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AutoHunter Spotlight: 1934 Ford Roadster

Featured on AutoHunter, the on-line public auction system driven by ClassicCars.com, is this rotisserie-restored 1934 Ford Roadster, which the vendor has had for 15 years. Power is supplied by a 221ci Ford flathead V8 backed by a 3-speed guidebook transmission. Attributes consist of an original Ford radio, a hydrostatic fuel sending unit and also scale, vacuum cleaner wiper as well as rear-mounted spare tire, to name a few options. Finished in black with a tan vinyl inside as well as exchangeable top, this 1934 Ford Roadster comes from the seller with a clear Connecticut title in the seller’s name.

This vehicle went through a rotisserie repair in between 2008-11 making use of initial and/or period-correct parts as well as products. The body was refinished in black with red pinstripes by Black Horse Automotive Services in Connecticut. Features include amber driving lights, four-piece hood, folding tan exchangeable top with a glass rear home window, grumble seat and also a rear-mounted spare tire cover. Chrome functions include bumpers, dual horns, grille, front lights real estates, tilt-out windscreen, cowl light housings and double taillights.

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: 1000px )100vw, 1000px” > A collection of red cable wheels with chrome center caps is wrapped in whitewall bias-ply tires. The front bench seat and roll seat were cushioned in tan vinyl throughout the reconstruction. A 90-mph speedometer is flanked by fuel as well as amperage gauges as well as supplemented in the center of the dashboard by a kilocycle scale. The odometer currently reviews 33,722 miles, with 5K miles added throughout existing possession, yet truth gas mileage of this car is unidentified. Power is given by a 221ci Ford flathead V8 backed by a 3-speed guidebook transmission

. Underhood functions include a body-colored firewall program, initial consumption with a single-barrel carburetor, cast-iron exhaust manifolds, oil bath air filter as well as 6V generator. The seller notes that the water pumps were replaced this year. The seller mentions that the framework was sandblasted and also repainted in 2009. This 1934 Ford Roadster’s auction ends on Monday, September 26, 2022, at 12:20 p.m.(

PDT ). See the AutoHunter listing for more details as well as image gallery.

Larry takes a nostalgic stroll through the AutoHunter docket

I don’t know about you, but when I page or click my way through a collector car auction catalog, I often stop to engage in a moment of nostalgia when I see a car that triggers very personal memories.

I had that experience again this week as I worked my way through the offerings on AutoHunter, the online auction platform driven by ClassicCars.com:

Larry takes a nostalgic stroll through the AutoHunter docket | Pontiac GTO

I was in college when the original Pontiac GTO lured me to our local Pontiac dealership. I couldn’t afford such a car, but I did seriously consider the LeMans on which it was based. As it ended up, I didn’t buy the LeMans either. Instead, I went to the local American Motors store where my grandparents had bought cars and had had good dealerships experiences.

Fast forward a few years and I’m working on a book about the development of the revived Chevrolet Camaro and how much of the engineering development of the sports coupe was done in conjunction with GM’s Australian arm, Holden.

As part of my research, I’d gone Down Under to ride along in early prototypes and larger I went to Germany to watch the Camaro do its fast lap at the Nürburgring. While in Europe, I was invited to tag along as the engineers did a development drive, my invitation made in part because I had borrowed a small van from Opel and the engineers decided it would be an ideal vehicle to carry all their luggage.

But they also had pity on me and my low-powered van, and a couple of times offered to drive it so I could experience one of their cars. In addition to Camaros, they’d brought along a prototype, a 4-door sedan, of the Holden-built Monaro what would become the basis of the Pontiac G6 and later the last-generation GTO.

Like the GTO, this engineering-development car had a powerful V8 engine and 6-speed manual gearbox, and it was an absolute blast to drive.

Which brings us to the 2006 Pontiac GTO being offered on AutoHunter. The car has a 6.0-liter LS2 V8 rated at 400 horsepower and connected to a 6-speed manual gearbox and limited-slip differential. The powertrain has been upgraded with an AEM intake and Corsa exhaust.

The car has been driven less than 66,000 miles since new.

Larry takes a nostalgic stroll through the AutoHunter docket | 2005 Mini Cooper

Several years ago, it appeared that a 1960s-era Mini had been abandoned in our church parking lot. I was on the church board at the time and no one seemed to know why the car was there. I even began the process of establishing that the car was abandoned with the thought that we’d gain the title and stage a fund-raising auction (which I planned to win).

Turned out that the car belonged to a friend of the pastor, who had told his friend the car could be left there while the friend was on an extended trip.

Old Minis are fun cars, but so are the newer ones, especially the Cooper-tweaked models. Basically, they’re street-legal go-karts.

The one up for bidding on AutoHunter is a one-owner car with M7 and other aftermarket tweaks to its supercharged 4-cylinder engine, and a Borla cat-back exhaust. The car, equipped with a 6-speed manual gearbox, also has suspension and brake-system upgrades.

