1932 Graham Great Eight aka blue streak, one record setting drop dead gorgeous car 

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  • Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2024

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  • @BrewBlaster
    @BrewBlaster 11 дней назад +4

    Motley Crue shes got looks that kill/

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      Yeah buddy you got this one it's been a while =)

  • @michaelabernathy7013
    @michaelabernathy7013 11 дней назад +5

    Thank you, Jay, for featuring the beautiful Graham. I didn't know about the metallic paint. In WYR the Graham looks years ahead in styling. The later 'shark nose' Grahams are a favorite of mine as well as period Hupmobiles. Cheers!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад +2

      I really wanted to cover a shark nose this year never saw one.
      Going to cover more =)

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 11 дней назад +6

    Thanks Jay. Beautiful car with fenders to match.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад +1

      I love the fender to hood to ratio
      What a great design

  • @seanhoward8025
    @seanhoward8025 11 дней назад +10

    The Graham and Hupmobiles of the 1930’s were beautiful cars and very innovative. These looked at least 4 or 5 years ahead of any other car out there in 1932.
    About the Sears Allstate tires, Sears sold the RoadHandler tires in the 70’s and 80’s. They were made by Michelin, were considerably less than the Michelin-branded tires and were installed and serviced at Sears stores everywhere in America. All of my relatives swore by these tires, as well as the DieHard batteries.

    • @dannycalley7777
      @dannycalley7777 9 дней назад

      SH ...........I'm old and that was the battery to have ....... I never could afford but had friends that swore by them !!!

  • @DSP1968
    @DSP1968 11 дней назад +4

    I'm with you, Jay. These cars have a lot of amazing design features, and are very attractive overall. And I'll take the Graham in both cases. It's just so much more modern looking than any of the competition.

  • @buffdelcampo
    @buffdelcampo 11 дней назад +4

    Blue Streak Coupe, such a great looking car!

  • @allenwayne2033
    @allenwayne2033 11 дней назад +6

    Gorgeous car! Yeah, I share your feelings about the SS United States, but I also understand that it was long ago stripped of it's accouterments which really reduces it's desirability and commercial viability. It's a sad ending indeed!

  • @TheSmarq17
    @TheSmarq17 11 дней назад +2

    1. '32 Graham Blue Streak 8 - all day every day, but I would paint it the cool blue like the one you showed earlier in the vid. 2. '32 Hudson Eight. Sweet ride. Finally, this was a car that I never knew anything about, at all. So it was not a forgotten vehicle in any way - it was a never knew. Thanks for introducing me to another classic car.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад +2

      I just found out about it earlier this year as well I really dig the style of these

  • @DavidAnderson-sv7tb
    @DavidAnderson-sv7tb 11 дней назад +4

    Very nice video! Good job! A couple of small corrections. The picture of the black coupe used for the comparison with the 1931 and for the "which would you choose" is really a 1934 six cylinder model 68. The give aways are the steel artillery wheels, emblem, split bumper, angled back of hood, and the smoking gun is the number of hood louvers. That louver configuration was only used in the first few months of 1934. The engine picture used for the 245 CID info slide is not a Graham. Don't worry, there are VERY few people that would notice. If you ever do a follow on video, let me know. Thanks to the original owner of that blue 1933 Model 57A coupe (Bill McCall), I have hundreds and hundreds of 1932-1935 Graham pictures.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад +1

      Thank you so much for this correction. It was very hard to find pictures of anything that's why I didn't do under the hood.

  • @jerrycallender9352
    @jerrycallender9352 11 дней назад +3

    I REMEMBER SOPHIE TUCKER!

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 11 дней назад +3

    Very nice car. I like the small details, such as the pinstriping on the hood louvers. I was amazed at how wide the tires were on that car. Usually they have like a 3" tread width. Not to be a whiner, but you could have at least stuck your camera in the open driver window to get a quick look at the interior. WYR= I would take any of them, but the Graham really does look more modern than the others! NTT= a song I probably know, but can't think of it!

  • @scottymoondogjakubin4766
    @scottymoondogjakubin4766 11 дней назад +2

    Cool video ! That car is totally gangster !

  • @winstonelston5743
    @winstonelston5743 11 дней назад +2

    WYR Both scenarios, the Graham is drop-dead gorgeous. Of course, the Studebaker President Saint Regis might be a step-up, and the Packard Light Eight is at an entirely different level.
    I would recommend Jean Shepherd's episodic novel _In God we Trust: All Others Pay Cash_ which includes a story about the narrator's first attempt to solo in the old man's Graham-Paige, among some other stories that made it into the movie _A Christmas Story._

  • @seed_drill7135
    @seed_drill7135 11 дней назад +2

    Gotta be the Graham for me in both scenarios.

  • @Steven-p4j
    @Steven-p4j 11 дней назад +1

    Hi Jay, the Graham is certainly a wonderful example of innovation in its time. I can't wait to see the many features in toto.I'd say this was a doozy, except I know the etymology of that word.

