alsancle Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31nash880 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Someone asked for black and white photos. How's this 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CChinn Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 This has become my favorite continuing thread on the forum. I love cars from this period. Thanks for sharing everyone! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmhowe Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) I think that the five passenger sedans with blind rear quarters of the 'twenties and 'thirties were particularly good looking. They went by different names - club sedans, town sedans, landau sedans, club Berline, etc. Here are some pictures, gleaned from the web. The first is a Hudson Super Six, with a Murphy body, their "Landau Sedan". The second is a 1929 Cadillac Club Sedan. The third is a 1929 Pierce "Club Berline". The fourth is a 1932 Marmon Club sedan. Edited January 11, 2023 by pmhowe (see edit history) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I thought this Lincoln was pretty swell. Hershey 18 or 19. Do two door sedans warrant a thread? Maybe when this one is exhausted. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Fan Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 A friend has this wonderful 1934 Buick Club Sedan, very low mileage, 100% original car including original paint and interior, purrs like a kitten. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1gt Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Makes your heart stop 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I am not one to take many photos of current cars or look to see what I have someplace in that factor, so most if not all what you see from me and have been seeing is based on period material I have, photographs, sales materail and periodicals of the era. Here is a Stutz from 1934 - look in Crankshaft magazine #5 for additional period photos of the same car. Body is by Lancefield in England where this photo was taken. Stutz was still actively selling cars in its London dealership when the factory was closing up in Indianapolis because a number of chassis that had been made and shipped to England were either still on a ship on their way there or in England but without coachwork. Chassis of American cars shipped to Europe were not considered complete cars so the import duty/tax was less, they waited to get to Europe to then see the bodies designed and fitted as well as lamps, fenders etc depending upon the make. ( often the same applied to cars coming from Europe this way - in chassis form for less $ rather then pay for import of a complete car, all arriving mostly at the port of NY, then being distributed to assorted coach builders here - Fleetwood did a lot of bodies for Isotta Fraschini) So many stories ..................so much period material that has never been used in articles. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, pmhowe said: I think that the five passenger sedans with blind rear quarters of the 'twenties and 'thirties were particularly good looking. They went by different names - club sedans, town sedans, landau sedans, club Berline, etc. Here are some pictures, gleaned from the web. The first is a Hudson Super Six, with a Murphy body, their "Landau Sedan". The second is a 1929 Cadillac Club Sedan. The third is a 1929 Pierce "Club Berline". The fourth is a 1932 Marmon Club sedan. I really like all the club sedans of this era. 733 Packard. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 29 minutes ago, jp1gt said: Makes your heart stop About time on this!!! 👍👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Newly acquired RR 20/25 by friends that we bought the 40 Packard from. Since he put it on fb I figure they should be ok with this. Brits of that period could do some snazzy sedans. Low, razer edge rooflines, sunroofs, small rear windows. Near cars, not many with wide whites but they do seem to like lights and badges. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Rolls did indeed have some nice looking sedans. This is one of my favorites. PII Continental 51GX 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Fan Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bloom Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Man this is some good stuff. Keep it rolling, dig into your archives and show off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootey Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 The top pictured car is dynamite. Can you give me a chassis number, etc. so I can chase it down in the Elbert book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 31 minutes ago, Cadillac Fan said: Each of these I would pick before "Twenty Grand." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Simplicity and elegance combined. The Briggs bodied Model Al "Leaherback" four-door sedan. Terry 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 The 1929 Briggs 60C version with the steel back 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Rolls Royce didn't have the sporty sedan style market cornered in thiz period either. Love this MG, I think it is a Full Classic as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Steve_Mack_CT said: Love this MG, I think it is a Full Classic as well. The 'SA'! Triumph also made a nice saloon car as well in that area, the 'Gloria' https://www.pre-1940triumphmotorclub.org/register-2/gloria/ https://www.vintageandclassiccars.co.uk/cars/item/408-triumph-gloria-vitesse.html Edited January 11, 2023 by 8E45E (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) For the normal everyday car guy on a budget my 38 4 door (mentioned for Ed) Studebaker State Commander is one I like. I can afford it plus it was the art deco car of the year in 1938. dave s Edited January 11, 2023 by SC38dls (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 some companies made "Formal" sedans and "Sport" sedans, perhaps none better than the marvelous Bentleys of 1929 era. Here are one of each. I see topic title is now saying 4-door sedans, so will try to stick to that style going forward. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K8096 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Walt G said: I am not one to take many photos of current cars or look to see what I have someplace in that factor, so most if not all what you see from me and have been seeing is based on period material I have, photographs, sales materail and periodicals of the era. Here is a Stutz from 1934 - look in Crankshaft magazine #5 for additional period photos of the same car. Body is by Lancefield in England where this photo was taken. Stutz was still actively selling cars in its London dealership when the factory was closing up in Indianapolis because a number of chassis that had been made and shipped to England were either still on a ship on their way there or in England but without coachwork. Chassis of American cars shipped to Europe were not considered complete cars so the import duty/tax was less, they waited to get to Europe to then see the bodies designed and fitted as well as lamps, fenders etc depending upon the make. ( often the same applied to cars coming from Europe this way - in chassis form for less $ rather then pay for import of a complete car, all arriving mostly at the port of NY, then being distributed to assorted coach builders here - Fleetwood did a lot of bodies for Isotta Fraschini) So many stories ..................so much period material that has never been used in articles. There was an extensive article on this car by Keith Marvin in The Classic Car in the mid 1980s. I believe he owned it a short time in the 1950s or 60s. I saw it in Frank Heiss’s shop in 1984. It’s now restored in two shades of green and was at Pebble 10 years ago for the Stutz Centennial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) Highly unusual Franklin sedan. Note the splash aprons and split windshield. Body by Walker. Edited January 11, 2023 by Matt Harwood (see edit history) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Steve_Mack_CT said: About time on this!!! 👍👍👍 ungapatchka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, edinmass said: ungapatchka But there's at least a half-dozen that are better looking, imo, including the one behind you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 23 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said: Highly unusual Franklin sedan. Note the splash aprons and split windshield. Body by Walker. Nobody asked for comments so I'll just smile and move on... Terry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 If I recall correctly that Walker bodied v windshield Franklin sedan sat in a fenced in yard out in the open for some time in the 1950s in Brooklyn, NY. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, K8096 said: There was an extensive article on this car by Keith Marvin in The Classic Car in the mid 1980s. I believe he owned it a short time in the 1950s or 60s. I saw it in Frank Heiss’s shop in 1984. It’s now restored in two shades of green and was at Pebble 10 years ago for the Stutz Centennial. 50 minutes ago, K8096 said: That green Stutz sedan that was at Pebble Beach has a body by John Charles , this one is by Lancefield. Compare the photos, two different cars. Edited January 11, 2023 by Walt G (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Gunsmoke said: A friend has this wonderful 1934 Buick Club Sedan, very low mileage, 100% original car including original paint and interior, purrs like a kitten. The 1934 (and '35) Buicks had the best looking front end of all of the GM makes at the time. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 20 hours ago, edinmass said: Gentlemen, sedans have four doors………not trying to be critical, but unless it’s a Brunn double entery saloon, it must have four doors to be a sedan. Reminds me of recent discussion on a local facebook page where some were quite vociferous in their contention that coupe HAD to have only two doors. Try telling that to the various, mostly European, makers in recent years who have produced four door coupes. Coupe simply comes from the French word cut - it has nothing to do with door numbers. I guess you could argue the same with sedans, unless as you have now done, specify four doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 An all-time favorite since I first saw one for sale in the Cars & Parts magazine in 1968: 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Here's a great 1930 Bentley 8 litre 4 door, hate to even call it a sedan, looks like it's ready to race! Period B/W photo as Walt suggested we all look for, think it is now in Leno's stable. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, edinmass said: ungapatchka Speaking in tongues again, Ed? Or is that the Crown Royal language? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 The 1940 Packard One-Sixty SunAire Sedan by Rollson, one of the two built, the other a 'notchback'. Packard should have contracted Rollson to supply these as catalogued customs. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 21 hours ago, edinmass said: Gentlemen, sedans have four doors………not trying to be critical, but unless it’s a Brunn double entery saloon, it must have four doors to be a sedan. Well, dang. I read somewhere the SAE disagree. Something about size? 33 cubic feet, more or less? Just saying. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 40 minutes ago, Grimy said: Speaking in tongues again, Ed? Or is that the Crown Royal language? Reverting back to my Yiddish they taught me in CCD! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Ash Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 OK, I think I've finally got this straight: Prewar - check Four doors - check Good looking - check But not early '30s and the images are in color... Here is my 1941 Studebaker Commander Land Cruiser (6 cylinder) parked next to a series 60 Cadillac of similar vintage on a Glidden tour. Raymond Loewy copied well from the Cadillac! A 1941 Studebaker President (8 cylinder) shared the same body from cowl back but had a longer nose for the straight 8, an even better match to the Cadillac. 1941 Studebaker Commander Land Cruiser and Series 60 Cadillac - front view Series 60 Cadillac and 1941 Studebaker Commander Land Cruiser - rearview 1941 Studebaker President Land Cruiser with straight 8 engine, long hood. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrytravler Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 34 Dodge that we sold. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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