Wade Lanning Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I'm fairly sure this is a LaSalle, perhaps 1929 or 1930. Can anyone tell from this picture what year it is? Also, are the headlights stock? They seem large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) Looks to be a 1930 with the center bumper guard/bracket. 1929 had two bumper guards and the 1931 had a solid, wide, one-piece bumper. Edited December 15, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) Strike That - Reverse It. The car is not a LaSalle - it is a 1929 Franklin in a 135 or 137 series. Edited December 16, 2018 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 The headlights are Ryan lights which Franklins had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I think I agree with the Franklin. If you look closely, the headlights are mounted on stantions from the frame horns. Also (and this might be a stretch) the large headlights appear to have the distinctive lens of the Ryan-Lite that the Franklins had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldford Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Dave, I think I hit the submit button just a you did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 The Franklin fenders match as well. LaSalle do not. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billorn Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 The larger fender lights look more like those on the Franklin then on the Lasalle but I can see the headlights going either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 If Keiser says it's a LaSalle it must be a LaSalle. I'll take his word for it until he issues a formal retraction. LOL Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericmac Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I'm with the Franklin guys. I suspect it is a 1929 135 Sedan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I sent Wade here for a better answer. When he sent me the picture I thought, “ I’ve seen those fenders before”. A quick look in the old Car Spotters Guide got Cadillac and LaSalle pictures of the fender lines. I now see the LaSalle fender line goes to the bottom of the fender point without flareing out like the picture. Now it makes sense, because I look at Franklin for sale ads all the time. That’s why the fender lines look so familiar!😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 In Dodge 8-speak, the bumper vertical centre piece on the front is a "medallion". Does this one have any pattern or shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 s 18 hours ago, oldford said: Dave, I think I hit the submit button just a you did.... The way great minds cogitate? Sorry... I'm surprised no one has asked about the other REALLY mysterious car to the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Dave, regarding the mysterious car to the right, the same person owned a 1925-ish Packard as show in my other post. The car to the right seems to have a Packard shaped radiator. Here is a front view of that Packard. What does the brain trust here think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 The car in the first photo is definitely a Franklin by the large Ryan lights with matching fender-mounted parking lights. The windsplit stamped into the fenders also identify it. This second photo car looks to be a First Series '24 Packard Eight, by the headlight size and their fork mounting, plus the wider radiator. Guesses are the portly old gent with the pince-nez glasses was the owner, while his chauffeur looks on. Note the porte cochere behind, the very image of an affluent 1920's America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 franklin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Definitely a 1929 Franklin model 135 or 137 . You can tell by the brackets for the visor. The LaSalle is different. Also the headlights, fender lights and fender themselves give it away . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Thanks for the ID on the make and year! Not only is it interesting to know the make. model & year of the car, but it helps me date the time frame when this family picture was taken, because we didn't have that info. I know the names of my relatives in the picture, but not the date of the picture. Tell me though, what's the difference in the Model 135 and 137? I couldn't find that out on the Franklin club website. Also, just to confirm, was the Franklin in the picture air cooled vs. water radiator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 franklin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 All Franklins from 1902 to 1934 were air cooled. The were some differences in the 135 and 137 the biggest being wheelbase. The 135 is 125 inches and the 137 is 132 inches . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Thanks, if I come across any more pictures of this car I'll post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 franklin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Radiator is a bad word in the Franklin group. LOL We call it a grille shell. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 franklin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 This family was pretty well to do in the day. Franklins were not a cheap car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Yes, radiator is for water, but radiator shell is what I've also heard for Franklin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/15/2018 at 7:47 PM, DLynskey said: If Keiser says it's a LaSalle it must be a LaSalle. I'll take his word for it until he issues a formal retraction. LOL Don Sorry to disappoint....it's a 1929 Franklin. I cannot believe I missed this one since I used to own a 1929 Series 135 Franklin. Color me REALLY red and embarrassed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, keiser31 said: Sorry to disappoint....it's a 1929 Franklin. I cannot believe I missed this one since I used to own a 1929 Series 135 Franklin. Color me REALLY red and embarrassed. Even the best Jeopardy players miss one now and then! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 5:04 PM, keiser31 said: Sorry to disappoint....it's a 1929 Franklin. I cannot believe I missed this one since I used to own a 1929 Series 135 Franklin. Color me REALLY red and embarrassed. We'll let you get by with it this time. Just don't let it happen again. Seriously, I don't know how you find all the photos. I enjoy your responses and learn a lot from them. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVMC Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 12/15/2018 at 4:44 PM, Wade Lanning said: I'm fairly sure this is a LaSalle, perhaps 1929 or 1930. Can anyone tell from this picture what year it is? Also, are the headlights stock? They seem large. I have a 1931 Lasalle, this looks like a Franklin due to the size of the lights on the fenders and also the grill on this car looks a lot lower than the a grill from a Lasalle, the Lasalle has a much higher grill than the Franklin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I recently found another picture of the Franklin that shows more of the grille. It has the same young woman in a bathing suit sitting on the bumper that was standing in the first picture I posted above. Wade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Also here is another picture of the Packard picture I posted above. This is the rear of the car, again with the same woman on the bumper, who was an older cousin of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I meant to mention that the partial license number in the picture I just posted of the back of the Packard are the same numbers as in the picture of the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) On 3/4/2019 at 6:35 PM, Wade Lanning said: I recently found another picture of the Franklin that shows more of the grille. It has the same young woman in a bathing suit sitting on the bumper that was standing in the first picture I posted above. Wade A Series 135 or 137 given "Ryan" parking lamps and headlamps, sidemount spare tires and via this photo you can see the hubcap which is wire wheel style. And, it sports accessory sidemount tire mirrors. Could also be a Coupe verses a Brougham, Club Sedan, or Sedan Edited March 9, 2019 by John_Mereness (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 12/16/2018 at 7:49 PM, 29 franklin said: Radiator is a bad word in the Franklin group. LOL We call it a grille shell. Actually the proper term is "Hood Front." Franklin never called it a grille shell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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