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And one more for today’s July 4th parade. Here’s Eleanor two years later in June, 2012, now living in Cincinnati, O., and all shined-up and in line to receive her Preservation Award at the Ault Park Concours. Later that same month, the old gal made the trip up to Kalamazoo, Mich. to attend the PAS Nat’l., and with all the tours more than 800 miles driven round trip. Next month, she’s looking forward to repeating that same journey for August’s Gathering at Gilmore.
Here’s an “Independence”” day photo of sorts to join today’s parade. This photo was taken in 2010 by PAS member Bill Price in Oregon the day he purchased the late Frank Merrell’s 1601 and the old girl came down off wooden blocks and she saw the light of day for the first time since Harry Truman was president.
Here’s one more photo of the frame rail, it’s green underneath the dust, you can also see the tan bottom side of the running board.
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Ed, It was north of 100 degrees that day, and the Corona’s in the antique Coke machine at the Off Bros. car collection were ice cold. And at $0.25 each, well that’s just going to promote excessive consumption! To answer your question, yes, the entire frame is painted dark green, you can see where the dust has been wiped off the frame over the axle in this photo after the car was delivered to Cincinnati in October, 2011.
$0.02 More, a different year / model, but here’s a photo of the frame of our original 1601 taken in 2010 shortly after it was removed from Frank Merrell’s garage in Oregon after 58 years of hibernation. You’ll see the frame is painted the same dark green color as the body. Interestingly, the bottom of the running boards and battery box are painted tan, maybe they were trying to use-up left over paint in 1936.
And finally, here’s the front of the building facing Carnegie Ave. The service garage area, not seen in these photos, is behind this building along E. 46th St.
And here’s another photo, a closeup of a medallion with “Pierce-Arrow Motor Cars”” on the facade between each of the half-circle windows over the top of the bricked-in windows.”
Hi Chris,
“The Sting,” 1973, Paul Newman & Robert Redford con mob-boss Robert Shaw, here’s a photo of his car…
Here’s another from 1984, the movie was “City Heat,” a cops & mobsters flick starring Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. At the end of the movie, the car is blown-up, HOWEVER, there was a write-up in the PAS newsletter just after the movie was released to the effect that the car destroyed was actually a stripped parts car that the movie studio cobbled together for that purpose AND NOT the pristine, restored car shown used for the mobster’s livery.
Here’s a 1936 1603 Town Car in “My Man Godfrey”” a 1936 Universal Studios screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. A 1936 Packard Twelve 1407 convertible coupe is also seen in the movie.”
