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Interesting discussion and photos, Mike. My KPAIE list has 6(2) '29 Peerless 8-125s. Two are ghosts or leads, 6 reasonably certain to exist. > Florida 138" Sedan restored to Condition 1 - maroon > Another 8-125 7-P Sedan - green > a 5-P 130" w.b. Sedan - red > Ed Matthis to Brian Coffee 2011, sedan - dark blue > one bought from Hank Jodry in 1972 by Mike's dad for $550 (same one you mentioned?) - black > a 130" w.b. Coupe Ralph Cartonio showed me a picture of at 2013 Hershey * one possibly seen at a Stowe car show 1970s * Roscoe Stelford, Sr. Collection in Pingree Grove, IL to Bill Backer & Glenn Chisolm. Sedan, possibly at a museum in Fulton, MO plus - sssshhh! - I recently found a restored one in Germany in fire truck livery - red

My dad would have said "Who's the dame?" not "What Car?" Looks Buick-Auburn-LaSalle-ish...maybe an Austin 8?

Looks a little like a BMW 328:

A.J., Note the spotlights and siren. Went to Cleveland Chief of Police George Matowitz. Yes -- a 1932 Custom Eight 7-Passenger Sedan...............built from parts and finished November 7th, 1931. I suppose you would find room in your carriage house if this Custom Eight surfaced. Actually, I found the Serial Number Plate for this one....last ser. # in the model sequence of 555 motorcars. C-70,555. Some guy on ebay had it for 10 or 20 bucks, I think, and a friend active in the Lincoln Club bought it.* There was a novel about finding a rare Stutz about 5 years ago with gangland connections. One could do something like that with this I.D. plate. Chief Matowitz -- Eliot Ness(George's boss) -- Peerless history -- did Cleveland have organized crime in the 30's and 40s? * You may know him, the former owner of the green Peerless Custom 8 Tom Laferriere sold, that went to a NJ restoration shop owner later on.

The last Peerless built.

PRF No. 495. Two examples of Peerless Model 56 Victoria Landaus. 1917 or 1918 One in California 2014

494. A custom-bodied Peerless, I believe a Demarest-Peerless Town Car from the Chicago Auto Salon. '23 Skidoo!

Does anyone know someone with a red 8-series SC Auburn Convertible Sedan named Bartlett? He was on a VMCCA tour up here. I have a photo on my cell phone, but the phone/website transition is not doable.

It looked perfect to me. Not Boca Raton Concours perfect...but I saw the whole 1/2" of water we got last night towelled off and saw nary a flaw.

FUNNY That You Showed That Picture! I was reading this thread in some pizza joint or gin mill.... * * * * * An hour later..........I saw that '40 LaSalle go by. I'm in Salmon, Idaho and this car drove into town. I also saw a 60s Mustang, and a Studebaker Avanti. 55 cars on a VMCCA "Lewis & Clark Tour". Talked to the owners of this LaSalle, and a '35 Auburn Convertible Sedan this morning as they left their motel parking lot. Both owned by people from Texas. 9:00 this morning as the last 2 cars headed to Montana: https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOYD3ouSnJ8A18fZG7O21itYIkqPbf7WD1e1zKY

Here you go, John: from the CCCA - General, Elcar thread with 4 pages of posts. You may not have recognized it as the same car. ...Kansas, about 1930, with my Dad, Aunt Geneva, and Grandmother Brown. In 2012 at the Gilmore Car Museum in Michigan. Since it's a CCCA Classic, it's appropriate that the CCCA Museum is behind it.

The photo above was taken about 1995. The Turquoise & Royal Blue 1926 Landau Roadster was my Grandfather Brown's about 1927-1990. It's a Model 8-81 with a straight-eight Lycoming engine.

Hi Old Car Fan, Here's a picture of the inside of the Elcar Museum...from the CCCA General/Elcar thread, which you've probably found already. Courtesy of V.Milke.

The Elcar Thread on CCCA - General has 135 posts and 22,700 views now. I have a copy of the Elcar book but haven't found it yet.

Apologies, old car fan, I misspelled Tipton...which I thought was where the Elcar museum was. Correction: Bristol, Indiana. There's a long series of posts on the "CCCA, General" Forum here with 4 pages of Elcar info, including some photos of the inside of the museum. It's possible the museum is not around anymore. It's a private collection...I think V.milke stated on those pages he has been there. WOAH! MISTAKE! Sorry....I misremembered the town the Elcar Museum is in. It's BRISTOL, Indiana, in Elkhart County. i found the correct town looking in a thread: "Elcar project, parts needed", by V.Milke running from 2009-2019.

In my opinion, it's later than 1926, since there is no R-R-style rad shell. My Grandfather's '26 had one of those. There is an Elcar Museum in Tipton [Correction: Bristol], Indiana.....and a book on the marque. Maybe it's a 1929 8-78, like the July 23rd post above shows.

Wow, ten miles away from you! Still has chain drive, too.

Here's a radiator mascot that's more of a motometer ornament. It was only supplied to Peerless dealers with high sales records, according to a Canadian auction company. As you know, auction catalogs never exaggerate. I find this tasteful, circa 1924. ... Here's a circa-1927 original Peerless Eagle radiator mascot. American Arrow used to make a repro in stainless steel of very high quality, and a firm in Irvine, CA has a bronze version slightly less detailed than the original. By 1926....there was a "radimeter" on the instrument panel and a motometer was redundant. ... Here is the bronze version:

Thank you A.J.!

Source: digitalcollections u. of alberta Location: Calgary, AB

Lady Lougheed, daughter, and chauffeur at their residence in Calgary, Alberta, probably 1910-1915. digitalcollections U. of Alberta photo. Sir James Lougheed owned a 1910 and ordered a 1912 Peerless, but not sure what this car is.

493. Though the carmaker sold $300,000,000-worth of motorcars between 1900 and 1932, the ones from the first 15 years were so expensive practically no one could afford one. Case in point the 1912 Model 48-Six Limousine a Sir James Lougheed ordered at a cost of $6,000 CDN. Miraculously, the artifact has survived, in part due to less than 200 km of use, and long-time museum ownership. You can see it next time you pop over to the Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Frank_W, I'm in a truck stop on a break...........but yes, Streetside Classics says it's sold. Do not know who bought it, unfortunately. I know someone in Denmark with a similar Peerless F/S, though! ( a 1929/30 Model 6-61 Sedan ) Jeff