Longshot car ID

Busflyer · Dec 19, 2019

I know there are a lot of folks here with a lot of knowledge so thought I d take a chance and see if anyone could ID this car. Photo is my Grandfather taken about 1916.

JL Ray · Dec 19, 2019

I can not but I forwarded it to a friend that is into the early cars and works at the Gilmore museum.

Ozlander · Dec 19, 2019

I love those bucket seats.

Buddy · Dec 19, 2019

Looks like a Stutz Bearcat.

Jim in LA · Dec 19, 2019

I had a toy car that looked like that. It was a Mercer. Google

Busflyer · Dec 19, 2019

Thanks!

warbaby · Dec 19, 2019

Its an odd ball, circa 1910 or so. I think it is too small and sits too high to be a Mercer or a Stutz.

Try posting your picture in the Antique Automobile Club of America forum here:
AACA what is it? forum

rustred · Dec 19, 2019

yep, must be an odd ball ,... right hand drive.

muleman51 · Dec 19, 2019

If you find out what it is please re post. Pictures like that are such wonderful family heirlooms.

warbaby · Dec 19, 2019

Most early american automobiles up until the early teens were RHD. One of the most prominent features of the newly introduced Model T Ford in 1908 was that it was LHD. Once those little Fords started out-selling every other maker combined (from about 1914 on), the other manufactures adopted Ford's steering layout and LHD became the norm in the Western Hemisphere.

Busflyer · Dec 20, 2019

(quoted from post at 03:40:03 12/20/19) If you find out what it is please re post. Pictures like that are such wonderful family heirlooms.

I put it on the AACA forum today. We ll see what turns up.

Texasmark1 · Dec 21, 2019

Very interesting.....I always wondered why the British used RHD...never looked it up.....maybe it was because Ford built cars in America and the Brits just decided to stay with what was popular in the early days. Maybe they were way ahead of us in building all weather roadways and when the Ford revolution occurred they were too far along to change.

On roads of the day, a similarly dated picture I'll never forget is of a guy running a period, 4 door convertible, top down, on a muddy country road (super highway of the day maybe), stuck in the mud up to the running boards, standing up on a higher elevation side of the road, farm wire fence behind him, pot bellied, hat of the day, pushed back, what was left of a cigar in his mouth, hands on his hips.........and the kicker is what he said.......not printable on this site! He WAS in deep doo-do.....try getting a wrecker back then, out there.

warbaby · Dec 21, 2019

Thanks to those automotive sleuths over on the AACA forum, your ancestors car has been identified as a 1910 Marion Bobcat!

warbaby · Dec 21, 2019

here
AACA discussion board on your photo

Busflyer · Dec 22, 2019

(quoted from post at 01:26:47 12/22/19) here
AACA discussion board on your photo

Yep. Thanks warbaby, you beat me to it.
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