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In the RUMBLER
1 RUMBLER
CONTENTS
1 CLUB MEETING
Time & Place
2 LOOKING
TOWARDS
THE FUTURE
Club President "Skovy"
3 BIRTHDAYS
August
3 ACTIVE MEMBERS
4 DAKOTA
BLACKTOP
TOUR 2014
9 BUFFALO CITY
TOURISM
Searle Swedlund
10 RUMBLER
MINISTRY
Scott W. Block
12 2014 JAMESTOWN
DRAG RACES
13 AROUND MILL HILL
MOLCAJETES
14 JAMESTOWN ELKS
15 JAMESTOWN
CLASSIC CAR CLUB
15 CLASSIC CAR
SUMMARY
1965 Ford Galaxie 500
18 CAR SHOW
SPOTTER GUIDE
Dodge Challenger
20 CLASSIC CAR
SUMMARY
1958 Cadillac Eldorado
Brougham
25 ARE VINTAGE MINI
TRUCKS THE NEXT
BIG RETRO TREND?
26 CLASSIC CAR
SUMMARY
1958 Chevrolet Nomad
Station Wagon
28 CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
29 SWAP SHOP
30 CAR CLUB SITES
32 STUTSMAN HARLEY
DAVIDSON
Terry McCreedy
33 JAKE STAR
FESTIVAL
34 WINGS & WHEELS
35 CLUB APPLICATION
36 2014 DON WILHELM
CAR SHOW
Awards Banquet Puzzle $100.00 Best Picture (with all the items worn from the Scavenger Hunt at the
place from the Hints). You must attend the Awards Banquet on December 16th to collect your money.
HINT OF THE MONTH “WHITE CLOUD”
Hints (So Far) Tatiana, Dust Loom, Red Neck, Scenic Overlook, Flowing Water, Hairy Mane
SCAVENGER HUNT “BIG FLOWER”
Scavenger Hunt (So Far) Loud Tie, White Ankle High Socks, Green T-Shirt, Red Pants (Same pair with 1 long leg & 1 Short leg), Sunglasses, Face Paint
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LOOKING TOWARDS
THE FUTURE Story & Photos by Skovy
What a crazy month. Things are
really hopping at our
organization. Last month we
went on maybe one of the coolest
rallies I’ve been on.
The “Dakota Blacktop Tour” was
instilled in all of us that went this
year. Already I’ve been
approached about next year. The
answer to all that want to know is
“YES” we are going to have
another “Dakota Blacktop Tour”
in 2015. Check your calendars
and make time off at work. 2015
we are taking South Dakota by
storm! We hope to meet new
friends and have plenty of fun.
Our plans already include Go
Kart Racing in Aberdeen, Wall
Drug, Murdo and Drag Races in
Pierre. As more plans come up
we will keep you informed.
The Jamestown Drag Racing
organization held their annual
races at the Jamestown airport
again this year. Pictures are
included in this “RUMBLER”.
40 people away from 6,000
people receiving this
“RUMBLER” magazine. What a
great deal!
See you all at the next meeting.
Hamburgers, Brats, Salad are
being served by members Dale
Redinger, Billy Carow and the
gang. It’s free while they last.
The meeting is August 13th at
6:30. Come early. Bring your
cool rides. See you there.
Want to get on the “RUMBLER”
email list?
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MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS
Melissa Gleason 08/08
Sue Jensen 08/10
Donovan Bachmeier 08/17
Jeri Gray 08/18
Bob Baumann 08/22
Ron Schauer 08/23
Charlie Sullivan 08/24
Delno Kleinknecht 08/25
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, Scott & Kim
Anderson, Roger & Meleia
Bachmeier, Donovan & Karla
Balvitsch, Wayne
Baumann, Bob & Brueske, Judy
Behm, Earl & Connie
Bensch, Paul & Janis
Berg, Wayne & Tami
Bergman, Alan
Beyer, James
Block, Scott & Pat
Brandenburger, Max & Williams,
Laura
Busche, Barbara & Steven
Carow, Billy & Candace
Christianson, Glenn & Lucinda
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
Gleason, Robert & Melissa
Gray, JeriLynn & Andy
Greenlund, Ron & Darlene
Gums, Robert & Candace
Guthmiller, Neil & Linda
Heiman, Tyler
Holzkamm, Al & Cindy
Jacobson, Verdell (Jake) & Linda
Jaskoviak, Steven (Skovy)
Jensen, Paul & Sue
Johnson, Brandon & Sonia
Kamlitz, Brian
Keim, Lyman & Darlene
Kleinknecht, Delno & Phyllis
Krein, Larry & Kelly
Lang, John (JR)
Loose, Larry & Bonita
Lulay, Bob & Alma
Mathias, Roger & Bonnie
McCreedy, Terrance
McIlonie, Bernie & Darlene
Meidinger, Jamie
Meyer, Ken & Annie
Miller, Randy & Crystel
Mischka, Kenneth & Judy
Mitzel, LeRoy
Moser, LeRoy & Gloria
Obrigewitsch, Les & Sheryl
Olson, David & Adele
Patzner, Elroy & Elayne
Petrek, Gary
Poppe, Jerry & Ardie
Ravely, Thomas & Rhonda
Redinger, Dale
Schauer, Ronald & Cindy
Schoepp, Mel & Carol
Seckerson, Kelly & Tricia
Seher, Jeff
Specht, Gary & Margaret
Specht, Leslie & Debra
Speckman, Dale & Pamela
Stromberg, Bryan
Sullivan, Charlie
Thoele, Kevin & Kim
Thomas, Troy & Voeltz, Tricia
Tracy, Dean & Martha
Van Fleet, Richard
Vining, Taylor
Wegner, Donald & Marla
Westerhausen, Leon & Mary Jane
Wiest, J.P. & Judy
Wilhelm, Jeff
Wilhelm, Rod & Sandy
Wolf, Cameron
Wolff, Clayton & Beverly
Wonnenberg, Douglas & Robyn
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2014 DAKOTA
BLACKTOP TOUR Story & Photos by Skovy
1 Steve "Skovy" Jaskoviak
2014 Camaro
2 Nick Titman
1971 Monte Carlo
3 Lyman & Darlene Keim
1959 Mercury
4 Richard Van Fleet
1968 Pontiac
5 Paul Jensen
1949 GMC
6 Roger & Meleia
Anderson
1975 Corvette
7 Corey Gilge
1960 Biscayne
8 Larry Gilge
1939 Chevy
9 Paul Bensch
2007 Solstice
10 Dale Elhard
1977 New Yorker
11 Max Brandenburger
1971 Chevy C20
12 Laura Williams
1970 Cadillac Deville
13 Roger & Bonnie Mathias
2009 Ford Mustang
14 Michael Allmer
1967 Cutlass
15 Jerry & Maxine Seibolt
1957 Buick
16 Scott Anderson
1963 Chevrolet Wagon
17 Bruce Anderson
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle
18 Brian Kamlitz
2014 GMC 1500
Everybody getting ready to go!
President Steven “Skovy” Jaskoviak.
2014 Camaro
Nick Titman. Event Coordinator &
Photographer. 1971 Monte Carlo.
