John Bloom

I need to do some more reading on these years of Nash. Looking at the photos you posted AJ, for a closed car in long wheel based offerings from various up market marques in “club sedan” style of 33/34 era....they might be the top of the mountain of “closed car eye candy”. Note: “Mrs Pletch (my high school English teacher) please forgive me for the above sentence structure/composition.

Passed this on the highway yesterday. Big grin on the owner’s face. I’m sketchy on everything before the TC. I suspect mid 30s and may be a P series? I’m not sure, perhaps someone who knows these early MGs better than me can identify the car. It checked every box for great looks.

Tim, thanks for introducing Jimmy to me. I I’m sure it would blow our minds to see a list of all the cars to pass through his hands. I think a well written tribute article is certainly warranted that would be a fantastic read. I’d love to see the AACA or CCCA move forward and tell his story and impact on the hobby.

I’m not a player for it but man that is a ton of car for the money, with fun options and interesting club participation. Someone should grab it.

My best friend's sister had one circa 1979. a blast to ride in with the top off. It gave you that adult go cart feel. I think the interior trim was poorly done and left you with the impression it was a disposable car. Looking at the picture above it gives me a little bit of the vibe of a Lotus Europa. I've never thought that before, must be the angle of the photo.

I will never forget the morning. I was the dental officer on the USS CORONADO, out of Point Loma. My parents were in town to spend time with us and our four kids (7,5,3,1). All the kids were sleeping, but the four of us were up relaxing and drinking coffee. The phone rang and it was the OPS officer saying get to the ship immediately, we were going to see in 2 hours with no return date. I said "what is going on" and he said, "turn the tv on for 60 seconds and then race to the ship, tell your wife we don't know when We'll be back" At that point, no one knew what was going on, who was doing this, what they planned next. Military leadership felt like the ships were vulnerable targets sitting at the pier in various ports. I still remember the feeling I had driving to the ship. So many innocent people gone. Unfortunate how dangerous the world can be, I'll be thinking about it today. I'm grateful for so many who gave their life to try to save as many as possible.

I thought you had one, If you don’t mind, fill in the details of this video... looks like an exciting day.

Not mine: I’m not qualified to give much perspective on these but they are interesting. Maybe AJ or others will chime in with comments. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/281428314622764/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking={"qid"%3A"-3467873963208408114"%2C"mf_story_key"%3A"1135185543218399130"%2C"commerce_rank_obj"%3A"{\"target_id\"%3A1135185543218399130%2C\"target_type\"%3A6%2C\"primary_position\"%3A2%2C\"ranking_signature\"%3A3376437270725787648%2C\"commerce_channel\"%3A501%2C\"value\"%3A0.0015285426437219%2C\"upsell_type\"%3A4032%2C\"candidate_retrieval_source_map\"%3A{\"24116284961303516\"%3A3001}%2C\"grouping_info\"%3Anull}"%2C"lightning_feed_qid"%3A"-3467876368372202937"%2C"lightning_feed_ranking_signature"%3A"3376437270725787648"%2C"ftmd_400706"%3A"111112l"} Restored Graham Hollywood just out of long term storage. Very nice. Message for more details. Do not ask if available, I will not answer. Serious inquiries only.

Your reality and logic rings true with me, I get it. I don’t know my way around these cars like you do, but that touring at that hammer price had my stomach a little sick as well.

I hope that is headed home with you???

I like guys/gals who “have a lot of oil”, but don’t feel compelled to show the world. it reminds me a lot of some farm families I grew up with.

I know I've told this before, but because of this listing, I'll tell it again. My dad (famous for being able to squeeze a nickel) bought a chevette, I think 1979? (The "high performance rally 1.6, white accent racing stripe below the beltline. 😉 ). He was the school superintendent in our town. My sister and I pointed out often that first year teachers had cooler cars (Monte Carlo, Lemans, Torino, etc....). Dad bought it because it was cheap and got good gas mileage. He took good care of it, in high school I must have taught 20 friends to drive a stick shift in it. In August of 1983, I headed off to Wabash College about 75 miles from our home. Dad said "I'm going to give you this chevette, it will be a good college car for you". I loaded it up (hatchback's are practical for college kids) and headed to college. He had babied it and it had maybe 35K miles on it. As chevette's go, it was nicer than most. My dad gave me the paperwork in the glove box, Insurance registration, service paperwork.........and the title. Important fact, both my dad and I are John Bloom......which was the name on the title. About the third weekend at college I spotted a slightly tired, resale red painted Porsche 914 on a used car lot off campus..........Imagine my father's surprise when came home for fall break in style, a sophisticated 18year old, brilliant and wise after 7-8 weeks of higher education, in the practical ride a 914 was. I have a picture somewhere of my dad meeting me in the driveway when I rolled back home. One of many times he should have killed me but didn't..... Chevy Chevette, it'll drive you happy......

A shame that a better representation of the car isn’t provided. Hyman had one of these for sale a while ago. A beautiful car. https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/6723-1923-pierce-arrow-33-vestibule-sedan/

A lot of tool storage for a grand. I believe it is their cheapest line, if for a home/hobbyist, good enough. It will probably last a lifetime.

Very nice. For some reason I thought all Buicks went to a straight 8 in 1930? Was it 31? A pretty substantial handsome car to buy in the teens. But, it is remote......

Frank, just stunning. Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Perhaps previously in the Locomobile thread you shared the history of the cars before you owned them, but I'd be interested in hearing how they came into your stewardship. Just gorgeous cars.

Thanks Frank, I’d love to see some pictures of your Loco Touring. What magnificent cars Locomobile made in this era.

Frank, it does state that it is the April 1916 edition. The only “loose pages” is the attached fold out lubrication chart I posted. I will more thoroughly go through each page looking for corrections, but I didn’t see any in a first glance through the book. see pages 47/48 mentioning dual ignition, specifically “Eisemann high tension dual , which consists of an Eisemann EM-6 magneto and a combination coil and dash switch. maximum horsepower for the model 48 is 82.5. For the model 38 is 65.5. see the specification page for the model 38, and the model 48.

Al, copyright 1916 for the 1917 models 38 and 48. I don’t know if this is a publication commonly found and in the hands of many, or if it is rare? I haven’t looked to see if the contents are available online, but it is a treasure of information and it should be available to all Locomobile owners. Perhaps I could scan it all in and make it available.

I picked this up last week and haven’t had a chance to really dig in and read through it but it’s pretty awesome. A Locomobile owner in Princeton Illinois had passed away and this was found in a dresser in a barn that used to house the car.

What a big regal ride. Hope someone I know might jump on it.

@Arta, congratulations. I’d love to hear more details about your beautiful car.

Free might just be the seller’s unrealistic opening price. With shrewd negotiating maybe you get it down to “give me the car and 5K”.

Thanks, very nice. Interesting rear bumper approach for a car with rear mounted spares.