keiser31 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) A buddy of mine brought this book over and I found it to be pretty awesome. There are a TON of before and after photos of wrecked cars that have been repaired. There are some custom body photos, too. Here are a few of the large format images I shot photos of. There are about 50 photos in all. I believe they may be silver nitrate photos. The book is available and if anyone is interested I can supply the owner's name and number. Edited January 21, 2023 by keiser31 (see edit history) 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) Thanks, just wondering if the "After" photos aren't ones taken "Before" the wrecks, note the license change on the Packard touring. The Marmon Roaster has a California Good Roads badge on the headlight bar. Bob Edited January 21, 2023 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan G Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 A great find! Those buses...look like they would be a strange handling vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 According to the owner of the album, the photos were taken by Pappy Boyington prior to his military career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 A few more photos from the album.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Does Dave’s one time repair count as an auto shop. I know I qualify as an antique. dave s 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRYCAROL Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 After seeing your work on that studebaker when you had it at Hershey, I think you qualify as one great body repair man !! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I would think every one of those cars would have been totaled with today's insurance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, zepher said: I would think every one of those cars would have been totaled with today's insurance. Definitely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 (edited) A shop some of the photos are from.... Edited January 21, 2023 by keiser31 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 It's not surprising expensive cars such as the Marmons and Packard were repaired but the Essex was a lower-priced car which would seemingly have been written off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edk Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Labor was cheap, early cars all required labor intense regular service, valve grinds, re-ring etc all were commonly done jobs. I even wonder when auto insurance even started?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Insurance was nothing new. Property insurance, business insurance, even coverage for your horse and carriage or damage caused by them, goes back more than two hundred years. Even before states required licensing for automobiles, some of them required insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edk Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Labor was cheap, early cars all required labor intense regular service, valve grinds, re-ring etc all were commonly done jobs. I even wonder when auto insurance even started?? I had no idea about the insurance, learn something everyday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan G Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 State Farm turned 100 last year, and the guy who started it sold auto insurance for another company before that. A lot of the stuff that gets totaled today still gets fixed...they get bought and shipped to where the labor is cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 There is a place in KY that specializes in taking two wrecks, one front end and one back end to make one car. A friend has been buying from them for the last 20 years and swears they are good cars cheap. dave s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 17 hours ago, wayne sheldon said: Insurance was nothing new. Property insurance, business insurance, even coverage for your horse and carriage or damage caused by them, goes back more than two hundred years. Even before states required licensing for automobiles, some of them required insurance. I had a customer that retired from owning a very successful local insurance co. His father started the business in the early 30's progressing from being a car dealer. He sold the new cars, then realized there was more money selling insurance on the cars he was selling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 They probably got the cars for nothing and repairing them with other wrecks. A 2 year old car in 1926 that sold new for $975 and maybe worth $400. Skilled labor $3 to $5 a day, used body parts had little scrap value so they were cheap. I did a bunch of wrecks in the 60s - 70s before the salvage titles came along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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