notes from the director · 2017. 11. 1. · the carmel artomobilia is rapidly becoming a very...

The Lincoln Log LCOC Hoosier Region

Issue 3 Summer 2016

A publication of the Lincoln and Continental Owners Club Hoosier Region

The Lincoln Log 2 LCOC Hoosier Region

By now you all have had �me to read our first newsle�er from our new Editor and Publisher of the “Lincoln Log”. We welcome Mr. Jeff Shively and look forward to a long associa�on. I want to per-sonally thank Jeff for his pa�ence with me as we went back and forth with ideas, ar�cles, and a long list of other necessary “house keeping” du�es that are required in order to put together a quality newsle�er for our Hoosier Region membership. We are now in the process of pu�ng together our event calendar for 2017. Please step forward and offer ideas or be�er yet, volunteer to host one of our monthly events. All sugges�ons will be gladly listened to and the more the merrier! For those members that are located away from the center of Indiana, we want a chance to come and see you! Let us know what is close to you that would interest us all. We will be glad to have an opportunity to take our beau�ful Lincolns and Con�nentals on a road trip to all parts of our great and beau�ful Indiana.

Notes from the director By Joe S. Columbe

Welcome to the latest edi�on of the Hoosier Region’s Lincoln Log! As your new editor, I feel an introduc�on is in order. I currently edit a number of award-winning publica�ons including the In-diana CCCA’s Hoosier Horn, the CLC’s Ver�cal Headlamp Chapter’s Stacked Lamp Standard and the CLC’s 1941 Cadillac Chapter’s Winged Goddess. Although it hasn’t won any awards as of yet, I also edit the Indiana CLC’s Hoosier Tailfin. To say that I enjoy wri�ng and edi�ng would be an un-derstatement. Working on making the Lincoln Log the best publica�on it can be will be fun. As you should be able to tell by the magazines that I publish that my tastes run toward Cadillac. I have owned a 1965 Sedan deVille since I was 16. In addi�on. I have a 1941 Series 62 conver�ble coupe and a 1994 Sedan deVille in the collec�on, while I drive a 2002 Sedan deVille daily. This of course begs the ques�on– what is a Caddy guy doing edi�ng a Lincoln magazine? My day job is the Director of Development for the Kokomo Automo�ve Museum. One the cars in the col-lec�on is a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan, a creampuff with less than 12,000 miles on the clock and a paper trail documen�ng its life back to 1949. A few years ago, the LCOC and CLC had a joint event at the museum, and a number of the Lincoln guys fell for this pris�ne beauty. I was invited to join the LCOC at that point. The rest is history. I would like to have a Lincoln of my own, preferably a 1961-63 Con�nental sedan. I love the look of the early ‘60s Con�nentals. Going forward, I am going to need a fair amount of help. Please send in ar�cles about your Lin-colns. If you go to an event, do a quick write-up. Take pictures. I can produce content, but this magazine belongs to the members of the region, so please make it your very own. Together, we can create an excep�onal magazine

From the editor’s desk By Jeff Shively


CComing Soon! October 12-16: LCOC Eastern Meet Hosted by the New England Region November 13 (1:00 PM): Hoosier Region Annual Membership Mee�ng and Lunch. December 3 (1:00 PM): Hoosier Region Annual Christmas Party and Gi� Exchange

Indiana LCOC Board of Directors Joe Columbe– Director Paul Temple– Treasurer Darren Klingler - Secretary Bill Baird Robert Lennon Gary Stapleton Mitchell Columbe John Madden Robert Osterhous Erinn Owen Jeff Shively-Editor

Table of Contents Page 2 Notes from the Director Page 2 From the editor’s desk Page 4 Summer picnic at Lime Rock Farm” by Joe Columbe Page 7 Hoosier Region members at the Mid-America Meet By Darren Klingler Page 8 A weekend in Northern Indiana by Joe S. Columbe Page 12 Selection from the 1941 Lincoln Zephyr catalog

The Carmel Artomobilia is rapidly becoming a very pres�gious late summer concours event. The event focuses on sports cars and modern exo�cs, but there are s�ll quite a number of American an�ques and Full Classics®. Charlie Mullen’s 1948 Lincoln Con�nental is one of two Full Classics on display this year. Charlie’s car won Best of Show. This isn’t surprising, because this Lincoln is almost flawless. –Ed


