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Larz Anderson Auto Museum
Gazette
Vol. 1, No. 7 — November/December 2015
Scenes from several LAAM events this year — were you there?
One season ends,
another begins
Bimonthly till next May
With this issue, we switch to our
bimonthly publication schedule, as our
regularly scheduled Lawn Events have
ended for the season. Although we will
appear less frequently, each Gazette will
still be packed with interesting articles, announcements and coverage of winter and
early spring events. So please, stay tuned!
We’ll go back to our monthly schedule
when Lawn Events resume in May 2016.
With the end of October came the end of the 2015 Lawn Event season at Larz
Anderson. But it also brought Halloween — and this month, November, comes
Thanksgiving and what everyone calls “the Holiday season.” And as soon as it arrives, it seems, it will all be over and we’ll be into the new year.
2015 was a great year for doing things at the Museum above and beyond the Lawn Events. There was (and still is, until next spring) the jaw-dropping “Beauty of the Beast: Motorcycles, Art, Form, Function, Freedom” exhibit, surely one of the most ambitious in recent years considering the number
of examples displayed. The Museum offered its “Cars & Coffee” series to promote socializing among enthusiasts, no matter what their particular automotive inclination. We had the second edition of “Mototour,” this time visiting the
Collings Foundation in Stow, Mass., enjoying some wonderful food and drink while
gazing at vintage aircraft, and then strolling the grounds to take in the fabulous
car collection. There were some fabulous cars parked outside, too, courtesy of the
LAAM members who attended!
Members could also avail themselves of “Dancing with the Cars,” learning everything from line dancing to the proper moves for salsa music. And, last but not
least, we had “Free Fun Friday.” On July 17th, the Museum, with the support of the
Highland Foundation, opened its doors to the public with free general admission —
the ideal way to acquaint new people with the Museum, maybe even inspire them to
become members themselves.
There will be more to do in 2016. So, drive safely this Holiday season, enjoy the
good times with family and friends, and we’ll see you then!
Support your Museum
Please support the Larz Anderson Auto Museum. At
this time of year, when many of us consider contributing to
the organizations and institutions that are important to us,
please consider making a special gift to fuel our Museum’s
expanding programs and offerings.
Your gift will provide the Museum and the communities
we serve with vitally needed support to preserve “America’s
Oldest Car Collection’’ and to sustain the educational and
cultural programming that drives our mission. The Museum
has worked to enhance existing programs, create new ones,
and strengthen community partnerships, all while continuing the grand tradition of Lawn Events and car shows for
which the Museum is famous.
The Museum’s future depends on the commitment and
generosity of its members and friends. Like other not-forprofit museums, LAAM’s admission revenue, membership
dues and event ticket sales fund only a portion of the Museum’s operations. Your charitable gift is important and makes
a real difference in sustaining LAAM as a unique cultural
and educational institution.
Please make your gift today. Your charitable donation is
an investment in the Larz Anderson Auto Museum and the
communities we serve and educate.
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is a nonprofit, 501(c)3
tax-exempt educational and cultural institution. Donations
are tax-deductible to the full limits of the tax laws.
Ways to give
Gifts of cash
Gifts of cash are the easiest and most direct way to give
to LAAM. If you itemize on your federal income tax return,
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Contributors to this issue:
Richard A. DeVito, Sr.
Jennifer Arone • Sheldon Steele
Margie Cahn
Dennis Eklof
Peter Iannaco
John Romano
David Schwartz
Joshua Sweeney/Shoot For Details
Bruce Vild
All photos courtesy of our contributors
unless otherwise credited
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cash gifts are fully deductible. You can make a cash gift in
several ways:
Online — You can make a secure online credit card
transaction or set up a recurring donation through the
“Donate” page of the Museum’s website.
By mail — Send your check or money order made out to
Larz Anderson Auto Museum to 15 Newton St., Brookline,
MA 02445.
By phone — Make a gift by credit card by calling the
Museum at (617) 522-6547.
Matching gifts
Double the impact of your contribution! Many companies offer charitable matching gift programs to encourage
employees to contribute to charitable organizations. Many
will match contributions dollar for dollar. Please check with
your company to see if it offers a matching gift program that
will match your gift to LAAM.
Gifts of securities
Securities (i.e., stocks and bonds) are popular alternatives to gifts of cash and generate a double tax benefit. In
addition to receiving a charitable income tax deduction, the
donor can avoid any potential tax on the capital gain in the
property if owned more than one year.
