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Car Park: 1929

San Francisco, 1929. "Franklin Brougham at Lafayette Park." Its telltale bollards standing guard. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

San Francisco, 1929. "Franklin Brougham at Lafayette Park." Its telltale bollards standing guard. 5x7 glass negative by Christopher Helin. View full size.

 

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kcars88's Franklin

What a beauty! Looks like a great restoration of what must be a truly rare car. Lucky you on the barn find!

I've always liked the Franklin cars

Especially these. Smooth clean lines.

My barn find

This model Franklin was actually called the Victoria Brougham. Built on the long limousine chassis this 2-door body ended way short of the rear, allowing the trunk to sit directly on the chassis. Here's mine, a true barn find half way through its restoration.

Back when a trunk was a trunk,

and a nice one at that. Makes one wonder what the early "boots" on British cars looked like.

Oh my

Shoore is a pretty thang!

Trunk

Although 1929 is a late example, that's a good illustration of the origin of the American usage of the word 'trunk' for the storage area on the back of an automobile.

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