McClellan selling 5 cars, motorcycle

Retired printer Gene McClellan, who has been tinkering with cars almost as long as the original Henry Ford, finally is ready to sell his five vintage cars -- a Porsche and four Pontiac Fieros -- along with his motorcycle.

Gene and his brother have been working on these 1980s classics for a long time. Gene has five cars in his two garages, along with an 1100 cc motorcycle.

Gene was among six BJ retirees at the monthly lunch in Papa Joe's restaurant at Akron-Peninsula Road and Portage Trail. It's open to any BJ types at 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.

Others at Papa Joe's, laughing and telling jokes as usual, were retired printers Carl Nelson, Cal Deshong and Al Hunsicker and newsroom retirees Dave Boerner and John Olesky. Another newsroom retiree, Tom Moore, usually present, was having eye surgery today.

Six is about average for the monthly gatherings for the past year.

Click on the headline to see photos of the attendees, plus a Porsche and a Fiero.