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Alfa Romeo 8c 2300 Lungo

2 seat (+ 2 seat rear space), 2 door open sports car; supercharged straight-8 140 cid engine, top speed 110 mph; expensive, very agile cars.

 

 

Aston Martin Le Mans

2 seat (+ 2 seat rear area), 2 door open roadster; straight-4 91 cid engine, top speed 100 mph

 

 

Auburn Boattail Speedster

2 seat, 2 door roadster; V-12 298 cid engine, top speed 100 mph; $1500

 

 

Austin Seven

4 seat, 2 door sedan or convertible; straight-4 45 cid engine, top speed 52 mph; costs about $500 new; durable but eccentric. Extremely common in the UK, copied in Germany (Dixi/BMW), France (Rosengarts), the US (American Austin), and Japan (Nissan).

 

 

Austin Type 3 armored car

4-man crew, with two MG; 8mm armor; 50 HP engine, top speed 35 mph; about $3,000; first introduced 1917, used widely by all Great War allies, and by the Soviet Union (as the Austin-Putilov)

 

 

BA-6 armored car

4-man crew (driver, hull gunner, gunner, commander) with 45mm main gun and 2 MG; armor 9mm; weight 5.12 tons. 40 HP GAZ-A engine, top speed 40 mph highway, 20 mph off-road, range 120 miles. Introduced 1935, but the earlier BA-3 is very similar; another version, the BA-6ZhD, can be converted to run on Russian-gauge railway tracks. The BA-6 is based on the GAZ-AAA chassis, in turn based on the Ford Model AA truck. The first armored car fitted with "run-flat" tires. Besides the Soviet Union, they are used by Turkey, Afghanistan, China, and the Republican Spaniards.

 

 

Bentley 3-1/2 litre Saloon

5 seat, 4 door sedan; straight-6 224 cid engine, top speed 90 mph; $5250, 2 door convertibles slightly faster (100 mph)

 

 

1930 Blower 4-1/2 Bentley

5 seat, 2 door convertible sports car; supercharged straight-4 268 cid (180 HP) engine, top speed 138 mph (but only 2.5 miles per gallon); fictional owners include James Bond and John Steed.

 

 

1930 Bentley 8-Litre

7 seat, 4 door dual-cowl touring car; straight-6 488 cid engine, top speed 100 mph; all body styles of this big British car were guaranteed to make 100 mph. $6500 for chassis alone, up to $10,000 for complete car.

 

 

Bugatti Type 55

2 seat open roadster; supercharged straight-8 138 cid engine, top speed 112 mph; lightweight and agile. Less than 40 were made, $20,000+; a coupe-bodied version is also available.

 

 

Bugatti Type 41 Royale

6 seat, 4 door limousine; straight-8 779 cid engine, top speed 99 mph; only six built, and only three were sold, to a dentist, a manufacturer, and an obstetrician; $42,000

 

 

Bugatti Type 46

5 seat, 4 door sedan or limousine; supercharged straight-8 327 cid engine, top speed 96 mph; $10,000 or so

 

 

Bugatti Type 50T

5 seat, 4 door touring sedan; supercharged straight-8 303 cid engine, top speed 106 mph; $20,000 or so

 

 

Cadillac Series 452-C

40 different body types available, even though only 126 produced in 1933; V-16 452 cid 185 HP engine, top speed 95 mph; $6250 - $8000, 7 seat limousine $6600, armored versions costing up to $20,000

 

 

Cadillac Series 370-C

29 different body types available; V-12 368 cid 135 HP engine, top speed 95+ mph; 2 door roadster with 4 seats (+ rumble seat) $3495, 2 door convertible coupe $3545, 7 seat 4 door sedan $3745

 

 

 

Caterpillar Sixty

tracked hauler, of ten tons weight, in production from 1919 to 1931, and very widely distributed. 4 cylinder gasoline engine of 60 HP, with three forward speeds, one reverse; drawbar pull is 12,360 pounds. Various attachments, such as bulldozer blades, can be fitted. The replacement vehicle, introduced in 1931, is the "Diesel 60" or D-60.

