Budd Special Sedan, 1931. Presumes to be a prototype built by Budd to display their corporate abilities. Unknown chassis. Budd supplied production bodies for Dodge Brothers and others

The polution police are right on top of this Hudson in DC in '23. And it may be nothing more than a blown head gasket on that Super Six engine.

A recent post by theditor got my goin' on coachbuilt Caddys, here's a1953 Cadillac Series 62 by Ghia seen at the Amelia Island Concours.

Another shot of the 1958 Facel Vega Excellence, this one from 2010.

Late thirties Buick or Caddy on the way to the ski slopes.

You don't often run across a barn find Jaguar XK120 so this one really caught my eye thanks to BAT. Current bid $27,500 with a BIN of $38,500. From the eBay seller:

Here is an XK120 roadster that is a fresh barn find ready to be restored. The car originally came from Washington State, and then later went to Ohio in 1964. The car is very complete and unmolested. The engine and transmission have never been out of the car. This is a fully matching number car. Quite a few years ago, the frame was sandblasted and then had an epoxy primer applied. This work has saved the chassis from severe rust damage. The original color of the car was black with a red interior. The engine does turn freely The car is for total restoration, it rolls and steers so it can be transported. We can assist with worldwide shipping. If you any questions please email or call Dan at (781)630-0185.

1941 Graham Hollywood for sale on eBay. Pretty damn nice but why can't you customizers leave the stance stock and forget trying to make every retro rod look like it's going downhill? BIN $59,500 with one offer on the table.

1914 GN Grand Prix Model Cycle Car in a Cream Livery. Image & model source: http://grandcanyon.free.fr/images/tacot1/thumb.html

for sale is my 1989 BMW E30. The car is a 325i in Lachssilber Metallic it was originally an automatic but currently has no Engine or Drivetrain.

This 1989 Volvo 480 Turbo was imported from Europe, where it was a display model for a Volvo dealer. This one is said to run very well, and remains original with the exception of the audio system. Although there’s no mention of current registration, it’s right on the cusp of the 25-year import rule here in the US. Find this one here on eBay in San Luis Obispo, California with no reserve at $9500. Special thanks to BaT reader Art M. for this submission! More at http://bringatrailer.com/2013/07/18/never-in-the-usa-1989-volvo-480-turbo/?utm_source=Daily+Email+7%2F19%2F13&utm_campaign=BaT+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email

In 1978 this stolen 1974 Ferrari was exhumed in Los Angeles after being buried for four years.

Advertisement for the Riley Pathfinder, 1956.

1936 Buick Century w/Dickey, oops, I mean rumble seat

Our spy photographers caught yet another look at the 2015 Ford Mustang, and even though the prototype car is wearing plenty of camouflage, it gives us several clues about the future of the Mustang. Whereas the cars we saw previously were mules cobbled together on the basis of the current Mustang, this one appears to be a full prototype of the 2015 car.
The latest batch of spy photos provide even more evidence the 2015 Ford Mustang will draw styling cues from the Ford Evos concept, as well as the so-called Kinetic 2.0 design language seen on cars like the 2013 Fusion. Out front, the nose is rounded and tapers to a large grille opening, which is bookended by narrow Evos-like headlights. Earlier spy photos hinted at a more rounded front end design and an Evos-like, wide-mouth grille aperture.
Although the abundant camouflage and cladding attempts to mask the car’s roofline, the shape of the window glass suggests the roof of the 2015 Ford Mustang will have a much more dramatic curve, falling sharply aft of the doors. The tail, though, still appears to be relatively flat and stubby. This particular test car may wear a trunklid spoiler and a subtle hood bulge. Close examination also reveals sporty, sculpted side skirts along the car’s rockers.
Based on an earlier batch of spy photos, we expect that the 2015 Ford Mustang will feature the same 5.0-liter V-8 engine in today’s GT model. The current 3.7-liter V-6 will continue as the entry powertrain. In addition, there will be a new 2.3-liter turbo-four mill that could be shared with a Ford Focus RS; it will be the only powertrain option for European Mustang exports. Moreover, the 2015 Mustang will finally ditch its live axle in favor of independent rear suspension, which should improve handling and ride comfort.
Although we expected the 2015 Ford Mustang todebut at next spring’s New York auto show — the original Mustang was introduced April 17, 1964, at the New York World’s Fair — one source indicates the car will instead appear at the Detroit auto show in January 2014. Production of the new model is reportedly scheduled to begin in July 2014, meaning it could be in showrooms by next fall.
To tide fans over until then, Ford has rolled out a series of small changes for the 2014 Mustang. There are new colors and aesthetic packages, but the 444-hp Boss 302 model has been discontinued. Pricing for the 2014 Ford Mustang coupe starts at $22,995 (including a $795 destination charge).


