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27/01/2026 8:50 am
A new arrival this morning, which brightened up our gray skies a bit. I wasn't searching for this particular H-S model, but its lines and coloring caught my eye. Another one from the IXO Museum series and I am pleased with the detail. The colors are more vivid in person, so I will endeavor to improve on the sale photographs I downloaded from the auction.
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27/01/2026 9:41 am
When I was eight-years-old I spent the summer with my aunt, who was staying on a large estate near Albany, New York. On the estate grounds were several coach houses filled to the brim with amazing cars from the 1930's and earlier. The owner of the estate, Porter Howard, gave me a ride in his 1922 Pierce Arrow , which I believe was a series 33. It was also the year I began going to Cub Scout meetings with my best friend, in his mother's midnight-blue 1940 Buick sedan and, before you ask, no it was not a new car, at that time. I'm not that old. His mother always had cars that were different, such as a 1937 Chrysler limousine and a Metropolitan. It was those early experiences that brought about my intense interest in cars from the 1930s-early 40s. Years later, when I was leaving the USA for my new adventure, I encountered the grandson of Mister Howard, in a discussion regarding a Packard I was selling. Life is interesting...
27/01/2026 10:42 am
I remember as a teen, a friend of mine took me to his rather old home with a garage in the back. In the garage, his father had a kind of worn out looking Hispano-Suiza that looked a lot like this one. I, of course was fascinated by a a marque I had never heard of and the fading opulence of the vehicle. The Flying Stork mascot looked so cool. I never knew what happened to the car and, looking back, I doubt the family had the assets to restore the car to it original glory. Hopefully they sold it to someone who could. Being young and stupid, I never even asked if it still ran.
27/01/2026 10:43 am
When I was eight-years-old I spent the summer with my aunt, who was staying on a large estate near Albany, New York. On the estate grounds were several coach houses filled to the brim with amazing cars from the 1930's and earlier. The owner of the estate, Porter Howard, gave me a ride in his 1922 Pierce Arrow , which I believe was a series 33. It was also the year I began going to Cub Scout meetings with my best friend, in his mother's midnight-blue 1940 Buick sedan and, before you ask, no it was not a new car, at that time. I'm not that old. His mother always had cars that were different, such as a 1937 Chrysler limousine and a Metropolitan. It was those early experiences that brought about my intense interest in cars from the 1930s-early 40s. Years later, when I was leaving the USA for my new adventure, I encountered the grandson of Mister Howard, in a discussion regarding a Packard I was selling. Life is interesting...
Pretty cool account; thanks. I imagine most of us have interesting car stories of one kind or another; I've heard plenty over the last 30 years or so, and one reason so many of us hang around here - to listen and share them. Glad you're among car guys who love to share photos, pics of models and stories of all things auto-related.
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27/01/2026 10:58 am
Car-guys are a different breed from everyone else. I was waiting to pick up my Volvo at a Volvo dealership in Santa Monica, California, and while I was waiting, another man came in and as there was going to be a wait for him, as well, he sat down next to me and asked: 'Which one is yours?' We had a great thirty-minute conversation and the topic was strictly car-related. I imagine for him it was a relief to chat about something other than acting, and having spent time with actors and actresses in my line of work, I never asked him any questions about his career. We were just two guys having a gab about cars, even if he was Gene Wilder.
27/01/2026 11:28 am
27/01/2026 11:53 am
Wow...these are ALL great stories!
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27/01/2026 12:11 pm
He was very personable and I think you would have enjoyed meeting him, Tony. Many of the folk I met in that profession were just everyday people, except for their chosen occupation. One actor told me he envied my 'anonymity.'
27/01/2026 1:30 pm
Of the few celebrities that I have met over the years, only one was part of a 'car story'. Most of the guys here have heard it already. I was at the 50th Anniversary of The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance with the founder of this club, Jay Olins and touring the grounds with former Franklin Mint Diecast Design Manager, and friend, Raffi Minasian.He was very personable and I think you would have enjoyed meeting him, Tony. Many of the folk I met in that profession were just everyday people, except for their chosen occupation. One actor told me he envied my 'anonymity.'
I promised the head of Motor City USA Models, Alan Novak, that I'd take an exceptional number of photos for him, of the Talbot-Lago's that were part of the 'theme' that year, "Teardrops and Boattails". He made more than one 1:24th Talbot-Lago's as curbside models.
While taking a ton of photos of this one:
I had my head inside on the driver's side(right). A voice of a man peering in on the other side asked me what I thought of the car and as I snapped away, we carried on a conversation. He came around to my side to finish the nice talk we were having and not until then did I take the camera down to realize that I was speaking to Jay Leno.
We spoke again, on the phone years later when we (The D4C) did his 1:1 Duesenberg as our 1:24th Limited Edition Club Car.
28/01/2026 2:34 am
Hispano- Suiza J12 is the last and the most powerful car built by this great company. Racing versions reached 220 h.p. Unfortunately, in 1938 production was stopped. Totally Hispano- Suiza produced about 6 000 units of the all models during its active years.
Ixo Museum is a nice model by a reasonable price. In white metal some models of this Spanish brand were built by Illustra.
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