ID this 1926 sedan? SOLVED: Stutz

[PFindlay]

I came across this picture in the City of Vancouver Archives.  It is from May 1926 and shows the Canadian Governor General Lord Byng at the train station. 

 

Can someone ID the car, with its unusual hood louvers, for me?

 

Peter

Edited March 8, 2020 by PFindlay (see edit history)

[nzcarnerd]

1926 Stutz.

[PFindlay]

Thanks, I knew it would be obvious to someone.

[gwells]

That Ra mascot is pretty definitive, too.

[nzcarnerd]

2 hours ago, gwells said:

That Ra mascot is pretty definitive, too.

 

I did my first answer on my phone so kept it brief. The  low height is a clue as well.

 

I have not driven a big car from the mid '20s but can't help thinking those early balloon tyres might makes the steering heavy.

[sagefinds]

The guy with the top hat looks like he has mismatched shoes.

[rbk]

6 hours ago, sagefinds said:

The guy with the top hat looks like he has mismatched shoes.

 

That is a rubber rain boot.He left one on and took the other off.

Those were quite common in those days made of thin latex like rubber.

I used those in the fifties.

[JACK M]

He might be putting it in his pocket.

[Dave Henderson]

Very advanced styling for 1926.  Many closed cars had board- flat tops in that era.

[Matt Harwood]

On 3/7/2020 at 5:56 AM, rbk said:

 

That is a rubber rain boot.He left one on and took the other off.

Those were quite common in those days made of thin latex like rubber.

I used those in the fifties.

 

My father [rather inelegantly] called those slip-on overshoes "rubbers." He would wear them in the winter over his wingtips on his way to court each morning.