Mecum Auction will offer the Ed “Big Daddy” Roth Tweedy Pie - a 1923 Ford T-bucket - at its second annual Mecum Monterey Auction, August 13-14, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort & Spa. Tweedy Pie became an instant American hot rodding icon when replica model car company Revell issued it as a car kit in 1963.  “All enthusiasts from that era remember wanting this particular model car,” said President Dana Mecum.  “That first year, millions of Tweedy Pie model cars flew off the shelves comparable to record sales from such pop phenomenon as The Beatles, immediately catapulting this vehicle into mainstream culture.”

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