March 2015

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LOOKING TOWARDS
THE FUTURE
Club President "Skovy"
BIRTHDAYS (Mar)
ACTIVE MEMBERS
DEVILS RUN
1950's CONCEPT
CARS
1950 Cars that never
made it to production
MUSCLE CAR NEWS
1987 Buick Grand
National stolen twice
in 24 Hours.
RUMBLER MINISTRY
Scott W. Block
Advertising
BUFFALO CITY
TOURISM
Searle Swedlund
Triceratops
MOTORHEAD
CENTRAL
Brian Kamlitz
2015 Season
AROUND MILL HILL
Dinner: La Carreta
Show: Chappie
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DRIVING IN THE
SNOW
CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1967 Mercury Cougar
SEIZED AND SOLD
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The Marshals hold a
Muscle Car Auction.
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CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1987 Buick G.National
THE MYSTERY OF
FLICKR'S GHOST
CAR
DEALERSHIP
DAYS GONE BY
Automotive
Dealerships
of a day gone by.
CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1970 Monte Carlo
THE TOP 10 WORST
AMERICAN CARS OF
ALL TIME
CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1958 Dodge Lancer
ONE OF A KIND
RIDES
A little ingenuity and a
lot of imagination!
Upcoming Events
SWAP SHOP
CLUB APPLICATION
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LOOKING TOWARDS
THE FUTURE
Story & Photos by Skovy
05/13 S&R Truck Plaza
06/17 Sabir’s II
(the old Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille)
08/12 S&R Truck Plaza
09/16 Sabir’s II
(the old Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille)
Come to the meeting on March
th
18 and hear of all the fun goings
on that is happening this year.
We will meet at the new Sabir’s II
(formally
the
Buffalo
City
Rotisserie Grille), right here in
Jamestown. Meeting starts at
7:00. See you there!
Summertime is closing in fast.
With the time change, we have
an opportunity to work on our
classics and get them ready for
the summer fun!
I’m going to go over briefly some
of the fun we have in store for the
summer so far.
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On May 8 , we will be opening
up the Skovy Toy Box and having
a 70’s party. We’re closing off the
street and putting one heck of a
show. Music, Fun, Food. The
works. Come ready to have fun.
Watch next months “RUMBLER”
and reminder e-mails of all the
happenings.
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On June 14 , we are having our
st
1 Hoedown Hootenanny. This
will be an old time Barn Dance
with all the fix’ns. Again watch
future “RUMBLER” editions and
e-mails.
So much fun, hopefully enough
summer.
Still working on professional
talent to come to our car show in
September. I’ll keep everybody
informed as the time gets closer.
Our summer cookouts
planned this summer also.
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Want to get on the “RUMBLER”
email list? “RUMBLER” issues to
date … 10,339!
[email protected]
MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS
Lucinda Christianson
Annie Meyer
JR Lang
Earl Behm
Clayton Wolff
Linda Jacobson
Jeff Andersen
Gary McCullough
Terry McCreedy
Tami Berg
LeRoy Moser
Christi Nelson
Alma Lulay
Tyler Heiman
Karla Bachmeier
Roger Mathias
Kelly Seckerson
Larry Loose
Billie McCullough
Bonita Loose
Joshua Lade
Dale Kolb
LeRoy Mitzel
Cindy Gilge
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Miss your birthday? Please
contact me at 701-202-7067
whereas I can update your
records.
ACTIVE MEMBERS
Allmer, Michael
Andersen, Jeff(Andy) & Karla
Anderson, Bruce & Kathy
Anderson, Roger & Meleia
Anderson, Scott & Kim
Bachmeier, Donovan & Karla
Balvitsch, Wayne
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Behm, Earl & Connie
Bensch, Paul & Janis
Berg, Wayne & Tami
Beyer, James
Block, Scott & Pat
Brandenburger, Max & Williams,
Laura
Briese, Lee & Penny
Calheim, Clifford & Marla
Carow, Billy & Candace
Christianson, Glenn & Lucinda
Demarcy, Jared
Dewald, Joel & Della
Dodd, Jim & Mary Jo
Emo, Paul
Erdahl, Shawn (Shady) & Dawn
Frank, Tracy
Gaier, Craig & Johnston, Ruth
Gehring, Duane & Kathleen
Geisler, David
Gibson, Teddy & Diane
Gilbertson, Mike & Murray, Kim
Gilge, Larry & Cindy
Godfrey, Collin
Gray, JeriLynn & Andy
Greenlund, Ron & Darlene
Gums, Robert & Candace
Guthmiller, Neil & Linda
Heiman, Tyler
Holzkamm, Al & Cindy
Houge, Jason & Ann Marie
Huber, Al & Sue
Jacobson, Verdell (Jake) & Linda
Jangula, Duane
Jaskoviak, Steven (Skovy)
Jensen, Paul & Sue
Johnson, Brandon & Sonia
Kamlitz, Brian
Karn, Dale & Sue
Keim, Lyman & Darlene
Kessler, Michael & Mary
Kleinknecht, Delno & Phyllis
Kolb, Dale & Nidia
Kummer, Jeffrey & Erin
Lade, Joshua
Lang, John (JR)
Layton, Viril & Mary
Loose, Larry & Bonita
Lulay, Bob & Alma
Lynn, Randy
Lynn, Tyler & Pauline
Martin, Randy & Patti
Mathias, Roger & Bonnie
McCreedy, Terrance
McCullough, Gary & Billie
McIlonie, Bernie & Darlene
Meidinger, Jamie
Meyer, Ken & Annie
Miller, Randy & Crystel
Mischka, Kenneth & Judy
Mittleider, Cody & Elaine
Mitzel, LeRoy
Moser, LeRoy & Gloria
Nelson, Troy & Lois
Nenow, Roger & Lois
Nogosek, Aaron & Amy
Obrigewitsch, Les & Sheryl
Olson, David & Adele
Olson, Taylor
Orness, Stan & Sharon
Patzner, Elroy & Elayne
Petrek, Gary
Poppe, Jerry & Ardie
Ravely, Thomas & Rhonda
Redinger, Dale
Rixen, Dennis
Schauer, Ronald & Cindy
Seckerson, Kelly & Tricia
Seher, Jeff
Specht, Gary & Margaret
Specht, Leslie & Debra
Speckman, Dale & Pamela
Stromberg, Bryan
Swedlund, Troy & Emmy
Thoele, Kevin & Kim
Thomas, Troy & Tricia
Titman, Nick
Tracy, Dean & Martha
VanFleet, Richard
Vining, Taylor
Wegenast, Colin & Toni
Westerhausen, Leon & Mary Jane
Wiest, J.P. & Judy
Wilhelm, Jeff
Wilhelm, Rod & Sandy
Willman, Casey & Jessica
Willman, Dusty
Wolf, Cameron
Wolff, Clayton & Beverly
Wonnenberg, Douglas & Robyn
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Show your appreciation for The
Casino's support!
Thank you,
Stan
DEVILS RUN SCHEDULE FOR
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FRIDAY MAY 29 2015 at the
Spirit Lake Casino & Resort.
10:00 AM
HELLO EVERYONE,
Listed below is an update to the
Devils Run schedule concerning
The Spirit Lake Casino &
Resort Muscle Car Show. The
Casino has become a major
sponsor of most all Devils Run
Friday activities. Please note that
the Muscle Car Show is using the
guidelines
set
forth
in
MuscleCarClub.com but most
all other activities are open to
ALL Devils Run Participants
who are wearing the official
wrist band ON THEIR WRIST.
If you are taking part in any
Friday activities PLEASE pick
up your Devils Run Participant
Packets at the Chamber Office in
Devils Lake prior to going to the
Casino. NOTE: There will also be
a separate registration in the
Casino Ballroom that will entitle
you to participate in the many
Casino sponsored activities. WIN
BIG!!
Even if your vehicle does not
qualify for the muscle car show
there will be special parking set
aside for ALL Devils Run
Participants. There is no road
construction and everything is
paved for all Devils Run
activities, first time in many
years!!
Watch
for
upcoming updates
for
Saturday and Sunday schedule
and activities.
REGISTRATION begins for the
Spirit Lake Casino Muscle Car
Show and Corvette Rally in the
Ballrooms.
NOTE: Devils Run Registration
and wrist bands are required for
some activities and that is at the
Chamber Office in Devils Lake.
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Spirit Lake Casino Muscle Car
Show.
Voting from 11:00 AM to 1:00
PM. Awards will be given in
three classes plus People's
Choice Award. Muscle Car
definition WILL be determined
by
MuscleCarClub.com
guidelines.
The Casino will provide 1 free Tshirt per registered muscle car.
Also, each participant will
receive a Steak Dinner, serving
throughout the show.
Spirit Lake Casino Corvette
Rally.
People's Choice Awards will
be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place. The Casino will provide
1 free t-shirt per registered
corvette.
Also,
each
participant will receive a Steak
Dinner, serving thru out the
show.
10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
$10,000
Spirit
Lake
Casino/Coca-Cola Poker Run.
Participants will pick up cards at
the table games area on the
gaming floor. At 4:30 PM the final
TOP 6 will have a chance to play
for a $10,000 cash prize. Each
finalist will win a minimum of
$500. (All must be registered for
Devils Run and be wearing
Devils Run Wrist Bands to pick
up cards!!) NOTE: The Official
Rules will be available at
registration in the Spirit Lake
Casino Ballroom at table games
and all five (5) locations thru out
the run.
5:00 PM till Done
Burnout Competition.
Awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place to follow.
RAPPING COMPETITION
st
nd
rd
Awards for 1 , 2 , & 3 place in
both no muffler (open header)
and muffler class.
NOTE:
ALL
Burnout/Muffler
Rap
participants will receive a FREE
Buffet Voucher, well throughout
the weekend. (If you enter 3
events you will receive 3
Vouchers)
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
FREE! BBQ Rib Dinner for all
Devils Run participants. Must
have Devils Run wrist bands!
FREE! Slot Tournament for all
Devils Run participants. Must
have Devils Run wrist bands!
10:00 to Midnight
FREE!
$10.00
Slot
Play
redeemable at Customer Service.
Must Have Devils Run Wrist
Bands!
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
*** Robi's DYNO will be set up.
Anyone that would like to see
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how much horse power (RWH)
your car has come check it out!!
(Note: a fee will be charged by
vendor) *** Spirit lake Casino will
be sponsoring a NASCAR and
Drag Racing Simulators. (Both
here at the Casino on Friday and
at Roosevelt Park on Saturday)
The NASCAR simulator is an
actual NASCAR!!! Also: You will
be able to Race head to head on
the Drag Racing Simulator!!!
