Curti Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I sure wish these cars would have stayed in the family! Packard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympic Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 All those hood louvers. Could that be a Doble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 May be a McFarlan from around 1923. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintman Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi folks,I would love it to be a Doble, lot going for it. However do I spy a 'widows peak' to the top of the rad a la Ford A? Also wheels/hubs seem different .RegardsVintman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I bet it is a Linoln, 1925ish. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 I think the bumpers are incorrect for Linclon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Look Here... http://www.tocmp.com/pix/Lincoln/images/1926LincolnSportRoadster.jpgAnd here for the solid wheel option....http://www.tocmp.com/pix/Lincoln/images/1926Lincoln-9.jpgDandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Dave, agreed on the solid wheel option. I tend to not trust artist drawings too much, but both pix depict a different front bumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 The hood louvers in the pix come almost to the bottom of the belt line. In the pix I have of mid 20's Lincoln the louvers are lower. It is looking more and more like a 23 Doble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I think it is too small to be a Doble and I think that the radiator shell is wrong for a Doble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Maybe McFarlan then, it appears that McFarlin used a tube bumper , and the shell dosn't look quite right for that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 McFarlan had a radiator shell shaped more like a Rolls Royce style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintman Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I agree with Keiser on the rad style. See photo below.RegardsVintman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 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.Maybe McFarlan then, it appears that McFarlin used a tube bumper , and the shell dosn't look quite right for that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) 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 Edited November 5, 2009 by TG57Roadmaster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 There does appear to be a widows peak on the radiator shell, which does indeed look Lincoln. I did a Google on 24,25,26 Lincoln. I can't find any with the hood louvers that come as close to the belt line. This is a 26 Lincoln taken at approxmately the same angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I agree with Bob. I think it's a 1923 McFarlan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Here is the only photo of a McFarlan that I could find...Dandy Dave!03i Nethercutt Collection Show Room - 1923 McFarlan, Model 154, Twin-Valve Six, Knickerbocker Cabriolet - Owned by Fatty Arbuckle (E) on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Here are a few more McFarlan. Leif in Sweden.Sold by Auto Collections: 1926 MCFARLAN MODEL 145 TV-SIX 7-PASSENGER TOURING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 Here I thought this one was going to be a piece of cake. I'll flip a coin between Lincoln & McFarlan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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