SOLVED - What car #102 - 1917 Moose Jaw Standard

[@re]

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[Ray B.]

It looks like Lenin at the wheel, out for a Sunday ride with the wife and kids.

[@re]

Yes, it looks like Lenin... but it could not possibly be. Could be Sunday, though.

[Allan L]

USA rather than USSR one presumes.

[@re]

If so, one does not presume quite correctly.

[Allan L]

European, then?

[@re]

No, not European. (Hmm! Interesting!)

[Allan L]

American, but not US?

[@re]

Yep.

[Allan L]

Canadian?
McLaughlin-Buick?

[@re]

Canadian, yes!

McLaughlin-Buick, no.

[Ray B.]

It looks like a Durant. Let's try an A-22 from 1923.

[@re]

Finally, a guess that doesn't mean I have to move a puzzle into the 'Solved' category. Thank you, Ray B 

So: No, it's not a Durant. It was built by locals, in very small numbers.

[Paul Jaray]

Too big for a Gray-Dort....isn't it?

[@re]

It might well be too big for a Gray-Dort, because it isn't one...

[Paul Jaray]

Ok, was it built in 100 exemplares or was it related somehow with the steam?

[@re]

No, and no. It was built in considerably smaller numbers, and it had a conventional engine from the other side of the border.

[Paul Jaray]

Ok, I was thinking of a London Six (100 exemplars built) or a Brooks (a Steam-car company that produced a touring car in 1923 with conventional engine)..so what's left..a Derby?

[@re]

Nope, not a Derby. It was built for one year only, in very small numbers, and it was before 1923.

[Paul Jaray]

Just one year? So it's not a Bell or a Canadian Standard..not even a Canadian from 1921 'cause it has the v-type radiator...

[Paul Jaray]

In fact it's a Moose Jaw Standard from 1917

[Ray B.]

Finally, a guess that doesn't mean I have to move a puzzle into the 'Solved' category. Thank you, Ray B 

So: No, it's not a Durant. It was built by locals, in very small numbers.

You're pulling my leg, aren't you. No worry, I'm not so good at cars this old. But watch out, Paul Jaray is back in town.
http://www.cbc.ca/afternooneditionsask/

[@re]

Yes, he is, and yes, that was a bit of leg-pulling

Moose Jaw Standard is the right answer - 5 were built in 1917. A little bit more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_Jaw_Standard

[grobmotorix]

And this is its actual name? 

Strange canadians...

[@re]

Well, 'Standard' isn't an unusual model designation for that period. As for the rest of the name, the car is quite simply named after the town where it was built - Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan, Canada