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  1. From the few clues available I would guess this is a Buick Master Six from around 1925 to 1927.
  2. Hi Leif, yes just tried it and it didn't work for me either. Just go to the wokr site - http://www.wokr.org/ - and look in the gallery. I will try to correct the original.
  3. This looks to be an Overland,a 1916 Model 83 touring fitted with a detachable top - http://www.wokr.org/gallery/o_133.htm There was also a limousine version, according to The Standard Catalog , which may have just been the same thing with the top permanently fixed as it sold for the same $950 price.
  4. The 126 was the replacement for the Nuova 500 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_500 - which was known here in NZ as the Bambina, and its spiritual replacement is the new 500 which, like the 'new' Beetle, is built on a front drive floor pan.
  5. Obviously based on a Fiat 126 or a variant of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_126
  6. The Toyota Crown retained separate chassis construction for the wagon version right through to 1999 (I think the sedan went to unit body in the early 1990s). I have owned a 1987 JDM wagon (actually a commercial van version) since 1991 but have never taken much notice of the chassis form when it has been on the hoist. The Crown sold well in Oz because they built them there through to the 1980s and they were a popular alternative to the local Holdens and Falcons being generally better equipped.
  7. I think you have it Leif. There is an earlier one (maybe 1923?) here - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/npcc/31200/31263v.jpg - which has some similar features on the body and the front hubs look the same. I see in The Standard Catalog that Lincoln built less than two hundred Brunn roadsters per year in that era so it is not surprising that it is hard to find a picture of one.
  8. From memory it was a 400/4 speed. I assume it was privately imported. I saw it in 1982 but I did have a ride in it and was impressed by its performance compared with my '65 Bonneville. It probably had the standard 3.55 rear end because I think its top speed was only about 110 mph but it got there very quickly. By comparison, I think the Bonneville with its 2.56 rear end would have a higher top speed but take longer to get there - I know it could peg the speedo easily enough. At the time the owner also had a 1970 455 GTO, US built I presume but sold new in NZ with right hand drive. I think the original owner was involved in the local motor industry.
  9. The Dodge brother were renowned as 'raucous and roistering big drinkers'. They were very close and according to the story in The Standard Catalog they both died the same year, John of pneumonia in January 1920 and Horace of cirrhosis in December.
  10. There is one here - http://www.stuhrmuseum.org/gearsautos/ - though I can see detail differences - hubcaps, radiator cap and headlight supports for example. According to The Standard Catalog there was a 110" wheelbase version in 1915 with a 114" version with a winter top but for 1916 they were all 114" wheelbase. Believe that if you will. I suspect the car in the link is the earlier one and your pic is of a later one.
  11. Leif, I think you got it - a Pullman Junior. I had always thought of Pullman as makers of up market cars but now I have looked in The Standard Catalog I see that they ran into financial trouble and the company was reorganised and tried the lower end of the market. It didn't last long as they filed for bankruptcy in December 1916.
  12. I don't know the facts re GTOs but I know someone here in NZ who had a 1970 GTO that was built in Canada.
  13. No idea what it is yet but I guess something in the upper-middle price bracket from around 1926. I see a distinctive step plate at left of the pic for access to the rumble seat. The step plate appears to be attached to the body side rather than to the fender as well which some cars had eg Packard and Cadillac. It has no outside door handle. The two tone look was popular around that time with Buick and Chrysler and some others.
  14. I am not an expert on early Buicks but I think from looking at the radiator on the white car with the red painted engine blocks this is not a 1910 car.
  15. Try this one - http://www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-details/United-States-Commonwealth-2/ - not a match for your pick up though.
  16. From the radiator shape I would have said 1916-ish Overland, but nothing else matches.
  17. Yes the three quarter rear springs say it is not a Buick. I think it is an Oakland. either 1916 or 1917 because, as far as I can work out the 1918 models had a right angle at the bottom corner of the windshield. .
  18. The recycled whatsit is a Packard. Maybe a six from around 1913/14.
  19. The sedan with the woman and two girls is I think a 1927 model. The car in the other pic with the cane pram looks to be a Ford Model T.
  20. There are hints of both 1912 and 1913 Cadillac there but it doesn't seem to match exactly.
  21. Just a generic old car I reckon. Not enough detail to be sure what it is supposed to represent.
  22. Just Googled Lucas distributor - http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/ignition/ig126.htm and as Manuel said it fits some Ford V8s used in British vehicles.
  23. It is a 1930 Oldsmobile. The front bumper is from something else from at least 1936 or later.
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