nzcarnerd Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 What is the big wire wheeled car? Looks to be a four cylinder Buick on the hook. I think the car with the Cyclops Briscoe in tow is a teens Hupmobile. Photo credit - heritage images 1533-ALBUM-295-49-2 , 7 , 3 , 8 , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gillingham Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) I think it's a Cadillac. They used Rudge wheels, but it's a bit hard to tell if they are for sure from this photo. Edited October 8, 2018 by Craig Gillingham Grammar. (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Has what looks like to be "NASH" above the driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 13 minutes ago, 1939_Buick said: Has what looks like to be "NASH" above the driver Millers were Nash Agents for some time. Here are some photos of 1935 LaFayettes being uncrated, posted this evening on facebook by Paul Greer whose uncle acquired the originals - whether he actually took them or had them given to him was not specified. I haven't identified the trucks yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 And from an archive source a photo taken a year later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 More re Millers tow trucks. Here is the wire wheeled one taken in 1929 being driven by George Sherwin, great uncle of Paul Greer who supplied the photos.. It is a Cadillac Type 51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Millers also had a Chandler tow truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Re uncrating a car on the dock. I knew a chap in North Canterbury (north of Christchurch) whose father bought a new 1939 Studebaker Commander sedan. Cuthbert told me how he went as a child with his father to pick the car up from the dock. It was crated in the same way as shown above, sitting on the brake backing plates or drums with the wheels in the boot (it was a trunk when it left USA). This was about 1990 I think; he still had the car, which was in excellent condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gillingham Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Quote Millers were Nash Agents for some time. Here are some photos of 1935 LaFayettes being uncrated, posted this evening on facebook by Paul Greer whose uncle acquired the originals - whether he actually took them or had them given to him was not specified. I haven't identified the trucks yet. 1 The one in the middle is an SL36 International. I don't know what the other two are, but they look very British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 6:17 PM, Craig Gillingham said: The one in the middle is an SL36 International. I don't know what the other two are, but they look very British. Agreed. Truck in the middle is a late 20's cornbinder. Truck on the right appears to be almost new, possibly a Morris Commercial. Truck on left also British, possibly with a locally produced body. Thornycroft, maybe? Harder to identify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gillingham Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Quote Truck on the right appears to be almost new, possibly a Morris Commercial. I think you're right, it appears to be a C Type Morris Commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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