Lycoming CE I-4 engine.

1926 Pierce-Arrow Series 80 Runabout.

1926 Pierce-Arrow Series 80 Runabout.

289 CID I6 makes 80 hp.

The 80 hp the engine produced served as the basis for the name "Series 80."

Pierce-Arrow began life in 1865 as the Heinz, Pierce and Munschauer company as a maker of household items. By the turn of the century, George N. Pierce had bought out his other partners and began experimenting with a steam powered car. When that didn't materialize, Pierce introduced a piston powered car in 1901.

By 1904, Pierce-Arrow had switched to building expensive and very well liked luxury cars known for their quality and reliability. Pierce-Arrow became a car for celebrities, business tycoons, and Heads of State. President William Howard Taft ordered two Pierce-Arrows for the White House in 1909.

The Model 80 was introduced in 1924 as a smaller and more economical alternative to the flagship Series 33 and its more-than-$6,000 price tag.

This car has earned its HPOF badge and an AACA Original award.

1931 Ford Model A slant windshield sedan.

1931 Ford Model A slant windshield sedan.

201 CID I4 makes 40 hp.

The arched side windows identifies this car as having a Murray body.

A slant windshield 4-door sedan body is probably a code 160-B Four-Door, Three-Window Town Sedan.

1931 Ford Model A slant windshield sedan.

1937 Buick Roadmaster Franay Towncar.

1937 Buick Roadmaster Franay Towncar.

This car is a Buick Series 80 Roadmaster chassis with a custom Towncar body by Franay of Paris, France.

The display sign tells the story of the car's first owner exporting a Series 80 Roadmaster chassis to his home in France and then having the car fitted with a custom Franay body. This car is also equipped with several extremely rare features for the time such as turn signals, a low brake fluid warning lamp, and electric windshield wipers.

The Towncar body featured an open driver's compartment.

Another unique feature of the Franay body is the trunk that is hinged at the bottom and opens "down" instead of "up."

The original jack and tool kit are still with the car.

The Series 80 Roadmaster chassis is quite rare with only 606 produced for 1937. This car is thought to be the only one fitted with a Franay body.

Buick's 320 CID I8 makes 130 silent hp and is one of the smoothest engines I have ever encountered.

Love the details under the hood !

The Franay body features a jump seat and fold-up cocktail table.

This car also has a roll-down divider window.

The divider window separates the driver from the passenger compartment.

A stunning and extremely rare 1937 Buick Series 80 Roadmaster with a custom Franay body.

1963 Buick Skylark.

1963 Buick Skylark.

Buick first used the name "Skylark" in 1953 for its very limited entry into the quartet of General Motors "Dream Cars" produced for that year, (along with the Cadillac Eldorado, Oldsmobile Fiesta, and Chevrolet Corvette). The Skylark name was then reintroduced as a sub-model for the compact "Special" series in 1961.

The Skylark proved to be a popular model. This 1963 example is one of 32,109 coupes produced that year.

1971 Buick Riviera.

1971 Buick Riviera.

This car was purchased new in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, which was about three hours from where I used to live in PA. The car remained in the same family for the next 44 years.

The interesting part of this story is that when I arrived at this car, one of the gentlemen on the right side of the photo above who was speaking with the current owner was from the Schaefferstown area in Lebanon County where this car was purchased new. So naturally, I had to introduce myself as "From Altoona in Blair County," which he was familiar with.

The exterior color is code K-42 "Willowmist Green" with a matching green interior.

The 1971 - 73 Buick Riviera is known for its wonderful "boattail" styling that resembles that of the 1963 - 67 C2 Corvette, and the Auburn Speedsters from the 1920s and 1930s. The drawback in this application is that the shape of the roofline reduces the size of the trunk opening.

Don't break that rear window ! An NOS replacement is supposed to be very hard to find nowadays. And according to an article I saw on Hemmings Daily, nobody reproduces it either.

1973 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.

1973 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.

The giant Cadillacs of the 1970s have always been a favorite of mine.

The 220 hp produced by the 472 CID V8 isn't all that much. But the 365 ft-lbs of torque at a low 2,400 rpm is actually very impressive. Maximum pulling power is available just off idle.

1973 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.

1977 Buick Electra 225 sedan.

1977 Buick Electra 225 sedan.

1977 Buick Electra 225 sedan.

1978 Ford Mustang II coupe.