Lyman & Darlene Keim
1959 Mercury
Dick Van Fleet & Maurine Fellows
1968 Pontiac Bonneville
Paul Jensen. 1949 GMC
Roger & Meleia Anderson.
1975 Corvette
Jerry & Maxine Seibolt.
1957 Buick
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Dale & Cindy Elhard.
1977 Chrysler New Yorker.
Paul Bensch & nephew Walter.
2007 Pontiac Solstice.
Brian Kamlitz getting ready for the Tour. 2014 GMC 1500
Corey Gilge.
1960 Biscayne
Larry Gilge.
1939 Chevy Master Deluxe
Max Brandenburger & Laura Williams.
1971 Chevrolet C20 & 1970 Cadillac Deville.
Mike Allmer & Kelly Krege. 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
After having lunch in Carrington, Dragging main in Carrington & New Rockford we
gathered at Spirit Lake Casino for bench
racing and relaxation. The weather was perfect!
Who needs a table when we have a perfectly
good trailer? Thanks Brian Kamlitz for
following us up with all the tools we needed.
What a fantastic night. People were streaming
though all our cars all night long. The
security at Spirit Lake was fabulous.
Spirit Lake Casino had a portion of their
parking lot blocked off. It was a great set up.
1st night done. What a great day!
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Up and Atom. 9:00 and we were moving with
the ducks.
Great time for photo ops
More photo ops
Larry … Get in the car we’re moving!
Nice leisurely cruise to Rugby.
In Rugby we visited the Pioneer Museum. Paul Bensch and Skovy were trying to be
teacher’s pet with our math abilities.
Seizing the moment when all our cars were
seen though a valley Brian snapped a picture.
The small dot in the front on top of the hill is the lead car. Skovy’s 14 Camaro.
Lunch in Belcourt
Yes folks, he ate it all. Along with a few other cruisers plates. Where do you put is all Nick?
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This was pretty cool. Next to the restaurant
was a Turtle made entirely out of car rims. Does Skovy have the guts to climb it?
Yes he does. Oh by the way, the challenge was
put out to Mike Allmer to climb. He looked scared. But he climbed it like a cat after the
challenge. Good job Mike. Paul Bensch is
seen here climbing it on all 4’s. But he did make it!
Where does a person start? This was awe inspiring!
Paul Bensch hamming it up in a selfie.
Skovy trying to figure out how to do a selfie. These new phones have too many buttons!
We convinced the security staff at Sky Dancer
Casino to let us drag race their Golf Carts.
They let us race them all night. Skovy
instigated the drag races but lost most handily
to Max Brandenburger. Rematch next year Max. I’m coming for you!
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Skovy is finding more uses for his Lobster
shells
This is the look we got when we told Larry
Gilge he was elected to pay the dinner bill. Come on Larry … Smile!
End of night 2. Sky Dancer Casino went above and beyond to satisfy all our needs. You
guys will see the tour again soon!
Driving along Highway 5. Tall grass on both sides of the road. Neat. Looked like we were
driving down a tunnel.
Corey Gilge cruising on Highway 1 to
Cooperstown, ND.
The Gilge's were having fun. Father & Son trip. Super!
Max Brandenburger walking out in live traffic
for a KODAK moment with North Dakota’s
military TP missile silo.
The staff at the Historic Site was waiting for
us and gave us an outstanding tour of the facility.
After lunch and a car show in Cooperstown set up by Scott & Bruce Anderson we went to
the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site
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Brian was checking all the fire extinguishers
at the Missile Silo. It was hilarious!
Thank you all for making the 1st Dakota
Blacktop Tour a success. Can’t wait until
2015. We are going to Pierre South Dakota in 2015. Wait for all the details!
Story & Photos by Searle Swedlund
I didn’t grow up with classic cars.
My father did…and his
fascination landed a few antiques
to our home. There are several
cars that have become my
reminiscent version of memories
gone by. The most significant of
them is a 1954 Dodge M37.
It was the mid 1980’s, and while
hunting at my grandfather’s
hometown of Tuttle, ND, my dad
noticed an old Army truck sitting
in the city lot. He became
obsessed by acquiring it and
spent the next couple of years
working to acquiring it.
It took time and convincing, but
for $400, he purchased a 1954
Dodge M37. The City of Tuttle
purchased it for snow removal,
and it had fallen into disrepair.
Somehow my father and
grandfather gathered up two 12
volt batteries, a can of ether, and
got it started.
Although the odometer read
speeds up to 60 mph, we quickly
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learned that top speed was around
35 mph. So my father jumped
into his new ride and we cruised
from Tuttle to Velva, 98.7 miles
at 35 mph. With the canvas top
flopping in the wind, we bounced
down the road.
My father loved the looks and the
conversations that driving this
old Dodge brought him. We
would pile into it during the
worst weather conditions and
plow through the drifts of snow
from our rural home, huddled
together. It was the car I learned
to drive, learning that careful mix
of clutch and gas as my father
sitting next to me would move
the stick from second to third
gear.
These are the stories that keep the
beauty and nostalgia of cars and
trucks relevant. Their beauty is
enhanced by the memories they
recreate. My story isn’t unique,
but it’s important to the future of
these machines. It isn’t only their
simply beauty, but the way they
paint the landscape of our past
and influence lives, families and
community. I hope your story is
rich and beautiful; and I hope that
you share it often with those
around you in order that the
memory of these classic cars can
live on.
For more details on these and
other upcoming events, see the
calendar in this newsletter or
visit our new website at
www.tourjamestown.com!
RUMBLER MINISTRY Story & Photos by Scott W. Block
It’s that time again; a new
Rumbler is on its way to your
mailbox! And here is my car-
razy ministry article! How’s that
for an opening….
On the television news lately
there has been lots of reporting
about the safety of small planes.
Numerous crashes, numerous
injuries, numerous fatalities, so
much so the FAA has revised its
policies and has added new safety
goals for small planes. I can’t
remember the exact statistics, but
they were startling to me,
especially with how many times
we have been told that flying is
safer than driving. Which leads
me to…….this?
Car accidents are so common
these days. They are so common
in our society that we just write
them off as a fact of life. Yet car
accidents can, and do have, a
lasting impact in our lives and the
lives of our friends and family. I
would venture a guess that if the
news reported all of the traffic
accidents that occurred, there
were be no time left in the
broadcast for reporting on
anything else.
Unfortunately, accidents do
happen. And many times it was
someone’s carelessness that led
to the crash. Many times
accidents could have been
avoided if the driver was paying
attention. We know a lot about
accidents after careful study by
the Highway Patrol, the Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards,
OSHA, and Consumer Products
Safety Commission. Here are
some startling statistics and they
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too can be as shocking as the
latest headlines regarding flight
safety.
Here are some facts are some you
may not know about car
accidents:
Until 1973, some transmissions
used whale oil.* While this
doesn’t have much to do with car
accidents, I thought it was a
pretty cool thing. But I am glad
the car industry stopped doing
that for it helped save the whales
from extinction.
Each day there are an estimated
135,000,000 cars on the road.* It
would be my guess that statistic
greatly multiplies the chances of
being in some type of car
accident.
40 percent of all fatal accidents
involve alcohol.* That is one
scary stat right there.
