twin6 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Yes, and borrow their car. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 7 hours ago, twin6 said: Yes, and borrow their car. And teaching my sister how to drive!! Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JFranklin Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Acme Car Wash! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, JFranklin said: Acme Car Wash! Indeed! exterior and interior at the same time it fills the radiator to "top it off" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Atwater Kent at his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. Kennebunkport Historical Society 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Dock Square, Kennebunkport, Maine 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Houlton, Maine 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) Photo was taken in Falmouth, Maine. The plate on the tow car appears to be from Massachusetts 1934?? Edited September 30, 2022 by Terry Harper (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Looks like the early days of the antique automobile hobby! Appears to be an about a ten to fifteen year old Cadillac touring car, very heavily used, missing the top, towing a home-made trailer carrying a very nicely preserved 1902/'03 Rambler! I tried zooming in close, couldn't make out the state on the license plate, but I "think" the year was 1934 (but I can't be sure?). There were a fair number of early collectors at that time. I wonder who it was? And where are those cars today? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, wayne sheldon said: Looks like the early days of the antique automobile hobby! Appears to be an about a ten to fifteen year old Cadillac touring car, very heavily used, missing the top, towing a home-made trailer carrying a very nicely preserved 1902/'03 Rambler! I tried zooming in close, couldn't make out the state on the license plate, but I "think" the year was 1934 (but I can't be sure?). There were a fair number of early collectors at that time. I wonder who it was? And where are those cars today? On their way to Hershey? I guess that's how the 'other half' lived in 1934. When they get back, they'll do the annual ritual of taking down the screens and putting up the storm windows on their house!! (Does anyone do that any more?) Craig Edited September 30, 2022 by 8E45E (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I still do..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 The Portland Company in Portland, Maine was famous for building early steam locomotives boilers etc. They also were a dealer for Knox automobiles. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Old Orchard Beach, Maine, 1911 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 The H.H. Linn Dog show on the move. And... with the dynamo setup to power the lights. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Observe the size of the headlamps on the truck with the stout gentleman with the straw boater standing next to it . Wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Walt G said: Observe the size of the headlamps on the truck with the stout gentleman with the straw boater standing next to it . Wonderful. Yup! They look like C.T. Ham Traction engine headlamps made in Rochester, NY. Also note the folding top and the wire spool Here is a patent drawing for the tractor. The engine was a Brennan model 'B' four cylinder (4-1/2"x5") Edited September 30, 2022 by Terry Harper (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Here is as good as I can improve the image. I would have guessed those headlights were salvaged off a scrapped American-type 4-4-0 wood-burning steam railroad locomotive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 And while on the subject... if you think RV's are relatively new here is another machine built for H.H. Linn by Lombard in 1909. It too was powered by a Brennan engine only this time it was a flat four tucked in between the frame rails. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Terry Harper said: Yup! They look like C.T. Ham Traction engine headlamps made in Rochester, NY. Also note the folding top and the wire spool Here is a patent drawing for the tractor. The engine was a Brennan model 'B' four cylinder (4-1/2"x5") Until I saw this post I had been thinking that from the looks of the engine hood on that machine there must be an impressively large engine under there. Disappointing to find it is only a 318 cid four. I guess that whole train probably didn't do more than 10 mph but at least they didn't have to stop every few miles to water the horses. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: Until I saw this post I had been thinking that from the looks of the engine hood on that machine there must be an impressively large engine under there. Disappointing to find it is only a 318 cid four. I guess that whole train probably didn't do more than 10 mph but at least they didn't have to stop every few miles to water the horses. Got that right! Yes, rather small engine. According to what we have found it had a 3 speed transmission and a comfortable top speed of about 4-5 miles per hour. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 I want one of those C.T. Ham Traction engine headlamps ! Totally outrageous . The Pilot Ray lamp company that so many classic cars now have one of their swiveling headlamps on had a motto "Pilot Ray leads the winding way" - Wonder what creative phrase could be said for the C.T. Ham lights - maybe "Zeppelin owners love them the most so they boast". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotiveLensPhoto Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) On 5/19/2022 at 2:08 PM, Walt G said: Note on the tour bus photos the men with very few exceptions all are wearing ties, and caps or hats. Says a lot about the era - today if a cap is worn it is usually on backwards so you can show everyone 'you are from da hood' and your favorite expression is "we bad". Third photo down - LOVE that stone building! wow. You mean like this guy? And no one has cell phones, either. Edited October 1, 2022 by Golden73 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The Portland Company image was sharp enough to enlarge and improve. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, twin6 said: Looks to be about a 1908 Maxwell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 J. R. Gehman's Maxwell 'Auto Delivery' deserves a bit of improved look: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Terry Harper Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) Portland, Company, Portland, Maine, Knox automobile chassis Edited October 2, 2022 by Terry Harper (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Real Chick magnet. 11 hours ago, twin6 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Supposedly 1926 in Philadelphia. I think car is from later than that by the style of the cowl lamps and their placing. Add to that the cowl band and the plating looks to be chrome rather than nickel. I haven't work out what the car is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I'll guess it was a 1928-'29 Graham-Paige 610, 612 or 614. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Same car ? same driver ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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