Some pre-war American automobiles were true masterpieces. The Graham Hollywood was one of them and if you haven’t studied up on this great car, you should! The Graham brothers had been building cars and trucks for a long time before the Hollywood came along, but it could be one of their finest creations. They liked to go fast and this sleek four-door sedan delivered. The development of the car is interesting so keep reading to learn more and be sure to checkout this project here on eBay where bidding started at $1. It’s located in Saint-Philippe, Quebec, Canada and is currently disassembled. These don’t come up to market very often though so it’s definitely worth a look.

The Graham brothers built their business during a turbulent time. They started out building trucks following the first world war and ended up selling it to the Dodge brothers. They then moved into automobile manufacturing after buying the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company. Somehow they made it through the depression and even cranked out a few race cars during that period. Times were still tough though so they struck up a deal to build Hupp Motors to build their Hupmobile Skylark. Hupp owned the Cord dies so besides utilizing them for the Hupmobile, they also allowed Graham to use them.

So, they took the rear half of the Cord body and made a few changes. The drive wheels were switched from the front to the back and the nose was given a distinctive look. That all sounds simple, but the modifications were more extensive than it sounds. They didn’t stop there though. As I had mentioned, the Graham brothers liked to go fast so they offered a supercharged version of the car for those who shared their affinity for speed. They had been playing with forced induction for many years so they were easily able to extract an extra 29 horsepower from their inline-six just by strapping a supercharger on it.

Unfortunately, the Graham name didn’t survive the war. The assets were sold after less than 2,000 of these cars had been produced. Most were supercharged and many were raced, leaving the Hollywood an interesting legacy. Unfortunately, this particular example has seen better days itself. It’s too bad that people get a hold of special cars like this only to completely disassemble them. Luckily, that jewel of an engine is still there, but you can be assured that many pieces have gone missing. They always do when this happens and even if by some miracle everything is accounted for, good luck getting it all back together right. These cars can fetch big money at auction though, so it will sell and hopefully to someone with the resources to make it right.