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06/12/2016 12:12 pm
I was reading Brooklin's fine annual brochure (2016). They suggest they may add more 1920's examples to their "Limited" range. I wonder who would like to see this and what models Forum-goers would like to see Brooklin issue.
06/12/2016 12:45 pm
Oh! There are many from the teens and thwenties...
To start with I'd like to see some of the more obscure makes like Franklin, Detroit, Rickenbacher, Stanley and so on. Here are a few.
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1920 Franklin 9B 2dr Sedan. (love that V windshield)
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1923 Rickenbacher
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1924 Marmon Wasp Speedster Model 34-B
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1925 Kissel Gold Bug Speedster
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1920 Pierce Arrow Vestibule Suburban Series 51
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1920 Detroit Electric 82 Brougham
But, I'm just dreaming here. Except for used and aftermarket models, Brooklin's have become an out of reach model maker for me.
07/12/2016 1:56 am
Brooklin twenties
Peter, your pics are great. I'd go for a Franklin, a Pierce Arrow, Locomobile, early Cadillacs, Packards, and Lincolns. Oh, could they throw in a Stutz?
07/12/2016 2:44 am
On this site several of us attempted a while back to build interest in President Wilson's
Pierce Arrow, a 1919 vestibule sedan lovingly preserved in the Presidential birthplace museum in Staunton, Virginia. Our Lounge leader John Kuvakas spent hours photographing it. It didn't happen. On several levels, this car is worthy of production in our scale. Oh yes, it's also worth a stop at the museum the next time you're driving on I-81 through the Shenandoah Valley.
07/12/2016 3:33 am
Never did I understand the selection process. ?????
07/12/2016 3:44 am
Would defenitely go for the Kissel, here is one that i would like...
1915 Cadillac Laundalet
http://www.classiccars.ws/awards/award03.htm
07/12/2016 6:25 am
Pete, I just came back to your post to again look at your great pictures. Yes,
I wish we had such cars of "the lost years" available, but I am also grateful that a person with your talents posts on the forum. Many thanks for these great pictures of such fine old cars.
07/12/2016 6:27 am
I can remember not so long ago a few members here were saying "cars from the 1920s were boring, incidentally I
would still like the 1921 Heine Velox sedan.
07/12/2016 8:02 am
Count me in for all the oldies mentioned above....
07/12/2016 11:57 am
When BRK's range went from 1931-1965, a 1919 was unlikely.
With the new, separate BML range, who knows? The primary decisions of the manager and his advisors is to decide about the marketability of a given model. If it is unlikely to make money for the company, the idea is quickly put aside.