[TG57Roadmaster]

I'd lay odds on a '25 McFarlan 6, Model 42 on a 127" whb. Remember that bumpers were optional at the time,
and those could have come from anywhere. The dimpled crease of the beltline extending stem to stern is key.

TG

[Curti]

Maybe McFarlan then, it appears that McFarlin used a tube bumper , and the shell dosn't look quite right for that either.

[keiser31]

McFarlan had a radiator shell shaped more like a Rolls Royce style.

[Vintman]

I agree with Keiser on the rad style. See photo below.

Regards

Vintman

[Curti]

I agree, that radiator and neck look right. I also agree with TG that the bumpers are easily swapped. The crowns of the fenders of the town car look different from the roadester. Possibly the roadester is a bit older.

[nzcarnerd]

I agree it doesn't look big enough to be a Doble - the wheelbase was 142". As far as I know there was only one Doble roadster built - by Murphy - a car which I think survives on the US west coast somewhere. Those are not Doble wheels.

[1937hd45]

I believe it was Ballcrank that made a lot of the accessorie tube bumpers in the 1920's, don't know if they were factory items or not in that time frame.

Originally Posted by Curti

Maybe McFarlan then, it appears that McFarlin used a tube bumper , and the shell dosn't look quite right for that either.

[TG57Roadmaster]

It took some time, but here's a '25 McFarlan that lives at the Indy Speedway Museum, the Model Twin Valve-6 Model 142 on a 140" whb ($5,400 fob, and beautiful!). Add disc wheels, take away the extra stuff the larger car would have and you have a McFarlan Single Valve-6 Model 42. (Forget things like bumpers and wheels; I have magazines full of ads for disc wheels and bumpers that anyone could add at any time to their car).



Even if the car in question is the bigger McFarlan, I'm convinced that's the marque, circa 1925.
Thanks 1937hd45 for setting the course...

Link to the French website the image came from.

TG

[keiser31]

Wrong radiator shell (McFarlan one is squarish and taller), wrong splash apron, no cowl lamps, no top hood flaps...The car in question does NOT have that radiator shell shape. Sorry to be adamant about it, but I just do not see McFarlan when I see that car. Similar body, but that's about all.

[Dandy Dave]

I still say it is a Lincoln. It has the right right radiator shape. Now your mission, if you decide to take it, is to prove me wrong. Never mind the bumpers. Look at that Radiator shell. It has Lincoln written all over it. Dandy Dave!