Restorer32 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 In 1970 I found myself in the Phillipines. In a public park in Manila I saw a 1939? Cadillac with a crude sign identifying it as Douglas Macarthur's staff car. It was parked under an open stone arch and was in sad shape. I understand that it was eventually rescued and restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Could it be this one???Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Possibly, though i don't remember it being an open front town car but then I wasn't particularly a "car guy" at that point in my life. I might have a pic of it somewhere...now where did I put that tray of 35 mm black and white slides...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 More probably this one based on your description. Photo and link to the article.Billhttp://oboi-laboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/gen-macarthur-car-in-baler.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Back to the subject of Chevrolet Imperials, you have downloaded a lot of the background information supplied by Oracle/David so I will just post some photos I collected over the years.Bill1937 model from Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 1936 model used by King Haakon of Norway.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Interior of a 1939 model by Lilpop of Poland.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just for grins, a 1936 "street rod" from Sweden.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 More probably this one based on your description. Photo and link to the article.Billhttp://oboi-laboy.blogspot.com/2011/12/gen-macarthur-car-in-baler.html[ATTACH=CONFIG]260358[/ATTACH]This must be the one I saw. Hopefully it's stored under better conditions now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 During at least part of the period 1937-1941, MacArthur was a Field Marshall in the Phillipines Armed Forces after retiring from the US Army. As such, he was as important as Quezon, the then President and had his choice of living quarters, automobiles and aircraft.Once he returned to the US Army, he still had some pretty nice "rolling stock" to choose from. An example here. I believe this was taken in Japan where he also lived the life of a "king/emperor" until the Korean War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just to keep it interesting, here a 1936 Studebaker at the dealer in Surabaya Java/Indonesia.This was celebrating the delivery of the first 1937 models and you can see one to the right of the subject car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Bill,That's a very narrow door and opening on the '39 Lilipop Poland car with jumps seats. Could it be just a standard sedan with fixed front seat and jump seats? Looks like a taxi with the front jump/auxiliary passenger seat.Excerpted from a post on the ChevyTalk Forum, the thread includes a '35 Glaser Imperial Cabrio..."I had a copy of a 1935 date Price List for Chevrolets sold in the UK This must have been for the October 1935 London Motor Show. Now, note the long wheelbase models referred to [these must have been EA/EC series]: MASTER IMPERIAL SERIES 26.3HP 124 ¾ in. wheelbase 4-DOOR CABRIOLET FROM £445 7-SEATER LIMOUSINE FROM £445 [Model 1223]7-SEATER SEDAN (AVAILABLE ONLY TO SPECIAL ORDER) FROM £440 [Model 1323?]"What a handsome sedan, that '37, thanks for the image. You must have quite a collection, TG Edited July 23, 2014 by TG57Roadmaster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hi TG:Yup, looks like a modified standard wheelbase model. My eyes are not what they used to be and when I download or post this stuff at 0430-0530 in the morning sometimes I mess up.Here is an ex ebay shot of an Imperial captured by the Germans, most likely in France in early WWII.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I will do some more Chevrolet Imperials in a bit but while we are on the subject of Imperials, here is a Chrysler or two. A 1939 from Brazil.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Not a great photo, but said to be a 1939 Chrysler Imperial with body by Pourtout of France. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Doug was mostly into Caddies and Packards. Here he's in a Lincoln. Nice to see him spreading it around. He also had a 50 Imperial, maybe the one in the picture. http://framework.latimes.com/2013/06/25/heros-welcome-for-gen-macarthur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Doug was mostly into Caddies and Packards. Here he's in a Lincoln. Nice to see him spreading it around. He also had a 50 Imperial. http://framework.latimes.com/2013/06/25/heros-welcome-for-gen-macarthur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Hi Dave:Here is the link to the Imperial.Billhttp://www.macarthurmemorial.org/m_v_limousine.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Change of pace. A 1938 Chevrolet "tender" in Palestine. Now called Israel, hence the caption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Another one a bit off the path. 1941 Plymouth Command Car used by the Argentinian Armed Forces.Note the "shaved" fenders for more tire clearance.Bill Edited July 26, 2014 by bill murray typed wrong year (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 A 1939 Buick being used by the German Navy (WM) in Greece.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I believe this is a Nash Ambassador 1941. From Turkey.............Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 1939 Mercury used by Gen. Patton. Liberation of Paris.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 1936 ford used by Japanese forces with several Ford trucks in the background. Photo probably taken in China.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Here is one that may be unusual.1940 Ford in one of the former Soviet Union countries that looks to me like a stretched version, perhaps originally used as a hire car/limousine/taxi. It may just be the angle of the photo, but it sure looks like a Chevrolet Imperial style car.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Here, a 1939 Dodge used in India as a taxi, photo taken postwar.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Patton's last rideThe official story on Patton has been challenged and there is a great deal of controversy about the facts and circumstances of his death. Most versions of the story are that the fatal accident occurred in his Cadillac staff car pictured above. In a second story it is said that Patton was uninjured after the crash, where he was transferred to a jeep, which in turn crashed in a second accident causing the injuries.Mystery surround the crash. It is alleged that 1) The name of the driver of the truck that hit Patton's Cadillac and the exact details were never fully disclosed. 2) Second crash? It is alleged that on the way to the hospital Patton's vehicle was then hit again bylarge Army truck, causing much more serious injuries. Have more info? Send it to Car-Accidents.com and we will post it right here on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50jetback Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Not sure of the make - possibly Plymouth in a street parade in 1946 - Field Marshall Montgomery visit to Perth, Western Australia.Police Motorcycle escort are early 40's UL Harley Davidson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry W Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 For what it's worth, my high school auto shop had a 1957 Chevrolet 150 4 door sedan US Army staff car painted drab army green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hi Larry:Only shot I could find.bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hi Stuart:I saw that photo a long time ago on a WWII history site and it was identified as a 1936 Dodge.A photo of the front of one such is below. No horizontal bars on your photo but the rest seems to fit.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hi Dave:I generally stay out of this stuff, "conspiracy theories", but this one may have some legs.Fairly recent article below.Billhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3869117/General-George-S.-Patton-was-assassinated-to-silence-his-criticism-of-allied-war-leaders-claims-new-book.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 1939 Mercury. Still in the behind the Iron Curtain grouping.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Not sure of the make - possibly Plymouth in a street parade in 1946 - Field Marshall Montgomery visit to Perth, Western Australia.Police Motorcycle escort are early 40's UL Harley Davidson.Yes....it is a 1936 Plymouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thanks Keiser:A Dodge without horizontal bars in the grille is always a Plymouth, at least in 1936.........Here is another one, this one from Hungary.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Period photo of a Plymouth dealer in Denmark 1932.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 A 1934 7 passenger Plymouth from Jugoslavia.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry W Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hi Larry:Only shot I could find.bill[ATTACH=CONFIG]260905[/ATTACH]Yeah, that's what it looked like alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bill murray Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Hi Larry:My Brother-In-Law was in the US Army stationed in Germany in the early 1960's. He was an MP and drove a car like this one.This one is resident in Texas, but looks exactly like my Brother-In-Law's car.I have sent him an email to see if he can forward a photo of his actual car which I saw many years ago.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Graham Clayton Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 1940 Chevrolet with Australian "woodie" body in Egypt: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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