1960s Classified Ads

[427TJ]

After reading the other post on old car mags I thought it would be fun to post a few classified ads from early '60s HRMs.



Ed Roth's A pickup with his Slauson Avenue shop address.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/RothTruck.jpg

Tommy Ivo's T being sold by second owner Bill Roland. After Norm Grabowski's pioneering T-bucket built in 1954-55 this car is said to be the second "Fad T" built. Ivo snuck over to Grabowski's house at night and took measurements and built this car. It now resides in the NHRA museum in Pomona.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/Ivo-RolandT.jpg

Gene Winfield's spectacular for the time '50 Merc.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/50MercWinfield.jpg

Nice pair of Ford rods.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/3334RodPair.jpg

C/MP '55 210 Delray.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55CMPChev.jpg

Deuce 3-window street machine.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32Coupe1.jpg

'21 T show rod.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/21TShowRod.jpg

'55 Corvette engineering vehicle.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55VetteXP.jpg

HRM editor Bill Neumann's super-clean A roadster.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/NeumannARoadster.jpg

'34 4-door street/show rod.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/344-doorRod.jpg

This one's for kwhizz:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/66427-425.jpg

Clean Deuce street sedan.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32SedanStreet.jpg

Deuce race sedan.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32DragSedan.jpg

[427TJ]

AMBR winner built in the 1950s and recently restored and shown at Pebble Beach.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/29KofoedA.jpg

Wish I had one just like this.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/40StockerPU.jpg

Anyone price a decent tri-five Nomad lately? This one has '64 Vette wheel covers.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/56NomadVettecovers.jpg

Here's a string of good deals.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/SeveralAds.jpg

[PeteLeathersac]

Whttp://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gifW...quite the sample listings and famous names like Roth, Winfield etc!!!.

I remember reading about that '55 'Vette before and recall it has an EXP Vin also maybe has '53 frame #002...isn't the earliest known car #003?.

That duece 3-window and '34 5-window are sweet...nice deal on the L72 BelAir too!.

~ Pete
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[Mr70]

I've got many old issues of HMN from the 1975-90's that have similar classifed car & parts ads in them.Unreal how inexpensive & common things were back then compared to today..

[Mr. Chevy]

I wonder what ever happened to that 55 Vette.. Neat car!!

Rich

[427TJ]

My high school (1976-80) metal shop instructor had one of these and coincidentally he lived not far from this one.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/61Facelia.jpg

Don't cry, this was 40 years ago.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/GSVette.jpg

This was too.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/289Cobra.jpg

Killer street roadster.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/31ARod-1.jpg

N96 mag wheel covers on this '59.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/59Impala.jpg

Nice cruiser for those sunny Hawaiian days.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/57Vette.jpg

"Never raced." Yeah, we've heard that before!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55TazmanianDevil.jpg

'38 Chebbie with an ought-nine.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/38409Chevy.jpg

A hottie with a cutie. Neighbor has an 8-lug GP.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55ChevCGas.jpg

[1969l78]

Those are cool

[Verne_Frantz]

OMG! A '59 FI for $1100.! You couldn't buy the air cleaner for that today!
I think I'll call the number............ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif

Verne

[PeteLeathersac]

Did you miss the 409/425 that's in the 38 Chevy Verne?.

Being a roadster, that Gran Sport would be #001 or #002..
And another good investment at $4500...valued more like 4.5 mil now?.

As a side note to the GS stuff, I wonder what ever happened to that alum. SB that had 'Super' or something cast into it and someone was seeking info on here close to a couple years back...remember that one Verne?. Who knows if the post was genuine but I've always wondered since if the original SB's from the GS's and the XP819 had this cast into it?.

Great thread Bill...it'll probably become a long one like the Rotting Muscle and Aircraft ones!.

A few key examples could become a standard page we can print off and lay on the girls when they question our wisdom of buying more cars...that GS for 'Vette purchases etc?.

~ Pete
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/youguysrock.gif

[Verne_Frantz]

I didn't miss the '09 in the coupe Pete. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif I love reading those old ads, like the '63 Z-11 at the end of the '64 season for $3K. Heck, I was 14 at the time and lucky if I had 3 DOLLARS in my pocket! Today's market value for these great cars and my pocket are still at about the same ratio! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gifVerne

I do rememebr a thread about a block with "super" on it (supposedly) but it never ran it's course to some ending of understanding. I don't know what those early blocks had on them. I've never seen one up close (only a couple in cars and I had to stand behind ropes) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Steve Shauger]

What year was the GS Corvette ad from. The 15 s newtown st address was Penske's first race shop in Newtown Sq. , Pa. I believe he moved to the larger winding way location (also in newtown Sq.)in 1966 or early 67.

[427TJ]

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What year was the GS Corvette ad from.

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GS ad definitely came from a '66 or '67 HRM but they're already back in the stack so I'm not exactly sure.

