LCK81403 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Photographs showing cars parked at the Maungaturoto Dairy in New Zealand on 23 November 1934 are really interesting. Even though the date is late in 1934 virtually all of the cars appear to date from the mid-teens and 1920s. One of the cars appears to be an English Austin Model 7 of about '32 or '33 vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pre10 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, LCK81403 said: Mighty scary looking tire tread. Is this a Stutz? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 The Stutz looks almost new - note that there is no dirt/slop etc on the front axle, crank handle, windshield - no bugs in the radiator, lamps all bright and polished. Does the wear on the tires reflect the cobble stone/block/brick paved street? Fender both top and bottom seem to glow in a shiny surface, well polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Photographs showing cars parked at the Maungaturoto Dairy in New Zealand on 23 November 1934 are really interesting. Even though the date is late in 1934 virtually all of the cars appear to date from the mid-teens and 1920s. One of the cars appears to be an English Austin Model 7 of about '32 or '33 vintage. That one is a 1933 Austin Ten. The car next to it (plate 20.702) is a Clyno - note it has quarter elliptic rear springs. Someone on the local facebook page where these appeared thought it was a Morris but those have semi-elliptics on the rear. I have friends who have owned a Clyno, a 1926 10.8 hp Royal, for many years, of those which I have driven a few times. Even though the Coventry Simplex four cylinder engine is only 1368 cc it goes quite well, although its three speed gearbox limits it on hills. One weird thing with it is that there in only one universal joint in the driveline - between the engine and gearbox, so as the diff goes up and down so does the gearbox and you feel the right side shifter moving up and down as well. It does have very good brakes though. Clyno - Wikipedia As I noted in the description there were very few new cars imported in 1931-33. There unlikely to be many pre-mid '20s models there as during the prosperous years of the late 1920s car sales were very strong and the earlier two wheel brake models mostly disappeared. New car registrations peaked at 21,405 in 1929 (the population was 1.48 million). The lowest year was 1933 with only 3,685 new registrations, many of which will have been leftover models from previous years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Walt G said: The Stutz looks almost new - note that there is no dirt/slop etc on the front axle, crank handle, windshield - no bugs in the radiator, lamps all bright and polished. Does the wear on the tires reflect the cobble stone/block/brick paved street? Fender both top and bottom seem to glow in a shiny surface, well polished. It is on a dealer plate so I guess is being demonstrated. I don't think that is wear on the tyres. It looks more like the wet marks from the wet patches between the cobbles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK500 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Here's a Paramount Studio promotional photo for their 1926 Movie "The Blind Goddess" with Esther Ralston and a Hispano-Suiza. Interesting 2 tone, and look at the horns! wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 9 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: Here's a better look at the 1933 Continental Flyer. Another shot of the same car for you to tidy up - 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 A 1936 Dodge truck in service in New Zealand when near new. I should be able to determine the date from the punctuation point on the registration plate but the photo is not clear enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, HK500 said: Here's a Paramount Studio promotional photo for their 1926 Movie "The Blind Goddess" with Esther Ralston and a Hispano-Suiza. Interesting 2 tone, and look at the horns! wow. That must look pretty wild from a full side view with those dark areas and the spare in the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, jukejunkie1015 said: At least the flat is at home. Autocar from around 1906. Had unique throttle and spark controls in the steering wheel that worked like motorcycle hand controls. I forget the wheel manufactures name, but the stokes and fellows are steel not wood. Bob Edited May 9, 2022 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varun Coutinho Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 On 5/7/2022 at 5:19 AM, nzcarnerd said: Shared from a facebook page on which one Geoff Hunt shared this image from The Texas Collection. Location Franklin Ave, Waco, Texas. I think the touring car and the roadster are new Overlands but the limo looks older and probably another brand? Hudson?? In response to that photo Bob Compere commented that his grandfather had a Studebaker dealership right across the street - Right : 1912 Marathon Torpedo Roadster Left : 1910 Pullman (30Hp Model K) Limousine Center : 1912 Overland (59-T) Touring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Lozier, maybe 1911? What's on the runningboard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, HK500 said: Here's a Paramount Studio promotional photo for their 1926 Movie "The Blind Goddess" with Esther Ralston and a Hispano-Suiza. Interesting 2 tone, and look at the horns! wow. Reminds me of the 1965-1967 Mustang Players cigarettes giveaway cars: https://www.mustangspecs.com/1966-ford-mustang-players-special-edition/ https://www.cjponyparts.com/resources/mustang-players-special-edition Craig Edited May 9, 2022 by 8E45E added 2nd link (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) Notice the foot rest and the hinges on the bottom of the door that turns into an outboard seat! Edited May 9, 2022 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Wow, that's a great photo of the car and suicide seat. Very nice. What year is that car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 11 hours ago, twin6 said: Lozier, maybe 1911? What's on the runningboard? That 'thing' on the running board looks to be cast aluminium and has a piece on top where something else might be clamped to. I wonder if it is the lid to the box below the running board. I guess the Lozier dates from 1913?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Probably only a photographer's prop but it may have been a running car some years earlier. The steering wheel controls might look familiar to someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 "A car radio? What will they think of next!" Harold with Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer, on location for GIRL SHY. (Fred's car.) Any ideas what the car might be? It wasn't used in the movie it seems - IMCDb.org: "Girl Shy, 1924": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 That funky parking light should ID the car....neat photo. I have a similar shot of a Springfield Ghost from 1922 with an attached radio set off the back of the car........... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LCK81403 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Ed -- please post the '22 Springfield with the radio. I've been a HAM radio operator for 58 years and always interested in "mobile rigs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Here's a Maxwell radio car I pulled off the internet years ago. Howard Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 4 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: "A car radio? What will they think of next!" Harold with Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer, on location for GIRL SHY. (Fred's car.) Any ideas what the car might be? It wasn't used in the movie it seems - IMCDb.org: "Girl Shy, 1924": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles The radio on the running board looks to be a 1924 Echophone Model-A Made by the Radio Shop Sunnyvale Cal. The Horn Speaker Harrold is holding is a Dictogrand. Both available at the same time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 2 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Ed -- please post the '22 Springfield with the radio. I've been a HAM radio operator for 58 years and always interested in "mobile rigs". I'm 8 years behind you, will a Pierce Arrow do while Ed finds the RR photo? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keiser31 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, twin6 said: Cool Rickenbacker! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Another shot of it.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Wow, great radio car photos. The Rickenbacker deserves high marks for having the extra special "6 Point Buck" radiator ornament rather than the factory standard airplane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I think this pre war page might get more 'foot traffic' than some others - I know I look at it more frequently than some others. I have posted an enquiry on the post war page - I hope someone who knows their Cadillac V16s can work out what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 12 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: "A car radio? What will they think of next!" Harold with Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer, on location for GIRL SHY. (Fred's car.) Any ideas what the car might be? It wasn't used in the movie it seems - IMCDb.org: "Girl Shy, 1924": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles This one has been identified by Ron Hausman (Kissel guru?) as a 1921 or 1922 Kissel Model 6-45 Coach Sedan. Maybe there are no survivors of that model as his posted comparison photo is a 1923 Model 6-55 Brougham Sedan - Another piece of trivia there is the Steve Martin grew up next door to Harold Lloyd, and got to drive his 1936 Pierce-Arrow V12 as a youngster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 The Rolls photo was posted in the CCCA magazine back in the mid 90’s………doubt I can find it now. It’s somewhere buried in my boxes of stuff…….long before the internet and computers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 In addition to radios in cars there is evidence that telephones were also being tinkered with. While the caption of the photo of the R-C-H says it is a "wireless telephone" the rig is probably just a voice AM HF radio signal. The Ford with a trunk load of Motorola equipment does indeed appear to be a telephone rig. The operator appears to have more tread on the sides of his bald head than the spare tire has tread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 23 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: "A car radio? What will they think of next!" Harold with Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer, on location for GIRL SHY. (Fred's car.) Any ideas what the car might be? It wasn't used in the movie it seems - IMCDb.org: "Girl Shy, 1924": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles I sure hope the engine was running, and maintaining a charge on the battery. Those early tube radios consumed a LOT of juice, and would sufficiently drain a battery in an hour to a point the car wouldn't start!! Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 5/8/2022 at 7:13 PM, nzcarnerd said: Another shot of the same car for you to tidy up - 😀 Here's as tidy as I can get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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twin6 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 An unusual White steam speedster. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 12:53 PM, twin6 said: I'm 8 years behind you, will a Pierce Arrow do while Ed finds the RR photo? Since I am prepping to go to a local antique radio meet these photos are timely. The staged radios on running boards are interesting that the "B" batteries required to operate them take up as much space as the radios themselves. To light the early tubes would have requires a 6 V car battery. This is probably a 1923-24 time period shown by the curved neck R-3 Magnavox speaker. The radio itself is a 1 tube Colin B. Kenedy receiver. Close to the rear fender is a Magnavox 2 tube power amplifier. Notice the 2 sets of headphones hanging from the top. The rear seat passenger does not look impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 6 hours ago, twin6 said: An unusual White steam speedster. Here's a better look: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 This photo of a Studebaker brodcasting station is interesting. The Studie is large enough to be a truck, and sort of resembles a passenger bus or a repurposed funeral hearse. A sign across the front reads "Studebaker Motor Coach". The station call letters K-J-B-S, San Francisco, California initially came on the air on January 3rd, 1925 as K-F-U-Q, operated by the Willard Storage Battery Company in San Francisco. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, LCK81403 said: "This photo of a Studebaker broadcasting station is interesting. The Studie is large enough to be a truck, and sort of resembles a passenger bus or a repurposed funeral hearse. A sign across the front reads "Studebaker Motor Coach". " During 1925-'27, Studebaker fielded the heavy-duty Model N commercial chassis in multiple long-wheelbase lengths which were powered by the 354 ci Big Six used in the Model EP and ES passenger cars series, which they also resemble. The intended markets were funeral/hearse/mourner coach and bus-line operators. As the electric streetcars and light rail interurbans were failing all over the country, the continuing need for more efficient public transportation modes was being fulfilled by bus-line operations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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