Old Family Photos #4 of 7

I sure wish these cars would have stayed in the family! Packard?

All those hood louvers. Could that be a Doble?

May be a McFarlan from around 1923.

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 .

Regards

Vintman

I bet it is a Linoln, 1925ish. Dandy Dave!

I think the bumpers are incorrect for Linclon.

Look Here... http://www.tocmp.com/pix/Lincoln/images/1926LincolnSportRoadster.jpg

And here for the solid wheel option....

http://www.tocmp.com/pix/Lincoln/images/1926Lincoln-9.jpg

Dandy Dave!

Dave, agreed on the solid wheel option. I tend to not trust artist drawings too much, but both pix depict a different front bumper.

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.

I think it is too small to be a Doble and I think that the radiator shell is wrong for a Doble.

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

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

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

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

Regards

Vintman

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

I agree with Bob. I think it's a 1923 McFarlan.

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!

Here are a few more McFarlan.

Leif in Sweden.

Sold by Auto Collections: 1926 MCFARLAN MODEL 145 TV-SIX 7-PASSENGER TOURING

Here I thought this one was going to be a piece of cake. I'll flip a coin between Lincoln & McFarlan.