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Why are these guys playing golf on a dry lake? It's a right hand drive, US military 1920's car... raises a couple questions to my mindBut Steve did it again! How in the world he worked out that this is a 1915-16 Chalmers Light 6 Roadster... is a mystery! There is nothing to go on! I can't see anthing very distinguishing, but Steve is incredible, and nailed another unidentified car!Ford made the switch to Left Hand Drive in 1908 with the Model-T, but most companies didn't start making the switch until between 1913 and 1916. Some makers held off until the 1920s - Pierce Arrow in 1921 and Stutz in 1922 for instance. Some firetruck manufacturers continued to fill customer orders for RHD trucks on into the 1930s. I haven't come across many of the servicars that is a well packed trunk! But how many have kids in the trunk... and trust that the stupid kids won't climb over the stuff once they are driving down the road? getting the street car stripped for the dry lakes racing for lots more http://21studs.tumblr.com/

Why are these guys playing golf on a dry lake? It's a right hand drive, US military 1920's car... raises a couple questions to my mindBut Steve did it again! How in the world he worked out that this is a 1915-16 Chalmers Light 6 Roadster... is a mystery! There is nothing to go on! I can't see anthing very distinguishing, but Steve is incredible, and nailed another unidentified car!Ford made the switch to Left Hand Drive in 1908 with the Model-T, but most companies didn't start making the switch until between 1913 and 1916. Some makers held off until the 1920s - Pierce Arrow in 1921 and Stutz in 1922 for instance. Some firetruck manufacturers continued to fill customer orders for RHD trucks on into the 1930s. I haven't come across many of the servicars that is a well packed trunk! But how many have kids in the trunk... and trust that the stupid kids won't climb over the stuff once they are driving down the road? getting the street car stripped for the dry lakes racing for lots more http://21studs.tumblr.com/

Driver-aidsFirst standard rear-view mirror - 1912 MarmonFirst power steering - 1951 ImperialFirst cruise control - 1957 ImperialFirst traction control system/anti slip regulation - 1971 Buick LeSabre (MaxTrac)First drive-by-wire throttle - 1988 BMW 750iLFirst electrochromic rear-view mirror - 1989 Lexus LSFirst Rain-Sensing Windshield Wipers - 1984 Nissan 200SX/Nissan SilviaFirst dynamic stability control system/Electronic Stability Programme/Vehicle Stability Control - 1995 BMW 7-Series/Mercedes-Benz CL-Class/Toyota Crown MajestaFirst adaptive cruise control - 1997 Toyota CelsiorFirst LED display - 1976 Aston Martin Lagonda instrument clusterFirst CRT display - 1984 Aston Martin Lagonda computer controlled instrument clusterFirst heads-up display - 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme/1988 Nissan SilviaFirst factory GPS navigation - 1990 Mazda Cosmo, 1986 GT Limited Toyota SoarerFirst night vision - Mercedes-Benz S ClassFirst power door locks - 1914 Scripps-BoothFirst self parking - 2004 Toyota PriusFirst Blind Spot Intervention System - 2009 Ford Escape/TaurusFirst Synchronized down shift rev-matching system - 2009 Nissan 370Z/Nissan Fairlady ZTiresFirst use of pneumatic tires - 1895 Peugeot L'Eclair (Michelin)First standard pneumatic tires - 1896 Bollée VoituretteFirst radial-ply tires - 1949 Michelin "X" (patented in 1946)First self-repairing tires - 1950 GoodyearFirst run flat tire - 1974 Mini 1275GT (Dunlop Denovo; optional)Plus dimensions, performance, sales, engines, bodies, and tons more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_superlatives

