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Any hints on the auto my grandfather is driving.---- Eatern PA, No nameplate, but crank start, right side steering and unique running board-fender curve?

 

Updates- Plate is definetly 1906 PA. - first plate year was 06 with correct color match. Closest manufactures seems to be a 1905 Lozier-distinctive fender shape and radiator styling rule out some of the other sugesstions. Am I in the ballpark withe the Lozier???

 

Thanks, Charles

 

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High quality headlamps,,,sidelamp fonts look like Gray-Davis?.?? Chain drive,,Can someone make out the #plate

does someone have a reg list for the early year,, There are hoses on the lamps,indicating presto' bottle,,or carbide tank,, I think,, The hood is distinctive ,,,where have i seen it before

My guess for year is 1905-07

Cheers,,,Ben

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Hi Charles,,,Note the nameplate w/ vin# on firewall just above hood hinge,,,I know we can't see it but the location says thats what it is,,,Cheers,,Ben

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Thanks all. I'll keep digging----Plate# appears to be 6656 assume it is PA.or Lehigh County ? I can't blow up the photo to get the name plate. Is the location significant?

Charles

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The location of nameplate is probably significant,,,,IF we knew what it was,,,haha,,

Panhard-Levassor [ French ] always put it there for easy access when crossing European borders,,

Panhard did not have that shape radiator,,,

Packard did not have a chain drive model

The funny rear fender catches the oil/dirt flung off the chain

The hand crank is notably large

Car of this size probably in the $ 4,000 range

Now if we can find someone with a registration list,,,,,

All for now,,Ben

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On 10/30/2012 at 9:10 AM, Guest fldadster said:

Any hints on the auto my grandfather is driving.---- Eatern PA, No nameplate, but crank start, right side steering and unique running board-fender curve?

 

Updates- Plate is definetly 1906 PA. - first plate year was 06 with correct color match. Closest manufactures seems to be a 1905 Lozier-distinctive fender shape and radiator styling rule out some of the other sugesstions. Am I in the ballpark withe the Lozier???

 

Thanks, Charles

 

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1907 Acme 50Hp Type 16  Runabout

 

Manufacturer : 1903 - 1911 Acme Motor Car Co. - Reading, Pennsylvania.

 

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13 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said:

Looks like the same car with the same driver in the same location but with 3 passengers added? Do you have details of when and where the pics were taken?

 

Nice catch Rusty!

 

It appears to be the same license plate as well! Notice that in the first photo, the mother-in-law seat is clearly more narrow than the front seat, and the "box" under it is considerably wider than the seat. In the the first phot Varun C shared, the rear seat is wider than the "box" under it, and there appear to be two ladies seated in the rear seat and an additional lady with the driver in the front seat.

A lot of cars that era had a detachable tonneau or "rumble seat" (mother-in-law seat by another name?) that could be easily removed. Many car manufacturers had "double rumble" seats available for their cars, and some owners would have a couple options and switch them for different occasions as needed.

 

Two great photos of a very rare early car!

Thanks to the original poster (wherever he is after so many years?). And special thanks yet again to Varun C for identifying such a rarely seen automobile!

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