Auction Breakfast, Classics Under The Sun, Lancia Automobiles

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Classic Car Club of America, Arizona Region—January-February 2020

Auction Breakfast, Classics Under The Sun, Lancia Automobiles

The Line-Up of Classics at The Pavilions Car Show for Classics Under The Sun

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Arizona Region Classic Car Club of America 2020 Board of Managers Director Steve Evans Asst. Dir. Dana Rapoport Secretary Robert McAtee Treasurer Steve Kreisman Membership Gary Capra Editor John Ossenfort Club Store Dee Pellegrini Ken Dennison Tom Hamilton Mike McClure Ray Short Ed Winkler Committees of the Region: Publications (John Ossenfort); Website (Steve Evans); Events Coordina-tor/Regalia (Dee Pellegrini)

In This Issue: Message from the Director…………………………………………………......Page 3 AZ Region Events Calendar/National CCCA Events Calendar…………….. .. Page 4 Obituaries: Jim Updike, Clive Cussler…….…………………….…...…......….Page 5 Annual Auction Breakfast and Bonhams Auction Preview..…………….....Pages 6-9 Classics Under The Sun………………………………………….……….Pages 10-11 European Classics A-Z: Lancia….....…………………..…...…….……...Pages 12-14 Region News……....…...…………………...………..………….….…....…......Page 3 Ads…….………………………………………….………..……...…..…....Page 4, 15

Contributors this issue: Steve Evans, Cheryl Ossenfort, John Ossenfort,

Purpose of the Classic Car Club of America, (CCCA): for the development, publication and interchange of technical, histori-cal and other information for and among members and other persons who own or are interested in fine or unusual foreign or do-mestic motor cars built between and including the years 1925 and 1948, and distinguished for their respective fine design, high engineering standards and superior workmanship, and to promote social intercourse and fellowship among the members; and to maintain references upon and encourage the maintenance, restoration and preservation of all such Classic cars.

On the covers: Front: Classics Under The Sun at The Pavilions in February. Back: A rear view of members’ classics at the January Auction Breakfast at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. (Photos by John Ossenfort).

Four Roadrunner issues will be published in 2020: January-February , March-April, Summer, and November-December. Contact the editor, John Ossenfort, at [email protected] or 928-913-0005.

To contact the Arizona Region, go to our website at:

www.arizonaccca.org

What is a Full Classic® Car? A Full Classic® as defined by the Classic Car Club of America is a “fine” or “distinctive” auto-mobile, American or foreign built, produced between 1925 and 1948. Generally a CCCA Classic was high priced when new and was built in limited quantities. Other factors including engine displacement, custom coachwork and luxury accessories such as power brakes, power clutch, and automatic lubrication systems, help determine whether a car is considered to be a “Full Clas-sic®”. The complete list of recognized classics may be obtained from the Classic Car Club. of America, P.O. Box 346160, Chica-go, IL 60634.


A Message from Region Director Steve Evans

Hello Friends,

It’s been a busy start to the year with the club gathering for its annual Arizona Auction Week Breakfast at the McCormick Ranch Country Club in mid-January. Regional members were joined by guests from around the country – nearly 60 of us in all – as we enjoyed a beautiful day of sunshine, good food, and talk of old cars. Thank you to Christi Os-borne and Jakob Greisen at Bonhams Auctions for hosting our group for a preview of cars on offer after breakfast. This is always a treat for members and sets the bar high for great cars throughout the week. A few lucky members joined our region and the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club in February at the Phoe-nix Art Museum’s Legends of Speed exhibit for a tour by none other than former race driver (and Re-gion member) Lyn St. James. Lyn’s knowledge of the cars and insight from her career made for a truly special experience. I hope everyone had the chance to see this exhibit; it was a wonderful experience for our community. Sadly, the club saw the passing of one of our members, and internationally recognized author, Clive Cussler. Clive was a true car guy and he, along with his wife Janet, have generously opened their collection to the club on many occasions. Our thoughts are with Janet and the Cussler family. We also mourn the passing of a great Packard guy and Region member, Jim Updike. Finally, as we find ourselves in the mist of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 CCCA Annual

Meeting as well as our regional Garage Tour has been canceled. However, we look forward to a time we can be back behind the wheel of our treas-ured classics and we will make every effort to re-schedule the Garage Tour for later in the year. Be safe and stay healthy, Steve

OUR WEBSITE IS BEING UPDATED! Members: You recently received instructions from Director/Website Manager Steve Evans on how to check and update your personal contact information on our website, arizo-naccca.org. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully so that you receive notification for future fun AZCCCA events.

