Period images to relieve some of the stress

[Fossil]

3 hours ago, Dave Gelinas (XP-300) said:

Cable TV I suppose. 

[BobinVirginia]

36 minutes ago, Fossil said:

Cable TV I suppose. 

Can’t be, they’re working on it!!! Lol

[8E45E]

7 hours ago, Fossil said:

Cable TV I suppose. 

Yep, new Fiber Optic cable!

 

Craig

[alsancle]

If I post a duplicate tell me and I'll delete it.  I'm losing track after 300 pages.

[alsancle]

For example,  I vaguely remember this one.

[alsancle]

[alsancle]

[alsancle]

[twin6]

13 hours ago, nzcarnerd said:

Here is a what is it photo posted on a facebook page. Whatever the car is it makes an interesting period shot.

 

Elmore?

 

 

[twin6]

[nzcarnerd]

4 minutes ago, twin6 said:

 

Essex in front - no doubt about that - and the other one - maybe a Hupmobile?

[8E45E]

2 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said:

 

Essex in front - no doubt about that - and the other one - maybe a Hupmobile?

And the one in the window up top?

 

Craig

[nzcarnerd]

10 hours ago, nzcarnerd said:

A 1920s photo from New Zealand. Looks to be a circa 1926 Chev roadster at far left, and maybe a mid 1920s Vauxhall or Standard at far fight.

 

Any thoughts on the car on the right? Double bead moulding on the fender - shiny ring on the rear of the drum head lamp - multiple rim clamp bolts. 

 

 

 

An update on this one - apparently the photo was taken in England before the family emigrated to NZ. That being said it is odd that two of the cars are American. Of course there were plenty of American cars sold in the UK in the 1920s. Just a pity there is not a visible registration plate to prove the case one way or the other.

[nzcarnerd]

1 minute ago, 8E45E said:

And the one in the window up top?

 

Craig

 

That is a little more difficult.

[edinmass]

On 5/28/2021 at 8:42 AM, alsancle said:

 

I have three issues:

 

1.   I hate whitewalls in general,  but especially on a car that had about a 1% chance of wearing them originally.

 

2.  Wheel color should be darker than body color as a rule.

 

3.  This wheel color with the whitewalls scream at you and all you see are wheels and no car.

 

 

 

 

You have WAY more than three issues..............but then again, so do I..............🤪

[oldcarfudd]

1 hour ago, nzcarnerd said:

 

That is a little more difficult.

There appear to be Hudson and Essex stickers mounted at the lower edges of the upstairs window glass.  So the car is likely to be one or the other, especially if it's new.

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

3 hours ago, alsancle said:

If I post a duplicate tell me and I'll delete it.  I'm losing track after 300 pages.

I'm starting to have that problem.  

Edited May 29, 2021 by Dave Gelinas (XP-300) (see edit history)

[BobinVirginia]

3 hours ago, alsancle said:

That’s a super cool pic with the Spanish moss and old house! Any known history? 

[HK500]

The Well Dressed lady embarks on a journey in 1930 Southern California - the folklore is this pic was used in a Johnson wax ad.  And check out the hood treatment - engine turned aluminum!  And if the front tires are bald, no wonder they have leatherette covers on the sidemounts!

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

She was on her way to the grocery store to buy some Oreos.

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

25 minutes ago, HK500 said:

Refer to the above post.

I messed up on this one.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Dave Gelinas (XP-300) (see edit history)

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

A row of Tuckers

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[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

[Walt G]

1 hour ago, Dave Gelinas (XP-300) said:

She was on her way to the grocery store to buy some Oreos.

BILLBOARDS were prolific for decades, still are but less so due to computer screens, tv etc. The billboards were specifically aimed at sending a message to someone in a vehicle who was driving along a highway, especially post WWII when the highway system under the Eisenhower administration was expanded at a rapid rate.  The artwork and images were often designed to appear three dimensional or had other parts added to them to enhance that factor of advertising.  Some were very basic, others like this one more spectacular in impact.

Edited May 29, 2021 by Walt G
date correction (see edit history)

[jeff_a]

On 5/27/2021 at 7:31 PM, Dave Gelinas (XP-300) said:

Although these are not period photos, I believe the car deserves it's placement here in this thread.

Just Gorgeous. 

1929 Peerless 8 125 7 Passenger Sedan

 

As a side note.

This car was used in the weekly television series "The Untouchables" (1959-1963) as a "Mob" car. 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave....thank you for putting in this mention of the Eight-125 Peerless. I'm guessing that the photos are from the initial Concours it was presented at, Boca Raton, where it was awarded a 99.5 in CCCA judging. The restorer, visible here, told me crowds walked on by a row of Cadillacs and flocked around this '29 Peerless, never having seen this model before. There is a 1 or 2-minute video about the car on the Peerlesss Research Findings thread on the Peerless Forum here.

 

The numbers built are about equal to total Duesenberg production, so they were rare when built. I believe there are 6 of these 8-125s known in the world today(I keep the registry). At the Peerless booth David Baird and I ran at Hershey in 2013 -- I met someone who had a Coupe version of this. Can you imagine this in Coupe form? Alsancle will say, "Yeah, with blackwall tires, though!" The owner here elected to be "Puttin' On the Ritz", as the old song goes, and it does stand out.

