https://velocetoday.com/brandes-elitch-at-the-al-engel-museum/ The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://velocetoday.com/brandes-elitch-at-the-al-engel-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-96903 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:50 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173130#comment-96903 I’ll be in that area in a month. How does one contact Al to see his collection. I’m a vintage historian and old. I need to chat with him.

]]> https://velocetoday.com/brandes-elitch-at-the-al-engel-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-96879 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:43:21 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173130#comment-96879 As a longtime friend of Al’s I have watched his collection grow from a few cars to the museum it is today, an amazing journey. While I know your focus is on European cars and restored cars there are a couple of rarities that I would like to mention. The red Cad was originally owned by Jim McClennan of Champion Speed Shop and Fremont/Baylands dragstrip fame. Jim was a towering figure in the hot rod and drag race world. Mr. Engel also owns a 1940 Ford coupe, cad powered, that graced the cover of Rod and Custom magazine in 1959, an immaculate build for it’s time. Luckily Al is a generous guy. I featured one of his cars, a woody, in my book DEUCE THE ORIGINAL HOT ROD. Thanks for all of it Al…..

]]> https://velocetoday.com/brandes-elitch-at-the-al-engel-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-96876 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:35:48 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=173130#comment-96876 I never miss an invitation to see Al’s collection! I am sure I have not seen it all!

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