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On 6/19/2020 at 11:27 AM, John_Mereness said:

From AACA Forum Member:  jeff a

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....a random photo I found attributed to someone in Europe who could no longer remember the make model or year of car, but the location is "Gardar". Going out on a limb I'll guess that's somewhere in Norway.

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Another obscure German marque, Szawe of Berlin. To my knowledge there is only a single survivor, a mahogny bodied tourer but with the more mundane NAG 10/38 PS Engine in Danmarks Tekniske Museum in Helsingör://www.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=602&t=9202#.XvqzLQ8oZjM.link

Period English language technical description

https://archive.org/details/automotiveindust46phil/page/701/mode/1up

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11 hours ago, jeff_a said:

Where are you getting these fashion plates, John?

This one, I believe, is in the Funk & Wagnall's dictionary under "high-maintenance women". 

I have put some of the clues in the descriptions periodically.  Search engines use such as the name of the concours, the year, city of the concours, auto show, motor show, Concours is a universal term I think (but d'Elegance you need to use both the american and french version),  the name of the publications many appear in, and ....    It is not that someone cannot do the same as I have and easily find, it is that it takes a lot of search term patience to find and then how to move over to this page so that it does not immediately disappear (as you note - some images are not permanent and within a day disappear). 

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10 hours ago, jeff_a said:

Where are you getting these fashion plates, John?

This one, I believe, is in the Funk & Wagnall's dictionary under "high-maintenance women". 

Also, as you have found out - a Concours d'Elegance is not only a car show, though a fashion show, dog show, and I have even seen flower decorated car photos. 

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I saw some motorcycles earlier on this thread and this one has a connection to a well known American Automobile manufacturer prominent in the Classic Era. 1909-13 four-cylinder Pierce, inspired by the Belgian F.N. despite having chain drive. The Fuel and oil tanks were contained within the frame. The Pierce motorcycle itself inspired the first versions of the Danish Nimbus after WWI.

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On 6/30/2020 at 4:54 AM, LCK81403 said:

The stunt with a collapsing Model T in this clip is done by Buster Keaton.  Will Rogers did a similar stunt with a car that shed its parts as he drove toward the camera.  If anyone knows of an explanation of this stunt it may be interesting.  It appears that the Model T is coming apart even before it hits the ditch in the road.  The sides of the body are falling outward.  As the car's front wheels just start into the ditch the wheels are already askew and apparently detached from the axle shafts.  As Keaton climbs off of the wreck he right foot touches the ground at the same time the right front fender ghosts into view and lodges against the wheel.  The pile of sheet metal suggests there is no engine nor transmission, and the radiator disappeared somehow. The special effects people did a pretty good job back in the day.  Watch the driver of the car because there is a stunt man actually "driving" and he is replaced by Keaton.  It happens quickly but by focusing on the driver position one can see a man wearing a pork pie hat, while Keaton is wearing a straw hat.

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And that is Buster's personal property 1920 Mercer driving along beside him.

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