7505 x 5357 px | 63,5 x 45,4 cm | 25 x 17,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
17 janvier 2019
Lieu:
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Informations supplémentaires:
Every year, just before the Super Bowl and the Phoenix Open, Barrett-Jackson stages a huge auto auction at Westworld in Scottsdale, Arizona. Since it had been a few years since my previous visit, I ventured to Westworld, camera in hand. Here we see a nice restoration on a straight, solid, original 1916 Paige Ardmore Roadster powered by a 6-cylinder engine coupled to a 3-speed manual transmission. It features sumptuous leather, folding windscreen, and a convertible top. It is period-correct throughout, and the dash and steering wheel are in good condition. This roadster features a side mount and a MotoMeter (a patented device to read the temperature of the non-pressurized radiator). I was not familiar with Paige automobiles but Wikipedia came to my rescue — "Paige was a Detroit, United States-based automobile company, selling luxury cars between 1908 and 1927." Their earliest models were two-seaters powered by a three-cylinder, two-stroke engine. In 1910, they upgraded their product line to a four-cylinder, four-stroke engine. Beginning in 1914, they added a six-cylinder engine and eventually dropped the four-cylinder motors. Again from Wikipedia, "On January 21st, 1921, a Paige 6-66 broke an American stock car speed record by covering a mile in 35.01 seconds at a speed of 102.8 miles per hour." I like the lines of this model but the brand did not survive — they went out of business in 1928. It appears that some other folks like this obscure model too since it sold at auction for $16, 500.
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