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The Brass Lamp

Harry Truman was a Mis-sourian. His transportation posed no difficulty in the Kansas City area near his home in what practically became “suburban” Inde-pendence. And in St. Lou-is, a recently converted Democratic stronghold with the election of Mayor Darst, it would seem logi-cal that Mr. Truman need-ed transportation befitting his position. Given the fact that Scott Air Force Base in Illinois was about an easterly high-speed half-hour drive from down-town St. Louis, it made sense that some “understanding” existed between the White House and the St. Louis Mayor’s Office, and between the two fellow Missourians who headed each one. In effect, though purchased by the City of St. Louis, the Mayor’s 1949 Packard was obliged to provide Presidential service when Truman was in or near St. Louis.

Presidential Connection for Local 1949 Packard

by Gerald Perschbacher (LL.D.) all rights reserved

Word-of-mouth stories circulated around a1949 Packard Custom long-wheelbase sedan: It was used by the Mayor of St. Louis, was used for the wedding of a Vice President, and carried at least one president around town during his terms. I knew about the car for more than 15 years before I claimed ownership. Then the research began in earnest to verify the heritage. This is Part Two of Two.

The St. Louis Mayor’s car transported President Harry S Truman on Sept. 14, 1949, and during his 1950 visits on June 9-11, Nov. 4, and Nov. 13. There may have been more times the car served as his conveyance. Mr. Truman arrived at Scott Air Force Base at least twice and was carried to St. Louis via the Darst car.

During Truman’s June 1950 vis-it to St. Louis he accepted the special invitation forwarded to the White House via Mayor Darst’s office (the letter was dat-ed September 16, 1949, and was issued by William Crowdus, president of the Jefferson Na-tional Expansion memorial As-sociation). Continued on page 6 >>>

President Truman with his sister Miss Mary Jane Truman as they left Hotel Jefferson in the Darst Packard on November 4, 1950 for the Naval Air Station and a flight to Kansas City.

The front-mounted Presidential pennant was necessary protocol when a vehicle carried the nation’s Commander-in-Chief.

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Celebrating 71 Years In

St. Louis!

Martin L. Hassel (314) 232-5934

President

Peter Bitzer (636) 256-7511

1st Vice President/Programs

Sharon Mercer (636) 928-8672

2nd Vice President/Membership

Louis Allen (314) 741-4158

Treasurer

Joe Yochim (636) 947-1157

Recording Secretary

Dr. Gerald Perschbacher (314) 849-5249

Corresponding Secretary

Directors Ted Hamburg(2015)

Ted Baker(2015) Bill Albertin(2016) Al Mercer(2016)

John Clark (2017) Ron Nelson(2017)

Ron Nelson

9826 Affton View Ct. St. Louis, MO 63123

(314) 638-7131 Brass Lamp Editor

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(636) 939-9667 Webmaster

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It is 4:30 a.m. on Thursday - I’m scrambling to assemble my column

for Ron Nelson for “The Brass Lamp.” Yep…got the dreaded

email…get your backside in gear and get your article done…perhaps a

bit more diplomatic than that!!! Where are my “speech writers and spin doctors?” After all, I’m the

President and can issue those execu-tive orders so I can earn the big

bucks…errr…I forgot in a “Walter Mitty moment” – I’m President of

Horseless Carriage and not the whole free world. The “big

bucks”…well that would be zero!!! I can hear the “Wrath of Lou (not a Star Trek sequel)” at the next board

meeting…”You’re late again!!!” I just spread myself too thin and there

are truly not enough hours in the day. Maybe I have too many inter-

ests. Just finished working on the “Rebuilding Together” Project at Boeing as Team Captain and

wrapped up my semester with my student at Webster U.

