worked to provide clean water in third-world countries.
He and his wife Pat, who survives, were married for more
than 69 years. He is also survived by four sons.Avanti owners to meet Sept. 4-
DAYTON, Ohio _ The Avanti Owners Association In-
ternational will host its 2019 International Meet in Dayton
Sept. 4-6. Among the activities scheduled for the weekend is
a program remembering “Operation Airlift,” a scheme to in-
troduce the the new Avanti in 1962 to shakers and movers at
the New York Auto Show and 26 cities around the country. A
discussion, photos and fi lm about the venture will be featured
Wednesday at the meet hotel.For information, call John Hull at 727-656-2868, or e-mail
[email protected].Hilton Head Concours
leader Vanagel to retire
HILTON HEAD, S.C. _ Carolyn Vanagel, the long-time
president for the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance
& Motoring Festival, will retire after this year’s event, which
concludes Nov. 3. Vanagel, who has served in the role as presi-
dent for the last 16 years, was responsible for building the
event from a two-day show with 6,000 attendees to what it
has become today — a 10-day lifestyle event with more than
20,000 visitors from around the world.If you were going to be handcuffed
to one car for a year in 1928, a new
Auburn sedan wasn’t a bad place
to be. Endurance driver “Dare Devil
Warner” started from Bright Bump
Sales Co. of Los Angeles in May 192
and planned to visit “every city inth
United States” during his year-long
adventure, all the while in sealed
handcuffs. The Auburn appears
specially outfi tted with a box on the
running board, three non-standard
headlamps, an unknown apparatus
in place of the front bumper and
optional Smith steel wheels.
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007 gadget car on display
NEW YORK _ An authentic
James Bond Aston Martin DB5,
chassis no. 2008/R that will be for
sale at RM Sotheby’s Monterey
Auction Aug. 15-17, was on public
display in the lobby of Sotheby’s
York Avenue global headquarters
in New York. The DB5 was sched-
uled to be on view in Manhattan
through the end of July.
The famed DB5 was one of two
cars fi tted with Bond fi lm gadgets
and used in the United States on a
promotional tour for Thunderball.
The DB5 was equipped with front and rear hydraulic over-
rider rams on the bumpers; a Browning .30 caliber machinegun in each fender; wheel-hub mounted tire-slashers; a rais-
ing rear bullet-proof screen; an in-dash radar tracking scope;
oil, caltrop and smoke screen dispensers; revolving license
plates; and a passenger-seat ejec-
tion system. Though never seen on
fi lm, the car was also equipped with
a telephone in the driver’s door to
communicate with MI6 headquarters
and a hidden compartment under
the driver’s seat containing several
weapons.
The car has passed through three
owners and is now scheduled to be
offered during RM Sotheby’s ‘An
Evening of Aston Martin’ single-
marque sale session in Monterey.
More than 150 blue chip cars will
be up for bids at the annual sale. For information, visit http://www.
rmsothebys.com.