30DodgePanel Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Anyone recognize the grill ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Looks a bit like this 1924 Nash shell and emblem....a little more narrow, though. Edited December 25, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viv w Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Chrysler ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 1 minute ago, viv w said: Chrysler ? Similar, but the emblem doesn't look like Chrysler. Looks more like a Nash emblem to me.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viv w Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Kaiser, it's hard to tell if the emblem is still there, even when magnified. I own both a 26 Chrysler and a 27 Nash, the radiators are very similar. You may be right about it being an earlier Nash than mine. One thing for sure is the bottom part of the radiator shell appears missing and I don't think the hood belongs with that radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 East Broad Top railroad is still alive and working in central PA, not far from State College PA. They may still have the unit in your picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 28 minutes ago, TerryB said: East Broad Top railroad is still alive and working in central PA, not far from State College PA. They may still have the unit in your picture. Or maybe other photos of it from a different angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 What are those wheels? I have never seen an automotive disc with stamped(?) spokes? Are they a specific railroad type wheel? Or automotive discs adapted for rail use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 17 hours ago, TerryB said: East Broad Top railroad is still alive and working in central PA, not far from State College PA. They may still have the unit in your picture. So I went to the East Broad Top railway site only to find the railroad is not currently in operation. A group known as the Friends of the East Broad Top are keeping it alive by performing restoration to several railroad cars. On the site the rail car in the first picture posted in this thread is shown after its restoration in 2006. Very interesting read, just look for the story of the M-3 restoration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) Looks like John nailed it I found the photo in my original post on a Aussie site while researching 1927 Dodge Senior Six engines. Amazing what we come across in research isn't it... Wonder what happened to the original rims though? www.spikesys.com/EBT/Loco/m3.html Edited December 26, 2018 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 The East broad railcar looks like a shed on wheels. Maybe it was only a track inspection car? There were lots of road vehicle based railcars. The restored Ford T chassis railcar at the Pleasant Point railway in South Canterbury has a more sophisticated looking body, although from reading the story it was not well ventilated. http://www.pleasantpointrail.org.nz/Model-T-Ford-Railcar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, nzcarnerd said: There were lots of road vehicle based railcars. True.. Here are just a few from a 1930 Chrysler bulletin for the Dodge Brothers truck bases and the available types of cars per wheelbase: 1/2 tons were not available. With so many auto manufacturers of the day, it's amazing that more of them didn't survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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