Old Car ID wanted!

DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
edited May 22, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Phantom '34?

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  • mtullymtully Registered Users Posts: 57 Big grins
    edited May 20, 2010
    Using the license plate as a clue, my guess would be a '35 Auburn Cord Boattail Speedster.
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited May 20, 2010
    Old Car ID wanted!
    mtully wrote:
    Using the license plate as a clue, my guess would be a '35 Auburn Cord Boattail Speedster.
    Thanks. The lot guy was coming over and telling people Phantom '34 of which the date may be right but given that it says 'Auburn' on it that had me wondering' : scratch

    I'll post more images soon.

    Don
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited May 20, 2010
    An early version of the Batmobile?

    Nice catch, Don!
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  • rcofrcof Registered Users Posts: 115 Major grins
    edited May 20, 2010
    I looks a lot like a replica kit made by Speedster Motorcar Sales in Largo, FL.
  • SimpsonBrothersSimpsonBrothers Registered Users Posts: 1,079 Major grins
    edited May 20, 2010
    http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/35_Auburn_c167.html
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited May 20, 2010
    The rest of the series. Shot under very unforgiving circumstances of light and location!

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  • eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2010
    "Phantom", no, since that's a term denoting a car that was built to look like one that was never manufacured.

    "Authentic", not a chance for a number of reasons:

    Locking gas door; all photos I've seen show a twist-off cap between the right fender and boat tail, just toward of the tail light. Back in '35, no one cared about locking the gas cap and certainly not behind a door: that started in the '70s.

    Side pipes on this one are going every which way but straight. The pipes on an authentic one would run very close to parallel.

    Licence plate should be mounted above the left tail light.

    No one in their right mind would park an authentic one in a lot like this one. eek7.gif

    Nice shots, though, Don. Well done, considering the circumstances. thumb.gif
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2010
    Old Car ID wanted!
    Thanks for. Looking eL eSe Vee! And for the info and the kind words on the shots!

    That all makes sence!

    My wife reminds me that what the lot guy said was actually "Dusenburg '35"! :shrug

    Don
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2010
    See, I told you guys it was really the Batmobile . . .

    I'm not a car buff, but I love to shoot them, so all of this is interesting to me. Thanks for all the great info!

    Lauren
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