DLynskey
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More specifically 1928 Chevy Imperial Landau, indicated by the curve at the top rear of the window opening. The regular 4-door sedan would have had all square corners. Plus the color is correct.
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I'd vote for the turquoise and white. Just looks more like a Buick color to me. It looks like a good, solid car. Good luck.
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It took me a while to figure out an ad in an Alabama newspaper. It was for a 1966 Common Gear.
Saying it out loud might help.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mncorn1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">On the second picture with the car and boat, what makes this car a 1925 Chevrolet coupe and not a '27 or '24....and so on.
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I agree it looks like a Chevrolet. But if it is a Chevy it is 1924 at the latest. The '25 through '28 coupes had a "landau" top which looks like a convertible with "S"-shaped landau irons.
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The '37 project was drawing a lot of attention in the Car Corral. I wondered about the history of the car. Who built it, why and when? It is certainly an unusual and interesting car.
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For Sale, a pair of fender skirts in very good condition except one has a scratch/crease running about half its length. I was told they were from a 1947 Pontiac and that appears to be correct, although I haven't found a Pontiac to actually test the fit.
I'll bring them to Hershey Saturday. Asking $50.
Don
dflyns @ juno.com (leave out the spaces)
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For Sale, a pair of fender skirts in very good condition except one has a scratch/crease running about half its length. I was told they were from a 1947 Pontiac and that appears to be correct, although I haven't found a Pontiac to actually test the fit.
I'll bring them to Hershey Saturday. Asking $50.
Don
dflyns @ juno.com (leave out the spaces)
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Most of the photos in the EBay listing are of the original, restored car before it was "destroyed". I wonder if the bidders even know what they are bidding on.
Don
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Ask your question on the Vintage Chevrolet Club Forum, http://vccachat.org . There's a lot of Chevy expertise on their 4-cylinder Chevy forum.
Don
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Check out the Upper Mississippi Valey Digital Image Archive:
http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/
It's easy to spend an hour or two going through the old photos. This is a partial catalog of photo collections from several libraries in the Illinois-Iowa region.
The collection I'm most familiar with is at the Musser Public Library in Muscatine Iowa. The Musser Library has a collection of 55,000 negatives from 1887 to 1954 made by local professional photographer Oscar Grossheim. Several thousand of the prints are available for viewing at the library. It's worth a visit if you're in the area.
For my favorite photos search "McColm automobile" and "Littlemac".
The Littlemac was a small car built in Muscatine. There are photos of the factory and the car. No examples of the Littlemac are known to have survived.
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I asked my local Toyota salesman -- and he didn't have the answer -- how much it will cost to replace the batteries in the Prius. I seriously doubt they'll last the 11.5 years and 172,500 miles used in the calculations in the article. I'll bet you could buy a good used Corolla for the price of the batteries in the new Prius.
I also wonder about the environmental impact of manufacturing and disposing of the batteries.
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As a teenager in the late 1950's I coveted a low-mileage 1942 "180" limousine owned by an eccentric recluse in my home town of Chattanooga. Unfortunately the owner wanted $1000 for it and I had probably $20 to my name.
The car had factory air conditioning, an intercom between the front and rear compartments and power windows. A sticker on the AC unit in the trunk said "CAUTION -- Due to War time restrictions the gas used in this unit is poisonous. In case it develops a leak evacuate the car immediately". I assume from this it was ammonia, at least in 1942.
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You'll have better luck asking these questions on the VCCA board, www.vccachat.org That's where the 4-cylinder Chev experts hang out.
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The responders are correct, the "Sport Cabriolet" had a fixed top in 1927, a folding top in 1928. The Cabriolet had a rumble seat, the coupe didn't. In 1927 the Cabriolet had a roof that was about 3 inches lower than the coupe, the same height as the 1928 coupe. The doors were also shorter with the difference above the belt line. The 1927 Cabriolet had a windshield that folded out from the bottom while the coupe windshield rolled up for ventilation. The Cabriolet had a cloth top while the coupe was black vinyl-type material. I used to have a 1927 coupe and this info is based on comparing it with several Cabriolets at VCCA meets.
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Try the Vintage Chevrolet Club Chat Room:
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I hope they'll be available by mail order also for those that can't make it to Hershey.
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With Drum Headlights it's older than 1928. The 1928 Model 52 had bullet-shaped headlights.
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Let me try to head off some confusion. The photo immediately above is rbl2's 1926 roadster which is not for sale. I'd give $1000 for it!!
A photo of the 1927 coupe for sale is attached to the original post -- click on "Attachment". I'm not a computer geek and don't know how to attach more than one photo but have others I can Email to interested parties.
Don Lynskey
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It's a 2-door coupe with a trunk lid, no rumble seat, I'm not interested in parting it out myself, but it would be worth much more parted out if someone wanted to do that. Rbl2, a '27 trunk lid won't fit a '26 if that's what you're restoring.
Don Lynskey
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Is anyone interested in a 1927 coupe project? The car is solid but incomplete, missing the top and doors.
My dad and I removed it from a barn in 1957 and it's been in his dry garage ever since. He always intended to restore it (you know the story), but now he's gone, the property is for sale and we need to move it. The street rodders' mouths are watering but I'd like to first offer it to the AACA crowd.
We had it running and driving in the 1960's and the engine/drive train still turn. There are a number of extra parts including nice 1928 coupe doors (3 1/2 inches too short), bumpers, disc wheels, 1928 running board panels and landau irons, a couple of heads (no idea if they're good) and a complete, very rusty chassis and drive train. There is no title, it likely was never registered.
The car is in Chattanooga, TN. I'm 320 miles away but can meet you there if you're seriously interested. We're thinking $1000 for the lot.
Don Lynskey
Gastonia, NC
Phone 704 @ 852 @ 9884, Email dflyns(at)juno.com
(number and Email disguised to avoid computer-generated spam messages)
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The 1928 Model 52 had bullet shaped headlights. The drum headlights indicate 1927 or earlier. I believe that would be a Model 50.
I bought a 1928 "52" from the original owner who stated that he bought that model specifically because it didn't have 4-wheel brakes. He (and many others) didn't trust brakes on the front wheels. Thought they would make you lose control.
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I was just wondering if my old Chrysler is still around. I sold a partially restored 1928 Model 52 Landau 4-door sedan in 1970 to a gentleman in North Georgia. Did it ever get completed? Has anyone run across such a car in the southeast?
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I've seen pictures of the LittleMac and it looked much like a 1930 era Austin Bantam panel truck. The Oscar Grossheim Collection of photos at the Muscatine, Iowa Public Library includes a few excellent publicity photos of the original truck. Oscar Grossheim was a local professional photographer from around the turn of the 20th century who saved all his plates. The Muscatine Public Library now owns all 55,000 plates and volunteers have reproduced and indexed several thousand including some of the Littlemac. The photos are not yet online, but the library has a website, www.muscatinelibrary.us If you're in the Muscatine area it's worth it to spend a few hours browsing through the photos just to see typical scenes from that era.
Photos from South America
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I just got back from a cruise "Around the Horn" and thought you might be interested in a few photos I snapped.
1) A group of cars at the pier in Buenos Aires. Headed for a new owner somewhere.
2) A Martini at the Patagonian Institute Outdoor museum in Punta Arenas, Chile. I wasn't familiar with the Martini (auto), but Wikipedia says they built cars in Switzerland from 1897 until 1934.
3) A Peugeot at the same museum.
Don