wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9921 Â Posted June 16, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Would that be the magnificent monument to hubris, the supercharged air-cooled V12 Franklin. Of course, the development and production costs killed the company in 1934. Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9922  Posted June 16, 2017 Would that be the magnificent monument to hubris, the supercharged air-cooled V12 Franklin. Of course, the development and production costs killed the company in 1934.  Wilson  Not a Franklin, this car was considerably more expensive than a Franklin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9923 Â Posted June 16, 2017 US, 1930s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9924  Posted June 16, 2017 Cadillac 452C V16? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9925  Posted June 16, 2017 Cadillac 452C V16? Very close, and I'm not sure this crop would get you any closer, I'll post another view later if there aren't any further guesses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9926 Â Posted June 16, 2017 I think it's a 37-90 V16 Caddy, but if I'm correct it's still Wilson's win because I would not have thought of a Caddy otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9927 Â Posted June 16, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Wilson is very close, I think this crop is enough to get pretty much everything I asked for. Â The black area is hiding another car I intend using later. Â Â Â Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9928  Posted June 16, 2017 Maybe a series 90 Presidential coupé. From 1939-40 by the shape of the side lights.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9929  Posted June 16, 2017 Maybe a series 90 Presidential coupé. From 1939-40 by the shape of the side lights.  Wilson You were much closer with your 452C guess. Getting the model exactly right will also get you a very close approximation of the year. This one is a rare beast, only 2 of this body style were built that year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9930  Posted June 16, 2017 Maybe then a 452D/60 V16 from 1934. I saw one years ago with a black body and a beige hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9931 Â Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) I don't think you're going to get much closer. Â Â Â Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited June 16, 2017 by mikemgb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9932  Posted June 16, 2017 In Germany pre-war, you would have needed a truck driving licence for the Cadillac (or any other car over 5500 lbs/2500kg like the 7 series Mercedes and the Maybachs). One reason that in period films from Germany, they are always being driven by a chauffeur, as the owners would have considered it beneath them, to have to take a truck driving test and mix with the hoi-polloi. With that length of wheelbase, that must not have been the nimblest of cars.  I had a 1926 Big Six Bentley (YE 9859) with the 144" wheelbase back in the 1980's, still with its original long and lean 4 seat open tourer Vanden Plas body, as built for its first owner, the British film star Jack Faulkener. On roads with a particular series of bumps, the whole thing could start wobbling and flexing like a jelly, going into divergent oscillation, the car version of the Tacoma Narrows "Galloping Gertie" bridge. You either had to slow down gently or if you brave enough, accelerate through it. Rob Walton now has that car.  I will look out a new car tomorrow.  Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 16, 2017 Share #9933 Â Posted June 16, 2017 These cars ride beautifully and handle well, they are much nicer to drive than a Rolls of the same era, this is another from the same collection, I was passenger: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9934  Posted June 17, 2017 Here is your next one, something a bit different and no, it is not British Leyland's final prototype. What is it and where is it?  Wilson   Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3297178'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9935  Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) These cars ride beautifully and handle well, they are much nicer to drive than a Rolls of the same era, this is another from the same collection, I was passenger:  It is really good to hear that one of these pieces of "desirable" motoring exotica is nice to drive, as they so often, are a great disappointment. The two worst examples IMHO are any of the 8 cylinder Isotta Fraschinis and the Mercedes 540K. Both of these feel like and drive like 1930's trucks.  Just before I came out to France I went out for a drive in a friend's 1936 supercharged TA MG. This car's enlarged XPAG engine is Eaton supercharged to within an inch of its life and is putting out over 150HP. If he sold it today, he might at a good sale get £35,000 for it but probably less. It was a delight to drive on Dunlop Vintage type race tyres and I came out of the car with an ear to ear grin. He regularly humbles Bugatti 35s and 51s on the race track with this car.  Wilson Edited June 17, 2017 by wlaidlaw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9936  Posted June 17, 2017 At the top appears to be a whitsle, and up front a bell, all in the company of what appears to be a boiler. The bell and whistle suggest road or rail use. That's as far as I can go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9937  Posted June 17, 2017 Stuart,  I am reasonably sure you will have visited the locale, where this vehicle is to be found. It is of historic significance.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9938 Â Posted June 17, 2017 Fire truck/engine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9939  Posted June 17, 2017 It is really good to hear that one of these pieces of "desirable" motoring exotica is nice to drive, as they so often, are a great disappointment. The two worst examples IMHO are any of the 8 cylinder Isotta Fraschinis and the Mercedes 540K. Both of these feel like and drive like 1930's trucks.  Just before I came out to France I went out for a drive in a friend's 1936 supercharged TA MG. This car's enlarged XPAG engine is Eaton supercharged to within an inch of its life and is putting out over 150HP. If he sold it today, he might at a good sale get £35,000 for it but probably less. It was a delight to drive on Dunlop Vintage type race tyres and I came out of the car with an ear to ear grin. He regularly humbles Bugatti 35s and 51s on the race track with this car.  Wilson  Cars of that era ere generally designed for the comfort of the passenger weren't they? On this occasion three of us ere coming back from an event, the youngest asked if we could stop and pick up his girlfriend. I'm sure the sight of that car cruising into the subdivision and pulling into her driveway is still talked about today.  The pre-war MGs are wonderful cars, the low value of them does have the advantage more people can afford them and will drive them regularly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted June 17, 2017 Share #9940 Â Posted June 17, 2017 Looks like the furnace in my old house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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