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That appears to be an intake for a RAJO head. RAJO made aftermarket overhead valve heads for Fords mostly.

Below is a picture of a 1911 GJG racer. The picture was digitized by Google and originates from the university of Michigan. GJGs were built by the G. J. G. Motor car company of White Plains, N.Y.

Ariejan NL, Where did you find a picture of the GJG? I can't find any with a resemblance to the OPs car. The GJGs that I can find have a rounded top radiator.

For comparison, I borrowed this picture from Concept Cars Website. The depicted car is a 1911 Traveler, the OP's car is labeled 1912.

Lower in this forum you can find the American Underslung thread with pictures of the underslungs. The radiator is quite distinctive. The American Wayfarer, depicted above, is an overslung model. I think what we have in the OP's picture is an American Underslung in the oversprung configuration. Interesting to note the front doors have hardware hinges attached to the outside of the body.

That radiator looks like the later American Underslung but the chassis does not appear to be underslung. Is this possibly one of the rare overslung Americans?

They are called pedal cars. They were popular as a child's toy a generation ago. Some are patterned after actual cars. There are avid collectors of these toys but I couldn't venture a guess as to value of these two.

Thanks for letting me know. I reloaded. Let me know if you can see it now.

Thanks for alerting me. I tried loading them again,let me know if it worked this time.

Can somebody please identify these seat frames. It is hinged and folds down.

Can anybody identify this rear body section. It is 29" inside width. The top is hinged and lifts up. I suspect it might be model T, if so, what body style? thanks

I was wondering if anybody might recognize this motor. It came out of a barn in Connecticut a few years ago. There aren't any numbers on it that I can find, though I haven't tried to clean it up. The cylinder has a water jacket and the head has cooling fins. Atmospheric intake with mechanical exhaust.

I have a pair of springs from one of these and a transmission if anyone is interested. haywood96@hotmail.com

There is a guy out there who makes the metal sockets and the bows themselves are bent wood, made by the Amish wood workers and found at most buggy shops. Woodlyn Coach, in Millersburg, Ohio, 330-674-9124, will probably have most of the parts you need. Of course, the top will have to be custom made.

It's good to see the new limo is not taking precedence over the model L. It is genuinely exciting to see that steering column on the work bench. The quadrant itself may be relatively easy to get off its tube. I have found that steel bolts don't seize in brass fittings. I hope you have my luck. Of course, the quadrant and arms are attached to three tubes that go down through the middle of the shaft. Whatever is on the other end should be removed first and then the three tubes drawn up through the shaft. The quadrant simply unbolts with a compression fitting; the two arms look to be pinned. The lower arm may reveal its pin easily but the upper arm may be blind pinned from the bottom and it may not be possible to get the pin out. You could dip the arm in some rubber mold material to make a mold and then a wax casting to use to cast a duplicate arm. I would be hesitant to try and drive pins out. Of course, you already know this.

Where is it today?

The Amish make custom springs. Google buggymakers. There is a buggy supply house in Ohio I have used, can't remember the name.

I once knew of a model T with a highly modified motor. It had an oil pump and needed an oil pump to lubricate the bearings. It had been drilled and operated under pressure. Running the car without the oil pump might burn up the bearings.

Something similar actually happened to a friend's Corvette. It was at a shop and a guy shows up one day with a wrecker and says he's here to move the Corvette. The shop owner says sure and proceeds to mover some other cars around so the guy can hook the wrecker up and away it goes. When my friend stops by to check on his car, that's when he finds out he's been robbed. This actually is a true story. They never found the car or the guy who towed it off.

Could anybody provide me with pictures of the two Fownes Duesenbergs. The story goes that Mr Fownes had the factory install a second speedometer in the back seat of one of the cars so he could monitor how fast my great uncle was driving. It would be interesting to see if that speedometer is still there. And thanks again Ed.

Greg, I once rebuilt a motor that had set out in the weather for 40 years with the head off. There were rust pits in the cylinder walls the size of cherry pits. I had the cylinders bored and sleeved. I have a second motor which likewise set out with no head and water in the cylinders for an unknown length of time. When I got around to checking the motor out the cylinders were clean, no rust at all. The rings were stuck but it didn't take much to get them unstuck. You just never know but any motor can be rebuilt. I would pour some marvel mystery oil in the cylinders now, a HALF QUART or so per cylinder, so it can be pickling while you get ready to start whatever you do. And good luck! It looks like a neat project. Keep us posted.

This either means it is running too lean or too rich and I forget which is which. The other extreme is to have it cough in the intake. Edit. I believe the backfiring is caused by the float being too high and or the mixture being too rich. I think I would take off the carb and blow it out good with carb cleaner and check the float height. It sounds like you have carb trouble. If these old cars set with todays modern fuels in them, the fuel can gum up the carb and it will not work properly.

Thanks, Ed.

I have another myth about Duesenbergs to burst, all their histories are not known. One of my great uncles was a chauffeur for a man who had two. This man wintered in Pinehurst NC and was instrumental in the development of the golf course built there by the Tufts, but he also summered in Pennsylvania and built his own golf course and country club there. His archives are housed at the golf course in Pennsylvania and I would think they have pictures of the cars but I can't find any documentation. If his cars still exist, nobody knows anything about them. His name was Fones I believe. I would love to verify the stories told to me by my family and the stories told by the town of Pinehurst if anybody can add anything.

With a Case, there is no need to dust it off or clean it up. It is the name you're buying. People will fight over the opportunity to own one and have extremely deep pockets.