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Larz Anderson Auto Museum
Gazette
Vol. 1, No. 6 — October 2015
Clockwise, from above: Joe Johnson at Mercedes Day with his 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K
Reproduction with a modern Benz drivetrain; Jim Garrett at European Motorcycle Day
beside his 1957 Zündapp KS601EL flex-shaft motorcycle; getting everything in place for
Porsche Day; Peter Newman, who brought his very well-traveled (130K on the odometer)
1982 380SL to Mercedes Day.
2015 Lawn Events
Sat., Oct. 10 — German Car Day, 10am-2pm
Sun., Oct. 11 — Volkswagen Day/Transporterfest, 9:30am-3:30pm
Sat., Oct. 17 — Tutto Lite, 10am-2pm
Sun., Oct. 18 — Japanese Car Day, 10am2pm
Sat., Oct. 24 — Extinct Car Day, 10am-2pm
Sun., Oct. 25 — Studebaker & Packard Day,
10am-3pm
It’s Oktoberfest at
Larz Anderson!
Oktoberfest, the traditional German holiday, came early this year to the Larz
Anderson Auto Museum. September had three events in which German manufacturers figured heavily, to wit, Porsche Day, European Motorcycle Day and
Mercedes Day.
Porsche and Mercedes of course need no introduction, nor does BMW among
the European bikes, but have you ever heard of Zündapp? After reading the report inside, you may well want to raise a stein of Bier to them as well!
And it’s not over yet... German Car Day comes this month, and
even the Studebakers and Packards are getting into the act! Read on,
meine Freunde!
Meet the members of LAAM
Dan Tortora
(and his Kaiser)
by Dr. John Christoforo
Clockwise, from left: Dan and the Darrin at a Cruisin’ Dreams Thursday night
cruise, Hebert’s Candy Mansion, Shrewsbury, Mass.; among muscle cars and
hot rods at the Auburn (Mass.) Elks’ Friday night cruise; at another Cruisin’
Dreams show at Hebert’s. Said Dan, “I had to disassemble the trophy to take
it home. Either that or leave my wife at Hebert’s, take the trophy home, and
then go back for her!”
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Contributors to this issue:
Richard A. De Vito, Sr.
Jennifer Arone
Margie Cahn
Dr. John Christoforo
John Romano
Sheldon Steele
Joshua Sweeney/Shootfordetails.com
Dan Tortora
Bruce Vild
Susana Weber
All photos courtesy of our contributors
unless otherwise credited
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The story begins with a 13-year-old working with his father at
the family dealership that sold Kaiser-Frazer and Jeeps. As a young
enthusiast, Dan Tortora loved each of the cars his father and the rest
of the family sold to the public. In 1955, Kaiser stopped passenger
car production in the Unites States and moved their machinery to
Argentina where production lasted until well into the 1960s. As a
result, Dan’s family negotiated with American Motors and sold the
Nash-Hudson lines.
In spite of the Kaiser line leaving North America, Dan had a special passion for the Kaiser Darrin, a 1954 two-seat sports model created by the legendary designer Dutch Darrin.
A customer had purchased the Darrin that Dan had become enamored with at the dealership, and as a teen with a driver’s license, he
would drive by the owner’s home to see if the car was still there. By
the time Dan graduated from high school (1967) he was on a quest to
own that car or one similar to it. Time and time again, he approached
the owner to ask if the car was for sale, and each time he was told that it wasn’t.
As summer arrived in 1968, Dan was driving by this neighbor’s house to
catch a glimpse of the Darrin. He observed that it was up on blocks with the
owner underneath the vehicle swearing at each attempt to repair something or
other. Again he asked the owner if the car was for sale — and this time was told
that it was. Later that day, Dan returned with the cash and a tow truck. By nightfall, the 1954 Kaiser Darrin was parked in the driveway at the Tortora home.
With the car being parked outdoors in Massachusetts, the weather took its
toll. The car needed cosmetic restoration and the engine had to be rebuilt. Dan
began with the engine, the transmission and the front end, and then changed the
wiring, had the seats recovered, and sent the car for a repaint.
Even though Dan’s new toy was ready, there was a problem we all faced at
that point in time —the war in Viet Nam. Dan joined the army and the Darrin
went into storage.
Dan returned home in 1971, and the car came out of storage with the owner considering mechanical changes under the hood that would make the car’s
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Past Lawn Events
Keith Carlson and his 1946 Monarch woody with original Canadian flathead V8.