  • @JefferyHall-ct2tr
    @JefferyHall-ct2tr 10 дней назад +1

    Hello Jay! Thanks for showing the DDG Graham! That manufacturer, along with Hupp, and to some extent, Hudson/Terraplane are some of my favorite independent manufacturers, mainly because of their 1930's vehicles. I really hope you can find a nice Graham of that vintage, it would be such a cool ride!! Sometimes these lesser-known vehicles can be found in some interesting places. I was at a tractor show where they always have a large flea-market and swap meet, and right there in the middle of it all was a Nash made Lafayette! So, you never know! WYR pretty easy on this one Graham on both. . . .

  • @geebs76
    @geebs76 11 дней назад +1

    I love everything about this car and would choose it in both scenarios. It is sporty and cool. I particularly like the way the front bumper is split and the grill comes down to a point just behind it. The color is great on it too. I can see why you want one.

  • @charlesdalton985
    @charlesdalton985 7 дней назад +1

    WYR: The Graham for both. I’ve been a fan of that make for years. Interesting to note also, the decrease in the diameter of the wheels from 31 to 32. Most of the industry was making the same change as roads became more prevalent. Thanks as always ~ Chuck

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  7 дней назад +1

      Thank you so much for sharing that insight on the wheel size that's something I didn't know great choices
      I think it would be really cool to own a graham

  • @ernielaw
    @ernielaw 11 дней назад +1

    Every time you show a Graham I think of my father's first car which was a 1934 Graham. He bought it in 1946 when it was 12 years old, but I don't think he kept it for that many years. I never saw the car nor did he have any pictures of it.

  • @73_f100
    @73_f100 11 дней назад +1

    WYR - Graham and the Hudson. Awesome video. Thanks man.

  • @loveisall5520
    @loveisall5520 11 дней назад +1

    What a beautiful car! The Graham-Paige that I think of immediately is the one that is a permutation of the Cord 810/812 body. Plus, the 'shark-nose' Graham that thumbs its nose to aerodynamics. Thanks so much, and best wishes from Texas.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      @@loveisall5520 happy you dig this episode I really wanted to feature a sharknose but didn't find one this year

    • @loveisall5520
      @loveisall5520 11 дней назад +1

      @@What.its.like. Something we don't give thought to, these days, is that warranties in the time of Graham-Paige were virtually nonexistent, usually 90 days at best. I mean, imagine in the Depression when every Dollar was important. I love the idea of the small independent car companies, but when so many cars turned into orphans in those days, would you choose one of the Big Three just for security? Plus, of course, a company like Graham-Paige also didn't have thousands of independent dealers, but probably were in dealerships where more than one small brand was sold. It must've been a fascinating time; I know my grandfather and great-grandfather were always Studebaker people here in TX and LA. Thanks again for your fine videos.

  • @leedaniels7196
    @leedaniels7196 11 дней назад +1

    I have never heard of any of these cars except the Pontiac Eight.Graham-Paige i’ve heard of,but not this particular model.I’ll take one of each please.Love the aftershow part of these videos too,with no music!.I always enjoy your videos,my favorite car channel because it’s unique!.😎

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      Sweet choices thank you so much for the positive vibe I'm happy you dig this channel

  • @sasquatchsmith9980
    @sasquatchsmith9980 11 дней назад +1

    1932 GRAHAM aĺ the way, beautiful.

  • @jerrycallender9352
    @jerrycallender9352 11 дней назад +2

    Nash
    Graham

  • @A.LeeMorrisJr
    @A.LeeMorrisJr 11 дней назад +1

    Great styling, very handsome automobile. I'd want a convertible if they still existed.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      I think there are some convertibles out there

  • @bparksiii6171
    @bparksiii6171 11 дней назад +1

    First pick 32 Nash advanced 8, second 32 Pontiac V8 for the rarity, nice looking Graham must have lived in Texas for a while.
    Speaking of ships, I got tour the USS Texas, pretty big ship walking all of the decks.

  • @sasquatchsmith9980
    @sasquatchsmith9980 11 дней назад +2

    GRAHAM, HUPMOBILE and OLDSMOBILE were automobile designs ahead of there times, that is what the problem was, people needed proticality in 1932 not looks.

