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Do you need the pull handles for the windshield?
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Aj, I thought you would enjoy these.
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On 4/24/2021 at 10:01 PM, edinmass said:
Got about another hundred miles on the White today. It’s now so familiar that driving a 104 year old car seems routine. Was able over the last week to determine the oil consumption of the car........just under one quart per 100 miles. Not too bad considering it’s all factory parts internally. She smokes blue at warm idle......not bad, but enough to let you know it’s pre WWI. We’re back to Rec90 fuel.......and it’s obviously likes it better. More analysis on the car coming soon.........Ed
How much gas did you guzzle per mile on your trip? I'm guessing 6.8 mpg. I'm ot too surprised on the old consumption. In an old Packard manual of the era I recall them raving on how the car used only 1 gallon per 500 miles of driving.
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Wanted 1929 Packard 626 model, 20 inch steel disc wheel. 8 lug. Snap ring not required. Disc must be usable and not rusty.
email, tph479@yahoo.com
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On 4/16/2021 at 6:13 PM, Tph479 said:
1937 Delahaye 145 chapron coupe. V12 super car of the era. Road going race car.
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On 4/18/2021 at 11:20 AM, alsancle said:
Tim,
It is chassis # 408355 with body by Frejat.
This looks like something Homer Simpson designed. I think this car gives the Father Divine Duesenberg some competition.
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I wouldn’t be surprised is this is something a little more “special” by this time.
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1 hour ago, West Peterson said:
I was talking about Jim Debickero several weeks ago. We were all wondering about his health, or even if he was still with us. The discussion we had about him revolved around a 1937 SS-100 that he bought in Minneapolis around 1962. The car recently resurfaced and its very interesting history was revealed.
Here's the car when my dad had it, and the last photo is just before restoration started ab out a year ago.
Yes, he is in excellent shape. He lives near me and was hanging out with me last night when I was working in the garage.
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3 minutes ago, edinmass said:
I have been lucky enough to beat the snot out of one of these...............wasn’t impressed. And it was the special with the neat carb set up. Actually ran it against a 120 Jag. Pasadena hasn’t been the same since. Going through the In and Out Burger, Priceless!
Such is the insane world I live in.
I understand that this was a total rattle box.
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Could you image being dropped off to t-ball practice in this?
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9 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:
Any period photos of his ownership of the Duesenberg J 437 Weymann 'taper-tail' among those photos? We'd love to see them!
In a race down a straight line I think I would take the Duesenberg....but then again I could have fun with either one of them.
Just beat up old race cars. Do you think that the cars had ashtrays?
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27 minutes ago, alsancle said:
Jim Debikero?yes. He gave me some old pictures over the weekend. Incredible cars and stories. He told me how he raced his 540 k special roadster against the Model J 437 Weymann tapertail in the early 1960's on a country road. Said the engine sounds and exhaust notes that the cars made under full throttle is a sound you never forget. He later bought the tapertail for $20k..... It is interesting seeing amazing cars and hearing how the cars were driven and enjoyed when they were just used up old cars.
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1 hour ago, alsancle said:
is that from a magazine?My friend Jim took the picture when he owned it. Picture was in frame when he gave it to me. Before arriving in Chicago the car came of of Ireland and was owned by a man named Desmond Fitzgerald. In later years this car was painted bright red and given whitewalls and chrome wires wheels.
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Mercedes 500k special roadster. In the background behind the houses, is the factory where they manufactured the Tucker.
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Mercedes 500k special roadster. In the background behind the houses, is the factory where they manufactured the Tuckers.
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The number of 558 153 makes it a coupe, unless the top was chopped off. A roadster would start with 559.
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The most recent Jay Leno’s garage video features a “new” 1931 Duesenberg LaGrande Coupe. What are the thoughts on this one? I have no problem with it and think the world is better off with it, especially since Jay is not trying to conceal anything.
I think a lot of collectors would be surprised on the number of cars that have checkered pasts that are considered authentic, and even more people would be surprised on how many Classic era cars are still being created at this time from scratch.
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Long and low. Does this still survive?
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2 hours ago, edinmass said:
Fortunately you have the “low end” or “standard” windshield frame with only one wiper..........for 18 grand the purchaser when new didn’t throw down for the extra accessory wiper.....which was an entire different casting for the windshield! Wonder why they were 60 times the price of a Ford of the same year?
Who would have imagined a Rolls without every single option?
I was reading recently that the average new car sales prices exceeded $40,000 for the first time in 2020. If you use the same multiple of 60, a modern Rolls Royce would have to cost approximately $2,400,000 to have the same price differential.
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Andy Wise from Andy’s garage rebuilt my Gabriel snubbers. Excellent work. I would recommend him.
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19 hours ago, John_Mereness said:
What is this? Incredible looking.
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Silver arrow and sporting black walls.
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Some prewar Packard pics. Two 900’s and a Twin Six
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1932 Packard 900 parts
in Packard - Buy/Sell
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-light eight 17 inch wire wheels.
-optional rear bumper bar for rear spare mount car
-900 cylinder head.
- any other light eight parts which you may have?
-has anyone ever heard of a custom body or semi custom body light eight? Packard listed chassis only in factory literature.