Author Topic: Solved: PN #172 -- Birch Light Six, 1917  (Read 665 times)

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Solved: PN #172 -- Birch Light Six, 1917
« on: May 12, 2011, 01:23:42 PM »
Identify this car for a point!
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2011, 03:25:14 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2011, 08:57:57 AM »
I will guess this car to be a .. 1917 Jeffery Six Touring. Nash Motor Car Co.; Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Re: PN #172
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2011, 09:31:21 AM »
nope
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2011, 09:22:50 AM »
American, though?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2011, 09:27:09 AM »
Yes
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2011, 09:28:57 AM »
East or west of the Mississippi?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2011, 08:41:04 PM »
alongside :), but not from Mississippi state
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2011, 04:06:45 AM »
1916 Elcar Touring. Elkhart Carriage and Motor Car Co. Elkhart, Indiana 1916-1933.

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Re: PN #172
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2011, 04:45:36 AM »
Not from Indiana, so not an Elcar
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2011, 09:21:55 AM »
From Illinois?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2011, 03:36:41 PM »
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2011, 05:19:11 PM »
From Chicago?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2011, 07:26:24 PM »
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2011, 12:02:22 AM »
1917 Drexel 16 valve 7 passenger touring car. Drexel Motor Car Corp., Chicago Illinois.

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Re: PN #172
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2011, 05:23:23 AM »
Nope
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2011, 09:18:24 AM »
Was this car made before 1920?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2011, 12:09:42 PM »
Yes, it was made prior to 1920 (and sorry about the late answer)
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2011, 07:12:14 AM »
Was the make still being produced as of 1925?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2011, 07:43:12 AM »
1925? No - but 1923, yes :)

BTW, an earlier guess, regarding this car being made in 1917 was correct.
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2011, 07:47:11 AM »
Birch?
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Re: PN #172
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2011, 07:47:47 AM »
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