Planned giving
Through a bequest or other estate gift, you can help provide for the future of the LAAM. Your contribution makes a
difference and reflects your commitment to the museum and
its mission. Planned giving can be as simple as including a
gift in your will or naming the Museum as beneficiary of an
IRA.
To discuss a gift of securities or a planned gift, please
call (617) 522-6547.
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum:
Get to know us
President: John Carberry
Directors/Executive Committee Members: Joseph Freeman, Richard
A. DeVito, Sr., John Darack, Michael Gaetano, Robert Lawrence, Susana
Weber, Les Cavicchi, Denis Bustin, William Keeney
Museum Staff: Museum phone number - (617) 522-6547
Executive Director - Sheldon Steele, director@larzanderson.org, Ext. 19
Member Services Manager/Operations Manager - Karen Hasenfus, events
@larzanderson.org, Ext. 18
Marketing Manager - Jennifer Arone, lawnevents@larzanderson.org,
Ext. 13
Education Manager - Joseph Price, education@larzanderson.org, Ext. 21 
Past Lawn Events
Gemütlichkeit at German Car Day
by Richard A. DeVito, Sr.
Audis and later-model Porsches on lower lawn. Right, from top: Overview
of upper lawn, with Porsche 356s in foreground; Chris Casali and his M5.
It needs paint, but he saved it; Gary Farias stands beside his ’85 Opel, one
of seven he owns; Dolores and Roland Boucher and their ’70 MercedesBenz 280SL.
The late famous race car driver John Fitch said at Larz Anderson several years ago, “During the Second World War, I was fighting the Germans in my P-51 fighter. After the war, I was working for them as a race
car driver for Mercedes-Benz.”
Sure enough, by the end of the 1950s, America had embraced the
Volkswagen Beetle and Studebaker-Packard was selling Mercedes road
cars at its dealerships. From then to the present day, Germany has been
busy providing cars for Americans to enjoy.
More than 325 of them filled both fields and the area in front of the
Museum on Saturday, October 10th.
Rescheduled from June, German Car Day brought out a plethora of
different makes and models, some very interesting. Chris Casali brought
a ’91 BMW E34 M5 from Cumberland, R.I., with 160K on the odo. It
is one of the last hand-built M5s and was saved from extinction in the
woods of Connecticut. Someone left it under a tent until Chris found and
saved it.
I then found Gary Farias from Swansea, Mass. He has, by his own
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Past Lawn Events
German Car Day (Continued from page 4)
Richard Yirikian and friend Rick Veneski pose
with Richard’s Porsche 356C. Below: Bob
Eaton and his 1966 Karmann Ghia. He and his
wife Susan are only the car’s second owners!
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admission, a severe case of Opelitis. It started when he bought the only
Opel of 1984 vintage in the U.S., a Senator CD, with three litres, 185
horsepower, a fuel-injected six cylinder with cam in the head, automatic,
with limited slip differential. You see how this can be addictive. The
previous owner lived in Germany and brought the car here.
So now Gary owns seven Opels, started an OpelGT.com website and
has been coming to LAAM since the ’90s. (His friend was on his way to
this same Lawn Event, but his transmission died.) Gary also owns a ’51
Olympia, ’59 Rekord, ’69 GT, ’72 Ascona 1900, and a ’73 GT.
I also learned that GM bought Opel in 1929. There are 3,000 members of the Opel car club in Germany. GM was considering selling Opel
but realized all the Ecotech motors and design technology came from
Germany. That would have been bad juju to sell off your technology
base! Sale canceled.
I moved on to Mercedes-Benz and my neighbors Roland and Dolores
Boucher and their ’70 280SL in a copper red color. They are also members of the Pagoda Club, which caters to owners of the “113 body” Benz,
the top of which looks like a miniature pagoda.
The Bouchers brought this car two years ago from Colorado and have
been working on it ever since. Roland used to set up TV broadcasting
operations, but he’s now retired, which is why he can come to LAAM
often — and he was at my car show in Weston the week before and came
away a winner.
Richard Yirikian brought his ’65 Porsche 356C. Richard has been to
several shows at LAAM. This car was one of the last “bathtub” Porsches
and it was a “barn find.” He found it at an East Coast “Holiday Gathering” (a five-day vacation for Porsche owners) in New Jersey. The previous owner found the car in a barn where it had been stored. That’s why it
only has 24,000 miles on it.
