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7 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:
Another interesting photo of a racing Darracq from a few years past on the MTFCA site
That is the Ford 666 - https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/619
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I think the car in the top photo is a pre WW1 Hotchkiss.
Lower photo, on the left maybe a circa 1920 Buick??
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A photo posted by Rocky Hill on a facebook page - "A 90 year old photo of my grandparents and great-grandparents. That spare tire cover reads "EN-AR-CO Motor Oil / National Refining Company / White Rose" (gasoline). My great-grandfather worked at National Refining Company all his life. What kind of car did he have?? (Findlay, Ohio, 1932).
More re the oil company - question - "Did Nat'l Refining eventually turn into Marathon? - answer - "Yes, I think you're right about that. And, it was Ashland Oil Co. for many years after it was Nat'l Refining. I remember my grandfather working at Ashland Oil until his passing in 1965..."
I think the car is something mid price from circa 1925-26 but not sure just what it is.
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10 minutes ago, cxgvd said:
I thought Pontiac had oval shaped rear windows in sedans? Obviously wrong again.
Interesting project with the two piece cylinder head. Gary
1929and 1930 for oval rear windows. The 'split head' engine ran 1926-32. Its main claim to fame when first introduced in 1926 was it had the shortest stroke of any American engine at 3 3/4". The bore was 3 1/4" - for 186 cid. From 1929 they went out to 3 5/16" bore and 3 7/8" stroke - 200 cid. They have only three main bearings and were never intended to be a 'performance' engine.
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On 7/28/2022 at 5:34 AM, twin6 said:
Michael Schlenger suggests thsi one is a Horch 15/45PS. Horch 15/45 PS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 8/2/2022 at 1:03 PM, nickelroadster said:
There is a different motorcycle behind. Someone should ID it. Photography with a glass plate camera should be a lot of fun. Some of them took very good pictures.
Neither bike is particularly clear unfortunately. An early bike expert might be able to pick it from the 200 or so makes around at the time. Both pics can be enlarged when downloaded -
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I did sonder if it might have been something to do with the Wolverhampton (UK) based Star (active 1898-1932) but I see their logo had six points. The presence of that company's products in the colonies is the reason the Durant Star was sold there as the Rugby.
This is a 1925 Star in drivable but unrestored condition.
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It looks to be a 'small' car of the time - like the Ford T or Chev 490 but I don't think it is either of those. Other possibilities - Dort, Gray, Maxwell?
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It is one of a group of photos I posted not too long ago taken in the North Island of New Zealand in 1934. See here -
There is a 1932 Austin 10 in one of the photos but I think the little car in the photo here is a 1932 Morris Minor. There is a 1920s Austin 7 over to the right in the background - dwarfed by the larger American cars
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8 hours ago, twin6 said:
Imagine living in Armonk, NY back in the day, and stepping outside your home to watch a car race.
:Looks to be 1908. #20 is Lewis Bergdoll on the Benz and #22 is William Watson on the Simplex. Going by the info in the link motor racing then was only for the very wealthy.
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The Model Y was actually designed in Detroit. It may have been to test out some design ideas for the upcoming 1933 US models.
A neighbour of mine has a very early Model Y which is presumed to have been a prototype as it has many detail features which are nearer to the Model A than to the actual production Model Y. Apparently there were maybe 50 of these prototypes which were put out to test the market and most were supposed to have been returned and destroyed but this one escaped somehow.
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On 7/29/2022 at 4:18 PM, plymouthcranbrook said:
Although the Ford Motor Company started manufacturing Model Ts in Britain in 1911, it wasn't till 1932 that they designed and built the Model Y specifically for Europe, In 1935 the company got the price of the car down to £100. (About £6700 or $8200 USD).
Presumably you copied and pasted that. You may have found there was an option to 'paste as plain text' which would be easier to read.
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A 1920s fashion shoot. Any guesses as to what the car might be from the windshield and visor?
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From Auckland, New Zealand - courtesy of the Museum of Transport and Technology. Jessie Thorrington (later Jessie Horton) was a driver for Auckland Luggage Agency. The daughter of one of the owners, Geo Thorrington, Jessie drove luggage vehicles around Auckland as the agency was a furniture delivery and moving company. Photos are of Jessie with what is probably a new at the time Ford T van, her drivers license for heavy vehicles, and her business card.
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As far as I know, with all of the smaller four cylinder Chryslers, the 50 and 52, two wheel brakes were standard and four wheel hydraulics were an extra cost option.
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2 minutes ago, keiser31 said:
FEDCO chart shows 1927....
So built November '27 and likely titled as a 1928?
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11 hours ago, edinmass said:
I should of made the effort to look it up…….bumper and snubbers are stock……..I think 90 percent of Stude’s I have seen are all post 1930. Not sure I have ever seen one from this vintage, and certainly not recently. Interesting factory cowl lights also. In the photo the car appears to be large…….looking up modern photos it seems to be average size. Stude always made nice stuff……….and they were fairly prolific. More than many realize.
The mid/late 1920s was Studebaker's heyday era. Most years they made almost 100,000 cars - 1925 was I think only year over that. The Model EP Big Six ran two years - August 1924-August 1926 - and accounted for 40,000 sales. Unfortunately detailed production records don't exist so it would only be a guess as to how many roadsters were built. In New Zealand they were popular as service cars - predecessors to intercity buses - along with Cadillacs and Hudsons. This one served in the Kennedy Brothers fleet on the West Coast of the South Island.
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9 hours ago, Gerczak said:
Thanks for the link. It is also a 2-stroke 3 cylinder. At 34 hp, it is barely more powerful than my lawnmower. Also sounds like those hybrid cars that burn gas and oil. Interesting historical vehicle.
Thye had an enthusiastic following in their day. Well regarded for their performance - not up to V8 standards of course.
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7 hours ago, JRA said:
GM Brazil started in 1925, as an assembly plant for CKD cars shipped from US. The second line in the sign says “Offices and Factory”.
The front car seems to be a 1928 Chevrolet touring, is the other one a 1928 Pontiac sedan ?
Both the Chev and the Pontiac have no front brakes so they are 1927s.
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1 hour ago, edinmass said:
Richard Quinn, who knows his Studes, says it is a 1925 26 Big Six Model EP.
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On 7/24/2022 at 12:14 AM, twin6 said:
Circa 1911 Warren -
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On 7/24/2022 at 4:06 AM, twin6 said:
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1 hour ago, twin6 said:
The guy with his hand over his face - saying WTF or FFS?
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Period images to relieve some of the stress
in Period Photos - Pre WWII
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The bottom photo is possibly one of the cars in the 1903 Paris-Madrid. Looks to be #103 or #107. I haven't yet found a full entry list although this page from nearly 20 years ago has a link to a contemporary one - but it doesn't work any more - 1903 Paris-Madrid : a question of numbers - TNF's Archive - The Autosport Forums