31 LaSalle
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10 hours ago, Oldtech said:
I think this is later. Kew Dodge early 60's. can't quite pin down a year but maybe 61??
according to the uk plates it was registered 31 dec 1963
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1 hour ago, 31 LaSalle said:
A friend sent me this picture
obviously ford from the script on seat
but what model and what year
also is it a modified car or were they made like that
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what is the object on the running board
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A friend sent me this picture
obviously ford from the script on seat
but what model and what year
also is it a modified car or were they made like that
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9 hours ago, Stude Light said:
Definitely not this one! I thought about it but the photoshop version brought me to my senses (along with some other people's input)!
white walls don't look right with those wheels. black walls look brilliant
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10 minutes ago, Jeff Perkins / Mn said:
Tried both on my former Model A……black for sure!
11 minutes ago, Jeff Perkins / Mn said:Tried both on my former Model A……black for sure!
In this case I agree looks much better with black walls
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On 12/4/2022 at 4:58 PM, 1912Staver said:
Certainly they can fatigue and crack. But depending where you live, rust is the # 1 killer of old wheels. People leave them sitting around for decades with old tires mounted and the bead flanges rust away. 21 inch Model A wheels { late Model T , factory wire wheels as well } have a rolled outer flange that around here at least { Pacific North West } is often rusted internally to the point where holes appear. 1969 Mercury styled wheels are very often cracked across the lug nut holes. You almost never see them anymore ,by the time they were 10 - 15 years old most had at least one crack . But most wheels just rust away to the point they are unsafe to use.
on the subject of rusty wheels my 1929 peerless 6/61 has 6 wheels two fender mounted
which are all unusable due to rust through internally. hold air but unsafe to drive on
to look at from the front face they look perfect
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1 hour ago, BuickTom87 said:
Of course .. The car wasn’t really worth what we paid we had to go through everything to make it road worthy.
all new brakes “ besides the drums “
All new wheel bearings
new gas tank
Front main seal
Real main seal
rebuilt carburetors
new water pump
tune up kit
new exhaust
rebuilt speedometer because it was making a crazy humming buzzing sound
and more …
most of the things that were wrong didn’t appear til few weeks after we bought it .
but now you have a lovely roadworthy car enjoy
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6 hours ago, Woodsmith said:
can anyone tell me the model and most critically the year of this truck please. Vin number 37125. Cheers, Paul
comes up on uk dvla website as registered on 31 december 1963 model unknown
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2 hours ago, jdome said:
I'm a fan of wide WW on some cars, large or small. The black car is a 35 Cadillac Fleetwood V12. 146 in WB. Bought it when I was 18 and it had ugly all black truck tires on it with deep tread-yes it looked like a Nazi staff car. The car has wire wheels but it came with all 6 optional disc wheel covers. There's a lot of black there. It needs ww to brighten it up.
The orange car is a circa 1940 amusement park ride. Bought it at Hershey about 20 years ago. It seats 4 kids and originally had 4 steering wheels. Several of these cars were attached to a merry-go-round platform. The body is all metal. I guess you would call it a rest-0-mod. I had to build a steerable chassis for it and powered it with the gizzards from a 1970 GE Elec-Trak lawn tractor. The tractors are 36 volt made up of 6-6v golf cart batteries that won't fit in the body so I used 3 deep cycle 12v RV batteries. 2 just fit behind the rear seat and one under front seat. Motor is under the car mounted to the transaxle. By some dumb luck, I happen to stumble on the vintage chrome wire scooter wheels and new WWW tires at Hershey. Hood ornament is 37 Chevy. The ham posing in the back seat is my son when he was about 8. He picked the colors, not my choice. He is married now and they are expecting their first child. We will soon have to dig his car out of storage, dust it off, and put in some fresh batteries for the next generation.
nice cars love both of them inc white walls
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1 hour ago, Pfeil said:
Being a dark color blends the skirt to the body. If the car is a light shade it looks like a hang on.
