Mercedes find ? (UPDATE V : 1931 Chevrolet)

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Bunti Singh from India is seeking information on this car which is said to be a Mercedes from the twenties. "I am an automobile engineer from Nagpur. I just got this six cylinder convertible of about 1927. I do not have the details of the car. Parts missing are the radiator, the engine’s heads, the engine sump. From gearbox on to rear wheel end all parts are intact. I am keenly interested to restore this car. If you have any information about this car, electrical circuit, body shape and rest." Please check the front end, then also the rear end and carefully inspect dashboard & bulkhead. Anything is possible, but it also could be possible playing tricks and is trying to sell some hard to identify Chevy bits or what (?) as Merc..? As always with buying an old car, it first comes down to this one simple but sometimes oh so hard to establish issue: find out what it is.... [email protected]
UPDATE by John Grant, Don Risen and Peter Pegg, who all seem to be convinced the car is a 1931 Chevrolet base on torque tube, nuts behind hubcap, fenders and dashboard whicj is "spot-on" according to Peter Pegg who refers to "page 91 of George Dammann's Sixty Years of Chevrolet"... (...) Editor: bottomline is of course to take care with what people say about hard to identify project cars. Always ask for chassis numbers and more. Not every car is a Mercedes. Not every car is a Chevy.
UPDATE IV by Mark Dawber:"reading the updates, I agree now it is not Studebaker, I hadn't looked closely enough at the rear end. I agree it is most likely GM. It doesn't look big enough to be Cadillac or Buick. Maybe the owner needs to measure the wheelbase. Even though the engine head is missing it should be possible to tell if it is overhead or side valve. If side valve possibilities are Pontiac, Oldsmobile or even Marquette - all of which are smaller than Buick/Cadillac. The diameter of the wheels might help as well." Kit Foster ads very self assured: "Chevrolet used torque tube drive into the 1950s. After looking at the shapes and textures of the car in question I'm quite sure it's a 1930 or '31 Chevy."

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