58L-Y8 1,899 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Someone arrived to meet the liner in an interesting car, looks like a Vauxhall boat-tail roadster. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,413 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 I have more images coming everyone ! , I have been involved with a lot of research and just proof read a major story with a lot of period photographs I did for a new publication that will hopefully make its debut as scheduled in about 6 weeks. Also have to tape a TV program on Brewster & Co. in 2 1/2 weeks so am pulling things for that from my archives. SO this is retirement huh.............................. 🙃 2 Link to post Share on other sites
A. Ballard 35R 302 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Paddy Wagon circa 1908 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,413 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 That White stake truck and the sign attached is just priceless! this is the kind of picture that takes us back into the era so well - look at the beautiful hand lettering on that sign. Commentary on the language as well - how many kids still call their female parent "mama" , and it is a glass bottle with a paper label too in the artwork - A total time warp. I view this from the perspective of not just an auto historian but also an appointed local historian for many decades. It is a social history as well as a vehicle history. Walt 2 Link to post Share on other sites
twin6 1,078 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Still thinking about Christmas? 3 Link to post Share on other sites
dictator27 170 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 5 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: Someone arrived to meet the liner in an interesting car, looks like a Vauxhall boat-tail roadster. 1929 Chrysler Imperial Link to post Share on other sites
Marty Roth 2,816 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, twin6 said: Still thinking about Christmas? Santa brought this down the chimney for Steve Moskowitz 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edinmass 12,743 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I think Steve was secretly hoping for a Cole!😜 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
nzcarnerd 1,180 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, dictator27 said: 1929 Chrysler Imperial No, a Vauxhall 20-60 Hurlingham. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
nzcarnerd 1,180 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 18 hours ago, edinmass said: A Horch and two Voisins. Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 1,899 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, dictator27 said: 1929 Chrysler Imperial Is it? Both Chrysler Imperial L-80 and Vauxhall had the fluted hood design, but the wheels don't seem to match and it doesn't appear as large as the Imperials were. Any idea who the coachbuilder was? Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 1,899 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 17 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: No, a Vauxhall 20-60 Hurlingham. Thanks, I didn't know the correct model but was sure it was a Vauxhall. Was that a factory-supplied body style or custom coachbuilt? Link to post Share on other sites
nzcarnerd 1,180 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 4 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said: Thanks, I didn't know the correct model but was sure it was a Vauxhall. Was that a factory-supplied body style or custom coachbuilt? It was a limited production factory custom. Suggestion that maybe less than 50 built. I have not gone into it. I do know that Holdens in Australia built a small number of similar bodies on Chevrolets to create the Moonlight Speedster. More info on the Vauxhall here - Vauxhall 20/60 Hurlingham – A record of existing cars (wordpress.com) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wayne sheldon 1,330 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 23 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: A Horch and two Voisins. Thank you nzcarnerd, I knew I had seen cars like the two before, but couldn't recall what they were. Saw your identification and said to my self "Voisins, of course!" With the Horch there, makes it quite a display of fine European cars! I wonder where this was taken, and what the event was? Link to post Share on other sites
nzcarnerd 1,180 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 minute ago, wayne sheldon said: Thank you nzcarnerd, I knew I had seen cars like the two before, but couldn't recall what they were. Saw your identification and said to my self "Voisins, of course!" With the Horch there, makes it quite a display of fine European cars! I wonder where this was taken, and what the event was? The photo showed up on a facebook page a couple of days ago. The 8 badge and various other thing had people trying to identify it as American - but of course the combination of features didn't match any one American car. That 8 badge certainly looks Studebaker-like but those pillars under the lamps are a GM thing. Many European makers in that era aped American styling features for a few years. Link to post Share on other sites
dictator27 170 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Learned something new. 😊 Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 1,899 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 The other interesting car attending the ocean-liner arrival, a 1934 Studebaker with a non-South Bend large, possibly commercial, sedan body. Link to post Share on other sites
30DodgePanel 1,263 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Look at the space.. Anyone recognize the brass front end on the right? Link to post Share on other sites
oldcarfudd 721 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Isn't it a Ford? The car has left hand drive. Link to post Share on other sites
randy ema 7 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 On 1/20/2021 at 7:00 AM, coachJC said: Hello is their anything on the back of these photos that identify location or ownership ? Randy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
coachJC 351 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 15 hours ago, randy ema said: I got those photos off a Facebook page....I went back and here is some more info that they have in the thread.. The Facebook page is "Scale Cadillac" if you have Facebook you should be able to search it. I think someone also posted to the AACA Facebook page so you could start there and make your way back to the source. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰? Хто виготовив перший закритий кузов для Cadillac? At the end of 1905, Cadillac presented its founder Henry Leland the first completely enclosed car in the company's history. The small single-cylinder coupe was liked by 62-year-old Henry, who drove it for many years — even after Cadillac began producing 4- and 8-cylinder cars. Where did this body come from? And here begins a real detective story. According to the first version, the authorship is attributed to the Detroit firm Sievers & Erdman. This is written in the reference site of automotive coachbuilding (link left in the comments) and several publications that refer to Cadillac information (for example, «80 years of Cadillac La Salle», Walter M. McCall). And more! The Sievers & Erdman own history states that it «supplied most of Cadillac’s closed bodies prior to 1910; initially wood paneled, they were supplanted with metal body panels, first of aluminum, then steel». Everything is clear, isn't it? But acclaimed Cadillac historian Maurice D. Hendry cites a different version. Here is what he writes in the book «Cadillac, standard of the world»: «The body was built under the supervision of Fred J. Fisher in the Wilson Body Company plant in Detroit (who became later the founder of a company that for many years created bodies for Cadillac. - Aut.)». And the most interesting thing is that this information is confirmed by the same reference site that gives the authorship of the body Sievers & Erdman (link in the comment)! So whose hands actually created the iconic car? If you know the answer, please write it in the comments. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Walt G 3,413 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 I am taking an educated guess here ( should look at the original sales catalog I have on the company and period 8 x 10 photos as well) but the town car I believe has coachwork ( and fenders ) by Don Lee in California. Link to post Share on other sites
LCK81403 175 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 The photo of a Cord funeral and ambulance vehicle was posted earlier by Edinmass. Either there were/are two of the stretched Cords, or perhaps the same vehicle slightly modified. The first attached Cord is the funeral/ambulance model, the second photo shows a stretched Cord, but it has a roof rack and a radiator-mascot on the hood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
1937hd45 3,264 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Milking that coffin nose feature for all they could get. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LCK81403 175 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Wow, great photo. The owner plugged two porkers with a Savage Model-99. Looks like he has a Colt New Service revolver in that cavalry holster. Link to post Share on other sites
Fossil 543 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Looks like feral pigs have been around a long time. I really like the car but the clothes sure don't fit with a hog hunt. Can you imagine showing up at a hunting camp dressed like that today? Link to post Share on other sites
bryankazmer 304 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 11 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Wow, great photo. The owner plugged two porkers with a Savage Model-99. Looks like he has a Colt New Service revolver in that cavalry holster. I'm no firearms expert - I thought it was a twin boar side by side 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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