sunroofcord Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 A Gardner??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 (edited) Almost looks like a Doble steam car, but smaller. Edited June 2, 2010 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympic Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 It's a 1928 FIAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 From the gitgo this one struck me as not your ordinary grocery getter. It has a very sturdy look to it, as if made for heavy service. There are 2 characteristics of the vehicle that differ from what I would consider the more customary practices of the era: They are: 1.) Tubular bumpers, 2.) Disc wheels. Coincidentally, the "Yellow Cab", a built-for-service vehicle using a Buick chassis, shares those same somewhat unusual features. I don't see any yellow colorization on the subject vehicle, but then I see almost no paint at all, especially where the yellow would have been. It could have burned. My references are; The Old Car Book, by John Bentley, Fawcett, p.141, which pictures a '27 model, and If you will google it, there is also a very dark picture of a '33 which had appeared in the movie King Kong. Note too the many louvres, almost from front to back on the hood sides, a bit more than ordinarily appear on other makes, and they too are like those on the referenced pictures. So, I'm going with Yellow Cab, ca. '29-'33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 From the gitgo this one struck me as not your ordinary grocery getter. It has a very sturdy look to it, as if made for heavy service. There are 2 characteristics of the vehicle that differ from what I would consider the more customary practices of the era: They are: 1.) Tubular bumpers, 2.) Disc wheels. Coincidentally, the "Yellow Cab", a built-for-service vehicle using a Buick chassis, shares those same somewhat unusual features. I don't see any yellow colorization on the subject vehicle, but then I see almost no paint at all, especially where the yellow would have been. It could have burned. My references are; The Old Car Book, by John Bentley, Fawcett, p.141, which pictures a '27 model, and If you will google it, there is also a very dark picture of a '33 which had appeared in the movie King Kong. Note too the many louvres, almost from front to back on the hood sides, a bit more than ordinarily appear on other makes, and they too are like those on the referenced pictures. So, I'm going with Yellow Cab, ca. '29-'33.Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I would have thought that if the car had burned there would be no tires and a lot of metal shrinkage???Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 "Compost" ?I think FIAT might be on-target. The radiator shell has more of a Moon-type peak than what I see on the Yellow Cab in the photo...I was going to guess '28-'29 Moon or Windsor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Timthemailman Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 The tube bumper & rack on top look aftermarket to me. My 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I think you all are on the right track. My guess is a FIAT Taxi or Station CarReasons:1. Heavy duty chassis with 6 lug wheels2. Foreign style license tag3. Luggage Rack on roof and the rear4. Bumper car bumpers5. It's left had drive6. When Fiat made cars in Massachusetts they were big ones7 I'd rather ride in that in Rome than a Fiat 500 like they used when we were there. (Times were different then and only people used Taxi's in 20's & 30's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympic Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 I think we agreed on the "What Is It?" forum that it is a FIAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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