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The Auburns of Auburn (and northeast Indiana) Local owners keep history alive on highways

BY MEREDITH KREIGH

For more than 30 years, through 1936, the Auburn Automobile Co. crafted automobiles bearing its home city’s name.

Today, more than 30 of those cars still roll down the roads of northeast Indiana with local drivers behind the steering wheels.

Here are the stories of local owners who have preserved the legacy of Auburn Automobile Co., one car (and sometimes more) at a time:

Don Aiken Don Aiken, former president of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and former Hoosier Tour director, moved to Auburn with no knowledge of classic cars.

When his job required him to relocate from Fremont, Mich., Aiken had his pick of several cities, but he chose Auburn in 1964 for its small-town feel.

He knew nothing of Auburn’s history,

but Aiken immediately noticed the old cars.

Soon enough, he knew that he had to have an antique car. Aiken started out buying four Chevrolets. But his wife, Joey, knew that it was not quite right. She asked him what he really wanted. He gave a rapid response. He wanted an Auburn.

Don Aiken sold the four Chevrolets in order to buy a 1935 supercharged Auburn Cabriolet, his first Auburn. In the late ’70s, he added a 1936 Auburn sedan. The sedan is now his only classic.

The Aikens drive to the Canadian-American International Antique Car Meet year after year. They have driven in the ACD Festival’s Hoosier Tour since its inception in 1976.

“I always liked that era of cars and now, by chance it seems, I have been closely involved with them for around 35 years,” Aiken said.

“People know me by this car,” he added. But sooner or later, it will have to

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Don Aiken with his 1936 Auburn sedan

go. As he gets older, he said, the car will just become too much work.

Aiken still helps with maintenance at

the ACD Automobile Museum, working there four days every week.

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Craig Bassett Craig Bassett owns his Auburn automobile for a good time While looking for a car just off Evard Road in Fort Wayne, Bassett, an Auburn resident, came across a pile of pieces of an old Auburn.

At the time 25 years ago, he made a deal with local restorer Phil Allison to buy the parts and bring it back to beauty.

The car was repainted to its original Newport Tan factory color, but that lacked something for Bassett. It was too ordinary.

Searching through some archives several years later, he discovered that Auburns used to be made for service vehicles such as taxis and ambulances.

Soon enough, his mother found a ’30s-style taxi sign, and that put the redesign in motion. Bassett had the car painted Corvette Pace Car Yellow and clear-coated it to protect against scratches.

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Vicki Likes, daughter of Jack Cook of Cook’s Body Shop, designed the car’s logo.

Unfortunately, a porosity leak on the engine head meant Bassett needed a new one. He was able to have it crafted out of the original mold.

“Cars have personality.

And this one, it is just a good-time, unique car,” said Bassett.

The love of cars is in Bassett blood, he said, and he will never willingly sell the car.

“I like to think of what this old car has seen and been through. And I like to think that I have used it to be a good ambassador for the city of Auburn,” said Bassett.

The family car, which Bassett says has seen plenty of baby bottles, diapers and even his daughter’s first time using a straw in its back seat, has many more places to go.

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Jeanne Brand Jeanne Brand’s 1931 Auburn Sedan is still in near-original condition. She bought the car 22 years ago from a “little, old lady” in Texas, she said.

“When I began working at the (Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile) museum, I said that I would gladly do the job, but I would not buy one of those cars,” said Brand.

But now that car is her pride and joy. As both an “Auburnite” and a volunteer at the museum since its beginning in 1974, Brand said she needed one.

“I do not see a single thing wrong with the city or the classics. And I will correct anyone who tries to say otherwise,” said Brand.

When others at the museum saw that Brand broke down and bought her car, they commented that she might be the first woman from Auburn to buy an Auburn, she said.

The car is not listed for sale, but she said there are continual calls and visits from people hoping to buy her wine-and-

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“I do not see a single thing wrong with the city or the classics. And I will correct anyone who tries to say otherwise,” Jeanne Brand Auburn auto owner

• cream-colored Auburn.

To Brand, it is a piece of Auburn history. She has roots here, and she has grown with the city. She likes to show it off.

“I do not usually brag on things, but I brag on that car,” she said.

It has been to weddings and on trips to Pokagon State Park and just out to get ice cream.

And now, it is back home where it belongs, said Brand.

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Jessica Butler

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Jessica Butler wears a vintage outfit with her family’s 1931 Auburn sedan.

