gwells Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Trying to date a street scene photo for the Atlanta History Center. I know it's a small image, cut from a much larger street scene.Can anyone identify the year (and model) of the car in the center of the photo? Edited January 24, 2015 by gwells (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Maybe a 1940 Oldsmobile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Keiser,Thanks, but I don't think so. Grille on the Olds doesn't match up with the pic I posted. Nor to my eye do the headlights or does the pointed "nose" of the hood.But my old eyes are getting so bad that you could be right anyway... Edited January 24, 2015 by gwells (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I can't get a very clear picture, but I'd say '40 Olds, based on the bumper shape.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Fair enough. Anyone else have an opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) See if this will help....here is the four door sedan version.... Edited January 24, 2015 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) 1940 LaSalle?http://www.motorera.com/lasalle/1940.htmEdit1940 nashhttp://auto.howstuffworks.com/1939-1940-nash-ambassador1.htmBut it has a GM look about it Edited January 24, 2015 by 1939_buick (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I don't think LaSalle or Nash as the grille does not go that far up. The body looks GM style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks for the help, gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Well then, maybe 1940 Chevrolet. You need a date, I would say 1940. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) It appears to have the GM "B" body used in '39 and '40. None of the other GM cars using that body had a bumper like this car's. Granted, it's necessary to strain hard and use a little imagination to accept that the picture is too fuzzy to reveal the true outline of the lower portion of the grille, which is rectangular. 40 Olds ! Edited January 24, 2015 by Dave Henderson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Keiser,Thanks, but I don't think so. Grille on the Olds doesn't match up with the pic I posted. Nor to my eye do the headlights or does the pointed "nose" of the hood.But my old eyes are getting so bad that you could be right anyway...There were only a couple of cars with the flared bumper ends in the era...1940 Oldsmobile and 1942 Packard. Plymouth had a similar flare, but I would say that the car in question has all of the features as the 1940 Oldsmobile. Split windshield, running boards, cowl vent and horizontal ridge around the middle of the fenders. I am sticking with the 1940 Oldsmobile identification. I would date the photo no later than 1940. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Again, thanks for the help, gentlemen.Just for jollies, here's the complete picture. The Atlanta History Center posted "Looking north from Spring St. and Marietta St. c. 1935" and of course, that dating is cannot be accurate.If anyone sees something else that will help date this image, please let me know. Wish I had access to a larger copy... Edited January 24, 2015 by gwells (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Is that Chrysler a 41? I know you will be on this like good cookies John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Is that Chrysler a 41? I know you will be on this like good cookies John!Third one up from the bottom in the far right lane looks to be a 1940 or 1941 DeSoto sedan with the trim around the taillights going down to the bumper. Edited January 25, 2015 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Is that a 1940 Packard at front right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Is that a 1940 Packard at front right?Sure does have that look to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 The car on the left is a 36-37 Hudson/Terraplane in the 1st pic.The car behind the GM car looks like a 35 FordSurely someone can enlarge it for us (or knows how to)Manuel in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 i'm guessing that '40 is too new for the Packard, based on it having a luggage rack. I'm not a Packard authority, but oem racks for most cars were almost all gone a few years before that. For example, '37 was the last year they were available for Fords, and few others had them because trunks became integrated into the designs. Ergo, I'm thinking it's a '38 or '39, but not earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 i'm guessing that '40 is too new for the Packard, based on it having a luggage rack. I'm not a Packard authority, but oem racks for most cars were almost all gone a few years before that. For example, '37 was the last year they were available for Fords, and few others had them because trunks became integrated into the designs. Ergo, I'm thinking it's a '38 or '39, but not earlier.When you Google "1940 Packard photo", a lot of them come up with the luggage rack. They were probably a rare accessory by then, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Good sleuthing Keiser. I guess the reason Packard still had them while Ford didn't was because Packard owners were wealthier and had more stuff to cart around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 A couple of 1940 Packards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I think the car behind the Olds is a 35 Dodge, not Ford. Possibly a 39 LaSalle behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roysboystoys Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 There is a car behind the Standard Oil station , looks like a horizontal grille? 1940 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) '35 Ford, '35 Dodge or? Like Manuel my first impression automatically was that it was a Ford, same "fat" fender look the '35's had, as opposed to the leaner looking Dodge's. But a Ford should have one more horizontal grille trim bar showing, and there should be 1 or 2 external horns tucked up closer under the headlights, but there isn't. What there is farther down are probably horn covers which a Dodge would have had there. But, and maybe it's just the photo, the grille looks too wide for a '35 Dodge, and the general impression has that '35 Ford look. .Hmmm, could it be that it's a FORODGE?? The car behind it could be a '37 Pontiac.Isn't that an American Austin to the left of the "Forodge"? Edited January 27, 2015 by Dave Henderson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I think you are right Dave. It does look more like a Dodge now.Manuel in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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