 This particular car was perfectly restored. It was owned and displayed at the Thomas Antique & Classic Car Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It sold at auction for $14,000. |
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 An image of this 490 Touring Chevrolet appears on page 34 of 75 Years of Chevrolet, Crestline Press. It was a part of the Thomas Antique & Classic Car Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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 In 1935 my parents (Frank & Mary Jessica Nissley) had one like this. On a trip from Pennsylvania to Tampa, Florida, my father out-foxed a policeman at 10.00 PM in Williston, Florida, by hiding in a field until morning (swatting mosquitoes) because he lacked the money to repair the lights as instructed by the police officer. |
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 Hartford, Connecticut 1904-1914. The company goes back to 1876 with the manufacture of bicycles. The Pope Hartford auto enjoyed a good reputation until going into receivership in 1914. In the years prior to WW II there were over 5,000 different makes of cars in the US. Today, only about ten and those from only three manufacturers---GM, Ford and Daimler-Chrysler, and even these three are in flux. Obviously there had to be casualties.The market place could not support 5,000 different autos. Pope Hartford was one of those casualties. The final Pope property was bought for $300,000 by Pratt & Whitney in 1915. |
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 Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1991. |
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 Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1991 |
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 Cord was the first American front wheel drive car, coming from the prestigious Duesenberg stables. The 1937 812 was the last Duesenberg Company car surviving even the Duesenberg itself. |
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 <42>Isetta was born in Italy in 1953. In 1955 it was leased to BMW becoming a very successful car in the financially difficult years following WW II. Legend has it that BMW would not be here today if it were not for the success of Isetta. |
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 Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This was the last Ford with the pre-war design. |
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 Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1991 |
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 This car was on display at the Thomas Antique & Classic Car Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. IT belonged to Robert "Bud" Horrobin who literally rescued it from the curb of a Chicago street. It was featured on the cover of the January issue ofBugle the Buick Club magazine. |
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 Buchmiller Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1991. The Metropolitan became a very successful car for American Motors. |
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 Reading, Pennsylvania show 1994. |
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 Reading, Pennsylvania show, 1994. |
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 Omar Landis auction at Strasburg, Pennsylvania, 1991 |
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 390 V8 with powerpack. Thomas Antique & Classic Car Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1993. |
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 This "1/2 price" photo comes from Jim Bishop in Harrisonburg, Virginia |
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 This spit-and-polish Reo was the star at the first auto show at the Thomas Antique & Classic Car Museum, in 1993. |
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 Durant (1921-1932) was created by Billy Durant, the most colorful personality in American autodom. He founded General Motors and lost it (twice) and now began his second empire scattered from New York to California. Among his offerings, and longest lasting, was the Durant. Among other things, he was hit hard by the stock market crash in 1929. The last Durant was built in 1932. William Crapo Durant died in New York on March 18th. 1947 at the age of 85. My first real car was a 1929 Durant which I bought from my uncle for $10. It burned a gallon of oil for every 5 gallons of gas. I sold it to a junk yard for $15. |
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 Packard (1899-1956) was one of American Auto's success stories. Packard production hit the ground running as an upscale car which status it maintained 'till the end. The story of Packard is marvelous but in some respects sad. There are many theories as to why such a great car like Packard ended up as a museum piece, but in the final analysis, business practices and bad decisions sank Packard. On June 25, 1956 the last Packard rolled off the assembly line. |
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 Around the turn of the century (1900) two men in England (Henry Royce & Charles Rolls) bought their first cars. Henry bought a French Decauville and Charles a French Peugeot. The Decauville was so bad, Henry said "I will Build my own car." The Peugeot was so good, Charles opened a dealership. Then Henry and Charles together decided that England should have a quality car of its own which Henry would build and Rolls would sell. Thus "Rolls Royce " was born and, as they say, the rest is history. |
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 Dodge Brothers (1913- ), manufacturer's of quality engines for Olds, Ford and others, decided to make their own car, which they called, understandably, "Dodge Brothers." The car was a success from the beginning. In 1921 both Horace and John Dodge died leaving the business to their widows. In 1925 the widows sold the business for 146 million. Then in 1928 the company was sold again, this time to Walter P. Chrysler for 170 million, where Dodge joined Chrysler, DeSota, and Plymouth, and the name was changed to just "Dodge." |
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 Manufactured in Moscow, designed for children three to eight years of age. It has working lights, and coil spring independant rear suspension. It belonged to a Russian diplomat at the United Nations, who brought it to this country for his daughter who outgrew it. |
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 Peugeot is one of the world's oldest auto manufacturers. In fact in 1894 Peugeot shared the first prize of the world's first auto race in France (the only place where roads were good enough). Le fils de Peugeot Freres shared the honor with Messrs Panhard and Levassor, both using a gasoline engine invented by Herr Daimler. Peugeot is still a major contender for highway space in most nations of the world outside the United States. |
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