Walt G Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 With all the current stress going on in the USA and the world concerning health issues, I thought perhaps it would possibly be good to share some period photos of vehicles that we all love. The old cars and trucks make us happy. So for a few moments viewing what I have posted here may relieve you from some of the stress now upon all of us. I hope the images, even briefly, take away that cloud of worry and concern. We are not only thinking about ourselves, and family but dear friends across the world who are like family because of our common interest in older cars. If you can add to this with your images, please do. I sincerely wish all of you well , and hope in some way this makes all of you feel a little bit better. Walt on Long Island. 24 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Cat chow is a later addition ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, padgett said: Cat chow is a later addition ? I think the general idea for having a cat around at that time was for vermin control, feeding a cat was counter productive! As a long time dog person, I still think that way... GREAT pictures Walt, I wish I had more to contribute but I posted them all last time you had a similar thread. Edited March 12, 2020 by Mark Wetherbee (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 We actually fed our cat well, not overly fed just appropriately and she was always dragging something in right up to a gray squirrel. I heard if you don't feed them they aren't as good either. Never did any tests to prove that philosophy. Someone else's cat currently visits the property once a day though I rarely see it, just the tracks and fortunately doesn't have any competition so it doesn't mark it's way through. The fox that visits occassionally does though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 My cats do not go outside. They still bring me things. If still living, I take outside and release. The prey usually do not come back. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Sorry, I was trying to be humorous... We always had at least one cat in Maine living in our barn, they not only got fed, but fresh water every day and blankets in cold weather which is 65%+ of the time up there. I never had a mouse issue with my cars, not one and this was an old wood floor no insulation behemoth of a barn... Some were friendly enough to make good with the dogs and come inside, others were still unfriendly due to having been dumped out by some (rude expletive removed) person. Lost many to other critters and always mourned them. This little guy hadn’t opened his eyes yet when we found him. We were surprised he lived... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 OK OK OK ( read that in a "Leo Getz" - Joe Pesci voice!!) nice comments on felines and canines but anyone want to contribute comments about the photos I posted - make, year,series, model, body builder...or post any to add to his - stuff that has wheels not legs and paws😁 ??!!??😂😂😂 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 First car looks to be about a 1928 Packard roadster. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Wow.... what is this beauty Walt ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, STEVE POLLARD said: Wow.... what is this beauty Walt ? Those are both Mercedes Benz. Edited March 12, 2020 by keiser31 (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Last photo looks to be about a 1920 Rolls Royce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Purina truck is a REO. Maybe about a 1920. Edited March 12, 2020 by keiser31 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Photo taken in 1952, the car......1932 Pierce Arrow V-12 New York Auto Show car, #1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 19 minutes ago, edinmass said: 1931 Packard 840? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 As Tony the tiger used to say "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!" The Mercedes - Benz are in a shelter that early car collector D. Cameron Peck used to keep his collection in, they were his cars. Photo was taken in the very early 1950s. Keiser - yep truck is a Reo Speed wagon, note the gas tank mounted just below the windshield. And yes again, that is a Packard model 433 from 1928. One thing about the Reo truck photo I don't get - note the lettering on the window on the building - VIM. That was a truck built in Philadelphia , in fact I owned a VIM once. I have to many images here in my archives. I haven't had time to look through the issues of the French OMNIA and L'Illustration magazines yet. OMNIA was a monthly slick paper auto journal/magazine , started life in 1920 and ended in 1936 , loaded with information and photographs. I have nearly a full run except for about 6 issues. L'Illustration had an annual auto number that was devoted to all the cars at the Paris salon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 One of those Mercedes looks to be about a 1937.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Still trying to figure out that town car in the second photo....it has some similarities (around the splash apron) to this newer Locomobile.... Edited March 12, 2020 by keiser31 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 I am so happy to get everyone thinking about what they see here. Ed , thanks for posting the P-A and the Packard. Walt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 40 minutes ago, edinmass said: I wonder who that lovely little girl was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gossp Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, keiser31 said: Still trying to figure out that town car in the second photo....it has some similarities (around the splash apron) to this newer Locomobile.... yes to locomobile and the hood sides put it in the 1917ish area I think. You will have beat me to that research before I finish giving a kid a bath. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 This gentleman purchased seven one off Model J Duesenberg’s new..............one was recently at Amelia.......and won Best of Show...... Sorry for the poor photo.....it’s a screen shot. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 More....... 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 And more........ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericmac Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 18 minutes ago, edinmass said: This gentleman purchased seven one off Model J Duesenberg’s new..............one was recently at Amelia.......and won Best of Show...... Sorry for the poor photo.....it’s a screen shot. Congrats on the win at Amelia Island! Well deserved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 38 minutes ago, Terry Harper said: This is a Reo. Around a 1929. I had a Model GA Reo years ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Ed, just how useful would that set of gas, oil and water cans be on a J ? Bob 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gossp Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 How far would a J get on that little can of gas? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, edinmass said: Photo taken in 1952, the car......1932 Pierce Arrow V-12 New York Auto Show car, #1 You should see if Walt can find the picture of it at the show and then I will stop giving you a hard time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 SO Ed, time to "fess up" in that Duesenberg J photo you posted , is that really you looking out the drivers window !? and did you just utter what you mention at the bottom in your description "drive it like you stole it". 🤣 Walt PS it could be that you just heard for the first time what the famous old band leader Ted Lewis used to say "is every body happy?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 "Ted Lewis used to say "is every body happy?" " - was not so much what he said, it was how he said it: Is EVERY....BODY...HAPPY! ps Cats invented stress relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, keiser31 said: One of those Mercedes looks to be about a 1937.... The car in the foreground is a 1936 Mercedes 540k Cabriolet A, the car in the background is a later 540k Cabriolet B. Both cars are still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Dandy Dave said: This is a Reo. Around a 1929. I had a Model GA Reo years ago. Thanks! It was used by the Madawaska Co. to run workers from Lac Frontier Quebec to their large depot camps at Clayton Lake and Churchill Lake. They also had a fleet of REO trucks to move supplies. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 AJ was driving............this time the top stayed on........ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Not an easy car to ID...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 The give away........if you know your European cars........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Minerva without looking in the books. Bob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, 1937hd45 said: Minerva without looking in the books. Bob Nope......but it’s not an easy one to determine........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 More weird stuff......... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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