Hi Everyone.
I have part of an old car sitting in my field that I'd like to try
to ID. Here's what it looks like:
1. It looks like a model T style car.
2. It has Champion sparkplugs in it
3. Delco Remy Anderson is labeled on two parts in the engine bay.
4. It has Chrysler labeled on some of the parts in the engine bay.
5. It has wood running running through it for support.
I know it's probably hard to ID but does anyone know the age?
Nate Nagel - 05 Mar 2006 12:44 GMT
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When you get old enough, EVERYTHING looks like a model T, more or less.
Delco Remy and Champion parts were used on many, many cars.
The fact that some parts are labeled Chrysler is probably your best bet
for ID'ing your car.
Can you find a data plate anywhere on it?
Might also want to try getting a copy of the "American Car Spotter's
Guide," by Tad Burness, it's surprisingly useful and cool to flip through.
nate

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Al Bundy - 05 Mar 2006 13:33 GMT
Is it too far out in the field to drag a camera?
Ad absurdum per aspera - 06 Mar 2006 23:49 GMT
I'd suggest uploading some pictures -- and posting the pointer to
rec.autos.antique as well (and maybe alt.autos.chrysler). Great
sport, figuring out what that hulk behind the barn might be, especially
after easily removeable parts and telling details have rotted or rusted
or fallen victim to souvenir hunters or kids with .22's and all the
other things that happen to abandoned cars.
Anything left that has a nameplate, number, or unique stylized
appearance could be the rust-zetta stone, so take a good well-lit
closeup and/or transcribe such things if you can.
Some good way of judging scale should ideally be in the pictures.
An idea of timeframe -- Chrysler was organized in 1923 (out of, among
other things, Maxwell and Chalmers), perhaps after a couple years of
skunkworksy doings, and I don't think they actually started selling
cars for another year or two. Prior to sometime around 1920, Walter
P. Chrysler had been a Buick and GM executive, but I don't know if this
involved putting his name on anything. In the late 20s they acquired
the venerable Dodge Brothers marque and launched Plymouth.
I think wood was going away in mainstream use as a major structural
element by then but could be found in many parts of cars well into the
30s (and even slightly into the postwar era as a body material for some
station wagons, a look that the manufacturers of course insisted on
imitating or evoking for decades).
I'm scratching my head on an actual Chrysler that looked like a Ford
Model T. Its successor the Model A, maybe? (The Model T's long career
did overlap with the first few years of Chrysler, but toward the end
was considered a very dated design despite some evolution.) Dodge
Bros. go back to before WWI and Maxwell even further, deep into the
horseless-carriage era, as does Buick, so those could look T-ish; but
again, whether (and when) Chrysler's name would have appeared on
anything before he took the traditional route to getting one's name on
the products is not clear to me.
Some interesting links include
http://www.allpar.com/history/chron2.html
http://www.remyinc.com/aboutus/history.htm
Cheers,
--Joe
John S. - 07 Mar 2006 03:25 GMT
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There were lots of cars made with running boards and all the other
features we associate with the model T. Upload some pictures,
especially of the engine, radiator & cowling, interior.