SOLVED: WTH # 006 - 1930 Franklin 147 Pirate Convertible Sedan on 1933 Chassis

[sixtee5cuda]

Identify the make, model, and year for one point.

[Manuel]

Early 30s Franklin.

Manuel in Oz

[sixtee5cuda]

Franklin is correct.  Locked for you for 24 hours to come up with the year and the model name of this car

[Manuel]

Just looking at it I would say 1932. Thats all I know.

Manuel in Oz

[sixtee5cuda]

This is a very specific model of Franklin.  It has design features not shared with any other model.

[sixtee5cuda]

Unlocked

Anyone else have ideas?

[sixtee5cuda]

UP!

[bentleybob]

V-12?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not the V12

[RayTheRat]

Water-cooled?

[sixtee5cuda]

Air cooled.

[bentleybob]

Pirate?

[sixtee5cuda]

Locked for you, BentleyBob.

The car is certainly a Franklin Pirate.  Because there are so few of them around, it shouldn't be difficult to find out the two model years associated with this particular Pirate.

[bentleybob]

1930? Model 147 Phaeton?

[sixtee5cuda]

1930 Franklin Pirate model 147 is correct.

This one is actually sitting on a 1933 Franklin chassis.

[RayTheRat]

Good puzzle, man, but what makes a Pirate so different from other contemporary Franklins?

RtR

[sixtee5cuda]

The Pirate is a touring with really short window openings, as if the roof had been chopped.  Also, the bottom of the doors curve outward to cover the running boards

[RayTheRat]

Ok.  Thanks.