love them on the dark car hate them on the light one what a difference a color makes
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9 hours ago, 1935Packard said:
Fender skirts look fantastic on cars that are part of the 1940s-to-1960s aerodynamic movement, when they were trying to make cars look (to varying degrees) like teardrops or other aerodynamic shapes. The fender skirt ensures the consistency of the teardrop look. For example, I think an XK120 coupe looks much better with than without:
totally agree look a different car with skirts just my personal opinion
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On 11/27/2022 at 1:31 AM, Xander Wildeisen said:
That is a 1937 Hudson Terraplane utility coupe. It was my fathers, he did all of the work on it himself. Farming out only the interior, and I went through the Buick 455 for him. Nice car, he bought it when I was about 16-17 years old. Sitting on a farm next to a shed. About three months later, the guy I bought my first hudson from, 1952 Hudson Wasp, I told him about the 37 my dad bought. And he said there is another one right down the road from here. Went to check it out, and ended up buying it. So we each had factory Utility coupes. You can see the three cars in the picture, mine was the green one. With the Hudson Wasp on the end. Mine ended up being sold in black primer, with a 392 Hemi in it. Went to eastern Idaho, would like to know what happened to it? My dad finished out his car over 10+ years. He started to have health issues, and had me list the car for him. It went to southern California. Car drove very nice, I bet the new owner never had any problems with it. Just put his own touches on it, is my guess. Car was sold around Sept 2016.
mean looking car love the pull out boot extension
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5 hours ago, Mary Lea said:
My friend Bob that lives in England recently acquired a 1922 Hupmobile. The last US owner of the car was Dick Wood who did, according to my friend Bob, an amazing restoration of the car. We are fairly certain that Dick has passed away but I would love to try to find anyone that might have information on others that had a hand in the restoration or any of Dick’s family. My friend Bob would love to talk to them about the car. Any assistance or ideas on where to look to get further with this would be greatly appreciated!
lovely car very nice restoration it was sold at auction in the uk in September
for what I consider a very reasonable price I was tempted to bid but her that must be obeyed said I have to many cars ( IS THAT POSSIBLE)
good luck with finding its history
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19 minutes ago, Walt G said:
Yes, my car is a 1930 Packard model 733. It is a 7 passenger! the 7 passenger tourings with the top up can vary as to how they look. The center of the top has to be higher to accommodate people sitting on the jump seats at the area behind the front seat. Some car stylists were able to work this out with the body engineers to not look like you have a big camel hump in that area. , some didn't do as well. Werner Gubitz was Packard's stylist and did a masterful job to keep a low profile on the top when it was up and viewed in profile. I have dimensions etc in line drawings of that shown in the salesman's data book. Also I have a bit of a critical eye art and design wise because of my profession in the teaching of that as a subject. . I like the look on most 7 passenger tourings with the top up. IF the top is down it can resemble a national parks tour bus that says Pikes Peak on the side.
Here is a photo of my car from the auction catalog where I saw it and it encouraged me to drive a bit north to attend the auction. Many people do not like 7 passenger touring cars - want the "sport" phaetons , I like big cars that can accommodate a lot of people - can then bring my friends along. When I bought this car there was only one other guy who was bidding against me - he backed out after one bid. I love the car - am not crazy ( putting that mildly as possible) about the orange paint on the wheels and the stainless steel spokes, to much bling.
beautiful car with top up I bet it is just as nice with top down with what looks to be rear passenger screen
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2 hours ago, 41 Su8 said:
I like my Special Coupe with the black walls. John
so do I
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7 minutes ago, 60FlatTop said:
Here is John McFarlane in 1958 with his Springfield Silver Ghost all decked out American style with whitewalls. That was about the time I first got interested in cars. Most of the periodicals and books at the time were British under the name of Veteran and Vintage cars. Most cars featured had blackwall tires and I was conditioned to look at blackwall as British, whitewalls American. That is pretty much my take today if I was walking through a show. Even after 60 years first impressions stick.
