Period images to relieve some of the stress

[30DodgePanel]

For our Australian friends who may not have seen these Don Harkness cars yet.

 

Donald Harkness - Australian Land Speed Racing - Past and Present (gregwapling.com)

 

 

 

 

[twin6]

Don't know what this is, but I want one...

[RetroPetro]

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[Rod P]

On 6/19/2024 at 11:21 PM, 30DodgePanel said:

For our Australian friends who may not have seen these Don Harkness cars yet.

 

Donald Harkness - Australian Land Speed Racing - Past and Present (gregwapling.com)

 

 

 

 

Thanks Dave, I meant to post something, and link to Greg Wapling site, but you too psychic and too speedy. 

 

Thanks again, Rod.

[keiser31]

9 hours ago, RetroPetro said:

1929 Whippet....

[30DodgePanel]

While looking at a set of dealership photos taken in 1929 I noticed a Fargo Express Panel sitting curbside - Could be a Packet or Clipper, it's hard to tell because the Clipper and Packet bodies were interchangeable and with only 6" in body length difference. While the frame on the 3/4 ton Clipper was more stout, both had options available shown here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A better view of the emblem

 

 

Edited June 21 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history)

[30DodgePanel]

Easy to see why I've always said the 28-32 Dodge and Fargo panels are cousins, not simply because they were both Chrysler products.

Only real noticeable differences besides accessories were emblem, bumpers and hubcaps. Many of the other parts were interechangeable.

 

Dodge

 

Fargo 

 

Edited June 21 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history)

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[30DodgePanel]

16 hours ago, RetroPetro said:

 

 

Greasy nose?

 

 

Great photo even though it's blurry. The structures, the activity and those ornate awning brackets are something..

 

 

 

Edited June 22 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history)

[edinmass]

If you can’t have fun on the salt………you are not a true car guy……

 

Too bad the Pierce V-12 wasn’t out there in 1935.

 

[West Peterson]

6 hours ago, edinmass said:

If you can’t have fun on the salt………you are not a true car guy……

 

Too bad the Pierce V-12 wasn’t out there in 1935.

 

 

 

The hard running on the flats may be the reason Matt is having so many problems with his car.

[JRA]

23 hours ago, RetroPetro said:

Among the hundreds of photos posted in this thread, this one is one of the rare pictures with actual action we have seen. In general, in this era, imagem captured were posed to the camera. You can see here the car curving left, the man walking, the boy observing…very nice picture!

[edinmass]

2 hours ago, West Peterson said:

 

The hard running on the flats may be the reason Matt is having so many problems with his car.

West……Salt for his wounds? 🤔

[twin6]

A contrast in homes and automobiles.

[twin6]

One for AJ and Ed.

 

Edited June 24 by twin6 (see edit history)

[JRA]

1 hour ago, twin6 said:

One for AJ and Ed.

 

1960s/70s picture? 

[Walt G]

Note the pin stripe on the raised moldings. To me it looks like an original car . Some of the pin stripe is hard to see due to the glare of the sun  especially under the doors.

[8E45E]

3 hours ago, twin6 said:

A contrast in homes and automobiles.

Unlike cars and homes of today, both required major amounts of upkeep including regular sanding & painting of the wooden clapboard, plus the semi-annual tasks of installing the storm windows in the fall, and either winterizing or putting up the car on blocks until Spring.

 

Craig

Edited June 24 by 8E45E (see edit history)

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[8E45E]

On 6/20/2024 at 7:18 AM, RetroPetro said:

Gorgeous '34 Studebaker.  

 

Craig

[edinmass]

20 hours ago, twin6 said:

One for AJ and Ed.

 

Look at the door handles...........some things never change. 

[Walt G]

1932 Ford V8 coupe in Cuba with Senorita Gloria Mendizabal standing along side. From the July 1932 issue of El Automovil de Cuba magazine the official publication of De La Camara Del Comercio De Automoviles De Cuba

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22 hours ago, 8E45E said:

Unlike cars and homes of today, both required major amounts of upkeep including regular sanding & painting of the wooden clapboard, plus the semi-annual tasks of installing the storm windows in the fall, and either winterizing or putting up the car on blocks until Spring.

 

Craig

Back before the turn of the century and after it well into the 1940's homes didn't have storm windows. Most houses had working shutters, and they wouldn't allow the addition of winter added storm windows. Also, very few had central heat thus the need for storm windows was low. With shutters you also couldn't have screens on the outside either. Screens to keep out flies were on the inside of the windows and designed to slide up and down on grooves to facilitate the open and closing of the windows. From the looks of the house in the upper photo, obviously built before the turn of the century, it looks like the only place it had paint on it was at the porch door area up to the porch roof.

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

Wow!  We must live/ have lived in different universes. I am 87 years of age, from  working class family, and don't think I lived in a house built later than the 1930s until I was well into my 50s.   I have YET to live in one with screens on the inside!   Screens and storm windows, if equipped, hung on the same hook.    Paint?  What is that?😁

  

  Ben

[58L-Y8]

A better look at that Franklin.  Wonder where the driver went?

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

26 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said:

A better look at that Franklin.  Wonder where the driver went?

 Using the facilities?

 

  Ben

[keiser31]

58 minutes ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said:

 Using the facilities?

 

  Ben

Or just taking the photo. Of course, there IS a bush there....

Edited June 25 by keiser31 (see edit history)

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12 hours ago, Ben Bruce aka First Born said:

Wow!  We must live/ have lived in different universes. I am 87 years of age, from  working class family, and don't think I lived in a house built later than the 1930s until I was well into my 50s.   I have YET to live in one with screens on the inside!   Screens and storm windows, if equipped, hung on the same hook.    Paint?  What is that?😁

  

  Ben

My, my, I hadn’t realized you were such an EX-pert on old houses. Maybe you should go on TV and explain your vast knowledge. “Old houses according to Bruce” You could give PBS’ This Old House a run for its money.

 

Let see, 87 years old. Correct me if I’m wrong. You were born in or about 1937. By the time you saw the light of day most all houses with shutters had stopped using them for their purpose and had converted to outside wood constructed storm windows. Some of those were even made with screen inserts so you wouldn’t have to change the whole thing. The main reason for this change was the conversion to central oil heat in the late 30’ early 40’s.

 

Houses with working shutters could not have outside screens or storm windows because it would prevent the shutters from being closed, since shutters were made to sit into the window frame and latch from the inside.

 

Since houses were heated with fireplaces, individual coal stoves in rooms or even central coal fired heat there was no need for storm windows or even insulation in the walls. However, there was a need for screens, thus the design of inside screens.

 

By the time you were born most all of the inside screens had been thrown away and the copper screen sent to the metal drives for the war and the whole thing forgot about.

 

If I have a chance later in the day, I’ll further your limited knowledge with a photo of inside screens.

 

Remember the old saying! "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."