The history behind the Bucciali brand is a one of undaunted ambition wrecked by the Great Depression. The company was run by two brothers, Albert and Angelo who cut their teeth in racing and let their ambition run wild, planning to take the innovative idea Albert had been pondering for years and put it into production. What did this effort produce? A series of prototypes dubbed TAV, short for Traction Avant, yes front wheel drive. Their prototypes received warm praise at all the shows, but they received no orders for cars. Despite upgrading technologies, adding new custom coachwork and touring the America's they only managed to receive one buyer during the 1930 Paris Motor Show, Georges Roure. After fitting the car with a Voison V12 to their patented front wheel drive system, Roure commissioned Saoutchik coachwork and it eventually got a name, the "Fleche d'Or" or Golden Arrow. Unfortunately, it was only trotted out for the media for some reason, so you won't see it at weekend's Meadow Brook Concous d'Elegance.

The Super Mustang was actually a collaboration between McEwan and Ford Motor Company and it's nothing if not jaw-droppingly cool. What's funny about the car is it's essentially traditional mechanical construction for dragsters of the era. A monster motor sits ahead of the driver, who sits with his legs over the rear axle. What's unique is the all-fiberglass and plexi streamlined body with a Mustang logo in a plexi-bubble up front to let everyone know it's quite obviously all Ford Mustang underneath, or at least was a great marketing tool. If you want the absolute whole story on the car and have stacks of vintage Car Craft's laying around, check out the April 1967 edition, it's the cover story.

There wasn't much to report from the mansion at Meadow Brook, but there certainly were some automotive gems parked on the forecourt. This P3/4 caught our attention immediately. It may be dressed in race livery but it's road legal, with the requisite treaded tires, headlights, brake lights, turn signals and great heaping bags of cold filtered awesome. No small surprise considering this is James Glickenhaus' P3/4, the very same which inspired his modern Pininfarina-styled Ferrari 612 P4/5.

This motive force behind the car is BAT aficionado Dr. Gary Kaberle. Dr. Kaberle began his love of the series when he purchased one of the concepts at the tender age of 17. His original was sold to help pay for treatment for his wife when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After she passed away, he decided to build another one in honor of her. He's actually working on a book about his passion for the cars and the process of building this one, and much of the proceeds from his works will go to breast cancer research.