An average motorist will curse an
estimated 32,000 times in their
life while operating a motor
vehicle. What? Seriously?
Okay…now some ministry stuff.
I for one, of course, will never
admit to cursing in the car!
Hahaha…do you believe me?
Jesus tells us this: “The good
person out of the good treasure of
his heart produces good, and the
evil person out of his evil
treasure produces evil; for out of
the abundance of the heart his
mouth speaks.” (Emphasis mine,
Luke 6:45). What kind of person
do you WANT to be? Let the
person you want to be beginning
with your mouth. The Apostle
Paul (from the Bible) tells us that
our “mouths are full of curses
and bitterness.” (Romans 3:14).
What kind of person do you want
to be? Once again Paul said: “Let
no corrupting talk come out of
your mouths, but only such as is
good for building up [one
another], that it may give grace to
those who hear. Let all bitterness,
wrath, anger, clamor, malice, and
slander be put away from you. Be
kind to one another, forgiving, as
Jesus forgave you.” (Ephesians
4:29+). Well let’s be this kind of
person on the road, and honestly,
let’s be this kind of person all of
the time.
The majority of car accidents
occur within 3 miles of the
driver’s home.* That is an easy
fix. Simply take longer cruises in
our classics and rods!
Vehicle rollovers are the most
deadly type of car accidents.*
This particular one is quite
prevalent around the North
Dakota area. I see this firsthand
since I am a Law Enforcement
Chaplain and I receive the
emergency calls. Mostly the
driver or passengers are not
buckled up, are thrown out of the
vehicle, and so lose their life.
Another easy fix….buckle your
seat belt!
Men actually cause twice as
many accidents as women.* All
right men, no more blaming!
Using a cell phone increases your
chances of an accident by
400%!*
An average text takes 4-6
seconds to write and send. In that
time, you have driven the length
of a football field blind!
Car accidents occur an
astonishing every 14 seconds,
and every 12 minutes there is a
fatality.
So, everyone, take it easy out
there. Stop cursing, stop texting,
stop drinking and driving. Don’t
these things seem easy to do?
Thanks for letting me “preach”! I
think of it as preaching and not
lecturing. It is my sincerest hope
and desire that you stay safe. In
my profession I have seen many
needless accidents. I have seen
wasted lives. I have seen families
destroyed. I have been to too
many funerals. I have seen
fabulous street rods totaled.
Please people, if you love God,
yourself, and your neighbor, take
care. Be kind to one another.
Lastly, may God watch over you?
May God guard your tongue, lips,
and mouth? May God use you for
building others up instead of
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tearing them down? Let God
capture your heart and speak to
your mind and soul. God loves
you and wants to be in your life.
May God bless you so much your
life overflows with goodness,
peace, joy, mercy, and above all,
love. So then, keep on cruisin’
and stay safe out there.
*These statistics were taken from
an attorney website.
www.consoleandhollawell.com/la
w-blog/15-astonishing-facts-you-
didnt-know-about-car-accidents/
2014 JAMESTOWN DRAG
RACES Story & Photos by Brian Kamlitz
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AROUND MILL HILL Story & Photos by JVSM Evaluation Team
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.
Last month, Ron & Cindy
Schauer, Larry, Cindy & Corey
Gilge, Vice President Tom
Rhonda Ravely, Andy & Jeri
Gray, Nick Titman and Skovy
went to Molcajetes Mexican
Restaurant in Jamestown and
evaluated the service and food we
received.
Mind you, 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 getting.
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. 50
points per line and there are 20
fields that are evaluated. Again,
these evaluations are not for the
intention for getting anybody
fired or to slam a business. It is a
fact finding mission.
MOLCAJETES
2 STARS OUT OF 4!
Appetizers were the Sampler.
Main Course was Enchilada
Supreme & Fajitas House
Special. The desert was Mexican
Flan.
MEET & GREET: 1. Convey the feeling that
you were a valued
customer:
36 points 72.00%
2. Seat you and deliver
menus in a courteous
manner:
40 points 80.00%
3. Was the staff properly
attired?
42 points 84.00%
SERVER: 1. Suggest a beverage or
specialty drink:
29 points 58.00%
2. Appear to be
knowledgeable about the
menu items:
34 Points 68.00%
3. Remain attentive
throughout the dining
experience:
34 Points 68.00%
4. Mention/Offer
Appetizer? Options:
20 points 40.00%
APPETIZER: 1. Serve the soup or salad
within a reasonable time:
39 Points 78.00%
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2. Was the order correct,
complete and properly
prepared?
5 points 100.00%
ENTRÉE: 1. Were appropriate
condiments served?
42 Points 84.00%
2. Check back to ensure
that your meal was
satisfactory:
37 Points 74.00%
3. Offer refills on
beverage/drinks:
27 Points 54.00%
4. Was the order correct,
complete and properly
prepared?
49 Points 98.00%
DESSERT: 1. Mention/Offer Dessert?
Options:
23 Points 46.00%
2. Was the order correct,
complete and properly
prepared?
45 Points 90.00%
GENERAL: 1. Did they appear to be
busy and efficient in their
work?
39 Points 78.00%
2. Were the tables properly
bussed?
29 Points 58.00%
3. Did the bartenders appear
neat and professional in
their appearance?
32 Points 64.00%
4. Did the overall dining
experience meet or
exceed your
expectations:
39 Points 78.00%
5. Were there enough
employees to take care of
guests?
19 Points 38.00%
TOTAL POINTS:
705 points 70.50%
EVALUATION:
New to the Jamestown area is the
Mexican Restaurant Molcajetes.
The restaurant has a neat
Mexican feel and the food was
great.
Many of the evaluators have
eaten there before so they told us
what dishes were special. They
were right. As I wrote before the
food was great.
Some area’s needing attention is
the waiter didn’t speak English
very well. It took some effort to
explain what we wanted. Even
our drink order took some time.
Although it’s cool hearing all the
Spanish being spoken around
you, all this evaluator can do is
look for the bathroom and order
water in Spanish. Not cool in my
eyes.
Molcajetes Mexican Restaurant,
you receive 2 Stars. Great job.
JAMESTOWN ELKS #995
CLUB NEWS Story & Photos by Craig Gaier (Exalted
Ruler)
Another summer month gone by
and there's so much going on
everywhere, making it hard for
people to choose where they want
to go and what they want to do.
The local Elks Lodge is open
Monday through Friday from late
afternoon until the crowd moves
out in the evening, so stop on by
to say hi to friends and have a
cold one, whether it be a beer or a
coke.
The July 17th hog roast and street
dance was a huge success, with
the largest crowd served to date,
as around 400 people showed up
for the event, SO on September
12th we'll have another outdoor
event at the Elks, complete with
meal, School of Rock! music and
the feature The Joe Friday Band,
"Oh, What A Night" it will be, so
don’t miss this. Tickets available
at the Elks and from select
members.
The annual "Elks Picnic" was
held Aug. 6th at the Lodge with a
nice turnout f close to 100
attendees. Other news from July
was the National Elks
Convention in New Orleans;
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attended by the Lodge Exalted
Ruler and the State Elks
Convention in Fargo; attended by
most of the Lodge Officers.
