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SALUTING THE UNION JACK IN vANCOUvEr
IS IT A SIN TO rESTOrE AN OrIGINAL?
POrTLANd: THE CITY THAT TIME FOrGOT
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eDITorIAl sTAFF
Executive Publisher McKEEl HagERTY
for your Senior Publishing advisor gREg STROPES
associate Publisher JOnaTHan a. STEIn
Publishing Consultant ROB SaSS
Executive Editor JERRY BURTOn
Managing Editor nadInE SCOdEllaRO
Classic Investment art director/designer TOdd KRaEMER
Copy Editor SHEIla WalSH dETTlOFF Mckeel hagerty
Web Editor JaMES RUSSEll and co-driver Angus
art Production Manager JOE FERRaRO
Forsyth in their 1957
Creative director laURa ROgERS
Editorial director dan gRanTHaM Alfa romeo 1900C ss
Editorial assistant CHRISTInE BaRdEllInE Zagato at the modern-
day version of the
PublIshIng sTAFF
Mille Miglia open road
director of Publishing angElO aCORd
Publication Manager danIEllE POISSanT race from brescia to
Production Manager lYnn SaROSIK rome and back.
Materials Coordinator CHERYl SCHOlz
ConTrIbuTors
CaRl BOMSTEad, KORY FElKER, KEn
gROSS, TOnY HOSSaIn, daVE KInnEY,
MaRK PaTRICK, JOHn l. STEIn
ADverTIsIng sTAFF
national Sales Manager
East Coast Sales Office Mille magnifico
TOM KREMPEl, 586-558-4502
[email protected]
Central Sales Office
lISa KOllandER, 952-974-3880
MArk TwAIn once famously said that a man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that he can
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learn in no other way. and so it was with the experience of participating in the Mille Miglia. The sound of
West Coast Sales Office
MElISSa aUSTIn, 818-225-0466 exhaust notes echoing off the stone walls, the throngs along the way, waiting to catch a glimpse of the
[email protected] same machines that their fathers and grandfathers worshipped generations ago. It reminds us that there
is no substitute for seeing, hearing and smelling historic race cars doing what they’re supposed to do.
nevertheless, I’ll try to do some measure of justice to the experience here (see page 52).
In a different vein, the popularity of the aMC cable TV show Mad Men has focused attention on the
styles, trends and sensibilities of the early 1960s. It was that brief period of understated design between
the crazy fins and jet-inspired flamboyance of the ‘50s and the muscle car era. as most followers of the
Questions about our products and show know, the title Mad Men comes from an in-joke in the ad world — Mad is short for “Madison ave-
services? Call 800-922-4050.
nue,” the epicenter of new York advertising. Who better than to write about marketing the cars from that
Questions about the magazine?
Call 866-922-9401 or e-mail us era than david E. davis Jr., the dean of automotive journalism and former 1960s “mad man.”
at [email protected].
Having recently been immersed in the Hagerty Ford Model a restoration project, we have a keen
Change of address? Incorrect address? appreciation for the restorer’s art. However, we also recognize the special place that untouched cars
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We want you, as a member, to continue occupy. In this issue, Hagerty media manager Rob Sass focuses on what makes a well-preserved original
receiving Hagerty’s magazine. Please send all car so unique and desirable.
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information to Hagerty’s Reader Services, In our third feature story, we blow the lid off a little-known fact about one of america’s most charm-
P.O. Box 87, Traverse City, MI 49685. ing cities, Portland, Oregon: It’s one of the best old-car cities in the country. Veteran auto journalist Paul
© 2010 HagERTY. all rights reserved. duchene takes us on a driving tour (in a ‘56 Pontiac wagon) of his favorite neighborhoods in the Rose
Period Tires for all Makes and Models Printed in USa. no part of this magazine
City. With so many cars from the ‘30s though the ‘80s on the streets and in regular use, we were
may be reproduced without permission. all
Free Mount & Balance with the Purchase of Tires & Wheels Together unsolicited submissions, including manu- reminded of the photos of old cars in Cuba; hence the title “Havana on the Pacific.”
free scripts, photographs and queries, must be
Finally, to mark Hagerty’s entrance into the British Columbia collector car insurance market, we
accompanied by adequate return postage
Catalog and an addressed return envelope. Submis- recently attended Vancouver’s all British Field Meet. It’s a must-attend event for any Brit-car fan, and our
sion implies right to edit and publish. Edito-
man in B.C., nigel Matthews, captured it in all its leaky and electrically challenged glory.
