Puzzle #538 - Solved! 1931 Stutz Bearcat

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make, and model designation of the car posted here.

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[Otto Puzzell]

Perhaps one of our newer members can make a guess?

[autominded]

My first idea is an Alvis TA 14 convertible.....looking closer I see that the doors of the Alvis swing the wrong way...so I know the answer.

[Otto Puzzell]

 

[grobmotorix]

Was this one built for some local politician in NZ?

[Otto Puzzell]

I don't know the cars history in that detail. I can tell you it's a US make, with somewhat unique coachwork.

[Otto Puzzell]

The coachwork on this car is approximately two decades newer than the chassis.

[Paul Jaray]

American La France?

[erbas]

The coachwork from Europe?

[Otto Puzzell]

American La France?

No sir.

[Otto Puzzell]

The coachwork from Europe?

Grob's geographic inquiry was more likely correct.

[Ray B.]

Is there a Buick under that body ?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[Ray B.]

The coachwork from Europe?

Grob's geographic inquiry was more likely correct.

Australia then ?

[Ray B.]

This one almost drove me nuts:
O.K. not Australia, but New Zealand as Grob had guessed. Luckily for me they don't have that many car museums over there. I found it in Wellington.

It's a 1931 Stutz Bearcat,  rebodied in Te Awamutu by a Mr Martin Smith in the 1950s.

[Otto Puzzell]

Winner winner chicken dinner!