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Certainly looks like a match. 20 years old at the time and clearly not pampered from the looks of the wheels. Thanks!

Another from the family archive, 1947-8 in Rotterdam, NY. Dad was out of the Navy and had begun his career at General Electric. This photo was tagged as "Stanley Steamer in front of the Rotterdam Old Men's Club". The ROMC is what Dad and his fellow bachelors called the house they rented (we have photos of the parties). Is that a Stanley product, or was someone making a joke about the car's age? Dan Patterson

All I know is that the photo shows he owned one as young man. Way before my time.

Aha! I stand corrected, sir. I hadn't thought of that. The angle of the photos makes it look like it runs up to the lamp. So maybe Tucker did invent the idea...

The photo of your father's car shows a link running from one end of the tie rod to a pivot to another link that runs to the bottom of the shaft holding the lamp. If that's not for turning the lamp with the front wheels it certainly looks like it. If not, what is it for? The Cox car has a similar link running to one end of the tie rod but the other connections appear to be different.

Wow- info jackpot! Hope your father enjoys the photo. From the details of the suspension and wheels I'd say the ID as a Waverley Electric is hard to dispute, unless National copied little details like the pinstriping. The vintage is appropriate. I hadn't known about retrofitting hard-rubber wheels with pneumatic tires, but I guess when they became available, a less-jiggly ride was hard to pass up. Comparing the two I noticed the linkage that "steers" the headlight- the cars in the photos are a little different there, and the car in my ancestor's photo has no fenders- though those don't suggest a different model. "Cox" was my ancestor's surname which is why I tacked it onto the filename. Now I'm wondering- where do you plug in an electric car in 1905? Dan Patterson

From the family archives, some relation to my mother's mother's mother. Can anyone identify the car? It looks like it has attachment points for a horse's harness- just in case ? Dan Patterson

Thanks to everyone for the replies. Any year of the Saxon Six is possible, since I doubt my grandfather bought a new car- he was pretty careful with money. My mother told us stories of how he'd shut off the ignition and coast down long hills around Knoxville to save gas. From the way she told it I had the impression that it was perhaps more exciting than she cared for!

I posted this in the general "whatsit" forum, thought I'd post here as well. This is my mother's father and his Saxon, circa 1920-22. Can anyone pin down the model and year (if years were a thing back then)? Dan Patterson

My mother's father and his Saxon, circa 1920-22. He was a school principal in Knoxville, Tennessee. Can anyone here identify the specific model and year? (Were annual changes even a thing back then?) Dan Patterson