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12 hours ago, Uptowndodge said:
John, I’m am going through the same thing, my 36 Buick special has 4.4 gear ratio I’m trying to put a rear end from 36 Buick Century 3.9 gear ratio but keep running into lil problems but I’ll get it figured soon or do like you leave it alone
I have read somewhere that it is possible to fit a taller gear set from an early 1950s car into those later 1930s Buicks. Whether that applies to the '36 rear end I don't know. The '36 Century diff may be bigger than the Special diff?
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On 1/25/2022 at 6:28 PM, John Greenwood said:
Thankyou it is good to receive advise from a past owner of the similar car and series
Having owned and driven a 1934 chev sedan and a 1930 model A ford roadster,they both were happy at 50 mph so I thought the 1934 Buick being a more expensive car would of had longer legs on the highway
so it’s going to be a fully enclosed car trailer as a better solution for me on long rally’s especially as it’s the only known survivor
It is worth remembering of course that a straight eight, especially a closed car, will always sound busier than a six or four, especially these older cars with little sound proofing. I reckon a coupe will be noisier than a sedan due to the restricted interior space. At least by 1934 most cars had a silent second gear. part of the 'charm' of driving the older ones is the noisy second. My 1929 Studebaker is like that.
We are a little spoilt these days with modern cars being so quiet. There are a few videos of Duesenbergs on the road and they are not quiet, although I am sure they are taller geared.
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2 hours ago, John Greenwood said:
What car did your diff come from as I thought the 40 and 50 series 1934 Buicks had the same diff 4.88 to 1
I don't think there is anything which interchanges between the Series 50 and 40. The series 50 has history going back to the Marquette I think, whereas the Series 40, as far as I know, uses a Pontiac gearbox and diff, and of course the new design engine which continued in production through to 1953. Looking at the figures quoted in The Standard Catalog the 1934 Pontiac diff ratio was 4.55 - so I guess the Buick version was a 'special'. 1934 and '35 were the only year Series 40s to use the 4.33 diff. From 1936 on it was 4.44. Another point to remember re the Series 40 was that it had a mid-year introduction - only arriving on the market in May of 1934. The reason being that it was realised that Buick urgently needed a lower price car and it was the Series 40 that was developed very quickly. The very early Series 40 engines had weak conrods and were know to break them. I had one engine that had a patch on the side of the block.
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The stock rear end ratio for the Series 50 is 4.88:1. I have the factory speed vs revs charts put away somewhere that were sent to me by the factory in the early 1970s. The basic ratio info is also in The Standard Catalog. The Series 60 rear end is 4.7 and the 90 4.36. I suspect these early diffs have no interchangeability with post WW2 models that the late 1930s models have.
The Series 40 that I have has a 4.33 rear end which means it does 3,200 rpm at 60 mph.
My 1929 Studebaker has a 4.66:1 rear end and will cruise at 50 mph which is about 2600 rpm and does sound like it is working hard.
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23 minutes ago, John Greenwood said:
Yes this is my car now
There are a few Series 50s in NZ - not very many left though as only 31 Model 57 sedans were imported plus one 56S coupe. As far as I know the coupe has survived although I have not heard of it for many years. Of course all of the Buicks sold new in NZ came from Flint, with factory Fisher bodies. Some models were locally assembled but all of the less common ones - coupes etc were imported built up.
I have a 1934 Holden body 40 series sedan which was privately imported from Oz about 1946 and was bought by my grandparents soon after. I believe there may be as many as three of them here in NZ, plus the green roadster that was imported in recent years. Unfortunately my sedan is now probably beyond economical restoration. It is all there but needs a complete body rebuild.
Do you know of the whereabouts of this 57 sedan? It is a McLaughlin and is on wire wheels. It was sold new in UK to an NZ family who toured Europe with it before importing it to NZ. This photo was taken in 1996 not long after it was restored. Even though he did a lot himself I recall him saying he spent over $60k on it - in the 1980s! The owner took it with him to the Gold Coast not long after. He was well on in years then and suffering from emphysema (the reason for his move to Oz) and is most likely no longer with us.
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Sharing this one because the car is relatively uncommon.
The folks are the grandparents of Bill Hall, somewhere in Western Colorado.
I think the car is a 1926 Willys Overland Six.
By coincidence I found there is one for sale - 1926 Willys Overland rare six cylinder two door for sale in East Palatka, Florida, United States for sale: photos, technical specifications, description (classiccardb.com)
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1 hour ago, TerryB said:
Fixed my comment on the “Marmon”. Apparently the spell checker never heard of Marmon.
Yes, autocorrect can be quite persistent at times. It will insist quite strongly that Willys should be spelt with an apostrophe between the y and s. Poor old John North W must roll in his grave every time it happens.
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Auburn, California, circa 1910.
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Looks better than the one in my '65 Bonneville -
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Back in 1978 I met a guy in Florida who had a whole warehouse full of that 'knock-off' stuff. I wasn't in any position to follow up on it and never did.
