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Another shot of the same car -

Shot in India. It looks to be the low-price Model 75 - short wheelbase and small wheels - but I can't find a match for the combination of mouldings on the hood and valance, along with the grease nipple position.

Mid 1920s Chevrolet???

Western Australia. I think the car is an Oldsmobile. Likely wearing a body built by Holdens.

Our 1926 Pontiac is on Motor Wheel discs. It was assembled in New Zealand, and at a guess, was originally a two-door coach. Going by the parts book contemporary Chevrolets used Baker disc wheels, which were also available for Pontiacs. I must try and dig the relevant parts book out. The other photo is a 1928 Pontiac in New Zealand back in the day. I think the photo is not really clear enough to say for certain which disc wheels it is on.

A neighbour restored this 1927 Oakland roadster in the 2000s. It was originally a roadster but the body was gone and he had to build the body from scratch.

Yes, but there is the oval Oakland logo on the hubcaps.

It appears to be a lower price American six from circa 1922-24. It might have wood felloes which would date it to earlier, though the drum lights suggest not before 1922.

1928 only.

My answer to the question is no, and what defines an English yacht trunk I don't know. More common are what were generally referred to as steamer trunks which were quite common back in the day. I think construction methods varied. This one came with my Studebaker, and probably dates from the post WW2 era. It has obviously seen quite a lot of use. Sitmar Line was an Italian operation that ran a fairly frequent service between Europe and New Zealand. The label inside is almost comical. The trunk is not really automotive but has been used once so far - on an event in June 2023 which included some back roads. The suitcase strapped on top is from the same era. It will likely be used in a few weeks when we take the car up to Napier (about 400 miles away) to the Art Deco festival being held in the town where the car began its NZ life in 1930. The pic is a photographer's proof.

A circa 1927 Velie in Australia back in the day. Probably never a common sight anywhere.

From Richard Quinn - "The truck is a '37 model J20M. The trailer was custom built by Shelbro of East Peoria, Illinois for the K-M company (Knapp-Monarch) of St Louis, MO. Shelbro was short for Shelm Brothers. One of the Shelms was the head custodian at East Peoria High School that I attended in the 1950s. The observation compartment in front could sleep four and the unit was manned when on the road by a chauffeur and cook. K-M made electric irons and various other household items."

I presume this is Ralph DePalma in the same V12 Packard that he ran 149 mph at Daytona Beach in 1919.

There are I think only two known survivors of this model. One is in a museum in the UK, and one lives here in NZ, not too far from me. It was recently made mobile after a long term in storage and the guy who wrote the article in our club magazine about it reckons he is likely to be the only one of 'our' generation to have driven one. The body is pillarless which makes entry and exit easier.

Early 1920s Oakland -

This one just turned up on a facebook page. Midday Saturday here and I am about to head to work and don't have time to clean up the photo at the moment but figured I would post it anyway. Something to ponder over the New Year break. Not that many American cars of that style to choose from. Not Croxton-Keeting. Distinctive three-quarter elliptic front springs.

I am his Dad and the car is mine but Will does all the work on it. I have the reprints of the 'service reference library' that came with the car and it may have all the info he needs. I am sure he knew that 😉 We are intending to take the car for a nearly thousand mile round trip to the Napier Art Deco in February and he is attempting to install the 4.3 gears we have to replace the 4.66 in it now. The 4.3 gears are quite worn but should be usable. 11.30 am Friday 30 December. He has just arrived to look at it and hopefully the book has the necessary info. I will try to update later. The car had its pinstriping done a couple of weeks ago - only 40 years after it was restored.

Hmm, interesting. It didn't want to remain stable by conventional rotation so I made a 'web capture' and rotated and cropped that. Did both of them. This Packard in New Zealand has a replica of a Waterhouse body -

A Duesenberg ad from 1918 - at least that is the date given where it was posted. Would anyone like to guess what make of car is represented there? When did those Disteel wheels first appear?

Another one from New Zealand's South Island West Coast. The caption with this one states - " J Low picking up his new bus from the Rail at Otira. In 1926 he was doing Greymouth to Cobden and Blaketown. He also bought a Republic bus and a 10- seater Chev he got from Schaefs. He was doing the Runanga bus run from 1926 to 33 when he lost his buses and house in a fire at Runanga. In June 33 he terminated his bus license. Schaef photo." In front of the Chev bus is a rare Cleveland four motorcycle. This is the first I have seen evidence of one in NZ.

On the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Harry Alexander Gustav Hahn ran this Brockway as either a truck or bus as required. photo date uncertain but certainly before 1925 when the new national registration system was introduced.

It is either a Cyklon or a Phanomobile - both German makes. Some more research needed.

On this side of the Pacific the primary reason for converting to 12 volts is the high cost and short life of 6 volt batteries. A 6 volt battery is twice the price and has half the life of a good 12 volt one.

1927 Pontiac.

Cadillac V-63 coach, a new addition to the V-63 line for 1925. Priced at $3185, the same price as all of the open models according to The Standard Catalog. Nickel plated radiator and headlights became standard that year. The 1925 weights are not quoted in the book but probably in the area of 4400lb, going by the 1924 figures. Tyre size quoted is 33 x 5 but they look fatter than that. For 1926 the coach became the brougham.