Old Wheel Restorations
formerly known as
Pistorius Collectible Autos
Classic Car Sales and Restoration Services
Odessa (NW Tampa) Florida
www.OldWheel.com
(813) 917-9205
Asking $40,000
Contact
Brando Pistorius, Owner
813-917-9205
1915 Chalmers
Model 32B
7 Seater
Featured on the nationally syndicated TV show "Daytime" with our 1930 Packard
A few of the cars we have been working on...
Collectible Cars For Sale
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Old Wheel Restorations
(813) 917-9205 Brando * (727) 229-1060 Office
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday
7:30am-3:30pm
Closed for Lunch
12noon-12:30pm
1941 Hupmobile Skylark
Barney Pollard Sr. worked for Chalmers, and restored the car in the 1940s. Barney collected many cars and stacked them on end in a warehouse, saving them from being crushed for badly needed steel during WWII. This car was one of those stacked survivors!
Hugh Chalmers bought "Thomas" of Buffalo, NY, in 1908. "Chalmers" was built 1908-1923. 250,000 were built, but less than 300 remain. In the late teens and early 20's, Maxwell shared the plant with Chalmers. Walter Chrysler took over the company, and in 1924, Chalmers became Chrysler.
6 cylinder overhead valve, overhead cam. Forty horsepower, 3 1/8 bore, 5 inch stroke. The transmission is a 3-speed transaxle with a 5 1/4 to 1 final drive. Built in Detroit, cost $1350, a 124" wheel base, weighing 3,160lbs.
New tires, step plates, a full set of side curtains, and the top has a boot to cover when the top is down. Upgraded to be a great touring car with hydraulic brakes in front, an alternator for more power, electric starter that starts the engine easily. And modern headlights for brighter, safer driving at night.
EXTRA- Running chassis, differential, and complete engine for sale for an additional $3,700.
From Barney's grandson... "Barney Pollard was my grandfather, and the collection of around 1200 cars was my playground as a kid. Know most of the cars, as I personally titled 700 of them. As to the fire, we lost around 110 cars in that fire, which was started by a spark from a locomotive, which started a grass fire, and then the building went. Lost some pretty rare cars in the fire, such as the only two Olivers ever built
My grandfather did work hard at keeping the government from destroying all of the cars. My grandfather started collecting in 1938 and kept them parked on his property where he parked his trucks. In flying reconnaissance missions around Detroit, the government saw what my grandfather had as a treasure trove for materials.
The government insisted that he give up the cars for the war effort. My grandfather went to Washington in an attempt to make a deal with them. He bought tons of scrap (both steel and aluminum) that they had not discovered, and the deal he made was to strip all of the tires and give them all of the scrap he had found and to give up one car a week that he had to deliver to the Ford Rouge plant.
He traded pound-for-pound old construction equipment with a scrap yard and ended up saving hundreds of classic cars!
Then my grandfather decided he had better hide the cars from any more prying eyes, so he sunk telephone poles into the ground and put 90 lb railroad rail from post to post and hung the cars from the rail with wire rope. Then he built walls around the buildings, and so when you went into the buildings, there were hundreds of cars hanging from their front bumpers. Crude, but it saved a bunch of cars.
A few of the cars we have sold for our clients after restoration were complete.
Hupmobile used the Cord 810/812 body dyes, flathead 6-cylinder, total production 319. Less than 35 left in existence in the world. Excellent mechanical condition, looks and runs great. Stored in climate climate-controlled garage.
The owner and his father bought the 1941 Hupmobile Skylark in the mid-1980s. Professionally restored as original to show quality in 2017 by Old Wheel Restorations.
Many car show awards and invitations to Concours d'Elegances, including Boca Raton Concours (Best in Class), Hilton Head Concours, Lake Mirror Classic Concours (Best in Class), and Gasparilla Concours in Tampa.
Asking $85,000
Contact
Brando Pistorius
813-917-9205
Click on the button below to see a short video on the restoration of our 1929 Peerless. Special thanks to our super talented son-in-law, Griffin Partilla, who created this fantastic video. And to the star of the show, our grand-daughter Lorelei, cheers to the next generation who love great historic cars!