Car Collector and Car Classics – April 2002

CAR COLLECTOR 2002 APR - CADILLAC, AUSTIN-AMERICAN
 
Within this issue you will discover the following topics:
1)   Cadillac's Century-A Success Story, Part 1: Creating The Standard Of The World by Maurice Hendry
2)   Classics Rock At RM Phoenix: Collector Car Market Picking Up Steam by David Brownell and Dennis Adler
3)   eBay Motors/Kruse Corrals Cars And Buyers At Rawhide: That Old Kruse Magic That They Do So Well by Richard Carey
4)   1942 Crosley Fire Truck: The Little Engine That Could by Mike Mueller
5)   1961 Pontiac Ventura: Driving Excitement by David Temple
6)   A Dozen New Toys From Hershey: For $513,175 Or Would You Rather Have One Duesenberg? by Bud Juneau
7)   Cars On Campus: At Michigan State University The Trials And Tribulations Of Building A Concours d'Elegance by Gary Witzenberg
8)   Walter's Gone: One More Guy Like The Rest Of Us by Thomas D. Murray
9)   Restoration Corner: Rebuilding Your Rochester-The Four-Barrel Fix Up by Jim Richardson
10)   Commercially Speaking: 1920 Kelly-Springfield-More Famous For Tires Than Trucks by Bud Juneau
11)   Classic Era: The American Austin-Building A Mini In The United States by Brooks Brierley
12)   Automobilia: Mobil Special Promotional Buick-A Late Night Classic by Carl Bomstead
13)   Old Cars In Law: Blame It On The Road, Part I-Sometimes You Can Fight City Hall by Lawrence Savell
14)   Auction news
15)   Restoration tips
16)   New products
Plus other collector car items.
 
On The Cover:
Renown Cadillac historian Maurice Hendry brings us back to Cadillac's pre-war period beginning on page 10. The Dennis Adler photo is a 1931 Cadillac Model 370 V12 phaeton. Read about the robust sales at this year's RM Auction in Phoenix beginning on page 20. Inset photo by Dennis Adler.