Showing off some of
Henry’s best
by Richard A. De Vito, Sr.
It was great to have a day to show the product of Mr. Ford’s life’s
work. Almost 100 cars filled the lawn for Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Day
on Sunday, August 30th. We had 10 Lincolns, 12 Mercurys and over 70
Fords of all years and models.
The tribute was to Mr. Ford’s genius in so many ways. He was the
pathfinder to American business, paths that we still use today in production, finance, corporate governance, product design, and using resources
inventively.
Though he was in many ways a controversial figure, everyone should
study Mr. Ford. A book written by Douglas Brinkley in 2003 entitled
Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company and a Century of Progress would be the best place to start. It chronicles Ford and his company
from the beginning to 2003.
Two stories, for example, are the $5 day and reusing boxes in which
parts were shipped to Ford as floors for his cars. Ford paid his people five
dollars per day when the going wage was three. He foresaw that if he paid
his people more, they could afford to buy his cars. He put the working
class on wheels.
There are so many stories, issues, ideas, concepts in this book that it
will be hard not to see Henry’s fingerprints on almost all aspects of our
society.
His is a magnificent story that began just as the Andersons were becoming enamored with automobiles. Remember our history. Larz and
Isabel Anderson owned Winton motorcars. Manufacturer Alexander
Winton raced the upstart Henry Ford in 1901 and lost. Henry’s car was
faster. It all started over 100 years ago!
From top: Bill Traut’s 1928 Ford Model A Phaeton,
a car that’s been in Sharon, Mass., since new;
Howard Wagner and his 1930 Model A hot rod, “The
Blue Crystal,” restored with the help of the original
owner; Steve Wolf and his French Ford Comete, one
of only 699; Tom Larsen and Nancy Monaghan and
their all-original, largely one-owner 1955 T-Bird.
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Past Lawn Events
Porsches modern and classic face the entrance to the Museum. Left, from top:
Fedele Cacia with his 1994 naturally aspirated Porsche 964 racecar; the Spooner
family, Karl, Catherine and son Austin, in front of their 1983 944; Richard Yirikian
and his 1958 356A, with sunroof.
Porsche Day
by Richard A. De Vito, Sr.
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And what a day. Over 150 cars alighted on the lawn with all varieties, from daily drivers to race cars.
For example, Fedele Cacia (that’s Italian, not Cuban, as he was born
in Sicilia) brought a ’94 964 naturally aspirated Porsche. He races it all
up the East Coast from Daytona and Sebring, Florida, to New Jersey
Motorsports Park and many other tracks. On this car there are no engine
mods, but it is race-equipped with a fiberglass roll cage, fire suspension
system, VIR, and race alloys. Fedele is from Natick, Mass., and success
with his construction company provides the funds to go racing.
The Spooner family, Karl, Catherine, and son Austin, brought two
cars. One, an ’83 944 automatic they’ve owned for one year, was driven
by son Austin from Fairhaven, Mass. The other, an ’86 930 Turbo, has
180,000 miles on the clock — the last 65K on an engine Karl rebuilt
himself. He and Mrs. Spooner have eight cars. He installs kitchens
while she teaches. Karl also does all the work on their cars.
Richard Yerikian, a Larz Anderson Corporator, brought his ’58
356A in Dusk Grey with a rare sunroof. Richard’s car came to the U.S.
in 1958 to the Hoffman Porsche Dealer in New York City with its Rudge
wheels. It went to several owners before settling with Dr. A. Kim Saal,
former Larz Anderson Executive Committee member, who sold it to
Richard five years ago. Two good guys dealing with each other — that’s
the beauty of our Museum — it brings great people together.
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Past Lawn Events
European bikes!
(Or, Z is for Zündapp)
by Richard A. De Vito, Sr.
Wow. Some nice stuff and people at European Motorcycle Day.
Husband and wife teams in good quantity, including Lauren and Chris
Goulet (not related to the singer). They came from Westminster, Mass.,
on the 2014 Triumph Bonneville they bought in March. Sure must have
been cold riding to his software job in March! They’ve also got a WZ
Yamaha dirt bike.
