When was the last time you saw a 1932 Auburn 2-door Brougham at a local cruise night?

Restored by William F. Harrah in 1964 and on display in his museum in Nevada for many years, this 1928 Franklin 12B Sport Sedan is still in fabulous condition. Franklin was one of Harrah's favorites and the quality of the restorations that came from that shop is well known. We first saw this car in the museum in 1968, pursued it for many years, finally acquiring it some 10 years ago and have toured, shown and enjoyed the car in that time.

Awhile back a pixcar memeber Red Lined posted a neat photo of two matching AMC Pacer's painted to match Southwest Airlines > http://www.pixacar.com/pin/16158/

This "Continental Airlines Gremlin Giveaway Car from 1974" has been MIA since 1999, it appears like it was sold to England, wonder if it will ever turn back up?

Source: http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/continental-airlines-gremlin.htm

1923 Marmon Speedster featured in the PBS TV series, Reilly, Ace of Spies.

For sale $29,500... cheap thrills!

Lovely 1917 Marmon Model 34 "Cloverleaf" Touring Roadster for sale. $76,500.

One-off custom Nash $18,000 on Craigslist.

1939 Graham Sharknose, one of four known coupes.

1921 Hudson Super Six Speedster, ex Harrah.

Artist Peter Helck in Marmon Speedster.

1921 Hudson Super Six touring.

1939 Graham "Sharknose" Combination Coupe with supercharger.

1929 Packard 645 touring.

1939 V16 Cadillac Model 30-90 Convertible Sedan. For sale at Riddle Motors.

Philip Spencer (my brother) in Eastern Oregon with the 2013 CCCA Mini Tour. This Packard was his favorite car on the tour! Photo courtesy of Sylvia Potter http://www.oregonccca.com/P-2013%20mini%20Tour.htm

Duesenberg Model A #1 emerges from Canepa Design restoration shop. What a great sound!

Jonathan Stein looks over a Lincoln KB engine at Stone Barn while proprietor Rich Fass looks on.

1941 Cadillac 60 Special

one can even tire of award winning unrestored gem's like this...ZZZZZ

1967 Mercury S55 Convertible for sale by Significant Cars.

This Exceptional example has had a recent cosmetic restoration including new paint and top. With a known history from new, and having traveled through only a few owners, the provenance and documentation accompanying the car make it a rare find. The car runs and drives without fault and is ready for the show or tour circuit. This is the perfect Gentleman's Muscle Car with handling and ride one finds in a larger chassis, but with the punch necessary to be a real threat off the line!

1964 Chrysler Imperial in street action.

Corky Coker checks out the rubber on this 1930 Duesenberg Model J Dual Cowl Phaeton and yes, it’s rolling on Coker tires…..and wheels! It’s a top notch car owned by our buddy Richie Clyne and he wanted us to solve a problem with his old flat-base (lock ring) wire wheels, so we did just that! The elegant Phaeton now rolls on a set of rolled edge wire wheels made by Roadster Wire Wheel, and some of our new Firestone Balloon 700-17 double whitewall tires! It’s an amazing look, and we’re proud to have gotten this car back on the road! Check it out!

In Monroe Louisiana a 1923 Pierce Arrow on their large chassie with a rare custom LeBaron sport phaeton body.Courtesy of Fay Butler.

The Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company produced some of the most luxurious cars of the early 20th century but couldn't survive the Great Depression. Randy Ema owns 28,000 of the company's original drawings, so he can produce brand-new parts for cars that are more than 75 years old.

Stepping through Ema's door is like entering Santa's workshop—if Santa had a serious thing for high-end antique cars. In one room, a drafting table holds a blueprint for some extinct part that's about to be reconstituted by Ema's craftsmen. In an adjacent room, a Bugatti motor sits on the floor next to a display case filled with old toy cars. Once you get past the museum-quality distractions out front—hey, is that a set of Duesenberg headers just hanging on the wall?—you're into the real action: the garage. Ema takes a photo of each car he's restored, and a far corner of the garage is wallpapered with snapshots of projects past.

Duesenbergs belong to a rarified league of automobiles. Founded in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1913 by brothers Friedrich and August Duesenberg, the company that bore their name created hand-built luxury performance cars on and off for 24 years. If you're lucky enough to own a Duesenberg (fewer than 1200 were made), Ema is the last word.

"I'm a historian," Ema says as we make our way toward the back of the shop. "History is a passion for me and has been since I was a little kid. I like an original piece because it's only original once."

Ema's never felt an urge to put his own riff on what the factories wrought, but one corner of his garage houses a personal project that allows some leeway for creative interpretation. "This is my hot rod," Ema says. "It's a '22 Duesenberg, but prior to 1934 someone cut the chassis and put a '28 Chrysler body on it." Today, fusing a Duesenberg and a Chrysler would constitute aesthetic and financial madness, but the chronological distance of that strange decision gives the car its own interesting story. And for Ema, that connects it spiritually to other Duesenbergs—each car was a reflection of its owner. Each car has a story.