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National CCCA 2020 Events

CCCA Annual Meeting:

March 25-28 King of Prussia, PA

Grand Classics:

June 25-28 Ohio Region

July 26 Pacific Northwest Region (Renton, WA)

Sept. 19-20 Indiana Region (Connor Prairie, IN)

Oct. 31 Carolina Region (Hilton Head, SC)

CARavans:

May 5-14 Can-Am Tour (Niagara Falls-Ontario-Quebec-Rochester, NY)

Oct.17-24 Kentucky (Keeneland, KY

Concours D’Elegance:

April 17-19 Nov. 6-8 Gasparilla Concours d’Elegance, Tampa, FL

March 28 Garage Tour Winkler

Nov. 8 11:30 AM Annual Regional Meeting, Scottsdale Resort McAfee

2020 Regional Events

PLEASE NOTE: THE EVENTS LISTED BELOW ARE AS SCHEDULED NOW. GIVEN THE CURRENT CORONA-VIRUS PANDEMIC, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME EVENTS MAY BE CAN-CELED. PLEASE CHECK CLOSER TO THE DATE.

CANCELED

CANCELED

CCCA Museum Experience

June 5-7 Hickory Corners, MI CANCELED

DATE CHANGE


Region member James Earl Updike passed away on February 13th, 2020 at the age of 70, as a result of injuries sustained in an off-road UTV accident. Jim is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Valerie; four sons, four daughters- in-law, and 13 grand-children. Jim was born on June 14th, 1949 in Phoenix, Arizona to Earl and Ethel Updike. He attended high school and college there and then attended BYU, where he met his future wife Valerie. After college he returned to Phoenix to run the family business, Updike Photog-raphy. He subsequently sold this to Lifetouch Pho-tography and later purchased Total Warehousing, a logistics company in Phoenix. He sold Total in 2004 and began traveling, although still being involved in motorcycle/ATV dealerships in Colorado and New Mexico. In 2008 he founded Updike Distribution Logistics with his sons. From an early age, Jim became enamored by any-thing with motors or wings. In 1978, he earned his pilot’s license and loved to fly. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and organized dozens of Harley rides. He treasured his small collection of classic cars. He was an avid boater and loved spending time in the sun. Robert McAtee remembers Jim: I met Jim about 7 years ago when he bought his first Packard, a 1942 110 convertible. He liked this so much that within a year he had acquired a very nice 1948 Super 8 convertible and a 1937 V12 Converti-ble Sedan that had previously been owned by Tony Ficco. The 1937 was both a CCCA Senior and Premier Car and had won many additional awards. It was shown at the first Arizona Concours at the Biltmore and received a top award in its class. In addition to his Packards, Jim owned an early 1920's Mercer and other vehicles. Jim credited his grandfa-ther's love of Packards for his interest in the marque. Jim had recently sold the 1937 and 1948 Packards to make way for other projects.

Photo Credit: Ronnie Bramhall/G.P. Putnam's Sons via AP

It is with deep sadness that I inform our Region members of the passing of my close friend, Clive Cussler. He passed away at his home in Paradise Valley on Monday, February 24th. Clive was 88 years old. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be private. His life passion was his writing, family, and old cars, including many of our be-loved CCCA-recognized classics. Naturally, his world famous best selling books included old cars as an integral part of the plot, especially the adven-tures of his fictional character, Dirk Pitt. Clive was always generous in hosting CCCA events, both for the Arizona and Colorado Re-gions. Along with his wife Janet (whom he suc-cessfully converted into a car person), the couple hosted two recent events at the Janet Cussler Car Collection here in Scottsdale: the January 2020 CCCA National Board Meeting during Auction week, and the Collection was part of the bus tour during the CCCA Annual Meeting which took place in Scottsdale during the January 2019 Auc-tion week. Clive was a consummate car guy, and being a celebrity never got in the way of his being down to earth and a gentleman who loved to share great car stories with anyone who was interested. I will al-ways miss him! Steven Kreisman

Clive at the CCCA Annual Meeting in Feb-ruary 2019


Annual Auction Breakfast And Bonhams Auction Visit

Photos By John & Cheryl Ossenfort

Arizona Region members and a number of out-of-town CCCA members gathered at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club at 9:00 on January 15th for our annual Auction Breakfast event. It appeared to be the largest gathering, outside of the National Annu-al Meeting, that we’ve hosted - more than 60 peo-ple. Here are some of the packed tables of car peo-ple meeting with old friends.