 

Chevrolet Standard Mercury

4 seat, 2 door sedan; straight-6 181 cid engine, top speed about 70 mph; $500

 

 

Chevrolet Master Eagle

4 seat, 4 door sedan; straight-6 194 cid engine, top speed about 70 mph; $600

 

 

Chrysler CG Imperial

4 seat, 4 door dual-cowl phaeton; straight-8 125 HP engine, top speed about 70 mph; $3,575

 

 

Citroen Traction Avant

4 seat, 4 door sedan (Berline, Cabriolet, and Faux Cabriolet versions); straight-4 116 cid 60 HP engine (as the 11CV model) with front wheel drive, top speed 62 mph, gas tank 11 gallons, 24 mpg; first sold in March of 1934. The trunk can only be accessed from the inside, by folding up the back of the rear seat. About $500?

 

 

Citroen-Kegresse C6 P19

8 seat, 4 door half-track; straight-6 162 cid engine, top speed 31 mph, and all speeds available in reverse; $3000?, used on many expeditions to the artic, deserts, and mountains of the world

 

Daimler Double Six Drophead Coupe

4 seat, 2 door convertible; V-12 433 cid engine, 150 HP; also available in other, less sporty 4-door body styles (up to 7 passenger limos)

 

Dodge Eight

5 seat, 4 door sedan; straight-8 221 cid engine, top speed about 85 mph; $1100

 

Cord Model 812 "Phantom Corsair"

4 seat, 2 door coupe; straight-8 288 cid engine, 190 HP, top speed 115 mph; $24000, one-of-a-kind streamlined car, front-wheel-drive, electric gear shifting, electric windows, electric door opening, instruments include altimeter, barometer and compass. Rear seat faces towards the rear. Actually built in 1938.

 

Duesenberg J

4 seat, 4 door convertible; straight-8 420 cid 265 HP engine, top speed 116 mph; $17,000, 2.6 tons, very reliable

 

Duesenberg SJ

4 seat, 2 door convertible; supercharged straight-8 420 cid 320 HP engine, top speed 130 mph; $21,000 up, 2.5 tons, reliable

 

Duesenberg SJ Special

2 seat open roadster; supercharged, carefully tuned straight-8 420 cid 400 HP engine, top speed 160 mph; $26,000 up, 2.5 tons, reliable (24 hours at 150 mph, for example -- the world's land speed record for 24 hours). This record-setting car is however perfectly street legal, with headlights, tail-lights, doors, spare tire, etc. Very powerful and loud.

 

Ford BB

Two-door truck; V-8 221 cid engine, top speed 50 mph. Introduced 1932, built as dump trucks, school busses, tankers, stakebed trucks, etc. as generally 1-1/2 ton capacity vehicles. $600

 

Ford Tudor

4 seat, 2 door sedan; V-8 221 cid engine, top speed 78 mph; $600

 

Ford Y-type

4 seat, 2 door sedan; straight-4 57 cid engine, top speed ? ;$500, Ford's "economy" car model in Europe

 

Henderson KJ

Very reliable motorcyle, a straight-4, 80 cid, 40 HP, three forward speeds -- most powerful production motorcyle. Top speed 110 mph.

 

Hispano-Suiza Type 68

various body styles; V-12 690 cid engine, top speed 100 mph, 0-60 mph in 10 seconds, power brakes; very expensive

 

Horch 670

4 seat, 2 door convertible cabriolet; V-12 368 cid engine, top speed 81 mph; expensive and reliable German car

 

Hudson Terraplane

4 seat, 2 door rumble-seat coupe; straight-6 193 cid engine, top speed 71 mph; $750

 

Hupmobile K

4 seat, 2 door convertible coupe

 

 

Laffly-White Armored Car

5-man crew, with 37mm main gun and 7.5mm coax MG; 20mm front armor, 7mm side; 4 cyl gasoline engine of 50 HP, top speed 43 mph; about $5000; produced from 1933 for French military

 

Lancia 3RO

closed cab truck; 93 HP, 420 cid straight-5 diesel engine; top speed 27 mph, range 270 miles (28 gallon fuel tank, 9.5 miles per gallon); available with various van bodies, passenger bus, water or gas 5000 liter tank body, flatbed and standard "lorry" bed (into which the Italian army could cram 32 men) -- during WW2 there are also versions fitted with various autocannons, guns or howitzers in the bed (heavy cannons require fitting and using stabilizer jacks). Can carry 6 tons of cargo, gross weight 12 tons; can tow up to 15 ton loads. A standard Italian military truck from the mid-Thirties until 1965, very sturdy and reliable; the British and Germans often made use of captured Lancia trucks during WW2.

