Hemmings Daily: Order up! Silk City diner comes up for auction

On the list of destination spots for a show-and-shine, the local diner has to be in the top-10 (on the East Coast, anyway). For those tired of commuting to weekend car events, RM Sotheby's has the potentially ideal solution: Let the show come to you. As part of the upcoming Dingman Collection sale, taking place on June 23-24 in Hampton, New Hampshire, a 1946 Silk City Diner is up for grabs, complete with everything from appliances and fixtures to pots, pans, and dishes. In 1886, Everett Abbott Cooper began a [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Friday, June 8, 2018 [For the classic car collector with everything, a 1946 Silk City Diner]( [For the classic car collector with everything, a 1946 Silk City Diner]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - On the list of destination spots for a show-and-shine, the local diner has to be in the top-10 (on the East Coast, anyway). For those tired of commuting to weekend car events, RM Sotheby's has the potentially ideal solution: Let the show come to you. As part of the upcoming Dingman Collection sale, taking place on June 23-24 in Hampton, New Hampshire, a 1946 Silk City Diner is up for grabs, complete with everything from appliances and fixtures to pots, pans, and dishes. In 1886, Everett Abbott Cooper began a ... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1973 Plymouth Duster 340]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1973 Plymouth Duster 340]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1973 Plymouth Duster: Original 340/4 speed car. Engine has older rebuild including bore, head work, cam, intake and Holley carb. Upgraded 3 core radiator with original tanks. Recent water pump. Rare factory manual sunroof. Cragar style chrome steel wheels with BF Goodrich 195 60R15 in front and 275 50R15 in the rear. Striping has been painted in gloss with pinstriped edge (factory is decal). Carpet and seats re-upholstered several years ago with very little use (looks as if just done)...[Read More]( [2018 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix to host Kastner Cup, BMW CCA Oktoberfest]( [2018 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix to host Kastner Cup, BMW CCA Oktoberfest]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From a one-day vintage racing event first held in 1983, the annual Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP) has grown into a 10-day celebration of motorsports and classic cars, offering something for nearly every enthusiast. The 2018 PVGP, taking place from July 6-15, now has two more reasons to attend: It will host the annual Kastner Cup Triumph race, and will also incorporate the BMW Car Club of America's (BMW CCA) annual Oktoberfest bash. Forbes Avenue of Speed Parade. The Kastner Cup - a Triumph-only rac...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [When less (money) was more (sales) - Plymouth's 1968 Road Runner]( [When less (money) was more (sales) - Plymouth's 1968 Road Runner]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - A casual observer may have said that Mopar had all the muscle cars it needed in 1967, but Chrysler's market research indicated that simply wasn't the case. To appeal to the broadest segment of enthusiasts, Chrysler took a less-is-more approach by de-contenting a Belvedere, adding licensed cartoon graphics and a purpose-built 383 V-8, and launching the car as the 1968 Road Runner. The first muscle car with a cartoon character tie-in (in this case, licensed from Warner Brothers), the Road Runner had two main target...[Read More]( [Detroit, 1950s]( [Detroit, 1950s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1950s Location: Detroit, Michigan Source: Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [HemmingsPRO]( Seller Listings [1966 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1966 Chevrolet Chevelle $37,990]( [1986 Bentley Continental]( [1986 Bentley Continental $116,400]( [1957 Chevrolet 210]( [1957 Chevrolet 210 $69,983]( [2001 Dodge Viper]( [2001 Dodge Viper $52,000]( [1954 International W9]( [1954 International W9 $6,950]( [1991 Acura NSX]( [1991 Acura NSX $89,900]( [Learn More]( [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 6/8/1948: First Porsche completed. 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Thanks to the generosity of a North Carolina benefactor, The Revs Institute recently added a pioneering vehicle of a different sort: a 1917 Detroit Electric Model 68 B, the museum's very first electric vehicle. As those familiar with automotive history know, electric vehicles are hardly a new development. In the early years of th...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1953 Kom-Pak trailer]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1953 Kom-Pak trailer]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Restored 1953 Kom-Pak trailer and boat for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: All fiberglass, restored back to original condition. It has original icebox & original water can. This was a hunter's camper with a boat as its roof. The roof comes off so you can use it and is replaced with a canvas roof. See more RVs and travel trailers for sale on Hemmings.com....[Read More]( [Sweden's largest vintage-Volkswagen collection will be auctioned]( [Sweden's largest vintage-Volkswagen collection will be auctioned]( Posted by Mark J. McCourt - Images courtesy of Bilweb Auctions We were alerted to a most impressive collection coming up to auction by our friends at Klassiker magazine. Bilweb Auctions -the company that hosted the record-setting sale of Kjell Olsson's classic and vintage Volvo cars last fall, as well as brokering the recent sale of the famous coachbuilt Volvo "165" wagon- has been chosen to handle the dissolution of one of the world's finest collections of original air-cooled Volkswagens. The Holmgrens Volkswagen Museum, located in P...