Late teens early 20s touring with California top

[m-mman]

I am thinking this has a GM look to it, Buick came to mind, but the radiator to cowl is completely straight.

No outside handles, space between doors (7 pass?)  Is that thing on the running board in front of the rear wheel a light or a suspension/spring access point?

The solid top might be a "Detroit Weatherproof"

[Spinneyhill]

It looks a bit like the Kissels you can read about in the Our Cars and Restoration Projects forum, but with a modified top.

Edited September 21, 2017 by Spinneyhill (see edit history)

[nzcarnerd]

I reckon it is a Paige from around 1918-19 - the larger model 6-55 (127" wb).

Edited September 21, 2017 by nzcarnerd (see edit history)

[Leif Holmberg]

The hub caps very much looks like Paige.

Leif in Sweden.

[m-mman]

I am thinking that you are correct. This just might be "The Most Beautiful Car in America". . . .

 

The use of Bowl headlights during the time when others were using drums, adds to the suspicion.   I will attribute the vertical windshield to a modification made to accommodate the accessory solid top.

[nzcarnerd]

Drum headlights are from an era later than this car - more like 1922 or later. Those lights are typical of the late teens. On this car the coarse hood louvres also date it. Soon after that time most went to finer louvres.

[m-mman]

Hummmmm . . . Thanks. The late teens and early twenties is an unfamiliar to me.