#mcr detroit 2004

[smeagles]

[callmeblake]

June 18th, 2004 at St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, Michigan

[mikeywayarchive]

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[themcrarchive]

4/3/2004: MCR performs at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, MI 🩸 #Revenge20

📸 via Sonya Sutherland and jessexelectric on LiveJournal

[earlycuntsets]

pt. 1

parts (2, 3, 4)

earlycuntsets.org website sources - where I got all my mcr pictures

first of a series. due to tumblr limits on how many links you can post. this full idea will be continued on future posts. for now here's 2002- 1/2 of 2007. this is pictures. will make a separate post for youtube/recordings.

been needing to fully source my website so here we go! wanted to share with other kool mcr fans.

old fansites/website appearances:

most popular - theimmortalityproject.com

mcr's old website [2002, 2003, 2004, 2005]

magazine scan archive - mcrhollywood.blogspot.com

more mcr flyers here than anywhere - theydrewblood.blogspot.com

gerard pic/interview 2003 - artsucks.com

show pics:

(8/18/2003 & 04/28/2004 washington dc, 08/20/2004 gillette stadium foxborough ma and 06/13/2004 baltimore md) - brokenvoices

(09/13/2004 & 01/21/2005 birmingham academy) - blackvelvetmagazine.com

(rainbow montreal 01/06/2003, kool haus toronto ca 02/10/2003, salle lx montreal ca, 08/25/2003) - junkedcamera.com

(bottom of the hill sacramento ca 1/23/2003) - sacramentomusicarchive.com

I do not know this show, 2003 - idolize magazine

04/03/2004 majestic theater detroit mi - schwegweb.com

05/07/2004 bakersville ca - rocksandiego.com (kira olsson-trap)

10/13/2004 kansas city mo - grrphotography

03/11/2005 taste of chaos cobo arena detroit mi - schwegweb.com

03/13/2005 taste of chaos st louis - grrphotography

03/16/2005 td waterhouse arena orlando fl - jencray.com

03/20/2005 st paul mn - shatterthelens.com

07/16/2005 fairgrounds, salt lake city - trent nelson

08/07/2005 warped tour orlando fl - jencray.com

08/08/2005 warped tour verizon wireless lot charlotte nc - josh hofer

08/12/2005 warped tour tweeter center camden nj - musicmattersmedia.com

11/01/2005 wolverhampton civic hall, wolverhampton england - blackvelvetmagazine.com

03/17/2006 emos austin tx - brooklynvegan.com & andrewkendall

10/26/2006 webster hall ny - dontbescene.com

11/15/2006 nottingham uk - blackvelvetmagazine

1/21/2007 big day out gold coast australia - kylie keene

03/25/2007 cardiff - blackvelvetmagazine.com

07/03/2007 helsinki - deadflowerphotography

flickrs (show pics):

7/25/2003 farmingdale ny - gaelen harlacher

08/16/2003 toronto ca - allfalldownphotography

I do not know this show, 2004 - joel

01/13/2004 night and day cafe manchester uk - tony woolliscroft

04/28/2004 cotton club atlanta ga - mike white

06/15/2004 mr.smalls theater, milvale pa - scapularemix

08/20/2004 gillette stadium foxborough ma - futurebreed

10/26/2004 roseland ballroom nyc - alyssa

01/30/2005 cologne germany - johanna bocher

07/02/2005 warped tour piers, san fransisco ca - laurentertaining

07/06/2005 warped tour pampano beach fl - internetpirateradio

7/28/2005 warped tour quebec city, quebec @ the pepsi colisée parking lot - alec hartman photography

