oldcar Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I have just discovered these two photographs from a family album. The car with the "smart young men about town" is especially interesting. The shape of the headlight rim and the disc wheels may provide a clue. Can anyone identify either car please?oldcar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1940_Buick Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Not sure about the first one. Looks something like a 1921 Studebaker Big Six.The 2nd one is a Dodge, probably around 1920. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted June 12, 2011 Author Share Posted June 12, 2011 Re the 2nd car The headlights did not look like typical Dodge when did they adopt the "Cake tin" shape lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The 2nd car is an Aussie Dodge 4.Is the other a Studie? Do u know what the occasion was for the 1st pic Old car? The local show maybe?Manuel in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I thought stud as well,but no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I think that first pic is of a Big Six Stude but it is 1924 when there was an option of a plated radiator. Those lights were only used for a short time. Stude had a habit of changing the specification of its cars quite frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcar Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Not sure about the occasion but I believe that it was taken during a visit by some country girls visit to Sydney. If you zoom in on the radiator badge it could well be a Stude.Bernie j. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Pic of a '24 Stude, if this helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 (edited) This american 24 Studey's lights and fenders are similar but the wheels look different and the louvers in the hood are further back. Edited June 13, 2011 by Dave Mellor NJ (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Another pic, better showing the bonnet(hood) louvres of the Aussie car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Ozstatman, the pics you posted are of a Special Six, a similar but slightly different car to the Big Six. The Model EK Big Six was built through 1923 and 1924. All but one of the pics I have of Big Sixes of that era have the full set of louvres. Maybe the car in Dave Mellors pic was an option for cold climates?? Regarding the tyre size on the car in the mystery pic - maybe the pic was taken when the car was a couple of years old and it had been fitted with the new fangled balloon tyres. From about late 1924 there was a complete change of styling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 OK, I'll settle for 1922-24 Big 6.Just looked up my Studie book and did a search as well. They had lots of different models during this period....Some had the Packard/Willys/Buick radiator and some had the square one. Would have been a very expensive car for Australia.Manuel in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I was talking about the wheel not the tire being different. The hub in the oldcar picture is larger although they are both disc type wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Saxton Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 The age of the Dodge cited may not be correct. I was able to pass on a correct engine to a friend for his 1922 low radiator car. There is different placement of the fan mounting for low radiator cars, which is on the front of the block; but it is on the front of the cylinder head on later cars with the high radiator like this.The close casting dates of block, head, and timing case were late 1921, and probably from an early 1922 car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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