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https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0122-498530/1931-pierce-arrow-hearse/

He has been gone for quite a while. He was a great guy, a quality individual. He had roughly 20 cars in his collection, and the intact collection is still local.

Tommy is long gone, but the collection is incredibly still intact, including at least two Saxons..

The "modern electronic setup" for the convertible top sounds interesting-I've never heard of any sort of conversion for the troublesome top relays in either the Thunderbird, or the Lincoln Continental-or, for that matter, the 50's Ford retractibles . But it certainly sounds long overdue if it is a fix for these..

Your Dad sounds like he was one Hell of a guy, as well as someone who left a most excellent legacy of helping so many get on their correct footing..I lost my Dad June 14th of this year, and miss him every day as well..Life is just not the same..

This..

Deepest condolences, Dave. Cherish every single happy memory. You Dad will be with you forever in so many different ways.

Cars that bring back particular memories that are pretty much totally original , whatever they may be..

Words of wisdom!!...

I do every day..

I am in hopes this question doesn't disintegrate into a debate about differing philosophies, that's not the intent- but it's a very important question for the collector car hobby. The US has declared it's intent to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, and is voting on bills today to fund this. Is anyone aware of any parts of the legislation that could be detrimental to our collector car hobby?

As time goes on for me in the hobby, it's becoming refreshing to see cars like these that are different than the ones seen more frequently at car shows.

Thanks for sharing, Dandy Dave...always nice to be able to go to a car show, vicariously!

THANK YOU for posting these...Helping relive the fantastic Hershey 2021..

Don't know why, but always kind of fun to see the house the car(s) would have been parked at when new..Here's 965 Lagonda Ave, per the purchase order

‘56 Pontiac Star Chief Jr. dealer promotional 1/3 scale electric car-similar to the TBird Jr., but much rarer. No telling what you can stumble onto in the Hershey field.

An annual visitor to the swap meet. You haven’t made the entire trek through the flea market unless you’ve spotted him. Nice guy with a good sense of humor.

Deepest sympathy to West and the Peterson family.

Thanks for sharing this great snapshot-in-time, Walt

Thank you for posting these pics- always nice to see cars from a different area that you haven't seen..

The El Morocco was around $3100 vs. approx $4700 for the base series 62 1957 Cadillac. The 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was priced at a stratospheric (for the time) $13,074 and,as the 4 door El Morocco was based on that car, at $3100ish it could be considered a "bargain Brougham"- but still a Chevrolet. It was apparently one of those ideas that sounded better on paper than it did in reality.

The only fiberglass modifications to the '57 (and '56) Chevrolet that I've aware of was the custom El Morocco that was produced in limited numbers, and was a modified non-factory custom..

I've seen more than a few Canadian cars priced reasonably- is it expensive to bring a car like this Imperial into the U.S.??

Will do...the period photo I posted was of my car's twin (other than color), a Letourneur et Marchand bodied '34 D6-11S with that was in the Roger Baillon "collection" auctioned a few years back by Artcurial...quite a 'collection" , it included the long-lost '61 SWB California Spyder than once belonged to Alain Delon.. here's the Artcurial link..https://www.artcurial.com/en/lot-delage-d6-11-s-coach-ca-1934-no-reserve-2651-38

Remember, just because you have set a valuation of $15,000 on the car for insurance purpose doesn't mean that's the true "value" of the car. The 75% calculation should apply to the actual value of the car, not the agreed value you established with your insurance carrier. Just because you still have your DB4 insured for the $75,000 you paid for it 15 years ago, and never increased the valuation for coverage, doesn't mean your Aston Martin is worth $75,000. Just imagine how profitable the salvage sale on that DB4 would be for the insurance carrier. I'd research value guides, such as NADA Classic, or perhaps Hagerty's own value guides ( not sure if Hagerty goes pre-war) and hopefully the values are higher than the $15K you used for your agreed value, and you won't end up losing your car or ending up with a salvage title if you do keep it.