08/05/2005 warped tour st petersburg fl - todd cynic

08/10/2005 warped tour nissan pavillian va - jessica

08/13/2005 warped tour nyc ny - christine natanael

08/23/2005 underworld london uk - sammi hills & lauren siohan

09/02/2005 &09/03/2005 rock in idro milan italy - matteo galli

09/13/2005 station park providence ri - katie o'keefe

09/15/2005 columbus ohio - stacy chambers

09/20/2005 st paul mn - matt birhanzel

10/14/2005 tweeter center camden nj - kristin

03/17/2006 emos austin tx - nicole herbst & allison7821

03/19/2006 recording academy san fransisco ca - james

05/12/2006 sun god festival la jolla ca - sam litvin

08/06/2006 nyc - heather marie ryan

08/25/2006 bramham park leeds uk - dancelike.hell

10/12/2006 virgin megastore london uk - stephen kallao

10/28/2006 & 10/29/2006 voodoo festival new orleans - mandi & voodoo music

10/31/2006 house of blues hollywood ca- veronica murietta

11/09/2006 e-werk cologne germany- sabrina & himychemicalromance

11/21/2006 milano italy - rodolfo sassano

1/24/2007 brisbane austraila - conradpayton

2/04/2007 perth australia - richard giles

03/04/2007 denver co - selene locke

03/07/2007 las vegas nv - heather marie ryan & pamela zabala

03/11/2007 anaheim - scarlet lark

03/21/2007 brighton england - peter hill

04/21/2007 seattle wa - steven friederich

04/22/2007 ft lauderdale fl - heather marie ryan

04/28/2007 williamsburg va - andrew s

05/05/2007 east rutherford nj - maria newman & mimie7981

05/01/2007 toronto ca - liz lulu

05/20/2007 vancouver ca - amy sept

05/21/2007 seattle wa- ciera walters

06/08/2007 leicestershire uk - sara bowrey

06/21/2007 bilboa spain - patriciana

06/23/2007 madrid spain - juan the fly factory

06/24/2007 lisbon portugal - mario guilherme

06/30/2007 hovefestivalen tromoya norway - kim erlandsen

07/08/2007 naas ireland - james quinton

07/25/2007 seattle wa - ciera walters

livejournals:

04/04/2004 bottom lounge chicago il - mechanical_riot

05/11/2004 san francisco ca - from strawberyxlove

01/05/2005 newcastle university england - open_heart_zoo

03/06/2005 daytona ohio - xxmeansyourhxc

03/10/2005 taste of chaos cleveland - dyanna

04/07/2005 barrowland, glasgow uk - elite_cru

part 2 here

[fabfrnkie]

MCR's in-store performance in Detroit [2004] - Part 2

[theswarmanthology]

Em, 30s, USA

"i've been part of the fandom since 2004. as much as the band has shaped parts of my life and my outlook on the world, the fandom has as well. i've made wonderful friends, read books i otherwise wouldn't know about, pursued art, and become a better artist in general because of the friends i've made in the community. this community taught me compassion for sex workers (who were also in the fandom at the time) when i was 16 and living in a very conservative household; my friends and acquaintances encouraged my growth and exploration as an artist; and, in adulthood, i've gotten to travel to places i otherwise probably wouldn't have gone just to meet my friends in person. i don't participate in many other fan communities, but this one has, without a doubt, been a formative part of my life."

Fast Facts: How long have you been a fan?: 9+ years Did you get to see MCR live before this tour?: Yes, I saw them before the breakup in 2013 How many shows on this tour did you attend in total?: 2-4 Favorite album: I have more than one favorite album Show experience out of 10: 10 Did you cry at your show?: No

Which date of the tour did you attend? 09/13/22, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

When did you get your tickets for your show? Was it a struggle, or were they easy to grab? they were gifted to me for free by someone else in the fandom. i'm incredibly grateful.

Did you attend with anyone else? solo

What did you wear? all black + a covid-protection mask

Where were your seats? i was in the seats, but pretty close to the pit, on mikey and frank's side

What was your favorite song(s) from the setlist they played at your show? foundations of decay, give em hell kid, house of wolves, the world is ugly, famous last words

What song were you most hoping to hear? Did you get to hear it? how i disappear - they didn't play it at this show

What was your favorite moment from the show? two favorite moments: 1. gerard's nurse outfit and 2. when they played helena (i almost cried, which was pretty unexpected)

What was the most unexpected moment from the show? almost crying at helena

Did you snag any merch? What pieces? i got the SWARM hoodie

Many fans describe seeing MCR live as feeling like coming home. Did you experience anything like that at your show? it felt more like a continuation of one of the most important parts of my life than it did like 'coming home'. they, and there music, have been part of my life for almost 20 years at this point. there's no nostalgia in it for me, nor did i feel like i was ever 'away' from them. it felt like a new, special chapter, and i'm so grateful i get to add that to my life.