A true classic never dies

Jessica Butler, daughter of Mike and Catherine Butler, is part of the younger generation of Auburn enthusiasts.

Butler is the youngest female ever to drive on the Hoosier Tour — in her parents’ blue 1931 Auburn sedan. She and her mother, who usually go on the tour together, argue over who gets to drive.

“It is definitely about the cars, but it is also more than that. I feel like I was born in the wrong decade,” Jessica said.

Vintage clothing, teas and galas all hold a major appeal to Butler, in addition to the cars.

Her dream car, she said, is an Auburn Phaeton, but the 1931 Auburn and a green 1929 Auburn sedan that her parents own are cherished.

One of the best aspects of Auburns is their drivability — you do not have to have a mechanic in the passenger seat, like you do with a Cord or a Duesenberg. They are reliable, she said. You can just get in and go.

There are a total of four Auburns in the Butler family, going back to her grandparents’ 1933 Auburn sedan.

Even farther back than that, her great-great-great-grandfather made carriages in the Eckhart carriage factory, even before it became the Auburn Automobile Co. “I have been going to the ACD Festival since I was a little girl. The same is true now as it was then: the camaraderie is great. You get to know people from across the country and from across the world,” said Butler.

She said because of the Auburn, there are many more opportunities to learn not just about cars, but about far-off places and

ways of life.

“It is a part of us. The whole family shows up, and we all learn something else or meet someone new. And all because of our Auburns,” she said.

Donald Derrow Dr. Donald Derrow of Auburn bought his Auburn automobile more than 40 years ago.

He has owned his classic far longer than most Auburn owners in northeastern Indiana.

Since buying the 1936 Auburn Sedan in 1971, Derrow has traced its history all the way back to its original owner.

A pharmacist named Ashton Stamen apparently first purchased it straight from Auburn Automobile Co. in 1936. Since then, the Auburn switched owners only three times before Derrow bought it.

The car was originally a dark green, which Derrow did not like at all. He repainted it Meadowlark Yellow, which was an original Auburn factory color.

“I live in Auburn. I grew up in Auburn.

It is only right that I own an Auburn,” he said.

Additionally, both of his parents worked at Auburn Automobile Co. — his mother in sewing and his father in shipping.

“It is a family car. Our kids grew up with it, and for our grandkids, it is Grandpa’s car. That is why I would hate to sell it,” said his wife, Nancy.

Dr. Derrow added that the car’s primary purpose is not to auction or show.

“Some people take it to a show, put it in a trailer and store it. Even though I only drive it every once in a while, using it is the fun of it,” he said.

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Burt Dickman The auburn-colored body, accented by caramel fenders that spoke of motion, housed the orange wheels that began to move backward as Burt Dickman reversed his 1936 Auburn 654 Sedan.

As he pulled out of the garage and onto the country lane, he began his 27-year-old story.

In 1986, two years into his first term as Auburn’s 15th mayor, Dickman began searching for an Auburn automobile.

“I wanted a common people’s car.

Something humble. Something that a family man would drive,” said Dickman.

He found it, answering an ad from New Jersey.

In the ’80s, Auburn had an unemployment rate of 14 to 17 percent, according to Dickman. He decided to use the Auburn to change that. He began promoting the ACD Festival and the cars that came with it. He started working to bring industries to Auburn, including Guardian Industries and R.J. Tower Corp.

He drove the Auburn to recruit industries in a kind of chauffeur service.

Dickman added seatbelts, an alternator and a gel battery for efficiency’s sake, he said.

Flipping the turquoise-colored turn signal to the left, Dickman said he never once considered selling his Auburn, knowing that it will go to one of his five children.

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This Auburn is not restored to glitter.

It is what he says it is, a family car — something the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren all try to fit in, breaking the record of how many can be in and on the vehicle.

Dickman has been trying to cover some scratches, experimenting with an unusual technique — crayons. Unfortunately, they are prone to melting. Next, Dickman intends to try a colored, hot glue that he just discovered.

“I just drive it. Though I have been working on the color, it is just a car. I do not worship it,” said Dickman as he pulled the car back into his garage.

In the end, said Dickman, it really is just a car. But it is a car with memories.

Joel Grimm Joel Grimm inherited his 1935 Auburn sedan from his late father, John. About 20 years before that, local resident Dave Greenfield sold the blue classic to Grimm’s father.

