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Right, I don’t know what the special chassis referred to in the NYT article means.

Thanks Walt! I've never seen anything quite like Revista Ford - the color plates were usually signed by the artist, like this from April 1933 by Paco Ribera, who did many others plus illustrations inside the magazine. They also cover Salons (the Ford Stands, which we rarely see), Rallies, dealerships and more. It's become a favorite magazine.

Happy 123123 and New Year 2024! The 1932-36 Revista Ford (Ford Magazine) featured linen-textured covers and a color plate hinged only at the top - the rest is loose, and every issue's cover had unique graphics and fonts. Richly illustrated on heavy stock paper, published monthly in Barcelona by Ford of Spain, it must have been costly to produce. Courtesy of the Emilio Polo Archive, Limassol, Cyprus. TG

Apparently it survived into the modern era... Find it here... https://www.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2737

1928 Stutz BB Limousine on the 145-inch wheelbase, in Lisbon, Portugal. Big American car slung low to the ground! TG

1930 Peerless-Weymann on a special 125-inch Straight Eight chassis - priced at less than $3,000 according to a June 15, 1930 New York Times article. Image from the July 1930 issue of Autobody, courtesy of the AACA Librbary & Research Center.

1930 Peerless-Weymann on a special 125-inch Straight Eight chassis - priced at $3,000 according to a June 15, 1930 New York Times article. Image from the July 1930 issue of Autobody, courtesy of the AACA Library & Research Center. TG

Walt, Thanks for the encouraging words re the Selling Cars in Cuba article in Crankshaft #7 - it was great fun to share that information and I thank Richard for its inclusion. I dug in to my 1951 Anuario Azucarero de Cuba (Cuba Sugar Yearbook) to see what interests the Cuban-American Sugar Company controlled. They had three Centrales (plantations and mills) - the Mercedita in the province of Pinar Del Rio, and the Chaparra and Delicias in Oriente, as marked on the map. Combined, the three Centrales produced 1,859,761 sacks (325-pounds each) of sugar for 1951 - that's a lot of Jack Frost Sugar! The company ranked fifth in production of the 161 Centrales recorded in operation at the time. In 1913, the Delicias Central (seen below) produced an estimated 300,000 bags. The annual sugar yearbooks have some great ads aimed at the industry including Ford, Jeep, Fordson, International Harvester and Massey-Ferguson tractors and all manner of specific equipment for the production of sugar. I've learned a lot in 8 years of studying Cuba - its cars, automotive industry, architecture and more, and it's always a pleasure to share. We were taught virtually nothing about Cuba when I was in school in the '60's-'70's, and it's an ongoing, fascinating subject. You were very fortunate to have learned firsthand from those sources who were there and involved at the time! Hope to see you soon, TG

From the January 5, 1907 issue of "Ciencia Popular", a science magazine published in Barcelona - these are the earliest pedal cars I have ever seen. There is no company (or country) named in the article, but the ones with the sloped hood could be Renaults, and the others (except the racer) may be styled after the French Mors cars. TG

A beautiful Ballot berline by Gallé of Paris, from the February 6, 1932 issue of L'Illustration. 1932 was the French automaker's swan song, and this elegant 8-cylinder Model RH3 is indicative of the luxury market to which the company catered.

1941 Henney-Packard Model 4196 Flower Car with a faux-cabriolet roof - earlier models had a working convertible top.

1930 Lincoln Convertible Berline by Wolfington, sourced from our own AACA Library & Research Center's collection of Autobody magazines. Autobody often did a great job of describing their featured automobiles, and this is an outstanding example from a rarely seen builder - lots going on with contributions from multiple coachbuilders on a very sporty Lincoln Model L. The owner, D.B. Wentz, Jr. of Rydal, PA (suburban Philadelphia) was likely connected with the Whitehall Cement Company of Cementon, PA (near Allentown), still in operation. Make sure you take advantage of all the AACA LIbrary & Research Center's offerings, either by a personal visit, online, email or phone. Never know what you'll find! TG

An impressive, imposing automobile - I've seen it on several occasions. Maybe the owner is moving on to some other project.

1917 ad for a dealership in Madrid, Spain, that sold Locomobile, Peerless, REO and Dodge cars.

The long lost Bugatti Royale Weymann Demi-Berline, kitted out by Hermès and winner of the 1929 Paris Concours d'Élégance.

Light and Silent, the Bodyworks of C.T. Weymann, 1926 - featuring a full range body styles, including a six-fender Renault Coupé.

Locomobile Model 48 4-Passenger Touring from the 1920 Book of the Locomobile.

General Motors’ offerings at the 1939 Lisbon Automobile Salon. Center stage is a late-1938 Opel Super Six Cabriolet, with an Opel Olympia and Kadett De Luxe, Chevrolet Sedans and Chassis Cowl Truck, with Buicks and more beyond. The Chevys wear Englebert tires, the big Buick Limited appears to be a 90-L Limousine - also Frigidaire and Delco Radios are featured here and in the other photos, Oldsmobile and Vauxhall. https://restosdecoleccao.blogspot.com/2013/05/general-motors-em-portugal.html

Are we sure it's a '26 model? Wrong visor style, teardrop headlamps, grille shape and it lacks the beltline dip at the cowl. 1926 8-81 Eight serial numbers are 37997 to (Fedco) A5S01. Fedco numbers were used for the rest of Elcar's production. I sent the seller a message - let's see if he responds. TG

Congrats! I look forward to adding this to my library. In the meantime, here's a 1931 Packard 840 Individual Custom Convertible Sedan by Dietrich, seen at the 2023 Highlands Motoring Festival, Highlands, NC. Restored decades ago by J.B. Nethercutt, later owned by Bill Harrah. TG

When was the last time you saw a Royale used in a parts house ad? Looks like La Casa del Automóvil supplied quite the variety of piezas - from the November 1934 issue of Rutas, the official publication of the Automóvil Club, Aero-Club and Club Nautico of Valencia, Spain. Saludos, TG

The Studebaker Stand was at the XIXth Brussels Salon de l'Automobile, held December 5-16, 1925, reported in the January 1926 Stadium magazine, a small Spanish sports publication. That would make the Duplex Roadster a '26 Model ER - sorry for the confusion, and thanks for the additional info.

The Studebaker Stand at the XIXth Brussels Salon de l'Automobile, held December 5-16, 1925. Note the California-type hardtop on the '26 Model ER Duplex Roadster, and the big Goodyear Balloon tires on the 127-inch wheelbase Model EP Big Six 7-passenger Sedan with sidemounts. From the Emilio Polo Archive, Limassol, Cyprus.

1931 Pierce-Arrow Model A Convertible Coupe on the P-A Stand at the 1930 Paris Salon de l'Automobile, October 1930, from a Spanish magazine. Note that it wears bracket headlights rather than fender-mounted, common to export Pierce-Arrows.