Topic: Whaddyacallit #30 -Solved! 1920 Velie Model 48

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ? (with its badge under the radiator cap, which I erased, of course)

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

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[Ray B.]

A clue also needed here?

This car comes from Illinois.

[Ray B.]

This puzzles is beginning to feel lonely.
Another clue?

The maker of this car was once closely associated with the maker of -among other things - lawn mowers, such as mine for instance.

[Ray B.]

A pretty little car (a real darling so to say) a five month old puzzle, two free of charges clues, and not a single guess?

[Allan L]

I think it's a Deere!

[Otto Puzzell]

Viking?

[Ray B.]

It's neither a Deere neither a Viking...
BUT... you both made a step towards the answer (Allan's step being much, much more significative than Otto's, though).

[Ray B.]

I think it's a Deere!

I haven't been clear enough;
 It's not a Deere, but John Deere is what I meant in this former clue "The maker of this car was once closely associated with the maker of -among other things - lawn mowers, such as mine for instance."

[@re]

Wild guess: Was it by any chance built by Leonard Andrus?

[Otto Puzzell]

I'll go with Alexander Shanks as my guess...

[Ray B.]

Shanks, Andrus... Guys, it seems you googled like mad and found those, but both died years before the automobile was invented. I am talking of a make that produced cars for about twenty years.

[neilshouse]

I Googled like mad too... is it a Velie?

[Ray B.]

BINGO! It is a Velie.
Stephen Velie was John Deere's son-in-law, having married his daughter Emma. Their son Willard is the man behind the Velie cars built in Moline. Both families were closely linked, and Velie remained a director in Deere & Co until 1921.

Now I found this car in an old magazine, and I thought it was nowhere in te internet. I just found it is, same car, same photograph. You've already earned a point for the make. The year and model will get another to whomever finds it.

[neilshouse]

I've just found the photograph on the internet too, it's a 1920 Model 48 4 Passenger Speedster.

[@re]

This goes to show that some of us are better at googling than others, and that some of us are a bit too trigger-happy if we find a name that seems to fit. As a journalist, I should know better, but in my profession, there's a term for what happens when you throw all inhibitions overboard because you sense a scoop: It's the blood mist