Vehicles

[drgwcs]

Perhaps of use to the HOn3 modelers is this website- this lists most all of the HO scale car manufacturers and what they made through the years. http://www.87thscale.info/  This is pretty comprehensive- not everything is pictured but it is a great reference. Many times these things turn up on ebay and when they do they generally have a description like Resin auto. This can help identify. It was last updated in 2008- not sure what is happening. I did back up the American manufacturers to internet archive just in case. This has the only listing of for example Greg's garage and Vulcan Hobbies.

[Chris Walker]

Jim,

if you ever need an excuse to put all those shiny Auto's out for all to see.......

On Chicago Creek. I.S.

[Jeff Young]

Oh yeah, loving that one.

[drgwcs]

Love that one- guess I need to start working on some more autos- I have about 10 Jordans in my stash a couple of Con Cor, plus the stuff I picked up recently. Not all of that will wind up on the narrow gauge portion. My standard gauge is set a little later in the mid 40's. I still have probably about 10 resin autos too from Greg's garage to finish that I bought in a box for $6 at a swap meet in Chicago and I've finished half the box. Some were a bit too late and wound up on the club layout. To me vehicles along with structures are my two favorite sub- hobbies within the hobby.
Jim

[Fred 52]

Hey Jim

Who  made that video? I read the MR annual that featured their layout and fell in love with it. I really would love to know who had made it.
Thanks

Fred c.

[Chris Walker]

Don't ask me about the mud....but the Drivers expression is priceless.

DPL X-24437

[Jeff Young]

Antiphlogistine.  Basically an analgesic poultice for horses.

[Chris Walker]

Thanks Jeff,

I just admire the construction of the early Trucks, Automotive grafted on a horsedrawn body construction.

[Ken Martin]

I saw this car at a car show some years ago. It has a second axle and chains over both wheels and skis to replace the front wheel. This is the original “Snowmobile”, the term was copyrighted in 1917. They were popular with rural mailmen, doctors and others. The paint is probably not original but it is an interesting truck.

[South Park]

  In 1969 my parents sold our place in town and bought a farm.
What an instant adventure for me and my brother.  We explored
old barns, ravines, woods, fence lines.  It was great times.  Just
about anywhere we looked, we found 1900-1930 vintage cars
and trucks.  One such find was a truck like the one I own today.
It sat in a barn over the hill from our farm with a bunch of similar
vintage farm implements, all looking like they were ready to go.
I set my mind to having one just like it some day.  Words just cannot
describe the experience of driving such a machine, but it is just
amazing.  To turn wrenches and make it go,  it is such a joy.  And
the smiles it brings to faces everywhere we go.  It is awesome.  I
cannot recommend taking on the challenge and learning curve
enough.  It really brings a tangible connection to all this old junk
we think is awesome.





How about this for a "snowmobile" ?





 .... or this one ?





 .... or this speeder ?

[Chris Walker]

I can see S'thP'rk shedding a few tears over this one

DPL_Rh-536

[Norm Acker]

Every time I watched "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (as a teenager in the 70s) I thought "man, I want one of those!!" Although "Fred Astaire's" version was more of a half-track mobile. :)

[Chris Walker]

Can't blame following the GPS here.  

dpl-Rh-185

[Jim Courtney]

Just noticed this on eBay:




Can anyone identify the make and model?

[SteveG]

Not my forte, but the front fender style (no forward downward curve to deflect spray at higher speeds) and open seating (no doors or side panels) would, on quick search, put this somewhere in the 1904-1912 period. Similar to some early Maxwells, but the radiator cap and windshield top don't map to any version for which I could find images.
Knowing this forum, I'm sure someone will have a definitive ID for you shortly. :)

Steve Guty

[drgwcs]

SteveG wrote

Not my forte, but the front fender style (no forward downward curve to deflect spray at higher speeds) and open seating (no doors or side panels) would, on quick search, put this somewhere in the 1904-1912 period. Similar to some early Maxwells, but the radiator cap and windshield top don't map to any version for which I could find images.
Knowing this forum, I'm sure someone will have a definitive ID for you shortly. :)

Steve Guty

I wish I knew where they were (I think they were lost somewhere in a move) but I once had pics of a Maxwell car show that they held in New Castle, IN where one of the Maxwell plants was. My father in law worked there when it was a Chrysler plant. I do agree it has a bit of a Maxwell appearance.  There were so many small manufacturers in that era that sometimes it is hard to tell. Indiana had 83 manufacturers alone.
Jim

[South Park]

  Maxwell was not a large car like this.  They were more in proportion
with a Ford T or Flanders 20.  This is a larger car, like an Overland or
Hudson.  My friend bought this 1912 Cadillac this weekend.





  Note the square/flat cowl face, yet it has curved-over fenders with bills.

  The overall hood form is very similar, as is the general size and
location of the lights.  The fenders suggest an earlier car.  Cadillac
had wood bodies through 1908 model year.

[Chris Walker]

Jim's touring car image reminded me to dig this out....

DPL CHS.X6039

Has 1914 New York plates on it, and an essential Waterbag...


and the rest of the story....  

....behind the Touring car was this gem.

[Jim Courtney]

Great photos, Chris!

I'm not sure, but I think that the touring car that I posted above is a Willys-Overland.  I found another photo of the same make:




This time, momma got to drive . . .

[Paul R.]

I notice one is right hand drive and the other left hand drive. Paul R.