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David Maxwell

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  1. ... that in the early 70s, they had a program called "Burn to Learn" and they torched most of the original Inn intentionally. They did say that they rebuilt it in mostly the same style.
  2. Really wish I had big garage with space for multiple old cars. I would love to own an early 50s car and the 53 Plymouth would be a great one! I'm not really into the 55-57 Chevys and Fords. I also like the 56 Desoto Fireflite 2 door hardtop. Had a chance to buy one once and sure do regret not getting it. Enjoy that beautiful car Tim!
  3. ... confirmed that it is in fact The Village Inn at Lake Arrowhead. Here's a copy of the postcard.. and a pic from the film for comparison... You can see the cars parked in the center of the drive as well. It's funny because the pc is from about the same time the movie was filmed.
  4. Tod and Norm both pointed out that the window crank and therefore the window are in different positions in several shots which in the movie are less than a second apart lol... I don't believe they changed locations at all. In fact, I'm pretty sure that the location was Lake Arrowhead in California. Someone who lives near the old resort please confirm or not. I have an old postcard from there somewhere. I'll try and dig it out.
  5. ... to my collection of hundreds of other photos showing original interiors of P15s with the solid color fabric on the door panels. One thing I KNOW from owning several of these and completely restoring my current P15, is that the manner in which the material was crimped to the stainless in order to join the wool with the vinyl at the base, made it impossible to uncrimp and reuse the stainless. This is how you can confirm that the uphostery is in fact original. If they are still crimped, they are the REAL DEAL!!!
  6. ...the fact that when the passing car "SLAMS" into Jane Wyman's door, knocking her to the street, you see virtually no damage to the door of the P15 and yet it leaves her hospitalized and blind. lol...
  7. A true taxi would have a different interior, but because this was only a mocked up taxi, it had the standard Special Deluxe interior. And yes, most cars you will see have the solid patterns and are original. I'm sure that someone at one time had a really nicely restored 1946 or incorrectly restored, but nicely done 47-48 and "That was it!" From then on, nothing but a dual pattern door was "correct". I'm gonna keep trying though. Now that the perception is so ingrained, it is a tough battle. I have brochures and ads and dealer data books etc. that show the solid pattern, but ridiculous arguments are raised like "For ads and brochures, they often took liberty with the design elements". BUNK!!! Why in the name of god would an artist hired to create artwork for a sales brochure say to him/herself "Hmmm.... I think I'll change the fabric pattern" The only liberties taken, were not really liberties, but necessities. Anyone involved in printwork knows that some colors such as "Cruiser Maroon" and Ivory were extremely difficult to reproduce in the color print process of the period. For that reason, you will see the maroon cars depicted as more of a deep red and ivory as yellow. It simply made for better print. I have a copy of the 46 sales brochure with the pinstriped door panels and a copy of the 47 brochure with the solid panels. It was NOT a matter of printability in that case. It was because the pattern had CHANGED!!!!!! Note the two pics below. The first from a 1947 ad and the second from a Ross Roy comparison brochure (Oh... I'm sure Ross Roy felt it was necessar to doctor the image or that Plymouth supplied them with a specially upholstered demo becuase those two arguments would make a lot more sense than it simply being the way it was LOL!!!!) Please, don't get me wrong. I'm really not angry about this. I'm more amused and a bit determined to get the record straight. I do enjoy being a part of the POC and will continue to be so. Just one little problem I'm having with this particular issue.
  8. ...I guess I'll throw this one out there... You might be able to make out some of the script, but do you know the story?? If you give up, you can find the story posted in my photobucket gallery. It's the last image in this folder (link at bottom): Hint: That's a wire recorder in the center console! http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v455/bojeta/Avila%20Beach%20Concours/?start=all
  9. I love old homes and yours is a true classic! As for the cars... I'm gonna take a wild guess and say Desoto on the left, Merc in the middle and I can't even guess as to the one on the right.
  10. The following are screen captures from a 1954 film titled Magnificent Obsession, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. The film features a 1947/48 P15 Marine Blue 4-door sedan. The P15 shows up in several scenes. Once a random car and twice as a Taxi cab. The suction cups holding the taxi sign can be clearly seen explaining the easy removal for the other scene. What is notable is that both the exterior and interior are clearly seen in full color. I have argued with the POC over the correct fabric for the door panels on the 47-48 models. In the scoring guide, it suggests that all P15s had the pinstripe material on the lower portion of the door panel. This is INCORRECT!! Only the 1946 models had that. The 47-48 were solid wool on both portions. I have extensive literature and hundreds of photos to back that up. Now I have full color screen captures from a period film to add to my list of evidence. Regardless, the pictures are great to look at! Enjoy!! FYI... In this scene, Jane Wyman is trying to escape from Rock Hudson. She exists the lefthand rear door and is struck by a passing car which leaves her blind.