Richard has been to several Larz Anderson events, bringing his 356C
to German Car Day and, to this year’s Porsche Day, a 356A with a skylight. Richard is a repeat customer and we’re glad to have him.
Richard’s friend, Rick Veneski of Norfolk, Mass., also attended German Car Day and had his picture taken with Richard’s car. Rick has a
Vespa 125 motorcycle that we hope to see next year at European Motorcycle Day.
A ’66 Karmann Ghia convertible brought its owners Bob and Susan
Eaton all the way from Marlborough, Mass. They are the second owners
of this spectacular Ghia. The first owner, a single guy, had it for 13 years.
The passenger door and seat were almost never used, which is why the car
is mostly original.
Bob rebuilt the engine because he could. He was a mechanic at the
Sunny Delight juice-bottling factory in Littleton, Mass., where he maintained the entire factory until it was sold and closed a year ago. (They
used to bring in tanker cars full of juice concentrate for bottling from all
over the world. Never knew.)
Great show. Never ceases to amaze me to see and meet so many interesting people and cars.
Past Lawn Events
Left: Dave Porges and his 1977 VW Super Beetle, originally a California car. Right: Dave Graham’s 1967 “Shorty” Deluxe
Microbus, complete with period split windscreen, two-tone paint scheme, and huge “VW” right up front.
Volkswagen Day/Transporterfest
by Richard A. DeVito, Sr.
VW Day/Transporterfest 2015 brought us over 40 vehicles, from Beetles to Buses and Karmanns to Kombis.
Some transporters had really nice designs, led by a VW van
painted to advertise the Two Roads Brewing Company out
of Stratford, Conn.
Question: Do they brew German beer in that bus?
A ’77 Super Beetle convertible was brought by Dave
Porges. Originally from Santa Rosa, Calif., the car sported a
new paint job (originally VW Barrier Blue, now Chrysler Viper Green Metallic), Haartz top and upgraded stereo. Dave
drove all the way from Natick with the top down.
Kimberly Wood from Hanover brought her ’73 Karmann
Ghia convertible in Phoenix Red. She has owned the car, all
original, since 1986.
David Graham brought his ’67 “Shorty,” originally a
full-size 13-window Deluxe Microbus. A real head-turner!
Robert Ottalia from Peabody brought his 1973 VW
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A bird’s-eye view of the proceedings. Note all the campers parked
on the left, with roofs extended. Right: One of those campers, an
all-original, rust-free example from 1973, with owner Robert Ottolia
alongside.
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VW Day/Transporterfest (Continued from page 5)
Camper Bus. He repainted it a few years ago, but everything
else about this 90,000-mile vehicle is original.
George Bussarte brought a very well-used ’85 VW
Vanagon. This vehicle has 234,135 miles on it. According
to George, “It looks rough, but it runs like a top!” He’s a
member of the Northeast Association of Transporter Owners, otherwise known as NEATO. I never knew such a thing
on Earth existed.
Clockwise, from left: Kimberly Wood and her 1973 Karmann
Ghia convertible, which she’s owned since 1986; a Type 2
“Commercial” (in more ways than one!); George Bussarte
and his 1985 Vanagon, which he uses every day for work.
If you are planning to trailer a vehicle to a Lawn Event next season...
Please be advised there is absolutely NO trailer parking within the grounds of Larz Anderson Park.
There is also no overnight parking available. You MUST park your trailer outside of the park grounds.
Parking spots within the park are limited to Park Visitors and Museum Guests.
Unauthorized trailers will be asked via PA or DJ to move or be towed.
For more information or questions about lawn events, please call the Lawn Event Manager at 617-522-6547 x13
or e-mail lawnevents@larzanderson.org.
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Past Lawn Events
Tutto Lite, Tutto Autunno...
by Richard A. DeVito, Sr.
Jay Woodruff explains the special features of his 1986 Alfa Romeo
Graduate. Left, from top: Sean and David Gould open their 2007
Maserati Quattroporte for inspection; Arthur Gutierrez with his extremely rare 2003 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato; the interior of the Zagato;
Al Dear and his award-winning 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo.
While not quite on the level of Tutto Italiano numbers-wise, Tutto
Lite brought out 40 cars and lots of Italian car lovers. Ferraris, Lambos, Alfas, Fiats, and an Aston Martin — Zagato-bodied — attended
with their owners.
