johnson mom bought to keep me off motorcycles, pounded the...
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Bought Sold Year Make Model
Color $Buy $Sold Notes & Images
1957 1958 1957 Johnson 25 hp outboard/15’
Fiberglass boat Mom bought to keep me off motorcycles, Pounded the
bottom out of the boat in the bay @ Anna Maria,
Florida.
Mine was like this one. Really struggled to keep it
running. Had to change plugs every time I used it.
Pull start sometimes took 30-45 min to get started and all my energy to get it going but I was determined.
1958 1958 1950s
???? Whizzer Motorized
bicycle Black
The boat couldn’t keep me off the streets. My 1st
motorized conveyance, rode from South Miami to
Hialeah every day to work in the summer at Thunderbird boats, pedaled forever to start. Freedom
for a 15 year old!!!
1958 1958 1954 Allstate Sit-down scooter Red Paper route special to pay for scooter
Like mine was. As seen in Barber Museum.
1958 1958 1948 Cushman 2 speed sit-down
scooter Green Pretty fast, paper route, weird looking though
Just like mine, image from internet, weird suspension, huh?
1959 1959 1956 Cushman Eagle 2 speed,
straddle scooter Black I modified this like crazy! Homestead to Fort
Lauderdale and everywhere in between. 15 years old
As mine was back in the day.
1959 1959 19?? Lambtetta 2 cycle scooter ?? $5.00
Like mine. Didn’t last long. Bought from a kid who
probably stole it.
5/1959 11/1959 1954 Willis Aero Sedan Red
This one is like my 1st car, Dad helped me
buy, burned a rod bearing, over-revving and probably didn’t check oil enough. Dad
was understanding though and had it
reground. Mine was like this one but not nearly as nice. I used a belt the keep the
door closed after I almost fell out going
around right hand corners a few times and the door would fly open.
11/1959 3/1960 1947 Chevy Deluxe
something $50 $35 Cheap, good service. Lots of fun. Eventually valve gear rocker
shaft wore out. Sold for scrap 2/1960 /21960 1938 Chevy Coupe $5.00 $20.00 for
scrap Bought for to use valve train and 3 speed floor shift on ‘47, cut
up for scrap after parts used 3/1960 8/1961 1955 Chevy 4 door 210 sedan Red/white Traded
even for
’34 Chevy
Started as 6 cylinder 3 speed, Dad’s car. I blew this
engine too (still hard on equipment.) Put in fuel
injected 327 Chevy, 4 speed, 411 rear > 13.01 in ¼
mile, traded for ’34 Chevy coupe in Biloxi, MS
That’s me in the lowered 2 tone at drag strip in
Tallahassee, FL 1961. Lowered by heating the springs until it was all the way down. Rough riding but cool
looking. 8/61 3/62 1934 Chevy 3 window coupe Purple Traded
’55 Chevy
even up
$700??
Channeled, 283 4v carb, no fenders, met wife, Beryle, in this one, took to it college at Univ. of Florida as a
freshman, painted it purple, sold to get married, see next
car.
3/1962 1966 1956 VW Karmann Ghia,
id# 6220 Black $900 ???
Future father-in-law said ’34 Chevy “not the kind of car for a married man.” So I sold it and bought this
car. Finished college at University of Miami in it.
Exhurricane flood car. Everything rusted out. Repaired with screen, wire, pop-rivets tar & plywood.
Mostly reliable or if not easy to repair. That’s Beryle
and son, Scott, at 2½ the day we left for Memphis and med school
7/14/62 1963?? 1955 Ford Crown Victoria Red & white ??? Came with Beryle when we got married. Repainted
white in driveway (red bled to a pink tint in the white)
1963 19?? Renault ?? Tan $85? ~$105 4 door, rebuilt engine. Painted in driveway
1964 1946 Chris Craft 16’ runabout Mahogany $50 $500
“Restored” during college at U of Miami, great fun, sold to go to med school to an Eastern Airlines pilot
who promptly let it sink with a leaky shaft packing!
