Deals in Des Moines

The top sale at Mecum’s Des Moines, Iowa, auction last weekend was this 1969 Camaro Z-11 Pace Car replica that changed hands for $66,000.
The Camaro is outfitted with the 300hp 350, a four-speed and air conditioning. According to the auction description it had been completely restored and was in “like-new” condition. Unfortunately we weren’t able […]

Sixteen Candles – The Sequel

This isn’t part of it, but I’ve been getting some feedback since I tapped out a column for the April 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, which, in part, described my discovery of a Marmon-powered Ford coupe in one of the terrific Don Montgomery hot rod history books. Hemmings Nation citizen Gaylord T. Willett, who […]