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Ivan, what you have written looks mostly correct. Only one small comment. All models up to the V63 were known as Model xx not Vxx hence this is a Model 61 of 1922-23. It looks as if it could be a Seven Passenger Suburban.

Maybe a 1929 Cadillac Town Sedan?

1928 LaSalle Five Passenger Coupe at the front and 1928 Oakland Landau Sedan at the back.

Looks like a 1930 Buick, probably a model 47 Standard Six.

It is a 1926 (or maybe early 1927) Oakland roadster. By the way Manuel, I think you meant moire pattern.

Those ploughshare front fenders would put the date at no later than 1906. It doesn't match any Pope models that I have seen pictures of though.

I have to disagree with the comments about the date of this car. The fixed wheel rims and plain wheel bearings suggest an early date. I note the Matheson in that pic is chain drive and the mystery car could be also from the look of the boxes in front of the rear wheels. I wonder if those odd looking rear wheels are some form of removeable part of the wheel to aid tyre changing?

I have looked at this pic on the UK site and wondered what it was. I think the date is more like mid-1920s from the woman's clothing. If it is Model T based there is not much T in it apart from possibly the engine and steering. I wonder what the rest is.

It appears to have plain bearings on the front axle so could be earlier than 1906 - maybe 1903? Judging from the size of the engine hood, I don't think it is particularly big - maybe 30hp? I wonder if it is an American Berliet?

From what I have seen so far on this site some of you are much better than me at identifying very old cars. Try looking at this site and see how you get on. http://www.imcdb.org/movie_80230-Hollywood.html I look forward to comments. There are many more older cars yet to be identified.

Thanks for that.

Good to see some one has a list of numbers. If the first car built was number BW100P (?11002) then this car is the 23rd off the line. This would make it built sometime in late 1925? Do you have the serial number range for 1929 Canadian Plymouth? Mine is GC337Y.

I don't know whether this vehicle is a Maxwell or a Chrysler. My information is that the 1926 model year was the first to use the fedco system of numbers. I don't know enough of the corporate history to know when the Canadian company changed its name from Maxwell. Some research to do maybe.

That looks like a Fedco number so is no earlier than 1926. Chrysler Canada started in 1925. I have a Canadian 1929 Plymouth with a Fedco number that doesn't fit into the code for the US ones - using WPCHRYSLER as numbers. Your code then is ?11024. Maybe the Canadian ones used a different first digit code? Hope we hear from a Canadian Chrysler expert. Maybe your truck is a cut down Chrysler 4. Depends on the wheelbase - 109" will be a 1925-6 model 58, 103" will be a 1927 model 50. That is assuming there is any chassis there.

Because of the tall radiator filler it might be a Napier from the period just before WW1.

That number seems to tie in with 1929 from the list above. A clue are the front brakes which are still external contracting. 1929 was the last year of those. If it is Holden body there might be the remains of a tag on the left side of the scuttle/cowl. I guess it is a model 116.

Regarding the second lot of pics. I think Nash only did 4Wd trucks (Quads). That looks like a name beginning with R on the badge - maybe Ruggles?? The second pic is a GM showroom with a new 1929 Chevrolet and a 1929 Oakland landau sedan.

4 bolt disc wheels - maybe Nash Ajax?

There is a restored one of these in NZ. I think it is called a Gramm. Maybe this will jog the memory of some one who knows more about them.