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Circa 1931-32 Morris Isis - named for the alternative name for the river Thames that flows through Oxford where the cars were built.

1937 Nash.

Borrowed from a facebook page. Gary Adam Feldman's grandfather and his dog. Not much to go on as far as identification goes.

On this side of the Pacific the primary reason for changing to 12 volts is that 6 volt batteries cost twice as much and don't last as long.

A photo posted on a facebook page. Seen at the Nemours Mansion. Aldred DuPont at the wheel. The hood and its vents, and the radiator, suggest Clement-Bayard but I have yet to find evidence that they built a big six with chain drive.

Chandlers?

Regal underslung?

I have no idea what make it is, but it appears to have a 1906 Pennsylvania plate. The mechanicals look to be rigidly mounted on the chassis with the body mounted above on springs. I see no sign of a radiator. The main controls are on the column - no brake or shift lever visible on the floor.

There were several variants. The mystery looks to be one of the larger-engined, longer-wheelbase models. Riley RM - Wikipedia

The engine hood is very rounded. I wonder if it might be a Franklin. Or something with a similar shaped hood.

Late 1920s GMC. Might have a Pontiac or Buick engine.

It is odd that it has no front brakes. Maybe they have been removed for some reason - or sold to a restorer. Going by the radiator shell it is a 1928 model. Another determining factor there is that it had 20 hood louvres. The 1927 model had 16. A measure of the wheelbase should find that it is 107" rather than 103" as in 1927. The reason for the wheelbase extension was the new six-cylinder engine was supposed to be ready put in the 1928 cars but wasn't ready in time. Here is a '27 for comparison.

One-Twenty, by the hood vents.

Here is another one the same - a 1928 National Model AB two door sedan (or coach in GM speak). Note that one has the plant code T for Tarrytown. Yours has J - I guess was for Janesville, Wisconsin, which opened in 1923 according to The Standard Catalog. The two-door coach was the biggest selling body style in 1928, with about 350,000 sold.

It certainly looks to be a Buick. It is hard to be specific on the year as some of their models ran for more than a year. I first thought it might be a Model F but that has an underfloor engine, and the car here obviously has an engine under its hood. My guess is that it is a 1909-10 Model 17 which had a 318 cid four cylinder engine under its hood, had a 112.5" wheelbase, and The Standard Catalog says 2003 were sold.

I guess a search of bearing sizes might be a start. Studebaker did make a lot of running changes which can make fitting different year parts not always easy.

Maybe the only extant right-hand drive Westcott? In New Zealand. As far as I know it is powered by a 50hp, 303 cid, Continental 9N.

Are you sure you are not confusing New Zealand with Australia, a country three plus hours flying time away to the north, and which has a much drier climate. We do have problems with borer, but I think the predominance of surviving wire wheel cars from the late 1920s is just that is what people have collected - the higher spec models.

I am not aware of any surviving G-P 612 cabriolets in NZ. There are several sedans, at least two roadsters and this coupe which. by its plate, is the only one.

The mystery of this phot was solved a short time ago when further photos from an archive of roadbuilding and contracting photos was posted on a local Facebook page. It is a 1929 Graham-Paige, most likely a 612. The Standard Catalog says the cabriolet body was available on all series except the largest, the 837. The plate dates the photo to 1931-32. The big wheel on the left will be on this steam traction engine, undoubtedly one of the many British makes sold in NZ. It was likely quite old by 1931. A Reo Speedwagon in the background. A Reo Speedwagon at work being loaded with gravel from a river. Photo date 1928-29. That loader would have quite unusual. Mostly the gravel was simply shoveled onto trucks by hand.

You make some good points there. I reckon our mystery car has a fixed 'soft' top rather than a (Buick-like) wooden hardtop with fabric attached. It has been suggested that the car might be an Erskine - but I don't think the lines are right. This is a factory photo of a '29 cabriolet. The more expensive Dictator cabriolet only came with wire wheels and sidemounts.

Note that the top end of the hood iron is below the top of the door on the green car above - and on this red one which I think is the same model, but the angle makes the hood look longer. On our mystery car the top of the hood iron is above the top of the door. Add to that the Nash cars of the era used ten spoke wheels.

1912 Model 52 I reckon - their largest model that year. Credit to Varun for the photos.

A photo taken in New Zealand in the 1930s. Not very good quality unfortunately, with little of the body detail visible. The car appears to have four rim bolts on its wood wheels, and those hub caps look relatively large.

Maybe someone recognises the door handles. IMCDb.org: unknown in "To Be or Not to Be, 1942"