1950 Willys-Overland Alcoa Coupé Prototype (thank you George!)

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10161284391009870&set=pcb.7552829028150805

period correct antique camping with 1920s cars? At Lake Tahoe, from the very pleasant Antique Overland youtube ch https://www.youtube.com/@AntiqueOverland

it wasn't too far gone to restore... and the before and after photos show it, but, the photo of the PILE of cash needed is missing. Key part of the restoration is the fortune it costs.

1913 Overland Speedster

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2375381382662219&set=pcb.3239529413007630

Overland Expo has an interesting set of videos

https://www.youtube.com/@OverlandExpo/playlists

Overland Expo West was this past weekend, and the event coverage at overlandexpo.com/compass has articles on best rigs, best gear, best Toyota, and the vent recap

https://www.overlandexpo.com/compass

Experimental tracks fitted to Overland chassis

https://www.facebook.com/TankHistoria/photos/a.346788629145859/1539209263237117/

For a list of 2020 Overlanding rallies and expos in the USA

http://jeepsies.com/2020-overlanding-events/

Overland art, by Cole Phillips

the style you see here was Phillips "fade away girl" trademark look. He did other work that was also impressive, but this style was his signature.

Other Cole Phillips work I've posted before at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/10/coles-phillips-1880-1927.html

Bozzani Motors, from motorized bike sales and service, and assemblers of knocked down vehicles that were shipped to the west coast in crates on the railroads, to owners of car dealerships

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5206240&postcount=3300

Bozzani Motors started around 105 years ago with humble beginnings.

 The Bozzani brothers came from Italy, and opened up a motorized bike shop in downtown LA in 1911.

Brothers Amerigo, Joe, and Carlo Bozzani then opened a showroom selling Overland and Willys-Knight automobiles on North Broadway in the heart of Little Italy. The dealership sold 2,200 automobiles in 1928 alone.

 Brother Amerigo Bozzani would later become a California Highway Commissioner who oversaw the construction of the state’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

Since then they have had various franchises until around WWII.

Bob Bozzani then opened up shop in Monrovia with VW in 1957. In 1995, his son Greg operates that VW dealership in Covina

http://www.bozzanivw.com/Welcome
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/05/16/60540/italian-americans-unearthing-lost-history-of-la-s/

Los Angeles' Little Italy developed in the 19th century when Italians began migrating to California in significant numbers. Their community centered around the northern side of downtown, right about where Olvera Street meets Chinatown today.

“It was all Italians in the area," said Bob Bozzani, 86, who still lives in Pasadena. “They had an Italian bakery shop for pastries, and they’d have an Italian place that made sausages. There was a meat shop, a produce shop. There were about four Italian bakeries in that area.”

For Bozzani's immigrant parents, Little Italy was the old neighborhood. His mom, who arrived in the U.S. in 1903, grew up there. His father and uncle arrived in 1909 and started their first business, a bike shop, in Little Italy.

The war was a major reason why L.A.’s Little Italy ceased to be, Gatto said. Some Italian immigrants were displaced or interned in relocation camps by the U.S. Others felt the sting of discrimination because of their roots in a country that opposed the Allied forces.

http://italianhall.org/our-collection/

https://www.pinterest.com/bozzanivolkswag/about-bozzani-vw/

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5221179&postcount=3436

North Broadway and Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1922 showing a Willys Durant and Overland dealership

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll59/id/383/rec/1312

Coles Phillips, 1880-1927

https://www.facebook.com/marc.tudeau?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

http://www.americanartarchives.com/phillips,c2.htm

Cole Phillips made a promise to himself when graduating college that he would make a $100,000 before the age of 35, and he did it.

Phillips had a black-and-white illustration published in Life magazine in 1907. Pleased with the results, the publisher soon had him producing full-color front covers to spur newsstand sales. So successful was his clean and eye-catching style that he produced more than 50 Life covers over a span of four years.

The "fade-away" girl was Phillips' trademark illustrative technique which launched him into the national spotlight. It featured portions of the main subject (the model's dress, or the car she occupied) that precisely matched-and so disappeared into-the background color of the image. His fame also grew, in part, due to his insistence that his name appear in his illustration, not a common practice at the time. His Life covers were a major hit with readers; other publications and advertisers took note.

Publishing powerhouse Good Housekeeping next tapped Phillips to create cover illustrations for an astonishing five-year run. Between GH's monthly deadlines, Phillips produced hundreds of images for other magazine publishers and advertisers, ranging from watches, pens, silverware, fabrics and hosiery to Atwater Kent radios and Vitralite paints. His automotive clients included Motor magazine; suppliers, such as Electric Auto-Lite Corp. and manufacturers Maxwell and Flanders. Willys-Overland was a major account for Phillips; many striking advertisements can be found in period magazines. C. Coles Phillips died in 1927 at the age of 47.

https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hmn/2006/06/Coles-Phillips/1280600.html

https://www.flickr.com/photos/carlylehold/albums/72157649991152001

said to be parked since 1939 when the WW2 gas crisis put it out of comission

Found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=117684

A 1925 WIllys Overland came to the Vista Rod Run

the great art and variety of design in 1909 car company catalogs

 The Corbin 4 Passenger baby tonneau

 Corbin 4 passenger roadster

Corbin 5 passenger touring

Aboev is a 1909 Corbin I found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=19172

Notice in the above description the roadster is said to have a "mechanician's" seat. What the hell? I've learned a new word! According to Wikipedia a mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, It is also the term by which makers of mechanical automata use in reference to their profession.

found among hundreds of great old car catalogs at http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=title_id_list:454055&slabel=Automobiles%253A%2520Manufacturers%2520catalogues%252E&sScope=images&sLevel=1