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Your medallion has a Cadillac crest on top, the middle insignia is Lasalle, the bottom one is Buick. My guess is this company was a car dealer for these three brands of GM cars.
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9 hours ago, Brass is Best said:
No I do not. It was about 2,000 cars ago.
Thanks, I knew it would be a long shot but it would have nailed it down for certain. There's still a good chance since there weren't that many of this model. According to Heritage Center, this car was originally sold from a Boston, MA dealer and the fellow I purchased this car from said he bought it from a man in California.
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On 11/2/2022 at 4:17 PM, Brass is Best said:
I believe we owned this wonderful LaSalle some 35 years ago. We sold it to Len Imke in Columbus Ohio.
Any chance you might recall the Body Number? As I'm sure you're aware, there were only 75 of this body style that year.
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When I was a kid we always called these things "Spin Dizzy" cars. Like everything now there is lots of websites & forums with people discussing, trading, selling & buying these things.
I don't have any direct information for you but good luck with your search.
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Years ago when I owned a '49 Merc I bought door seal material by the foot from Metro Moulded Parts. I don't know if the still make what you're looking for.
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The pull-out handles on the 49 Mercs worked the same, or similar latch mechanism with a lever that was contacted by a pin attached to the pull handle. But, the outside door handle escutcheons being pot metal, would crack quite quickly. I'm guessing someone decided to move to the push button handles to get away from all those broken escutcheons for 1950.
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Thanks to all.
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I'm wondering whether a person (I'm a member of AACA) can visit the Saratoga Nationals without bringing a car perhaps on Saturday & Sunday. I did look at the Saratoga Auto Museum website and didn't see anything about general admission and there was no mention in the brochure. Can anyone shed any light on this for me. This would be my first visit to a national event.
Thanks.
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Do they have to be blue?
There are several offered on eBay.
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Here's a picture of my 1940 LaSalle, Model 52-29, Convertible Sedan. #51 of 75 of this body style. 1940 was the final year of production for the LaSalle that was first offered in 1927. This car line was part of the Companion Makes series of brands GM utilized to fill perceived pricing gaps in their vehicle offerings as dictated by Alfred Sloan's "A Car for Every Purse and Purpose" marketing strategy in the mid 1920s. In 1940, LaSalle offered two series, Model 50 & Model 52. The Model 52 was based on the C Body platform, also known as the Torpedo style, shared with other large GM cars.
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Here's my contribution to this virtual show.
My wife, Nelli is wearing her outfit that won her 1st Prize in the Best Period Attire Contest at the Waterbury, VT VAE Antique Car Show in 2018. It doesn't show in this photo but she was holding a Wendell Willkie for President Handkerchief during the judging.
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Nice Pictures.
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An new, fully committed, member of the Manual Gearbox Destruction Society..
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And there's this:
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3 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
The article in your link says that the Cadillac
drivetrain was installed in the 1970's--which is
undoubtedly long after Brooks Stevens was involved
in the 1950's. I understand that those Zephyr engines
were problematic if not maintained well, and that
quite a few Zephyrs and Continentals had their
drivetrains replaced.
Is the car a "treasure," or a restomod that was done
by a famous designer and further modified later on?
Thanks John, I guess I missed the part about the engine getting changed in the '70s. Feel free to attach any label you choose: treasure, restomod, your call. Like I said earlier, it's only my opinion that this car is something special, if you feel otherwise you're welcome to do so.
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Just last week while I was at my local parts store to pick up a couple of brass fittings for the vacuum advance pipe on my '40 Lasalle there was another fellow in the store trying to find some parts for a 1954 Cadillac 331 engine. As usual, the guy behind the counter was asking him for the model of the car he was working on so he could go through the menu in his software. It turns out he was a bit surprised when he heard the answer. The man said the engine is in a 1940 Lincoln Continental. There was a bit of conversation from the counter man as he was trying to figure out how to look up whatever this guy was looking for, I didn't hear that part but they eventually figured it out since there weren't that many models to choose from. After that was resolved I wandered over to talk to this fellow and share a photo of my Lasalle thinking we had something in common and it's always nice to bump into antique car owners; where I live here in VT is not at all like where Kaiser31 lives where he's always tripping over old and interesting cars every time he goes out his door.
Turns out, in my opinion, this '40 Continental is actually a pretty special car. It's not strictly stock by any means but it does have an interesting history. He told me it was something that his father had purchased a while ago and he's now the owner. The car was modified by Brooks Stevens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Stevens back in the day for the original owner, George Holley. Here's a link to see the car and a bit more info: https://www.holley.com/garage/view/7914-1940-lincoln-zephyr/
The current owner says he's in the middle of having the engine & transmission rebuilt and the paint was refreshed several years ago.
I was gobsmacked to say the least. To discover the presence of a one of one car here in VT with interesting provenance and then to learn it has been a somewhat local car driven around the Lake Placid, NY area for most of its life. Makes me wonder what other treasures are stored away out there that don't show up at the local Cars & Coffee or the few shows we have here.
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One thing I discovered when making that change was you're going to need REALLY good grounds for the bulbs. Any hint of corrosion in the sockets or poor connections to ground will result in lack of function.
Good luck.
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Pretty sure that's not Skyhawk. Probably Skylark.
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John,
You might check on the CLC Forum for this info. There's quite a few people with this issue and I'm sure someone is making repops of these.
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Good Catch, Broker-len.
This particular scam has been around for a while now. Sometimes it's groceries, sometimes it's a FedEx package. Your friend's email was found somewhere and is being spoofed by the bad guys. This can happen when folks have their email addresses posted on a website for the whole world to see.
Thanks for the warning.
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I'm thinking that would be an awesome ice fishing shanty.
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Have you tried to Google it?
HELP...can someone assist with identifying the numbers of a 1956 Merc Montclair that I'm purchasing...thanks
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