Period images to relieve some of the stress

[jukejunkie1015]

Silent film star Harold Lloyd and his 1935 Packard Series 12 Limousine.

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by jukejunkie1015 (see edit history)

[nzcarnerd]

A photo from Dannevirke in New Zealand - a town founded by Scandinavian immigrants in the early 1870s. Current population is 5,700.

 

I think the car is an Oakland. 

 

Photo from the Dannevirke Museum.

 

 

 

The building is still there - though no longer in the motor trade.

 

 

[keiser31]

On 12/4/2021 at 9:00 AM, twin6 said:

I'm thinking this may be a Moon.

[nzcarnerd]

In case it wasn't obvious - Huiles Renault - 😀

 

[nzcarnerd]

I came across the facebook page of RAF Netheravon, apparently the oldest UK military airfield still in military hands - dating from 1911.

 

There are several photos of Crossley staff cars and tenders which were built in significant numbers for military use. More info about the model here - The Crossley 20hp and 20/25 car (crossley-motors.org.uk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[nzcarnerd]

'Telyarup', Michael Corbett's estate at Gnowangerup, Australia, 1919.' The car is a Buick I think.

 

[nzcarnerd]

Coincidentally I have had this one on file for quite a while. Also from 1919 but the location is Hastings, New Zealand. The NZ house is much smaller but the architecture is similar, though it has Marseilles tiles on the roof whereas the house in Australia has corrugated iron, a roofing material also commonly seen in NZ.

 

 

[nzcarnerd]

Four early motor cars outside the Knowles Automobile & Motor Power Company Ltd premises, Melbourne 1903.

It is possible the cars are: Peugeot 1899; Royal Star 1903; Darracq; De Dion Bouton engine. The showrooms were located at 102-104 Spencer Street, Melbourne.

 

SLVIC

 

[58L-Y8]

On 12/4/2021 at 12:00 PM, twin6 said:

'20's unknown make sport roadster. 

Here's a better look, wonder if it could be a Roamer?

[nzcarnerd]

A photo from a series illustrating women taking over driving jobs in the UK while men were away at WW1.

 

A well-used Albion which was probably several years old by then.

 

[nzcarnerd]

Caption self explanatory - 

 

[nzcarnerd]

An interesting mix of photos here which includes one from Hungarian photographer Martin Munkacsi's  shots of the girl in a rumble seat, shot in Berlin in 1932. Any clues to the identity of the car?

 

April 2015 ~ Vintage Everyday

 

 

 

[LCK81403]

The rumble seat compartment looks like it is no larger than and possibly a tad smaller than the rumble of my '29 Ford Model A.

[DLynskey]

14 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:

Here's a better look, wonder if it could be a Roamer?

Looks a lot like this 1918 Roamer.

 

Don

 

 

 

 

 

[edinmass]

On 12/4/2021 at 6:47 PM, jukejunkie1015 said:

Silent film star Harold Lloyd and his 1935 Packard Series 12 Limousine.

 

 

In 1936 he bought a Pierce Arrow. Somehow as a young man, Steve Martin became friends with him.....I think he said he was his paperboy. Martin recalled the Pierce remained with him for many years and wasn’t sold till the late 1960’s.

[HK500]

On 12/4/2021 at 3:47 PM, jukejunkie1015 said:

Silent film star Harold Lloyd and his 1935 Packard Series 12 Limousine.

 

Here's the same car at a  Packard Meet in California a few years ago.   Note the poster board with a blowup of this black & white photo!

Edited December 7, 2021 by HK500 (see edit history)

[nzcarnerd]

Interesting mix of less common cars in this 1934 photo - maybe Willys, a 1933 Plymouth with the less-common wood wheels, and maybe a late 1920s Nash coupe.

 

Photo info - "Manhattan: 427-431 West 126th Street (June 26th 1934) -Percy Loomis Sperr, photographer"

 

 

Time machine version - 

 

[30DodgePanel]

Wish I had the negatives....

 

 

 

 

 

[30DodgePanel]

 

[twin6]

Don Lee Cadillac?

[Walt G]

16 minutes ago, twin6 said:

Don Lee Cadillac?

Yes indeed it is, have a sales catalog someplace here for Don Lee coach builder.

[twin6]

[1937hd45]

Found this Alfa  while looking for something else, I like it. 

 

Bob 

[1937hd45]

Have to check others, the door looks odd. Bob 

[LCK81403]

Looks like a '25 or '26 Kissel, but not the "Gold Bug" color.  Ron will have the definitive word on this one.

[ron hausmann]

LCK -

    Yup you are correct. I would say from the wheelbase and tire size that it’s a 1926 or 1927 Kissel Model 6-55 Gold Bug Speedster. It’s a model 6-55 because it doesn’t have a hood vent nor suicide seats and it has model 6-55 step plates. It’s wheelbase appears standard, not he longer one used for model 8-75 cars. The wider tire size canotes a 1926 or higher year. The drum head lights were around at least until 1926.

