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The history books are filled with defunct American automakers, from Duesenberg and Studebaker to Plymouth and Pontiac. But few of them are as missed by vintage automobile enthusiasts as Mercer. The company only operated between 1909 and 1925, but in that short span of time it produced one of the earliest, most successful racing machines: the legendary Type 35R Raceabout.

One of the fastest vehicles of the 1910s, the Mercer Type 35R Raceabout was a bare-bones two-seat speedster with an 4.8-liter inline-four that produced just 55 horsepower. Considered, according to specialist Shelby Myers, to be the Ferrari 250 GTO of its day, the Type 35R was capable of reaching speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour - positively blinding over a century ago.

This 1911 example is one of the finest and best-known in existence. It belonged to legendary collector Henry Austin "Austie" Clark, Jr., and was a regular fixture at vintage racing events and classic car shows across America. Chassis 35-354 resided for 65 years in Clark's Long Island Automotive Museum, remaining in his family long after the museum closed and merged into the Henry Ford Museum. Now it's going up for auction for the first time in its long life, consigned to RM Auctions that will put it on the block in Monterey during the Pebble Beach weekend, where it is projected to fetch between $2.5 and $3.5 million.

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1911 Mercer Type 35R expected to fetch $3M in Monterey originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know from many, many years of watching classic car auctions, that there are certain qualities that ensure big money. For example, putting tiny silver horses and/or yellow badges on a red car will probably bring in a lot of cash. This is doubly true if said car hails from the 1950s or 1960s, and it's triply true if some dude drove it around in circles or if a celebrity owned it. That, friends, is how you make the serious dosh at auction.

Considering that, we should expect big, big things when this 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 crosses the block at the big RM Auctions event during the festivities surrounding the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Terrence Steven McQueen, better known as Steve McQueen and even better known as the coolest actor of the 1960s and 1970s, originally purchased this car while filming Bullitt in San Francisco, which should provide a big boost to its sale price.

As previously reported, this car has undergone a full restoration and has received its certification from the team at Ferrari Classiche. Beyond that, though, we're kind of in the dark about this beauty. We don't even have a rough guess of how much it'll go for.

That's where you come in. Considering that the price of classic Ferraris is increasing with all the regularity of Old Faithful, how much do you think McQueen's 275 will call for when it hits the stage in August? Head into Comments and let us know.

Steve McQueen's Ferrari 275 GTB/4 to be auctioned in Monterey originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 10 May 2014 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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