Author Topic: Solved - MJW #1063 - Hispano-Suiza H6C by James Young, Melbourne 1924  (Read 2320 times)

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2013, 03:37:00 PM »
I going to go out on that limb again, and try USA.  If so, I'll call the puzzle car a: 1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Rollston.

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2013, 04:44:24 PM »
Baffling question, indeed.

I am supporting 4popoid at this point for a couple of reasons but I am still not sure.

The vehicle in the background looks to be something American, even including the license/registration plate.
The dress of the spectators in the photo seem to be "working class" folk and could possibly be Americans also.

My main concern is the shades over the three windows which is not really typical of American coachwork but usually more European.

If the bodywork is truly American, I would hazard a guess that it has to be either a car bodied in the New York area or the Los Angeles area as Hispanos were truly rare in this country and most often to be found on one coast or the other.

Go for it 4popoid, I am stuck.

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2013, 02:10:12 AM »
No it's not by a coachbuilder from the USA.
Hopefully that will cut out some unnecessary research...

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2013, 02:57:51 AM »
Well, unless it's a smaller producer, that pretty much leaves Germany.  If so, I'll call the puzzle car a: 1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Erdmann & Rossi.

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2013, 03:23:14 AM »
Well, unless it's a smaller producer, that pretty much leaves Germany.  If so, I'll call the puzzle car a: 1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Erdmann & Rossi.
Not German...
You have to go further afield  ;)

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2013, 03:25:59 AM »
That would be from Czechoslovakia?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2013, 03:26:36 AM »
That would be from Czechoslovakia?
Further than that.....

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2013, 03:32:02 AM »
Laurin & Klement / Skoda ?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2013, 03:38:02 AM »
Austria?  If so, I'll call the puzzle car a: 1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Lohner. 

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #34 on: January 07, 2013, 03:52:28 AM »
Russia ?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #35 on: January 07, 2013, 04:07:36 AM »
Uhlic?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #36 on: January 07, 2013, 05:28:33 AM »
Duncan Rollo

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #37 on: January 07, 2013, 07:29:36 AM »
Not Czech, Austrian or Russian........BUT it is Australian!

I'll LOCK it for D-Type until his next answer to see if he can come up with the name of the Australian coachbuilder.

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #38 on: January 07, 2013, 02:37:25 PM »
Please unlock I was just fishing.

Blind guess: Holden made body
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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2013, 02:43:18 PM »
Please unlock I was just fishing.

Blind guess: Holden made body
Thanks Duncan but it's not a body by Holden...

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #40 on: January 07, 2013, 03:59:35 PM »
James Flood?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #41 on: January 07, 2013, 04:11:22 PM »
Wilkinson & Sons ?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #42 on: January 07, 2013, 07:55:23 PM »
1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by T. J. Richards?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #43 on: January 08, 2013, 12:48:25 AM »
Kellow & Falkiner?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #44 on: January 08, 2013, 02:11:11 AM »
Not by James Flood, Richards, Wilkinson or Kellow & Falkiner.......
Craig's answer is closest.

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #45 on: January 08, 2013, 02:18:07 AM »
1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Martin & King?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #46 on: January 08, 2013, 02:21:40 AM »
1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Martin & King?
Not by Martin & King.

If my source is correct, the coachbuilder shares it's name with a well-known British one...

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #47 on: January 08, 2013, 02:29:39 AM »
That could be a great hint.  How about 1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Coachcraft (G.H.Olding & Sons)?

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #48 on: January 08, 2013, 02:32:46 AM »
That could be a great hint.  How about 1924 Hispano Suiza H6C by Coachcraft (G.H.Olding & Sons)?
Not that
This coachbuilder is normally referred to by two words....

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Re: MJW #1063
« Reply #49 on: January 08, 2013, 03:37:53 AM »
James Young ?