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Picked this up at a house sale for $5. Appears to be 1950's. From the American Oil Company. Was this part of a series of prints put out as a service station give away?

What were they asking for the 1973 Hurst Olds?

I think the guy on the website is way too young to have been in business in 1978. And his toys are higher quality than my example.

My parents bought this homemade wooden car for me at Hershey in 1978. Any of you old timers remember who made these? I've never seen another one. There's no markings on it. I'm assuming some old guy who liked woodworking was making then as a hobby to sell. It's about 10" long & made of balsa wood.

What’s the carburetor on the table Walt?

The serial number range for 1938 K Lincolns was K9001 to K9414. The number on the engine block should match the data tag on the firewall. If it doesn't that means the engine was most likely swapped out at some point in the past.

Of greater concern is the smashed windshield. How long has it been sitting out in the rain/snow with a smashed windshield? The dash & all dash wiring could be toast.

"What is wrong with Suicide doors?" That term was never used by auto manufacturers or coachbuilders in the 1920's or 30's.

Suicide doors

Movie Ridiculousness? A 1964 LIncoln Continental sedan weighs 5050 lbs. In the movie Goldfinger, they crushed one and then put it in the back of a Ford Falcon Ranchero pickup. The Ford weighed 2750 lbs. How on earth could the Falcon hold a 5000 pound car in it's bed? Look at the picture of it driving down the road. The rear of the Ford isn't saging one bit. 5000 pounds of weight in the back and it's perfectly level. Impossible.

One is an all black Murphy conv coupe, no? It was in one of the Harrah auctions.

Looks like it lost 2 rows of radiator during restoration. Hope it doesn't run hot now.

Needs a few more accessories. Hupmobile I believe.

This has got to be the weirdest Model A I've ever seen.

1930/31 Cadillac 8?

Yes, Stutz came out with that hubcap when they switched from buffalo wire wheels to 6 lug bolt on wire wheel with the hubcap in 1930. Then when the DV/SV designation came out part way through 1931 they had a cloisonne emblem held on with three rivets. Stutz just used the earlier cap & had the emblem riveted on over the stamped Stutz logo.

Not a car, but rather a street sweeper. A 1917 Elgin. How would you like to get your arm caught in all those chains? No safety guards at all.

Here's a 20" Buffalo wire wheel from a 5000 pound 1929 model car I'm in the process of dragging home. The backside of the rim has welds on it almost all the way around. It is a painted rim, never chromed. This car has been off the road since 1960, so the welds are very old.

Thought you'd like to see this neat mostly original GTO that showed up at a local show a couple weeks ago. Even the owner was original. Dark blue in color & a 4 speed car.

Here’s a picture of it circa 1960. It was originally all black. This is the same car.

And here's what it looks like now in storage at the Smithsonian. Looks the same except they touched up the paint on the front fender.

Here's a similar one on Facebook for sale. 68,000 miles. Asking 19,900. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2995878600688616/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ad8a20bd8-37df-4739-a723-b9e199d98c93