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It looks as if the front axle is centre pivot. None of the possibilities offered so far have that.
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A postcard sent in New Zealand. I think the car is an early Ford T, though not sure of the exact year. NZ began sourcing its Ts from Canada quite early on, though in small numbers.
EDIT - apparently this is one of the very first right-hand drive Model Ts - dating from mid/late 1909. They were supplied without a windshield and this one has had one fitted by a local coachbuilder.
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On 11/18/2023 at 12:19 PM, 41 Su8 said:
1905 Packard?
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On 11/21/2023 at 2:09 AM, alsancle said:
60hp Napier circa 1908.
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On 11/21/2023 at 2:11 AM, alsancle said:
Two 3-litre Bentleys wearing May-June 1924 London, UK, area registrations.
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On 11/21/2023 at 2:11 AM, alsancle said:
Aston Martin 1.5 litre. The plate says it was registered in the London, UK, area in March 1931.
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Fifth Avenue and 44th St, NYC, in the teens. Maybe a big Oldsmobile at left, 110811 might be a Fiat, and to its left rear maybe an Abbott-Detroit.
405987, hard to say but those windshield brackets must be a clue.
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Front brakes and balloon tyres say not before 1925.
Maybe someone knows this specific car?
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10 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:
Wonder if this was the Lansing, MI Police Department? Not many places would have an Oldsmobile Autocrat police car.
With an accessory windshield which I am sure somebody will know the make of.
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Natural attrition means that the older the car the more likely it is to be 'rare'. It seems that the lower survival rates, at least for American cars, is among the middle price models. The are lots of Ford Ts and Chevs at the lower end, and lots of Duesenbergs and Pierce-Arrows, although of course with the high price cars being mostly custom-bodied you could argue they are all one of one.
An example of a rare middle price model is my 1929 Studebaker Director cabriolet. It is the only survivor of two imported to NZ. I think there may be four left in the US - sold there are Dictators - out of an unknown number built but likely to have been several hundred. Mine is body #457. The production run was only from June to October of 1928. There was no cabriolet in either the previous or subsequent models. I should add that typically of the time of flexible naming of body styles the top does not fold down. If it was a Ford it would be a Sport Coupe.
It would have been straight forward enough to do the right hand drive models to special order as they already built right hand drive models of other body styles. The only 'oddity' is that the golf bag door is on the 'wrong' side. It was restored in the 1980s and I bought it from the owner's estate in 2020. Next project is to get it pinstriped, and then build another engine.
Of course, as has likely been noted elsewhere, rarity does not necessarily translate into more value.
This 1931 Studebaker Six roadster is I believe one of only four survivors of the model, which was the cheapest on the Studebaker line that year. In contrast, of the more desirable President Four Seasons roadster as seen parked next the Six there are more than 50 survivors, although this is likely the only right hand drive one. The Six was imported from the US about 20 years ago and remains left hand drive.
I think there are only ten survivors of the 1933 Studebaker President Speedway model in all body styles - out of 635 built - and this is the only right hand drive seven passenger sedan.
This 1929 Graham-Paige 612 coupe carries the plate ONLY I. I don't know the car personally but I guess it is the only right hand drive example of the model.
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On 11/13/2023 at 9:39 AM, Gen III Antique Auto said:
I know mine is rare, cause there aint no other like it!
I think a number of these may have been done back in the day. A friend built his one about 20 years ago from info found in a very old publication.
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A photo from Sydney, Australia, apparently taken in 1933.
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The radiator shell is 1928.
Compare with 1926 - particularly the lower tank area. This is the ex Don Bougher 1926 coupe that was the foundation of POCI.
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On 11/14/2023 at 9:09 AM, twin6 said:
They look to be Fiats. They are the Type 55 with the 9 litre four cylinder engine. Maybe the location is the Poughkeepsie factory??
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On paper the Nash makes more power and is a couple of hundred pounds lighter - but the Nash was only 2/3 the price of the Packard.
I suspect survivors of that Nash model are much less common than the Packard.
It would be interesting to see a thoroughly researched comparison test.
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The hubs, the position of the door hinges and the hood louvres help confirm it is a Jewett - 1926 I reckon. The model became a low price Paige for 1927 - its last year. On the Jewett register photo page there is this 1925 car, which I am sure has the same basic body but differs in detail.
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3 hours ago, ddavis said:
Thanks NZ and Starlight! It seems amazing, with all the parts documentation that exists, that there would be a loss of this information. I know 1932/1933 was desolate time for Studebaker (and many manufacturers), but I wonder if there was a fire that destroyed records or if the loss is related to the bankruptcy.
I will keep up the search but sounds like I might have to resort to estimating to approximate total number of model 62's- I am guessing around 4000 of the 6000 were the 62 sedans. And attempting how to approximate how many were destroyed entirely, and then how many were stripped and converted to hot rods, could be less than 1000 left in the world that are as original and complete as mine.
I wouldn't be surprised if the actual number of survivors 'as original and complete' as yours could be counted on your fingers.
My 1929 model GE Dictator cabriolet is one of several hundred built 0 mine is number 457. I think there are four known survivors in the US, of which I think only one is restored. Mine is the only known right hand drive example.
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6 hours ago, twin6 said:
Croxton-Keeton French Type.
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A nice clear photo taken in Vallejo, California. The car on the right is, I think, a 1913 Abbott-Detroit - the last year of the flat front radiator and the first year of both head and cowl lamps being electric. The 'poppy' tag on the registration plates dates the photo to 1917. Vehicle registration plates of California - Wikipedia
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Four rim bolts - maybe Chrysler?
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It is a sedan rather than a coupe. It looks to have a removeable centre pillar. I know Buicks of this era have that feature, but I have no evidence that Dodge did the same. It may depend on who the body supplier was.
The photo can be found here - where there are still some unidentified vehicles - IMCDb.org: "The Cars That Made America, 2017": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles
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7 minutes ago, Don Wiss said:
Thanks for the response. I hadn't flipped the image, as the uncropped image has Arthur handwritten on the picture in the gravel. Though I suppose I could cut that off, flip, then reattach. Or just cut it off. I put Arthur in the caption.
When the original was printed someone didn't look closely at the registration plate. They could have put the negative around the right way then.
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Still working on the make but I was able to clear some of the blemishes from the photo -
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what car is this?
in What is it?
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I tidied the photo a little. When I saved it to file it came up with a caption beginning 'coxcar...'. I don't think there was a Cox electric car but I think there is a modern company involved.