1925 Studebaker?

[West Peterson]

This appears to be a 1925 Studebaker to me, but the hood louver pattern seems odd to me for that early of a Studebaker.

 

[TheMoneyPit]

Looks exactly like the 1924 Special Six I owned 25 years ago...

[West Peterson]

Hood louvers, too? That's what's throwing me.

[TheMoneyPit]

No, you’re right on that, mine were evenly spaced. But every other detail fits including the grab handle behind the front door and the pattern on the kick plates... I wonder if the louvres were different in 23?

[West Peterson]

Maybe it's just a moray pattern showing up on the low-res file, but it sure looks like the same pattern Studebaker used in later years.

[TheMoneyPit]

I could be wrong but I thought that body style was not continued later than 1924. It also appears to have a cowl light outside of the windshield frame which is what made me think earlier years...

 

I suppose it could be a very similar look on a completely different make, but I don’t think that it is.

 

[nzcarnerd]

3 hours ago, West Peterson said:

Maybe it's just a moray pattern showing up on the low-res file, but it sure looks like the same pattern Studebaker used in later years.

Moire pattern   -   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moiré_pattern

[nzcarnerd]

5 hours ago, TheMoneyPit said:

Looks exactly like the 1924 Special Six I owned 25 years ago...

Yes, Special Six, not later than 1924.

[West Peterson]

1 hour ago, nzcarnerd said:

Moire pattern   -   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moiré_pattern

Yah, I kind of thought I spelled it wrong. I could say, "If you can't think of more than one way to spell a word, you're not being very creative." But I won't.

[nzcarnerd]

2 hours ago, West Peterson said:

Yah, I kind of thought I spelled it wrong. I could say, "If you can't think of more than one way to spell a word, you're not being very creative." But I won't.

I can't explain the look of the hood sides. Yes it does remind you of the 1929 era look.

 

Re the moiré pattern, of course we should add the acute accent to the e. The one I used earlier in this sentence came up automatically with the dictionary options but there are other ways of adding it. http://ccm.net/faq/50342-type-e-with-an-acute-accent   I haven't tried them yet though.

 

I don' think there is any doubt the car is a Studebaker   -  

[nzcarnerd]

Moiré - pronounced 'mwarei'  -  http://www.dictionary.com/browse/moire?s=t