sight that turned Bermudian heads on Lane Hill yesterday.

For those who like vintage cars from the pre-1914 "Brass Era,'' there is much more to see this week.

In what organiser Mr. David Thompson describes as one of the largest and highest-quality antique car tours ever organised, 49 cars, one motorcycle and one 83-year-old bus are on the Island.

They arrived aboard the container ship Oleander , and while most of the owners reported a smooth crossing, Mr. Ken MacDowell of Cleveland found his Maxwell arrived with dirt in the fuel line that caused it to stall.

"It only died coming up hills,'' as lines of cars formed behind him, Mr.

MacDowell said. But "everybody was very nice,'' he said. "Not one guy said: `You damn dirty no good, get out of the way'.'' Mr. MacDowell got plenty of offers of help, but it was fellow American Mr.

Paul Tusek who came to his rescue, towing Mr. MacDowell and his vintage wheels to Horizons & Cottages.

Not as fancy as many of the rare cars on display this week, the Fords are indisputably the workhorses. Mr. Vincent Angiolillo towed a 1904 Columbia yesterday with his 1910 Model T.

"The Fords seem to keep on running,'' Mr. Angiolillo said. "They're not as temperamental.'' While the old cars look strange on Bermuda roads, perhaps they should not.

Unlike the cars locals drive, many of them were built for a 20-

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