twin6 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Plate looks like Mass., but I have no idea what make of car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 18 hours ago, HK500 said: I think this '35 Hispano Suiza J12, Owned by W. Boone and seen in this super 8 film still at the 1966 O'Hare Stadium CCCA concours is the same as the "Babette" car. Our friend Jim was quite a wheeler-dealer, so it's pretty likely that from the 50's to the 60's that car found a new home. And possibly the same venue, Ohare was open from 56 to '68, with that pony wall, fence & grandstands in the background. On Jim's black car the belt line dives down on the upper portion of the rear fender, and on the red car the belt line seems to drop down in front of the rear fender. What are the odds of two Hisso's with similar body styles being in the Chicago area around the same time? Jim used to talk about shows at the old O'Hare stadium and how everyone drove their classics to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK500 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Tph479 said: On Jim's black car the belt line dives down on the upper portion of the rear fender, and on the red car the belt line seems to drop down in front of the rear fender. What are the odds of two Hisso's with similar body styles being in the Chicago area around the same time? Jim used to talk about shows at the old O'Hare stadium and how everyone drove their classics to them. Well you're right - 2 different cars - but both were at O'Hare Stadium, maybe separated by some time. Nelson Thorpe, who is the knower of all things Hispano, sent me this info, with more Babette! Nelson says " The car is 14019, now owned by Sir Michael Kadoorie ". It was shown at Pebble in 2013. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 3:58 AM, twin6 said: Plate looks like Mass., but I have no idea what make of car. maybe '05-'06 Locomobile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Some photos posted on a facebook page of travel in the European Alps in the 1920s and 1930s. There is a disc-wheeled roadster in there which looks American, but I can't pick the make. Maybe Rickenbacker?? Or a Ruxton??? Note also the 1936 Dodge with the European cabriolet body. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 1:05 PM, nzcarnerd said: The owners of this one, restored in the early '90s, live only a few minutes from me and are Essex nuts. They also have the 1920 Pikes Peak Special Came across this and thought it might be of interest in case others haven't seen it yet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) A family outing in an automobile, at North Beach, 24 April 1916. https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1919202_1 Edited October 1, 2023 by John E. Guitar (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) The State Motor Car Championships, Lake Perkolilli, Sunday 4th September 1927 https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1919786_1 Edited October 1, 2023 by John E. Guitar (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Mr A.E. 'Ted' Lightfoot, W.A. manager for Fox Films with his new car, the latest model Auburn Sedan https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b2523080_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Group in a curved dash Oldsmobile driving on a bush track, Western Australia. https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/download/slwa_b6575321_2.jpg?agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Mrs K. Eastman and family in car. https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/download/slwa_b2012031_1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 6:36 PM, HK500 said: Well you're right - 2 different cars - but both were at O'Hare Stadium, maybe separated by some time. Nelson Thorpe, who is the knower of all things Hispano, sent me this info, with more Babette! Nelson says " The car is 14019, now owned by Sir Michael Kadoorie ". It was shown at Pebble in 2013. Here are 2 more pictures to add to this car’s provenance. Jim just got done installing the exhaust manifolds that he had porcelainized in blue, to contrast against the engine. We should all send thanks to Al Gore for inventing the internet so we can share these pictures from across the world! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Talbot-Lago Teardrop coupe. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 22 hours ago, John E. Guitar said: A family outing in an automobile, at North Beach, 24 April 1916. https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1919202_1 Looks to be a six-cylinder Talbot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 That's a pretty spectacular car to be casually driving around Chicago in the 1950's, note the 1954 Cadillac in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 5 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: That's a pretty spectacular car to be casually driving around Chicago in the 1950's, note the 1954 Cadillac in the background. yes. It seems our friend Jim was living large in the 50s and 60s. Considering his next car was a 540K Special Roadster. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Regal or American? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 1913 Mitchell? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, alsancle said: Regal or American? Regal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Friederich Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) Model T Tudor and Fordor in front of a fresh apartment block in Kallio, then 1927 the working class district in Helsinki. The Tudor seems a bit newer, equipped with bumbers. Is there a Roman number II on it's door, indicating it was a Taxi-cab? Ford Model T would have more likely belonged to the cheaper class III. Maybe the older Fordor at least was owned by the building contractor. Practical with a closed car for visiting building sites even in the winter as in the photo. Edited October 23, 2023 by Casper Friederich (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) A few Oaklands Edited October 3, 2023 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nzcarnerd Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 "On July 31, 1913, members of the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage greeted a throng of activists in Hyattsville, Maryland. Many of the assembled suffragists had driven thousands of miles to hand-deliver their petitions to their representatives in Congress. When the speeches concluded, suffragists and senators piled into awaiting automobiles and drove the six miles to Washington, D.C., in what journalists called the “Great Auto Parade.” Wes Ponder W. R. Ross Collection" Two cars in the front with distinctive radiators. Certainly not Packards. I think they may be two different makes. Similarities to Garford, Elmore, or?? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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30DodgePanel Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) Edited October 3, 2023 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 10/2/2023 at 12:16 PM, John E. Guitar said: Mrs K. Eastman and family in car. https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/download/slwa_b2012031_1.jpg This one is a British Speedwell from circa 1906. Built on French Lacoste et Battman underpinnings with, probably, a 6 hp single cylinder De Dion engine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Te Awamutu, New Zealand, early 1920s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) Gee, what a swell car...when these came out in 1936, my Uncle Harold Branine, an attorney, and A.D. Rayl, the Hutchinson, Kansas Ford Dealer, went out to race the Santa Fe Express train one day, and won! The Super Chief was the country's first diesel-electric cross country express & ran Chicago-Los Angeles. One run averaged 60 and hit speeds as high as 100 mph on this 2,227-mile route. The Lincoln-Zephyr in the picture may be a '36 or '37. I don't know who the Marlene Dietrich lookalike is. Edited October 10, 2023 by jeff_a (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tph479 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Was the Bugatti Type 57 a Galibier saloon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Any ideas on the car? Kind of a strange setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Hard to tell from the angle that the photo was taken but the body style on the car could be an enclosed coupe - 5 passenger , that had the single door on each side stepped back from the windshield a bit and when you entered or exited you came in behind the front seat and then walked between the divided front seats to be able to sit up front - rear was a bench seat. Edited October 8, 2023 by Walt G (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) On 10/8/2023 at 3:35 AM, 28 Chrysler said: Any ideas on the car? Kind of a strange setup. Assembling hydroplane Curtiss H-1 America for its launching in 1914, Lake Keuka. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014696375/ Edited October 8, 2023 by John E. Guitar (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 10/9/2023 at 8:08 AM, John E. Guitar said: Assembling hydroplane Curtiss H-1 America for its launching in 1914, Lake Keuka. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014696375/ Maybe an electric of some sort?? There is a photo out there somewhere taken in New York around the same time which includes a car with a similar rear end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Actress Rita La Roy and her Ruxton......... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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