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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

I'm not sure if I could think up a worse name for a car than "Leach"... Mr. Leach might have sold a few more cars with a something a little sweeter-sounding. Anyway, in reading a little more about the Leach, I noticed this slightly interesting synchronicity with Gloria Swanson:

"Celebrity owners included silent cowboy Tom Mix who owned a 1921 Leach single-seat roadster and Marcella Desmond, the sister of silent move stars William and Lucille Desmond, who owned a 5-passenger 1920 Leach touring with an attractive California top."

Never heard of these Desmonds...

The Leach cars introduced for 1923 were simply the 1922 models with $1,000 slashed off their price tags. Operations moved from 4800 S. Santa Fe Avenue to a smaller facility at 112 West 9th Street and production of the Leach was discontinued shortly thereafter. http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/l/leach/leach.htm

Maybe it was the lack of a carefully chosen cuisine that was the final spoon in Leach's mustard or was it lack of public accommodations or failure to adapt to something amphibious (see below)?


112 W Ninth Street currently houses an eatery.
http://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...24xjelGw/l.jpg



The building at 112 W. Ninth was allegedly built in 1913 and "last" renovated in 1915. Alleged current concerns include risks posed by flooding and earthquake. http://commercial-properties.findthe...geles-CA-90015



Only one public lavatory? http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13085 There goes the neighborhood.

1917 Convergence of Spring, Main and Ninth
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/132...nmainsprin.jpg http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=15717