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Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week 1967 Pontiac LeMans Sprint
1967 Pontiac LeMans Sprint
Story and photos by Brian Earnest
John Mingesz probably had much in common with a lot of other car shoppers when he decided to pull the trigger and buy his 1967 Pontiac LeMans Sprint. Mingesz had a GTO in mind and fully intended to bring home a “Tiger,” but when he came across his six-cylinder LeMans, he unexpectedly found a lot to like.“I bought it in ’98, and at the time I was looking for a ’66 GTO,” said Mingesz, a resident of Cudahy, Wis. “I heard about this car and decided to go take a look at it. The body was real nice, the paint was good, but it ran really bad. It had an intake leak.
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By Brian Earnest Now that the “work” part of his retirement is over, at least for now, Dave Renfrow figures he might be able to enjoy some actual leisure time.Ideally, that R&R time will include some miles in his freshly restored 1939 Ford 3/4-ton pickup. If anybody deserves a little pleasant seat time in their [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1954 Kaiser Darrin
By Brian Earnest Photos by Pino Ruggiero Donald Dettore figures he’s had his eye on his 1954 Kaiser-Darrin roadster for about five decades, give or take a year or two. For most of that time, he tracked the car from afar as it changed owners multiple times. When he finally had his chance [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1953 Studebaker convertible
By Steve Hudson {Editor’s Note: We went straight to the source for this week’s “Car of the Week”. We’ll let owner Steve Hudson tell the story in his own words of his unusual Studebaker} The story of this 1953 Studebaker Commander convertible spans over 20 years and three different owners. It started about 1983 when [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1941 Willys Custom
By Brian Earnest Jim Bleil is one of those guys that waited most of a lifetime to get the car of his dreams. He knew from a pretty early age what kind of crazy machine he intended to own one day, and his vision never wavered.Bleil might not have obsessed about owning an old school [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1949 Ford Deluxe
By Brian Earnest Being a banker by trade, Bob Brown can only chuckle at the thought of his wife, Judy, sneaking off to a competing bank to borrow money back in 1994. When she gave him his Christmas gift that year — a card telling him she had bought him the 1949 Ford [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1967 Chevrolet Nova
By Brian Earnest You never know where the collector car bug is going to strike. Quite often, it just shows up out of nowhere, at the least likely times and in the most unusual places. Long Island, N.Y., resident Jeff Schilling can attest to that. Schilling had mulled over the possibility of getting [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible
By Brian Earnest John Romppainen grew up during the “Happy Days” era of the 1950s. And there may not be a car anywhere that better represents that golden decade than Romppanien’s lovely 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. After all, how many guys have actually rolled with Mr. and Mrs. C. in the back [...]
Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1966 Chevrolet Impala
By Brian Earnest Charlie Milligan admits he had grown a bit disillusioned with his search for a nice collector car back in 1995. The Rochester, Minn., resident had parted with his 1951 Buick and was poking around looking for another toy, but he wasn’t having much luck.That’s when a friend hit Milligan with [...]
Old Cars Weekly – 1950 Chrysler New Yorker
For current values, auction pricing, market trends andvehicle information on thousands of collector cars, visit www.oldcarsreport.com By Brian Earnest There isn’t much doubt about which $100 bill was the best one Wilson Shearer ever spent.Back in 1971, the now-retired minister from Hagerstown, Md., had been visiting an elderly parishioner when opportunity knocked unexpectedly. Actually, it [...]
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