W_Higgins Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, 60FlatTop said: Looks like The Strip outside an Army base (Golden Eaggle, Navy would be Golden Anchor) My new Newspapers.com account has been good for solving such mysteries. That name seems to have been common for bars. They're all over in various papers -- Lebanon, Pa., Glen Falls, N.Y., Detroit, Salinas, Ca., Brooklyn, and others, but my guess based no the surroundings would be the one in Santa Fe. Maybe someone with a little more time on their hands and a better knowledge of the area can take it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Here is another really interesting Auburn shot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 And a Cord shot 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) And another Cord shot Edited March 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) And an Auburn shot Edited March 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 And a KFAC shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) This was a mis-indexed photo at LA Public Library that I accidentally stumbled onto in my quest to help Josh Malks with photos - unfortunately it missed publication in Cord Complete book as it was unfortunately found a couple weeks after final sign off for publication. Edited March 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On the run to escape out of France - now this was probably really a scary time 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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auburnseeker Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I don't know anything about these photos. They came in a box of photos i bought because they were cool old car photos. The first is obviously an Auburn Coupe but the rest I'm not sure of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 My favorite Cord photo - hoping people start colorizing it !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 The photo with all the girls looks like alot of trouble to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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3macboys Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Here's one out of a collection of photographs that I recently picked up. Unfortunately I can't scan them to my laptop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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auburnseeker Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 The last two are of Bumstead Chevrolet in Troy NY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Love this photo too 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 This is out of the family photo album - when we see it passed around you know where it originated (it was not a family owned car - must have been friends) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 John has a much better photo collection than me. I bet I have more literature though. Just got in 650 more pieces yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Merry Christmas ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 A couple more of my Stutz which I've posted before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) This is the Seal of Approval ! Edited March 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 And one at the race track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) I restored this car ! That is the Santa Anita Racetrack in the background Edited March 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 You won't find this one on the web either, unless there were multiple prints 70 years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, John_Mereness said: I restored this car ! That is the Santa Anita Racetrack in the background Was it restored to a dark color? I would take that over a Darrin, since there is only one. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, auburnseeker said: I don't know anything about these photos. They came in a box of photos i bought because they were cool old car photos. The first is obviously an Auburn Coupe but the rest I'm not sure of. This is a 1931 Auburn Coupe in an Eight - and it is in standard trim = painted backshells on the lights, no chrome trim on the running boards either - I would say the second set of tires - the first set is probably on the front left wheel and was moved from a sidemount or they wanted to wear it more before moving a new tire to front wheel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, alsancle said: Was it restored to a dark color? I would take that over a Darrin, since there is only one. Pretty cool. Nope, it was done in its original everything as to color - the only difference was that we re-created the opalescent paint using a super fine metallic (verses I assume fish scales) and the metallic cost a literal fortune - painter (who is one of the better on the globe) said the most miserable paint to spray he ever did and an engineer had to come out to help him (literally you could see every movement of his hand/gun on first try). His departing words were: "do not chip it as I will charge you $2,500 for a small chip and $5,000 for a large one." Edited March 19, 2020 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, John_Mereness said: And a Cord shot OK now here is a historical question - Was the Cord so fantastic and worshiped when new that people would genuflect when they saw it? Do they still do this? Or is the guy looking below to see if the transmission is leaking? Or is this an "upskirt" moment from decades ago? Come on people give us an answer here in the interest of accurate automotive history. Hope that last comment got a few of you laughing or smiling . Thanks so much to both John and Randy to taking the time and effort to share these great photographs with all of us. Walt Edited March 19, 2020 by Walt G typo (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Walt G said: OK now here is a historical question - Was the Cord so fantastic and worshiped when new that people would genuflect when they saw it? Do they still do this? Or is the guy looking below to see if the transmission is leaking? Or is this an "upskirt" moment from decades ago? Come on people give us an answer here in the inter4est of accurate automotive history. Hope that last comment got a few of you laughing or smiling . Thanks so much to both John and Randy to taking the time and effort to share these great photographs with all of us. Walt I think that he is looking to see if there is actually a transmission under there. I believe the first show cars were shipped without them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I posted this in the Lincoln thread, but a coachbuilt Lebaron that doesn't exist anymore as far as I know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John_Mereness Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, John_Mereness said: This was a mis-indexed photo at LA Public Library that I accidentally stumbled onto in my quest to help Josh Malks with photos - unfortunately it missed publication in Cord Complete book as it was unfortunately found a couple weeks after final sign off for publication. By the way, this photo blows away the myth about transmissions not being installed in show cars - notice the hood is open = aka there is something in there whether it is functional or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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