Right now, I hear rumblings of

“earsplittenloudenboomers” coming

our way…more storms and perhaps

that is a good enough excuse why I’m

late again…been trying to keep up

with grass cutting so the neighbors

don’t call the sheriff and coroner,

thinking I’m dead in the house. I con-

tracted with “Three Mile Island Lawn

Care Company” and whatever they put

on the lawn is making it grow like

mad, fill in bare spots and really green

up…with no weeds!!! “The John

Deere” is not keeping up, and if I keep

up with the way this grass is growing,

I’ll come home one night, find my

lawnmower missing and then the next

day there will be a “John Deere (Dear

John)” letter in the mailbox. I’m also

trying to get flowers in the garden, but

a losing proposition with the “dear

DEER”…Yes, often thought about

getting some broadheads for the com-

pound bow and I’ll have a supply of

venison for Baron the Dawg and my-

self for the coming cold months. I

couldn’t do that…can’t kill a thing and

wouldn’t be able to live with myself

either. Note to self…quit watching

“Wild Alaska Survival Shows” when I

go to bed at night.

The President’s Column By Larry Hassel

It’s Alive!!!

“...been flying the skies with adult supervision (an instructor) above the Mississippi River in the outer reaches of St. Charles County in a Cessna Skyhawk. Sometimes a top down perspec-tive is good. I’ll repeat in July and flight plan is a big circle around the St. Louis Metro area with me at controls.”

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I’ve been living the past week at the Boeing Leadership Center (BLC)…the lap of luxury on the bluffs of the Missouri River, but I’m not staying there…commuting the 30 miles each way with long days sometimes ending at 6:00 p.m. with a long drive home. I get a great lunch and all I have to do is manage to stay awake and listen to lectures on Per-formance Based Logistics and Gov-ernment Contracting. However, I’m learning some cool stuff too….Star Trek and the “Holodeck” are here…we have three virtual reality model-ing centers and when you enter “the cave” you journey to a parallel uni-verse…everything we do can be simulated without building it and you can walk around the holograph-ic projections to study for carrier suitability, marketing, maintenance problems and many other things in full scale. While we can do project-ed holographs, the magnetic force fields and energy to matter conver-sions are not quite far enough along, but we are doing 3-D printing in metal and plastic so we’re getting closer. Imagine where we, as hob-byists could use that technology…replicating obsolete and next to im-possible to find parts…modeling things which are missing.

Beyond that…been flying the skies with adult supervision (an instruc-tor) above the Mississippi River in the outer reaches of St. Charles County in a Cessna Skyhawk. Sometimes a top down perspective is good. I’ll repeat in July and flight plan is a big circle around the St. Louis Metro area with me at con-trols. Why do I mention this? It is another automotive link to the past. I can’t help but think back on E. L. Cord and one of his companies…Lycoming. As we have discussed remnants of many of those old com-panies still exist and are thriving…just not building cars. Under the cowling of the Cessna is a Ly-coming Aircraft Engine…and a quiz for you…what powered the legend-ary coffin nosed Cords? Yep, you guessed it…a Lycoming engine. They continue to manufacture great engines!

I’m getting excited about our up-coming “Cars With Class” show at

M.O.T. While we don’t have many registrants yet, there will be a cou-

ple of cars there that many of us have never seen! Here are some

excerpts from an extended e-mail conversation I’ve been having with a gentleman…proud owner of per-

haps one of the earliest examples (1901) of the legendary “curved

dash Olds”…and this correspond-ence has been fun and exciting.

This is where the benefit of belong-ing to a club becomes quite im-

portant in shared synergies and knowledge. The e-mail chain be-gins this way as we travel back to

1901…

“Hi Martin I am the owner of a 1901 Curved

Dash Oldsmobile (sn 6940) and I am trying to decide what to do with

it. The car needs some work, but is complete and I expect a good an-

tique car guy could probably have it puttering around with a couple

weekends of work. It needs the gas tank cleaned out and sealed, carbu-

retor and water tank put back on, needs a new fuel line. Some work

just because it hasn't been started

in 25 years. The woodwork is mostly original, but needs some

restoration.

