AURktman Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Screen cap from a YouTube video about trains and cars. I’m still new to the pre-WW2 cars mostly so this has probably been posted 50 times and answered 100 times. https://youtu.be/Moh2l7udjio Edited February 4, 2021 by AURktman (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Looks to be a mid 20s Packard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURktman Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 I was thinking that, did they have those lights attached up on the windshield frame or were those possibly add one just for the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Carl Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Welcome to the wonderful world of +/- 100 year old cars ! Accessory lights were necessary back then under certain driving conditions. These would have been aftermarket, not standard equipment. Thanks for posting ! Harold Lloyd also really loved these 100 year old cars. Had quite a few very nice ones. Funny thing is, I just don’t think the cars were quite that old at the time. - Carl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURktman Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Unfortunately this one met its demise a few moments later at the hands (cowcatcher actually) of the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 5 hours ago, AURktman said: Screen cap from a YouTube video about trains and cars. I’m still new to the pre-WW2 cars mostly so this has probably been posted 50 times and answered 100 times. https://youtu.be/Moh2l7udjio There was some debate about this one - check the link to the other 1924 car which has different doors - looks as if no one has gone back to sort it - IMCDb.org: 1924 Packard Single Eight Touring [136] in "Requiem for Detroit?, 2010" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 6 hours ago, C Carl said: Welcome to the wonderful world of +/- 100 year old cars ! Accessory lights were necessary back then under certain driving conditions. These would have been aftermarket, not standard equipment. Thanks for posting ! Harold Lloyd also really loved these 100 year old cars. Had quite a few very nice ones. Funny thing is, I just don’t think the cars were quite that old at the time. - Carl He was quite the car guy in real life. He owned and kept a 1936 Pierce Arrow V-12 from new into the late 60’s or early 70’s. It was a seven passenger sedan. A young Steve Martin was his neighbor in California. He wrote about the car in his autobiography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 The doors are hinged opposite to any Packard touring but the same as Studebaker Special Six and Big Six of the earlier to mid '20's. A bit of movie cosmetic work to make it appear to be a Packard would transform a cheap old Studebaker touring from a junkyard into an expendable movie prop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURktman Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 I see what you’re both saying. Door handles and hinges switched on front and rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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