COMING SOON: Two TV shows featuring Dick Shappy Vintage Auto Sales, "American Pickers" with Mike Wolfe and Jersey Jon on the History Channel, and "Cruisin’ New England" with Paul Mennett on NESN. Stay tuned; you won’t want to miss this!

Thursday April 18, 2024

Dear automotive enthusiasts, restorers, collectors, and investors,

A very busy month indeed! I am swamped throughout the year with my restorations, shows, and auctions, but with the warmer weather approaching, my schedule will become even more hectic. Besides the present restoration projects of several Strap Tank Harley Davidsons, Pope, Indian, and Reading Standard motorcycles, and a group of Model A Duesenberg and Roamer Walking Beam projects, there are three major events that I will be attending over a period of five days.

Firstly, "The Perkiomen Chapter (Motorcycle) National Swap Meet," which is held in Oley, Pennsylvania, from Thursday, April 25th, to Saturday, April 27th. We will arrive on Wednesday, the 24th, to be the first on the field as the vendors unwrap treasures that they have discovered over the winter months. We will depart on Friday to attend the Bonham's Gilded Age auction in Newport, Rhode Island, where I will be presenting four vintage autos for sale at auction the following day (Saturday): a 1905 Stanley Steamer, 1919 Stutz Tourer, a 1921 Mercer Runabout, and a freshly restored 1910 Wisconsin Speedster.

Before the dust settles and the auction ends, my staff will be delivering our entry to the Audrain Automobile Museum to prepare for the Veteran Car Tour, which will take us on a 52-mile drive from Newport to Bristol and back the following day (Sunday). See a video HERE that we produced at last year's Veteran Car Tour. Yes, we are busy indeed!

This week’s feature is a 1909 Pierce Arrow UU 36 HP. Awarded “Most Elegant Sports Car” at Amelia Island’s Concours Show which attest to the extremely high quality of this restoration.

We invite you to visit our showrooms in Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island, where we proudly display over fifty cars and fifty vintage motorcycles. Visits are by appointment only.

Best Regards,

The feature is a charismatic automobile, captivating even while stationary. On the road, it proves itself reliable, exhilarating, and remarkably fast.

On March 27, 2022, about thirty cars gathered at the Ochre Court Mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport to take part in the First Annual Newport to Bristol, Rhode Island Tour.

The event garnered significant enthusiasm, with spectators cheering us along the forty-mile route. My 1909 Pierce Arrow UU 36 completed the tour flawlessly. This event is destined to become an important annual tradition.