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Looks like whoever accumulated all those Lincolns out in California bought all the ones Jack Passey passed up on because they were either too rough or too ugly.

I’d rather ride in a Cadillac ambulance than a Pontiac.

The car with the three 48/49 Cadillac tailfins and Studebaker nose is not the Topper car. It's an entirely different car. It was built on a 1932/33 DV-32 Stutz chassis.

The Packard in post #1 is also a 1934 Packard Eight. The 1933 coupe had a much higher roofline. Many of these 1934 bodies had the top cut off and were made into convertibles in the 1960's-90's.

Yes, my glass appears to have that blue-green tinit to it as well.

I think it's a 1931, not a 32. Per the data plate it was delivered 3-28-1931, and it has a flat radiator shell - not veed like 1932. If you look at the pictures closely, the hood and spare tire are leaning against the garage wall next to the car. Looks like a solid original car that needs everythiong. I think it's a $15,000 car. I hope it gets saved.

Here's one from the windshield of an all original 1940 Packard 180 club sedan sold through Earl C Anthony. Looks like the glass was made in October 1939, whereas yours was made in May of 1940. This is a non air conditioned car.

Fenders will be at Hershey space CS 22. I don't want to take them back home with me. Make an offer.

My dad had 1948 Custom series many years ago that had similar symptoms. I think there's a solonoid somewhere in the wiring of the O/D system that was working intermittently. Once that was replaced the problem was solved.

I believe it's a 1937 Cadillac 8 cylinder town car. Not a 12 or 16 for sure. I think the photo is "off" a bit. The doors on the Cadillac are both closed, but the door handles don't line up with each other.

Thank you!

Cleaning out an estate and came across this hood ornament. What is it to? It has GMC cast into the bottom, so it must be a General Motors car or truck.

Nice pair of 1938 Cadillac model 60 front fenders here. I believe they fit model 65 as well. They had been stored in a dry barn since the early 1970's. Very straight with no dents or warping. Each fender has a little bit of rust through at the bottom rear where mud would have been kicked up by the front wheels. This would not be hard to fix. Asking $400 for the pair. They are located near Akron, Ohio. You pick up, or I can deliver to the Chocolate Field at Hershey for free in two weeks. e mail jwgehring@hotmail.com for more info.

The air cleaner on single down draft carburetor equipped Duesenbergs is the same as used on DV-32 Stutz cars. I need one actually, so if any of you guys has one laying around, let me know.

Most likely somewhere between $15000 - $20000. In 1929/30 a Duesenberg chassis was $8500, I'm not sure what they went for in the mid 1930's. Rollston probably charged around $8000 - $10,000 for the body. That's a pretty complicated top mechanism on that car, and all 4 of those fenders are pure custom.

The only Duesenberg sedan Ferrara owned was a Rollston Beverly sedan. Looks just like the Murphy Beverly, but the body is a little wider in the back. I believe his was owned by the Wrigley family new and it was light green originally, just like the gum wrapper. It's now kind of a purple color. I can't find any pictures of it online to post.

J 581 was restored about 20 years ago and is still in near mint condition. I believe the person who had it restored still owns it in Colorado. Rollston built 2 of these convertible sedans on the Duesenberg J chassis. The other one was destroyed in a file in the 1950's. I heard a rumor some bits of it remain, and someone may be trying to build a car around the remaining bits. Rollston also built one formal sedan body with the same lines and it was placed on a Packard Twelve chassis.

Short answer to your question is no. Any car can be restored, but when you can buy a nice running, driving 1937 Buick sedan for under 20K, to try to resurrect this one seems like a loosing proposition. What’s sad is that it appears a prior owner had it as a collector car. The one dash plaque is from 1978. Another one is from an AACA Region meet. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago.

What I was told was the reason J 242 wasn't delivered with a top was because the guy who ordered it was the same guy who built the disappearing metal convertible top on the one Auburn. The Auburn was on display at the ACD museum 10 years ago or so. I believe there was a spare tire behind the seat in the Duesenberg. I don't think the Duesenberg has a rear deck lid either, again because it was going to get modified to be fitted with the folding hard top. The modification was never completed. Auburn with collapsible folding hard top.

Peter’s is a dark green 1935, not a 1936. Not the same one I’m thinking of.

The coupe body was changed for 1937-39. Vee windshield, more oval side windows, more sleek top & rear deck lines. Nothing against the 35-36 models, but the 37-39s are a bit snazzier. The car pictured above, a 1939 model, is a 24,000 mile original car that I've had the chance to see a few times myself.