Camp Grassick (ND Elks main
charitable cause for children) has
been in full swing again this
summer and don't forget if you
do stop by Lake Isabel for a
summer outing or event or are
just out for a relaxing drive you
are always welcome to stop by
the Camp for a visit.
Keeping it sweet and short this
month, so if you are not an Elk
member or are a past member--
join or rejoin, as you're missing
out.
JAMESTOWN CLASSIC
CAR CLUB NEWS Story & Photos by Craig Gaier
(President)
Our last meeting was held July
22nd, with a rod run to Valley
City and dinner at Sabers',
which everyone had a good
time at. This month's meeting
will be held on August 26th,
watch the Jamestown Sun for
details where and when or call
Judy Dauer at 701-952-5555
or Jack Meikle at 701-252-
4246 (we'll be rodding
somehwere)!
CLASSIC CAR SUMMARY
1965 FORD GALAXIE 500 Story & Photos by Brian Earnest (Old Cars
Weekly)
Ken Anderson answers to a lot of
different names: Barney, Barn,
Lt. Fife., Deputy Fife … he’s got
a long list of handles. Mr.
Mayberry works. But Anderson
prefers “Mayberry Guru”,
especially when he’s talking
about his favorite subject, The
Andy Griffith Show, and cruising
around channeling Don Knotts in
his sweet 1965 Galaxie 500
Mayberry patrol car.
Anderson, a resident of Eau
Claire, Wis., has long been a
devoted fan of the show and all it
stood for, but that connection
reached a whole new level in
2010 when Anderson added to
his Mayberry memorabilia
collection with the ultimate prize
— a replica Mayberry sheriff’s
car. The ’65 Ford isn’t quite an
exact replica of the cars used in
the show’s sixth season — when
the series finally went color —
but it’s close. Anderson’s car is a
Galaxie 500, while the car used
on the show in 1965 was a base-
level Custom sedan. But the car
looks great, is wonderfully
authentic, and more than fills the
bill at the many appearances
Anderson makes each in year, in
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full police uniform, spreading the
Mayberry gospel.
“If it was the real thing, it would
have the Police Interceptor
engine [390 cid, 330 hp], but it’s
only got a [352] in it,” Anderson
says. “I talked to some officers
from here in Eau Claire who said
it basically looks just like
Galaxies that they had.
“I’ve always been a fan of The
Andy Griffith Show. I had to
retire early from teaching due to
some health issues, and it has sort
of become my hobby. I put
together a Barney Fife outfit and
thought, ‘Boy it would be great to
put together a squad car.’ A
number of my Mayberry Internet
friends have squad cars,
especially on the East Coast in
North Carolina, and it was
always in the back of my mind
that I kind of wanted one. I also
have a ’66 Impala convertible
that I’ve owned for 30 years, so I
enjoy classic cars.”
Anderson eventually found the
car in neighboring Illinois and
bought it after seeing it on a
YouTube video. “I trusted the
guy and he drove about halfway
to meet me and I picked it up,
and I’ve never been sorry. But I
had no idea it would turn into
something this popular around
here. It’s been quite a surprise.”
According to Anderson, the
Galaxie 500 had originally been
all white and was converted to a
Mayberry TV car clone by a man
in Tennessee. The Ford has the
proper black-and-white paint job,
police decals, siren, vintage
Motorola police radio, and single
flashing red light on the roof.
“Mt. Pilot Ford, Mt. Pilot, N.C.”
is stenciled on the edge of the
trunk lid for some added
authenticity. He even has an
authentic “JL 327” North
Carolina license plates. “They
changed the law here and now I
can put those plates on the car for
shows and events as long as I
have regular plates with me,”
Anderson points out.
A bunch of squad cars were used
on the Andy Griffith Show and
its spin-offs, and most were Ford
Galaxie four-door sedans. “I
wanted a ’61 or a ’63, but there
were just none available,”
Anderson said. “This one was
done up nice, and it was pretty
much an exact replica of the ’65
from the sixth season. It just
turned 70,000 original miles. I’m
trying to keep it looking exactly
like it did on the show. A lot of
people say I should go with the
chrome hubcaps, but I always say
no, this is the way they looked.
About the only thing I’ve done is
have the black repainted, and I’ve
had a lot of the chrome redone.
Oh, and I put in a new headliner.
The seats are all original. It’s
pretty much like it came off the
assembly line.”
The Galaxie 500 was the middle
trim level for 1965 full-sized
Fords, above the Custom line and
below the Fairlane. The Galaxies
had the Ford crest in the center of
the trunk lid, chrome window
frames, the Ford crest on the roof
“C” pillar, “Galaxie 500″ in
block letters at the front of the
front fenders, chrome rocker
panel trim, hexagonal taillights
with chrome “‘cross-hairs” trim
and back-up lights. Two-tone
vinyl trim was used on the
insides of the doors and on the
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seats. The base 240-cid six-
cylinder offered a modest 150 hp,
but the majority of buyers went
with one of the V-8 choices.
Galaxie 500s were offered as
two- and four-door hardtops,
two-door hardtops and
convertibles. Prices ranged from
$2,730 to $2,996 for the six-
cylinder versions. The four-door
sedans like Anderson’s were the
most plentiful and they were
among the country’s most
popular vehicles with more than
181,000 assemblies for the model
year. In addition, the engine
choices the Galaxies could be
equipped in a myriad of ways.
Popular options included Cruise-
O-Matic automatic transmission;
four-speed manual; power
steering, brakes and windows;
tinted windshield; air
conditioning; vinyl roof; and
whitewall tires.
One of the first things Anderson
did when he got the car was get
in touch with local law
enforcement to make sure they
knew he wasn’t going to be
chasing any real criminals. “I met
with the Sheriff’s Department
and the city police to explain to
them what I was buying and how
I was going to use it. The only
thing they advised me was not to
drive it too much at night,” he
says. “People who get a good
look at it at night don’t might
think it’s a real police car and
that could pose a danger to me. I
get lots of positive feedback from
the police. They say I’m their
back-up. Most of them are really
good sports about it. They really
enjoy seeing the car.”
The dressed-up Ford has allowed
Anderson to tie together three of
his favorite subjects: cars, The
Andy Griffith Show and raising
funds for the library in his tiny
hometown of Dorchester, Wis.
He says any money he collects
from his appearances go to help
fund the library, and his many
appearances give him a chance to
deliver a message about what
modern society can learn from a
simple TV series that aired five
decades ago.
“I have a Power Point
[presentation] and it’s kind of a
nostalgic thing where we take
people back to a little town …
and really stress the values that
the TV program presented. I tell
people I’m a motivational
speaker, and I try to motivate
people to slow down and
remember the simple things that
are important in life.” He has
written a book about the show,
“Mayberry Reflections, The
Early Years” and has a website of
the same name
(www.mayberryreflections.com).
Many of Anderson’s appearances
involve taking kids for rides and
letting them crawl around in the
car and test the siren and light. “I
guess I’m not as careful as I
would be if it was totally
restored,” he admits. “I want it to
look like a police car. It’s my fun
thing and I want to be able to use
it.”
