RetroPetro Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Love that Essex - town car/taxi. Note the lack of passenger front seat - that was typical of cabs in that era as that was where the luggage/suit cases of the person that hired the cab would place the luggage. Note also how vertical the seat back is for the chauffeur. I have had two cars that had a division window- one was from 1927 a town car the other a decade newer and a limousine both had that vertical seat back and were not comfortable after about a half an hour. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 18 minutes ago, Walt G said: I have had two cars that had a division window- one was from 1927 a town car the other a decade newer and a limousine both had that vertical seat back and were not comfortable after about a half an hour. The cab driver would be sitting in that seat for a good 10 hour day, five (or more) days a week!! Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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edinmass Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 16 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said: Does anyone know if this experimental 1929 Essex was ever used or still exist? Ten to one its built as a Taxi or commercial service city daily rental with a driver......neat car, cool photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 What is in the background is much more interesting. Waterhouse Dupont? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted August 2, 2023 Author Share Posted August 2, 2023 Mercedes Benz 500K , do not know the coach builder. Artistry in metal fabrication and sculpting. A German car but lots of "french curves" in artistic description ( that is what the templates used to draw with are called to get uniform correct similar curves, at that time the curves /tools were all wood, now are plastic ). All done in an era when computers did not exist to draw something on a screen. Pencils and eraser with a lot of skill and a "good eye". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, Walt G said: Mercedes Benz 500K , do not know the coach builder. Artistry in metal fabrication and sculpting. A German car but lots of "french curves" in artistic description ( that is what the templates used to draw with are called to get uniform correct similar curves, at that time the curves /tools were all wood, now are plastic ). All done in an era when computers did not exist to draw something on a screen. Pencils and eraser with a lot of skill and a "good eye". Walt, it is Sindelfingen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, alsancle said: What is in the background is much more interesting. Waterhouse Dupont? A.J.: Good eye! Check your copy of Stan Smith's The Eight Cylinder Dupont, page 70, upper image, Dupont G-918 Transformable with the speedster grille. The camera man should have taken photos of it as well. Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Future tow truck. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroPetro Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alsancle Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, edinmass said: So what is the deal with the disks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 14 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: A.J.: Good eye! Check your copy of Stan Smith's The Eight Cylinder Dupont, page 70, upper image, Dupont G-918 Transformable with the speedster grille. The camera man should have taken photos of it as well. Steve I sent it to Stan. Hopefully he is making progress on volume two of his book. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) I was sure that was a DuPont, but could not find a photo of it. Thanks! Edited August 3, 2023 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, alsancle said: I sent it to Stan. Hopefully he is making progress on volume two of his book. A.J.: I didn't know he was working on a second volume; I look forward to it. Consider the odds of casually photographing any car of which only 273 were built of all body styles. Of this DuPont, I believe when the designer has included a dramatic sweep panel its rude not to at least emphasize it with a minor color shade difference. Or at least, a narrow pinstripe. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said: A.J.: I didn't know he was working on a second volume; I look forward to it. Consider the odds of casually photographing any car of which only 273 were built of all body styles. Of this DuPont, I believe when the designer has included a dramatic sweep panel its rude not to at least emphasize it with a minor color shade difference. Or at least, a narrow pinstripe. Steve Steve, I think there is a color contrast. It is just not picked up by the black-and-white photo. Edited August 3, 2023 by alsancle (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 2 hours ago, alsancle said: So what is the deal with the disks? Have a sales /promotion piece from a maker/supplier of wheel discs ( inner and outer) for that era. May have used this as a subject for a column or a story in the past. If I find it I will post more information here. Discs became popular for a few years to cover the wood wheels because the wood wheels were 1) a PITA to keep clean - thus the inner disc too 2) painted discs let the color of the car be matched and let the style/design flow better . Polished discs were also a PITA to keep looking smart but gave a bit of flash to the car , particularly on a longer wheel;base car with a pair of rear mounted spare tires. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 3 hours ago, edinmass said: Of the same body design of this wonderful survivor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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utbrowningman Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Picture of my parents in the late 1950s. Their first car, which I have been told is a 1953 Chevy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, utbrowningman said: Picture of my parents in the late 1950s. Their first car, which I have been told is a 1953 Chevy. Car to the left has been identified as a 1946 to early series 1949 Plymouth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 A Spanish bodied 35 Buick, with a Hisso behind it at the auto show in Barcelona. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 3 hours ago, utbrowningman said: Picture of my parents in the late 1950s. Their first car, which I have been told is a 1953 Chevy. utbrowningman: Does this look a little better? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utbrowningman Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 3 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: utbrowningman: Does this look a little better? Yes, thank you. 60+ year old Kodachrome not holding up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 The 1953 Chevrolet photos should be posted in the "Post WWII section where they would truly be appreciated. I am not complaining. I have fond memories of Chevrolet cars and trucks from the early 1950s. but prewar and postwar were very different eras and draw different interests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Does anyone have any decent interior photos of this "Portable Sound Theatre" that White produced? Edited August 5, 2023 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 A few other Sound Trucks that might be of interest 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 20 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: utbrowningman: Does this look a little better? Maybe better this way around? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 34 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: Maybe better this way around? No wonder the gas cap did not show up on the Plymouth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 13 hours ago, keiser31 said: No wonder the gas cap did not show up on the Plymouth. That had to be bugging you, John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Safe to say we all enjoy the ole White trucks so here are a few more 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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