Cardrona Hotel, near Wanaka, New Zealand

[nzcarnerd]

Interesting mid 1920s car. What is it?

 

I think the photo dates from somewhere in the late 1920s. For reference here are the NZ plates from the first national plates in 1925 until the introduction of permanent plates from 1964.

 

This is a recent shot of the same hotel. The Chrysler is a permanent fixture there.

 

[nzcarnerd]

I may be able to answer my own question. I think it might be a Rollin. I know that a few of them were sold here in 1925-26.

[Grandpa]

Here is an enlarged image of the unknown car.

[Grandpa]

I would like to offer my guess.  The unknown car is a circa 1926 Nash Light Six / Advanced Ajax.

 

[nzcarnerd]

1 hour ago, Grandpa said:

I would like to offer my guess.  The unknown car is a circa 1926 Nash Light Six / Advanced Ajax.

 

 

You could be right. Two things I noticed about the Rollin, it has rim bolts which the Nash doesn't have and the Rollin does not have the tubular cross bar at the front of the chassis.

[Grandpa]

Hi nzcarnerd,

The unknown car pictured does not seem to have wheel rim bolts.  Also, the size of the wheel hubs, and the extension of the hubs past the wheel, look like the 1926 Nash Ajax Six.  The Nash Ajax does have a cross bar at the front of the frame, as does the unknown car.  The picture, below, is a 1926 Nash Ajax touring car under restoration.

Grandpa

[nzcarnerd]

8 hours ago, Grandpa said:

Hi nzcarnerd,

The unknown car pictured does not seem to have wheel rim bolts.  Also, the size of the wheel hubs, and the extension of the hubs past the wheel, look like the 1926 Nash Ajax Six.  The Nash Ajax does have a cross bar at the front of the frame, as does the unknown car.  The picture, below, is a 1926 Nash Ajax touring car under restoration.

Grandpa

 

 

I should have phrased my last comment better. I agree it is a Nash.