The owner passed away recently, and I am helping his widow to dispose of the car.

All photos, full-size, are at https://photos.app.goo.gl/AewWoHdxL3U2SKQv5 .

Bob Kuehn was an expert antique car mechanic, and an expert machinist.  He was also the flat-firewall Paige 36 guru.  He had a green ’14 roadster that he toured all over the northeast for 30+ years, after doing a complete mechanical teardown and restoration.

This car was owned by Oris W. Norwood of Texas as early as 1944.  In 1953 it was bought by James Melton.  It’s unclear how long he owned it, or whether he was the one who gave it the first restoration, but there are photos of him with the car.  By 1973 it was owned by antique car guy R. M. Keasler in Texas.  Bob told me he bought it from a museum in Texas.  That would have been 10-20 years ago.

He drove it for a little while, but he decided that it needed a full restoration.  He started disassembling it.  Some of the parts were used as casting patterns for another Paige project he had on the back burner.  All parts are believed to be with the car.  It was loaded for transport while Bob was still able to direct the assembling of the parts.

The Paige 36 was a mid-range car built with high-quality components.  The engine was Paige’s, a torquey 4×5.  It used the complete Gray and Davis electric starting, generating, and lighting system that Locomobile used.  It used a multiplate cork-insert clutch, running in oil, and a silent chain to drive the auxiliaries.

There are 4 known flat-firewall Paige 36’s.  I have the third one, which is also a Glenwood.  Bob provided me with tremendous knowledge, and parts for my car, just because he wanted to see another Paige 36 succeed.  He overhauled the clutch plates for this car, and passed them to me.  I was going to put them in my car and trade mine to him for another rebuild, but I decided to re-cork my own plates.  The new clutch for this car is still with me at the moment, but it will go with this car.

My 1913 Glenwood is the blue one in the photos, so you can see what this car will look like when finished.  Except you’ll need to make it the factory color of “Richelieu blue,” which as far as I can tell is about the same as every other dark blue car of 1913.

Price is negotiable.  The car is available to be viewed in Florida.  A clean NJ title exists in the deceased’s name, and may yet be located.  If not, the car will be sold on a bill of sale.  Please contact owner Ines Kuehn directly.  I will not be available onsite.  I can answer technical questions at kelfy@yahoo.com .  (I’ll call you if you send your phone number to that email.)  It should be possible to arrange for a knowledgeable nearby brass car friend to be there when you come to look at it.