Beautiful Old Cars

People forget about the automotive history of Wisconsin.

Nash Auto which later merged with Hudson to form American Motors

Alis Chalmers tractors

Case Tractors

Harley-Davidson

Briggs & Stratton

Kissel Car Mfg.


Here's a kissel Car.

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They were based in Hartford, Wi. and they have a museum if you ever get there.

Here's a short Vid on Kissel.

They made cars, trucks, fire engines, etc.

Movie stars would buy Kissels.

 

SetWave said:
Can't ride bikes. Go too fast and fall down. :(
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Yes they do.
I had a 1978 Suzuki 400 - 4 stroke which I drove out west ( Alberta & British Columbia ) in 1978 and back in 1981
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And a 1989 Kawasaki Ninja 250 - 4 stroke for zipping around on. Both were a blast.
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Not antiques in the least but since motorcycles were brought up, my Suzuki would have been 43 years old now.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I love seeing the old classic cars. There was a man in town who used to drive a cream colored one. I think he rented it out for weddings. It was similar to the first photo but was a convertible and wasn't quite as long in front. The second car was a head turner for me...the Avanti. I remember seeing it as we were riding by on the highway and wished it was mine (and I don't even like white cars).

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The top photo looks like a Zimmer.

The Zimmer is a custom makeover of stock Detroit vehicles.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmer_(automobile)
 
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What is this? The motoring nerds will say, easy-peasy, it's the front seat of a 1953 Morris Oxford. They can't think beyond motoring.
I'll tell you what it is, although the column change gear lever and the under-dash mounted handbrake are big clues.
Their absence makes it so much easier to indulge in the sport that every generation's teenagers think that they invented.
And if the Morris Oxford was around when you were a teenager, you would soon realise that there was no need to get in the back,
therefore, there was no need to break the mood and she was less likely to say no. The things that manufacturers did to sell cars.
 
horseless carriage said:
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What is this? The motoring nerds will say, easy-peasy, it's the front seat of a 1953 Morris Oxford. They can't think beyond motoring.
I'll tell you what it is, although the column change gear lever and the under-dash mounted handbrake are big clues.
Their absence makes it so much easier to indulge in the sport that every generation's teenagers think that they invented.
And if the Morris Oxford was around when you were a teenager, you would soon realise that there was no need to get in the back,
therefore, there was no need to break the mood and she was less likely to say no. The things that manufacturers did to sell cars.
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I owned a Morris Minor when I lived in Australia so I am familiar with the badge & the leather door strap, so my inclination is to say it is an Oxford, except that you've already denied it. I am stymied by the gap beyond the instrument panel but I'll throw my hat in for the Morris Six .... or one of its derivatives.
 
Pappy said:
Gotta brag about my third car..49 Ford.
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Well worth bragging about Pappy. My father had a 1940 Hudson, how he came by it I am not sure. Most likely guess is that it was left behind by an American Officer after WW2. My mother hated it, mainly because the steering wheel being on the left and we drive on the left, meant that she could see the oncoming road better than my Dad. The car had to go.

That photo of the front seat of the Morris Oxford above, the rest of the car looked like this, it was my first car, but this image is not my car, just one like it, same colour too.

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This article was just published today, although only one photo of the car. I subscribe to this newspaper, so I'm not sure if non-subscribers can access the link. Let me know, and I can at least capture the photo and summarize the article in a follow-up post:

Me & My Car: Alamo man’s 1948 Bentley roadster literally one of a kind
Original owner had it shipped to Paris for body's construction, which cost same as rest of vehicle
BA Newsgrp 22Aug2021

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/0...948-bentley-roadster-literally-one-of-a-kind/
 
Lethe200 said:
This article was just published today, although only one photo of the car. I subscribe to this newspaper, so I'm not sure if non-subscribers can access the link. Let me know, and I can at least capture the photo and summarize the article in a follow-up post:

Me & My Car: Alamo man’s 1948 Bentley roadster literally one of a kind
Original owner had it shipped to Paris for body's construction, which cost same as rest of vehicle
BA Newsgrp 22Aug2021

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/0...948-bentley-roadster-literally-one-of-a-kind/
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1948 Bentley Roadster. I didn't know Bentley made such a beautiful car!

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