(Note: there will be a fee of $3.00
per person, and a Fee of $7.00
per person if you wish to be
posted on the leader board for a
chance to WIN Prizes!!!!! Prizes
will be awarded each day)
"Concessions" will run from 10:00
AM till All Competitions are
Completed. "World Youth Day"Sponsored by St. Joseph Church
will have a "cotton candy"
concession set up. For The
Children there will be "3 Bouncy
Houses" set up. There will be
Designated Parking for All Devils
Run Participants!!
Be there or be square!! See
you soon!
1950’s CONCEPT CARS
1950 Cars That Never made it
into Mass Production...
Story & Photos e-mailed by
Jim Dodd (James Valley Street Machines)
Notice the License plate on the
last car!
They
were
pure
fantasy
on wheels, machines designed to
make the heart race and the
mind ask, "What if?" These
1950s
concept
cars
were
automotive art built to attract
public attention,
test
wild engineering ideas and give
motorists a fleeting glimpse down
the highway of tomorrow...
1955 LINCOLN FUTURA
1951 BUICK XP-300
1955 FORD MYSTERE
1956 BUICK CENTURION II
1959 CADILLAC CYCLONE
1954 FORD LA TOSCA
1954 OLDSMOBILE ROCKET F88
1951 BUICK LeSABRE
1958 FORD X-2000
1959 GM FIREBIRD III
1953 CADILLAC GHIA COUPE
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MUSCLE CAR NEWS
1987 Buick Grand National
Stolen twice in 24 Hours!
Story & Photos by Raustin (Old Cars Weekly)
1956 PONTIAC CLUB DE MER
1955 LINCOLN INDIANAPOLIS
195? MERCURY D524, This car was
never shown to the public.
A classic hot rod stolen from a dealer in
Mankato Monday is on its way home after
being recovered in the Twin Cities, but
the story isn’t as simple as it sounds.
(Photo: KARE)
1952 CHRYSLER D'ELEGANCE
1954 DE SOTO ADVENTURER II
1953 FORD X-100
1956 PACKARD PREDICTOR
1956 OLDSMOBILE GOLDEN ROCKET
MANKATO, Minn. – A news
story with a “twist” from our
friends at KARE 11 News out of
the Twin Cities.
On Feb. 9, a 1987 Buick Grand
National,
valued
at
nearly
$40,000, was taken from Unique
Specialty and Classic Cars in
Mankato after three men broke in
around 4 a.m. The crooks stole
the Buick and a Corvette, which
they abandoned just down the
road from the dealership. A
handful of classic vehicles were
also damaged when they were
rolled out of the way of the Grand
National and crashed into other
cars.
Minneapolis Police got a call
around 8:30 p.m. from someone
who had seen the story of the
stolen car on KARE 11 News or
kare11.com, saying it was parked
on a street in north Minneapolis.
Police responded, called a tow
truck and had the Buick taken to
the cities impound lot.
That sounds like the end of the
story, but it’s not. Around 6 a.m.
Feb. 10 someone stole the Buick
from the impound lot, crashing it
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through a gate and into a barrier.
The good news, is that it wasn’t
gone for long. Early that
afternoon someone from the
Target Campus West Building off
I-394 and Penn Avenue called
police saying they had seen the
story of the stolen classic car on
kare11.com, and it was parked in
the parking lot outside the
business
tower.
Police
responded and took control of the
car again.
RUMBLER MINISTRY
Story & Photos by Scott W. Block
Advertising encourages us to
think services and/or products
that are purchased will satisfy our
deep-seated
desires
and
longings. Many times these
internal longings consist of
wanting to “belong”, to make
meaning of our lives, or to have
self-identity.
The marketing strategy of major
advertising companies is to turn
our attention beyond the mere
product itself. It turns us toward
these heart desired longings for
peace, harmony, acceptance,
and identity. But that is not the
end game in and of it. The true
and real target is not to provide
the things we desire but rather it
is an attempt to capture our
wallet.
It looked a long way from the
pristine classic pictured on
Unique Specialty and Classic
Cars’ website as it rolled onto the
flat bed tow truck with a few more
miles, and a busted-up front end
from crashing through the
impound gate. Truth is told,
however,
dealership
owner
Jeremy Thomas is thrilled to get
his car back and into the fleet.
“I’ve been in the car business for
over 20 years. I’ve never seen
anything like it. Never heard
anything like it,” Thomas said the
morning of Feb. 11, recalling the
details of the last 48 hours.
“Out of the 1980s it was one of
the coolest cars you could ever
get,” Thomas said of the car. But
he can’t help but wonder; what is
so important about that Grand
National? “We’ve joked about
you know if Jimmy Hoffa is in the
trunk, we don’t know,” Thomas
said.
spend some money and buy the
product.
After a couple of “fun” articles
perhaps it is time to shift gears a
bit. Thank you so much for the
positive feedback from the
WWJD articles. Maybe, just
maybe, there might be a part
three brewing. So what follows is
an article on American culture. It
is my thought that by taking a
deeper and more focused look,
we might be able to see God. At
least, that is my hope.
Marketing encourages us to use
purchased products in order to
satisfy
our
inner,
spiritual
longings for purpose, meaning,
and identity. Do you remember
the Coke commercials from some
time ago? Coke connected itself
with love by telling “the world to
sing
in
perfect
harmony”.
Furthermore Coke had such
power that it insisted that Coke
was the “real thing” and Coke is
really “what the world wants
today.” (Interestingly enough, I
myself prefer Pepsi.)
One of the strongest forces
shaping our lives is advertising.
The word “advertising” comes
from some Latin roots of words
meaning
“turning
toward.”
Advertising therefore seeks to
turn our attention toward something. For example, ads for
certain breakfast cereals turn our
attention to being “heart-healthy”
and we will have a cheerful
morning family scene if only we
The same holds true for the
automobile industry. On recent
television ads famous actors are
being “spiritual”, perhaps akin to
praying, speaking in a “breathy”
voice while driving a certain
make and model of our beloved
four-wheeled
transportation.
Many automobile ads feature
beautiful, scantily clad women
leaning or sitting on the vehicle
being
proffered
for
sale
ADVERTISING …
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attempting
to
entice
the
consumer into a fantasy world.
For males there are implied
promises of sexuality, virility, and
machismo, if only YOU drove this
particular car. Furthermore, this
objectifies women as sexual
objects
and
perpetuates
misconceptions adding to our
already messed up culture.
Unfortunately, many times, we
find “advertised truths” and their
claims to be misleading and
false. After all, “innovation that
excites” is not necessarily true.
Besides, what does that really
mean?
How often has a major purchase
been brought into the house or
driven into the garage and within
days, perhaps even hours, it is
broken? We discover the real
truth of what was promised has
now become a “lemon.” How
many times is one satisfied and
may agree with the advertised
truth, but then in a relatively short
amount of time, the feeling
dissipates and remains unfulfilled
only to have that longing once
again re-surface and begin
searching for yet another product
to fill the now empty hole?
Well now, are you ready for the
“God” part of this article?
Perhaps an antidote to this
consumer driven desire for
meaning and fulfillment can
indeed be God. Beginning a daily
practice of reading the Bible,
learning
the
Ten
Commandments, reciting the
Lord’s Prayer, praying, and
listening to a preacher can redirect and help us to “turn
toward” God. These things help
us to grow accustomed to who
God is and what God is up to in
the world, and in your life. We
have a God who wants to attend
to us, who wants to be with us,
and who insists being a God for
us.
In a confused manner, consumer
advertising accidentally found a
profound truth. God does indeed
satisfy some of our deepest
longings in and through material
things of this world. After all, who
doesn’t “love” their street rod?
Many times we feel that it is more
than simply random nuts and
bolts, metal, and upholstery
assembled in such a manner that
it has motion.
At the center of a particular brand
of religion, of which I am an
ordained pastor, we share some
bodily realities by using material
“things” of this world. There we
find baptism, communion, and
proclamation of God’s word.
These aren’t just necessarily
things to be “thought” or
fantasized about, but rather they
are profound and quite effective
and actually and in reality act
upon
us
“internally”
while
simultaneously
creating
something new “externally.”
The confusion comes about
when advertising turns us in the
wrong direction. It wants us to
think of consumer goods and
products as keys to unlock the
door to belonging, meaning, and
self-identity. “If I used this
product, then I would be more
popular.” “If I bought this car,
then I would be sexier and really
cool.”
The gospel directs us from this
bad logic to God. God comes to
us and embraces us as we are.
God works to heal our lives. God
gives us an identity. God fills
those longings of fulfillment and
purpose. The gospel surprises us
with delight, joy, and peace. God
delights in us simply because
God loves us as we are and not
because we own the latest,
coolest, fastest, baddest, or most
expensive car.
Peace to you dear readers of my
humble articles. May you find a
way to not have to buy the latest
and greatest. May God give you
strength to feel satisfied.
Keep on cruising, keep on living
and laughing, and keep on
reading the Rumbler. Stay warm
my friends!
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Barnes County is fortunate to
have strong local support, and
thus this museum has an ever
evolving series of exhibits. Some
years back, the community
passed legislation that allows
them to apply the full mill levy for
a local museum. These dollars
allow a full time curator to
continually evolve the exhibits.
Throughout the year they host a
Saturday come as you are jam
session, lectures and numerous
other special occasion events.
Story & Photos by Searle Swedlund
Triceratops
Oldsmobile.
and
a
1901
I was just visiting with someone
who said, “In the 18 years I’ve
just down the block from that
museum, I’ve never stopped in to
see what they have.”
It’s remarkable that in our own
backyards there can be stuff to
do that we never take the time to
enjoy. Being in this work I’m
fortunate to learn about all the
little tidbits of history that live
amongst us. So each month I
share something that you may
not know.
Sometimes it’s
connected to the Jamestown
community,
sometimes
it’s
somewhere else.
This month I take you to the
Barnes County Museum in Valley
City, ND. Located on the main
street in the old variety store, the
20,000 square foot museum is
dedicated as expected to the
history of Barnes County. The
unassuming structure has an
active volunteer base is led by
Wes Anderson, the full time
museum curator.
Their featured exhibits include a
HO scale model fo the Hi-Line
Bridge, the shoes of Christian
Paetow (known as the largest
man in Dakota Territory), and the
oldest registered car in North
Dakota – a 1901 Oldsmobile.