Picture courtesy of John Utz, past editor of the Flying Lady.
Totally agree with your thoughts
when I was younger and saw a car with white walls my first thought was american
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2 hours ago, chistech said:
I had a set of black walls that tried on my 32 olds before I was finished with its restoration and thought the car looked terrible, definitely too black. It seems even Oldsmobile thought so too as here’s a factory photo of a black DCR with whitewalls. Both the factory photo car and my car are 17” artillery wheels which was mentioned in another post as not looking as good with whitewalls but the artillery wheels on the 32 Olds are more attractive than the wires were. (My opinion) The factory photo car has black painted wheels and my own has the factory optioned varnished wheels. The factory car also has a black roof and interior which was standard but my car had the optional tan whipcord roof and in. So black roof goes with black painted wheels where the tan roof goes better with the tan/brown wheels. It seems even the person who ordered my car originally thought so too. In another thread about what convertible cars look better with the roofs down, the 32 Oldsmobile DCR definitely looks better with the roof up. At least that’s how I feel and my wife, and she’s always right!😂
I was able to find a picture of a black, wire wheeled DCR with whitewalls. What’s your opinion on the wires over the artillery wheels?
your picture of black car with whitewalls suits the car very well
photos of my coupe with its sister car don't carry the white walls as well
due to the cars being so light colored
I intend to paint the brake drums black as suggested by other members of the forum to tone it down a bit
If that doesn't work I could turn the tyres round to the blackwall also suggested by forum member
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12 minutes ago, keiser31 said:
beautiful car black with chrome wires and white walls a winning combination in my opinion
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3 hours ago, John Bloom said:
No apologies necessary for your handsome Chrysler!
i’ve had a lot of collectible cars in my lifetime. Sometimes even multiple examples of the same year and model. For every model of collectible car I’ve owned (or chased), there is in my mind the perfect most beautiful color combination for that model (personal preference i.e. MGTC......BRG, 65 Riviera......Red,......etc...). Only a few of them had that color, which means there has typically been compromise by me and I still enjoyed it. If you hate the color of your car change it. But if you find yourself thinking that it isn’t your preferred color choice, go price new paint from a quality shop. You might find you like the current color better than you thought.
previous owner must have loved the color combination or had lots of paint left
here is a picture of my cars twin///
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14 hours ago, George Smolinski said:
The wheels in this photo are too busy - 4 different colors within a 16-18" diameter circle; 5 colors in whatever diameter circle with the tire. I think given the color of the car, it will be damn hard to get a color or colors for the rims that will look good. There's just too much white. Was that bright white a factory color?
I realise most of the replies to my post think the car is a bright white and maroon color
but in fact it is a light cream and brown color. would not necessarily have been my choice if I was having it painted. but was done over 15 years ago by previous owner to an excellent standard
I dont think these would have been Chrysler colors correct me if I am wrong
also it look a lot better than on the pictures
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15 hours ago, 32PONTIAC said:
Just curious on what size the tires my be?
Tyre size is 6.00/6.50X18
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40 minutes ago, Steve Moskowitz said:
I'm shocked the world's foremost hater of whitewalls has not opined yet! So there is one of our esteemed members not from the East that feels that way!
I like whitewalls but NOT on every car. Some cars definitely look better with blackwalls. I'm just glad we have tires for the most part to keep our old iron on the road!
so not for every car what about this one
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9 hours ago, alsancle said:
Most of you guys know what I’m gonna say, so I’m not gonna say it.
would love to no YES OR NQ
BLACK OR WHITE
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thanks for the advice. something I did not think about was the color of the drums
next job on a long list I will paint them black I think it will be an improvement
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I like whitewalls but NOT on every car. Some cars
what model and year
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obviously hudson but what year and model