8/4/65 1957 Chevy Belair Convt #VC57A129371
Turquoise &
white
I installed 365 hp engine, 4 speed, discs in front, 3.89
rear, drove it and Karmann Ghia to University of
Tennessee Med School in Memphis. It was REALLY FAST! That‘s Beryle and me the day we left for
Memphis (see Karmann Ghia photo above.) Beryle
used to drag everybody on way home from the grocery store.
7/7/66 1963 Chevy Corvair # 30927W156424
Black $450 ~$650
Modified with 4v carb. Had fire so dealer sold to me
cheap. Ran great after a few minor repairs 9/2/66 9/21/66 1963 Chevy Corvette SW
Coupe, #308378104934
Blue $2150 $2275
Kept for about 19 days, got afraid of payments and sold, Beryle cried when it left. Made small profit so
bought another.
9/26/66 6/23/67 1964 Chevy Corvette coupe
#40837s108915 Black $2475 $2625
Couldn’t resist ad in paper, made profit on last one
didn’t I? 250 hp 4 speed; stolen and recovered. 7/24/67 1963 Porsche 356 normal coupe
#213022 Champaign
yellow $1850 $1900
1st Porsche, really nice. Keyed by some jerk at wife’s office, Continental Oil. This is my next collection of 3;
250 Ferrari, 356 Porsche and Maserati all at once. 12/7/67 5/30/68 1966 Chevy Corvette coupe
#194376S103447 Red $2811 $3100 Can’t even remember this one. Must have been great!
12/23/67 2/9/68 1963 VW Karmann Ghia
#6320114 Originally Cream painted
Green
$725 ~$900
OK, but no Porsche. I had it painted green.
1/4/68 3/2/68 1965 Chevy Corvette coupe
#194375S113905 Silver $2000 $2350 4 speed, Looked good, needed a lot. I fixed most and
sent it on.
10/9/68 1965 Sunbeam Tiger (289 Ford) Green $1000 $1800
Sold to med school classmate, Vann Roberts, who
still has it. Stored in a shed in Alabama as of 2015. 4/12/68 1960 MGA Roadster Black ? ? Sold to my brother, Mack
6/27/68 68 1966 Porsche 911 #301661 Bahama Yellow
$3850 $4350
Sold, afraid of maintenance on 6 cyl with low idle oil pressure. Very cool though.
1967 Chevy Corvette coupe Maroon 350 hp, leather, auto, air, great car!
12/11/68 3/17/69 1960 Ferrari 250 Pinin Farina
coupe #1291GT Primer $825 $1200
Bought from Navy guy, Bob Wells, Millington NAS
Sold to VP Piggly Wiggly, H. D. Thompson.
12/4/68 1963 Maserati 3500 GT #1011384
Black $2400 $2700
Gearshift broke off in Birmingham Friday afternoon at
4:30 pm while Beryle was driving on way to Miami
for Christmas, welded and on way in 1&½ hrs. 2/17/69 6/69 1968 Chevy Corvette Stingray
coupe Blue $3400 $3250? Bought from Dana A West, Jr.
Sold when graduated from med school 3/19/69 8/26/69 1967 Mercedes 230 SL
#230SL00589 Cream/
tobacco $3500 $4475
Bought from Abe Roffman in Memphis, 2 tops. That’s Scott in 1st grade
6/13/69 8/13/69 1964 AC Cobra 260 cu in Sold to me as #CSX 2155 but this is clearly incorrect. Actual serial number probably CSX 2121 but never confirmed. Worm and sector car with no side vents therefore
CSX 2125 or
earlier. Could be 2055???
Red $3300
$4400
Scott and Zaza as a puppy
Bought on way to MIA for internship from George Walls, Richard City, TN, Beryle drove for 1st time in
rain all the way form Chattanooga to Miami in June!
HOT! Found hammer in front of radiator. Early car, no side vents. Our 1st Cobra.
8/31/69 1969 1967 MGB Yellow $1275 $1825
Bought from Ronald Awad; good car, Beryle and Faza (became Westminster class champion Afghan hound)
7/16/69 4/6/70 1967 Porsche 911 #500664 Sft Window Targa
Red $4000 $4400
One of a collection of 3 for a short time. Found bullet hole in front floorboard of Porsche, never explained!