(see back page for photo—Editor)

My dad bought the car at an es-tate auction back in 1967, so it's been in the family for a long time. Prior to that, it spent a number of years on display in a GM dealer-ship in Kingston NY, and before that, it was in the collection of James Melton (the famous tenor), taking us back to sometime in at least the 1940s. I have not had the time and resources to do anything with it. So, I don't know if I'll ever be able to do anything with it and am wondering if I should continue to store it, or should I sell it. I'd like to know what the car is worth, what sort of interest there would be in it, etc. The car is cur-rently in my garage in Belleville IL. Bradley XXXXXX”

I respond… “Bradley, It would be interesting to see pic-

tures of the car and engine/drivetrain. Do you have any you

could send to me. There are quite a few in our club that really appreci-

ate and get into Brass Era cars. Those cars were pretty simple, but

most everything would have to be custom made for it. Most good

machinists can make anything it would need. The best thing right

now is to learn a bit about the his-tory of these cars, how many re-

main, who are the authorities on

them, and then go from there. I have a few people in mind who

might be able to help....

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....XXXXXXXXX collects stuff like this and XXXXXXXXXX is a master mechanic on Brass Era cars. —Larry” Bradley writes back, ”I was just looking at the car and discovered I miss-remembered the serial number. It's 6240, not the 6940 I was thinking it was. —Bradley”

And next Bradley writes… “Here are some photos of my CDO that I took today. I'm going to spend some time on it on Monday. The plan, remount the gas tank, water tank and carburetor, connect the fuel pedal, and a new battery. Fill it with gas, water and oil, and it should start. The front left tire won't hold any air, so the tube needs to be patched or replaced. I have a replacement for the missing back panel. It needs to be fitted and painted, and I don't have any hardware for it. Damage to the dash isn't bad and should be a pretty easy fix. So, that's the car. —Bradley”

I wrote back…

“Bradley, I suggest discussing with

a couple of individuals who are far

more knowledgeable than I

am....”RXXXXXXX at XXX-XXX-

XXXX (extremely knowledgeable

about all Brass Era mechanical

systems), also CXXXX at XXX-XXX-

XXXX (he has a number of vehicles

of this vintage), You may also wish

to speak to GXXXXXXX at XXX-

XXX-XXXX. The Horseless Car-

riage Club of America may also

have some resources. You have a

very rare fine car that you may wish

to keep and restore to a level where

it will run and you can enjoy show-

ing it off. This is exciting and im-

pressive. The individuals I suggest

might be able to give you additional

perspective and offer a path forward

for you. However, this would make

for quite an interesting story for our

"Brass Lamp" newsletter.

Sincerely, Larry Hassel”

Further…in a second email, I write…. “Subject: Re: CDO Photos Bradley, The car is beautiful!!! I strongly encourage you to keep it. This is a little treasure. Do call Xxxx...he can lend support and ad-vice along with any additional me-chanical skills you may need. We have a number of Brass Era car owners in our club...why don't you consider joining? We would love to have you. There are lots of re-sources...we don't always see them at meetings, but they do belong and there is a wealth of knowledge. On the tires...probably Coker Tire. They are a good resource - pick up a copy of Hemmings Motor News too…Google Old Cars Weekly too! I am truly impressed with your car - you have a rare jewel...WOW. Sincerely, Larry” Bradley responds… “XXXXX also encourages me to

keep it, and while I would like to

keep the car, I'm not sure I can af-ford to. Getting it running and fixed

up is mostly about boosting its curb appeal at this point. I can make

major improvements to the car at little expense. Some paint, some

epoxy and a few hours work and I can have it running with the dash

and back all fixed up.

