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  1. That's an outrageous Judkins Coaching Broughan. The design reminds me of an obscure design by a coachbuilder in Buffalo. I'll post it when I find it... It was a Brunn Voltaire Limousine on a 1912 Peerless 48-Six chassis
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    Peerless Photos

    nope At 714 vs. 825, another one was bigger*, according to one source**; but the next year the two marques were the same. * the Peerless Mod. 60-Six of 1912-1914 ** conceptcar.com suggests the 1910-1912 Model 66 Pierce-Arrows were equipped with 714 Cu. In. powerplants, changing to 825 Cu. In. about 1913.
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    Peerless Photos

    A rather nice car out on a tour three years ago: Did you hear the one about when a 1966 Shelby Super Snake, 1907 Silver Ghost, 1912 Pierce-Arrow Series 66, 1911 Oldsmobile Limited, 1932 Peerless V-16 and 1912 60-Six, 1968 Miura, and the 1928 Bentley Bobtail pulled into a Pizza Hut parking lot in Manhattan? A college kid from the Signa Phi Iota fraternity rushed out and asked "What are those eight cars worth?" The answer? "They're all the same. Priceless". Can anyone guess which one this is? Hint, it has the biggest engine.
  4. Thanks...I sent a message when the ads 1st appeared asking for the same but no response, either. If he just said it's a jumble of parts in a dark storage unit, or he won't be out to it til summer it may have helped. There's also people who travel all the time cause they finally got a motorhome & they're basically Charles Kuralt! Note to self: buy it thru the HCCA ad & save 33%.
  5. Interesting stories about the 1935 Mercedes 500K, reminding me of the historian's maxim: "The Facts Never Change, But History Does Every Day." I agree with other writers that a) the car could have been stolen b) it could have been taken under the guise of spoils of war or war reparations c) someone could have given it to a soldier in return for something of value like money, food, cigarettes, clothes, or fuel. My Dad was in the occupation of Germany in 1945 and 1946, and told me you could buy anything with cartons of cigarettes. Speaking of reparations, has anybody heard of valuables returned to original owners after Russians removed them at the end of the war from areas in their control? It's possible, but I have never read about it. I did read a fascinating story about Russians loading up a train with valuable cars as war reparations, and an enterprising fellow purloining them one night in 1945 before they could make it to Russia: a Mercedes W158, an Alfa Romeo P3, a Maserati, and a Duesenberg. I had never seen a W158, so had to look it up. "I'll go to town in my W158 and pick up some groceries!", said no one ever.
  6. Greaat to see one of the V-16 Peerless cars made it onto the puzzle.
  7. Thanks, 1912. It sounds like a good deal -- but their photos don't show this car -- even though most of the others are shown; also, it leaves one to their imagination regarding what level of restoration the parts are needing to be put back together. With this, the restored red one in Canada, the yellow one that was shown at 2012 Hershey, that makes only 3 of these '29 Six-61 Roadsters known world-wide. These are pretty nice-looking cars....so I'll show what the other two look like:
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    Peerless Trucks

    A photo of another old war horse; as so many Peerless Trucks were involved in the Great War. This is the one found in good shape under rubble in some kind of clay quarry.
  9. 1927 PEERLESS BOATTAIL ROADSTER A photo of a nice-looking Peerless 6-90 when it was at the J & R Vintage Auto Museum in New Mexico, which was put together by Gab Joiner, who competed in about 16 Great American Races(California to Connecticut, Mexico to Canada, etc.). They had this one for sale for $34,000 10 or 15 years ago. The museum closed 5 years ago. I met the next owner of the car, Mike Ciobanu, at Hershey back in 2013. Interesting Vermilion-on-Maroon paint scheme, which you would not think of as attractive, but looks good here. Anyone else have an opinion?
  10. Even the 2000 Pontiac Aztek will be eligible in 2025, plus its rebadged Buick version(Rendezvous) two years later. Don't laugh, the tailfin cars and Edsels were predicted to be non-collectible at one time. When I bought a Nash Metro when I was in college, it cost about what my used 10-speed did -- $100 -- but Metro prices have recovered a lot since then.
  11. Thanks for your interest in this rarely-discussed carmaker, 1912 Caddy. The Model 56, Series 1 thru 7, was 1916-1922. The 6-70 continued into 1925 for 3 or 4 months and the Peerless 6-72 was built 1925-1927.
  12. 1921, when the Peerless above was built, was when 14 officers of Cadillac Motors took over Peerless. Richard Collins became President, and brought with him a new 289 Cu. In. Six, designed by Cadillac's Experimental Engineering Department, under Richard Emig. For 1923, there was a new rad shell for all Peerlesses*, and the new engine was employed in the Model Six-70 in 1924...ending 8 years of V-8-Only for the automaker. Richard Lichtfeld has written about how Collins brought what's often called a "Collins Six" to Cleveland when GM didn't want it in Cadillacs. The engine had comparable horsepower to the V-8 but allowed a lower sales price. Peerless sales in 1921 was just 1,000 cars(Model 56); and the 6-70 alone sold 2,700 cars, combined with 3,651 Model 66 V-8s sold in 1923-1924, according to my math. * Both the Mod. 66 V-8 and the Mod. 6-70 had Cadillac Lookalike rad shells in 1923 and 1924.
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