The car was, and still is, in great condition. Upon purchase, only the paint and upholstery needed updated, and it was mechanically sound.

“My dad was always interested in cars that were just a notch above the ordinary, which is why he wanted the Auburn,” said Grimm.

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It was the vehicle that his father drove to work and rode on the Hoosier Tour, an annual event of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

Since his father passed away, Grimm drives the Auburn on most Sundays and takes it out to go get ice cream. “The understanding is that he can do what he likes with it, as long as I get to drive it on the Hoosier Tour,� said his mother, Karen Landel. “I keep it because of the nostalgic feel that you get just by casting your eyes on it — and when you drive it, too. The view from the driver’s seat, the way it reacts to the road; it is just different,� said Grimm.

But if he did not live in Auburn, Grimm is not sure he could keep the Auburn. With the museum here, there is an irreplaceable community of knowledge, he said.

He has no interest in selling it, calling it one of those “simple pleasures.�

But it is just a thing, he said. In the end, things have their place, but it is the memories that count, said Grimm.

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• On the table in front of Helmkamp is a title from 1935 — the only original title he has seen for any Auburn auto. It says a Mrs. Weller from Kipp, Kan., was the ďŹ rst owner of his Auburn Sedan A-397.

Which is odd, Helmkamp pointed out, because it was uncharacteristic for a woman to buy a car in the ’30s. “It just adds to the car’s story,� he said.

To acquire the cream-and-burgundy Auburn Sedan A-397, he traded with the late John Martin Smith of Auburn, a founding father of the city’s automobile museums. In exchange, Helmkamp gave Smith a ’68 Plymouth Hemi Roadrunner.

The Roadrunner was worth signiďŹ cantly more, and some people thought he was crazy to make the deal, said Helmkamp.

But he wanted that Auburn.

Then along came the second Auburn, a 653 Brougham. It was just the bare bones of the car, but it was up for auction in Kendallville. Helmkamp bought it for only $1,700, while his wife, Mary Kay, looked on, surprised that he won it at that price.

He has been working on the Brougham for around 12 years, fashioning it into a hot rod. Now, the at-black car is drivable, but is only about one-third of the way done, according to Helmkamp.

When it comes down to it, the cars are “just a bridge� to relationships, he said. “Every time that I think of this car, I think of my friends. Some people have money, but we have fun,� Helmkamp said.

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Patch Hines Among nearly 20 other collector cars, Patch Hines owns a 1936 Auburn Cabriolet.

Hines’ friend, Donnie Gould, now president of Auctions America, was on the lookout for an Auburn for Hines. In 1993, Gould found one in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The car was in pieces, because a previous owner intended to make a hot rod out of it. But Hines bought the pieces, and Gould took a year and a half to restore the Auburn and paint it black with white pinstripes.

During Hines’ grandfather’s generation, the Hines and Cord families were good friends, according to Hines. E. L. Cord’s corporation controlled the Auburn Automobile Co., which produced Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs. Hines’ sister now has a blanket that E. L. Cord’s wife made for her father when he was born.

Being born and raised in Auburn with such a close connection to the history of the classics, Hines grew up with a love for cars. “I live in Auburn, so I have got to own one. But as far as Auburns go, mine is not that special,� he said.

He gets it out around Labor Day weekend and for select car shows elsewhere, but keeps it in storage for the most part. “Auburns drive better than a lot of cars their age, but if I want to go for a drive in one of my cars, it is easier to take something with power steering, “ said Hines.

Though he enjoys his Auburn, Hines said he wishes it were supercharged, which would make it more rare.

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Patch Hines with his 1936 Auburn Cabriolet.

Sid and Belva Meyer Sid Meyer bought a 1932 Auburn Brougham in September 1992. Before he bought it, the classic had been restored twice, once in 1967 and again in 1968. “I need to tear it apart again, but if I do, my wife and I will not be able to drive it.

Consequently, I have not done that yet,� he said.

The car is currently on display in the National Auto & Truck Museum, but the Auburn is accessible any time Meyer wants to drive it.

Meyer’s second Auburn, a 1932 coupe, sits just next door to the ďŹ rst, in the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

Both cars have 12-cylinder engines, a rarity for Auburns. There are now only four 12-cylinder Auburn coupes from that year, including Meyer’s. Of the four, only one other, besides his, is drivable. “We believe that there are only six of these 12-cylinder Broughams,� Meyer added. “Being a car guy — and a car guy from the classic car town — when the opportunity came along, he had to have one,� said his wife, Belva.