Recently on loan is Bob the
Triceratops.
Bob is on loan
waiting the pending sale rumored
to be $2.1 million. The unique
features of Bob are that he is the
largest and most complete
example of a triceratops with his
skull measuring seven feet, two
inches from the frill to the tip of
the rostrum.
If you take a trip, you’ll find this
museum open year round.
I
would encourage you to take
family
member
with
and
reminisce the number of items
that will whisk you back in time.
Their hours are Monday through
Saturday, 10 a.m .to 4 p.m. and
Sunday noon to 4 p.m.
MOTORHEAD CENTRAL
Story & Photos by Brian Kamlitz
2015 is going to be an exciting
year in Jamestown North Dakota.
The start of the dirt track
schedule is going to be fulfilled
summer
with
22
events
scheduled, still waiting for the go
carts and off Roaders to get there
schedule out.
James
Valley
Motorsports
Foundation is coming along
strongly just waiting to hear from
the Feds and State yet, we got
our logo on some shirts and web
site locked in but not up yet, we
will be putting more info out in the
upcoming months.
It's only March and we have had
several
events
in
town
Jamestown Classic Car show
had their annual winter wheels
show at the civic center, great
turn out of cars and rare ones as
well if you missed this year’s
show plan to attend in January
2016.
This month we have had 2nd
annual Buffalo City Motorsports
Swap Meet and The Individuals
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annual bike
Jamestown.
show
here
in
The drag strip is still in the works
we as a club have found some
land and we are looking at all
possibilities for the new site,
people are very excited that we
are looking to build a drag strip
facilities here not only for
centralized racing but a huge
impact on the economy for
Jamestown, we suspect to have
close to 200 racers at every
event with 1000's in attendance,
the brainstorming that is going on
is making this facility very cool for
the area can't wait to get land
locked in and a ground breaking
to this eventful time.
The Drag Races are scheduled
for July 18-19 2015 so mark your
calendar, the Midwest wild bunch
has asked to attend our event
with a few cars so they can get
some exposure and do some
passes for the Spector's.
The Blacktop tour is all in place if
interested in coming along or just
signing up please email us at
[email protected]
we got a map and mileage all on
a sheet of our tour.
James Valley Street Machines
are looking for members are part
of active growing car club, in the
back of the Rumbler is a sign up
form for your friends that don't
get this magazine or have email.
AROUND MILL HILL
(DINNER)
Story & Photos by JVSM Evaluation Team
2.5 STARS OUT OF 4!
Appetizers were the Chips &
Salsa. The Main Course was
Fajita Rodeo & Beef Enchilada
Combination. Desert was Ice
Cream.
Around Mill Hill is going to be a
monthly evaluation of area
businesses. If you are a paid
member of the JVSM and would
like to take part in this program,
please
let
me
know
[email protected] and I will
add your name to the list.
This article is not written to slam
and business, but it is written to
make the public aware of
services the Jamestown area
residence
are
recieving.
Evaluations are based on a 0 to 5
rating. A number 5 is the best
rating and a 0 rating is area
needing work. There is a total of
1000 points to be scored. 35
points per line and there are 20
fields that are evaluated.
Last month, 10 members of the
James Valley Street Machines
went to the La Carreta in
Jamestown and evaluated the
service and food we received.
Please email me your comments
or just let me know what you do
in your area for Motorsport's
events. [email protected].
LA CARRETA
MEET & GREET:
1. Convey the feeling that you were a
valued customer:
32 points 64.00%
2. Seat you and deliver menus in a
courteous manner:
41 points 82.00%
3. Was the staff properly attired?
43 points 86.00%
SERVER:
1. Suggest a beverage or specialty
drink:
22 points 44.00%
2. Appear to be knowledgeable about
the menu items:
43 Points 86.00%
3. Remain attentive throughout the
dining experience:
37 Points 74.00%
4. Mention/Offer Appetizer? Options:
11 points 22.00%
APPETIZER:
1. Serve the soup or salad within a
reasonable time:
29 Points 58.00%
2. Was the order correct, complete
and properly prepared?
46 points 92.00%
ENTRÉE:
1. Were appropriate condiments
served?
36 Points 72.00%
2. Check back to ensure that your
meal was satisfactory:
32 Points 64.00%
3. Offer refills on beverage/drinks:
30 Points 60.00%
4. Was the order correct, complete
and properly prepared?
47 Points 94.00%
DESERT:
1. Mention/Offer Desert? Options?
7 Points 14.00%
2. Was the order correct, complete
and properly prepared?
21Points 42.00%
GENERAL:
1. Did they appear to be busy and
efficient in their work?
39 Points 78.00%
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Were the tables properly bussed?
38 Points 76.00%
Did the bartenders appear neat and
professional in their appearance?
42 Points 84.00%
Did the overall dining experience
meet or exceed your expectations:
36 Points 72.00%
Were there enough employees to
take care of guests?
31 Points 62.00%
TOTAL POINTS:
663 points 66.30%
La Carreta … This month’s rating
is 2.5 stars out of 4.
Congratulations!
AROUND MILL HILL
(MOVIE)
Story & Photos by JVSM Evaluation Team
Chappie-R
In the near future, crime is
patrolled by a mechanized police
force. When one police droid,
Chappie, is stolen and given new
programming, he becomes the
first robot with the ability to think
and feel for himself.
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri
Tatchell
Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel,
Hugh Jackman
James Valley Street Machines
Evaluation:
* The last 15-20 minutes was
great. The movie glorified the
criminal aspect to a certain
extent. Sci-Fi, but something not
completely out of reach for the
future. I rate it 7 out of 10.
* A little out there. The movie
started out pretty slow but was
full of action in the later
sequences. I rate it 3 out of 5
stars.
* I liked the plot of the story and
the license plate on the van was
why I’m sure it rated an “R”
rating. We all laughed when
Chappie used the rubber chicken
to steal car. It seemed to set up
for a second show. By the way,
the Bison 6 has the best popcorn.
DRIVING IN THE SNOW
Story & Photos e-mailed by
Dave Olson (James Valley Street Machines)
Before I complain the next time I
get into that cold car, I'll try to
remember what it was like for my
grandparents
and
their
contemporaries, and they didn't
have heated seats! My question
is how the heck did they get them
to start?
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CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1967 Mercury Cougar
Story & Photos by Brian Earnest (Old Cars
Weekly)
When
it
comes
to
long
automotive shadows, the Ford
Mustang’s was about as big and
dark as it gets.
Being born as a Mustang sibling
in the 1960s would have been
akin to being Marilyn Monroe’s
sister (she did have one), or Elvis
Presley’s little brother (he didn’t).
So consider the hand that was
dealt to the Mercury Cougar
when it was unveiled as a 1967
model in late ’66. The new
Mercury pony car was supposed
to be, in many ways, even better
than the Mustang, which already
had a raging love affair going
with the car buying public. Sure,
it was a couple hundred bucks
more
than
the
look-alike
Mustang, but it was supposed to
be a more refined, nicer-riding,
nicer-looking
machine.
A
Mustang with nail polish and
better table manners. You like
the Mustang? Hey, you’ll like the
cool new Cougar even more.
Of
course,
improving
on
something that was great to
begin with is always tough, and
catching lightning in a bottle twice
in a row is even tougher.
Predictably, the Cougar never
approached the heights of the
iconic Mustang, but FoMoCo. Still
cranked out more than 150,000
first-year Cougar and Cougar
XR-7 models for 1967. It was
even named Motor Trend’s car of
the year for ’67!
In hindsight, the new Cougar
probably didn’t get its due at the
time. It wasn’t quite a Mustang,
and it wasn’t quite a Thunderbird.
And considering how many other
pony and muscle cars were vying
for attention at the time —
Chevelle,
Camaro,
Firebird,
GTO, 4-4-2, Barracuda and
Charger among them — it was
easy to get a little lost in the
shuffle.
David Pyle of Houston, Texas,
owned a couple of early
Mustangs years ago. When he
decided to look for a new toy to
drive last year, he wasn’t
considering a third Mustang, but
the Cougar was just different
enough to interest him. He
wound up finding an impressive
and very original first-year
example in San Diego, and he’s
been tickled with his purchase
ever since.
“For me, the cars I like are
generally cars where I think the
design is interesting to me,” says
Pyle, a retired aviator who was
born and raised in South Bend,
Ind., and grew up a fan of
Studebakers, which were built in
town. “I had an Avanti, and some
people don’t like the design of the
Avanti,
but
I
think
it’s
wonderful…The Cougar to me
was a more interesting and better
looking car than the Mustang. I
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don’t think I’d ever driven a
cougar until I had this one. I was
actually looking for a Mercury
Cougar when this one came up,
but I had only been looking for a
short time.”
Pyle purchased the Mercury
from a friend who had bought it
from an estate sale for a
deceased California couple that
had owned the Cougar since
new. Pyle isn’t sure if the car
ever left California in its previous
life, but he knew it was in
fantastic unrestored condition
and showed only 55,000 miles on
the odometer. He made the deal
and had it sent via transporter to
Houston, and felt like he hit the
jackpot when it arrived.
the same for his car — and he
tuned the engine up for me and
has done some minor stuff and
made it more reliable. And now I
won’t say it’s my daily driver, but
every day that it’s nice I’m out in
that car doing errands and stuff. I
drive it like it’s a daily driver, but I
do protect a little more than that.”
In profile it wasn’t easy to tell the
early Mustangs and Cougars
apart, but there were plenty of
differences in front and back. The
1967 Cougar was offered only as
a two-door hardtop and featured
disappearing
headlights,
wraparound front and rear
fenders and triple tail lights with
sequential turn signals. Inside
were all-vinyl bucket seats, threespoke sport-style steering wheel,
deep-loop carpeting, deluxe seat
belts and floor-mounted threespeed manual transmission.
“I was more than pleased, yes,”
he says. “It was like a time
capsule. At 55,000 miles it looked
like it had just come from the
dealer. The paint was in excellent
condition, and the interior looked
positively untouched.
Under the hood, the base engine
for the debut Cougars was the
289-cid V-8 listed at 200 hp. The
optional four-barrel 289 bumped
the output to 225 hp. Mercury did
not offer the Mustang’s base 200cid six. A 390-cid V-8 with 335 hp
was also optional and was found
in the GT package, which also
included a performance and
handling package, wide-oval
white-wall
tires,
low
back
pressure exhaust and power disc
brakes.