Summer picnic at Lime Rock Farm by Joe Columbe

Eighty-Six members and guests of the Hoosier Region of the Lincoln & Con�nental Owners Club, Southern Ohio Region of the Lincoln & Con�nental Owners Club, and members of the Earlybirds of Hoosierland, Classic Thunderbird Club Interna�onal, met at Lime Rock Farm in Rush County, In-diana for a car show and picnic. On display were Lincoln, Thunderbird, Audi, a custom-made Mack B-Model, Pantera, MG, Mer-cedes, Cougar, Buick, Chrysler, Bronco, '57 Thunderbird Wagon, Jaguar, Corve�e, and several other vehicles to view and enjoy. Hosted by Joe and Eleanor Columbe, lunch was served only 45 minutes past the target �me of 1:00 P.M. The main course was hot dogs from King David Dogs of Indianapolis, frankfurters and weiners from Claus' German Sausage & Meat of Indianapolis, all fresh off the Weber Ranch Ke�le Grill, garnished with the secret “Columbe Recipe coney sauce,” and fried chicken from the Blue-bird Restaurant of Morristown. Together with the most outstanding food that was brought to share by all the guests, this 6th summer picnic was by far the best!!!! Lots and lots of green adorned the buffet line. Lime Rock Farm neighbor, Ervin Wickey came by with his horse and open buggy to give rides down to the Moscow covered bridge. He men�oned later, that he thought his nineteen year old horse enjoyed the day as she was not used to ge�ng so much a�en-�on! With a start �me of Noon, with guests ar-riving before 11:30 and with guests s�ll en-joying the day at Lime Rock Farm past 6:30, it is safe to say that all had a great car day!


1957 Ford Thunderbird, one of several “Baby Birds” that nested at the Columbe’s for the afternoon.

The Columbe’s 1966 Lehmann- Peterson limousine


A fine 1978 Lincoln Continental looking for a new home

For those looking for something sportier, here’s John Unger’s 1981 Continental Mark VI Pucci edition.

Late in the a�ernoon, while the day’s events were slowing down, pilot Jeff Hagg, a member of the Earlybirds of Hoosierland, gave us an aerial acroba�c flyover. Mr. Hagg had an airplane Fly In on Saturday morning at the Shel-byville airport. A�er his airplane event, he joined us for the picnic, and on his way home a�er picking up his plane at Shelbyville, he came back to Lime Rock Farm and gave us quite the show! Thank You Jeff Hagg!


The Southern Ohio Region hosted a great Mid-America Na�onal Meet in Dayton, Ohio June 15-19, 2016. Twenty-eight Hoosier Region members/guests made the drive to the University of Dayton Marrio� Hotel. It was “classic car show weather” with no rain, sunny days, and warm tempera-tures to show off all of the beau�ful Lincolns there for the meet. Tim Wilson, Ted and Kim Hilton and Southern Ohio meet commi�ee members hosted a wonderfully organized, event fun-filled, perfectly executed weekend for LCOC members and their guests. Hoosier Region (or Indiana LCOC) members a�ending this meet included the following: Joe and Eleanor Columbe, David Columbe, Ted and Kim Hilton, Darren Klingler, Lars Kneller, John Madden, Richard and Liz Marshall, Charlie Mullen, Jeff and Erinn Owen, Jeff Shively, Rhe� Silbaugh with Chris/Jodie/Piper/Finn/Rafe Silbaugh, Ryan Temple with Marley Temple, Paul and Julie Temple; plus Gary Stapleton, Jim Lansbury , Rhet Tharp, Allen Tharp, with 16 Lincolns among them . The early birds were treated to a welcome recep�on on Wednesday evening. The Hospitality Suite created a relaxed atmosphere allowing friends and fellow Lincoln enthusiasts to catch up on their Lincolns (and lives)! Thursday started with a caravan to the Na�onal Museum of the US Air Force. The array of rare aircra� even included a re�red “Air Force One!” Friday had tours of local historic sites and �me to get your Lincoln mechanically judged and “beau�fied” for judging on Saturday. Friday closed with a great Disco Party and auc�on of various Lincoln parts and related items. Sat-urday was the meet concurs day for over 75 Lincolns and Con�nentals. The Beau Townsend Lin-coln dealership brought several 2017 Lincolns, including the new Con�nental and redesigned MKZ. The new Con�nental is absolutely beau�ful and brings back the true Lincoln Con�nental luxury car we all know and love! The redesigned MKZ has a completely new front-end to compli-ment an established nice luxury car. I think this was the first LCOC meet that featured a drone. The drone provided a bird’s eye view of the judging field and surrounding area. There is a 30 mi-nute video on CD for $25.00. Contact Ted Hilton at [email protected] to purchase this finely produced CD. Saturday evening concluded the day with the awards banquet. The Hoosier Re-gion’s own Piper Silbaugh gave the invoca�on. Brad Clissold, Lincoln Motor Company Regional Manager, gave an update on Lincoln and answered audience ques�ons. Na�onal Chief Judge Ste-ve D’Ambrosia with Assistant Chief Judge for Mid-America Paul Temple (Hoosier Region member) announced winners and passed out awards. Sunday closed the meet with a driving tour and brunch at The Brennan Lo�. A�endees then made their way home. Thanks to the Indiana LCOC and Hoosier Region members for a great showing at this meet! And thanks to Tim, Ted, and Kim and the Southern Ohio Region members for pu�ng on a wonderful weekend. Be sure to check out the September/October edi�on of the LCOC Lincoln and Con�nen-tal Comments for list of award winners and great photographs by Tim Howley and John Walcek.

