Topic: Monty407 - Solved: 1919 Dey electric car

[el_monty]

Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell me who built this car and the approximate year.

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids.

[el_monty]

Up to the Experts.

[targhediferro]

Is it a Milburn, about 1915?

[el_monty]

Is it a Milburn, about 1915?

No and No

[targhediferro]

Baker, 1918?

[el_monty]

Baker, 1918?

No, but the year is closer. This car was not from an established marque.

[Fёdor]

Princess

[el_monty]

Princess

No.

[jimjarron]

Charles Steinmetz 1916?

[el_monty]

Charles Steinmetz 1916?

Charles Steinmetz indeed appears in the puzzle image, riding in the passenger's seat! While that is not the answer (the builder was the man driving the car), I feel like giving you a lock to see if you can finish connecting the dots. targhediferro's guess of 1918 was closer to the actual date than 1916.

[jimjarron]

Charles Steinmetz indeed appears in the puzzle image, riding in the passenger's seat!

He does have a rather distinctive appearance....

I'm running out of ideas - how about a 1922 Dey Electric?  If that's nowhere near the answer, don't lock it for me.

[el_monty]

I'm running out of ideas - how about a 1922 Dey Electric?  If that's nowhere near the answer, don't lock it for me.

Yes, it's a Dey! One of Harry E. Dey's experimental units, from 1919 (the image is from the January 1920 issue of Popular Science). It was an electric car with a range-extender engine. You didn't nail the date, but that's OK, IŽll consider this puzzle solved. Well done!