Guest mikett Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 This is a family photo and we're trying to identify it for inclusion in an upcoming book to be published in California. Photo dates from 1919, but we have no idea of what the car is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My best guess is a late teens Buick Six.Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 The hood looks too short for it to be a six. I think it is a 1917 Buick D-34 four cylinder model. The 1918 model had a slight slope to the windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My first thought was Buick too but the front of the rear fender is wrong on all the pictures i have found.But the wheel realy looks like Buick as well as the hub cap.?? Leif in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Brass Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) To me, it looks like a Baby Buick, '17 or '18. It has the correct drown in the fenders and the hubcaps look right. The radiator doesn't look quite right though but it might be the photo?? (Is it me or are the hood louvres angled? I think the 4cyl Buicks had vertcal louvres.) Al Edited September 30, 2011 by Al Brass (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 (edited) I first thought the hood louvres looked angled but I figured it was distortion in the photo. I was swayed in my decision by the look of the hubcaps which look Buick. Interestingly the profile of the rear fender where it curves from the running board upwards is unlike that of the roadsters and coupes and is more like that seen on the four door cars - both sedans and tourers. Edited October 1, 2011 by nzcarnerd (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Oakland around 1915-1916 is my guess. Leif in Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 (edited) Leif, you may be right. It just didn't tick enough boxes to be a Buick. Another point against Buick was that there should have been a hood latch visible behind the rearmost louvre.The fact that the lower edge of the windshield is a straight line means it is a 1918-19 Oakland Model 34-B. All of the earlier ones had a curve there. I note it has the windshield vertical which suggests it is early in the run and they were given a slope later on in the season. 1918 Oakland 34 for sale - Classic car ad from CollectionCar.com. Edited October 1, 2011 by nzcarnerd (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 18 Oakland sedan with removed doorposts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Brass Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 While looking at the original photo again the hood has too many louvres for a Buick. I think someone mentioned that there were problems with the catch position.Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I would vote for Oakland '15-'18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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