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Visited that early September 2015. Impressive display of cars - I particularly remember the range of 1950s Chrysler products. There were only a few but those that were there were impressive examples.

1955. Imperial, not Chrysler Imperial.

I saw several versions of that photo. but you can see it is a four door, so is the longer wheelbase model. It was only when I researched it that I found the info on the Roberts site re: the 115" model being the brougham two-door only.

I had hoped we might be able to read the badge but the pic is too low res.

Reverse engineered from Packards, seems to be the thinking. The Russian leaders already owned several Packards and figured their own car should be based on one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIS-110

It is quite a small file - only 18Kb, a bit small to see what it is. I wonder if the original, that the Facebook poster has, is a better size

Here is the original brightened up a bit. Quite a large file – good for detail.

Just found some more info to back up what I have written. See the quote regarding the two door Brougham - "An interesting addition to the lineup appeared in the spring when a new two-door brougham was announced. It had a 115 inch wheelbase, smaller brake drums, smaller springs and tires, and wood wheels standard.This model listed at just $1,295, the lowest price ever for a Paige." It was the only model on that wheelbase, and sold for $200 less than the 125" wheelbase sedan. http://www.wcroberts.org/Paige_History/1926_Paige.html I have not been able to find another picture on the net of a 1926 Brougham like the mystery car above.

This 1924 car shows the different waistline mouldings, along with the lack of cowl lights and the different headlights seen on the earlier cars. It is also a much bigger car. https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/paige/1924/510714

This one is intriguing because the wheels look 'odd.' Most Paiges io this era were on discs and this one looks to be on - maybe - 5.00 x 20s or something not much bigger, so making it a lower price car. The 1927 Paiges had bullet-shaped headlights, and a different shaped radiator, so that eliminates 1927. From 1922 to 1925 all of the Paiges were big cars on a 131" wheelbase, and the waistline mouldings were different to this car. That leaves 1926 when they built cars on two wheelbases - the model 24 on 115" and the model 26 on 125". Most sources quote the same info for 1926 viz; Model 24-26 wheelbase 115/125" - i.e. mixing the two. I am going to stick my neck out and say this is a 1926 Model 24.

Funny you say that. There are many photos of older women posted with cars on the HAMB - Vintage shots from Days Gone By - and there are plenty of less than happy older women there. Plenty of smiles as well though.

Something odd about the visor on the mystery car.

1934-35 Buick Series 60 Model 67 sedan.

Those mountain passes must require a lot of concentration to negotiate. No time for looking at the view! Or where you are going or have been.

Maybe VERY late '50s? The Falcon was introduced in 8 October '59 apparently. With the triple tail lights in the back row, a Mercury Breezeway?

The twin engine car is basically an A7 chassis with two Coventry Climax generator engines mounted on it. Still only two wheel drive - as per the regulations. It is built as bit of fun. The same owner has recently had constructed a sort of replica 1939(?) Auto Union twin rear wheel, hill climb car with a Meteor engine for power. I haven't seen it but I believe it was at the Leadfoot festival this year.

A random selection from 2017. The weather wasn't as brilliant as it could be. My younger son and I went in the 1930 Snipe (belongs to a neighbour). My other son drove the Plymouth, in the background at the lunch stop at Twizel behind the red A7. The Bentley, which has a locally built roadster body from back in the day, has belonged to the Wright family, who are distant relatives of mine, for many years.

A few shots from the Sunday run in 2014. My son, then 17, driving the Plymouth to the starts at Lake Tekapo. We will be taking the Plymouth again this year. In the last few years it has had the brake system rebuilt, new bearings in the rear axle, most recently new kingpins, and just last week a new distributor housing has been turned up for it. The car has just turned over 80,000 miles. Mostly original and unrestored. All original internals in the engine. The gathering at the Lake Tekapo start. Lunch stop at Mt Cook Station at the top end of Lake Pukaki. The organisers of the 2018 event, the Chamberlain clan in the 1915 Ghost in 2014.

For us the next cold weather rally is Irishman Rally, restricted to pre-1932 cars, to be held at Queen's Birthday weekend, down in the Mckenzie Country. Weather can be a bit mixed but usually quite cold with good frosts. The event has been run every year since 1955. called Irishman because it went to Irishman Creek Station, the home of Bill Hamilton, of jet boat fame. In those early years only a small number of cars were involved. For the 30 plus years the start has mostly been in Fairlie, though some organisers have started in other towns. This year it is starting in Oamaru, on the coast, but still finishing Fairlie. There is another, shorter, run on the Sunday, with a gathering at a local farm for gymkhana type event and on Sunday evening the lucky winner, who gets to organise it next year, is announced. The numbers have built up over the years. Last year there were 140 cars, of which half were Ford Model As. The first pic was taken in 1980. I was riding with the late Alan Roberts in his 1920 Fiat 501. The is the late Nigel Price with the Prince Henry. Delage bringing up the rear. The other pic was taken last year in the same location.

According to the list in my copy of The Specification Book for US cars, which I bought in the US in 1978, the overhead valve 1925 Locomobile Junior 8 has a bore and stroke of 2 13/16" x 4" for 181 cid - but that is incorrect as it calculates out to 198.8 cid. There was also a Junior 6 as well - but that was a side valve Continental 7U. For 1926 the bore and stroke measurements are the same and the correct figure of 198.8 cid is given. The same ohv engine was used in the 1927 Model 6-66. From there on the lower price cars used a mix of side valve Lycoming and Continental engines. From what I know of Locomobile they didn't make a lot of cars in those later years.

The 1928 72 model has pillars under the head lights, something the mystery car does not have. I think it might possibly one of the lesser models? 60 or 62? Hard to say with a front on view.

Perhaps quote the engine number, to be sure you are looking for parts for the correct engine.

I take in what you are saying but note on the OP that there is a 'join', along the hood at the level of the top of the fender. A puzzle. It might be an optical illusion but the wheels on the OP car look to be exceptionally large. Maybe 36 x 4? Or bigger? Olds of that era, the models lesser than the Limited had wheels at least that big. About the only make I can glean info from The Standard Catalog. I can't find my 1912 Floyd Clymer catalog which list tyre sizes in the car specifications but the 1914 one show plenty of big cars with 27" rims and I recall the 1912 issue shows cars with 28" and 29" rims. I agree on the possibility of the 1911 Rainier. The picture in The Standard Catalog of the 1909 car hints at it. Just need to sort that hood hinge joint.

Car in second photo - Calthorpe Minor? Or maybe a Singer 10? We have a local English type trial. It started here near Christchurch about 1990. For about the last 20 years it has been run at the same farm and is very popular. The event is influenced by the English events but our rules are a bit more relaxed. Most of the cars are not road registered, and the courses are quite short. A small English car is almost a prerequisite (read Austin 7) but we have a lot of fun on our stripped 1926 Pontiac. In recent years my two boys have taken over the driving. Two pics from 2014 and the other three from 2017.

I don't think either the Matheson or Stoddard-Dayton radiators are a match. The radiator is more towards the shape of the Rainier radiator, but the Rainier car is too small.