What was in there part 2

[swo4rd]

Following 911, the port authority in NYC started opening shipping containers going back over 75 years. In one, someone found a perfectly preserved 31 Vicky. The door was locked so they cut a hole in the roof to get into the car. The last picture i saw showed the interior gutted. Does anyone know what happened to it?

[Roadster62]

I never read about the 911 Vicky, but there were a lot of brass era lights that were in an effected building that hit the market. The Duesenberg in the NYC parking garage, was a great story for years, Jay Leno finally got it. I've always wondered how many cars are still in the big cities around the contry. bob

[Wick]

There was 2" of dirt in the floor,water would run down the alley in the front area of the garage. Someone couldent figure out how to pull the engine out. They unhooked the drive shaft tube from the rear,pulled everything off the motor they could. The head is still on the motor. We will pull that off this weekend.

[Buz]

Very interesting car. Do you think someone was trying to steal the engine and that's why it was loose? Seems unusual that it would need major engine work if it was a low mileage car.

Was this a Craigslist find?

[QGolden]

Bullet hole in the firewall, low mileage car abandoned for nearly 75 years. Covered seats. Back window blown out.
Sounds like the makings of a great story, did you look for blood on the seat or floor?

[Steve Wastler]

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Neat Find, too bad it was messed with and allowed to 'weather' in such a way. will be a great reference vehicle......

[The Hot Rod Grille]

Intersting that it looks like "US Royal" tires and no pin striping. Can you tell what color the wheels were? Neat find!

Jim

[Flop]

thank you wick! you have one hell of a piece that sure could tell a story !!

[Tom Wesenberg]

Are you sure the odometer didn't turn over?
If it actually has such low mileage, then that's the worst case of storage I've ever seen.
Just seems hard to believe that there could be that much rust on a low mileage car.
And, as mentioned, why the need to pull the engine on such a low mileage car?

[FL&WVMIKE]

WICK .......................
I hope that you give the body a rubdown with GIBBS OIL, before you decide to repaint it.
MIKE

[bogdonj]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Are you sure the odometer didn't turn over?
If it actually has such low mileage, then that's the worst case of storage I've ever seen.
Just seems hard to believe that there could be that much rust on a low mileage car.
And, as mentioned, why the need to pull the engine on such a low mileage car?

I agree with tom, Looks like it has a lot of rust for what was low mileage. Did the shed flood for many years? Doesn't make sense to pull an engine and everything out for no purpose?

[tombia]

I was a member of the AACA, National Capital Region back in the 1960's. DC was full of cars then. We used to pull all kinds of neat old stuff from garages back then. Once found a 31 A coupe that the owner (A preacher) drove home from the dealer and died that night. His wife would start the car up and run it every week in the garage , Another fellow found a 29 Buick that had been setting in Security Storage since 1929. Hardly any miles. Another time found a 1912 Pierce Arrow that had been taken apart for shipping and set in a garage in Georgetown ever since. Other find were 36 and 37 Dodge convt' sedans, 33 Imperial dual cowl phaeton, and I got a 1933 Terraplane Eight coupe from my uncle that was setting in his garage, at the time I didn't know what I had.

[Bick in New Zealand]

"I got a 1933 Terraplane Eight coupe from my uncle "

A few years ago a '34 Terraplane coupe turned up in a small town near here. Had been put on blocks in '39 and its owner never returned from the war. It never saw the light of day again until his mother passed and the estate was settled. I also remember a 50's era Studebaker making national news here when it went up for sale with 26 miles on the clock. Owner had died the day he bought it. It ended up back in the U.S. in a museum. This sport coupe was found in a derelic shed out back when the current owner bought the business

[SteveB31]

I agree with Tom. That was the hardest 1300 miles I have ever seen on any Model A. I have a 60,000 mile 1931 tudor that is many times nicer then that car, and have seen a dozen or so cars with 14,000-50,000 miles on them that look pretty nice. I guess it boils down to where it was stored huh?

[Brentwood Bob]

Wipe that smile off your face, please....Bob

[FL&WVMIKE]

Originally Posted by tombia

I was a member of the AACA, National Capital Region back in the 1960's. DC was full of cars then. We used to pull all kinds of neat old stuff from garages back then. Once found a 31 A coupe that the owner (A preacher) drove home from the dealer and died that night. His wife would start the car up and run it every week in the garage , Another fellow found a 29 Buick that had been setting in Security Storage since 1929. Hardly any miles. Another time found a 1912 Pierce Arrow that had been taken apart for shipping and set in a garage in Georgetown ever since. Other find were 36 and 37 Dodge convt' sedans, 33 Imperial dual cowl phaeton, and I got a 1933 Terraplane Eight coupe from my uncle that was setting in his garage, at the time I didn't know what I had.

tombia ........................
I believe you. A friend of mine, who helped me learn about "A"s, back in the sixties, had worked in D.C. Close to where he lived, was an estate, that had a Cadillac Town Car, which had sat for decades, in the garage.
MIKE

[Wick]

The Tires have a red square on them lined up with the valve stem. The bullit hole is rusty,but there is no hole in the hood? The foot rest on the floor board looks new.
Im going to get more pictures tomorrow. There was old boxes on the front end,the frame is rusted in 1/2 shes seen alot of water. The women living there died 3 years ago. Im doing research. The Wheels were black. The Row house is a couple of blocks from the Train yard in D.C

[tombia]

Originally Posted by FL&WVMIKE

tombia ........................
I believe you. A friend of mine, who helped me learn about "A"s, back in the sixties, had worked in D.C. Close to where he lived, was an estate, that had a Cadillac Town Car, which had sat for decades, in the garage.
MIKE

WHO WAS YOUR FRIEND, I MORE THAN LIKELY KNEW HIM, I got a good one for you, In the late 60,s a fellow turned up at the Rockville, Md car meet in a Dusenberg town car he found in a garage in Bethesda, Md, Needed a lot of work, but it ran. !!!$75.00!! he said and no reason to doubt him. I know of 2 salvage yards near Gettysburg, Pa. that have several buildings loaded with decent cars, from T's on up. 20/30 cars each. Fellow south of me now has a barn full of A's, If you look they are still out there. Once I bought 3 T's from 1913 and 1 1930 A, with a bunch of parts less than 2 miles from my house. I could go on about the finds I made in 55 years of collecting this stuff.

[Wick]

Here a few more Pics

[Roadster62]

Ok, What is the grand plan for this find, will the above parts just get a coat of Gibbs oil or will they be repainted? Neat find for sure, but it needs both restoration and preservation, drawing that line on every part is a tough desision. Bob