Car Collector and Car Classics – October 1980 (Volume 3 No. 10)

CAR COLLECTOR 1980 OCT - PONTIAC T/As, PININFARINA
 
Within this hard to find issue you will discover the following topics:
1)   BILL HALL, FOUNDER, MODEL A RESTORERS CLUB---MARC's bumpy road to success began in 1953
2)   THE CAR COLLECTOR'S CRYSTAL BALL---The origins of America's musclecar survivor, the Pontiac's Trans Am
3)   SILVERADO---The 1980 concours honors the memory of Owen Owens
4)   COLLECTOR CAR OF THE MONTH---1933 Chrysler Custom Imperial CL phaeton by LeBaron with 2-page color pullout
5)   WHERE'S THE BOLTS, HENRY?---John Anderson recalls a tale from his school days
6)   PININF ARINA IS 50---One of coachbuilding's premier firms reaches the halfcentury mark
7)   THE WAY WE WERE - CLASSICWISE---It didn't always take two hundred grand to buy a Duesenberg
8)   A CLUB FOR REPLICARS---The kit cars have found a home
9)   EDITORIAL---Collectible Cars; Bust or Opportunity?
10)   ECONOMIC REPORT---Comments with a British Accent
11)   POSTWAR CARS---Milestone Un-nominations: 1965-67 Mustang
12)   CLASSIC CARS---Abner Doble: Steam's Mastermind
13)   LICENSE PLATES---Registering Your Collector Car (Part 5)
14)   Auction news
Plus other collector car items.
 
COVER: This month's cover car, a 1969 Trans Am, is one of only eight T/ A convertibles built by Pontiac. It is owned by Charles F. Adams of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.  Coverage of this first-of-its-kind car begins on page 22.