Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 16 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: Bringing those gentlemen and their touring car out of the faded 'fog': Can you do that with any old faded picture? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: Can you do that with any old faded picture? Ben Ben, Depends on how badly and evenly the image is faded. Also depends on the sharpness quality of the original image. Some are very overexposed but still have details that can't be raised until that overexposure is back off. Gray scaling, since these are originally black and white images removes problems as modern scanners interprets the image when digitizing it. I use the basic free, shareware available for download at www.irfanview.com. It's easy to use which is a big plus, give it a try. Steve Edited November 6, 2022 by 58L-Y8 added image (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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58L-Y8 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 A better look at the Fairhaven Fire Department: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 20 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: I guess this is some sort of city sightseeing bus. I don't know the make but I think I have seen photos of similar looking chassis used as fire engines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 8 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: A better look at the Fairhaven Fire Department: Second from left looks to be a Buick Model D light commercial chassis. Next to it a Pope-Hartford. Did they make commercial chassis or is it just a beefed-up touring car? In the middle looks to be an American LaFrance 'proper' fire engine. I wonder if it is the more common Type 12 pumper with the 5 1/2" x 6" 855 cid six, of which quite a few remain, or might it be the big Type 15 pumper which used a 7 1/8" x 8" 1915 cid six. The model is mentioned in my 1914 Floyd Clymer book but I have never actually seen a photo of one of these in service. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 19 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: Oldsmobile. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gary_Ash Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: A better look at the Fairhaven Fire Department: Fairhaven, Mass. is only about 10 miles from my house. I couldn't find the exact location for the old firehouse, but they did buy new fire engines and eventually built a new firehouse for the pre-WWII engines. It's a great old town to visit, just off I-195 on the South Coast of Massachusetts, next to New Bedford. Here are later photos of the Fairhaven Fire Department. Even in 1949, some older engines. What is the truck/car on the right? Same firehouse as earlier. The Fairhaven Fire Department in its newer home. I think that's a 1970-ish Olds station wagon on the right, but some of the engines are much older. Here is a link to some of the engines from the past to the present: https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/fairhaven-fire-department/about-ffd/pages/equipment Edited November 8, 2022 by Gary_Ash added link (see edit history) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Gary_Ash said: Fairhaven, Mass. is only about 10 miles from my house. I couldn't find the exact location for the old firehouse, but they did buy new fire engines and eventually built a new firehouse for the pre-WWII engines. It's a great old town to visit, just off I-195 on the South Coast of Massachusetts, next to New Bedford. Here are later photos of the Fairhaven Fire Department. Even in 1949, some older engines. What is the truck/car on the right? Same firehouse as earlier. The Fairhaven Fire Department in its newer home. I think that's a 1970-ish Olds station wagon on the right, but some of the engines are much older. Here is a link to some of the engines from the past to the present: https://www.fairhaven-ma.gov/fairhaven-fire-department/about-ffd/pages/equipment Car on the right in the Washington St Station is a 39 Ford Standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) Looks like it started life as a 1913-1914 Cadillac. Bob Edited November 8, 2022 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Giving the Fair View Dairy Farm converted 1913-1914 Cadillac route delivery truck a better look: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 A mystery 1933 Dodge. The car has right hand drive but from what I can see its registration plate looks North American. I think the car is one of the Canadian-built, Plymouth-based Dodges. Does the phone number code look familiar to anybody? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 One of the lesser-known Americans from the late 1920s. Maybe a Chandler?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 40 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: A mystery 1933 Dodge. The car has right hand drive but from what I can see its registration plate looks North American. I think the car is one of the Canadian-built, Plymouth-based Dodges. Does the phone number code look familiar to anybody? The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942, Edited by Kimes and Clark states in the 1933 Dodge section: "The all-new Series DP Dodge Six was introduced on November 23, 1932, as a 1933 model. "..."Dodge DP Sixes built from November 1932 to April 1933 had a 111 1/4 in. wheelbase. Those made after April 1933 had a 115-inch wheelbase. The two types of DP Sixes are considered separate series, although factory records combine the body style production total of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George K Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 6 hours ago, twin6 said: 1908 / 1909 Model I Locomobile touring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varun Coutinho Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, twin6 said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Unknown Car From a British Website......... (being chain-driven may give one a clue, my guess is a 1904 Locomobile Model "C" based on the picture of a car Geronimo was posed in) Edited November 10, 2022 by jeff_a (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, jeff_a said: Unknown Car From a British Website......... (being chain-driven may give one a clue, my guess is a 1904 Locomobile Model "C") I don't know the make but the J registration says the location is Durham in the north of England. The lower run of the drive chain appears to be obscured by the part of what looks to be a double sprag. There doesn't look to be a brake on the rear wheel, maybe it relied on the cardan shaft brake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1912 Overland maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Here are better looks at the Locomobile and Pullman: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Searched the thread for these Chryslers but didn't see them so thought I'd post them for the Chrysler crowd in case they hadn't seen them before. I believe these are 1929-1933 LeMans photos? Edited November 10, 2022 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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30DodgePanel Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Also searched this thread for Bugatti Type 23 but did not find it so here's a look at one in case we've missed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 5 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: Also searched this thread for Bugatti Type 23 but did not find it so here's a look at one in case we've missed it... That is the Type 13 Bugatti in which he was second in the 1911 French Grand Prix, the first important competition outing for any Bugatti car. That GP was not organised by the l'ACF but by the Auto Club de la Sarthe et de l'Ouest and run on a 54km course at LeMans. Victor Hemery in an S61 Fiat won outright completing seven laps of the circuit in 7 hours and six minutes and 30 seconds and the Bugatti was flagged off ten minutes - at two laps(!) - behind him. The rest of the field were one or more laps behind the Bugatti. Lots more here, including doubt about the actual identity of the driver. 1911 French Grand Prix - The Nostalgia Forum - The Autosport Forums Bugatti Type 13 - Wikipedia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 9:30 AM, jeff_a said: Unknown Car From a British Website......... (being chain-driven may give one a clue, my guess is a 1904 Locomobile Model "C" based on the picture of a car Geronimo was posed in) From Vintman - "Research advises another website has same photo stating car is in front of King Edward VII bridge under construction in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The bridge was designed by a Charles Harrison of the North Eastern Railway comprising four lattice steel spans resting on concrete piers and was opened by the King in July 1906. Car is c1904 Gladiator 10HP Rear Entrance Tonneau." With its Durham registration the car is about 20 miles from home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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30DodgePanel Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Some interesting shots from the Budd plant era. These are the type of photos that I believe need to see daylight instead of being hidden in a file somewhere. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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30DodgePanel Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Budd baseball era 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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30DodgePanel Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) Budd press used for making the nose on a Fruehauf semi. What an absolute majestic piece of American steel from the era. I hope it was located on the first floor Edited November 11, 2022 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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