John Bloom Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, 1937hd45 said: 17 inch wire wheels and six cylinder, any other clues I missed? Also: prewar, brakes on all four corners (hydraulic), not commonly seen at car events, not air cooled, not “foreign”. Edited May 11, 2022 by John Bloom (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1933 Mercury? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Randy, I’m starting nine straight days of vacation today. Something that I don’t think has happened in my life for 20 years. I’m hoping you can stretch this out for the entire nine days so I can spend time thinking about this, instead of getting all the things done on the list I made. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 9 days is going to be tuff. I think maybe a day or so and they'll all have it. I'll try though. Not a 33 Mercury. It's not really "rare". in the sense of the word being only a handful built, just not commonly seen. Of course we could almost say that with many prewar plain old sedans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL1630 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Nash/Lafayette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I was going to say Dodge, Plymouth or DeSoto but if it's really rare maybe something like a Rockne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Nope not a Rockne or a Nash/ Lafayette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1933 Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 It’s a Studebaker! If correct it must be a great car. I’ve enjoyed the heck out of mine. dave s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1932-33 Essex Terraplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I knew what body style it would be just from talking to Randy over the years..........working on him with his Auburn and the Chrysler convertible he bought.......I was also thinking Franklin Olympic or some other weird Victoria coupe with the back seat enclosed. Then it came to me.......a Lasalle........with the fancy Olds engine in it. Then Reo was also a possibility. So was a Terraplane. I have a fairly good idea what it is..........some 147 inch chassis V-12 with a big dumpy custom body on it, so when his wife finds out he bought another car, he can sleep in it. 🥸 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Nope not Graham Studebaker or Essex. Ed's real close. Those custom bodied cars get cheaper the uglier the body. This one has to be one of the ugliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Dietrich body Packard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 23 minutes ago, auburnseeker said: Nope not Graham Studebaker or Essex. Ed's real close. Those custom bodied cars get cheaper the uglier the body. This one has to be one of the ugliest. OOH! I like it already! I think I clicked in to read the recent posts twenty times yesterday! Seventeen inch tire era is not quite my target interest, so I am having trouble coming up with a good guess (I generally stay at twenty inch or above!). I did think of the Terraplane and the Franklin, but someone beat me to those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Or maybe a Lebaron body Chrysler I am running out of Choices Greg you chose the Hudson essex teraplane line, Auburnseeker Your killing me ha ha 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1932 DeVaux? 1933 Continental Ace? 20 hours ago, edinmass said: Ok, I have identified the new car……….it’s a Hooptie! 🤪 Google it……….it is a real word that applies to automobiles. I don't have to google it. I'm surrounded. 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 33 minutes ago, pkhammer said: That was taken before they put the 17 inch wires on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Nope not a Devaux Continental Ace Chrysler Lebaron or whatever that last thing PkHammer posted is. I'm impressed with the guesses. Many of those I wouldn't mind to atleast have for a short time. Not the last one though. Now that image will haunt me all night. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 You know from the side angle shot of that tan colored thing, almost looks like the windshield is a double hung window or a door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 14 minutes ago, auburnseeker said: You know from the side angle shot of that tan colored thing, almost looks like the windshield is a double hung window or a door. The coach builder was pella. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1933 REO Flying Cloud S Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hmm. A Reo would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Or maybe a Hupmobile? Was that already mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Not a Hupp………a Hooptie! 😏 To be fair, it’s probably one of those Sears & Rubbish go carts with a 3 hp Briggs engine and the rear brakes are steel pads pushing on the wheels……….takes me back to 1976……….working in the garage listening to ELO! Im posting a photo of it to help Randy out……… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 1 hour ago, auburnseeker said: Not the last one though. Now that image will haunt me all night. Hey, that guy is obviously proud of his custom bodied uh......., two door Phaeton? Probably on his way to Amelia in that shot. Did any of you guys notice that REO was not denied? Randy just said "a REO would be nice". Hmmmmm......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 11, 2022 Author Share Posted May 11, 2022 Nope not a Reo. I told you not to spoil it Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I'm all tapped out of legitimate guesses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 In the 1930s, Hupmobile did build some UGLY cars! Although, most were strangely attractive somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, wayne sheldon said: In the 1930s, Hupmobile did build some UGLY cars! Although, most were strangely attractive somehow? They also built some great looking cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 A Rolls Royce or a Bentley. Not sure of the model. dave s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Has DeSoto been mentioned? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Graham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Nope not Rolls (smarter than that) or Bentley, Graham, Hupmobile, Or Desoto. Desotos are really nice though those years. Peggy up top sure does look like alot of fun though. Edited May 12, 2022 by auburnseeker (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkhammer Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 We need something like that to cruise the Hershey swap meet grounds. Moskowitz can ride the Pegasus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Franklin, maybe a club sedan or the Dietrich Speedster model. Or an open body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 How about a 33 Hudson? They had eights and sixes and the sixes had 17 inch wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 Nope not Franklin or Hudson. We are going to be running out of makes pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 South American Chevrolet Phaeton, circa 1934-35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehandleman Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 You guys need to read all the previous messages most of all those cars in one way or another has been suggested. cheers End the pain and let it out of the bag! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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