“I gave it to somebody who is
really a Mustang expert — and
the engines in the Mustang are
Car Life described the 1967
Mercury as a “Mustang with
class.” It had a shapely, graceful
appearance
trimmings.
and
jewel-like
While based on the Mustang
platform, the Cougar received
some upgrades to its suspension
components, including 6-inchlonger leaf springs and a betterrated rear spring and axle
attachment. The Thunderbirdstyle hidden headlights were
unique for the time among pony
cars and are found only on the
first-generation
(1967-’70)
models. They were powered by a
vacuum canister that kept the
headlight doors closed. If the
vacuum was lost due to a
problem, the doors would pop
open as a safety measure.
The options list on the Cougar
was substantial and buyers could
load their cars up if their pockets
were deep enough. Pyle’s car
came with power steering and
brakes, and also air conditioning,
which was a $355.95 extra. Other
add-ons included: heavy-duty
battery ($7.44); rear bumper
guards ($12.95); electric clock
($15.76).; courtesy light group
($16.85); door edge guards
($4.40); Tinted glass ($30.25);
Tinted windshield ($21.09); deck
lid luggage carrier ($32.45); twotone paint ($27.06); power
brakes ($42.29); power disc
brakes ($64.25); power steering
($95); AM radio ($60.05); AM/FM
radio ($133.65). AM radio with
Stereo-sonic
tape
system
($188.50); front bench seat with
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center armrest ($24.42); shoulder
belts ($27.06); speed control
($71.30); sports console ($57);
tilting steering wheel ($60.05);
comfort-weave
vinyl
interior
($33.05); deluxe wheel covers
($16.79); wire wheel covers
($69.51); visual check panel
($39.50) and styled steel wheels
($115.15).
At mid-year, Mercury added the
upscale XR-7 to the lineup. It was
a slightly fancier Cougar with a
woodgrain
dash,
interior
upgrades and a special medallion
on the roof pillar. At $3,081, the
XR-7 was $230 more than the
base Cougar. With 27,221
assemblies, XR-7 sales weren’t
bad for a mid-year model.
Together, the Cougar and XR-7
accounted for more than onethird of all Mercury’s sold for the
1967 model year.
The following year, Mercury
continued to add to the Cougar’s
performance with a standard
302-cid V-8 and an optional
Cobra Jet 428 that made 335 hp.
For 1969, the base engine
changed again, this time to a
351-cid V-8. A convertible was
also added to the menu.
“One thing that’s different about
mine is it was produced in Detroit
as a California car,” Pyle noted.
“It’s one of the unusual ones in
that it has the California
emissions control. It was built into
the car because it was going to
be delivered [from
Mich.] to California.
Dearborn,
“The sense I get — and I have
some of the records from the first
owners — is it must have been a
second car for them. There is just
no question that this was a car
that they either tried to take good
care of, or they were just those
kinds of people that weren’t going
to abuse a car. It just doesn’t
show any wear anyplace.”
Pyle believes the Jamaican
Yellow paint on his Cougar is
original. Ditto with the black vinyl
roof. As far as he knows, the twobarrel 289 and C-4 automatic
transmission have never been
apart. “I’m just amazed at the
engine. It just runs great,” he
noted. “I thought about having
the engine worked on, but people
have told me that if the engine is
running as good as it seems, just
go with it.”
One of the Cougar’s only
blemishes is a missing radio
antenna. It got knocked off on the
trailer ride from California to
Texas. The clock isn’t working,
either. “Somebody who is really
interested in having it all original
could fix those,” Pyle said. “I
never listen to the radio in a car,
anyway.”
Pyle says he didn’t see many
Cougars in his corner of the
world before he owned one, but
he’s come to realize how truly
scarce they are since his ’67
arrived. He’s tried to network with
other Cougar owners in the
Houston metro area, and found
very few fellow caretakers. “Yes,
there definitely aren’t very many,”
he notes. “There is a national
organization [The Cougar Club of
America], and there are only 10
members around here. I’ve tried
to set up a club in Houston. We
have 4 million people here … but
the Cougar is just not a popular
Texas collector car.”
Pyle also has a yellow 1965
Chevrolet Corvair convertible. He
says he hasn’t lost any of his
affinity for the Corvair, but he has
become even more smitten with
the Cougar. If he had to part with
one, he says the Corvair would
be the first to go.
He surmises that most car buffs
would still rather have a muscle
or performance car, or a modified
machine, than a stock firstgeneration Cougar with a tame
289 V-8. Every time he gets in
the handsome Mercury to take a
spin, however, he knows he
made the right decision for
himself.
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“If you have a recollection of how
a late-1960s car drove, this is a
cruiser,” he says. “It’s really a
very comfortable car around
town. It’s easy to get around in,
stops and stars very quickly. I
haven’t really taken a trip in the
car, but when I have taken it out
on interstate and juiced it up to
80, it runs smoothly and
comfortably.
“It just was a wonderful car to
drive. I don’t know how else to
describe it.”
a meticulously staged event. But
this sale was a few-frills affair by
the United States Marshals
Service, arranged to dispose of
nine all-star examples from
Detroit’s era of unrestrained
excess that had been seized in a
case of health care fraud.
Instead of flattering displays, the
scene in this blue-collar suburb
some 15 miles west of Manhattan
was one of burly men, armed
with pistols and wearing badges,
standing guard as the auctioneer,
Mike Sklar, lifted his microphone
to open the bidding.
“Who wants to start me?” Mr.
Sklar said. “Somebody start me
at $100,000. 115 in the back, 120
in the front, 135 in the back, 250
online!”
SEIZED AND SOLD:
The Marshals hold a Muscle
Car Auction
Story & Photos by Nathan Lalibertesept (New
York Times)
LODI, N.J. — the first car offered
was a 1970 Ford Mustang, a rare
21,000-mile Boss 429 model in
Grabber Green. Not that anyone
could tell the color — the lighting,
a splotchy mess of glares and
shadow, was that bad.
Usually, the public auction of a
valuable muscle car collection is
The crowd buzzed. “255 with the
black hat in the back — that’s
right, I’m looking at you,” the
patter continued. “Now 260 with
the red shirt, 265 back to the
black hat...once...twice...third and
last time. Your car, sir!”
For a sale that would net about
$2.5 million, there was a notable
absence of amenities. Absent, in
fact, were restrooms or even a
water fountain. This was not
Pebble Beach or Amelia Island; it
was
a
dark
and
musty
warehouse. If you wanted coffee,
there was a Wawa convenience
store about half a mile down the
road.
The surroundings may have been
drab, but the cars being offered
were nothing short of blue-chip
collectibles. There were several
Yenko cars — Chevrolets
modified when new by the
racecar driver Don Yenko at his
Chevrolet
dealership
in
Canonsburg, Pa. — including a
Camaro, a Nova and a Chevelle,
all coupes from 1969 and all
powered by 427-cubic-inch V8s.
There was also a brilliant orange
’70 Plymouth Superbird with a
426 Hemi (“best paint job I have
ever seen, hands down,” one
bidder muttered), a ’67 Mustang
Shelby GT 500 and a ’71
Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda in midrestoration.
Overseen
by
A.J.
Willner
Auctions, a Springfield, N.J.,
specialist
in
liquidation
proceedings, the event drew
some 250 bidders, mostly
seasoned muscle car aficionados
looking to add some horsepower
to their existing collections.
Dennis
Albaugh,
whose
collection includes more than 150
Chevrolet convertibles, flew in
from Iowa to buy the Yenko
Nova. “I have been looking
forward to this car for quite some
time,” Mr. Albaugh said, staring
intently at the Rallye Green Nova
through wire-rim glasses. “I was
at the auction where it was last
sold. But the guy paid $580,000
for it, which was too much at the
time.”
The Nova and eight other
vehicles were seized from the
home of David Nicoll, 40, in June
2013. Mr. Nicoll pleaded guilty
last year to a multimillion-dollar
fraud
scheme
involving,
according to the F.B.I., bribes to
physicians to order unnecessary
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blood tests. The blood samples
were sent to Bio diagnostic
Laboratory
Services,
partly
owned by Mr. Nicoll.
Instances of criminals spending
fortunes on fast collectible cars
have surfaced before, but Juan
Mattos Jr., a United States
Marshal for the District of New
Jersey, told bidders that in the
225-year history of the Marshals
Service, they had “never had this
type of collection of rare muscle
cars” at a single event.
After a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
convertible
hammered
for
$70,000, bidders shifted their
attention to the star of the
auction: the Yenko Nova, one of
just 37 assembled in 1969 — and
fewer than a dozen 427 Yenko
Nova’s thought to have survived,
according to Jerry MacNeish, a
respected appraiser and authority
on the cars. The rarity of the
Super Sport package and 427
conversions made this Nova “one
of the most collectible Nova SS’s
ever produced,” Mr. MacNeish
said.
“We have auctioned off cars,
properties, jewelry, even horses,
but never in our history have we
had this much horsepower
assembled in one room,” Mr.
Mattos
said,
adding
that
proceeds would most likely be
released as restitution for the
victims of the crimes.
“I am happy I got it for the price I
was hoping for,” he said, before
rushing off to the airport. “I will
take it back to the shop, see if it
needs anything, and then it will
sit in the showroom.”
Don Yenko’s daughter, Lynn
Yenko, traveled from Illinois for
the auction and was delighted to
see the Nova sale result.
“It’s just such a rare car,” Ms.
Yenko said, adding that as a
teenager
she
had
been
responsible for pinstriping her
father’s powerful creations before
they were delivered to owners. “It
was amazing when I found out
there was so many to be sold at
one time, especially the rare
ones like the Nova.”
A Lime Gold 1967 Shelby GT
500 Mustang was up next.
“I am not answering any
questions,” the auctioneer said.
“Who starts me at $100,000 on
this one? 110...120...130. There
is
no
buyer’s
premium,
gentleman — and ladies. 160 I
have in front of me, now 170 in
the back. Sold to the bidder in the
back!”
Other
sales
included
the
Superbird,
which
brought
$575,000, the Yenko Camaro at
$315,000
and
the
Yenko
Chevelle,
which
sold
for
$237,500.
Louis Marano, a plumber from
Verona, N.J., jumped in at the
last moment with the winning bid.
“These are rare and hard to find,
and I know this one is in mint
condition,” said Mr. Marano,
dressed in work boots, beige
cargo pants and a white
sweatshirt. “I am not a collector
or a rich guy, just an everyday
guy who works hard and is going
to drive this car.”
raising his bidder paddle like an
auction veteran — quickly and
casually, legs crossed. In the
end, Mr. Albaugh, who owns a
large
agricultural
chemicals
business,
beat
out
fellow
attendees and several online
participants with a winning bid of
$400,000.
