Lambrecht's Chevy Auction Wows'm all in Nebraska "Every state, including Alaska and 20 countries represented"   Story and photos by Jim Volgarino   It may have been the most common sentence stated during the entire Lambrecht Chevrolet auction.   “This is just crazy!”   Following a first day session where the group of MSO vehicles brought prices that were making people gulp pretty hard, there was still an expectation that the remaining inventory, much of it rated #5 which meant it was close to being just good for parts, might still get some solid prices. That remainder didn’t disappoint.   The auction company has a complete listing of the final sales prices on all the units, but some of the best examples may have been these:   1967 GMC pickup, no box, ¾ ton, decent sheet metal, engine frozen, interior trashed--$4500   1949 Chevy 3600 pickup, the heavy duty version with long box, etc., windows broken, interior eaten by mice--$5500   1960 Chevy Apache pickup, ½ ton, nothing special--$6300   1958 Ford Ranch Wagon, rated #5, yes, there were Fords available--$9000   1980 Chevy Monza, 9.4 miles, but who...

Chaotic Customs SEMA Build - 1940 Ford Pickup   Pictures and words by Karma Carlson   Want to see the finished truck at SEMA 2013? 1940 Ford Hot Rod Pickup at SEMA   It all started with a hole in the hood of a 1929 Model A roadster. Mike Young brought his roadster to Chris & Karma Carlson at Chaotic Customs in Mulvane, KS, to have the hole in his hood repaired after removing a blower motor. The repair turned into a complete rebuild of the car and a friendship was formed between the Youngs and the Carlsons. After driving the roadster, Mike discovered his wife, Glenna, was not a roadster chick. Roadsters in the Kansas heat and wind were not her cup of tea. They decided to build an enclosed car so that Glenna would enjoy riding longer distances to car shows. Mike knew Chaotic Customs was the shop for the job.   Learn more about Chaotic Customs painting skills in this Metal Flake on a budget Painting How-to   Mike had his eye on 1949-1951 Chevy Fleetlines but Chris had a line on a 1940 Ford pickup....

Lambrecht's Chevy Auction ready to start in Nebraska   Story and photos by Jim Volgarino The locals in Pierce, NE are simply amazed. For years the land just outside town near the golf course had held a collection of junk, hidden in the trees and underbrush until one day some heavy equipment arrived to begin clearing the area and carefully lifting rusted relics of vehicles from the grip of the undergrowth.   But today the tiny town of 1700 was swarmed by the masses of car enthusiasts, some estimating the crowds at easily 20,000, with traffic backed up for miles and news media recording the entire scene. It was indeed a Woodstock of sorts, but for car people, and the town folk embraced it. Let's call it, "Carstock".   “I’ve lived here all my life,” said a Pierce father who was corralling two young sons who kept saying, “Dad, why are all these people here?” “I’ve never, ever seen anything like this.”   Looking out over the crowd this first day of the much anticipated auction, you can just barely make out the shapes of the 500+ vehicles that are...

Lambrecht's Chevy Auction ready to start in Nebraska Story and photos by Jim Volgarino   As expected, the Lambrecht Chevy auction started off BIG! The countryside of rural Nebraska has never seen anything like the onslaught of car people intent on doing just one thing, get the first up close and personal view (and touch) of this legendary barn find of all barn finds.     The venue, set on 80 acres cleared expressly to stage this event, has it all. History Channel has set up a complete set and satellite uplinks to televise a “live” show called “Wheels of Fortune” with Brian Unger who is hosting the show along with Tanner Faust and Rutledge Wood from Top Gear. The production company attempted to cordon off large parts of the site for production setup with little success. The crowds simply would not have it so they had to work around the converging horde.     Vehicles were backed up on highways leading into tiny Pierce, Nebraska where there was a huge selection of classic iron displayed along the roads. You had to wonder where all these vehicles suddenly came from....

Buy An Edelbrock Intake Manifold and Get A FREE Pair of Mechanics Gloves   TORRANCE, CA (September 10, 2013) - Edelbrock is excited to announce their "Fits Like A Glove" consumer promotion.   Participating consumers can receive a FREE pair of Edelbrock exclusive mechanics gloves when they purchase any new Edelbrock intake manifold; whether it's sold individually, included in a fuel injection system, Power Package top end kit, carburetor & manifold kit or crate engine. The "Fits Like A Glove" promotion will start on October 1 and end on November 30, 2013. For complete, promotion details and to download a redemption form, visit the official Edelbrock promotions website at Edelbrock Promotions.   Edelbrock's VP of Sales and Marketing, Steve Whipple states, "We're really excited about this promotion, intake manifolds have been the cornerstone of this company since the beginning. The Slingshot intake manifold for the Flathead Ford was the first part made by Vic Edelbrock Sr. 75 years ago. So what better way to thank our loyal customers then to give them a helping hand with a new pair of mechanics gloves".   Fits Like A Glove Deal Details:   Free...

E-Street Electronic Fuel Injection System   TORRANCE, CA (September 12, 2013) - Edelbrock is excited to announce the introduction of the NEW E-Street Electronic Fuel Injection System and Fuel System Kits.   The E-Street EFI System is intended as an affordable, easy to use, fuel injection solution that can be installed on any V8 engine, originally equipped with a carburetor. The Edelbrock E-Street EFI System includes a pre-assembled throttle body, engine control unit (ECU), 7" touch screen tablet PC, high quality wiring harness, wide band O2 sensor and instructions for a hassle free installation.   The core of the E-Street EFI system is the 7" touch screen tablet PC that comes pre-installed with an easy to use application for system setup. The proprietary E-Tuner application allows the user to setup the system along with the ability to modify the tune to accommodate future engine upgrades. this full feature application is simple to use. It also includes pre-programmed dashboards for monitoring system performance and controlling other vehicle operations while the engine is running. Finally, the tablet PC uses wireless connectivity to communicate with the ECU and can be dash-mounted for...

