Old Cars Weekly – 05 September 2019

as 358 vehicleschangedhandsduringthistwo-dayevent.Top-

pingthehigh-sellerlistwasa sleekresto-modded 1957 Ford

Thunderbirdwitha modernFord5.0L/412-hpCoyoteV-8that

soldfor a totalof$181,500.In spotNo. 2 wasa B5 Blue

1970 PlymouthSuperbirdthatbrought$165,000. Rounding

outtheTop10:a 2016JaguarF TypeProject7 at$143,000;

1956 ChevroletCorvetteconvertible,$143,000; 1970 Plym-

outhSuperbird,$129,800; 1956 ChevroletNomad,$110,000;

1964 PlymouthHemiSavoy“Lightweight,”$110,000; 1966

ChevroletCorvettecoupe,$107,250; 1986 FerrariTestarossa,

$106,700;and 1969 FordMustangMach1 fastback,$94,600.

’61Corvetteinvolvedinfatalwreck

LYONS,Wis._A motoristfromIllinoiswaskilledAug.

5 whenhelostcontrolandcrashedhis 1961 ChevroletCor-

vetteona statehighwaynearLakeGeneva.AllanLukasz,

81,ofMountProspect,diedin thecrashthatoccurredabout

9:30a.m.MondayonHighway12.Accordingtopolicere-

ports,Lukaszwasaloneandlostcontrolofthevehicleand

wentintoa ditch,wherethecarrolledover.Hewaspro-

nounceddeadat thescene.

Wreck

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A 1958PontiacChieftainand 1961

MercuryCometstationwagon

flippedforeachother.It’shardto

tellwhathappenedhere.It wasa

sunnyPennsylvaniadaywithno

apparentweatherorroadhazards

yetsomehowthesetwomachines

woundupupside-downandleakin

allovertheroad.

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AUBURN,Ind._RMAuctionswillhaveplentyof

high-classirononhandat itsannualAuburnFallsale

Aug. 29 toSept.1, andoneofthebiggesthighlights

willbethecarsoftheTheEdMeurerCollection.

Standoutswithinthecollectionincludetworarities

boastinguniquehistories,the 1938 ChryslerCustom

limousinebyLeBaronandthe 1958 ImperialCrown

limousinebyGhia.

Poweredbyaninlineeight-cylinderenginemarried

toa manualtransmission,theChryslerlimousinewas

orderednewbyJosephP. Kennedy,fatherofPresi-

dentJohnF. Kennedy,andusedinLondonbetween

1938 and 1940 whileheservedasU.S.Ambassador

toGreatBritain.Fittedwitha hostofexteriorandinterior

optionsandfinishedinattractivedarkgreen,thecustomlimo

wouldshineinanyAmericanClassicorprewarmotorcar

collection.Oneofonly 31 built,the 1958 ImperialCrown

limousinebyGhiais believedtohavebeenpurchasednew

bytheprominentEatonfamilyofToronto,ownersofEaton’s

departmentstorechain.PersonalfriendsoftheBritishroyal

family,theEatonsoftenhostedQueenElizabethII onher

visitstoNorthAmerica.Otherhighlightsincludea 1935

PackardTwelveconvertiblewithcoachworkbyRollston;a

1931 AuburnPhaeton; 1937 Cord 812 Beverly; 1930 Cadil-

lacV-16Seven-PassengerImperialSedan;a 1956Continen-

talMarkII;a groupofFordwoodiestationwagons;andcars

fromChrysler’slettercarseries.

Formoreinformation,visitwww.rmsothebys.com.

RM

Sotheby’s

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Rusty Herlocher collection

Meurer Collection anchors

impressive RM lineup