Brian Charles Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hello AACA members, I was hoping I could get some help identifying this car in the photos below. The photos are of New England landscape artist Robert Strong Woodward sometime in the 1920s. I am just out of my mind and Google weary at this point. It appears to me to be a two-door coupe, no rumble seat (you can see the trunk lid), the door handles are on the right of the door suggesting to me (a novice appreciator of classic cars) that they open in what I know to be "suicide doors". It was always assumed to be a Nash because the artist reportedly owned a '26 and a '29 before moving on to Packard in '31 and '36. For a while I thought it might be an Oldsmobile. But the doors and rear did not match. Then I thought it might be a Stutz Bearcat which I feel match most of the features. Unfortunately, the headlamps do not match at all. Any help would be very much appreciated. Brian Charles Curator for the Woodward Estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Studebaker Light 6 1921-23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Circa 1922 Studebaker EJ Light Six roadster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude Light Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 To be more exact it is either a 1923 or 1924 Studebaker Model EM Light Six Three Passenger Roadster. There is no way to distinguish between those two years with the photos you have though. The reason it is not a 1922 (or earlier) is that the cowl lamps are set into the windshield frame. Scott 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Charles Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Thank you all! Your answers are spot on and exactly the time period I was thinking (between 1922 and 1925). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude Light Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Hi Brian, If you are interested in seeing more details of what this car would have looked like I submit the following.... Kent Musgrave has this model and it was featured in the Nov-Dec 2018 Antique Studebaker Review. His great-grandmother owned a 1924 model and Kent purchased a similar car and created a great merged photo of his great-grandfather, grandfather and his nephew using photos taken in 1927 and 2016 (attached) - great story. Scott Edited July 24, 2020 by Stude Light (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude Light Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 And a couple of his car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Charles Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 THANK YOU ALL WHO RESPONDED! I cannot say enough how much I appreciate your help regarding these photos. A special thanks to Stude_Light for Kent's name. I reached out to him and he has gotten back to me and has been most generous. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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