AACA Library Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) More... Edited March 26, 2013 by R W Burgess (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Can anyone identify the car passing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Can anyone identify the car passing?Buster Keaton was known to have a number of Mercer Raceabouts during his lifetime. This car looks very much like one, circa 1920 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Notice there is no motor in the Model T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlier Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 How about that "Quick Release" steering wheel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 here's a still shot, awful I know but to try to identify car....it's goofy looking itself, rear fenders look huge and high.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looks like he might be holding the side of the car on before the pot hole and pushing it aside just before the hole. I don't think I've seen that clip before, anyone know what movie was it taken from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 here's a still shot, awful I know but to try to identify car....it's goofy looking itself, rear fenders look huge and high....Buster Keaton was known to have a number of Mercer Raceabouts during his lifetime. This car looks very much like one, circa 1920 or so.The front bumper is likely aftermarket, and may have been there as part of the mechanism to propel the Model T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl B. Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Any clearer... the car in the picture seens to have a very sharp line on the hood edge into the body, not so much rounded...is this picture any better?..B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) I spent some time this morning researching the car. The scene in question is from Buster Keaton's first feature-length movie, Three Ages (1923). The car is his personal Murphy bodied Series 5 Mercer Raceabout. ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848231/bio ) It also appeared in Seven Chances (1925), with his other Raceabout driven by his sister-in-law Connie Talmadge. The stills below are from that movie. The good news is that the car survives! It was written up in Hot Rod in 1955, and in Automobile Quarterly in 1964. If anyone has any photos of the 1996 Mercer Reunion it apparently was displayed with Keaton's other Raceabout at that time. ( IMCDb.org: Comments about this movie ) Edited March 29, 2013 by Dave@Moon Added Natalie Talmadge link (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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