I will try to give RXXX a call this weekend, although I am going to be very busy. I have a big comic book convention today through Sunday, so the car is my Monday project. I guess the big thing is that the car has not been started for 25 years and I want to make sure I don't break anything when I try to start it. Bradley” I write back…. “Then Rxxx is truly your guy to call. He knows these cars better anyone

I'm aware of, except for maybe

Xxxxxxxx. I could send you re-source info. on him too, but I sug-

gest starting with Rxxxx. Xxxxxx can be a bit "colorful" at times like

the rest of us, but truly a nice guy and most helpful. Regarding value

of the car, it isn't as if it is a Ford Model A Sedan. This car is so rare

that an accurate valuation is hard to assess. Often value is established

from most recent past sales and cumulative auction values that

might get averaged. We do have a few good auto-appraisers in the

organization. What do they look at???...value guides which are

largely based upon past sales and auctions. Condition drives value as

well. Because your car has not run in 12 years is not necessarily a fac-

tor. It is clearly offset by age and rarity.

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The larger Horseless Carriage Club of America or AACA might present some additional resources. http://www.hcca.org/ http://www.aaca.org/ —Larry

Bradley returns my message… “I just mailed out the form for the Father's Day show and check. The car is almost there. Mechani-cally, it's all back together. I've been working with Gxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Dxxxxxx (another CDO guy up in the north of Illinois) by phone to try and get it started. Rxxx has been too busy to come out and Xxxxxxx just had surgery (hip replacement) so neither of them have been able to give me a hand. So, engine and controls are all back in place and the back louvered panel has been replaced, making this the first time in at least 80 years that the body has been complete. Hav-ing some difficul-ty starting it and am running through the ideas pro-vided by Gxxx. The next suggestion to try is to squirt a little gas into the cylinder and try to start it and also to decrease the clearance on the valves to get it to open more on the compression release. There doesn't seem to be any good reason for it not to run. Just a mat-ter of adjusting it correctly to start. One concern that has been raised by a couple people is the spark plug. It is very old and heavily carbonized. Do you know where I might be able to get a replacement? Mine does spark when removed from the cylin-der and tested, but I've read that it still may not be sparking in the cyl-inder. —Bradley” I wrote back….”Bradley...that will be a treat to see, even if it doesn't run. Try removing the plug and carefully wire brushing the

electrodes. Also, do you have a specification on the gap? Otherwise, I think your plan is exactly what I would do too. —Larry” The conversation continues… I found the plug specs, .025 on the

gap. I'm going to try tonight. Gxxx tells me that it just takes a

Model T plug, so I've ordered a brand new one, which should

eliminate the plug from the list of maybes. For tonight, I'm just go-

ing to try and adjust the old one, squirt in some gas and give it a

crank.

Tried to replace the bad tube last night, but the tires are so old and rotted that it was a disaster. Got the old tire back on, but still flat. New tires will be next spring's goal. Looks like I can replace all four plus new tubes for about $900. Dxx will be appraising the car at the show. I still don't know if I'll be keeping it or not. I hope yes, but we'll have to see. My six year old wants to keep it. I have two people interested in buying it, but I don't yet know what I'd be ask-ing for it, not until Dxx does his appraisal. Looks like the last one sold at auction was seven years ago ($55,500), and Hemmings shows most car values as having doubled since 2012, so any valu-ation is likely to be a guess.

Found a trailer, and my minivan has a hitch, so I should be good there. Make sure we have a sunny day with no rain please. The car has no roof. —Bradley” And then….“I adjusted the carb a little , I clamped the compression release and poured a little gas in through the spark plug. Crank still cranks hard, and it whacked me a good one on the back of my left hand (I'll live), but it started, twice. Second time, Timmy and I took it around the block. So far, I've only found first gear. It has a non-standard gear lever setup. I'll just need to use trial and error. It pretty

reliably kicks off the clamp when it starts, so I don't have to do that my-self. Next problem to work out is cooling. Water was draining from the drain valve on the bottom of the radiator, so I think it is pumping. — Bradley” And then the next email installment…. “I have the cooling system holding wa-

ter now. I still have a few drips, but most of these are getting past valves, so I don't know how I'd get it better. Topping off the water before I start it each time is probably the best solution. So, my first goal for the car was always to get it running. That goal has been reached. Next is to start fixing cosmetic flaws. I have 17 days to get it repaired and painted before the Father's Day show. —Bradley” I really can’t wait for Father’s Day…this has been an e-mail jour-ney…the electrons flying left and right. This is the stuff that piques my interest in HCCM and keeps my curiosity on edge!!! Hope it does the same for you…often our antique car projects are adventures.

