A friend to all that loved cars... The “Mr. GTO” story

Mr. GTO, Mecum returns to Harrisburg, the swept-side Dodge pickup and a "Vette we'd love to buy in this week's Old Cars newsletter.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. A friend to all that loved cars... The "Mr. GTO" story Pontiac car guy to the core, Al Blatter, "Mr. GTO" had amassed quite a stash. It will be up for sale July 23rd in Wilton, North Dakota. If you were a car guy in the Bismarck, North Dakota, you probably knew Al Blatter or "Mr. GTO." Al was a friend to anyone that loved cars, especially Pontiacs. If fact, Al, Mr. GTO, kept a book with all his friends' cars and other people in their car club and the parts that they needed to get their Classics back on the road. It wasn't a surprise that Al would walk up to one of the guys in the car club and hand them a part for their car that they had been searching years for. Al, "Mr. GTO", would walk right up to them and hand them that elusive part and walk away smiling ear to ear. So many lifelong friendships were made from their love of cars. See More Make your car our "Car of the Week"  If you've got an old car you really love, we want to hear about it! Click here to submit your ride! Mecum returns to Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, July 27-30 1,200 classic and collector cars are slated to cross the auction block in Harrisburg on July 27-30. Walworth, Wis. – Mecum Auctions will return to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this July 27-30 with an estimated 1,200 American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, trucks, exotics, Hot Rods, customs and more expected to cross the auction block. See More A fan's perspective on a Dodge Sweptside A look at the "finned" Dodge pickup from a fan's perspective. The 1957 Dodge truck's front fenders reminded me of the 1956 Plymouth front fenders. Both vehicles had a forward-leaning edge that housed deeply hooded headlamps. Both vehicles looked as though they were in motion, even when parked. On the truck's fenders were Forward Look "Flookerang" emblems representing Dodge's styling campaign that year. See More Old Cars We'd Buy That: 1966 Chevrolet Corvette with a big-block 427 and 4-speed What's not to love? A 'Vette with a 427 and a 4-speed to row gears. Yeah, we'd buy that! OK, we really can't tell much from this ad. All we really know is that it's a (rare) 427 1966 Corvette that has apparently never been restored and has been sitting since 2015 — and looks like it was sitting for a while even before that. See More Subscribe Now to the Highest Frequency Publication for Die-Hard Car Lovers! Your subscription to Old Cars includes: All the recent news from around the old car hobby Coverage of all the important collector car auctions and shows Classifieds including expert advice SUBSCRIBE NOW! Active Interest Media 2143 Grand Ave Des Moines, Iowa, 50312 United States You received this email because you are subscribed to Old Cars Weekly eNewsletter. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.