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Four speed column shift transmissions were very common on English and European cars in the 50's and 60's.

Yes. Overhead inlet and side exhaust valves.

This photo may have been taken at the Craigantlet Hill climb in County Down in 1934. In an article about the race it was noted that Taylour wore a tweed skirt while racing. The car is not identified.

This is interesting because I have seen the woman in this same photo identified as "flying" FayTaylour. She was a motorcycle racer in the 1920's. There is at least one photo of her sitting astride a motorcycle wearing a dress and high heels. She changed to cars in the early 30's and was known for wearing a skirt when she was racing.

The engines used by Studebaker in 1965/66 were not sourced from GM. They came from McKinnon Industries which was a supplier of industrial engines.

Yes.

Not Studebaker. Rear side window shape not right.

Wow! I have known this car since 1966 and have driven it on a number of occasions. It is currently in the City of Surrey museum in Surrey, British Columbia. It is a model SF4 7 passenger and is incorrectly dated as 1916. It is actually a 1917 model. The only difference is the 1917 passenger front seat is reversible so it can face the rear seat. It was used as a stage from the Blue Funnel Line dock in New Westminster BC to the community of Haney a distance of about 25 miles, twice daily until 1927 when it was sold. The engine was used to power a saw mill in Haney until the early 1960's, when it was restored.

Looks vaguely like a Morgan sliding pillar suspension.

Nothing is impossible of course, but I can't see a car with only 20000 miles on it having a worn out latch, even if it is 76 years old. Roll the window down, protect the door panel with a towel and hit the door panel with a rubber mallet from the outside while pulling on the door handle.

There is also a Studebaker March.

Oops! Didn't go far enough. I was actually thinking of making up a tool to push down into the door past the glass and fish for the lock mechanism to open it, but after rereading Matt's description - several times - I don't think that would work. I worked for years as an automotive trim mechanic (rattles, squeaks, water leaks, wind whistles, etc.) and on a few occasions had to open doors which had become permanently locked. Most of the time the above-mentioned trick worked, but if, as Matt says, the door handles and lock button appear to be working as designed, the only thing left is the actual rotary door latch. They were used by a lot of auto makers starting in the mid/late 1930's. I would see if a good working example can be found to check out how the rotary wheel is released to open the door. Having said that there may be only one option left, starting with removing the front seat (been there, done that) to gain access to as many of the door panel screws/clips as possible. Pulling the door panel out far enough to be able to get a long thin blade screwdriver into the latch to release it, assuming it can be seen to do that, is a possibility. There will likely be some damage to the door panel which sucks on a nice original car but.... Good luck, however you do it, Matt.

Take the passengers door panel off to check operation of the latch mechanism. Possibly a linkage part that has become disconnected.

Erskine

Mercedes Benz about 1928.

Any vehicle with a backbone chassis.

Dodge brothers about 1920.

Yup

It has a starter ring gear but there is no way a starter could be mounted on the crankcase. How many cars of that era had the starter mounted on the transmission bell housing?

Studebaker model ED was a six cylinder, not a four.

The 1958 A40 is a completely different car. Bears no resemblance at all to a Devon.

Yes 1950 to 52 Devon. 1947 to 49 Devons had 5 inch headlights and fluted bumpers(fenders in Brit speak). 1950 to 52 had 7 inch headlights and plain bumpers.

Italian cars had right hand drive in the 1920's, even though they drove on the right side of the road. By the mid 30's some lower end vehicles began putting in left hand drive, but high end cars stayed with rhd into the '50's. Italian trucks, OM being one, kept the steering wheel on the right until about 1970.

1915 Studebaker 6

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