The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb started in 1916, and among the entrants that year was a small fleet of four Ford Model Ts. A Ford didn't win until 1922, but they did make it to the top in '16. Amazingly, the very first one of those Ts survived, and the 1914 Touring is coming up at Regency's Bluefield, Virginia, auction October 22.

There are 45 assorted vehicles in the sale, and it's also worth mentioning their 1925 Reo roadster. The Standard Catalog doesn't list a roadster between 1923 and 1925, and hypothetically, a '26 will have a first-year handbrake instead of the hill-holder clutch/brake. We don't think we're looking at the '27 Flying Cloud roadster, as it doesn't appear to have that car's hydraulic brakes, and they're generally on artillery spoke wheels.

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