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Lots of Weird going on here - 17" lockring wire wheels, 1930 Packard senior headlamps, and a very unusual B and C  pillar curve on what looks like a pre-1930  LHD Rolls Town car.  Note on the back says taken in 1935 for the California Auto Co.

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Here's a great looking Rolls-Royce!  I wonder if it survived.

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Here's a '38 Packard Super 8 with long wheelbase by The Standard Carriage Works of Los Angeles, CA.  The hood louvers are the tipoff that it isn't a Twelve, and I am troubled by the lack of sidemount tread covers !  Somebody got sloppy here!

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Happy New Year!  Carvana's auto dispensers were beaten to the punch by the "Nash Tower of Value" at the Chicago century of Progress exhibition in '33!  This brochure was put out by Whiting, the company that made the rotating lift mechanism.  Second page shows an aerial view of the whole exhibition, with a circle showing the tower location.  King Kong was released the same year, maybe the fighter planes above the sky are just a precaution !    and, in case this all seems too retouched and partially credible, here's a link to a real photo of the Nash Tower. https://theamcforum.com/forum/nash-tower-of-value_topic75140.html

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Merry Christmas!  Here's the Actress Pauline Starke about to be picked up in her 1926 Packard 8 with Coachwork by Murphy. The notes on the back said her shoes matched the polished belt line of the car!  She has an IMDB page, and it looks like her in this photo.  Not sure the location - looks like a hotel, maybe what is now the Langham in Pasadena?  Not far from Murphy body.  

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Sheepshead bay Raceway infield parking, either Astor Cup race 1918 or 1919 per writing on the back.  What is that speedster lookin' thing aimed at the white painted tree trunk on the left?  It's obscured by other cars but looks like something interesting.  My initial gut reaction - Mercer raceabout looks wrong based on only 3 hood louvers vs 6 louvers on the Mercer pics I see on the internet.

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On 12/4/2021 at 3:47 PM, jukejunkie1015 said:

Silent film star Harold Lloyd and his 1935 Packard Series 12 Limousine.

 

Here's the same car at a  Packard Meet in California a few years ago.   Note the poster board with a blowup of this black & white photo!

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Packard changed the dashboards every series in these years - sometimes just a little, but they're different.  Top to bottom, by approximate year and exact series:   1927 3'd series - note the lever ignition switch to the left.  1928 4th series 8 cylnder  and 5th series 6 cylinder- now all guages, ignition lever is gone, "replaced" by clock.   1929 6th series - flat dash, with kidney and oval gauges, but note the steering column bracket prodruding from the dashboard face. Clock has migrated all the way across the dash to the right side!  1930 7th series - flat dash, woodgrained,  kidney and ovals, lower chrome edge has gradual change from below glovebox doors across the car.  1931 8th series - the lower chrome edge has an abrupt change upwardthen back down as it goes across the car.   These photos are of cars I've either owned or sold over the years.

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5 hours ago, edinmass said:

The doorlock is the perfect accessory!

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Ok everyone Happy Thanksgiving - I'm off to the patio to put the turkey on the smoker!  Not even gonna try to keep up with Ed's photographic output today!  Here's a shot from a promotion in Los Angeles called "Luxury Week".  no luck on Google for that event. .  Not 100% sure on the location - maybe Earle C. Anthony showroom in LA ?  It looks like a dealer plate with the 4B prefix. 

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The 1936 Packard Senior car Lineup, and by close analysis of the bumpers and hood vents, they are, left to right, Twelve, Super Eight, And Eight.  But you know the hood vents are kind of overshadowed by the excellent hood ornament don't you think?

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And here is Mr. Louis Pagett himself, at the wheel of his 1914 Cole.  His sister worked at the Renault Dealership in Chicago , which abruptly closed down under some financial cloud. So Miss Pagett got 2 Montaut paintings that hung at the dealership.  The one depicting the 1905 Renault Racer still survives intact and in the original frame!

 

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Well I guess my Tin Shed comment about the Tri-motor wing in the background went over like a flying brick - I'm reduced to quoting Foghorn Leghorn - "I say it's a joke, son":-)    OK no joking around this time! - Taken at the 1911 International Aviation Meet held at Grant Park in Chicago.  My folks met the original photographer at this event, a Mr. Padgett, who was a neighbor.  Many of the famous aviators of the time attended,  and many of them didn't survive another year because of the inherent un-reliability of their aircraft was the story Mr. Padgett told.   The auto is really hard to identify, it has some sort of advertising banner on top of the hood. 

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As long as we're on the movies - here are some well dressed people having a conference around a '36 Cadillac -  with a corrugated tin shed masquerading as an airplane wing in the background!

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Ed's turntable photo got me thinking I've seen that background before - and sure enough - here it is again with a '33 PackardTwelve stationary coupe, with interesting leather top.   This must have been the factory photo studio.  Are those big black things above it the lighting rig?

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Juergen Schrempp saw this in an old movie stocked by Pacific Auto Rentals and gave him the idea for the corporate events of 1998

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12 hours ago, edinmass said:

Ok......I would LOVE to make a comment of a political nature about this being someones new official ride.......but the photo is too good to have taken down.

 

Look close at the rear window and body. Name the coach builder. 

 

 

This looks to me like a 1929 Packard 640 - or maybe a 645 sedan, with a Dietrich body tag ( can't read it but it's the right shape just behind the sidemount.  Parabolic headlamps and cowl band mounted parking lights preclude '28 4th series or '30 7th series.  And of course someone modified for the rear view!

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This is a Rolls Royce Factory photo - with a label on the back "PII Sedanca-de-Ville by Windover.  That's a pretty flashy design, with aero fenders, individual step plates, and those 3 chrome strips.  Are we sure it's a Windover?  looks French to me .

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Here's a Rolls Ghost Town Car, taken in Exposition Park in Los Angeles in 1930.  Rear brake only car, - pre 1925 -  so Thurston Howell the first must have been having a lean few years! Could that be him in the impossible social situation of driving his own car?  Lovey! Bring me a cocktail!  Drat this Prohibition!

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Greetings from Hollywood, CA. Looks like a movie still but I must have missed it at the theater!

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Looks like a '31 or '32 Auburn with some sort of Tri-Motor aircraft in the background!  Riding in style on land and in the air!

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Here's a promo from a 1934 movie. The Cadillac 16 looks like a few years old by then!  One of the 2 top billed stars is visible.

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How about a 1929 Stutz Blackhawk Service car - with '29 Dealer plate and Charles J Neeland dealership script on the door.

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Wow look at this early race car.  I have no idea what it is - is that a side mounted radiator or is it a steam car?  The photo was taken by a New York photography studio, but no other clues as to the car type.

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The folklore was you could balance a nickel on the hood ornament of a running Marmon Sixteen - but this earlier balancing effort seems a little more spectacular!