The 1939 Cadillac Series 61 was Cadillac’s entry-level line, but “entry-level Cadillac” in 1939 still meant a proper prestige car with V8 power, big-car presence, and far more style than most ordinary sedans of the era. Power would have come from Cadillac’s flathead V8, which was smooth, torquey, and very much part of Cadillac’s prewar […]
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a car driving down the street and shouted out “my, that’s a good looking Whippet.” I can’t tell you because I’ve never done it, and that’s because I just discovered the existence of the Willys Whippet a few minutes ago when I found this next car and then found a pretty thorough summation of the Whippet by Hemmings (thanks DuckDuckGo, you are a good search engine and don’t sell my info to Google). Apparently the Whippet is a dependable, easy-driving antique pre-war car that sold almost a quarter-million per year and it has the most amazing center-of-the-wheel mounted combo turn signals/parking light/head light switch. Find this 1927 Willys Whippet offered for $11,000 in San Francisco, CA via craigslist.
This next car…errr…two wheeler…comes from tipper Brad who writes: I thought you might dig this very interesting (presumably rare) little motorbike—although I cannot recall whether you are a cars-only outlet…This old cycle definitely deserves the label survivor, esp. considering it was produced in Europe just as WW2 was getting underway. It seems like all the […]
We all think of seat belts or padded dashboards as the first real move in automotive safety. For Stutz and the Pack-Age-Car company, having the driving position virtually the same as the run-away-away-from-the-flames position was a monumental leap in self-preservation. Yes, a van that you actually stand up to pilot, this 1931 Stutz Pack-age-car is for […]
Automobiles built in the 1920s are generally worthless as daily drivers and typically slower than 3 legged Giraffe pulling a plow uphill. That doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of folks who collect them and enjoy the old timey feel of a pre-war original. Find this 1922 Oldsmobile 43A Skeeter offered here on craigslist for $11,500 […]