If you could change one thing about your show experience, what would it be? nothing

Has your perspective or opinion about the band changed since seeing them on this tour? If so, in what way? nothing has really changed, so much as i feel like they've grown as people in parallel to me changing as a person. i'm younger than them, but i literally grew up with them and with their music; they've been part of so many important life stages for me from my teen years to my 30s. i'm so grateful they exist, and equally grateful that i fell in love with them when i did.

What advice would you give to people seeing My Chemical Romance in the future? none particularly. enjoy it. talk to the people around you if you want to. you'll have a great time <3

Anything we didn't ask that you feel obliged to share or talk about? i had a moment of trans magic happen at the detroit show. i went by myself and, by happenstance, ended up in a seat next to another trans person around my age. we clocked each other and shared our joy about our queerness, and about MCR, and about getting to see them live again. when i was growing up, and when i came out in my late teenage years, i quite literally had no one who understood what was happening to me, and very very few adults who accepted my transness. like so many people, MCR was crucial to me figuring out how to articulate my transness, i'm very glad to see so many younger people in the fandom find each other and be able to share joy in creating themselves in whatever ways they want to be while sharing a community with other trans and gnc people. it was a much lonelier road for me at the time that i came out. no one that i knew in the fandom was trans, and certainly no one in my immediate life as a teenager was trans. i'm lucky to have had supportive friends both in and out of the fandom, but it felt like a really special blessing to meet someone, by completely random chance, who was both trans and part of my generation, at the show where gerard walked on stage dressed as a nurse. MCR cast some kind of special spell that night, and it gave me a moment of recognition and joy that i'll never forget.

Thanks, Em!

[jesusvasser]

Big-Block and Pony Cars at the 2018 San Marino Motor Classic

One of the things we enjoy most about the San Marino Motor Classic (SMMC) in California, besides the fact that it’s a 20-minute drive from home, is the diversity. This is the kind of concours d’elegance where you can expect the expected—prewar Classics, brass-era cars, even a steamer or two—as well as the totally unexpected. Comedian, podcaster, and film producer Adam Carolla brought 10 of Paul Newman’s race cars. (“The salad dressing guy?” my daughter asked.) A 1970 Buick Estate Wagon was not only on display, but it also won a class award, as did a 1967 Ford Country Squire. And we were glad to see that the Historic Vehicle Association had its own class of well-preserved originals, with awards given to a 1954 Jaguar XK120, a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr, and a 1972 Citroen SM.

Like we said, diversity.

We were there with camera and notebook in hand because a healthy percentage of the 350-some cars parked on the beautiful grounds of Lacy Park were muscle cars. Class Manager Joe Salvo and Assistant Class Manager Paul Ginsburg worked hard over the past year to gather enough high-performance Detroit iron that they filled four classes, two for big-block cars (GM and non) and two for pony cars (Mustangs and the rest). Motor Classic in the show’s name may have to change to Muscle Cars if Salvo and Ginsburg keep this up.

As if stunning cars parked in a gorgeous location weren’t enough to recommend this show, it also takes place in early June, so the SoCal weather is usually perfect (not too hot, not too gray). There’s a wide assortment of food trucks parked on the grounds to sate any taste. And all money generated by the concours goes to local charities. This year the show raised more than $300,000 for the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, the Rotary Club of San Marino, and the USC Trojan Marching Band, members of which played on the grounds throughout the day. Now in its eighth year, the SMMC has generated $1.9 million for charity.

Mark your calendars: The next San Marino Motor Classic is scheduled for June 9, 2019. Visit sanmarinomotorclassic.com for more info.

We are suckers for original-owner muscle. Apparently the SMMC judges are, too, as they gave Tim Munyer’s 1967 Chevelle SS396 First in the American Big-Block Muscle Cars 1962-1972 GM class. After buying the Tahoe Turquoise Chevy as a new car, Munyer put 17,000 miles on it in two years before storing it in his parents’ garage because his employer, Ford Motor Company, didn’t like him taking it to work.

Taking First Place in the non-GM big-block class was Christopher Sullivan’s immaculate 1968 Shelby GT500. First sold in Los Angeles at Downey Ford, the Shelby went through a six-year rotisserie restoration, during which Sullivan reused as many of the car’s original parts as possible, including the complete original interior. It was well preserved, he said, because the car spent nearly two decades in storage, “walled off by stacks and stacks of books.”

