The Family Car: Sometimes, you just can't tell
I also ways pride myself on being able to figure out the make model and year of a car - any car - built between 1920 and today. Sometimes, I get a submission and its pretty damn impossible to figure it out, no matter what you do. The picture above is one of those pictures. And here's why. Before 1913, American cars were pretty simple, and most, not all, looked rather alike. One best example of the exception were the Ford Model T, cars made by the Franklin Motors Company which were air cooled and needed no radiator. But most cars were "two box" design. A large box for carrying passengers, and a small box up front for the engine. In 1913 and through 1916, cars evolved as the transition between the two boxes became smoother, one flowing into the other. Now the car above is a larger, better finished automobile for the era, and its part of that transitional era of 1913-1916. Let's take another look at what I am talking about. The area in t...