YOUR TURN 1963 LOTUS SEVEN
VALUE RANGE: $13,800–$45,800
Hank Mauel’s vintage racing partner bought this 1963 Lotus Seven in 1991, with plans to return it to vintage racing specifications. But the project never materialized and the car hung in the shop rafters until 2007, when Hank decided to return it to Lotus Seven America street configuration. “The poor car had been bastardized," says Hank, "with an adjustable front suspen-
sion, Lotus Twin Cam motor, enormous tires and a thoroughly cobbled-up wir- ing and gauge system.” Now restored
to one of the possible configurations it could have had in 1963, it has a BMC A- series engine and transmission, proper tires with Panasport-style wheels, cor- rect gauges featuring a chronometric tachometer, and a BRG paint job with yellow nose cone. Strictly a fair-weather car now, Hank uses it for tours, shows and back-road cavorting in the Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California.
1931 BUICK MODEL 8-96
VALUE RANGE: $23,500–$53,000
In 1956, while at the University of Wisconsin, Wallie Meisner spotted his Buick. "It seemed to need someone like me to care for it," he says, so he bought it. He stored it for four years while he finished college and served in the Navy. In 1960, Wallie towed it to his first home in Minnesota and began a body-off restoration. But with a growing family he soon set the project aside. Finally, when he retired in 2004, his wife Gayle encouraged him to turn the project over to Crown Point Classics in Wisconsin. In July 2006, Wallie received the beautifully restored Buick at the Buick Club meet in Rochester, Minnesota. Since then, he's shown it and driven it with great success.
1955 FORD F600 FLATBED
VALUE RANGE: $6,500–$15,000
When Greg Dannemiller saw this Ford F600 sitting outside the local repair shop in Martinsville, Indiana, he bought it on the spot. It ran sporadically, so son Adrien pulled the engine. Greg, his daughter Devory and Adrien rebuilt the 272-cid V-8, and replaced the brakes, clutch and wiring. A friend did the
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paint, and the upholstery was by Jim's Custom Trim Shop. The family sand- blasted and finished the old flatbed, and Greg sourced rough-sawn Indiana Poplar for the livestock panels. A final clearcoat by Adrien on the livestock panels just in time for Father’s Day completed the project.
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