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Monty119 - Solved: 1920 Elcar H6 Sportster
« on: April 26, 2017, 07:59:39 AM »
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell me the make, model and year of this vehicle.

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2017, 05:19:00 PM »
Up to the Experts
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Re: Monty119
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2017, 01:41:50 PM »

 American car

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2017, 01:42:23 PM »
Yes
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Re: Monty119
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2017, 02:03:32 PM »

 Rickenbacker

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2017, 02:06:41 PM »
No
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Re: Monty119
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2017, 09:05:55 PM »
Built during or before 1920?

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2017, 03:15:03 AM »
Yes
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Re: Monty119
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2017, 08:18:26 AM »
Does the company still exist?

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2017, 08:23:48 AM »
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Re: Monty119
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2017, 02:34:16 PM »
Don't those wheels look gorgeous  8) compared to today's awful spoked ox-wagon wheel clones? :yuck:

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2017, 04:19:23 PM »
1920 Elcar H6 Sportster at the 2012 Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance.

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Re: Monty119
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2017, 07:34:31 PM »
You got it!
A great looking car in my opinion. The big wheels and high ground clearance make me think of it as a "prewar SUV"!
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Re: Monty 19 - Solved: 1920 Elcar H6 Sportster
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2017, 08:49:43 PM »
I particularly liked the lack of running boards, and the barrel headlights.  The upward curve of the body near the windscreen, was not that common in 1920.