Hoosier Region members at the Mid-America National Meet

By Darren Klingler


During the weekend of August 19, five Hoosi-er Region members joined with ten members of the Indiana and West of the Lake regions of the Cadillac and LaSalle Club and also the Chicago region of the An�que Automobile Club of America for a very enjoyable and ed-uca�onal three days in northwest Indiana. At noon on Friday we met at the Blue Gate Restaurant in Shipshewana, Indiana, and en-joyed a fine lunch. We chose to order off the menu and not go to the buffet side of the restaurant. As it turned out, the buffet would have been less cost. We were then off for a personal tour of Hostetler’s Hudson Mu-seum. This was very interes�ng as our tour guide worked with and had known Mr. Hostetler for many years. Mr. Hostetler passed away earlier this year. He had collect-ed Hudson's for many years and several of them are on display at the Gilmore Museum, located in Hickory Corners, Michigan. The next stop was the RV Museum in Elkhart. When we arrived, a perfect 1968 Interna�onal Travelall pulled up and a young couple and their two young children got out. The IH Travelall was set up for long distance camping. During the week of August 29, in the Hemmings Motor News daily e-mail, an ar�cle about this very couple appeared. The four of them were ge�ng ready to travel throughout South America with their IH Travelall. We stayed about an hour and a half and the neat thing abut this museum was that we were able to actually go in and see the insides of many of the displays. We then traveled to our hotel in LaPorte. A�erwards, we had dinner in down-town Laporte at the fine Etropal Restaurant . Saturday morning, LCOC Hoosier Region and Cadillac Club Members, Lars & Jaunda Kneller

A weekend in Northern Indiana By Joe S. Columbe


opened up their beau�ful home, grounds, and collec�on for our viewing and enjoy-ment. AND WHAT A COLLECTION! We walked in to the first barn and before us sat an excellent display of Cadillacs, a Jaguar, a 1969 Thunderbird sedan, a 1963 Lincoln, and stories to go with each one. A�er viewing the first barn, we were off to Dorman Garage, a local restora�on shop for vintage motorcars. The owner gave us a tour and explained his business which was started in the early '80's. We returned to the Kneller collec�on to see his work In progress, the restora�on of a 1963 Lincoln Con�nental conver�ble. It is already perfect and beau�ful in unfinished form. When finished, the '63 Lincoln Con�-nental conver�ble will be a stunner! Jaunda and Lars prepared a lunch for us all. We were served First Rate locally sourced Franks which were prepared on the grill with all the accompaniments and sides one could

desire. Homemade cookies were available to finish off lunch. A�er lunch we toured the LaPorte County Historical Museum, which houses a one-of-a kind auto-

mobile collec�on. Auburn, Cord, Duesen-berg, Stutz, Tucker, Playboy, Studebaker, and Amphicar were just a few of the fabled nameplates on display. The en�re museum was well worth the stop.

Opposite page Top: 1929 Hudson at the Hostetler Museum Bottom: an early RV dating from over 80 years ago on display in Elkhart. This page Top: Dr. Lars Kneller with the dash of his 1963 Lincoln. Bottom: Purchased from John Madden, Lars’ Lincoln is well on its way to getting back on the highway.


The last visit of the day before dinner was to the Paul Minix Collec-�on. Mr. Minix offered to show us his service sta�on memorabilia, which included a

full-size 1920's service sta�on, Model T, oil can collec�on, of which all the oil cans were full and never opened, a train caboose on tracks with all the proper equipment inside and in its proper place, phone booths, 1969 Camaro Indy 500 pace car which Mr. Minix purchased new, and

much more. The piece de re-sistance of this visit was across the street at Mr. Minix’s club house. The room had card tables, a pool table, slot machines, pin ball machines, and the en�re end of the room was a vin-tage Black Walnut bar from Lafa-ye�e staffed with TWO official bar tenders!!! What a way to finish the a�ernoon tours.

Top: 1935 Auburn 851 speedster and a very rare Brew-ster convertible sedan Bottom: 1948 Tucker “Torpedo” #1012 from the Kesling Collection


Saturday evening we all had dinner at T-Bones Pier Eleven lo-cated in the Blue Heron Inn which sets along side Pine Lake in LaPorte. We enjoyed a private dining room with drinks and Hor d'oeuvres before din-ner. On Sunday, our group toured the Studebaker Na�onal Museum, the Oliver Mansion, and had an unbelievable brunch at Tippecanoe Place, formerly the Studebaker mansion, which is located a couple blocks from the Studebaker Museum/Oliver Mansion complex. Warner Young from the Cadillac and LaSalle Club spent much �me in organizing this event. Along with Dr. Lars and Jaunda Kneller, we thank you for all your work and efforts in making this an out-standing weekend event for our Hoosier Region members and guests.

Top: The group enjoys a visit to Mr. Minix’s “club house.” Bottom: The LCOC and CLC always enjoy the fin-est cuisine when out and about.

notes from the director · 2017. 11. 1. · the carmel artomobilia is rapidly becoming a very...

Documents