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That’s an interesting grille shape.  It’s a 1920 Apperson 8 Sportster.  Apperson built cars in Indiana, but didn’t survive past 1926.

A 1940 Hupmobile Skylark, their effort to re-use the old Cord body dies to gain a new model to sell.  Hupp managed to buy the dies but couldn’t afford to produce the car, which is where Graham-Paige came in.  The Skylark name later appeared on several models from Buick.

Since we’re doing defunct makes today, we might as throw this 1st-gen Saturn SL1 at you.  Decent cars, if poky with only 100 horses, but with terrific dealerships.  The plastic bodywork was a big leap, but we’ve noticed that it sometimes gets brittle as it ages.

A 1932 Rockne, a budget make under the Studebaker umbrella.  Made for only two years, this was named after famed Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne.

It’s a 1929 DuPont Model G, one of 537 built during their existence.  These were expensive, high-style autos, but their survival rate is quite low.

It’s a 1930 Pierce-Arrow, in two-window Club Sedan form.  This was during the five-year period Studebaker controlled the company.

A 1929 Stutz Vertical 8, in three-window sedan form.  

A 1929 Cord L-29 three-window sedan, showing off its front-wheel-drive hardware.  Compared to the other sedans of the day, this was actually quite low.