twin6 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 An Illinois family pauses with their 1938 Plymouth after visiting "Rock City" on Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of the Chattanooga Historical Society, The Chattanooga Historical Society – Making local history accessible (picnooga.org) Don 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukejunkie1015 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) In 1926 a new Jubilee Moon 6-60 from the Bye Thompson Motor Sales Company located at 3320 South G Street took on the steep K Street hill. The K Street hill between Center Street and South 27th had such a steep grade that it was used as a testing ground for the power of new cars. The Jubilee Moon was produced to celebrate 20 years of manufacturing by the Moon Motor Co. (1905-1929) of St. Louis, MO. The car, which sold for under $1,000, was reported to be of European design adapted to American traffic needs. The Moon and Diana motor car agent in Tacoma was the Bye Thompson Motor Sales Company; Bye Thompson was president of the company which sold and serviced the vehicles. Edited February 6, 2022 by jukejunkie1015 spelling (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George K Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 8:29 AM, twin6 said: Which one is Ed? Must the one driving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Look who got the best seats! The world is a better place with dogs, especially when you're piloting a 1912 Packard 48 in your fur coat. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Grimy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, twin6 said: 1925-27 Pierce-Arrow Series 80 7-passenger touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMc Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I think its an early 1920's Packard 7 passenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, DavidMc said: I think its an early 1920's Packard 7 passenger @DavidMc I still think it's Pierce, from loop door handles, size of cowl vent, hood latches, raised background for hood louvers. See attached photo of the 1925 coupe I had for 21 years, if you can zoom in on the hood. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72caddy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, twin6 said: Look who got the best seats! The world is a better place with dogs, especially when you're piloting a 1912 Packard 48 in your fur coat. What is with all the sticks in the ground? Random pattern. By a large lake or wide river…so probably not trees…ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK500 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 8:20 PM, John_Mereness said: On the set of the 1970's movie "Gable & Lombard". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMc Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Grimy, the features that are identical to the early Packard are the loop door handles, the hood clips, the cowl and vent. windscreen and posts, cowl and particularly the the top frames with that small centre bow frame that was only used on the longer wheelbase 7 passenger open cars. Evert detail I see matches the Packard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 DavidMc, I think you're right. The hood top panels are more curved on the Pierce, and although I've never had an open S80, the windshield stanchions on the subject car look different from Pierce. The Pierce 80 was designed to compete with the Packard Single Six, but the Pierce closed cars were initially $650 more than Packard giving the latter a competitive edge, until Pierce came out with the Coach Series with flat (vs. domed) roof, squared (vs. radiused) quarter windows, and single-piece (vs two-pane) windshields, wood-grained steel (vs. mahogany) interior window mouldings--for $650 less. The Pierce open cars and coupes were all in the Deluxe Series. So I agree the subject is indeed a Packard--thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 17 hours ago, 72caddy said: What is with all the sticks in the ground? Random pattern. By a large lake or wide river…so probably not trees…ideas? Stay supports for new saplings to grow straight. Looks to be a newly developed park. It would be nice to see the same location over 100 years later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Little "Skip" helps out at his father's garage. Photo courtesy of the Chattanooga Historical Society, The Chattanooga Historical Society – Making local history accessible (picnooga.org) Don 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Don't know what this is, but it strikes me as a huge car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 3 hours ago, twin6 said: Don't know what this is, but it strikes me as a huge car. No hood vents - maybe Pierce-Arrow? Looks to have after market removeable rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George K Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: No hood vents - maybe Pierce-Arrow? Looks to have after market removeable rims. The rims are Fisk. Here’s some info on the rims with some known vehicles that used them. Might help ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 The Fisk family are friends of mine...........they sold out to someone that became Uniroyal. The plant recently was torn down. The above car is not a Pierce that I can recognize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 September 1927, Abe Jenkins in his Studebaker Commander leaving the Golden Gate ferry, San Francisco after traversing from New York to San Francisco 3,302 miles in 77 hours and 40 minutes. photo hanging in the Studebaker mansion South Bend Indiana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George K Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 5 hours ago, twin6 said: Don't know what this is, but it strikes me as a huge car. Looks like this Knox. Your picture must have a big six while this one is probably a four cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) Ab Jenkins and George Hunt owned the #37 Studebaker Indy car that first raced in 1931. Ab was a good long distance, high speed driver, but couldn't master driving at Indy. Edited February 8, 2022 by Gary_Ash (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Thanks for the Knox ID. Here is what I'm told is a c. 1908-09 Knox runabout, air cooled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Early PZEV? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Interesting photo. Possibly a French Darracq basis. The 1901 Darracq Model C had an engine hood / bonnet similar to the residual hood on the 1DP (one-donkey power) model. The Darracq hood has a unique double curve at the front, while the 1902 Renault's hood is similar but lacking the double curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Sorry, forgot to post the 1901 Darracq Model C with the preceding post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 3 hours ago, LCK81403 said: Sorry, forgot to post the 1901 Darracq Model C with the preceding post. Note the Darracq has different spring hangers to the De Dion. The red car here has semi elliptic springs and the mystery 1DP has full elliptics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukejunkie1015 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) On 2/4/2022 at 8:34 PM, John_Mereness said: The building at 1124 Pike Street was constructed in 1920, custom- built as a Packard dealership. It was designed to be one of Seattle's most elaborately ornamented auto dealerships, befitting of Packard’s luxury image. The building is nicely sited to take advantage of a key intersection in Seattle; that of Pike Street, Minor Avenue, and Melrose Avenue, just a few steps east of the downtown core of the city. The Packard dealership remained in the building for about 25 years, but left in the mid-1940’s as Packard’s star was fading. The building is now the Starbuck's Reserve Roastery. https://www.cntraveler.com/bars/seattle/starbucks-reserve-roastery Edited February 9, 2022 by jukejunkie1015 addition of URL (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, twin6 said: Hmmm, I am sure I have seen this one before. Can't recall the make of car, or of the aftermarket windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 4 hours ago, twin6 said: Electric?? Or is it an underfloor air-cooled engine? Perhaps the lights are the clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 4 hours ago, twin6 said: I have been led to understand thsi is a circa 1908 Baker electric - French front model - the drawing may be 'fanciful'? - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I've seen tool boxes that look like these in many period photos, and wondered if the domed top is an accessory storage unit that is strapped over the tool box (as opposed to the tool box having a domed lid, not good to step on). No idea what the cars are, but there should be enough clues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Friederich Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Flea market in Paris 1908. You could buy an already then antique Renault. But I bet that my countrymen would have been more interested in those single cylinder engines-something to motorize your boat with. (Photos from Austrian Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung 5.4.1908) Edited February 10, 2022 by Casper Friederich (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 And the difference between the Paris flea market and Hershey is…? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Gary_Ash said: And the difference between the Paris flea market and Hershey is…? Everyone may speak French in Paris. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Here's a better look at the 1908 Paris auto flea market: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pre10 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 21 hours ago, twin6 said: I've seen tool boxes that look like these in many period photos, and wondered if the domed top is an accessory storage unit that is strapped over the tool box (as opposed to the tool box having a domed lid, not good to step on). No idea what the cars are, but there should be enough clues. Peerless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Winton? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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