9/20/69 1969 1968 Porsche 912 #-----1510 Bahama yellow
$3600 $4200 Bought from Jim Cavanaugh; 5 speed, nice car,
11/20/69 3/15/70 1967 Jaguar XKE roadster #--
--4622 BRG $2266 ???? Bought from Port of Entry Motors, Miami; lot of
maintenance but COOL! 2/24/70 3/13/70 1967 Mercury Cougar Pale green $1000 $1175 Minor wreck on way to sell
5/70 1/10/71 1970 Lotus Élan White ?? $4500
1st new I car ever. Bought from London dealer, toured Europe, hit while parked at Coliseum in
Rome with a pedestrian crushed to death between
the Elan and another car driven by a drunken Italian, drove to 1970 Monoco & Zandfort GPs, plus 1000
km @Nurburing 10/4/70 7/19/71 1967 Ferrari 275 GTS #07543 Silver>
Brown $3900 $5500
That’s Beryle in there. We were both kind of hippies
back then…
That’s me, cool sideburns, huh? Had it painted an awful brown color, dumb.
Cadillac Firemist Reddish Brown
1/10/71 3/19/71 1964 AC 289 AC Cobra CSX2222
Blue Traded Lotus Elan
even up
$4500
Traded the 1970 Lotus Elan even for this Cobra, CSX2222. Sold to Paul Monce, LA
1971 10/13/71 1968 Chevy Camaro #124377N137998
Yellow ? $1450 Good car, never got tires balanced though. Shook all
the time. 7/6/71 12/7/71 1968 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Cream $1500 $2150 1st of several “Dog Show Specials”, Trans blew,
replaced & installed new rod bearings 3/12/71 4/13/71 1968 Chevy Corvette coupe # Bronze $2700 $3100 Decent 8/31/71 1967 MGB GT White $900 $900 Traded for ’69 Vista Cruiser
9/1/71 9/24/71 1969 Chevy El Camino Light Green $1475 $1950 Fun, stuck on levee in New Orleans 9/6/71 7/8/1972 1937 Rolls Royce PIII Sedanca
Deville ID# 3BT159
Black $5581 Norman Aronson
$6500 Russell Huntington
Twin side-mounts, I rebuilt v-12 engine single handedly. Lots of work, some fun.
9/24/71 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Black $1450 + MGB
????
2nd “Dog Show Special”
12/8/71 6/8/72 1968 Porsche 911 sportomatic #11835137
Maroon $2100 $500+ trade Great autocross car, traded for ’69 Corvette
12/19/71 11/11/72 1953 Ferrari Europa EU343 Red $2800 $4250
!st place in class New Hope Classic Car Show, Bought from Harley Cluxton, III, sold to James C. Hill, Swartz Creek, MI I really liked this one
6/8/72 ???? 1969 Chevy Corvette Maroon $500 +
trade ???? Nice Corvette
7/1972 1973 1966 Lotus Élan Yellow $1750 w trailer
$1400 w/o trailer
SCCA streetable race car came with a Simpson trailer. Drove all over Philly and New Orleans in this one.
Quite quick. 1972 2000 1970 Simpson Single axel, flat
car trailer Black Came
with
Lotus
~$375 Much modified, hauled lots of cars everywhere, NJ,
ATL, MIA etc. Sold to a guy for his classic tractor
9/30/72 Still own 1954 Mercedes 300SL Blue $5500 Not for
sale
Sill own, BIG $$$,$$$ spent on restoration. Lots of fun with the Gull Wing Group International conventions. Many, many 1st places and Class wins. Not for sale
1/26/73 9/73 1966 Ferrari Alloy 275 GTB #
275GTB08081 Red $5400 $7400 Sold to Wm. Jennings Bryan to pay or 300SL
4/12/73 8/22/73 1970 VW Bus Green $600 $1600 Replaced engine. Got me there. US GP @ The Glenn
where I saw “the Bog” burn 9/17/73 1974 1971 Mercury Capri Red $1000 ??? Good car 12/26/73 3/28/74 1969 Mercedes 280 SL Dark blue $5100 ???? Leather, air, nice. Haggled for 2 hrs to buy. 6/20/74 Still own 1965 AC 289 AC Cobra
CSX2496 Rare dealer added
hardtop
Red/black $4200 Sold 11/12/2010 $***,*** Big Big
Bucks but worth twice
more 4
years later
Owned 37 years as SECOND owner. Good $$$,$$$ spent on restoration. Less than 40,000 original miles
2/6/74 1975? 1973 Lotus JPS Europa #144 Black/Gold
stripes $1600? Bought as new totaled, had hit a deer on delivery to
dealership 4/7/75? 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Cream 3rd “Dog Show Special”, lots of AC problems
1975-6? 8/81? Or did I sell it in 1976??
