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Being pedantic it is a 96-C. Rare I guess as only just over 1,000 were built and probably not many left. Very desirable though. Almost looks as if it could be just cleaned up and driven. A full restoration might cost more than the car is worth, even if it is a CCCA recognised classic.

At a guess you may have to take the engine apart to find out the bore and stroke. From there it will be possible to guess the series from a list which I am sure someone will have. Of course it will not have a VIN as they have only been used on cars in the last few decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number It may have had an aluminium plate somewhere on the chassis with some info but that is likely to be gone also. You might try to find some other trucks of the era to get clues about where they put chassis numbers. I think others have posted on this site that many vehicles in California were registered with their engine number so maybe, being a California-built truck, chassis numbers were not used??

Various elements of the styling suggest a date of 1916 to 1919. I had a look through this site - http://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/ - for cars of this era and found the Hanson car on this page - http://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/americanautomobiles19.htm I am not sure it is a 100% match but it is close.

Radiator wrong for Cunningham. Maybe Marmon circa 1917 but not sure.

It would seem from reading the company histories here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_International - and - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delco_Electronics - that, as with many companies, their history is quite complicated. I don't know when Delco-Remy brand electrical parts first appeared on cars but I do know that my 1926 Pontiac has Remy electrics.

I quick Google search shows that there are a few of them around. A bit of history - http://www.rinksealpro.com/history.htm I guess they were aftermarket maybe?

Sounds as if it is a Convertible Coupe and not a roadster. Assuming it is what you say it is then it is much rarer than the roadster - production about 1400 vs about 6,000.

The GJ series is the Commander Six which began production about the same time (December 1928) as the Commander Eight and continued alongside it, presumably until they were all sold. The GJ finished in April 1930 but the FD continued until June 1930. The engine, from looking at specifications, would appear top be a long stroke version of the Dictator GE unit with just an extra 1/8" to bring the displacement up from 242 cid to 248. I think the 'W-1' part means it was a four door sedan. Those cowl light brackets will be of value to someone. They would probably fit several different Studebaker models of that era.

The ABC was a British design - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_motorcycles - but as mentioned in the link Gnome and Rhone built them under licence.

Not much 1935 Buick left is there?

It is a road grader. A quick Google image search of 'antique road grader' will find several survivors.

The 20/25 may have been the car that got 'Rolls-Royce through the Depression' but it had its origins in the Twenty Horsepower model which began production in 1922. It was also the basis of the Bentleys of the 1930s and eventually evolved into the first post WW2 models, the Silver Dawn/Bentley Mk6 and the Silver Cloud/BentleyS1. Remember that there was also a brief Depression around 1920/21 and that was when Packard introduced its first lower priced six, which became its volume seller for the rest of the 1920s until the new 'smaller' eight of the Sixth series.

1928 Dodge Victory Six. Wires and sidemounts make it a Deluxe.

Three bolt Sankey wheels - possibly mid 1920s Morris Cowley?

Not Paterson, I think. There is one to be found on Google which is in a museum in Belgium, though I think by comparing it with pictures in The Standard Catalog, is a 1917. It has vertical hood louvres, it has six rim bolts and the curve of the front fender is more like the '17 than the '16. The radiator badge is the wrong shape as well. We can't see with the Belgium car whether it has cantilever springs at the rear. The mystery car has six bolts holding the hub together, the Belgium Paterson looks to have seven or eight. Keep looking!

Yes, probably a 1934 Series 60. The wheels look correct from what little we can see of them. Having the helper springs at the rear has probably made the rear axle shift back a little; once an engine and trans were fitted I guess you would find you would have to pull the rear end forward to bolt it up.

Need diameter and rim widths and any visual marks.

There is one here - http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=843707 - that has not been positively identified. There are two others in the same movie but I don't know if they are standard factory bodies or customs.

The phaetons have a leather interior and are completely different to the sedans which were usually done in cord cloth. I found a (not very good quality) you tube video of a '32 which has a very similar look to it i.e plain leather seats and an arm rest in the rear only. It would need to be done in the best quality leather.

Thanks, we will follow it up.

An acquaintance of mine has a 1934 Series 60 convertible phaeton which needs its interior redone. The original is long gone so there are no patterns. Does anyone have some good photos of a car with a factory correct interior? Or better still contact details for an owner of one who can help? That way I can put the two in touch with each other. So far all I have found on the net are a couple of examples seen in movies - http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Buick_model-68-C.html - which give a few tantalising clues but no more.

Plenty more detail re Fisher here - http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm

The Erskine rear axle is different.

They might be a year later than the car in Leifs pic as they don't have the little wings on the top. Studebaker made many running changes in that era. My GE Dictator has the same radiator, lights and wire wheels with twin side mounts as that car but has the earlier body . I don't have the correct cowl lamps for it though I did find a pair without the extension to the spare wheel. I wonder if there is an illustrated Master Parts book somewhere which would help.

Putting the later V8 drive trains in it sounds easier and it would have a lot more performance than with the 1936 engine (200 plus hp vs 93) but it would be an interesting exercise to put the straight eight in. Regarding space, if you are starting with a bare frame and building a speedster body then I guess anything is possible.