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5 hours ago, twin6 said:
Suggested elsewhere to be a 1912-13 Pierce-Arrow 48.
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A 1908 Corbin taxi - posted by Mark Johnson on facebook -
"Pictured here is a New Britain, Connecticut made 1908 Corbin Taxi. It is parked in front of the Corbin Motor Vehicle Corporation Showroom at 1888 Broadway in New York City. Broadway was the automobile mecca in the early 1900, where manufacturers needed to have a presence to make it in this new industry. Next to Corbin was the Matheson showroom on one side and Lozier showroom on the other.
This Corbin taxi looks well worn. Notice that it has no radiator cap; 1908 was the last year of Corbin’s air-cooled motors, in 1909 to 1912 they were only water-cooled. The gas headlamps were removed even though the holders remain. I assume they only used the taxi during the day.
In 1908 the streets of New York were filled with both horses and automobiles. You can see evidence of a horse beside the Corbin and that’s why the automobiles were a welcome replacement.
Reminder, the remaining Corbin Automobiles will be gathering at Klingberg Motorcar Event on June 18th. www.KlingbergMotorcarSeries.org"
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4 hours ago, edinmass said:
FRP?
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4 hours ago, edinmass said:
A few older ones of these Japanese funeral cars have found their way to New Zealand. Even though they look to be based on some large and impressive vehicle they are usually something quite mundane underneath - often a small pickup.
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It is a Horch - horch fire engine - Bing images
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A great photo posted on the AACA facebook page by Terry Weber.
The long hood suggests it may be a six?
"1907 Welch, the first automobile to enter Rawhide, Nevada. Rawhide was a mining Boom Town which grew fast and died fast and is now a Ghost Town."
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3 hours ago, Leif Holmberg said:
Thanks Ariejan NL.
It looks like the car X1110 was registred the 9/6 1921 by the big boss K F Göransson working for Sandvikens Jernverk.The model was 16-45 in my register and that`s the only Mercedes in the area close to where I live.
I thougt it was the end of the car life but after this picture it was sold to Stockholm and got A7137 as reg.number.
What do you think,could it be a 1920s Mercedes or close to that?The rear fenders looks newer than 1914-1915s Mercedes?
Ariejan notes it is a Benz. A different car from a Mercedes at that time?
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11 hours ago, twin6 said:
Another mystery, not a Pope.
Suggested elsewhere to be a 1908 Haynes Model W.
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Another unidentified roadster.
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15 minutes ago, ron hausmann said:
Nccarnerd and edinmass,
Yes it could be a side seat - I’m just thinking that if it is, it’s not a production model but a custom or prototype.
RonI suspect almost every car at that event may have been a custom of some sort.
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Some great photos taken in Spain of the 1912 Hispano-Suiza owned by Dr Carulla of Barcelona. Photo credit to the Hispano-Suiza Society facebook page.
I think that photo three may have been taken some time after photo two as the women's skirts are shorter.
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1 hour ago, ron hausmann said:
All,
I’m still not convinced that that fold-down door is a side seat.
If it is a seat in there, the mechanics of the exposed bottom hinges, besides being unsightly, would not operate easily to make it a seat. It could of course be an add on. The mechanism on the running board could be a footrest, or something else. And again, except for custom jobs or prototypes, American production cars which had “suicide” or “outrigger seats” were Pilot Roadster (one seat 1920-1922 ish), Paige Daytona (one seat 1922-1924 ish), and Kissel (two seats 1919-mid 1923).Like many of you, I’m stumped by the picture too.
Ron Hausmann
The examples you quote are all from 1919 or later. Our mystery pic was taken in 1917. I guess we will just have to hope some more pics from that event show up sometime.
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2 hours ago, edinmass said:
Anyone want to ID the car the lady with the gun is sitting on?
It is either a Type 51 or a Type 53. Apparently for the Type 53 the hood was raised a little so that 'the transition in the cowl from the hood is less abrupt'. I reckon this one could be a 53.
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2 hours ago, edinmass said:
I'm gonna go out on a limb.........C-3 Cunningham with a best guess Blue Ribbon Body done in NYC. I think it's a special-special. The steering wheel controls don't look like regular Cunningham, and that's going to be the clue that ID's the car.........neat photo, and I love a mystery.
Is that steering wheel a regular production item or a 'special'? It appears that 'cross tube' is what supports the two inner half circles. I wonder what the shiny fitting clamped the to column is holding.
It is unfortunate that all of these photos from that Auto Fashion Show are quite low res and can't be blown up much.
Did you have any thoughts on the four seater on disc wheels and what look to be Oldsmobile hubcaps?
Looking at the group photo of the girls on the big wire-wheeled Winton there seems to have been no concern about the 'scruffy' ground.
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1928 Erskine axle
in Studebaker, Erskine & Rockne
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Maybe post a pic of the broken one with detailed dimensions etc. There are probably some in someone's parts stock somewhere that they don't know what they are for.