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Barcelona car show. Caption says 1913 models:

Where's the doors ??

I don't think there are doors on the right side (right hand drive). There is a step plate high up on the right rear fender to access the back seat over the body. My guess is one wide door on the left side?

Wonderful photos of an incredibly neat car!

A longtime friend of mine has a 1915 Biddle sport touring car. Basically, all Biddles were custom builds. His was originally built for a member of the Biddle family. It has no doors on either side. A couple of step plates make climbing over the sides a bit easier.

Can anyone translate the sign on the front of the car?

It looks like that show was in Turó Park.

Is there a clearer copy of the first photo? The sign on the car is too small to read.

https://orgullosademiciudad.blogspot.co ... -1915.html

What a gorgeous looking car. The long hood and deep V radiator are reminiscent of the English Gordon-Bennett cars but these lines are so much more exciting. Looking at the deeply buttoned trim on the left side may indicate that there were no doors at all. It would be a shame to interrupt those lines by fitting some kind of top, but a raked windscreen would be OK.

Allan from down under.

Two of my favourite cars - Ford and Regal.

From Mundo Grafico 19th February 1913.

A few more bits and pieces.

Here is a clearer copy.

The handwriting reads:

Chassis Ford. Body constructed in Barcelona. Equipped with wire wheels, electric lights, V-radiator, bumper bar.

How about the electric headlights. Wonder if the package included a dynamo or generator. That would be a body to recreate!

Look at the blackened or painted radiator. It was evident on the French Ford Special racer too:

Would that racer have reincarnated in a towncar ? that must have been the fastest taxi of its day