MassingNickel Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Does anyone have any ideas for what the make of this car could be? The radiator badge seems unusually thin, but I'm coming up blank on what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 My money is on Stevens-Duryea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassingNickel Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Interesting thought. I'm not convinced though, the Stevens-Dureya badge seems a bit different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Anything readable off that hubcap?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I tried and couldn't make it readable. Here's the cap at 300%, levels adjusted and sharpened. It does look like there are two words present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariejan NL Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 It's an interesting mystery. My idea is that it could be European, possibly Italian. Would you mind sharing the image of the full car, to have a better indication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Could it be Abbott-Detroit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Not based on the images I searched up. The Abbott-Detroit has a distinctive 'dipped' upper radiator tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Yes, good point. I was focused on the hubcap script. I should have looked further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassingNickel Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 An image of the complete car can be found here: https://bildarkiv.sca.com/fotoweb/archives/5000-Historiska-bilder/SCA-Bildarkiv/SCA5/4369.jpg.info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariejan NL Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 The car is a 6 cylinder 40hp Brooke from 1908 or more probably somewhat later. It was the last model they produced and only in very low quantities. My guess is that they only produced on demand, as they focussed on marine engines after 1908. And yes, it is the same firm that produced the Swan cars, both now in the Louwman collection in The Hague, NL. On the uploaded images you can check the features that support the identification. The shape of the radiator, the thin rectangular logo, the shape of the front axle, the louvres on the bonnet side. Even the paint striping on this bonnet panel is similar. The half circle satellite wheel on the steering wheel is also present, and above all, the the pumping device alongside the steering column, on the mystery photo just visible above the dashboard. The wheel bolts front are 6, at the rear 12. The radiator cap is different, and the rad filler tube rather low in comparison with other Brooke cars, but as I mentioned, they made this model during a number of years and after 1908 I have no images. So small things could have been changed in due course. Finally the wheel hub: I can make no sense of the text, even now I know the make. It doesn't look like the name of the firm at all (which is in full: J.W. Brooke & Co. Ltd., Adrian Works, Lowestoft, East Suffolk, England). It could be a motto, though, e.g. in Latin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Claes G Norström was registred on A4750 15/5 1920, but the 3/7 1920 the car was removed from the register. 40 hk and 6 pers.+driver. He was also registred on A3315 in 1915 ,no other info on this car.Maybe the same car but the number could have been changed in 1916 as many other cars at that time here in Sweden.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassingNickel Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 Interesting, but none of these seem to mach with the plate on the closeup. It seems to be a three digit number with a 2 in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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