great vintage road and race cars, in one magazine Vintage Roadcar / Vintage Racecar (they just merged into one magazine)

the two stand out feature articles in this issue were the incredibly rare and original fall factory "works"race Bugatti Type 39, only 5 were made, #4604 was shipped to Australia in 1926. The new owner wanted to try for land speed records

I don't think I've seen a Moto Meter without the circle filled in

And the 2nd article was a multi page interview with Parnelli Jones, mostly about the Indy 500

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Such a rare car, this 1929 Bianchi, is even cooler than most rare cars due to it's impeccable ostrich leather interior

a small and beautiful semaphore on the A pillar.. the creases in the chrome are very good ideas, and they made for incredibly well placed reflections

P Bloch Automobiles, Gunten Thunerseo (sp?) ... I think is the car seller tag.

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there may be only 4 known running examples of a Phoenix automobile(Coal Scuttle 4cyl model), and only one "Dog House 2cyl" model, here are two Phoenix that are going to join them among the running

a 1913 above, and a 1909 below that needs a rear axle http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/04/alex-and-sandy-need-help-finding.html

Above is the 1913 being moved for transport, it had been in New Zealand, and is shown in Kansas prior to getting shipped to San Diego. Both this 1913 and the 1909 chassis and radiator were from the same New Zealand owner

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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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this might be a scam, or might be real. 1968 Super Stock spare lug nut container made for Dick Landy (or not)

you never can tell what might be hiding in the swap meets. Portago just posted that he bought a Tucker speedometer. 

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A family stored a custom LeBaron lwb sedan '32 Stutz for 73 years, because WW2 limited supplies of tires meant the owner had to store it, and drive his Nash for commuting. So it got stored away, and never hit the road again, only 23,000 miles

thanks to Hagerty Ins Co www.hagerty.com for sending out weekly newsletters and news items like this. They also have a monthly magazine for customers, and the past issues are available online. This also is to thank the HVA  http://www.historicvehicle.org/ Historical Vehicles Association for going to car shows and finding "Cars That Matter" http://www.historicvehicle.org/This-Car-Matters/TCM  and recording the story, getting photos, and sharing such great stuff with all of us! 

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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 first (only) Tucker I've seen at a car show

A very unique interior, and this is the first time I've been able to take photos with good light

 with such a small dashboard, the radio was installed on the side of it. That shifter us normally seen in Terraplanes and a couple French cars... but is a cool looking design and might have been why it was used to sell the cars for Preston. Small and efficient, unusual enough to be eye catching, and works well with the levers on the far side of the  instrument cluster

Behind this small rear quarter panel grill, is the fuel filler door. Good hiding spot.

6 exhaust pipes and big grill for a tail panel because it has a 6 cylinder air cooled helicopter engine if I remember correctly

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