AHa

Chalmers Detroit

I was told this was a line boring tool when I got it but I don't see how it could be. Does anybody recognize anything? I don't understand how I can post a picture that I can see on my computer but nobody else can see.

Here is a picture of the garage of the Morrisons of Spring Lake, NJ. My grandfather was Chauffuer to Mrs, Morrison and drove the Lincoln. His Brother was chauffuer to Mr Morrison. I'm not sure which car he drove or why they needed four cars. I believe the house and garage still exists. Mr Morrison was somehow connected to the coal industry I believe.

Here is a production car with a hood strap so I stand corrected.

Packard

Matheson

Don't forget the lady behind the wheel! I was thinking the leather hold down straps were a race car feature and not necessary on standard cars. There are other 6 cylinder cars that had hood handles at the top of the side panel of the hood, though I would expect the hood to be hard to open with a handle placed as this one is.

Interesting. I have never seen a windshield like that before. There are handles on each side to hold the position of the upper half and it is multi positional with a long rolled track. The hood has handles on the top half. The identifying feature may be the shifter. I have seen a make of car with that bent shifter before but can't place the make.

1910 Pierce Arrow

So how many model Ks are known to survive?

I believe that article was in the HCCA Gazette. I remember reading an article along those lines. Not only do the horns appear to bend at different angles, they also appear to be of different construction. One appears to be a conventional frame horn while the other appears to be a casting. Very strange indeed.

This picture, along with the two above, are copyrighted images. Since this is not a commercial enterprise and no one is profiting financially from the images, I don't see a problem with posting them here. If I am wrong, please tell me. If you click on the image, it will take you to a site where the image can be purchased or the right of use can be purchased. All three images are of Staver cars.

500 × 398

500 × 403

Ah, those were the days, when roads were really roads! If only we could go back to the good old days.

And of course here's a race car of a different sort.

It took two people to start this one!

Let's build one of these.

I remember those days, days when the greatest NASCAR drivers struggled financially from week to week and many still had full time jobs and worked on their cars at night. There was a whole different definition of racing. Today NASCAR has rules that demand each car be exactly the same. It's not about the cars anymore; it's about the skill of the driver and a lot of carma.

Otto Timm and Ted Moore with Peerless

Mr Earl, Can you post any further information concerning the Great Marquette Buick? I've seen pictures of the car before but am unfamiliar with it. Am I correct in assuming it was made by Marquette, or was it made by Buick for Marquette, or under license?

If this is a Buick, and I'm not saying it ain't, then it is not a production model. To my knowledge, all of the larger size production cars used shaft drive. What are the advantages/disadvantages of shaft drive? I know most if not all earlier large displacement cars used chain drive but by 1910, most had switched to shaft drive. Why would Buick build a special chain drive racer in 1910/11?

Let me change my question. What model Buick is this? This is not a model C, or F, or G or model 14 or model 5. I had understood that Buick used model 16 chassis for racing but I'm not aware of any chain drive model 16s. I am told one guy raced a model 43 prolifically. Is this a model 43?