Sid continued: “Really, I am a muscle car guy — and the 12-cylinder models are the muscle cars of the Auburn.�

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the Meyers if they want to get the coupe out for Labor Day weekend. So far, they always have been too busy, plus the car would need some work before it could be driven.

“Hopefully one year, we will each drive an Auburn in the parade,” said Belva.

But for now, the car is on the museum floor for all to see.

“I always aspired to have a car that could be displayed in the museum. Now I have one. That car belongs there,” said Sid. He also hopes to see more people from a younger generation get involved in that part of history.

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Jerry Muzzillo of Auburn cruises through town in his bright-blue 1934 Auburn sedan, which he modeled into a hot rod.

The $750 he paid John Martin Smith for the bare bones of the car turned into a five-year project.

Previous owners had stripped the classic, and Muzzillo said many people would have passed it by, with no tires, no paint, only the body.

Now it has every option that a new car offers, including air conditioning, power steering and power windows. Muzzillo also chopped the roof and lowered it a few inches, “just to be different,” he said.

“If you build a car, you build it to make it personal. That is the only way to do it.

This one is personal to me, and that means it is different,” said Muzzillo.

He has driven the car several times to Florida and many other places besides.

Muzzillo said he has the Auburn out often

and has put nearly 30,000 miles on it since he bought it 20 years ago.

“I would sell our two cats before I would sell this,” he said convincingly.

“I might even give away my wife,” Muzzillo added as he started laughing and shaking his head.

The hot rod is somewhat of an eyesore to “purists,” he said, so he does not take it to classic car shows. But when he bought it, the Auburn was beyond normal repair.

Building it was nearly as much fun as driving it is, he said.

Raymond and Karen Parker LaOtto resident Raymond Parker did not stop at one Auburn, or two, but owns four.

The 1925 Auburn 888 Sedan that he acquired when he was 16 years old now sits on the floor of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in completely original condition.

In 1996, Parker moved on to Auburn number 2, purchasing a 1926 888 Sedan.

His third Auburn is a 1935 851 Phaeton A342, which he and his wife, Karen, have owned for around six years.

The fourth came just this year, at the end of May, when Parker bought a 1930 Phaeton. Its brakes still need work.

“Working on them is more fun than driving them,” he said.

“Other car people know that he knows how they are supposed to be. He is basically a walking encyclopedia about these cars,” Karen Parker added.

For the Parkers, owning classic cars is a family affair. One of their two grown daughters helps restore the automobiles.

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And because of growing up with them, the women know how to work on a car.

They are completely self-sufficient in that matter, said Ray Parker.

“Now, kids would rather see a new Toyota with lights underneath it, and that is just sad,” he said.

Parker said his daughters enjoyed classic cars even when they were young, and having the old cars was something that none of their friends experienced.

David Pepple When an Auburn that Dr. David Pepple now owns was rediscovered in 1992, it had to be pulled from a corncrib. The 1936 Brougham had been sitting there, covered in mud, for around 30 years.

Pepple said most buyers would have taken one look at it and decided to use it for a parts car.

But his friend, Greg Frownfelter, found the car, made a deal with the previous owner and then sold it to Pepple, who wanted more than a parts car, for $1,700.

The car needed to be completely reupholstered and had extensive rust. Only five of its six cylinders worked.

“We used Bondo (body filler) by the gallon while we worked to restore the car,” Pepple said.

Though the exterior had only paint primer coat, the Auburn was ready to drive in the 1993 Hoosier Tour. It also made an appearance at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. Since then, it has been to nearly every festival, except a few years when it had mechanical issues.

Pepple’s interest in the classics stems

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Ray and Karen Parker’s 1926 Auburn

from a family history. His father worked at the Auburn Automobile Co., putting trim on cars. With training from International Business College, his mother began typing in the stenographers’ office at the company and eventually worked her way up to private secretary for Vice President Herb Snow.

So, when the first Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club reunion of car owners came around in 1956, 12-year-old Pepple was there with his parents.

“Having an Auburn was my heritage,” Pepple said.

He can remember the first Kruse auction in an empty lot on S.R. 8 in west Auburn.

Today’s sprawl of shopping centers was farmland, and Russell and Dean Kruse were calling the bids.