Jay Woodruff from Wayland brought his 1986 Alfa Spider Graduate Series 3. It sports an adjustable roll bar and lowered front end
for autocrossing, and was just featured in the magazine Classic Motorsports. Jay has 112,000 miles on it and has owned it three years.
Arthur Gutierrez from Weston brought his very-low-mileage
2003 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato, one of 99 ever made. Coachmaker
Zagato built the body on Aston’s 6 litre, V12 chassis. Artie has some
of the world’s most fabulous cars.
Al Dear brought a sun-yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. It has an
Underground Racing twin turbo 1200hp engine that can get him from
the front to the back of the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in 1.3649
seconds. It would take 1.2 seconds the start the car!
David and Sean Gould brought their 2007 Maserati Quattroporte
with its Pininfarina-styled body all the way from New Bedford. This
is a daily driver and they put 17,000 miles on in six months. They
must live in it! Maybe one drives, one sleeps!
Speaking of which, a friend of mine sold a 1964 Quattroporte to
a guy in Poland. Labor cost over there for restoration work is about
$3 per hour. Amazing. For a few thousand dollars you could have a
car totally restored and they would have to make most of the parts!
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Past Lawn Events
Clockwise, from above left: Russ Arsenault, 1999 Subaru 2.5 RS; Jared and Charles Frankston, 2003 Subaru WRX Spec R1
Wagon; John Jeffery, 1972 Datsun 240Z; Chris DiRado, 1989 Mitsubishi Delica Starwagon; Jeremy Miller, 1991 Mazda RX-7.
A Japanese garden of delights
by Peter Iannaco
While we’re all familiar with Japanese cars — they’ve
been quite popular over here since the 1960s — there were at
least five examples that came to Japanese Car Day that stood
out as unusual, and maybe in one case even unique.
Consider the 1999 Subaru 2.5 RS coupe that Russ Arsenault
brought from Andover, Mass. It is an all-original RS and a true
survivor, being a one-owner car since new with only 31,000
miles. Everything on this car is mint! Inside and out this car is
flawless, which is especially surprising given the reputation of
these cars for rust. In addition to the RS, Russ owns a collection of seven motorcycles of various years and brands.
Another very interesting Subaru was the 2003 Subaru
WRX Spec R1 Wagon brought from Newton, Mass., by Jared
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Past Lawn Events
Extinct, not forgotten
by David Schwartz
After a summer of attending events with temperatures in the 90s and high humidity, it was a
pleasure to participate in Extinct Car Day on a crisp
fall day. The maple trees by the old school house
across from the Museum entrance were at their peak
fall colors. Despite the clouds, there was a crowd
of spectators and cars surrounding the perimeter of
the lawn when we arrived at 10 a.m. Cars continued
to dribble in until noon and the center of the lawn
slowly filled up.
As usual, Hudsons were out in force and there
were nine cars from the ’30s through the ’50s. My
personal favorite was a 1951 decorated to look like
“Doc Hudson,” the car voiced by Paul Newman in
the Pixar movie Cars. The most numerous single
model at the show was the American Motors AMX.
Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Delahaye and Studebaker take their places on the lawn.
in 1954 to form American Motors, so Doc Hudson
British cars had a good showing. In addition to my Morris
and the AMX are related.
There were a number of Pontiacs on the field, including Mini Traveller, we saw an Austin-Healey Sprite, a TVR Vixen
two very nicely kept Fieros. The Fiero was a mid-engine, plas- 2500, a Jensen Interceptor and a Jaguar XJS (stretching the
tic-bodied sports car produced from 1984 through 1988. Sat- rules with an extinct model of a non-extinct marque).
urn, another plastic-bodied, recently departed GM brand, was Every year it seems Extinct Car Day includes a variety of
also represented on the lawn.
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Japanese Car Day (Continued from page 8)
Frankston and his father Charles. This
is a car that is one of 125 produced, but
in this shade of Sonic Yellow it is one of
only 35. It is a Canadian import that the
Frankstons searched the country for, finally finding one in Canada — only for
the owner to think the whole thing was
a scam. Once they had gotten past that,
the process of importing the car was
wrought with hoops to jump through, one
of which was getting a signed letter from
Subaru of America getting the O.K. to allow the car into the country. This car also
has a factory-optioned set of side decals
that turned out to have had an extremely
small number of people worldwide opting for them, making this WRX possibly
one of 1!
