What happened in 2003?
In 2003, 22 Stutzes were added to the registry, but the main theme (looking back) was the idea of having a Stutz Meet at Graceland. I had another idea, creating a forum, but due to several problems, the idea failed, and shortly after I put it online, I had to give up the idea. Perhaps later...
January, 6th:
- I just put a new website online,
showing Bill's 1973 Blackhawk,
there are a lot of new pictures!
- I also had to renew the registry,
and the link-website... ;o)
January, 12th:
- added a design proposal for a 1967
Stutz Bearcat. Just one word: WOW!
- added some more information about Virgil
Exner, jr., more information about his Lightning
Rod
- added his posters for the Elliott Museum Car Show
of 1998, and 1999,
including a sketch of his father for a Stutz ad of 1929!
January, 26th:
- new pictures of Jim
Milliken's 1975 Blackhawk
February, 9th:
- new entries to the registry,
one car more interesting, and beautiful than the other:
1971 Blackhawk,
silver / black
1971
Blackhawk, pre-owned by Dick Martin
1974 Blackhawk, pre-owned by Greg Ryckman (sorry,
no pictures, yet), (thanks to Mr. Ryckman! He pre-owned all these cars,
and gave me this information)
1974 Blackhawk,
owned by Mr. Lewis, (thanks to G. Cochrane!)
1984 Victoria,
owned by Mr. J.W. Loucks, (thanks to B. Loucks for the photos, and the
information!)
- new design rendering for the Stutz
Royale, (thanks to Paolo Martin!)
- new photos of Sammy Davis' 1972
Blackhawk, and Evel Knievel's 1974
Blackhawk. (thanks to G. Cochrane!)
February, 10th:
- new information about the 1969
prototype, now owned by Mr. G. Ryckman
- new photos of a 1974
Blackhawk
March, 2nd:
- added two VINs (sorry, no
pictures) of 1971 Blackhawks to the registry
- Corrente's
1975 Blackhawk was sold to Paul Casey, who owns also a 1971 model
- Ken Bist sent me a lot of
pictures:
Renwal
Revival Cars (Packard, Mercer, Bugatti)
Renwal
Stutz
Renwal
Duesenberg
modified
HotWheels
March, 16th:
- added pictures of Paul
Casey's 1971 Blackhawk
- added Ken Bist's Blackhawk, a model
in scale 1:24
April, 6th:
- added a press-release
of 1979
- added a sitemap,
for easier navigation, and to check out, if you have found all websites
;o)
There is still a lot of material to be added, but
at the moment I'm really busy... Sorry!
April, 8th:
- relocated a 1976
Blackhawk, again for sale
April, 13th:
- added a 1977 Blackhawk to the registry
(only the VIN, hopefully I will get some photos soon)
- added pictures of a 1986
Victoria, that was sold at Ebay
- added a scan
of a Pontiac invoice for Gary
Cochrane's 1974 Stutz Blackhawk
April, 23rd:
- added 2 postcards
(thanks to Bengt Dahlgren)
- added 2 collector-cards,
showing Elvis' Stutzes at Graceland
- added 2 photos of Elvis'
pre-production Blackhawk (thanks to Ebay, and Stutz3)
April, 27th:
- added a 1978
Blackhawk to the registry
- pictures of that beautiful 1977
Blackhawk have arrived
- added website about the Chrysler
Letter Cars, designed by Virgil
Exner
April, 28th:
- added photos of a wonderful split-windshield
Blackhawk, preowned by Elvis?
May, 25th:
- added a 1975
Blackhawk to the registry,
and to the Horror-website
- added new information, and pictures of a 1974
Blackhawk
- added pictures of a Chrysler 300G to the "Letter
Cars"-website
- added a postcard to the 1966
Duesenberg website
June, 4th:
- added a 1979
IV-Porte to the registry,
it's for sale
- added a 1972
Blackhawk to the registry
- added information, and pictures of Nils Mahler's
1973
Blackhawk
June 15th:
- added a 1975
Blackhawk to the registry,
preowned by Johnny Cash? Thanks to Mr. D. Amy
- added some documents for a 1976
Blackhawk, thanks to Serge Hudon
- added some photos of a 1974
Blackhawk, thanks to Gary Cochrane
- added two items to the collectibles-website
June, 20th:
- created an extra
website for the auction-cars
- added the cars to the registry
June, 28th:
- added a beautiful 1977
Blackhawk to the registry
- added a magazine (Special Interest Cars Sept/Oct
1975) to the magazine-list
- added a very interesting link to the website about
Mr.
Exner, jr.
(Imperial
Homepage, Exner junior talking about his father)
July, 13th:
- added a 1974
Blackhawk to the registry,
it's for sale
- added a website for a 1961
Imperial Convertible "Shriner Edition", designed by Exner
- added the VIN of Elvis'
Blackhawk prototype, thanks to B. Banker
- added new information about Dick
Martin's 1971 Blackhawk
- added new pictures of Evel
Knievel's 1974 Blackhawk, owned by John Palermo
July, 20th:
- just a small addition, but
very interesting: there are plans for a Stutz
Meet at Graceland, please, don't hesitate to be listed!