Ken Woolcott’s 1966 Mustang GT took First in the Pony Cars–Ford Mustang class. The convertible was entered in his name, but he says the car actually belongs to his 14-year-old son, Spencer. “We are an all-Mustang family,” Woolcott explains. His father owned seven, “and after he passed we sold all of them to buy this one.” It’s an original GT delivered in the very rare, 1966-only Ember Glow color. When Woolcott bought the GT it was “all original but tired,” and underwent a two-year restoration by Joe DeMeo in Los Angeles. “I drive the hell out of it between shows. I don’t like trailer queens.”

Longtime reader Tom Gipe first saw a Panther Pink Challenger with a black roof in MUSCLE CAR REVIEW in 1984 and said to himself, “I have to have that car!” Years of searching turned up this T/A in a barn in his father’s Illinois hometown in 2004, but the owner didn’t want to sell. He saw the car again at Mopars at the Strip in 2011, and was finally able to buy it in 2015. His two-year restoration was finished last September. “It’s a pretty basic one,” Gipe says of the Challenger. “Standard dash, automatic, no light group.” Among the non-Mustang Pony Cars at the SMMC, Tom’s Challenger nabbed First in class.

Jack Thomas’s 1968 Charger, in Turbine Bronze with black stripes, “looks like all the ads you saw when the car was new,” he says. He bought the factory Hemi/four-speed car just a couple months before the show. Though it had been through a rotisserie restoration, “now I’m fixing what’s incorrect.” Most of the wrongs he righted so far have been underhood, ranging from the incorrect battery and ground wire to the improper orientation of the air cleaner, the lack of a PCV valve, and the use of generic heater hoses. It’s a long and time-consuming process, made more so by Thomas’ recent knee replacement. We appreciated his commitment enough to give him our MCR Magazine Award.

In 2014, Delco Hagen came to the SMMC with his Monaco Orange 1969 Chevelle hardtop, sporting an aluminum-headed L89 version of the 375hp big-block underhood. He told us he was working on a convertible twin for that car, but back then he had no idea it would take years to get the drop-top done so he could show them together (as seen in our opening photo). “It was a basket case,” he explains, “with parts missing and wrong parts. The previous owner promised parts he didn’t have. That’s why it took four years to restore instead of two.” Terry Sparks performed the restoration on both cars, with Hagen chasing needed parts. Other than the convertible’s power windows, the two cars are identically equipped. The SMMC judges gave Hagen Second in class for the convertible, Third for the hardtop.

Other than a repaint done 21 years ago, David Sparks’ L72-powered, 70,000-mile 1966 Bel Air is “100 percent original,” he says. The plain-white-wrapped sleeper was still wearing the emblem of its original-selling dealership when Sparks bought the car 12 years ago, allowing him to trace its origins to Munford, Tennessee. Apparently there were no racers in that town. According to the son of the dealership’s owner, “No one wanted a hi-po 427 with a manual transmission and the heavy-duty suspension,” says Sparks.

Taking Second in the non-Mustang Pony Car Class was Jim Mikkelson’s Hugger Orange Camaro SS350. The convertible is immaculate now thanks to the efforts of J&H Restorations of Riverside, California, a far cry from how it arrived from Iowa after Mikkelson bought it on the internet. “It was supposed to be restored, but when it showed up it had some issues,” he tells us, understating the car’s shoddy condition. J&H basically “took the car apart until nothing was wrong,” and then rebuilt it correctly. It’s a numbers-matching car heavy with options—literally. “It has power windows, which are rare, only about one percent of the Camaros got them, because they add 500 pounds to the car.”

The first time George Tutundjian saw this 340 ’Cuda it belonged to the original owner. Five years later he spotted the car again on a used car lot and bought it. “But then I sold it, regretted it, and bought it again 30 years later.” Other than a repaint of the Curious Yellow in the 1980s, the ’Cuda remains in remarkable original shape. It’s a two-fender-tag car loaded with options ranging from the vinyl top and billboards to the cassette player with microphone.

