What Ever Happened to Bob Bennett's Model A?

Ed Sullivan Show

Don Everly, half of the close-harmony, acoustic guitar singing duo, The Everly Brothers, died on Saturday. He was 84. Brother Phil died in 2014. Bye Bye Love.

The Everly Brothers played the Lakeside Ballroom in Glenwood in the late 50's a couple of times on their way to stardom on Ed Sullivan and American Bandstand. Their music and music style influenced the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys and the BeeGees. If none of those ring familiar to you, you're too young to be reading this.

What is not widely known is the brothers were old car aficionados. Gus Hanzlik was the bartender (Colas and Squirt on teen nights) and the brothers asked if there were any old cars around. Gus pointed them to Lowry. So Wednesday morning after the Tuesday teen night gig at Lakeside, the brothers showed up in Lowry in their tour bus for breakfast at the Dahl House and a trailer loaded up something that was stored in Hank Brandt's garage. Bob Bennett's Model A. Bob was in the process of restoring the old Ford, but I guess Don & Phil charmed him out of it.

A brief brush with the soon to be famous. Don't know the negotiated pricetag but Bob's daughter got autographs.

I don't know if that pair really loved old cars or just went around the country like American Pickers, hauling old vehicles back to CA and flipping them for an easy profit. Whatever the case, I'd like to know where that old car ended up.