DATE: Friday, July 11, 1997                 TAG: 9707110770

SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY             PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: MARY BURNHAM

                                            LENGTH:   30 lines

WHAT MAKES A VEHICLE RARE?

GARY C. KNAPP FOR THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Beth and Derek Straw with their 1996 MGF at Little Creek Naval

Amphibious Base . The car is possibly the only one of its kind in

the United States. Derek is stationed with the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization in Norfolk.

MICHAEL KESTNER

The Virginian-Pilot

Ed Lail and his 1930 Lincoln Sports Pheton open touring car. Only 53

of its particular body style were made in 1930, and only a handful

are left.\

Left, Billy Cones of Suffolk with his "Petty Blue" 1970 Plymoth

SuperBird, one of only 2,000 vehicles manufactured with the big

wing on the back. The vehicle is signed in two places by Richard

Petty. Above, a closeup of the "Road Runner Superbird" ensignia on

the Superbird wing and Petty's signature.

Bob Hunter of Chesapeake owns this 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom V

eight-passenger limousine. KEYWORDS: UNIQUE RARE AUTOMOBILES CARS

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