1967 Chevy Corvette coupe
#19437S100045 Red $10000 13,500
approx
Scott in front of “Big Red” 300 hp, air, auto
1975 1975 Arntz Cobra replica Black ????? ?????
Replica Cobra hobby business….sure. Built w/ 350 Chevy auto. 1st ever Cobra replica Sold to Peter Brill.
1975 1975 Arntz Cobra replica Red $28500 $31000 Built w/ 428 Ford auto, Miami Auto Show car
1975 Arntz Cobra replica n/a Sold as kit
1975 Arntz Cobra replica n/a Sold as kit
1975 Arntz Cobra replica n/a Sold as kit
3/1/76 4/29/78 1973 Honda Civic Light Blue $900 $1150 Super reliable, Beryle 360’ed on connecter at Grady curve in Atlanta in the rain, no damage!
4/28/76 11/29/85 1957 Corvette FI 283/283 4sp roadster #E57S102461
Red Cream coves
$9400 $18500 Bought outside ATL auction, sold to John Thornton
(owns Thornton Chevrolet dealership)
3/3/77 ???? 1963 Corvette SW Coupe #30837S111798
Brown ???? ???? 365 hp never ran, sold as is
6/20/77 ???? 1964 Corvette Coupe Silver $4050 Almost forgotten
8/12/77 5/26/89 1963 Corvette SW Coupe #30837S117484
Sebring
Silver $5600? $21000
See REFLECTION in photo, my only picture Air, PW, PB, PS, Auto 38000 mi, very nice car from Retired 3 star Army General (Gen Pepke.)
2/25/78 4/3/79 1978 Honda Accord LX Maroon $5600 Bought used @ one month old
1979 Stallion Cobra replica Silver $??,??? $??,???
Atlanta Car Show, that’s me and my mother in law,
Grace.
1979 Stallion Cobra replica Silver $70,000
invested
on order from
guy
$75,000 Jack Roush 351 supercharged, Nash 5 sp
who
later turned
out to be
a drug
dealer
1979 Stallion Cobra replica Blue 351 Cleveland, Nash 5 sp, air.
1979 Stallion Cobra replica Red $75000 $70000 Ins 350 Chevy TWIN TURBO, air, burned to ground,
carb/turbo fire. ???? Intermeccanica 356 Speedster
replica Cream ???? ???? Sold as kit. Got out of car building “business”!!!
10/26/79 2/3/81 Mazda RX7 Copper $7300 $7500 Bought as bank repo. Fast little bugger. Son, Scott, drove to prom got in trouble.
3/22/79 3/4/80 1979 Honda Prelude Midnight blue $7249 $7300 2nd brand new car I ever bought
8/22/80 1973 Fiat 124 Spyder Green $1500
Scott’s first car. Freedom! Bought form a nice
school teacher. He learned mechanics on this one. 1/1981? ’82?? 1976 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Yellow
4th “Dog Show Special”,
4/19/81 ?? 1979 Cadillac Seville Elegante Black/Silver $10350 Great car, “Classic”; “real estate sales tank” for Mrs. S; Sold to partner Dr. Waugh
6/11/83 1/18/85 Mercedes 450 SEL Silver $19500 ????? Tree fell on, crushed hood.
