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Tell us what we are looking at, I know there are J pieces, I like the way it is all pushed together. Bob

Those were good times, Dr. Williamson built a building here in Ridgefield, and Vintage Auto was in the front half to do Chassis and Engine restorations, and Gus and Sons were in the back half doing body and interior restoration. In theory it would be a one stop, under one roof operation. I saw all the cars in the above article roll in and out. The Mercedes came in bright red and yellow and left the same, but with a high gloss. I've found out that high end cars get RErestored more often than lesser cars and this car is now gray and a Pebble Beach Best in Show winner. I worked in the front shop, and we had an interesting group of customers, and visitors, always thought the one with the Great Dane the size of a pony walking through the shop was interesting. The Mercedes looks a bit more subtle now in gray.

One of the great features of the AACA Forum is the "Ignore option", post two senseless posts and you qualify, and my mornings are a lot sunnier.

Hope there are more photos of it.

I could better things with the 1932 Ford Frame.

Drove up Piles Peak in the family station wagon with the wife & kids, everyone should. Just amazing that people drive it flat out during the hill climb. 101 years later NASCAR is fining teams for using two year old window nets.

If you are reading this send me a PM and the date. Just wondering if anyone reads these ads. Thank you! Bob

Chief in gold leaf on the door is missing.

That Rolls arrived in boxes, with Dave Domidian as a consultant. Fun times, one of many Great cars I got to work on.

The car was painted the nice shade of blue in Gus Reuters shop here in Ridgefield, he also painted the Windswept Rolls Royce for Mr. Atwell. The Rolls was at Pebble beach within 5 years or so, still looking great with a40 year old paint job.

I think you can get lost on the internet following horse hair upholstery related stories. I'd feel more relaxed upholstering a car than doing the electrical work. Here is a nice artical with great photos. Upholstering with Horsehair Stuffing: The Stately Oak Armchair — City Girl Arts

Horse "feathers" do exist, and are used in roofing.

Is the one with the straight eight PACKARD engine still powered by it?

Just imagine what it was like standing on the side of the road when these two beasts raced by.

Nicer fenders than the one James Melton found here in Ridgefield in 1946. I had two other 1920's era photos of it that got lost on the computer. This is the car that is now in Newport, R. I. in the Vanderbilt cottage. Looking at the two photos the one on top may be the bigger real deal GP car.

The best part of the Jim Hoe Model J race car story is buying the sedan on Long Island. After he paid for it he asked to borrow an ax and left the body in the former owners yard and drove the future SCCA race car chassis home. Wonder what coachwork it is carrying now. Cover car for the Mt. Equinox Hillclimb.

Pebble Beach 2021 saw this in a shop window on the way to dinner. I was the guy that removed the fenders from this Type 59 Bugatti for a photo shoot and run at Lime Rock in the late 1970's for a magazine feature. It lost #7 & #8, that is part of a connecting rod and four valves. It took a new owner to rebuild it and fly it over from England. Sounded great on the Thursday Tour. Bob

RARE PHOTO! That is a remove a sparkplug install the tire pump in place of it and inflate the tire. Terry Bond will tell up what brand it is.

Thank you John! When I first saw the Rocket car photo I thought of this photo of Sig Haugdahl, wonder if it is the same car? The Wisconsin Special was in the Zimmerman collection back in the 1970's, that info on the HAMB feature had a lot of interesting racing history, thanks for the link. Bob

That car is too attractive to be an Opel so I poked around the internet to see what I could find, has a Miller look to it, what is its history?

Same Boyce family I've seen at the Kent show and Rhinebeck for the past 50 years?

Great story! I do believe in those special moments. Last week I sold a postage stamp, collector stamp. Took the stamp storage box off the self, and noticed a stamp on the floor upside down. Turned it over and it was the stamp I sold!

Thank you Walt for starting this adventure. Without it all the stuff I've posted over the years would be in the file cabinets seen by nobody except myself an the occasional friend I'd email a copy to. Fun to see a photo of a car and realize you have a photo taken from the other side that nobody else has seen, keep posting that stuff and add to the story any info you may have. Guess I should start adding notes to all the stuff in my cabinets, otherwise it is no different that photos of 3-4 generations of relatives without names.