Today, I'm ready to show off more cards from the lot of 1953-1955 Topps World on Wheels cards that I bought on eBay. I've decided to try and collect the full set, so buying a "starter lot" seemed like a decent idea. Let's see what else I was able to acquire!
#52: Locomobile Stanhope 1899
This sort of looks like a microwave on wheels with a dining room chair strapped to the top. According to the card back, it's actually the first "quantity produced" car in the world. Interestingly enough, despite being the car of choice for over half of New Yorkers in 1902, the automobile was "troublesome to maintain and frequently caught on fire." I guess that's what you get when you try to drive kitchen appliances!
#61: White Steamer Touring 1906
Now that's a fancy-looking car! This was the first car used at the White House by Teddy Roosevelt.
#74: Cadillac Eldorado 1953
If this car doesn't scream "50s" to you, I'm not sure what will! According to the car back, one of the best features of this car was its air conditioning, though I question the need for that when you can just leave the top down!
#76: Peerless Roadster 1913
According to the card back, the Model 48-six was never offered as a Roadster, but this particular vehicle was used as a truck in Brooklyn when it was "rescued by Charles Stich, the famous French antique car mechanician" who rebuilt the body as a roadster. The most interesting thing about that to me is the use of the word "mechnician" which I didn't know was a word (and, for the record, neither does Blogger's automatic spellcheck)!
#81: Dodge Coronet 1953
One thing worth noting about this set is that at the time of the set's release, this would be a card celebrating a new release on the automotive market.
#82: Henry J Corsair Deluxe 1953
Another new-at-the-time car model, the Corsair Deluxe was the first in the low-price range to feature an instrument panel crash pad. This car could go thirty miles per gallon of gas, a number that is still impressive for today's vehicles!
#90: Ford Fire Chief's Runabout 1915
I love this old Fire Chief vehicle. Give me more oddball stuff like this as opposed to tons of cards showing old, simple cars. The Fire Chief Runabout had a top speed of over 50 mph, so the chief could get to the scene of the fire quickly!
#91: Chrysler New Yorker 1953
We'll end today's post with this "modern" Club Coupe from Chrysler. This car featured both power steering and power braking, making it one of the most modern cars on the market at the time. You could even get electrical window lifts (buttons that automatically raise or lower the windows). I'm old enough to remember the old hand crank to raise/lower windows, so don't scoff at the fact that automatic windows were a big deal at the time!
That does it for this batch of wonderful car cards! I'm enjoying taking my time going through the cards and writing these posts. I hope some of you are enjoying a trip down memory lane (or at least a look at a bunch of old vehicles). I still have more cards to show off from this set in the near future!
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