58L-Y8 2,105 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 56 minutes ago, edinmass said: Here is a strange one......1929. Interesting radio antenna. Ed: When was this 1929 Packard Speedster Eight photographed? That top modernization wasn't an improvement. Rather like those narrow stripe whitewall, too bad they didn't catch on/ Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 21 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said: Ed: When was this 1929 Packard Speedster Eight photographed? That top modernization wasn't an improvement. Rather like those narrow stripe whitewall, too bad they didn't catch on/ Here is what I have on it. Edited January 14 by edinmass (see edit history) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 2,105 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, edinmass said: These faux Rolls-Royce-restyled cars always make me laugh. A Marmon 34 wasn't prestigious enough in and of itself. Is that a coupe by Hume? Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 3 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said: These faux Rolls-Royce-restyled cars always make me laugh. A Marmon 34 wasn't prestigious enough in and of itself. Is that a coupe by Hume? New Heaven Carriage Company..........built all in house....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tph479 121 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 The year is 1933 and you are visiting the World Fair in Chicago. Which car would you be looking to put the down payment on??. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) The Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow. Yes, I have photos of the Pierce at the fair........they are unpublished. Edited January 14 by edinmass (see edit history) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
34LaSalleClubSedan 146 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 hours ago, edinmass said: On the lot of MGM............ Louis B. Mayer 3rd series Eight Link to post Share on other sites
8E45E 1,434 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tph479 said: The year is 1933 and you are visiting the World Fair in Chicago. Which car would you be looking to put the down payment on??. Both the Brunn(?) bodied Packard, and the Fleetwood bodied Cadillac Aerodynamic Coupe. Craig Edited January 14 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to post Share on other sites
Tph479 121 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 hours ago, edinmass said: The Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow. Yes, I have photos of the Pierce at the fair........they are unpublished. The World Fair car is currently located in a Chicago collection. It is pretty impressive to see it in person. Did it originally have Blackwall tires on it? Was the twenty grand displayed at the same show also? If so it would be a hard choice between the Caddy, Packard, Pierce and Duesy... I guess I would have to have the chauffeur choose the car at that point! Link to post Share on other sites
Cadillac Fan 98 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 11 hours ago, Tph479 said: The year is 1933 and you are visiting the World Fair in Chicago. Which car would you be looking to put the down payment on??. The 33 Cadillac. Only one built. The rest were 34-36. I believe three Packards were built (and at least three, if not six, silver arrows). Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,786 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 13 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Ah so. Thanks for enlightening me about the service motorcycle. I guess I missed the memo about that. And now, seeing the cycle attached to the car, I see where the idea for the modern biker's "trike" originated. I can't read what it says on the motorcycle but I know that the Packard dealer in the Jamaica, NY area had one of these and many years ago I saw a similar photo and it was taken in Forrest Hills, NY on long island that is part of Queens Country one of the five boroughs of New York City. There was a huge network of Packard dealers in the New York City and western long island area, and a list and map of their locations was issued by PMCC of NY ( Packard Motor Car Company of NY) several times pre WWII that I have here in my archives. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,212 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 13 hours ago, edinmass said: Here is what I have on it. That's the car at the Henry Ford Museum, ex Monty Young. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
1937hd45 3,266 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Sad end to the 1929 Los Angeles Auto Show tent fire. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,212 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Here's the Packard model C (#72) that was burned in the LA fire. It was restored, as was the 1908 model 30 runabout. How many other cars from the fire were restored? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
A. Ballard 35R 309 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Woods Electric 1898/1899 Link to post Share on other sites
A. Ballard 35R 309 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1904 Panhard Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 4 hours ago, 1937hd45 said: Sad end to the 1929 Los Angeles Auto Show tent fire. Not so sad.........this was out on a road test when the place burned. The only 29 Auto Show car to survive that I know of. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AURktman 209 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 4 hours ago, 1937hd45 said: Sad end to the 1929 Los Angeles Auto Show tent fire. 46 minutes ago, edinmass said: Not so sad.........this was out on a road test when the place burned. The only 29 Auto Show car to survive that I know of. Annnnd after. Quite a few parts were probably reclaimed and reused. (https://theoldmotor.com/?p=144786) Edited January 14 by AURktman (see edit history) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
1937hd45 3,266 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) Thank you Walt! Page 270. Bob Edited January 14 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,786 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Bob , I was looking at the photo you shared and particularly the headlamps ( wow oh wow) on the car and wondering why you were thanking me! then read the page 270. Heck, we aren't even a year old with this thread yet! It proves to me, as I have stated before, that viewers really like pre WW II era vehicles. All total , perhaps I have contributed , maybe 30 photographs, it is all of you - from the USA, Canada, and Europe and Australia and everywhere else that have made this thread what it is. My thanks to all of you as well as the patient volunteers who keep this all together. It's all good. Walt 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Page 270 is great........we should easily have enough for another 200 more!👍 3 Link to post Share on other sites
1937hd45 3,266 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Maybe not so exotic, but it got a lot of people behind the wheel. Bob 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wayne sheldon 1,410 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 hours ago, twin6 said: Here's the Packard model C (#72) that was burned in the LA fire. It was restored, as was the 1908 model 30 runabout. How many other cars from the fire were restored? Was this photo taken before or after the fire? I have known for a long time that a bunch of historically significant cars were displayed at that show, and generally understood they were lost. I did not know of any being restored or salvaged except for a maybe a 1908ish Packard roadster (good to hear about that again). Barney Oldfield's Golden Submarine was eventually recreated after the original on display was destroyed. Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Rod Blood scooped up the scraps of a Packard at that fire........he had it for years and sometime after he died, someone built the car from what was left..........not sure if it was this car, or the earlier one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alsancle 5,939 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 hours ago, edinmass said: Not so sad.........this was out on a road test when the place burned. The only 29 Auto Show car to survive that I know of. it was at the salon which was at the Biltmore not in the tent. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,786 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, 1937hd45 said: Maybe not so exotic, but it got a lot of people behind the wheel. Bob Doesn't have to be exotic! I love the fact that all the people are crammed into the car! also the signs by the rear of the car too. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 13,605 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 hours ago, alsancle said: it was at the salon which was at the Biltmore not in the tent. In LA I didn’t know they used the Biltmore. 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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