alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 It is probably just me but there hasn't been a lot of interesting activity on the forum lately. I assume because of the time of year. Anyways, here is a thread to post random pictures of what you think are really cool cars. Most of mine I've posted in other places before so forgive me if you have seen them already. Here is one of my all time favorites. I do not believe any have survived. If you know what it is and not because you saw me post it somewhere else you are at the top of the hierarchy of cool car historians!I will give you a hint and tell you that it has a crazy transmission in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 A Caddy powered Cord taken in the early 1950s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 The famous Round Door Rolls in the junkyard circa 1950. When it was in NY in the late 50s early 60s and painted gold my dad passed on buying it for 8500. That was a ton of money in those days considering he has paid 10k for his house not too many years early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 A barn find Reo Royale found by one forum member and sold to another. Brian, how is the restoration coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Saltflat Racer or Custom barnfind? - Page 3 - THE H.A.M.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 WOW! That is one great looking car, predates the Hot Rod look by about 20 years. Are those Westinghouse shocks on the back? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stock_steve Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 WOW! That is one great looking car, predates the Hot Rod look by about 20 years. Are those Westinghouse shocks on the back? Bob Tire dressing on the spare too?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Bob,That picture of the cabin speedster was taken on the top floor of the ACD Museum. Right next to it they have another set of framing they made at the same time. Pretty cool. Edited December 8, 2012 by alsancle (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Tire dressing on the spare too?!Note the lack of whitewalls in the chassis shot. The only change I would make (to the final version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) The famous Round Door Rolls in the junkyard circa 1950. When it was in NY in the late 50s early 60s and painted gold my dad passed on buying it for 8500. That was a ton of money in those days considering he has paid 10k for his house not too many years early.A color photo of the gold paint job.At least it was saved by someone else. Here's how it looks now.More about it here:loveisspeed.......: 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe ... Edited December 8, 2012 by Bleach (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldenguy Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The craziest transmisson I've heard of was the Owen Magnetic. But that is out because the auto style in the photo appears to post date the Owen. Other than that I don't have a clue. --Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 The Owen magnetic may be one of the craziest. This car has one of the first automatics. Not sure how it was supposed to work as there seems to be a clutch clearly visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 My guess is that it's French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I'm ashamed to admit I don't know what this car is, but I thought it was a pretty cool looking ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 My guess is that it's French.Very good guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Here's a couple we're all familiar with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 I've never seen the "flying wombat" in person. Is it as big as it seems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Does the "crazy transmission" car have a Constantinesco Torque Converter, Lever/Inertial transmission?George Constantinesco: Inertial Transmission (US Patent 1591471 etc)Or some type of friction drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 The builder was French and total production was very small. M. Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud was an eccentric genius Brazilian living in Paris who had designed an automatic transmission. They tried to use it in the first traction avants but the engine was too small for the transmission to work properly. Amateurs de Vhicules d'Epoque et de CollectionA rough translation is as follows:"............... In 1927-28, the? Establishments Sensaud Lavaud produce a car in France r? Revolutionary (for too? Era!) Which will pr? Feels ? e fairs in Paris, but few will be sold. Here are the characters? characteristics of these cars, which are poss? of photos of 2 mod? of: ? Ch? SSIS Alpax (alloy? Aluminum) casting? monop? this; ? 