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[jonathanbelloblog]

Big-Block and Pony Cars at the 2018 San Marino Motor Classic

One of the things we enjoy most about the San Marino Motor Classic (SMMC) in California, besides the fact that it’s a 20-minute drive from home, is the diversity. This is the kind of concours d’elegance where you can expect the expected—prewar Classics, brass-era cars, even a steamer or two—as well as the totally unexpected. Comedian, podcaster, and film producer Adam Carolla brought 10 of Paul Newman’s race cars. (“The salad dressing guy?” my daughter asked.) A 1970 Buick Estate Wagon was not only on display, but it also won a class award, as did a 1967 Ford Country Squire. And we were glad to see that the Historic Vehicle Association had its own class of well-preserved originals, with awards given to a 1954 Jaguar XK120, a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr, and a 1972 Citroen SM.

Like we said, diversity.

We were there with camera and notebook in hand because a healthy percentage of the 350-some cars parked on the beautiful grounds of Lacy Park were muscle cars. Class Manager Joe Salvo and Assistant Class Manager Paul Ginsburg worked hard over the past year to gather enough high-performance Detroit iron that they filled four classes, two for big-block cars (GM and non) and two for pony cars (Mustangs and the rest). Motor Classic in the show’s name may have to change to Muscle Cars if Salvo and Ginsburg keep this up.

As if stunning cars parked in a gorgeous location weren’t enough to recommend this show, it also takes place in early June, so the SoCal weather is usually perfect (not too hot, not too gray). There’s a wide assortment of food trucks parked on the grounds to sate any taste. And all money generated by the concours goes to local charities. This year the show raised more than $300,000 for the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, the Rotary Club of San Marino, and the USC Trojan Marching Band, members of which played on the grounds throughout the day. Now in its eighth year, the SMMC has generated $1.9 million for charity.

Mark your calendars: The next San Marino Motor Classic is scheduled for June 9, 2019. Visit sanmarinomotorclassic.com for more info.

We are suckers for original-owner muscle. Apparently the SMMC judges are, too, as they gave Tim Munyer’s 1967 Chevelle SS396 First in the American Big-Block Muscle Cars 1962-1972 GM class. After buying the Tahoe Turquoise Chevy as a new car, Munyer put 17,000 miles on it in two years before storing it in his parents’ garage because his employer, Ford Motor Company, didn’t like him taking it to work.

Taking First Place in the non-GM big-block class was Christopher Sullivan’s immaculate 1968 Shelby GT500. First sold in Los Angeles at Downey Ford, the Shelby went through a six-year rotisserie restoration, during which Sullivan reused as many of the car’s original parts as possible, including the complete original interior. It was well preserved, he said, because the car spent nearly two decades in storage, “walled off by stacks and stacks of books.”

Ken Woolcott’s 1966 Mustang GT took First in the Pony Cars–Ford Mustang class. The convertible was entered in his name, but he says the car actually belongs to his 14-year-old son, Spencer. “We are an all-Mustang family,” Woolcott explains. His father owned seven, “and after he passed we sold all of them to buy this one.” It’s an original GT delivered in the very rare, 1966-only Ember Glow color. When Woolcott bought the GT it was “all original but tired,” and underwent a two-year restoration by Joe DeMeo in Los Angeles. “I drive the hell out of it between shows. I don’t like trailer queens.”

Longtime reader Tom Gipe first saw a Panther Pink Challenger with a black roof in MUSCLE CAR REVIEW in 1984 and said to himself, “I have to have that car!” Years of searching turned up this T/A in a barn in his father’s Illinois hometown in 2004, but the owner didn’t want to sell. He saw the car again at Mopars at the Strip in 2011, and was finally able to buy it in 2015. His two-year restoration was finished last September. “It’s a pretty basic one,” Gipe says of the Challenger. “Standard dash, automatic, no light group.” Among the non-Mustang Pony Cars at the SMMC, Tom’s Challenger nabbed First in class.

Jack Thomas’s 1968 Charger, in Turbine Bronze with black stripes, “looks like all the ads you saw when the car was new,” he says. He bought the factory Hemi/four-speed car just a couple months before the show. Though it had been through a rotisserie restoration, “now I’m fixing what’s incorrect.” Most of the wrongs he righted so far have been underhood, ranging from the incorrect battery and ground wire to the improper orientation of the air cleaner, the lack of a PCV valve, and the use of generic heater hoses. It’s a long and time-consuming process, made more so by Thomas’ recent knee replacement. We appreciated his commitment enough to give him our MCR Magazine Award.

