Harry P. Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Remember, don't post any hints or answers here. PM me with year, make, and model (need all three for credit). The answer: 1932 Marmon Sixteen Victoria
Modelmartin Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 As well regarded as this car is in classic car circles they were always dowdy looking. This one is not bad but it is still kind of stiff. I would take it if it was offered, though!!
mikemodeler Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 trying to remember which car it was that came with black fuzzy pom-poms on the wheels!
dimaxion Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 I am grateful as always seeing these Works of Art . I do kn ow what . Year & Model .. no .. Thank you very much Harry .
Harry P. Posted August 25, 2014 Author Posted August 25, 2014 As well regarded as this car is in classic car circles they were always dowdy looking. Maybe "stately" would be a better word...
Guest Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 As well regarded as this car is in classic car circles they were always dowdy looking. This one is not bad but it is still kind of stiff. I would take it if it was offered, though!! seriously? It is beautiful.
blunc Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 it's weird that my brain knew what the maker was, I just had to find the year and model. it really is a valid competitor to the other luxury car builders of that time.
DonW Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 trying to remember which car it was that came with black fuzzy pom-poms on the wheels! They were a dealer option on quite a few cars that Harry has posted, along with the fuzzy black radiator badge and mascot!
Modelmartin Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 Maybe "stately" would be a better word... "Stately" would be many Rolls Royce sedans or the Duesenberg Murphy Limo like the Monogram kit. A-C-D, Packard, Cadillac and many others had great designers. I think most Classic car connoiseurs would agree.
Art Anderson Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 As well regarded as this car is in classic car circles they were always dowdy looking. This one is not bad but it is still kind of stiff. I would take it if it was offered, though!! It does have a certain stateliness to it. Rather than "dowdy", I'd call it conservative, as this make of car found few buyers in more flamboyant areas of the country. As such, it definitely has the looks of a car built for the Upper Midweat, or for a client residing somewhere between say, Washington DC and Boston. Art
Art Anderson Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 Something to bear in mind: With perhaps the exception of the two largest makers of Classic Era luxury cars, just about every other super luxury carmaker back in the era of this one built only the chassis, engine, and supplied identifier parts such as radiator, fenders & running boards and lights. The body shells tended to be stylied by the various coachbuilders themselvs, rather than the factory. Art
Harry P. Posted August 27, 2014 Author Posted August 27, 2014 Rather than "dowdy", I'd call it conservative... Agreed. "Conservative" describes it well. I mean, how much more conservative can you get than a color scheme consisting of two shades of gray?
Harry P. Posted August 27, 2014 Author Posted August 27, 2014 They were a dealer option on quite a few cars that Harry has posted, along with the fuzzy black radiator badge and mascot! Amazing, isn't it, how many cars came with that "mascot and badge blackout" package...
DonW Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 Agreed. "Conservative" describes it well. I mean, how much more conservative can you get than a color scheme consisting of two shades of gray? Well....
Harry P. Posted August 29, 2014 Author Posted August 29, 2014 This week's car is a 1932 Marmon Sixteen Victoria Coupe. http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/444237,11779/1932-Marmon-Sixteen_photo.aspx Who got it right: ModelMarin otherunicorn DonW sjordan2 MikeMc jaymcminn Bernard Kron blunc Matt Bacon DynoMight Art Anderson peter31a mr chips chillyb1 Johnag4004
sjordan2 Posted August 29, 2014 Posted August 29, 2014 Agreed. "Conservative" describes it well. I mean, how much more conservative can you get than a color scheme consisting of two shades of gray? Would Fifty Shades of Grey be considered conservative?
Harry P. Posted August 29, 2014 Author Posted August 29, 2014 Would Fifty Shades of Grey be considered conservative? If it's on a car...
DonW Posted August 29, 2014 Posted August 29, 2014 'Fifty Shades of Grey' - - sounds like the B-side of 'Whiter Shade of Pale'
Harry P. Posted August 29, 2014 Author Posted August 29, 2014 We could do a whole album... Red House-Jimi Hendrix Black-Pearl Jam Roadhouse Blues-The Doors Yellow Ledbetter-Pearl Jam Blue Morning, Blue Day-Foreigner Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane Old Brown Shoe-Beatles Mellow Yellow-Donovan Sweet Black Angel-Rolling Stones Pink Houses-John Mellencamp Silver, Blue and Gold-Bad Company Gray Seal-Elton John White Room-Cream
DonW Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Brilliant! I love Red House. Let's not forget : Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Lily the Pink - The Scaffold Back in Black - AC/DC Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan Green Door - ~Shakin' Stevens Black Knight - Deep Purple Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues The Green Manalishi - Fleetwood Mac Paint it Black - the Rolling Stones Blue Monday - New Order My White Bicycle - Nazareth Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd or are we going ever so slightly off topic here
Harry P. Posted August 30, 2014 Author Posted August 30, 2014 or are we going ever so slightly off topic here I don't think we could possibly get any more off topic!
Harry P. Posted August 30, 2014 Author Posted August 30, 2014 Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd There. That covers it!
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