A brass-era Buick, above, on the New England Brass & Gas Tour rolls into collector Dick Shappy's backyard in Warwick on Monday. At left, Frank Sawlor, who cofounded the first tour in 1966.
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"The value of these cars drops to nowhere if you can't get them out on the road."
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Carol and Larry Hoagland of New Hampshire, on the New England Brass and Gas tour.
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Bob Nauman, and Gregory Tocket, of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania drive their 1911 Cadillac on the roads in Exeter.
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This 1914 American LaFrance Speedster had taken part in the 2002 San Antonio, Texas, to Anaheim, California, rally.
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Over 120 pre-1915 brass era cars arrived in Warwick, Rhode Island for a week-long tour of the state. Each day, cars and drivers would head out to explore a section of the state.
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Over 120 pre-1915 brass era cars arrived in Warwick, at Dick Shappy's home, for an Ice cream social, after driving to Mystic, Connecticut for the day.
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Over 120 pre-1915 brass era cars arrived in Warwick, at Dick Shappy's home, for an Ice cream social, after driving to Mystic, Connecticut for the day.
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Over 120 pre-1915 brass era cars arrived in Warwick, at Dick Shappy's home, for an Ice cream social, after driving to Mystic, Connecticut for the day.
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Over 120 pre-1915 brass era cars arrived in Warwick, at Dick Shappy's home, for an Ice cream social, after driving to Mystic, Connecticut for the day.
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Over 120 pre-1915 brass era cars arrived in Warwick, at Dick Shappy's home, for an Ice cream social, after driving to Mystic, Connecticut for the day.
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Dick's 1914 American Underslung, probably the rarest specimen at the meet.
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A 1912 Cadillac, driven by Larry White of North Carolina, on the back roads of Exeter.
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Brass & gas on tour.
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A man photographs one of the brass cars
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A brass nameplate on the radiator of a Simplex car.
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The interior of a Mercer.
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