Buick roadster model identification

[AHa]

 

This body has some of us baffled. It would appear to be a 1912 Buick but it is also thought that 12 Buicks had the shifter/ brake on the inside of the car while this body appears to be built for outside shifting/brake. Ideas?

Edited January 10, 2020 by AHa (see edit history)

[Layden B]

Appears to me that the brake and shifter on this body are indeed inside. The mechanisms start from outside the frame upward into the body and inside the false door.

[AHa]

Layden, what then explains the cut out at the bottom of the door?

[Layden B]

Isn't this notch ( circled in red) for the mounting of the shift lever cover?

The cutout at the bottom-Is it factory? How about pictures of this area, inside and out?

[Layden B]

I think the body on your car is very similar to this one, basically wider in the seat section. Transitional or a bit creative by a previous restorer?

[drwatson]

This 1912 Buick Model 28 looks quite original. I think I perceive brake and shifter inside dr.

[dibarlaw]

Here is a 1912 Model 36 now in the AACA museum shown with the out side mounted shifter/brake unit. The arrangement of the original poster's photo shows the 1913 style cowl with the iron brackets still not placed the same as other 1913 cars. I have looked at many photos of these cars and only see round, not oval fuel tanks. The 1912 model 28 photo above shows the brackets placed as the subject body but the windshield base  is moved in like 1913 cowls.