Welcome to another summer of classic
cars, cruises, cook-outs, baseball, and all things American!
Here at Long Island Classic Cars.com we are
entering our fourth summer of bringing you all that is happening in the
specialty car scene on Long Island! Plus cars for sale, parts, club listings,
resto shops, and a whole lot more!
And, the best Newsletter in the Car hobby bar none!!
Enjoy!
This edition holds some special stories for you readers. Milestones of sorts. We are privileged to have a feature
about one of the longest continually running automotive operations on Long
Island, AND, another feature about one of the most famous and longest
continually running and highest mileage vehicles on the planet!!
Teased and tantalized
yet? I bet you are!
Read on....
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1 Editor’s Introduction
2 Picture Caption Contest
3 Cruise Night Information
4 Guest Writer’s Columns
Tom
Sebastian
Tim
Browner
5 My Car Story
6 The Archive
7 Editor’s Closing
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"In the oil rich Middle East, Akbar made himself an instant target for insurgents when he
showed off his new fuel saving hybrid”
Christine
wins a Roadside Assistance Kit!
Congratulations!
The
“Picture Caption Contest” will return for August.
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“EXTRA
EXTRA! READ ALL
ABOUT IT!!”
The Cruise Nights are all up and running!! Here’s the latest on them…
2006 Cruise Night location
updates:
TUESDAYS: McDonald's. Metropolitan Ave. & 69th Road, Forest Hills, NY.
Sponsored by East Coast Car Association/Toys For Tots
TUESDAYS: Audrey Ave. Oyster Bay, NY
Sponsored by Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce
TUESDAYS: Bald Hill Cultural Center. North Ocean Ave. Farmingville, NY
Sponsored by the Farmingville Fire Department
TUESDAYS: Old K-Mart Plaza. Hempstead
Tpk. Levittown, NY
Public gathering.
WEDNESDAYS: KFC. William Floyd Pkwy & Montauk Hwy. Shirley, NY
Sponsored by Bow Tie Boulevard Camaro Club
THURSDAYS: Wendy’s Shopping Center. Montauk Hwy and Locust Ave, Oakdale, NY
Sponsored by Still Cruisin’ Car Club
FRIDAYS: Bellmore Train Station. Sunrise Highway. Bellmore, NY
Public Gathering
SATURDAYS: *AM Cruise* Steve’s Collision. 618 North Bicycle Path. Port Jefferson Station, NY.
Sponsored by Steve’s Collision.
SATURDAYS: Sonomax Station. 278 Greenpoint Ave. Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
Sponsored by East Coast Car Association/Toys for Tots
SATURDAYS: Kohl’s. Corner Grand Blvd and Commack Rd. Deer Park, NY.
Public gathering.
SATURDAYS: KFC. William Floyd Pkwy & Montauk Hwy. Shirley, NY.
Sponsored by Bow Tie Boulevard Camaro Club
SUNDAYS: *AM Cruise* Ocean Pkwy, Captree Beach Parking Lot through May, then at OBI.
Public gathering.
PS –
Whoever has information on the early Sunday morning cruise out near
where OBI used to be, please let us know.
Also –
I have had people submit cruise night start up location ideas to me and ask me
to list them here. I will promote every viable and active event, but please
only send me events that are somewhat established and populated since otherwise
people are dismayed when they go and nothing or very little cars are there.
Editing, adding, and deleting all of this takes a great amount of time. Thanks.
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GUEST
WRITER(S) COLUMN(S)
Tom Sebastian, as you know by now, has quite a taste for vintage autos and a great
sense of what makes a classic. In this month’s edition, Tommy writes about a
BMW that is one part European cruiser and one part beast! This is one car we all should get a chance to
drive!
Tim Browner of
AutoMat fame returns with another example of the stellar work his
shop turns out.
This time we are treated
to a BMW M5 which ties in nicely with Mr. Sebastian’s article!
Also, AutoMat has just
celebrated a milestone of 50 years in business here on Long
Island! They capped it off with a great car show and event. Read about it here.
Congrats to the Browner Family!!
In MY CAR STORY we
are truly honored to have one of the most famous autos in the world featured!
Certainly one of the highest mileage ones too! Irv
Gordon is the man who owns the “Two Million Mile” Volvo! Irv has set all kinds of records and has been featured in
national publications, Volvo commercials, and has gone on tour for special
Volvo events as well. And he ALWAYS drives there no matter how far! What a car,
what a story!! Irv lives here on Long Island, and
what a great guy he is too!
Enjoy…
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Tom Sebastian
Tom goes from this 
…. to this! 
