Hemmings Classic Car February 2018

“For years, certain misleading and downright incorrect descriptive words and phrases have been used in our hobby…” As old-car and truck collectors, sometimes our enthusiasm clouds our vision, and we see things better than they really are. This unintentional misconception of reality can make its way into our automotive conversations and — when it comes time to part with one of our beloved vehicles — into the classified ads we write to sell them. For years, certain misleading and downright incorrect descriptive words and phrases have been used in our hobby, which, like fables, are quickly adopted by new folks because they just don’t know any better. So, let’s set some things straight. “It’s an “antique” if it’s 25 years old….” This is perhaps the biggest falsehood of all time.…

Happy Days Are Here Again THIS YEAR MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VINTAGE CHEVROLET CLUB OF America’s Happy Days tour. Hosted by the Blue Ridge Region and based out of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, the April 29 through May 3 event will take participants in their 1955-’93 Chevy and GMC vehicles around the Blue Ridge Mountains, and will include Southwest Virginia and visits to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mt. Airy is Andy Griffith’s hometown, so there will be trips to the Snappy Lunch Diner, Floyd’s Barbershop, Andy’s boyhood home, and the Andy Griffith Museum. For more information about Happy Days X, contact Tom Inman at 276-694-3800 or 57tdinman@embarqmail.com. CCCA Events THE CLASSIC CAR CLUB OF AMERICA has finalized its…

RE: Lost Kitty CONCEPT-CAR ENTHUSIAST MARTY MARTINO FILLED IN A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY of Ford’s 1962 Cougar concept. He writes: “When I first went to Southern California (1970), one of the first places I checked out was George Barris’s shop. On the west side of his shop were two cars that I had never seen before. I was intrigued as I figured they were some kind of vintage dream cars and they had Ford badging. Both were in shabby abandoned condition. “Years later I learned that both were built by Ford’s Special Vehicles Department. They were designed and built around 1953-’54 as test mules for various features as opposed to total design concepts like most other dream cars. “The car that really caught my eye was the D-523,…

Bonhams Results BONHAMS WRAPPED UP ANOTHER AUCTION AT THE SIMEONE FOUNDATION AUTOMOTIVE Museum this past October and saw over $2.8 million in car sales with a sell-through rate above 80 percent. A nice find was this 1963 Corvette roadster. This iconic “Fuelie” was only three owners from new, finished in Sebring Silver, and well optioned with the M-20 four-speed transmission, L84 360-horsepower fuel-injected engine with solid-lifter cam, 4.11 Positive Traction rear axle, and J65 metallic brakes. This nice Sting Ray sold at a final bid of $82,500 including premium. Visit www.bonhams.com for a full list of results. Oklahoma Thunder LEAKE AUCTION COMPANY RETURNS TO Oklahoma City February 23-24 at the Bennett Event Center in the State Fair Park. Last year’s auction saw total sales over $10.4 million, with a 79-percent…

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“PEOPLE WITH CARS ARE SO LAZY they don’t want to get out of them to eat.” That was the guiding sentiment when Dallas businessman Jesse Kirby approached physician Reuben Jackson about investing in an idea he had for a new kind of restaurant. Kirby had made his reputation selling candy and tobacco at his mercantile business on South Akard Street; Jackson had made his money as a surgeon. The collaboration produced a modest, clapboard-covered box at the intersection of Chalk Hill Road and the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (now Interstate 30) in Dallas’s Oak Cliff neighborhood, about one-fifth the way to Fort Worth. “Kirby’s Pig Stand,” as the barbecue joint was billed, was unique not so much for the Tennessee-style chopped pork sandwiches it served in the heart of beef-brisket country,…