Dave Henderson Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Two one-off L29 Cords. These photo copies were made during visits by the late Jack Willis and I in the '70's to Mrs. Agnes Leamy, wife of acclaimed ACD designer Al Leamy, from originals in her late husband's files, which she had lovingly cared for over the decades since his passing. In the late '70's I received a thank you letter from John Martin Smith in behalf of the ACD Museum thanking me for helping to get Mrs. Leamy to donate all of Al's material to the Museum. I had persuaded her to not give it to the Smithsonian. Edited April 17, 2020 by Dave Henderson (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 A closer look at the fine '32 Auburn speedster. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twin6 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Henney 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 16 hours ago, 1937hd45 said: Doors and louvers on the hood is that a one off feature? My guess is the hood top vents extra air helped keep it more cool inside - a 30's car can be pretty toasty on the feet, especially ones where the cowl is relieved a couple inches to the inside for the engine (no matter how good the cowl padding is) and my guess is that this is a photo from California - hard to read the license plate.. Very artistic though with the different sized vents and probably a very good solution. I have never seen another car fitted with these - they would allow identification today if car survived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 13 hours ago, nzcarnerd said: I don't know for certain which variant it is. Buick importing was only taken over by GMNZ in the mid 1920s and from then on they all came from Flint. Up until then they were imported by independent agents and there are surviving cars from both the US and Canada. Here is a picture of my '13 right/drivers side. Notice the gear shift and park brake on my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 A drawing of the one-off L29 sedan that I received from Franklin Hershey who designed it. He told me that an error occurred in laying out the top, which caused the height at the windshield to come out 1 inch lower than planned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Here is my great aunt Ivy and her husband Walter Lawry with their ca. 1912 Mitchell (I think) in the Seattle/Tacoma area. The second picture seems to be a ca. 1916 Overland. I think that's my father as a young boy standing in the front of the car on their way to Ellensburg, WA, maybe 1918 or so. My grandparents were living in Roslyn, WA back then, where the family had been for 30 years. Perhaps the wire wheels were uncommon on Overlands of the period. The tires sure look skinny. Just for kicks, here's a GoogleMaps streetview picture from Hwy 10 just west of Ellensburg. Looks about the same 100 years later. ca. 1912 Mitchell (??) ca. 1916 Overland on the road to Ellensburg, WA from Roslyn. GoogleMaps streetview picture from 6181 Hwy 10, Ellensburg. Edited April 17, 2020 by Gary_Ash (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Dave Henderson said: ...an error occurred in laying out the top,which caused the height at the windshield to come out 1 inch lower than planned. What a crime, it looks even better than we imagined! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 On 4/16/2020 at 12:19 PM, TG57Roadmaster said: Pourtout of Paris bodied this1938 Graham Model 97... Follow the link below to the ICMDb site to see Pourtout Graham Coupes in period films... https://www.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=2371 TG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 hours ago, John_Mereness said: My guess is the hood top vents extra air helped keep it more cool inside - a 30's car can be pretty toasty on the feet, especially ones where the cowl is relieved a couple inches to the inside for the engine (no matter how good the cowl padding is) and my guess is that this is a photo from California - hard to read the license plate.. Very artistic though with the different sized vents and probably a very good solution. I have never seen another car fitted with these - they would allow identification today if car survived. A thirties Fageol truck hood comes to mind: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/stove-huggers-the-non-studebaker-forum/50464-orphan-of-the-day-03-04-1938-fageol-1066 Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 These were taken at a veteran car rally in Wellington, New Zealand, on 24 January 1959, by a local news reporter I think. Most are readily identifiable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Going by surviving photos there were several early poppet-valve Daimlers in NZ (they went to Knight sleeve valves in 1908-09). Daimler built a confusing range of models and it is difficult to be certain of the exact identity of them. This circa 1907 car was in Christchurch about 1910. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 There were several coachbuilding businesses in Christchurch - a city of only about 50,000 in the 1920s. This Fiat 505 is outside Stephens and Sons coachbuilders in the mid 1920s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 The 1953 movie Genevieve for many was the start of their passion for old cars. The star of the movie, a 1904 Darracq, lived in New Zealand for a few years in the 1950s, owned by George Giltrap. He had some sort of dispute with the local authorities about 1959 and moved his collection to Queensland, Australia. Genevieve returned to the UK in the early '90s but is currently in the Louwman Museum in The Hague as far as I know. These shots are from 1958. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 NZ - Sat in Genevieve in 1973 when it was in the Gold Coast Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) My first Auburn - a 1935 851 sedan two owner's prior - Carl Haas And the car same car 30 years later And the same car last year 40 years later - with ACD Club Director - Secretary Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Here is my 1941 Cadillac 60 Special Fleetwood on an AACA tour in about 1981. Overland, Cadillac, Pierce Arrow, Talbot Lago, and ... Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 A Barbara Hutton Cadillac in about 1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Ike Brigham's 1932 Packard Eight Custom Dietrich Convertible Victoria first time out with new red paint in 1980's - CCCA Grand Classic Indianapolis Speedway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) An Indianapolis Grand Classic in late 70's or early 80's - I took a B&W role of film verses color for some reason. Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Same CCCA Grand Classic at Indianpolis 500 Speedway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Don Thom's Talbot Lago at a late 70's to early 80's CCCA Grand Classic at Indianapolis 500 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) One of my favorite Stutz cars - at a late 70's or early 80's s CCCA Grand Classic Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Here is a photo out of my personal collection - I inherited from a friend and the role of film was never developed until 1968 and this is the first time it has been scanned Lakeside Ohio, 1925, developed March 12, 1968, photo collection of Felix Koch, photo collection of Honest Tom Konop, photo collection Herb Krombholz Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Here is a photo out of my personal collection - I inherited from a friend and the role of film was never developed until 1968 and this is the first time it has been scanned Walnut Hills Ohio, June 1930, Wonderwell Film Adventures show at Kemper Lane Hotel, developed March 12, 1968, photo collection of Felix Koch, photo collection of Honest Tom Konop, photo collection Herb Krombholz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Here is a photo out of my personal collection - I inherited from a friend and the role of film was never developed until 1968 and this is the first time it has been scanned College Hill Ohio, November 1929, developed March 12, 1968, photo collection of Felix Koch, photo collection of Honest Tom Konop, photo collection Herb Krombholz Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 53 minutes ago, John_Mereness said: Ike Brigham's 1932 Packard Eight Custom Dietrich Convertible Victoria first time out with new red paint in 1980's - CCCA Grand Classic Indianapolis Speedway Of course it wsa done in the 1980s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, John_Mereness said: One of my favorite Stutz cars - at a late 70's or early 80's s CCCA Grand Classic Is this the one that became part of the Snyder collection and has since gone on to somewhere else? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, alsancle said: Is this the one that became part of the Snyder collection and has since gone on to somewhere else? I believe the Stutz is still with the owner of that time - they have owned for like 65 years now. Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Dad with his third Austin Healey, a 1961 3000 Edited April 18, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Rolls-Royce at a polo match in 1922 at Westbury, NY on long island which was a well known area for polo matches on Jericho Turnpike before the state widened the road. Mr. Grace in his car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 19 hours ago, John_Mereness said: Same CCCA Grand Classic at Indianpolis 500 Speedway The fabulous 1937 Custom Imperial Airflow CW for the radio star, Major Bowes. https://books.google.com/books?id=DALX2AsrZTcC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=1937+custom+imperial+airflow+major+boles&source=bl&ots=_UaWJ53u1g&sig=ACfU3U2YoSPrCGdZ8wWEnaIMojlLQD6B5A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgp8G8zfToAhXImq0KHSw1AbYQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=1937 custom imperial airflow major bowes&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 John Mereness, in 1986 I had some black & white film in my camera and visited the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, Long Island, the former "Eagle's Nest" estate of William K. Vanderbilt. There was an important Chrysler displayed in the courtyard... http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/rare_photos_of_chryslers_chrysler_at_the_vanderbilt_museum_in_1986 Many years later I gave the current owner those B&W images taken that day. Total fun! TG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 This Chrysler was stored for years in the main area of the house in a garage area that had a turn table in the floor! that is where I saw the car soon after it arrived at the Vanderbilt museum as a gift. Eventually the 1926(?) Lincoln town car that was a Vanderbilt family car took the place on the turn table and the Chrysler needed to be stored. It wound up out in s storage building at the Long Island Auto Museum owned by Austin Clark in Southampton. That is where I saw it once again at one of Austin's "Iron Range Days". It was not in the main display area there. As noted by then the paint was flaking off and condition had deteriorated. It broke my heart to see the car look so poor due to neglect by the Vanderbilt Museum. Eventually the car went back to the Vanderbilt museum to a basement area where there was a single car garage and stuff piled all around it. That is where Howard first saw the car and where his website Vanderbiltcupraces.com shows us extracting it carefully to get towed up the hill from the museum and loaded into a trailer to make its way west to Howard's garage and then eventually into a restoration shop. All videos and photos taken can be seen on the website mentioned. I had the privilege to be there through out the process and see a car I fist saw when about 10 years old come back to life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachJC Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1949 Delahaye Type 175 Roadster with Actress Diana Dors 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCK81403 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I forgot who posted the photo of a Brewster towncar, with a man standing beside the driver side door. When I put a copy of that photo into my computer file of Brewsters I discovered a similar be slightly different version of the towncar. In the photo of the Brewster with the man, the car has a painted radiator shell, the headlights are smaller size, and the tires are black wall. In the other photo from my file, the photo is labeled "34 Brewster Town Car on Ford chassis". This second photo shows the Brewster with a chrome radiator shell, white wall tires, and the headlights are larger, with the left headlight oriented toward the right, out of focus. I have simply brought this forward in event a Brewster fan is interested or has other information to share. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Coey Flyer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Al Zamba has one of these (the only survivor?) and drives it often on HCCA tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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