Something Wicked this Way
Comes:
The ‘Monster Mash’
BMW M5
(PS To all readers: Tom’s
footnotes are “clickable” on the red number. Then hit your “back” button to
return to your position in his article.)
Despite the fact that I prefer to own a proven classic over a newfangled and untested novelty, I’m not critical of innovations… For example, I wouldn’t have thought a sports car station wagon was such a hot idea, but the Volvo 1800 ES proved me wrong and I went out and got me one.
And here’s another idea that I wouldn’t think had a chance in hell: dropping a company’s hottest racing engine into a luxurious but otherwise, stodgy, 4-door sedan.
But, when I saw my first BMW M5 in action, I was proven wrong again. (Although I may never comprehend what the Porsche Cayenne is all about… A jeep with a sports car engine?? Must be my age. I still don’t get that one.)
The M5 – Nasty, Darth Vader; sinister just sitting there with those shaded windows. The ‘Q-Ship’ is what the Brits called it: A naval warfare term indicating a sleeper of a war machine – more vicious than you’d ever suspect from looking at it. It even had more horsepower than the infamous, M1 road car.
By the late 80’s BMW had already had been involved in F1 during the so-called, Turbo Era. And the M5 -- like my Lotus and Porsche racer that preceded it -- kept me close to that racing spirit every time I took it out. Instead of the typical shocks and springs, it had a rather sophisticated ‘load-leveler’ system that smoothly kept you parallel to mother earth no matter what terrain you were racing on. And what a driver! Despite its bulk it handled tight corners magically!! Like a tiny, Triumph Spitfire!
I first saw it in professional sports car races in early 90's – so far ahead of the low-riding, pointy, Porsches and Lotus Esprits that it was almost embarrassing. A box of a thing, with so much leather and sound accouterments that I imagined this guy in that, ‘Secretariat, impossible-to-catch-up-with’ lead, listening to classical music on his Becker Europa Stereo system as he trounced the lot of them – extra CDs piled high on those plushy back seats.
The next time I saw it was in Germany. Someone was building revs while sitting in
place on a narrow street in one of those typical, gingerbread towns. He suddenly popped the clutch somewhere near
the red line and scrambled a mere 75 yards up the crooked street. He slammed on what must be some very
powerful brakes and sat there smoking.
There was so much torque off the cam that he set off all the house alarms
on the street! It was crazy, man. But who would put such a screamer of an
engine in such an unassuming sedan?! The
Bavarians of course…!! The fun-Germans!
Southerners! With many of the same North-South, class divisions as there are here -- those folks, too, are a bit under the weather from claims of ‘northern’ superiority.
Gets you thinking of those crazies in the hills of N. Carolina with those zapped-out NASCAR behemoths… Imagine how all that started! Creating a virtual American institution based on running hooch up Thunder Road! -- All done to outrun the Feds -- those nasty FBI ‘revenuers’! (Let’s give those Carolina boys their due: They’re all crazy as hell!)
The Bavarians could go for that one – though these guys would most likely be running kegs of Lowenbrau beer underneath rather than moonshine.
They should run against each other, NASCAR here, World Touring[1] there; but that’s where the fissure widens: those crazy southerners are not afraid of new-fangled competition whereas our boys are still lacking in confidence -- ‘Them fur’ners be usin’overhead cams, fergodsakes!' -- Afraid their world will go bust if a Chevy or a Ford isn’t seen running up front all the time. (Anyway, Toyota is in it now… It’ll be good for ‘em! – Maybe now they’ll be forced to produce truly competitive cars for the world market!)
So, who are these ‘M’ people, anyway?
Essentially, they are after-market tuners who took BMW racing in the mid-70’s and were so successful that they stayed on to develop their own parallel line of high-performance production cars for the company.
If you have a chance to compare driving an M car as compared with the regular production version, do so. Quite the experience.[2]
Even without them, BMW has always prided itself on being a “driver’s car”. The M folks get hold of their engines and make sure of it.
It was said that this particular model was for German businessman who wanted anonymity - and the fastest car - for the autobahn. Anonymity he certainly got with that unassuming 4-door sedan -- the only apparent difference between that and the regular 5-Series being the wider, rear tires and the small badge that said M5 just under the hood & trunk lids.[3]… And with a cruise speed over 150, he got the latter as well.
Now the juggernaut that is Mercedes can cede some ground
to Porsche -- no big loss there... They could still pick up these guys as
customers when they finally get over their youthful indiscretions with tiny
cars and need something more realistic down the road for family, business,
etc. But they can't really allow the
likes of BMW and Audi to knock them off as kings of the autobahn...My God! Then what would they have as their national
brand? The 2nd best
autobahn sedan in Germany!!?? No way,
José!!!
