The Antique Automobile Club of America's (AACA) Eastern Fall Meet in Hershey, Pa., attracts some of the rarest, most unique and most under-appreciated automobiles in the hobby. Such was the case in 2023 when I was covering the event for Old Cars and made my initial walk of the show field in search of rare and unusual automobiles with special stories. Unlike most who attend the event, I start at the rear of the show, by the Historic Preservation of Original Features (HPOF) section, and make my way to the front where the Brass Era and driver-participation vehicles are parked. This allows me to miss the onslaught of people and automobiles making their way into the event. About halfway through the show field, I approached the long and lithe automobiles from the early '60s where a light-green 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer caught my eye. As I made my way closer to get a better look, the "Pioneer" script on the passenger side quarter panel and two-door hardtop body style stopped me. I couldn't recall if I had ever seen one of these cars in person, and the car's quality drew me in. As I walked around it, the Dodge's exceptional condition piqued my interest. I had to find out more about this Dart Pioneer model, its owner and its history. |
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London, England - Broad Arrow Auctions celebrated their success of their first European sale as the official auction partner of BMW AG after presenting over 70 of the world's finest cars, boats and motorcycles at the prestigious Concorso d'Eleganza Villa D'Este. Two vibrant sales, held on Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25 in the Rotunda at Villa Erba, saw packed sales rooms and an atmosphere charged with excitement. Both auctions, also watched live by over 8,000 viewers on the Broad Arrow YouTube channel, achieved €31,172,625 in total sales, with 78 percent of all lots sold. Note, these figures include three lots sold within hours of the live auction ending. Star of the Sunday sale was a 1948 Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa, quite possibly the most original early Ferrari extant, which sold for an auction record price of €7,543,750. |
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Chevrolet offered no fewer than eight different station wagons among its full-size ("biggest-size") and mid-size ("second-size") lines in 1969. So there would be no question as to which wagon was tops, Chevy crowned its biggest and most luxurious the Kingswood Estate. To the second-in-command Kingswood, the top-dog 1969 Kingswood Estate added woodgrain exterior paneling to harken back to the days of woodie wagons, but otherwise it was all modern for 1969: overhead-valve V-8 power, available automatic transmission, vinyl interior upholstery, courtesy lamps, two-spoke steering wheel, thick foam seat padding, full wheel covers, body-side moldings and three taillamps, as found on the Chevrolet Impala and Caprice. All 1969 Chevy station wagons — from the entry-priced midsize Chevelle Nomad to the full-size Kingswood Estate — featured a new dual-action tailgate hinged on both the side for swing-out passenger entry and the bottom for drop-down loading. Automodello now offers the 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate as a 1:24-scale resin model with all of the quality and detail the company has put into its previously released models, perhaps more so. |
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