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Title: Whaddyacallit #58 - SOLVED - Buck Jones' 1931 Cadillac Roadster
Post by: Ray B. on March 14, 2008, 06:43:34 AM
Ever seen this ?

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Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 20, 2008, 05:25:25 AM
An Auburn of some sort?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on March 20, 2008, 06:50:51 AM
Not an Auburn
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 20, 2008, 10:19:58 AM
A variation on a Vertical 8 Studebaker?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on March 20, 2008, 12:51:36 PM
Quote from: KarnUtz on March 20, 2008, 10:19:58 AM
A variation on a Vertical 8 Studebaker?
Are you sure you mean Studebaker ?
Neither a Stude, neither a Vertical 8 anyway.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 20, 2008, 01:10:47 PM
D'oh! I meant Stutz.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on March 20, 2008, 01:25:02 PM
Not a Stutz. The maker is still active (but this is a variation, for sure).
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 20, 2008, 01:27:16 PM
Is that a Bentley? I know I have this pic somewhere, but....
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on March 20, 2008, 02:05:13 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 20, 2008, 01:27:16 PM
Is that a Bentley? I know I have this pic somewhere, but....
Not a Bentley.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 21, 2008, 04:06:58 AM
Cadillac?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 21, 2008, 04:42:40 AM
OK - '31 Cadillac roadster. No idea who built it.  ???
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on March 21, 2008, 06:04:02 AM
1931 Cadillac is correct. Roadster it seems to be, but it didn't start its life as a roadster.
The point is yours already, but can you tell me who designed it, modified it and who was the owner.
The designer is very famous. The owner also was at the time.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 06:12:26 AM
I knew i saw it somewhere...this time I'll let Mister K. answer....
(even because besides these pics there is not much further....)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on March 21, 2008, 06:31:01 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 06:12:26 AM

(even because besides these pics there is not much further....)
That's where you're wrong...
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 06:39:49 AM
...where I found them....
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 21, 2008, 07:29:53 AM
Mr K's got no idea - bring it on home, Mr. J!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 08:05:39 AM
I left it to you because I though there were more details with my pics  ::) , but I've got to go deeper for more, there is a good hint on the fin...but these days I've not much time. I found were my pics comes from, but also there, I can't add much to what you said..so I'll let you answer not because I'm generous, but because I can't do otherwise! (but I will try later....)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 21, 2008, 08:22:06 AM
I'll have a look tomorrow morning - the rest of my day is packed with work and then road-time.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: @re on May 17, 2008, 09:29:30 AM
Funny, this - I didn't know anything about this at all, but a simple Google search with the words 1931 cadillac roadster tailfins gave me all the answers. The car is based on a 1931 Cadillac V12 roadster, was designed by Harley Earl (his first real car design, it seems) and the owner was American singer and guitarist Buck Owens.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on May 17, 2008, 10:16:50 AM
@re, you've found something new: it is the work of Harley Earl (not his first by far, which was the 1927 LaSalle).
But its owner was not Buck Owens, and it was not based on a roadster. As often, things you find on the internet are not always true.

Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: @re on May 17, 2008, 11:18:29 AM
(http://www.1pezeshk.com/archives/long%20nose%20pinocchio.jpg)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Paul Jaray on May 17, 2008, 04:32:15 PM
The car was for the Hollywood's movie star Buck Jones, here's more...
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Paul Jaray on May 17, 2008, 04:44:15 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 21, 2008, 08:05:39 AM
...there is a good hint on the fin...
It really was!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on May 17, 2008, 05:52:37 PM
Done !
As you will see below, the car was originally not a roadster but a limo,  a 7-passenger Imperial Sedan.
Now, Paul having found the last of the story, this makes 3 partial answers from 3 AutoPuzzlers. What do I do with the points...? I'll sleep over it and decide later.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58
Post by: Ray B. on May 18, 2008, 04:52:04 AM
Two points for a single puzzle, a tough one, is OK. Three seems too much. Here's what I did:
KarnUtz deserve the first point because he found the car was a 1931 Cadillac. That was the toughest part.
@re found the builder, Paul Jaray the owner. I just flipped a coin to decide who would get the second point. @re won.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58 - SOLVED - Buck Jones' 1931 Cadillac Roadster
Post by: @re on May 18, 2008, 08:48:16 AM
Buck Owens, Buck Jones... who cares  ;)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #58 - SOLVED - Buck Jones' 1931 Cadillac Roadster
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 03, 2012, 04:58:22 AM
Here is another pic of Buck with his car.