7/6/84 10/2/86 Mercedes 280SL Champaign $20500 Looked great, drove great, RUST under a shine, wrong engine
1/11/84 8/26/88 1982 Buick Electra Estate Wagon
Cream $10800 $5100 5th and last “Dog Show Special” showing career
ended with 3 Champions and placing in Westminster KC show
7/30/81 6/30/82 1982 Ferrari 308 GTS Blue Net - $4,000
Ex. Nigel Olson (Elton John’s drummer.) Won
lawsuit over bad repairs, improperly installed
timing belt wiped out valves, also had undisclosed salvage title > returned to seller. Cost of suit $4000?
1 yr
to settle
1/23/85 9/30/87 1981 Cadillac Seville Elegante Black/Silver $9900 $6895 Problem plagued 4-6-8 V8 but ran great once disabled 3/31/85 8/21/89 1979 Alfa Romeo Spyder Black/Black $4300 $5250
Scott’s 2nd car. College graduation present! Scott & I
rebuilt engine one summer. Alfa Romeo GTV6 Balocco Red/black
Scott needed to upgrade the Spyder
7/13/87 5/26/89 1984 Mercedes 300SD Smoke Silver $27250 $23500
Good car, “real estate sales-mobile” for Mrs. S, said it had "hard seats” at first the liked it, NO power when
cold! 7/23/88 ??? 1987 Jeep Cherokee Ltd Black $15300
Daily driver, great aftermarket sound system
6/13/89 4/13/98 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood Off White $25638 “real estate sales tank” for Mrs. S
10/27/91 1/19/95 1990 Jeep Cherokee Ltd Black $16000 $12000 Sold to Will Hart 1/9/95 11/14/00 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Ltd White $26500 $11250 Good service
8/19/94 Still own 1962 Porsche S90 “Twin Grille
Roadster” #89696 Black $37500 Not for
sale
Still have, great car but leaks like crazy. (Don’t all Porsche roadsters, convertible D’s and speedsters?)
3/5/98 1996 Cadillac Deville Cream/brown
top ***** Traded for
2000 Next “real estate sales tank” for Mrs. S. Another tree fell on this one. Damage not too bad. Northstar eng problems.
1/15/99 4/10/00 1994 Wells Cargo 20’ box trailer White $3500 $3895? Two trips, too big, too much stress 9/9/00 3/11/09 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Ltd Champaign ***** $6250 A Jeep’s a Jeep
6/9/01 4/4/2005 2000 Sea Ray 210 Bow Rider Cream $23,500 $20,500
“NEXTERDAY” 5L V-8 I/O
2000 Cadillac Deville DHs Pearl Diamond
Traded for CLS 11/2010
2004 2004 16’ aluminum car trailer
Aluminum $4500 Perfect trailer
? ~2/2007 2005 Sanpan 21’ pontoon boat Aluminum Came with
Lake
Burton
house
1,000
Good serviceable pontoon boat 110 Evenrude v-4
3/6/05 2004 Scout 242 Abaco
24’Yamaha, 4
stroke 225hp
Yellow $*****
“Tonto” Great boat for Ga & Fla now in Siesta Key. This is a great boat! www.VillaSiesta.net
2/9/07 2006 JC Mfg 23’ Pontoon Honda 4s 115hp
Aluminum $*****
At Lake Burton www.FlyingHorserLodge.net
11/2007 10/15/2010 1937 Gar Wood 19 ½’ Custom Runabout
Mahogany with green
interior
$**,*** $**,***
I completely re-worked her, gauges, interior, chrome, wiring etc. Really loved this boat. Why did I sell
her???? Lake Burton www.Gar-Wood.com sold to Roy
Evrett, NC 2/28/09 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee
LTD Diesel Smoke Beige $25000 Great deal Great SUV, Great mileage with Diesel
11/2010 2006 Mercedes CLS500 Artic White $***** +2000 Cadillac
AMG package, all options, super nice with 16,000mi
1-2011 2005 Chris Craft Launch 22 22’ bowrider Cream, blue.
Red strip,
teak
$**,*** Still own
3/25/2012 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit
$**,*** Still own
In front of our lake house, Flying Horse Lodge www.FlyingHorserLodge.net