Anderson says he lets his wife,
Linda, drive when the car is in
parades so he can walk behind in
the street “and arrest people.” He
says his next project will be
equipping the Ford with a PA
system that will whistle the Andy
Griffith theme song when the car
rolls down the street. “But I make
it very clear when I make
appearances that I’m not
[imitating] Don Knotts!” he
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insists. “I wear a uniform to
remember him and honor him,
but I don’t try to imitate him.
There’s no way I could do that…
But people call me Barney all the
time. ‘Hey Barney, where’s your
bullet?’”
When he’s not busy with other
Mayberry engagements,
Anderson takes the car to car
shows, and usually comes home
with some hardware in the
backseat, even if he insists he
isn’t seeking any. “I win so many
trophies with it and feel guilty
because there are so many cars
that are perfect and have had
frame-off restorations and
everything,” he says. “And my
car gets the trophies because of
what it is. I feel guilty, but I’m
much honored that I get the
trophies.”
Eventually, he hopes the car
winds up in a museum or
collection of another enthusiast
who would enjoy the feel-good
Ford as much as Anderson has so
far. He’s had plenty of people
inquire about buying the car, but
he’s having far too much fun to
consider parting with it.
“I don’t want to just sell it to
anybody who’s not going to
appreciate it for what it is,” he
says. “It is a special car and it’s
very unique.”
CAR SHOW SPOTTER’S
GUIDE
DODGE CHALLENGER Story & Photos by Elana Scherr (Hot Rod
Magazine)
Much has been made of the 2015
Challenger’s “1971-inspired”
details, but if you aren’t a Dodge
person, the subtlety of those
changes might have snuck past
you. The original E-body
Challenger was only made for
four years, with the most popular
collector cars coming from the
1970 and ’71 production. We
figured we’d put together a quick
walk around the original
Challenger to give you a few
ways of spotting them at car
shows, or recognizing their
influences in the new Dodge.
The 2015 Challenger features styling cues
from the 1971 model.
Note that this is not a complete
breakdown of each option and
does not include special editions
and performance add-ons like
T/A or SE packages. This is just
a really basic list of ways to tell
the main years apart if you spy
one in a driveway or at a cruise
night.
Let’s look at the Dodge
Challenger E-Body:
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Front End: The 1970 Challenger
features an inset “egg-crate”
grille:
In 1971 the grille switched to the handsome
twin rectangle design
1972 and later Challengers sport a curved
chrome trim often referred to as a “frowny face”. Don’t be sad, Challenger, you’re still a
valuable E-body!
Side Marker Lights:
Both ’70 and ’71 Challengers have inset
flush-mounted side markers.
Later Challengers have protruding
rectangular lights.
From Behind:
In 1970, the Challenger’s rear
lights form a full panel across the
back of the car, with a clear back-
up light in the center. So space-
age!
’71 saw Challenger’s back-up lights moved to
the center of the running/brake lights and a two-part argent-painted panel took over the
center spot.
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Challenger closed out its E-body with a four-
light rear design featuring softly rounded rectangular lights and a single panel between,
painted argent silver or black depending on
the model, although owners rarely restore the
cars that way.
There are several smaller details which changed from ’70-’74 such as hoods, bumper
guards and badging, but unless you’re
dealing with a perfectly restored car, some of those things may have been swapped with
earlier or later vehicles over the car’s life and
might not be an accurate way to determine the year.
CLASSIC CAR SUMMARY
1958 CADILLAC
ELDORADO BROUGHAM Story & Photos by Angelo Van Bogart (Old Cars Weekly)
While Rick Payton was away at
college, he suffered the ultimate
indignity in 1990 at the hands of
his parents: his collector car was
sold out from under him.
“My first Cadillac was a 1964
Coupe Deville that I dragged out
of a barn,” he said. “I moved that
car all over the state of Indiana
and went off to college. While I
was away at college my parents
sold it; it was very frustrating.”
He never even had a chance to
drive that Cadillac, but he
literally avenged the loss tenfold
and has since seen more than a
dozen Cadillac’s come and go
through his collection.
“I got my next one when I was
out of college and was working
— it was a 1966 Coupe Deville.
My friend and I had a thing over
a ’55 Coupe Deville at auction
and he got it, so the next real, real
big Cadillac I bought was a 1960
Coupe Deville in Persian Sand.
From there, there have been so
many.”
One of the most special
Cadillac’s currently in Payton’s
collection is the 1958 Eldorado
Brougham that he displayed at
the 2014 Iola Old Car Show’s
“Four for All in ’14” theme area.
Not only is the Eldorado
Brougham special to Payton, it’s
special in the world of cars, of
Cadillac’s and among fellow
surviving Eldorado Broughams.
A ‘dreamy’ Cadillac
Cadillac was maintaining its
position as “Standard of the
World” through the 1950s
through quality cars with
innovative engineering and top-
shelf promotion. The General
Motors Motorama was key in that
promotion, and it was there that
Cadillac lifted the curtain to show
off its futuristic ideas on concept
cars. For the Eldorado
Brougham, the 1953 Cadillac
Orleans was perhaps the
harbinger of the forthcoming halo
four-door. The Orleans looked
like a production Cadillac, but
was a four-door hardtop, a body
style GM was first to offer. Four-
door hardtops first graced the
Cadillac line in 1956, one year
after it was available on Buick
and Oldsmobile models.
Just before GM was ready to
debut four-door hardtops,
Cadillac dreamed up the four-
door 1954 Park Avenue concept
car for the auto show circuit. The
Park Avenue followed the
Orleans by a year, but had fixed
frames around the side windows.
However, it had the upcoming
Eldorado Brougham’s concave
body line trimmed with a side
scoop and stainless-steel roof,
and it also had a hood lower than
the front fenders.
Cadillac may not have been first
with a four-door hardtop, but
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from behind the scenes, GM
styling chief Harley Earl and his
staff were working on a very
special Cadillac four-door
hardtop as early as May 1954.
Unlike the first Buick,
Oldsmobile and even Cadillac
four-door hardtops, this special
Cadillac sport sedan would not
share its styling with its siblings.
The public received its first view
of the special Cadillac Eldorado
Brougham four-door hardtop in
concept form at the New York
Auto Show in January 1955. This
car had quad headlamps, center-
opening doors, a thin wrap-
around windshield frame, seats
designed for just four passengers
and front wheel openings that
flared back from the wheels. The
stainless roof returned for this
show car, which was 20 inches
shorter than the 1954 Park
Avenue dream car, and 17 inches
shorter than the 1955 Cadillac
Fleetwood Sixty Special in
production that year. Unlike most
GM concept cars that preceded it,
the 1955 Eldorado Brougham
concept car was crafted in steel
— perhaps a hint this car was
dedicated to production and
heading to a Cadillac showroom
soon.
Indeed, in a letter dated Aug. 25,
1955, Cadillac General Sales
Manager J.M. Roche wrote to
Cadillac owners and explained
that the Eldorado Brougham was
going from dream to reality. GM
had learned that Ford Motor Co.
was building a new luxury car
that would carry on the prestige
of the original Lincoln
Continental. A new Ford Motor
Company division had even been
dedicated to building this new
luxury automobile, dubbed the
Continental Mark II. Aimed at
the top stratosphere of car buyers,
the second-generation
Continental Mark II would be
available only as a coupe, and
priced in the $10,000 range —
about twice the price of a new
Lincoln Premiere hardtop coupe.