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Contents Contributors
HErE’S wHAT’S INSIdE wHO’S IN THE ISSUE
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1. dAvId E. dAvIS Jr.’S first magazine job was with the billable hours requirement of his legal
as advertising director at Road & Track in 1957. profession. Since switching careers, Rob has
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His car enthusiasm was further expanded when been a frequent contributor to The New York
a friend let him drive his 1956 Ferrari 250 gT Times, Sports Car Market Magazine and the
TdF regularly during that period. He wrote Chicago Tribune. He is also author of a book on
Corvette advertising in the early ’60s, and affordable car collecting, “Ran When Parked.”
served as executive vice president and creative
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director of Campbell-Ewald from 1967 to 1976, 4. PAUL dUCHENE has been an automotive
when he married JlK davis and returned to journalist for 40 years. He has written for
Car and Driver in new York City. the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times,
AutoWeek and Car and Driver, and edited
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2. NIGEL MATTHEwS has enjoyed a 35-year Sports Car Market Magazine. He is an average
4 career in the automotive industry in Vancouver, motorcycle racer, an enthusiastic alcan 5000
British Columbia, having emigrated from his rallyist and an indifferent restorer who “collects
native England in 1975. He is an automotive his mistakes,” as Raymond Milo once said.
historian and weekly classic and exotic car
columnist for the Canadian Press and contrib- 5. EvAN KLEIN has always craved the smell of
utor to a number of magazines and websites. He gasoline and burning rubber. The l.a.-based
recently joined Hagerty Insurance as the sales photographer shot our Mad Men cover story
and marketing executive for Hagerty Canada. and has contributed to publications like Motor
Trend and Corvette Quarterly. “I always look
3. rOb SASS came to the automotive journalism forward to these shoots.” he says. “This time we
5 field in a roundabout manner — when he found shot all over l.a., including some locations right
that his old car affliction terminally interfered on the Mad Men set.”
features
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Mad Man vs. All the wonders It’s only havana on
Mad Men of britain original once the Pacific
ad man extraordinaire The all British Field Many collectors are Welcome to Portland,
david E. davis Jr. talks Meet — “The greatest becoming more discrim- Oregon, where the climate
about what the advertising Show on British Wheels” inating about when to is moderate and 40- and
world was really like in the — celebrates its 25th restore a car and when to 50-year-old cars are
early 1960s. anniversary. leave it alone. daily drivers. KlEIn
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Even consumables like
tires, headlights and hoses
were original. It was simply
an irreplaceable car.”
An early third-generation
“rip van winkle”
Corvette draws a crowd
at bloomington gold
thanks to its barn-find
condition (left); judges
scrutinize a ‘67 Camaro,
which went on to win a
ZZenith award.
survivors all
blooMIngTon golD has been synonymous cars that are essentially nOS “in the wrapper”
with Corvettes since its inception in the 1970s. time capsules. among the most captivating was
Ironically, it’s no longer in Bloomington, Illinois, a 1965 Shelby gT 350 still on its plain but correct
nor is it just about Corvettes anymore. Three steel wheels —100 percent of the finishes, exterior,
years ago, unrestored car visionary and Bloom- interior and chassis were factory original. Even
ington gold CEO david Burroughs extended consumables like tires, headlights and hoses were
the SURVIVOR® concept to all makes of cars. original. It was simply an irreplaceable car.
like all of Bloomington gold’s Corvette certifica- Because they were so rust prone, an unre-
tion levels, the cars aren’t competing against stored Porsche 356 is equally rare, but Robert
each other, but rather against a standard of Tenges of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, brought a lovely
preservation. In theory, all 75 cars on the field 1964 356C coupe. aside from a few careful touch-
could have qualified for the highest award (the ups, its original Stuttgart-applied Sky Blue paint
zzenith®), although in actuality only 13 did. was all present and gleaming even after 45 years.
zzenith cars must be at least 40 years old, In just its second year, the number of entries
remain at least 90 percent unrestored and approxi- increased by 50 percent and registration was
mate a nearly new appearance. Total interior, full three months before the event. next year’s
exterior and chassis refinishing; replacement; dam- SURVIVOR event is scheduled for June 26, 2011,
age and deterioration cannot exceed 10 percent again at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles,
A remarkably original ‘65 shelby gT 350 and
from factory. The result is that both judges and Illinois. Registration opens on February 11, 2011, a ‘59 elva Courier are judged for the ZZenith
spectators are treated to the sight of numerous and is expected to fill up quickly. award for unrestored cars.
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au to m ot i v e In October, all roads lead to Hershey.