John Jeffery of Bedford, Mass.,
showed his 1972 Datsun 240Z. This Z is
a personally approved Bob Sharp racecar
clone, some of the parts actually coming
from Bob Sharp himself. The wheels,
wings and fenders are from the original
racecar and the decals are authentic new
old stock pieces from his personal collection. John has been vintage racing the
car for the last five years with success. It’s not every day one sees a 1989
Mitsubishi Delica Starwagon, but Chris
DiRado of Carver, Mass., brought one to
Japanese Car Day. He brought it into the
States 14 months ago when the car was
finally able to be imported legally. After
lusting after some of the odd and quirky
cars that Japan didn’t offer outside of its
own country, he chose to buy this turbo
diesel, right-hand-drive 4x4 straight from
Japan, though using a broker in Canada.
Coming from around the world in exceptional condition, the car has been nothing but fun for him and his family. The
unique hound’s-tooth interior and reconfigurable rear seats make this van even
cooler. Last but not least among these headturners was Jeremy Miller’s 1991 Mazda
RX-7 Turbo II from Fitchburg, Mass.,
which Jeremy has spent the last year
assembling to meet his personal tastes.
Only purchasing the car a little over
a year ago, he was able to turn the car
around into his vision of what a modern
classic should look like. The car is an
original 60,000-mile car beneath all of
the work that was done to it. Carefully
choosing special JDM pieces to make
this car unique while only lowering the
car a respectable amount, he has given
this car a great stance. The newly laiddown Pearl White paint and rare gold
Desmond Regamaster wheels finish off
the look. The interior, meanwhile, is in
fantastic condition, being topped off with
a very rare JDM factory Mazdaspeed
three-spoke wheel.
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Past Lawn Events
Extinct Car Day (Continued from page 9)
From top: “Doc Hudson,” a 1951 model, brought smiles from kids
and adults; Plymouth Belvedere showed off its fabulous fins; 1957
Bill Frick Special featured Studebaker chassis, Cadillac engine
and Vignale body; 1956 Packard Caribbean was nothing less than
stunning.
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cars not present in previous years. There was a late ’50s Plymouth Belvedere with what may be the biggest tail fins ever seen
on a regular production car. Mercury was represented by a Cougar; a DeLorean was out celebrating “Back to the Future Day,”
and there was a Studebaker Avanti as well as an Avanti II.
The rare and unusual category included six cars seldom
seen by those outside the antique car hobby. Bill Frick was
a figure in hot rod and racing circles in the 1950s. He built
the Studillac, Fordillac, Thunderlac and three “Bill Frick Specials,” one of which was present at Extinct Car Day. The Special was completed in 1957 and looks a bit like a ’50s Ferrari.
This makes sense, considering the coachwork was designed by
Michelotti and the body was hand-built in Italy by Vignale. The
Special used a Studebaker chassis and a 1955 Cadillac Eldorado
V8 engine.
Mark Nelson arrived in his tiny red Goggomobil Coupe, a
German microcar with a 298cc rear-mounted, two-cycle engine.
The Goggo was not roadworthy for the Microcar Classic in July,
but Mark fixed it just in time for a Lawn Event this season.
There was a beautiful 1939 LaSalle 5027 Opera Coupe.
A Packard Caribbean, restored in its original three-tone paint
scheme of white, powder blue and brown, included seat colors
that matched the body. Its seat cushions could be flipped over
to switch between cloth and vinyl.
David Nergaard, dressed in his customary period motoring attire, displayed his 1922 Stanley Steamer 735M. The car’s
whistle was heard throughout the day, as clouds of steam filled
the sky.
My favorite car at the event was a 1948 Delahaye 135M
owned by Bruce Male. This car has been featured in an LAAM
exhibit and it was a thrill to get close to it on the lawn. The
135M, with its fender skirts, sculpted rear deck and chrome accents, is one of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen. Delahaye automobiles were built in France from the late 1890s
through 1954.
The show ended at 2 p.m. with the awards ceremony. Bruce
Male’s 1948 Delahaye received the People’s Choice award and
David Nergaard’s 1922 Stanley received the Museum Choice
award.
Past Lawn Events
From left: Paul Shackleburg’s 1960 pickup truck; Jamie Cardulo and supercharged Avanti; Dennis Jolicoeur’s 1957 Golden
Hawk 400 — one of only 41 produced.
Studebakers sporty and staid
by Dennis Eklof
On October 25th, the Ocean Bay
Studebaker Drivers’ Club held Studebaker/Packard/Avanti Day at the Museum.