"Nothing has come up to the standards of a Duesenberg," Ema says. "No two cars are the same. You have this wonderful high-performance chassis and the body of your choice. Even today, they're fast." Supercharged Duesenberg Model Js could hit 129 mph, making them the Bugatti Veyrons of their era and a high-water mark for the American car industry.

There are 378 Model Js still in existence and Ema has laid eyes on all but three. There's one Model A he hasn't seen and it's in Australia. Ema maintains a stash of original drawings, patterns, and blueprints, which he uses to create more than 1000 different parts to keep the world's Duesenbergs on the road. For all practical purposes, Randy Ema is Duesenberg, circa 2012.

While Ema's workshop could keep me entertained all day, I've got an appointment with another enthusiast almost 7 hours distant in San Francisco. The object of Jim Kanomata's expertise is certainly less exotic than a Duesy, but his affection for a very specific machine—the 1973 to 1978 GMC recreational vehicle—makes him a kindred spirit. So I bid farewell, fire up the RX-8, and merge onto I-5 north accompanied by the hard-edged, 9000-rpm song of America's last rotary.

Read more: The Die-Hard Mechanics Who Save DeLoreans and Duesenbergs - Brotherhood of the Wrench - Popular Mechanics

When Edsel Ford was President of Ford, he was enchanted by European sports cars. His trips to Europe, he called it "the continent," triggered visions of Fords with continental styling. In 1934 designers created his first "long, low and rakish continental car" (as Edsel described it to his designer and confederate E.T "Bob" Gregorie) on a '32 Ford chassis.

This 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet was last licensed in Arizona in 1958. The then owner had put a 1950 Lincoln V-8 under the hood connected and did a nice job without any cutting. He bolted the Lincoln motor to the original 3 speed and then parked the car in a spot in his shop where it would sit until 2011. It is believed that the car was originally purchased in Southern California and the shop owner bought it there in 1951 and brought it with him when he moved to Arizona in the mid 1950's. Courtesy of AACA website.

Duesenberg was an Auburn, Indiana based American luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937, most famous for its high-quality passenger cars and record-breaking racing cars.

Cord 812 with snow chains. How many would know if the Cord pushes or pulls?!

1928 Buick started after 50 years. My Great Grandfather bought this car in 1929 from the Buick dealer in Perryman, Md. with only a few hundred miles on it. He paid $900 for it, a hefty sum considering most new cars at the time were under $400. He was the last one to hear it run until today. By the way, I could not tell while looking through the camera if the lights were on or off.

This Model J Duesenberg town car was an exquisite creation by Carrosserie Franay of Paris, France. It is one of two cars the coach builder created that were exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1931. The other design was much more formal looking with a higher roof – line, but this car shows some of the nicest lines to be seen, of all open – fronted town bodies on a Duesenberg chassis. It is seen here at a Concours d’Elegance at an unknown location in France. Photos courtesy of Racemaker Press.

1929 Pierce Arrow.

Amazing 1913 Pierce Arrow. Just driven in, by a friend (pictured, right). Look at his collection of vtg collegiate tailgate party accessories - Including an old radio that still works!

Prototype Corvettes that sadly never made production.

Insano extreme 1987 Buick GNX. What it lacked in looks it made up in Ralph Nader distilled power.

Fords rule!

The Auburn Reunion 2012 featured the Year of the Unrestored Car. Here's an 810 Cord Westchester on parade.

Eric and Andy Killorin with their 1923 Duesenberg Model A. Andy has his grandfather's coveralls on that he wore in 1929 - 30 when he worked for Duesenberg. Eric's father bought the car in 1947 and Eric did a beautiful job restoring it over the last 5 years.

Model 734 Packard Speedster starts the Pebble Beach Motoring Tour, August 16, 2012,

1923 Duesy Model A flanked by Vermont's Morgan Horse Farm barn. Photo: Lucie Collins.

Dealer Mark Hyman and his custom-bodied 1925 Model A Duesenberg at the Kuwait concours. Shadowed by its later brother the Model J, the race-bred Model A nonetheless possessed all that was essential to the Duesenberg brothers principles of engineering and performance. This example was shortened and sectioned during the 1930s and equipped with an attractive two-seater peedster body.

I purchased this barn find 1926 Duesenberg Model A sedan from a NY collector in 1995. 100% original right down to the paint. Now she goes to the Gooding auction at Pebble Beach.

Close to 40 years separate these images of the same person and the same car: 1923 Duesenberg Model A Touring.

Late twenties Packard sedan at a CT concours.

Rare Studebaker sharknose.

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