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Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Burger in Spokane » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:41 am

168-4-JohnBush.JPG
An acquaintence has asked me for help identifying the vehicle in the above photo.
It is clearly NOT a Ford, and it clearly has a custom body on a heavy truck type chassis
My guess is close to 1920 ? Location is Salida, Colorado, and the small narrow gauge
locomotive may skew one's sense of size of the vehicle in question.

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Will_Vanderburg » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:06 pm

I can't tell you about the car, but I can tell you about the locomotive.

Denver & Rio Grande Western ten-wheeler #168 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, PA in 1883. The locomotive STILL EXISTS to this day and is undergoing restoration to operable condition. It's currently housed in Antonito, Colorado.

Here's a photo of it in Montrose, CO across from the Vanderburg Hotel in 1909.

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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Burger in Spokane » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:20 am

I believe the inquirer has an active part in the work being done on D&RG 168. His
interest in the depot/hotel hack is outside his scope of historical knowledge, and thusly
he turned to me, as he knows I consort with sketchy figures of the old car underworld.

:lol:
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Rich Eagle » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:40 am

The fuzzy image can only hope for a guess. Mine is a Dodge screen-side delivery.
I can barely remember the steam locomotives as a child but they left an impression.
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by DLodge » Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:21 am

Burger in Spokane wrote:
Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:20 am
...he turned to me, as he knows I consort with sketchy figures of the old car underworld.
I understand that there's even a "forum" where those sketchy figures hang out and talk about oil and stuff. :D

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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Will_Vanderburg » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:20 pm

It might not even be a truck. Maybe a huge touring car. The top looks like a touring top
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Burger in Spokane » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:24 pm

C'mon, you sketchy figures, work your your magical powers of deciphering
blurry images ! Is that too much to ask ? :lol:
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by perry kete » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:33 pm

I do not know about the car or train but is that Margaret Hamlinton? :roll: :roll:
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Rich Eagle » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:11 pm

"These Things Must Be Done Delicately"
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Burger in Spokane » Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:21 am

Pay no attention to that man try to ID the vehicle !
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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by otrcman » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:47 am

No idea as to make, but just trying to examine some details.

Is that a side mount on the left side of the body ? Or maybe a rear fender ? If it's a side mount, then there is no access to a second row seat from that side -- making a questionable depot hack sort of vehicle. More likely a truck. If it's a rear fender, then the vehicle would have to be very short wheel base, making it some sort of special use creation.


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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by otrcman » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:50 am

Another observation on that object on the left rear side of the vehicle in question. The top of the radius is quite a bit higher than the front fender, probably too high to be a rear fender. So it's more likely a side mount. Wouldn't a side mount positioned right behind the drivers' door be more likely to appear on a truck ?


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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by HPetrino » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:25 pm

It certainly is hard to tell, but I'm thinking it's a produce truck. I have no idea what make it may be.

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Re: Help ID Vehicle Request

Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:27 pm

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This '26 Chevy truck looks similar but who knows?
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