European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Glen Smith of Hibernia Auto restorations inc. With a 1935 Dusenberg made for Mae West and a fiery red 1947 Bentley Mark i made for King Farouk of Egypt. Keep those old motors purring by Marjorie Keyishian new York times Rhy restore a Rusty Hulk instead of buying. A shiny new lexus or porsche9. A maybe to create a touchable memory or achieve Art in motion or maybe it is As Sim pleas the reason Given by the owner of a perfectly preserved 1962 thunderbird after taking the car for a spin. Quot i be never had so much fun in a my life Quot he said a. A a. A i. A the automobile graveyards May be filled with Rusty. Reminders of fleeting love affairs Between cars and a a owners. A. To \ a a a a it. But there Are a few faithful devotees willing to spend a thousands or hundreds of thousands to keep a beloved Oid motor purring or to buy a restored classic v for them Bob Turnquist owner of Hibernia Auto \ restorations inc., is the Job. ,. I at work in a sprawling garage in the tiny Community of Hibernia n.j., Turnquist s dozen craftsmen can take a car apart and fix paint or polish every last piece of it. A a when they put everything Back together again the machine is sometimes belter than new. All for a hefty Price of . Turnquist a customers is Richard Dicker the retired chairman of Penn Centra corp. Dicker s car memories go Back to 1916, when his Mother Bertha one of the licensed to drive in new Jersey would take him out for a Dicker s prize piece of history is a Silver 1935 a Dusenberg that was originally designed for the actress Mae . A Only about 500 Dusenberg were built in the seven years they were produced from 1929 to 1936. 1. And Dusenberg supplied Only the Chassis the bodies were All custom made by private designers. A \ West quarrelled with the Pasadena designers she had u. Hired however and she never drove the car it passed. Among a series of owners. A. A a. A r Hibernia Auto restorations has also salvaged the 1947 fiery red Bentley Mark i that of Egypt drove even after he was exiled to the Island of Capri in 1952. The car whose coach was built by the famed Paris. Based design firm of that Era Figoni it Malachi also went a through a series of owners through the years before a it coming to a Rusty rest in a Morristown n.j., garage. Before setting to work on the Bentley Glen Smith a Hibernia Mechanic consulted blueprints of the original a a Model. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a. A. A a. Then he carefully took it apart storing every part in a plastic bag Labelling and cataloguing it to facilitate the a. Reassembly. A a t a r t in his quest for authenticity Smith Learned that King Farouk had decreed that no one else in Egypt could own a red Auto. The Only exceptions were the military jeeps painted red that travelled As part of the Kings entourage. The new owner of Farouk a Bentley is Gene Beardslee a Long Island collector who has More than 100 restored a a autos. Or or. A ./.pp.-/. A. Beardslee grew up at a time when cords Anda. Packard ruled the roads. A. A he began to collect cars 50 years ago while he was a working for Grumman on Long Island designing f-4 andf-6 fighter planes. A. Quot a. Beardslee s first restoration was a 1936 Cord which he purchased for $20 and spent a year rebuilding he y. Remembers racing the car against a Piper cub air plane. From the Jones Beach Tower to Cedar Beach. Quot sometimes i beat the he said. Quot sometimes i d. Lose. Then the Pilot and i would go . A after fighting in world War ii Beardslee sold his collection a the Cord a Century Buick convertible and a Studebaker for enough to put Down payments on. House and furniture. .-. A. A. -. A. A a a. A but the collecting Bug bit again and in 1956 he bought d Brand new Lincoln Continental Mark ii which he still. Owns. At $10,000, the limited edition car was the most. Expensive automobile of the Day. In the categories used by collectors antique cars Are those that Date from the turn of the Century to. 1916.vintage cars were built Between .1916 and 1925. Classics from 1925 to 1948, were very expensive. Limited edition cars. A a. A a a a. A and Are the dearly beloved but relatively common models 1948. _. A what makes a car collectible collect ability Turnquist. Said is established Only when there is a club whose members Are Selling a particular one another. Otherwise the machine rarely has any value. A a. Bob Rowe Hibernia s shop manager spends a Good Deal of time locating parts. A a a a. He May make 50 Calls Check the ads in Auto. A. Magazines or buy another car of the same year and ,. Model merely for parts such cannibalization in fact is the lowest Cost source. Of parts if a Partno longer exists it must be fabricated usually at considerable expense finding authentic looking paint is relatively easy. A. A. A. Turnquist not Only stocks but also., Sells a historically a accurate metro cellulose lacquer of the Type Auto makers i used through the. 1950s Auto restorers value the paint for its depth of Shine a a a. A genial Sandy haired Man Turnquist began collecting cars in 1946. He is addicted to Packard and is the author of the Packard Story a pictorial history of the line he also helped establish the classic car club of America a in 1952. A Quot a. Hibernia Auto restorations which May be working of. 40 cars at any Given time continues to expand though. A. More slowly during the current recession. Its customers people with. The. Discretionary income that automobile , often cars they remember from their High school Days. Then they work up to the More ,. Quot very few people sell the first to buy the second Quot Turnquist said Quot most have two a. He warns customers that restoring old . A. Generally not away to make Money but to spend it. But the doctor who chooses to restore the car his father. A drove or the businessman who refurbishes a 1964 a Plymouth valiant in time for his wife s birthday is not a a. Looking to make Money and nobody has an economic rationale for restoring the 1956 Lilac and White Oldsmobile that a broker has a. Obtained on behalf of a pakistani buyer. -. a a a ? the garage is a Brick building at the dead end of a a country Road outside Hibernia. It is a remarkably tidy place where Turnquist s wife Sonia helps office when a car arrives at the shop it is assigned to one of the 12 mechanics Tike John vilage who might spend up to three years taking it apart and putting it Back together again. ? Hibernia is a living museum. Against background from a radio station playing songs from the 1940s and 50s, the people there practice a degree of. Craftsmanship that is Seldom found anymore. ,. Here the past is retrieved with All the wrinkles and a v defects removed a action Lin fake Louis Vuitton handbags at pm q a a i was shopping in the Furth Germany pm mall on a recent trip to Europe and was surprised to find fake. Louis Vuitton handbags for Sale in the italian Concession each piece was priced in the 300-400 Mark Range. These same items can be purchased from Street vendors in Italy for $25-$30. A. The real articles which Are sold exclusively by Louis Vuitton stores or by License at Saks fifth Aye. Shops in the United states retail for approximately $300-5400, not Marks and Are of considerably finer Quality. A a. The concessionaire manager was unavailable when. Tried to Contact him about this matter. Is there anything that can be done to Stop this rip off of soldiers and their family members Lynne Filyaw Baca Williamsburg a. I master sgt. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies 4 we have Mot been Able to determine with absolute a certainty that these products Are not genuine the question of authenticity must be determined by the manufacturer who refuses to cooperate with us on this a matter. A the concessionaire is not authorized to sell these types of products in our exchanges and was directed to cease sales on feb. 13. ,. Our satisfaction guarantee. Policy applies to All purchases made in the exchanger. 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