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Selling Steel with Style: This handsome 1935 Buick was photographed on an apparently rainy April 3, 1935 for a dealer in the San Francisco Bay area. See the rest of the series and over 40 pages of photos of women and cars @ http://theoldmotor.com/?cat=15

Unusual fin treatment on custom show car.

Spectacular 1927 Duesenberg Model X Speedster owned by Michigan collector Peter Heydon.

Actress Joan Bennett with 1936 Lincoln.

Top: 1959 Chrysler Windsor convertible one of 961 built. Bottom: 1959 Chrysler Saratoga sedan one of 8,783 made.

Barn find Porsche... can any one identify the model and year?

Wolfsgruppe VAG EVENT 2011.

Ernie Adams tells us about his 1949 Mercury Dwarf Car in this professionally produced video. See the car's features up close. Learn about the building process. Ernie even takes it for a spin around the block. Enjoy

Ad for the Pontiac Safari 1965.

Lincoln Futura, year unknown.

As they say, "My other car is a BMW" so wouldn't this be ideal to haul my Packards to the shows?

The "Round Door" Rolls Royce recently restored for the Peterson Museeum and featured at several concours.

1940 Lincoln Continental convertible. I believe this to be the prototype and shown at Hershey 2012.

1961 Ford Fairlane in suburban west coast setting.

Similar to "supercharger" body construction by Touring. Can anyone comment on this car's origins?

Board and Indy track racer Wade Morton captured in his Duesenberg or Miller 1925.

Aero car in flight.

1930 Cadillac V16 with glasspack mufflers. Sorry about the poor quality as I was too giddy to do a good job.

Lincoln Zephyr Flathead V12 Motorcycle built by Dale Olson at Olsons V-8s.

1938 ad for Panhard.

On a recent fall morning, business is buzzing at the automotive candy shop that is Canepa Design. Over here, a Ferrari Daytona is having work done on its carbs, over there a vintage Mercedes Benz Gullwing is being stripped of paint. But sandwiched between other familiar sports cars -- a pair of Porsche 356s and a Shelby GT350 -- is a rare bird of a far different feather: The first passenger car to ever wear the name Duesenberg, an important piece of automotive history.

Dave Stoltz, Canepa's one-man restoration crew on this project of a lifetime, is hard at work on this doozy of a car, a 1921 Duesenberg Model A road-rocket that has been in the Castle family -- Hawaiian missionaries turned land and produce magnates -- since new and is being revived by California descendent Jimmy Castle. The car is the first production model of the storied racing-focused brand that later became synonymous with four-wheeled opulence. These visions of American luxury were driven by everyone from Al Capone to William Randolph Hearst, and custom-outfitted cost as much as $25,000 at a time when doctors earned around $3,000 a year.

Canepa Design's mission is to present this one-off car at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, just down Highway One from its Scotts Valley, Calif., headquarters. Although in its present state the car looks humble, restored it could well make a 1962 Ferrari GTO that recently traded hands for $35 million look like a cheap date.

"It's like a Honus Wagner baseball card," says Jay Leno
"Duesenbergs routinely fetch eight figures, so for this one, the very first production car that's stayed in the same family, the price could well be more than $50 million," says Canepa spokesman John Ficarra, who adds that the restoration alone will cost more than a million, most of it in labor as Stoltz sets about either restoring or manufacturing myriad pieces using as a roadmap just four photos of the car in its heyday.

Not that the car's ultimate asking price matters. Castle doesn't appear to be selling. Duesenberg collector and comedian Jay Leno tried to buy the car a few years back but was politely rebuffed. He remains intrigued by the seminal machine.

