30DodgePanel 1,403 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Incredible German made NAG 1 Link to post Share on other sites
30DodgePanel 1,403 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Imagine the work that took place and seeing this beautiful sign advertised for the first time once the scaffolding was removed. Thanks to all the great sign painters over the years for the original advertising This photo takes me back. As a kid I remember helping an uncle who was a master sign painter doing highway billboards, working on scaffolding and putting down the base coats for him. Fun work, learned a lot and never forgot the artist that he was. Incredible talent and lost art. The original bottled water? Notice how many pieces of metal this sign is put together with. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 2,135 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Here's a closer look at those Cunninghams: 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,231 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1909 White model M ambulance with driver in training. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LI_BENTLEY 39 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 5 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: The white White is a 40 hp 1909 or 1910, the flags behind look like 46 star and 48 star flags making this photo 1912 or later. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,231 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I don't know anything about flags, but the White with the sign on it is a 1906 model F. Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,231 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Am American Mors with what looks like a Cambridge windshield, minus the windshield. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,813 Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 6 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: 1925 NY Salon some of the cars are Holbrook, Mercedes, LeBaron, Cunningham, Isotta-Fraschini, Fleetwood, Minerva, Brunn, Rolls-Royce The New York Salon was held in the Hotel Commodore in 1925, had started there after the Hotel was built with entrance for the cars to the ballroom at the rear of the building. by that era all the hotels that the 4 salons were held in were owned/operated by the Bowman family. The Commodore Hotel was just to the east of Grand Central (train) Station . Some displays for accessories for cars were up in the balcony. Link to post Share on other sites
George Cole 1,095 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I wonder what they used to plow the snow? Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,231 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Probably not this... 6 Link to post Share on other sites
alsancle 5,995 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 We need to find one for the 29 Show - Nov 1928. Link to post Share on other sites
1937hd45 3,266 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, George Cole said: I wonder what they used to plow the snow? 3 Link to post Share on other sites
George Cole 1,095 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Whoever started this snow-covered tangent...thanks for reminding me why I live in Florida. It was a 'stiff-nipples' 58 degrees this morning. BRRR! 4 Link to post Share on other sites
George Cole 1,095 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Now, let's get the temperature back to normal. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,753 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 The snow is white......and so are these.......but the steam will warm your heart.........and garage. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
George Cole 1,095 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 7 hours ago, edinmass said: Hey Ed, great idea. If you get a rig like this, you can get rid of all those trailers and tow vehicles. And you can legally carry 2 more passengers in the rear vehicle. Come to think of it, that's how I carried a Harley a little over 3k miles, from Duluth to Cocoa Beach, via NY...piggy back on my Escalade. Edited January 6 by George Cole (see edit history) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
30DodgePanel 1,403 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 2 hours ago, E-116-YH said: Hello Alsancle, Don't give up, just keep looking! I spent five or six years trying to find a 1930 New York Automobile Show catalog but it paid off. Now I am seeking a 1930 Boston Automobile Show catalog and I won't give up. Any great cutaway shots you can share? Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,813 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Great to see the auto show program! thanks. There was a big big difference between the annual Salon and annual Auto Show. Different locations in the same city and the salon was not open for the general public to attend it was by invitation only. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,753 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Auto show chassis are always cool.......how about a current photo? Link to post Share on other sites
wayne sheldon 1,418 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Neat! I have seen a few such things over the years. However, those sort of special show items rarely ended up on my side of the continent. Link to post Share on other sites
8E45E 1,444 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 8 hours ago, edinmass said: Auto show chassis are always cool.......how about a current photo? Detailed chassis and cutaway engines and components have always been interesting to look at; even today. A notable chassis would be Studebakers gold-plated chassis from 1916/7. (Ads for it pop up from time to time on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-VTG-Antique-Automobile-Centerfold-Print-Ad-Studebaker-Golden-Chassis/264967184800?hash=item3db14661a0:g:H9kAAOSw-LJeRI7h ) Another is the clear Plexiglas 1940 Pontiac sedan which still survives. Craig 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,753 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 7 hours ago, E-116-YH said: Hello Edinmass, At the moment it is pulled apart but I have a few images of a few of the bits. I didn't take too many pictures before I put allot of it in storage. I hope they are enough to show you that I am not talking out my butt. These days people on the internet can say all kinds of stories, you know what I mean. Neat stuff..........I always wanted to try and make a cut away engine, but the time involved to do it correctly is almost unimaginable. You car looks great. Never doubted you. Restoring that chassis will be as much work as doing an entire car.......certainly worth it. Best, Ed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Colin Spong 133 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1937 Packard 120-C with coachwork by Henri Chapron of Paris. Photographed in London in 1970s . Current whereabouts unknown. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LCK81403 208 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 What make and year is this automobile? The windshield has supporting rods, but the folding top has no stabilizing fasteners at the front. The top appears to be one large air scoop. The usual top bows can not be detected while there is a Rube Goldberg of supporting irons on the sides. Is this an after market top on the car? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
1937hd45 3,266 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, LCK81403 said: What make and year is this automobile? The windshield has supporting rods, but the folding top has no stabilizing fasteners at the front. The top appears to be one large air scoop. The usual top bows can not be detected while there is a Rube Goldberg of supporting irons on the sides. Is this an after market top on the car? Looks fine to me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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