6 engine Alpax with wet shirts and T-valve? Of 5475 cm3 cools you by? Of boiling? Water heater serving as a condenser. This engine was produced by the foundry Crans (Is? Re); - Automatic? variable speed continuous (d? j? essay? e on a car Neighbor); -Diff? Tial? limited slip?; ? Suspension? independent front wheels? pending (system? me Lancia Lambda)? springs by rubber blocks; ? Direction? cr? maill? wheel and re r? adjustable height and depth; ? Color wheels Alpax?'re Incorporating drum brakes front and this Bugatti. Note that the box pr? S? Lective Wilson appears t in 1928 and Cotal in 1934. But this man s? Arr? You not? because in 1933 he con? ilo without a hydraulic automatic transmission? be a torque converter. This box will be tried? E on first? Re Citro? N Traction, the 7A, without the device? Picyclo? Dal? 2 speeds (which would have ensured? Success? S!) Assume that? S it? Of acts? Of sabotage? ? Andr? Lefevre who don? Not love Sensaud Lavaud. Think? NIH? (Not Invented Here? Not invented? Here), other discharge point. Jean BOULAND NDRL: A Museu Dimitri Sensaud Lavaud exists? Osasco,? Sao Paulo, Brazil Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 1929 Pierce Arrow Model 125 Dual Cowl Phaeton that was shown recently on an episode of Chasing Classic Cars. Wayne heard about the car and went to check it out. It had been sitting in a little tiny garage for about 50 years. The doors on the garage had gone so long without being opened that tree limbs had to be trimmed to get it open, and even then the door was damaged to the point it couldn't be shut again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Walter P. Chrysler's '32 Close-Coupled CL Imperial stopped me dead in my tracks when I first saw it at the Henry Ford Museum in 1990. Something about its proportions, the skirted fenders and its "look" left me mesmerized. An article on the Imperial Club site from the WPC News (Sept, 1999) gives an idea of just how custom this Custom was.So you can imagine my surprize when this tie tack showed up on ebay a few years ago, offered by AAA (year undetermined) of the majestic sedan. It's my favorite car-related accessory, and the pic doesn't do it justice...All the custom "family" cars built for the Chryslers deserve mention, BTW.TG Edited December 9, 2012 by TG57Roadmaster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 +1 on the Close-Coupled CL Imperial. One of my favorite cars. I think it is in the Canton Auto Museum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Huston Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 1924 Hispano-Suiza Model H6C “Tulipwood” Torpedo commissioned by Andre Dubonnet who was an aviator and racecar driver. The Hispano-Suiza was built at a cost of over $15,000 and is constructed of tulipwood and thousands of brass rivets. The car is on display at the Blackhawk Museum, Danville, CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Here I am circa 1967. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Speaking of Chrysler, here is my favorite of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 YES! I saw it in the HARRAH collection back in 1974, long and wide. There was a two page Heinz ad in Fortune magizine sometime around 1936 with the car in read, looks far less sinister. Bob I've never seen the "flying wombat" in person. Is it as big as it seems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 That is one great looking Chrysler, it used to be owned by a fellow in Westchester, N. Y. I think he paid $1,500 for it some time in the 1950's. Bob Speaking of Chrysler, here is my favorite of all time.[ATTACH=CONFIG]166778[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 If you note most of the cars in this post have sexy front fenders, so what is the fender on in the forground? Bob 1929 Pierce Arrow Model 125 Dual Cowl Phaeton that was shown recently on an episode of Chasing Classic Cars. Wayne heard about the car and went to check it out. It had been sitting in a little tiny garage for about 50 years. The doors on the garage had gone so long without being opened that tree limbs had to be trimmed to get it open, and even then the door was damaged to the point it couldn't be shut again.[ATTACH=CONFIG]166715[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Bob, that picture was taken at the Bonhams Simeone Foundation auction. Cannot match the wheel cover to any of the lots. Some cool cars in that auction though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Thanks! You looked good in the Type 52 Bugatti, Wayne just found one on the last Chassing Classic Cars. Looks like a type 37A next to you in the 52, any idea whos it was? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 I think the show was in NJ and judging by the cars I would say a CCCA Grand Classic. I would need to go through the 1967 CCCA magazines to see who owned them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djsyvrud Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 My father was a Ford dealer in Alexandria, Minnesota and I would like to share this picture with you of his "shop truck" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 1940 Cadillac Towncar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) The X-100 Edited December 10, 2012 by xp-300 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest djsyvrud Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) The X-100Here's a couple of more pictures,This is when Richar Nixion was running for VP he came thru Alexandria, Minnesota Edited December 10, 2012 by djsyvrud (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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