1963 Chevy Impala - "Doesn't Run" (You figure it out!)   You saw the only 5 miles 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup, and now the 1978 Corvette Pace car with 4 miles. This 1963 Impala's a beater with 11 miles on it! Look how straight it is!   The Lambrecht Chevy Auto Dealership you learned about here never sold any used cars and kept any cars that weren't sold the year they were new! That's why this great car, a super desirable car even with a 327 and auto trans, is in the Lambrecht Auction.   The interior is just as cherry since the plastic was kept on.     This is another hot item in the auction with bids are up to $26,000!!   Want to own it? Get more details and you've got until 9/27 to buy it here: 1963 Chevy Impala - 2dr 327 V8, auto for sale   Being Sold AS IS and NO RESERVE. For more info and other auctions www.vanderbrinkauctions.com or 605-201-7005.   If you're an Impala fan, we don't have any 63's, but what about this bad-in-black 61 Chevy...

1978 Corvette - Black, Silver with Red Trim: And it's still got the plastic on the seats!   You saw the only 5 miles 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup, how about this 1978 Corvette? "Push off the truck and in and out of the show room" is all the miles she has! Get this... The top bid getter, so far, at the Lambrecht Chevy Auto Auction is this 1978 Corvette Pace Car. Now, is this one of the most popular Corvettes? No... Comes with big block? 4 Speed? No and no, but... what does it have going for it? Un-real! Never offered for sale plastic on the seats and steering wheel still never seen the road! original decals, in the box with the center caps and emblems Original Invoice and MSO still holding onto the window!   As you can see from the pictures, she could use a detailing!   Bids are up to $35,500 so far, but might go for more. Corvette collectors, you gotta go for this one!   Find out more about the auction and the woman running it here: Lambrecht Chevy Auto Auction here.     Want...

Beautiful, Historic and Fast Flathead Streamliner     All I did was capture the return to Bonneville. Dave Thomas, owner of this beautiful recreation of a circa 1952 land speed record holding streamliner. The sleek fiberglass beauty has been known by a few names, but finished here, it's the "City of Burbank" #61 XF/GS streamliner.   Dave summed up Bonneville here...   "August 18, 2013..... The dust er salt has settled. We made it to Bonneville. We got thru tech inspection and had a chance to make a run down the course. It was the most exciting thing I have done in long time. Our driver pulled away from the push truck and motored off into the distance. We chased him for 5 miles before we saw the tiny speck up ahead parked in the turn off area. We didn't go all that fast but the car ran the whole 5 miles without incident, right out of the box. It had never turned a wheel under power before that. The little 276 inch flathead did all it could considering the density altitude was 6700 feet. No excuses, we were...

Hot Rod Designer Sets the Look of Dune Buggy-love!   I don't normally post cars for sale, but Jimmy's a good friend and GREAT hot rod designer. So... when he tried his hand at a dune buggy (and pretty much set off a mini-dune-buggy craze here in Phoenix) I had to see it! It was at the Goodguys show first, the "FISHBONE" featuring custom paint and trick pinstriping to match. Want to know more about what's going on in the head of hot rod designer Jimmy Smith? Take a look at these stories featuring Jimmy's Designs   Or, you can own his dune buggy! "I've always loved the whole, late 60's-early 70's California lifestyle thing. I was a child of that era, so things like skateboards, dune buggies and hot rods have been on my mind since pretty much day one! Of all the impractical types of cars out there, dune buggies rate right up there, thing is, while they may not be great for hauling groceries or going to business meetings with, what they do deliver are smiles. Climb into one, and the stupid grin starts right away....

How about a 120 mph Custom RV? You won't be complaining about being caught behind this rig! Words and Pictures by Jim Vogarino Sitting on the huge expanse of pure white salt, the evil looking all black motorhome looks even bigger than it is. Everything is black…windows, trim, head and tail light covers. It couldn't be more sinister.   Britt Palmer pulls himself out of the custom racing cockpit, ducking under a complex structure of roll cage. He’s a good sized guy, 6-2, maybe 6-3 and he gives a solid hand shake. You’d never know he is suffering from a debilitating disease that eventually will rob him of all movement. Right now he’s too excited.   "We’re headed home,” he says, slipping off his race togs and giving high fives to people who have gathered around the vehicle in his pit area during Speed Week 2013. “We came to just run for speed and I think we did pretty well." Bonneville Speed Week is pretty well known for odd vehicles and the 1977 GMC Kingsley motorhome easily fits that category if only because of its size. Sitting at the...

1958 Chevy Apache - 5 miles, never sold... Imagine this... The truck has just over 5 miles on the ODO! For some reason, the truck was never, ever sold. I think what that means, it was never even offered for sale thanks to a fluke that is the Lambrecht Chevy Auto Auction.   Get some details on what's happening at the Lambrecht Chevy Auto Auction here.   The details are, it's a 1958 Chevrolet Apache 31 Series 1/2 ton Pickup. As listed in the auction, the truck is NEW! OK, well, hard to say new, but it was purchased Ray Lambrecht for Lambrecht Chevrolet Company, but never sold. It's been run in the last year, so how bad can it be... the only thing really wrong with this orginal straight six, four speed on the floor truck is the bed wood needs replaced and the there's some rust here and there.   I guess sitting outside, unprotected in Nebraska will do that after 55 years! Talk about a SURVIVOR!   Want to own it? Get more details and you've got until 9/27 to buy it here: 1958 Chevy Apache  ...