Author Topic: Solved: PN #880 -- Marathon touring car, 1911 (Read 753 times)

pnegyesi · « **on:** March 13, 2016, 10:26:38 AM »

Please ID this car for a point - brand and model year will be enough

pnegyesi · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2016, 02:35:01 AM »

Experts?

jimjarron · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2016, 02:46:29 AM »

1910 Sheffield-Simplex 14/20?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2016, 04:14:22 AM »

jimjarron · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2016, 05:10:14 AM »

Well, now that I look at it again, the house behind the car looks slightly American, so how about a circa 1906 Pierce Great Arrow?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2016, 05:36:17 AM »

American, younger than 1906 and not a Pierce Arrow

jimjarron · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2016, 05:42:37 AM »

1910 Mercer Model 30?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2016, 09:22:49 AM »

slightly younger than 1910 and starts with M

jimjarron · « **Reply #8 on:** March 28, 2016, 06:12:29 AM »

1912 Marion?

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 28, 2016, 08:02:06 AM »

Matheson?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #10 on:** March 28, 2016, 08:05:09 AM »

neither, nor

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 28, 2016, 09:56:16 AM »

Was the make still active as of 1920?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2016, 10:55:36 AM »

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2016, 11:01:55 AM »

Still active as of 1915?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2016, 11:28:53 AM »

by then it was bankrupt

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2016, 11:37:57 AM »

"Mighty" Michigan?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2016, 01:27:59 PM »

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2016, 01:32:25 PM »

One more guess: Midland?

Everything else I can find that fits the criteria given looks rather unlike this car, particularly in the grille.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2016, 01:57:54 PM »

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 29, 2016, 08:35:25 AM »

Found one more car from another source that fits the criteria, but can't find anything about it online (much less a picture for comparison): 1911 Myers?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #20 on:** March 29, 2016, 03:48:57 PM »

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:34:01 AM »

OK, so this is what I understand so far:

- This particular car was made shortly after 1910, which I assume to mean 1911 or 1912 (meaning that the make started no later than one of those years).
- The make was bankrupt by 1915, which I assume means the make's last year was either 1915 or slightly earlier.
- The make is American and starts with M.
- It's not Marion, Matheson, Mercer, Michigan, Midland or Myers.

Is this all correct? Or have I misunderstood anything, maybe about the years of the make?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #22 on:** March 31, 2016, 01:52:05 PM »

yes, it's all correct. I just checked the Standard Catalog of American Cars to see whether the site which featured the photo made a mistake. But there's no mistake - so what you say is all true.

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2016, 01:59:41 PM »

Modoc?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2016, 03:47:57 PM »

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