
The 60-mile London to Brighton rally (never race), occurs the first Sunday in November. It celebrates the 1896 removal of the law requiring a man with a red flag to walk in front of all cars. Vehicles eligible for the run must have been built before 1905, and there are only about 750 of those left running in the world. Watching this event is like stepping back to the dawn of automotive time. As you can imagine, this has a strong effect on prices, which range from about $20k for a tiny 1-cylinder Orient Buckboard, to these top ten.