Author Topic: Whaddyacallit #58 - SOLVED - Buck Jones' 1931 Cadillac Roadster (Read 2204 times)

Ray B. · « **on:** March 14, 2008, 06:43:34 AM »

Ever seen this ?

Please, respond below and let us know the make of the car posted here, as well as its original owner.

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Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2008, 05:25:25 AM »

An Auburn of some sort?

Ray B. · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2008, 06:50:51 AM »

Not an Auburn

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2008, 10:19:58 AM »

A variation on a Vertical 8 Studebaker?

Ray B. · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2008, 12:51:36 PM »

Quote from: KarnUtz on March 20, 2008, 10:19:58 AM

A variation on a Vertical 8 Studebaker?

Are you sure you mean Studebaker ?
Neither a Stude, neither a Vertical 8 anyway.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2008, 01:10:47 PM »

D'oh! I meant Stutz.

Ray B. · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2008, 01:25:02 PM »

Not a Stutz. The maker is still active (but this is a variation, for sure).

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #7 on:** March 20, 2008, 01:27:16 PM »

Is that a Bentley? I know I have this pic somewhere, but....

Ray B. · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2008, 02:05:13 PM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 20, 2008, 01:27:16 PM

Is that a Bentley? I know I have this pic somewhere, but....

Not a Bentley.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2008, 04:06:58 AM »

Cadillac?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2008, 04:42:40 AM »

OK - '31 Cadillac roadster. No idea who built it.

Ray B. · « **Reply #11 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:04:02 AM »

1931 Cadillac is correct. Roadster it seems to be, but it didn't start its life as a roadster.
The point is yours already, but can you tell me who designed it, modified it and who was the owner.
The designer is very famous. The owner also was at the time.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:12:26 AM »

I knew i saw it somewhere...this time I'll let Mister K. answer....
(even because besides these pics there is not much further....)

Ray B. · « **Reply #13 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:31:01 AM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 06:12:26 AM

(even because besides these pics there is not much further....)

That's where you're wrong...

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #14 on:** March 21, 2008, 06:39:49 AM »

...where I found them....

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** March 21, 2008, 07:29:53 AM »

Mr K's got no idea - bring it on home, Mr. J!

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #16 on:** March 21, 2008, 08:05:39 AM »

I left it to you because I though there were more details with my pics

, but I've got to go deeper for more, there is a good hint on the fin...but these days I've not much time. I found were my pics comes from, but also there, I can't add much to what you said..so I'll let you answer not because I'm generous, but because I can't do otherwise! (but I will try later....)

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #17 on:** March 21, 2008, 08:22:06 AM »

I'll have a look tomorrow morning - the rest of my day is packed with work and then road-time.

@re · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2008, 09:29:30 AM »

Funny, this - I didn't know anything about this at all, but a simple Google search with the words 1931 cadillac roadster tailfins gave me all the answers. The car is based on a 1931 Cadillac V12 roadster, was designed by Harley Earl (his first real car design, it seems) and the owner was American singer and guitarist Buck Owens.

Ray B. · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2008, 10:16:50 AM »

@re, you've found something new: it is the work of Harley Earl (not his first by far, which was the 1927 LaSalle).
But its owner was not Buck Owens, and it was not based on a roadster. As often, things you find on the internet are not always true.

@re · « **Reply #20 on:** May 17, 2008, 11:18:29 AM »

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #21 on:** May 17, 2008, 04:32:15 PM »

The car was for the Hollywood's movie star Buck Jones, here's more...

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #22 on:** May 17, 2008, 04:44:15 PM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 08:05:39 AM

...there is a good hint on the fin...

It really was!

Ray B. · « **Reply #23 on:** May 17, 2008, 05:52:37 PM »

Done !
As you will see below, the car was originally not a roadster but a limo, a 7-passenger Imperial Sedan.
Now, Paul having found the last of the story, this makes 3 partial answers from 3 AutoPuzzlers. What do I do with the points...? I'll sleep over it and decide later.

Ray B. · « **Reply #24 on:** May 18, 2008, 04:52:04 AM »

Two points for a single puzzle, a tough one, is OK. Three seems too much. Here's what I did:
KarnUtz deserve the first point because he found the car was a 1931 Cadillac. That was the toughest part.
@re found the builder, Paul Jaray the owner. I just flipped a coin to decide who would get the second point. @re won.

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Author Topic: Whaddyacallit #58 - SOLVED - Buck Jones' 1931 Cadillac Roadster (Read 2204 times)