SS 396 hardtop, a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner with a 383 and 4-speed, a 1952 Dodge convertible that was in the Imperial Palace Auto Collection Museum in Las Vegas, and of course the 1948 Oldsmobile Woodie which has won several best of show trophies. Coming soon, I will also have a 1940 Lincoln Zephyr three-window coupe. What are you doing most of the time you’re in the garage? Probably something strange to many folks, I am on my scissor
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lift quite frequently. I use it to hang and service my signs that are high up out of reach. It allows me to replace overhead light bulbs and take record storage boxes from my mortgage business up to the mezzanine to store for the required amount of time. Did you grow up in the garage? I did not. We were horse famers in Oregon. I left to go into the service and when I got out, my interest in cars kicked in and having a garage was a natural progression. How does your garage make you feel? I love to spend Saturday and Sunday mornings playing with the cars, hiding from my wife and BSing with my car buds. My wife says this is all a sickness and I say it’s an investment. I don’t have any interest in retiring, but having a good business means there’s a lot of day-to-day pressure, and the garage is a great place to relax and unwind. --Dave Woody
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