The 1912 Velie and I.

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A restoration story by Curt Van Hoesen: Back in 1959 my high school auto shop teacher; Mr. Ken Powers recruited me, and others, to help him restore his 1912 Velie. Ken had gotten this car from a man named Neibling, who had an antique car museum in Topeka, KS. They had a terrible flood in 1951 and their building was completely flooded. Ken was a friend of Neibling and spent weeks helping him salvage the cars after the water receded. There were several feet of mud they had to clean out of the building. Mr. Neibling told Ken he could have any car he wanted for helping him and Ken chose the Velie. This car had been under 15 ft. of water for 5 days and was full of mud and silt. I mean the rear end, transmission, clutch, engine and everything else. (continue at Read More)

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