[Read More]( [Get off my lawn. It's not for sale. Thanks for asking. Please go now.]( [Get off my lawn. It's not for sale. Thanks for asking. Please go now.]( Posted by Jeff Koch - Here's how I know I'm old. I bought, brand new, a car that people are now hunting me down to ask to buy. It's a time-honored tradition: you're driving through a neighborhood, you spy an old car of some sort on a driveway, or under a tarp, or peeking out of a garage. You ring the bell and inquire. And you're either offered a screaming deal on the spot, or you're turned away at the door. Or you're brought in for a cup of tea and become friends with the owners as you bide your time and wait for them to die. I am ...[Read More]( [Somewhere USA, 1960s]( [Somewhere USA, 1960s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1960s Location: unknown Source: Jim and Chester's Garage What do you see here?...[Read More]( Wednesday, June 6, 2018 [Wikner Special, Australia's oldest race car, travels to the States for two-year exhibit]( [Wikner Special, Australia's oldest race car, travels to the States for two-year exhibit]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Of all the reasons one might have for building a race car - besides, you know, to go fast and race - Australians Geoff and Roy Wikner perhaps had the most oblique: They really wanted to build airplanes. Nearly a century later, however, the aircraft manufacturer is long gone but the Model T speedster the Wikners built remains and has made its way to the United States where it will go on display at the Model T Ford Club of America's museum. Then 18 and 20 years old, respectively, Geoff and Roy were selling Indian m...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle convertible]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle convertible]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: Time to Sell! 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle Convertible 4 Speed. A great and fun leisure vehicle. Same owner since the late 1980's. Vehicle has been restored and kept in a garage. At time of restoration new paint and new convertible top. Convertible Top is Manual. Engine rebulit in the early 1990's and is a 1600 48bhp (US). Runs Great. Recently serviced and suggested repairs completed. Find more Volkswagens for sale on Hemmings.com....[Read More]( [Stolen car alert: 1977 Porsche 911 SC remains missing a year later]( [Stolen car alert: 1977 Porsche 911 SC remains missing a year later]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Despite the shuttering of the police investigation into the theft of Michele Monticello's Porsche, Monticello remains committed to finding the car a year after it went missing. "Unfortunately they gave up looking quite soon," Monticello said of London's Metropolitan Police, which took the report on her car's theft last June but earlier this month notified Monticello via letter that the investigation has closed. "At this stage, we do not have sufficient evidence to proceed further, which means we must close the...[Read More]( [On the Ground at the Greenwich Concours]( [On the Ground at the Greenwich Concours]( Posted by David Conwill - A Connecticut park, on the water, is the ideal place to honor the cars of Briggs Cunningham. Photos by the author. Saturday morning, June 2, 2018, was beautiful: Sunny and warm with a light breeze. The weather and the sights made it highly worthwhile to wake up early and watch the arrival of participants in the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance, held at Roger Sherman {NAME} Park, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Even the trees raining loads of pollen that accumulated on the running boards of unsuspecting classics had ...[Read More]( [Vancouver, British Columbia, 1988]( [Vancouver, British Columbia, 1988]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1988 Location: Elliott Street and 54th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia Source: City of Vancouver Archives What do you see here? ...[Read More]( Tuesday, June 5, 2018 [Ferrari 250 GTO sells for $70 million, becomes world's most expensive car]( [Ferrari 250 GTO sells for $70 million, becomes world's most expensive car]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - The $70 million recently paid for a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO has set a new record for the publicly reported selling price of an automobile. The 250 GTO in question, chassis number 4153GT, was previously best known for winning the 1964 Tour de France - its only outright win - with Lucien Bianchi and Georges Berger driving for Marquis Philippe de Montaigu. According to Barchetta.cc's file on the car, that win came after a number of prior outings, including a fourth-place finish at the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans for origi...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1960 Buick Invicta convertible]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1960 Buick Invicta convertible]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: This is probably the best example of a 1960 Buick Invicta convertible around. It features the famous 401 nailhead engine with 325-hp and Buick's Twin Turbine automatic transmission. The car has power steering and power brakes. Floor it and you will be suprised at the torque this motor produces. The exaust sound will take you back to your youth. Buick started the fins at the hood and ran them all the way along the car to diagonally mounted tailfins over round taillights. 