So when their auto spies got wind of the M5 in the wings, the execs at Stuttgart went, well, bananas, to put it mildly… SOOOO, out they came with the AMG HAMMER! Now, AMG ("AH-- EM - GAY" as pronounced auf Deutsch) are the boys who fine-tune -- at Mercedes request -- whatever they have on assembly at the time, converting a regular, 200+ horsepower machine into some fire-breathing 3, 4, 500+ horsepower monster. Essentially, this is the same things the 'M' boys do at BMW, what Walkinshaw does for Cadillac, Cosworth Engineering for Ford. But, while these others are outside contractors, AMG has, recently, been totally incorporated into Mercedes.
On the production front, there was only one Hammer – it was AMG-Mercedes at their best. I hate to say this, but Mercedes can often be a terribly boring outfit -- with or without the AMG tuners. Personally, I find the Mercedes/AMG thing is a bit too, well, ‘Prussian’ -- reliable, sturdy, yes… and…. BORING! Unless they are racing internationally or competing with BMW for the local market, they can often take on the patina of the boring businessman in the proverbial gray flannel suit. They can make terribly fast cars, no question -- but that doesn’t make them any less boring. Ask anyone who wants one what it is about it that fascinates them so. Invariably, it has something to do with the nebulous cliché, ‘superior engineering’ (people who use that old line rarely know very much about cars) or, ‘can be driven with my little finger’ (Really?!- How exciting). The CEO’s of that corporation seem more intent on the ‘high average’ rating for their cars: Do everything well but nothing truly great. Thus, an all-out raw, driver-oriented response and feedback system is never part of the DNA in these cars. Proof positive that there is little soul in painting by the numbers.
Mercedes has marketed this ‘philosophy’ of driving quite well. Even Car and Driver bought it. Commenting on the, “pagoda”-styled Mercedes SL of the early 90’s, they claimed: “The average inbred aristocrat could drive it from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia, pass just about everything in sight, post a remarkably high average speed for the trip, and never hear a murmur of complaint from the lady in the passenger seat. As a matter of fact, she’d probably never even lift her nose out of the latest copy of Paris Match. And that’s what we mean by civilized.”
From Brescia to Rome?! That’s one of the most exciting roadways on planet!! –where the famed, Mille Miglia, runs every year. So comfortable that you don’t even look up??!! I don’t know about you, but that is hardly what I call a “sporting’ venture thru Europe! I don’t think an owner of a 300SL – the record winner of that race in the 1950’s – would even know what these guys are trying to promote. (Ah… the 300SL – now THAT was a car! If only Mercedes stayed on THAT track instead of spending all their resources to chase after the Prada/Coach Bag Set on Rodeo Drive!)
This was never the case with the BMW, with or without the M boys -- or it certainly hasn't been up ‘til now. ‘Boring’ is not in their lexicon.
Another reason is that Mercedes seemed to go hors de combat from racing after virtually inventing the sport when their Silver Arrow torpedoes went head-to-head with Auto Union (forerunner of Audi) in the glory, pre-war days. Then after that fabulous feat of winning the last Mille Miglia in record time (1,000 miles through Italy in 10 hours!) in 1955, they bowed out. They are back now, of course -- but BMW never left and still does more racing than they do. And all those years of competition against the major marks of the world have left their mark on BMW. It is simply the better driver in much the same way that Bentley is consistently more fun than the Rolls Royce. Bentley has a history on the track, Rolls doesn’t.
But, having said all that, as a collector, I would still actually rather have The Hammer. This because it is rarer, worth more – and took on the M5 out there where it counted for the German public: on the Autobahn. (As Enzo Ferrari discovered with Henry Ford II – remind me to tell that story some day – or as Tojo did after Pearl, don’t taunt the boys with the bigger resources, as they can rise up to be one hell of a sleeping giant. [4])
The difference is that the M5 – and all the development that went with it – is still with us. Mercedes just wanted to make a point. Mercedes would have to go some to outdo the current M5/6 series from BMW[5] – though I wouldn’t count them out. A company that can come up with the SLR-McLaren can probably do anything they want!
Only the Nissan Skyline – the other explosive car in this class -- can match the M5 on the road. (And, since that little number can be tuned to within inches of 1,000 HP, more than likely swallow it whole on the track – Ah, the Skyline… Too bad America… another fiery legend you have not seen and, more than likely, will never see on these shores. Why, oh why, oh why can’t they import these great cars…?? Will have to save that one for a later issue… You wouldn’t believe what we can’t get here!)