In 2014, Delco Hagen came to the SMMC with his Monaco Orange 1969 Chevelle hardtop, sporting an aluminum-headed L89 version of the 375hp big-block underhood. He told us he was working on a convertible twin for that car, but back then he had no idea it would take years to get the drop-top done so he could show them together (as seen in our opening photo). “It was a basket case,” he explains, “with parts missing and wrong parts. The previous owner promised parts he didn’t have. That’s why it took four years to restore instead of two.” Terry Sparks performed the restoration on both cars, with Hagen chasing needed parts. Other than the convertible’s power windows, the two cars are identically equipped. The SMMC judges gave Hagen Second in class for the convertible, Third for the hardtop.

Other than a repaint done 21 years ago, David Sparks’ L72-powered, 70,000-mile 1966 Bel Air is “100 percent original,” he says. The plain-white-wrapped sleeper was still wearing the emblem of its original-selling dealership when Sparks bought the car 12 years ago, allowing him to trace its origins to Munford, Tennessee. Apparently there were no racers in that town. According to the son of the dealership’s owner, “No one wanted a hi-po 427 with a manual transmission and the heavy-duty suspension,” says Sparks.

Taking Second in the non-Mustang Pony Car Class was Jim Mikkelson’s Hugger Orange Camaro SS350. The convertible is immaculate now thanks to the efforts of J&H Restorations of Riverside, California, a far cry from how it arrived from Iowa after Mikkelson bought it on the internet. “It was supposed to be restored, but when it showed up it had some issues,” he tells us, understating the car’s shoddy condition. J&H basically “took the car apart until nothing was wrong,” and then rebuilt it correctly. It’s a numbers-matching car heavy with options—literally. “It has power windows, which are rare, only about one percent of the Camaros got them, because they add 500 pounds to the car.”

The first time George Tutundjian saw this 340 ’Cuda it belonged to the original owner. Five years later he spotted the car again on a used car lot and bought it. “But then I sold it, regretted it, and bought it again 30 years later.” Other than a repaint of the Curious Yellow in the 1980s, the ’Cuda remains in remarkable original shape. It’s a two-fender-tag car loaded with options ranging from the vinyl top and billboards to the cassette player with microphone.

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[itsworn]

Big-Block and Pony Cars Gather at Beautiful Lacy Park for the 2018 San Marino Motor Classic

One of the things we enjoy most about the San Marino Motor Classic (SMMC) in California, besides the fact that it’s a 20-minute drive from home, is the diversity. This is the kind of concours d’elegance where you can expect the expected—prewar Classics, brass-era cars, even a steamer or two—as well as the totally unexpected. Comedian, podcaster, and film producer Adam Carolla brought 10 of Paul Newman’s race cars. (“The salad dressing guy?” my daughter asked.) A 1970 Buick Estate Wagon was not only on display, but it also won a class award, as did a 1967 Ford Country Squire. And we were glad to see that the Historic Vehicle Association had its own class of well-preserved originals, with awards given to a 1954 Jaguar XK120, a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr, and a 1972 Citroen SM.

Like we said, diversity.

We were there with camera and notebook in hand because a healthy percentage of the 350-some cars parked on the beautiful grounds of Lacy Park were muscle cars. Class Manager Joe Salvo and Assistant Class Manager Paul Ginsburg worked hard over the past year to gather enough high-performance Detroit iron that they filled four classes, two for big-block cars (GM and non) and two for pony cars (Mustangs and the rest). Motor Classic in the show’s name may have to change to Muscle Cars if Salvo and Ginsburg keep this up.

As if stunning cars parked in a gorgeous location weren’t enough to recommend this show, it also takes place in early June, so the SoCal weather is usually perfect (not too hot, not too gray). There’s a wide assortment of food trucks parked on the grounds to sate any taste. And all money generated by the concours goes to local charities. This year the show raised more than $300,000 for the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA, the Rotary Club of San Marino, and the USC Trojan Marching Band, members of which played on the grounds throughout the day. Now in its eighth year, the SMMC has generated $1.9 million for charity.

Mark your calendars: The next San Marino Motor Classic is scheduled for June 9, 2019. Visit sanmarinomotorclassic.com for more info.