Above: Wake-up coffee before the breakfast. Below: A full room.

Above and below: Eatin’ and talkin’.


Above: More tables. Below: Don Pellegrini and Karen Winkler checking in attendees and collecting money.

Dale Lillard’s guest Rich Blake and Erik & Belva Baltzar talking over old cars and old car trips.

Barry Briskman and Steven and Jane Kreisman


A couple of the featured cars: above, a 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 (unsold at $8.7M) and, below, a 1938 BMW 328 roadster (estimated at $500k, also unsold).

Below: Here’s a pretty 1929 Stutz Model M Roadster.

After the breakfast, attendees were invited to a pre-view of the Bonhams Auction at the Westin Kier-land Resort. A tasty collection of cars were pre-sented, including many classics from the 1930’s.

Above: Attendees’ classics in the parking lot of McCormick Ranch Golf Course

Below: The Bonhams Auction tent and lawn


AUCTION BREAKFAST ATTENDEES

Keith & Marie Ambs Erik & Belva Baltzar David Brand Gary Bragg & guest Barry Briskman Chris Brock Theo Bruinsma & guest Lisa Capra & guests John Carlson & guest Mike & Michele Craft Frank Daly Ken & Rose Dennison Stan Dickerson & guest Steve Evans & guest Gerald Greenfield & guest Lee Gurvey Tom Hamilton & guests Dick Hansen & guest Bill Ingler & guest Steve & Jane Kreisman Ray Levy Dale & Marilyn Lillard & guest Robert McAtee John & Cheryl Ossenfort Don & Dee Pellegrini & guests Kim Pierce & guest Dana Rapoport & guest Ray & Louise Short Jim Tait & guest Ray & Nancy Tiedje Richard Wilsie & guest Ed & Karen Winkler & guests Lee Zuker & guest (Apologies from the editor! “Guest” may include spous-es - they were not always identified.)

A 1939 Packard Super 8 Hearse - the perfect car for your final ride!

Above: 1931 Auburn Model 8-98 Cabriolet Below: 1931 Packard 940 Deluxe 8 Coupe

Below: Some foreign classics: A 1937 Aston Martin 15/98 Short Chassis Drophead Coupe and a 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Special Roadster


Classics Under The Sun Shines Again

Photos By John & Cheryl Ossenfort

On February 29th, members again met for the Classics Under the Sun car show at the Pavilions McDonald’s. This annual event is an enjoyable get-together and also a fund raiser for the Ronald McDonald House, which provides a place for par-ents of hospitalized children to stay nearby. Each Arizona region participant donated $25 for that cause, with some additional cash coming from the Region treasury. This year, a total of $500 was given to this worthy cause. The show was preced-ed by good conversation and a relaxing lunch at the nearby Babbo’s Italian Eatery.

Above and below: The line-up of members’ Classics at Babbo’s Italian Eatery, our lunch stop.

Above: The line-up at McDonald’s. (The red trash cans were to save the parking spaces but never got moved away!).

Below: Peter Hartmann’s 1938 Packard 1607 Formal Sedan Bottom: Barry Briskman’s 1947 Packard 2106 Club Sedan


CLASSICS UNDER THE SUN ATTENDEES

Barry Briskman 1947 Packard Peter Hartmann 1938 Packard Steven Kreisman 1947 Cadillac Robert McAtee & Ethan Lawrence 1949 Packard (nc) John & Cheryl Ossenfort Don & Dee Pellegrini Ray & Louise Short Ray & Nancy Tiedje 1939 Cadillac Ray Weihofen (WI Region) 1937 Cadillac Ken Zitzmann 1936 Cadillac

Above: Ken Zitzmann’s unrestored 1936 Ca-dillac 7529 Four Door Convertible Sedan, Fleetwood Below: A rare 1937 Cadillac 7509F Formal Sedan Fleetwood, brought by Ray Weihofen, a CCCA member from the Wisconsin Region.

Above: Steven Kreisman’s 1947 Cadillac 62 Club Coupe, with a hint of Ray & Nancy Tie-dje’s 1939 Cadillac Convertible Coupe on the right.

Below: Secretary Robert McAtee mans the membership table with his 1949 Packard Su-per 8 (n/c) behind him. Bottom: Ethan Lawrence filled in when Robert needed a break.