Bids for the Nova quickly soared
to $350,000, with Mr. Albaugh
The final sale was a 1971
Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda — one of
just 110 such coupes produced
that year, according to Jack
Struller, a Hemi expert — seized
partway through an extensive
restoration project. Most of the
components
for
this
rare
Plymouth, including an original
426 engine, were organized in
neat piles around the car.
Several brawny agents in blue
United States Marshals jackets
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stood guard, making sure the
parts did not mysteriously go
missing.
“The rarity of this car — being a
high-option vehicle — and the
fact that someone can finish the
project, is very appealing for
buyers,” Mr. Struller said. Bids
quickly reached $300,000 and
then
crawled
in
$5,000
increments as buyers weighed
their commitment to completing
the
exhaustive
restoration
process. The ’Cuda finally sold to
two avowed fans of Chrysler
products, Richard and Nancy
Buzby, for $347,500.
“We are Mopar collectors and the
’71 ’Cuda is the epitome,
regarded by most collectors as
the best ’Cuda,” said Mr. Buzby,
chief of police for Little Egg
Harbor, N.J. “We have three
children who all want to be in the
classic car industry. When they
hear we got this car, it will be like
Christmas forever.”
had seemed to put out the
downsized pony to early pasture,
while anything wearing the
Pentastar was facing extinction.
Only one automaker was really
trying to raise the bar on
performance and muscle during
the early to mid-1980s. Even as
rear-wheel-drive cars were on
their way out, that unsuspecting
automaker kept building muscle
cars: B-U-I-C-K!
During the late-’60s and early’70s
high-performance
race,
Buick stood out with its
performance and torque. By the
1980s, even those familiar with
Buick’s muscle-era days didn’t
expect it to still be at the forefront
of performance with mid-size
performance cars.
hp and 355 lbs.-ft. of torque,
Turbo Regals could easily keep
up with their brethren Corvette,
and often pass the ’Vette. The
stealthy looking “beast in black”
Grand National could give low-tomid 14-second times in the
quarter-mile. That wasn’t bad at
all for a stock Buick — or any
other car on any other day.
Word at the time said that
Chevrolet brass asked Buick to
put an end to the tough
competition it was providing so
as not to hurt the Corvette’s
image. For whatever reason, the
engineers at Buick wanted to
raise the bar one more time
before the rear-wheel-drive Regal
went extinct in 1987 and created
what has been referred to as the
“mystery” Buick: the lightweight
WE4.
CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1987 BUICK REGAL TURBO
Story & Photos by Brian Earnest & Dan
Varner (Old Cars Weekly)
Most people believe that during
the 1980s, nothing really exciting
to drive was built by any of the
three
major
American
car
manufacturers. High performance
just didn’t seem to be at the
forefront of any car maker’s
priorities. Many of them had more
serious issues to deal with, such
as increasing mileage ratings and
correcting quality issues. Ford
But that’s how it was, even in
1987 when the blacked-out Buick
Grand National and its Regal
Turbo T were at their pinnacle.
Many claim the turbocharged
Regal variations were the fastest
high-performance cars that rolled
off any assembly line during the
entire decade. With its 3.8-liter
Sequential Fuel Injection (SFI) V6 engine with an intercooled
turbo rated at a conservative 245
With little being known about this
car and with its very low
production, the mystery Buick still
remains somewhat confusing to
many people today. On Nov. 15,
1986, Buick issued a bulletin to
all dealers stating it would begin
production on Dec. 8, 1986, of a
limited
number
of
factory
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“lightweight” Regals, marketing
the option as the Regal WE4
Turbo ‘T’ Package. (This also
may be referred to in some
literature as the Regal “Special
Turbo ‘T’ Package.”) Buick
wanted to promote Regals with
the WE4 Turbo ‘T’ option as
being similar in appearance to
the Grand National, minus the
rear spoiler. All Special Turbo ‘T’
Package Regals would be
identical with a blacked-out
exterior, all-gray interior trim
package, special exterior badging
that included a red ‘T’ on the front
fenders,
aluminum
wheels,
aluminum bumper supports and
aluminum rear brake drums as
opposed to the Grand National’s
cast-steel drums. All of this would
make the Regal WE4 Turbo ‘T’
lighter and hence, faster than a
Grand National, and for a lower
price.
This new WE4 Regal lightweight
would still be rated at the
conservative 245 hp with 355
lbs.-ft. of torque, but its weight
reduction would allow it to
average in the mid-to-high 13second range in the quarter-mile.
The base price for the new
lightweight Regal WE4 Turbo ‘T’
started at $14,857 while the
Grand National was priced at
$15,136. That year, Buick
produced a limited run of 1,547
lightweight Regal WE4 Turbo ‘T’
cars while some 20,194 buyers
opted for a Grand National in its
final-year
run.
With
the
announcement of its final run,
Grand National demand far
exceeded what Buick expected to
sell that year, as well as
production for all previous years.
I own a very rare and all-original
WE4-optioned 1987 Buick Regal
Turbo T with just a tick more than
29,000 miles. It is powered with
its pure stock, unmodified,
turbocharged 3.8 SFI V-6 engine.
It still wears its original, factoryapplied paint and its all-grey
velour interior. At some time in its
life, Grand National-type side
vents were added.
After its order and assembly in
Pontiac Mich., it was delivered to
Clyde Bartlett Buick-BMW Inc. of
Manchester, N.H. The dealer that
placed the order for this Turbo ‘T’
must have known that someday it
would be a special car. With a
total of 21 options, the bottomline sticker price came to
$17,866. The option list included
the very rare power Astro roof at
a very pricey $925, while the
WE4 option (listed on the window
sticker as Special Turbo Option)
came in at $3,295. For some
reason, this WE4 stayed at the
dealership until July 1988 —
nearly a year and a half after its
build and delivery date.
I suspect the dealer had it
showcased inside the dealership,
holding out for that special buyer.
The dealer’s patience paid off
well, as I have the original dealer
invoice showing that Clyde
Bartlett himself sold it to
Jonathan Hill of Cambridge,
Mass., for a price of $20,000, a
couple thousand dollars more
than its original sticker price of
$17,866. Selling cars above the
sticker price was not uncommon
in the day for these turboequipped Buicks. All Buick
Turbos were hot and highly
sought after cars, and they
remain
so
today.
These
machines were amazingly fast
and quick right off the assembly
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line. With just some amateur
tweaking using modifications and
performance enhancers of the
day, these formidable beasts
could be made into demons on
the streets. I’ve heard countless
stories from guys about their
early days of street competition.
Many
who
challenged
turbocharged Regals were too
naive to know what these
“sleeper” Buicks could do and
were left behind in the dust and
smoke.
THE MYSTERY OF
FLICKR’S GHOST CAR
DEALERSHIP
Story by Justin Hyde & Photos by Sean Posey
& Scott Mulhollan (Jalopnic.com)
evoking the preservation through
neglect that suffocates much of
Detroit and Rust Belt America.
The weeds block some photos
and are shorn in others; clearly
the building is still standing and
occasionally maintained, but
otherwise it's an automotive time
capsule. But where is this
located? What happened? How
did two mighty Mopar classics
get here — and why did nobody
care enough to move them?
Somewhere in Ohio sits an
abandoned Chrysler dealership
with old cars parked on the
showroom floor, like a prop
leftover from a nuclear bomb test.
The only evidence of its
existence was a set of eerie
Flickr photos. Until now.
We decided, after stumbling
across the photos in a random
Flickr search a few months ago,
to find out.
Behind the Buick GNX, the Buick
WE4 was the second-quickest
stock turbocharged Buick built,
outdoing
even
the
Grand
National. The WE4’s wind-upand-go power combined with its
reduction in weight allowed it to
deliver an awesome rocketboosting power thrust. Hats off to
Buick!
What a privilege and honor it is to
own such a rare and significant
piece of Buick high-performance
automotive history. Just how
many of these that has survived
in the “time capsule” condition of
this example is anyone’s guess,
but I think it is a safe bet to say
that only a handful exists.
The first photo of this abandoned
dealership actually hit the Flickr
photo sharing site in 2004.
There's no name on the building
or doors, just "Chrysler Plymouth
Dodge Jeep" in a font that went
out of style around the time
Ronald
Reagan
became
president. But the reason this
dealership even hits our radar
are the two Plymouth Fury
sedans seen behind the birdstained plate glass, tires sagging
under rust.
Flash forward six years later and
the scene looks much the same,
The photographers report finding
the ghost dealership in East
Liverpool, Ohio, a little town on
the Ohio River near Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. Its history
tracks the Middle American
template:
mid-century
boom
around a single industry, in this
case pottery, peaking about
1970, followed by a steady
decline. But the photos don't
provide an address, a dealership
name, or any other information
that could explain the scene.
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We're hoping that however - if
ever - Mangano happens to
unload this dealership barn find
of fairly epic proportions, he'll
allow us to document the
process. But when that happens
is just as unclear as the how.
After some digging and a series
of dead ends, Jalopnik dialed up
a man named Basil Mangano.
"Yeah, that's my building," he told
us.
Mangano, 79, was a car dealer
for nearly five decades, owning
several stores around East
Liverpool, before selling off his
final store in 1998. When he
closed up shop, he sold all of his
buildings except this last one, the
former Mark Motors, where he
decided to stash the old cars he
kept around. It's at this point that
Mangano drops a real bomb on
us.
While the '67 red Plymouth Fury
and blue '78 Fury have the spots
in front, they're not the only
classics this old ghost dealership
is hiding from the light of day.
Mangano says the building and
its annex — hidden from view in
the Flickr photos - actually
houses a treasure trove barn find
of between 35 and 40 classic
cars. He says the collection
includes "a Chevrolet LUV, a
(Dodge) Warlock and Red
Express, just a bunch of
stuff...they're all over the board."
Mangano plans to close out for
good soon, saying he found a
buyer for the building and needs
to unload the old cars. He's not
on the Internet, and hasn't posted
any
ads
in
newspapers,
magazines or anywhere else, so
exactly how that process will
work isn't clear.
"I'm getting old and feeble," says
Mangano, who sounded anything
but on the phone. "Even my
damn doctor says I look good,
that son of a b**ch."
DAYS GONE BY.
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPS
OF A DAY GONE BY
Story by & Photos by Skovy (James Valley
Street Machines)
After a story that you just read
about the dealership in Flickr, I
thought it would be cool to run
some pictures of cool dealerships
from an era gone by. Look at the
last 5 pictures and see if you
recognize anything.
