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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Amazing, only 2 Dadge Daytona's are still in the possession of their original owners, here's one from Car Lust (cool website)

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Amazing, only 2 Dadge Daytona's are still in the possession of their original owners, here's one from Car Lust (cool website)


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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Heather's rare Rambler. She wanted a cool unusual car to go to car shows with !

    That's the happy owner. Isn't it shocking to find a college age woman so enthusiastic about cool cars that she saved one from neglect, and gave it a new life !








    One of about 2000 Deluxe models made, this came with the overhead valve engine, instead of the common flathead, and Heather became interested in finding something like a red Rambler she looked at during a Clairemont car show about a year or two ago. It cost about 6 thou on EBay, the second time it was listed (the first time the reserve was not met during bidding) and since then, almost everything has been rebuilt or replaced... and all for under 20 thou. Closer to 18 for the car, total upholstery at Jim's on Armour in Kearny Mesa, engine and trans rebuilt, and lots of paint (I've got to ask again who did the paint so well and at a good price) and chrome.

    Future improvements (not that you or I could tell any are needed) will be some exhaust, and trim.

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Heather's rare Rambler. She wanted a cool unusual car to go to car shows with !


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A LOT of Americans made automobiles in 1900-1930, here are a some, a couple of them I've never heard of

    1895 Electrobat II... and for the trivia buffs, it was the winner of the first car race in America

    Geronimo's Cadillac is how it was presented, but I doubt that he owned it... it's probably a photo op planned picture

    Teddy Roosevelt in a Fawick Flyer at the Sioux Falls Railroad Depot. Only 5 were ever built
    A Moosejaw Standard

    A Saxon

    1915 Monroe

    1916 Woods Mobilette

    1917 Apperson Jack Rabbit

    This is a 1917 Geronimo

    1920 Barley Roamer roadster

    1923 Arkansas Climber

    1952 Maverick

    A Powell, made in LA
    All of these are only a fraction of the interesting defunct manufacturers on the Jalopy Journal thread that challenged car guys every where to post photos and information about car makers that went out of business long ago: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=397594

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A LOT of Americans made automobiles in 1900-1930, here are a some, a couple of them I've never heard of


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Monday, April 12, 2010

Great advertising photo of the optional record player in a 1950's car

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Great advertising photo of the optional record player in a 1950's car


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Great advertising photo of the optional record player in a 1950's car

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Great advertising photo of the optional record player in a 1950's car


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Great advertising photo of the optional record player in a 1950's car

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Great advertising photo of the optional record player in a 1950's car


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Friday, April 2, 2010

Bugatti Royale for sale through Bonhams

    I know these are two different cars, but getting good photos isn't always easy images via: http://supercars.net/
    When built, nobody could afford them--production began right at the start of the Great Depression.
    A mere six Royale's were produced and two were never sold, staying instead with the Bugatti estate.
    This car, the 1930 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Kellner Coach (or 'Coupe') was one of those cars (bricked up behind a false wall during World War II). It stayed with the family until 1950 when both cars were sold to American multimillionaire Briggs Cunningham, who was himself a sports car constructor and Le Mans 24-Hours racing driver.
    After more than 30 years of ownership, Cunningham eventually sold the car to fellow American auto connoisseur Miles Collier, who placed the Kellner Coach up for auction in 1987. The car sold for a record £5.5 million at London's Royal Albert Hall before an audience of 4,000 enthusiasts. Now the present anonymous owner--believed to be Japanese--has commissioned Bonham & Brooks in London to offer the Bugatti Royale for resale to anyone willing to pay the asking price.

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Bugatti Royale for sale through Bonhams


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Bugatti Royale for sale through Bonhams

    I know these are two different cars, but getting good photos isn't always easy images via: http://supercars.net/
    When built, nobody could afford them--production began right at the start of the Great Depression.
    A mere six Royale's were produced and two were never sold, staying instead with the Bugatti estate.
    This car, the 1930 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Kellner Coach (or 'Coupe') was one of those cars (bricked up behind a false wall during World War II). It stayed with the family until 1950 when both cars were sold to American multimillionaire Briggs Cunningham, who was himself a sports car constructor and Le Mans 24-Hours racing driver.
    After more than 30 years of ownership, Cunningham eventually sold the car to fellow American auto connoisseur Miles Collier, who placed the Kellner Coach up for auction in 1987. The car sold for a record £5.5 million at London's Royal Albert Hall before an audience of 4,000 enthusiasts. Now the present anonymous owner--believed to be Japanese--has commissioned Bonham & Brooks in London to offer the Bugatti Royale for resale to anyone willing to pay the asking price.

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Bugatti Royale for sale through Bonhams


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https://2st-automobile.blogspot.com/2010/04/bugatti-royale-for-sale-through-bonhams_02.html


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Bugatti Royale for sale through Bonhams

    I know these are two different cars, but getting good photos isn't always easy images via: http://supercars.net/
    When built, nobody could afford them--production began right at the start of the Great Depression.
    A mere six Royale's were produced and two were never sold, staying instead with the Bugatti estate.
    This car, the 1930 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Kellner Coach (or 'Coupe') was one of those cars (bricked up behind a false wall during World War II). It stayed with the family until 1950 when both cars were sold to American multimillionaire Briggs Cunningham, who was himself a sports car constructor and Le Mans 24-Hours racing driver.
    After more than 30 years of ownership, Cunningham eventually sold the car to fellow American auto connoisseur Miles Collier, who placed the Kellner Coach up for auction in 1987. The car sold for a record £5.5 million at London's Royal Albert Hall before an audience of 4,000 enthusiasts. Now the present anonymous owner--believed to be Japanese--has commissioned Bonham & Brooks in London to offer the Bugatti Royale for resale to anyone willing to pay the asking price.

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Bugatti Royale for sale through Bonhams


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https://2st-automobile.blogspot.com/2010/04/bugatti-royale-for-sale-through-bonhams.html


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