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19 hours ago, John E. Guitar said:

For those not from Sydney this is a morning shot (probably peak hour) showing people driving south into the city from the North Shore (a wealthier part of Sydney). The cars are banked up to pay the bridge toll. 

Is that a circa 1933 Mopar with a local roadster body behind the '35 Ford?

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Sydney Australia in 1937. Most cars readily identifiable except the car at lower left of the photo.

 

[American Underslung - which model?]

A colorised version of a photo supposedly taken in 1908. The man at the wheel is boxer Stanley Ketchel, who was murdered in 1910, so the date might be right. The car is captioned as a Scout Roadster but that model didn't appear until 1912. The rest of the caption repeats the often seen reference to 40" wheels but this car has 38 x 4 visible on its rear tyre.

 

 

[Proof Ed's '34 Buick Does Run]

On 12/12/2023 at 10:13 AM, Grimy said:

@edinmass must be out of chrome polish and 0000 steel wool.  That 2-31/32" bore must have been spinning up due to the 4.88 gears--he'll let us know the redline, I'm sure.

As I began reading this thread I was thinking just what you were about the revs it must be pulling. Somewhere amongst my files I have a bunch of info that the Buick factory sent to me in 1971, including the speed/revs graphs for all of the 1934 models. I know the Series 40 does 3200rpm at 60mph on a 4.33 rear end and 6.25 x 16 tyres. I am thinking the Series 50 on the next size bigger tyres (6.50s? - or 7.00s?) and those 4.88 gears must be doing a couple of hundred revs more. In the 1934-35 models peak power (88hp for the 50) was developed at 3200. Compare that with the series 40 - 93hp @3200 - add to that each body style weighed roughly 500lb less than the equivalent 50 - and you can see why the new 40 was regard as something of a performance car at the time.

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A nice shot from a New York City historical facebook page. Probably pre 1905? Notable absence of other cars.

 

No idea on the steamer but maybe there are clues in the suspension layout?

 

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A great shot from a facebook page of the Wolseley team cars being prepared for the 1904 Gordon-Bennett eliminating trials on the Isle of Man.

 

Photo from John Timson - "My dad, John (Jack) Timson (in bowler hat, aged 24), viewing racing cars garaged in Okell's Falcon Brewery yard. As head brewer, he was on the committee that organised the first Gordon Bennett racing trials on the Island back in 1904."

 

The cars are from right -

 

"#10 Sidney Girling, 72hp Wolseley Racer

#7 Campbell Muir, 96hp Wolseley Beetle

#12 Charles Jarrott, 96hp Wolseley Beetle

Girling and Jarrott were selected, along with Selwyn Edge (Napier) to race for Great Britain in Germany - finishing 9th, 12th and DNF respectively."

 

I have added some links with more relevant information relating to the 1904 event.

 

History - Auto racing 1894-1942 | Page 334 | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)

 

Just A Car Guy: a glimpse of Gordon Bennett trophy racing in 1904

 

Info in this link gives engine bore and stroke figures of 6" x 6" (11.1 litres - 678 cid) for the 72 hp model and 6" x 6 1/2" 12.5 litres - 763 cid) for the 96 hp. The engines were horizontally opposed fours. 

 

Wolseley Beetles - TNF's Archive - The Autosport Forums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5 hours ago, alsancle said:

The hubcaps say it is an Oldsmobile?

[Nash??]

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4 hours ago, MetroPetro said:

Reminds me of this one. Mr AM Lewis, who was New Zealand master agent for Packard for a period, with a Twin Six roadster. Whether the photo was taken in NZ or on a visit to the US is not known.

 

 

 

 

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On 12/5/2023 at 3:54 AM, MetroPetro said:

A British Talbot from circa 1912. Working on determining the model.

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This site only goes to 1975 but one piece of relevant info is that your car was bult in the Detroit plant.

 

1975 Chrysler & Imperial Vehicle Identification Numbers (vin) (tpocr.com)

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8 minutes ago, laheyth said:

what gives that away?

Transverse rear spring on the closer car.

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Queensland Australia, circa 1933. The car is a 1926-27 Morris Cowley with a touring body by Holdens, one of approximately 1100 built.

 

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Rural Brittany, France, 1930s. Museum of Brittany photo.

 

"Scène rurale à Val d'Izé (35 I&V), une famille d'entrepreneurs à l'oeuvre encore bien connue dans la région actuellement. Cliché Hervagault"

 

Google translate says - "Rural scene in Val d'Izé (35 I&V), a family of entrepreneurs still well known in the region today. Photo Hervagault"

 

I see quite a lot of American influence in the styling of the Renault truck.

 

 

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"Restaurante La Rosa en 1918, San Juan de Nieva (Avilés) Foto de Celso Gómez Argüelles"

 

Obviously a Buick on the right - maybe a 1916-17 four cylinder model.

 

Maybe a Spanish-built Hispano-Suiza on the right?

 

 

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Strasbourg, France, 1920s. Looks to be an American landau coupe parked there. The radiator isn't very clear. Looks pointed - maybe Moon or Velie?

 

 

[From my family archive]

2 hours ago, Bini said:

Am I right in thinking there is 3 rows of seating?

The seven-passenger body was available on both the four and six-cylinder chassis. Once the jump seats were unfolded it was quite cramped. 

 

 

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Paris 1906, a Schneider-Brillie omnibus.

 

 

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2 hours ago, dictator27 said:

1915 Studebaker 6

I know the photo is a little distorted but the hood doesn't look long enough for the EC 6. Might actually be an SD four? As in my photo from NZ.

 

 

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Thanks for the replies. Chrysler was one option I didn't think of. The body side decoration is very Studebaker-like.

 

I am guessing the one being loaded on the Ile de France was heading to Europe, whether permanently or just for a visit is not noted.

[Large circa 1928 sedan - what is it?]

Photographed being loaded abord the liner Ile de France in New York.

 

 

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On 11/25/2023 at 6:15 PM, Dave Mellor NJ said:

I think a 29 Plymouth had an oval back window

See my 2014 photo above. The blue car parked next to my '29 is a '30 Plymouth.

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A nice one from Whangarei, New Zealand, circa 1920. The touring car with its top down is a four cylinder Buick, I think. The one with its top up is fortuitously reflected in the shop window and might be an Austin or Sunbeam from just pre-WW1. Most heavy transport was still by horse then but that changed rapidly during the 1920s.

 

 

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13 hours ago, JRA said:

Could it be a 1929 Plymouth?

 

No, because the Plymouth has external hinges, among other differences. Photo of my car from June 2014.  In the left background of this photo is a 1928 Hudson which has the same type of door hinges as the Essex.

 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, twin6 said:

Circa 1928 Essex. Distinctive door hinges.