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    in What is it?

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    17 hours ago, Buffalowed Bill said:

    My guess is that the driver is Harry Hartz. He worked for Studebaker, it looks like him and it would have been in a time frame that Studebaker was showing itself to be more then competitive on tracks and hill climbs. If this is a Studebaker it could have been a straight 8, but it would have been very early, since the Studebaker 8 came out in 1928. It just as likely could have been the 354cu" Big Six.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hartz#:~:text=Harry Hartz (24 December 1896

    The whole car is quite compact and I guess this is in the 91 cubic inch era. The engine is most likely a Miller. Somewhere I have a copy of a history book of this era of racing. I recall reading that a Miller 91 engine was $7,000.

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    in Period Photos - Pre WWII

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    On 3/5/2023 at 7:05 PM, jeff_a said:

    You're very right, NZ.

    It was in the Philippines a long time, went to the U.K. and was restored. Roger Learmonth owned it for several years. There was a story about the model in eclassicautos.com where Roger gave an owner's perspective on the car.

    I remembered where I had seen the story of this car.  The Philippine 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster and the Piggy | The Old Motor

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    How many Brass Era makes still have a model extant?

    in General Discussion

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    There are several documented examples of sole surviving examples of obscure makes. I can't name them off the top of my head but every once in a while something comes up quoted as an only survivor. Of course with later cars rather than stating a particular car is the 'the' only surviving example, it is better to put 'thought to be'. I have one of those 'thought to be' cars, being 'thought to be' the only known right hand drive example of its model. I have a car and a motorcycle which are 'thought to be' the only known examples in this country. I do recall a couple of cars at Harrah's museum from my visit there in 1978 which were 'thought to be' the only surviving examples - one was a twin-engined Chalmers(?)

     

     

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    help to decode a 20 era buick

    in General Discussion

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    If you post the chassis number the year can be determined easily. If there is a firewall id plate then more can be derived from it. At a glance at the car, if the rear hubs have only 6 bolts, then it is one of the larger Master models. Photos are always helpful. 

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