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I see the name "...& Davis', on a black lamp with the horn at the front. presumably Gray and Davis. The head light with the clear glass might have a makers name stamped on it?

Photo posted on Facebook of a logging operation in 1952. Any clues as to what the truck might be? There were plenty of ex-military GMCs working in NZ in those days but I think this is something bigger. Pacific trucks were popular here but I don't think we had them that early.

The movie is Anchors Aweigh shot in 1945. This snap was obviously shot in the movie studio. I haven't seen the movie to know the significance of why the old car is there. EMF maybe?? http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1142632.html

After consulting my Studebaker books I have come to the conclusion it is the model suggested by dl456. It is a 1920 Special Six Model EH. That model started in 1918 (as a Model EH series 19) and known as the Light Six but when the new, smaller Light Six came out for 1920 it became the Special Six and retained the model designation EH as it was essentially the same as the previous model. One difference which is visible in this photo here is the cowl lamps. The earlier car did not have them. The Special Six engine is basically a smaller bore version of the Big Six unit - 3 1/2" vs 3 7/8".

Thanks.

A view from the rear.

It might be a circa 1905 Jackson. Note it has a removable rear tonneau.

By coincidence I have been looking at this one – – and I think the car in the old movie might also be a Stephens, but from a few years earlier, maybe 1919. Unfortunately, some of these old clips are not very clear. BTW the beige Studebaker tourer is a rare Light Four model and lives not far from me. It has been for sale for a long time. The square green sedan in the background is also a Studebaker, a 1922 Light Six. I think that photo was taken at the Studebaker nationals that were held in Christchurch about ten years ago. I have some photos of that myself – somewhere.

Hubcap.

I have a copy of this photo, found on line somewhere. You might have more luck zooming in on the hubcap. The Standard Catalog makes no mention of an Apex car in the 1920s. I think this car is a Stephens. 'Circa 1919-22? See more here -

I have been going back to look at a few unidentified cars. This has been there since 2007. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=26854

I thought I would see if anyone here has any ideas on its identity. I was thinking along the lines of REO, Stewart or something similar. Could equally be a European truck as it is left hand drive, and as I have not seen the movie and don't know the context of the truck's appearance, it may well be a clip from somewhere else. . ://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1142010.html

I was thinking of the early ones that weren't that clever. Some of which didn't have the cooling fans like a Franklin has.

According to the Bentley site that car was the property of Mrs Klein but it is a 1927 3 litre model. Not a supercharged model.

Aeroplanes do tend to have better air flow over the cylinders for cooling. I think idling in traffic must have done for many earlier air cooled cars.

One year only. For 1917 they brought back the four cylinder model.

Vain - a vane is what you check the wind direction with.

Yes Buick - 1926 or 1927. The 1925 cars had a bar between the two lights so that there were left and right side shells. 1926 was the first year with them sitting on top of the bar.

Custom was Ford Motor Company speak for base model?

Going by the info in The Standard Catalog, what you say is correct - except the model name was Medallist with a 'd' and two 'l's.

Pacemaker is about as close as the ID info will tell you. There are no clues to the body type from that. There were three two door types: a Brougham for $2,102,. a Club Coupe for $2,145 and a regular Coupe for $1,945. No info on how many of each type were made either. You will need a Hudson expert to sort it out further.

According to what I see in The Standard Catalog, the first digit of the serial number tells the model.

Info from the ID plate will be of assistance. Did these have serial numbers on the rear end and trans?

I am answering my own question here by saying that I think it is a 1929 Hupmobile, with the 1930 style wire wheels on it. Maybe a late production car. Hupmobiles were popular here in NZ.