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1914 Lewis, I believe built in Racine, at a meet decades ago.  Supposedly the car was discovered in Vermont.  This might be the only example that survived, and I assume it's alive and well, somewhere.

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The '12 Simplex in the film was being driven by its original owner, Eleonora Sears.  Sam Eliot owned the car in '39.  I'm not a good judge of color!

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Does anyone know whose car had a small fire about 11 minutes into the film?

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The 1911 Stanley model 63 at Raceland was one of many cars entered that day by Cam Bradley.  Subsequent owners included Austin Clark.  We know the car's first owner resided in West Burke, Vermont.  This photo is of a similar car taken during the Chelsea, Vermont Old Home Days parade in 1934, then owned by Max Hayward.  No one seems to know what happened to Hayward's car.  Did it not survive the WW2 scrap drives, or could it possibly be the model 63 that Bradley owned in 1939?

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14 hours ago, A. Ballard 35R said:

Wonderful film of one of the early meets. My father was at that meet driving up from Philadelphia in his 2nd series Packard twin six with George Gerenbeck, George Hughes and Ted Fiala. The 8MM black and white movies that he took are not nearly as nice as the Cam Bradley ones. I can identify a number of the cars and people based on seeing the movie many times and hearing who was in which car. The various events and contests were common at many of the events except spearing the hoops off of the stanchions. I specifically remember being told how someone fell out of the car while attempting this feat. Many great cars and wonderful people, a number of which I can still identify. The race cars are especially wonderful and I wonder who is driving Old 16, perhaps Joe Sessions since I believe he owned it at the time of this meet.

It is a fabulous film, and it's interesting to learn what was of interest to viewers today from the posts.  For a one day event, they sure squeezed in a lot of activity.  I enjoyed seeing Frank Gardner, then a teenager, in his Franklin doing an admirable job on the teeter-totter.  Was that a young Austin Clark overseeing that event, standing behind?  Bradley and Waterman furnished a lot of cars that day.

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Thanks, Bob.  I'll keep looking.  I'm in touch with someone who has a similar car restoration project, a basket case, and would like to make contact with the current owner. 

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It's wonderful to know the Parker Lozier has been rebuilt following that fire.  Here's Francis Ludington's 1911 American Underslung model 30 (5 passenger ) at an event in New York City in 1959.  Does anyone know its current whereabouts? 

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V. R. Rainer of Portland, OR bought this 1910 White OO in 1947.  There are almost 30 OO's extant, but linking this to a specific survivor has eluded the roster keeper for White steamers.  Can anyone help?

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Another '13 Lozier I assume is still around.  Photos from the 1950's, I believe, Alberta, Canada.  Thank you Lozierman and others for helping ID cars from long ago.

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More fun with an old car in the 1950's.  Have no idea who these folks are, or where that Rolls is today, but I'll bet it looks a lot better now.

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Here are a couple photos of Joe and Helen Murchio (sorry about image quality) from the 1950's.  They are seated in a Corbin, and the other car is one I can't identify but hope someone can.  Just recently learned he had a twin six in the 1940's, and I'm in touch with the current owner.  Where these other cars of his, today?

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On 1/3/2019 at 9:30 PM, vermontboy said:

This is one of several pictures taken at the 1961 Pierce Arrow meet in North Conway, NH that I posted a few years back in the Pierce-Arrow forum. Someone asked about this car but there was never a response as to it's derivation or present location.  Anyone have any information?

 

 

 

1925 series 33 owned then by Charles Thompson, South Tamworth, NH.  Don't know where it is today, sorry.  His wife's uncle was the original owner.

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James Melton’s 1903 White steamer at an event, date not known.  You can see this car (and others) in motion, in the pre-race parade at Indy in 1946 here.  The oldest cars in the parade are, in order of appearance, an 1897 Roberts Electric, a 1900 curved dash Olds, Melton’s White, a 1908 Buick (smoking enough it looks like a Stanley), a 1910 model T, a 1910 Olds Limited, a 1913 Chevrolet and a Packard 2^nd series twin six.  I’m familiar with some of these cars, but wonder if the Olds limited is one anyone can ID as to owner then or now.

There are other cars that followed the earliest, and I'll defer to others to identify those.

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On 1/1/2019 at 2:57 PM, edinmass said:

Per your request..........

 

 

I'll venture where I shouldn't..... Auburn 851?    No idea if the car or smoker survived, but I hope both did.

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Ray, thanks for that -- it's wonderful to know that 70 years on, that car is still in great shape and getting out.

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3 hours ago, alsancle said:

Show off!  

Yes, and when he wakes up, time to say 3 Hail Mary's and his turn to post a 60+ year old snapshot to challenge the viewers.  I'm envious of that ride!

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Joe Knowles' 1909 Stevens Duryea, a common site on tours in New England in the 1950's.  Would love to know its fate.

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What I know about Olds, could fill a thimble.  I got a PM saying it's an Autocrat, not a Limited, and edited the original post.  Looks like a serious car that ought to be well cared for in someone's collection today, somewhere!

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Olds Autocrat in a parade of antique cars, Ocean City, NJ c. 1948.  Who owned it then, and where is it today?

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17 hours ago, 1937hd45 said:

Was the above Packard in the Briggs Cunningham collection at on time?

Yes, I learned that Cunningham bought the car from Badenhausen's son in 1952 so that helps a bit in dating the photo.

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Packard 1006 Individual Custom Dietrich sport phaeton, decades ago when owned by Bayard Badenhausen.  Not sure where this is today.

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I did not know about the museum, but Harold Bertrand had two Packards that survive: a model 48 (1912) and a second series twin six.  The Julian mentioned in the article must be the one Harrah ended up with (I seem to recall there was only one).

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Rolls project, maybe dating to the 1950's?

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Yes, that 48 is alive and well, and it was owned for quite a while by Walt Levino, who lived in Peekskill, NY.  The roster page for that car, which includes ownership back to original, is here.

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4 hours ago, C Carl said:

Guys  : I am hoping that the "little guy" in the picture Guy took, survived, thrived, and is still enjoying old cars....   -  Old Cadillac Carl 

 

That was Guy Slaughter's son, so all things being equal there's a good chance he's still around even if the car is long gone.