The Brass Era Rules at Audrain Veteran Car Tour
Really old cars from the beginning to about WWI.
A lot of people don't even know what the Brass Era was. But participants in the third annual Audrain Veteran Car Tour not only knew, they revelled in it.
The Audrain Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, has only been around a few years, but it has already established itself as one of the most enjoyable institutions of its kind in the country.
In addition to a collection of great cars—and a big concours in the fall—the Audrain has events, like this Veteran Car Tour presented by Bonhams|Cars. Sure it was still "brisk" weather, but that didn't stop the cars. Or the drivers.
ALSO CHECK OUT WHAT THE GREENWICH CONCOURS HAS IN STORE
1907 Ford Model S
Owned by the Audrain Collection.
1904 Oldsmobile Model 6C Curved Dash
Owned by Steve Lang.
1907 Renault 20-30
Owned by Nick Grewal.
1901 Panhard et Levassor Type B1
Owned by Nicholas Schorsch.
1901 Panhard
As well as a 1903 Winton 24hp and others at the start.
1907 Ford Model S
Owned by Audrain Collection.
1902 Yale
Owned by the Audrain Collection and driven by Matt Farah.
Curved Dash Olds
Curved Dash Olds -- Owned by the Audrain Collection and ferrying Sean O'Donnell and Eric Minoff.
1907 Ford Model S
Being driven by Audrain’s CEO, Donald Osborne.
1910 Rover 8hp and 1898 Mors
Taking in the scenery.
1904 Oldsmobile 6C Curved Dash
With Steve Lang at the lunch stop.
1910 Rover 8hp
Detail shot, owned by Dirk Burrows.
Group Photo
The cars parked and resting at the Aquidneck Golf Club for lunch.
Mark Vaughn grew up in a Ford family and spent many hours holding a trouble light over a straight-six miraculously fed by a single-barrel carburetor while his father cursed the Blue Oval, all its products and everyone who ever worked there. This was his introduction to objective automotive criticism. He started writing for City News Service in Los Angeles, then moved to Europe and became editor of a car magazine called, creatively, Auto. He decided Auto should cover Formula 1, sports prototypes and touring cars—no one stopped him! From there he interviewed with Autoweek at the 1989 Frankfurt motor show and has been with us ever since.
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