Leif in Calif Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Interesting car, but another case of not understanding that rare does no mean valuable. It does look nice, perhaps Ex- Harrah's? Davis was an assembled car, so parts might not be as impossible as otherwise.... https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/reno-1922-davis/7727458054.html I have a 1922 Davis automobile in all original condition. Goes and stops $50,000 or best offer This car is 100% complete With all of the original Equipment Please contact for more information I am open to offers or trades of equal value. email: 7bd1b395e9df3c04ab5f3f4d0a05ef30@sale.craigslist.org 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, Leif in Calif said: Davis was an assembled car Yeah, and those companies never seemed to have or feel the need for a styling department. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzBob Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) Fenders along with the lack of the typical running board and step plate treatment seems stylish for 1922. Continental engine? Edited April 7 by AzBob (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28StutzCabriolet Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Always wonder where people get their prices. This is an $8-12K car. Most people would rather have a model A. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 19 hours ago, AzBob said: Fenders along with the lack of the typical running board and step plate treatment seems stylish for 1922 I totally agree, a friend has an unrestored car just like this in New England and they are a really neat car with the "bobbed" cycle fenders, and that fabric on the seats is outstanding to see in person. The whole car just "speaks" of the era it was made. Many orphan makes of cars in the 1915 - 30 era do not show up at car shows any longer which is a shame as they are really worth seeing in person to appreciate the time/era that they were made. To many people look at history from today's perspective and put down how "odd" something was then. Well it wasn't odd then but in keeping with the mindset and design of that era. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 wasn't there a davis car in the early post war era? Looked like a tennis shoe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Shifter Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Different Davis, Dave. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I love the style and look of this car! Quite a few better known companies offered bobbed fenders with step plates from late brass era into the mid 1920s. Years ago I seriously considered buying a 1926ish Kissel convertible coupe with a rumble seat that the short running boards didn't connect to the front fenders. I often wonder what ever became of that car, I really liked it! Early Jewetts offered that option on their touring cars, and a good friend has a 1921ish Chandler sport touring with the step plates instead of running boards. The same friend also has an originally custom built 1915 Biddle with no doors or running boards and step plates on the side of the body to climb in! THAT car is a whole another lot of WOW factor! I have over the years seen quite a few cars with the close short front fenders and either no or very short running boards, both open and enclosed body styles. To me they simply ooze the "Roaring '20s"! All that said, I doubt that feature will add more than a couple thousand dollars to an otherwise ten to twelve thousand dollar car. But, who knows? The right person with more money than they know what to do with might be out there somewhere? Seriously though. Not many people with that kind of money want an oddball car like this. Most of those people would rather spend ten times that much for a high end Packard or bottom-feeder Duesenberg. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Wayne your middle sentence says it all and echo my feelings as well . 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Thank you Walt G! Nice to know I am not the only seriously crazy one here. I see cars like this and inside my head starts playing popular music from the roaring '20s! I just love it. I have extremely eclectic interests in music, listen to almost anything from around the world (except for most heavy metal and rap). 1920s popular and jazz is my very close second to only the great classical music, symphonies, opera, and all that surrounded the music of that genre. Frankly, if I had more money than I knew what to do with? I would probably be that person out there that would pay the price just because I like it so much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Love it! Davis, in spite of being an "assembled" car it appeared to be well regarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 The "assembled" thing is a bad moniker. Although not as bad as "orphan" which applies to about 75% of all collector cars. The price is stupid, but the car is cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif in Calif Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 12 minutes ago, alsancle said: The "assembled" thing is a bad moniker. Although not as bad as "orphan" which applies to about 75% of all collector cars. The price is stupid, but the car is cool. True about "assembled". 356 Porsches were largely assembled, and nobody thinks anything about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prewar40 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 If the missing trunk was on the car I think it would look a lot better, it came with the trunk rack but I'll guess the trunk was an option. Not a bad looking car for 1922 steel wheels and suicide doors. More photos at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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