Car ID

I need help identifying this car. All I know is that the picture was taken in or near Houston, Texas, and is likely sometime between 1920 and 1945:

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

It look like a mid 30's Chevy.

1935 Chevrolet sedan delivery

I don't think i would have liked to drive it to far or to fast with those front tyres

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Steve Braverman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">1935 Chevrolet sedan delivery </div></div>

Steve

I'm not doubting you, but I'd like to know how you tell the difference between 1935 and 1936? I know that wire wheels went out in 1936, but they were still used in 1936 (at least early in the year).

Here's one more tidbit of information -- I do know that the market's previous car (a Studebaker, I believe) was wrecked in May 1935, so it's likely that this vehicle was purchased after then, though I do not know if it was a new vehicle when purchased.

It's a neat vehicle, and is vary desirable today.

While I've looked up some differences, the research material has left me a little confused.

1935 trucks had four full-length vertical louvers at the back of the hood

1936 trucks had horizontal louvers with the bow-tie logo above the top louver

This vehicle has horizontal louvers, but no bow-tie emblem. The space above the top louver seems too small for the emblem, so I suspect that there must have been some differences/changes in the 1935 line-up.

Keeping in mind your time frame of Summer of 1935, plus wire wheels (which would have been relatively rare for 1936), you can feel comfortable in captioning this as a 1935 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, which would have cost just over $500 when new.

Thanks!!!

I'm going to give this one more guess. My statements about 1935 Chevy trucks having vertical louvers was correct. However, this vehicle is based on a car, and the cars did not have the vertical louvers. That said, it could also be a 1934 model.

West,

As you said, it has to be either '34 or '35, as they were based on the Standard Six model range.

The Bowtie you seek is in the center of the winged grille emblem; I have one (the emblem).

This is from the '35 brochure...

The '36's were vastly different...

I think Steve's tag was right all along, but it's really impossible to tell the difference,

as '35 Standards used the same stampings as the '34's.

TG

Tom

Yes. Chevrolet's 1936 automobiles were completely different. Since the "mystery car" is based on the car and not a truck, it is definitely not a 1936. The bow-tie I was referring to on the 1936 truck is on the side of the hood.

I'm curious, does the 1936 truck on the bottom right corner have wire wheels? It's hard to tell in the photo.

West,

It looks like all the smaller '36 trucks shown had wires, but that may have changed after their introduction. Curiously, my data (from the Red Book) shows the '34 Sedan Delivery using a 112"whb, while the '35 switched to a 107"whb.

TG

Wires were still being put on in 1936, I think to get rid of the supply. Probably only at the very beginning, and rarely seen today. We had a 1936 Business Coupe with wire wheels. I wonder how many people have removed wire wheels from their 1936 Chevrolet and replaced them with the artillery wheels because they thought the wires were wrong.???

One thing you all seem to have missed. What year did Chevrolet start using Knee action independent front suspension as this one seems to have. the uneven tyre wear and the negative camber of the front wheel would suggest that it has done some miles.

Actually, I didn't miss that. But I thought it was a moot point when I was trying to decipher between 1935 and '36. But I forgot about that when I brought up the idea that it might be a 1934. You're right. I believe knee-action came out in 1935.

West, Pontiac offered those same Dubonnet knee action shocks in 1934. I've not known of any Pontiacs after '34 having them. Chevy continued on with them (though not exclusively) into the mid-late '30's, but with waning popularity.

Knee-action was first used on Chevy master series in 1934.

Thanks for the correction.