OK. Back to my M5. 
A German friend of mine once told me that I'd better wait for her to do my clothes because, being an American, I probably couldn't figure out how to work her washing machine... Actually, she was right. And so it was, that when I gazed into my M5 engine bay, checked out the computer setting guide book, and looked at all the options on the dash… I knew I could be in real trouble here.[6]
I breathed some sense of relief when I saw that the last mechanic who worked on this car signed off with, Heinrich. As least I could be sure it hadn't been screwed up before it reached my door.
I took it to my mechanic and well, I could tell by the way he looked under the hood, that this wasn’t his cup of tea.[7] So I took it to a BMW owner who fixes everything in my town and he, too, deferred. So I went right to the BMW dealer for the whole region and when they were hesitant to deal with it I thought I just might have bit off a bit much…
Turned out the car looked like something to fret about but wasn’t. Hard as nails. Even though this is NOT an engine you want to find a replacement for (even a worn one can set you back 15 grand), I got it up to well over 185,000 miles of some pretty fierce driving. At the end, it was still like new. I couldn’t kill it – my kind of performance machine!
Still though, remembering how complicated this thing really was, I would have felt guilty if some German, Japanese or Indian car nut didn't end up with it… And so I breathed a sigh of relief when an Indian software guru came up with the cash.
How did it know this car was for him?
Whereas all of us winced when we even looked under the hood, he stated calmly, “I love to tinker with these.”
It’s yours!![8]
Next Time - Too Old Too Fast: Phasing Out of The High Octane Lifestyle
(Tom, amazing article! What more can I say!?”) Pete
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AutoMat Auto Interior of the Month
BMW M5
by Tim Browner
AutoMat Co. of Hicksville, NY specializes in making the dreams of the customer come true. Here they completely customized this already sweet M5 to the luxury stunner that you see here before you.
The exterior color of the M5 was a rich metallic burgundy. Wanting to continue that theme in the light beige interior, burgundy leather was chosen to accent the seat inserts, both front and rear. Also used on the seats was a burgundy piping to help define them and bring an extra touch of class. The same burgundy leather was used on the door inserts, shift boot, e-brake boot, armrest, steering wheel and dashboard as well. Embroidered into the headrests is a crown and the customers name H. Verma.
While the seats were out of the M5 a layer of dynamat was laid down, insulating the cabin from exterior noise and vibration and the factory beige carpet was replaced with a lush burgundy German velour version in its place. Floor mats made of the same carpet were trimmed to shape and then hand bound in beige leather with the same crown and name embroidered into them.
A massive audio/visual system was installed in the M5 during this transformation. Alpine components were chosen for all duties, due to their quality and durability. A head unit and fold out screen with navigation were installed in the dash and monitors in the back of the front headrests, so the rear seat passengers can be entertained on those long road trips or while hanging out at a local car show. Component speakers were installed in the doors and subs woofers and amplifiers in the trunk.
Once the car was completed the owner has had a tremendous response everywhere he has taken it. The car has won numerous awards and has graced the pages of more than one magazine. This M5 is a testament to what can be achieved when a little thought and creativity are put into a project.
(Indeed! Nice job guys!) Pete
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AutoMat’s 50th Anniversary
Celebration
AutoMat Co. was founded in 1956 by one man, Eric Browner, in the basement garage of a building in Hicksville, NY. Fifty years later it is run by his two sons Tim and Roger and a loyal staff of over twenty people in a 12,000 sq. ft. facility. Recognized as one of the largest and most respected upholstery shops on the East Coast, all sorts of vehicles can be found in their shop at any given time, from classics, to muscle cars, to modern customs, no job is too small or too big.
This June marked their 50th year in business and nothing calls for a car show more then an anniversary, so that is exactly what AutoMat did. A customer car show was held at their shop in appreciation of all the support over the years. The day was spectacular and over two hundred cars of all years, makes and models turned out for the event. Cars filled the parking lot and lined both sides of the street all the way around the building. In order to make it official, the AutoMat All Girls Judging Squad was in full effect, judging all the vehicles in attendance and posing for pictures with all of the owners. By the end of the day they had come up with the top three winners. Taking third place was Rich McGrath with his 1950 Ford, second went to Bobby Burns and his 2005 Roush Mustang and taking first place was Carlos Gallego and his super clean 1960 Chevy Impala.
Nassau County Legislator, Ed Mangano,
Assemblyman Rob Walker and Town Councilwoman Rose Walker were also in
attendance issuing AutoMat Co. Citations for their contribution to the
community and the longevity of their business.
