43 Years ago today

[Mike D.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

Anyone collect the shriner cars from each year?

[Joseph T.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

They also bought C3s - although I don't know if the new Corvette every year continued, but it might have. I know of a 1970 Shriner Corvette that was/may still be in Minnesota.

I believe the father of one of our members on this board was the owner of the dealership in Omaha that the Shriner cars went through..maybe that member will chime in.

As I recall he has a file on these cars.

There has been coverage in the restorer about the Omaha Tangiers Shriner Patrol and their Corvettes in the past. I remember talking with one of the key members of that patrol who is in the pictures that Bill has posted. What I remember most about the conversation I had with him back then was his interest in UFO's!

Joe

[Joel F.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

I believe the father of one of our members on this board was the owner of the dealership in Omaha that the Shriner cars went through..maybe that member will chime in.

As I recall he has a file on these cars.

Joe,

You are correct, it is GL Anderson, and as I recall this information played a part in exposing a fake L-88 on ebay a few years back. Some joker had a former Shriner car (possibly unbeknown to him) and had converted it to an L-88 complete with (phony) docs.

[Steven B.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

An article on John will be great! There is still alot of history out there we can document and save. I never tire of learning about our cars, and there are some very interesting and little known things that are really enlightening.

Thanks for the effort!

Steve

[Wayne M.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

I believe the father of one of our members on this board was the owner of the dealership in Omaha that the Shriner cars went through..maybe that member will chime in. Joe

Joe -- the member is GL Anderson. Gareth Anderson Chevrolet, in Wahoo Nebraska was the dealer source for these 13 (?) '65s. He's the guy with the horn-rimmed glasses to the right of center.

For more info, here's a link to a DB thread about a year ago, but this time for the 1965 plant delivery. Not as nice a backdrop -- looks like some hotel parking lot .

https://www.forums.ncrs.org/showthre...riner&uid=1043

[Christopher R.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

William, I currently live 15 mi from the arch in IL. How or where could I get copies of those two photos you posted? I have been searching for local pictures like these to hang in my "man room" with all my other Corvette stuff!

[Mark S.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

Terry: The 70 big block Shriner bronze roadster was owned by Dan Alderson (who is now in Florida); and was sold in about 1997. Sincerely, Mark

[Mike D.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

William, I currently live 15 mi from the arch in IL. How or where could I get copies of those two photos you posted? I have been searching for local pictures like these to hang in my "man room" with all my other Corvette stuff!

Christopher, I saved the pictures to my desk top and plan on getting one of them enlarged and framed for the wall. We have a 65 convertible that was changed to white/black with pipes.

[Joe C.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

I don't live in the states, I confess I have never seen that monument in the back ground ? great photo !! Hey and what's with those hats. Looks like a european photo. What age is the city

Stu,

The arch in the background is not the Gateway arch. It's a new McDonald's restaurant.
The guys with the funny hats are the originators of the internet. They are Arab computer nerds, who came here to steal information on the Eniac computer.

[Terry M.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

Thanks Mark. I couldn't remember, or didn't know, all those details. I knew the car was sold, but that was the end of my chain. I have not seen it back for judging, but that could have happened since I don't make as many meets as I used to. Retirement is a b*&^%.

[Mike D.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

Stu,

The arch in the background is not the Gateway arch. It's a new McDonald's restaurant.
The guys with the funny hats are the originators of the internet. They are Arab computer nerds, who came here to steal information on the Eniac computer.

Ray Kroc did some great promotional gimmicks to get that fledging company to what it is today. Ronald McDonald refused to wear the hat, prefering the clown outfit he is known for today. He was also foolish in the fact that he liked Mustangs better.......

[John H.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

This photo resurfaced years ago when Bill Lacy and I interviewed John Evans at his home. John was the one and only Chief Inspector at the Corvette Plant in St.Louis from 1953 to about 1970 or so when he retired. John passed away a year or so after Bill and I visited with him.

I knew John pretty well, as my Chevrolet Production Engineering Group's activities in the plant were coordinated through him; he doubled as the Plant Planning Coordinator as well as the Chief Inspector. He was followed by Bob Blubaugh, and later by Dale Johnson as Chief Inspectors; when Dale was transferred back to GMAD Central Office in 1980, he bought my house.

[Joel F.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

I knew John pretty well, as my Chevrolet Production Engineering Group's activities in the plant were coordinated through him; he doubled as the Plant Planning Coordinator as well as the Chief Inspector. He was followed by Bob Blubaugh, and later by Dale Johnson as Chief Inspectors; when Dale was transferred back to GMAD Central Office in 1980, he bought my house.

Can you finish that book already?

[John H.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

Can you finish that book already?

It's a work in progress - the more I write, the more I remember; gotta stay ahead of the dying brain cells.

[Mark M.]

Re: 43 Years ago today

Christopher, have the photo up on your monitor, right click it, an save it to a folder ,you will then be able to make at least an 8x10 from the file.