Profiles
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1934 Packard Super Eight 1104 Tourer
Highlights from the Mecum Auctions catalog: • Vacuum assist brakes• Synchromesh 3-speed transmission• Push-button start• Secret Service jump seat• Original 384/145-hp engine• Mostly original interior• Record log from 1948 indicates passengers included General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral Chester William Nimitz and many others
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1932 Ford Highboy Roadster
Ford’s classic 1932 roadster, better known as “the Deuce,” has been, and always will be, the quintessential hot rod. Great-looking, with elegant, timeless lines that transcend its age, lightweight — especially when shorn of its fenders — equipped with a modified Ford or Mercury flathead V8 developing three to four times its original output, “Deuce”…
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1968 Dodge Hemi Charger R/T
Highlights from Mecum Auctions catalog: • Total professional restoration • Original factory Hemi and 4-speed console car • One of 489 1968 Hemi Chargers built • Factory dark blue metallic with factory Pearl White interior • Engine is not original, but it is from another 1968 Hemi Charger – 465 hp • Engine is balanced…
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1969 Mustang GT Cobra Jet 428
This 1969 Mustang is a factory 63A Sportsroof car with an “R code” 428 Cobra Jet engine and Ram Air shaker hood. Factory 4-speed with GT Equipment Package. Beautiful Royal Maroon with black interior. Options include rocker panel moldings, power brakes and power steering. A fully-documented one-of-one car with Marti Report. Fresh rotisserie restoration just…
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1965 Corvette 327/375 Fuelie coupe
This Milano Maroon coupe with a build date of April 30, 1965, was delivered new to Bryner Chevrolet in Jenkintown, PA. Although the name of the first owner is not known, it is clear that this Corvette was ordered with an eye for both performance and aesthetics. This car was built with the rarest and…
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1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast
In its day, the 500 Superfast represented the pinnacle of Ferrari ownership. Offering 400 horsepower from its 4.9-liter V12 and capable of exceeding 170 mph, the ultra-exclusive 500 SF attracted Ferrari’s most elite clients. The 500 Superfast was impossibly powerful, beautiful, unbelievably expensive and perfectly suited to high-speed Continental trips in true GT fashion. The…
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1968 Jaguar E-type Series 1.5 Roadster
The purest early 3.8s fetch the most money, but this car offered the best of both worlds Chassis number: 1E2100 Engine number: 7E175478 The first significant upgrade of Jaguar’s sensational E-type sports car occurred in October 1964, with the launch of the 4.2-liter version. Along with the bigger, torquier engine came a more user-friendly…
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1923 Ford Model T White’s Garage Snowmobile
Model Ts were a natural for these conversions because of their sheer simplicity — and massive numbers on the road Virgil D. White was a clever inventor who sold and serviced Model T Fords, becoming an authorized Ford dealer in West Ossipee, NH. By 1913, he had patented a snowmobile conversion kit for Model T…
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1964 Mini Cooper Works Race Car
From a collector’s standpoint, they were just plain cheap from concept to completion, and they built a ton of them Chassis number: CA257662044 Engine number: 9FSAY34709 Belying its small size and apparent fragility, the Mini Cooper developed into the most successful Works rally car of the 1960s. One of its most famous victories was…
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1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6
For a short time, the Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 represented the pinnacle of General Motors performance and stood alone as the only vehicle in history to take GM’s top horsepower rating over the Corvette. With a factory-advertised 450 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 500 ft-lbs of torque at 3600 rpm, it was also the highest-output Chevelle…