In his personalized letter, Roche
urged prospective luxury car
buyers to wait for two upcoming
special Cadillac models, the new-
for-1956 Eldorado Seville, and
the forthcoming Eldorado
Brougham. One of those letters to
a potential buyer in Stockton,
Miss., follows:
“Knowing of your interest in fine
cars through Mr. John
Thompson, your Cadillac dealer
in Stockton, I am writing at his
suggestion to tell you of a special
project under way at Cadillac.
“Two new Cadillac creations are
shortly to be introduced… both
represent a dramatic departure
from current automobile styling
and design. Not even in
Cadillac’s illustrious past is there
anything against which they can
be measured.”
The letter then addressed the
Eldorado Seville, essentially a
hardtop version of the Eldorado
convertible, before following
with news of the Eldorado
Brougham, to be offered to even
more discriminating car buyers.
“The second of these two models
is the Cadillac ‘car of the future’
the Eldorado Brougham. In the
1955 General Motors Motorama
it presented a concept of
automotive design and
engineering assumed to be almost
a decade away from actual
production.
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“Now the decision has been made
to place this car into actual
production and, as you can see
from the enclosed picture, it is
truly revolutionary in styling.
Only 54” in height and 210” in
length, this four-door sedan with
completely pillar less door design
combines — graceful roof styling
— low sweeping lines to create a
motor car of rare majesty and
beauty.
“An equally exciting interior is
provided by unusual
appointments and unusually
luxurious fabrics. New
engineering developments,
including a special high-horse
powered Cadillac engine, bring a
performance which marks
another significant Cadillac
achievement.
“This exclusive Cadillac creation
will be available sometime in
1956 at an estimated cost of
$8,500.
“Both the Eldorado Seville and
the Eldorado Brougham, because
of their custom built nature, will
be in very limited production…
and both will unquestionably be
in great demand among fine car
owners.
“A representative of the
Thompson Motor Company will
contact you in the near future to
discuss these remarkable new
Cadillac models.
“You will find, I feel certain, that
the creation of the Eldorado
Seville and the Eldorado
Brougham marks another step
forward in Cadillac’s unending
effort to provide America’s
discriminating motorists with the
finest in automotive
transportation.”
The only optimism in this letter
to prospective Eldorado
Brougham customers was the
time line and price of the
Brougham. It would take until the
1957 model year for the car to
reach showrooms, and by then,
the price had climbed to a
staggering $13,074 — a sticker
price that crushed the Continental
Mark II’s price, which was just a
couple crisp “Andrew Jacksons”
less than a similarly shocking
$10,000.
The dream becomes reality
Definite traces remained from the
1955 Eldorado Brougham
concept car from which the 1957
model was developed for buyers.
Air vents atop the front fenders
remained, as did the stainless
steel roof, quad headlamps,
center-opening doors without a
pillar, Dagmar bumpers, opulent
four-person interior and long and
low profile in a relatively
compact and European package.
However, the front and rear
bumpers of the 1957 Eldorado
Brougham, along with the fins,
were restyled by the time the
Eldorado Brougham came to
market. Outwardly, the car that
became available to Cadillac’s
“Elite 400” customers more
closely resembled the 1956
Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
Town Car, an open-front concept
car that bridged the production
gap while Cadillac finalized the
Eldorado Brougham.
At its Empire State Building-size
price, the Eldorado Brougham
came without options; any
technology available in an
automobile was already included.
Buyers only chose the color and
interior features. Included in the
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price was air conditioning and
heater, power steering and power
brakes, E-Z-Eye glass, five
unique Alcoa forged aluminum
and steel wheels shod with low-
profile and high-speed
whitewalls, a memory power
front seat, fog lamps, radio with a
power antenna, power door locks,
power trunk lid opener and
closer, automatic engine starting,
Autronic-Eye, translucent sun
visors, remote-control outside
rear view mirror and a carpeted
trunk compartment. Also
included was the standard
Eldorado engine with multi-
carburetion, Hydra-Matic
automatic transmission and air
suspension that used a
compressor to re-inflate the
system upon opening a door. Full
gauges with red Cadillac-shaped
warning lamps lenses behind
each gauge kept drivers abreast
of the engine’s status in a unique
speedometer cluster.
Of all its features, one of the
Eldorado Brougham’s most
memorable is its “vanity”
accessories. To help it compete at
the level of Rolls-Royce, which
was priced only about $1,000
more than a late-1950s Eldorado
Brougham, Cadillac included a
Macy’s shelf full of luxury items:
magnetic metallic tumblers for
him that fit on a shelf created by
lowering the glove compartment
door; a Cadillac V-encrusted
Evans vanity case for her that
matched to the car’s interior
filled with freshening items; a
plastic cigarette case; a tissue
dispenser; note pad and Cross
pencil; a beveled mirror; and
Arpège perfume atomizer.
According to research by Yann
Saunders, these items were
delivered in the trunk
compartment and dealers were
expected to place them in the
glove compartment and rear arm
rest of cars before delivery.
These items were also available
through a Cadillac parts
department.
In features, in styling, in
innovation and in price, the
Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was
clearly the ultimate motoring
sedan.
Just enough to satisfy Cadillac’s
“elite 400” were built in 1957,
and another 304 nearly identical
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examples were assembled for
1958, bringing the Eldorado
Brougham assembly figure to
704 cars for the first two years.
The Eldorado Brougham returned
for 1959, but it was a completely
different creation, albeit in the
same spirit.
A unique survivor
Payton’s Eldorado Brougham is
one of the rarer 1958 models and
carries that model year’s triple-
carbureted Eldorado 365-cid V-8
good for 335 hp (1957 models
had a dual-quad-carbureted 365
good for 325 hp.) The original
owner, asphalt company owner
H.J. Hensley of Kansas City,
Mo., selected Kenya Beige paint,
dark brown mouton carpet and an
interior with beige leather and
Bayou Beige fabric. Cadillac &
LaSalle Club member Charles
Barnett purchased the car in
1984, and from his collection, it
went to Payton, a fellow CLC
member who wasn’t looking for a
Brougham in 2011.
“The Eldorado Brougham came
to me,” Payton said. “I was
president of the Central Texas
Region of the CLC and a
gentleman called and said he had
inherited a bunch of Cadillac’s
from his brother and this was
one. He listed off a bunch of
1970s Cadillac’s, and then he
said, ‘I have an Eldorado
Brougham.’ ‘With the stainless-
steel roof?’ I asked. ‘What color
is it?’ He said it was a metallic
beige and I said, ‘Your brother is
Charles Barnett.’ I said, ‘Oh my,
I know this car, I know your
bother. I can’t give you a price on
this car, but your dad and brother
were friends with John Foust of
Honest John’s Caddy Corner and
I think we should have John
come over and do an appraisal. If
I can afford it, I would like to buy
it.’”
The money was right, but there
was a hook — Payton had to buy
two additional Cadillac’s to seal
the deal. He immediately sold
one of the cars and began
working to make the Eldorado
Brougham as authentic as
possible. Fortunately, Barnett had
begun some of the work.
When Barnett had bought the car
in 1984, it didn’t include the
vanities or the unique Alcoa
aluminum and steel wheels.