("Definitely but not exactly" came from my pre-law class in college...)

[427TJ]

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Great thread Bill...it'll probably become a long one like the Rotting Muscle and Aircraft ones!

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Okay Pete, you got it! More ad scans to come!

[427TJ]

They weren't all Fords.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/31Chevcoupe.jpg

Okay, back to Fords.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/27Tcoupe.jpg

Channeled Deuce.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/30coupechannel.jpg

Show car A four-door.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/31A4doorshow.jpg

Just another (ho-hum) '35 Cabriolet.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/35Fordcabrio.jpg

Looks like the famous Bob McCoy flamed sedan.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/40flamedsedan.jpg

Sick of '40s yet???

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/40StdCoupe.jpg

Here's a wooden one.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/40woodie.jpg

Post-war soft-top Lincolns are probably not cheap these days.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/47Lincoln.jpg

Nicely raked Olds.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/50Olds.jpg

'53 Merc street/drag machine.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/53merc.jpg

Fabulous Hudson Hornet!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/54Hudson.jpg

Want folks to see your ad? Put your girl in it!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55fordcustom.jpg

Stude custom parked in front of Larry Watson's SoCal paint shop.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55Studewatson.jpg

Oooh, a Cameo...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/57cameo.jpg

Buick nailhead. Do people still build show engines?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/60Nailhead.jpg

[Xplantdad]

Wow...a 55 gasser for $2000--"Tasmanian Devil"...it'd be cool to build one of those today....WOW! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[427TJ]

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Wow...a 55 gasser for $2000--"Tasmanian Devil"...it'd be cool to build one of those today....WOW! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

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Yes it would! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[427TJ]

I'll start with a few famous cars.

Here's Garlits' 1962 nats winner--back when he sold his outdated rails.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/62garlits.jpg

Clarence Catallo's "Silver Sapphire" Beach Boys album cover car.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32catallo.jpg

Neal East's timeless Deuce, now restored to Pebble Beach quality.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32nealeast.jpg

Mickey Thompson's drag boat.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/60mtboat.jpg

Clean Vette custom.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/63vette.jpg

'63 4-speed wagon with Radir (?) mags and 409 emblems!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/63wag.jpg

'60 Corvair racer.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/60corvair.jpg

'64 409/425 Impala.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/64409.jpg

'58 Impala street custom.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/58impala.jpg

'58-ish Edsel-Ranchero what-if.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/58edchero.jpg

Blown SBC.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/57blownchev.jpg

Neat Kurtis roadster.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/54kurtis.jpg

Thames ("temms") panel gasser project anyone?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/50anglia.jpg

Clean '47 Chev fattie custom.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/47chevfat.jpg

Speaking of gasser projects, two from the same seller.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/40willys.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/41willys.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/42willys.jpg

These are worth a bit more today...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/39zephyr.jpg

Neat four-door convert but read the ad on top too.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/36fordoorvert.jpg

Sweet '34 panel.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/34panel.jpg

Dead-stock-mint '34 coupe.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/34coupestocker.jpg

Affordable stock Deuce roadster anyone???

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32stocker.jpg

Mid-'60s T-bucket. (Mags, no whitewalls.)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/22t.jpg

Early-'60s T-bucket. (Black steelies, wide whites.)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/15t.jpg

[John Brown]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32stocker.jpg

Went to one of Doc Swigarts auctions about a month ago. Lots of wind up toys and misc. collectable stuff, no 32 Ford though.

[427TJ]

More famous car people's cars for sale.

Another Roth car, this time the Outlaw, being sold off to help pay Big Daddy's bills. Car now resides in the Peterson Museum.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/60RothOutlaw.jpg

The famous Barris "Kopper Kart" painted by Larry Watson and Junior Conway while they worked for Barris. I think the Kart was lost in the Barris shop fire but it may have survived.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/56BarrisKopper.jpg

Pinstriper and Monkeemobile builder Dean Jeffries' custom Porsche.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/57JeffriesPorsch.jpg

I think it's spelled Hedrich and I think he wrote for Hot Rod back in the day.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/61HedrichDragger.jpg

Another Vette custom.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/57CustomVette.jpg

How'bout a slammed and leaded Merc?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/50Merccustom.jpg

Rare early Healey with a Corvette engine added for more oomph.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/53Healey.jpg

Custom Olds hardtop.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/55OldsCustom.jpg

I always liked the '39-'40 Studes.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/39Stude.jpg

Finally, another cheap Deuce coupe street machine.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Old%20Ads/32CoupeOlds.jpg

[stinger302]

I am a Yenko Stinger collector, but I also own the Roadster Pickup that was in the movie "The Lively Set" show in the ad at the bottom of your second page. Can you tell me what issue of HRM the ad was in? I would like to find a copy for my records.
Thanks, Jeff Moore

[six-corners]

The Kopper Kart was not in the Barris Shop fire.