(#14) What is it? Identify that car!We recently received a...

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(#14) What is it? Identify that car!

We recently received a massive collection of prewar car photographs. We are equipped to identify cars in photographs. Due to the volume of unidentified images, we decided to try something new….and something that is hopefully fun for you!

Do you think you have what it takes to ID the vehicle(s) in the image? If so, please give us the make and model year and, whenever possible, the reasons why you believe your identification is correct. Some vehicles will be easier to identify than others, but we will share them all with you regardless. After we receive some guesses, we will check our available resources to see how you did. Good luck!

This one’s an electric vehicle.

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[nzcarnerd]

My copy of Floyd Clymer's Catalog of 1914 Cars has section of electric cars. Like most eras of cars 'they all look the same' but all are just that little bit different. Several are shown with solid tyres like this but even those tyres have differences of appearance. I first thought this one was an Argo Brougham but the wiki article says the Argo had a 110" wheelbase, the longest of any electric. The distinctive thing about this car is the location of the lamps - up along the side of the car. I think that confirms that this car is a 1915-16 Broc. Gong by the info in The Standard Catalog, it could be had as a front drive brougham, a rear drive brougham, or a double drive brougham, which presumably had two power packs and drove both axles??? Or was it all just about the location of the driving position?

[mhocker]

@nzcarnerd, great work! You really hit the nail on the head with this one. This particular Broc appears in the Hand Book of Automobiles from 1914 through 1916. They used the same image for their advertising from 1914 through 1916. Here are images from the 1915 and 1916 Hand Book of Automobiles.

Edited September 14, 2018 by mhocker (see edit history)