THE Snobbish TOWN CAR

Cars of custom design during the 1920s stood apart from most other cars of their era. These were the super cars of their time, or at least (borrowing a later slang) those were “super-dooper” cars in nearly every respect. Such custom cars covered a range of superior features that ran the gambit of alphabetical superlatives from Appointments of interiors to Zip in motoring excellence (sometimes that excellent zip was in speed, but more often in smooth and nearly soundless operation).

Among those superlatives was a seasoning of body styles that usually added to the extravagance of the automotive package. Here