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CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
1970 CHEVY MONTE CARLO
Story & Photos by Brian Earnest & Al Rogers
(Old Cars Weekly)
One summer day in 1970, Art
Petridis started on his routine
drive to work in his red 1968
Chevy II Nova as he did any
other work day. Then, out of
nowhere, came a vehicle into his
lane and the two cars collided
head-on. The Nova was pushed
into a tree and destroyed, and
Petridis was sent to the hospital
with a concussion courtesy of the
Nova’s rearview mirror.
Soon after being released from
the hospital, Petridis resumed
work as a line mechanic at
Sullivan Chevrolet in Roselle
Park, N.J. The 1968 Chevy II
Nova had been declared a total
loss and a new vehicle was
priority one.
Days prior to the automobile
accident, Petridis had spotted a
triple-blue 1970 Monte Carlo
sitting on the lot of Sullivan
Chevrolet. After receiving the
dreaded news about the total
loss of his 1968 Chevy II Nova,
he made a call to the dealership
where he was employed and
asked if the blue Monte Carlo
was still available. To his delight,
it had not been sold and he
agreed to purchase it.
The all-new Monte Carlo — with
its clean lines, wide stance and
luxury car appeal — had made
an impression on the young
Petridis. He had not gotten
behind the wheel of a Monte
Carlo for a test drive until the day
he bought one. The test drive
nailed the deal; Petridis was
awed by the car’s ride and
handling characteristics. Factory
air conditioning, power steering
and power brakes were an added
bonus for the hot and humid New
Jersey summers. The manual
crank windows meant one less
thing to go wrong.
Soon after purchasing the Monte
Carlo,
Petridis
started
the
process of rust-proofing the car.
The dealership had the material
on hand because it provided the
service to its customers, as did
many dealerships in areas where
rust was an issue. Using the
available equipment, Petridis
loaded the inner doors, fenders,
quarter panels and undercarriage
of the Monte Carlo with the rust
proofing material in hopes of
preserving the body for a long
time. Unlike many owners,
however, Petridis continued this
process for more than three
decades.
Sullivan
Chevrolet
closed its doors during General
Motors’ dealership restructuring
in 2009, but the Monte Carlo lives
on, partly due to the rust-proofing
measures taken by Petridis. He
confesses to not know the
number of rust-proofing coats he
applied to the Monte Carlo over
the decades.
In 2009, the 1970 Monte Carlo
was given a body-on-frame
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restoration. The original paint,
primer and electric coat (e-coat)
were removed from the metal
and the only rust found on the car
was at the lower windshield
corners of the cowl area, beneath
the trim moldings (this area is
known for holding moisture and
small debris). The lower doors,
fenders, rocker panels and
quarter panels were rust free.
These areas are at a high risk for
rust among Monte Carlos (and
other cars) that are driven in the
salt belt or near the ocean. The
effort Petridis put into rust
proofing the car had paid off.
Under the hood of the Monte
Carlo is the iconic Chevy 350-cid
V-8 engine with a two-barrel
carburetor. It remains to factory
spec, but now exhales easier
through dual exhaust with
Flowmaster
mufflers.
The
addition of the dual exhaust gave
the car some added kick and
really changed the overall feel by
providing a little better engine
respiration and a louder exhaust
note. At the time of the
restoration, Petridis pulled the
heads and had them overhauled
at a local machine shop. Some
small-block Chevrolet V-8s are
known for developing a valve
guide issue that is most apparent
when starting the engine cold; a
cloud of blue smoke comes from
the exhaust outlets at start-up
when the valve guides became
worn. Petridis’ Monte Carlo never
developed the condition and did
not burn oil. In fact, it ran well.
Since the mileage had rolled past
the 100,000 mark, Petridis
decided it was time to check out
the heads and give them an
overhaul just in case.
Petridis installed clear protective
covers on the front and rear
seats soon after purchasing the
Monte Carlo. The interior remains
immaculate and shows no signs
of wear. The full vinyl top looks
factory fresh, just like the trim
and other hardware on the car.
The 1970 Monte Carlo was
Petridis’ first new car. As one
might expect from a car owned
by a line mechanic, this Monte
Carlo has received meticulous
mechanical care with oil changes
every
3,000
miles
and
transmission services at 20,000mile intervals. Petridis is a
proponent of treating a car well
so it reciprocates for its owner.
Petridis and his wife, Liz, met
shortly after he purchased the
Monte Carlo. They have fond
memories of dates to the local
cruise-ins, Dairy Queens and
special happenings in their New
Jersey hometown with the Monte
Carlo. After marriage, they
continued to use the car as a
daily driver for nearly 30 years.
Once the Monte Carlo was
retired from daily duty, they
began participating with the car in
many shows in the East.
The couple’s biggest thrill was
winning a recognition award at
the 2014 Eyes On Design car
show held at the Edsel Ford
Estate in Grosse Point Shores,
Mich. Liz has an eye for detail
and handled the detailing and
cleaning of the car prior to the
show. She put many hours into
preparing the engine bay and
finessing the interior and exterior
of the Monte Carlo. Comments
from the enthusiasts at the show
were positive.
It’s unusual to see firstgeneration Monte Carlos at
world-class car shows such as
Eyes On Design. The annual
show focuses on automotive
design and for 2014, a grouping
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of mid-size luxury two-doors was
assembled to show the design
features from General Motors,
Ford, Mercury, Chrysler and
other American makers during
the ’70s. The grouping was wellreceived.
Many
onlookers
commented about the 1970
Monte Carlo with its attention to
detail, clean lines and overall
design.
THE TOP 10 WORST
AMERICAN CARS OF
ALL TIME
Story & Photos by Ciprian
(thisweekinmotors.com)
Keep in mind the “RUMBLER” magazine
likes all vehicles. I own a Vega and love it.
This is just the opinion of
thisweekinmotors.com but a cool story
Mustang was just in time for the
1973 oil crisis. Far off the
success of the first generation
pony offered by the “Blue Oval”,
the Mustang II was built on the
subcompact
Ford
Pinto’s
platform. While it was popular
with buyers due to the fuel crisis
and won the Motor Trend Car of
the Year award in 1974, this
malformed pony was considered
appalling by Mustang lovers.
9. 1976 Dodge Aspen
Art and Liz Petridis are to be
commended for preserving their
1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
After spending quality time with
the couple, it’s apparent the car
has turned into a family heirloom.
“The 1970 Monte Carlo is not
going anywhere, never,” Art
Petridis proudly said.
The automotive industry goes
back more than one hundred
years and no one can question
the impact of the automobile in
our lives. U.S. produced models
have always been at the top of
the auto market with hundreds of
models, from luxury sedans to
muscle cars and even low cost
economy class vehicles.
But the U.S. auto industry is not
only about the good. There’s also
the
bad
(and
the
ugly
nonetheless), and we thought we
should focus on the worst cars
ever made with this Top 10 for
2014. Check out our list and feel
free to add your opinions.
10. 1974 Ford Mustang II
Manufactured from 1973 until
1978, the second generation
Terribly built and rust-prone, the
Aspen compact was subjected to
a long series of recalls. In 1978,
Chrysler recalled every 1976 and
1977 Aspen (and Plymouth
Volare
twins)
for
possible
replacement of the front fenders,
which were prematurely rusting.
The Aspen nearly bankrupted
Chrysler and led to permanent
changes in the organization’s
management and in North
American automobile production.
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8. 1976 Chevrolet Chevette
In a desperate attempt to fit into
subcompact class, Chevrolet
chose to use an out of date Opel
design
for
the
Chevette.
Underpowered and plain awful,
the Chevette managed to stay in
production until 1987.
7. 1960 Chevrolet Corvair
6. 1970 AMC Gremlin
4. 1971 Ford Pinto
What’s the fastest way to get into
the subcompact market? Slicing
off the tail of a subcompact.
That’s what AMC did with the
Hornet to get the Gremlin. They
put an outdated engine in it and
that was it. The Gremlin’s sole
success was being second to the
Pacer in many aspects. A total of
671,475 were built in its single
generation and also in its only
body style.
Dubbed as “the barbecue that
seats four”, the Pinto had a high
tendency to explode during rearend collision? The lack of
protection for its rear-mounted
fuel tank earned the subcompact
a reputation as a death trap and
cost Ford millions of dollars in
court. In 1972, Ford paid
compensatory damages of $2.5
million and punitive damages of
$3.5 million in one single court
decision.
3. 1971 Chevrolet Vega
5. 1982 Cadillac Cimarron
Conceived as an economy car
with a base model priced for
under $2,000, the Corvair had
enough problems to get a spot in
this Top 10. Besides grossly over
steering, its steering column
might have impaled the driver in
a collision and its heating system
flooded the car with dangerous
fumes and it leaked oil. The first
generation was replaced in 1965
and production was ended four
years later.
Introduced as “Cimarron, by
Cadillac”, the new compact had a
straight-4 cylinder engine and, for
the first time since 1953, a fourspeed
manual
transmission.
While it managed to bring
younger customers to the brand,
Cadillac failed in its attempt to
compete with the likes of BMW in
the compact market. Forbes
placed the Cimarron on its list of
“Legendary Car Flops,” citing low
sales, poor performance and the
fact the car “didn’t work, coming
from a luxury brand.”
Named “the car that invited
Americans to buy Toyota and
Hondas”, the Vega had an
insatiable need for oil was
guaranteed to fail. It usually fell
apart before it had any time to
rust out. That being said, the
Vega is widely credited as having
contributed to General Motors’
downfall
doing
irreparable
damage
to
the
marques
reputation. Oh, wait, we almost
forgot to mention the first Vega
prototype that fell to pieces just
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eight miles into a shakedown
drive on the test track.
Honorable mentions
1985 Yugo
1997 Plymouth Prowler
2. 1975 AMC Pacer
Yet another weird and wide small
car powered by an ancient sixcylinder drivetrain form AMC.
Praised for its futuristic looks, the
Pacer gained criticism as soon as
it was put on the road for test
drives. “We test the Pacer – and
wish we hadn’t” haunted the
Pacer for its entire six year
career.
1. 2001 Pontiac Aztek
Heavily criticized on its exterior
styling and poor driving, the
Aztek is widely known as the car
that destroyed an 84-year-old
automaker (Pontiac was shut
down in 2010). We agree and we
think that’s more than enough to
place the Aztek on the top of our
list.
