Brass T head car on HAMB. What is it?

[nzcarnerd]

Maybe a clue from the front hubcap?

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-5556

 

 

[keiser31]

Big Oldsmobiles had those hub caps Here is a 1912....

Edited October 5, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[nickelroadster]

Could be any of the early teens Olds.  Doesn't look like a Limited (tire size 42").  Probably a four cylinder defender or Autocrat as it appears too short to be a six cylinder.  Radiator looks right for an Olds.  Is that a steering box on the right side indicating right hand drive?

[jrbartlett]

Note that the hood louvers also seem to match.

[nzcarnerd]

20 hours ago, nickelroadster said:

Could be any of the early teens Olds.  Doesn't look like a Limited (tire size 42").  Probably a four cylinder defender or Autocrat as it appears too short to be a six cylinder.  Radiator looks right for an Olds.  Is that a steering box on the right side indicating right hand drive?

 

Yes, definitely a four cylinder engine.

 

I knew I had seen those hubcaps somewhere, just couldn't remember on what car.

 

I think all of those bigger, older design Oldsmobile were always right hand drive - as most American cars were in the early days. It was only the new lighter weight model Olds from about 1915 that went to left hand drive. The change from right to left drive occurred over quite a long period. Ford Ts were always lhd right from the beginning in '08.  I think Stutz were last to change - about 1922.

[JV Puleo]

American RR was RHD until 1925. That's the year the British introduced the PI but the American company couldn't tool up to make the new model quickly enough so they kept making the SG. The last American-built Ghosts, in 1926 (which post-date the first British PIs), were LHD with 3-speed transmissions.

 

 

Edited October 6, 2018 by JV Puleo (see edit history)