Author Topic: Dashing Forward (Read 2128 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #25 on:** January 06, 2013, 05:52:40 AM »

Yes - it's a Davis Divan

targhediferro · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2013, 06:35:24 AM »

#1 is a Mercury Park Lane 1959, I suppose.

targhediferro · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2013, 10:18:35 AM »

#2 is a Pontiac Pathfinder De Luxe 1953 if I'm not in mistake.

targhediferro · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2013, 11:14:53 AM »

#3 seems to be a Ford Galaxie XL 500 from 1965 (from door panel) with a Lincoln Dash from 1962-3

bubenator · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2013, 03:35:19 PM »

#6 looks like a 1963 (1962 or 1961) Ford Thunderbird Convertible.

bubenator · « **Reply #30 on:** January 07, 2013, 03:44:28 PM »

Further edit on #6... the seats have pleats in the opposite direction as regular-production thunderbirds of this era.
I might need more time to figure this one out!

...later edit...
This is the 1963 Ford Thunderbird 'Italien' Concept.

bubenator · « **Reply #31 on:** January 07, 2013, 04:06:37 PM »

#12 is the most famous Silhouette custom by Bill Cushenberry - stolen in 1983 and never seen since!

bubenator · « **Reply #32 on:** January 07, 2013, 05:44:13 PM »

Quote from: targhediferro on January 07, 2013, 10:18:35 AM

#2 is a Pontiac Pathfinder De Luxe 1953 if I'm not in mistake.

I completely concur with targhediferro. I happened across the same picture that you've posted, and he nailed it.
Canadian Pontiacs were the only ones with the particular vent labelling shown here. US Pontiacs had a simpler vent system. That's the only difference I could find that indicates this is a Canadian Pontiac rather than a more common 1953-1954 US Pontiac.
Also interesting is that all 1953-1954 Pontiacs - US or Canadian - had 'Chieftain' script on the radios (obscured here by the #2 marker) whether they were Chieftains, Star Chiefs, Pathfinders, or any other non-Chieftain model.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #33 on:** January 08, 2013, 03:43:14 AM »

Quote from: targhediferro on January 07, 2013, 06:35:24 AM

#1 is a Mercury Park Lane 1959, I suppose.

You suppose correctly.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #34 on:** January 08, 2013, 03:44:04 AM »

Quote from: targhediferro on January 07, 2013, 10:18:35 AM

#2 is a Pontiac Pathfinder De Luxe 1953 if I'm not in mistake.

Yep

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #35 on:** January 08, 2013, 03:46:42 AM »

Quote from: targhediferro on January 07, 2013, 11:14:53 AM

#3 seems to be a Ford Galaxie XL 500 from 1965 (from door panel) with a Lincoln Dash from 1962-3

Amazing

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #36 on:** January 08, 2013, 03:49:06 AM »

Quote from: bubenator on January 07, 2013, 03:44:28 PM

Further edit on #6... the seats have pleats in the opposite direction as regular-production thunderbirds of this era.
I might need more time to figure this one out!

...later edit...
This is the 1963 Ford Thunderbird 'Italien' Concept.

That's it.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #37 on:** January 08, 2013, 03:50:14 AM »

Quote from: bubenator on January 07, 2013, 04:06:37 PM

#12 is the most famous Silhouette custom by Bill Cushenberry - stolen in 1983 and never seen since!

Yep

bubenator · « **Reply #38 on:** January 08, 2013, 05:17:01 PM »

I can't believe it! I absolutely stumbled over this one while researching one of grob's streamliners!

#7 is the Leston Special reported on in the April, 1950 issue of Autocar. Apparently Mr. Leston built the car on an early Jaguar platform using airplane bits.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #39 on:** January 09, 2013, 04:45:28 AM »

Quote from: bubenator on January 08, 2013, 05:17:01 PM

I can't believe it! I absolutely stumbled over this one while researching one of grob's streamliners!

#7 is the Leston Special reported on in the April, 1950 issue of Autocar. Apparently Mr. Leston built the car on an early Jaguar platform using airplane bits.

A happy coincidence indeed.

bubenator · « **Reply #40 on:** January 09, 2013, 06:13:31 PM »

Ok...next...

#5 is a 1952 Oldsmobile 98

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #41 on:** January 10, 2013, 03:15:39 AM »

Quote from: bubenator on January 09, 2013, 06:13:31 PM

Ok...next...

#5 is a 1952 Oldsmobile 98

Not a 52

bubenator · « **Reply #42 on:** January 10, 2013, 12:37:31 PM »

Well, if it isn't a 1952, it has to be a 1951. 1950 and 1953 both had different gauge clusters.
I'm still trying to figure out the difference between the '51 and '52.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #43 on:** January 10, 2013, 04:29:16 PM »

~~Pardon me for jumping in here, but I just ran across a photo of a 1950 Olds Futuramic 88 steering wheel and dash and it sure looks like the #11 puzzle picture.~~

Never mind. I just proved myself wrong.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #44 on:** January 10, 2013, 04:42:24 PM »

Let's try this again. This one's a 1951 Olds 88 with a self-winding watch/clock mounted on it. Kinda clever. I remember when self-winding wristwatches were "the in thing." Then there was the red LED watch that would last about 2 weeks before the battery died. I just found out (thru "empirical testing") that a Citizen watch's battery lasts 5 years, almost to the day. A bit of improvement in 40 years or so.

Back to the puzzle, I'm talking about #11.

I just re-read bubenator's last reply. It appears he already suggested 1951. Just pretend my post is an "example" photo.

bubenator · « **Reply #45 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:47:18 PM »

...and the last one.
numero once!

I belive the car is a thoroughly-modified 1932 Auburn Speedster. A Californian by name of Lawrence Grayson had a hobby of attaching as many instruments to his dashboard as possible. One of them was a 32,000-volt anti-theft device. How comforting!
The car was detailed in a 1933 issue of Popular Science magazine.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #46 on:** January 11, 2013, 02:56:07 AM »

Quote from: RayTheRat on January 10, 2013, 04:42:24 PM

Let's try this again. This one's a 1951 Olds 88 with a self-winding watch/clock mounted on it. Kinda clever. I remember when self-winding wristwatches were "the in thing." Then there was the red LED watch that would last about 2 weeks before the battery died. I just found out (thru "empirical testing") that a Citizen watch's battery lasts 5 years, almost to the day. A bit of improvement in 40 years or so.

Back to the puzzle, I'm talking about #11.

I just re-read bubenator's last reply. It appears he already suggested 1951. Just pretend my post is an "example" photo.

#11?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #47 on:** January 11, 2013, 02:56:34 AM »

Quote from: bubenator on January 10, 2013, 07:47:18 PM

...and the last one.
numero once!

I belive the car is a thoroughly-modified 1932 Auburn Speedster. A Californian by name of Lawrence Grayson had a hobby of attaching as many instruments to his dashboard as possible. One of them was a 32,000-volt anti-theft device. How comforting!
The car was detailed in a 1933 issue of Popular Science magazine.

#1 was identified earlier.

bubenator · « **Reply #48 on:** January 11, 2013, 11:53:13 AM »

Ok, I'm sorry, I was mixing languages. I wasn't sure who would pick up on that.

Numero once is Spanish for 'number eleven'.

also, I'm pretty sure Señor RtR meant item #5 in his previous post - concerning the 1951 Oldsmobile 98.

RayTheRat · « **Reply #49 on:** January 11, 2013, 12:50:41 PM »

Si, numero cinco.

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