  • @garymckee63
    @garymckee63 11 дней назад +1

    The black Graham hands down. ✋️

  • @P_RO_
    @P_RO_ 11 дней назад +1

    A very sleek and curvaceous car with nearly every angle blended. WYR has to go to the Graham for it's style. The Dodge van in the background could use a possum paint job 😉

  • @johnmartin7158
    @johnmartin7158 5 дней назад +2

    1932 Graham 2nd scenario. Hudson a very close 2nd.

  • @ColtonRMagby
    @ColtonRMagby 11 дней назад +3

    WYR: All of them.
    Does it come in purple? I have no problem if it doesn't, but I'd love to see how purple looks on it. Speaking of the SS United States, you should do a follow-up video discussing it so people can understand what you're talking about.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад +3

      I reached out to the United States Conservancy to see if I could tour it with a couple other people from meeting in the channel. There's a lot of cool stories that happen behind the scenes they declined.. I guess it's leaving November 15. I believe it's next Friday I don't have any way to get over there to see it leave which is a bummer I've contemplated the idea of doing an episode on the SS united states as like an extra episode I'm into ocean liners
      This car in purple would be awesome
      I wonder what this car would be like with a later six-cylinder that they put in the shark nose with the supercharger .. makes about the same power

    • @ColtonRMagby
      @ColtonRMagby 11 дней назад +2

      @What.its.like. Dang. I'll either be headed down to deer camp or at home on Friday, so seeing that ship leave is off the table for me. When I have a job and have the cash to go places and do stuff, I'm doing a solo tour of the Queen Mary. Four steam turbines turning four propellers, and a reputation for being one of the most haunted places in the US. First sailed in 1936, and was the fastest ship at the time. I can only imagine how fast she'd go with all four engines at full throttle.

  • @bobcfi1306
    @bobcfi1306 11 дней назад +1

    Question. Any warranty from the factory or dealer back then?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      That would be a good topic for an episode
      I know some manufactures offered warranties, but it varied across-the-board

  • @johnmartin7158
    @johnmartin7158 5 дней назад +2

    1932 Graham.

  • @alexclement7221
    @alexclement7221 10 дней назад +1

    I believe that "1932 Pontiac V-8" was actually a Viking V-8; when GM made it's first (non-Cadillac) V-8's, it was the Viking & Marquette wedge-head V-8 (not really an OHV, because there were no rocker arms, but not a flathead, either..). I don't believe Pontiac offered a V-8 until the 1950's.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  10 дней назад

      Yeah Pontiac used the Oakland v8 in 1932 before going to the straight eight in 1933, it was a unique engine with horizontal valves

  • @brianhayes7618
    @brianhayes7618 11 дней назад +1

    Graham in both

  • @mattskustomkreations
    @mattskustomkreations 10 дней назад +1

    Gorgeous car. Would have thought it was a ‘33, not knowing it set the style for everyone else’s 1933 model design. EDIT - haha turns out it actually IS a ‘33.😅

  • @THEScottCampbell
    @THEScottCampbell 11 дней назад +1

    it sOUNdS like "I'm Saving Myself For Angela Cartwright" by ME!

  • @shinigami117s8
    @shinigami117s8 10 дней назад

    I proudly own a 1932 graham. It’s a 1/32 scale I believe. It’s made by tootsie toy in 1932. In a metallic red/pink color. It’s a dealer only exclusive model given out upon purchase of the real car. Super rare. I believe they only gave it to the kids of the buyer. The cars came in a red box with the logo graham on it. I should make a video on it.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  10 дней назад

      That’s awesome
      Curious, where are you located?

    • @shinigami117s8
      @shinigami117s8 9 дней назад +1

      @ viva Las Vegas

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  9 дней назад

      If I ever go to Vegas I'll look you up
      Shoot me an email stay in touch
      What_its_like@yahoo.com

  • @automatedelectronics6062
    @automatedelectronics6062 11 дней назад +1

    I'd take the Grahams.

  • @markchandler1130
    @markchandler1130 11 дней назад +1

    Graham
    Hudson

  • @kevinsmith7697
    @kevinsmith7697 11 дней назад +2

    Jay👍🏻😊

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад +1

      Happy you dig this one it was great talking with you in the live chat =)

    • @kevinsmith7697
      @kevinsmith7697 11 дней назад +1

      @@What.its.like. you tube did something screwy kept kicking me out 🤓🤔

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      Wow I'm sorry that happened

    • @allenwayne2033
      @allenwayne2033 11 дней назад +1

      @@What.its.like. When was there a live chat?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      During the live stream, all the episodes premiere live and I'm down there in the chat with you =)
      The next part of the conversation is with the AACA Wednesday Nov 20th 11:00 am eastern time

  • @Friedbrain11
    @Friedbrain11 11 дней назад +1

    '32 Graham, '32 Graham

  • @starronin4580
    @starronin4580 10 дней назад +1

    Graham Nash?

  • @fredski53
    @fredski53 11 дней назад

    That voice sounds AI ! How annoying!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      I'm not AI real person
      Sorry my voice annoys you

  • @obdiah1
    @obdiah1 11 дней назад

    Good video but had to give thumbs down because of the pornographic adds

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  11 дней назад

      They were fully clothed.. those were the shows back in the day
      I guess I should have used Harry Houdini instead

    • @ernielaw
      @ernielaw 10 дней назад +1

      If they were pornographic it would have been more appropriate for the recently shown Playboy.