Driver-aidsFirst standard rear-view mirror - 1912 MarmonFirst power steering - 1951 ImperialFirst cruise control - 1957 ImperialFirst traction control system/anti slip regulation - 1971 Buick LeSabre (MaxTrac)First drive-by-wire throttle - 1988 BMW 750iLFirst electrochromic rear-view mirror - 1989 Lexus LSFirst Rain-Sensing Windshield Wipers - 1984 Nissan 200SX/Nissan SilviaFirst dynamic stability control system/Electronic Stability Programme/Vehicle Stability Control - 1995 BMW 7-Series/Mercedes-Benz CL-Class/Toyota Crown MajestaFirst adaptive cruise control - 1997 Toyota CelsiorFirst LED display - 1976 Aston Martin Lagonda instrument clusterFirst CRT display - 1984 Aston Martin Lagonda computer controlled instrument clusterFirst heads-up display - 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme/1988 Nissan SilviaFirst factory GPS navigation - 1990 Mazda Cosmo, 1986 GT Limited Toyota SoarerFirst night vision - Mercedes-Benz S ClassFirst power door locks - 1914 Scripps-BoothFirst self parking - 2004 Toyota PriusFirst Blind Spot Intervention System - 2009 Ford Escape/TaurusFirst Synchronized down shift rev-matching system - 2009 Nissan 370Z/Nissan Fairlady ZTiresFirst use of pneumatic tires - 1895 Peugeot L'Eclair (Michelin)First standard pneumatic tires - 1896 Bollée VoituretteFirst radial-ply tires - 1949 Michelin "X" (patented in 1946)First self-repairing tires - 1950 GoodyearFirst run flat tire - 1974 Mini 1275GT (Dunlop Denovo; optional)Plus dimensions, performance, sales, engines, bodies, and tons more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_superlatives

I like the advertising... healthier liver with Andrews salt the master craftsmen carpenters the finishing painters and pinstripers the vehicles used to get the cable installed on lines above the trolley lines and the new electric vs the old cable carread about it if you use a translator browser like Google Chrome after this link http://dkphoto.livejournal.com/229482.html which i came across from http://p-d-m.livejournal.com/friends?skip=10

I like the advertising... healthier liver with Andrews salt the master craftsmen carpenters the finishing painters and pinstripers the vehicles used to get the cable installed on lines above the trolley lines and the new electric vs the old cable carread about it if you use a translator browser like Google Chrome after this link http://dkphoto.livejournal.com/229482.html which i came across from http://p-d-m.livejournal.com/friends?skip=10

Not in the European Union, doesn't have the English Prime Minister in charge, and outside the villages... doesn't have a speed limit

Not in the European Union, doesn't have the English Prime Minister in charge, and outside the villages... doesn't have a speed limit

The above was all I had, and I wondered about the taxi, but Steve knew! Not a good looking front, unique, but not good. The fenders and rear quarters are bad also. I knew I'd posted one years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/before-big-boxy-taxi-checker-made-model.html With the flip of a switch, the electrically operated top goes into the trunk This is the landaulet version of the Checker Model A, which was built from 1939 until Checker switched to war production in 1941. The back top was electrically operated and disappeared into the body. It also had a sun roof. During the war, Checker donated the body dies to be melted down and recycled for the war effort. This is thought to be the only remaining survivor from the 1939-1941 Model A Checker taxi. Photos were taken at the Checker Car Club of America show in 2002 at the Gilmore MuseumA handful of unusual-looking snouts appeared on American vehicles during the late thirties but none matched the monstrosity that premiered on the 1939 Checker Model A. The equally bizarre Sharknose Graham is the only other vehicle that could hold a candle to the Model A.Checker designer John H. Tuttle is credited with designing the Model A’s bodywork from the cowl back, but the identity of the person who designed the front end is the subject of much debate. Ray Dietrich served as a consultant to the firm starting in the late 30s, however he emphatically denied any involvement with the firm’s taxi designs rig up until his death.Tuttle’s name also appears on the patents for the cars optional rear landaulet roof, and it’s probable that he also worked on the front end, however it’s entirely possible a third designer, perhaps even Morris Markin himself, designed the front end, whose main claim to fame was that it is so ugly, you could see it coming from up to half-a-mile away.The headlights were modern oval units mounted to the front fenders in the typical fashion, however those beams were surrounded by massive chrome-plated art-moderne shields unlike any seen on any other vehicle. Body colored louvered valances provided cooling to the radiator which was hidden behind the solid beak that extender downwards from the center of the hood.The short wheelbase Model A included a purpose-built 124-inch wheelbase chassis with a traditional solid front and live rear axles supported by longitudinal leaf springs. The independent front suspensions found on other manufacturer’s vehicles were easily knocked out of alignment and were far too fragile for taxicab use.The Model A included a number of more practical innovations such as an automatic signal that alerted pedestrians when the cab was put into reverse, padded finger guards on the rear door edges and rear seats that were stuffed with synthetic rubber cushions.The Model A was introduced mid-year and was powered by a Continental Red Seal Six, an engine that would become standard equipment until 1965 when the firm adopted a General Motors powerplant. The John H. Tuttle-designed sunroof and landaulet rear top were optionally available on either of the two available wheelbases.A period review called the Model A:"...the most radical innovation of the entire taxicab industry this year. Checker's disappearing top is attracting widespread attention in the larger cities where its Parmelee system fleets operate.... The all-metal landaulet can be opened or closed by the driver in 40 seconds, without moving from his seat...the cab is equipped with a glass roof that can be readily opened or closed by the driver at the will of his fare."The model A was the last prewar Checker taxicab, and only a single survivor, a long-wheelbase model equipped with the landaulet roof, exists. At the start of the war Markin donated the Model A’s body dies to melted down for the war effort.Info from and read all about the Check taxi cab manufacturer here http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/c/checker/checker.htm

