Where Are They Now?

This is the first in our series of articles about members’ Early V-8s that have been featured in past editions of the newsletter.  What follows is the very first article about a member vehicle as published 40 years ago in the March 1972 newsletter.  The introduction was written by Newsletter Editor Ron Dopke.

OK - this is the first in our Where Are They Now? series.  And if you read Page 9, you already know part of the answer!  Although Len predicted the ‘32 would be on the road that summer, it was not.

When Gary Osborne sent us an inquiry about joining the NIRG he said:   “I am in the process of restoring my first car and could probably use a little help and advise from some of your members. The car that I own also has a connection to your club. It was one of the cars that Len O'Connor (charter member and past president) owned a long time ago. He disassembled it in 1963 and never put it back together.”  We forwarded Gary a copy of the story reprinted above and received the following response: “I just read your e-mail, and I sure was surprised to find out that the story that Len wrote was about the car that I have. He never did finish the chassis completely or paint and install the body. The other 32 that he purchased was the one that he finally finished. As a matter of fact I think that he put the engine that he rebuilt into the other car and not mine (#s don't match, so my engine must be out of his second car, too bad).”  Now we know where the car is - let’s hope Gary finally gets it on the road!