It’s the big one. Since 1955, car
F l e a m a r K e t collectors from all over the world have
been making the trek to the eastern
Canada’s largest automotive flea market offers
Pennsylvania town. It’s the swap
everything from collectibles and classic cars to
meet of swap meets. All told, there
those hard-to-find car parts. as the locals say, “If
are over 9,000 flea market vendors,
you can’t find it here, you can’t find it anywhere.”
more than 1,000 car corral spaces and
The Spring Barrie automotive Flea Market is
approximately 1,500 show cars.
held over four days in early June at Burl’s Creek
Family Event Park in Oro, Ontario. about 50
★ POMONA SwAP MEET
miles north of Toronto, it’s a car lover’s dream,
october 16, Pomona, California
with thousands of vendors on hand, a car sales
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corral, Sunday auto auction and a show & shine.
Looking for a rust-free California car?
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more information, visit burlscreek.com. glEtreasures to be found at barrie, ontario (bottom). plus thousands of collector cars for
sale, Pomona attracts a diverse and
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RM auctions’ inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco
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resounding success, matching the previous highest
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the 105 pre- and post-war motor cars, 88 changed
hands, with five fetching prices in excess of $2 million,
along with setting two new world records. Visit
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Total Sales: $45.1 million
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High Sale: 1963 Harley J. Earl Corvette, $925,000
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your turn
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Fifteen years ago, north Carolina
these pages.
resident Chuck Blethen finally found
the car of his dreams — a 1937
Jaguar SS100. Priced at $65,000 and 1958 Corvette
needing considerable work, it was
not for the faint of heart and Blethen When one Corvette takes two truckloads
under standably passed. However, and three trailerloads to bring home,
one day he searched “SS100” online you know you’ve got a project on your
and discovered an owners’ group hands. That’s exactly how alex Simeneta’s
devoted to the Squire SS100, a restoration odyssey began, completed five
Ford-powered Italian copy of years later with this stunning metallic red
Jaguar’s enduring classic. Eventually head-turner valued at $125,000. Reportedly
he adopted the eighth Squire built crashed in 1960, it had not been on the 1969 Chevrolet C10 Fleetside
after its discovery in a farmer’s field. road since, and previous owners had
Eight years later, Blethen couldn’t collected dozens of hard-to-find original When he was 7 years old, Patrick Rhea, of new albany, Mississippi, already knew what his
be happier with the result — a parts to make the eventual restoration favorite vehicle was: his great-grandfather’s new 1969 Chevy Fleetside truck. It has remained
healthy Ford 289 V-8–powered authentic. Outfitted with a replacement V-8 in the family ever since, with Rhea finally taking ownership in 2006 and undertaking a two-
machine that he reports is amazingly and an automatic overdrive transmission, and-a-half-year, nut-and-bolt restoration. Once again resplendent in Miami Blue and white
fun to drive in the nearby Blue Ridge the Corvette is now totally usable, and the paint with a Royal Blue interior, the six-cylinder, radio-delete pickup has less than 26,000
Mountains. “It’s a magnificent georgia resident credits engineer friend total miles and is now a show winner worth a lot more than its pre-restoration $500 value.
treasure,” he says. Tommy garner and restorer Stephen Reems
with helping complete an enormous puzzle. Price range for a 1969 chevroleT fleeTside Truck: $850–$21,0001
Price range for a 1972 squire
ss100: $15,000–$25,000
1929 ameriCaN laFraNCe
metropolitaN Fire truCK
Browsing the Internet at the South Ogden, Utah, fire station in
1931 model a paNel delivery truCK
1999, Ron lucero found this 1929 american laFrance Metropoli-
tan fire truck. Built in Elmira, new York, just two years after lind-
When Jim Rupp helped a friend pull this Model a Panel delivery Truck out of a Cheboygan,
bergh flew the atlantic, the pumper had spent its entire career in
Michigan, field in late summer 1973, little did he know that nearly 40 years later that truck would
Memphis, Texas, before being put out to pasture. lucero bought
become an essential part of his life. But that’s exactly what happened as the truck changed hands
it and started the daunting 10-year challenge of restoring it in his
several times before returning to Jim and his brother Tom in 2006. after completing a total
garage. He dedicated the truck to the South Ogden Fire depart-
restoration over three years, they now drive it frequently to cruises, shows and even schools,
ment and makes it available for displays, shows and tours.
where every kid wants to climb aboard. “I’ve never seen anybody who didn’t like it,” Jim says.
Price range for a 1958 corveTTe: Price range for a 1929 aMerican lafrance
Price range for a 1931 ford Model a Panel Truck: $1,000–$24,5001 $28,900–$142,0002 MeTroPoliTan fire Truck: $4,000–$45,000
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