Steve Moskowitz Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 This has to be easy but I don't have an answer...what is the make of this car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'd bet it's not a car at all. Many photographers had "fake" cars in their studio, to take such pictures. Note how large the dash is, and how low the steering wheel is located, not practical for a drivable car......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 They were called a "paper moon", a photographers term for a false backdrop. A friend with a large early automobile photograph collection has in the P's (along with Packard, Peerless and Pierce) a file marked papermoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 This one may well have started as a "real" car and been modified during it's career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Thanks guys, I did not study it at all...wonder where the wheel design came from though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmazcol Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hi Steve, I don't know anything about the steering wheel but I do know I would not mess with the gal in the back seat!She's not related is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AACA Library Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 That is probably Steve at the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Mark,There is a national meet in your neck of the woods this year so be careful! I don't think ANYONE would mess with the lady in the back seat! Betcha she was a school teacher from the day!Mr. Ritter, it was nice having you employed with AACA. I wish you best of luck in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmazcol Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hey Chris, I think the big cheese has spoken!See you in Oak Brook Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) That wheel looks so familiar to me. I took me a while to place it, then I remembered the giant antique coffee grinder that my grandmother had. It had a large cast iron wheel on it to crank. I couldn't find one exactly like the one on Steve's "car," but this one is very similar.Mr. Moskowitz, I'd like to apply for the librarian job if it's still available. Edited January 28, 2011 by Steve Braverman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 She looks like the wicked witch from the west. You know, there are a lot of guys from OZ on these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 You're not lion, there must be a Toto of at least tin men on the forum from OZ. I'm just not sure witch ones they are....maybe the ones living up north...we could take a straw vote, if that doesn't scare anyone.....and to keep on topic, I can't imagine that such a real steering wheel ever existed, I'd go with coffee grinder or some other application, stuck on the "paper moon" car to be different....dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durant frank Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hi All.......That wheel looks to me like it might have come from something other than an automobile.The coffee grinder is a possibility, but it make me think of a brake hand wheel from a railroad car or a large plumbing gate valve.It's a neat wheel no matter where it came from!Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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