Can you identify this vehicle? I want to know the base car and the maker and the name of this body.
European?
No, not European.
Is it from South America?
Not from south America.
USA?
Yes, USA.
Does the maker still exist?
Yes.
Cadillac?
Not Cadillac.
Dodge?
Not a Dodge.
Ford?
Yes, it's a Ford.
Ford Model A 4 door Pheaton 1928?
I'm not sure about the model, but I'd rather say it's a late Ford T.
Professionals' time.
Is it one of the Australian Fords "improved" by Browns of Melbourne ?
Perhaps an Autowa, by the Ottawa Body Company of Ottawa, Illinois, USA, on a Ford Model T base.
Not Australian and not Autowa.
Is the custom body also from the USA?
Yes, from USA.
A Mengel Body Company (Louisville, KY, USA) Meritas clad composite body on a Ford Model T base from about 1926?
Quote from: 4popoid on May 16, 2014, 06:10:01 PM
A Mengel Body Company (Louisville, KY, USA) Meritas clad composite body on a Ford Model T base from about 1926?
Not that company. Please, remember that I suppose it is a Ford T base, but I'm not sure about it.
A Dayton Body Company (Dayton, OH, USA) Dayton Classi Body on a Ford Model T base from about 1926?
No.
An Ames Body Corporation (Owensboro, KY, USA) Ames-bilt Cloverleaf Body on a Ford Model T base from about 1925?
No.
A Lehmann-Peterson Co. (Indianapolis, IN, USA) Lamco Body on a Ford Model T base from about 1926?
Not that one.
I need to tighten up the geography, as there are too many coachbuilders that made aftermarket bodies for Ford. Is the coachbuilder that I am searching for from the Northeast Central United States (West of the Allegheny Mountains, North of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River)?
I'm sorry, but I know very little about this coachbuilder; on the side of this car (on the White paper) you can read the name of this body, and the name of the firm: --------- body, by -------- & Son. Than you have an address but not the city...and I haven't found other news about them.
One last try. They are probably too well known, but otherwise are the only name I can think of that fits your criteria. Is the coachbuilder: F. B. Wood & Son?
No, the name of the body is 9 letters long, the coachbuilder's one is 8.
cabriolet body?
Not "Cabriolet".
Landaulet?
Not Landaulet. I want to give you a clue: The Body name isn't a proper body definition, but some Makers of a European State, used it to describe a kind of vehicle during late '50 and '60 (and perhaps later on, but I don't know)...a kind of vehicle different from quiz car.
Speedster?
Not Speedster.
Barchetta ?
Not Barchetta.
An Italian word?
Limousine ?
Not an Italian word, and not limousine.
An English word?
Familiale?
The makers I was thinking about are not English, but the world that describes the body of quiz car has the same meaning also in English. Familiale is wrong but is a good idea...but the name is not French.
Is it "Universal"?
DKW called the estate car/wagon body of the F89 "Universal" in the 1950s, and Volga used the same name a bit later in the early 1960s.
Ja!!! Trabant and Mercedes-Benz too used Universal for their Station Wagon. So the quiz car has a Universal body, by.....? Locked for Tom_I.
Well, this took a lot longer to find than it should, but neither of the web pages where this picture can be found contains the word "universal" in its text, so that was completely useless as a search term.
And there is no supporting information either, but there is a high-resolution picture on the US Library of Congress site which at least allows you to read the notice fixed on the car.
So according to that, this is a Ford with Universal body by R. Mc. Reynolds and Son, of 1423 to 1427 L St. N.W.
I wasn't sure what the address was meant to be at first, but there is a road called "L Street Northwest" in Washington DC, which has street numbers that go higher than 1427, so that might be it, but I'm not completely sure.
Clap clap clap! :D Absolutely correct. A well deserved point for you.