05-31-2020, 11:17 AM | #1 |
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Mystery Car
We found this picture in the attic. Any idea what year and model of the car? We are trying to date the picture.
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05-31-2020, 11:28 AM | #2 |
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Re: Mystery Car
Any idea what year and model of the car?
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05-31-2020, 03:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Mystery Car
Not an Early Ford V8
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05-31-2020, 04:38 PM | #4 |
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Try posting on the AACA site??
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05-31-2020, 04:39 PM | #5 |
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If you don't get an answer here, try over on the HAMB.
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05-31-2020, 04:52 PM | #6 |
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05-31-2020, 05:23 PM | #7 |
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With wheels and body lines like that, I would bet mid to late 20s. I have no idea the make.
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05-31-2020, 07:27 PM | #8 |
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One thing that caught my attention is the apparently different size front and rear tires.
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05-31-2020, 07:52 PM | #9 |
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You could try sending the picture to Hemmings under Lost & Found in Hemmings Classic Car magazine. Here's the email:
[email protected] I too am interested in its make and model. My initial guess, and that's a stab in the dark is a Dodge. Please respond when it is identified. |
05-31-2020, 10:04 PM | #10 |
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Not a Chev ,Not a Ford ,Could be Rugby ,Durant ,Overland ,Studibaker, Whippet , Essex Dont think its Dodge they have a oval top on the Radiator ,
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05-31-2020, 10:12 PM | #11 |
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Not a Willys Knight.
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05-31-2020, 10:17 PM | #12 |
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Lookit the odd rear wheels. The last time I saw something like that was on a WWI Lohner electric road engine. I'll take a wild guess that it is an Owen-Magnetic.
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05-31-2020, 10:26 PM | #13 |
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Put it on AACA general discussion. Someone will know instantly. And while you are there, check out the 155 page thread called Period Images to relieve some Stress. Thousands of photos like yours, really fun... samples attached...
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05-31-2020, 11:16 PM | #14 |
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05-31-2020, 11:26 PM | #15 |
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Looks like someone put a Dodge rear end under it, but the car is not Dodge.
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05-31-2020, 11:32 PM | #16 |
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Here's a 1925 Buick >
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05-31-2020, 11:35 PM | #17 |
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Door panel spacing and headlights dont match Owen-Magnetic. Petehoovie, I think you got it. I'd put money on it being a Buick.
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05-31-2020, 11:39 PM | #18 |
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Franklin is my guess, 1926ish
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05-31-2020, 11:50 PM | #19 |
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Hard to tell but are the front wheels wood spoked and rears steel and is that a drum brake? Also looking at the radiator and headlamp is this car from the end of the brass era? Perhaps the car was cobbled together to keep it going in that era. Note the happy faces of the occupants, particularly the child in the rear seat. Fascinating bit of history.
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05-31-2020, 11:54 PM | #20 |
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No louvers on the hood sides of a '26 Franklin....
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