Eystein Sedberg

Thanks for replies so far. 🙂 From the overlap of an inch or two on the rad shell sidewall Elcar looks to be a plausible answer. Now, to the instrument panel, does that align with any Elcar model ?

Car reportedly belonging to a hoarder. Poster of the photo flings out the photo on FB with approximate location (county) but refuses to help contacting the owner, Would like to know what it is in order to decide if it is worth the effort trying to find the exact location and to make the owner an offer.

Can anybody identify this car ? Radiator shell and instrument panel are distinct, but I have not yet been able to match those identifiers to an actual car model.

By the way, the guy in uniform was actually the king of Norway, therefore I am bothering finding out about this. From registers I have narrowed it down such that if it's a 1930, there is only one single car that matches, and same if it's a 1931.

The radiator cap in the first picture looks high like it had an "8" sign, but it might also just be the roof of a building in the background.

Can anybody identify whether the car in the pictures is a 1930 or a 1931 ? Don't know of any differences from the angles of these photos.

Only interested in this specific book on Minerva authored by Kupelian. Not interested in other Minerva books or any of the general books by Kupelian

Is this still available ? Are there illustrations for identification of each wiper model type ?

Which external markers are there to tell 1930 Buicks from early 1931s except for the "8" on the radiator cap ? As a specific example, I am trying to determine if the car in the attached pictures is a 1930 or an early 1931. Was there any difference in the interiors except for the dash panels? Do for example the door pouch patterns in the second photo give it away as a 1930 or early 1931 ?

Here's a photo of this exact chassis number when new - a bit more desirable then ...

Ed, They are quite desirable over here , so if you really know of any of these cars being surplus in South America, please advice me. PS, I don't understand what you are referring to by "run a sanction"

Attached photos are the remains of a 1932 7-passenger phaeton in Norway, with chassis number 2654351 and engine number 2806771. This car was stricken from Norwegian archives in 1962. It was furnished with locally made wooden side window frames sometime before 1949, and then cut off for use as a pickup truck sometime before 1962. The remains as seen in the photos were bought by a Dutch classic car trader and exported to the US, probably some time during the sixties. Is anything more known about this car in the US? Has any of the parts gone into the restoration of any of the (few) 1932, series 95's existing in the US today ?

The links given in the thread above seem to fail. - Is there any way to access the Chrysler archives today ? - Do the Chrysler archives also include material from the Briggs Manufacturing Company which was sold to Chrysler at the end of 1953 ?

1929-1931 Briggs-Built Ford Model A Fordor/Town Sedan

The current owner, I believe, is the Petersen Museum

The (monstruous) front bumper is missing in the current version of the car, and that is just as well. To be quite frank I think that the bumper in the picture should be categorized as a "mistake" in the original design. Nevertheless, - a unique car.

Here's the link : https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5001-Historiske-foto/Indekserte bilder/SAS2009-10-3841.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5001-Historiske-foto%2F%3Fq%3Dbil Google Translate from Norwegian: "The Lind family's Easter trip to France and Italy in 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 Jonckheere Coupe. The Lind family traveled on an Easter trip to France and Italy in 1936. It is uncertain where this photograph was taken, but it may be from Monaco." "The photograph is part of a photo series with motifs by the Lind family. Several of the male family members in the Lind family held senior positions in Østlandske Petroleumskompani (later Esso Norway). There are private photographs and portraits, photos of various facilities connected to Esso, trips they have been on in Norway and abroad. The photographs were probably taken by Knut Lind."

The Rolls-Royce Phantom which was rebodied in 1934 to a Jonckheere Coupe is well photographed published and shown in its current restored state. I have, however, not seen this original photo dating from 1936, widely published. So here it is. Perhaps the car is still in its original paintwork in this photo ? I note that the hood seems different. -Could it be polished aluminum ?

The later ones have a secondary port were a vertical air intake could be mounted (although I have not yet seen a wiper actually configured that way) The cover screw heads are smaller than on the early wipers

There are also some generic differences to the top lid part of the wipers : The early ones has a single air intake, and the cover screw heads are "fatter" than on the later wipers The early wipers were known to have either plain or waffle pattern top surface

Here is a photo of the later type wiper mechanism, as we see, it is quite different. These wipers had a shallow push-on front cover without screws for fastening.

By the way - the lower end of the spring should be attached to the lower end of the "kicker" arm

Here is a photo of the early thirties mechanism. These wipers had a deep front cover fastened with two #3-48 screws

From what I can see, the parts in the picture is a mixture of parts for the first generation early thirties wipers and the later type

If we can find the Chassis number, we are hoping to prove that the frame are the remains of this car :