Author Archives: John Gunnell

During the 30 years that I worked for OLD CARS WEEKLY, company owner Chet Krause maintained a collection of cars, trucks and military vehicles. Chet had eclectic tastes, so we got to drive a lot of different types of machines. … More »

Working for OLD CARS WEEKLY meant we did some interesting things. Attending the Homer Fritterling Auction near South Bend, Ind., was one of them. Mr. Fritterling was an early Duesenberg collector who owned a trucking company. He would pay his … More »

Chris Halla worked at OLD CARS WEEKLY when we started in 1978. Chris liked old cars, but he wasn’t really a “car guy.” Writing and poetry were his real loves. However, Chris was responsible for the one and only Iola … More »

Back in the ’70s OLD CARS WEEKLY had an advertiser who ran a service that could get your old car signed up for movies. I lived in New York at the time and I paid $25 for this fellow to … More »

The first collector car I got, back in 1972, was a 1954 Chevy Two-Ten sedan. It had about 35,000 miles and I paid $325 for it. In 1978, when I cam to OLD CARS WEEKLY I brought the car to … More »

Tony Hossain was probably one of the most creative editors OLD CARS WEEKLY had — and one of the most unappreciated. Tony was young, so to him a Vega GT was an “old” car and the ’65 Chevy convertible that … More »

It’s a good thing they have cameras or I’d probably have forgotten half of the fun times I had while working at OLD CARS WEEKLY. In the pole building where I keep my personal cars and bikes there is a … More »

Although I bought a ’63 Chrysler 300 when I moved to Iola, I did not consider it a collector car then. For me it was too new. In fact, one time I drove it to Champagne-Urbana, Illinois to see a … More »

When we lived in New York I rode a bicycle and dreamed of fixing my ’54 Chevy and ’53 Pontiac sedan. After we moved to Iola in 1978, I did not have a useable car and you need a car … More »