Though he drives his Auburn often — to work, to buy groceries, or to go on a tour — it is a struggle to drive that “beast,” Pepple said.

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Ray and Karen Parker’s 1935 Auburn Phaeton

“They say, ‘They don’t make cars like they used to.’ Well, thank God. The Auburn is heavy and hard and hot,” he said.

Still, the Auburn is almost like a family member. Its cream-and-tan body

has carried different members of the family to Canada and back several times.

Pepple continued, “It really is just fun to have. It is not a zillion-dollar car, and I do not need it to be.”

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Vincent and Barbara Pietracatella with their 1935 Auburn Cabriolet

Vincent and Barbara Pietracatella Ten years after buying their Auburn automobile, Vincent and Barbara Pietracatella decided to move to the classic car’s hometown.

Now they and their supercharged 1935 Auburn Cabriolet, which they bought in 1991, have been in Auburn for nearly 10 years.

“We have had a sedan and a phaeton and this and that, but this car stuck around,” said Vincent.

His father owned a cabriolet, and Vincent and Barbara went on dates in that car 54 years ago.

They first visited Auburn in 1990 for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

Then the Pietracatellas bought a vacation home in the community. Now, they have retired in Auburn.

“We like Auburn. We like Auburns. We like DeKalb County. It just seemed right to come here,” said Vincent.

“As membership secretary for the club, we get to work closely with the festival. It gives us the chance to learn so many names and be able to put faces and relationships to those names,” he added.

Barbara shared a tip. When driving an Auburn, the “flying lady” hood ornament tells both the driver and the passenger if they are in the right place on the road.

If the flying lady starts walking on the sidewalk, the car is too far to the right. She always should be riding either the white or yellow line, said Barbara.

That tip comes in handy for the couple.

Their Auburn is not a “trailer queen,” as they said — it is not stored just to go to shows. They take the Auburn shopping and on other ventures.

It has even been to a Woody Allen party — to which neither of the owners was

invited. Allen was throwing a party at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, and he asked to display the couple’s car, since the party had a ’30s theme.

“As wonderful as it is to have this car anywhere in the world, it is so much better to be able to drive it in a town like Auburn,” said Barbara.

Jack Randinelli Jack Randinelli is down from owning two Auburns to only one.

Last year, he gave his 1936 Auburn Brougham to son-in-law, Troy Ackerman.

But Randinelli kept his 1932 Auburn Cabriolet — a convertible in “champagne and chocolate,” as he put it, with a rumble seat.

Randinelli has been volunteering with the ACD Festival for nearly 50 years, after John Martin Smith asked him to start helping with accounting in 1964.

Randinelli said he never has missed one of the festival’s Hoosier Tours and has driven his Cabriolet on the tour every year since buying it.

The previous owner of the car said he could not get it to run — apparently something was wrong with the engine.

After having a couple of knowledgeable car buddies look at the vehicle, Randinelli bought the car and took it home.

“They listened to the car, opened the hood and picked up the distributor.

Whoever messed with the engine last put a disk in upside-down, so my buddies just flipped it over. After that, it ran like a charm,” he said.

The cars run in the family, down to his grandson, Gabriel, 7. Randinelli said the boy can go onto the floor of the ACD Automobile Museum and name the make and year of every car he sees.

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the importance of a community that works together. The heritage of Auburn is in the cars,� Randinelli said. “The thing about them is that it really is an ego trip. It is for every classic car owner; I am just willing to admit it,� he added.

Randinelli said he is very proud of the city of Auburn. It is one of the few small towns that really has a heritage, and that is something to promote, he said.

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• “It is all she would talk about for weeks.

Even two months later, she was still raving about the car,� Oscar said.

Then, in 1996, a car buddy saw an ad for a Cord Phaeton a few hours away.

It was completely dismantled — the oorboard was missing, all of the instruments were taken out, everything was rusted — but the Robertses decided it was worth it.

Their collection expanded to include a second Cord, a sedan, a few years later, and a 1935 Auburn Phaeton in 2007.

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“There is a pride in the community, which makes it special,” he added.

Their collection includes every ACD Festival poster going all of the way back to 1981. Where there were gaps in the collection, friends would stop by and contribute the missing posters.

People in the community always have helped them out, whether it was with the cars or with another part of the collection, Oscar said.

“We came to Auburn because of the beautiful cars,” Bonita said.

