sandtrooper Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Back of this photo states 'Interstate Factory Photo' Looks like a Studebaker emblem on radiator. If so what year?thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Looks to be about a 1917 or 1918 Studebaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The headlight crossbar is 1914-15. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 So this was identified as a 1917 and it isn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Interesting. I am very well acquainted with a 17 which does not have a crossbar. :confused:Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Interesting. I am very well acquainted with a 17 which does not have a crossbar. :confused:TerryI know that Google is really no authority a lot of times, but there seems to be quite a few identified as 1917 or 1918 with the crossbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 1917 is about right. In 1914-15 they still had the gas filler on the top of the cowl, off centre to the right. The tie bar was there on most models. There seem to be a some produced in 1916-17 which have the headlights on towers and no tie bar. From 1918 the tie bar was above the lights. Studebaker made many changes of specification during each season and I guess there is no definitive specification for a particular model year.The cars in the mystery pic look to be four cylinder models.This car might be a '17 but it has headlights from a later Big Six - https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7045/6901388411_19cd17bd24.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodfiddler Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I was noticing that some of the split rims are six bolt versus some that are seven. I am no expert - just a student. If this was a test, I'd guess 1916.Chuck in a Kansas classroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtrooper Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Usual awesome responses....thanks. I'm gonna run with 1914 - 1917 era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Woodfiddler made a good point re the number of rim bolts. Some info here - http://www.studebaker-info.org/TW/tw0607/tw0607p06.html - suggests that the Series 17 models that started in early 1917 had seven bolt wheels where the earlier models had six. That pretty much nails it. For simplicity date the photo at 1916.Knowing how flexible chassis of this era are I would not be surprised if they found, on the models without the tie bar, the lights moved too much and the bar was quickly reintroduced. Edited January 22, 2015 by nzcarnerd (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtrooper Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 1916 it is...another case closed. thanks to nzcarnerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude17 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The Stude is a 1916 series 17 and the photo could have been taken in early 1917. The 1917 series 18 cars had the seven rim bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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