The above was all I had, and I wondered about the taxi, but Steve knew! Not a good looking front, unique, but not good. The fenders and rear quarters are bad also. I knew I'd posted one years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/before-big-boxy-taxi-checker-made-model.html With the flip of a switch, the electrically operated top goes into the trunk This is the landaulet version of the Checker Model A, which was built from 1939 until Checker switched to war production in 1941. The back top was electrically operated and disappeared into the body. It also had a sun roof. During the war, Checker donated the body dies to be melted down and recycled for the war effort. This is thought to be the only remaining survivor from the 1939-1941 Model A Checker taxi. Photos were taken at the Checker Car Club of America show in 2002 at the Gilmore MuseumA handful of unusual-looking snouts appeared on American vehicles during the late thirties but none matched the monstrosity that premiered on the 1939 Checker Model A. The equally bizarre Sharknose Graham is the only other vehicle that could hold a candle to the Model A.Checker designer John H. Tuttle is credited with designing the Model A’s bodywork from the cowl back, but the identity of the person who designed the front end is the subject of much debate. Ray Dietrich served as a consultant to the firm starting in the late 30s, however he emphatically denied any involvement with the firm’s taxi designs rig up until his death.Tuttle’s name also appears on the patents for the cars optional rear landaulet roof, and it’s probable that he also worked on the front end, however it’s entirely possible a third designer, perhaps even Morris Markin himself, designed the front end, whose main claim to fame was that it is so ugly, you could see it coming from up to half-a-mile away.The headlights were modern oval units mounted to the front fenders in the typical fashion, however those beams were surrounded by massive chrome-plated art-moderne shields unlike any seen on any other vehicle. Body colored louvered valances provided cooling to the radiator which was hidden behind the solid beak that extender downwards from the center of the hood.The short wheelbase Model A included a purpose-built 124-inch wheelbase chassis with a traditional solid front and live rear axles supported by longitudinal leaf springs. The independent front suspensions found on other manufacturer’s vehicles were easily knocked out of alignment and were far too fragile for taxicab use.The Model A included a number of more practical innovations such as an automatic signal that alerted pedestrians when the cab was put into reverse, padded finger guards on the rear door edges and rear seats that were stuffed with synthetic rubber cushions.The Model A was introduced mid-year and was powered by a Continental Red Seal Six, an engine that would become standard equipment until 1965 when the firm adopted a General Motors powerplant. The John H. Tuttle-designed sunroof and landaulet rear top were optionally available on either of the two available wheelbases.A period review called the Model A:"...the most radical innovation of the entire taxicab industry this year. Checker's disappearing top is attracting widespread attention in the larger cities where its Parmelee system fleets operate.... The all-metal landaulet can be opened or closed by the driver in 40 seconds, without moving from his seat...the cab is equipped with a glass roof that can be readily opened or closed by the driver at the will of his fare."The model A was the last prewar Checker taxicab, and only a single survivor, a long-wheelbase model equipped with the landaulet roof, exists. At the start of the war Markin donated the Model A’s body dies to melted down for the war effort.Info from and read all about the Check taxi cab manufacturer here http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/c/checker/checker.htm