Zündapp, a company you probably never hear of, is something we
could write a whole book about. Zündapp made everything, namely,
motorcycles, sewing machines, lawn mowers, even a microcar called
the Zündapp Janus. In fact, at one point in time, the owner of Zündapp
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Clockwise, from below: Chris and Lauren Goulet with
their ’14 Bonneville; two WW2-era Zündapps with side
cars; Karl Kleeman: “Did I really ride all the way from
Pennsylvania in a 1944 Zündapp?”
Porsche Day (Continued from page 4)
Arturo Gutierrez brought his ’58 1600 Super Speedster
convertible. Arturo is a great friend of the Museum. His
car collection is such that he could attend most every lawn
event! In fact, he came back from a hunting trip the day
before Porsche Day to show his car.
One last thing about Porsche. This company has been
very creative about their offerings. They’ve tried frontengine, mid-engine, and rear-engine cars, air-cooled and
water-cooled, most with great success because of their uncompromising German engineering.
Within the last 10 years the company decided to make an
SUV, the Cayenne, and a four-door sports sedan, the Panamera. Many Porsche lovers felt they would dilute the purity
of this automobile. Didn’t happen with the SUV. In fact,
over 50% of their new car sales are the SUV — so you can
broaden a car line without damaging your customer base.
Whether the Panamera will meet with similar success remains to be seen.
Brave people. Great engineers!
Arturo Gutierrez in his 1958 1600 Super Speedster.
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Past Lawn Events
European Motorcycle Day (Continued from page 5)
Left to right: Judy and Warren Mann and their 1957 Zündapp KS601 Super Sport; Patrick Parisi and the Ducati Corse he brought to the
lawn from Hampton, N.H.; David Bell and his 821 Ducati.
owned 80 percent of BMW. That’s why, we guess, the BMW
motorcycle looks so much like the Zündapp.
These bikes started off as four-cycle machines, then
went to four-cylinder-opposed, then two-cycle machines.
Jim Garrett from Hollis, Maine, whose sister incidentally lives in Hollis, N.H. (how many times would that happen?), brought his 1957 Zündapp KS 601 EL. That’s a flex
shaft, four-cycle machine, of which they made 300. It’s one
of 20 motorcycles he owns. Six are Zündapps! Jim also has
six cars and is retired from the office machines industry.
Judy and Warren Mann came from Bedford, N.H., on
their Zündapp. It’s a 1957 KS 601 Super Sport, a four-cycle
machine, part of the last batch of 100 to come to America.
They also own a ’39 Zündapp that Jim drove to Larz Anderson from New Hampshire in 1979. He got to a few blocks
away and the electrical harness burned out. He fixed it himself and made it here and back O.K.
These Zündapps have horizontally-opposed, aircraft-
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style motors — just like the 1935 Zündapp Karl Kleeman
drove up from Taylor, Pa., with a side car. It is all original,
never rebuilt. There were three of them at the show!
The German Army used Zündapp motorcycles during
World War II because they preferred them to BMW cycles.
Fascinating story. Worse, I’m a Second World War historian
and I never heard of Zündapp. Guess I have to go back to
the books.
After I got past the Zündapps, I met Patrick Parisi from
Hampton, N.H., who used to live in Chestnut Hill near Mr.
Kraft. Patrick brought his Ducati Corse, which he got from
Nicki Hayden, the last American to win the Moto Gran Prix.
He does track days on the 2010 machine in between advising
very wealthy clients.
He told me a very interesting story about two clients.
One is a young man who inherited over $400 million and
leaves all the investment to Patrick. The other, a group with
similar assets, has 12 people managing things. Guess who
makes more money? Yep, the kid. He’s smart. Guess the
lesson is to find good people and let them lead.
Speaking of good people, David Bell from Manchester,
N.H., rides a Ducati 821, a 112 HP, to Waltham every day to
the nursing home he manages. And, file under small world,
he employs my aunt to help run the place.
Oh, and the winner of the Ducati Scrambler? Dave Gilbert, from Framingham, Mass., who was present at European Motorcycle Day, has been an avid motorcyclist for many,
many years, and was very pleasantly surprised.
Past Lawn Events
Mercedes Day
by Richard A. De Vito, Sr.
Clockwise, from left: Walter Cronin and son Jay in front of his “barn find,”
a 2001 SLK 320; Mike Melton and Larry Yorke with Mike’s 1957 190SL of 35
years; Ara Gechijian in front of his modern Gullwing with 600hp. His red
shoes match the interior...