We are suckers for original-owner muscle. Apparently the SMMC judges are, too, as they gave Tim Munyer’s 1967 Chevelle SS396 First in the American Big-Block Muscle Cars 1962-1972 GM class. After buying the Tahoe Turquoise Chevy as a new car, Munyer put 17,000 miles on it in two years before storing it in his parents’ garage because his employer, Ford Motor Company, didn’t like him taking it to work.

Taking First Place in the non-GM big-block class was Christopher Sullivan’s immaculate 1968 Shelby GT500. First sold in Los Angeles at Downey Ford, the Shelby went through a six-year rotisserie restoration, during which Sullivan reused as many of the car’s original parts as possible, including the complete original interior. It was well preserved, he said, because the car spent nearly two decades in storage, “walled off by stacks and stacks of books.”

Ken Woolcott’s 1966 Mustang GT took First in the Pony Cars–Ford Mustang class. The convertible was entered in his name, but he says the car actually belongs to his 14-year-old son, Spencer. “We are an all-Mustang family,” Woolcott explains. His father owned seven, “and after he passed we sold all of them to buy this one.” It’s an original GT delivered in the very rare, 1966-only Ember Glow color. When Woolcott bought the GT it was “all original but tired,” and underwent a two-year restoration by Joe DeMeo in Los Angeles. “I drive the hell out of it between shows. I don’t like trailer queens.”

Longtime reader Tom Gipe first saw a Panther Pink Challenger with a black roof in MUSCLE CAR REVIEW in 1984 and said to himself, “I have to have that car!” Years of searching turned up this T/A in a barn in his father’s Illinois hometown in 2004, but the owner didn’t want to sell. He saw the car again at Mopars at the Strip in 2011, and was finally able to buy it in 2015. His two-year restoration was finished last September. “It’s a pretty basic one,” Gipe says of the Challenger. “Standard dash, automatic, no light group.” Among the non-Mustang Pony Cars at the SMMC, Tom’s Challenger nabbed First in class.

Jack Thomas’s 1968 Charger, in Turbine Bronze with black stripes, “looks like all the ads you saw when the car was new,” he says. He bought the factory Hemi/four-speed car just a couple months before the show. Though it had been through a rotisserie restoration, “now I’m fixing what’s incorrect.” Most of the wrongs he righted so far have been underhood, ranging from the incorrect battery and ground wire to the improper orientation of the air cleaner, the lack of a PCV valve, and the use of generic heater hoses. It’s a long and time-consuming process, made more so by Thomas’ recent knee replacement. We appreciated his commitment enough to give him our MCR Magazine Award.

In 2014, Delco Hagen came to the SMMC with his Monaco Orange 1969 Chevelle hardtop, sporting an aluminum-headed L89 version of the 375hp big-block underhood. He told us he was working on a convertible twin for that car, but back then he had no idea it would take years to get the drop-top done so he could show them together (as seen in our opening photo). “It was a basket case,” he explains, “with parts missing and wrong parts. The previous owner promised parts he didn’t have. That’s why it took four years to restore instead of two.” Terry Sparks performed the restoration on both cars, with Hagen chasing needed parts. Other than the convertible’s power windows, the two cars are identically equipped. The SMMC judges gave Hagen Second in class for the convertible, Third for the hardtop.

Other than a repaint done 21 years ago, David Sparks’ L72-powered, 70,000-mile 1966 Bel Air is “100 percent original,” he says. The plain-white-wrapped sleeper was still wearing the emblem of its original-selling dealership when Sparks bought the car 12 years ago, allowing him to trace its origins to Munford, Tennessee. Apparently there were no racers in that town. According to the son of the dealership’s owner, “No one wanted a hi-po 427 with a manual transmission and the heavy-duty suspension,” says Sparks.

Taking Second in the non-Mustang Pony Car Class was Jim Mikkelson’s Hugger Orange Camaro SS350. The convertible is immaculate now thanks to the efforts of J&H Restorations of Riverside, California, a far cry from how it arrived from Iowa after Mikkelson bought it on the internet. “It was supposed to be restored, but when it showed up it had some issues,” he tells us, understating the car’s shoddy condition. J&H basically “took the car apart until nothing was wrong,” and then rebuilt it correctly. It’s a numbers-matching car heavy with options—literally. “It has power windows, which are rare, only about one percent of the Camaros got them, because they add 500 pounds to the car.”