Fourteenth year in the eight-cylinder field, first year for straight-eight. 114 HP. Available in these body styles:

1. Coupe --- $2,195
2. Roadster --- $2,195
3. Victoria --- $2,195
4. Sedan 5 --- $2,195
5. Sedan 7 --- $2,295
6. Limousine --- $2,495

----Jeff

Edited May 29, 2021 by jeff_a (see edit history)

[plymouthcranbrook]

1 hour ago, Walt G said:

BILLBOARDS were prolific for decades, still are but less so due to computer screens, tv etc. The billboards were specifically aimed at sending a message to someone in a vehicle who was driving along a highway, especially post WWII when the highway system under the Eisenhower administration was expanded at a rapid rate.  The artwork and images were often designed to appear three dimensional or had other parts added to them to enhance that factor of advertising.  Some were very basic, others like this one more spectacular in impact.

Wasn’t it Lady Byrd Johnson who had the national campaign to get rid of them?

[Walt G]

I know in the Johnson administration years car junk yards were focused on as a blight to the landscape so many disappeared because of the "clean up".

[hook]

On 5/28/2021 at 10:58 AM, Walt G said:

Well, some people have mentioned the "pie crust" edge style to tires, this has to be the 'crustiest' ever made. Come on everyone - this is authenticity!  Let's stop discussion on wheel color and start talkin about Zip Dang!!!  Note what is says on the windows at the back ground Falls Cords - hey we are lookin at  Cord . Now all we need to hear is Gomer Pyle saying "goll - lee". Automotive history and authenticity at its best......................... ( do any of these tires survive?)

I for one like white wall tires but even for me this is a little much. However, I think they missed their calling and could have teamed up with Purina Chow.

[hook]

1 hour ago, plymouthcranbrook said:

Wasn’t it Lady Byrd Johnson who had the national campaign to get rid of them?

Yes, damn it! And with it all those neat Burma Shave Signs.

[hook]

New for 1954

[hook]

[jeff_a]

On 5/28/2021 at 6:17 AM, alsancle said:

 

 

That is a really nice car that they picked great colors on and then proceeded to crap in their pants when they did the wheels.

 

The later big Peerless cars are almost never seen.   There are maybe a dozen of them?   Jeff our Peerless guy can give exact numbers.  

A.J.,

Yeah, you could put all the straight-8 Peerlesses from 1929-1932 known to exist in a KFC parking lot. 35 at most, counting some rumored cars and the one I told you about in a big barn find collection. Out of a production of 3,774 of the Sakhnoffsky-designed models and 1,163 of the 1929 8-125 models. I'll try to post photos of ones that have appeared in the forums. 4 of these are period images & 6 are more recent:

 

<--1930 Peerless with Weymann coachwork

<-- 1930 Custom Eight in New Jersey<---- 1931 Master Eight in Ontario

  <-- 1930 Standard Eight discovered in storage at the Blackhawk Collection, California, now in China

The Last Peerless, Cleveland Police Chief George Matowitz's 1932 Custom Eight

<---1930 or 31 Standard or Master Eight Coupe in a shed in Marin County, California and FS on Vroom 6 years ago<---1932 Master Eight in Hawaii<---1931 Deluxe Master Eight <--- 1929 Eight-125 in Ontario til 2019

 

<------ 1929 Eight-125 in California

Edited May 30, 2021 by jeff_a (see edit history)

[alsancle]

Thanks Jeff.   I see a lot of blackwalls in those period pictures and a lot of whitewalls in the recent pictures.

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

2 hours ago, hook said:

To see another photo in color, click on the link.

1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Motorama Show Car - GM Concept Car - … | Flickr

 

 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Dave Gelinas (XP-300) (see edit history)

[jeff_a]

The 6th Peerless listed -- the 2nd Coupe -- would be a fascinating restoration. In 1960, someone redid it as a lakebed racer, all the rage at the time in SoCal. The top was taken off and the I-8 was replaced with another I-8 (Chrysler Spitfire) and a LaSalle tranny, the huge headlights were replaced with small ones, and the wood or wire wheels with smaller ones to lower it, probably. I know where a replacement Peerless/Continental straight-8 motor is and the Chrysler mill might be sellable. It was running when for sale in 2015...the owner even posted it on the AACA forums once. 

 

The wheelbase was 118" in the Standard 8 and 125" in the Master 8. Engines 85 HP and 115 HP, respectively. New prices for these Coupes were $1,495/$1,995/$2,320 for Standard/Master/Deluxe Master.

Edited May 30, 2021 by jeff_a (see edit history)

[nzcarnerd]

10 hours ago, alsancle said:

If I post a duplicate tell me and I'll delete it.  I'm losing track after 300 pages.

 

Another Elmore??

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

UPS

[alsancle]

What looks like a Packard but really isn't?  Easy for most of you.

[8E45E]

5 minutes ago, alsancle said:

What looks like a Packard but really isn't?  Easy for most of you.

ZIS

 

Craig

[nzcarnerd]

A photo posted on facebook today - supposedly the (very messy) carpark at the 1911 Indy 500.

 

I can see a Stearns on the right, one Ford T near the middle and a Packard on the far left. Anything else identifiable??

 

Being Indy there must be a Stutz or two or maybe a National.

 

I see three raceabout/speedsters.