I was busy in adding several websites of the European Concours, no Stutzes, but a lot of other interesting cars, perhaps you are interested to have a look at a non-Stutz-website...
July, 27th:
- renewed website for 2004
Stutz Meet
- added scans of a brochure, showing the Stutz
plant, back in 1972, thanks to S. Hudon
- added pictures of a 1969
Pontiac Grand Prix
July, 28th:
- the 1986
Victoria has a new owner, welcome Mr. Douthitt, he will show the car
at the 2004 Stutz Meet at
Graceland
August, 26th:
- another car is listed for the Stutz
Meet in 2004! :o)
August, 27th:
- another entry for the Stutz
Meet 2004! :o)
At the moment, that 1974
Blackhawk is under restoration, I will add some photos, next week
- two Stutzes were sold, so I removed them from the
"For
Sale"-website
(1974 Blackhawk,
preowned by R. Rhoades, and 1983
IV-Porte from Germany)
soon I will come up with new information
September, 7th:
- two Stutzes were sold, a 1974
Blackhawk, and a 1983 IV-Porte
- the new owner of the 1974 Blackhawk wanted to be
listed for the Stutz Meet
- some new articles were added to the list
of magazines
Robb Report featured the Exner Bugatti,
a German magazine showed an interesting photo,
and two articles from Road & Track, March 1965,
and April 1970
- three postcards were added to the postcard-website
- added an extra website about a Stutz-owner, George
Norman, jr.
- added an extra website, showing restoration-photos
of Gerry Bianco's 1974 Blackhawk
- added some information about the DeSoto
Cella I, a concept, developed, when Exner
was director of styling
- added an extra
website about a Blackhawk, seen at the Concorso Italiano 2003, seeking
for information
- thanks to R. Rhoades: there are some pictures of
a 1984 Bearcat
- thanks to Sonny West: I'm able to present the true
(and funny) story how Elvis
got his very first Stutz
September, 28th:
- renewed the website for the Stutz-Meet-2004,
Paul Casey is now listed, with two cars
- added a non-Stutz-website, showing Paul
Casey in concert
- some new pictures (taken by Gary Cochrane) of the
1976
Blackhawk, preowned by D. Stelzner
- added a scan
of a letter from the Stutz Company to D. Stelzner to the Sales-Literature-website
October, 8th:
- added a 1982
Blackhawk to the registry,
it's for sale
- a Swiss
Blackhawk was sold, to Spain
October, 12th:
The Stutz-Forum
please have a look at my forum,
don't hesitate to post messages, to do stutzy talk!
I also created two websites, concerning the forum:
- the stutzy
avatars
- navigation-support
for the forum
- added a 1975
Blackhawk to the registry,
preowned by Johnnie Taylor
- added a 1976
Blackhawk to the registry
both cars are for
sale
November, 2nd:
- new photos, showing Tony
Grova's 1974 Blackhawk
- additional photos of 1971
Duplex, thanks to Adrian
November, 16th:
- added a 1980
IV-Porte to the registry
- 1974
Blackhawk, Ex-Ruocco car was sold at Ebay
- added two articles to the literature
list:
1.) this article was written by Bengt
Dahlgren, for the Swedish Elvis Fan Club Magazine
2.) an article about the 1955 Chrysler Falcon, designed
by Virgil Exner,
sr.
November, 30th:
- added B. Granheim to the list for the Stutz
Meet 2004
- added two pictures of a British
Blackhawk under restoration
- added a 1971
Blackhawk to the registry,
it belonged to Lucy Ball, it's for
sale
- added a picture (showing the new color) of a 1974
Blackhawk that is under restoration
December, 24th:
- I had to add some names to the "Hall
of Fame"
(sorry, I can't list all...)
- new photos of O'Donnell's 1969
prototype, thanks to the current owner, Mr. Greg Ryckman
- new photos of the Swedish
1971 Blackhawk, thanks to Bengt Dahlgren
- new photos of a 1971
Blackhawk, preowned by Greg Ryckman, thanks to Richard Rhoades
- added a 1971
Blackhawk Hardtop / Convertible to the registry (VIN is still missing,
but the car is unique...), thanks to Richard Rhoades
- added actual pictures of Dean
Martin's 1972 Blackhawk, thanks to Joe Stormont
- renewed website of a 1974
Blackhawk, the car is now owned by Frank Military (Congratulation!)
- Gerry Bianco finished the restoration
of his 1974 Blackhawk, added
new pics
- relocated a 1975
Blackhawk, added some photos, thanks to Brian Matthews
- added a new photo album, Tony
Alvarez was the first, and only Stutz mechanic, his son sent me some
photos, and some interesting information (Great! I'd like to see, and hear
more!!!)
- added some collector-items
Bengt Dahlgren sent me a scan of an interesting pin,
Ken Bist sent me a stutzy belt-buckle (WOW!!!)
Serge Hudon built a stutzy
diorama, have a look
- added a special-website, dedicated to the Bayliff
Packard Revival cars,
one of these Packards will join the Stutz
Meet, thanks to Patrick Martin
- and I have changed the FORUM,
official language is now English, so there is no excuse anymore to register,
and to get in contact, to tell a lot of stutzy stories!
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