An absolutely beautiful car, and for only $2,000! However, it was during the Great Depression and I’m sure not too many people could afford putting down $39,664.65 (Adjusted for inflation into today’s dollars) for a 2 seater car. Nevertheless, I’m so glad some people bought them, and more importantly, kept them and restored them. Thanks Allen for your dedication to old cars. I love it!
Having owned a '35, I can attest to almost all of what this guy says! I lost count of how many folks asked if it was fiberglass, and over the years my 'rents and i owned it, we figured they had built about 5000 of them!
I would assume that many people automatically thought that the original bodies were fiberglass because most, if not all of the repros were built with a fiberglass body.
Art deco styling at its best and just really smooth lines. I have always appreciated these cars. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us Chuck. George Psssttt.... any updates coming on the Bortz LaSalle II roadster?
@Busia1949 I spoke with Bortz last week. A photographer from Collectible Automobile was in Virginia taking photos of the car. It will be a while before I see it again.
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I know about redoing an older car like this but twenty five yr's??? I guess slow and doing it right. Id do the same thing. really nice 851. dad and I were at Harrah's in 77 having lunch at a picnic table on the middle of building's In comes this biege 851 with dark brn seat's they park it it front of us and then walk away, just redone, fresh paint and bugs all over the front. you could smell the new engine paint out in the back roads testing it after redo.
My favorite pre-war classic car. Drive that around today and I bet you hear applause!
An absolutely beautiful car, and for only $2,000! However, it was during the Great Depression and I’m sure not too many people could afford putting down $39,664.65 (Adjusted for inflation into today’s dollars) for a 2 seater car. Nevertheless, I’m so glad some people bought them, and more importantly, kept them and restored them. Thanks Allen for your dedication to old cars.
I love it!
Thank you so much!
Glad I found your site Chuck. Another winner.
Andy
Just a fantastic car sure can tell the difference between a replica and an Original .
Magnificent car! Great show Chuck!
Having owned a '35, I can attest to almost all of what this guy says! I lost count of how many folks asked if it was fiberglass, and over the years my 'rents and i owned it, we figured they had built about 5000 of them!
I would assume that many people automatically thought that the original bodies were fiberglass because most, if not all of the repros were built with a fiberglass body.
Just Love this car , I would trade almost anything for it .
Beautiful car
Art deco styling at its best and just really smooth lines. I have always appreciated these cars. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us Chuck.
George
Psssttt.... any updates coming on the Bortz LaSalle II roadster?
It's nice to see a real one for a change!
Now let's go look at that 61 Dodge convertible.
Great video. You do good work, Chuck.
FYI, the engine was a 289 cu. inch.
@Busia1949 I spoke with Bortz last week. A photographer from Collectible Automobile was in Virginia taking photos of the car. It will be a while before I see it again.
I had no idea they were that inexpensive when new!
beautiful
I have a painting of that car in approx. 1:12 scale done by the famous illustrator Don Caton for AVCO Motorcoaches in 1972.
my dream car
Now THAT's a car!!
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A lovely car...Almost looks like someone left off the running boards.
I know about redoing an older car like this but twenty five yr's???
I guess slow and doing it right.
Id do the same thing.
really nice 851.
dad and I were at Harrah's in 77 having lunch at a picnic table on the middle of building's
In comes this biege 851 with dark brn seat's they park it it front of us
and then walk away,
just redone, fresh paint and bugs all over the front.
you could smell the new engine paint
out in the back roads testing it after redo.
@georgiahoosier Soon Neil, Soon.
Why doesn't anyone make cars like this now? like honda or nissan or any big C°.
When the big 3 tried going retro we got PT Cruisers and HHR's instead of these and Cords :(
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