The first time George Tutundjian saw this 340 ’Cuda it belonged to the original owner. Five years later he spotted the car again on a used car lot and bought it. “But then I sold it, regretted it, and bought it again 30 years later.” Other than a repaint of the Curious Yellow in the 1980s, the ’Cuda remains in remarkable original shape. It’s a two-fender-tag car loaded with options ranging from the vinyl top and billboards to the cassette player with microphone.

The original owner of Michael Dunbar’s 1970 Torino drove it until 1978, when, with 60,000 miles on the clock, something went wrong with the 429 Cobra Jet. He took it to his local gas station for a diagnosis, “and they wanted him to get a new motor.” Instead, Dunbar parked it for nearly 20 years. When the engine was torn down during the car’s restoration, the only thing wrong was a broken valvespring. Dunbar figures the pump jockey was angling for a free CJ. Dunbar bought the Torino from its second owner as a stalled resto project in pieces, “but he had everything; the only thing missing was the jack handle.” The car’s Marti Report indicates it is one-of-one, “because it has two rear-deck speakers instead of one,” says Dunbar.

SMMC regular John Chencharick brought this 1971 4-4-2 W-30 to the show, a car he and restorer Phil LaChapelle have been working on over the years. “It’s maybe one of 10 in existence,” he says, since it has white stripes over the Bittersweet paint. “Most would have had black accents.” The red plastic inner fenders are original, cooked to pink over the years due to underhood heat. He plans to leave them in place. “It’s been a seven-year project, and it’s not really done,” he admits. But that’s OK. “I can take it out, drive it, and still enjoy it.”

Assistant Class Manager Paul Ginsburg preps the tires on his 1964 Galaxie 500. He has owned the car for five years; the previous owner gave it the NASCAR look by lowering the stance, mounting the steel wheels, and giving the body (and the wheels) a pearlescent paint job popular with race cars in the day. “That way they would glow under the track lights at night,” Ginsburg says. Under the hood is a 390 retrofitted with triple-carb induction and wearing Ford’s header-like cast exhaust manifolds. Although the previous owner cut the sheetmetal ahead of the rear wheels for exhaust outlets, Ginsburg patched the panels and went for a simpler pipe system, installed by Verne Sweeney of Sweeney’s Custom Mufflers in Torrance. The exhaust now exits via MagnaFlow mufflers just ahead of the rear axle.

Gary Hicks brought his 1966 Gran Sport to the SMMC in 2015. “It’s prettier than ever,” says the obviously proud original owner. He and wife Vallerie bought it new as their family car; “brought the kids home from the hospital in it.” But Hicks also spent time at Orange County International Raceway and still has the time slips to back up his memories of 14-second e.t.’s at 100 mph. “And that’s with air conditioning and all the power accessories, but I did mount slicks,” he admits. His extensive binder covering the car’s history and two-year restoration includes letters written by Pop Kennedy (cofounder of Kenne Bell) with tips for making the 401-inch nailhead run better.

“I’ve wanted a Mustang since I was 12,” explains Cindy Brenneman, whose introduction to the pony came via her father, a salesman at a Ford dealership in Oakland, California. She began “actively looking” for a “bone stock” Poppy Red convertible about 10 years ago and found this car among a collection of European exotics last year. The 43,000-mile convertible had been repainted six years ago but was otherwise complete, right down to the smog equipment. She installed new tires and front disc brakes and drives it often.

Ted Taylor’s aunt bought this Dan Gurney Special 1968 Cougar new from Foothill Motors in Pasadena, and he got it from her in 1983. Back then it was just “a second car to drive.” The family proceeded to pile on the miles; the odometer shows about 128,000 now. Fifteen years ago “it started to burn oil,” and Taylor decided it was time for a restoration. It still has all the original sheetmetal and drivetrain, but “everything was either refurbished or replaced.”

Jason Fisher’s 1966 Shelby G.T. 350H is one of the 50 or so Hertz “rent-a-racers” painted Sapphire Blue with gold stripes. He bought the car in “good” condition, he says, with the original engine and even the original carburetor. In the two years he has owned it he tended to the mechanical and cosmetic work it needed. That effort paid off with an American Icon award at this year’s La Jolla Concours d’Elegance.

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St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit // June 18th 2004

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St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit

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10/21/2004: MCR play on the Nintendo Fusion Tour at the State Theatre in Detroit, MI🩸 #Revenge20

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