Guest bkford Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Can someone direct me where I should go--I have two photos in my grandmother's things that would be cars in the mid to late twenties. I just need help with identifying them, for my Heritage Album. I posted one of the photos in a different sub-forum but have received no responses. I'll attach both photos here, but I may be in the wrong place. If so, sorry, just tell me what to do....Thanks,Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 1923-24 Chevrolet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Are they both the same car? The little girl in the pictures was born in 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Are they both the same car? The little girl in the pictures was born in 1916.They are different cars. Different top, fenders, headlamps, etc. The second photo is the Chevrolet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Wow, this is great, to be able to get this information. My mother (born 1928-after these photos were taken) said she seems to remember her mother (pictured in the photos) referring to one of their cars as "the touring car." Does that make any sense for either of these two photos, or was that more likely just a family nickname for a car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Wow, this is great, to be able to get this information. My mother (born 1928-after these photos were taken) said she seems to remember her mother (pictured in the photos) referring to one of their cars as "the touring car." Does that make any sense for either of these two photos, or was that more likely just a family nickname for a car?Both cars are open four door cars which make them "touring" cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Okay, good to know. Any idea on the car on the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Okay, good to know. Any idea on the car on the left?I'm still working on i.d.ing that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 I'll be brave now and attach one more. This is the same family, but now the twins (my mother being one) have arrived, so this picture was taken probably around early 1929. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layden B Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Solid Chevrolet family with their new car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 That last one is a 1928 Chevrolet, isn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 The last one definitely a '29 Chev. The body mouldings are different in '28. The left top picture is difficult because the people are blocking things that would help, but from what can be seen I think this is one solid Chev family! I think it is a 1918-19 Chev 490. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Thanks for that definite ID on the 1929 Chevy--yes, looks like my grandfather was definitely a Chevy man, and it also looks like he usually had a fairly late model (he was a land owner/cattle farmer in Stone County, Missouri/Carroll County, Arkansas). My mother (age 82) just sent me this story about this car that you've id'ed as 1929 Chevy:"Your grandmother told this story: Our family was going somewhere when us twins were babies (probably our first summer) and they had a brand new baby buggy (we'd call it stroller, I guess) "for two", and even tho Mother told Daddy he should fasten it to the BACK bumper, he fastened it to the FRONT of the car. They hit a bad rut in the road, & the buggy came loose and of course they ran over it, & totaled it!!! Will men ever learn?!?!?!"I'm just sayin'.......I really do appreciate all the help with these cars...guess the jury is still out on the top left one; once I knew it was probably a Chevy, and knowing the birth date of the youngest one on the photo (1916), and it looks like she is about 3 or 4 in the photo, I found a picture of a 1917 Chevy that looks like it could be it? But then the 1920 looks almost the same to me. But then, what do I know--that's why I'm here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 The 490 was produced from 1916-22 and didn't change a lot in that time. Incidentally 490 referred to the price of the car - $490.Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Wow, $490. Amazing. Thanks all, for this information.Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 From my other side of the family, any thoughts on this one (what you can see of it)? The baby in this picture was born June 1928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Wow! You do like challenges, Barbara.. However, it looks like the other side of your family was into Chevs as well. From what can be seen, it looks to me to be a 29-30 Chev.Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Oh, rats! I was hoping for a Ford somewhere in there. With my last name being Ford, you might know my HUSBAND's side of the family are all Ford men. No, I mean REALLY Ford men (as in, they all verbally answer defensively, the commercials on TV for any brand other than Ford). Therefore, so are my son and his son. So, when I share this family information about MY side of the family (my mother's side AND my father's side) being Chevy folks, I'll have to do so with apologies to my entire Ford side of the family! You'd think they were actually RELATED to Henry. (I wish.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Any chance at all that it might be the same car in both pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I do not believe the car (with my paternal grandfather and three children at the FRONT of the car) would be the same as any of the previous pictures. This most recent one is of my father's family, and the previous pictures have been of my mother's family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bkford Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I will say, though, that I have my paternal grandmother's journal where she recorded this: "January 1925, we bought our first car, a Model T Ford." So, at ONE point he was a Ford man (maybe didn't like it, so bought a Chevy the next time???)This photo had to have been taken more like late 1928, because the baby here was born June 1928, and the little girl has short sleeves, and it was in the midwest. So, probably fall of 1928. When did the 1929 Chevy come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dictator27 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Not positive, but I think the 29 Chev came out in the summer of 28 - trying to beat the Ford Model A off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Can someone direct me where I should go--I have two photos in my grandmother's things that would be cars in the mid to late twenties. I just need help with identifying them, for my Heritage Album. I posted one of the photos in a different sub-forum but have received no responses. I'll attach both photos here, but I may be in the wrong place. If so, sorry, just tell me what to do....Thanks,BarbaraI believe the car on the left is a 1922 or earlier Chevrolet "490", going by :Five-lug demountable rimsBowl headlamps with nickel rimsHood latchThe other Chevrolet of that period was the larger ( and more expensive ) FB, which had six-lug demountable rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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