This 250 horse-powered “hot-rod”
failed in almost every aspect with
its hideous “retro” design and
was included in every single list
of
ugly
cars
ever
built.
BusinessWeek
magazine
described it as “a pie wedge on
wheels. The sharp, angular front
draws attention to the squished
headlights, jarring grille and
seemingly
pasted-on
front
bumper”.
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser
Inspired by the panel vans of the
1930s, the Chrysler PT Cruiser
caused quite a buzz when it was
first
released,
but
poor
performance, poor fuel economy
and blind spots that could hide a
tank took it down the stairs. The
lack of user-friendly interior even
made the PT Cruiser the best
definition of the “I hate you” car.
Yes, we now, it wasn’t made in
the United States, but was sold
here and we couldn’t help it. I bet
a lot of you would like to throw a
brick at Malcolm Bricklin, the
wise guy who decided to
introduce this ex-Yugoslavian car
to the U.S. The boxy Yugo was
sold for less than $4,000 when it
hit the U.S. in 1985 and it was
the cheapest new car for sale.
Well, people got what they paid
for. It’s no use in listing all the
problems, one popular joke is
enough: “What comes with every
Yugo owner’s manual? The bus
schedule.”
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CLASSIC CAR REVIEW
‘58 DODGE ROYAL LANCER
beautiful pink-and-gray coupe are
stuck with each other.
Story & Photos by Brian Earnest (Old Cars
Weekly)
Fins have always been “in” for
Chris Cutts.
Every car guy has their weak
spot, and for the Wild Rose, Wis.,
resident, it’s big fins.
Huge, gaudy, Mopar fins. Cutts
can’t help himself, and it’s an
affliction that’s been with him for
years.
“I was into these cars before it
was cool, even before my wife
[Beth] liked them,” he laughs. “It
would have been mid-’80s I
started driving a four-door sedan,
a 1960 Chrysler Windsor and, of
course, everybody else had
Camaros and stuff, and in high
school I had this great big 21foot-long Chrysler!”
That one Chrysler multiplied into
a fleet of cars in various states of
need. Some of them Cutts
restored. Some of them he kept
for a while and sold, and some
he scavenged for parts. For quite
a few years, fins were popping up
all over his property, but
eventually, only one of the cars
was left: his 1958 Dodge Royal
Lancer two-door hardtop. Even
Cutts admits it’s a bit of an
unusual choice to have hung
onto and put so much time and
effort into, but he and the
“After that first Chrysler I got a
few others and rubbed on them,
and did some work on them, and
then this one came up for sale
and I decided to buy it,” said
Cutts. “Through the years of [me]
growing up, it sat in the barn,
then sat behind the barn, and
then sat inside somebody else’s
garage … Then it would have a
tarp on it, then it would be
outside, then it would be inside a
nice garage, then outside again. I
kind of didn’t treat it very well for
a long time.
completely rebuilding the finned
hardtop, even if it was a little
tougher than he envisioned.
Cutts and Steele turned it into a
tag-team effort, which began with
a lot of metal fabrication.
“When we had it bead blasted, it
was in pretty tough shape. It
looked bad. It was never dinged.
It was always a straight car, but
when we got it back from the
bead blaster it looked like Swiss
cheese. It was really full of holes.
It was totally gone. It was
definitely a Chrysler product!”
Cutts said.
“There was a lot of work to do.
There was a lot of fabrication, a
lot of welding. But it’s all steel. It
was a three-year process. We
had to make some new parts —
you know you can’t buy a lot of
the parts for these things, and
there are no body panels at all.”
“I tried to sell it a couple of times.
I was trying to get out of cars. I
got rid of all the other ones and
this was the last one and it just
didn’t want to leave.”
Eventually, one of his car
buddies, the late Bob Steele,
convinced
Cutts
to
quit
procrastinating and restore his
’58 Dodge. By that time, the car
was riddled with problems, and
there would be no quick fixes.
Cutts didn’t seem to mind. He
enjoyed
the
challenge
of
Cutts re-created the floor pans
from scratch and got handy at
building dyes to create other
various parts. “I even made a
couple dyes out of wood, and I
just used them one time, but they
did the job,” he recalls.
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Steele helped with the assembly
and engine work. That included
rebuilding the car’s original 325cid Red Ram V-8, which is
attached to a push-button
automatic transmission.
While the Dodge’s body was full
of holes, the interior — whiteand-gray vinyl seats and black
dash and carpet — was already
done, according to Cutts. “The
interior is either original or very
early restored, long before I had
it. The interior is in great shape,”
he noted.
A local shop did the final
bodywork and paint. Cutts
thought long and hard about the
paint scheme he wanted before
settling on a final look. “The car
was originally yellow with a
copper top and trunk and fins,
and with the light yellow the
chrome got all washed out,” he
said. “You wouldn’t see the
chrome, and these Dodges are
very ‘chromey’ cars. So we
paged through the color codes
and I wanted two-tone and I
wanted something that would
catch photographs.”
Cutts eventually settled on a twotone combination of Desert Rose
from 1959 for the trunk and hood,
and a Gunmetal Gray offered by
Dodge in 1971 for the top, fins
and trunk lid. It’s not exactly
factory correct, but it looks the
part and turned out even better
than Cutts had hoped. “Actually
they did have a similar color
scheme [from the factory] and
that’s what I was going with,” he
said. “But you don’t ever see
those.”
You could say that about 1958
Dodges in general, and Royal
Lancers in particular. Exact
production numbers are a little
fuzzy, but roughly 15,500 twodoor
hardtops,
four-door
hardtops and four-door sedans
were built combined that year in
Dodge’s middle-tier Royal line.
The Royals were the least
popular Dodges among new car
buyers at the time, and restorers
in recent years have gravitated
more to the fancier top-level
Custom Royals — if they can find
them
at
all.
The
finned
Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth
offerings of the day were not
famous for their tolerance to rust,
and hence many died young.
“You just never see these cars. A
Chrysler product does [merit] a
restoration because of their rarity.
They just were not saved,” Cutts
contends.
“Especially
the
Dodges. Plymouths and Dodges
were your bottom-level cars, and
they got driven and they got used
up. Ten years down the road they
were pretty much rarities already.
They were pretty much rotted out
by then and way out of style:
‘Fins, oh my gosh, who wants
fins?’ Of course I thought fins
were the greatest things since ice
cream [laughs]. I thought I was
cool with these fins. Of course, I
got teased a lot.
“You
see
so
many
advertisements or old pictures of
demolition derbies and you’ll see
all these Dodges upside-down.
That’s what everybody was doing
– ‘just get rid of ’em.’ They
weren’t on the road for very long,
which
doesn’t
help
with
availability of parts… It’s very
hard to find stuff, which is why I
have a few parts cars tucked
away in the woods. With a
restoration these days, you need
two or three cars, just to make
sure you can finish one up.”
As far as Cutts knows, a “little old
lady” from Manitowoc, Wis., who
bought the car new, was the only
person who ever drove the ’58
Dodge much. The base price at
the time would have been a very
modest $2,814. She held onto
the car for many years and
eventually sold it to another man,
who didn’t want to keep it and
wound up dealing it to Cutts.
“At that time I had three 1960
Chryslers sitting in the yard, and I
think I had a ’64 Imperial twodoor hardtop. And there were
parts cars, too,” Cutts recalled.
“And then with all the trading and
selling off, and getting rid of cars,
this is the one that I kept. By
advice from the wife, she
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suggested a few times hanging
onto it, so she’s to blame for me
still having it.”
By 1958, the Dodges were a year
removed from Virgil Exner’s
memorable
“Forward
Look”
restyling of 1957. The “Swept
Wing” Mopars were sleek and
racy,
with
wraparound
windshields,
prominent
fins,
loads of chrome and jet-exhaust
tail lamps. For 1958, dual
headlamps and twin hood
ornaments were introduced.
The Royal and Custom Royals all
could be had with a variety of
power train choices. The L-head
230-cid
six-cylinder
was
standard. Less than 10 percent of
the Dodges built for 1958 carried
the sixes. The optional 315 V-8
had been bumped up to 325
cubes for 1958. It was good for
245
hp
with
two-barrel
carburetion and 260 ponies if you
went with the four-barrel, which
was standard on the Custom
Royal. The 361-cid D-500 offered
285 or 310 hp. The new 350cid/295-hp Ram Fire V-8 was
also on the menu.
The three-speed TorqueFlite
automatic and two-speed Power
Flite were both optional, and both
used push-button shifting on the
dash to the left of the steering
wheel. For the model year, 96.4
percent of all Dodges had
automatic transmission; 62.5
percent had power steering and
34 percent had power brakes.
Other options included power
windows and seats, heater and
air conditioner, Highway Hi-Fi
automatic
record
player,
windshield washer, whitewall
tires and seat belts.
or anything. It’s more of a talking
piece. When you rise the hood
and everybody sees these, it’s
‘Oh my, look at those fat heads
on there!’ They are product
correct, but not specific to this
car.
Cutts’ Royal Lancer still has
manual steering, but he did add
power
brakes
during
the
restoration. He also added dual
antennas and changed the
gearing on the rear end to
improve his fuel economy. “It had
a limited-slip rear end in it, but it
was in pretty tough shape so we
put in a 2.93 and we’re getting
better mileage — we went from
11 miles a gallon to 15! Now we
can afford to come to all the
shows! … The car is actually very
basic. It has a radio, and the
TorqueFlite three-speed pushbutton shift. It’s one of the world’s
strongest transmissions. They’re
very good transmissions.”
“And it did come with a fourbarrel manifold, which was an
option, but not very [common]. It
was actually an option everybody
desires because now it’s the
original cast-iron manifold. That
was kind of a special deal there.”
Under the hood, the Royal
Lancer wears Hemi heads from
1957. They are not exactly
correct, but they are period and
product correct, and have made
the car more interesting at
shows, Cutts says. “With Dodges
you could put either head on.
With Chryslers you could do that,
but you’d have to machine some
stuff to make the Hemi heads fit,”
he said. “It was an easy choice.
We had a Hemi engine sitting
there. It was a 315. This one is a
325. The heads are the same,
and it has probably a little better
power, not that we’re drag racing
Chris and Beth have plenty of fun
these
days
cruising
the
Wisconsin back roads in their
flashy Dodge. They regularly
show up at local cruise nights
and displayed the car at last
summer’s Iola Old Car Show in
Iola, Wis. After hanging on to the
car for so long and putting so
much time and effort into it, Chris
doesn’t pass up the chance to
drive his Royal Lancer whenever
he gets time. No trailer needed.
