Well, what can I say? I love every single car in this photo. And they are original. No bozo with more money than sense has dropped in a 350/350 or painted any of these beauties pink, purple or orange. Thank heaven!
Which one would you prefer? I am leaning towards that Auburn Speedster, myself. Hat tip to KiwiBryce who took this most excellent picture!
Anyone who’d drop a SBC into a ’35 Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster is not only a philistine, but also a financial idiot. You don’t do those kind of things to a car that sells in seven figures anymore. Anyone with more money than sense understands what killing the value of a car can do.
As to the rest: The Studebaker at the left is (I think) a 1936, behind the Auburn is a 1938 Buick. The blue car I don’t recognize, it’s not American, and the car in the back is too dark for me to make out the hood details.
I’m with you on the Auburn Speedster. Besides, there are those 1980s repro Auburns that came with the Ford 351s. If you don’t like the Ford power, you can swap in an SBC and won’t hurt my feelings a bit.
Yeah there is a 70s Auburn locally I thought it was Chevy based could be wrong.
A friend’s father bought a new one in the mid 1980s, and that one was Ford powered (which kind of surprised me too.) There may well be Chevy powered ones as well, whether from that company or others. More than one company has made repros of that car.
I can think of no better reason to bring back hanging than putting an SBC in an Auburn.
The blue car looks like an Austin Ten to me.
We met the blue/black car its an Austin 16 right at the back is a 36 Buick 4 door tourer and yeah a 38 Buick
Left to right in shot: 37 Buick Limo, 36 buick 4door phaeton,38 buick sedan, Auburn Speedster, 39 Austin 16.
I’ll give the blue one a go if offered the chance….
Just yesterday I was looking at a 1948 Chevrolet Coupe that of course , had a 350 SBC in it….
Too bad as those were good cars when new and fairly easy to make keep up with to – day’s traffic , tiny little I6 and all .
-Nate
At least in that case its GM parts bin canon.
All those old bombs – they all look alike! Pity…
+1 I always think the same about old cars when someone says that about new ones!
Sign me up for the ’38 Buick sedan !
I also do not recognize the blue car. I think we need some of our Kiwi or Aussie friends to help us out here.
I must say, the Auburn is the easy pick here. Who can resist the lure of those looks powered by the supercharged Lycoming eight. Everyone ought to have the chance to spend 10 or 15 minutes walking around one of these to soak in the beauty that is in every single line, both inside and out.
The ACD Museum is well worth making the trek to Auburn, IN to visit; heck, even the building alone might be worth the trip. My wife, who is not really a car person, thoroughly enjoyed our visit several years ago. I have no problem with someone puttting an SBC into a 1948 Chevrolet, mainly because there are a lot of them around. Anyone who would contemplate making the same swap into an Auburn should have their tools taken away.
There is a dashboard shot of the Auburn on the cohort its real all right that Buick on the left of shot is a 37 Limousine, Rarest vehicle in there is a 36 Mullins enclosed trailer that is towed by the 36 Buick phaeton in the background on the hoist. I was told the 36 Buick phaeton is the rarest car in there rarer than even the Auburn on a worldwide basis there are a couple of Packards also in residence but I didnt get long in there, Check the cohort for more shots.
I got about 5 minutes total in that shed I could spend hours in there but its not open to the public.
The car in the back left has bumper guards similar to period Cadillac’s, but many aftermarket units were installed at the time. The Auburn is the obvious choice here, on rarity alone. The hood ornament on the left front car appears to be a predecessor of the Ram’s head of Dodge fame. But, my eyes aren’t what they were, and the magnifying glass is somewhere out of sight. The little car is very intriguing – Austin? Hillman? I do not recognize the winged logo.
Both the dark car on the left and the dark car behind the Auburn are Buicks, the little blue car is an Austin I think, though it does have styling borrowed directly from Buicks of the time, the Auburn would be the most valuable car, if its a real one.
They are all real Carmine I was asked no to post any exterior shots of this building, very few locals even know about what resides within and it being art deco weekend they are all out playing in traffic. You noted the Austin and Buicks similarities when I wrote a little story on an Austin 16.
THANK YOU for sharing and good on the owners for taking them out into traffic where they belong .
-Nate
What may interest some, is I took that shot because the 37 limo being reversed into its slot hooked the Austin bumper, both bumpers bent and sprang back to shape, like they are meant to, 5mph bumpers were designed in the 70s WHY?.
Because real bumpers went away in the 60’s and our punishment was railroad ties on shocks in the 70’s. Now we have plastic touch and scratch.
FWIW ;
In the 1970’s I drove ‘A’ Model Fords as daily drivers and my work truck was a 1946 Chevrolet 3100 pickup .
One day I pulled up my steeply inclined driveway too fast and smacked the back bumpers of the 1928 Ford TuDor _hard_, they were the original spring steel and bounced my truck back down the driveway , no scratches , nothing bent….
-Nate
Nice one Tom and KiwiBryce. Love all that grillage.
Yes, very handsome!