Historic Hood River
Name That Car
12-30-2013
Notes
Can anyone identify this automobile? The plates are from 1915 (or possibly 1916) and the radiator has a six-pointed star medallion made up of a dark and a light triangle. It looks like the road to Lost Lake or Cloud Cap to me, but that’s just a guess.
charlott
Haven’t a clue as to the type of car, but whatever road they are on they must have just started their journey, as there isn’t dust showing. Wonder how those tires did on those old rutty, rocky roads.
Jim Gray
I am going with a 1915 Dodge, 16’s had a bar between the headlights.
dsc
Looks like a Dodge Brothers emblem on the radiator.
l.e.
Well, you can tell I’m not much interested in old automobiles. I want to know who the people are.
Ranger
The trees make it look more like Cloud Cap road to me.
Longshot2
I wonder if the driver is a professional chauffeur? Maybe tourists from Portland heading for Cloud Cap?
Wonder is the Oregon DMV has license plate records going back that far?
What is the thing next to the radiator and above the spring on the car’s right?
dsc
Just the Dodge Brothers leaving the Gorge 🙂
Buzz
Maybe getting an early start for San Antonio and the Alamo Bowl–Oregon 30 Texas 7 !!! Go Ducks.
Charlott
I am inclined to think this is a chauffeur due to his demeanor and dress. Notice the cravat type thing at his throat. Local people would not have dressed thus to go out into the woods.
l.e.
Are they the same guys as in photo #685
Lesa
I am pretty sure this is a 1915 Dodge Brothers Touring Car. It had some very new and innovative features, which made it more dependable and durable than the Ford Model T. One such innovation, was the all steel body. The touring car was powered by an L-head four cylinder engine, with 35 horsepower. It had a 3-speed manual gearbox and 2-wheel externally contracting mechanical brakes. This feature must have been really great, in hilly Hood River Valley. It was pretty heavy, due to its all steel body, weighing approximately 2,250 lbs. It must have been some fun to push out of the mud. Its base price, in 1915, was 785 dollars.
Sadly, both John & Horace Dodge, died of the influenza in 1920, and eight years later the company was purchased by Chrysler. Who knows what great cars these to brothers might have invented, had they lived?!