  11. ... I wanted to point out that I have since added the button clips to the trunk backing. I picked them up from Restoration Specialties in case anyone is looking for them.
  12. ... and I picked it up at an upholstery shop near my home. My original backing was in poor shape, but was good enough to use as a pattern. I cut my own from a 4x8 sheet.
  13. ...and decided to post this link to my Photobucket folder with 88 pics from the event. Note: My car was in the American Classic 1928-1954 class and was not competing against many of these cars. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v455/bojeta/Avila%20Beach%20Concours/?start=all
  14. ... on my car. It was a lot of fun. Mostly because I really didn't expect to win and therefore was only focused on checking out the beautiful cars there. Although I knew it was the Concours and they would be checking the car over well, I was a still amazed to see a team of 4 judges at my car. One crawled under the car, one under the dash, one checked over the engine completely including having me run it, toot the horn, check the headlights, taillights, brake lights, parking lights, run the wipers etc. They also checked in the trunk, under the package tray, and of course examined all the paint and chrome closely. More interesting to me than concerning because I thought "what the heck?, I'm not gonna win anyway". I'm going to ask for a copy of the score sheet. I'm curious to know where I lost points though I can guess at several categories. I know they took off points for not having the original jack. Wish I had known because I do have one, but didn't think to bring it. A very beautiful and enjoyable day for everyone. There was a nice collection of vintage motorcycles: Harleys, BSA, Indian, Excelsior, Ducati, Norton, Crocker, BMW, etc.. Even had a 1916 SEARS which I'm sure was made for them by either Harley or Excelsior.
  15. ...she took of me and my P15 at the Concours show. Thought I'd share it. Hope you're all having a nice October. It's been a nice on here on the Coast, but started getting a bit nippy today.
  16. ...to turn back the odometer on a 40's car. When I installed the "zero" mile engine in my P15, I felt it was entirely appropriate to reset the odometer to zero. I just removed the counter wheel and rolled it back (or maybe it was forward) to zero. Not hard at all. I did an off-frame resto and put the new engine in so I wanted to track the miles from that point. If I ever sold the car (which I won't) I would certainly tell the buyer that the car read 86,000 when I restored it and probably had been turned over at least once.
  17. The em2014 looks correct, but the upper portion of the 2014 does not look familiar to me.
  18. ...showing the setting for the event. It was a spectacular setting on a beautiful golf course between a lagoon and the ocean. Not to rub it into you folks up north, but the weather was 80 degrees with clear skies and a slight breeze most of the day.
  19. ...remember his name, but someone on this forum was reproducing them. I purchased mine from him. I believe his first name was Tim, but I could be wrong. Anyone remember?
  20. ...in fact, I believe they are galvanized steel. Anyhow, I media blasted mine and then painted them with POR15 high temp manifold silver paint. They look just like galvanized steel again and have survived the last 4 years with no change in appearance.
  21. ...which is similar to a pic I've posted here before except this time I placed a vintage football on the seat along with the old glove. I post both a color and a sepia version here.
  22. ...I do have more pics, but haven't gone through them yet to pic the best for uploading. Also, my friend who is a film "purist". Shot 7 rolls, some color, some black and white. She sent me a text today letting me know they are developed. I'll check out those tomorrow and post some. There were, as you can imagine, some amazing cars at this show. The 1955 Chrysler/Ghia jet car was there. He gave everyone a demo by firing it up for a short drive. There was a flawless 1911 Mercedes touring car with all the brass trimmings. There was a nice lineup of 1930s and 40s Packards, Cadillac limos, Cords, Auburns, etc. Also some more unusual cars. In my class, a 1940 Cadillac La Salle took 1st place. Anyhow, I will post pics soon. Thaks again!
  23. Adjusted for inflation, that $100 radio was nearly $950 in today's money. For $950 you could get a pretty killer CD player that is MP3 compatible with 4 nice speakers installed! It's easy to see why so many people opted not to get one.
  24. It's been a great couple of weeks for Plymouths at the shows!!
  25. ... so it might surprise you to find that my humble P15 took 2nd place at the Avila Beach Concours d'Elegance. I was asked to put my car in the show and did so only for the novelty. I never expected to win anything. Was amazed when they asked me to pull into the lineup and drive my car to the 18th green for the awards ceremony. I really liked this pic a friend took of my dash so I added the award to it. I also like this pic in sepia so here's that (without the award).
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