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Title: Can you id this car?
Post by: Greg G. on July 13, 2018, 12:36:18 PM
Make, model, and year?  It's from an old family photo.  No useful information on the back.  I only know that it's our family, but we're trying to get a time frame from the vehicle.  This is cropped from a larger picture.
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: twocvbloke on July 13, 2018, 01:01:33 PM
No expert in cars of that age, but I'm guessing a Model T...
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Dan/Panther on July 13, 2018, 01:46:17 PM
It looks close but the front fenders don't quite match.

D/P
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Key2871 on July 13, 2018, 03:20:28 PM
I'm not that old to say, but I don't think it's a ford. There are so many car makers that are history, I can't remember most that fit that description.
Have you tried googling picture's of old cars? I'd try that and see what you come up with.
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Haf on July 13, 2018, 05:30:25 PM
Quote from: Dan/Panther on July 13, 2018, 01:46:17 PM
It looks close but the front fenders don't quite match.

D/P

The fenders differ a bit over the years and model. I would suggest it's a Ford Runabout maybe around 1911-14. Compare the horn, the roof folding mechanism and fenders of this 1913 model.

Haf

please forgive me my painting skills ;)
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Key2871 on July 13, 2018, 05:43:58 PM
I'd forgotten about those, look like a winner.
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Post by: HarrySmith on July 13, 2018, 05:53:33 PM
Yeah, I would say you found it! Looks like a match to me. BINGO!
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: FABphones on July 13, 2018, 06:12:17 PM
Quote from: Haf on July 13, 2018, 05:30:25 PM
The fenders differ a bit over the years and model. I would suggest it's a Ford Runabout maybe around 1911-14. Compare the horn, the roof folding mechanism and fenders of this 1913 model...

Impressive detection work there Haf, well done.  :)
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Haf on July 13, 2018, 06:19:32 PM
Thank y'all!

"when you have excluded the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." ;)

Haf
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: oldguy on July 13, 2018, 11:10:53 PM
I was going to guess 1912 model T.
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Sargeguy on July 14, 2018, 01:18:57 AM
How about this one with my great-grandma?
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: FABphones on July 14, 2018, 04:40:34 AM
I love old photos, especially like this when some history of them is known. And your family had these vehicles early too. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Haf on July 14, 2018, 04:41:50 AM
Ford Model A Sport Coupe

Bill/Phonesrfun has the Tudor model:

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=19091.msg196130#msg196130

Haf
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: RotarDad on July 14, 2018, 11:55:33 AM
Doesn't look like a Ford.  The radiator badge looks more like a Chrevrolet bow-tie, but the car doesn't match pics I looked up.  The fenders are uniquely shaped, which should help....
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Dan/Panther on July 14, 2018, 12:45:16 PM
Quote from: Sargeguy on July 14, 2018, 01:18:57 AM
How about this one with my great-grandma?

Your Great-Grandfather wasn't named Clyde was he ?

D/P
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: ReneRondeau on July 14, 2018, 12:46:44 PM
1926 Chevrolet Landau Superior Coupe

(https://assets.hemmings.com/uimage/62568179-770-0@2X.jpg)
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Sargeguy on July 14, 2018, 04:51:27 PM
Thanks!  Great-grandma was a little odd, and this isn't the first time someone has referenced Bonnie & Clyde when they saw this picture!
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Greg G. on July 14, 2018, 08:42:41 PM
Quote from: Haf on July 13, 2018, 05:30:25 PM
The fenders differ a bit over the years and model. I would suggest it's a Ford Runabout maybe around 1911-14. Compare the horn, the roof folding mechanism and fenders of this 1913 model.

Haf

please forgive me my painting skills ;)

That's great, thank you very much!
Title: Re: Can you id this car?
Post by: Pourme on July 14, 2018, 08:58:37 PM
~

Haf is good at these automobile related quizzes....He identified a dash cluster my body shop manager had hanging on his wall once.

You're 2 for 2 Haf!