Stars And Their Cars

[Effingham]

No. Hm. Must be Miss Miami Beach, then. I know it was something like that. She never talked about it, and I only found out about it after she passed away.

 

[HadleyH]

There is no doubt that those who knew about cars and wanted the most powerful and fastest car of its time got a Duesenberg, what a wonderful car!

so he got one too!

Jimmy Gagney

 

[Tomasso]

Robert Stack in his Jaguar

 

[djd]

Errol Flynn with a Fraser Nash (in 1952)

 

[HadleyH]

Errol Flynn with a Fraser Nash ...

...and he had a Packard too, and Lord knows how many more cars

 

[djd]

That's a doctored picture though... Not him sitting in that Packard - his head has been pasted on afterwards!

I know there's a mercedes advert he did too but I can't find a copy of it

 

[HadleyH]

That's a doctored picture though... Not him sitting in that Packard - his head has been pasted on afterwards!

I know there's a mercedes advert he did too but I can't find a copy of it

Oh really...I don't know how to tell [huh] of course he loved his Super Charged Auburn Speedster Convertible, there are pictures of that in this thread !

All i know is that he wasn't too much into cars, he liked his sailing better, here he is in his yacht the Sirocco, off Catalina Island 1941 ...that's what he really enjoyed!

 

[djd]

Yes - I love those pictures! I think that one and a few other great ones were taken by Peter Stackpole of Life Magazine? Theres even an underwater one of him spearing a fish.

That last one of the car - the head was cut from a fairly common late 30s publicity photo of him. I'm such a Flynn geek I recognised it

 

[HadleyH]

Yes - I love those pictures! I think that one and a few other great ones were taken by Peter Stackpole of Life Magazine? Theres even an underwater one of him spearing a fish.

Yes indeed!

 

[Tomasso]

he liked his sailing better, here he is in his yacht the Sirocco, off Catalina Island 1941 ...that's what he really enjoyed!

Yep, he loved to entertain guests on Sirocco......

 

[HadleyH]

so what's your problem Tomasso ... are you saying he should have invited somebody like this instead? huh?

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Gone :eeek:

 

[djd]

Yep, he loved to entertain guests on Sirocco......

I loved the subtle prosecution tactic of putting her in pigtails....

 

[Tomasso]

Even with the pigtails she still looks older than 16.

 

[djd]

Yes but that's the problem - statutory rape in California at the time required the girl to be under the age of 21 (as far as i recall) rather than 16 or even 18.

 

[Tomasso]

Buck Jones with his ’33 Packard

 

[Talbot]

Some of David Niven's books are entertaining on that subject.

 

[HadleyH]

Cowboy star Tom Mix 1937 Cord 812 Convertible

This is the car in which a 1930's western movie star, Tom Mix, was killed. In the fall of 1940, he was driving very fast along the gravel road between Tucson and Phoenix when he came upon the site of a road crew. The Cord crashed through the barriers, swerved violently, plowed into the ditch, and rolled, killing 60-year old Mix. Today a monument marks the spot.

The actual car in which Tom Mix met his maker.

The wrecked car was purchased in October 3, 1942 by R. E. Nelson for $100. It was restored and at the time this photo was taken, still had Tom Mix's gun holster.

 

[Stearmen]

Cowboy star Tom Mix 1937 Cord 812 Convertible

This is the car in which a 1930's western movie star, Tom Mix, was killed. In the fall of 1940, he was driving very fast along the gravel road between Tucson and Phoenix when he came upon the site of a road crew. The Cord crashed through the barriers, swerved violently, plowed into the ditch, and rolled, killing 60-year old Mix. Today a monument marks the spot.

Wait a second, I can read your post as soon as I get my Tom Mix pocket knife open!

 

[Tomasso]

Spencer Tracy with his .................

 

[BinkieBaumont]

I love the "Coffin Nosed" Cord, there were a lot of kit cars around a few years back, based on the Cord body shape