hook Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, LCK81403 said: Walt, your comments about the toll and toll collector are interesting. Regarding the 15 cent toll, perhaps there was enough traffic that supported the operation. I do remember a time when my brother and I pooled 25 cents to put a little gas for his car so that we could get to work before payday. I remember the attendant at the gas station: "How much you want?" My brother: "Twenty-five cents please." That's a time that became a memory. 😁 While today it costs a $72 American dollars nightmare to fill the tank on my truck. 😩 $72 dollars to fill your truck tank! Wow! I wish I could fill my truck tank for 72 dollars. My truck's tank is 35 gallons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukejunkie1015 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, hddennis said: Plate is a 1919 California plate but the Maxwell is a 1920 so must be late 1919 and appears to be starting a measured miles per gallon test on a new car. Howard Dennis These stations were prefabbed tin and some still exist today. This one is in La Grange CA and on the National Register of Historic Places Edited March 23, 2022 by jukejunkie1015 (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The caption with this one says Babe is sitting on a Jeep. That is unlikely. I think the car might be a circa 1927 Moon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 A 1908 photo from New Zealand. Not sure about the car - maybe a Darracq? Note the unusual lamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ply33 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 2 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: The caption with this one says Babe is sitting on a Jeep. That is unlikely. I think the car might be a circa 1927 Moon. The Babe looks a little out of his element doing this publicity stunt. Is that Tom Mix standing to the left of the car? Not quite an exact resemblance to photos that come up in my search but it could be from what I have found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 Well, perhaps proper period attire of the era is what is needed to get the extra few points to score a first place/ bestest of the best at the next Grand experience classic concours . SO how about it folks?! when you trailer your car to the next event (as described just now) perhaps another trailer could bring along the special period clothes. By the way those horns make quite an optional car mascot/hood ornament......................... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Perhaps that is Will Rogers wearing the chaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Terry Harper said: Can you imagine this today? They removed knock off wings and hood ornaments because of dangers to pedestrians. Just think of the guards this would have to have, then all the lawsuits from messed up hair do's because of the hurricane force winds. Oh and don't forget the fun and games if it was raining real hard. Just crazy thoughts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 9 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Perhaps that is Will Rogers wearing the chaps. Went back to where I found the photo. The other guy is Lou Gehrig. He died of motor neuron disease in 1941. Several reference on the net. Maybe he was the first 'celebrity' to die from it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 This one may have been posted before. Caption says "5th Ave Easter '13". Anything identifiable? The car with plate 30191 looks to be an electric - maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 The Selwyn River, a few miles south of Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1925. Any thought on what the car with the plate 62-412 might be? Btw those plates are the first year of the new 'national' series of plates. These were made in California but subsequent years' plates were made in NZ. The intention was for them to be available for issue from ! Jan but they were late arriving and so the registration year became mid-year to mid-year and remained that way until the system was computerised in the 1990s. new plates were issued every year until WW2, then every five years until the new system of permanent plates began in 1964. I wondered if the mystery car might have been a Scripps-Booth - like the one in this photo - but maybe not - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: Went back to where I found the photo. The other guy is Lou Gehrig. He died of motor neuron disease in 1941. Several reference on the net. Maybe he was the first 'celebrity' to die from it? So famous they named the disease after him. At least here in the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 2 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: This one may have been posted before. Caption says "5th Ave Easter '13". Anything identifiable? The car with plate 30191 looks to be an electric - maybe? I think there are three Packards in view: the limousine at lower left with plate 24933, the one immediately above it going in the opposite direction, and the car right behind it. Those two cars appear to have collapsible rear quarters. Great photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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58L-Y8 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 This image found on-line of a motorcycle race event in the 1940's also includes a 1942 Studebaker Champion coupe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walt G Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 21 hours ago, twin6 said: Absolutely love this photo. Look at the details you can see. worthy of study of style, function, paint application - where and what areas were painted and striped. the oval coach handles, the way the curtain to keep the rain out is rolled up and secured for the driver . And the three "florie dorie " sisters in the back too. ( remember the Little Rascals/Our Gang movie where the kids sang "we want the florie dories" ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Walt G Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 I wonder if this was taken on long island? There is a Port Jefferson on the north shore about 2/3 of the way out the length . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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edinmass Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Walt G said: Absolutely love this photo. Look at the details you can see. worthy of study of style, function, paint application - where and what areas were painted and striped. the oval coach handles, the way the curtain to keep the rain out is rolled up and secured for the driver . And the three "florie dorie " sisters in the back too. ( remember the Little Rascals/Our Gang movie where the kids sang "we want the florie dories" ? Having seen the identical car in person.......the photo is much more appealing than the actual car.......very vertically challenged, and rather awkward with the top up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 Vertically challenged , Yes I can very much agree, but given the year of manufacture it is to be expected and touring cars and roadsters of the same era with the top and side curtains up are not low profile either. Awkward, yes, again but one may take into account that the horseless carriage was not to far removed from the carriage that used real horses so the styling was in a transition . In the 1915 and earlier era the perpendicular enclosed cars and formal cars that all resemble large china cabinets I find appealing - they set the mark of "what was then" . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Two things are interesting about this photo. First, for the time period of the car the women's hats do not seem to be of the same era. Especially so for the the woman looking at the camera as her hat is quite plain, spartan, and looking more like a hat style that a man would wear. Perhaps the author of the photo chose to minimize the hats to emphasize the automobile qualities. Second, the weather tightness of the three body seals could be problematic. As the roof panel on top and the rear folded down panel is elevated there are three surfaces that need to seal against wind and rain. There does not appear to be any welting or compressible weather seal at the joints. Is the car a Packard or Locomobile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 A feeling of "road rash" seems to accompany this photo. Whew. Scary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 39 minutes ago, LCK81403 said: Two things are interesting about this photo. First, for the time period of the car the women's hats do not seem to be of the same era. Especially so for the the woman looking at the camera as her hat is quite plain, spartan, and looking more like a hat style that a man would wear. Perhaps the author of the photo chose to minimize the hats to emphasize the automobile qualities. Second, the weather tightness of the three body seals could be problematic. As the roof panel on top and the rear folded down panel is elevated there are three surfaces that need to seal against wind and rain. There does not appear to be any welting or compressible weather seal at the joints. Is the car a Packard or Locomobile? Packard - no doubt - hood shape and instruments on column. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, edinmass said: Having seen the identical car in person.......the photo is much more appealing than the actual car.......very vertically challenged, and rather awkward with the top up. By vertically challenged do you mean it is short or tall. To me, and in many online references, vertically challenged is a pseudo politically correct term for not very tall - ie short. Think Danny de Vito. In a similar vein my later grandmother was born in the East End of London in 1899 and whenever she saw a very tall man would say - "he's tall for his height isn't he". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 4 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: Packard - no doubt - hood shape and instruments on column. Yes, 1915 model 3-38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 50 minutes ago, twin6 said: One of the very first CGV cars I think - 1902. Interesting tonneau where the passengers sat facing each other. Charron, Girardot et Voigt - Wikipedia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Varun Coutinho Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 3 hours ago, twin6 said: 1907 Pierce Great Arrow 40-45Hp Touring 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 22 hours ago, Walt G said: I wonder if this was taken on long island? There is a Port Jefferson on the north shore about 2/3 of the way out the length . Yes, on a clear day I can stand on my doorstep and see it in the distance about 30 miles away, great photo. Bob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 The Fredrick Lewis Packard with his estate in the background in Ridgefield, Ct. I'm guessing it is a twin six. His Grandfather founded what is CitiBank today. With a 15 car carriage house and three chauffeurs you can only guess what they had, in 1919 I know they had two Rolls Royce, and two Brewsters 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, 1937hd45 said: The Fredrick Lewis Packard with his estate in the background in Ridgefield, Ct. I'm guessing it is a twin six. His Grandfather founded what is CitiBank today. With a 15 car carriage house and three chauffeurs you can only guess what they had, in 1919 I know they had two Rolls Royce, and two Brewsters Earlier than 1919 I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 4 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: Earlier than 1919 I think. 1913 model 48 (2-48). Great photo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Bob, Does that estate in Ridgefield still exist? or parts of it? Perhaps parts of the house, carriage house or even the great stone wall? Totally cool - and it is why this thread means so much to me - it is not just about the cars but everything else in the back ground that tells the story and transports us all to an era when things were designed and built to last. Walt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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