A Friday Lady Mystery - whereby the ladies are dressed in their finest

This photograph was sent in by regular contributor Steve Diggins. It is taken in Vancouver, Canada around 1912. The magnificent Edwardian car has a sporting torpedo body. “It is close coupled, narrow, has a very low line and quite likely a bold colour combination”, as Steve described. It looks like the car takes part in a parade or other festive activity. For this special occasion, these two beautiful ladies are dressed in their finest.

We know it is not Monday but we can call this the Friday Lady Mystery. Who can tell us more about the large and powerful (?) PreWarCar we see here?

Words by the editor. Photograph sent in by Steve Diggins.

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vendredi juillet 5th, 2019

Terry Brown

09 Juillet 2019, 03:38

The car is RIGHT hand drive , which many US cars were - including the Pierce Arrow, until the early 1920s. A notable exception was Henry Ford's model T ,which was left hand drive from the first day of sale Oct 1st 1908

MICHAEL L TURNER

09 Juillet 2019, 02:51

While I have not been able to identify the car, I must disagree with those that have stated this car is left hand drive. I see the driver is sitting on the right side of the car and his left hand is on the steering wheel. The background shows the lettering on a store is partially readable so that rules out the picture has been reversed.
Now back to my books to research what the car might be.

A. Bos

07 Juillet 2019, 12:54

I always find it hard to fix a make on a US car if I cannot find a similar bodywork. In the US car bodies are much more an identifying feature than in Europe, probably caused by the much larger production in the US making standardization a more common feature. This bodywork was intriguing, because of the present foredoor, which is absent in almost all Pierce-Arrow models of 1911, and its very low top line, almost only present in underslung cars. Yet it was obvious that it was a large car and Pierce-Arrow was definitely one of the potential makes. So I was glad to find finally a Pierce-Arrow with an at least partly similar body, and happily the most important, i.e. the front part. The uploaded image was part of the Austin Clark Jr. collection in the Long Island Automotive museum, and clearly had been modified to a pick-up truck at some moment of its career. It is not difficult to imagine that the original body was similar to the Canadian mystery.

Kenneth Clarke

07 Juillet 2019, 07:23

could it be an easter parade with the lady facing forwards bonnet?

Martin Flanagan

06 Juillet 2019, 19:19

It appears to be a 1911 Pierce Arrow ,the throttle and spark control levers are very ornate at the ends and are on the left side of the steering column when most cars were on the right side. Possibly George Pierce was left handed. Also the convex upsweep of the rear fenders was a Piece styling detail. This car has front doors but many open Pierce's in 1911 had no front doors.

James "Mac" McAnlis

05 Juillet 2019, 12:27

I believe this is 1910-1911 Pierce Arrow. Most likely one of the larger models. 48 hp or 66 HP

Peter Findlay

05 Juillet 2019, 08:04

Great picture. I like the seat covers, sometimes offered as a factory option. Front doors suggest 1911 or later, but the flat rear fenders look early. The car is a left hand drive, which would be unusual prior to 1912 or so.

A Friday Lady Mystery - whereby the ladies are dressed in their finest

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