It felt like homecoming. I’ve
been a member of the Minuteman
section of the Mercedes-Benz Club
of America for must be 35 years. I
have seven Benzes and specialized
in the restoration of 111 and 113
bodies. More on that later.
Joe Johnson brought his 1936
540K Special Roadster (see photo
on front page). This is a copy of
the original 540K at Harrah’s in
Las Vegas. Joe made a template of
the whole car and it took him two
years to build it. He put it on a 1989
Benz 560 drivetrain, engine and all.
Shows what you can do with a hammer and some sheet metal.
Peter Newman from Marlboro,
Mass., brought his ’82 380SL with
130K on the clock. He bought it
at Endicott eight years ago and it
didn’t look anything like this (see
photo on front page). He did most
of the resto himself. Peter is a software test engineer for Bose. Last
year, this car won Best of Show at
this show.
Then we started talking about
his ’31 Model A nightmare... well,
that’s for another day!
Ara Gechijian showed off his
2012 SLS 600hp AMG GT Gullwing. His father started a photography business in Arlington 80 years
ago and it affords Ara the ability to
have 11 cars — four Benzes, four
Ferraris, and the rest Corvettes. We
may have to have a lawn event just
for Ara.
You never know who’s going to
show up on the Larz Anderson lawn.
So, Larry Yorke, an old friend, came
up from the Vineyard, where he has
kept the residents in stitches for 23
years. My company re-did a 113
Benz for him many years ago. It
was great to see him and his 1959
220S sedan. Of course he couldn’t
find a thermostat so he built one out
of a window shade.
Beside Larry, sporting a 1957
190SL he has owned for 35 years,
was Mike Melton. He did most of
the mechanics himself. Beautiful
car. He’s a retired computer salesman.
Another father-and-son team,
the Cronin boys — father Walter,
who lives in Florida, and son Jay,
who is an RN at Spaulding Hospital
— showed up with a 2001 SLK 320
they found on the Cape with 9,800
miles on it. They just take this SLK
to car shows.
Another item in the small world
category. The father lives near me
in Florida; the son works at the same
hospital my sister-in-law set up over
30 years ago.
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The Anderson Cars
Isabel Weld Perkins
by Dr. John Christoforo
Isabel (date unknown).
I’ve written a couple of stories
about Larz Anderson within the past
few months, but I haven’t said much
about his wife, Isabel Weld Perkins.
She was born into Boston Brahmin society in 1876. Both sides of her family
could trace their roots back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
For several generations, the men in
her family (both sides) were educated
at Harvard and later entered the family businesses, which centered around
trading with the Far East.
Isabel’s father, Commodore George
Perkins, had been the captain of the
U.S.S. Cayuga, an American warship
that fought in the Civil War. Prior to
his involvement in the war, he had increased his family’s wealth by building
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Photo courtesy LAAM
and running mills in New Hampshire,
while simultaneously heading up a
shipping firm in Boston that concentrated on business with West Africa.
Isabel’s mother, Anna, was a Weld.
Her family had amassed riches early on
in international trade, and when Isabel
was only five, she inherited $17 million, making her the richest woman in
America at that time.
The family made sure she started
traveling at an early age, and as a result, Isabel spent summers in Newport,
R.I., the spring and fall at the Perkins
estate in New Hampshire, and returned
to Boston for the Brahmin social activities held during the winter months.
She began her chaperoned trips to
Europe while still in her teens, and in
1895, at age 19, she met Larz Anderson
in Rome. It seems they both fell “head
over heels” in love and were married a
little over a year later in Boston.
Seeing that her husband was in the
diplomatic corps, Isabel divided her
time between Washington and Boston.
Throughout her life, Isabel had a
passion for writing and wrote a number
of books on her family, books on her
travels, volumes of poetry and a compilation of children’s stories.
Her more complex writings included a description of the transportation
empire developed by her great-grandfather, William Gordon Weld. She
also edited papers on the Civil War left
behind by her father-in-law, General
Nicholas L. Anderson.
If you’re interested in learning
more, the works Isabel left behind are
housed in two locations: the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline and
the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, located on Newbury
Street in Boston.
During World War I, Isabel was a
volunteer for the American Red Cross,
working first in Washington, D.C., and
later in Belgium. She worked with the
sick and wounded in France and Belgium between 1917 and 1918. When
she returned to the U.S., she continued
her nursing activities in Washington
during the influenza epidemic. For her
contributions to the Red Cross and her
country, she was awarded the American Red Cross Service Medal, France’s
Croix de Guerre and the Medal of Elizabeth from Belgium.
