Classic Era Gardner Automobiles

   A 1929 Model 120 listed for sale on collectorcarads.com back in 6/19/18. They were asking $22,500. Car is in Indiana. The very-rare Gardner Griffin radiator mascot implies a very complete vehicle.

   The model seems to have eluded Full Classic designation, but after replacing those little sealed beams  and cleaning it up you would have a very classy car.  It is a New Series Eight-In-Line Sport Sedan. Lycoming engine with 225.7 Cu. In./ 76 HP.  Ad text:

"This is a very rare vehicle that does need a complete restoration, 98% of the original parts are still there and it has been garage kept for all of its life. The odo reads 60k and it is a 4 door with suicide doors. The original running gear is all there including a straight 8 and a 3 spd manual. This vehicle has a title and is coming with all of the original tools. You can look, however i don't believe you will find a better Gardener restoration candidate anywhere.

Give our friend Don a call at 812-443-5435" 

Somewhere in the forum are some pictures of the 29 Phaeton that sold a few years ago.  I'll have to look around.

One sold at Hershey this year at RM. They are interesting assembled cars from St Louis. Like Moon and Ruxton. 

alsancleOct 19, 2019

Somewhere in the forum are some pictures of the 29 Phaeton that sold a few years ago.  I'll have to look around.

Here?  

Craig

No. I’ll try to look tonight.

This is the thread:

And this is the car I was thinking of.  Which strangely is not easily found via google, which can tell you the name of my pet hamster when I was 9.

And another thread:

Thank you for the additional posts about Gardners. It's not a rank and file classic like a Cord or Packard, but still interesting. Is that 1929 Phaeton from an Automobile Quarterly story? The photography looks about right for that. 

jeff_aOct 21, 2019

Thank you for the additional posts about Gardners. It's not a rank and file classic like a Cord or Packard, but still interesting. Is that 1929 Phaeton from an Automobile Quarterly story? The photography looks about right for that. 

Internet grab, but I believe you are correct.  I also think that is the car that was for sale a few years ago and ended up going to Europe.  I can't find any reference to the advertisement.

I think the guy that maintains the Gardner website floats on this forum sometimes. 

http://www.gardnermotorcars.com/index.html

I heard from him in a side chat on Google Mail. I believe he contacted the owner of that black '29 Sedan in my 2nd post and it may still be available. A bit of a handful to restore, but someone might enjoy tooling around in a car with a vest-pocket-sized Lycoming straight-eight. Bob said you could drive all day at 60 mph in one of those. The 11 Missing Cars story 8E45E pasted here has a dark-colored 1929 Sport Sedan that's very close to it, but the cowl is different, plus the lights.