Art Deco era Automobiles 1925 - 1939

I always think of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot on Masterpiece.

36 and 37 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Spider.

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caroln said:
I've always considered Art Deco glamorous and elegant. I've always been a fan of a little glitz! (Leo of course!)
Art Nouveau is also gorgeous!
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See? I don't like glamorous and elegant at all! I like plain, primitive, rustic, unadorned, with simplistic form and shape.
Victorian and ornateness was/is REPULSIVE to me! Art Deco is way to ostentatious and garish for my taste.
but, That's just me! Everyone has his own taste!
 
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This 1930's Buick is a real head turner. Look very carefully and you will see that it is a rare right hand drive model.
The MG pictured below may not be Art Deco but it still has that stylish rake that cars of that period had.
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horseless carriage said:
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This 1930's Buick is a real head turner. Look very carefully and you will see that it is a rare right hand drive model.
The MG pictured below may not be Art Deco but it still has that stylish rake that cars of that period had.
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The MG wins me over, not just because of the colour, but because of the style.

There's just something more classy and elegant about it, the body lines and shorter cabin add so much more appeal.
 
It does have that "look" about it. I know the owners of both those cars, like me, the MG owner always dresses the part but the fellow who owns The Buick is more mechanically minded and doesn't feel the need to get all dressed up. He certainly knows his way around his car and he needs to. When you own and run any vehicle that was never on sale in your own country getting spares is a lottery. One thing that I have found with MG's is that there is a huge network and if it seems impossible to source, there's always someone who can make it.
Talking of hard to find spares, Packard proved to be a prime example: (Another American car in right hand drive.)
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horseless carriage said:
It does have that "look" about it. I know the owners of both those cars, like me, the MG owner always dresses the part but the fellow who owns The Buick is more mechanically minded and doesn't feel the need to get all dressed up. He certainly knows his way around his car and he needs to. When you own and run any vehicle that was never on sale in your own country getting spares is a lottery. One thing that I have found with MG's is that there is a huge network and if it seems impossible to source, there's always someone who can make it.
Talking of hard to find spares, Packard proved to be a prime example: (Another American car in right hand drive.)
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The Buick (to me) reminds me of a true family car, where dad emerges wearing a long-sleeved flannel shirt with sleeves rolled up, donning a pair of sunglasses, and before he gets the drivers door shut, two kids spill out of the back, with the wife giving her door a slam.

Now the MG on the other-hand reminds me of a car where a driver emerges wearing a 3-piece suit, hat, and upon opening the read door, out emerges an older distinguished gentleman wearing a full-length fine wool overcoat, a hat, and carrying an umbrella or walking cane.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Now the MG on the other-hand reminds me of a car where a driver emerges wearing a 3-piece suit, hat, and upon opening the read door, out emerges an older distinguished gentleman wearing a full-length fine wool overcoat, a hat, and carrying an umbrella or walking cane.
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Sorry it's not my woollen overcoat, actually that one is Cashmere, this is an original trenchcoat.
My wife came across it on a stall at a festival. There's a bit of puckering at the top of the left sleeve,
but that just adds an authenticity rather than a new, pristine finish. It has a lining that is zippered in.
It is completely waterproof and what I love about it is the colour.
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Bogart made the trenchcoat all his own, but so many want his style and coat colour,
whereas the coat that my wife found, was made for me, they must have known that
I had a period grey suit to compliment it.
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horseless carriage said:
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Sorry it's not my woollen overcoat, actually that one is Cashmere, this is an original trenchcoat.
My wife came across it on a stall at a festival. There's a bit of puckering at the top of the left sleeve,
but that just adds an authenticity rather than a new, pristine finish. It has a lining that is zippered in.
It is completely waterproof and what I love about it is the colour.
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Bogart made the trenchcoat all his own, but so many want his style and coat colour,
whereas the coat that my wife found, was made for me, they must have known that
I had a period grey suit to compliment it.
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As classy as it gets Horseless, and double breasted, too! :love:
 
Oh, that was lovely! One of my favorite memories are the times I toured the Harrah's Auto Museum in Reno, NV. 5000 cars in six buildings, all arranged chronologically, and every one of them in working condition. I was heartbroken when Harrah died and the collection was broken up.

He had not only a magnificent display of Duesenbergs and Cords, but also.....

....one of the only six remaining Bugatti Type 41 Royale autos. I don't know who bought the Harrah's Type 41, but this is the one on display in Paris, courtesy of Google Images:
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Chassis no.41100, known as the Coupé Napoleon, at home in the Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse
 
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