US POSTAL SERVICE HONORS 20TH ANNUAL AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS d'ELEGANCE'S HOT ROD CLASS WITH UNIQUE COMMEMORATIVE

March 4, 2015 by Amelia Island Concours

The United States Postal Service will issue a special stamped commemorative envelope on March 15th honoring the Hot Rod commemorative stamps and the 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 15th.

The Hot Rod commemorative stamp was issued on June 6, 2014. To mark the 20th anniversary of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance and memorialize the appearance of the two Hot Rods on the commemorative stamps, the United States Postal Service will offer special envelopes bearing the official logo of the 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance and the commemorative HOT ROD stamps.

Following a special presentation at the judging stand by the Postal Service at 11:00 AM, a limited number of Amelia Concours logoed, HOT ROD stamped and cancelled envelopes will be available for purchase at the HOT RODS, EAST MEETS WEST area of the concours field.

Both '32 Deuce High-Boy Hot Rods chosen by the United States Postal Service for the HOT ROD commemorative stamps will be entered in the 20th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance's HOT RODS, EAST MEETS WEST on March 15, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island.

The black and red Deuce High-Boys are the archetypical American Hot Rods based on the seminal 1932 Ford roadster. More than 332,000 1932 Fords were assembled worldwide, while 12,587 roadsters were built in America. The 1932 model, the immortal 'Deuce' as it became known, was the foundation for decades of American Hot Rods and the obvious choice for the US Postal Service's 2014 commemoratives.

Today the red Bob McGee roadster lives in Beverly Hills, CA in the attentive care of arch-car collector and auto historian Bruce Meyer. Restored by the famous So-Cal Speed Shop, the 'McGee Deuce' was one of the first '32 Ford Roadsters to employ invisible door hinges. The faithful restoration preserves one of the touchstone Hot Rods from the first blush of this uniquely American automotive art. The flamed black Deuce high-boy is the first in a series of five built by Vern Tardel in Santa Rosa, CA and is now owned by Mark Graham of Sioux Falls, SD.