Jun 13
This is the first that I’ve heard of the Detroit coach builder Erdman-Guider. It seems that they built a lot of ambulance and hearse bodies but also some incredible passenger cars. Check out this roadster.
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· Jun 13
No posts! Would that be the world’s first hardtop?
· Jun 13
Very cool. Here are a couple of pictures from coachbuild.com
· Jun 13
Cadillac.
· Jun 13
Packard. I wonder if any of these cars survive? Very stylish.
· Jun 13
Another Cadillac.
· Jun 13
Interesting seating configuration on this four passenger roadster. The rear passengers would need to be very friendly.
· Jun 13
Certainly a striking roadster.
· Jun 13
Too bad these too photos are a bit foggy. I love a coupe with slant windshield treatment.
· Jun 14
I really like that!!!
· Jun 14
Wow. Me too!
· Jun 14
Backend is on the boxy spectrum but otherwise this is a fantastic coupe.
· Jun 13
This runabout is great. I wonder if it was painted white or bright yellow.
· Jun 14
Funny that this particular coachbuilder made so many cool cars yet I had never heard of them. I wonder if any examples exist anywhere?
· Jun 14
That’s a good question. I can’t find any modern photos of one anywhere. From what I found on Coachbuilt.com, the company had grown big enough to have two factories so they must have built a decent number of bodies. From the number of photos of hearses, etc. , I would guess that professional cars were a big chunk of their business.
· Jun 14
Very strange none of survived. Especially given most of them are way cool for the era.
· Jun 14
They were certainly luxurious for the time. Fancy parlor chair seating in this coupe.
· Jun 14
That interior is crazy.
· Jun 14
Reminds me of Voisin.
· Jun 14
I was thinking the same thing.
· Jun 14
Looks like a Hudson, if I’m not mistaken. Probably not many four passenger roadster bodies on one of them in the world.
· Jun 14
We need to find one of these cars!!!!
· Jun 14
This one is very unique. I’m not sure what its intended purpose was. Maybe a funeral flower car? But then the rake that it has and the heavy rear spring almost says service vehicle of some kind. It would be perfect for a wrecker conversion.
· Jun 14
I nearly overlooked this Packard because the original was very faded. I was able to sharpen it up a bit. Do my eyes deceive me or does this sedan have no posts either? I love this thing!
· Jun 14
No posts. These guys were way ahead of their time.
· Jun 14
What would you even call this body style? Center door coach maybe. Note it’s one major party trick, the rear cargo door with foldaway seat base and seat back built into the door. Very innovative.
· Jun 15
Drivers seat a swivel bucket?
· Jun 15
I think it might have been. There were center doors on both sides.
· Jun 15
I like the rear of the tub on this phaeton.