Tony,
I missed you at Hershey. Though that's no surprise. I too was shocked
ot see the Newell's car at the show. The shock was only one Morgan in so
many cars. There must have been twenty houresless carrages there. You can
bet I'll have my DHC up there next year.
Ed.
PS. great to know that the DHC didn't go for 23K. See you on the 24th.
tjsouz@epix.net wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> I'm just back from Hershey and am in the usual daze brought on by seeing
> oneself reflected back from one too many brass radiators. There was a
> morgan in the car show entered by MOPs Bob and Ruthmary Newell. Had a
> great time visiting with them and it was fun to see Morgan friends of
> old come spectating by. The usual scene was to spot someone you know
> with eyes fixed, looking down, checking out the sportscar row then get
> sucked in by that pretty red four-seater and then finally lift eyes to
> see who was standing behind it. Ah! the eyes light up in recognition of
> Moggie people wholly unexpected in that AACA environment.
>
> There was a first ever classic car auction on Friday afternoon/evening
> held by Brooks, the UK auction people. Very nice cars! I waited
> through the never ending sales of automobilia paintings, prints and
> posters, radiator mascots, and complete wicker picnic baskets and whiled
> away the time reading a book of the collected writings of Ken Purdy that
> I had found in the flea market. (Three Wheels Are Enough, Elisabeth and
> The Racing Mog, etc.) The framed art stuff went for a few hundred, the
> the picnic baskets loaded with china and sterling went for a few
> thousand and the radiator nmascots went anyway from several hundred to
> several thousand. Finally, the cars. The '33 Packard dual cowl phaeton
> went for 110K, a '71 XKE 12 cyl for 29.25K, the Ford Model K of '07 for
> 85K, a '47 Talbo Lago Record for 56K, etc. There were some deals also,
> a 30's Buick restoration project for 500 and a similar condition
> Tickford-bodied Lagonda for 600. Finally the '67 Morgan DHC in black, a
> very nice North Jersey car last licensed in '86 was driven up on the
> stand. It was bid up to 23K but did not make the reserve.
>
> Somebody in this group was looking for a DHC. Rich Maloumian has one
> for sale that I saw last weekend at the MG show. It's complete, running
> and licensed, etc. Needs paint and detailing. Call him direct at
> 215-248-1695.
>
> Back to the auction, a Cad engined 1950 Allard went for 104K but the
> highest priced sportscar in the auction was a 1959 BMW 507 at 240K sold
> to somebody on the phone.
>
> If you've never been to Hershey you can't imagine the scope of the flea
> market and car corral. Three days of walking, sunrise to sunset, will
> get you through most areas, but you won't see it all.
>
> Your foot weary corrspondent,
> Tony Souza
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