Hemmings Classic Car February 2019

“One of my lifelong goals has been to create a variety of car magazines that real hardcore car enthusiasts like myself will want to read…” Nothing in life ever remains the way we want it to. Cars deteriorate, engines wear, transmissions leak, paint fades, and values fluctuate. Change is inevitable. That is why restoration is sometimes necessary if objects we admire are to continue on and provide us with more years of enjoyment and gratification. Preserving originality is, of course, always preferable, but in some cases a full restoration is required. The same is true for magazines. In order to maintain reader interest, a restoration of sorts is sometimes needed to inject new life, new energy, and new excitement. And that is exactly what all of us here at Hemmings…

Behemoths in Hershey THE AACA MUSEUM HAS ANNOUNCED THE CELEBRATION OF SOME OF DETROIT’S biggest beasts with its new Land Yachts: Postwar American Luxury Convertibles exhibit, which is open now. The selection focuses on domestic cars, especially those with convertible tops. Each has dimensions of generous length and width while also featuring some of the finest luxury appointments of that time. The “Land Yacht” era featured at the museum covers the immediate postwar years to the late 1970s, before downsizing became the common trend in the automobile industry. The exhibit will run until April 29. Visit www.aacamuseum.org for more details. Chrome Glidden in Texas THE VINTAGE MOTOR CAR CLUB OF AMERICA HAS RELEASED its 2019 schedule with its first major tour being the Chrome Glidden Tour based around Gonzalez, Texas.…

1-2 • Moultrie Swap Meet Moultrie, Georgia • 888-686-2102 www.moultrieswapmeet.com 7-9 • AACA Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 717-534-1910 • www.aaca.org 8-10 • Sumter Swap Meets Winter Extravaganza Bushnell, Florida • 727-848-7171 www.floridaswapmeets.com 14-17 • Zephyrhills Auto Fest Zephyrhills, Florida • 813-312-4009 www.zephyrhillsautoevents.com 17 • Buick-Olds-Pontiac-Cadillac Swap Meet St. Charles, Illinois • 847-521-3130 www.bopcswap.com 21-23 • AACA Winter Meet Ocala, Florida • 352-256-9124 www.2019aacawintermeet.org 22-23 • Big 3 Parts Exchange San Diego, California todd65@big3partsexchange.com www.big3partsexchange.com 22-24 • Winter Florida AutoFest Lakeland, Florida • 717-243-7855 www.carlisleevents.com 23 • Winter Classic Motorsports Expo Columbus, Ohio • 614-268-1181 www.jeffjohnsonmotorsports.com…

IN 2019,THE VINTAGE CHEVROLET CLUB OF America will offer plenty of events across the country for Chevy fans to attend including swap meets, car corrals, tours, and judged shows. Some events are only open to members, so be sure to visit vcca.site-ym.com for membership information and up-to-the-minute itineraries. March 16 • 30th Annual Auto Swap Meet Houston, Texas April 1-5 • 22nd Annual Southern Spring Tour San Angelo, Texas April 24-28 • 17th Annual Area 9 Southeast Meet Blue Ridge, Georgia May 16-18 • 37th All Cal Meet Bakersfield, California June 2-6 • Happy Days Tour XI Watertown, New York June 10-14 • 43rd Middle West Meet Chadron, Nebraska July 13-18 • 56th Central Meet West Lafayette, Indiana September 8-12 • 2nd Pacific Early Six Tour 1929-’36 Fortuna, California…

Orlofaye ROBERT MAUCK OF BASTROP, TEXAS, wrote to us in an effort to find one of a couple of cars his grandfather, Orlo Mauck, customized sometime in the late Fifties or early Sixties. The one he knows the most about, the Orlofaye, arrived in Orlo’s Laredo garage as a 1956 Thunderbird that had been totaled in a wreck. Over the course of 17 months, he reshaped the crunched nose, extended the reshaped fins by 4 inches in the rear, and added a number of accessories before spraying nine coats of Alpine White paint on it. According to Robert, his grandfather sold it in 1968 for about $1,300. If anybody’s seen the Orlofaye, let us know so we can pass that info along to Robert. Direct From Hupp BY NOW,WE’RE ALL…

Hershey Highlight RM SOTHEBY’S HAD A BIG NIGHT IN HERSHEY THIS PAST OCTOBER WITH 132 CARS CHANGING hands for a sell-through of 89 percent. Final tallies showed total sales eclipsing the $10.76-million mark. The topseller was this 1930 Cadillac V-16 roadster that had spent over four decades in South Africa, as it had been purchased by Count Natale Labia, an Italian ambassador who lived in the Cape Town area. It was originally a right-hand-drive Madame X seven-passenger Imperial sedan; when it returned Stateside in early 1977, this Cadillac was rebodied with a Fleetwood roadster body and converted to left-hand drive. After earning a CCCA National First Prize in 1992, the Cadillac sold for a whopping $495,000. Full reports of the Hershey auction are available at www.rmsothebys.com. Mecum in Windy City…