European Classics A-Z:

Lancia

“Beauty Will Drive The World”

By John Ossenfort

Vincenzo Lancia was an early race car driver for Fiat at the turn of the 19th century. He and a friend thought they could build faster cars and formed the Lancia & C. Fabbrica Automobili in 1906 in Turin. Their first car, the Tipo 51 12HP had a small 4-cylinder engine. But Vincenzo Lan-cia’s creativity eventually built one of the out-standing Italian automobile companies.

Vincenzo Lancia at the wheel of a Fiat 50HP in the Targa Florio of 1908 - he finished 2nd.

Lancia’s accomplishments include early global trade - the Lancia Beta (n/c) of 1910 was shipped in parts to the US and sold here as the SGV for several years. The Theta (n/c) of 1913 was the first European auto with a complete electrical system. The Lambda of 1922 (n/c) has a pioneer-ing monocoque chassis (Lancia called it “stressed hull”) and four wheel brakes, and featured a slid-ing pillar independent front suspension, used in all subsequent Lancias until 1963.

Lancia’s classic cars began with the Dilambda of 1928. This was Lancia’s luxury car and featured its first V8 engine, a 4-liter model with overhead cam and Zenith updraft carburetor. The chassis reverted from a “stressed-hull” to a standard cross-member unit to allow bespoke bodies to be built on it. The car could achieve over 110 mph. The first series was built from 1928 to 1931. During this period, Lan-cia’s close association with the designer and coachbuilder Pininfarina began.

Above: 1930 Lancia Dilambda Series 1 Drop-head Coupe by Carlton Courtesy Bonhams

Below: 1932 Lancia Dilambda Series 2 Double Phaeton by Viotti Courtesy Dave 7

Bottom: 1931 Lancia Dilambda Series 2 Torpe-do Sport Tourer by Pininfarina Courtesy Makarand Baokar


The Astura, Lancia’s other classic, was first pro-duced in 1931 to replace the Lambda. It was origi-nally given a 2.6 liter ohc V8 with single carburetor achieving 72 horsepower. Like the Dilambda, many custom coachbuilders supplied bodies for the Astu-ra. The second series, introduced in 1932, was only a minor change, with new engine mounts to over-come a vibration issue. In 1933, the 3rd series intro-duced a new 82hp 3 liter engine, and a long wheel-base chassis was added to the lineup. Finally, in 1937, the 4th series produced only the LWB vari-ant. Lancia production ceased in 1939 with the ad-vent of WWII.

In 1931 the brakes and gearbox were upgraded for the second series (1931-1933). Finally, in 1933 the chassis was modified to make a more streamlined long wheelbase model, the Series 3. Dilambda pro-duction ended in 1935.

Above: 1934 Lancia Dilambda Series 3 Sedan by Pininfarina Courtesy PG1964/coachbuild.com

Below: 1935 Lancia Dilambda Series 3 Limou-sine by Boneschi Courtesy woiweb.com

Above: 1931 Lancia Astura Series I Cabriolet Courtesy Bonhams

Below: The spectacular 1935 Lancia Astura Series III Aerodynamico Coupe by Castagna with finned rear, a la Bugatti Atalante Courtesy Wikimedia

Right: 1938 Lancia Astura Series IV Cabriolet with striking aerodynamic body by Boneschi Courtesy Bonhams


The 1928 to 1939 Dilambda and Astura cars are considered Full Classics by the CCCA. There is only one Lancia listed in the 2019 CCCA Hand-book: a 1937 Astura living in Florida.

Top: 1938 Lancia Astura Series IV Cabriolet by Portout Courtesy coachbuild.com

Above: 1938 Lancia Astura Series IV Cabriolet by Pininfarina Courtesy Alf Van Beem/wikimedia

Below: 1938 Lancia Astura Series IV Lunga Torpedo Ministeriale by Boneschi, one of six built and one of Mussolini’s favorite cars Courtesy RMSothebys

Above: 1933 Lancia Astura Series III Torpedo by Castagna Courtesy ultimatecarpage.com

Below: 1936 Lancia Astura Series III Cabrio-let by Farina Courtesy Wikimedia

Bottom: 1936 Lancia Astura Series III “Tipo Bocca” Cabriolet by Pininfarina. This car won Best of Show at Pebble Beach in 2016. Courtesy automobilemag.com


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Classics at the January Auction Breakfast at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club

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