Loaded with foresight, Barnett
went to the previous owner and
paid an exorbitant $2,000 to
repurchase and reinstall these
items, which today are worth tens
of thousands of dollars. Payton
also had the correct material
made to reupholster the front seat
(the rear seat is original) and new
material made to carpet the trunk
compartment. He also repaired
the original air suspension and
sourced new mouton carpet from
New Zealand — all of which cost
thousands upon thousands of
dollars, but all worthy for such a
beautiful survivor. It all adds to
the story of a car that has been
special to a select few for more
than 50 years, shown in a paper
trail that begins with one
illustrious individual.
1005 17th
Street SW Jamestown
701-252-5410
Among all the documentation
that remains with Payton’s
Eldorado Brougham is a copy of
its pre-delivery inspection report.
The form includes a checklist of
the car’s fit, finish and road test
signed by none other than Harley
J. Earl. On Feb. 27, 1958, Earl
personally inspected the Eldorado
Brougham, checking each box
and placing his initials at the
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bottom of the report. Eldorado
Brougham with Body No. 590
passed with flying colors, of
course.
Despite its value, Payton takes
the Eldorado Brougham on his
own test drives. The car starts
and runs beautifully, and upon
airing up the suspension, it glides
down the road.
“I drive the car a lot. I take it to
brunch on occasion and take it to
run errands, and I think that
freaks people out.”
Perhaps Payton is just making up
for time lost behind the wheel of
his first Cadillac.
ARE VINTAGE MINI
TRUCKS THE NEXT BIG
RETRO TREND? Story & Photos by David Freiburger (Hot
Rod Magazine)
Are vintage mini trucks the next
big retro trend? We think maybe.
But before we continue, allow us
to gratuitously and generously
congratulate ourselves for a
pretty solid track record in
predictions of this kind. HOT
ROD saw the straight-
axle/altered-wheelbase thing
coming long before it hit big,
forecasted today’s ‘70s street-
machine blip, and was quick to
cover the current van craze. We
bring this up primarily because
the audience has guffawed and
rebelled each time we’ve
provided distant early warning on
these comebacks—even accusing
us of trying to ramrod our own
agenda—and you’re probably
doing the same now. Mini trucks.
Yes.
Spotting the little trucks as a
trend on the eve of our company
ceasing publication of Mini
Truckin’ magazine isn’t as ironic
as it would seem. That title
wasn’t sustaining as a result of
the core the hobby lying with
newer vehicles, and there’s hasn’t
been a new mini on the
showroom floor since Ford
cancelled the Ranger in 2011.
Even then, the Ranger wasn’t the
dirt-cheap first car that it was in
the ’80s. Also, the real minitruck
fan base that was growing in the
’80s has subsequently moved on
into custom fabrication in other
areas of the hot rodding world.
Meanwhile, guys who were never
into minis the first time around
are all of a sudden turning to the
coolest of them as part of the
whole general retro trend that’s
going on. It’s exactly the same
reason why today’s 30-
somethings are craving gassers.
And why all of a sudden
everyone thinks shag vans are
cool again, even if they hated
them when the dominated the
pages of the car mags in the ’70s.
Circle of life.
We’ve noticed the inklings of a
minitruck comeback at shows
and swap meets nationwide—but
admittedly, mostly on the west
coast. And it’s not the Rangers
and S10s that are coming back;
it’s the early Datsun’s and
Toyotas, the Datsun 620s, and the
Ford Couriers. Chevy Luvs, of
course. Five years ago those were
junk you couldn’t give away for
$500. Today, guys are slamming
them and asking $5,000. We’re
even seeing barn-find mini
trucks, which seems ludicrous in
itself.
Below we’ve shown a few
examples of the stuff we’ve seen
just this week, as well as a couple
snapshots of vintage minis from
the last days of Mini Truckin’.
What do you think, is this you?
At the most recent Pomona Swap Meet, this
’74 Ford Courier was super clean and
$6,500. This body style was used from 1971 to 1976, built by Mazda and treated with a grille
that has the feel of the full-size Ford trucks of
the same era.
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This is a second-gen (1972-1978) Toyota
HiLux, roughly a 1975 model.
A first-gen Toyota HiLux (1968-1972).
This is a 1967 Toyota Stout. The uglier your mini truck, the more character it has for a hot
rod. And, as you can guess, rat rodding has
melded nicely with the mini truck scene.
A 1971 Datsun 1600.
A 1600, more appropriately stanced out.
CLASSIC CAR SUMMARY
1958 CHEVROLET
NOMAD STATION
WAGON Story & Photos by Brian Earnest (Old Cars
Weekly)
Gerald Moore will probably
never how many other glitzy,
gorgeous and somewhat
overlooked 1958 Chevrolet
Nomad wagons are still hiding
somewhere on the planet. That’s
kind of too bad, because it would
be fun to know. For 1958,
Chevrolet didn’t keep exact
tallies of how many station
wagons were built from each of
its lines. All we have is a grand
total of 170,473 haulers from the
Bow Tie company, and that
number includes all the wagons
in the Del Ray, Biscayne and Bel
Air series.
Moore is a longtime Chevy guy,
though, and he knows for sure
that the four-door Nomads are
downright scarce these days. “To
tell you the truth, I’ve only seen
one other Nomad like this from
’58. I’ve seen the Brookwoods
and the other wagons, but I’ve
just seen the one like this and that
was in Minnesota at Back To The
50’s. He had it all shaved and
customized, but it was a ’58.
“That’s the only other one I’ve
ever seen. They grouped all the
wagons together [for production
figures] and I can’t find out how
many were manufactured. I
would love to know.”
Of course, plenty of folks have to
do a double-take when they spot
the “Nomad” nameplate on the
rear quarter panel of Moore’s
stunning wagon. The Nomad
moniker is generally associated
with the sporty — and now very
coveted — two-door hardtop
wagons that were built from
1955-‘57. Those hardtop Nomads
were a bold new idea in the car
world and have gone on to reach
icon status in collector circles.
By 1958, the Chevy two-door
wagons were gone, however, and
the Nomad name was given to
the top-tier Bel Air-based wagon.
It was a one-year-only
proposition. For 1959, the
Nomad designation went to the
Impala wagon, making the 1958
Bel Air Nomad a bit of a footnote
in Chevrolet history.
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Moore has found that even folks
who were around when the cars
were new seem to have a hard
time recalling that there was such
a thing as a ’58 four-door Bel Air
Nomad. “You see the other
Nomads all over, all the shows
you go to, but the four-doors you
don’t see many at all,” noted the
resident of Green Bay, Wis.
“Everyone who comes by and
sees it says, ‘They made a four-
door Nomad in ’58?’ and I say,
‘Yeah. That was the first year
they made the four-door in a
Nomad.’”
Moore also owns a beautiful
1958 Impala two-door hardtop
and a ’58 Impala convertible, and
never had any real designs on
adding a wagon to his stable until
one he knew about unexpectedly
became available. “I knew about
this car before. A person from
Kiel, Wis., owned it, and I knew
him and I told him he’d never sell
that car, and he said ‘Yeah, I’m
going to sell the Nomad.’ I said
no way, and he said yes he was
going to sell it, so I asked him
how much he wanted for it … I
asked him if he could keep it for
me for a bit and he said sure,
‘When do you want to pick it
up?’”
