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Title: Solved TGF-134: Locomobile junior eight by Zupka Lajos & Fia, 1925
Post by: targhediferro on May 25, 2013, 01:19:08 PM
Make, model and coachbuilder for a point.
Title: Re: TGF-134
Post by: 4popoid on June 04, 2013, 01:34:51 AM
European marque?
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Post by: targhediferro on June 04, 2013, 02:19:46 AM
The maker is not European.
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Post by: 4popoid on June 04, 2013, 01:42:37 PM
US marque (probably GM) with European coachwork from about 1927?
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Post by: targhediferro on June 04, 2013, 02:51:11 PM
US maker, not GM, European coachbuilder, a little older.
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Post by: ropat53 on June 04, 2013, 03:12:17 PM
Locomobile with Scandinavian body?
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Post by: 4popoid on June 04, 2013, 04:56:11 PM
Studebaker Big Six with European coachwork from about 1925?
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Post by: targhediferro on June 04, 2013, 05:11:40 PM
That's the base!  Locked for you to add the coachbuilder.
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: 4popoid on June 04, 2013, 05:16:33 PM
I need to narrow my scope.  Is the coachbuilder Italian?
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: targhediferro on June 04, 2013, 05:18:51 PM
Not Italian.
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: 4popoid on June 04, 2013, 05:32:48 PM
Perhaps Swiss.  Tüscher did some work on Studebaker, so: 1925 Studebaker Big Six by Tüscher?
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: targhediferro on June 05, 2013, 01:15:08 PM
Not swiss, so not Tuscher. Two guesses more.
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: 4popoid on June 05, 2013, 11:23:35 PM
I probably should stick with a British or French coachbuilder, but, since I have discovered that Studebaker was among the cars dressed by Czech coachbuilders, I am going to try: 1925 Studebaker Big Six by Karoserie Petera.
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: targhediferro on June 06, 2013, 02:19:19 AM
Good guess, but not Czech and so, not Petera.
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: 4popoid on June 07, 2013, 01:59:50 AM
OK I'll try a British coachbuilder: 1925 Studebaker Big Six by Salmons & Sons.
Title: Re: TGF-134: Locked for 4popoid
Post by: targhediferro on June 07, 2013, 03:57:19 AM
Sorry, not a British body. Unlocked.
Title: Re: TGF-134:
Post by: 4popoid on June 07, 2013, 11:15:20 AM
There are probably many, but I only have one more European coachbuilder on my Studebaker list, and that one is Dutch.  So: 1925 Studebaker Big Six by Pennock.
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Post by: targhediferro on June 07, 2013, 11:48:55 AM
Sorry, neither Dutch...so not Pennock.
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Post by: 4popoid on June 08, 2013, 03:10:16 AM
How about a Swedish coachbuilder: 1925 Studebaker Big Six by Nordberg?
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Post by: targhediferro on June 08, 2013, 05:27:57 PM
Neither Swedish, I'm sorry.
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Post by: 4popoid on June 08, 2013, 06:44:16 PM
On to Belgium.  1925 Studebaker Big Six by Van den Plas? 
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Post by: targhediferro on June 08, 2013, 06:47:28 PM
Not from Belgium.
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Post by: ropat53 on June 08, 2013, 07:10:48 PM
Studebaker Junior Eight by Hungarian Zupka Lajos és Fia
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Post by: 4popoid on June 08, 2013, 10:59:57 PM
I have finally found the picture! Ropat53 has done it, just in pieces.  Earlier he posted that the car was a: "Locomobile with a Scandanavian body".  The picture caption says it is a "suspected" Studebaker, but calls it a Junior Eight (which is shown on the spare tire cover).  Hence we have a quandary.  Either the car is a 1928 Studebaker President (Studebaker's first eight cylinder car), or it is a 1925 Locomobile Junior Eight (the only year this model was made).  In either case the sign says the body work is by Zupka Lajos és Fia, Budapest.

In my opinion the correct answer to this puzzle is: 1925 Locomobile Junior Eight by Louis Zupka & Son.  Give the point to ropat53.   
Title: Re: TGF-134:
Post by: targhediferro on June 09, 2013, 02:14:36 AM
That's the car...As Ropat53 shown to be a great expert of this car I agree to consider it a Locomobile.
Title: Re: Solved TGF-134: Locomobile junior eight by Zupka Lajos & Fia, 1925
Post by: pnegyesi on June 09, 2013, 02:46:06 AM
As the creator of the original caption, I have to confess, I had no idea about the donor, but made a rough guess with Studebaker.
Thanks for correctly identifying the chassis for me :)

Title: Re: Solved TGF-134: Locomobile junior eight by Zupka Lajos & Fia, 1925
Post by: ropat53 on June 09, 2013, 10:44:14 AM
It's not perfectly legible, but you can guess it reads Locomobile Co. on the bottom of the spare tyre cover, that was the reason for my first guess. When I found the original picture and saw the Junior Eight I should have realized that it could not be a Studebaker. I think 4popoid deserves a point for having discovered the mistake in the original caption.