Thread: Need Help Identifying this Car ?

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Originally Posted by MelloYello

There's definitely something sitting on the running board and tied to the cab but nobody seems to know what.

Check this one out Gentlemen.
A little lady that is the Wiffy of a friend of mine said that the item on the running board is a 3 piece boat so I went to the Website and here is a pic of the girls in a boat. Notice the similarity of the bow of the boat and what is sitting on the running boards. Also notice that the boat appears to be a 3 section boat sitting there in the water.

"I LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF"

Yea you can tell thats exactly what it is. Look at the picture again and you can tell its the three sections of the boat sitting inside one another strapped to the side of the car.

i believe the car is a 1924 hupmobile a friend had one at a show saturday if i can i will go but and get a picture. jonathan

Sorry, not a '24 Hupmobile either.

Some pointers for those who enjoy this sort of thing.
First, the winged Motometer on the radiator is probably the worst component to use for identification. While some manufacturers had the Boyce company make designs for them, these were easily moved from car to car and were popular aftermarket accessories in the '20s and early '30s

As with cars to this day, manufacturers used the grille (or more accurately for this era, the radiator shell) to distinguish their cars. Just as some folks complain today ("all cars look alike, like jelly beans..... or whatever") these old "square" bodied cars look pretty similar, particularly to the casual observation. So if you look at the car we're trying to ID here, the grille shell has a 45 degree angle to the upper corners of the opening (moderately unusual for this period) and the upper part of the shell has in inverse "swoop" to it that continues into the shape of the hood. So just for discussion, both the Dodge and Hupmobiles offered as solutions, they both have rad shells with rounded tops and basically "square" openings. Often another tipper is the emblem on the shell, this one appears to have a V shaped component, though the photo quality isn't good enough to tell for sure.

On an open car like this the windshield shape can be helpful too. If you went to Google or where ever you prefer to look at pics of the Dodge or Hupmobile you see they both have lower stanchions that flair out from the cowl, whereas the car in question rises pretty much straight up.

Other old hands at this will talk about bumpers or fender lines being distinguishing components, and they're correct, but those tend to be more subtle.

The drum headlights and wood spoke wheels are a tip that this is likely a late teens, early '20s car, but of no value as to make since so many used them. So there you go, now search those picture files on the web til your eyes fall out!

My brother had a 28 oldsmobile sedan that closely resembled that. Same looking wood spokes for wheels

i`m going with this car .. it`s the only one iv`e found with deep pan type headlamps instead of teardrop type .. 25 dodge .. and it has the winged rad cap .. even though the wheels are wrong i`d hope dif types were available

Great pic BTW - - - all of the sites and pics that I have looked at show the Dodge Brothers using spoked wheels well into the 20's - - - - I may be wrong but I'm still leaning towards the '25 DBTC

Okay,,spice it up a bit..Who made Chandlers? Durants?and were they still being made when this particular car was available?? I know there are a few other brands out there that rose and fell over a five or ten[twenty]year time frame...it could be one of those,too.
But yes,the Dodge still has possibilities,,,maybe...[dont want to start a fight here,ya know]

Until I'm proven wrong I'll stick with Whippet

Well atleast we figured out what is sitting on the side of the car.

I think it is a Maxwell Touring Sedan. If memory serves me right. My Dad had an Essex with similar features,but it's not an Essex.

An old boss of mine had a 24 Chrysler that looked a awful lot like that.

Maybe this 1926 Whippet

Front fenders are almost identical,,Willys Knight?maybe??

The fenders are similar to my'31 Chrysler,(raised edge) but not exactly the same. I remember seeing a 27 or 29 Buick with fenders like those.