The gilded age of racing famous cars

The Marmon Wasp http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/winner-of-first-indianapolis-500-race.html

The Thomas Flyer that won the Great Race Paris to Peking 1907 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html

Locomobile Old 16 Special (in the first 1/3rd of ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/online-concours-de-elegance-is-best.html

Alco Black Beast

Corbin Cannonball (2nd to last photo in ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/great-photos-from-wwwatomicantiquescom.html

Packard Grey Wolf

The gilded age of racing famous cars

The Marmon Wasp http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/winner-of-first-indianapolis-500-race.html

The Thomas Flyer that won the Great Race Paris to Peking 1907 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html

Locomobile Old 16 Special (in the first 1/3rd of ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/online-concours-de-elegance-is-best.html

Alco Black Beast

Corbin Cannonball (2nd to last photo in ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/great-photos-from-wwwatomicantiquescom.html

Packard Grey Wolf

Unusual, rare, and restored cars from the 1920's and 30's at the Nethercutt musuem

I hope you've been looking at my blog long enough to recognize these headlights as my favorite, they are the Woodlight type http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/woodlight%20headlights , and only came on two cars I know of, the DuPont occasionally, and this 1930 Ruxton in its factory paint, stripes of reds. Three other cars have had woodlights, a Stutz, Cord, and an Auburn but I suspect they were added by the owners. Most unusual for factory paint, but it was the midst of the great depression, and this was a luxury car that needed potential buyers attention. ( just like the glam rockers of the 70's and 80's and the big hair and makeup )

The above is movie star Fatty Arbuckle's 1923 McFarlan model 154 knickerbocker cabriolet

The above yellow is a 1934 Packard

Above and below, 1932 Mayback DS 8 / convertible cabriolet

the above is a 1925 Locomobile 48/ Victoria sedan

the above is a Toledo tiller steered, ever notice that a kids little red wagon has a handle that flips up or down, and is a very small example of a horse drawn wagon? Transpose that thought to the tiller steered early horse-less carriages and the way they had tiller steering that resembles a flipped up wagon tongue

On the left is the blue with a hood that looks like the Renault of the same era, but the Franklin was American and this example is a 1912 model G

This green with white baloon treadless tires is a 1906 Franklin, and particularly striking is the barrel shaped hood. The round hood was replaced by the slope hood like the 1912 Franklin above this

Beautiful brass accentuation pieces adorning this green and black Franklin

1910 Pierce Arrow 7 passenger touring

1912 White model GF

and the Lalique crystal hood ornament collection.

Unusual, rare, and restored cars from the 1920's and 30's at the Nethercutt musuem

I hope you've been looking at my blog long enough to recognize these headlights as my favorite, they are the Woodlight type http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/woodlight%20headlights , and only came on two cars I know of, the DuPont occasionally, and this 1930 Ruxton in its factory paint, stripes of reds. Three other cars have had woodlights, a Stutz, Cord, and an Auburn but I suspect they were added by the owners. Most unusual for factory paint, but it was the midst of the great depression, and this was a luxury car that needed potential buyers attention. ( just like the glam rockers of the 70's and 80's and the big hair and makeup )

The above is movie star Fatty Arbuckle's 1923 McFarlan model 154 knickerbocker cabriolet

The above yellow is a 1934 Packard

Above and below, 1932 Mayback DS 8 / convertible cabriolet

the above is a 1925 Locomobile 48/ Victoria sedan

the above is a Toledo tiller steered, ever notice that a kids little red wagon has a handle that flips up or down, and is a very small example of a horse drawn wagon? Transpose that thought to the tiller steered early horse-less carriages and the way they had tiller steering that resembles a flipped up wagon tongue

On the left is the blue with a hood that looks like the Renault of the same era, but the Franklin was American and this example is a 1912 model G

This green with white baloon treadless tires is a 1906 Franklin, and particularly striking is the barrel shaped hood. The round hood was replaced by the slope hood like the 1912 Franklin above this

Beautiful brass accentuation pieces adorning this green and black Franklin

1910 Pierce Arrow 7 passenger touring

1912 White model GF

and the Lalique crystal hood ornament collection.

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