Showing posts with label Nethercutt Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nethercutt Museum. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

1909 Gobron-Brillie, get an eyeload of that vertical striped paint






This paint is a real eye catcher, and the coachwork is amazing. The rims are really good looking with the mix of paint and wood

1911 Oldsmobile Limited, series 27 / limousine, biggest tires ever factory installed on a car


The fine print in the above ID card tell us that this is the only one left in existance, and that the tires are 43".





The wonderful variety of brass era cars at the Nethercutt Museum

















Read the above fine print, it's where I learned about the other Pope cars















The first example of a steering wheel mounted horn above photo........ the infamous mother in law seat in the below photo, how much do you have to hate your mother in law to tell her that's where she gets to sit?
The below is an American Underslung, significant because of a story from Dick Teague (AMC designer) acquiring one after a 35-year pursuit. He considers it "the first American sports car," and its frame, uniquely, was placed under its springs. The low, hunkered-down appearance that resulted was striking during an era when most cars looked like phone booths on wheels. Underslung's 476 cu.-in. (7.8L) 4-cyl. engine, good for 50 hp, stood out as well.

Mr. Teague told the story that while dating his wife-to-be, Marian, he told her he'd marry her if she ever located an Underslung. Only 2,000 copies were built during the Indianapolis automaker's 1906-'13 existence. By Mr. Teague's count, only 27 survive. Marian, to his surprise, soon got wind of four -- all owned by one family in Pennsylvania.

"She said 'I found an American Underslung. Now we'll have to get married.'" Mr. Teague chortles. He kept his vow the next year.

All four cars sat idle until restored in the mid-'60s. It took two more decades to convince the family to part with one, purchased new by its patriarch in 1907. Why'd they sell? "I guess it was my persistence," says Mr. Teague. "Maybe they felt it would get a good home."