Website contributor and owner of the unique "Hummingbird" sports car Joe Kane offers his thoughts on the "Eaves Special".
 
 

The car in the camping picture could also be a Meteor. See attached picture. I don't have a date for the article this scan came from. Dick Jones apparently was a partner with Jim Byers. When they parted company he took the Meteor design with him and produced them in Colorado. Byers apparently then modified the design and marketed it as the SR 100. I don't know the time frame of the split. The car pictured could be either an early Byers or a later Meteor. The Buick (and Oldsmobile?) pictured date from the late 1940s or very early '50s, which would seem to favor your idea of an early Byers.    As for location, from the trees and mountains it could even be in Arizona! Those might be the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff.    Frame and running gear might be British as evidenced by the right hand drive and large wire wheels. The SR 100/Meteor body would be about right for the XK120 Jaguar wheelbase of 102". Looks like a high body (or low seat) mounting. Particularly low windshield. Oddly high steering wheel, but big like a Jag. Cool front fender vents. Looks like front brakes are drums.   It would be great if we could extract a bit more detail from the original photo. Especially the license plate on the car in the trees! No front plate evident on the roadster. That might be a clue as to state. But it could be mounted on the far left side too. Wrap around windshields were common toward the end of the '50s so this flat windshield might indicate an early '50s car.   Keep me posted. I love a good car mystery!   Joe Kane