—Larry

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This means the car of privi-lege for President Truman as he motored to the downtown site along the riverfront was the Darst Packard. Upon arri-val at the mighty Mississippi, Truman dedicated the Memo-rial. In the 1960s, that be-came the National Monument site of the Gateway Arch. On November 18, 1949, the Mayor provided the car for the wedding of Vice President Alben Barkley and Jane Had-ley. The wedding took place at St. John’s Methodist Church at Kingshighway and Washington Place in the “West End” of St. Louis. The ceremony was held in the Singleton Memorial Chapel of the church. It was a second marriage for each, their first spouses having passed away (hers in 1944, his in 1947).

The use of the Mayor’s Pack-ard was natural. A significant car was needed for so distin-guished a wedding. The event attracted news services and television coverage na-tionwide. While Mr. Barkley arrived at the church in a new Lincoln, his bride came in the Darst Packard, thus maintain-ing the tradition of the groom not seeing the bride before the ceremony. It is generally be-lieved the couple left the church in the Packard.

Examination of visuals show-ing the two arriving at the wedding seems to include the St. Louis Chief of Police and the Fire Chief as driver and attendant of the Packard.

Each helped Lady Hadley from the car while 5,000 onlookers watched.

A Future President also Used the St. Louis

Packard

Former owner Jim Reizer indicated that Dwight D. Eisenhower had ridden in the 1949 Packard. It re-mains unclear whether this was during his role as Gen-eral, President, or in his ca-pacity as Presidential hope-ful. The Eisenhower Presi-dential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas, verified that he was in St. Louis on these dates: September 3-5 and December 1, 1949; Oc-tober 23-24 and December 19, 1950; and September 20-22, 1952. It is possible he or his contingent used the Darst Packard around town.

Regardless of his choice of political party, Eisenhower was a war hero honored by nearly all. That legendary status would not have hin-dered either major political party from providing trans-portation.

According to some sources, Eisenhower took his time in choosing the party for his run to the White House. Both evidently wanted him. It has been stated that after Truman succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mr. Truman privately asked for Eisenhower to run for Presi-dent in 1948 while Truman would run for the vice presi-dential spot (for further de-tails explore http://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/essays/biography/print). But Eisen-hower declared for the Re-publican ticket in 1952 and proved to be a moderate once he took office.

Features Tell More

The Darst Packard had an extra antenna mounting in the right front fender. Precise recollections of former owner Jim Reizer indicated that there was a telephone inside the car: “There was a mount-ing for a telephone in the back (off the back seat).”

The soon-to-be wife of Alben Barkley, then Vice-President of the U.S.A., exits from the Darst car after being trans-ported to the wedding altar in St. Louis.

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Interestingly, a similar mounting appeared on at least one White House Packard of that vintage. The antenna was mounted on the right rear fender, slightly above the taillight. Interior appointments were simi-lar between the Darst car and other White House Packards. While 22nd Series (1948-early 1949) Packard Custom Eight sedans carry an extension of wood-graining several inches below the bottom lip of window bezels, it appears that this was not the case for the White House cars or the Darst version. This possibly was a feature of the other similar models in the rare Packard long-wheelbase line for early 1949.

