[Blairy]

I know this is way off topic but can anyone shed some light on what make & model this car is. We have been arguing about it for a few years now & no one  has given us an answer.

It's either a very large car or a very small man !!!!



Blairy from the sidecar section
         
Queensland Australia

[Ice]

Pub debates are very much on topic and belong here in Campfire Talk.


Regrets, no idea about the car.

[enfield freddy]

ducatti

[ScooterBob]

My GUESS - and it is just a guess because of the angle of the pic, etc - is that it may be a custom bodied Deusenburg or Packard because of its sheer size. Pretty awesome "sports" car, though ....  

[enfield freddy]

sorry , Bucatti  

[cyrusb]

May be European, by the way the wheels are spoked. Rolls or Bently?

[enfield freddy]

May be European, by the way the wheels are spoked. Rolls or Bently?

not a rolls or bently grill
 
or even a bugatti?

[cyrusb]

It does have that Horse Shoe shaped grill, could be a Bug.

[Ice]

Whatever it is I'll bet ya a pint Jay Lenno has one, if not that one  

[enfield freddy]

yes but , your US pints and gallons are smaller than the "proper" UK ones!!!

568ml = a pint over here , 

[boggy]

The grill looks Bugatti, but it's a really big car and I can't recall any Bugs that have spare tires mounted forward or "bumpers" like that.

Call me crazy, but I think that is an Oldsmobile.

[cyrusb]

yes but , your US pints and gallons are smaller than the "proper" UK ones!!!

568ml = a pint over here , 

So maybe The man is a U.S half pint? And the car is small?

[jdrouin]

Based on the size of the car and the octagonal design of the wheel hubs, I would say Duesenberg, but the hood ornament doesn't match the winged design of that brand.

It doesn't seem to have the badge in the arch of the grill like most Bugattis do.

Any idea where the Pine Beach Hotel is located? That could be a clue. Through Google I'm finding them everywhere from Turkey, to Australia, to northern California.

Update: The badge and octagonal hub are consistent with a late-1920s Cadillac, but not so much the grille shape.

http://www.100megsfree4.com/cadillac/cad1920/cad27s.htm

I also looked at Buicks from the period but they seem to have a very different grille design.

[r80rt]

The grill looks Bugatti, but it's a really big car and I can't recall any Bugs that have spare tires mounted forward or "bumpers" like that.

Call me crazy, but I think that is an Oldsmobile.

I think you are right, it looks like a 1920's Oldsmobile

[PhilJ]

It's a Johnny Cash car!