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There is a pic of a hotrodded 490 on this page where you can see the rear springs. Chevrolet 490 and Superior Photo Gallery page The frame of the car is too lightly built to be anything bigger. The tourer in your second picture is mid 1920s - and as usual there is always at least one Model T Ford in the background. All cars have some distinguishing feature - this car has the side lights in the base of the windshield. Pity we can't see the radiator!

Re the rhd conversion. I guess the maker of the steering parts did both lhd and rhd parts. Durants were built in both configurations and I guess the same folks supplied the steering components to Continental.

I will see if I can find out who owns it now and get hold of them. The previous owner also owned a very rare 1925 Jordan Eight sedan. I only saw it once, more than 30 years ago, and I remember it looking as the the body was out of scale with the long hood.

Good to see a very rare car. There is one here in NZ - being right hand drive I guess it is an even rarer variant?

Going from the style of hood louvres and the rear springs it is not Buick or Cadillac. Those rear springs look to be quarter elliptics. Cadillac used semi-elliptics and Buick used long cantilevers. Regarding the hood louvres - there appear to be only five and on a slight slope, that would be the clue. A pity we can't see the radiator. From what little we can see of it - rounded top and painted - the date of around 1915-16 for the car could be right. Are you sure the photo is 1918? That drum headlight looks more like something from 1922-23.

Assuming the UK cars followed the US styling changes it is 1920-22. The windscreen became sloped for 1923.

Possibly a Nash Four from 1924. This link is to a six cylinder model - the four is the same but shorter. Close Up View

This would need to be confirmed by a Hudson expert, but I think these cars are all Hudsons from 1914 or 1915. If you google search 1914 and 1915 Hudsons you will see what I mean. From 1916 Hudsons had sloped windshields - these cars have them vertical. Buicks of this era had lower engine hoods.

From looking at the pictures in The Standard Catalog, the second pic with the swept back rear fenders is 1912 or later, whereas the 1910 and 1911 cars had the more curved style. Assuming the date of 1910 is correct maybe the mystery car might be the prototype. They only made the one model (30hp - 110" wb) in 1910-11 and then three models for the final years - 1912-13. It would be interesting to see one in its original colours.

Another easy way to tell is that almost all cars had no visor by 1932 in fact most were gone by 1931.

Maybe a Jackson?? http://www.cartype.com/pics/3562/full/jackson_model-51_brochure_11.jpg

I wonder if someone was able to get a clsoeup of that left rear hubcap - there might be a clue. Looks to be - maybe - a shield shape?

Nice pics but this is not the right place for them. It says - no modern photos. There must be another gallery somewhere.

LaSalle - yes, but it is 1931.

Most Holsman pictures don't have that box on the front - however a quick check of The Standard Catalog shows that in 1905 (and only in 1905) Holsman offered their Model 8 with 'Folding Front Seat' which might explain the box. From 1908 the wheelbase was increased from 65" to 75". This car looks to be the shorter so it is possible it is 1905.

Looks like a Dodge from 1916-18. The headlights appear to be from a 1924 Dodge. I presume the firetruck in the background is a La France?

I think the car identified as a White is more likely to be a British Talbot. The car on its left is possibly something German from the sloping hood.

Might be one of the first Gardner sedans from September 1920 - 1920 Gardner Motor Car - . The wheelbase of these was 112". Tyre size was 32x3.50 so if someone was able to measure the picture you might be able to determine the wheelbase of this one. This car looks bigger than that but you never know.

Hi Steve, you posted this one a couple of months ago - http://forums.aaca.org/f170/1920s-vintag-truck-tractor-car-286914.html - I thought it looked familiar when I looked at it. I had thought that others had settled on it being a Cadillac but I wasn't convinced, although I did not know for sure just what it was. The only reason I am unsure about agreeing with Speedwell is the lack of the bars across the radiator seen on the surviving 1912 car. http://www.khulsey.com/stockphotography/speedwell-model-12-h-speed-car-1912.jpeg

This car is definitely European - probably German. Maybe Dixi? or NSU? - or??

Even the pattern of the radiator core looks like Model T. Of course nobody else used transverse leaf front suspension.

The clothing style of the people in the pic is much earlier than the 1940s. More like the late teens or early 1920s.

The first model of Lincoln 1921-22. I think the headlights are accessory - unless they were an option. The Standard Catalog says the the only visual change from '21 to '22 was to the radiator badge to signify the change from Leland-built to Ford-built.

Harrah's museum used to have the two models - the last RHD and the first LHD - displayed side by side.

Did anyone find out what ratio gears were being proposed? I have a 1934 Holden-bodied sedan but it is unlikely that I will restore it - maybe my kids will. I drove a '34 regularly in the '70s and always thought it needed a higher gear - from the factory supplied graph I have peak power is at 3200rpm which is 60mph. You would have to be careful not to over gear it as they do not have an abundance of power. I know the owner of a 1941 46SSR here in NZ had his rear end gears replaced with what I heard were gears from a mid 1950s GM product but I am not sure just what. I don't know enough about the various rear ends to know what fits what.