Last week, I showed off the first eight cards (sequentially speaking) from a recent eBay purchase of a lot of 1954-1955 Topps World on Wheels cards. Today, I thought I'd show off the next batch of nine cards from the same lot.
#25: Airport Fire Truck
I think I like the cards showing old work vehicles, such as this Airport Fire Truck, more than the cards of old cars. There's something that's both super interesting and super quaint about seeing old trucks!
#26. Cooper-Bristol
Based on my above comments, you might wonder where an old racecar would fit into my hierarchy of desirable cards from the set. I'd slot this in the middle, not as cool as the old-timey trucks, but definitely better than your regular cars. Plus, you get an image of a guy who looks like he has no hands (which you think would make driving this racecar challenging)!
#28. Ford Runabout 1903
And here we go, a standard old, old car. According to the card back, this was only an eight-horsepower car. However, it does have the distinction of being the first car in the "Parade of Fords" at the Long Island Automotive Museum (which, unfortunately, closed in 1980, from what I found online).
#30. Alfa Romeo
Now this is a sweet-looking racing car! According to the card back, the Alfa-Romeoo company is considered the greatest builder of Grand Prix cars in the world (for the time).
#33. Willys Jeep
This vehicle makes me think of my grandfather, who fought in World War II. He didn't talk about the war much in his lifetime, but he did tell me about the jeep he had while overseas (which he had to sell before he returned stateside). I don't know that it was a Jeep that looked like the one in the card, but that's what I always imagined it looked like when he shared that story!
#35. Effyh
A one-cylinder racing car with 40 horsepower and a top speed of 130 mph. Pretty impressive numbers for such a small car!
#37. Ford Roadster 1910
The image on the card front is credited to the "Long Island Automotive Museum," which caught my eye only because I looked into the museum a few minutes ago while writing the earlier blurb about the Ford Runabout 1903.
#45. Franklin Rear Entrance Touring 1904
This car is unique in that it was known as a cross-engine Franklin since the crankshaft ran from side-to-side. This car was one of the first models of the most successful air-cooled car. The card back states that you could see this particular model in the Automotive Museum at Southampton, NY (which is apparently the same thing as the Long Island Automotive Museum if my Google search is to be believed).
#48. Packard Landaulet 1912
This car was apparently built to order for a lady in Newport (and was also once in the Long Island Automotive Museum). Heck, I'm not even a car guy, but I'm starting to miss that car museum!!
That does it for this batch. As you can see, the lot was a nice starter lot to get me going on the set (but I have a long way to go before the set is complete). This is a rather minor collecting goal of mine, but I do enjoy having a vintage set to work on (especially one that isn't crazy expensive)!
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