"The Duesenberg brothers built racing cars, which eventually gave way to making a few production cars," Leno explains. "This car had a straight 8 (cylinder) engine, which was fairly new at the time, and hydraulic brakes. It was big, heavy and reliable. The first of anything is always significant. It's like a Honus Wagner baseball card. And some cars these days really are moving into the realm of kinetic artwork, investments that aren't unlike buying an early (Marc) Chagall or a Picasso."

What makes this car unique is that despite its massive size it was, relatively speaking, a spry coupe in its day, says Randy Ema, one of the nation's foremost Duesenberg experts who owns what's left of the manufacturer's records and blueprints and has provided some assistance on the restoration.

"The car could hit 80 mph and rev up to 4,000 rpm, which was really unheard of back then," says Ema. "It was a light, nimble little car when compared to a Packard or Lincoln. It also cost $9,000 when a Ford cost around $280. But what makes this model so special is it's the first and only remaining original-owner car."

While this particular Duesenberg isn't accompanied by much documentation save vintage photos, "Fred Roe's book on Duesenberg indicates that it was built and sold before the end of 1921 and that the original owner's assertion that it was the first car sold is probably correct," says Jon Bill, archivist at the Auburn Cord Automobile Museum in Auburn, Ind. (Auburn Automobiles owner E.L. Cord bought Duesenberg in 1926.)


Dave Stoltz, the Duesy's lone restorer, works on a brass headlight

The first thing that strikes you about the car is the size of its two-passenger cabin, which is framed in wood. The oversized dimensions stem from its first owner's massive size, said to be some seven feet tall and three hundred pounds. But changing that seat position is likely the only thing Stoltz will mess with on this car; his mandate is to spare no expense to make the car look like it did the day it left the Duesenberg factory.

"Not long after the first owner bought the car he shipped it to Hawaii, where the lava roads and farm life were very taxing," says Stoltz. "So he eventually shipped it back to the factory, and they beefed things up a lot, all of which we are getting rid of. I now have these four (original) photos ingrained in my head, and I've been making new parts as we go along."

This rebuild is as complete as they come. Time and the ocean's salt air ate away a good deal of the car's aluminum and steel, and the deterioration was exacerbated by decades of storage in Hawaii and California. So far, Stoltz has hand-fabricated bumpers, parts of fenders, an intricate luggage rack, a brass gas cap, and headlight stands - a part you can barely see once the British-made brass headlamps take up residence on top of them. Stoltz pulls off the stands, two pieces of flowing sculpture that he says could be made using computer technology for around $7,000 but which he crafted from molds for $5,000.

"Besides the cheaper price, I liked the fact that they wouldn't be totally perfect, because no one back in 1921 was using computers to make anything," snickers the pony-tailed Stoltz, whose recently helped restore a 1959 Ferrari Testarossa to its former glory. "This is definitely a dream job for me. This Duesy is like a ghost car, because no one has seen it for years. But in the end a car's a car. If you're willing to put in the hours researching, scouring the Web looking for parts, making parts, starting from scratch when you have to, then anything is possible."

At present, the body of this 1921 Duesenberg is waiting to be joined by its suspension and engine, the latter being worked on by fabled Ed Pink Racing Engines in Los Angeles. We'll be back with more as the car comes together.

Series 1 XKE Jaguar Roadster. Prior to 1965, the first generation Series 1 jags featured a 3.8 litre engine, crash box, and those funky hard bottom seats. This example carried a distinctive copper bronze paint scheme.

James Dean filling up "Lil Bastard" No. 130 Porsche RSK en rout to immortality.

Very cool image of 1967 Mercury Cougar from http://www.chrom-plameny.cz/

When Ford introduced the 2005 GT, they gave the media a replica GT40 Le Mans car knockoff. Later they were involved in auctioning off 2,004 1:18 models of the original 2004 Ford GT prototype/showcar, signed by Bill Ford, for charity. This is #1560 of 2004, along with the knockoff, in my office. Martyn Schorr

Old school rod curbside Carmel, CA August 2012.

I don't like Fiats but I like this Fiat provided the hood ornament is included.

Brooklands racers, Amilcar and ??

A contrast in Bentleys on the famous Brooklands bank.

Chrysler 300F.

Constructing one the greatest sports cars of all time, the Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing.