To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017. Unique custom-built Cretors wagon. Original features, updated to electric power, gas popper. Ready to delight children young and oldCharles Cretors, a Decatur, Illinois, confectioner, was disappointed with a steam-powered peanut roaster he had purchased. An i..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.. Offered from a private collection. Single ownership since 1990. Fewer than 30 examples known to survive. Amazing level of finish and detail throughout. Fascinating piece of American historyThe Abbott-Downing Company, of Concord, New Hampshire, was establishe..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.Offered from the estate of Ralph WhitworthOne of only 593 roadster pickups built for 1932A very rare and desirable period hot rodOnly 593 of Ford’s iconic “open cab pickup,” better known as the roadster pickup, were built for 1932. All of them were fitted with..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.Offered from the estate of Ralph WhitworthThe famous ’32 Ford roadster that beat a quarter horse in 1944Russetta Timing Association: 120.9 mph at Harper Dry Lake, 1944Star of several hot rod movies in the 1950sNamed as one of the most significant 1932 Fords of all timeFeatur..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.Iconic Canopy Top “huckster” Rare surviving Martin-Parry bodyHigh-quality restorationAlthough Ford Motor Company first offered a commercial model, the Model C Delivery Car, in 1905, it was 1925 before pickups were added to the catalogue. Even then, Ford did no..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.Pioneering American “high-wheeler” automobileLong-term history in the Antique Automobile Club of AmericaCharming, patinaed appearanceThe high-wheeler is a uniquely American vehicle, as it was essentially a horseless carriage that was built to adapt to the depl..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.One of the most significant motor vehicles in American historyUsed to deliver dairy goods to Pennsylvanian localsFinished in Rosenberger’s Dairies classic liveryHenry Ford was once quoted as saying that his customers could order their vehicles in any color, as..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.East Coast take on early hot roddingBuilt by Dick Ouellet of the Cam Snappers ClubOldsmobile Rocket V-8 powerFascinating piece of hot rod historyThe hot rod and custom car movement, initially a West Coast phenomenon, reached the eastern United States by the early 1950s. The ..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.Very original early StanleyRecent sympathetic restorationLondon-to-Brighton eligibleF.E. and F.O. Stanley built their first steam car in 1897, but before they could ramp up manufacturing, they sold their company to John Walker and Amzi Barber, signing a one-ye..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sotheby’s Hershey event, October 5-6, 2017.Pioneering early American horseless carriageSurely one of very few known to surviveWonderful patina and characterNumerous automakers came and went during the early years of the 20th century, some leaving no more than a smattering of cars to mark their one-time..