Starting about half-way down are John Pryzbylek’s pictures from the Gilmore Car Museum. John P, John Shotwell, Jerry Newman and Steve Johnson spent about six hours at the museum and didn’t get to see it all because they had to get back in time for dinner!
Steve and Becky Johnson arrived at GLAMA in their 1977 GMC at the same time as a 1948 Spartan and a 1960s FlxibleBea Newman and Sara Halley at the Great Lakers table at the chapter fairBecky Johnson and Sara Halley show off the GMC Great Lakers club banner.Deb Pryzbylek at work at the ladies teaDeb Pryzbylek models her hatJerry Newman hard at work as a volunteer security guardThe Saturday GLAMA newsletter announced the classic coaches open house to be held that afternoon.GMCs ready for the open houseGMC rowGMC RowJoAnn and John waiting for the party to beginWalt and the Queen Bea having a serious conversationThe Johnson’s Coach dressed for the rallySteve and Phyllis – where do we go from here?Dick and Jan out for a strollLet me say this about that!Getting caught up since the last time we were all together.A 1958 Flxible Starliner Converted Coach1948 Spartan intercity coach which belongs to Don and Sandy Moyer of Eastlake, Ohio. Spartan was a very short-lived manufacturer that built buses from 1946 through 1949 in Sturgis, Michigan.Ron and Jan with Frank and BarbIt’s time to party!
1916 Winton Hearse Dignified, elaborate and a sure sign of the passenger’s status even into the afterlife, the 1916 Winton Hearse carried loved ones in style. Built in Cincinnati, Ohio on a chassis by Crane & Breed, the hearse is powered by a 6-cylinder engine with an updraft carburetor, producing 75 horsepower. The foremost professional coachbuilder of the time, Crane & Breed also manufactured and distributed a full line of funerary materials, including coffin nameplates, plumes, undertaker supplies, and caskets. President AbrahamLincoln was interred in a Crane & Breed metal coffin.1969 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible1937 Covered Wagon “Conestoga” Camping Trailer produced by the Covered Wagon Company, Mt. Clemens, MI.1934 Ford Station WagonThis 1948 Tucker Sedan is powered by a 335 cu. in. V-6 generating 166 hp and a factory price of $2,450.00. This car is the 47th of the 50 cars produced and has the lowest mileage of the Tucker cars in existence with less than 50 actual miles.1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible. In 1957 Chevrolet offered factory fuel injection for the first time on the V-8 283 cu. in. engine producing 283 hp. The factory price of this car, with fuel injection, was $2,611.00.1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. The Turnpike Cruiser was the most gadget ladened car of its time and was only manufactured in 1957 and 1958. The factory price was $3,758.00.1963 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Coupe. 1963 was the only year for the ‘split-window’ body-style of the Chevrolet Corvette. The Z06 option included a 327 cubic-inch V8 engine which produced an astonishing 360 horsepower. Al-fin front drum brakes and heavy-duty suspension greatly improved the vehicles handling characteristics. The fuel tank was enlarged to 36-gallons and posi-traction was standard.1954 Kaiser DarrinA. J. Foyt’s 1958 Indy 500 rookie car. Foyt drove in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 consecutive years, winning it four times.Several of the Indy cars driven by A. J. Foyt throughout his racing career. The “84” car in the foreground raced in three Indy 500 races, 1986-1988, with different drivers.
The car Foyt drove to Indy 500 victory in 1977.Foyt’s 1967 Indy 500 car.The Oldsmobile Aerotech, driven by A. J. Foyt in 1987 set a new world record for a closed course at 257.133 mph at Fort Stockton, Texas.
A. J. Foyt’s first Indy 500 victory in 1961 was in this racer averaging 139.010 mph and led 71 of the 200 laps.Henry Leland, founder of the Lincoln Motor Company1923 Lincoln Phaeton1928 Lincoln Convertible SedanOne-of-a-kind Lincoln, custom built in 1939 for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth when they toured the United States and Canada that year. Following the tour it was displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition and at the New York World’sFair. It was used again in the 1953 Coronation Day parade and in 1957 when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited North America.1906 Columbia – 5 passenger touring carAn early Crane & Breed advertisement features a poem by F. F. Woodall, summing up their experience with these gorgeous but grim rides: “I am the Hearse – Death’s taxicab; the carriage of the dead! None ride with me but once. Thereafter upon earth – Their riding days are over.”1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville1910 Cadillac 5 Passenger Touring1978 Checker A-11 used in the television series “Taxi”Shell Gas StationBicycle or Motorcycle?1952 Triumph riden by “The Fonz” on Happy Days1948 Indian1926 IndianOne of the buildings at the Gilmore Car Museum
