a (non) Swiss Mystery racer.(UPDATE II: Isotta, Mathis, Martini, Buick..? )

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Carlo Azzi  from Lugano Switzerland recently bought a set of glass negatives showing this awesome, sleek bodied racer. Yet he has no idea what make, model or year it is. He only suggests that possibly the black plate ending with 251108 may bring the answer. Is this registration plate Italian, Swiss or maybe even US? There is another view on the car with the driver in his seat (no, not the wine drinking youngster!) Once more this picture makes clear this is not a big machine. But the lines are most subtle, with the radiator waistline continuing in the low rear end of the car and a brilliant swept line bringing together cowl, door topline and seats. Please take also note of the door which is facilitating the passage of a shoe... We probably are wrong but according to our gutfeel it all adds up to an Italian design. Fiat, SCAT, or maybe  (re)bodied 1909 Isotta? (however the hubs seem too small compared to the Vanderbilt car)

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UPDATE by Kit Foster: The plate is Pennsylvania, either 1910, 1912, 1913 or 1914 (we can't see the year designation, which is hidden by the spare tire).

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