“Now it is also good friends who keep us here,” Oscar added. “We would still be here if you removed the cars.”

Charles Schmidt Charles Schmidt, former president of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, has owned his 1933 Auburn sedan for nearly 25 years.

When he bought the car, it was “complete,” he said. All of the parts were there. It just needed to be repainted and upholstered, plus some detail work on the engine.

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“I enjoy seeing the physical portion of a car go together: seeing a rough surface change into a shiny paint job. It takes patience and attention to detail.”

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“I was far more interested in getting a car up to proper condition than in driving it,” said Schmidt.

“The Auburn is appealing because it was the everyday man’s car,” he added.

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and enjoys the maintenance process, he said.

Since he has access to the classics in the museum and is sometimes asked to drive them for certain events, Schmidt does not drive his sedan very often. He says he does not feel a necessity to get it out, since he is surrounded by classics.

“What I really wanted was to see if I could get a car and get it up to compete with professional restorations.

I enjoy seeing the physical portion of a car go together: seeing a rough surface change into a shiny paint job. It takes patience and attention to detail,” he said.

Proper technique and quality are both important to Schmidt. Both are found in an Auburn, he said.

Eric Smith Eric Smith’s first purchase on eBay.com was his 1926 Auburn Brougham.

Bored and browsing the Internet, Smith decided to look up the classic car, based on a love for all things old-fashioned.

When he went to the former owner’s house in Ohio eight years ago, he thought the car looked, “too nice and too expensive to buy.” The forest green body, ivory beltline and black fenders shone in the sunlight, he said.

But he found it was in his price range, and he bought it.

His interest in older things began at age 14, when he bought his first car, a Pontiac Firebird that he still owns 29 years later. His collection expanded to include CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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tries to mold grandson Keene into a car buff.

Yarde remembers going to the first Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club reunion with his brother, Dan, in 1956.

“Growing up around here, the cars are in our blood. If you are a car person, a classic is a must,” Yarde said.

His dream is to eventually own a Duesenberg, but right now he is content with his Auburn, a Cord and several other antique cars.

“Local people sometimes take this for granted. But this festival really is a world-class event. We are lucky that there were people over the years with the foresight to preserve the old factory,” Yarde said about the former Auburn Automobile Co. buildings that now house two museums.

Yarde plans to keep his car collection together, saying that he is merely a “caretaker for the next generation.”

several old motorcycles, a Maxwell and a Model T. He added the Auburn in 2005.

Smith would like to upgrade to an Auburn Boattail Speedster if he ever gets the opportunity.

He has driven his classic in several parades. His nieces and nephews have ridden along, taking turns honking the “ahooga” horn.

The car has not been out in a few years, though, due to medical complications that did not allow Smith to drive it.

“The Auburn is just one of those things. I love and live the old stuff,” said Smith.

Down to his newsboy cap and brick house, Smith hangs on to the simpler things, the old-fashioned things. Something local, like the Auburn, is just another part of that history, he said.

David Yarde About 10 years ago, local resident Fred Rosner passed away, leaving his 1932 Auburn Phaeton to the care of his daughter, Diane.

She chose to sell the car and found an eager buyer in David Yarde.

“I cannot give Fred enough credit for the beauty of this car,” Yarde said. “He was a meticulous mechanic. Looking beneath that car is as much fun as looking at the body; it is like looking at a fine watch.”

Yarde said Rosner had rebuilt the Auburn completely, assembling parts for it throughout nearly 25 years.

Auburns are known for “Easter egg colors,” Yarde said. The cars could be painted any distinct and different color combination desired. Rosner chose to paint it champagne with electric blue pinstriping.

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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival events Auctions Auctions America by RM — Today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting at 9 a.m. daily at Auburn Auction Park south of Auburn on County Road 11-A. Auctioneers will take bids on approximately 1,200 collectible vehicles. The event also features hundreds of cars for sale in a car corral; a giant swap meet by Carlisle Events; dozens of food vendors and appearances by national TV celebrities. Admission costs $15 for a daily pass or $50 for weekend pass. Children ages 12 and under are admitted free.

Worldwide Auctioneers sixth annual The Auburn Auction — Saturday at 6 p.m. in the National Auto & Truck Museum. Auctioneers will take bids on 80 selected vehicles inside a National Historic Landmark where classic cars were built in the 1920s and ’30s. Admission cost $10 for spectators; $75 for an auction catalog and VIP seating for two. Pre-auction viewing of cars costs $7 museum admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on South Wayne Street. A collection of postwar cars is displayed in the historic factory buildings of the former Auburn Automobile Co. Admission costs $7 for adults, $4 for children.