Other features include navigation and Harmon Kardon audio.

This is a car that has been enjoyed, being driven 165,500 miles since new. Its sale includes the original engine components that were replaced with aftermarket parts as well as M7 parts that were not installed.

Larry takes a nostalgic stroll through the AutoHunter docket | Hudson Super Jet

In the era before shopping moved to suburban malls, there were such magnetic places at Macy’s in New York City, Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago, and the J.L. Hudson Company in Detroit. Each was a multi-story department store and destination that drew consumers and especially treated them with their Christmas holiday displays.

Joseph Lowthan Hudson also financed Roy Chapin’s fledgling car company, which was given Hudson’s name rather than Chapin’s.

Hudson produced cars from 1909 to 1954, when it was acquired by American Motors, which kept the brand alive for only a few more years. But the brand was innovative and is cherished. Personally, I enjoyed visiting the amazing Hostetler Hudson museum — and was sad to cover its funeral auction — and also enjoyed being one of the judges at the annual Orphan Car Show staged by the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, which is housed in a former Hudson dealership in southeastern Michigan.

Which brings us to the 1954 Hudson Super Jet up for bidding on AutoHunter, a car owned since new by the same family and driven less than 67,000 miles in all those years.

The car has an inline-6-cylinder engine and 3-speed column-mounted manual gearbox with overdrive.

The car has been repainted in its original teal green shade (with the wheels powder-coated to match), the engine has been rebuilt, the bumpers re-chromed, and the interior refurbished with new upholstery, door panels and carpet.

As you might expect from a family-owned and offered vehicle, the car isn’t quite perfect. Door latches need to be adjusted, the dome light and a radio knob are missing. On the other hand, the car is being sold with some spare trim pieces and 6-volt bulbs.

To view these and many other vehicles available, visit the AutoHunter website.

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‘Blue Buzz II’ headlines docket for Bonhams Monaco sale

Nicknamed “Blue Buzz II,” a 1936 Delahaye 135 S Competition Court racing car that ran at Le Mans headlines the docket for Bonhams Les Grandes Marques à Monaco’ (aka The Monaco Sale) scheduled for April 23 as part of the Monaco Historic Grand Prix weekend.

The car was owned by Irish-American heiress Lucy Schell for her Ecurie Bleu racing team and made its debut as part of the car’s three-vehicle entry in the Three Hours of Marseille. The car gained its nickname because of its sky-blue color and the muffled buzzing sound of its engine, according to Bonhams.

The car ran in Grand Prix races at Donington, Pau and Commiges and in endurance events including the Belfast Tourist-Trophy before going to Le Mans in 1939, when it was rebodied with more aerodynamic coachwork by Chappes Frères.

Two subsequent facelifts followed, and the car was successful off the race track in various concours d’elegance. It will be offered at the auction with coachwork in the Chappes Frères style while retaining its original-period engine and chassis, which Bonhams says is a rarity for a racing car from the period.

The auction company expects the car to sell for €800,000 to €1.1 million ($950,000 to $1.3 million).

Also on the docket are:

A 1949 Simca Deho Barquette with coachwork by Motto. The car was the creation of racer Jean Estager who converted a Simca Eight into a racer with a 1,086cc engine by Roger Deho and a hand-formed aluminum body by Motto of Milan. Estager sold the car in 1951 and it was entered at Le Mans but did not make the starting line. It later raced at various venues.

The car was rediscovered, stored away in a barn, early this century with its original chassis and engine. A restoration was done, except to the interior of the driver’s door, which was retained “as a reminder of how it was found.”

Pre-auction estimated value: €190,000 to €240,000 ($225,000 to $285,000).

1947 Cisitalia D46 Monoposto, one of 14 produced and one of 12 known to survive. Bonhams reports that this car is believed to be the one driven in the Grand Prix de Bern by Harry Schell, the first American to start a Grand Prix race.

The car later was driven by a succession of Australians before it was purchased by Belgian racer Paul Swaelens, who had it for more than 40 years, selling it to the consignor in 2003. The car since has been fully restored, Bonhams noted.

Pre-auction estimate: €150,000 to €200,000 ($177,770 to $237,025).

*1991 Isdera Imperator 108i, a supercar resulting from a Mercedes-Benz design experiment in the late 1970s by Eberhard Schulz, an engineer who formed Isdera to put the design into production and made 30 cars over a period of nine years.

The car has gullwing coachwork over a tubular-steel chassis and is powered by a 5.0-liter M119 V8 engine.

Pre-auction estimate: €500,000 to €700,000 ($592,560 to $829,580).

The Bonhams Monaco Sale is scheduled for April 23 at the Fairmont Monte-Carlo overlooking the hairpin turn on the Monaco Grand Prix circuit.

To view the full catalog, visit the Bonhams website.

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