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1917 D-45.

1924 Special Six Model EL.

Hopefully Jack M's interest has not peaked but is still piqued. There may be some coarse members in the AACA - I hope not too many. No, I am not a member of the AACA. I have been a member of the New Zealand equivalent; the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand for 38 years and for the last 14 years have been part of the editorial committee of its national magazine.

Unless you are going to paint the wheels or rechrome the cap there is little need to take it off.

It didn't look like that when it came from the Datsun factory in the 1970s.

The headlights are Model EK Big Six - 1922.

I know you said you did not want anything that would have to be shipped but, to get an idea of want can be obtained, have a look at the catalogue from this company who have a specialised range of oils for old cars - http://www.penriteoil.com.au/

There is a picture of a similarly-bodied car in the 1917 section of the Crestline book "70 Years of Buick".

I have not yet found a Studebaker with that extra moulding around the body of the lamp. The President has the extra little marker light on the put side but my Dictator does not. One thing Studebaker specialised in in this period was frequent changes of specification so maybe these are from one of those changes?

Just bringing this back to the top as we haven't sorted what these lights are. There were not that many cars had both a badge bar and the little marker lights on the outer ends.

Re which model it is, take your pick from here - http://voitures.renault.free.fr/ - I think probably an NN. Plate maybe French?? Although after reading this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_France - maybe not?

I am interested in anything relating to the third series GE Dictator.

Chrycoman, I am the one in NZ. Not sure just where Anankin is.

I am no expert on Grahams but by 1931 they were producing many less cars than they had a few years earlier, and they made a whole range of models. Not only that they updated them during the 1931 year so I reckon the car here would have to be quite rare. Lots of detail in the book The graham Legacy - a few pages can ne seen here - https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=AzEyTU_S8EUC&pg=PT116&lpg=PT116&dq=graham+car+serial+num&source=bl&ots=B_KCdq4kU7&sig=_nxXXs0AqVEsjZtJZJ8pg9CbMkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgp8OH4tvNAhXFNpQKHaZbC40Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=graham car serial num&f=false I note in the last paragraph that in 1930 they were only building cars after the dealers had ordered them.

Being Canada surely more likely to be a Laurentian?

Took this one today of my Dictator GE third series head light and as you can see it is different to the mystery lights.

1929ish Studebaker? - I will check the lights on my Dictator later today.

I agree with Apperson but I think the term Jackrabbit had been dropped by that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apperson

Curiosity about this one lead me to look up the Diplomat and I found this amongst a bunch of pics on flickr, many taken in my home town Christchurch - That style of plate, in dark red with a star, was used up to mid 1961 when they were changed to yellow with a full stop -

Interesting that the owner says the original papers list it as a Diplomat. The rear end features look more like a regular US DeSoto. The Diplomat is quite different.

It looks as if the chassis is still there. Are you able to jack it up a little and maybe work out how big it is. Guess where the axles might have been and measure the possible wheelbase. The steering wheel looks similar to Dodge but I don't recognise the instrument panel. The plain fenders suggest a date in the late teens. Not many cars of that time had a cowl vent. Do I see a fuel tank on the cowl? Maybe some more pictures might help.

A question for Stude Light; any thoughts on the gear wheel on the accessory drive shaft in the pile of bits? Maybe for one of those tyre pumps?

Buick, yes. I think this one is an E Series car from 1917-18 going by the headlights. It is not a closed body, it is a touring with a 'Detroit Weatherproof' top. Buick's first regular production sedan was for the 1916 D Series - sedan production in 1916 was just a few hundred out of total production of over 100,000. I see by the licence plate that the pic was taken in 1922 .

Interesting to see the differences between these early Light Sixes and its descendent, my late '20s GE. Easy to recognise the water pump/distributor drive set up and also the water jacket plate on the side of the block.

That piece closest to the front is the auxiliary drive with the water pump and distributor mount. The big round thing is the cone clutch and the aluminium cylinder head is up top -