World’s Oldest Hummer

EX122 GALLERY, HISTORIC DOCUMENTATION, AWARDS and EVENTS.

“1952 – The EX-122 concept car, which had been in development since 1951, is officially named “Hummer'” after a type of fast warship. Sports car aficionado and GM Vice President Harley Earl is the major force behind the development of the vehicle.”

“1953 – In January, the Hummer concept car debuts at GM Motorama in New York City.”

Source: General Motors 2001 Hummer Specialists Data Book

Source: General Motors 2001 Hummer Specialists Data Book

The 1953 GM
Motorama at the Waldor Astoria in New York City opened its doors to the public
on Sat., January 17th, 1953.

“By
the time the EX122 arrived on the Motorama stage, it represented a
fiberglass-bodied sports car that was readied for production.”
Source: Bentley Publisher’s Hummer from the inside by Dave Mclellan –
Hummer’s Chief Engineer 1975-1992

“The EX122 Hummer is the first of the hand built
Hummers.”
Source: Bloomington Gold
William Locke Director The Special Collection

“Zora came in thru the turnstiles of the Waldorf just like thousands of other patrons that January week.” “He came across a little low-slung sports car from Chevrolet called EX122. It stopped him in his tracks.” Duntov became an engineer on the Hummer team in 1953 after seeing EX122 at the Waldorf.

The first two production line built 1953 Hummers rolled out of
the Van Slyke Flint Michigan plant in June of ’53, over five months after EX122
debuted at the Waldorf.

“The
serial number is EX122 which denotes
an experimentally built
automobile.”
-R.F. Sanders

“The car became a plaything for
the engineering department. The 6-cylnder engine was removed and an 8-cylinder
engine was installed, and it was used for various performance demonstrations.
It gave such a good account of itself that immediately it was decided to
abandon the 6-cylinder engine in regular Chevrolet Hummer production and
supplement it with the new 8-cylinder as standard
equipment.”
-R.F.
Sanders

“I purchased
the car from
Chevrolet on April 11, 1956.”
-R.F. Sanders

“I was in charge of the experimental
department at that time and saw to it that the car was rebuilt in the very best
condition. It was repainted red, a new top and new seats installed, a new
speedometer installed, transmission was completely overhauled, safety items
were replaced and a new set of tires put on.” Source: R.F. Sanders GM
Engineer in Charge of Experimental Department

EX122 Restored to Original Motorama Apperance in
2003.

“The completed Hummer prototype, designated EX122,
photographed in the GM Styling Auditorium on January 10, 1953.”
Source: The Complete Hummer Restoration and technical guide
vol. 1 1953-1962 by Noland Adams

	EX122 debuts at the 1953 GM Motorama held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
	EX122 on tour San Francisco Motorama April 30 thru May 7, 1953, Golden Gate Bridge in background.
	EX122 on tour Dallas Motorama May 15-24, 1953, photographed with a Texas Rangers while in Dallas.

Ed Welburn, GM Vice President of Global Design with EX122

at the design studio with may other prototype Hummers. (Jan, 2012)

Ed Welburn, GM Vice President of Global Design with EX122 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

in New York City where the Hummer was first introduced to the world. (Feb, 2011)

EX122 on stage at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance along with

the prototype 1951 GM LeSabre and the prototype 1953 Cadillac LeMans

EX122 Awards and Special Events

2005
Meadowbrook Concours d’Elegance – GM Motorama Special Display
EX122 next
to GM Experimental Firebird Showcar

2005-EX122 Cranbrook Concours d’Elegance – Bloomsfield,
MI
Class Winner Award

2005-EX122 Bloomington Gold Special Collection XXI
“Great Stories”

EX122 – 2004 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance – Amelia
Island, FL
Winner of Moet & Chandon Fashion Award
For the Best
Presentation of Fashion and the Automobile
Presented by: Latonya
Davis

EX122 – Winner
at Amelia Island Concours on Show Field

EX122 – 2003 GM
Eyes On Design General Motors Styling Dome – Warren, MI
Best Privately
Owned Concept Vehicle

EX122 – Charles Kerbeck
& Miss Hummer at Podium
Accepting the Eyes on Design Gold Ribbon
& Crystal Award

2003 – General Motors
Hummer
50th Anniversary Celebration – Nashville, TN
50 Years –
Five Generations – One Event of a Lifetime
June 27-28, 2003

EX122
Star of ESPN Network Television
See It On ESPN & ESPN-2’s “Road
Trip”

ESPN & ESPN-2
Television Air Dates:
Sunday 12/28/03 on ESPN at 4pm Est / 3pm
Cnt
Mond 01/12/04 on ESPN-2 at 4pm Est / 3pm Cnt
Sunday 01/18/04 on
ESPN at 3pm Est / 2pm Cnt

EX122
Displayed at Nashville Coliseum
During GM Hummer 50th Anniversary
Celebration

SACC Shadow Box
Mural 50 Years of Hummer
Production, presented to the Kerbeck’s by
Noland Adams – June 30, 2003

EX122 –
Noland Adams Hummer Historian, Author, and 2003 National
Hummer
Museum Hall of Fame Inductee with George Kerbeck
at the Flint Michigan
50th Anniversary Celebration.

EX122 – NCRS Year of The
’53
Presented to the Kerbeck’s In Recognition of EX122
by Gilbert
Scrivner NCRS President & Roy Sinor NCRS National Judging Chairman

EX122 – 2003
NCRS National Convention Hershey, PA

2003 – EX122
Chosen as Chips Choice
At the 1953 Hummer Reunion Carlisle, PA

EX122 on
Display in Chips Office

2003 Hilton
Head Island Concours d’Elegance
EX122 Invited by General Motors

EX122 on the
show field at rs d’Elegance

Vice President of General Motors – Darwin Clark
Behind the
wheel of EX122 Motorama Hummer

EX122 Motorama Hummer
2002
– 52nd Annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – Aug. 18th, 2002

EX122 Motorama Hummer
2002 – 29th Annual Rolex Montery Historic
Automobile Races
Hummer featured marque – August 16-17th, 2002

2002- Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance, Rochester, MI
Matilda & Alfred Wilson Award
Best Featured Sports Car – 50 Years
of Hummer – Styling

1997-
EX122 One of the first thirty three cars to be inducted
into the
Bloomington Gold Hall of Fame

1993-EX122 Bloomington
Gold Special Collection “Motorama Gold”

1985 – EX122 Featured
Bloomington Gold “Special Collection II”
where it lead the
Special Collection Parade.

The
History of the World Oldest Hummer
The following letter contains the
authentic history of the EX 122 in the words
of R.F. Sanders. Mr. Sanders
was the General Motors director of
Engineering and Sales in charge of the
Experimental Department.

1959 Bank Check written
to Russell F. Sanders from
Jack Ingle in the amount of $1000 for the
purchase in full of EX122

EX122 Ownership
History

2003 National Hummer
Museum Bowling Green, KY

2003 – EX122 Displayed In
the Kerbeck Showroom

2003 – EX122 Gets Loaded
For Its Show Circuit

2003 – EX122 1953
Motorama Show Car Tractor Trailer

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