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Another Hershey Mystery


A few weeks ago we did a quiz about a photo found during the recent AACA Fall meet in Hershey.  Yet when you dol a quiz you need to be sure what you have otherwise there is no way to judge what the competitors have to say. The above photo still needs to be identified. What on earth is the set of wheels this well to do comapny is using. WE may be wrong but we think we have a chauffeur with on his side the mother or chaperone of the young lady in the back of the car with her father or fiance.  Well we probably never know. When checking the big tourer itself the eye will go to the radiator. It seems round shouldered with a vertical oval shape getting a bit wider at the lower end. A projection of the radiator outline is visible  on the rounded scuttle in Daimler style of around 1909/1910. We asked Ariejan Bos, but he is puzzled. So here's your chance to beat Ariejan!

(collection editor) 

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martedì novembre 8th, 2016
Varun Coutinho
01 Aprile 2024, 20:55
Photo One is a postcard captioned "Foxlake, Wis., Group of Men in an Old Car (1909)".

Photo Two shows the radiator and Merkel script from a 1906-1907 Merkel 20-24hp Model P Light Touring.
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Varun Coutinho
31 Marzo 2024, 21:35
One possibility: 1906-07 Merkel 35-40hp Form N Touring
Manufacturer: 1905-07 Merkel Motor Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Sconosciuto
09 Novembre 2016, 23:59
After looking closely at all the Rainier material I could find it seems to me that it's not a Rainier: the bonnet (hood) of the mystery car has relatively straight sides and no louvers, while all the Rainiers of that year had rounded sides - a la Hotchkiss - with louvers. Having said that, I have no clue as to the real identity!
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Sconosciuto
09 Novembre 2016, 16:48
PEERLESS(all that the name implies)?
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Sconosciuto
09 Novembre 2016, 06:36
Hello,from Australia.
I THINK that this mystery car is a 30/35hp 1908 Model "c" 1908 RAINIER. These cars were built in Saginaw, Michigan. Their sales motto was :"The Pullman of motor cars".
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