Isabel passed away in 1948, at the
age of 72, and is buried along with Larz
in Washington’s National Cathedral.
He preceded her in death by 11 years,
passing in 1937 at age 70.
Upcoming Lawn Events
Saturday, October 10: GERMAN CAR DAY/OKTOBERFEST
German Car Day/Oktoberfest is a rescheduling of the June
show. Owners of any automobile are invited and encouraged to
attend regardless of make, model or year, as long as it’s German.
The show starts at 10am and runs until 2pm. Registration is
$20 per car and includes the driver and one passenger. If you preregister, the fee is reduced to $15 per car. Registration includes
admission to the Museum.
Spectator admission is adults, $10; military, seniors, students
and children 6-12, $5; and children under 6 are free.  Museum
members are always free! All proceeds benefit the Larz Anderson
Auto Museum.
The Museum is open for your viewing until 4pm. Lunch will be
available on site for purchase.
Sunday, October 11: VW DAY/TRANSPORTERFEST
The “People’s Car” has attracted the enthusiasm and affection of all types of people since Volkswagen first came to America.
At VW Day/Transporterfest, hippie vans, Baja Bugs, tuner GTIs
and more will take over the lawn in celebration of a car company
that, perhaps more than any other, has allowed owners to express
themselves.
The show, sponsored by Stan’s Classic Service, starts at
9:30am and runs until 3:30pm. Registration is $20 per car and
includes the driver and one passenger as well as admission to the
Museum. Vendor space is $25. No pre-registration is available for
this show. Please register at the tent day-of.
Spectator admission is adults, $10; military, seniors, students
and children 6-12, $5; and children under 6 are free.  Museum
members are always free!
The Museum is open for your viewing until 4pm. Lunch will be
available on site for purchase.
Saturday, October 17: TUTTO LITE
Tutto Lite is a laid-back assemblage of beautiful Italian cars
under the exquisite fall foliage in Larz Anderson Park. Call it Tutto
Lite, Tutto Autunno, Tutto Two — just don’t miss it! Bring your Italian car, motorcycle, or just your love for Italian machines.
The show starts at 10am and runs until 2pm. Car registration
is $20, motorcycle registration $10, and includes the driver and
one passenger as well as admission to the Museum.
Spectator admission is adults, $10; military, seniors, students
and children 6-12, $5; and children under 6 are free.  Museum
members are always free! 
The Museum is open for your viewing until 4pm. Lunch will be
available on site for purchase.
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Upcoming Lawn Events
Sunday, October 18: JAPANESE CAR DAY
Cars and motorcycles from the Land of the Rising Sun often
don’t get as much respect as some of their Western counterparts,
but Japanese Car & Motorcycle Day is a celebration of Japan’s
important role in the story of the car and bike. Come check out one
of the most diverse gatherings of automobiles and motorcycles at
the Museum!
The show starts at 10am and runs until 2pm. Registration is
$20 per car and includes the driver and one passenger. If you preregister, the fee is reduced to $15 per car. Motorcycle registration
is $10. Registration includes admission to the Museum.
Spectator admission is adults, $10; military, seniors, students
and children 6-12, $5; and children under 6 are free.  Museum
members are always free! The Museum is open for your viewing
until 4pm. Lunch will be available on site for purchase.
Saturday, October 24: EXTINCT CAR DAY
Have you ever wondered what happened to all those cars
from the defunct companies from many years ago? Here at Larz
in October, many of them come together for one exciting day dedicated to all those extinct, but never forgotten automobiles.
Extinct Car Day starts at 10am and runs until 2pm. Registration is $15 per car and includes the driver and one passenger as
well as admission to the Museum. If you pre-register, the fee is
reduced to $10 per car.
Spectator admission is adults, $10; military, seniors, students
and children 6-12, $5; and children under 6 are free.  Museum
members are always free!
The Museum is open for your viewing until 4pm. Lunch will be
available on site for purchase.
Sunday, October 25: STUDEBAKER & PACKARD DAY
The Ocean Bay Chapter of the Studebaker Drivers Club and
North Atlantic Packard Club will host the 23rd Annual Oktoberfest
2015 Concours Reunion as part of Studebaker & Packard Day.
The meet is open to Studebaker, Packard, Pierce Arrow, EMF,
Flanders and Avanti II automobiles.
