De verkoopomgeving: alle vooroorlogse auto's te koop

In 1915, Louis Chevrolet, race car driver Joe Boyer, Indianapolis car dealer William Small, and Zenith Carburetor president Victor Heftler established the Frontenac Motor Corporation with the expressed purpose of engineering, building, and racing high-performance automobiles. Frontenac cars went on to capture back-to-back wins at the Indianapoli..

The Graham Brothers – Joseph, Robert, and Ray – made a sizable fortune in glassmaking after inventing the process for making bottles with a crown strong enough to use metal caps. Eventually, they decided to go into automobile manufacture by purchasing the Paige motor company in 1927. This 1936 Graham Model 110 Supercharger Touring Sedan..

Building upon the succession of updates and improvements applied to Ford’s wildly successful Model T since its introduction, changes for 1916–1917 most visibly included a change to a black radiator-shell finish, new rounded fenders, and a revised hood design. Formerly brass-finished components now sported nickel plating. Catalogued since 1909, t..

The name Offener Tourenwagen, or “open touring car,” in Mercedes-Benz parlance often brings to mind the vast and weighty 770 Ks of the late 1930s. On their sibling supercharged 500 K chassis, however, it referred to something entirely different: a very attractive two-door open model, with a rather low, subtly curving beltline, that reca..

While Ford’s first truly dedicated light-duty pickups were based on 1928–1931 Model As, the new V8 models for 1932 revolutionized the concept and trumped archrival Chevrolet’s six-cylinder offerings. Ford’s V8 truck lines soon proved so popular that the long-running four-cylinder engine was cancelled in 1934. Accompanied by a copy of th..

Brewster & Co. rightfully enjoys highest honors for its history of quality and innovation. Founded in 1810 as a carriage manufacturer, the company expanded quickly and was successful from its outset. Transitioning to automobiles in 1905, Brewster bodies soon graced the finest chassis built in the US and Europe, including Mercedes and Panhard..

Progressing beyond the light and relatively affordable, two-cylinder Model A of 1903–1904, the fledgling Ford Motor Company soon offered several four-cylinder models and by late 1905, the range-topping, six-cylinder Model K. While Henry Ford was primarily focused on his concept for an inexpensive “people’s car,” which would soon manifest as the ..

Seldom is an automobile more closely linked with its original owner than this 1931 Chrysler and Dr. William F. Whelan. A respected Philadelphia otolaryngologist, Dr. Whelan served for years both in private practice and as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School before his retirement in 1963. His success in busines..

As recounted by Mark Smith in a document on file, this fascinating 1934 Ford V8 is believed to have been constructed for the 1934 Olympia Motor Show in London. Built at considerable expense with coachwork by Holbrook of Wolverhampton, UK, the Ford features a well-preserved full-leather interior and a large sunroof over the front-passenger seats...

Packard’s 17th Series continued to offer customers a wide range of choices of body styles and engine types, resulting in the availability of the perfect Packard for nearly every buyer. The nine main bearing 130 hp Super Eight was the top-of-the-line offering on the 127" wheelbase, and the $2,156 Convertible Sedan, such as the car offered here, w..