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Ever wonder when the earliest antique car show in the States was formally held? According to multiple sources, it could very well have been the First Antique Automobile Derby, which was organized by the Philadelphia Automobile Trade Association as the then-new 1931 models were about to be unveiled. The gathering of “early” automobiles, all of which had to be a minimum of 25 years old, was met with enthusiasm, and became an annual highlight of the Philadelphia Automobile Show for the next four years.
That Derby also served as the cornerstone for the later-organized Antique Automobile Club of America. It’s an interesting story remembered by many, but what about the vehicles themselves? What kind of stories do they have to tell? Not the googleable particulars, such as assembly plants, designers, and production numbers, but