The show starts at 10am and runs until 3pm. Concours admission will be $15 per car and includes the driver and one passenger
as well as admission to the Museum. Trophies will be given out at
approximately 2pm.
Spectator admission is adults, $10; military, seniors, students
and children 6-12, $5; and children under 6 are free.  Museum
members are always free!  The Museum is open for your viewing
until 4pm. Lunch will be available on site for purchase.
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Meet the members of LAAM
Dan Tortora and his Kaiser (Continued from page 2)
performance more contemporary. But
there were other considerations that
would cause this idea to be placed on
a back burner. Dan was now married
with a home, a mortgage and college
payments. As a result, the car rested
until 1990 when Dan was able to get
things started.
A couple of years later, Dan was
diagnosed with cancer, and the work
needed on the Darrin became a quest
in spite of having to deal with chemotherapy. He reworked the suspension,
modernized the brakes, had power
steering installed, changed the fuel
lines, and installed a 21-gallon gas tank
replacing the original 13-gallon one.
Next, he changed the differential to an
aluminum Dana 44 with positraction
similar to the Dodge Viper.
The repaired original Kaiser engine
became an AMC/Jeep 304 V8. Fuel injection was next as were modified cylinder heads, aluminum manifolds and
a modified camshaft, all monitored and
adjusted by a laptop computer.
The next project was the body.
The Kaiser Darrin fiberglass body was
known to develop cracks over the years.
Even GM had problems with the early
Corvettes (I know, I owned a ’53), but
they resolved it with a new
formula for the material.
The body of Dan’s car
had to be disassembled and
re-fiberglassed inside with
fiberglass cloth and resin.
Outside, fiberglass mats and
resin were necessary before
reassembly could begin. Once
everything was put back together, sanding and epoxy
Says Dan, “This was taken in my driveway in Charlpriming began and was re- ton, Mass., in December of 2014 by Allan Jung for the
peated a couple of times with Metro West Daily News. It was in one of the articles by
extra reinforcement being Rob Haneisen for ‘My Car, My Ride.’”
considered in the cowl area
Dan and his wife have been driving
to support the front end.
Now doing all of the work him- the car to shows and cruises since 2011.
self, Dan continued to modernize his This includes five Concours d’Elegance
Darrin with contemporary padding in events in the Northeast. They have sevthe seats, cruise control, intermittent eral awards that were received as a rewipers, a six-CD player/radio and new sult of the Darrin’s competing and winning at many events.
rugs.
By 2008, the two-seater was road- Locally, the Tortoras attend benefit
worthy, that is after 5000 hours of labor shows sponsored by the Lions Club,
and love being applied to the restora- Kiwanis Club, the American Cancer
Society, and the Dana Farber Cancer
tion.
In 2010, the car was registered, but Institute.
Dan’s dad, who was his original inspi- This past July, Dan and his wife
ration, passed away at the age of 96, drove the Kaiser Darrin to Gettysburg
and never had a ride in the completed for the Kaiser-Frazer Owners Club
national convention. This was their
Darrin.
first time at this type of event and they
didn’t know what to expect. When the
judging took place, Dan’s Darrin was
judged along with the other entries in
the competition. His car received 200
points — out of 200 points. The Gold
President: John Carberry
Award for best vehicle was the result.
Directors/Executive Committee Members: Joseph Freeman, Richard
We must admire Dan. He, like
A. De Vito, Sr., John Darack, Michael Gaetano, Robert Lawrence, Susana
most of us who are “car guys,” has
Weber, Les Cavicchi, Denis Bustin, William Keeney
had a life-long passion for cars, trucks,
Museum Staff: Museum phone number - (617) 522-6547
planes, boats, motorcycles, etc. His
Executive Director - Sheldon Steele, [email protected], Ext. 19
particular passion was for a 1954 KaiMember Services Manager/Operations Manager - Karen Hasenfus, events
ser Darrin, a love I can understand as
@larzanderson.org, Ext. 18
someone who admires the offbeat style
Marketing Manager - Jennifer Arone, [email protected],
of the full-sized Kaiser automobiles.
Ext. 13
For the last five years, Dan Tortora
Education Manager - Joseph Price, [email protected], Ext. 21  has owned one of the finest examples
around.
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