Guest garygreen187 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 This is a picture of my grandparents in 1911 driving a mysterious car. They owned a Stanley Steamer at one point but I couldn't find a match using Google Images. He was an insurance salesman in northern New England. Can you imagine heading out on rough dirt roads over the mountains in the winter? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Looks to be about a 1909 Stanley Steamer with some sort of windshield made of fabric or vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 It appears they made a cover over the glass windshield (they weren't waterproof by any stretch of the imagination), then added a short set of gypsy curtains to the sides.Now if only the could do something about that pesky open area above and behind them..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest garygreen187 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Thanks, I appreciate your comments.. I compared the mystery car with photos of a restored 1909 Stanley Steamer Model R at the Frick Car and Carriage Museum ( 1909 Stanley Steamer Model R Images. Photo: 09_Stanley_Steamer_Model_R_DV_05_Frick_06.jpg) and although similar, there are differences other than the wind cowl. On the mystery car, the headlamp wire conduit goes sideways instead of fore and aft, the driver's side running board gizmo is different and the headlamps are not the same. Interestingly, although the horn bulb is smaller, the sound end appears to be identical. Of course, I may be comparing different models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Stanleys were more or less made to order and differed one from the other more than a mass produced car like a Model T. They even differed in the way the plumbing was installed to the power plant depending on which mechanic installed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV Puleo Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 All of those details are unimportant in the context of 1911... except perhaps in the case of something like Model T's and even then that level of detail is sometimes exaggerated. Lots of cars didn't even come with lights... the owner was expected to buy his own or get them through the dealer. The same for things like horns - they were all made by accessory manufacturers and there was no guarantee that two cars - even the same make and model would come with exactly the same equipment. Its probably a mistake to apply a 1950s and later concept of "factory" to brass cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Old48Truck Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I think it's an early Yugo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Definitely a coffin-nosed Stanley... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Block Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 It a beauty, a traveling salesmen in 1911 by car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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