“It drives like a great big boat, but
it’s actually a snappy car,” he
laughs. “Everybody says, that
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must weigh 3 or 4 tons. No,
modern cars today are actually
heavier than these. It’s amazing.
“This is a 3,800-lb. car, and it
floats down the road. It’s a little
more nimble than a Chrysler
would be. For an old car, they are
a floating magic carpet ride.”
ONE OF A KIND RIDES
A little ingenuity and a lot of
imagination!
Story & Photos e-mailed by
Dave Olson (James Valley Street Machines)
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04/15
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Amalie Motor Oil
NHRA Gatornationals
Gainesville, Florida
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix, Arizona
James Valley Street Machines
Regular Meeting
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Auto Club Speedway
Fontana, California
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Four-Wide Nationals
Charlotte, North Carolina
CAR SHOW
TOPPERS CAR SHOW
West Fargo, North Dakota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Martinsville Speedway
Ridgeway, Virginia
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Martinsville Speedway
Ridgeway, Virginia
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
SUMMIT RACING.com
NHRA Nationals
Las Vegas, Nevada
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
James Valley Street Machines
Regular Meeting
Jamestown, North Dakota
04/25
04/26
04/25
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05/02
05/03
05/03
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05/08
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05/09
to
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05/15
Oahe Speedway
11th Annual Fanfest at the
Pierre Mall
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
O'REILLY Auto Parts
NHRA Spring nationals
Houston, Texas
Oahe Speedway
Chassis Inspection Test & Tune
Shootout Races w/Test & Tune
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Richmond International
Raceway
Richmond, Virginia
Jamestown Speedway
Test & Tune
Jamestown, North Dakota
Oahe Speedway
Shootout Races
Coca Cola Points Race
Pierre, South Dakota
Top End Dragways
Test & Tune
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, Alabama
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
Jamestown Speedway
Opening Night
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Season Opener-Bracket
Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
James Valley Street Machines
Cook Out Car Show
S&R Truck Stop
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina
05/15
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NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Summit Racing Equipment
NHRA Southern Nationals
Atlanta, Georgia
Jamestown Speedway
Points Race
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Tintmasters Street Legal Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint All Star Race
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Kansas Nationals
Topeka, Kansas
Jamestown Speedway
Advantage RV Mod Tour
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
Oahe Speedway
Shootout Races
Points Race
Points Race
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
Jamestown Speedway
Armed Forces Night
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Hot Rod Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
Top End Dragways
Swedes Car Club Swap Meet
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Toyota
NHRA Summer nationals
Englishtown, New Jersey
NASCAR
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Camping World Truck Series
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
Jamestown Speedway
Bomber Bonanza
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Tintmasters Street Legal Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
Oahe Speedway
7th Annual Dave Graves
Memorial Corvette/Mustang
Rally
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Pocono Raceway
Pocono, Pennsylvania
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
New England Nationals
Epping, New Hampshire
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
Jamestown Speedway
NLRA Late Models
Jamestown, North Dakota
Oahe Speedway
Shootout Races
Points Race
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Gateway Motorsports Park
Madison, Illinois
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan International
Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
James Valley Street Machines
Cook Out Car Show
Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Iowa Speedway
Des Moines, Iowa
MSRA
Back to the 50's
St. Paul, Minnesota
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Thunder Valley Nationals
Bristol, Tennessee
Jamestown Speedway
06/20
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to
07/12
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07/11
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to
07/12
07/11
Kids Night
Jamestown, North Dakota
Jamestown Speedway
Street Stock Spectacular
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
Oahe Speedway
Showdown on the River
Points Race
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Sonoma Raceway
Sonoma, California
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Summit Racing Equipment
NHRA Nationals
Norwalk, Ohio
Jamestown Speedway
Stutsman County Fair Races
Jamestown, North Dakota
Oahe Speedway
Special Bike Race
King of the Track
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Daytona International
Speedway
Daytona, Florida
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Kentucky Speedway
Sparta, Kentucky
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Route 66
NHRA Nationals
Chicago, Illinois
Jamestown Speedway
Dakota Classic Modified Tour
Championship
Jamestown, North Dakota
Jamestown Speedway
A-Mod Showdown
Jamestown, North Dakota
Jamestown Classic Car Club
Park Car Show
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kentucky Speedway
Sparta, Kentucky
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08/02
Car Craft Magazine
St. Paul Street Machine
Nationals
St. Paul, Minnesota
Jamestown Drag Racing
Airport 1/8 Mile Drags
Jamestown, North Dakota
Jamestown Speedway
Points Race
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Tintmasters Street Legal Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
New Hampshire Motor
Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire
Oahe Speedway
Countdown to the Jam
Points Race
Pierre, South Dakota
James Valley Street Machines
Regular Meeting
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Eldora Speedway
New Weston, Ohio
Elks Lodge 995
Elks State Convention
Jamestown, North Dakota
James Valley Street Machines
Dakota Blacktop Tour
Taking South Dakota
by Storm!
Jamestown, North Dakota
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
MOPAR Mile-High
NHRA Nationals
Denver, Colorado
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
National Dragster Challenge
Sabin, Minnesota
Jamestown Speedway
MW Mod Festival
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis, Indiana
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Sonoma Nationals
Sonoma, California
Jamestown Speedway
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NLRA Late Models
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Hot Rod Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Pocono Raceway
Pocono, Pennsylvania
Oahe Speedway
Shootout Races
National Dragster Challenge
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Pocono Raceway
Pocono, Pennsylvania
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Northwest Nationals
Seattle, Washington
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, New York
James Valley Street Machines
Cook Out Car Show
S&R Truck Stop
Jamestown, North Dakota
Jamestown Speedway
Points Race
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Radial Revolution
Sabin, Minnesota
Oahe Speedway
Shootout Races
Gamblers - Small Wheel Race
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Michigan International
Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Michigan International
Speedway
Brooklyn, Michigan
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
NHRA Mello Yellow
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08/30
08/30
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09/13
09/16
09/17
Drag Racing Series
Lucas Oil
NHRA Nationals
Brainerd, Minnesota
Jamestown Speedway
Back to School Night
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol, Tennessee
Jamestown Speedway
Season Championship
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Tintmasters Street Legal Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Bowmansville, ON
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Chevrolet Performance
U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jamestown Speedway
Labor Day Duel (Saturday)
Jamestown, North Dakota
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
King of the Track
Sabin, Minnesota
Jamestown Speedway
Labor Day Duel (Sunday)
Jamestown, North Dakota
Oahe Speedway
Thunder on the Prairie
Junior Drag Racing
Draggin for Pinks
Points Race
Pierre, South Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Richmond International
Raceway
Richmond, Virginia
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
James Valley Street Machines
Cook Out Car Show
Buffalo City Rotisserie Grille
Jamestown, North Dakota
Oahe Speedway
to
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09/18
to
09/20
09/18
09/20
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to
09/26
09/25
to
09/27
09/26
09/26
09/27
09/25
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09/27
10/01
to
10/04
10/03
10/03
10/04
ET Finals
Pierre, South Dakota
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Carolina Nationals
Charlotte, North Carolina
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, Illinois
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, Illinois
Jamestown Speedway
Stock Car Stampede
Jamestown, North Dakota
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
AAA Insurance
NHRA Midwest Nationals
St. Louis, Missouri
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
New Hampshire Motor
Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire
James Valley Street Machines
& Don Wilhelm Inc. Present
5th Annual Dan Wilhelm
Car Show supporting the
ND Huntington's Disease
Foundation
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
New Hampshire Motor
Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire
Oahe Speedway
11th Annual National Open
Finals with Class Races
Pierre, South Dakota
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Keystone Nationals
Reading, Pennsylvania
Top End Dragways
Tintmasters Street Legal Drags
Sabin, Minnesota
Oahe Speedway
Fall Finale
Shootout Races
Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
Fall Finale Class Races
Pierre, South Dakota
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10/18
10/18
10/24
10/25
10/29
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11/01
10/31
11/01
11/06
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte, North Carolina
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Season Points Championship
Sabin, Minnesota
James Valley Street Machines
Regular Meeting
Jamestown, North Dakota
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
AAA Texas
NHRA Fall Nationals
Dallas, Texas
Top End Dragways
Bracket Weekend
Big Money Weekend
Sabin, Minnesota
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, Alabama
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega, Alabama
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
NHRA
Toyota Nationals
Las Vegas, Nevada
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Martinsville Speedway
Ridgeway, Virginia
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Martinsville Speedway
Ridgeway, Virginia
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
11/08
11/12
to
11/15
11/13
11/15
11/18
11/20
11/22
12/10
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
NHRA Mello Yellow
Drag Racing Series
Auto Club
NHRA Finals
Pomona, California
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix, Arizona
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix, Arizona
James Valley Street Machines
Regular Meeting
Jamestown, North Dakota
NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead, Florida
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead, Florida
James Valley Street Machines
Awards Banquet 7:00
Prime Rib & Potato.
Live Auction @ the KC's
Jamestown, North Dakota
SWAP SHOP
Swap Shop ads are taken from James Valley
Street Machine members, NDSRA “Street
Talking” magazine, “Cars for Sale in
Jamestown” on Facebook.
WANTED: 1980’s Jeep pickup
parts. I’m restoring a 1982 Jeep.
701-845-3032 Ken
WANTED: Looking for hood for
1948 1-ton Chevy panel van.
Also, speedometer and any other
odd parts.
Kern Shull 701-341-7174
FOR SALE: ‘34 Plymouth Sedan
hot rod. Ready to cruise.
Info: 701-678-2908
FOR SALE: Truckstell Overdrive
unit for 1949-54 Chevy (Closed
Driveline) $500
763-221-6123 Stefan
WANTED: ‘57 Cadillac body and
interior parts. Mainly seats and
bumpers.
Dallas 701-436-6399
WANTED: ‘53 Olds left fender 88
or 98 will work, complete. Green
would be a bonus!
Dallas 701-436-6399
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WANTED: 1955-59 step-side
pickup. Must be all complete,
ready to drive. Prefer: Chevy
Apache, 350 CU or less, no 6 cyl,
color of red, white, and blue,
auto trans, hwy gears.
Call or txt 701-425-5358 Duane
WANTED: Looking for a decent
set of Doors and a Drivers front
fender for a 60-63 Chevy Pickup.
Fenders work from 60-66.
Aaron 701-880-1472
INSPECTIONS:
Vehicle
inspections done at Dallas
Kustoms in Hillsboro, ND.
Call 701-436-6399
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