50 cars in 50 days, celebrating 50 years of Old Cars: Day One

Old Cars Weekly — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:52:23 +0000

Old Cars is turning 50. In honor of 50 years of the privilege of bringing the old cars hobby to our valued and faithful readers, Old Cars will revisit 50 of our past featured cars in 50 days, to commemorate the half-century of Old Cars. Here’s to fifty more years of Old Cars!

DAY ONE: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

Lee Storch had a bad case of seller’s remorse after he sold his Hugger Orange 1969 Camaro Z/28 back in 1972. He beat himself up pretty good for that decision over the years. More than that, it drove him through a dogged pursuit for more than three decades to try to get the car back. “I was the second owner of the car, and I’m the ninth owner of the car,” jokes Storch, a resident of Neenah, Wis. He was able to buy the Camaro for a second time back in 2004. “I got it back about 32 years after I got rid of it. I think I paid about 20 times what I sold it for, but I got the car back!”

Only 602 Camaros with the Z/28 package were produced for 1967, when the Camaro debuted, but demand escalated quickly and sales leaped to 7,199 cars in 1968, then made an even bigger jump to 20,302 assemblies for 1969, which many buffs still consider the greatest year ever for the Camaro. Lee Storch would certainly agree!

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Low-mile, in-the-wrapper ‘Malaise’ GM cars at Mecum Chicago 2019

Angelo Van Bogart — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 22:33:08 +0000

Donald Pulver was ahead of his time during the 1970s and clear into the 1990s. Few others were buying new malaise-era cars and stashing them away after very little use. Those scant few who did stash cars usually went after new Corvettes and what we’ll loosely describe as “performance cars” of the era.

Starting at Kissimmee 2019, Mecum Auctions began selling Pulver’s stash. Sure, there were plenty of Corvettes as one might expect from a die-hard enthusiast with a sizable car collection. But there was also a 1981 Caprice Sport coupe with 17,000 miles; a 1982 Caprice Sport Coupe with 14,042 miles; a 1984 Caprice Sport Coupe with 13,600 miles (full disclosure: we bought this car); a 1996 Buick Roadmaster with 21,317 miles; a 1988 Caprice Estate Wagon with 12,271 miles; a 1976 Corvette with 3,384 miles; and a 1984 Corvette with 1,719 miles. (There were also C1 and C2 Corvettes from the Pulver Collection sold at this sale.)

Now, more General Motors products from Pulver’s collection (and the auto industry’s lethargic period) will cross Mecum’s 2019 Chicago block from Oct. 24-26. Those who want one more swing at a rarely seen GM product with low mileage can bid on Pulver’s 1984 Monte Carlo SS believed to have 15,800 miles; his 1984 Impala sedan (with F41 suspension); his 1982 Pontiac Firebird SE with 509 miles; two 1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28s (45 and 4,470 miles); his 1977 Chevrolet Caprice coupe believed to have 13,655 miles; and his 1979 Caprice Classic sedan with a probable 21,245 miles.

We’ll be covering Mecum’s October sale to see how this round of time capsules do when they cross Mecum’s auction block.

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50 cars in 50 days, celebrating 50 years of Old Cars: Day One

DAY ONE: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

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Low-mile, in-the-wrapper ‘Malaise’ GM cars at Mecum Chicago 2019