 

 

Maybach DS8 Zeppelin

5 seat 4 door sedan; V-12 488 cid engine, top speed 100 mph; $20000+, 3.8 tons, huge cars with poor handling

 

Mercedes-Benz Type 170 V

5 seat, 4 door sedan; 38 HP straight-4 gasoline engine, top speed 65 mph, range 265 miles from 12 gallon tank. Weight 1.2 tons. $900 to $1440, depending on body (cabriolet, limousine, 2-door, station wagon, roadster, etc.). In production from 1935, widely used by the German military as staff cars also.

 

Mercedes-Benz Type 710

2 seat, 2 door cabriolet; supercharged straight-6 431 cid engine, top speed 118 mph; $10,000 or so

 

Mercedes-Benz Type 770 “Grosser” limousine

7 seat, 4 door convertible limousine; supercharged straight-8 470 cid engine, top speed ?? ; big cars for German big shots

 

Morris Minor

2 seat, 2 door convertible coupe; straight-4 52 cid engine, top speed 56 mph, 0-50 in 27 sec; $500, 51% of the British market

 

Opel Blitz

closed cab truck; 68 HP, 221 cid 6 cylinder engine; top speed 53 mph, gets 9 miles per gallon of gasoline or kerosene, fitted with 22 gallon fuel tank; available with van body, 1200 liter tank body, and standard "lorry" bed. Can carry 1.75 tons of cargo, gross weight 3.75 tons. Tough, cheap and reliable, a later (1938) redesign becomes the standard WW2 German medium truck.

 

Packard Twin Six

4 seat, 2 door convertible coupe; V-12 446 cid engine, top speed 93 mph; $7000, very reliable, used by presidents and ganglords

 

Plymouth Standard Six

5 seat, 2 door sedan; straight-6 190 cid engine; top speed about 75 mph; $500, also as 4 door sedan, business coupe

 

Plymouth Deluxe Six

5 seat, 4 door sedan; straight-six 190 cid engine; top speed about 75 mph; $600, also a coupe, rumble-seat coupe, 2-door coupe, convertible

 

Rolls Royce Phantom II

4 seat, 4 door chauffeured coupe; straight-6 467 cid engine, top speed 90 mph (depends on bodywork); very reliable

 

Rolls Royce armored car

4-man crew, with .303 MG; 10mm armor; straight-6 50 HP engine, top speed 60 mph; about $10,000; very reliable, this is the 1924 pattern

 

Stutz DV-32

4 seat, 2 door convertible coupe; straight-8 302 cid engine, top speed 110 mph; very reliable; $3,595

 

Thorneycroft Type J lorry

open cab truck; 50 HP, 378 cid 4 cylinder engine; top speed 23 mph in 4th gear; $4000, available with van body, tip (dump) body, water tank body, flatbed, stakebed, hinged-side bed, and "War Department" body; coach and omnibus bodies are also available on a slightly longer chassis, and "tractor" versions on a shorter chassis. Can carry over 4 tons of cargo, gross weight almost 9 tons; tires are solid rubber (duals on rear axle), although pneumatic tires were available as an option.

 

Thorneycroft Type A2 lorry

open cab truck; 40 HP, 221 cid 4 cylinder engine; top speed 30 mph, gets 18 miles per gallon of gasoline or kerosene, fitted with 10 gallon fuel tank; $2500, available with van body, tip (dump) body, 350 gallon water tank body, flatbed, stakebed, hinged-side bed, and "War Department" body; a small coach (20 seats) or omnibus body can be fitted on a slightly longer chassis. Can carry 2 tons of cargo, gross weight 3.7 tons.