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The painted radiator shell is the clue, I think.
Those elaborate wheels are interesting, too.
I now notice it has no hood louvers at all, so it's not a Buick or Olds, yeah. Weird.
1913 Hudson Model 54 - Hudson's first 6 - 421 cubes but only 54 hp
Can you name the make? We're dying to know.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/06/01/where-do-they-keep-the-towels/
Looks like a match in a picture on this site with the one from the article for a 1939 Horch 930 S. This will be part of Auto Union.
Actually I'm kidding. I outsmarted myself and went for Adler before Horch because in my mind I said "no, couldn't be a Horch".
I wish car research was more like bird-watching, where we would all list the characteristics of what we are looking at, and none of us allowed to go to Google until we had come to a number of conclusions. :P
Maybe we should try that in a topic, where we just discuss what we are looking at and use no reference tools whatsoever but our own experience.
On that Horch, I knew the greenhouse reminded me of a period Wanderer, which probably had the same design team. But that's about where I stopped.
The linked photos of that car as one survives today are really something...it is a mixed bag of bizarre on the outside...not vomit-inducing, but not pretty, and a pretty cool period style interior. Parking it next to a Tatra T87 like in one of the pics was very appropriate.
I did find this picture of an Adler that looks a bit like the mystery limo.
I'm thinking it might be French.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The mystery car is seen here, apparently it still exists
Also, does anyone know of a site that can do reverse look ups on this old plate?
Thanks
Glenn
link to bigger picture
No you can't trace license plates back that far to owners, but you can date them.
The car itself looks to be about 1902-04.
The car should be posted at the AACA identification forum...I can post it if suneson can't.
We can tell that the engine is really under the hood (by the crank) but we can't tell if it's air cooled or not. The crude side-cuts suggest that it might be. I see no radiator, so that's my guess. I wonder if it's an old Franklin? It bears some resemblance but not exactly by any means.
Thanks.
Thanks for your help.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40436913@N00/3968997423/
My album is at: http://www.carspace.com/pete1709/Albums/pete1709%27s%20Album/
Thanks
Pete
Cheyenne
The insanely knowledgeable people at the AACA forum will be able to give a year and model no doubt
regards
Sam
So many late 20s cars look alike from those angles.
The challenge of identifying the car was set by my Photoshop lecturer as part of an assignment - so for all I know the car may not even be real or possibly a composite of 100 different images!
I will follow up on all and any ideas as best I can though, so thanks for the info.
regards
Sam
I suspect the car is real - the image looked good to me. There were just too many cars made then that are long gone now.
It's not a Star, Durant, Elcar, Marquette, Velie, Hubmobile, Whippet, Cole,Hudson, Grant, Dayton-Stoddard, Moon, Kisselcar, Gray Biddle or Dorris.
The hubcap does sorta kinda resemble a Buick "B" that was used for a while. The Dodge Brothers used a superimposed DB
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I will wait and hope!