Kruse Automotive and Carriage Museum and National Military History Center — Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on County Road 11-A south of Auburn.

Admission costs $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for ages 7-12; $4 for active military personnel and service veterans; free for World War II veterans and children ages 6 and under.

Hoosier Air Museum — Daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on County Road 62, along the south side of the DeKalb County Airport, three miles south of Auburn.

Early Ford V-8 Museum — County Road 11-A south of Auburn. Admission costs $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for children ages 7-12; free to children under age 7.

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Museums Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum — Today 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission one hour before closing. 1600 S. Wayne St.; More than 100 significant vehicles on display in the historic former headquarters of the Auburn Automobile Co. Admission costs $12.50 for adults, $7.50 for students, free for children ages 5 and under.

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Regular hours Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with admission $5 per day.

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Auburn Historic Tours — Departing Saturday at 9 and 10 a.m. and 3 and 4 p.m.; Sunday at 10 and 11 a.m., noon and 1 and 2 p.m. from the DeKalb County Fairgrounds parking lot on South Union Street. A guided tour of historic sites in an air-conditioned, 15-passenger bus, sponsored by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. Tickets cost $5 per person.

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Downtown Cruise-in — Friday 1 p.m. to sunset in downtown Auburn. Some 500 special-interest vehicles will be displayed.

Live bands will play on the courthouse square. Entry costs $10 per vehicle.

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Saturday Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club Car Show — Saturday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Eckhart Park on South Cedar Street.

The club will display 300 classic cars in a historic, tree-lined park. Lunch is available, with activities for children from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Admission $5 for adults, $3 for children, free for children ages 3 and under.

Duesy Walk 5K and 11K presented by American Volksport — Saturday, starting between 8 and 11 a.m. at DeKalb Health on East Seventh Street. The route runs through historic areas of Auburn. Free to the public. Members pay $3 for American Volksport Association credit.

Connecting Rods Lunch — Saturday 10 a.m. at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. A reunion for family and friends of employees of the former

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Pre-parade Entertainment — Saturday 11 a.m. on the courthouse square.

Performances by the Auburn Community Band, DeKalb High School’s state champion show choir and Fort Wayne Children‘s Choir. Free admission.

Kiddie Cruisers Activity Area — Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Games and activities for children ages 2-12 on the east side of the courthouse square at Cedar and Eight street. Free admission, but each child must be with an adult. Sponsored by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

Parade of Classics — Saturday 1 p.m.

Some 300 classic cars and celebrities follow a route on Jackson Street and North Main Street to the courthouse square. Cars will remain on display around the square until 4 p.m. Free admission.

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 5K presented by Lakewood Park Christian School — Saturday at a noon. The course

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Food Truck Cook-off and Indiana Beer Tasting — Saturday 5-8 p.m. on Ninth Street between Main and Cedar streets (south side of the courthouse square). Sampling of food truck items and more than 20 regional beers: $10 for food or beer sampling; $20 for both.

In a competition. food truck chefs will prepare dishes using identical ingredients and offer samples for celebrity judging and people’s choice awards. Presented by the Fort Wayne Food Truck Association, 5-Star Distributing, Mimi’s Retreat and the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

The Great Gatsby Ball — Saturday 7-11 p.m. at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Libations, dancing to live music, hors d’ouevres. Period attire or semi-formal dress. Members free; nonmembers $35 per person.

Sunday Outdoor Flea Market and High’s Chicken — Sunday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heimach Senior Activity Center on East Seventh Street. The menu features barbecued chicken, pulled pork sandwiches and desserts, sponsored by the DeKalb County Council on Aging.

Arts and Crafts Show — Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Auburn.

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The ACD Festival will sponsor a Food Truck Cook-off in partnership with the Fort Wayne Food Truck Association, Mimi’s Retreat, 5 Star Distributing and The Olive Twist.

Eight food trucks will be at event serving everything from gourmet hot dogs to Cajun cuisine. For a $10 donation to the festival, attendees can sample from each truck and get a taste of all the food trucks have to offer.

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The band What She Said will start the night on stage, with The Jordan Brooker Band performing immediately following.

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