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DREAM GARAGES: ‘Mr. Ed’ Schoenthaler Collection

By GlenStapletonPosted on April 29, 2013Posted in Chevrolet Brands, Dream Garages, Feature Story, SpecialTagged 2013, 60s, avery, Brigance Chevrolet, car, cars, chevy, chicago, classic, classic car, classic recollections, classics, collection, collections, concours, daily herald, dream, dream garage, ed, garage, garages, Judy, matt avery, Mr. Ed, muscle cars, northwest, Schoenthaler, suburbs, transportation

If you were in the market to go fast during the 1960s, help came in the form of Mr. Ed. Not to be confused with the popular equine, Ed Schoenthaler was a top-selling salesman who dealt strictly in V-8 horsepower. He worked at Brigance Chevrolet in Oak Park from 1965 to 1970. “The nickname came […]

FEATURE: 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air 409

By GlenStapletonPosted on June 19, 2012Posted in Chevrolet Brands, Feature StoryTagged 12, 1950s, 1960s, 1962, 2012, 409, 60s, 62, auto, automotive, avery, beach, bill, boys, car, cars, cheater, chevrolet, chevy, classic, classics, collopy, gallery, mat, matthew, muscle, musclecar, photos, pics, recollections, red, restoration, slicks, song, v8

One of the hottest tunes on the radio in 1962 was a little ditty by a group of surf-loving teens who extolled excitement over something called a “4-0-9.” The Beach Boys weren’t the only ones focused on that Chevy engine. Bill Collopy “My brother-in-law had a new ’62 409 when I was in high school,” […]