A couple more Classics of the 30's.....

ULTRA-swell pics Tony !!!..........care to share the deets on that little red pickup?......I`ve never seen that one before now

*musings on a theme,Chapter 17.........in 1930,my parents were on the cusp of becoming teenagers and I was doing a 21 year stretch of yet-to-exist.....why do NONE of the 30`s cars stir childhood memories for me (and maybe for other boomers as well) ?*

First, thanks to Tony for sharing this part of his magnificent collection;  they're as detailed as is only possible with your larger scale.  I like them but I still collect 1/43.

Second, I read John's comment and, as an old history teacher, I would like to remind him that the cars of the 30s were 

  1- relatively uncommon even then because of lower production during the years of the Great Depression.  Production increased in the late 30s as the economy eased.

  2- still of value as the 1940s came, and production started getting even heavier.  But in Jan/Feb of 1942 all non-military production stopped because of World War II. The cars of the 30s and 40s were all Americans had to get through 1942-1945.  Even with gas rationing, the 80,000 miles or so that cars of that era could be expected to attain came too quickly.  When production resumed (with warmed-over 1942 cars), pre-war cars were a drudge on the market.  Everybody wanted "NEW."

  3- By the early 1950s, when I entered my "car crazy" years, cars of the thirties were rare indeed.  In the small town where I lived, I remember a '39 LaSalle, a '34 Terraplane (which I drooled over!), a '40 Zephyr coupe (more drooling), and a handful of Model A Fords.  That was it.  By the late 50s, all those were just memories.  

   4-And then, with earlier beginnings, came the old car collecting hobby, and things started changing.  But even then, the cars of the 30s and 40s were considered too recent to be antique or even classic;  that had to wait for another generation.

   And now I'll shut up and sit down, with apologies for getting back on my podium.   C'mon over to Forum 43 and I'll bore you more often.

              David Holcombe,  

Posted by: @john-barry

ULTRA-swell pics Tony !!!..........care to share the deets on that little red pickup?......I`ve never seen that one before now

*musings on a theme,Chapter 17.........in 1930,my parents were on the cusp of becoming teenagers and I was doing a 21 year stretch of yet-to-exist.....why do NONE of the 30`s cars stir childhood memories for me (and maybe for other boomers as well) ?*

That's DM's standard '31 Ford Model A Pickup. They later did a Cigarette Cream LE of it.

Posted by: @d-m-holcombe

First, thanks to Tony for sharing this part of his magnificent collection;  they're as detailed as is only possible with your larger scale.  I like them but I still collect 1/43.

Second, I read John's comment and, as an old history teacher, I would like to remind him that the cars of the 30s were 

  1- relatively uncommon even then because of lower production during the years of the Great Depression.  Production increased in the late 30s as the economy eased.

  2- still of value as the 1940s came, and production started getting even heavier.  But in Jan/Feb of 1942 all non-military production stopped because of World War II. The cars of the 30s and 40s were all Americans had to get through 1942-1945.  Even with gas rationing, the 80,000 miles or so that cars of that era could be expected to attain came too quickly.  When production resumed (with warmed-over 1942 cars), pre-war cars were a drudge on the market.  Everybody wanted "NEW."

  3- By the early 1950s, when I entered my "car crazy" years, cars of the thirties were rare indeed.  In the small town where I lived, I remember a '39 LaSalle, a '34 Terraplane (which I drooled over!), a '40 Zephyr coupe (more drooling), and a handful of Model A Fords.  That was it.  By the late 50s, all those were just memories.  

   4-And then, with earlier beginnings, came the old car collecting hobby, and things started changing.  But even then, the cars of the 30s and 40s were considered too recent to be antique or even classic;  that had to wait for another generation.

   And now I'll shut up and sit down, with apologies for getting back on my podium.   C'mon over to Forum 43 and I'll bore you more often.

 

              David Holcombe,  

 

 

David, beautifully stated, and I could not agree more sir!!  

Posted by: @perrone1

 

 

 

David, beautifully stated, and I could not agree more sir!!  

me too what He said ..................I`m thinking you were a favorite among your students David !!

Posted by: @perrone1

 

That's DM's standard '31 Ford Model A Pickup. They later did a Cigarette Cream LE of it.

Thank you Tony....the lil` buggers seem to be in short supply at present

Have them all except I have the red Alfa rather than the black.

@john-barry  I hear you JB.  I like many of the 30's cars; particularly the late 30s and also the 32 thru 34 Fords I saw rodded as a kid.  Although I like them though, they don't stir up the excitement in me that the post war through 1972 cars do.

The dawn of aerodynamics. Well, a few of them.

Posted by: @jack-dodds

@john-barry  I hear you JB.  I like many of the 30's cars; particularly the late 30s and also the 32 thru 34 Fords I saw rodded as a kid.  Although I like them though, they don't stir up the excitement in me that the post war through 1972 cars do.

I had completely forgotten about the Hot Rods......it`s all coming back to me now.....the Absent Minded Professor,Spin and Marty,Lumpy Rutherford,every Teenage "Gang" that ever rousted "Pop`s Malt Shop in all those B(minus) movies......I believe they all mightta driven hot rodded 30`s cars

Though born in ‘44 have always had a special place in my heart for cars of the 20s 30’s 40s

matter of fact that’s the one thing I like love about the Diecast Zone as several other forums I peruse really have a extreme lack of interest in the classic’s all their interest lies in European super cars.....

well guess to each their own.