Former Antique Automobile Club of America First Junior and Senior Award winner Beautiful Mountain Wagon re-creation by Stanley enthusiast Carl Amsley Restoration completed in the early 2000s by Daryl Kendall New boiler installed in 2009
Author: Carl Bomstead
Carl Bomstead is a longtime Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance judge and Classic Car Club of America Master Judge. He wrote his first story for SCM in February 1997.
1934 Packard Twelve Individual Custom Convertible Victoria by Dietrich
Offered from the Joseph and Margie Cassini Collection Best of Show, 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show, 2016 Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s Poster Car, 2015 Elegance at Hershey The world’s most beautiful Individual Custom Packard A unique factory show car with stunning LeBaron-style fenders A […]
1935 Duesenberg SSJ
This car is the ultimate Model J Duesenberg, one of only two SSJs built Special short-wheelbase chassis and supercharged twin-carb engine Sporting open coachwork designed by J. Herbert Newport Jr. Originally delivered to Hollywood legend Gary Cooper The car is in unrestored condition. It retains the original chassis, engine and […]
1906 Ford Model K Open Tourer
By 1906 there were a number of struggles between entrepreneur Henry Ford and his board — the sort that are so frequent with “start-ups” and particularly in the early days of the motorcar industry. The battle raged between directors Malcomson and Gray, who were for building a car to satisfy […]
1960 Edsel Ranger Convertible
Hen’s teeth, needle in a haystack, unobtanium: Any of these aptly describes a 1960 Edsel Ranger convertible, as only 76 were built. This one is especially interesting, as it was produced on the last day of scheduled production. It is literally one of the very last Edsels built. Equipped with […]
1954 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible
By the early 1950s, Cadillac had finally displaced cross-town rival Packard at the summit of the American fine car market. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Cadillac and its General Motors corporate parent, the Motorama-inspired Eldorado crowned its model range for 1953. Equipped with Cadillac’s state-of-the-art 331-ci V8, the […]
1956 Packard Caribbean Convertible
This is not a restored car, but an original. It’s still in its original Dover White, Scottish Heather and Maltese Gray, with only minor touch-ups over the years to keep it in pristine condition. This is number 268 of the 276 Packard Caribbean convertibles produced in 1956, the eighth-to-last one […]
1959 DeSoto Adventurer Convertible
The 1959 DeSoto Adventurer convertible was powered by a high-performance 383-ci V8 engine offering 350 horsepower with dual Carter AFB 4-barrel carburetors in tandem. The car has a push-button-operated TorqueFlite automatic transmission. This Adventurer has a dizzying array of features, including power brakes; power steering; power windows; a power-operated, swiveling […]
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Pillarless Saloon by Vesters et Neirinck
Brussels coachbuilder Vesters et Neirinck produced some of the finest and most interesting designs to come out of Belgium during the Classic Era. They were particularly proud of their close relationship with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. One of their most stunning creations, this Rolls-Royce Phantom III, was ordered with such […]
1946 Ford Super DeLuxe Station Wagon
This amazing Ford woodie, incorporating numerous pieces of original Birdseye and Tiger Maple, was purchased new on January 2, 1947, by Jeanette Schaffer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It remained in the Milwaukee area until 1985. The body was refinished in its original color of Maize Yellow many years ago, which is […]