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This VanDerBrink Auction at Springfield, Michigan, June 15, 2019 includes a 1931 REO Flying Cloud 8-31 sedan:: http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auction/vintage-motorcycles-race-cars-collector-cars-parts/

Please save that rare Graham-Paige 629 town sedan, its too rare to lose! Value restored bedamned, conservatorship of a sole survivor is worthy objective in and of itself! Steve

Only the small run of Hayes-bodied coupes were the only bodies Hayes built for Chrysler who sourced the others from Briggs. Hayes was building Combination Coupes for Graham Sharknose with the same handsome thin, chrome window frames. The '39-'40 Mercury coupes of similar detail were Murray is memory serves. About twenty to twenty-five years ago at the Dunkirk Flea Market, I came upon an unrestored original black 1939 Chrysler C-23 (eight cylinder) Victoria Coupe by Hayes on a car trailer for sale. There were only 35 Imperials, 99 New Yorkers and 134 Saratoga Victoria Coupes built, it was a New Yorker, in decent, restorable condition. I never saw or heard anything of it again. Does anyone know of this car and its disposition? Steve

When I hear "Look, up in the sky" I think of the Willys 77! Caricatured in the 1930's rubbery cartoon style, it would be hilarious!

Bowdown hood, Look-up-in-the-sky headlights and starfish wheels, almost a cartoon car. Not every car Amos Northup designed was a masterpiece.

Another ghastly and pretentious replica, run away, NOW!

Willys Whippet with another make front bumper?

Advertisements peddling those Prinzing neo-classic replicars used to appear in Hemmings. Like most all of the genre, two words apply: ghastly and pretentious! Cars made specifically for those with NO taste and entirely TOO much money! Remember, there is a butt for every seat.

Its a '36 Oldsmobile Eight Model L Henney Progress Model 764 by the Oldsmobile Crestline history. The Oldsmobile commercial chassis were also used by Sayers & Scoville for ambulance and hearse production, they were a less costly line.

Forward spam emails to spam@uce.gov, makes them go away.

Walt, A photo of the Cadillac 341 Series with Hibbard & Darrin torpedo phaeton can be found on page 263 of Cadillac, Standard of the World, The Complete Seventy Year History by Maurice D. Hendry. I recall reading H & D licensed Gill in England to build the design as well. The style also was mounted on Stutz chassis.

The Graham Owners Club would be a good place to investigate what parts sources are available. There used to be a warehouse in Auburn, Indiana that still offered NOS Graham and Hupmobile parts from the leftover stocks of those companies, tracking it down would be worthwhile. The 629 is in specification almost identical to the Packard 526 and 533, wheelbase between at 129", same displacement six cylinder, long-stroke and torquey. The Graham club could enlighten as to what the survival rate is for known cars, I'd surmise its quite low and rare. Good luck.

That's a interesting Graham-Paige, the only series listing four window Town Sedans are the Model 629 and 835. Since the model numbers denote number of cylinders and wheelbase length, a quick measurement hub to hub will answer which series it is. The 1928 and First Series 1929 629 had their largest six cylinder engine 288.6 shared with the 619. At $1,985-$2,185, these competed with Studebaker President FA & FB, Buick Six 129, Willys-Knight 66A & 66B, Hupmobile Century 125 & M, Jordan 8JE, Auburn 8-88 & 8-120, a crowded market segment. While it would be a worthwhile restoration of a rare car, not one to do if this is one's first collector car and/or have any hope of recouping the investment. Please let us know what model that Graham-Paige is.

Stateside, its my understanding the Hibbard & Darrin licensed Derham to build their Torpedo Transformable Phaeton, which as noted was also mounted on Cadillac 341, Lincoln L, Packard 645, DuPont G and Duesenberg J. The convertible coupe version also appeared on most of those same fine chassis as well as Pierce-Arrow, even became the basis for their own convertible coupe design. Yes Mr. Gosden, please write down all the personal stories you've been privy to in conversations and correspondence with well-known designers and coachbuilders, there is an eager and ready audience who would very much like to read them.

The 1933 Sixteen was the first year the spinner-style was optional. Bets are the chauffeur had to keep an eye on those to make sure they weren't stolen.

Thanks for the chuckle! Lambasted: to administer a verbal thrashing to, censure. I hope those headlight buckets aren't feeling too badly about themselves after that...

1954 Kaiser Darrin body shell components.

Mark I recall seeing a 1985-'89 Town Car with a 1980-'83 Mark VI four door deck lid fitted back when those were nearly new cars. It seemed to be a natural fit. No doubt they had to remove the reflector panel, though how much if any modifications for the trunk latch is unknown. Certainly worth a search for parts sources and to give it a try if its how you'd prefer your Town Car to look. The Town Car in question was one of those customized by AHA to a Formal Sedan with the rear roof quarter with nearly vertical backlight, small limousine-style rear window and half-padded top. All in all, quite and elegant look evoking the Classic Era luxury car. Good luck with your personalizing efforts. Steve

Its a 1928 Packard Custom 443 seven passenger touring car, body style no. 310. The touring is easily identified by the loop carriage-style door handles versus the straight type seen on the red phaeton pictures above. Another telltale its a touring is the rear of the body is further to the rear whereas the phaeton is more close-coupled. The Dallas Fire Chief certainly had a nice expensive car befitting his important position. The sign down to the right reads "Auburn Dallas, Used Car Dept" must have been that for the Auburn dealer in the area.

The used car value of most of the minor makes such as Jewett wasn't much by the time they were 5-6 years old. Its value would be even less once it became a defunct make after the 1927 model year which was Jewett's last. The minion charged with buying a jalopy for this demonstration was told, "Get the best-looking jalopy you can for $25, don't matter if it runs".

The easy way to tell these two above are not 1933 Speedway President Model 92 is the rear door edge has a rear fender cutout since the wheelbase is much shorter than 135".

Oakland was on the right track with their mono-block design, the single plane crankshaft was the downfall, that and angled block decks that required cylinder heads of the same design. Eventually, GM did benefit from this early technological development when Cadillac introduced their first mono-block V8 for 1936. Interesting enough, the 1932-'39 Packard Twelve is also a mono-block, which Packard also instituted for the 120 but didn't bother to do so for the Super Eights until the 356 ci of 1940. They were the last to use this outdated method of engine design through 1939. Steve

A major significant feature of these Oakland V8's is they are a mono-block two years before the Ford flathead V8 came to market. The concurrent Viking V8 companion car to Oldsmobile is also a mono-block before Ford as well.

The name given that pseudo phaeton was Scaphandier, if I recall correctly.

Anyone on the survival of at least one of the '30 Packard 745 LeBaron convertible sedans?