Unfortunately, the day started off rainy
and cool with forecasts of rain off and on
for the entirety of the day. As a result,
there were only 13 cars on the show field
at noon, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t a
good day.
The lone Studebaker truck on the
field belonged to Paul Shackleburg. If
this 1960 example looks a bit strange,
with the pickup body wider than the car,
it is with good reason. The truck was a
parts-bin special designed to give Studebaker a more competitive pickup than a
continuation of their 1940s model despite the scant capital available for a new
design and retooling.
According to Paul, the truck’s frame
is from a 1949 Studebaker pickup with
the venerable 289 cu. in. Studebaker V8.
The body is a four-door Lark body cut in
half with a new rear panel attached, and
the bed is actually from a Dodge pickup.
Paul said that tooling for the bed was
from an obsolete Dodge pickup, and was
purchased by Studebaker for $100,000 as
a quick means to get the new pickup into
production. Thus the bed sticks out about
four inches from the cab side and the top
of the bed is above the cab’s beltline!
Paul says this truck is his daily driver
for most of the year except when the tem-
perature gets into the 90s.
which was then a division of Studebaker.
Another interesting car was a 1963 The blower provides 5psi of boost and a
Avanti owned by Hugh Parkhurst from 49-horsepower jump in power to 289 – 1
Gloucester, Mass., who brought his car horsepower per cubic inch.
75 miles to join the event despite the Jamie is a multi-Avanti collector and
weather. Hugh no longer drives due to has one of the ultra-rare R3 Avantis (only
his failing eyesight, but his daughter was nine were built), with a high-perforkind enough to play chauffeur. A long- mance engine developed by then-Paxton
time Studebaker fan, Hugh has owned President Andy (“Mr. STP”) Granatelli.
the car for 31 years and has participated The R3 produced 335hp from the somein many prior events at LAAM despite what antiquated 289 cu. in. Studebaker
the distance. Hugh was a font of knowl- V8. Also in Jamie’s collection is a 1971
edge on Studebakers, and at one time had Avanti II.
been invited to be a docent at LAAM, but The other “sporty” side of Studebakdeclined due to the distance involved.
er in the 1960s was the Hawk series, and
A second Avanti on the field be- Dennis Jolicoeur of Bridgewater, Mass.,
longed to Jamie Cardulo, and is in stark had his beautiful 1957 Golden Hawk 400
contrast to Hugh’s car in several ways. on the field. Dennis bought this car in
First, Hugh’s car was very much a driver, 1980 and restored it to its present condiwith several modifications from original, tion. The Golden Hawk 400 was a very
and a decided patina, while Jamie’s is a limited production (41 produced) luxury
car that would certainly score in the high version of the Golden Hawk, with the
90s in any competitive judging. Second, main feature being a full leather interior.
Jamie has had the car for less than two When Dennis bought the 400 the body
months, after an extensive search turned was beyond salvaging, so he located anup this beautiful burgundy example in other 1957 Golden Hawk with a salvageNorthborough, Mass. The car previ- able body and combined the bits to make
ously belonged to a Connecticut owner a complete restored car. Dennis said he
who was retiring to Arizona and could has been driving Studebakers continunot face the Arizona weather without air ously since he was a junior in high school
conditioning. The car is an R2 model, — well over 50 years ago.
which designates its supercharged en- Moving beyond the sporty Studebakgine. The supercharger is from Paxton, ers and the oddball pickup, there were a
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Studebaker/Packard Day (Continued from page 9)
Membership Matters!
Paul Shackleburg and his 1947 Land Cruiser sedan.
number of more mundane but nonetheless interesting Studebakers to be seen.
One interesting sedan was the 1947 Studebaker Land
Cruiser, an all-original survivor in regular use. In 1947, when
other car companies were still selling warmed-over prewar
cars, Studebaker introduced an all-new body style and the
slogan “First by Far with a Postwar Car.” The new design
featured a one-piece curved windscreen, “suicide” rear doors,
and in the Land Cruiser version more luxurious interiors. This
example also belongs to Paul Shackleburg.
Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth all came out with completely new designs in 1949 while Studebaker soldiered on with its
1947 design. To counter this, for 1950 and 1951 Studebaker
redesigned the nose to something completely different as the
beautifully restored 1951 coupe pictured below shows.
1951 coupe featuring all-new styling in response to the
“Big Three’s” design changes.
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