Re: Nickel Plated Front Cowl and Hood
Posted by Tim Cole On 2020/4/24 21:45:00
The Roosevelt car had bullet proof doors made out of magnesium so they burned up.
The sad part was all of the cars were low mileage originals. The assumption was a boat owner burned the place down to collect insurance, but if the cars didn't have the batteries disconnected somebody could have been playing with the dome lights or something and started the fire.
Billy Hirsch had a Cadillac 75 catch fire because the hand brake ratchet caught the dome light harness. After that he was a disconnect switch believer.
As for the chrome hoods, here is one that survived into the 1960's and was probably chopped to make a touring car or roadster.
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The sad part was all of the cars were low mileage originals. The assumption was a boat owner burned the place down to collect insurance, but if the cars didn't have the batteries disconnected somebody could have been playing with the dome lights or something and started the fire.
Billy Hirsch had a Cadillac 75 catch fire because the hand brake ratchet caught the dome light harness. After that he was a disconnect switch believer.
As for the chrome hoods, here is one that survived into the 1960's and was probably chopped to make a touring car or roadster.
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