1960’s L A barn find.

[Edgar Minnie]

Enclosed is a photo posted on Facebook. A LA barn find n the mid 60’s. Can anyone ID the year as to 29 or 30? Also with no top it should be easy to figure out who has the car now, Ernie Follis lists two in his collection. Any comments?

[Edgar Minnie]

Another shot.

[George Teebay]

My guess is that it’s a 1929 (not 1930 headlight lenses, but that’s not definitive) LWB 7-pass touring. The side view shows a courtesy lamp on the splash apron, used in 1929 only on the 143″ LWB.

The license plates are “exempt” (letter e within an octagon) meaning the car was registered to a local or state government agency, They are Calif “black plates” with yellow characters first issued for 1963. (1956 thru 1962 were yellow with black characters).

[Craig Castillo]

Local agencies (city/county) used the octagon with the E in the center, state agencies used a diamond with the E in the center.

With the plate number it shouldn’t be too difficult to track down what agency owned the car.

[Edgar Minnie]

It was owned by Orange Coast College, at the time the photo was taken.

[Edgar Minnie]

The splash apron light was also used on 1930 series A cars, correct?

[Edgar Minnie]

Through a process of elimination, it is likely this car is now one of the two 1929 touring cars in Ernie Follis’s collection.

[George Teebay]

1930 Model A used an oblong splash apron courtesy light, Model B had round ones, and Model C (like the little piggy) had none.

To pick a nit, the word ‘series’ was no longer used after 1928; 1929-38 cars were designated ‘models.’

Best wishes for a very happy holiday season to all!

George

[Edgar Minnie]

Sorry Gorge! The Series nomenclature is an old carryover from my Cadillac days. After all these years I don’t think I will be able to change over to the Model designation. Have a Merry Christmas! Ed.

[George Teebay]

Eddie, I don’t have a problem switching between SERIES and MODEL Pierces despite having both. And I had a SERIES 75 Cadillac for 42 years and a SERIES 60S Cadillac for 12 years.

Merry Christmas! George

[Ernest Follis]

I GUESS I NEED TO SETTLE THIS I HAVE THIS CAR IT IS ONE OF THE TWO I PURCHASED IT FROM ORANGE COAST COLLEGE MANY YEARS AGO

[Ernest Follis]

I GUESS I NEED TO SETTLE THIS I HAVE THIS CAR IT IS ONE OF THE TWO I PURCHASED IT FROM ORANGE COAST COLLEGE MANY YEARS AGO

[Edgar Minnie]

Ernie, it must be the car.

[Edgar Minnie]

Ernie, I contacted the gentleman in the photos, when he responds I will give him your contact info. He expressed a desire to,see the car again. Ed.

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