What car is this please?

[twilight]

This photo was taken early in 1917 in Northern NSW of a newly acquired car.
Can anyone tell what make/ model it is?

[Deb D]

I believe it's a T-Model Ford ... if you ask Professor Google for images of the 1917 T-model, you'll find plenty of pix that are almost identical.   

*(PS - they were doing well, to get a 1917 model Ford early in 1917, in northern NSW!)*

[apwright]

... except that's not a Ford badge on the radiator. To me it looks like a Willys-Overland Tourer, but I can't find a photo of a model with that particular arrangement of louvres behind the front wheel. They either have louvres the full length of the hood or none at all.

Adrian

[twilight]

Hi Deb,
 Thank you for your observations. I agree, it does look rather similar to a T-Model, but I haven't found a picture of one which is exactly the same as this, although many are fairly similar.

I thought it looked a bit like a Willys Overland, too, Adrian, but as you have observed, the vents on the side are not the same. Thank you for your interest.  It looks like quite a grand car for its day.   The little chap in the front seat would have known,what it was, for sure.
 Twilight

[barryd]

The Badge looks like a Willy's. The radiator cap looks like a Willy's. Willy's sold cars in Australia and New Zealand but how one could get a 1917 Model with both Australia and America involved in a major war is another question. Look up Willy's - Wikpedia. Wikipedia has a 1923 model which when enlarged looks like the front of the Australian Willy's. There are associations for Willy's in Australia.

[Deb D]

Yep, Adrian - it was the louvres swayed me 

[youngtug]

  http://www.wokr.org/gallery/wk_130.jpg      1923model64 America

[Deb D]

 Hmmmm .... see what you think of this one: - it's an American one.  Steering wheel on the left-hand side ...

 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0nvu/   

[youngtug]

It has a different front suspension to the model T. Also the engine bonnet is not significantly smaller than the body of the car like the model T.