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To mark its 10th anniversary, the Simeone is throwing itself a party on Friday, June 8, featuring free museum admission and a trio of speci...[Read More]( [Air-Cooled Appreciation: A shrine celebrating all things Corvair opens in Illinois]( [Air-Cooled Appreciation: A shrine celebrating all things Corvair opens in Illinois]( Posted by Richard Lentinello - Smack dab in the middle of America's heartland there's now a Corvair Museum honoring the existence and history of Chevrolet's air-cooled mechanical marvel. The unlikely location for a museum devoted to the Corvair is Decatur, Illinois, which is 40 miles east of Springfield, three hours from Chicago and Indianapolis, and nearly a seven-hour drive from Ypsilanti, Michigan, where it was previously located. But, thanks to the good graces of the Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum there, a sizeable room has been set aside fo...[Read More]( [Toronto, 1990s]( [Toronto, 1990s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa early 1990s Location: Toronto, Ontario Source: City of Toronto Archives What do you see here?...[Read More]( Monday, June 4, 2018 [So that story you've heard about how silver became Germany's national racing color? Not really true.]( [So that story you've heard about how silver became Germany's national racing color? Not really true.]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Pop open any book discussing Mercedes-Benz racing history and guaranteed that book will include the story about how, faced with overweight W25 racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz racing team decided to strip all the paint from the aluminum-bodied cars, thus setting the precedent for silver to become the German national racing color. Except, according to a handful of historians fighting corporate PR and decades of tradition, it's all hokum. "It's a great story, and it would be nice if it were remotely true," said Don C...[Read More]( [Power to the People: When big-block engines suddenly showed up all over the place]( [Power to the People: When big-block engines suddenly showed up all over the place]( Posted by Hemmings contributor - When carmakers announced their 1966 models in September 1965, it was like the muscle car floodgates had opened. Ford had already proven that its 19641965 marketing mantraWin On Sunday, Sell On Monday worked. For 1966 Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors unleashed their all-time hottest models and, in Ford's case, the most ambitious racing plans of any carmaker ever. It was nirvana for car enthusiasts and automotive magazine editors. 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(via) * Also, ironically, having his 1964 Studebaker Avanti stolen from his front yard may have been the best thing to happen to Andrew Hubchen: It'll now be restored by a high school shop class. * The BBC this week commemorated 100 years of the first m...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1950 Ford F1 Marmon-Herrington Ranger]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1950 Ford F1 Marmon-Herrington Ranger]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Unrestored 1950 Ford F1 Marmon-Herrington Ranger for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The body of the M-H Ranger offered here is presently in grey primer and in very good, original. unrestored condition, straight, great form, and virtually no rust with just a few areas needing attention. Except for the easliy replaced short front drive shaft, all of the Marmon-Herrington drive is there. The frame is solid with only surface rust. The body, fenders, hood, doors, etc. are in solid shape with only a...[Read More]( [Citroen named featured marque at 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance]( [Citroen named featured marque at 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - French automaker Citron has been building cars since 1919, including innovative models like the 1934 Traction Avant, which brought front-drive and unit-body construction to a mass-produced automobile, and the 1955 DS, which included a hydro-pneumatic suspension system and front disc brakes. Despite its engineering efforts and accolades, the automaker has been largely overlooked by the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, but that changes in August when Citron appears as a featured marque at the storied event. Th...[Read More]( [Auction Coverage Overflow: Worldwide Auctioneers 2018 Scottsdale sale]( [Auction Coverage Overflow: Worldwide Auctioneers 2018 Scottsdale sale]( Posted by Matt Litwin - 1967 Shelby G.T. 350; image by the author. When covering auctions for our print publications, a simplerule of thumb--that we do our best to adhere to--is to review a few extra vehicular lots. It's good practice, since one never knows if a lot is going to be withdrawn at the last minute, or--worse--we forgot to snag a photo of the car we just examined, only to discover that error when we return to the office. Which means that by the time our more detailed coverage is readied for print, we end up with a few on th...[Read More]( [Windsor, Ontario, 1965]( [Windsor, Ontario, 1965]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1965 Location: Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ontario Source: Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive What do you see here?...[Read More]( Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster@hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News, 222 Main St., Bennington VT 05201. 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