The above gave me so many laughs, I've never heard of anyone putting divorce signs on a car to make fun of the "Just married" signs that are common. I wonder what would be proper to drag behind the car... the newlyweds drag tin cans, what would divorced people drag? Lawyers maybe? I just read an article on this Franklin, I think it was in Hemmings Classic Well, from the start of Ford to the late 40's anywaysee more at http://21studs.tumblr.com

The above gave me so many laughs, I've never heard of anyone putting divorce signs on a car to make fun of the "Just married" signs that are common. I wonder what would be proper to drag behind the car... the newlyweds drag tin cans, what would divorced people drag? Lawyers maybe? I just read an article on this Franklin, I think it was in Hemmings Classic Well, from the start of Ford to the late 40's anywaysee more at http://21studs.tumblr.com

The nationwide labor upsurge of 1934 reached its peak in San Francisco. On May 9, 1934, leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) called a strike of all West Coast dockworkers, demanding a wage scale of the 6-day, 30-hour week at a minimum rate of $1 per hour, a “closed shop” (union membership as a requirement of employment), and union-administered hiring halls.On May 15 teamsters, boilermakers and machinists voted a sympathy strike along with sailors and marine firemen’s union, involving 4,000 men, and 700 marine cooks and stewards took similar action the next day. Ferry boatmen, masters, mates and pilots, and marine engineers first struck against several companies for higher wages and a closed-shop contract, and subsequently the entire local was called out in a body. Not a single freighter left a Pacific coast port “for the first time in history.”Enraged employers, backed by a sympathetic mayor and police chief, used every means available to open the waterfront and protect strikebreakers, whom they imported in large numbers. Working closely with local politicians and the press, the employers set out to convince the public that the strike was controlled by “Reds” intent on overthrowing the government.These scare tactics led to an investigation of employer actions by a Senate subcommittee. The flagrant destruction of many of the records of the Industrial Association, described in this report, effectively prevented the Committee from obtaining full documentary evidence on the activities of the association. Violations of Free Speech and Rights of Labor, the subcommittee’s 1942 report, described the concerted efforts of the Industrial Association, the newspapers, and the San Francisco police to discredit the strike.http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5134/ for the entire reportDidn't see that in your American History book did you. Just one case in a long history of corporate greed versus workers and unions, and just one example of the people with the money fdoing anything at all to make more money and the people with power abusing it. Both the money and the power calling the shots and forcing the cops and national guard to shoot the strikers. No kidding. Photos from http://www.johngutmann.org/

The nationwide labor upsurge of 1934 reached its peak in San Francisco. On May 9, 1934, leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) called a strike of all West Coast dockworkers, demanding a wage scale of the 6-day, 30-hour week at a minimum rate of $1 per hour, a “closed shop” (union membership as a requirement of employment), and union-administered hiring halls.On May 15 teamsters, boilermakers and machinists voted a sympathy strike along with sailors and marine firemen’s union, involving 4,000 men, and 700 marine cooks and stewards took similar action the next day. Ferry boatmen, masters, mates and pilots, and marine engineers first struck against several companies for higher wages and a closed-shop contract, and subsequently the entire local was called out in a body. Not a single freighter left a Pacific coast port “for the first time in history.”Enraged employers, backed by a sympathetic mayor and police chief, used every means available to open the waterfront and protect strikebreakers, whom they imported in large numbers. Working closely with local politicians and the press, the employers set out to convince the public that the strike was controlled by “Reds” intent on overthrowing the government.These scare tactics led to an investigation of employer actions by a Senate subcommittee. The flagrant destruction of many of the records of the Industrial Association, described in this report, effectively prevented the Committee from obtaining full documentary evidence on the activities of the association. Violations of Free Speech and Rights of Labor, the subcommittee’s 1942 report, described the concerted efforts of the Industrial Association, the newspapers, and the San Francisco police to discredit the strike.http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5134/ for the entire reportDidn't see that in your American History book did you. Just one case in a long history of corporate greed versus workers and unions, and just one example of the people with the money fdoing anything at all to make more money and the people with power abusing it. Both the money and the power calling the shots and forcing the cops and national guard to shoot the strikers. No kidding. Photos from http://www.johngutmann.org/