wayne sheldon Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, John_Mereness said: Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr. Although mostly best remembered for her scandalous run through the woods (nude) in the 1932/'33 (depending on what source you read) German film "Ecstasy", she was in fact a genius in the truest sense of the word. Back a few decades ago, when I was working in cutting edge communications systems, her name would show up occasionally. She was even the main topic of discussion for a couple hours at a systems seminar I attended about 35 years ago. Stories vary depending upon sources, and some "facts" are in dispute. Apparently, while still a young actress living in Germany, and married to a wealthy munitions manufacturer from Austria, she managed to be a "good hostess" for quite a number of high level military meetings. Between serving drinks, and lighting cigarettes, she listened in to discussions about what to do with this new radio technology. She apparently understood the concept, and electrical processes much better than most of the experts working on military uses did. A few years later, after being brought to America by Louis B. Mayer, and seeing a few other uses for radio frequencies and electronics in general, she invented a frequency shifting system that was so far ahead of its time, nobody then could find much of a use for it. She went forward and took out patents for the system, but was never able to collect much money for it. Eventually, the first round patents ran out, and she unfortunately did not renew them. A few years later, US military found uses in remotely guiding torpedoes and missiles. Additional military uses led to other ideas which in turn led to civilian ideas and the value of the patents had they been continued in effect would have reached an estimated dollar value in the tens of billions. Electronics experts and historians believe that had she stayed in Germany, and somehow been inspired to create that frequency shifting system for the Reich? The battle for Briton may have gone totally differently. Germany could have been able to control all those hundreds (thousands?) of robot bombs to valuable targets instead of just lobbing them en masse to fall randomly wherever they ran out of fuel. Today, her invention is used for many things. Your cell phone you use nearly everyday could not function reliably without her technology. The amazing things one can find out studying history. Edited July 19, 2020 by wayne sheldon (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, 30DodgePanel said: Reo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, John_Mereness said: Even though this movie first came out in 1935 this photo was taken a few years later. I note the cars have right hand drive so it might be Australia - maybe. The small light coloured convertible is a Standard Eight a model that first appeared in 1938. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, John_Mereness said: "THE WARE CASE" - 1938 Lagonda - might be a V12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Friederich Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1917 Oldsmobile with v-8 engine and convertible body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 hours ago, John_Mereness said: Underneath that "special", is a mostly model T chassis. The driver? None other than a young Edsel Ford, sitting in one of his first automotive creations. The car was rebuilt and redesigned several times, gaining a more complete body, and better lines. The engine. Somewhat of an unknown. Around this same time, Henry Ford had a special engineering department that built several (exact number is not known) special engines used in "special" racing cars made to look like common model T chassis, but with the special engines providing greater horsepower and designed to just fit into common racing categories. One engine actually had less displacement than the standard model T so it could be raced in a category the standard Ford was too large for! It has been postulated that this car MAY have had one of those special high horsepower engines. Several people have tried researching this car, both how it appears here, and in the forms it later became. Solid answers seem to be in short supply for it. I believe this makes my official one thousandth post on this forum! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Friederich Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 The British General Agent Vernon Balls own Amilcar Coupé in 1925 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Here is a Locomoile ( I believe that the same photo was used in a Locomobile sales piece) written in pencil on the back it ( I think ) says "Miss Farnamn eating a snow cone in July" location is the Alps. Not sure of model or year but am guessing ca. 1911? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 1937 Packard in Dayton, Ohio when new Edited July 19, 2020 by Walt G forgot to inserct photo (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 A couple of fine fellows helping out at the modifications and alterations to the new headquarters building of a great antique car club that is located in Hershey , Pa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Friederich Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 1930-31 A.J.S. Nine, built by the famous British Motocycle Company. Very short production run for the fabric bodied 4-door saloon, the price was also a bit more expensive than the main competitor's. Edited July 19, 2020 by Casper Friederich (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 hours ago, alsancle said: John, close but not the same. I posted a picture of the 2 passenger convertible coupe. Everything else you will find is the 5 Passenger phaeton. So where did your car "hang out" when sold new and where did it go from there ? And how many do you think they built (I keep seeing 3, though that is 3 x times more pictures that should be find-able) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozstatman Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 10 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: Even though this movie first came out in 1935 this photo was taken a few years later. I note the cars have right hand drive so it might be Australia - maybe. NZ, Could be. See there's a "Milk Bar" next to the Picture Theatre. In my Sydney Suburb, Eastwood, growing up the local Picture Theatre, the Odeon was flanked by Milk Bars on either side of the entrance. They did a roaring trade at intermission! Pic attached even has some cars in it, so right at home in this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) A Batten V-8 Edited July 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Cord in "Min & Bill" - 1930 Edited July 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Cord L-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Cord in "Der Zinker" - 1931 Edited July 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Casper Friederich Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Early 20s British built Rohde, rather sporty and without differential in the rear axle. The fabric bodied saloon i the same company's Meadows engined Hawk, one of the last made before Rhode went under in the early 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Probably the best L-29 Cord film footage that survives Edited July 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, John_Mereness said: So where did your car "hang out" when sold new and where did it go from there ? And how many do you think they built (I keep seeing 3, though that is 3 x times more pictures that should be find-able) No idea where it was sold new. It was in Massachusetts on a Cape Cod used car lot in 1949. There are two known convertibles, the two passenger coupe above chassis #0 and the 5 passenger phaeton chassis #5. So you have 4 missing chassis numbers in between. You also have the 5 passenger Hupmobile which besides the engine is identical to car #5. All of the period pictures that I have seen with the exception of the newspaper clipping I posted show the 5 passenger car. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 49 minutes ago, John_Mereness said: I learned something I did not know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 minute ago, alsancle said: I learned something I did not know! SOME PARTS FOR IT EXIST STILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 minute ago, John_Mereness said: SOME PARTS FOR IT EXIST STILL Do we have an engine shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 These are not period, but at least they are old - early 1960s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Just now, alsancle said: Do we have an engine shot? SEVERAL EXIST AND HAVE SEEN OVER TIME, BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIND THEM CURRENTLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 My appolgies to Walt, but yesterday we had the very cool Dornier flying boat, today the Kalakal. Sadly scrapped on 2015 after being derelict for 30 years. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, alsancle said: Do we have an engine shot? MILLER Dynasty by Mark Dees pages 323 & 324 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Westinghouse Parking Machine , Chicago , Illinois that is the caption typed on the back of the photograph. No other information as to address but the painted information on the wall says 115 So. Dearborn Street as the location for offices for rent so that may give a clue as to the area at least. Really narrow windows on the building shown in the photograph to the left of the parking machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Spong Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 c1929 Lincoln L with coachwork by Henry Binder, Paris. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Mercedes 500k and 540k, both special roadsters Edited July 19, 2020 by Tph479 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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