Also at the show was actor, fighter and all around badass Chuck Zito from HBO’s OZ and the Howard Stern Show with his
“Worlds Baddest ’57 Chevy” with an interior just
recently completed by AutoMat. 
People feasted on hotdogs, hotdogs and more hotdogs, all in all 750 of them were eaten by all those in attendance. That must be some kind of record in it’s own right! And of course what kind of celebration could be complete without cake and fresh watermelon.
A raffle was held for $1000 towards a custom interior by who else but AutoMat, with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. The big winner of that prize was a Mr. S. Romanelli
Stock and Custom and Street Trenz magazines were also on hand taking photographs to be published in the next month’s issues. The day itself was a huge success, and fun was had by all. AutoMat would like to thank all those in attendance and all their past customers who could not make it to the celebration but have made the rise of AutoMat triumphant.
(Once again – congratulations to the Browner family
and thanks for all your great work over the years!) Pete
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Irv Gordon: 1966 Volvo P1800
This is all old news now....as the event took place on March 27,
2002 but the information is correct. This press release is direct from
Volvo Cars of North America. I am now up to 2.5 million miles and adding to it
every day. By August, I will have 4,000,000 kilometers....not much meaning here
in the USA but the rest of the world uses the metric system and this will be a
big milestone.
Hope you enjoy reading this.....
Irv
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
FIRST PERSON TO DRIVE TWO MILLION MILES
IN SAME CAR
EXTENDS WORLD RECORD IN HIS 1966 VOLVO
P1800
Long Island’s Irv Gordon, Volvo’s “Two Million Mile Man,” will turn
historic two million miles this evening during Volvo’s 75th
anniversary event at Times Square Studios
NEW YORK (March 27, 2002) ––Long Island
native and retired science teacher Irv Gordon is
scheduled this evening to reach a milestone no other individual has
accomplished in the more than 100 years of the automobile: driving two million
miles in the same vehicle.
To mark the occasion, Gordon plans to drive
his shiny red 1966 Volvo P1800 through the heart of
“Of the 260 million
vehicles on the road in the United States, only a handful have accumulated one
million miles, and until now, none have made it to two million,” said Dan Werbin, president and chief executive officer for Volvo
Cars of North America. “We like to say that ‘there are cars, and then there are
Volvos,’ but there is more involved here than the
wisdom of our engineers in developing a car that could last so long and travel
so far. Irv’s meticulous care of his Volvo over the
years has played a significant role.
“Irv’s dedication to his P1800 reflects the loyalty Volvo
owners have to their cars, and the longevity of his P1800 represents the
reliability of the entire Volvo brand,” Werbin added.
“It’s only fitting that Irv celebrate his amazing
milestone the same day Volvo honors its 75th anniversary, and what
better location is there to do it than in the 
heart of
New York City?”
Gordon bought his P1800 on
Gordon’s long
commute to work (a 125-mile daily round trip) and his passion for driving
enabled him to log his first 250,000 miles in five years. “The car never gave
me any problems –– didn’t overheat, never failed to start. At about half a
million miles, the car was driving better than ever, and that’s when I was sure
this is an extraordinary car.”
In October 1987, Gordon celebrated his
one-millionth mile by driving a loop around the Tavern on the Green in
Gordon has driven to
In 1998, The Guinness Book of World Records honored
Gordon’s Volvo P1800 as the vehicle with the “the highest certified mileage
driven by the original owner in non-commercial service.” Today, Gordon is
breaking his own 
world
record every time he drives his celebrated car.
In the weeks
leading up to Gordon’s scheduled two-million milestone,
Irv visited a variety of automobile shows,
dealerships and car clubs throughout the nation. At Volvo’s 75th
anniversary event, he’ll cross over the two-million mile mark by driving onto
Times Square Studio’s street-level stage.
As for what he’ll
be doing tomorrow? “I’ll keep on driving,” Gordon said, “but whether I drive three million
miles is more up to me than it is the car. The car’s parts may be able to take
it, but I’m not so sure about my own.”
(Irv - this car is truly something special! Thanks for sharing with us and keep on adding up those miles!) Pete
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We are still looking to do a GTO theme – If anyone
out there can pen an article for us about the history of the Goat...let us
know!
We have had no offers from would-be writers yet!
In the future, we also want to do a Buick or Olds
issue and some editions focusing on Foreign Classics, and Trucks too!
Don’t forget about Tuners! Anybody out there
interested in contributing?
How about a Street Rod issue!!??
I remind everyone that the
PARTS section is free for all that you might want to sell!
Go ahead, load all your stuff
up there for all to see!
Pete Giordano
Long Island Classic Cars.com
