The 13th Amelia Island Concours -- called by some the Pebble Beach of the East Coast -- will begin on March 7th at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida. Held on the last two holes of the Ritz's golf course, this year's event will host 250 rare cars from private collections and museums, the traditional RM Auction, and will also be GM's splashdown as the first event of the General's 100-year anniversary. It will include the auctioning or appearance of three one-of-a-kind vehicles, and a Trans-Am rumble honoring Parnelli Jones. And who doesn't like the sound of a Trans-Am rumble?
RM Auctions will host its gavel-thumping vintage motor car extravaganza the day before the Concours, on Saturday. Among the cars on offer will be two one-of-a-kind Fords commissioned by Edsel: the 1934 Model 40 Ford Special Speedster, and the heart-front 1934 Brewster Ford Town Car. The Speedster has been to the Concours twice before, but this year it's driving up on the block to find a new home. Edsel Ford got the for it from a trip to Europe -- like a few of us today, he decided he wanted a car with a "Continental look." The boattail speedster was designed with Eugene T. "Bob" Gregorie, and Edsel liked it so much he used it as his personal car until he died. It's expected to fetch... a lot -- RM doesn't even list a reserve price.
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