Tph479 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Duesenberg. Picture from the early 1960’s when the taper tail sold for 20k Edited July 19, 2020 by Tph479 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Tph479 said: Mercedes 500k and 540k, both special roadsters The Car on the left is the late third version of the Special Roadster. It was owned briefly by my dad's best friend Ted Billing in the 1960s. My dad paid 5500 for his 19k mile original Cab A while Ted paid 6500 for the SR which was sort of crappy. Both cars were bought simultaneously from Ed Jurist. After a year or so Ted tired of screwing around trying to get the 540k to run right so he traded it back to Ed Jurist for J292. Before doing so he offered to trade it to my dad for the Cab A & 1k dollars which my dad declined since his car ran so well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, alsancle said: The Car on the left is the late third version of the Special Roadster. It was owned briefly by my dad's best friend Ted Billing in the 1960s. My dad paid 5500 for his 19k mile original Cab A while Ted paid 6500 for the SR which was sort of crappy. Both cars were bought simultaneously from Ed Jurist. After a year or so Ted tired of screwing around trying to get the 540k to run right so he traded it back to Ed Jurist for J292. Before doing so he offered to trade it to my dad for the Cab A & 1k dollars which my dad declined since his car ran so well. Bet he is still talking to himself over that one........... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Mercedes 540k and Horch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Chicago Union boss Mike Carrozzo’s Lincoln. Was president of 25 trade unions at the same time in Illinois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Hispano-suiza j12 I don’t think anyone will ever be allowed to sit on this cars fender again. Edited July 19, 2020 by Tph479 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tph479 said: I don’t think anyone will ever be allowed to sit on this cars fender again. It’s just a used car......and when servicing 100 point cars, you do what you have to do. Been there, done that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, edinmass said: Bet he is still talking to himself over that one........... A friend bought a 57C Gangloff Bugatti and it was double supercharged (once supercharger feeding to another) and pretty rare with the key decision being that it had a rebuilt engine, but the car he turned down was a standing seam car that is now in Ralph Lauren collection - it was shinier, but no one knew its true mechanical condition, so one became a pushing million dollar car and the other became a serious multi-million dollar car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Tph479 said: I don’t think anyone will ever be allowed to sit on this cars fender again. As mom says "Just a car, we have garages full of them" or "Art is for the walls and cars are for the road." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Casper Friederich Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Adler and Fiat in Sweden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alsancle Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 hours ago, John_Mereness said: We have this one posted down in the CCCA forum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 1933 Harold Way and Western Ave in Hollywood Edited July 21, 2020 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Out of Door bowling alley 1929 Sunset Blvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Christmas 1932 Hollywood Blvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Claudette Colbert same year.... Best Actress Academy Award winner later for It Happened One Night. Carpenters Drive In on Sunset and Vine 1932 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ply33 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, 30DodgePanel said: 1933 Harold Way and Western Ave in Hollywood Interesting sidewalls on the tires on that coupe. Double row of light (white?) diamonds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ply33 said: Interesting sidewalls on the tires on that coupe. Double row of light (white?) diamonds. Was wondering if anyone would notice those.. Vogue Tires Los Angeles Edited July 21, 2020 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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34LaSalleClubSedan Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I believe these tires are "Falls Cords" with the X design. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 4 hours ago, 34LaSalleClubSedan said: I believe these tires are "Falls Cords" with the X design. I haven’t seen in photos or on survivors , so were they not popular , bit garish for most tastes I presume 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Friederich Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Second hand car in Sweden, probably German-Horch or Stoewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) For me this is such a classic photo that is straight from a Norman Rockwell or car ad from the time. Just a great photo. Edited July 21, 2020 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The beasts that made it all possible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 10 hours ago, 34LaSalleClubSedan said: 11 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: Vogue Tires and really a shame that with all the really fabulous tread and sidewall patterns that they had pre-WWII that someone did not ever try to reproduce, though assume the molds did not survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Pilgrim65 said: I haven’t seen in photos or on survivors , so were they not popular , bit garish for most tastes I presume Pre WWII, Vogue tires were incredibly popular on West Coast and so popular that while many tire companies are no longer in existence that today Vogue is still in business.And, periodically, some unrestored something or another is found with a set of tires or at spare. Serious "my dog is better than your dog" and "keeping up with the Jones'" stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Here is a cool General tire found by Curt Schulze under a sidemount cover on an Auburn 851. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Cadillac offered color matching or tinted white walls in 1932-1933. I have an old example up in my fathers attic of a 18 inch green wall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 minute ago, edinmass said: Cadillac offered color matching or tinted white walls in 1932-1933. I have an old example up in my fathers attic of a 18 inch green wall. The first time I saw the Mormon Meteor post current restoration it sported a reproduction set of orange wall Firestone tires - they then moved to the blackwalls you see on it currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 I did an article on the color sided tires for Hemmings Classic Car some time ago, have the sales catalog for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 The orange tires from the era still survive, I had on in my hands a few months ago.........a very neat keepsake for a great car. It was at the shop where the car was restored. Ask Chris about making the new orange tires sometime........quite an ordeal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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