Brooklin Limited (BML)

Oldsmobile’s revised B-44 front end with its very busy styling was somewhat at odds with the earlier woody body but the overall effect was reasonably successful in this truncated model year, before the company went over to producing aircraft parts....

Chrysler’s fabulous woody! Chrysler originally promised a whole range of woodies but only two made it to production, the sedan and convertible. Powered by an L Head 250 cu inch six engine just over 2,600 examples were built at a...

Lincoln Zephyr design was inspired by Tom Tjaarda whose name would also be associated with Tatra. However, the distinctive front end design was the work of Ford Stylist E T Gregorie. Built largely by Briggs the Zephyr had a newly...

On January 1st 1942 Oldsmobile Motor Works officially became Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. The B44 marked the 44th year of Oldsmobile production and the ‘B’ stood for ‘Better Built’, thus the nomenclature did not allude to aircraft production as...

Henney built Packard’s long wheelbase models including ambulances and hearses as well as limousines although a good number of these cars were actually built by Briggs. Packard’s 1948 models were initially applauded then quickly ridiculed as the short-lived ‘bath-tub’ style...

Made famous in the 1946 film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, voted the most inspirational US film, GMC cabs were produced on GMC truck chassis with bodywork by Yellow Cab, a subsidiary of General Motors. Power was provided by a straight...

”You get the good things from Chrysler” ran the company line in the 1930s. Good things included independent front suspension, ride stabilizer, a ‘floating ride’ and Automatic Overdrive. The convertible was a rare beast with only 351 produced at a...

Buick built less than 500 Woody wagons in a one year run. Biehl Body Co. of Reading Pennsylvania was responsible for this beautiful automobile. This particular car was owned by Warner Brothers and appeared in the 1942 movie ‘Now Voyager’,...

This would be the last year for a design which first aired in the early years of the decade. With minor revisions from the previous year the 62 Sedan sold for just over $2,500 and over 25,000 examples found buyers....

Available in the new collectors box and also in the luxury box

Chevrolet offered two lines for 1934; the Master and the Standard. With a combined production figure of nearly 500,000 units Chevrolet was by far the best selling marque for the year. Masters had knee action front suspension and prices across...

Oddly enough in the years immediately following the war and in a time of austerity there were more variations of the luxury 75 series than the lesser models, although of course every Cadillac required deep pockets to park one on...