Other similarities abound, in-cluding the use of red lights and flag holders. In the Darst case, Reizer recalled, “I think the city did that. I think there was a si-ren on the car. Behind the grille there were places for two lights and for a siren.” But it may just as well have been done at the Packard factory, under order. However, we may account for the lag of several days between the announced delivery of keys to the Mayor and the photo-graphic staging of that act in front of City Hall plus the actual entry in city records as being “prep” days wherein the addi-tional equipment was installed at Berry Packard.

Of the long-wheelbase sedans made in Packard’s 22nd Series, 98 were produced in calendar year 1948 and an additional 32 were made in the first few months of 1949, Thus, only 16 more long-wheelbase sedans left

the factory after the Darst car. The St. Louis car officially was designated a “2206” by the factory with engine num-ber G610323-C. The city file recorded the car with “Serial # A 1450, City Car #6, Dept. 3-A 16A “Mayor’s Car,” City Record Q-10 file.”

How the Car Survived

As stated, this writer’s first confrontation with the car came under Mr. Reizer’s own-ership. The car was for sale, but not actively advertised. It was a “maybe one day I would sell it” way of thinking that Mr. Reizer entertained. Really, he TOYED with the notion and tempted other col-lectors with the prospect. He seemed to enjoy the mental exercise. Jim Reizer also found that song writer W.C.

Handy (of St. Louis Blues fame) also rode in the Packard. One day an ad ran in a lo-cal daily newspaper. Upon making contact, Jim knew it was THE Packard! He discovered that the mayor’s chauffeur bought the car from the city in the 1970s. “The man was about 80 years old,” Jim recalled,” and told me the car had picked up Truman quite a few times. The chauffeur removed the red lights behind the grille and the flag holders up front….” He also removed inside door handles, which Jim then replaced. “The chauffeur drove ladies to church and did not want them to fiddle with the handles.”

This is where the Mayor of St. Louis went to order his Custom Eight long-wheelbase sedan. Mr. Berry owned the business from the early 1920s until closure at the launch of 1954 Packards

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It was not long before the car changed hands once more. An airline pilot bought it and tucked it into storage, anticipating the car’s cosmetic rebirth. Trim was removed, functions were checked, then progress slowed to a crawl and stopped. The pilot lost his job with the airline and be-came a private pilot work-ing mainly far south of St. Louis. Spare time and funds grew rarer and rarer. But he cherished ownership even if he did not enjoy its full ben-efits. I made contact with him and expressed my sincere inter-est. I asked to be contacted if he ever chose to sell. He agreed wholeheartedly. A couple years later he

considered selling. He lived up to the original agreement, and I became the ownerThe car has slumbered but soon will be the object of more intense interest. It is in need of repainting and general attention but its interior ap-pears very serviceable. It’s amazing to ponder the im-portant people who sat on the original upholstery and conjure their possible con-versations of local and world politics. In that regard, the car is a piece of American history. That’s where Packards have always belonged—as pieces of our historical past and a bygone era that lingers gen-tly in the minds and hearts of those who seek it.

When the Darst regime gave way to successor Mayor Raymond R. Tucker (who held office from 1953 to 1965), the Packard carried over to that administration. Once more it carried the St. Louis Mayor and other visiting dignitaries as age crept up on the vehicle. “Mayor Tucker had trou-ble with the car. Some-times he came out from a show or opera and had trouble getting it started,” Reizer recalled. It was logical for the car to stick in Jim’s mind. When he and his wife were married on Nov. 4 of 1950, they tried to cross a St. Louis bridge but were stopped. In fact, traffic to all bridges was stopped. The wedding motorcade waited until the Packard carrying Tru-man zipped across! The Packard was tired but not worn out by the time Jim obtained the car. The interior was in remarka-bly nice condition but the exterior had lost its luster. Jim replaced all the need-ed exterior chrome. He expertly painted the Packard before it was sold to a man named Sau-get in a neighboring town in Illinois. Jim sold it without advertising; such was the method of his tempting promotional ploy.

The front seat compartment of the Darst-St. Louis Packard has survived well over the decades.

