1928 Packard Speedster boattail from the driving museum,

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/packard-speedster-runabout-in-el.html for the full gallery on this car

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things I think you'll agree are extremely uncommon, a sold by tag on a dash, an oil service record (the pilot ray light knob is unobtainium), and a brake adjustment dashboard control for road surface traction variation

the above is in the 1929 Packard 640 Runabout

above in the 1930 Duesenburg

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More cool cars from Viva Las Vegas this past Saturday

 for contrast and comparison, the Pontiac above and below

 First time I've seen half a car lace painted... interesting

The above was just featured http://www.rodauthority.com/news/one-sweet-48-merc-cruiser-hits-the-streets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-sweet-48-merc-cruiser-hits-the-streets  I saw it at SEMA this past year.. it's really good looking http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/11/nice-mercury-in-sema-infield.html

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Margaret Dunning, the 102yr old with the Packard, (you know, the one that's been emailed around for the past year) went to Pebble Beach this year! Hagerty did a great article about her 1st PB experience

http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News/All-Articles/2012/10/19/Margaret-Dunning-94-years-behind-the-wheel-and-counting?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%2011-12-2012 for the story

Briefly, she's been driving since age 8, and she's had her 1930 Packard since 1949.

A lot of people talked to her at the event, and some famous ones... Leno, Henry Ford III and Edsel Ford II, and that must have been a big thrill for all of them. Her neighbor was Henry Ford... way way back when.

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one of the largest car collections is getting sold off in part, here are a couple of the unique vehicles to hit the block

the oldest surviving Ford sold, a 1903 rear entry tonneau

a 1900 Milwaukee steam runabout

1919 Renault torpedo

1933 Packard 12 convertible sedan, body by Dietrich

found on http://www.bornrich.com/john-oquinns-car-collection-sale-hershey-auction.html

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the car that I liked the most at the Desert Classic Concours, a wonderful open touring pinstiped Packard

I was surprised to see this license tag, they are rare to find, but were on every car made in the US til Ford broke the strangling patent that Selden had concocted to make money:

The above tag has a bit of historical perspective...
 the Selden company patented the automobile. He collected on every car made... 0.75%
Selden was a patent attorney.
 His dad was a judge, and a prominent Republican attorney most noted for defending Susan B Anthony.
Yeah, it obviously didn't stand up very long, but for a time, they had the patent on the automobile, and if you wanted to sell a car in America, you either paid a licensing fee or fought them in court.
Henry Ford fought them in court and won... he was obviously better prepared to make a success and a fortune that he'd share with the US Govt by way of taxes, so the right people were persuaded to take the patent of the automobile, and make it go away... the reason given was that the Ford and other cars were using an engine based on a different engine than Selden had patented. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/spooky-no-traction-sliding-on-ice-as.html

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