[Memoribilia to view - A guide]

[Memoribilia to view - A guide]

Picked this up at a local garage sale.  

[PreWar Mercedes Benz]

Interesting detail I just noticed.   Look closely at the headlights.    Look familiar?   They're 1929/30 Model M Stutz Ryan Lites with flat lenses installed.   The filigree on the tops of the rims is the giveaway.   You can also just barely see the jewel on the left side light in the 3/4 front view below, as well as the socket for where the tie bar goes on the right side light.       

 

 

 

[V16, where is the rest of the car?]

The sheetmetal of the fenders is all the same.   The fender lights & 3 teardrop molding on the bottom just bolt on items.     

[V16, where is the rest of the car?]

You're right about the grille.   While they are interchangable (same dimensions), the eggcrate design is different between the two. And remember, they're a one piece potmetal casting & very heavy.   

 

Here's a model 75:   

 

 

And here's a V 16:  

 

The model 75 has a smaller square egg crate design, while the V 16 has a larger rectangle design.   I learned something new tonight.      

[V16, where is the rest of the car?]

Yes, 1938-40 Model 75 V-8 Cadillacs are basically the same car as the V-16.   The V-16 might have slightly heavier springs under it, but other than the engine, a few peices of trim, and a slightly fancier interior, they're the same car.  That front clip will bolt right on to a V-16.   Problem is, just about all the open V 16s have already been restored, along with numerous model 75s that have been made into V 16s.  People have been doing it since the 1960s.  So there is really no great demand for those parts.  Maybe if you wanted to convert a car to sidemounts they could be usefull.  I'm thinking $2000 - $2500 for everything.      

[weatherstripping needed for 1931 Lincoln phaeton]

My advice would be to contact other LOC members with same body style car and get pictures of what they have & go from there. 

[AJ in the Great Race]

While I like the Hupp, it's an example of the advertising looking a lot better than the real car.   It looks like an European exotic in the ad.   In real person, not so much.   

 

 

[AJ in the Great Race]

One thing I noticed is the first 20 or so cars that came through were 1-2 minutes apart from each other.   Then after that they were bunched together  in groups of 2s & 3s.   I thought they were all supposed to be about 1 minute apart.  Was it that the first cars were the "pros" and the ones grouped together were the "amateurs?"    

[AJ in the Great Race]

For your lunch stop today in Medina, the Medina County website said you were coming through Hinckley and then proceeding on Weymouth Road and then E Liberty into Medina Square.   The local officials have to know in advance so they could close the square.  

[AJ in the Great Race]

[AJ in the Great Race]

[AJ in the Great Race]

[AJ in the Great Race]

[AJ in the Great Race]

[AJ in the Great Race]

Tom & AJ heading into Medina, OH for lunch.   
 

 

[Car Production in the 30's]

13 hours ago, Buffalowed Bill said:

One other thing to consider-when times are good, terms like "conspicuous consumption" and the "throw away society", really began to take on real meaning. The Roaring Twenties and post,WWll, boom are prime examples. Anyone having or maintaining, old anything, was stigmatized. From 1929 through the early post-war was a time of survival with what you have.

Yep.  My grandfather drove a ‘34 Dodge sedan he had bought used all throughout WWII and up to 1952.  

[First ride - 1933 Lincoln KA]

9 hours ago, keiser31 said:

Looks to be a 1932 with the straight belt molding. The '33s have a curved upward toward the front.

No, W C Field’s car is a ‘33.   The radiator shell is sloped & veed and the front fenders are skirted.   

[First ride - 1933 Lincoln KA]

Did you order your build sheet from the Henry Ford library yet?   That will tell exactly how it looked when new, including the brand of tires and if they were whitewall or not.  

[Value of '37 Zephyr Coupe??]

16 hours ago, alsancle said:

First thing I would put on eBay!

 

I do not like wind wings.
 

and the combination of wind wings and spotlights is the ultimate in messing things up. Now you can’t open the hood, or the door, without moving things.

Well then you'd be a wealthy man & could afford to buy me a nice dinner at Hershey.    Here's the last set that sold on e bay.   

 

 

[Value of '37 Zephyr Coupe??]

Those windwings are a desrable and hard to find item too.  They are an authentic Lincoln Zephyr accessory.    

[American Rolls Royce (Ghost, PI & PII)]

The white rolls is confirmed RHD and the wheels are painted black with chrome lock rings 

[American Rolls Royce (Ghost, PI & PII)]

I found a side view of it.  What model is it?   PI that was updated?
 

 

[What restoration shop is this?]

Thanks.   I can look in an old Hemmings to figure it out.   

[What restoration shop is this?]

No.   The photo is from the late 70s and the shop is full of 1930s classics.