[Early Buick truck differential.]

I think the last year for the Buick truck was 1916. The diff here looks to be from the 1920s when Buick cars used cantilever springs.

 

Maybe there are some casting marks or stamps that might identify who made it.

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23 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

Always wished this photo had a better quality

 

This photo has appeared sporadically over the years. There has been suggestion it is possibly a Berliet but I am not sure. A big, impressive, car whatever it is. 

 

The Aloc was based on the Berliet and I wonder if there is a connection to the Alco Bête Noir, but I notice that the Bête Nori has six front hub bolts and this car only five.

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The Netherlands circa 1920. Maybe a Type 57 Cadillac?

 

[1925 ER Oil capacity]

On 5/7/2023 at 4:09 PM, kiwitony said:

Hi I am in the final stages of restoring a 1925 Standard 6 ER Duplex. I can can get the correct grades of oil in New Zealand but can not find any oil capacity information in any of the technical information or handbook that I have for it can anyone help with this information. 

Thanks Tony

From Barry - "My Studebaker Owners manual says, " one and one quarter Imperial gallons or 5 and 3 quarter liters are required to fill the reservoir."

 

 

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Kaitaia in the Far North of New Zealand 1929. The registration plates date the photo to between mid 1929 and mid 1930. The Model A on the left appears to have a sign reading 'Ford's New Car'. In the 1920s American cars dominated the New Zealand market and, even then, New Zealand had one of the highest rates of car ownership in the world.

 

Museum at Te Ahu photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1925 ER Oil capacity]

On 5/7/2023 at 4:09 PM, kiwitony said:

Hi I am in the final stages of restoring a 1925 Standard 6 ER Duplex. I can can get the correct grades of oil in New Zealand but can not find any oil capacity information in any of the technical information or handbook that I have for it can anyone help with this information. 

Thanks Tony

Barry Barnes in Timaru has had one of these for more than 50 years. I don't have his contact details but if you are on facebook look for Carla Barnes - I think he uses his wife's page. I have sent him a facebook message with a link to this page.

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13 hours ago, alsancle said:

 

I think the consensus last time was Marmon?

Austin? -

 

[What are the Best Looking Prewar FOUR-DOOR Sedans? Custom and Production.]

On 5/24/2023 at 4:07 AM, alsancle said:

The "freak" engines go with some of my "freak" friends.

 

How many two stroke cars have there been?

Haven't researched just how many but there were quite a few small European cars with two stroke engines - as early as the 1930s I think - some with front wheel drive.

 

Later there was the Goggomobile and the Vespa among others.

 

 

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Spain/Portugal border. Maybe a mid 1920s Willys-Knight centre of photo. Possibly a Model A and a Fiat 509 further back.

 

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9 hours ago, alsancle said:

Scripps-Booth.

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Gawler, South Australia. The building has survived though no longer a garage. From a facebook page of old garages and dealerships in Australia and New Zealand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 5/25/2023 at 11:47 PM, alsancle said:

Looks to be the straight eight Weigel with an enlarged radiator. Maybe the early version suffered cooling problems. 

 

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A display of Rubay bodies at the Hotel Astor in New York in 1918. Most cars look to be Whites but possibly a Locomobile lower left and a Packard on the balcony.

 

[South Africa 1949]

Disc wheels suggest maybe Hupmobile or Nash or?? I k now they were an option on many makes.

 

 

 

 

 

[Maybe there is hope after all-- a girl's interest in the restoration business.]

On 5/20/2023 at 5:35 AM, Rusty_OToole said:

30 years ago I helped my brother set up a little shop in an old chicken coop behind the house. When he did a sofa the cost breakdown was something like this.

 

Cost of material -       $200

Markup on material - $200

Labor -                        $250

_____________________________

                                     $650

 

Profit for 2 days work $450

 

Remember this was 30 years ago. Today it would be some multiple of that. For leather it would be double.

 

Auto and boat upholstery is even more expensive. And he was the cheapest in town as his overhead was so low.

One factor which customers tend to forget when they bring a piece furniture to the shop which they bought very cheaply is the cost of taking it apart and making patterns.

[Oakland Canada Grease cap]

4 hours ago, TexRiv_63 said:

That style of cap in the US was used in the 1929-31 period.

The ten wheels spokes help confirm that.

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4 hours ago, keiser31 said:

Stevens-Duryea?

From that radiator badge, yes.

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Elsbury Motors, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 1928. Looks to be a 1928 Chevrolet National sedan and a 1928 Buick Master Six Sport Touring, Model 28-55-X of which only 132 were built.

 

The Chevrolet will most likely be one of the 675 bodied by Holdens in Australia, due to strict import regulations, but the Buick was fully imported.

 

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8 hours ago, alsancle said:

Surprisingly not a Pierce Arrow.

The location is Auckland, New Zealand, and the date from the registration plate is 1926-27. That looks to be a teens Hupmobile on the hook.

 

W S Miller was the local agent for Chandler, among other makes, as well as being on the executive of the local Motor Trades Association. He was involved in several record runs between Auckland and Wellington in the early/mid 1920s.

 

I found an old newspaper article detailing the Auckland Wellington stock car record. It was not long after this that the authorities clamped down on such activities.

 

 

And a promotional article for the Chandler from the New Zealand Herlad 4 March 1924.

 

 

adding the last line - " step forward in the progress of motor traffic in New Zealand. Advt"

 

 

 

 

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19 hours ago, John Bloom said:

1925 Murphy bodied Doble

My photo of the same car at an AACA meet in Nth California in 1978 - 

 

 

[Ovel rear window coupe.]

[American(?) phaeton in Thailand]

On 5/17/2023 at 11:42 PM, 8E45E said:

I agree with this.

 

Chrysler stated that practice in the 1930's; badging lesser makes as Dodges or Chrysler, and DeSoto, and it continues today.  Plymouth-based Dodge Crusaders, Regents, Mayfairs were popular in Canada, and Dodge Kingsways and DeSoto Diplomats in Europe 1950's.  In the early 2000's, the Dodge Magnum wagon was marketed as a Chrysler 300C Touring in Europe.

 

Craig

One of the rarest of the badge engineered Mopars is the 1932 Dodge DM, essentially a 1932 Plymouth with a Dodge grille, and maybe some other panels?  There is a discussion about it here - 

 

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No information with this one but the car looks to be a circa 1906-07 Renault GP car repurposed for road use.

 

The ultimate Grand Touring car? Your luggage went ahead by train maybe?

 

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Looks to be a summit in Europe somewhere. No info with it.

 

Type 46 maybe??

 

[Car identity please - Determined to be an Essex!]

1928 Essex.