My Favorite Cars From The 1930s

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Gary

As indicated in my previous post titled “My Favorite Cars From The 1920s“ I believe there weren’t many beautiful cars until the 1930s and they produced some absolutely gorgeous automobiles in that era.

1930 Cadillac V16 Sports Phaeton

1930 Duesenberg Boat Tail Speedster

1930 Packard 745 Convertible Sedan

1931 Buick 91 4-Door Special Sedan

1931 Cadillac V-12 370
1931 Packard 833 Five-Passenger Coupe

1932 Packard 904 Custom Dietrich Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton

1932 Studebaker Dictator Coupe
1933 Buick

1933 Hupmobile convertible coupe

1933 Packard Model 12 By Dietrich

1933 Packard

1933 Pontiac

1933 Studebaker President

1934 Cadillac V12 370-D Town Sedan by Fleetwood

1934 Cadillac

1934 CHEVROLET MASTER DELUXE 2-DOOR HARDTOP

1934 Chrysler CA Coupe

1934 Ford Roadster

1934 Packard 1101 Standard Eight Coupe Roadster

1934 Packard Convertible Sedan

1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Sport Coupe
1934 Packard Twelve Speedster

1934 Packard Coupe

1935 Cadillac Fleetwood V-16 3-Window Coupe

1935 Packard Super 8 Convertible

1935 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Aerodinamica Spider

1935 Buick Series 90

1935 Cadillac Fleetwood V-16 3-Window Coupe

1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe

1935 Duesenberg SSJ
1935 Duesenberg SJ Convertible Coupe

1935 Lancia Astura Aerodinamica

1936 Auburn 852 Convertible Coupe
1936 Bentley

1936 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Sedan

1936 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Convertible Coupe

1936 Chevrolet Suburban Carryall

1936 Chrysler Airstream Convertible

1936 Cord 810 Westchester

1936 Ford V-8 Deluxe Roadster

1936 Hudson Series 65 Custom 8 Convertible

1936 Packard 12 Speedster by Darrin

1936 Packard Super Eight Coupé

1936 Pierce Arrow 1601

1937 Alfa Romeo 8C

1937 Buick Roadmaster

1937 CHEVROLET MASTER CABRIOLET
1937 Delage D8 120S Aero Coupe

1937 Ford Deluxe Model 78 Sedan Convertible

1937 LaSalle opera coupe

1937 Lincoln K V-12 Two-Window Sedan
1937 Lincoln K

1938 Bugatti Type 57 Atalanta

1938 BUGATTI T57S ROADSTER CORSICA

1938 Cadillac Series 38-90 Sixteen Convertible

1938 Cadillac Series 90 V16 Presidential Convertible

1938 Horch 853 Roadster

1938 Lincoln Zephyr V12 4-door sedan

1938 Mercury Eight convertible

1938 Oldsmobile L-38 Convertible Coupe

1938 Packard Eight Cabriolet

1938 Packard Super Eight 4-door Convertible

1938 Talbot-Lago T-150C-SS Teardrop Coupe

1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring
1939 LAGONDA

1939 Mercedes Benz 170 V Sports Roadster

1939 Packard One Twenty Convertible Victoria by Darrin

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My Favorite Cars From The 1920s

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Gary

As you can see, there aren’t many. I believe there weren’t many beautiful cars until the 1930s but the ones below aren’t bad.

1928 Auburn Boattail Speedster1928 Mercedes Benz 680S

1929 Auburn 120 Eight Speedster

1929 Bugatti Type 46

1929 Card L29 Convertible Coupe1929 Card L29 Convertible Coupe 1929 Deusenberg Model J

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The First Presidential Limo

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Gary

HERE IS A BIT OF HISTORY I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW…

Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his Day of Infamy speech to Congress on Monday, and although the trip from the White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents weren’t sure how to transport him safely.

At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that.

One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running perfectly and had it ready for the President the next day.

Al Capone’s 1928 Cadillac V-8 “Al Capone” Town Sedan Became the President’s Limo in December 1941.

Mechanics are said to have cleaned and checked each feature of the Caddy well into the night of December 7th to make sure that it would run properly the next day for the Commander in Chief. And run properly it did. It had been painted black and green to look identical to Chicago ‘s police cars at the time. To top it off, the gangster’s 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armor and inch-thick bulletproof windows.