The writer encourages readers to examine The Truman Cars, a small softbound book by Paul Hatmon, Independence Press, Independence, Mo., published 1989. Another good reference source is the section on long-wheelbase models in the book Packard 1948 to 1950 by Robert J. Neal, published in 2011 by Aero-Marine History Publishing Company , Kent, Washington. Both books are available from various sources online. Readers also may want to check “Presidential Lincolns” by Tim Howley, an article that appeared in Continental Comments for May-June 2003. The Way of the Zephyr for January-February 2004 also carried information from Calvin Beauregard who was caretaker for the White House Lincolns on loan to the President.

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More Recollections by A. L. Dyke from the Veteran Motor Car Club of America “Bulb Horn,” October 1950

More memories from A. L. Dyke in future issues.

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own barn! Reader Mike H sent us in this find, written up in the Daily

Mail about a family in Surrey in the UK who recently decided to sell a 4-1/2

liter 1929 Bentley. The car had been purchased by the grandfather of the cur-

rent owner back in 1935. The Bentley was in at least occasional use until

1985, when it was parked in a barn on their property. When the family was

ready to sell the old car, they contacted the auction house Bonhams, expect-

ing to hear that the car was worth about 30,000 pounds (~$46,000). Imagine

their surprise when they were told it may be worth 10 times that amount!

Photos courtesy of dailymailonline.co.uk

Invitation from Doug Kirberg The Gateway Mercedes Club is coming to my car barn on the 11th of July at 1 pm for a rally and picnic. We would like to invite other car clubs for a little get togeth-er and old car viewing. I am going to supply hot dogs and beverages and those that come can bring a dish if they like and a chair. It would the same deal as last year. I have invited the Classic and Cadillac car clubs also. Could be a great day for car viewing. 9655 Mill Hill Lane, St. Louis MO 63127

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Club Events Calendar

June 19 6:30 Strawberry festival— Intro new members, Logan June 21 Father’s Day Car Show July 17 7:30 General meeting, Logan August 16 Picnic—11 AM Schroeder Park September 18 7:30 General Meeting, Logan October 16 6:30 White Elephants, Logan November 20 6:30 Chili Cook-off, Logan

Information in this calendar is summarized. See flyers for events —go to www.midwestswapmeets.com

SWAP MEETS 2015 CAR SHOWS, ETC. June 21 Father’s Day Show, Mus. of Transport June 26 K of C Swap, Westphalia MO June 27 Streets of St. Charles MDA car show Aug 21-23 Ozarks Club Swap Springfield MO Fairgds September 13 Wheels In Motion September 20 Car Show & Swap Meet, Casino Lot September 26 Brass & Nickel Show, Mus. Transport September 26 British Car Show, Creve Coeur Lake Park September 27 Oktoberfest Show, St. Charles MO

Reminder for Volunteers Volunteering to work at the Easter show and/or the September Swap Meet and Show events held by the club earns credit toward free ad-mission to the annual Christmas dinner and party. Your next opportunity is working at the September 20 Car Show and Swap Meet.

The Great Race Classic Car Event is coming to down-town Kirkwood on Saturday, June 20. The start is scheduled for 9 a.m. from the Kirkwood Train Sta-tion. More details will be coming soon. In case you missed it, the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty TV show can now be watched anytime on the internet. The show was a huge success, but now that the airings on televi-sion are complete it has been posted on the internet. Two crews filmed every step of the way for the 104 teams from Maine to Florida, and what they captured made for a compelling show. Go to the link from www.greatrace.com.

Don’t miss the June 19 mem-bership meeting! New member introductions and our annual

strawberry festival. Note the 6:30 start time!

www.hccmo.com (314) 991-HONK

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I am the owner of a 1901 Curved Dash Oldsmobile (sn 6240) and I am trying to decide what to

do with it. The car needs some work, but is complete and I expect a good antique car guy

could probably have it puttering around with a couple weekends of work. (see page 3 inside)