    As to color, Kissel Gold Bug Speedsters were made normally in factory spec colors of yellow, blue, red, or greenish, but you could order ANY color scheme for a $20 factory option up charge.

    Good catch! Ron

[1937hd45]

I did a Google image check and found many with doors, I was used to seeing the door less MERCER Raceabout style early ones. Bob 

[ron hausmann]

2 hours ago, 1937hd45 said:

I did a Google image check and found many with doors, I was used to seeing the door less MERCER Raceabout style early ones. Bob 

Early Kissel Gold Bugs 1919-1920 ish were door-less. You crawled in. These were all Model 6-45 chassis.
Then in 1921 they added front opening suicide doors on the Gold Bug Speedsters til mid 1923. Hidden hinges. These 1921-mid 1923 cars were all Model 6-45 chassis. The Model 6-45 engine and frame are a bit longer and bigger than the later Model 6-55’s. Model 6-45’s had suicide seats both sides.

In 1923 they started producing Model 6-55 chassis with rear opening doors on Speedsters, as pictured.

Those continued until 1927 or 1928. Model 6-55’s had golf club holders and no suicide seats.

They made 50-100 Gold Bug Speedsters each year 1919-1928. 37 or so of these of all years survive today.

Below are two pictures of my kissel Model 6-45 Gold Bug Speedster. Note the differences in the doors, vents, length, side seats, step plates, top, and tire size from the later 1926-1927 Kissel Model 6-55 in the picture above. Subtle differences unless you know.

 

Ron Hausmann PE.

(sorry for the tech speak)

Edited December 12, 2021 by ron hausmann (see edit history)

[Walt G]

Ron, no apologies necessary for the tech speak, ever, for me at least - it is a great education for me and one that is 'spot on' accuracy ( unlike some things you can possibly read by some self proclaimed  " experts") It's all good.

Walt Gosden

[1937hd45]

14 minutes ago, Walt G said:

Ron, no apologies necessary for the tech speak, ever, for me at least - it is a great education for me and one that is 'spot on' accuracy ( unlike some things you can possibly read by some self proclaimed  " experts") It's all good.

Walt Gosden

I'll second that! All Gold Bugs are good, some have features that appeal to one guy but may not appeal to another. Is that hinged top iron on the original photo on all Gold Bugs, makes for a nice folded top IMO. Bob 

[twin6]

[HK500]

Sheepshead bay Raceway infield parking, either Astor Cup race 1918 or 1919 per writing on the back.  What is that speedster lookin' thing aimed at the white painted tree trunk on the left?  It's obscured by other cars but looks like something interesting.  My initial gut reaction - Mercer raceabout looks wrong based on only 3 hood louvers vs 6 louvers on the Mercer pics I see on the internet.

[nzcarnerd]

Chevrolet school bus in Hukerenui in New Zealand's Far North. No registration plate visible so hard to date the photo. Could be pre, during, or post WW2.

 

[twin6]

5 minutes ago, HK500 said:

Sheepshead bay Raceway infield parking, either Astor Cup race 1918 or 1919 per writing on the back.  What is that speedster lookin' thing aimed at the white painted tree trunk on the left?  It's obscured by other cars but looks like something interesting.  My initial gut reaction - Mercer raceabout looks wrong based on only 3 hood louvers vs 6 louvers on the Mercer pics I see on the internet.

The experts will chime in, but I believe the earliest of the L Heads had 3 louver bonnets so my $.02 is that your instincts were correct.

[nzcarnerd]

4 minutes ago, twin6 said:

The experts will chime in, but I believe the earliest of the L Heads had 3 louver bonnets so my $.02 is that your instincts were correct.

Two different louvre patterns?

 

 

Longer forward louvre on the darker coloured car - 

 

[nzcarnerd]

The Bottle family in 1917. Courtesy Gary Fraser and Dee Why Library.

 

What is the car? Chalmers maybe?

 

 

[nzcarnerd]

Actress Louise Brooks and Ziegfeld Follies dancer Anastasia Reilly pose as Police Officers 1925.

 

[nzcarnerd]

I think this one has been doing the rounds for some time. Not yet identified as far as I know.

 

[nzcarnerd]

Charles Jones outside his home at 322 No. Fifth St., Tacoma, WA

 

 

House still there - address has changed though - 

 

[edinmass]

22 hours ago, 1937hd45 said:

Found this Alfa  while looking for something else, I like it. 

 

Bob 

 

In my humble opinion, a very over rated platform. I was not impressed. Another legend that when driven, makes you yearn for something else.