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#342 of 388 Re: What kind or car is this? [casiobeepbeep] by andre1969

Jan 21, 2013 (3:00 pm)

Replying to: casiobeepbeep (Jan 21, 2013 2:06 pm)
It's a Buick LeSabre, either a '69 or '70. I'm leaning toward '69, but could be wrong.
 
Good, sturdy cars for the most part. I'd imagine most examples had a Buick 350 V-8, but in '69 they offered a 400 or 430 as well, and for '69 a 455. All good engines, and the automatic transmission they used was a good, solid unit. Body and trim parts might be a bit hard to get ahold of though, so if you seek out one, get the nicest example that you can.

#343 of 388 Vintage Car c1926 by seatea1967

Feb 12, 2013 (9:16 am)

I recently received this photo of my great-grandfather and his family taken about 1926. I've never seen a car like this. It looks like it would have weighed a ton! Can someone identify the make, year and model?
 
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/cthomas/Public/Family/HelenJohnJrJackForrest1926.jpg-
 
Thanks!
 

#344 of 388 Re: Vintage Car c1926 [seatea1967] by andys120

Feb 12, 2013 (10:08 am)

Replying to: seatea1967 (Feb 12, 2013 9:16 am)
The disc wheel style tells me that's a mid-20s Packard Roadster, here's a similar car which is a 1927 Packard 426, a very spiffy car for the era>
 

#345 of 388 Re: Vintage Car c1926 [seatea1967] by fintail

Feb 12, 2013 (10:54 am)

Replying to: seatea1967 (Feb 12, 2013 9:16 am)
I suspect this is a ~1925 Studebaker

#346 of 388 Re: Vintage Car c1926 [seatea1967] by texases

Feb 12, 2013 (1:21 pm)

Replying to: seatea1967 (Feb 12, 2013 9:16 am)
More like the Studebaker, definitely not a Packard (note the radiator and hood on the Packard), but the radiator shell on the Studebakers I've found is more rounded on top. But '26-'28 is a good guess for age.

#347 of 388 Re: Vintage Car c1926 [texases] by andys120

Feb 12, 2013 (3:34 pm)

Replying to: texases (Feb 12, 2013 1:21 pm)
I had a look at some Studebaker pics and I'd have to agree. The radiator cowl and grille is more similar to a Stude than a Packard which had a very distinctive grille (my bad!). The winged radiator cap is also seen on many contemporary Studebakers.
 
1926 Studebaker:
 

 
I found only a few photos of them with disc wheels but there could be a million reasons for that. In my defense steel disc wheels like that were very common on 20s Packards.

#348 of 388 Re: Vintage Car c1926 [andys120] by fintail

Feb 12, 2013 (5:09 pm)

Replying to: andys120 (Feb 12, 2013 3:34 pm)
Yeah that radiator shell was giving me problems. I was just using guess-and-check methods.
 
The Antique Automobile Club of America Identification Forum has more experts and activity, they know more than me,

#350 of 388 Re: Help with Buick Identification [hhckln] by imidazol97

Feb 20, 2013 (11:25 am)

Your picture didn't post. It has to a picture held on a website such as photobucket.com. On the site they have a link that you can copied and paste into your post here. After pasting it, you can select the whole link and then press the IMG button shown below to give it the proper html markings to appear as a picture. Or leave the link and folks can just click on the link to see the picture.

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