The previous owner had the car
about 13 years, according to
Moore, but neither man knows
much about the Nomad’s
previous owners or what kind of
life it led in its early days. Moore
isn’t even sure how much
restoration — if any — has been
done to the car. The car was
originally all black but at some
point was given a black-over-
white two-tone paint scheme that
looks fantastic. “I’ve only done
minor things to it, tires, brakes,
and stuff like that. Otherwise this
is the way I bought it eight or
nine years ago,” Moore noted.
“And I don’t think he did much
to it, either. It’s got the 283
engine, and I think that’s original.
I don’t know for sure. It’s got
factory air, dimmer switch, the
luggage rack on top … It’s got a
few extras on it.”
The Nomad was one of five
wagons in the Chevrolet lineup
for 1958 that the company
bragged were “the five most
exciting new station wagons of
the year!” And buyers could still
get a two-door wagon, just not a
two-door hardtop Nomad. The
two-door, six-passenger Yoeman
station wagon was the low-
budget option. There was also a
four-door Yoeman, and fancier
six- and nine-passenger
Brookwood wagons. They were
available with a choice of five
different V-8 engines or the
235.5-cid, 145-hp six-cylinder,
and four different transmissions,
including three-on-the-tree,
which is what came in Moore’s
Nomad.
Chevrolet called its new-look
Nomad the “luxury leader of the
station wagon line” with its
“dazzling new design — from a
smoothly sculptured hood to gull-
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wing fenders… There’s a new
larger windshield and a sweeping
new wraparound window at the
top gate”
The utility of the Chevy wagons
was no doubt helped by the
sturdier new “safety-girder”
frame that arrived in 1958 and
was said to be 30 percent more
rigid than the previous version. It
was joined by a new full-coil
suspension that provided
improved ride quality. There was
also plenty new in the aesthetics
department, with wider, longer
sheet metal, dual headlights in
front and cone-shaped parking
lights.
The top-of-the-line Bel Airs were
available in both six-cylinder
(1700 Series) and eight-cylinder
(1800 Series) varieties, with
prices ranging from $2,386 for a
six-cylinder two-door sedan up to
$2,835 for the V-8 Nomad and
$2,835 for the new Bel Air
Impala ragtop.
For 1959, the Impala got its own
series, and took with it the
Nomad, making wagons like
Moore’s true one-year wonders.
The two-door Nomads of ’55-57
may still get most of the love and
attention, but the four-door ’58
Nomad four-doors may
ultimately get recognized as the
scarcest of those wonderful
wagons.
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08/13 Jamestown Truck Plaza
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08/14 NHRA Mello Yellow Drag
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08/16 MW Mods off for King of
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Oahe Speedway
08/16 Oahe Speedway Shootouts
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Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
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Race #7 with Quick 8
Pierre, South Dakota
08/22 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
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08/24 Bowling Green, Kentucky
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08/23 Topeka, Kansas
Jamestown Speedway
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08/24 Sabin, Minnesota
08/27 NHRA Mello Yellow Drag
Racing
to Lucas Oil Raceway
09/01 Indianapolis, Indiana
Oahe Speedway
08/28 9th Annual "Thunder on the
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Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
08/29 NHRA Street Legal Drags
& Test-N-Tune
Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
08/30 Coca Cola Points Race #8
with Summit Racing
Equipment Junior Drag
Racing League Challenge
presented by Proseal of
Mitchell.
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Oahe Speedway
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Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
09/01 Coca Cola Points Race #10
Pierre, South Dakota
09/05 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
to Old Bridge Township Raceway
09/07 Englishtown, New Jersey
09/05 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
to Tri-State Raceway
09/07 Earlville, Iowa
09/12 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
to Thunder Road Raceway
09/14 Gillian, Louisiana
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Racing
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09/14 Charlotte, North Carolina
James Valley Street Machines
Monthly Meeting. 7:00
09/17 Two Rivers Inn
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Jamestown, North Dakota
09/18 NHRA Mello Yellow Drag
Racing
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09/21 Dallas, Texas
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to Stock Car Stampede
09/20 Jamestown, North Dakota
09/19 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
to JEGS Northern Nationals
09/21 Columbus, Ohio
Oahe Speedway
09/19 10th Annual NHRA National
Open Test-N-Tune
Pierre, South Dakota
James Valley Street Machines
09/20 4th Annual Car Show
Don Wilhelm, Inc.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Oahe Speedway
10th Annual NHRA National
Open Shootouts with
09/20 Koppien/Christensen
Memorial Stock/Super Stock
Combo.
Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
09/21 9th Annual NHRA National
Open Finals.
Pierre, South Dakota
09/26 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
to Rocky Mountain Raceways
09/28 Salt Lake City, Utah
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Racing
to Gateway Motorsports Park
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& Bracket Weekend
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Racing
to Maple Grove Raceway
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to JEGS Pacific Nationals
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to Thunder Valley Raceway
10/05 Noble, Oklahoma
Oahe Speedway
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with 2014 Papa Murphy's
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Pierre, South Dakota
Oahe Speedway
10/05 Fall Finale Oahe Speedway
Class Races
Pierre, South Dakota
10/10 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
to Auto-Plus Raceway
10/12 Gainesville, Florida
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& Bracket Weekend
10/12 Sabin, Minnesota
James Valley Street Machines
Monthly Meeting. 7:00
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Hamburgers, Brats, Salad, Soft
Drink Free (While supply lasts)
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to Silver Dollar Raceway
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10/30 NHRA Mello Yellow Drag
Racing
to The Strip at Las Vegas
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11/09 Las Vegas, Nevada
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Live Auction @ the KC's
Jamestown, North Dakota
SWAP SHOP
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FOR SALE:
1941 Willys Cabriolet
390 HP, Price reduced to
$22,500.
701-255-6729 (Mark)
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FOR SALE: I am downsizing my collection of
porcelain gas & oil signs, beer
taps, gas pumps, pedal cars and
much more.
602-677-828 (Jim)
FOR SALE:
Need a new gas tank for your
project, or a replacement for your
current ride? Super Sale on
“TANKS” gas tanks. Hot Rods
and Trim.
701-274-8975
FOR SALE:
1941 Chevy Coupe
Dark green, 235 – 12 Volt
alternator, Fenton manifold,
Radials, Skirts, Visor. Good car.
Could use some paint.
$6000.00
701-797-2636 (Larry)
WANTED: 1951 Cadillac 2 Door. Hardtop
project. Any condition will be
considered.
701-471-3350 (Nate)
INSPECTIONS:
Vehicle inspections done at
Dallas Kustoms in Hillsboro,
ND.
701-436-6399
FOR SALE: A set of 4 tires. Size 265/70R17
$120 obo.
701-202-3626 (Angela)
FOR SALE:
1977 Camaro Z/28
454 450 horsepower V8 (Not
numbers matching). 4 Speed
transmission. Posi rear end.
Power steering and brakes. Disc
Changer. Completely restored.
99% original except the digital
dash and hood (needed a different
one for the big block).
Approximately 6600 miles on the
restoration. Same owner since
1983.
$19,900.00 obo
701-269-3119 Scott
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