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Hi Herb,
Now that is a speedster.
Craig.

What a beast ! But what is it ? It is a six and there is another one behind it, the engine of the second car is just visible behind the first one..

Olds, I suspect.

As best I can tell, the writing says,

Olds Test Car 1910

Jonsey
Ross Taber
Joe the Indian

Oldsmobile introduced a Packard-size car in 1910 called the Oldsmobile Limited.

My guess is that is a test chassis.

Tests proved the value of fenders !
Both cars appear to be Oldsmobiles.

It's a great photo Herb. I can't find anything about that car. Here are the two Oldsmobile entrants to the 1910 Vanderbilt cup Race. I see that the rear spring mount, the hand levers and the steering arm all closely match the car in question. The few engine pictures I looked at don't have the same manifold arrangements. Perhaps it was an experimental design.
For 1911, the six-cylinder Limited engine was increased in capacity to a gargantuan 706-cu.in., featuring a 5-inch bore and a 6-inch stroke. Maybe that is what this monster was in 1910 after the Vanderbilt. Here is an '11 engine.

It's so huge!