29 Chandler Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I cannot find any name plates on it. It sits on a 1920 Chandler chassis, but the body is older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I remember seeing a very similar mid-teens Hudson body once, want to say it was sitting in a field at the Rhinebeck aerodrome.....all aluminum....is that an aluminum body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 Chandler Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Yes the body is all aluminum. It looks very much like pictures of a 1913 Studebaker sedan, maybe there were others with the same body. In 1914 Chandler came out with a sedan body from Willobghy, but I have yet to see pictures of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Is there a mark on the rear hubcap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Is there a mark on the rear hubcap?He says it's a 1920 Chandler chassis.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert b Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ant possible thought to early electric car body ,may be Detroit,or Baker,Milburn. Just a thought Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 Chandler Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 The chassis is confirmed as being 1920 Chandler, but the style of the body is at least five years older. I even have a picture of it from 1921 with the same body on the same chassis. Seems like no work was done to it since then, at least nothing to improve its condition until we got it this year and have cleaned it up and now want to figure just exactly what we have. I did find a number stamped into a floor board and then found that number printed on a piece of paper that was labeled "Body No.". Most of the numbers I found stamped on the wood match the numbers that can be seen on whats left of the body number tag. It is made of paper and just barely survived that last 100 years. It even has what looks like the year of the body written on it "10-29- ". The year part is missing!!! Looking back at the calendar it could have been 1914 and landed during the work week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Here is a picture from 1805-1942 Standard Catalog of AMERICAN CARS,1916 Chandler Six sedan.The body work looks similar to your picture,but our picture on the body looks a bit earlier.Leif in Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 Chandler Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 I have seen that picture. My body has much more wood trim on it and the windows are much different. Thanks for the input though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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